Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Ling's light cavalry had quickly chased after him from behind.

Xu Huang was unarmed, and with excessive blood loss, the whole person was groggy, and he could only let the mount run around in the dark night.

There was a loud "plop" sound, and Xu Huang's weak body couldn't stand the concussion of the horse and fell off the horse.

Xu Huang's originally vague spirit suddenly improved a lot, and at this time, there was a burst of pain like bones from his left arm, and then the feeling of paralysis spread throughout his body, like maggots attached to the bones for bursts of intense pain, and Xu Huang's arm gradually lost consciousness.

"Toxic." Xu Huang's remnant mind suddenly crossed such thoughts. The hateful Cao Ling, Xu Huang couldn't help but scold this sinister villain in his heart. With many years of military experience, Xu Huang knows that this poisonous surname is not trivial, and if he doesn't do it well, it will end up dying of poison, but where can he get a good antidote now?

The numbness in the arm soon spread to the entire left arm, and then the poisonous gas began to travel through the meridians and into the body.

Xu Huang gritted his steel teeth fiercely, and while he was not unconscious, he roared, and forcibly unloaded his left arm, blood gushing like a spring. "Ah" Xu Huang screamed, the whole person almost fainted in pain, and his face was pale and terrifying. At this time, Cao Bing, who was following closely, chased after him, and when he saw this tragic scene, he couldn't help but gasp, obviously stunned by Xu Huangsheng's torn arm.

Xu Huang staggered to his feet, the whole person was shaky, he raised his head and glanced coldly at Cao Jun's pursuers, endured the incomparably great pain, as if no one next to him took off his armor and bandaged the wound the size of his wrist.

Cao Bing obviously hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and Xu Huang had already bandaged it casually and started anew.

At this time, Cao Bing came back from the shock, saw that Xu Huang was already ready to escape, and hugged him again.

Xu Huang immediately had one arm, his mouth was bloody, and the man yelled at Cao Bing like a beast: "Who dares to come over?" ”

Cao Bing's pace of progress was jammed, and he was forced by Xu Huang's momentum for a while, and no one dared to step forward and watched Xu Huang go away. After Xu Huang walked out of the distance, Cao Bing came to his senses and chased after him one by one. Xu Huang only felt that he was lightheaded, and he might fall down at any time when he was bumped on the horse. At this time, his spirit has fallen into a coma, and there is a possibility that he will not wake up at any time. The pain in his arm was numb, and although he was bandaged, the blood was still oozing out.

There was the sound of Cao Bing chasing after him in his ears, Xu Huang barely kept a little sober, and tried his best to beat the horse, trying to get rid of Cao Bing.

Finally, Xu Huang couldn't control his fainting.

Seeing that Cao Bing was about to catch up, he vaguely heard someone say loudly: "Hurry up, surround him." ”

At this time, a man suddenly rode a horse and rushed to kill, killing Cao Bing, shouting: "Hugh wounded General Xu." ”

The person who came was Wang Zhong. In fact, Wang Zhong did not leave with Xu Ling, but watched them go away, and after they left, he was alone, dressed as Cao Bing, and followed Cao Bing to find Xu Huang's whereabouts.

Xu Huang felt in a dazed state that someone had put him on his back, and then something happened behind him, and he didn't feel it at all.

He only felt fainted for a long time, and when he slowly woke up, the sun in the sky was shining warmly on his body, and he found himself lying under a small tree, looking around, there were deserted mountains in all directions. Many animals that are rarely seen in ordinary times keep jumping around them. Xu Huang moved slightly, and a painful sound came out of his mouth, and the whole body was in hot pain. Where is this? After sobering up a bit, Xu Huang thought in surprise. What about Wang Zhong? He struggled to look up, but found no sign of him.

Xu Huang lay down for a while, taking the opportunity to sort out his thoughts a little, could it be that Wang Zhong led the enemy away in order to save himself? Thinking of this, Xu Huang became a little gloomy. If he is not happy, he will soon cheer up, since God does not want to let himself die, then he should be strong and live. Xu Huang rested for a while, and when he regained some strength, he began to crawl to find some herbs, intending to control his injuries...... In this way, Xu Huang began his career as a fugitive.

Changping was broken, Xu Huang's life and death were uncertain, Zhang Lang was anxious, and the joy of the big victory over Cao Ying just now was also diluted a lot.

