Cheng Yu led the troops to stir up the already muddy water again, making Zhang Miao uncomfortable.

In fact, there is another purpose, which is to keep the war away from the intersection of Dong'e, Fanxian, and Juancheng.

Because this is the main area of Juntun, the busy farming season is just about to pass, and the people want to farm with peace of mind.

Earlier this year, after the snow melted, Zhang Han's Xijing building and keel waterwheel were vigorously promoted, both of which were newly made agricultural tools, and we look forward to more land reclamation next year.

If the people's livelihood is destroyed by the war again, it will take another year to recover next year.

Once there is a big drought and a bad harvest, then I don't know how long this disaster will last, so Cheng Yu doesn't want to see such a thing, since he has a map in hand and expects the enemy to be the first, it is better to attack boldly.

……

Zhang Miao attacked Juancheng for three days, but failed.

At this time, in the barracks, Zhang Mengzhuo, who was quite rich, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and his face was full of solemnity.

Three days ago, he sent a cavalry army to Juancheng to transport 3,000 stone of grain and 500 catties of meat in the name of helping Cao attack Xu.

Who knew that the general who came to the city took the lead and went downstairs to open the door to thank Dade, and said that he would go back and call someone to pull, and in a blink of an eye called a thousand elite cavalry, the cavalry was Cao Cao's newly selected elite division, and won a great victory in the counterattack against Jin Shang's raid, and there was almost no loss.

After coming, snatching grain, pulling horses, and killing people, all in one go, when Zhang Miao just reacted and led the troops to rob, the gate of Juancheng was closed again, and they dispersed the nearby people early and resettled, either sent to other cities, or collected into Juancheng to protect.

From this point of view, Cao Mengde really took precautions, and his desire to kill me gradually grew, and if I didn't do it, sooner or later I would be controlled by others.

Thinking of this, Zhang Miao no longer had any doubts, attacked with all his might, killed and wounded thousands of soldiers, and captured all the fortifications outside Juancheng.

But this main city, no matter how it can't be broken, it has been repulsed several times when it has been boarded first, and if it is to attack the city on both sides, Zhang Miao does not have so many troops.

Juancheng faces the mountain on one side, one side is the river, and there should be only one side that is really exposed to the wilderness, and there is a watchtower along the mountain, and the city wall is added, which is quite solid.

After Cao Cao arrived in Dongjun, he spent a lot of time on this city, all in order to be able to use it as a place to live for a long time.

Now, Zhang Miao feels a dilemma.

After a while, there was a shadow outside the tent blocking the light, and his brother Zhang Chao walked quickly with a sword and went straight to him.

Zhang Miao looked up expectantly and said eagerly: "How!?" Any news? ”

"No ......"

Zhang Chao's expression froze, and he relaxed in one breath, he had already sent three waves of detectives to investigate, but there was no news yet.

"Where is Yuan Shu?"

"Not either."

Zhang Miao tried to ask Yuan Shu for help, asking him to also send troops to deter, so that he could avenge Cao Cao's head-on attack that year, but Yuan Shu took this opportunity to continue to move his territory north into the territory of Runan, Yuzhou, and sent troops to attack Liu Xuan, and at the same time appointed the old general of the Sun family to conquer Jiangdong for him.

For the battle here in Yanzhou, he expressed no interest in it.

Zhang Miao went from hinting at the beginning to anxiously analyzing the situation for him, but the last wave of cavalry sent out to prepare to call his father directly lost contact.

Now the situation is very complicated, Zhang Miao can't capture Juancheng, so he can only go back, once it's too late, Cao Cao will come back, and Lu Bu can't capture Puyang, so he can only flee in defeat and can't converge.

In this way, when Cao Cao came back, he closed the door of Yanzhou and started a war by himself, and it was not until this moment that he was surprised to find that when he didn't do anything, there was nothing, and each other could still keep a little room for advance and retreat.

And he seized this so-called "only" opportunity, but after a sudden reversal, he was restrained everywhere!

If I had known I would not move, he said to himself.

At this time, another sentry rode in, his face was eager and pale, and he didn't even report urgently, he glanced at the people in the tent, and immediately said after knowing that there were no outsiders: "My lord, there are soldiers and horses attacking in the rear, and the grain road has been cut off!" ”

"Where did the horses come from?" Zhang Miao got up suddenly, there are still soldiers, and there are soldiers who keep their hands! Cao Mengde has been waiting for me to rebel, just waiting for me to jump into his full set!

"Not good!" Zhang Miao's heart suddenly sank, and a feeling of panic and helplessness arose, "Chen Liu's accident is going to happen, order to withdraw from the army, go back to Chen Liu, Lu Bu's side must have been ambushed, maybe he has already fled!" ”

……

Outside Puyang, in the mountains and forests along the river.

