After Cao Cao and Liu Bei divided their troops, they continued to speed up.

Cao Ren was the pioneer and sent people back from time to time to report the news.

"General,"

A soldier knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Cao's horse and said loudly: "General Qiyu, Captain Cao has passed through Lu County." Sun Ce has arrived in Xiapi, and Dong Zhuo has retreated into Xiapi and cannot hold out. ”

Cao Cao was riding on a horse, his face expressionless, but his heart was constantly surging.

Dong Zhuo trapped and guarded Xiapi, which was the best opportunity for him to join forces and destroy Dong Zhuo!

Cao Cao looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky, and a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver.

But he quickly controlled it, didn't care about it, and didn't care about the soldiers behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Order, go at full speed, and send the soldiers down!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers behind him held the flag and rushed to the back to deliver the order.

The army of 20,000 set off again, and it was only two days' journey from Xiapi.

Cao Cao traveled all the way, and it only took more than a day to come to a short distance from Lu County.

Le Jin came back from Lu County, rode a horse, turned around next to Cao Cao, and said, "General, Lu County is empty, and Captain Cao has already passed through." ”

Cao Cao touched his beard and said, "Okay, rest outside the city, make a fire to cook, and continue to march after three hours." ”

Le Jin responded and turned to give orders.

In the dense forest not far away, Guo Yan's eyes were cold and excited, like a cheetah, quietly waiting for the opportunity.

Behind him were countless Dong Jun who were ready to attack, sharpening their knives and thirsty.

In their eyes, Cao Jun was like a balloon that was full of air, slowly emptying, and gradually weakening.

Guo Yan was waiting, waiting for the time when Cao Jun was the weakest.

Half an hour later, a thick aroma filled the sky above Cao's position, and the soldiers gathered together and began to gobble up, and the accompanying shouting was wafting like waves.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, Guo Yan was the first to rush out and yelled excitedly.

The soldiers behind him followed, shouting and killing, their steps like shocks, and their roars like thunder.

This sudden change instantly caused Cao Jun to be in chaos.

Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan and others panicked, shouted and shouted, and tried their best to reorganize the army.

The last time they were attacked by Hua Xiong, they suffered heavy losses, and Cao Cao almost died.

Organizing an army is an extremely time-consuming task, especially for a group of tired, freshly fed soldiers, who need to be buffered.

Guo Yan obviously wouldn't give him a chance, and the soldiers and horses all over the mountains and fields, like wolves and tigers, killed Cao Jun.

Cao Cao rode a horse, his long narrow eyes flashing with coldness, and the big knife in his hand was clenched tightly.

Guo Yan saw that Cao Jun was in chaos, where would he hesitate, not far away, not close, and quickly rushed out halfway.

"Kill!"

It was this half, on the west side of Guo Yan's army, there was a cavalry that fell from the sky, as fast as the wind, faster than Guo Yan, and it was close to the front in the blink of an eye.

Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan looked over, and it seemed that the leaders were Xiahou and Cao Hong!

"Kill!"

Without waiting for them to ask, Cao Cao took the lead, with more than a dozen personal soldiers, and killed Guo Yan head-on.

Guo Yan was already panicking, knowing the plan, he shouted: "Go!" Fall back! ”

Originally in the direction of the north, Guo Yan turned to the east, he rode a horse, running fast, but the soldiers behind him were miserable, rows of crowding, falling to the ground, and stampede occurred, and before Xiahoudun's cavalry arrived, it was already a mess.

Cao Cao's eyes were wide open, the corners of his face were fierce, even a little hideous, and he was carrying a knife and chased straight towards Guo Yan.

Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan reacted, and he didn't care about the behind, with more than a thousand people, followed Cao Cao to chase and kill.

Xiahoudun, Cao Hong's cavalry rushed like thunder, almost instantly impacting Guo Yan's ambush soldiers, and the already scattered Dong army, in the eyes of the cavalry, was like a lamb to be slaughtered, without the power to resist.

Cao Cao slashed and killed a Dong soldier, his eyes became more and more fierce, and he desperately beat his horse, chasing Guo Yan in front.

It's not the first time he's been ambushed, but the last time Hua Xiong's ambush almost killed him, so Cao Cao learned wisely and kept a hand.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ce was fine from here, and Cao Ren was fine from here, but, this Guo Yan was waiting for him here!

Hateful!

Cao Cao was full of anger in his chest, as if he had forgotten everything else, and only stared at Guo Yan, constantly beating horses and slashing.

It didn't take long for Guo Yan's ambush soldiers to either die or surrender, only Guo Yan ran away with a dozen people.

Cao Cao chased for thirty miles, until the horse could no longer run, then stopped, most of the killing intent in his long narrow eyes dissipated, and he stood on the ground, panting for breath.

Xiahoudun, Cao Hong caught up and said, "General, are you okay?" ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said breathlessly: "Order, rest for an hour, and continue to march east." ”

"Yes." Cao Hong responded.

Xiahoudun waited for them to leave, and then stepped forward and whispered, "There are only three days left." ”

There are only three days left for food and grass.

Cao Cao slowly straightened up and said in the same low voice, "You watch and deal with it." ”

Xiahoudun retreated quietly.

An hour later, Cao's army finished reorganizing and set off again.

At this time, Sun Ce was already stationed outside Xiapi City.

Cheng Pu looked at Xiapi City, frowned and said: "Eldest prince, this Pi is not small, Dong Zhuo has soldiers and food, I am afraid that he will not be able to attack it for a while." It's getting cold again, so you have to prepare early. ”

Sun Ce turned his head to look east, and in the north of Xiapi City, Huang Zhong led 10,000 troops, eyeing him fiercely.