Seeing that Zhang Lang was a little self-blaming, Guo Jia obviously looked at the overall situation, and he reminded Zhang Lang: "Lord, let Cao Ying escape back to his nest safely this time, it won't be long before he will make a comeback, and the lord should take the opportunity to be prepared." Besides, now that Cao Ying has been defeated, it seems that the lord should take action, right? ”

Zhang Lang perked up his spirits, and said with a somewhat distressed expression: "I naturally know this, but if I rashly raise the army to mention Yanzhou, I am afraid that because the battle line is too far away, Cao Ying will have a chance to take advantage of it." And if there is no biggest breakthrough in Jingxiang and Xuzhou, it will be difficult for me to really invade the Central Plains and burn the war to the Yellow River. ”

Guo Jia pondered for a while, and said with a strange expression: "Why don't you advocate marching into the Central Plains from Huainan, lord?" Now that General Zhou Zhou Yu has basically suppressed Xun Yu's troops, he doesn't have to worry about what trouble the Yingchuan area will cause to the lord, and Cao Ying's new defeat has caused a big drop in morale and unstable morale, which is a great opportunity to go north to Yanzhou and force into Xuchang. ”

Zhang Lang smiled and said lightly: "The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, with Jing Xu as a springboard, why do we need to take such a big risk to break through from the middle?" If Huainan wants to march into the army, it must have the protection of Jingzhou and Xuzhou on both sides, otherwise if we are repelled by Cao's soldiers, we may be driven back to the Yangtze River, and then we will lose the initiative in the battle situation, and Moling will lose the protection of the longitudinal extension, and our form will become extremely bad. ”

Guo Jia said: "The subordinates naturally understand this matter, but now the problem is that the two sides of Jing Xu can no longer make a major breakthrough for a while. So do we still want to miss the opportunity here to let Cao Yingcong cheer up? ”

Zhang Lang smiled mysteriously: "How do you know that there will be no major breakthroughs on both sides?" ”

Guo Jia was puzzled: "Does the lord still have a hand?" ”

Zhang Lang laughed twice, beckoned, and motioned for Guo Jiafu to come up, Zhang Lang said softly: "Have you forgotten?" When I said that I had sent Zhou Shan to lead 10,000 ocean-going troops, take the latest "Mengchong fleet" out of the Yangtze River, and go up to Penglai along the East China Sea. If they hadn't had any accidents, they would have arrived by now. ”

Guo Jia suddenly came to his senses, and shouted: "How did my subordinates forget about this." In this way, Qingzhou can be determined. ”

Zhang Lang said proudly: "At this time, most of the people in Cao Yingguan have been divided into the areas of Sanguan, Jingyang, and Chencang to block the invasion of Ma Teng and Liu Bei; The main force of the Central Plains was also firmly contained by me and Zhou Yu in the Jingxiangyu area, and the battle situation was stalemate for a while. As for Xuzhou, they are evenly matched, and once whoever breaks this equilibrium point first, the advantage will turn to which side. Just imagine, if at this time, Zhou Shanneng invaded Qingzhou and attacked the Cao army from behind, then it would play a decisive role in the battle situation. Maybe Cao Ying was forced to retreat to Hebei. ”

Guo Jia nodded again and again when he heard this: "The lord's words are extremely true. ”

At this time, a soldier came in and reported: "Lord, the Xuzhou side has just sent someone to report that General Zhang Liao has broken Xiahou Yuan in Shanyang City and is preparing to drive to Junoze. ”

Zhang Lang and Guo Xi glanced at each other, and each saw the surprised expression in each other's eyes.

Zhang Lang jumped up excitedly and asked loudly, "Is this news reliable?" ”

The letter soldier said: "There is General Zhang's handwritten paper. With that, the messenger took out a notebook.

Zhang Lang took a few steps forward a little impatiently, grabbed it, and hurriedly dismantled it.

Guo Jia rarely saw Zhang Lang so out of shape, seeing the smile on his face, the more he looked at it, the stronger the smile became, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What did Zhang Liao say in the letter?" ”

Zhang Lang hit the book, glanced at it quickly, and after a few cursory glances, his mouth was already cracked to the root of his ear, and he shouted excitedly: "Okay, Zhang Liao really lives up to my expectations, as soon as Xiahou Yuan retreats, my Xuzhou Front Army will be able to open Juyeze and enter the Yellow River unimpeded." Good. Zhang Lang said a few good words in a row, which shows how excited he is.

Guo Jia took the letter from Zhang Lang, and after reading it roughly, his expression was also very excited: "Such a big event has been decided. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao was so brave and resourceful, he would deliberately show the weakness of the iron-armored chain horse to Xiahou Yuan, and cheated several battles, taking advantage of Xiahou Yuan's high spirits and wanting to break the chain of horses to recover the loss, he decided to fight and attack Shanyang. This was a big surprise, good. Guo Jia praised a few times to express the sigh in his heart.

