Chen Yan easily repelled Xiahoudun's attack with a catapult formation, and Xiahou Yuan on the west side saw that his brother Mingjin had withdrawn his troops, and he couldn't beat Zhang Liao's cavalry team, so he naturally looked for an opportunity, and ran quickly with oil on the soles of his feet.

Originally, he was very confident in dealing with Chen Yan's Xiahou brothers, but it was a pity that he spent too many troops and grain and grass in the process of fighting with Lu Bu, and now facing Chen Yan, who had been cultivating in Chen for a quarter, was naturally extremely difficult.

Chen Yan was riding a black horse at this time, full of energy, and happened to join forces with Zhang Liao, the two of them combined, and felt that this was a good time to pursue, so they immediately didn't say a word, rode their horses and whipped up, and chased towards the retreating army of the Xiahou brothers.

Since Chen Yan started to attack, the catapult naturally stopped attacking, after all, the catapult attack power is strong, but the accuracy is limited, if Chen Yanjun and Cao Jun are in a scuffle, then they don't dare to launch easily.

Chen Yan and Zhang Liao walked side by side, Chen Yan was still in a good mood, and immediately asked with a smile: "General Wenyuan, let's compare, who can kill General Cao Jun first?" ”

Zhang Liao smiled slightly, his cloak was flying, indescribably chic, and he immediately nodded and smiled: "Okay, let's see who is the first general to kill Cao Cao!" ”

The two of you didn't even look at Cao Cao in the slightest, and they were about to pursue the army of the Xiahou brothers, when suddenly the war drums rumbled not far away, and it seemed that another army had been killed.

Chen Yan looked up, and saw a cavalry team suddenly rushing out from the east side of Puyang City, the team was heavily armored with spears, and the armor glowed with a little cold light in the night, and the lineup was strict, which made people dare not be impressed.

I saw the flag of the team flying in the wind, and it read: Yu Zi.

Chen Yan frowned, and said in a low voice: "Yu Ban! ”

Zhang Liao was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Who?" Forbidden? ”

Chen Yan nodded and said: "Yes, it is Yu Ban Yu Wenze, this person is calm and resolute, good at fighting tough defensive battles, and is a rare general under Cao Cao." ”

Zhang Liao didn't expect that Chen Yan was like a living dictionary of military generals, every time he saw a new general, he could always analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this military general as quickly as possible.

Since Zhang Liao knew how powerful Yu Ban was, he couldn't help but hesitate and asked, "Junlang, then do we still want to continue the pursuit?" ”

Chen Yan frowned slightly, and said: "Yu Ban is menacing at this time, and there are a lot of troops under his command, if we rush in, it is easy to be cut off by Yu Ban, and if the Xiahou brothers turn back to cover up and kill at that time, we will not care about each other." ”

Zhang Liao nodded and sighed: "Yes, then let's withdraw the army?" ”

Chen Yan shook his head and said, "If you withdraw your troops just like that, wouldn't you live up to the good situation?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao finally understood what Chen Yan meant, and immediately said: "Then let's turn the spearhead and attack Yu Ban!" ”

Chen Yan nodded and said, "That's right!" ”

The two of them had already decided, and they actually gave up Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, who were gradually fleeing into the city, and instead launched an offensive towards Yu Ban, who had just come over!

Yu Ban led the heavy cavalry, all fully armed, and when they saw Chen Yan and Zhang Liao rushing like wolves, they all restrained their horses' hooves and waited for them.

Chen Yan took the lead, waving his iron halberd and roaring loudly: "Where is Yu Ban?!" How dare you fight me?! ”

Unexpectedly, Chen Yan shouted in his voice, and the entire team of Yu Ban was as quiet as an empty alley.

Chen Yan frowned, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, this Yu Ban is much more stable than the Xiahou brothers, he thinks that his martial arts are not too good, and he will never be reckless and rash." ”

Thinking of this, he turned to say: "But if I shout like this, he refuses to come out, and his morale will definitely be affected, right?" ”

After thinking about it, Chen Yan continued to shout: "Yu Ban Xiao'er, if you are afraid, surrender as soon as possible, so as not to stain Grandpa's treasure knife!" ”

After saying this, the entire army behind Chen Yan burst into laughter, and the sound was deafening, which was enough to make Yu Ban lose face.

Unexpectedly, Yu Ban's army was still silent, and those soldiers didn't even have superfluous expressions on their faces.

Chen Yan was really shocked this time, he had never had such a strong sense of shock to the lineup under one person, and it could even be called a sense of fear.

The soldiers under Yu Ban's command have been able to achieve uniformity, not arrogant or impatient, such a strong degree of strictness, I am afraid that the first person under Chen Yan to train soldiers, Xu Rong, who guards the Tiger Prison, may not be able to achieve it.

Chen Yan finally gave up his plan to provoke Yu Ban, he frowned, glanced at Zhang Liao, shook his head slightly, and said, "Forget it, we might as well try to see if we can break through his defensive formation." ”

Zhang Liao naturally could only nod, the two merged together, and suddenly launched an attack on Yu Ban's team, Chen Yan and Zhang Liao were both brave and fierce generals, with a knife and a halberd, under the wielding, it naturally had an extremely powerful impact on the forbidden battle array.

It's a pity that although Yu Ban's heavy armored cavalry wavered, it was not defeated, and after a shock, Chen Yan suddenly found that if he was consuming like this, he would really kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 himself.

At the critical moment, Chen Yan immediately broke off, and without saying a word, Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Seeing that Chen Yan's army was gradually retreating, Yu Ban's army did not pursue, but slowly retreated and retreated to Puyang City.

In this fight, Chen Yan didn't even see Yu Ban's figure, but he was deeply shocked by Yu Ban's defensive ability, and during the process of returning to the camp, Chen Yan kept thinking in his heart: "If there is such a defense master in our army, then there must be a great improvement in the ability of my entire army." ”

By the time Chen Yan returned to the camp, it was already dawn, and after some counting, Chen Yan lost 900 people and wounded 1,200 people in this battle, while Cao Cao lost at least 5,000 people, Chen Yan can be said to be a big victory.

But siege warfare has always been difficult, if Cao ** defends Puyang, I am afraid that even if Chen Yan has a siege weapon such as a catapult, it will not be easy to capture Puyang in a short time.

What's more, Cao Cao also has Cao Ren and Yu Ban, two well-guarded fierce generals.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but gently hold his forehead, revealing a thoughtful expression.

At this moment, suddenly a person from outside the door hurriedly came in, it was the envoy who went to Zang Ba a few days ago, and the envoy fell to his knees suddenly, and said excitedly: "Lord Qi, it's already ...... There is already the whereabouts of General Lu Bu, Lu Bu ...... General Lü Bu and Gao Shun, together with the help of General Zang Ba...... At this time...... At this time, I went to Xuzhou! ”