Hanoi.

Just after experiencing a fight, Xiahoudun rode his horse and walked slowly on the battlefield full of the corpses of soldiers on both sides.

Beside him, there were Cao soldiers everywhere who were cleaning up the battlefield.

Zhang Yangjun lost far more soldiers and horses than Cao Jun due to deployment mistakes during the battle, and every time Cao Jun who cleaned up the battlefield carried out a corpse of Cao Jun who died in battle, at least ten of Zhang Yangjun's corpses would be buried.

"General, Duke Cao has an order!" Watching the soldiers of the Cao army clean up the battlefield, Li Dian rode his horse and ran towards Xiahoudun.

Knowing that Cao Cao had an order, Xiahou was stunned for a moment and asked Li Dian, "What did Gong Cao say?" ”

Taking out a letter from his bosom, Li Dian handed it to Xiahoudun and said: "The letter was not opened by the general, but from the messenger, the general heard that Cao Gong seemed to want the general to retire. ”

"Retirement?" After receiving the letter, Xiahoudun still didn't believe that Cao Cao wanted them to withdraw from the army.

After several days of continuous engagement with Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang's army was almost forced to the northernmost part of Hanoi, and Cao's army only needed to advance for a few more days to completely annihilate Zhang Yang's army and recover Hanoi.

Opening the letter, Xiahoudun frowned, browsed the contents of the letter, and the expression on his face became more and more dazed.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Xiahou Dian's expression was different, Li Dian's heart was also tight, and he hurriedly asked.

"Cao Gong really wants me to withdraw the army!" Handing the letter to Li Dian, Xiahou frowned, and muttered in a low voice: "But Cao Gong didn't explain why. ”

The news of the withdrawal was confirmed from Xiahoudun's mouth, and Li Dian also quickly read the contents of the letter.

"Zhang He's army is north of Hanoi, but Cao Gong is worried that Yuan Shao will order Zhang He to attack our army?" Pinching the letter, Li Dian looked at Xiahoudun and asked.

Xiahoudun didn't answer Li Dian, he frowned slightly, and looked in the direction of Jizhou.

He knew a few days ago that Zhang He led 50,000 Jizhou troops and had reached the northern border of Hanoi.

However, Xiahoudun never wanted to believe that Zhang He would risk fighting Cao's army.

If the two armies fought, the Cao army, whose number was far less than that of the Jizhou army, would definitely not gain much benefit, but Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were completely opposed.

Although Xiahoudun was only a military general, he knew that at the moment, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were not ready for war, and the time was not yet ripe for war between the two sides.

"General!" Xiahoudun was looking in the direction of Jizhou, and a cavalryman rode his horse from a distance, and the cavalry was galloping while shouting Xiahoudun loudly.

The direction in which the cavalry came was the north where Xiahou was looking.

Seeing the cavalry, Xiahoudun and Li Dian glanced at each other, and a sense of foreboding arose in both of their hearts.

"Report to the General!" When the two approached, the cavalry turned over and jumped off the horse, clasped his fists and bowed to Xiahoudun and Li Dian and said: "Tanma got the news that Zhang He has led 50,000 Jizhou troops to advance into Hanoi, as if he wants to find our army to fight!" ”

As soon as he got Cao Cao's letter, he received the battle report that the Jizhou army had entered Hanoi, and Xiahoudun and Li Dian were stunned.

Xiahoudun hurriedly asked, "Can you find out clearly?" ”

"General Hui, the exploration of the horse is clear, Zhang He is leading the Jizhou army to come!" In the face of Xiahoudun's doubts, the newspaper cavalry replied without hesitation.

waved his hand at the cavalry, and after he left, Xiahoudun said to Li Dian: "I know why Cao Gong asked me to wait for the army to retreat!" ”

"Yuan Shao is powerful, and Cao Gong is not ready for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao!" Li Dian nodded, and said to Xiahoudun: "We can't stay here longer, once the two sides go to war, if our army does not fight back, Cao Gong will be ashamed of the world!" ”

"Does the general have peace opinions?" Xiahoudun is indeed more than a step higher than Li Dian in terms of martial arts, but in terms of wisdom, he is much weaker than Li Dian, and now is the critical moment to make a choice, Xiahoudun turned his head and asked Li Dian.

"Clean up the battlefield as usual and evacuate tonight!" Li Dian was silent for a long time, frowning slightly, and it took a while before he said his plan.

Xiahoudun had no words, and he was also doing the same thing in his heart.

The Cao army in the Hanoi area had already made a plan to withdraw after receiving Cao Cao's order, and Zhang He, who had just entered Hanoi, did not advance too far in depth, but did not go far after entering Hanoi, and ordered the army to be stationed in place.

Fighting with the Cao army for several days in a row, Zhang Yang has already been beaten and lost his armor, Mo said that the soldiers under his command have long lost their fighting spirit, and even he himself does not think that if he continues to fight, he can turn defeat into victory under the attack of Cao Jun.

Knowing that Zhang He had entered Hanoi and was still encamped not far from the border, Zhang Yang did not delay for a moment, and immediately led the remnants of his defeated army to meet Zhang He.

Where Jizhou is connected to the border with Hanoi, a 50,000-strong Jizhou army has set up camp.

Because the sky had not yet darkened, Zhang He's barracks did not light a brazier, and outside the barracks, he could see from a distance that the battle flags were hunting and flying in the wind.

led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to a place only a few miles away from Zhang He's military camp, and when he saw the place where Zhang He's military camp was stationed, Zhang Yang didn't tighten it tightly.

