"Meng De, the Huainan army is suddenly dispersed, will there be any conspiracy?" Xiahoudun looked curious.

Cao Cao shook his head and replied: "Several battles have been vulnerable, it can be seen that Yuan Shu's soldiers lack training, and they are doomed to fail with such a rabble, and a little trick will not help." ”

Xiahoudun asked again: "To chase or not to chase?" ”

"It's still the old rule, I led the main force to continue to march eastward, blocking Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui's southward escape route, and the rest of the troops tried their best to drive them away, and when the other side ran out of food for a few days, it was time to annihilate the enemy."

"I'll arrange it right away."

Cao Cao drove the Huainan army like a shepherd, and he wanted to achieve the most perfect victory at the lowest cost.

Thinking about it, I feel comfortable, although it is a little different from the original plan now, but the whole is within Cao Cao's control.

Guo Jia, the military advisor, accompanied the army, and he participated in the formulation of the battle plan throughout the process.

After listening to the conversation between Cao Cao and Xiahoudun, Guo Jia reminded recently:

"Lord, Zhang Xun should not be afraid of dividing his troops, but he must prevent them from going east, if these tens of thousands of people go north in a desperate way, they will be the hinterland of the Central Plains when they go out of Runan, and then they will be miserable..."

According to the pre-war plan, Cao's army was to drive the Huainan army to the northeast of Runan to annihilate it.

The scattered and sparsely populated villages in this area are the strategic buffer zone for the Yuan and Cao families, and it is also the burial place for Zhang Xun.

"What Feng Xiao said is very true."

Cao Cao thought so, and immediately called the protector Han Hao to order: "Quickly pass the order to Zixiao (Cao Ren), and lead the cavalry of the headquarters to immediately go around to the north of Zhang Xun, and make every effort to prevent the thief army from escaping north from Runan, and let the cavalry of all departments assemble into an army, ready to support Zixiao at any time." ”

"Yui." Han Hao took the order and left.

After Cao Cao's simple deployment, he continued to lead his troops eastward.

On the way, he asked Guo Jia curiously: "Fengxiao, you are familiar with the art of war, do you know what tactics Zhang Xun used?" The five fingers are clenched into a fist, but if they are separated, there is no chance, and I don't know what Zhang Xun thinks..."

Guo Jia replied: "Zhang Xun's five fingers are not weak when they are clenched into fists, he is now divided into dozens of troops, if there is really any whimsy, it will be conveyed to every general, the lord might as well cut off one of his fingers, and naturally know the other party's plans." ”

"I forgot to capture the prisoner and ask about this, Feng Xiaozhen is a wise and wise person..."

"The lord praises falsely, that Zhang Xun is not a general, this time he fell into the trap of the lord, and it was too late to find out at this time, it is estimated that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, so that everyone scattered and fled for their lives."

"It's not impossible, but this guy is so messy, but he can break out of his life, and he can't let me wipe out all the thieves, it's a pity..."

"Such a rabble, even if they are lucky enough to run back to Huainan, it is a waste of Yuan Shu's food."

"Haha, Bong Hyo is really empathetic..."

There was a burst of smoke and dust in the northeast of Runan, and the soldiers of the Cao army were all happy.

Cao Jun beheaded thousands of people every day, and almost everyone could get military merits, and rewards were naturally indispensable for returning to Xu, so he didn't feel tired when he continued to run.

Cao Cao set up camp every night, and he would receive a summary of the battle reports of each battalion, and he was originally satisfied with the progress of the encirclement and suppression, until a few days later, he crossed the water (now the Whirlpool River in Anhui) and camped, and Xiahou Yuan's troops captured a general.

After being tortured and interrogated overnight, he learned of Zhang Xun's plan to escape and join Qi County.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia glanced at each other, and laughed at themselves: "I thought that Zhang Xun was a puppet, but I didn't expect this guy to really have a plan, but he couldn't help but underestimate me Cao Cao, although Qi County was controlled by Yuan Shu, can't he be beaten down by the way?" ”

"Meng De, the siege is not as good as the field battle, although Zhang Xun's troops have been damaged, there are still a lot of survivors, we didn't carry siege equipment, right..."

