"Xu'er, stop!"

Shi Xin stopped Huang Xu at a critical moment, and at this time, the Wanding stick was only half an inch away from the top of Cao Zhang's head.

Although Huang Xu was reluctant, Shi Xin's words would only be implemented unconditionally, and as soon as he was exported, he would immediately change his moves.

The Wanding stick was staggered by three inches, from the top of Cao Zhang's head to his shoulders, and then to his feet, and a stick hit the ground, splashing dirt.

Cao Zhang felt the vibration under his feet, and then he woke up from his daze, and fell to the ground with a cry, and his face had become earthy.

"Yellow-haired brute, my lord is going to let you go, why don't you hurry up and go back!"

Huang Xu was very proud, and kicked Cao Zhang's shoulder and knocked him down.

Cao Zhang's heart was arrogant, and he was humiliated by Huang Xu at this time, his face instantly turned red, and he shouted, "I'll fight with you!"

Slapping the ground, King Wei's halberd stabbed forward and attacked Huang Xu's chest.

Huang Xu had already prepared, snorted coldly, and shook the Wanding stick lightly, knocking the Wei Wang halberd away.

Cao Zhang was annoyed and ashamed, he had already lost his mind, and he pestered Huang Xu like a mad dog.

Xiahou Yuan has been a general for a long time, so he can naturally see that Huang Xu has been forbearing, and he has been defending since Shi Xin asked him to let Cao Zhang go, and he has never made a killing move.

sighed, "Ziwen, that's enough! If you lose the battle, you won't lose, there's no need to be entangled like this, come back quickly!"

Cao Zhang stopped his hand in an instant, stared at Huang Xu for a long time, and returned in disappointment.

When Huang Xu returned to the formation, Shi Xin praised: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Xu'er has made a lot of progress. What is even more rare is to obey the orders of the generals, so that you can stop immediately, without greed, which is worth learning from everyone. ”

Tai Shi Ci on the side blushed, knowing that Shi Xin was alluding to himself. stepped forward and knelt down: "Lord, the right person acts impulsively, and I hope that the lord will punish him." ”

Shi Xin hurriedly helped him up and muttered, "Ziyi, you are not only my generals, but also my best friends. I can let the generals go deep into enemy lines for the sake of victory, but as a friend, I don't want you to be in the slightest danger. Just like that situation just now, what if you catch Xiahou Yuan? If I fall into an ambush because of this, how will you let me face your mother?"

When it came to his mother, Tai Shici, who put filial piety first, was struck by lightning, and cold sweat trickled down.

Shi Xin looked around, "That's what I say to any of you. Now that we are about to replace Cao Mengde and become the new masters of the four southern states, such achievements are what you have worked hard to get back, and there is no need to make yourself regret for the sake of temporary greed. Next, I have to deal with Sima Yi, and even spread the military might of my Han to the world. Everyone must fight steadily and obey military orders, and we will have to rely on you in the future!"

For the first time, Shi Xin made his ambition to conquer the world public, in preparation for the future. If you want to make meritorious achievements for generals, you must constantly fight and conquer. He wants to convey a meaning: There are many opportunities in the future, and whether you can grasp them depends on yourself.

Shi Xin's words made a lot of waves in the hearts of the generals. Only then did most people realize the true ambition of the lord and were thrilled by it.

Conquer the world, who doesn't want more people to know themselves, and even leave their name for eternity?

Shi Xin stopped at the point, just convey this meaning, and now even Cao Pi has not done it, and it is too early to say that he will conquer the world.

He turned his gaze back to the battlefield and said loudly: "Xiahou Yuan, I don't know what Cao Pi told you, Cao Gong has reached a consensus with me in Yanzhou, you just need to find Cao Pi to confront me, and the truth will come out!"

Xiahou Yuan scolded: "Shi Xin, it is a fact that you killed the lord, if you rush to kill it, I Xiahou Yuan will not frown even if he dies." ”

Shi Xin felt a headache, but within his understanding, they were probably bewitched by Cao Pi to be like this.

Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, it seems that this matter is not something that can be understood by verbal talk. ”

Shi Xin nodded, "I can only speak with my fists." ”

In fact, he was a little helpless, if Cao Pi was obedient, the army on the other side would already be in his own pocket, and he still needed to fight to the death?

Just as he was about to order the whole army to charge and give Xiahou Yuan some color, Xiahou Yuan, who was still shouting just now, suddenly turned his horse's head and rushed to the rear.

Shi Xin had no choice but to pause the charge and lead a large army to follow.

After a short time, the two Eagle Scouts came with the news: in front of Xiahou Yuan, there have been three large armies constantly advancing, in the shape of "Pin", each with more than 30,000 people.

The left one was commanded by Zhang Liaole Jin, the right one was led by Xu Huang and Zhang He, and the front one was led by Li Dian, Yu Ban, Xiahoudun and Cheng Yu.

I didn't see Guo Jia and Cao Pi.

Zhuge Liang has been secretly remembering the route he has taken, and when he contacted the scouts, he immediately understood Cao Pi's intentions: "Lord, Cao Pi has been rushing to the southwest, I'm afraid he wants to return to Xiangyang!"

