Standing in front of the Qin army, Wei Yan and Xiahoudun looked at each other, and their eyes were full of strong fighting intent.

Although the eyes of the two of them were full of fighting intent, neither side rode their horses to kill each other at all.

The Qin army suddenly appeared, Xiahoudun was not sure of defeating the Qin army here, and Wei Yan was the same, the smoke and dust in the distance were getting closer and closer, even if he stepped forward to fight, he couldn't take Xiahoudun for a while.

Once it is delayed for too long, the armies of the two sides will definitely fight in the valley, and without the certainty of complete victory, Wei Yan will not rashly start a big war.

Both sides had concerns, and the wolf who was chased by Xiahou along the way was unbearable, but Liu Bei couldn't care about it, and shouted to Wei Yan: "Why don't the general take advantage of the fact that this person's reinforcements have not arrived, and come forward to capture him!" ”

Wei Yan didn't pay attention to Liu Bei, but still frowned slightly, glaring at Xiahoudun angrily.

The smoke and dust behind Xiahoudun was getting closer and closer, and looking from the valley to the other side, he could already see the figure of Cao Jun rushing to the front.

"Let's go!" Seeing that Wei Yan had no intention of attacking, Xiahou Xuan, who also did not intend to fight here, pulled his war horse and gave an order to the dozens of Cao soldiers behind him, turned around and left.

If Wei Yan ordered the crossbowmen to release arrows at Xiahoudun and the others at this time, even if he couldn't shoot Xiahoudun, he would definitely be severely injured.

But Wei Yan didn't do that, just rode on horseback and watched Xiahoudun take dozens of Cao soldiers to the smoke and dust that ran in the distance.

Xiahoudun's back was getting farther and farther away, and Liu Bei, who was unwilling on the side, asked Wei Yan: "The opportunity is so good, why did the general let them go?" ”

"This person is a brave general, if he fights, the final general will not be sure of victory!" Turning his head to look at Liu Bei, the corners of Wei Yan's mouth tugged slightly, and he said with a smile: "There is no certainty of complete victory, and fighting rashly is just a waste of the lives of the soldiers!" ”

Choked half to death by Wei Yan's words, Liu Bei's face was red and white for a while, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"His Royal Highness ordered us to come to the aid of Xuande Gong, and we waited for Xiaopei to be captured, and Xuande Gong lost Xuzhou!" Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Wei Yan continued: "This Xuzhou, Xuande Gong is afraid that he will not be able to stay for a long time, I don't know what the Duke has planned?" ”

In his heart, he also knew that Liu Wei did not want to see him, and Liu Bei never thought of going to Luoyang to join Liu Bian.

Wei Yan asked him about his plans, he first turned his head to look at Zhang Fei and the Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers, and then said to Wei Yan: "I want to go to Hebei to join Ben Chu Gong, I don't know what the general has to say!" ”

Liu Bei's last sentence asked Wei Yan for advice, but it was just a polite word, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

When leaving Luoyang, Wei Yan saw from the order given by Liu Wei that Liu Wei did not like the imperial prince in front of him.

sent troops to rescue him, but he didn't want Liu Bei to die too early.

Although he didn't know what kind of intention Liu Wei had in doing this, Wei Yan, who had already seen some clues, would not persuade Liu Bei to go to Luoyang.

Hearing Liu Bei say that he had the heart to go to Hebei, Wei Yan arched his fist at Liu Bei and said, "That being the case, Xuande Gong take care!" ”

Still thinking in his heart, if Wei Yan persuaded him to go to Luoyang, what kind of excuse should he find, Wei Yan suddenly hugged his fist and said goodbye, which really made Liu Bei a lot less trouble, and hurriedly gave Wei Yan a salute and said: "The general's life-saving grace, I will never forget it!" ”

Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, and Mi Fang, who followed Liu Bei, saw that Liu Bei had made the decision to go to Hebei, and they also bowed their hands to Wei Yan, followed Liu Bei, and went all the way north.

The army stayed in the valley, and after breaking off Liu Bei and others, it took more than half a day before Wei Yan ordered the whole army to return to Xiaopei.

Leading the army to reach Xiaopei, as soon as he saw the city wall of Xiaopei, Wei Yan secretly screamed in his heart!

Before leaving, he ordered Li Ji and others to guard Xiaopei, and only one day after leaving, Xiaopei's city wall was full of Cao Jun's banners.

Yu Ban stood on the wall of Xiaopei, looking at the Qin army that had just appeared in the distance, and a strange smile was drawn on the corner of his mouth.

Before the expedition, Guo Jia deliberately explained to Yu Ban that once the city of Xuzhou was broken, the Qin army in Xiaopei City would definitely send troops to rescue Liu Bei, and Yu Ban would only need to send a selected group of more than 100 people to change into the clothes and armor of the Qin army, and falsely claim that he was going back to the city to convey Wei Yan's order, so that he could deceive and open the city gate.

A team of more than 100 people is not a threat to the defenders, and it is impossible for the Qin army defending the city to take them in their eyes.

But once these more than 100 people occupy the city gate, they can give the army time to rush and kill, and the main force of Cao's army enters Xiaopei, relying on the defenders in the city, they are powerless to resist at all.

According to Guo Jia's strategy, soon after Wei Yan led the army to leave, Yu Ban sent a team of more than 100 people, and sure enough, he quickly occupied Xiaopei.

Li Ji, who had made great contributions in the sneak attack on Cao Hong earlier, did not withdraw after the city gate was breached, but led the defenders to fight to the death.

