As the commander of an army, sometimes it is necessary to maintain a little mystery. Therefore, when Tian Fan discussed the details of the battle with Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others before, he did not say everything he could think of.

Hearing their questions at this time, Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "Hehe, the soldiers are tired, if we take the city at this time, we won't be able to do it, but the loss will be much greater." ”

When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but be speechless for a while, and they muttered: "Dudu, do you also know that the soldiers are tired?" Then why did you order us to attack the city despite our opposition? You used to attack the city and fight at night, but it was the second half of the night? Why not this time? ”

Seeing his appearance, Tian Fan couldn't help but smile and said, "Because, I need the soldiers to attack the city in a tired state!" ”

The three of them couldn't help but be stunned, and after a while, Gao Shun asked, "Why?" ”

Tian Fan pondered for a while, shook his head slowly, and said, "If I told you everything, then how can you make progress?" Hehe, the general of an army, not only must consider the time and place, but sometimes, but also consider the people's hearts, including the enemy's, their own, and ...... of the neutral party. Zhengqing, I find that you are getting lazier and lazier now, and you don't want to think about anything. And you, Lao Koji, you are a good general, but you often only think about things on the battlefield, and even sometimes, your eyes are limited to one city, which is not good, and you can't become a good general! Don't laugh, Ling Ming, you too, have followed me so many times, and I haven't seen any progress from you, I'm really disappointed! ”

Pang De smiled, scratched his head, and said, "Dudu, hehe, follow you, you can think of anything, why do I bother with those thoughts?" ”

After that, he asked with a shy face, "Dudu, what do you think?" Speak up, speak up and let's all learn! ”

Gao Shun and Lu Yi also looked at Tian Fan with blank eyes, looking like curious babies.

Tian Fan rolled his eyes, so angry that he just wanted to kick them, saying so much, it was in vain.

After thinking about it, he said, "A little hint for you!" Well, our operation this time is to take Pingyu and Anyang, take these two cities, and the southern area of Runan is ours. Well, Liangzhou soldiers...... Not good at siege! ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "This is my first consideration, and the second layer, hehe, you will know the day after tomorrow!" ”

After speaking, he stopped speaking, but looked at the faces of the three people.

It didn't take long for the three of them to figure it out, Gao Shun and Pang De were a little admired and excited, but Ko Yi's face was a little abnormal. Tian Fan groaned slightly, and suddenly understood.

He patted Koji on the shoulder and said, "Old Koji, the matter has long passed, and the events of the year ...... It is also impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. However, if it weren't for Zhang Xiu's knife, I'm afraid we wouldn't have met, and you wouldn't have had the opportunity to lead tens of thousands of troops alone. Everything is predestined, pecked and grinded, there is cause and effect. Lao Koji, if you want to open up, there are many opportunities to work with Zhang Xiu in the future, don't delay your business because of personal grievances. ”

Lu Yi smiled reluctantly, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it!" ”

Koji Yi's original surname is Ju, and the surname Ju is the surname of the plains, and in the plains, it is also a great family. Later, during the reign of Emperor Ling, the head of the family at that time, his grandfather Ju Tan offended people, and was forced to move, moved to Jincheng, and changed his surname to Koji, becoming the Jincheng clan.

Koji's father died young, but his childhood and youth were very happy, and the reason for this was because Ju Tan's son Koji Sheng, the head of the Koji family at that time, was his uncle. Koji Sheng has no children, and he is very fond of Koji Yi, and he is ready to succeed him when he is older, and he will take over the Koji family in the future.

In the first year of Zhongping, in March 184, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. At that time, Koji Yi was just eighteen years old, and he was about to be twenty years old to perform the crown salute, and Lu Sheng was afraid that he would have no credit to the clan, could not serve the public, and could not successfully take over the power of the patriarch, so when Huangfu Song recruited troops to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, Koji Sheng sent Koji Yi to lead a thousand clan soldiers to follow. Koji Yi also fought for strength, fought all the way, and made a lot of contributions.

But later, in November, the month when the Yellow Turban Army was extinguished, Bian Zhang and Han Sui raised troops against the Han. Lu Sheng took advantage of the chaos to kill Liu Jun, the ancestral chief who was not in harmony with him, and blamed Han Sui and Bian Zhang. At that time, Zhang Xiu was an official of Zuli County, and he admired Liu Jun very much, and Liu Jun was also very good to him. Liu Jun's death is obviously something that Zhang Xiu does not want to see. In the end, Zhang Xiu found an opportunity to assassinate Koji Sheng.

After the death of Koji Sheng, there was a vacancy in the position of the patriarch of the Koji family, and at that time, Koji Sheng had not accepted Koji Yi as a son, and he had no son, so the Koji family passed the position of patriarch to Koji Yi's other uncle, Koji Jing, according to the patriarchal succession system. This person has always disliked Koji Yi, and he doesn't like Koji Yi's father, his third brother!

After taking over the position of patriarch, the first thing he did was to drive Koji's seriously ill mother out of the upper room. A few days later, Koji's mother fell ill and died.

At that time, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had been extinguished, Koji Yi was promoted to an official, made a fortune, and was about to return to his hometown in fine clothes, when he suddenly heard bad news! He has no brothers and sisters, his parents and the uncle who loved him are dead, and even when he returns home, he has nothing to do. Because, what the clan values is the patriarch, even if you are a big official, you have to be respectful when you see the patriarch.

As a result, Lu Yi stayed in Jizhou and became Han Fu's subordinate.

Speaking of which, Koi Yi can't go back because of Zhang Xiu, but because of Zhang Xiu, he can achieve his current position. If you go home, it is better to be the head of a family, far less majestic than now. Therefore, his feelings about Zhang Xiu are very complicated. But there is one point, because of Zhang Xiu, his mother died of illness, and his uncle who loved him was killed, and from this point on, he and Zhang Xiu can never become friends.

