Just got out of the arrangement and divided the troops to Qingzhou to garrison, and before Yuan Tan arrived, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Cao Cao raided several camps on the boundary bridge overnight, and then fought with Yuan Shao's army in the early morning, and it was a chaotic battle overnight.

The momentum is huge, the army is like thunder, and there is a lot of danger, many routes and possible ambush places are also at hand, basically a few days of successive battles, so that Yuan Shao is overwhelmed, and at the beginning immediately lost the opportunity.

At this time, he realized how fast the battle was when the situation was reversed and Cao Cao had the advantage, dividing the battlefield into seven or eight, and winning and breaking through one after another.

He didn't engage in the last delayed raid when the situation was man-made, and he fought with the speed of the soldiers, using the high morale of the elites, and Xu You informed the terrain of the internal situation, and entered through the mountains and mountains, and many soldiers and horses had already broken through the boundary bridge.

In particular, Xu Zhen also left a crossbow horse for Cao Cao to shoot at each other before the Jieqiao cavalry charged.

These crossbowmen not only have crossbow arrows at mid-range, but can deal massive burst damage.

Moreover, the rain of arrows that are shot diagonally with a bow is also powerful, and the arrows of the arrows are all made of iron, which is harder and more penetrating, and ordinary leather armor seems to be unable to stop it at all.

I don't know how many people are about to fall with a round of arrows, so there is no accident in Jieqiao, and Yuan Shao is really defeated.

The crossbow and leopard horses were both methods of fighting, pulling the enemy from both sides to fight, constantly showing their superiority through maneuverability and agility as if they were hunting.

Juyi's big shield and sword soldiers were heavily armored and slow, so they couldn't catch up at all, and they were defeated in the first battle.

was shot in the chest by Huang Zhong's bow and arrow, and fell to the ground lying in a pool of blood on the spot.

Knowing this military situation, Yuan Shao immediately decided not to fight Cao Cao again, retreated to Qinghe City, and guarded all the walled cities outside along the way, slowly consuming Cao Cao's troops.

His cavalry is good at hunting, fast and flexible, and the number of war horses has already crushed the Jizhou side.

If you really want to talk about it, I'm afraid that half of Cao Cao's war horses were sent by Yuan Shao after his defeat last year.

After half a year of training, it is used to attack the extreme, and the gap between the two is 20,000.

Ju Yi was shot and killed, and the morale of the army was discouraged.

After retreating to Qinghe, although most of the land was lost, the route of the Cao army was barely stopped.

Now Yuan Shao is worried about Qingzhou, whether an ambush left behind at that time can work at a critical moment, it depends on whether Xu Zhen can think of it.

Most of Zang Ba's subordinates are thieves, who are originally greedy for glory and wealth, and after meritorious service, they can promise to be crowned marquis, which Cao Cao will never give him.

Zang Ba's second master, called Chang Xi, this person is still an old friend of Yu Ban, his identity has always been a mountain bandit, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion has repeatedly surrendered to various princes in order to survive, and it can be said that he has secretly connected with many princes.

And unlike Zang Ba, he sent his family to Xudu, he didn't have a family worth remembering at all, so he paid more attention to interests and the future, just to be able to get a long-term plan.

When Xu Zhen arrived in Taishan County, Zang Ba personally came to greet him, and set up a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust, but Feng Ping heard that Xu Zhen did not like to drink, and when he was marching, he was even more self-disciplined and restrained, and would never cross the rules by half a step, and he was afraid that he would not drink.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen actually agreed.

"It's the first time I've seen it, so it's okay to drink it with you."

"Now that the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou are gathered, we have to wait for each other to train together, cooperate with each other, so that the soldiers can be tacitly integrated, the military heart is stable, and then go to Qingzhou, I got the news that the Qingzhou guard is Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, the assassin of Qingzhou."

"Not bad, not bad," Zang Baren is tall and big, wearing black iron armor, wearing an iron helmet, with a serious complexion, speaking in a low and calm manner, with a rhythmic demeanor, he has faintly had the appearance of a big man over the years, not just a thief leader.

"Thank you for saving face."

Zang Ba seemed very happy, so he and Xu Zhen pushed the cup to change the lamp, feasted, and chatted quite warmly.

Drunk on the table for a while, and at the same time Xu Zhen was drunk, in fact, he was not drunk, and he could already see that Chang Xi's expression was not quite right on the wine table.

So I knew in my heart that a thief like him in troubled times, if one day he had the qualifications to decide a big war, maybe he would really be willing to take risks and leave a shocking reputation.

It was because Xu Zhen was pretending to be drunk, and he was detoxified quickly after having an iron kidney, and Xu Zhen's alcohol consumption was already large.

Sure enough, after a while, Chang Xi came to tie up Xu Zhen and hide the surrounding guards, but he knew that he couldn't hold it for long, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu would rush in to see if they found out that something was wrong.

There was only a little time left for him.

After a few breaths, Chang Xi woke up Zang Ba with water little by little, and after seeing Xu Zhen being tied, he suddenly woke up, stood up and almost fell to the ground with weak legs.

