According to Yuan Shang's opinion, Lu Lingqi immediately arranged a carriage and horses, settled all the Xiahou clan on it, drove the car to the south gate, and personally let them out of the city.

"Come on, whip the horses and drive them out of the city!"

After everything was ready, Lu Lingqi ordered loudly.

Yuan Shang looked at the carriage slowly moving away with a smile, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

After this plan is completed, the battle that defeated Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan will be his last battle in Runan, and then he can return to Hebei.

It's been too long since I've been away from home, it's time to go back and rest.

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The words were divided into two ends, Yuan Shang captured Yingchuan Yangzhai and won a great victory, but on the contrary, the war on Liu Bei's side was a little stretched, and it was difficult to resist the Cao army.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan are now connected, and all the Cao troops form a huge network of drums, slowly advancing towards Liu Bei and the others with vigor and rhythm, no matter how much you and others come out, you don't want to find the slightest opportunity to counterattack.

At present, although the situation is still a stalemate between the two armies, it is clear to those with a discerning eye that Cao's army has begun to gain the upper hand.

And this advantage will get bigger and bigger over time, unless Liu Beijun can use any tricks, otherwise the defeat of the battle is already a certainty.

History is composed of many inevitability and accidents, the land of Ye Yuan is the place where Liu Bei, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan first attacked, and soon after, it is still in the land of Ye Yuan, and the final confrontation between Cao Jun and Liu Bei will also be launched.

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At this time, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan led a group of generals under their command, and Gao Wei was on top of a mountain full of dense forests, looking at Liu Bei's military camp not far from the mountain.

Liu Beijun's overall combat strength is not as good as Cao's army, but the lineup of the camp is remarkable, and it lives up to the name of a hero.

Cao Ren nodded secretly, although Liu Bei's army was inferior in number and combat strength to his own, but the general LinkedIn was quite numerous, but looking at the camp layout, he was quite a doorway.

"Miaocai, how are your injuries? Tomorrow I plan to launch a final offensive against Liu Bei, and strive to go down in one go. I wonder if you'll be able to go to war? "In Cao Ren's heart, if there is no Xiahou Yuan to help in tomorrow's general attack, this battle will really not be easy to fight.

Xiahou Yuan's face was pale and bloodless, he was defeated by Guan Yu in the first battle of Ye Yuan, and his injuries were extremely serious, but fortunately, Cao Ren led the troops to come, and Liu Beiren, who was killed, turned over on his back and led Guan Yu away, otherwise what the consequences would be, it was really between the two theories.

"Zixiao, don't worry, I'm still not dead with a little injury!"

Xiahou Yuan was full of clouds and arrogant: "Attack and kill the big-eared thief in the coming day, Zixiao will order the general, and I will lead the troops as the vanguard officer!" Don't work for others! ”

Seeing this, Cao Ren suddenly admired and said, "Okay! In this case, you and I will join forces tomorrow and go out on all fronts, and the big-eared thief who will be beaten will be convinced, so that it will be difficult for him to be an enemy of the lord in the future......"

Xiahou Yuan laughed: "That's natural!" ”

"Report ——!"

Before Xiahou Yuan's last word was finished, he saw a scout flying horse coming, and his voice gathered in his throat, and he reported loudly: "General Xiahou, the rear reports that Yangzhai City has been captured by Liu Bei's army, and the defender of the city Wang Bian died in battle, and General Xiahou's family was led by two sons, and after being captured, they were all released by the enemy, and now they are driving a carriage to our camp, less than five miles away. ”

"What!" Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren couldn't help but roar at the same time.

But seeing Xiahou Yuan striding forward, he grabbed the soldier who reported it, and said angrily: "How is it possible? How is this possible! Liu Bei's more than 20,000 people, together with Yuan's army's inbound soldiers, but barely 30,000 people, have now all been rejected here and us, where did he get the extra soldiers and horses? ”

Cao Ren also had a deep face: "Besides, the road from Runan to Yingchuan has been completely blocked by our army, if there is any change, there will be a return!" Liu Beiyan can send troops over, could it be that Liu Jun fell from the sky?! ”

The scout's shoulder was dragged by Xiahou Yuan, but he dared to snort, gritted his teeth and replied: "Two generals, there is no report from the scouts of our army guarding the passage, and Liu Beijun in the south of Ru has not made any movement!" But the soldiers and horses that seized the city were indeed real, as if they were really falling from the sky, and suddenly came to Yangzhai, which was definitely not from Runan County! ”

"Bastard! I don't understand what I want you to do! Xiahou Yuan threw away the scout, and under the force, he couldn't help but pull the wound, and he was dizzy for a while, and almost fell to the ground.

