Liu Chuang rested overnight in Huai County, and set off with his troops early the next morning.

According to the report of the scouts in front, Xiahoudun and Xu Huang did not stay in Pinggao, but crossed the river directly and fled to the Tiger Prison Pass......

"Lord, let's send someone to tell General Shulong and ask him to postpone crossing the river."

"Oh?"

Fa Zheng said softly: "Today, there is Cao Peng guarding the Tiger Prison, and this person should not be underestimated.

Although he has never intersected with him, judging from the previous signs, this person is bold and careful, and he does have some means. If General Shulong dared to cross the river, he was afraid that he would be ambushed by Cao Peng. It is better to let him prepare the boat on the north bank and wait for the arrival of the lord before crossing the river. ”

Fazheng's worries are also reasonable.

Liu Chuang thought so, so he immediately sent someone to the Yellow River crossing to inform Cao Xing.

That night, Liu Chuang led most of the troops into Pinggao County...... The Han army stationed in Pinggao did not take much effort. In fact, when Huai County was lost, the whole of Hanoi was in a state of panic. Although there are still several county towns of Shanyang, Xiuwu, and Huojia still continue to resist the Han army, in fact, the follow-up is weak, and it will be broken by the Han army sooner or later. The reason why these three counties have resisted until now is not that they are loyal to Cao Cao. Shan Yao explained: In the final analysis, most of the resisters in the three counties are local gentry...... The reason why he has not yet refused to surrender is just to ask for a good result. As long as the lord can give them a certain amount of promise, they will surrender without a fight.

However, this guarantee is not so easy to give......

Liu Chuang was not in a hurry, because he was still waiting, waiting for the person who could peacefully resolve the Hanoi rebellion to appear.

There is Gao Shun sitting in Huai County, plus the help of Shan Yao. Those so-called powerful gentlemen. I'm afraid I won't be able to set off any storms.

Pressing matter. It was to put pressure on the Tiger Prison to force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops from Qinghe.

Now it's up to who will make it to the end...... However, relatively speaking, Liu Chuang's pressure is less. After all, Yanjing has enough depth, even if he loses the entire Qinghe County, as long as he can break through the Tiger Prison Pass, then the final victory must belong to Liu Chuang.

Thinking of this, Liu Chuang was full of confidence.

It's just that he never thought of it. Just as he was about to set out the next day, he suddenly got the news.

Cao Xing was ambushed by Cao's army at the crossing of the river, Cao Xing was seriously injured, but fortunately he was rescued desperately by himself, and he was able to reach the north bank of the Yellow River. However, the Han army suffered heavy losses on the south bank, and although it was not a complete annihilation, at least seventy percent of the soldiers and horses were folded on the other side of the river.

When Liu Chuang got the news, he was also surprised.

On the one hand, he ordered Zhang He to lead his troops to the north bank to meet Cao Xing, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to inquire about the news.

"Cao Zhang?"

When Liu Chuang heard the name of the commander of the Cao army who attacked Cao Xing. I couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed again. "I didn't think that Huang Xu'er would let me lose twice."

After laughing, he immediately said in a cold voice: "But since you choose to be my enemy, then don't blame me for being merciless."

I'd also like to see where Huang Xu'er has come now...... On my orders, the three armies attacked at once, and must camp on the opposite bank before dark. ”

For Cao Zhang, Liu Chuang always had a good impression.

This kid is very bold, and his mind is relatively simple.

Talking to Cao Pi, Liu Chuang will feel difficult, because Cao Pi's mind is deep; But when he was with Cao Zhang, Liu Chuang never guarded against him, and even regarded him as his own sibling. It's a pity that the contradictions between him and Cao Cao are irreconcilable, and it is also destined that between him and Cao Zhang, sooner or later they will become enemies. When Liu Chuang sent Cao Zhang back, he had already thought that Cao Zhang would become his opponent one day. It's just that he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly and in such a hurry, which made Liu Chuang's heart quite complicated.

Are you finally going to be an adversary?

Ziwen, I believe that for this day, you have also waited for a long time.

So let me see how far you've come now......

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Although Cao Xing was defeated, the losses were also quite heavy.

Fortunately, there was no fear for his life, and Liu Chuang ordered Cao Xing to be placed in Pinggao for recuperation.

He personally led a large army and arrived at the crossing of the Yellow River in the evening. By the time Liu Chuang arrived at the ferry, Zhang He's vanguard had crossed the Yellow River and set up camp on the south bank.

During the day, the Han army suffered a crushing defeat, but its vitality was not damaged.

Cao Xianran didn't expect that the Han army was defeated at noon, and then killed again in the evening, so that there was not much defense......

This can also be seen the difference between Guo Yi and his Lao Tzu.

If it was Guo Jia, he would definitely order to camp at the ferry immediately after defeating Cao Xing.

But Guo Yi obviously didn't realize that the Han army's counterattack would come so quickly. And their opponent this time is Zhang He, which is not comparable to Cao Xing. Last year, Zhang He was attacked by Guo Yi once. Now that he meets Cao Zhang and Guo Yi again, Zhang He can be said to be an enemy when he meets, and he is very red-eyed. Therefore, Zhang Heqin led a large army to force the Yellow River, quickly camped on the south bank, and defeated the Cao army that came to fight. If Cao Peng hadn't come to the rescue in time, it would have been impossible to say that Cao Zhang and the three of them would have been trapped at least one person at the ferry.

It's just that in this way, the Han army has recovered the decline of the previous defeat.

