When Xiahoudun, who was trapped in Zhencheng, received the news that Cao Ren led the army to help, his heart was half grateful, and generally worried.

Xiahoudun was grateful that Cao Ren was really a buddy, and when he saw his brother in trouble, he did not hesitate to take a huge risk to come to the rescue of himself; Xiahoudun was worried that Cao Ren's coming this time might also be more auspicious, he stood on the wall of Zhencheng these days to carefully observe the Blue Wolf Army, and found that the Blue Wolf Army seemed to be waiting for someone to come. If the Blue Wolf Army was waiting for a very strong reinforcement, then when Cao Ren arrived with his army, he happened to fall into the trap of the Jin army.

Just when Xiahoudun was entangled and worried, Lu Bu, who had successfully taken Puyang City, received an order from the headquarters of the Eastern Route Army, asking him to immediately reorganize the strength of the Jizhou Corps, except for leaving 10,000 people to garrison Puyang, the remaining 40,000 people immediately assembled behind the Blue Wolf Army on the periphery of Zhencheng, and tried to stop the advance of Cao Ren's army in the Yangli Pavilion area on the bank of the Lizi River.

Lu Bu naturally had no objection to Zhao Yun's order, and immediately agreed with Tian Feng on the candidates for the generals who stayed in Puyang and the route of the army's rapid march, and then personally led the team to the Yangtingli area. The Xiongwu Army and the Black Mountain Army have a total of 60,000 troops, in the process of attacking White Horse City and Puyang City, there were about 5,000 casualties among the soldiers, and now all the wounded soldiers who have been treated will be stationed in Yu Puyang City to recuperate with peace of mind, and Lu Bu ordered the veteran Pang De to stay in Puyang, and take care of the Cao Army and Cheng Yu and others in the city, which is also a very important task.

In Luoyang, which is 600 miles away from Puyang, when he received the information that Cao Ren led his army north to rescue Xiahoudun, Lü Bu had already led his army out of the city and left Puyang for more than two days. After staring at the map of the Yanzhou area for a long time, Zhao Xing suddenly said to the herald behind him: "Immediately notify the Xiliang Army Ma Chao and Tian Yu to come over for a meeting!"

The herald took the order and left, and soon brought Ma Chao and Tian Yu, who were waiting in place in Luoyang City, into Zhao Xing's study.

Zhao Xing beckoned the second general to sit down, then looked at Ma Chao with a smile, and then asked, "Meng Qi, have you been at ease in Luoyang City recently?"

Ma Chao replied a little unhappily: "If you talk about this Luoyang City, it's actually not a big deal, it's not as interesting as Crouching Tiger City." Now the brothers of the Xiliang Army have put their swords and guns in storage, and their horses have been at ease for a long time, but they are not at ease one by one. In the past few days, some brothers have heard that the Blue Wolf Army has gone east in search of food, and they have come to me to ask me when I will go out for a walk......"

Tian Yu saw that Ma Chao was obviously speaking with a little emotion, probably because he had some opinions about Zhao Xing only letting the Blue Wolf Army send troops, so he hurriedly played a round and said: "After this period of rest, the Xiliang Army is in good spirits, and the desire for war is getting higher and higher, and I also ask the Lord to assign a new combat mission!"

Zhao Xing didn't care about Ma Chao's little temper, and still smiled and said: "Now that all the armies are rushing to fight a big battle, it's really not easy to find an opponent who can be the enemy of the Xiliang army." I really don't have any big tasks here, but there are still a lot of small tasks, and I don't know if Xiliang Army can see it?"

As the military advisor of the Xiliang Army, Tian Yu's mind is more lively and meticulous than Ma Chao's, and when he heard what Zhao Xing said, he was obviously asking for the opinions of the two chief officers of the Xiliang Army, and in fact, he wanted to formally arrange the task. At this time, if you pick and shake your face with Zhao Xing, there will be no good fruit to eat afterwards. So Tian Yu didn't wait for Ma Chao to express his position, and immediately rushed to reply: "The lord laughed, the task is no matter how big or small, as long as it is the main thing, our Xiliang Army will definitely complete it resolutely and thoroughly with the highest standards!"

