"My lord, it's useless. Cai's body knows best, and this time I am afraid that it will be useless to find Dr. Zhang again, this is God's will. When Xi Zhicai talked about this, he didn't feel too much pain, obviously he was lying in bed these days and had already thought about everything.

Everyone dies once, and he is no exception, but sooner or later. The only regret is that I didn't see Cao Cao dominate the world.

Listening to Xi Zhicai's sad and even a hint of death, Cao Cao also said with a very painful expression on his face, "Zhicai, it's all my fault." ”

"Don't say that, my lord. By the way, you must have something important. Xi Zhi knew that there was a big battle ahead, and Cao Cao was probably here to ask about something, so he asked out loud.

"Hey, speaking of which, I was really hit by you, that Zhang Chao actually came prepared, after I sent Cao Hong to occupy the three counties of Yangping, Lu Bu's vanguard army actually gave up being the enemy of Yan Liang and came straight to Yan County, and now it has occupied it, and is attacking Junyi, once it is also taken there, I am afraid that Chen Liu's danger will be it, and Cao Hong's retreat will also be sealed." When he said this, Cao Cao sighed for a long time, looking impossible.

Xi Zhicai didn't expect that Zhang Chao would suddenly do this, which was really a bit unexpected to him. Then come like this, isn't Zhang Chao going to do something with Cao Cao? Where did he get so much confidence to take the initiative to start a war with the two princes?

Zhang Chao's boldness was something that Xi Zhicai did not expect. It's just that now is not the time to think about those things, and now is the most important thing to solve the danger of Chen Liu.

Regarding Cao Cao's troop deployment, Xi Zhicai naturally knew it well, and after analyzing it in his heart, he came up with the same result as Xun Yu, he first glanced at Cao Cao who looked at him with hope, and then said with a wry smile: "Lord, let's send General Cao Hong back." ”

Even Xi Zhicai said this, Cao Cao knew that this matter could only be like this.

Cao Cao's face was obviously not good, and after comforting Xi Zhicai for a few words, he walked out of the theater, and then saw that his expression was solemn, and his face was as if he could wring out water, "Okay, Zhang Zhiyuan, this time I will take a step back, but this matter is not over, I want to see who is the winner in the end of the battle between you and me." ”

Cao Cao made a somewhat difficult decision, Cao Hong retreated from the three counties of Jizhou with 200,000 troops, and when he left, he only looted some of the treasury there, and then ran to Chenliu.

After the news reached Julu City and Yuan Shao's ears, he sat on the big chair with a surprised face, he didn't expect that this Zhang Chao was so powerful, even Cao Cao was afraid of three points, and he gave up the three counties like this.

But the three counties were let out, Yuan Shao really had no intention of sending troops, he knew that his position was not guaranteed now, where could he still divide the troops.

Just when Yuan Shao was thinking about how Cao Cao had withdrawn and Zhang Chao would target him, news came again. Zhang Chao started to do it again.

The Eastern Route Army re-endangered Nanpicheng; The Western Route Army made preparations for a strong attack on Handan; To the north, Huang Zhong cut off the road to Gaolan to transport grain; More importantly, in the south, Lü Bu suddenly withdrew his troops halfway through the attack on Junyi, and then retreated to Yan County, from where he turned into Liyang and went straight to Yin'an.

In this way, Lu Bu bypassed the Yan Liang army that he was originally facing, and then marched into the south of Jizhou, where he did not send any heavy troops to defend it.

"Is this going to be decided by heaven to my Yuan clan?" Knowing that Lu Bu had actually entered Jizhou, and began to attack the city and plunder the land from the south, and entered the land of no one, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel like this.

When he was feeling, Yuan Shao had a sense of vicissitudes on his face. It's just that as one of the strongest princes in the world, he quickly adjusted his mentality, and said calmly and unhurriedly on his face: "Come on, inform General Yan Liang and let him catch up with Lu Bu's army and drive it out of Jizhou no matter what." ”

Lu Bu's vanguard army is like a monkey who has fallen into the belly of the Iron Fan Princess, if this person is not removed, it is really unreassuring.

With this order, in the following time, Yan Liang began to look for Lu Bu everywhere and prepare for a decisive battle.

When Lu Bu led the army from Yin to Wei County, Yan Liang led the army to Fanyang, and the distance between the two sides was only a hundred miles away. And just when he thought that this army would definitely move in the direction of the north Benguantao, after all, the three counties of Yangping there were now unguarded, and it was the easiest to occupy.

But no one expected that Lu Bu would surprise everyone, and lead the troops not to the northeast, but to go back and go in the northwest direction.

