"General! The prime minister was defeated in Huainan, and Xun Junshi asked the general to go to Huainan to rescue. ”

In the hall, the messenger holds a bamboo tube in both hands.

"The prime minister is defeated?!"

Cao Xin was surprised and puzzled.

Last time, I received a letter from Guo Jia from Huainan, it was raining heavily in the Huaishui Valley, Yuan Shu fled undefeated, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng was ready to withdraw his troops, how could he lose the battle in Huainan?

I opened MeSign and read it, and I couldn't help but gasp.

At the end of July, it rained heavily in Huainan, and Yuan Shu withdrew his troops.

Prime Minister Cao Cheng also wanted to withdraw the army, but when he was about to retreat, the rain stopped again, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng tried his best to overcome public opinion, insisted on entering Huainan, and united with Lu Bu and Liu Bei to eliminate the traitor Yuan Shu in one fell swoop and annex Huainan and even Jiangdong regions.

In the early days of the march, Cao's army started very smoothly, fighting from Huaibei to Huainan, breaking through Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of troops and breaking Shouchun.

Yuan Shu fled to Lujiang.

Cao Cao continued southward, preparing to capture Lujiang, Danyang and other counties.

But an unfortunate thing happened, when it hit Feixi County, Huainan, Huaishui Feishui was flooded, breaking through the camp of the Cao army, and the Cao army suffered great losses.

Cao Cao had no choice but to withdraw his troops overnight.

Before Cao's army reached Huaibei, Lu Bu, under the influence of Chen Gong, suddenly led his troops to rebel, and united with Yuan Shu to attack Cao's army before and after, and it is said that Yuan Shao also participated.

Prime Minister Cao Cheng was defeated in Shouchun, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were beaten to pieces.

The letter was written by Xun You, who was stationed in the state of Chen, and Xun You was sending people to Huainan to rescue Cao Cao.

It's just that he has too few soldiers and horses under his command and can't clean up the mess, so he asked Cao Xin, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan and other generals for help.

Nanyang is the closest to Yangzhou, Xun You hopes that he will send troops as soon as possible, and he will probably not be able to find Boss Cao if it is too late.

Cao Xin took the letter and looked at it repeatedly.

I remember that Cao Cao fought Yuan Shu for the first time, and due to the harassment of Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu in the rear, Cao's army withdrew his troops and came back to fight Zhang Xiu before Huaishui, and he did not eat and defeat the battle in Huainan.

Why did you lose this time, and you lost so badly?

"Is it my pot?"

Cao Xin hooked the corners of his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"General, what's going on?"

Li Yanyi, Zhang Baiqi, Cao Chun and other civil and military generals rushed into the hall.

Cao Xin shook his head, "Prime Minister Cao Cheng suffered a defeat in Huainan, summoned the general to support, due to the urgency of the matter, the general will set off tomorrow, and all the civil and military will obey the order!" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

Li Yan, Zhang Baiqi and others clenched their fists and stood by.

"Zhang Bai rode Cao Chun, the two of you led the cavalry of the headquarters and went to Huainan with the general to reinforce it, and immediately go and prepare!"

"Yes, General!"

Zhang Baiqi and Cao Chun were ordered to retreat.

"Liaohua Liu Dashi, you two go to prepare the armor grain and grass, Pei Yuanshao, you go to inquire about the news of Huainan!"

"Yes, General!"

Pei Yuanshao, Liaohua, Liu Dashi hugged his fists and retreated.

"Wei Yan! This will appoint you to temporarily act as Nanyang soldier Cao, lead the troops to Huyang garrison, and Xinye into a corner, if the Jingzhou army to attack, can be guarded, can not hold on to Xinye, after returning to Xinye, listen to the arrangement. ”

"Yes, General!"

Wei Yan gave up his hand.

"Li Yanyi! Yu Poison White Phoenix! This will order the four of you to garrison Xinye, if the Jingzhou army comes to attack, can be guarded, if you can't hold it, you will withdraw to Wancheng, Wancheng must not lose, after retreating to Wancheng, everything is presided over by the eldest son and Mao Juncheng. ”

"Yes, General!"

Li Yan and the three of them received the order.

"General, what is the last general doing? Why don't I go to Huainan with you? ”

Li Dayan hurriedly asked.

Cao Xin smiled, "How many archers do you have?" ”

"There are thirty-five people in the Shenbow Battalion, there are almost three thousand people in the Bow and Arrow Battalion, one thousand are left in Wancheng, and there are two thousand in Xinye."

Li Dayan grinned.

"You also stay in Xinye, and when I lead the troops to Huainan, it is very likely that Jingzhou will send troops to Nanyang and take the opportunity to recover the lost territory, and Xinye will be handed over to you."

"Yes, General!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

"General!"