A thousand Qin troops defending the city, where would they be the opponents of tens of thousands of Cao troops, and they were all killed in battle soon.

The streets of Xiaopei City were splashed with blood everywhere, and the ground was littered with the corpses and severed arms of soldiers on both sides during the fighting.

Many soldiers of the Cao army were still cleaning up the mess in the city, but Yu Ban had already ordered the army to plant the battle flags of the Cao army on the city walls.

Leading the main force of the Qin army, he arrived outside Xiaopei City, looking at the battle flags of the Cao army planted on the city from a distance, Wei Yan knew that this time he went to Xuzhou, and his mission was finally over.

In Xuzhou, he successively broke the army of Cao Hong, Li Dian and Le Jin, but in the end, Xiaopeicheng still failed to hold it and fell into the hands of Cao Jun.

"General!" Looking at the banner of Cao Jun on the city wall of Xiaopei, a partial general rode a horse behind Wei Yan, clasped his fists and said to him: "There are still a thousand brothers in the city who defend the city......

"The city has been broken, and no one has withdrawn from the city!" Looking at the Xiaopei city wall from afar, Wei Yan said in a very calm tone: "A thousand soldiers, I'm afraid that they have already died!" ”

When Wei Yan said such a sentence, the general was stunned for a moment, clenched his fists tightly, and was silent for a while before shouting to him: "The Cao army has no form, and dares to steal Xiaopei while the main force of our army is on the march, and the last general is willing to lead the army to take this city!" ”

"I'm willing to take back Xiaopei!" As soon as the general's voice fell, the soldiers of the Qin army who followed behind shouted to Wei Yan in unison.

If Wei Yan was a little irrational, the enthusiasm of the generals to ask for battle would definitely make him order the siege of the city.

But although Wei Yan is young, he is not the kind of person who is easy to be impulsive, looking at the soldiers, his brows are slightly twisted, and after a long while, he shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order and returns to Luoyang with this general!" ”

I didn't expect Wei Yan to suddenly order to return to Luoyang, and all the soldiers of the Qin army were stunned.

Xiao Pei had just been lost, and the defenders in the city must have all been poisoned by Cao Jun, but Wei Yan didn't want to avenge the defenders, but instead gave the order to return to Luoyang, which made it really difficult for the soldiers to accept emotionally.

Riding a war horse and walking two steps, seeing that the soldiers of the Qin army behind him did not move, Wei Yan frowned slightly, turned his horse's head, and asked them: "Could it be that you want to disobey the military order?" ”

"General!" As soon as Wei Yan's words fell, a partial general raised his fists and said in a tone full of righteous indignation: "How much hard work did it take for us to take Xiaopei, and now the Cao army has actually captured the city, and the soldiers who guarded the city must all be killed at this time." The general did not avenge the soldiers, but why did he suddenly order the withdrawal? ”

The words of the partial general were exactly what they said about the hearts of the soldiers of the Qin army.

Although the soldiers did not make any more calls for battle, when they looked at Wei Yan, the heat in their eyes let Wei Yan know that in their hearts, the soldiers all hoped to launch a strong attack on Xiao Pei.

Looking at the Qin soldiers present, Wei Yan's brows were tightly locked.

Xiao Pei was won from the Cao army by him with a lot of effort led by the Qin army, and now that he has lost it, he has lost many horses, and his mental strength is no better than anyone else.

But he knew that since the Cao army occupied Xiaopei, he would definitely take precautions against the Qin army's counterattack.

Attacking Xiaopei, once you fall into the trap set by Cao's army, you will lose not only the 1,000 soldiers left in the city, but the entire army.

"General Ben knows what the soldiers are thinking!" Looking at the soldiers of the Qin army in front of him, Wei Yan shouted to them: "But have you ever thought that since the Cao army is sure that Xiaopei will be decided in a battle, it will definitely guard against our army's counterattack." If our army falls into the trap set by Cao Jun in advance, the loss will be everyone present! ”

Wei Yan's words lowered their heads one by one to the soldiers of the Qin army.

Seeing that the soldiers seemed to understand the meaning of his words, Wei Yan continued: "Even if the Cao army has no precautions and attacks the city, it will not happen overnight, we will attack Xiaopei, if the Cao army in Xuzhou kills from behind and there is no strong reinforcement from outside, what should we do?" ”

was questioned by Wei Yan, and the soldiers of the Qin army understood one by one why he ordered the withdrawal of the army.

But when he looked at Xiao Peicheng, the eyes of the soldiers still showed a strong unwillingness.

"Withdraw!" Knowing that he had convinced the soldiers of the Qin army, Wei Yan waved his hand and shouted.

This time, no one dared to disobey his orders, and all the Qin troops turned around and walked towards the northwest.

While advancing, the soldiers of the Qin Army in the team would also look back in the direction of Xiao Pei.

Although the attack on this city that day was not very hard, they also lost a lot of men and horses.

The battlefield that had been sprinkled with blood was surrendered to the enemy due to a momentary negligence.

The bloody soldiers of the Qin army were not convinced in their hearts, and if they didn't even fight this time, they would be forced to accept the defeat.

Under the leadership of Wei Yan, less than 20,000 Qin troops marched in a neat line in the northwest direction, Yu Ban at the head of the city, looking at the departing Qin army from afar, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered to a guard behind him: "Pass the order, all the ambush soldiers outside the city will enter the city!" ”