"Retire! Retire now! Liu Dai hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind. The simple two words -- "withdrawing troops" -- is a very difficult and helpless choice for marching and fighting, and such a decision basically means that a major strategic turning point has occurred.

Especially for Liu Dai, Qiao Mao has been planning for a long time, and the conquest of Qiao Mao is also the most important part of his entire Yanzhou strategy.

At that time, the remaining separatist forces in Yanzhou that could threaten Liu Dai's position would only be Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, and Ding Yuan, the Taishan county Taishou. Among them, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, is loyal to the side of the Han Dynasty, and although his strength cannot be underestimated, as long as he finds a suitable reason, Liu Dai is confident that he will win it to his side.

The remaining Taishan County is too Shou Ding Yuan, almost for a short time after it first arrived, and it is still in an unstable state, and in Liu Dai's opinion, Taishan County, where it is located, is also a remote place for the entire Yanzhou, and neither population nor region is the most important. In addition to Ding Yuan and Yang Rui having a relatively close relationship, Liu Dai is not afraid that the other party will threaten his right to speak in Yanzhou.

In fact, as Qiao Mao said, Liu Dai's appetite is actually very great, as the assassin of Yanzhou, his integration of the state's forces is only the first step, in fact, Liu Dai also has ambitions for Jizhou, Yuzhou, and even Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and Liu Dai even thinks that he can represent the Han family in a certain way!

After all, at this time, the Han family has declined, and most of the local separatist strength has some ambitions, not to mention that Liu Dai originally had the blood of the Han family. It's understandable to be a little more ambitious.

Liu Dai's ambition is not exaggerated. His planning at this stage is also in place. But first of all, when facing Qiao Mao, he repeatedly encountered setbacks, and almost before he had made much effort to capture Changyi City, he had already been beaten to the ground and couldn't stand up, so he had to choose to retreat! This is a big blow to Liu Dai, who has always been arrogant and ambitious.

However, this situation did not end there, although Liu Dai chose to retreat overnight under the persuasion of several of his generals, but Yang Rui and Qiao Mao were both ready to pursue, and only followed after discovering that Liu Dai had retreated.

Even several of Liu Dai's subordinates made some preparations to deal with the pursuing soldiers, and arranged all the soldiers in batches according to their strength. In order to retreat the most core combat power first, but in the face of Yang Rui's cavalry and Qiao Mao's subordinates, they were also very passive, and the losses in two or three days were very heavy.

Qiao Mao's infantry is easier to deal with, Yang Rui's cavalry mobility is too strong, although Liu Dai's troops are trying their best to escape, but they can't avoid the situation of being controlled everywhere, plus Yang Rui's 15,000 cavalry is divided into several parts, and they all have strong commanders of historical celebrities/historical generals, they often come out unexpectedly to fight for a while, and wait until Liu Dai's troops finally stabilize their positions and concentrate on coping. Yang Rui's cavalry quickly changed the direction of pursuit

In the whole process, Liu Dai lost the most of his troops twice, when he crossed Jishui and the Yellow River in the north, and the size and scale of Liu Dai's ship were originally very difficult to complete the transportation of soldiers in a short period of time. It is inevitable that they will stay in Jishui and the south bank of the Yellow River for a long time, and at this time, the terrifying fire and rain have struck twice, and the soldiers of Liu Dai's department have lost more than 30,000 soldiers at one time!

If it weren't for Yang Rui's concerns about Zhang Ning's safety and minimizing the number of times he used the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain skill, Liu Dai's loss would have increased significantly. Rao is like this, by the time Qiao Mao finally retreated to Puyang City, he had already lost more than 100,000 soldiers! Liu Dai's dispatch of troops to capture Changyi City this time can be described as a big defeat!

"This time I was able to repel Liu Dai and make him suffer heavy losses, and it can be said that I relied on Lord Lieyang Prefecture a lot! Please bow down to Qiao Mao! ”

When Qiao Mao's troops pursued Liu Dai's troops, and finally joined Yang Rui on the south bank of Jishui, he said gratefully.

From the beginning of Liu Dai's attack on Puyang City, Qiao Mao adopted Yang Rui's strategy twice, successfully realized the transfer of the sphere of influence and kept Changyi City, the current Liu Dai suffered heavy casualties and retreated to the north of Jishui, it can be said that the entire area south of Jishui fell into the hands of Qiao Mao, and Liu Dai was powerless to threaten Qiao Mao in a short time.

And in the whole process, Yang Rui ran around a lot, providing all kinds of news for Qiao Mao, who was defending the city, and actively dispatched troops to help defend Changyi City.

"Brother Yuan Wei doesn't have to be like this, you and I are a close alliance, we should rely on each other, at this time, I will help you repel Liu Dai, and at that time it will also be useful to Brother Yuan Wei, hehehe"

"Be so! Be so! ”

Yang Rui simply brought Qiao Mao's gratitude, and then Yang Rui Yang Rui ordered the rectification and collection of soldiers, and chatted with Qiao Mao for most of the morning, talking about the current shape of the entire Yanzhou, and asked Qiao Mao to pay attention to colluding with Ding Yuan and Bao Xin to check and balance Liu Dai, so he led all his cavalry troops to bid farewell to Qiao Mao and hurried along Jishui to Qingzhou Plain County.

