Yuan Shu bluffed on the bank of the Yellow River to confuse Zhang Jaw, and he himself sent troops late at night, quietly left, and began to march towards Philadelphia, his intentions were not clear to anyone, but he attracted the absolute attention of Cao Cao and Zhang Fan, and his heart tightened a string.

Across the entire Qingzhou, even a full-speed march would take about five or six days, and Yuan Shu's army had already reached the territory of Changlu on the fourth day, which was only half a day's journey from Philadelphia, so it can be seen that he was marching day and night, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to return to Yangzhou.

These four days are enough time for Cao Cao and Zhang Fan to maybe have some information they want, but on the one hand, Yuan Shu took the initiative to contact and wanted to join forces with Cao Cao to defeat the Jiangdong Army, and on the other hand, he could only guess and observe all kinds of clues, without exception, at this moment, the faces of the two were not good-looking, and they gritted their teeth slightly.

Cao Cao: "Yuan Shu is really stupid, how much combat power is there under such a rapid march?" Did he really think that Storm Chaosman would believe him? If it weren't for the expectation that he would be able to contain part of the Jiangdong Army's strength and use it as cannon fodder, I would never have let the cities along the road let him go! Don't expect much from this person! ”

Zhang Fan: "Being able to come so quickly shows that Yuan Shu sent troops to communicate with Cao Cao, otherwise he would definitely encounter some obstacles, and the spies did not find General Zhangjaw's movements, it must be Yuan Shu who set up a maze array and didn't want him to cross the river, where is the sincerity of cooperation with me?" This person is not a good person! ”

Ignoring the thoughts of the two, now Yuan Shu was triumphant, looking back and smiling from time to time, and said to Chen Lan Han Hao beside him: "The soldiers are very fast, our army has completed the original journey of six or seven days in only four days, which will definitely make Cao Cao stunned, but he will be caught off guard!" ”

Chen Lan and Han Hao smiled and praised again and again, these two people couldn't get on the stage at all when Ji Ling and Zhang Xun were there, but now that Ji Ling and Zhang Xun were killed in battle, they became the top generals of Yuan Shu's army in an instant.

The god of war walked over, his brows furrowed slightly, he knew Yuan Shu's temperament very well, and he didn't dare to speak too much, so he had to knock on the side: "Marching day and night, the soldiers are already exhausted, it is difficult to fight again, take a rest and march again!" ”

Yuan Shu smiled and waved his hand, looking like he was in control: "It seems that you haven't comprehended the true meaning of the soldier's speed, only in this way can we make the storm chaotic have no time to prepare and think, and our plan can be implemented smoothly and pull out this nail in one fell swoop!" ”

The god of war was quite speechless, thinking to himself, where are you "god speed"? If you let the Jizhou cavalry run with all your might, I am afraid that you will be able to run the whole distance within two days, and the foot soldiers can also arrive in about four days under the condition of ensuring rest.

Helpless, really helpless!

When he met Yuan Shu, a lord who felt good about himself and was blindly confident, he really didn't know what to say, his heart was full of worry, but he still had to say yes again and again, now that Yuan Shao is dead, and he has a bad relationship with Cao Cao, the God of War only has Yuan Shu as a backer, is it really necessary to fight for it on the basis of reason knowing his temperament?

"What kind of bullshit Yuan family, the fourth world and the third prince? Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are destined to be difficult to become big weapons and compete for the world? It's hard, it's hard! ”

The god of war secretly hated in his heart, but he had to continue to march, but the army was tired, and he really couldn't get up quickly, and he didn't reach the territory of Philadelphia until dawn after a night of marching.

"Why don't we take a break?" Yuan Shudao.

The god of war almost vomited blood: "Lord, then where do you say we should be stationed, close to Cao Cao or close to Fengyun Chaos?" If you are close to Cao Cao, it is difficult to ensure that the storm will not be cranky, so that you will have long nights and dreams, if you are close to the storm and chaos, why don't we be stationed in other armies? Will he come and lobby us to help attack Cao Cao? How will we reply then? What if one of them doesn't attack the camp while we rest? ”

Yuan Shu's eyes widened, and it was not until this moment that he regretted not having a good rest on the road, so he could only continue to march hard, bypassing Philadelphia, where the gate was closed, and heading in the direction of the Jiangdong Army.

In the past two days, Cao Cao's injuries have improved, and he is standing on the city wall to watch at the moment, but it's okay not to look at it, and he is about to vomit blood when he sees it, although there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Yuan Shu's army, but there is no momentum at all, everyone is tired, many soldiers have black circles under their eyes, and they look weak, obviously they have been exhausted after a long march, where is the combat effectiveness of such an army?

Cao Cao, a general beside him, trembled all over his body and asked urgently, "Does the lord's head hurt again?" ”

"I hurt everywhere, my whole body hurts, my head hurts even more!" Cao Cao scolded, only to feel that his eyes were black, he was really not sick and was also sick by Yuan Shu, is this to help him or to send food to Jiangdong Army? Is it really inexplicable, blinded by lard?

Zhang Fan was originally waiting for the battle, but he couldn't help but be happy when he saw this situation, and Zhou Yu beside him was also dumbfounded, and muttered: "Could it be that Yuan Shu really just wants to return to Yangzhou?" Are we wrong about him? ”

Zhang Fan was speechless, and a trace of doubt and guilt rose in his heart, was Yuan Shu's mind really that simple? Wouldn't it be too immoral to do it yourself?

These ideas were quickly discarded by him, in the troubled times must be resolute, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, not to mention that he also saw a resentful face of the god of war, he is not sure what Yuan Shu thinks, but as long as the god of war is still in his army, even if Yuan Shu really has no intention of being an enemy with himself, after returning to Yangzhou, the god of war must be persuaded in many ways, there is the Jiangdong army grain road, all rely on Ding Feng and Du Qing and others to maintain, the number of troops is only 100,000, among which most of them are captured from the two states of Yuyang Yuan Shujun, if a big war really breaks out, the consequences are unpredictable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan settled down, rode out on horseback, and greeted Yuan Shu: "Highway General, long time no see!" ”

Yuan Shu was shocked, a trace of fear and jealousy flashed in his eyes, he was really afraid of Zhang Fan's strength, and hugged his fists at the moment: "Brother Feng, Yuan is here as promised, please get out of the way, so that I can return to Yangzhou!" ”

Zhang Fan smiled: "Why should Brother Highway be in a hurry? I've set up a feast in my tent, why don't we drink it?" ”

"No, no! Now that Yangzhou is in turmoil, I am anxious, and I should rush back quickly, and I dare not bother! Yuan Shu swallowed his saliva and shook his head again and again.

Zhang Fan smiled deeply: "That's it, it's okay!" ”

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