Ma Chao also came back to his senses at this time, although he could occasionally play a little temper with Zhao Xing, but in such a big thing as marching and fighting, he didn't dare to go against it a little, so he also said: "Please assign the task, we will definitely ensure that it is completed!"

Zhao Xing nodded, expressing satisfaction with the attitude of the second general, then put away his smile and said solemnly: "Now the East Road Army commanded by Zhao Yun plus the Blue Wolf Army has formed a three-layer encirclement posture against Xiahoudun and Cao Renjun, and Cao Cao's troops left in Yanzhou are all concentrated in this small area from Puyang to Zhencheng and then to Chengshi, and the rest of Yanzhou, including Chen Liu, is empty of troops. In order to quickly recover the entire territory of Yanzhou, I now appoint the two of you to lead the Xiliang Army to cross the Tiger Prison Pass as quickly as possible, capture Chen Liucheng, and recover the entire territory of Yanzhou!"

"Xiliang Army commands!" Ma Chao and Tian Yu both stood up and hugged their fists to receive the order.

Zhao Xing instructed again: "This time I sent you to fight, in fact, I took advantage of the fact that Xiahoudun and Cao Ren had no intention of returning to help Chen Liu, and came to fish in troubled waters. Therefore, you must remember to move quickly, not to disturb the people and war, and if you encounter strong resistance in a certain city, immediately change places. Since it is fishing in mixed waters, you have to pick up big fish and catch them, and don't waste time on small fish and shrimp!"

After some explanation, Ma Chao and Tian Yu hurriedly rode in the direction of the base camp of the Xiliang Army with the action order approved by Zhao Xing. On the way to the barracks, Ma Chao asked Tian Yu: "Brother Guorang, how is the task assigned by the lord to our Xiliang Army this time?

Tian Yu replied helplessly: "Meng Qi, your temper has to be changed." Although you have a close relationship with the lord, but seeing that the lord is about to become a great treasure, if you don't have a little bit of monarchy and minister in the future, I'm afraid that others will talk about it behind your back!"

Ma Chao was a little embarrassed by what Tian Yu said, and then said perfunctorily with a smile: "It's not that I haven't adapted yet, I will pay attention to it in the future." Let's talk about it, whether this mission has a head!"

Tian Yu was speechless for a while, so he had to say in a muffled voice: "There must be a trick! If we can recover Chenliu City at the smallest cost, and wipe out all the clansmen and entourage that Cao Heizi left in Chenliu, wouldn't it be a great achievement? If we are lucky, we ambush Xiahoudun and Cao Renjun on the way through which they may break through, and finally catch one of these two big fish casually, it will be another great achievement!"

Ma Chao listened to Tian Yu's analysis, and immediately grinned happily, he said: "I'll just say, the lord personally summoned the two of us, why can't we just give our Xiliang Army a little bit of leftovers! I now hope that the Blue Wolf Army and the Flying Tiger Army will suffer a loss at the hands of Xiahoudun and Cao Ren, and then it will be the turn of our Xiliang Army to show its face!"

Listening to Ma Chao's strange talk, Tian Yu directly closed his mouth and buried his head in urging Ma forward.

Among the various armies of the Jin Kingdom, when cavalry is mentioned, everyone speaks of flying tigers and blue wolves. Although the Xiliang cavalry is now the world's first-class elite cavalry, it is always pressed by the flying tiger and the blue wolf, which makes Ma Chao, who has always been arrogant, very unhappy, so as long as there is a chance to compare with the Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army, Ma Chao is as excited as if he has eaten chicken blood.

Now that Zhao Xing ordered the Xiliang Army to enter the territory of Yanzhou, by chance, the three cavalry units of the Jin State had the opportunity to get together and fight......