"What are you doing!"

"Fujun! This is our chance! Yuan Shao promised to pay homage to the marquis and thank you for tens of thousands of gold, what he wanted was Xu Bowen's head, and if we do it now, kill Xu Bowen, we will have soldiers and horses in hand immediately when we flee to Qingzhou! High-ranking officials! And once this news spreads, Cao Cao must be mentally damaged, and the battle will be difficult to win! ”

"Glory and wealth are here!"

"Bastard, bastard!" Zang Ba glanced at the people in the city gate, all of them were Chang Xi's cronies, and even his own guards had been transferred, and it was estimated that they had planned this matter a long time ago.

At this time, Xu Bowen suddenly sneered, "10,000 gold, a high-ranking official can make you betray your eldest brother." ”

"Shut up!"

Chang Xi was startled, and hurriedly scolded Xu Zhen angrily, but he didn't expect Xu Zhen to wake up by himself, but fortunately, his hands had been tied behind his back, and his life was still in his own hands.

"Changxi, my wife and children are in Xudu, and if you do this, you will put my family to death."

Zang Ba said in a deep voice with a cold face.

"What is this, as long as the eldest brother thinks, there will be more glory and wealth in the future, our brothers still look forward to you! Yuan's command must be better than Cao Cao's command, as long as Xu Bowen is killed and the Qingzhou soldiers are introduced into the Taishan Mountains, we can take the entire Taishan Mansion as our own and let Xuzhou fall by itself! ”

"That's what you think!"

Zang Ba stood straight at the moment, side by side with Xu Zhen, showing a stern look at Chang Xi, his left hand suddenly moved, and he untied the long sword at his waist and threw it on the ground.

He said in a deep voice: "If you want to do such rebellious and unrighteous things, it is better to kill me together." ”

"I will never turn my back on the Cao family, turn my back on Xu Junhou, when I couldn't afford to eat in Xuzhou, what I hope is that someone can rule the world in peace, now the Son of Heaven is in Xudu, Cao and the prince are deeply popular with the people, and my wife and child are quite taken care of in Xudu, I can't afford to lose this person, let me rebel against Cao and Yuan? I can't really do such a thing. ”

Zang Ba sneered, his posture was upright, and his majesty was everywhere, which made many people's faces moved, and this sentence came out of Zang Ba's mouth even more deafening, and he did blush when he heard it.

Chang Xi thought for a while, picked up the long sword from the ground, and said with a solemn face: "Big brother is you sure?" For the sake of this so-called face, can you even die? ”

"Huh!" Zang Ba glanced at him disdainfully, and said unceremoniously: "I have taken my brother for several years, and it is really not appropriate to have a sword like you to face each other, it is better to die." ”

"Do it!"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Zhen broke the rope, and an arrow stepped forward and crashed into Chang Xi's arms, and with a touch of his right hand to his left hand, Shu Cheng's knife came out of the sheath and cut off, and he simply cut off Chang Xi's head.

None of the people present could run away, Xu Zhen blew a whistle, and immediately remembered the sound of fighting outside the door, and it didn't take long for Dian Wei and Xu Chu to solve the guards, and Xu Zhen took advantage of Zang Ba's daze to quickly kill the hidden knife and axe hand in the lobby.

Waiting for the two of them to bring the guards in, they took control of the entire lobby.

Dian Wei glanced at the ground, his eyes were round, he looked at Zang Ba angrily, and scolded with one finger: "You thief!" It's a shame that the prince and the marquis still praise you for being a heroic person, but I didn't expect to do such a treacherous thing in secret. ”

Before Zang Ba could speak, Xu Zhen immediately raised his hand, "He didn't, it was the dead person who betrayed." ”

"Zang Ba, now that the matter has been laid out, I can conclude that it has nothing to do with you, but it just so happens that it can be calculated."

"Go to Chang Xi's mansion and search to see if there are any letters left."

Zang Ba immediately said to some of the guards, those people knew that the situation was completely in Xu Zhen's hands, and they didn't dare to stay too long, for fear that something would happen and hurriedly find someone to go to the mansion to see.

After a short time, I brought a lot of letters, and there were indeed correspondence, and the earliest letter was two years ago.

Chang Xi had already been instigated by Yuan Shao, lurking around Zang Ba to find an opportunity, and Zang Ba had actually been recruited by Yuan Shao a few years ago, and Taishan, where he was, still occupied a relatively important position.

The south can enter Xuzhou, the north can reach Qingzhou, and there is a whole Taishan mountain range of the moat barrier, and the battle is guarded along the mountain, and there are 100,000 troops.

"In this tone, the reply is."

Xu Zhen gave the letter to Zhuge Liang, imitated a letter, and took the Shucheng knife away and asked Zang Ba to deliver it in person.

Zang Ba nodded, did not refuse, and hugged his fists and said: "It's the last general who is not strict in discipline, and there are such rebellious people in the army, so I will go." ”

"There is an opportunity to atone for your sins, so naturally you can't miss it."