Cao Ren's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly reached out to support Xiahou Yuan, and said: "Don't panic, Miaocai, since Ling Lang has already rushed to his family, you and I should quickly return to Dazhai and inquire about the situation from Ling Lang." ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded sadly and angrily, and then led the crowd to return to the military camp with Cao Ren.

.................

When they returned to the tent, just in time for Xiahou Heng and others to wait in the tent, a group of family members saw Xiahou Yuan, and they all cried and cried, and complained to Xiahou Yuan with grievances.

Xiahou Yuan was upset at the moment, how could he have time to listen to this, so he waved his hand and roared angrily: "Shut up for me!" This is a barracks, not a place for women, if anyone is crying, it affects the morale of the army! Don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

When a sentence was shouted, the crying family members suddenly fell silent and did not move, their mouths were as if they had sewn cotton pants and belts, and they didn't even dare to let go of a fart.

"Heng'er! You said! What is going on in Yang Zhai City? ”

Xiahou Yuan pointed at his eldest son Xiahou Heng and ordered him to tell the cause and effect.

Xiahou Heng has always respected and revered his father, and he didn't dare to hide his personal interests when he heard the words, so he hurriedly opened the city gate with twists and turns and the enemy army disguised the city Cao Jun, killed the defender of the city, occupied the Taishou mansion, and captured and released Xiahou Yuan's family and other things.

Xiahou Yuan's face turned pale when he heard this, and he said in a trembling voice: "In Yangzhai City, how many soldiers and horses are there that the enemy has captured the city? ”

Xiahou Heng shook his head lightly and said, "Back to my father, the child has never seen it with his own eyes, but he just heard the besieger leader say that there are about 20,000 ......people to capture the soldiers of Yang Zhai."

"Twenty thousand? No way! ”

Xiahou Yuan's eyes suddenly straightened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The big-eared thief soldiers and horses are already Ye Yuan, how can they change another 20,000?" It's ridiculous! ”

Looking at Xiahou Yuan's terrifying appearance, Xiahou Heng suddenly shrank his neck in fright, and said in a low voice: "The child also heard about it, but I don't know the truth......

However, Cao Ren over there lowered his head and thought carefully for a moment, and suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly said to Xiahou Heng: "Virtuous nephew, when someone in our army asked you about the enemy situation in Yangzhai, did you wait?" ”

Xiahou Heng thought for a moment and said honestly: "Back to Uncle Shi, the little nephew didn't say it to outsiders, but some of the lieutenants and generals talked to the second brother and other family members, and there may be something between the words. ”

"Broken ....."

Cao Ren slapped his thigh dejectedly, sighed abruptly, and said, "When this matter came out, the army was cowardly!" ”

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Not only did Cao Jun get the news of the fall of Yangzhai City, but the secret agents sent by Yuan Shang at this moment also sent the information to the ears of Liu Jun and others.

In the past few days, Liu Bei and others have been fighting hard against Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, and they are secretly panicking in their hearts, and now they have listened to the report of the messenger sent by Yuan Shang, and they can't help but open their mouths in surprise, and they are speechless for a long time.

"Yuan Sangongzi.... Captured Yingchuan Yangzhai? Liu Bei looked at the messenger in a daze, muttering in disbelief.

The messenger heard this: "Exactly, the third prince not only captured Yingchuan, but also pretended to send back Xiahou Yuan's family to his army, and secretly arranged to spread rumors, which greatly disturbed the military heart of the Cao army. ”

"Good! All right! ”

Liu Beimeng slapped the table, his face was full of joy, and said: "The third prince is worthy of being the son of the primordial, he is really brave and strategic, and he is brave enough to ignore others, and he is really beyond the reach of ordinary people!" Now that the situation is reversed, it is all up to the strength of the three sons and one person, how fortunate it is to have the help of the sons..... It's just that I don't know where the soldiers and horses of the third prince attacked Yang Zhai, but where did they come from? ”

On the left hand compartment, Zhang Jaw on the side smiled slightly, and said: "Xuande Gong rest assured, long before coming to Runan, we planted an ambush in Yingshui, for today." ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh inexplicably in his heart.