Qiao Mao originally wanted to invite Yang Rui to Changyi City for a short stay, but there was still a big threat to Yuan Shao in the Qingzhou Plain and Jizhou, and Qiao Mao did not invite him under Yang Rui's resignation. At the same time, Qiao Mao's plan to send troops to help was also rejected by Yang Rui, not that Yang Rui was so strong that he didn't need external help, but at this time, Qiao Mao was able to sweep the snow in front of his door and maintain the balanced situation in Yanzhou was enough to make Yang Rui feel at ease!

At present, there are 100,000 troops led by Cheng Yu in Pingyuan County, and Yang Rui sent Wu Anguo, who was originally stationed in Dashan City, to the past, I believe that he has already joined Cheng Yu at this time, in addition to Yang Rui's fleet and more than 20,000 soldiers who escorted the families of Heyin NPC officials in advance, they have also arrived in Pingyuan County early.

Cheng Yu is already good at guarding, which has long been shown when the Yellow Turban soldiers besieged Dong'e County, and although Wu Anguo is not as good as Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, I believe that it should also play a big role under Cheng Yu's dispatch, which are the two main reasons why Yang Rui is more at ease with Pingyuan County.

Rao is like this, Yang Rui chose to go to Pingyuan County as soon as possible after assisting Qiao Mao to repel Liu Dai's army, Yuan Shao's strategy should not be underestimated, Yang Rui has a new understanding of Yuan Shao since the princes discussed Dong, and naturally he does not dare to take it lightly.

Therefore, after Yang Rui arranged for Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to lead a group of cavalry soldiers to set off, he also drove the Daofeng Flying Carpet and flew directly to Pingyuan County, so as to rush to Pingyuan County as soon as possible to understand the current situation. Of course, Zhang Ning also uses the Daofeng Flying Carpet with Yang Rui, and now that he has a synergistic talisman, it is also very convenient to carry Zhang Ning with him.

Moreover, Zhang Ning's Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain skill is extremely powerful when used with the Dao Wind Flying Carpet, and it has become a new killer for Yang Rui, and he can also use this big move at the critical moment when he takes Zhang Ning by his side!

However, the problem came quickly, now he only used the Dao Feng Flying Carpet to hurry, and did not use the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain to fight the enemy, and Yang Rui's measures of protecting his back and tying his ankles naturally did not need to be used anymore, which made Yang Rui and even Zhang Ning a little embarrassed.

"I have come to control the flying carpet of the wind, and you stand behind me, and hold my clothes tightly."

It was originally daytime, different from the previous night when he used the Dao Feng Flying Carpet, Yang Rui immediately spoke after discovering that Zhang Ning, who had always been calm, was a little twisted. In this way, mutual embarrassment was avoided, and the two quickly made the trip.

In order to avoid the undulations of the terrain and give full play to the speed of the wind flying carpet, Yang Rui still chose to walk along the surface of the Yellow River. At this time, Liu Dai's action against Qiao Mao had just been resolved, and Yang Rui's mood was also relieved, and Zhang Ning was not lonely, so he paid attention to the scenery along the way with great interest.

The torrents on the Yellow River are surging, and there is naturally a special interest when flying through the air, which makes Zhang Ning, who has always been quiet, also very interested, and chatted with Yang Rui from time to time along the way, and finally sang in a whisper, changing his ordinary state.

In the end, Zhang Ning may have been a little tired, so he simply stopped grabbing his shirt as Yang Rui said, but tied the ribbon on the cloud dress to Yang Rui's shoulders, if he was discovered, he would definitely feel that he had lost the dignity of the lord and minister

Even if Yang Rui is occasionally a little sluggish, he is not a person who does not understand the amorous feelings, judging from the exhalation of the "elf girl" Zhang Ning when he whispered and the act of "hanging" Yang Rui's shoulder, he should have some feelings for Yang Rui, but Yang Rui has an ex-girlfriend - Xiao Nan's heart knot, and he rarely moves his mind in this regard, not to mention that in Yang Rui's opinion, Zhang Ning is just an NPC!

Unconsciously, two or three hours passed, and Yang Rui drove the Daofeng Flying Carpet to the vicinity of the Pingyuan County Office. Based on what Yang Rui saw and heard when he entered the plains, Yuan Shao should not have taken Yang Rui's plain county as the primary target and sent troops to attack the plains.

In this way, Yang Rui was relieved, but before entering the Pingyuan Governance Office, Yang Rui first flew to the border area between Pingyuan County and Bohai County to investigate Yuan Shao's movements. And after observation, Yang Rui also reconfirmed Yuan Shao's intentions, although Yuan Shao had a lot of troops on the border between the two armies, it was a posture of standing still, and its purpose should only be to contain it, and the primary target was not the plain!

After Yang Rui found a large-scale Yuan Shao camp on the border of West Pingchang County, he stopped the Daofeng Flying Carpet and switched positions with Zhang Ning.

"Is the lord going to attack Yuan Shao's camp?"

Zhang Ning saw that Yang Rui had made another gesture of using the popular fire rain attack, and he already knew it in his heart, so he asked.

"Hit! Such a good opportunity, the other party is almost defenseless, of course you have to fight! (To be continued......)