Several civil and military officers glanced at each other, and then they all looked at Xu Zhen's side face at the same time, feeling incredible in their hearts.

Mainly before entering Mount Tai, Xu Zhen had already told them that someone would assassinate the rebellion and that they should be prepared.

And he personally entered the main hall, drew out the inner ghosts, and then made a decision.

As for safety, there is no need to worry, ordinary ropes can't bind Xu Zhen, and if you want to do it directly, Xu Zhen can also come first.

Unexpectedly, the expected score was exactly the same, and it was really calculated?

Zhuge Liang wanted to ask what was going on, but Xu Zhen just smiled and didn't say anything, this kind of ability felt beyond the scope of people, and it was really scolded by the former enemy generals...... Is Master a demon?

……

The next night, Zang Ba took people out of Mount Tai, sent letters out of the mountain pass, took advantage of the night to approach the Qingzhou soldiers, Yuan Tan inquired and came to see in person, when the horse approached, Zang Ba threw the Shucheng knife to Yuan Tan, and said: "The eldest prince, don't forget the promised reward!" ”

Yuan Tan immediately drew the knife out, rubbed the ground and held the knife in one hand, which was a bit heavy, and the blade had a layer of dark lines, which was quite noble at first glance, and it was carved with staggered lines when it was built.

"Good knife, really good knife."

"Where's Chang Xi?"

"Still on guard, the soldiers under Xu Zhen are fierce and loyal, if we kill Xu Zhen, they will attack frantically to avenge Xu Zhen."

"It's very difficult for us to hold on, it is estimated that it will not take long to be breached, and we ask the eldest prince to contain it."

"No problem," Yuan Tan waved his hand and said with a smile: "My soldiers and horses under my command are naturally not allowed to enter Mount Tai, but I will open the gate of the military camp in Qingzhou and wait for you to vote." ”

"After you go back at this time, you only need to slowly withdraw the troops, and let your feet and Changxi go to Qingzhou first, and you will definitely thank you with a heavy reward and be named the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs!"

Even if he brought Xu Zhen's Shuhou knife, he didn't dare to rush into Xuzhou Taishan, afraid that if the good situation was ambushed again, it would basically collapse.

However, it is not a bad thing to be ready to prepare at any time and arrange ambushes and patrols on both sides of the barracks.

"Good, good!" Zang Ba turned the horse's head and agreed with Yuan Tan to retreat to Qingzhou as soon as possible, abandon Taishan County in Xuzhou, and then turn around and leave with everyone.

A day later, taking advantage of the late sky, Zang Ba came out of the Taishan Mountains, taking advantage of the fact that the sun was about to set, a team of cavalry was mighty, one after another from the mountain pass of Taishan County, the speed of the march was extremely fast, and he simply ran to Qingzhou, Yuan Tan called the patrol to investigate ten miles away, knowing that it was Xu Zhen's armor horse, he understood that Chang Xi was dead, so he asked Guo Tu to get ready, a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses in the south of Qingzhou, leaving 20,000 to garrison in Beihai, and the rest of the elite headquarters were on this battlefield.

Yes, Yuan Tan was not fooled in this night's fighting, he opened the camp tent to let Xu Zhen enter, and surrounded the vanguard troops in an ambush, but the effect was not very great.

The first cavalry withstood the encirclement, and Xu Chu, Dian Wei, and Zhao Yun all joined the battlefield one after another, killing in the dark, and soon withstood the decline of the ambush.

Soon entered a tug-of-war, and in the middle of the night, the Chinese army was broken, and Xu Zhen entered the pursuit stage because of the more war horses and excellent foot strength.

Yuan Tan and Guo Tu didn't dare to fight again, so they could only retreat to Beihai, I have to say that Yuan Tan's idea was naturally good, and he wanted to ambush Xu Zhen to personally behead him, so as to deliver a big victory to his father who was on the frontal battlefield, and also greatly hit Cao Jun's confidence.

What is unthinkable is that they can't beat it at all, and the gap in armaments between the two armies is not a certain point, and it has become a trench.

The bows and swords on this side could hardly cause much damage to Xu Zhen, and when he surrounded the armored cavalry at close range, he was rushed back and forth several times.

In the end, he really couldn't think of a better way than to escape, and what made Yuan Tan desperate was that even after the defeat, Xu Zhen did not stop immediately to guarantee the results of the battle, but personally led the army to chase and kill along the way to Beihai.

His red rabbit feet are too fast, his strength is extraordinary, and the hundreds of horsemen behind him are elite, led by Zhang Liao, and even this cavalry can climb some not too steep slopes.

Sure enough, after a few detours, they saw Yuan Tan who was still running in front of them on the hill.

"Wenyuan, it's up to you."

Xu Zhen solemnly asked.

"Knowing the prince, the horizontal dive must be able to advance and retreat to a certain extent, there are thousands of people below him, I will rush in and behead him, and I will only support a stick of incense before they arrive."

"Even so, the only way to do this is to keep fighting with military superiority."