The messenger of Yuan Jun continued: "Xuande Gong, the third prince also asked Xuande Gong to quickly arrange manpower to go to Yangzhai to take over government affairs, military affairs, and official governance, and by the way, stabilize the surrounding counties and thoroughly formulate Yingchuan. ”

"It's ........ How can this work? ”

Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yang Zhai was beaten down by the third prince of Yuan, and the land of Yingchuan should belong to the third prince, can Bei'an go and pick up ready-made?" This is not possible, never! ”

The messenger said with a smile: "The third prince said that after this battle, our army will transfer to the east and north, and return to Hebei, Yingchuan County and not with our army, there is not much benefit, it is better to send it to Xuande Gong, with the momentum of Xuande Gong, increase soldiers and horses, pay more taxes, and join Yuan to fight Cao in the future, and save Your Majesty in danger." ”

Liu Bei was very happy when he heard this, but his face was still full of doubts, and he said, "This.... But it's not quite right, right? ”

Zhang Jaw on the side said again: "Why should the Duke of Xuande be polite, I am here and are taken care of by the public, even if it is to repay the favor, it should be so, besides, Hebei and Yingchuan are across the Central Plains for thousands of miles, how can I govern it when I go back?" Everyone supports the Han family, how can they divide each other, Xuande Gong will not shirk anymore! ”

Liu Bei listened to Zhang Jaw's words, then smiled soothingly, nodded and said: "Since General Zhang also persuaded him like this, he was disrespectful, and when the Cao thief was destroyed in the coming day, the land of Yingchuan will be returned to the Yuan family, and it will never be lost." ”

Speaking of this, I heard Liu Bei say: "Come here, quickly send people to Runan, to find Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and others to come to the army, let them prepare their heavy grain and grass weapons to rush to the army before tomorrow, one is to attack Cao Ren in the days after tomorrow to make a good guarantee, and the other is to repel Cao's army, then immediately go to Yangzhai, take over Yingchuan, and arrange government officials!" ”

"No!"

Liu Bei looked around at the generals in the tent, and said: "Please also ask the generals to go back and prepare, clean up and stop, and when the night comes, fight back and forth with the third prince, and send troops to attack Cao!" ”

The generals stood up together and said, "No! ”

"Scatter!"

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After arranging the attack on Cao's army, the generals immediately returned to the camp and arranged the affairs of soldiers and horses.

On the way back to his camp, Gao Ran was quite resentful, and said angrily: "Liu Bei, this person, is really hypocritical, obviously not good for Yingchuan County, but also pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring, one bite at a time, I don't want it, I have to wait for Jun Yi to persuade him, so he reluctantly accepted it, making it as if I was waiting for him to beg him!" ”

Zhang Jaw smiled when he heard this, and said: "The hero of the world, it has always been like this, and it is reasonable, besides, it is really useless for me to ask Yingchuan County, and it is not bad to push the boat down the river to give Liu Bei a personal favor." ”

Gao Ran snorted and said, "In short, I just don't feel very comfortable in my heart!" The third prince worked hard and set up a lot of favors from Lu Lingqi, but now he gave a county of Nuoda to Liu Bei, and he was very angry. ”

Zhang Jaw laughed and said, "General Gao, when did you become like the third prince?" Can't afford to lose at all? ”

While the two were talking, they saw the messenger sent by Yuan Shang hurriedly catching up, and hurriedly said: "Zhang, the two generals stay behind!" The third prince has something for me to convey to the two generals. ”

He opened his jaw and turned his head.

The messenger ran over with a sweaty face, panting and saying to the two: "General Zhang, General Gao, the third prince has an order, and the general attack on Cao's army will be in charge of the night after tomorrow, and General Zhang Jaw will take over most of the troops and horses to assist Liu Bei in attacking, and General Gao will not need to participate in the battle." ”

Gao Ran's mouth suddenly grew when he heard this, and he said, "Why? ”

The messenger smiled slightly, and said: "The third prince said, after attacking the Cao army, we will not make any stops, immediately wave our army to the east, go back to Xuzhou to Hebei, and ask General Gao to rush back to Runan City on the night of the battle to pick up Deng Chang's family of three and Xiahou girl, and collect some rent money from Liu Bei by the way." ”

Zhang Jaw frowned, and said, "Rent money, what rent money?" ”

The messenger smiled slightly, and said, "The third prince already knew that General Zhang would ask this, so let the villain pass you a message as it was-"Such a big Yangzhai City was given to Liu Bei for nothing?" Why? I don't know if my surname is Yuan! ””

Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan looked at each other, hey, when I heard this, it was really what the third prince said.......

Gao Ran turned his head and said, "Did the third prince say that how this rent should be collected?" ”

The messenger coughed quietly, then muttered a few words to Gao Ran......

After finishing speaking, but seeing that Gao Lan's complexion changed three times, he looked up at the sky and sighed: "The third prince threw such a big gift to Liu Bei before leaving, hehe, the real talent is also ..... Go back and tell the third prince that this rent will be collected for the son! ”