"Kill !!"

Passing through Jiangxia County, Cao Xin led his army into Yiyang, Yangzhou, and was intercepted by Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses on the way, and Yuan Shu's general Chen Lan led 3,000 soldiers and horses to ambush him in Liaoxian.

Fortunately, the sentries of the Tanma Battalion detected Chen Lan's ambush point in advance and summoned Cao Xin.

Cao Xin led his men and horses to avoid the battle, waited for Chen Lan to lead people to catch up, and played back to the horse pistol again, breaking Chen Lan's 3,000 troops and horses in one fell swoop, and capturing the main general Chen Lan and more than 1,000 Yuan troops.

"Captain Chen, would you like to surrender?"

Cao Xin sat on a tall horse, and the big iron gun pressed on Chen Lan's shoulder, if he didn't want to, he would shoot the account.

"General Cao is above, and he is willing to surrender!"

Chen Lan felt the weight of the big iron spear on her shoulder, how dare she hesitate, immediately prostrate on the ground, bowed her head.

Although he is a good general in the top ten in Yuan Shu's army, he can't even hold on for three rounds against the fierce general in front of him.

"Haha, Captain Chen, please get up!"

Cao Xin dismounted and picked up Chen Lan, ordered someone to return Chen Lan's horses, and asked Chen Lan to continue to lead the remaining Yuan army to surrender.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Cao Xin continued to drive with the cavalry and the army, and along the way he asked Chen Lan about the situation in Huainan.

"Captain Chen, do you know where the main force of Cao's army is?"

Cao Xin took out a simple map of Yangzhou and asked.

"General, as far as the last general knows, five days ago, the Yuan army successively recovered Fei, Shouchun and other places, and the Cao army has completely retreated to the north of the Huai River, and there should be a small part of the Cao army in Huainan, but where it is stationed, the last general does not know for the time being."

Chen Lan responded cautiously.

"Is there any news of Prime Minister Cao?"

"There is no definite news, but there are many rumors, some rumors that Prime Minister Cao Cheng was captured by Lu Bu, and there is also news that Prime Minister Cao Cheng has withdrawn to Huaibei and is stationed in Chen State.

It is also said that Prime Minister Cao Cheng is transferring troops and preparing to take revenge, and there is also news that Prime Minister Cao Cheng is still in Huainan, but his whereabouts are unknown, so Yuan Highway sent many of his subordinates to look for Prime Minister Cao Cheng. ”

Cao Xin touched his chin, this is not easy to do, there is no exact news, and I don't know where to go next.

"General, if the general is trustworthy, he can send someone back to Huainan County to inquire about the news."

Chen Lan clenched her fists and said.

Cao Xin smiled and glanced at Chen Lan a few times, "Captain Chen, do you want to go back to Huainan?" ”

Chen Lan was stunned, clenched her fists and said solemnly, "General, the last general has heard of the prestige of the general, three thousand to thirty thousand, six thousand to fifty thousand, can be called the first general in the world, the last general admires the general very much, I can't follow the general as soon as possible, it is the honor of the general to be taken in by the general today, the last general swears that he will never betray the general." ”

"Haha, Captain Chen's words are serious."

Cao Xin pulled Chen Lan and said with a smile, "Send someone to investigate, the speed is too slow, this general wants to trouble Captain Chen to go back to Huainan in person, if he can find out the exact news, this general will protect Captain Chen in front of the prime minister afterwards." ”

"Oh?"

Chen Lan was a little surprised, and her eyes rolled, "The general is not worried about not returning in the next place?" ”

"Haha, the good bird chooses the tree to perch, that Yuan Highway is already a dry bone in the grave, follow him to a dead end, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng is fighting in all directions, and he will be able to dominate the world in the future, Captain Chen is a smart person, how to choose without me to teach."

Cao Xin laughed.

Chen Lan turned over and dismounted, clasped her fists and bowed, "Please rest assured that the general will not live up to the general's trust." ”

"Haha, Brother Chen, General Ben also trusts you as a person, so he will trust you with great things."

Cao Xin picked up Chen Lan and asked the other party to lead more than 1,000 troops back to Huainan County.

"Sixth brother, this Chen Lan doesn't look like an honest person, do you think he will come back?"

Cao Chunpai immediately asked.

"Does it matter?"

Cao Xin turned over and smiled.

"Haha, it's not important, the Yuan army is weaker than the Jingzhou army, and it will be solved if you encounter at most one charge."

Cao Chun grinned.

"Don't be careless, don't forget that the prime minister was defeated in their hands."

"Well, sixth brother, I feel more and more that the prime minister is not as good as you in the war, the prime minister has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under him, and there are so many strategists and generals, and he will lose the battle when he encounters the Yuan army, which is really incomprehensible."

Cao Chun pouted and said.

Cao Xin laughed, "Yuan Jian, how much food and grass is left in our army?" ”

"General, it's enough for a man to eat a horse and chew it for five days."

Liao Hua stepped forward and said.

"Enough, not enough to borrow some more."

After Chen Lan left, Cao Xin returned to the road with more than 800 cavalry, and came to the territory of Lujiang County in less than a day, less than 200 miles away from Shouchun.

After arriving in Lujiang County, Cao Xin raised the banner of the mighty general 'Cao'.

Along the way, he collected the rout of Cao's army, gathered more than 300 people in two days, and also got a lot of information about Prime Minister Cao, but according to the news, he often went to find someone.

Cao Xin could only lead people to continue the search, and sent people to publicize the arrival of the mighty general Cao Xin with his army in Huainan.