Lu Bu led the wolf cavalry of his headquarters to ambush in the shadows, and ordered Zhang Liao and Wei Xu to lead their respective headquarters soldiers and horses in the opposite ambush point.

There were still no pursuers, no troops, no people walking, and there was almost no trace of human traffic.

But in the past few days, they have also run out of food, and last night they had just looted a village, and the grain and grass of the robbed people were able to satisfy the soldiers in the army, and at the same time, the reputation of wolf thieves became more and more stinking.

He looked at the gray-faced Chen Gong beside him, and asked a sentence that he had asked countless times in a few days, "Chen Gongtai, what can I do about it?" ”

Coincidentally, Emperor Gaozu also liked to ask this before.

Chen Gong leaned against a tree in a dejected manner, his face was cold and solemn, like a mournful woman, his eyes stared at the ground, and said: "Cao Mengde knew that we would rebel, so he laid out the game and waited for us to jump out." ”

"Now Zhang Taishou must have also been resisted, and the Xuzhou army slowed down after attacking Pengcheng, before I thought it was a lack of strength to wait for grain and grass, but I didn't expect it to be just a fraud!"

"I only learned today that Cao Cao used Zhang Han's strategy, delaying the army and slowly plotting."

"This can make Tao Qian's side support all the scholars detached, for a long time it is easy to get Xuzhou, if you rush to attack Xuzhou first to vent your anger, then it will make the clans and celebrities in Xuzhou hate the same enemy and resist foreign enemies."

"This strategy, which seems to be procrastinating, is actually vicious, this Uncle Zhang often wants Tao Qian to be scolded and scolded after his death."

Lu Bu let out a long sigh and said, "Gongtai, if this is the case, what should we do now, can we only wait for death?" ”

He glanced at the elite henchmen who followed, all of whom had been with him since the Ding and Dong periods, Zhang Liao and Hao Meng were from Dong Zhuo's division, and they had been in a relationship for many years.

In a day or two, when all the dry food is exhausted and the horses are started to be killed, each other may not be so peaceful, and it is important to save people's lives when they reach a dead end.

What is hateful is that these desperate tigers and wolves were originally waiting to fight, so Xiahoudun was so cowardly, he didn't come out!

"Feng Xian, don't worry, it is precisely because of such a situation in Xuzhou that Tao Qian must urgently need foreign troops to intervene, and we will defect to Xuzhou at this time, or we can be reused."

"Cao Cao is coming back from Xuzhou, he is not here to chase you, he wants to solve the civil strife as soon as possible, so he will let go of Xuzhou."

"This is a last resort for him, and he let us go out of the way, but also to completely solve the internal troubles."

"Well said," Lu Bu said in a deep voice, "According to your opinion, go to Xuzhou first, the trip to Yanzhou has been defeated, but it is not as good as others, I don't blame you." ”

Many brothers died, and many of the people under his command wanted to kill Chen Gong to vent their anger and pay tribute to the souls of the dead.

But they were all stopped by Lu Bu.

Everyone is a person at the end of the road, there is no need to kill them all, and Chen Gongcai's knowledge and connections are far better than his own, and there is still a time when he can be used.

……

Lü Bu withdrew from Yanzhou.

Before leaving, he once again slaughtered and plundered the surrounding villages, drove away thousands of people, and grabbed enough food and some property, which just solved the current problem.

At this time, the chase battle near Chenliu was still continuing, Cao Ang and Cao Xiu led the troops out from Juancheng to fight, and Cheng Yu was constantly harassing in the rear, making Zhang Miao's army tired and moving slowly.

At this time, Xun Wenruo, who was far away in Juancheng and claimed to "not understand the art of war", heard about the military situation at this time, and sighed: "If there is still a soldier and horse at this time, and Chen Liujiwu is directly taken, then this crisis will be solved and the victory will be in hand." ”

At the same time, Cheng Yu, who was tired of dealing with Zhang Miao, also suffered from the sneak attack of Chen Liu's Zhang army, and retreated ten miles in succession. ”

I'm afraid of the meaning of the common people! It's a pity that you can't take Chen Liu!

……

At this time, on the mountain and forest trail outside Chen Liujiwu, a cavalry army came out of the dense jungle valley, and Zhang Han, who took the lead, was wearing light armor, pointing to the front and smiling heartily: "Hahaha!" Brother Dian, it's time for you to come home! ”

It's good to have locals, and he has a bunch of guards under his command, marching to find the way and asking for food along the way, which comes in handy!