Chen Zhi's strategy of arrogance and luring the enemy were very successful, and it was too late for Cao Zhen to react. The ambush soldiers who ambushed Chen Zhi were ambushed by Chen Zhi instead, which made Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu extremely depressed. What made them even more depressed was that Chen Zhishi rested in the shade of the mountains for a day, all of them alive. On the other hand, the soldiers of Cao Jun were not only physically exhausted and exhausted, but also many soldiers who were holding feces and urine were frightened by the sudden attack of the Northern Han ambush soldiers and became incontinent, and knelt on the ground to surrender at that time.

Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu didn't care about the disgrace of the soldiers at this time, it was important to run for their lives. Chen Zhi was chased all the way by them, how could he let them go easily at this time? Riding a horse and holding a gun to fight Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu was already invincible to Chen Dao, and he had no fighting spirit, and he was defeated and retreated at that time, thanks to Cao Zhen's righteousness, he turned back and came back to save Cao Xiu. The two fought and retreated in the direction of Jinyang City.

Cao Chun led the troops to stop on the road and waited for a day, thinking that he would wait for Chen to defeat the army, but he didn't expect that what was waiting was the defeated Cao army. The defeated army only cared about fleeing for their lives, and rushed into Cao Chun's army formation, and Cao's army trampled on each other, with countless casualties. Cao Chun couldn't restrain him, and the soldiers were all coerced by the defeated army and fled.

Seeing the three-way ambush soldiers fleeing back to the camp, Sima Yi hurriedly ordered his corporal to release arrows to intercept Chen Zhi's men and horses to meet the defeated army. Chen Zhi was not in a hurry to enter the city, and when he saw the Cao soldiers in the camp releasing arrows, he retreated to the village and collected the Cao army. In this battle, 30,000 Cao soldiers were killed and wounded, and more than 10,000 were killed. Chen Zhi's soldiers and horses did not decrease but increased, and he confronted Sima Yi in Lizhai.

If Chen Zhi enters the city, Sima Yi will feel better, but now that Chen Zhi does not enter the city, Sima Yi will have to guard against both sides. First, we must guard against Chen Zhi breaking through into the city, second, we must guard against Zhang Fei breaking through the city, and we must also guard against Chen Zhi and Zhang Feili from joining forces. However, Sima Yi also had a countermeasure, and simply gathered the besieging soldiers and horses in one place and set up camp, allowing Chen Zhi and Zhang Fei to enter and exit. He also summoned Cao Zhang and Kuai Yue, and also set up a village on the side to form a horn. The strength of the two sides was basically equal, and no one could help the other, so the stalemate ended.

But it was said that Xun Chen was ordered by Liu Bei to see Sun Quan. Xun Chen was not very sure about persuading Sun Quan to send troops to attack Cao, and was ready to be troubled. But to Xun Chen's surprise, Sun Quan not only did not embarrass himself, but was very polite. After receiving the gift, Xun Chen arranged for Xun Chen to rest in the post house, and agreed to meet him on the next day.

Early the next morning, Xun Chen carefully freshened up, looked at the bronze mirror for a long time, and saw that the clothes were neat and tidy and there was no rudeness, so he followed the guide and went to the palace to see Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was very satisfied with Xun Chen's visit to the palace after he went to the palace, and asked with a smile: "What is Mr. Youruo's business with Lilly to my Dawu?" ”

Xun Chen said: "Your Majesty has been allied with my lord for many years, and he has repeatedly fought Cao. Today, Weichen came, firstly, to congratulate His Majesty as emperor, and secondly, because Cao Pi invaded my territory and the state, my lord wanted to invite His Majesty to cut down Cao together. ”

Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu and Sima Yi had an appointment in advance, but he couldn't let Xun Chen see the flaws. Pretending to be reluctant, he said: "Cao Zihuan gave up his title to Duke Xuande Chan, and now he is a prince under Duke Xuande." Cao Zihuan's rebellion and dispatch of troops was caused by the lax rule of Xuande Gong, if I raised an army to attack Cao, wouldn't it be no different from fighting Xuande Gong? ”

Xun Chen heard the words and secretly scolded Sun Quan for being cunning. Obviously, Sun Quan was reluctant to send troops, and wanted to sit and watch the snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman benefited. But he said it in a high-sounding manner, and he put on a look of reluctance to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. Who doesn't know that Cao Pi is the king on the surface, but he is actually no different from the king of a country.