Seeing that his face gradually relaxed, Tian Fan couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved.

He called a guard and whispered a few words.

The soldier clenched his fists and took the order, turned and went out of the city.

It didn't take long for the three of them to speak, but it was enough to prepare for an attack.

Manpang's heart is full of contradictions! Blame yourself, because of his carelessness, Pingyu is about to lose! Angry, because of Tian Fan's unreasonable raid, everyone is busy celebrating the New Year, what are you messing with? Guilty, he's sorry for Cao Cao, I'm sorry for that Cao Cao who values him and trusts him! Panic, once the peace is lost, the southern part of Runan County is in the bag for Xuzhou, and it will be directly transmitted. This must be a huge blow to Cao Cao.

However, why did the Xuzhou army only control the urn city and the south city gatehouse, and no longer attack the city?

Manpang's heart was full of puzzlement!

The most important thing now is to recapture the urn city and the south city gatehouse!

Thinking about it, there was a hideous look on his white face.

He drew his long sword, went straight to the city, and roared: "Brothers, take back the city, drive away the Xuzhou army, and kill me!" ”

Thousands of soldiers roared wildly, lined up in a neat queue, holding a round shield in one hand and a knife and gun in the other, and walked towards the Xuzhou army.

The neat queue, the neat footsteps, and the neat shouting all showed their sophistication to the Xuzhou army. They are Cao Cao's elite, well-deserved elite.

Seeing that there were still dozens of steps away from the urn city, a captain led by a captain raised his long sword high and shouted: "Rush! ”

The soldiers took orders in unison and began to speed up! The queue has also become a little scattered.

Suddenly, I heard a high-pitched shout from the opposite urn city, "Archer, release the arrow!" ”

With a "buzz", hundreds of feather arrows were shot, nailing dozens of Cao soldiers who rushed forward and wounding dozens of them.

The queue of Cao's soldiers was even more chaotic, but they still attacked the Xuzhou army twenty paces ahead as always.

At the inner wall of the urn city, which is about ten zhang wide, hundreds of Xuzhou army foot soldiers lined up and waited for Cao Bing's attack.

They had no stalks, no spears, and they were tired. However, their calm eyes, steady palms, and immovable long knives were also showing their elite to Cao Jun.

Finally, with countless shouts, the two elites collided fiercely.

Speaking of which, their training level is similar, and the Xuzhou army is slightly superior, but the Xuzhou soldiers are very tired, so once the two sides fight, they are very stale.

However, as the war progressed, the advantages of the Xuzhou army in weapons were brought into play, and gradually dominated the war.

In the end, after leaving more than 200 corpses, Cao's army retreated in defeat.

Man Pang is a very smart person, and in terms of wisdom and strategy, he belongs to the top talents. Although he was in a hurry, this first attack was still a temptation. Because of this, Cao's army began to retreat when only more than 200 people were killed.

When fighting in front, Man Pang had been observing in the rear, and he found that the fatigue of the Xuzhou army was written on his face! There were many soldiers who were obviously able to resist the knife, but in the end, because they were too tired, they could not react in time, and died under the opponent's sword.

On the other hand, the Xuzhou army won, but strangely, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue! What exactly do they want to do? Man Pang's thick eyebrows frowned tightly.

After a while, his frowning brows furrowed! He understood that the Xuzhou army was galloping from Xiapi, and this thousand-mile journey was enough to drag them down! Although they controlled Nancheng, they did not have the strength to advance, and they needed to repair for a while before they had the strength to fight for the next step.

Man Pang silently calculated in his heart, just now he saw that the army led by Lu Bu was about 8,000 people, and now it occupies the south of the city, about 2,000 people. That is to say, the Xuzhou army sent a total of about 10,000 troops.

Suddenly his face turned red! An army of 10,000 wants to raid a target thousands of miles away in three or four days under such road conditions, then they are at least equipped with two horses each! This number...... Twenty thousand! Cao Gong spent all his efforts to have less than 6,000 war horses, and except for the 5,000 cavalry equipped with Cao Chun, the rest could only be rationed to the generals and scouts in the army. Even, some of the lieutenants didn't even have horses...... If I can defeat the Xuzhou army, then how many horses can I get? How much credit is that?

Manpang's hands began to tremble!

He forced himself to calm down, carefully considered all the details of what happened in this battle, and in the end, he was sure that as long as Li Tong cooperated, they could completely defeat the Xuzhou army! Because, the Xuzhou army is very tired! It can be seen from the state of the siege soldier, just now, he has been further confirmed from that temptation!

At this moment, a small school rushed over, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qiyu Taishou, Lu Bu stop attacking the city!" ”

With a long sigh of relief, the last trace of doubt in Man Pang's heart disappeared! He nodded slightly, and said to a lieutenant beside him, "You command the battle!" Well, you don't have to attack, as long as the Xuzhou army doesn't move, you don't have to move! ”

The lieutenant clenched his fists and took the order. Man Pang nodded and left with dozens of guards.

After a while, the suspension bridge at the west gate of Pingyu City was lowered, the city gate opened a gap, and more than a dozen horses galloped out, and then they dispersed, or took the big road, or took the small road, or walked the mountains and forests, and flew to the west.

As soon as they left the city, dozens of cavalry of the Xuzhou Army rushed here. As soon as they saw dozens of soldiers running out of the city, they immediately split up to chase them, and at the same time, they also sent a few people back to report the news. However, after chasing for a long time, their speed slowed down, and then they came back with a curse.

When the man on the head of the city saw it, he couldn't help but have a smug look on his face.