Cao Peng saw that the situation was not good, and he did not dare to continue the attack, so he led Cao's army back to the Tiger Pass.

The next day, Liu Chuang led his troops to cross the Yellow River, joined forces with Zhang He, and 30,000 troops rushed straight to the Tiger Pass, which made Heluo oscillate for a while.

Luoyang, Tonghuo Lane.

The sunset shone in the west, shrouding the copper camel alley in a residual red.

Sima Lang hurriedly walked into the house and saw a young man walking towards him.

"Jida, is my father here?"

Ji Da is Sima Lang's fourth brother, known as Sima Kui, who is already double ten.

Sima Fang has a total of eight sons under his knees, known as Sima Bada. Now, Sima Lang is the Luoyang Order, Sima Yi is working by Liu Chuang's side, and the other six sons have not yet entered the ranks. Sima Fang thought that the situation was not clear now, so he refused to let a few children out.

Seeing that Sima Lang was in a hurry, Sima Kui didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said, "Father is talking with the third brother in the back house. ”

"Hmm. I'll go over it. ”

Sima Lang took two steps. Suddenly it stopped again. "Jida, don't go out today...... Spread the word to the concierge, the door is closed, and no idle people are allowed to enter and leave the back house. ”

Sima Kui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed down to agree.

He didn't ask Sima Lang why, because he knew in his heart that something big must have happened, otherwise Sima Lang wouldn't be so apparent. Merely. What's going on? Sima Kui was also puzzled. He hurriedly passed on Sima Lang's words, and hurried to the back house.

At this time, Sima Lang had already arrived in the study, and after saluting Sima Fang, he asked, "Father, is there any news from Zhongda?" ”

Sima Fang glanced at him, and suddenly said sharply: "Look at how panicked you are, what kind of system you have become." ”

You must know that Sima Fang's tutoring is very strict, which is recorded in the history books. Even after his sons were weak and had a coming-of-age ceremony, they demanded that 'they dare not enter if they are not killed.' I don't dare to sit if I don't want to sit, I don't dare to say anything if I don't ask." Sima Lang also knows etiquette on weekdays, but he was a little anxious just now, and after being reprimanded by Sima Fang, he hurriedly bowed down and took two deep breaths to calm down.

"But there's news from Hebei?"

"Yes!"

Sima Lang said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that Liu Chuang led his troops to capture Hanoi, forcibly crossed the river, and has reached the Tiger Pass. ”

"Oh?"

Sima Fang was stunned, and a different color immediately appeared on his face.

After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "I never thought that Uncle Liu Huang's method would be so clever...... Dare to give up Hebei and come to invade Henan. This trick is very good, I am afraid that Cao Gong will not be able to use it for long, so he will have to give up Hebei and fight Uncle Liu Huang instead. ”

Sima Lang heard a hint from Sima Fang's seemingly self-talking.

"Why does my father think that the Cao Guild will withdraw from Hebei?"

Sima Fang said with a smile: "Since Uncle Liu Huang occupied Hebei, he set up the royal capital in Youzhou.

In the past, I always felt that Uncle Liu Huang had established the royal capital too remotely, but now it seems that Uncle Liu Huang is afraid that he has been on guard for a long time. Meng De lost Hebei, which seemed to be a small loss, but in fact gave Uncle Liu Huang a great buffer.

He can have an overview of the overall situation in Yanjing, but even if Meng De has crossed the river, it will be difficult to attack Youzhou. From Hebei to Yanjing, thousands of miles away. Uncle Liu Huang only needs to be in Hebei step by step, and it won't take long to drag Meng De to exhaustion.

However, he had to attack Hebei ......"

When Sima Fang said this, he stood up.

"And as long as Uncle Liu Huang crosses the river and enters Henan, he can directly threaten Xudu.

Thinking that at the beginning, Meng De moved the capital to Xu County as a last resort, although he quickly stabilized the situation with Xu Du, but Xu Du was surrounded by enemies, and once Uncle Liu Huang came over, he had very little buffer room. It can be said that his relocation of the capital to Xu County has become the biggest problem in the duel between him and Uncle Liu Huang.

Besides, there are always restless people in the capital......"

Sima Lang pursed his lips and didn't speak, but his face showed a pensive expression.

"Boda, now is also the time for my Sima clan to make a choice."

Sima Fang lingered in the study for a long time, and suddenly said: "Uncle Liu Huang captured Hanoi, but he didn't pacify him for a long time, do you know why?" ”

Without waiting for Sima Lang to speak, Sima Fu said on the side: "Mo Fei, my cousin is waiting for us to make a statement." ”

The relationship between Liu Chuang and Sima Clan, except for Sima Fang and Sima Lang, is only known to Sima Fu.

Even Sima Kui is not very clear about the relationship between Liu Chuang and Sima Shi...... Sima Yi has been mysterious and mysterious in recent years, and his whereabouts are strange.

Externally, Sima Fang said that Sima Yi was studying in Jiangdong.

But in fact, apart from him, even Sima Lang didn't know the specific position of Sima Yi beside Liu Chuang.

When Sima Lang heard Sima Fu's words, he was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly looked at Sima Fang, with a little panic and confusion in his eyes.

But Sima Fang ignored it, only looked at Sima Fu and said, "Shuda, I want you to go to Hanoi to help Uncle Liu Huang help to quell the rebellion in Hanoi." It's just that once you go, there is no possibility of turning back. Your cousin will not enter the capital for a day, and I will not admit my relationship with you for a day. From now on, you will live and die, like your second brother, and have nothing to do with the Sima family, are you willing to go? (To be continued......)