"I ordered the defenders of Hedong to abandon their defenses and let Cao Pi's army enter, and at the same time take away as much grain and grass as possible, in case the enemy would burn the scene. In addition, Guo Fengxiao, who was in Jinyang City, was informed to arrange for the 50,000 soldiers of the First Army to march quickly to the east of the river, under the command of generals Bian Xi and Yang Ding; The Seventh Army Corps of Xin'an City and the Fifth Army Corps of Luoyang City sent troops at the same time to block the back road of the invaders, if they could block it, it was best to wait for the arrival of the army, if not, they would seek an opportunity to destroy the enemy; ordered the four corps of Chang'an City to move in the direction of Xin'an City, striving to participate in the siege and annihilation battle; Ordered Lu Bu to lead the vanguard army to take the lead, rush to Xin'an City, and find an opportunity to inflict heavy damage on Cao Zhen's troops there..."

One after another orders came out of Zhang Chao's mouth, and the three military advisors couldn't stop nodding, and when analyzing the feasibility of the order, they were also considering what kind of possibilities would arise in the development of the situation.

Zhang Chao has made a decision, that is, to form a trend of closing the door and beating the dog, and hit Cao Pi hard. Aren't you amazing? Aren't you going to surprise the attack? Well, I'm going to fence you up right now and see how high you can jump.

After the military order was confirmed by the three military divisions, it was passed out, and soon several letter eagles flew into the sky, and Lu Bu also left Zhang Chao's army with a full 150,000 vanguard cavalry, one step ahead.

Today's Zhang Chao is ready for everything, and he only owes the east wind. is just waiting for Cao Pi to attack Hedong.

While waiting, Cao Pi's side also consulted Sima Yi's opinion and persuaded him, and really began to move in the direction of Hedong, and a situation of closing the door and beating the dog was slowly forming.

Cao Pi thought that sending troops to Hedong was like an ambush between Xin'an City and Hangu Pass, which was a surprise attack, which was somewhat unexpected by Zhang Chao. But how did he know that the Tianyan Organization had already targeted him, and reported all kinds of possibilities to the lord Zhang Chao.

With Zhang Chao's understanding of Cao Pi, he made the most appropriate arrangement. Therefore, when the 150,000 Cao army came to the east of the river, they were equivalent to stepping into the Ghost Gate Pass with half a foot.

Cao Pi decided to send troops to Hedong, which was to come out with lightning speed. The spies reported that the five thousand defenders had been evacuated a day earlier, and that they had only had time to take some of the food and grass they needed in peacetime.

Successfully attacked the eastern border of Hedong, Cao Pi naturally had a happy expression on his face. "Hehe, Zhang Chaojun is just like this, he is afraid of death! In this way, it is very good, and if the order is passed on, he will immediately enter the treasury of the counties and counties, and take away as much iron and money as possible, and burn all the grain and grass that cannot be taken away. ”

"No." After receiving Cao Pi's order, his generals quickly divided their troops and moved. Only Sima Yi was left in the tent, still with a thoughtful face.

There was no one else in the tent, Cao Pi noticed Sima Yi's worried expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Zhongda, why are you unhappy?" ”

"Second son, don't you feel that this is all going too well? And why was it that the defenders were able to withdraw a day earlier, and not take with them money and iron, but only some grain and grass that could be easily destroyed? Are they prepared? ”

Sima Yi was really discerning, and soon sensed that something was wrong from taking away the money and food. Obviously, he also saw that grain and grass were easy to destroy, and money and iron tools were indeed difficult to destroy.

"Hey, Zhongda, there are layers of procedures required to carry the items in the treasury, and in my opinion, it is clear that the soldiers of Hedong dare not cross without permission, so they only brought grain and grass. Okay, I said that you are good at everything, but you are too careful and always suspicious. Cao Pi said with a disapproving look.

"Second son, this matter is still inappropriate. I think that since we have entered Hedong and our goal has been achieved, we should lead the main force to withdraw first. The matter of transporting supplies is handled by the other generals. That way, if things change, we can have a time to deal with them. Sima Yi was not moved by Cao Pi's words, but still put forward his own opinions.

Seeing that Sima Yi was still insisting, Cao Pi thought to himself that anyway, there were no enemy troops in Hedong now, and it didn't make much sense for him to stay or not, so it was better to withdraw and withdraw to the vicinity of Hangu Pass, so he laughed and said: "Okay, that's the case, just follow Zhongda's words." ”

"Second son Shengming." Sima Yi was also relieved to see that he finally said that he had moved the second son, and he hugged his fists and slapped a sycophant.

Cao Pi retreated with the main force of 70,000 troops, leaving four generals, Sun Li, Chen Tai, Wang Shuang, and Han Meng, each with 20,000 soldiers and horses to loot in Hedong.

It was precisely because of Sima Yi's words that Cao Pi was spared the scourge of killing this time.

