The Lejin army collapsed, and all that remained was to hunt and kill.

A large number of Cao troops fled south, and some were even forced to rush and jumped directly into the boiling water.

Gan Ning has been chasing Lejin, and Lejin fought and retreated, surrounded by thousands of people.

At this moment, he was at the end of his rope and had nowhere to go, so he was slowly forced to the shore of the water, and there were only a few guards by his side.

The scattered Cao army on the battlefield in the distance was captured, and more Cao troops were cut to the ground, and by this time, even if Cao Cao came over, he was powerless to return to the sky.

"Lejin, surrender."

Shen Chen rode out of the crowd, looked at this brave man, and said loudly: "Cao Cao killed Dian Wei because of his greed for beauty, such a person is not worth your life." ”

Le Jin stood on the shore of the water, looked at the Jingzhou army crowded around, and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, all loyal ministers do not matter the two masters, since I have become the Duke of Cao, how can I live behind the master's back?" ”

Shen Chen said: "If you die fighting for Cao Cao, no one will praise your bravery. But Cao Cao's adulterous aunt forced Zhang Xiu to rebel, and it is really ridiculous to kill you, the generals, for this reason. ”

Le Jin was silent, he actually didn't know why Zhang Xiu rebelled, only that the Xiliang army suddenly launched a sneak attack and broke Cao Cao's main camp, resulting in the death of Dian Wei, Cao Ang and Cao Anmin, and Cao Cao withdrew to Wuyin.

After all, this matter is also a scandal, and when Le Jin sent someone to investigate, it was impossible for Cao Cao to tell him everything that happened, so it was not until now that he understood the cause and effect of the matter.

And Le Jin also believed that Shen Chen was telling the truth, because there was no need to lie to him in itself.

He has reached the point of exhaustion, life and death are just a matter of people's words, even if he wants to recruit him and use lies, how can he continue to work hard when he learns the truth afterwards?

What's more, Le Jin was actually Cao Cao's personal guard in his early years, and he was very clear about what his own master was.

Therefore, he did not doubt the truth of Shen Chen's words at all.

But he has a relatively strong personality, even if he knew that Cao Cao had killed countless soldiers because of this kind of thing, he finally smiled miserably and said: "Cao Gong..... Cao Gong is also confused for a while, everyone has this kind of inevitable time, you don't need to say more. You commanded this battle? ”

"It's me."

"It's very young, it looks like the 14th and 14th Century, what's your name?"

"Shen Chen, twelve years old this year."

Shen Chen looked at him blankly: "When Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, I was among them, my family and relatives, more than 100 members of the Deng Shen Er clan were slaughtered by Cao Jun. ”

"Oh."

Le Jin nodded and laughed: "I remember, Zixiao's ear was cut." ”

"Now he is not only an ear, but also a human head has been cut off by me to pay tribute to the soul."

"Well, it looks like I'll be able to see him soon."

"Yes, you still don't want to surrender?"

"It's not helpful to say more."

"That's good."

Shen Chen waved his hand and shouted, "Kill them." ”

"Come on."

Le Jin grinned, clenched the ring knife in his hand, and was not afraid.

At this time, Shen Chen had already turned his horse's head and stopped looking, and soon there was a sound of blade collision and screams behind him.

Surrounded by thousands of troops, and it is still relatively muddy on the riverside, even if Lu Bu rides a red rabbit horse, it is estimated that it is a dead end.

Unless Lejin has the swimming ability of Gan Ning and can swim in the rough water, there is no way to survive.

Wuziliang will lose one of them, and there will be no Dian Wei, Cao Ren, and Cao Ang, this battle can be regarded as recovering the interest on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou.

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"Hurt me!"

More than 200 miles away from Wancheng, Wuyin County, the backyard of the county ya.

Cao Cao got the news that Dian Wei Cao Ang Cao Anmin died in battle, and his heart was like a crirch for a while, and he almost fainted.

At this time, he still had bandages wrapped around his shoulders, but the arrow wound on his arm was far less than the grief in his heart, and the whole person was shaky and collapsed under the corridor in the courtyard.

Cao Hong and Yu Ban beside him glanced at each other and didn't dare to say a word.

Although they slandered in their hearts, the cause of this incident was not your old man's own doing, but they didn't dare to say it, and naturally they didn't dare to ask.

After half a ring.

Cao Cao came to his senses, gritted his teeth, and said, "Where are their corpses now?" ”

"It should still be outside Wancheng."

Cao Hong replied: "The spies in the past saw that the Xiliang Army was cleaning the battlefield, and many corpses were not collected. ”

Cao Cao covered his head and mourned: "Send the dead to take their corpses back." ”

"Yui."

Cao Hong answered and left.

After a while, Cao Cao asked Yu Ban again: "Where are Zixiao and Wenqian now?" ”

Yu Ban said: "I have already sent someone to ask, Zixiao is far away, and there is no reply yet, Wen Qian has returned from Anzhong, and he will arrive in Wuyin in a few days." ”

"Hmm."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Continue to send a messenger to contact Zixiao and tell Wen Qian that you must be careful when you come back." ”

Yu Ban said: "Ming Gong rest assured, that embroidery is just taking advantage of the night to attack us, and let him win by surprise, if it is a fierce battle in the field, Wen Qian may not be afraid of him, and our army can also respond at any time." ”

"That's good."

