Xiahoudun set off from Nanwuyang, rushing towards Pengcheng non-stop, more than two hundred miles away Xiahoudun can't wait to fly over, when passing near Nancheng, he has received the news that Fang Zhi's periphery is purging, according to Fang Zhizhan is the most efficient, and good at night fighting, therefore, the overnight siege is certain, whether he can arrive tomorrow night is still a problem, Xiahoudun can't help but worry!

"General, rest, the soldiers are already tired from marching continuously for so long.1

"This can't be stopped, once Pengcheng is lost, the entire eastern front may collapse, we must rush back to support as soon as possible, let the soldiers walk slowly, and eat while walking."

"No1

"Report to the general, the enemy's cavalry continues to approach me, and the scouts on the periphery have lost contact."

"Is it Xu Huang?"

"Yes, General, he has already run from our rear to the front, I wonder if there will be some conspiracy?"

"They only have cavalry for this, and if there is any conspiracy, it should be to delay us first, probably to destroy the road, in this way, I will take the cavalry forward to drive them away and prevent them from destroying the road, you lead the infantry to follow behind, and the scouts on both sides must be sent, be careful of the enemy's ambush."

"No1

Xiahoudun led the cavalry out and caught up with Xu Huang, who was preparing to dig a trap on the road in front, as soon as he saw the arrival of Xiahoudun's cavalry, those cavalry and strangers who were digging traps immediately got on their horses and fled, Xiahoudun was depressed, if he didn't chase after him. Then Xu Huang will definitely continue to destroy the road in front, and there is nothing if the road is dug up, just bypass it on the side of the road. It's just a little to reduce the speed of the march, but the baggage cart can't pass, Xu Huang's intentions are very vicious, this is to drag his heavy infantry, you know, the only way he can deal with the elite cavalry of Youzhou is the heavy infantry.

But if he keeps catching up, he may be dragged away by Xu Huang. Who knows if he will preset a position somewhere, and then ambush himself! It's not that Xu Huang hasn't done this kind of thing, and the last time Xiahoudun was planted under Xu Huang's next time. Xiahoudun didn't want to come again.

Faced with this situation, Xiahoudun was entangled!

In desperation, Xiahoudun still decided to catch up, even if he didn't fight, he would drive the other party away. They must not be allowed to destroy the road.

Xiahoudun moved forward cautiously. And sent a large number of scouts to both sides, Xu Huang had no way to continue to dig traps with peace of mind, but Xiahou Huang's scouts on both sides were unlucky, many strangers were waiting for these scouts here, and with the cooperation of Xu Huang's elite guards, these scouts were annihilated one after another.

Xiahoudun couldn't stand the situation that there were no scouts on both sides, and kept sending scouts, as a result. The loss of the scouts alone was enough to make Xiahoudun feel distressed.

The same thing happened around the infantry unit behind Xiahoudun, and it seemed that more and more Inhumans began to gather around the troops. Ren Jun, who is in charge of commanding the troops, suffers from not having enough strangers to fight, and this situation is getting worse and worse as time goes by.

The confrontation is constantly losing, and in the same way, his own camp is also constantly losing, under the advantages of one and the other, Ren Jun's scouts can no longer leave two miles away, and this distance is still getting smaller and smaller, Ren Jun feels that there seems to be a big self covering him, which makes him a little breathless.

But Xiahoudun ran farther and farther, and the huge gap between the two troops made Ren Jun feel very uneasy, but he didn't have any means to confirm and judge the surrounding situation, which was really bad.

The sky has completely darkened, today is the new moon, the field is very dark, there is no lighting is absolutely out of sight, in addition to hearing the footsteps of the troops, as well as the sound of the war horses around them, I can only occasionally hear the sound of the war horses running in the distance.

There was a hill on the east side of the road ahead, and Ren Jun was alert in his heart, if the enemy set up trebuchets and heavy crossbow positions here, he would definitely be able to condescend and take himself by surprise.

"Come, send scouts to that hill, and be sure to scout for any enemy troops on the hill1

"No1

However, as time passed, the scouts did not send back news for a long time, Ren Jun's heart gradually sank, there was no news, it should be news, and most of the enemy troops had set up an ambush there.

Ren Jun thought about it and ordered the troops to leave the road, wanting to bypass this hill from a position of about a mile on the west side of the road, who knew that it was less than half of the way, and the front army had fallen into the trap The sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from the direction of the hill, it was cavalry!! However, isn't the enemy's cavalry entangled with Xiahoudun, where did this cavalry come from!?

Before Ren Jun could figure out where the cavalry came from, the cavalry had already rushed into Ren Jun's rear after two rounds of arrow rain, and then the cavalry was in the dark Ren Jun's troops.

Ren Jun could only try his best to move his troops forward, trying to use the baggage chariots and horses to form a circle formation to resist the impact of the cavalry, and then recall Xiahoudun to rescue.

But before the troops formed a good formation, the enemy troops in the distance used trebuchets to throw a large number of fireballs and oil filling, and the fire burned on the field, which not only pointed out the target of the attack to the enemy, but also made Ren Jun's plan to form a formation completely ruined, the carriages were burned, the pack horses were frightened and galloped in all directions, the soldiers of the crossbow array disrupted the formation in order to avoid the fire, and the cavalry on the periphery was also taking the opportunity to project a continuous rain of arrows.