Talking about the other four generals, there is no capable person like Sima Yi around them, plus Cao Pi did not order them to retreat immediately, they still took the soldiers to grab as many things as possible, they only knew that it would take eleven days for Zhang Chao's main army to arrive, and they only needed to withdraw from Hedong during this period.

But they never expected that Zhang Chao did not come in person, but he had already arranged for the first army of 50,000, the fifth army of 150,000, and the seventh army of 90,000, a total of nearly 300,000 troops to surround the east of the river.

In the distance, the 150,000 troops of the Fourth Army were also on their way.

With such a big trap swinging out, it is impossible not to attract attention. It's just that the news is still a little blocked, waiting for Cao Jun's spies to find out that Zhang Chao's army appeared near Hedong, and when it was reported to Cao Pi, the encirclement had already formed most of it.

"Not good." Cao Pi, who was reorganizing the army in Heyin City, suddenly got a report, and when he saw that hundreds of thousands of troops were coming towards Liaodong, he had a premonition that something was not good, so he hurriedly asked Sima Yi, who had read the news on the side: "Zhongda, I was really right by you, we were targeted, what is good now." ”

"Second son, immediately order the four generals to return with their troops, destroy the things that can be destroyed, and throw away those that can't be destroyed, and save your life. In addition, we also need to go through Gucheng and return to Xincheng, and first meet General Cao Zhen to say. Sima Yi also looked anxious at this meeting. Everything was going so well that he had a hunch that something was wrong, and now it seems that this is really the case.

"Okay." Cao Pi also knew that it was important to protect the soldiers now, there was nothing to build or something, and the soldiers could not be hit hard, so he hurriedly issued a military order to the heralds, and at the same time took the 70,000 troops in the city to leave the Yin City and go to the valley city next to Hangu Pass.

Gucheng is not large, and the resident population is only about 1,000 people.

At the beginning, when Cao Pi attacked Gucheng, it was just a charge, and the soldiers climbed the tower. With this experience, he also considered it the safest way to retreat.

It's just that it is the same Gu City, and when they returned here with their troops this time, they did see from afar that the battle flag had already been hung high above the city tower, and a big banner with the word Ji was hanging in the air.

"It's not good, Gu Cheng has increased his troops." From a distance, seeing that there seemed to be countless black-armored soldiers on the tower of Gucheng City, Cao Pi and Sima Yi both had frightened expressions.

Gu Cheng did increase his troops, and it was still Ji Ling, the deputy commander of the Fifth Legion, who came. He was ordered by the military advisor Xu Shu to come here to defend the city, and he also came to cut off Cao Pi's retreat.

"Zhongda, how is it now? Is it going to be a siege, or is it going to be rerouted? Cao Pi looked at Gu Cheng not far away, and asked with some uneasiness.

"Second son, let's change the way. Gu Cheng has already taken precautions, and it will be difficult to capture it, and if he can't do it, he will hold the army here, and at that time, even if he wants to withdraw, he can't be afraid. Sima Yi also saw Zhang Chao's soldiers on the tower of Gucheng City from a distance, and said in amazement.

"Okay, that's it, let's go the other way." Cao Pi also knew that this was reasonable, and immediately ordered an army of 70,000 to change course and pass through the nearby mountains and forests.

The advantage of this is that you don't have to fight here, but the disadvantage is that it takes significantly more time to walk through the woods than it does to walk the main road. It's just that at this moment, I really can't care about it so much.

Cao Pi chose to lead the army to walk through the forest, and Ji Ling, who was in the valley city, couldn't help but be a little disappointed after hearing it. Originally, he thought that he could fight a big battle, but now it seems that the opponent is still afraid of the battle and fled. But he didn't give up, he believed that there might be other Cao troops passing through here in the near future, and it was unknown that there might be a battle here in Gucheng.

Cao Pi chose a path to escape, relatively speaking, he was lucky. As for the comparison with the other four generals, he was much more fortunate. Because these four generals were all besieged to varying degrees, especially Wang Shuang and Chen Tai.

Wang Shuang was praised by Cao Cao after killing the mud, and he was a little arrogant. This time, as soon as he entered Liaodong, he looted countless good things, even when the subsequent military order was issued, saying that there was a super army coming and this place was going to be surrounded, he didn't take it too seriously.

Only one knife was used when he killed and returned to the mud, which made Wang Shuang think that Zhang Chaojun was nothing more than that. He even threatened, "It's better not to touch yourself, otherwise he will still slash one by one and kill Zhang's super army." ”

Also arrogant is Chen Tai.

In terms of qualifications, Chen Tai is much stronger than Wang Shuang, but this time he was robbed of the first credit by the other party, and he was a little angry, and he always wanted to perform well. Now that he heard that it was Zhang Chao's army coming, he heard that Wang Shuang did not flee immediately, so he made the same move.

Chen Tai thinks that the so-called main force of Zhang Chao should be rushing here in Yongzhou? Then where did the main force of the enemy army come from in Liaodong? Could it be that the world fell? This must be the timid Sima Yi again, who moved the second son.