Cao Cao breathed a long sigh of relief, and thought of Dian Wei and Cao Ang again, only to feel angina, his head was also buzzing, and he waved his hand to signal Yu Ban to go to do something first.

Yu Ban saw that he was in a bad mood and knew that Cao Cao was in a bad mood at the moment, so he immediately went down to arrange things.

He wasn't really worried about Lejin.

What I said to Cao Cao just now was not to boast about Haikou, but to state a fact.

Zhang Xiu's troops were seriously insufficient, and the reason why he defeated Cao Cao was nothing more than a sneak attack in the middle of the night.

Once Le Jin was in the process of withdrawing from Wuyin, Zhang Xiu dared to send troops to attack, and the news reached Wuyin, and Cao Cao could immediately go to support.

When the time comes, let alone saving Lejin, even Zhang Xiu's troops may be directly wiped out by Cao Cao.

So whether it is Cao Cao or Yu Ban, they are not worried about Lejin's safety.

The only thing that made them feel a little wrong was that so far, Cao Ren didn't seem to have come back with any feedback.

However, thinking that Huyang was indeed far away, it was normal to delay for a day or two, so they did not rush blindly at the first time, but sent scouts to continue the investigation and wait for the exact news.

It's just that they must not have imagined that Liu Biao's army had actually entered the battle a few days ago. Moreover, Cao Ren and Le Jin have already folded in Nanyang and will never come back.

Therefore, in the near future, they will surely undergo a baptism of sorrow.

Cao Cao waited until after Yu Ban left, then he covered his chest and curled up under the wooden corridor, and the tears that he had been holding back fell down.

He curled himself up and buried his head in his arms.

A low sobbing sound came from his bosom, and snot and tears wet his chest clothes, soaked his underwear, and gathered together on the wooden planks under the porch.

"Ziwei, Dian Wei...... Woooooooooooo ”

The spring breeze in February blew across the earth, gently shaking the small trees in the courtyard, and a few fallen leaves were blown down by the wind, flying and circling in the air, and slowly drifted to Cao Cao's side.

The sun hung high, and the warm sunlight passed through the small courtyard, through the shade of the trees, and dappled on a crying middle-aged man.

It was as if all that was left in the world was his cry.

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Liu Biao got the news on the third day after the Battle of Huangmenting.

Gan Ning was still nominally his general, so the day after Cao Ren's fall, he wrote an official letter and sent it to Xiangyang.

At this time, he knew that Nanyang not only had the bad news of Zhang Xiu's surrender, but also the news that Huyang was attacked.

However, what made him happy was that Gan Ning, the defender of Huyang, really lived up to his expectations, not only defended Huyang, but also cooperated with Deng Hong, who was on annual leave in Huangmen Pavilion, to annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop.

Originally, according to his meaning, since Zhang Xiu had surrendered to Cao Cao, then the entire Nanyang army must all shrink and defend to the front line around Xiangyang.

Huyang is still a little far from Xiangyang, and he plans to transfer Gan Ning to Caiyang in the back, so that Dengxian in the northwest of Xiangyang, Fancheng in the north, and Caiyang in the northeast, the three defense lines are connected together, and with the defenders of Xiangyang, they can resist Cao Cao's attack.

After all, Liu Biao had already prepared for the worst at that time, thinking that Cao Cao had obtained Nanyang without much effort, and it was very likely that he would attack Xiangyang, just like Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Xiangyang that year.

As a result, he never expected Gan Ning to repel the incoming enemy, so Liu Biao thought about asking Gan Ning to continue to investigate the situation, and if the situation was not right, he would retreat to Huyang.

However, on the fifth day, the fifth day after the end of the Battle of Huangmenting, and the third day after Zhang Xiuyin's attack on Cao Cao, he received new information.

Shen Chen annihilated Lejin on the bank of the Shuishui River, and on the same day, Deng Hong took a boat south along the Shuishui River and went to Xiangyang to report.

At this moment, when he learned that Deng Hong was back, Liu Biao hurriedly said, "Let him come in." ”

When Deng Hong came in, he saw a lot of people in the hall.

This time, it was not only Kuai Liang, Liu Qi, Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xian and other state officials, but also some guests.

Such as Fu Xun, Yi Yuan, Wang Cang, Du Kui and others, as well as Cai Mao, the Taishou of Nanjun, and Zhang Yun, the general of Fancheng, were also among them at this time.

Except for Zhang Ling, who is still in Zhangling, Liu Biao's main advisers are basically here.

It is worth mentioning that the former subordinate Deng Yi fell out with Liu Biao.

Because Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven last year, Liu Biao offered to Liu Xie at the same time, and also sent people to form an alliance with Yuan Shao, but was dissuaded by Deng Yi, Liu Biao did not listen, and Deng Yi abandoned the official and left.

