Zhao Feng's situation, Zhao Feng himself knows.

As an opponent, Cao Cao naturally knows very well, just like Zhao Feng also knows Cao Cao's situation very well.

Therefore, Zhao Feng was not ready for a decisive battle, so naturally he would not easily start a war with Cao Cao.

Otherwise, even if Zhao Feng defeated Cao Cao in the end, he would lose too many troops, which would cheapen the other princes.

In particular, Cao Cao's land was originally the land of the four wars, in other words, Cao Cao's surroundings were all other princes.

Once Cao Cao was defeated, the other princes would naturally snatch Cao Cao's land in the name of 'helping' Zhao Feng.

Liu Biao aside, Zhang Lu, Bai Wen, and Ma Chao will definitely move when they hear the wind.

In addition, it is not known what Yuan Shu's attitude is.

Therefore, in so many comprehensive circumstances, it is reasonable for Cao Cao to return the generals demanded by Zhao Feng, choose to retreat, and then expect Zhao Feng to withdraw his troops.

Even if Zhao Feng chooses to fight a decisive battle in advance, what Cao Cao has to deal with is nothing more than these armies, and the remnants of the returned army will not have much effect.

But since Zhao Feng chose to capture Dongguan, Cao Cao naturally didn't need to let go of those remnants.

Xiong Da scratched his head and asked, "What should I do?" ”

Zhao Feng was depressed in his heart, he didn't have a strategist by his side, not even a person to consult.

The reason why I told Xiong Da about this is that I hope Xiong Da can have a flash of inspiration and give some slightly useful constructive suggestions.

However, obviously, Zhao Feng overestimated Xiong Da.

Although Xiong Da has been following Zhao Feng's side, his ability is limited, and he can't learn this kind of thing.

Zhao Feng pondered for a moment: "The sentry rode from here to Xiapi, and it only took three days to go back and forth. ”

"Before nightfall today, Cao Cao can get the news that Dongguan has been captured, and he will be able to send a large army to pursue it early tomorrow morning at the earliest."

"Even if Cao Cao let Mao Jia, Lu Ji and others return today, it will be a day ahead of schedule."

"With this day, if you want to be caught up, it will take at least two or three days."

"After all, Mao Jia, Lu Ji and others didn't know that Cao Cao would send troops to pursue, so in terms of marching speed, they wouldn't be too rushed."

"If they knew, they would have accelerated their march, and perhaps they would be able to return to our army before Cao Cao's pursuers could catch up."

Xiong Da bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Understood!" ”

"I'll immediately send out a sentry to find out the whereabouts of a few generals."

"Once you find a few generals, tell them about the chasing troops that Cao Cao will send out."

"Although there will be a delay of a day or two, there is also a chance to get rid of the pursuers!"

Zhao Feng nodded: "That's it!" ”

"Deal with this quickly."

Xiong Da bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

After speaking, he turned around and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

After Xiong Da left, Zhao Feng sighed.

Although they sent sentry horses to find Mao Jia, Lu Ji and others, they were still not very safe.

There is no way, Cao Cao let go of Mao Jia, Lu Ji and others, he must have planned the relevant route.

After all, Xuzhou was occupied by Cao Cao, and Mao Jia, Lu Ji and others must not be allowed to run around with the remnants.

And this route, Cao Cao did not tell Zhao Feng.

Therefore, Zhao Feng needs to send a sentry to find it.

And Cao Cao didn't need it, he only needed to send a herald to order the small troops in front of him to intercept them directly on the route, and he could delay the marching speed of Mao Jia and Lu Ji.

Of course, the route is also relative.

After all, the current level of mapping and mapping is just like that.

As long as Mao Jia, Lu Ji and the others have a slightly more alert one, they should be able to bypass the interception of the small force.

It's just that these are not within Zhao Feng's control.

After Xiong Da finished arranging the task and returned to the Chinese army's big tent.

Zhao Feng felt that it was still inappropriate, and said to Xiong Dao: "Pass the order." ”

"The army will immediately march to the city of Dong'an!"

"Inform Huang Zhong to lead the headquarters to accompany him."

Xiong Da bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

Then he asked: "Then who will take over the defense of Dongguan?" ”

Zhao Feng groaned slightly: "Let Zhu Xu's county order, with his county soldiers, take over for the time being." ”

"Come to think of it, he'll be more than happy!"

Zhuxu County ordered that the grain team escorted to Zhao Feng's camp would naturally escort some county soldiers from Zhuxu County.

Although there are only 500 county soldiers, there is no problem in maintaining law and order in Dongguan for the time being.

Moreover, this is a temporary appointment for the war, to put it simply, as long as this battle is won, Zhu Xu's county order can also get a lot of military merits.

Xiong Da bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

With that, he turned and walked out of the chamber.

The reason why Zhao Feng temporarily decided to send troops to Dong'an was also to get a little closer to the remnants of Mao Jia and Lu Ji.

Maybe in the end, we can just catch up.

After taking Dong'an, Zhao Feng did not plan to continue the attack.

First, it is too deep, which is not good for its own army.

Second, in the northeast of Dongguan, there are also Zhuxian and Dongwu, and in the east of Dongguan, there is Langya County.

Once Zhao Feng's army goes too deep, Dongguan may be cut off by the combined forces of Zhuxian, Dongwu, and Langya.

After all, Zhuxian and Dongwu are near the border of Qingzhou, so Cao Cao will naturally arrange a lot of soldiers to garrison, and Langya is a rare sea port in Xuzhou, so he will naturally hoard some soldiers.

If Zhao Feng's army was only stationed in Dong'an, even if the soldiers of Zhuxian, Dongwu, and Langya counties converged and prepared to storm Dongguan to cut off Zhao Feng's retreat, Zhao Feng could send troops to rescue at any time.

Moreover, once Dongguan is lost, it is not only a matter of retreat, but also the problem of the grain team being blocked.

This is a very serious situation.

A moment later, Zhao Feng led an army of 70,000 to Dong'an in the south.

Dong'an is not far from Dongguan, along the Yishui south, less than two hours, rushed to the city of Dong'an.

Zhao Feng, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Xiong Da and others took a look at the city defense situation in Dong'an.

Huang Zhong bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qiqi, although the Dong'an city wall is also three zhang high, but it is late today, why don't you attack the city tomorrow?" ”

Zhao Feng pondered for a moment: "If Han Sheng comes to lead the troops to attack the city, will it take a day and a half to two days?" ”

Huang Zhong nodded: "Dong'an City High is about the same as Dongguan City High, if the garrison is about the same, one and a half days is enough!" ”

Then.

Wei Yan bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qiqi!" ”

"There will be a way to take Dong'an before nightfall today!"

Wei Yan originally thought that he was capable and only served as a small colonel at the city gate, which was a bit overkill, so under the persuasion and promise of Zhao Feng, he came to Zhao Feng to join him, and naturally on the day of the meeting, he directly worshiped the master.

Otherwise, come all the way to it, what's the picture?

After all, Wei Yan still understands the unspoken rules in officialdom.

The speed of official promotion after worshipping the Lord is naturally much faster than that of officials who do not worship the Lord.