Zhang He said that he led the army into Hanoi, but the place where he garrisoned his troops was not far from the border of Jizhou.

Once the Cao army arrived, if Zhang He didn't want to fight with the Cao army, he could lead the army back to Jizhou at any time.

Looking at Zhang He's military camp, Zhang Yang was already unhappy in his heart, but now he wanted to ask Zhang He, and he didn't dare to attack lightly, his legs were lightly clamped on the horse's abdomen, and he rode his horse to the Jizhou military camp.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Jizhou military camp, a team of people was greeted from the barracks.

Coming out with people and horses was a Jizhou military general wearing familiar bronze armor.

This military general is burly and riding on horseback, and the back of the war horse is more than half occupied by his huge buttocks.

Although he hadn't seen Zhang He, he saw the generals who came out, and Zhang Yang immediately confirmed that it was Zhang He who came out.

"General Zhang!" Restraining the war horse, Zhang Yang hugged his fists and arched towards Zhang He and said: "General Ganmeng led the troops to help, and the last general was really grateful in his heart!" ”

gave Zhang Yang a salute back, and Zhang He said with a smile on his face: "The general has been fighting for days, and it is already tiring, and the last general will prepare a banquet in the camp, and invite the general into the camp!" ”

"Thank you, General!" thanked Zhang He, Zhang Yang didn't think about it, so he rode a horse and Zhang He and rode to the Jizhou military camp.

"Duke Yuan ordered the last general to lead the army to come to the aid of the general, the end will be late, the general is not strange!" Entering the barracks, Zhang He accompanied Zhang Yang, walking slowly towards the Chinese army, and at the same time being polite with Zhang Yang.

Knowing that Zhang He's army had arrived at the border of Hanoi for several days, but he hadn't led the army into Hanoi at all, when Zhang He said this polite sentence, Zhang Yang was depressed in his heart, and he almost failed to scold Zhang He's hypocrisy.

Rush to help?

As the name suggests, reinforcements came non-stop.

However, Zhang He's army showed no sign of entering Hanoi for several days, until Zhang Yang had been beaten and had no power to fight back, and it was too late.

Can this also be regarded as a rush?

Although he was bored in his heart, Zhang Yang didn't dare to say it, but he said to Zhang He with a smile: "The last general fought with that Xiahou and failed miserably for days. The general's prestige and reputation have long been like thunder, and now that the general has come to Hanoi, Xiahoudun is no longer invincible! ”

As a military general, Wu Yong was touted, although Zhang He knew that Zhang Yang's words were a little vain, but he still felt very useful, raised his head and smiled, and said to Zhang Yang: "There are many people under the command of the general, and there are many people who are better than the last general, and the general is too humble!" ”

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the Chinese army.

Zhang He turned over and jumped off the horse, stood outside the tent of the Chinese military marshal, made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Yang and said, "General, please enter the account and speak." ”

At the same time as Zhang He dismounted, he had already jumped off the horse, and Zhang Yang invited Zhang He and said: "General, it should be recorded first!" ”

grinning at Zhang Yang, Zhang He didn't say anything to him, and stepped into the tent.

The tent is not very large, and can only fit about twenty low tables.

As soon as he entered the tent, Zhang Yang saw that there were more than a dozen low tables neatly placed in the tent, and two slightly larger tables were placed side by side at the top.

"General, please!" Looking at the low table placed in the tent, Zhang He asked Zhang Yang again and said, "The last general here orders to send wine and food!" ”

"Thank you, General, for your hospitality!" Although Zhang Yang is a tyrant who occupies Hanoi, but now he wants to rely on Zhang He, and he does not dare to make a big deal with Zhang He, first thanked Zhang He, and then invited Zhang He: "General please first!" ”

Nodding and smiling at Zhang Yang, Zhang He strode towards the main seat in the tent.

The tables of Zhang He and Zhang Yang were placed next to each other, and after the two sat down, the main generals under the command of the two took their seats one after another.

"Pass the order, and quickly deliver the food and drink!" After everyone sat down, Zhang He shouted outside the tent.

One of the guards guarding outside the tent received the order, and immediately answered, and ran to give orders to the fireheads to bring them food and drink.

Before the wine and food were served, Zhang Yang, who had already sat down, asked Zhang He, "I don't know when the general will attack Xiahoudun?" ”

"Attack Xiahoudun!" When Zhang He came to Hanoi, he was ordered by Yuan Shao to attack Cao's army when it refused to evacuate.

But now that the army has just entered Hanoi, if it attacks too early, Cao's army is not ready to evacuate, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will go to war too early.

Following Yuan Shao for a long time, Zhang He's leading the army is not a day or two.

He was not just a brave and resourceless general on the battlefield, and every time he marched and fought, Zhang He could analyze the shape well and make decisions.

Hearing Zhang Yang ask him when he would attack Xiahoudun, Zhang He smiled slightly and said to Zhang Yang: "Our army came to recapture Hanoi for the general. General, don't worry, the end of the day will give you a complete Hanoi! ”

From Zhang He's words, Zhang Yang heard that he didn't want to attack Xiahoudun immediately.

But the current form is that he has insufficient soldiers and horses, and if he wants to win Cao's army, he must rely on Zhang He.

Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, Zhang Yang didn't dare to say anything.