Therefore, Deng Yi was no longer there at this time, and a newly added Jingzhou driver was called Liu Guan, the word Wangzhi.

At this moment, more than 20 officials and advisers from the large and small state capitals gathered together.

Deng Hong walked into the hall and arched his hand: "Ming Gong." ”

"Sit down."

Liu Biao waved his hand.

Deng Hong went to his place and sat down.

In fact, his position is not low, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun naturally sit in the first place on the left and right of Liu Biao.

The rest are what they are engaged in, and in order they are Kuai Liang, Liu Qi, Liu Xian, Zhuge Xuan and Deng Hong.

So Deng Hong is in the upper middle position.

After he sat down, Liu Biao looked at him and asked, "Youshuo, how is the war in Nanyang now?" ”

Deng Hong said with a smile: "Congratulations to Ming Gong, congratulations to Ming Gong, a big victory." ”

"A big win?"

Liu Biao was stunned at the time, what was the situation?

You must know that although he has arranged tens of thousands of horses on the periphery, except for Wenpin, Zhang Yun is not reliable at all.

Since Cao Cao entered Nanyang, the war has been going on for almost half a month, and he doesn't know anything except that Cao Cao is menacing, Zhang Xiu has surrendered, Nanyang has fallen, and Gan Ning has repelled the invading enemy.

Because Wen Ping actually fought with Lejin in the Anzhong area, but he only withdrew after a little contact, and his troops were not many, and he couldn't withstand the toss with Cao Jun.

Therefore, there is very little information on Wen Ping's side, and he can't spread out his scout troops, so naturally he can't know the information of the other party.

And what about Zhang Yun?

There are still more than 10,000 horses under his hands, squatting in Fancheng every day, and they haven't even sent out a few scouts.

Therefore, except for Wen Ping reporting to him a little news that the general of the Cao army, Le Jin, had entered the city of Kouluo'an, Liu Biao was now black-eyed, and he still didn't know the specific situation of Nanyang.

originally thought that the situation in Nanyang was very bad, but today Deng Hong suddenly took a boat back to Xiangyang, and the first thing he said was to tell him that he had won a big victory.

What does this mean?

Deng Hong said: "Ming Gong, Zhang Xiu surrendered and defeated Cao Jun at night. After General Gan repelled the Cao army from Huyang, he pursued all the way and killed Cao Ren at the Huangmen Pavilion in Xinye, but happened to meet Le Jin, who retreated to Jianyang, and then won a great victory over Le Jin on the bank of the Shushui River. Cao Cao himself also retreated to Wuyang, where he was almost wiped out. ”

"And this kind of thing?"

Liu Biao was shocked at the time, and told him two days ago that Zhang Xiu surrendered, Nanyang fell, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a fraudulent surrender, and Cao Cao was defeated, almost annihilated.

Is the world changing too fast, or is he not keeping up with the times?

Deng Hong arched his hand and said: "Yes, in this battle, we annihilated Cao Renbu and Lejin of the Cao army, and Ganning alone wiped out nearly 10,000 Cao troops, General Zhang has already led his troops to Wuyin at this time, and is preparing to continue to attack Cao Cao, Ming Gong, Hong thinks that this is a good time to pursue while the victory is over." ”

"Ming Gong can't."

As soon as his words fell, someone stood up and said: "Cao Cao welcomes the Son of Heaven and is orthodox, if he is annihilated, I am afraid that the court will blame him." ”

"That's true."

Kuai Liang also stood up and said: "Although Cao Cao came to attack my Jingzhou first, he was ultimately crusading against Zhang Xiu in the name of the Son of Heaven, not to send troops to the Duke of Ming, so if he is annihilated, it is indeed unjustifiable, and the Son of Heaven will inevitably blame the Duke of Ming." ”

Liu Biao noticed that Kuai Liang glanced at him, so he nodded slightly and said, "This is also true, just forget it about the pursuit while you win." Deng Hong, you can let Gan Ning come back and let him continue to be stationed in Huyang. ”

Deng Hong glanced at Liu Biao in surprise, and quickly remembered what Shen Chen had said to him before returning to Xiangyang, so he lowered his head and said, "Yes, but Ming Gong, Hong still has one more matter." ”

"What?"

"Zhang Xiu is now deceiving Cao Cao, defeating Cao Cao, and asking me to ask Ming Gong for an alliance, what does the public think?"

"Well."

Liu Biao stroked his beard and said: "Then according to him, it is still the same as before." ”

"Yui."

Deng Hong arched his hand and said: "Then I will go to Nanyang immediately, recall Gan Ning, and announce the will of the Ming Duke to Zhang Xiu." ”

"Hmm."

Liu Biao nodded with satisfaction, looked around the left and right, stroked his beard and smiled: "Everyone, let's disperse." ”

"Yui!"

Many subordinates got up and left, Zhuge Xuan coughed slightly twice before leaving, his face was not very good, since last winter passed, it seemed that he had a cold, and he had not seen any better.

waited until everyone left, Liu Biao's eyes looked at Kuai Liang and asked, "Zirou, what do you think?" ”