Li Yan stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Over there in the city, it is better to take advantage of the news of the prime minister's defeat to earn that embroidery." ”

Cao Xin touched the stubble on his chin, Zhang Xiu's side had just negotiated, and a formal deal had not yet been reached, and Zhang Xiu's appointment letter had not come down.

If Zhang Xiu knew that Prime Minister Cao Cheng was defeated, would he still accept peace talks? If Jingzhou sends someone to buy Zhang Xiu, I am afraid that there will be some twists and turns in the matter of recovering the city.

Cao Xin thought for a moment and thought of someone.

"Uncle Ji, I'm sorry for you to go to the city, bring 20,000 stones of grain and grass to see Zhang Xiu, and then pick up someone else."

"General, who is it?"

Yi asked.

"Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, General Ben wrote a letter and you helped bring it over, just say that Ben Taishou wants to hire him as the governor of Taishou Mansion, responsible for receiving the affairs of the city, if you are willing, you will take it immediately, and you will be entertained, if you are unwilling, you don't have to force it, everything will wait for General Ben to come back."

"Yes, General!"

The Iraqi surrendered his orders.

Cao Xin nodded, looked at everyone and said,

"After General Ben leaves, I will leave everything in Nanyang to you."

"The subordinates (the last general) will not live up to the trust of the general."

The people bowed down and received the commandment.

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"The army is out!"

Woo woo woo~

On the morning of the second day, Cao Xin led Langya's cavalry to Huainan to support, and Zhang Baicai and Cao Chun led a thousand light cavalry to follow, one man and two horses.

Liao Hua is responsible for logistics grain and grass, and Pei Yuanshao is responsible for finding out the news.

It is not far from Nanyang to Huainan County, one is in the upper reaches of Huaishui, the other is in the middle reaches, and there are two roads in between.

One crosses Runan County and Dabie Mountain Area in Yuzhou and enters Huainan County in Yangzhou.

One passes through the north of Jiangxia County, enters Yiyang, Anfeng and other counties in the northwest of Yangzhou, and then goes to Hefei, Huainan.

The territory of Runan is mountainous and the distance is relatively long, and it takes seven or eight days to make a detour.

Walking from Jiangxia, the terrain along the road is flat and faster.

But Jiangxia County belongs to Jingzhou, and Jiangxia is not easy to mess with.

Leaving Jiangxia inevitably requires a few battles, and it may take more time.

He decided to go to Runan first, and sent the Tanma battalion to Jiangxia to investigate, if Huang Zu did not show signs of sending troops, it would not be too late to go to Jiangxia again.

On the first day, we departed from Xinye, went east to Tongbai County, and then to Fuyang on the border between Nanyang and Runan, and passed through Fuyang to the territory of Runan County.

It's just that before he entered Runan, he received a report from Tanma, and Jiangxia Huangzu sent his subordinate Chen Zuo to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to intercept it in Pingchun County.

Pingchun County is at the junction of Nanyang, Runan and Jiangxia County, and belongs to the jurisdiction of Runan County.

However, due to the strength of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan, the county government could not suppress it, resulting in a more complicated situation in the southern region and becoming a three-way zone.

"General, how to fight?"

Cao Chun and Zhang Bai rode up and asked.

"I don't have many soldiers, and I have to go to Huainan to support, if you can, don't fight as much as possible, take a detour first, and wait for Chen to catch up and then fight."

"Yes, General!"

Cao Xin led a new army of more than 2,000 cavalry at an extremely fast speed, and passed through Pingchun in less than half a day.

However, when entering Runan, they were intercepted by a Yellow Turban army, numbering about 5,000 men, and Huang Zu's subordinate Chen led his army to catch up in the rear, trying to flank Cao Xin's cavalry on both sides.

Cao Xin did not avoid the battle, and led more than 1,000 cavalry to the Yellow Turban Army.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Yellow Turban Army was slaughtered, and then turned back to kill Huang Zujun, killed Huang Zu's general Chen on the spot, and drove the rout army into Jiangxia County, asking for some grain and grass in the surrounding counties.

Huang Zu came to spy with 6,000 soldiers and horses, but when he saw that he was strong and strong, he didn't dare to come forward to fight, so he could only watch Cao's army cross the border on the Xinyang city wall.

"Dad, aren't we rushing? Just watching the Cao thief swagger across the border? ”

Huang Zu's son, Huang Jie, clenched his fists and watched Cao Xin lead thousands of men and horses away from the official road.

"What do you take? Chen has 5,000 men and horses, and he didn't hold on for even half an hour, this Cao thief is really not easy to mess with, this time we lost more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to explain to Liu Jingzhou. ”

Huang Zu squinted his eyes and said slowly.

"Dad, the combat effectiveness of the armored horse is extremely high, and the child also wants to build an armored horse, what does Dad think?"

Huang Jie looked at the majestic armored rider and said.

Huang Zu pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.

"You send a letter to Yuan Shu quickly, and say that Cao Xin has arrived."

"Yes, Father!"

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