The news came back to Yan Liang's ears who were following him, and he was also in a state of deep thought in front of the territory, "This Lu Bu, let go of the unguarded three counties, and he is indeed coming to the northwest, what is he going to do?" ”

Yan Liang, who had been looking at the map for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up, and his face became a little nervous, and he said, "He won't be trying to capture Handan, right?" ”

This is just a line of thought in his mind, but when his eyes are really here, he is more and more sure of his own thoughts. This Lu Bu really wants to capture Handan, and he wants to take this western town of Jizhou City with the Fifth Army Corps, and once this place is breached, as far as Julu is concerned, the western passage between Jizhou and the outside world will be completely opened.

Thinking of this possibility, Yan Liang immediately shouted to his own soldiers: "Quick, send the army to cook immediately, and set off in an hour." ”

When he knew what Lu Bu would do next, Yan Liang became nervous. If Handan is really captured, then his mission to stop the Vanguard Legion in the west will be considered a failure.

Yan Liang's reaction was very fast, but compared to it, Lu Bu's movements were more rapid. Because he had already led the army to Handan, a place not forty miles away from Handan, and more importantly, it was an important transportation artery connecting Handan to Julu.

Occupying this place is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the giant deer and Handan, and it is also cutting off the grain transportation road behind Handan.

When the two armies are at war, once there is a problem with food, it is very easy to affect the morale of the army, and Jier will directly affect the final result of a big war.

"Haha, military advisor, your hand movement is so fast, even I don't understand it?" When the Handhui army was burying the pot and cooking, in a large mansion that was temporarily requisitioned, Lu Bu asked Pang Tong with a smile.

Originally, Lu Bu was not satisfied with Pang Tong's performance this time.

Seeing that the other route armies had achieved their own victories, but this strongest army had indeed not moved for a long time, and Lu Bu, as the main general, was naturally very anxious in his heart. But in his urging again and again, Pang Tong was indifferent, and he was so angry that he had to go to Zhang Chao several times.

Fortunately, he still knows a little about Pang Tong on weekdays, and knows that this person is planning and then going forward, once he comes up with a way, he will definitely exchange the smallest loss for the best result, so Lu Bu has been waiting. Finally, the sky paid off, and Pang Tong did it.

The vanguard army first went to Cao Cao's territory, Yan County, and showed off its might, causing Cao Hong's 200,000 troops to have to withdraw. Then they unexpectedly avoided its edge and came to the south of Jizhou, and then began to play behind Yan Liang's army, watching the 200,000 army follow behind their 150,000 cavalry, what they do every day is to be tired of hurrying, and it feels very refreshing.

Lu Bu was in a good mood this time, Pang Tong glanced at him and said, "What's wrong?" Fengxian, it's not time for you to scold me in your heart. ”

Being said like this, Lu Bu's old face immediately turned red, "Alas, that's all in the past, military advisors can't hold grudges like this, hehehe." ”

Seeing Lu Bu saying so casually, Pang Tong also knew that this was because people did not regard themselves as outsiders, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief. He can become the military advisor of the strongest vanguard corps with the youngest age and the shallowest qualifications among the military advisors, in addition to his good opportunities and indeed ability, it is also inseparable from getting along well with Lu Bu. If the two don't like each other, I'm afraid Zhang Chao won't make such a decision.

Thinking that he can have today's status, and that his ambitions in his heart are inseparable from the person in front of him, Pang Tong smiled heartily, even so, he gave Lu Bu some credit, but he knew very well the tiger general standing in front of him, that was a person who had not fought for three days, and he was itching all over.

"Feng Xian, tell me to go down, tell the army to get ready and attack Handan." The words of war came slowly from Pang Tong's mouth.

"Is it finally time to fight?" It is this sentence that Lu Bu is waiting for, which can be seen from the fact that after they came to Handhui, they will not remove their armor and the soldiers will not return to the camp, and they have been making preparations.

Handan.

The important city to the west of Jizhou, the capital of Zhao during the Warring States Period.

Now there are 100,000 soldiers of the 15th Legion in the west.

This confrontation has been going on for nearly a month, during which the Fifth Army also attacked the city, but it was blocked by the reinforcements and the troops led by the senior cadres. I didn't take advantage of it a few times, and the other party seemed to have restrained a lot.

This also caused the general Gao Gan who defended the city to be very complacent, but at the same time, his nervous heart has been tense, he is very aware of the combat strength of the Fifth Legion, if he is not afraid of the full force of casualties, I am afraid that he will really not be able to withstand it.

But there was Yan Liang's army by his side before, and once he was in danger, he could also call for help in time. But now, Yan Liang pursued Lu Bu, and he didn't know where he went, and for some reason, his heart became bottomless.

Gao Gan can also be regarded as a wise general, at least he is definitely not a person like Wen Chou and Gao Ran who only knows how to charge, but does not know how to think about the situation on the battlefield. For this reason, he had a faint feeling that during this period when Yan Liang was not on his side, he was afraid that it would be the best time for the Fifth Army to attack.