Since Xun Chen came to be a lobbyist, he naturally had to prepare his words, bowed down and saluted: "Your Majesty's words are wrong!" Cao Pi gave up to my lord and offered the jade seal to His Majesty, which was a discordant plan that was forced to be done. Cao Pi was originally a puppet emperor, and his position was not correct, how could my lord accept his Zen? My lord was originally a Miao descendant of the Han family, and the first emperor unfortunately died of a thief, so my lord succeeded to the throne as emperor in a righteous name, and had nothing to do with Cao Pi. Cao Pi's name is Hanchen, but in fact, the autonomous party does not obey the control, just like a mountain bandit. Your Majesty's felling is a move to eliminate harm for the people, and my lord can't ask for it. ”

Sun Quan was speechless, and there was indeed no evidence to prove that Liu Bei accepted Cao Pi's Chan concession, but Sun Quan accepted Cao Pi's jade seal. Xun Chen did not directly say that Cao Pi was Sun Quan's minister, and complained that Sun Quan's royal majesty was not strict, which was already regarded as saving face.

Zhang Zhao saw that Sun Quan couldn't say Xun Chen, so he went out of the class and said bluntly: "Even if Cao Pi and Xuande Gong are not under the same control, what does it have to do with my lord if they dominate the city and conquer the city?" Mr. Youruo came to my lord to attack Cao Pi, what good will it do my lord? ”

When Xun Chen heard Zhang Zhao mention the benefits, he was not in a hurry. As the saying goes: it's the buyer who praises and dispraises. Those who sell things are not afraid of others picking on thorns and bargaining, but they are afraid that there is no one else. Xun Chen arched his hand at Zhang Zhao and said: "Cao Pi is attacking and annexing the state, and there is emptiness under his rule. If Dongwu can take advantage of this to send troops, one can get the land of Cao Pi, and the other can relieve the siege of our lord, and there will be heavy thanks after the deed. ”

Sun Quan felt that the argument was almost over, so he said according to Zhou Yu's plan: "Mr. Youruo's words are yes!" It's just that Yecheng is difficult to attack, and it can be conquered by non-I. I often hear that the two righteous brothers of Xuande Gong, Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide, both have the courage of ten thousand people. If Xuande Gong can send these two people to help in the battle, how about I send troops to attack Cao? ”

Xun Chen thought left and right, Liu Bei's enemies were only Cao Pi and Sun Quan, if he joined forces with Sun Quan to attack Yecheng, presumably Cao Pi would not be able to attack Yanzhou again, and Guan Yu would be able to send troops if he had less left and right to contain him. And Sun Quan's request is not excessive, Liu Bei can't ask Sun Quan to send troops to relieve the siege for himself, but he can't come out with a single soldier. So Xun Chen replied: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, General Zhang is defending against Cao's army in Bingzhou and can't get out." May I persuade my lord to send General Guan to join your Majesty in sending troops. ”

Sun Quan frowned when he heard this, as if he was not very satisfied with Liu Bei's only one general, but he couldn't let Zhang Fei give up merging states, so he reluctantly nodded and said: "Since General Zhang is fighting with Cao's army, I can't force it." I also hope that General Guan can lead more soldiers and horses to help me attack Cao, how about I send the metropolitan governor Zhou Gongjin to lead the troops? ”

Xun Chen was relieved when he heard that it was Zhou Yu leading the troops. Zhou Yu was the first military general under Sun Quan, and Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu to attack Cao sincerely. So Xun Chen thanked Sun Quan and hurried back to Xuchang to tell about the alliance between the two countries to attack Cao.

Liu Bei of Xuchang first received a good report, saying that Chen Zhi had stabilized the battle situation by breaking Cao's army in Bingzhou, and immediately got Xun Chen's return, saying that Sun Quan was willing to send troops, but asked Liu Bei to send Guan Yu to lead troops to help, and the land occupied by Cao Pi was owned by Eastern Wu.

Liu Bei is not afraid of Sun Quan's conditions, but he is afraid that Sun Quan will not mention conditions. The more conditions Sun Quan proposed, the more sincere Sun Quan was in forming an alliance. Liu Bei immediately ordered Guan Yu to lead an army of 50,000 to join Zhou Yu's troops and horses, and wave his army north to attack Yecheng. He also sent Xun Chen as Guan Yu's military advisor to reconcile the relationship between the two armies, and ordered the Iraqi nationality who assisted Guan Yu to manage the military and political affairs of Yanzhou with full authority.