"Over there in the imperial court, will there be winter clothes and grain and grass?" Sun Ce's tone was flat, and although he asked, he didn't seem to have hope.

Cheng Pu also shook his head and said, "You can't count on them, don't forget, Cao Cao still has tens of thousands of troops." The imperial treasury is empty, and it has to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars from the family every year, and now it is winter, it must be the poorest time, and there is no winter clothes and money at all. ”

Sun Ce's face was like iron, he thought about it left and right, and said: "Cao Cao will arrive in one day, if it doesn't work, he will attack at any cost, even if both are defeated, he must destroy Dong Zhuo as soon as possible!" ”

"That's all it can be." Cheng Pu sighed lightly. At this point, there is no way back for them.

They didn't know that Xiapi City seemed to be in full swing, but it was already in chaos inside.

Dong Zhuo roared angrily, frantically looking for Jia Xu, as well as his precious treasures, and most importantly, naturally those money and food.

Without money and food, how can he raise soldiers and defend the city!

But Jia Xu has always been alone, where to go and what to do, rarely tell outsiders, so for so many days, no one knows where Jia Xu is and what he has done.

In the face of Dong Zhuo's anger, Li Ru, Li Dao, Lu Bu and others could only spread people and look for them aimlessly.

In secret, Zhang Ji, Li Dao and others' actions against Lu Bu are quietly developing.

Xiapi City is tight inside and outside, Cao Cao is still on the way to come, but Liu Bei is faster, from Guangling to the north, has arrived in Xiapi.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are rapidly assembling and have formed an encirclement of Xiapi.

"Difficult."

Huangfu Jianchang, who originally said that he was going to go to the bottle and pot pass, was holding Jia Xu, and at this moment he also appeared on a small hill not far from Xiapi, at this time, Jia Xu looked at Xiapi and said.

Huangfu squatted in front of him, laughing, and kept nibbling on apples in his mouth.

Jia Xu lowered his eyebrows and glanced at him, and said, "You lied to me before that you went to the bottle and pot pass, and now you are coming to Xiapi, do you want me to help you break the city?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Huangfu Jian laughed louder, then hurriedly covered it, then coughed twice, looked at Xiapi and said: "This city is indeed not easy to attack, but Dong Zhuo has no food and grass, so it won't last long." ”

Jia Xu snorted coldly and said, "There is grain and grass prepared by me in Xiapi City, which can last for at least ten days." Cao Cao, can they last ten days? Their food and grass, five days at most! ”

Huangfu Jian stopped talking, this Jia Xu is too ghostly, and he is wrong to say.

Jia Xu glanced at Cheng Yu and Shi A, and said lightly: "You are very sure, there should be other preparations, and now you still refuse to talk to me a little?" ”

Huangfu Jian let out a long sigh, looked back at Jia Xu, and said, "You know what? You're so smart that you want me to find a place to bury you. ”

Jia Xu really saw the killing intent in Huangfu's long eyes, and was silent for a moment, and said, "I can help you persuade Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Lu Bu to surrender." ”

Huangfu Jian shook his head and said, "You have guessed, I don't need you." ”

Jia Xu looked at Xiapi City and said: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiapi, I can persuade at least 30,000, 30,000 soldiers and horses, it doesn't matter to you, do you know how important it is to Cao Cao and to the imperial court?" ”

"There is no shortage of soldiers and horses in the imperial court."

Huangfu Jian threw away the apple, patted his butt and stood up, and said, "What the imperial court lacks is money and food. ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "You'd better ask Cao Cao." ”

Huangfu Jianchang felt that he was right, and he really wanted to kill this Jia Xu, turned to Cheng Yu, and said, "What do you think, sir?" ”

Cheng Yu didn't care about Jia Xu, and said: "The second son, Cao Cao and others, may not want to persuade them to surrender, they want military merits." ”

Huangfu Jian sighed, nodded again and again, and said, "No matter, old history, when that Cao Mengde arrives, you will send people over." I can't help it, let Cao Cao figure it out. ”

Shi Ah held his sword and answered silently.

Jia Xu was a little surprised, he never thought that Huangfu Jianchang would actually hand him over to Cao Cao.

At noon the next day, Cao Cao arrived, and at the same time, Liu Bei and Huang Zhong began to march and surrounded Xiapicheng.

The three main generals, plus Sun Ce, gathered to discuss the offensive strategy.

Cao Cao, as a mighty general, sat on the main seat, with Liu Bei and Huang Zhong on the left and right, and Sun Ce was standing.

Cao Cao smiled and said politely to Huang Zhong: "General Huang Zhonglang, don't come to harm?" ”

Huang Zhong is the kind of person who is old and serious, and when he heard this, he just leaned over and said, "The last general has seen General Cao." ”

Cao Cao didn't care much about Huang Zhong's reaction, and instead said: "I'm afraid that Picheng won't be able to be attacked for a while, what suggestions will Huang Zhonglang have?" ”

Huang Zhong said: "The last general has some winter clothes, and some grain and grass, which can be distributed to General Cao." ”

Cao Cao's expression changed immediately, and he said, "How many?" ”

Huang Zhong said: "Winter clothes for 50,000 horses, ten days of grain and grass. ”

Cao Cao's breathing was a little short, and he immediately raised his hand and said, "Brother Huang, this is, borrowed, or the imperial court......"

"The Imperial Court." Huang Zhong did not hesitate, and said concisely.

At this time, not only Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce were all excited, hanging their hearts, and let go in an instant, and then a strong fighting spirit surged up.

With winter clothes, grain and grass, even in winter, they can fight Dong Zhuo!

(End of chapter)