Ren Jun was almost desperate, he could only try his best to resist, but the morale of the troops was declining very quickly, and now he could only hope that Xiahoudun would be able to return immediately when he saw the firelight!

Besides, Xiahoudun, who was led farther and farther away by Xu Huang, was also very uneasy in his heart, just when he was hesitating whether to chase any further, suddenly the sky behind him was red, and then, Ren Jun's letter for help also arrived!

Xiahoudun was shocked, and then he knew that he had been fooled again, but where did the enemy's troops come from? Could it be Zang Ba's infantry? This is impossible, Zang Ba is obviously still near Mengyin, so could it be Murong Fang!

Xiahoudun suddenly realized that Murong Fang's attack on Tancheng was fake, he must have suddenly turned around halfway, threw down the infantry and advanced with cavalry, and then cooperated with Xu Huang at night to play himself!

Xiahoudun, who came to his senses, immediately returned to the army to rescue, but at this time, Xu Huang, who had been unwilling to fight, entangled, gave full play to his expertise as a horse thief, and stalked and fought everything, entangled Xiahoudun to death, and did not let Xiahoudun return to help Ren Jun

After Xiahoudun tried his magic weapon and finally got rid of Xu Huang, he unexpectedly crashed into Murong Fang's ambush again, and when Rong Fang learned that Xiahoudun returned to the army to rescue, he immediately let go of Ren Jun, who was about to be disabled, and turned around to meet Xiahoudun first, and first eliminated the fast cavalry, where could Ren Jun, who relied on two feet, go?

Xiahoudun is miserable now, the front was suddenly attacked by Murong Fang and scattered the battle formation, and Xu Huang in the back followed, once again penetrating Xiahoudun's troops from the rear, and then the two troops took turns to attack, completely scattering and annihilating Xiahoudun's troops.

This battle lasted for a long time, and in the end, Xiahoudun's whereabouts were unknown, perhaps he ran alone, but the cavalry was completely wiped out again.

Then, Murong Fang converged with Xu Huang, and the two caught up with Ren Jun, who had not fled far, now there is no need to worry, within two hundred miles of the surrounding area, there will be no reinforcements to rescue Ren Jun.

The two surrounded Cao Jun with cavalry, slowly consumed and tortured Ren Jun with bows and cavalry, while shouting for Ren Jun to surrender, but Ren Jun was a loyal man, and refused to surrender no matter what, and finally the morale of the troops collapsed, most of the soldiers surrendered, Ren Jun fought with the guards to the last moment, and was shot by Murong Fang!

Xu Shu planned a beautiful ambush in the south of Nancheng, which annihilated Xiahoudun's mobile troops, north of Xiapi and east of Pengcheng, there was no longer the mobile force of Cao's army, and Donghai County and Pengguo, the southern part of Lu County, and the southern part of Taishan County all became a military vacuum.

With Fang Zhiyiren's sudden surge, robbing people, robbing money, and snatching everything that can be moved, fortunately, Fang Zhi's fulcrum, and promised Yuan Shao not to destroy the city, otherwise, I am afraid that even the city wall will be demolished.

That night, Cao Cao received bad news one after another, first Xiahou and Ren Jun were ambushed, and 70,000 cavalry were wiped out, this blow was really difficult for Cao Cao to accept, and then Pengcheng was broken in less than one night, and Zhen Rong raised it again and surrendered in vain, but cut it down, saying that it was to avenge Tao Qian!

Cao Cao was almost lost in the shock of the successive blows, and he knew that the Eastern Front had collapsed.

"Zhicai, the prime minister is hesitant in his heart, what do you say, what should our army do?"

"Shrink, fully shrink the lord, this is the only way, now is not the time to consider the gains and losses, how to keep the foundation, immediately withdraw the army, and fully shrink the defense1

Xi Zhicai's suggestion was quite pessimistic, but the other staff present did not have a better opinion.

"Shrinkage? Shrink to Huainan? ”

"Yes, abandon Xuzhou, abandon Lujiang, and fully shrink to Huainan and Qiaojun, and immediately clear the wilderness in Huainan and Qiaojun, gather the people, abandon small cities and villages and towns, and enter a state of war in an all-round way. The main force of our army also immediately returned south, gave up the current territory, and returned to the county to hold on. ”

"Give up and give up what?"

"Give up, Runan doesn't need to say it, maintain it for the time being, guard Liu Bei, Yingchuan and Chen County are at the key points, don't move for the time being, Liang County is the barrier of Qian County, immediately strengthen the defense, our army also fully returned to Liang County and Qian County, a white land in the north, Yuan Shao's combat power will not recover for a while and a half, as long as we block Fang Zhiqi in Qian County and Runan, and then talk about other 1

Cao Cao frowned, picked up the battle report on the table with a trembling hand and looked at it again, sighed and said, "Okay, shrink, fully shrink, Fang Zhi is a thunderbolt!" What a military god 1 to be continued.