He further explained: "He knew that you had received Cao Cao's kindness and would not kill their troops, so he put up such a formation and retreated in a timely manner. I even estimate that he and Guo Jia have already led 50,000 of their closest cronies back to Xiangyang as soon as possible. The next 100,000 people are trying to slow down our march. ”

Zhuge Liang analyzed it very thoroughly, and Shi Xin thought so. He immediately ordered Lu Su to take the remaining 70,000 men and all the grain and grass to join his army. Since Cao Pi was bent on retreating, it didn't make sense for this army to stay in Pengcheng.

Shi Xin was determined to win this battle, and they had discussed how to distribute the army after the victory, and the 150,000 troops should be regarded as preparing for Yizhou in advance.

In this way, the two armies were one in front of the other, one after the other, chasing and catching up, and Xiahou Yuan led 10,000 troops to respond in the middle, maintaining a strange balance, and walking on the land of Yuzhou.

Of course, Shi Xin would not let Cao Pi enter Xiangyang as he wished, and if that was the case, he would not be able to subdue Jingzhou until the Year of the Monkey. He had already made corresponding arrangements when he decided to follow Cao's army, and Xiao Jinyin was sent to Yanzhou to deliver the message.

Shi Xin was not idle along the way, and took out 50,000 out of 150,000 people, divided into 20 teams, and began to subdue the major cities of Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

50,000 people is not a lot, but with Shi Xin's current strength and Cao Pi's attitude of fleeing, these two states have long been rumored to be rumored to be, the army is invincible everywhere, and the enemy soldiers flee and surrender, and the process is expected to be smooth.

The person who was sent to Yangzhou to command the whole army was Sun Ce, who was born in Jiangdong and was most familiar with that area. And it was Xu Shu who was sent to Yuzhou, and he had been operating in Yuzhou for a long time.

As a state apparatus that had long been functioning freely, Shi Xin and his Wenchen had long been handy at governing the state city. With the firm control of local politics, economic, cultural, and intelligence work began to infiltrate Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and a large number of talents were imported, and the two states would soon be integrated into the five northern states.

There is a saying that the mourning soldiers will win, the lord of the Cao army is newly dead, the whole army is surrounded by sorrow, and the soldiers have the determination to fight to the death.

It's just that there will be times when any emotions will be relieved, and Shi Xin has been following him in the past few days, putting huge pressure on Cao Jun. They had turned around to tempt, but Shi Xin either nimbly avoided it, or he guarded it like an iron bucket, and he couldn't help them at all. As time passed, the grief and anger gradually faded, and panic spread.

Why did Shi Xin keep hanging us, but he didn't come to fight?

What does the eldest prince want to do? The march is so slow, he is not afraid that Shi Xin will rush over?

What the hell are we doing? Escape, or is it a trick?

Even the military advisors and generals couldn't understand what Cao Pi and Shi Xin were doing. Guo Jia asked about this several times, but Cao Pi didn't answer, and asked if the envoy sent to Sima Yi had any reply.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, this is the most reasonable reason that Cao Pi thought of, and he showed that he would bow down to his subordinates, and Sima Yi had no reason to refuse.

To his despair, after waiting for a few days, Sima Yi did not respond, and the messenger sank into the sea.

A few days later, the envoy returned, and the response he received was: Sima Yi was cultivating at a critical juncture, so he didn't receive them at all. Only Li Ru, Deng Ai and others, who had just returned from Beibi Mountain, received them a little, and they did not dare to assert Cao Pi's request.

Cao Pi was suddenly anxious, if there was no support from Sima Yi, even if he entered Xiangyang, he would be besieged. So, he ordered the march to be intensified, and after six days finally entered the territory of Xiangyang.

In order to save himself, the 100,000-strong army after the fall still dragged Shi Xin.

Seeing that there was only one hour to march from Xiangyang City, as long as he entered the protection range of the True Dragon Shield, Cao Pi would be truly out of danger.

After that, it is necessary to defend according to the danger, and it is necessary to make a trade-off between the next army entering the city - the resources of a city cannot support the huge number of 150,000 people. But that's a later story, everything will be decided after entering Xiangyang.

"Strange, why didn't anyone come out to answer?"

Cao Pi muttered to himself as he hurried.

Guo Jia's face next to him suddenly changed, "Eldest son, the situation is not good!"

As soon as the words fell, the front suddenly became dusty, and an army of tens of thousands of people blocked the way, and the formation was solemn, and at a glance, he knew that it was an elite soldier who had been fighting for many years.

The two cavalry, one on the left and one on the right, took the lead in rushing out and went hand in hand.

The first member of the left is a general with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like a meteor, a tiger body and ape arms, and a wolf's waist, which is the Xiliang fierce general Jin Ma Chao. He was followed by Tian Yu, Ma Dai and Fu Bo Qi.

The general on the right, Hua Fa, was born early, holding a big bow in his left hand, with a serious expression, it was Huang Zhong. Behind him are Yan Yan and Huang Cheng, who are also veterans, as well as the strong bow battalion.

"Cao Pi, the lord has already seen through your scheme, we have been waiting for a long time, why don't we get off the horse and surrender quickly?"

Ma Chao's cold voice came, and the armies of both sides stopped at a distance of 100 zhang.

It turned out that as early as a few days ago, Shi Xin had sent a message to Xiao Jinyin, asking Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, two teams of cavalry, to select 50,000 soldiers who were good at running from the army, and the military division Fa Zheng accompanied them from Yuzhou to go around the front to besiege Cao Pi.

Their speed came quickly, reaching the city of Xiangyang the day earlier.