"What's so difficult to capture a small city in Qi County? The more people Zhang Xun fled, the more food in the city..."

Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing in the middle of his words: "Hahaha..."

"Mengde?" Xiahoudun looked dazed.

Cao Cao nodded lightly and said happily: "It's okay, Qi County is a good place to bury bones, Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui are very good at choosing places..."

Xiahou looked left and right in confusion, and suddenly Cao Cao instructed Han Hao:

"Order all the armies to chase and not kill the Huainan rebels from tomorrow, let them escape to Qi County smoothly, and I want to catch turtles in the urn."

"Yui." Han Hao got up and clenched his fists.

Cao Cao followed and looked at Xiahou Yuan: "Miaocai, the time of this battle will be extended, you personally take people to Qian County, Ku County and other places to allocate grain and grass, whether by water or land, be sure to send it to Qi County as soon as possible." ”

"The last will obey." Xiahou Yuan took the order and left.

Xiahoudun suddenly realized, looked at Cao Cao and muttered: "Meng De, you don't attack the city, do you plan to besiege it but not attack, and let it mess with itself?" ”

"Yuan Rang understands? It can be seen how stupid Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui should be, they thought they couldn't be caught in one net, but they ended up throwing themselves into the net, haha..."

Cao Cao's heartfelt laughter caused others to laugh as well, but Xiahoudun was a little embarrassed.

Meng De was praising me just now? How does it feel weird?

In early September, more than 30,000 survivors from Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and other units arrived in Qi County, and although there were some losses in all battalions and units, all 160 people in Longxiangqu were all alive.

When entering the city to rest, Qiao Rui couldn't help but sigh with Li Tun:

"In the past, everyone looked down on Long Yunqi, but now they all envy his Qubu, the marching speed is really fast..."

"I heard that they are training to run in the winter, and it is normal for the rest of them to not be able to run."

Li Tun was noncommittal, and then asked: "When we arrive in Qi County, should we be safe?" ”

Qiao Rui nodded affirmatively: "Well, after marching for more than ten days in a row, we are tired and the Cao army is tired, and now there is Qi Chengchi as a barrier, Cao Cao is naïve if he wants to attack, General Zhang and I decided to rest for a few days, and after Cao Cao withdrew his troops back to Xudu, we will slowly withdraw to Shouchun." ”

"I don't know if Your Majesty will punish you..."

"Who knows?"

Qiao Rui first shook her head and smiled bitterly, and then added: "Resign yourself to fate, you have worked hard these days, let's go down and rest first..."

"Okay, I'm going to take a nap and come back to watch in the middle of the night."

Li Tun clenched his fists and turned away.

Qiao Rui then took off her clothes and armor, and just as she found a comfortable position to lie down, she heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

Qiao Rui shook her head, sat up with her palms on the bed board, and saw Li Tun with Long Xiang in front of her.

"What's wrong with Yunqi?" Qiao Rui's eyes were half-squinted.

Long Xiang hugged his fists and said: "In the past two days, the offensive of the Cao army has weakened, there should be a greater plan, and the last general thinks that Qi County is not a place to stay for a long time, and he should continue to hurry after a little rest." ”

Qiao Rui waved his hand in a daze: "Yunqi's plan to divide the troops has been completed, and returning to Shouchun will naturally ask for credit for you, but the whole army is tired, if you don't rest completely, I'm afraid you don't have the physical strength to continue, Cao Bing is also a human being, and he will be tired..."

"Cao Cao besieged but did not attack, he must have prepared a backhand, if we slacken, we will be in the plan..."

Long Xiang's face was full of sadness, and he thought that if he didn't escape to the south of Huaishui, I was afraid that Cao Cao would not take a break.

"Got a plan? Let's talk about it in detail. ”

Hashirui rubbed her eyes, forcing herself to become conscious.