"Report! General, there is a group of Cao troops five miles ahead who are being chased and killed by Yuan's army. ”

One day marched to the vicinity of Lu'an County, the probe horse flew to pass the news, and met the Yuan army soldiers and horses in front of them chasing and killing dozens of Cao soldiers, and the Cao army was holding the banner of the word "Cao".

Cao Xin jumped, could it be Boss Cao, he roared, waved the big iron spear, and rushed forward with the cavalry.

There is indeed a Cao general who will be hunted down and killed, it is Cao Xiu, the captain of the auxiliary army, the eldest son of Cao Bin, the second brother of the Cao family, and the maxima of the Cao family.

"Wen Lie, where is the prime minister?"

After killing the enemy army, Cao Xin pulled Cao Xiu and asked.

"Sixth uncle, nephew doesn't know, half a month ago, our army was first flooded, and then attacked by Lu Bujun and Yuan Jun, I was separated from the prime minister, and then I took people to look for many days in the Huainan Lujiang River, but I didn't find where the prime minister was.

Yesterday, my nephew heard that the sixth uncle led the army to arrive, so he brought people to meet, who expected to encounter Liu Xun's army on the road, if it wasn't for the sixth uncle, you arrived in time, I am afraid that my life will be lost here. ”

Cao Xiu said with trepidation that he originally had 300 soldiers and horses, but after many days of fighting, there were less than 30 people left, and all of them were wounded.

"Haha, Wen Lie, how did you fight this battle?" Cao Chun grinned and said, "More than 30,000 soldiers and horses, 30,000 elite soldiers, how could they be defeated so badly?" ”

"Uncle Chun, I don't know how I was defeated."

Cao Xiu laughed and talked about Cao Jun's defeat.

After Yuan Shu withdrew from the Chen State, the prime minister wanted to continue to attack Huainan and completely destroy the traitor Yuan Shu.

Xun You and Guo Jia objected, believing that the rainy season in Huainan was inconvenient for transporting grain, and persuaded Cheng Xiang to wait for a year and come back to fight Yuan Shu next year.

The prime minister also agreed at the beginning, and when he was about to withdraw the army, the weather suddenly cleared, and it was a sunny day, and the prime minister thought that this was the will of heaven, and the sky wanted to destroy Yuan Shu, and Tianyu did not take the blame.

Xun You and Guo Jia were also not easy to oppose, and the prime minister ordered Xun You to stay in Chen State to be in charge of grain and grass, while he took all the civil and military forces and 35,000 men and horses, and allied with Lu Bu and Liu Bei to attack Huainan.

The journey was smooth, and it didn't take two days to break through Shouchun, and Yuan Shu was defeated and fled to the Lujiang River.

At this time, Guo Jia persuaded the prime minister to withdraw his troops, saying that Cao's army was expanding too fast, the battle line was too long, and the town could not be defended, and Jingzhou's soldiers and horses were besieging Xinye, and the war was urgent, so he should return to help Xinye first.

The prime minister initially accepted the offer.

When he was about to return to the army, the news that Cao Xin had broken 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou in Xinye reached Shouchun.

After receiving the news, the prime minister laughed three times, saying that this was the will of heaven, and heaven was helping him destroy Yuan Shu, a traitor.

The prime minister continued to send troops to attack Hefei and other counties, all the way like a bamboo, and Huainan County was pocketed in less than half a month.

Just when the prime minister was discussing whether to hit Lujiang or Danyang first, a sudden flood in the Huaishui and Feishui basin broke through the military camp, causing thousands of soldiers to go missing.

Prime Minister Cao Cheng had no choice but to retreat, and at this time, Lu Bu led 3,000 cavalry to attack the rear army of Cao's army, and Cao's army was defeated.

"I was also separated from the prime minister in that battle, and I led the troops to search for many days, but I didn't find where the prime minister was."

Cao Xiu sighed.

"It's okay, look for it slowly!"

Cao Xin patted Cao Xiu's shoulder and comforted.

As the saying goes, good people don't live long, disasters live for 10,000 years, Cao Cao is often chased and killed on the battlefield, and he was almost killed many times, but in the end he can turn the danger into a disaster, which can be called a little expert in escape.

It is impossible for this kind of person to die in a small scene like Huainan.

Cao Xin and his entourage continued on the road with more than 30 horses of Cao Xiu, and when they arrived in Hefei, they encountered 5,000 soldiers and horses of Liu Xun, who was too guarded by Lujiang, and the two sides fought together, Cao Xin killed Liu Xun in battle, broke the soldiers and horses of Lujiang, and captured more than 4,000 people.

Hearing that the county was empty, Cao Xin and a few people simply occupied Hefei first and played the banner of Cao's army, which on the one hand could attract Cao's army to converge, and on the other hand, it could also attract Yuan's firepower.

Cao Xin drove the army to attack Hefei, and took the county seat in less than an hour.

Hefei is less than 100 miles away from Shouchun, although the city is not high, but it is better than convenient water and land transportation, and there is plenty of grain and grass.

After having the territory, he hoisted the banner of Cao's army, sent people to search for Cao's army, and sent spies to search for Cao Cao and Cao's army.

On the third day of his garrison in Hefei, a Cao Jun junior colonel flew to ask for help, saying that Prime Minister Cao Cheng came to Hefei County with soldiers and horses, but was chased and killed by more than 3,000 people of Yuan's army in Feishui Xize, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng only had two or three hundred people in his hands.

The situation was critical, Cao Xin didn't say much, took Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and more than 100 Langya to ride, and went straight to Feishui Xize.

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