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"Zhai Yu, who has issued an edict, carefully guards the city, and sends scouts to investigate the movements in the area of Boiling Zao City."

"The left general who ordered Ding Ling, Baliyan, and Jiankun Dadanghu Lanrong, immediately rushed to Xipingting to assemble and attack the rebels with me."

Dian Wei opened his mouth and said: "My lord, Baliyan is attacking Cao Ren with Yun Chang in the Xiaotao Pavilion......"

Dian Wei was about to ask clearly, but Li Yi had already interrupted him, and said categorically: "The matter of attacking Cao Ren will be given to Yun Chang and Feiyan, and we will lead a cavalry army to chase and kill Cao Cao." ”

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On the morning of that day, there was a spectacular scene in the rebel camp.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians rushed out of the camp like a flood with large and small packages, and then scattered along the large and small roads.

At the same time, hundreds of boats, large and small, shuttled back and forth on the river, transporting the people to the south bank without stopping. When they came ashore, they also dispersed.

After Li Yi heard the news, he rushed to the vicinity of the rebel camp as fast as possible to check what was going on.

The gate of the rebel camp was opened, and flags fluttered in the camp, and rows of baggage trucks could be faintly seen, and occasionally a few crossbow trucks attached to the baggage vehicles could be seen. In the depths of the camp, there were crowds of people, and there was a lot of noise, I don't know if it was the rebel soldiers or the people waiting to cross the river.

Li Yi's thick eyebrows tightened, and he really couldn't think of what Cao Cao wanted.

Want to fight yourself? Since there is a decisive battle, the army needs people. When the war reached a critical moment, the role of the people was particularly important. If you let the people go, how can a hundred thousand troops fight? Isn't it important to send ordnance? In particular, long arrows consume a lot of money, and if you want to shoot continuously, you have to rely on the continuous transportation of the people.

Want to retreat? The people have all run away, who will transport the grain and grass? Cao Cao wouldn't let his soldiers run away with dry food, a pot of arrows on their backs, and a spear? Isn't that self-defeating?

Just when Li Yi guessed Cao Cao's true intentions, the rebel camp suddenly sounded war drums, the neighing of war horses came with the wind, and the strong murderous aura suddenly spread throughout the field. Li Yi thought that the rebels were going to attack out of the camp, so he hurriedly retreated to the back of the blocking battle formation with the cavalry. However, until the sun hung high in the sky, there was not a single shadow of a traitor.

In order to find out Cao Cao's plans, Li Yi asked the scouts of the Northern Xinjiang Army to intensify their activities.

Under Li Yi's order, the scouts of the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked everywhere and arrested many people for interrogation, and the answers they got made Li Yi even more confused.

The people said that Cao Cao ordered them to go home, and also gave them food and goods. Cao Cao told them that the army was about to fight a decisive battle with the Hebei rebels, because Li Yi killed people without blinking, and also brought the Hu people to kill the Central Plains together, and he was worried that after the defeat, these hundreds of thousands of people would kill Li Yi, or take the Hu people to be slaves outside the Saiwai, so he decided to dismiss them first and let them flee back to their hometowns as soon as possible. Therefore, the people respected Cao Cao as a god, regarded Li Yi as a bloodthirsty beast, and feared Li Yi to the extreme.

When asked about the movements of the rebels, the people said that the barracks were heavily guarded, and ordinary people could not approach them at all, and they did not know anything.

Li Yi became more and more uneasy, and always felt that something was wrong here.

Cao Cao distributed food and property to hundreds of thousands of people, and dismissed them, even if he completely annihilated Cao Cao, he would not be able to capture any booty.

But Cao Cao's purpose was clearly more than that. Cao Cao divided all the food and property, what should he do with the 100,000 soldiers? If he surrounded him, after a long time, the 100,000 soldiers of the Cao Liu coalition army would drink the northwest wind.

In desperation, Li Yi didn't think much about it, no matter what tricks Cao Cao had, he led the army to annihilate him, and it was useless to have any strategy.

The plan has been decided, and Li Yi immediately ordered: "Order Guan Yu and Zhang Yan to immediately take down the Xiaotao Pavilion for me, and move to Xiping Pavilion to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao." ”

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After receiving Li Yi's order, Guan Yu and Zhang Yan immediately launched a fierce attack on the Cao army in the encirclement.

Relying on the superior strength and equipment advantages, the Northern Xinjiang Army successfully tore apart the car formation and roared forward.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Cao's army had suffered heavy casualties and low morale. Seeing that the car formation was broken, the Northern Xinjiang Army rushed in, and the Cao soldiers surrendered one after another.

Cao Ren resisted stubbornly, and was finally captured due to serious injuries and exhaustion. The Cao army, which was left to defend, was annihilated.

Guan Yu and Zhang Yan immediately ordered to reorganize the army and move quickly to Xiping Pavilion.

At dusk, Li Yi gathered about 80,000 troops to attack the rebel camp.

The attack went very smoothly and went down in one go.

There were only 500 soldiers in the camp, as well as a letter from Cao Cao.

Li Yi trembled with anger and smashed Cao Cao's letter to the ground.

For the first time in more than a decade, he suffered such a humiliation. Cao Cao, this kid, is worthy of being a big bull in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he really has a few brushes.

Li Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Yun Chang, gather an army of foot soldiers, cross the river immediately, and go south to attack Chen Liu." ”

"Cavalry troops, follow me north to chase and kill the rebels."

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Shanyang County, Yanzhou, Changyi City, Xun You rushed into Changyi City with a team of personal guards like a whirlwind.

Chen Gong greeted him outside the palace gate.