Zhang Lang took two steps back and forth, and said with blazing eyes: "Since Xuzhou has broken the deadlock, Feng Xiaoying should teach me how to take advantage of the opportunity?" ”

Guo Jia didn't think about it and said: "Now that the situation is very good, the lord should start to order General Zhao Yun to go out of Yingshang and cooperate with my large army to march into Wuping, in order to contain Cao Ying's forces and help Zhang Liaoxi enter Yanzhou and dig a huge field?" ”

Zhang Lang shook his fist hard, and said in high spirits: "Okay." Since Zhang Liao is so surprising, we must not let him down. Attendants, immediately upload my order, let Zhao Yun prepare to go out of Yingshang, cooperate with our Chinese army, and go north to Yanzhou. ”

The attendants were also driven by Zhang Lang's rising emotions and responded loudly: "Yes." ”

Guo Jia added: "At the same time, I ordered the mobilization of Tai Shici's troops to prepare to open the Siwen waterway and open up the grain channel of the Yellow River." In order to enter the Central Plains, be fully prepared. ”

Xu Shu was not far behind and said: "The battle situation involves the whole body, since Xuzhou has made a major breakthrough, now it is possible for General Zhou Yu to increase the intensity of the attack on the first line of Luoyang, so that the three sides of the heavy fists, coupled with the new defeat of the Cao soldiers, and the reinforcements of Ma and Liu to attack the city and pull out the village, the Cao army can not echo before and after, and it will inevitably be in chaos, no matter where the third line is lost, the result will only speed up the pace of our army's march into the Central Plains and create an immortal hegemony." ”

Zhang Lang said excitedly: "In addition, the 10,000 sailors led by Zhou Shan at this time are coming from far and wide, which will inevitably surprise Cao Bing, and go north to the Yellow River, which is already in sight." ”

Several people in the room were infected by this warm atmosphere, and everyone saw a bright hope for the future.

Guo Jia took the opportunity to say at this time: "Now we should strike while the iron is hot, while Cao Ying has not yet had the ability to fight back, while the lord marches into the Central Plains, at least he must force him to move the capital to the north of the Yellow River, so that most of the area south of the Yellow River will fall into the hands of the lord, which will play a major role in the unification of the world." ”

Although Zhang Lang was excited, he was not to the point of blindness, but was slightly skeptical: "As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how pressing the situation is, Cao Ying has been in Yanzhou for more than ten years, and it is deeply rooted, and it is impossible to stop it for a while." If we want to eat fat, we are afraid that it will backfire, and filial piety seems to be too hasty? ”

Guo Jia said calmly: "No, now is the best opportunity, didn't the lord also analyze the three situations of building a foundation based on Jiangdong?" Conservatives, take advantage of the Yangtze River's natural hazards, and defend Jiangdong; enterprising, out of the Yangtze River to operate the Jianghuai, in order to go north; If you become a hegemon, you have to grab Jing and Xu, and then lift the front to both sides of the Yellow River? ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Guo Jia smiled: "In this case, what else does the lord have to worry about? ”

Zhang Lang said loudly: "Okay, since Fengxiao said so, I will immediately ask Sun Quan to change the water route, go up from Huaikou to Surabaya, and invade the Yellow River in one fell swoop after the waterway is opened." ”

Guo Jia said: "Not only that, but the lord should also hurry up and send someone to send a letter to Ma Teng and Liu Bei, so that they can speed up the pace of action." Hit Cao Ying from all sides, and try to make him slump from now on. ”

Zhang Lang glanced at Guo Jia with his eyes, and said with a wicked smile: "Do you want to knock him to the ground, and then go up and step on him again?" So that he can never turn over? ”

Guo Jia said humorously: "If the lord has this idea, then it is okay to let his subordinates step on the first kick." ”

Zhang Lang couldn't help laughing.

Because Zhang Liao used a strategy to break Xiahou Yuan in Shanyang and forced him to retreat to Dongjun, the Xuzhou Front began to dig the Wen and Surabaya channels without scruples, preparing to enter the Yellow River by waterway.

Cao Ying's inhumane water flooded Cai, causing the death of many people in Xiacai, which attracted a shout and scolding from the court. Cao Ying was also unlucky, this plan was just done, but Zhang Lang was prepared, but he was drowned Cai again, almost the whole army was wiped out, and the losses were heavy, plus Xiahou was defeated and took Dongjun, Yanzhou was like experiencing an earthquake, and the people's hearts were shaking. In addition, there are many rumors that Cao Ying is preparing to move the capital to Yecheng, abandoning Xuchang and Luoyang, and everyone is in danger for a while, and the timid have begun to salute and prepare to move.

This situation was obviously beyond Cao Ying's expectations, and he couldn't help but gather all the strategists overnight to discuss.

For several days in a row, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in the early dynasty, many loyal and good ministers sharply raised this issue, but because Emperor Xian was afraid of Cao Ying's hegemonic means, it was all over in the end. And although Cao Ying single-handedly suppressed this matter, he was also exhausted and listless. It was at this time that another piece of uneasy news came from the front line: Zhang Lang drove several armies and began to invade the Central Plains in an all-out way.

(To be continued)