"Is there any news from Dingtao?" Xun You saw Chen Gong and Zou Jing, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't the lord ask us to reinforce the Dingtao battlefield?" ”

"There is no letter from the lord." Chen Gong stretched out his hand to invite him, and said, "Chang Yuchun wrote a letter, urging Mrs. Li E, Lu Bu, Lu Wenlong, and Gao Shun to immediately join forces and start an attack from the front line of Fangdong, Shan Father, Bocheng, and Jishi City, and directly kill Xiangyi and Yongqiu, so as to respond to the main army to quickly advance to Chenliu, and strive to encircle Cao Cao and Liu Bei on the south bank of the Jishui River before they retreat to Chenliu. ”

"Zhang Fei has already crossed the river and started attacking Baima?" Xun You handed the horse whip to the guards behind him, and walked into the gate of the palace side by side with Chen Gong and Zou Jing.

"It's already started." Chen Gong said, "Chang Yuchun repeatedly urged us to speed up our attacks in his letters. If he knew that Gao Shun's army turned around and returned to Renchengguo to attack Liu Bei's army in the north, he would definitely be very unhappy. ”

Xun You smiled bitterly: "How did you return to Chang Yuchun?" ”

"I know you're going back to Changyi today, so I haven't returned yet." Chen Gong also smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "Something has changed." ”

"What's changed?" Xun You suddenly became nervous, "Liu Biao's Jingzhou army appeared?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head and said, "It's Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride." ”

"Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride?" Xun You looked overjoyed and said, "It seems that Cao Cao wants to use the tiger and leopard cavalry to drag down our cavalry deployed on the south bank of the Jishui River, and then concentrate on storming Dingtao." If this is the case, we still have enough time to gather our troops to attack westward, and kill to the front line of Xiangyi and Yongqiu as soon as possible, so as to encircle Cao Cao and Liu Bei from the flank, and cooperate with the main army to attack Chenliu. Is there a specific location for the tiger and leopard to ride? ”

"Madame Li E and Lu Bu have already set off, and they plan to surround and kill the tiger and leopard rider." Chen Gong made a gesture of siege and said to Xun You with a smile, "Before Mrs. Li E left Chengwu, she left a letter, instructing me to wait for you to return from Rencheng to discuss the matter of attacking Fangdong and Shan Father. She demanded that we obey Handan's orders and march westward at once. ”

Xun You thought for a while and asked, "When we attacked Fangdong and Shan Father, where was Mrs. Li E's cavalry?" Is it possible to contain the rebels' forces on the front line of Bocheng and Jishi? ”

"Of course. Aren't you worried that the Jingzhou army will appear in the territory of Liang at any time? Chen Gong smiled, "Mrs. Li E also has the same worries. Now that the reinforcements from Xuzhou have appeared in Rencheng, only a small part of the army in Yuzhou and the Jingzhou army that went north to support the Central Plains battlefield can stop us from attacking and killing Xiangyi and Yongqiu. ”

After Chen Gong and Xun You carefully discussed, they immediately decided that Chen Gong would personally rush to Renchengguo with some grain and grass baggage, and join the 5,000 men and horses of Wu Dun in Qingzhou to garrison Rencheng and block Liu Beijun's footsteps to the north.

Liu Beijun's main forces were all on the Yanzhou battlefield, and the number of troops stationed in Xuzhou was no longer large. If this part of the army is lost in Rencheng, the safety of Xuzhou is worrying, so Chen Gong estimates that the battle of Rencheng will not be shocked, and Liu Beijun will not set off too much turmoil from his own safety.

In addition, once the Northern Xinjiang Army captured Dingtao, the transportation of grain, grass and baggage would be directly transferred from Dingtao to the Chenliu front line, and the attack on Rencheng could no longer pose any threat to the Northern Xinjiang Army. By that time, this army had no role other than retreating from Xuzhou and threatening the flanks of the Northern Xinjiang Army from the front line of Peiguo and Liangguo.

Xun You then flew a pigeon to send a message to Lu Wenlong, asking him to lead the cavalry to withdraw from Rencheng, from Jinfu directly to the west, and then from the east to kill the east, and then along the north bank of Heshui, detour back to the south of the east and the single father, completely cut off the connection between the two cities and Yuzhou, prevent the army of Yuzhou from going north to support, and prepare for Gao Shun's infantry army to capture the two cities.

Xun You then flew pigeons to pass on Gao Shun, leaving Wu Dun's Qingzhou army to garrison Rencheng, and led Wei Yan, Xun Di, Li Yi and Wu Ba and other armies to quickly kill Fangdong and Shan Father.

The grain and grass baggage will be transported from Changyi to the front line by himself, and Zou Jing will lead an army of 3,000 to escort him.

At dusk, Chen Gong left Changyi and rushed to Juye City to transport grain and grass to Rencheng.

That night, Li E sent a letter. Although the cavalry army tried their best to encircle and intercept it, they still let Cao Chun escape into Bocheng. Li E urged Xun You to immediately mobilize a large army to attack and kill the front line of the eastern defense, and rush to Bocheng as soon as possible to join him.

Rencheng is about a hundred miles away from Jinfu City. One hundred miles down from the southwest of Jinfu City and crossing the Surabaya River is Dongjin City, and one hundred and twenty miles southwest of Dongfu City is Fangdong City. For more than 300 miles, the army will have to walk for at least three days, and if the weather is bad or there is some accident, it may take three to five days.

Xun You flew the pigeon again to pass the book to Gao Shun, threw all the grain and grass baggage in Rencheng, and accelerated the speed to the west day and night. (To be continued.) )