Under the escort of Zhang Liao and others, Lu Bu returned to Dingtao City safely, at this time he was already covered with blood, and when he saw Gao Shun, he felt a little embarrassed.

Because, Lu Bu did not listen to Gao Shun's persuasion, and insisted on sending troops to attack Cao Cao, but Cao Cao calculated and lost his troops.

When Gao Shun saw Lu Bu coming back in embarrassment, he didn't say anything, just asked Lu Bu and the others to go back to rest, and let him wait for Zhang Yan's army here.

In the city of Changyi, Zhang Yan received news one after another, first Cao Cao led his army to attack Dingtao, then Yuan Shao withdrew his troops from Puyang, and Zuihou was Wen Chou's withdrawal from Shouzhang, which was enough to make Zhang Yan feel excited.

A day later, Chen Gong came from Dingtao and asked Zhang Yan to send troops to help.

As Lu Bu's ally, Zhang Yan would not stand idly by, and immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses, sent Chen Gong back first, and led Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng and others, with 8,000 horse infantry troops, to Dingtao and went to the rescue.

The rest of the soldiers and horses were all left in Changyi and handed over to Chen Qi, Zhang Hong, Bao Xun, Bao Shao and others. On the other hand, he ordered Yu Ban, Mi Fang, and Chen Ying to lead the 10,000 soldiers and horses brought by Chen Qun to send troops from Kang's father to occupy Rencheng and Dongping again. And solemnly warned Yu Ban that if he encountered Yuan Shao's army, he would fight if he could, and retreat if he couldn't, and he must not entangle with it.

Changyi and Dingtao are only eighty or ninety miles away, and if the army marches quickly, it can be reached in one day.

Cao Cao was menacing, Lu Bu had few soldiers and horses, and Zhang Yan was really worried that Dingtao would not be able to hold it. Therefore, Zhang Yan ordered the army to march quickly, striving to reach Dingtao that night.

In the evening, Zhang Yan and others were less than thirty miles away from Dingtao, and Zhang Yan also received the news of the scout, and learned that Lu Bu went to attack Cao Cao last night, but was calculated by Cao Cao and surrounded by the army.

Lu Bu was newly defeated, and he retreated in Dingtao City, never daring to engage Cao Cao.

During the day, Cao Cao led his army to the city several times to fight, but Lü Bu avoided it without fighting.

Cao Cao then attempted to attack Dingtao City, but failed.

Therefore, Cao Cao set up camp on the high tree slope ten miles outside Dingtao City, and did not move.

At this time, the sun was setting, and the twilight was four, Zhang Yan asked the soldiers to rest first, and then hurry.

When the night gradually fell, Zhang Yan took the scout as a guide, and under the cover of the night, he rushed to Dingtao City with a large army.

When the army had walked about ten miles, everyone suddenly heard the sound of bangs, and clusters of arrows shot out from both sides of the road in an instant.

Zhang Yan was taken aback, he didn't expect Cao Cao to ambush here, the night was difficult to distinguish, he only heard the shouts of Cao Jun's soldiers, but he didn't know how many people came from the other side, in all directions, there seemed to be Cao Jun's voice, Zhang Yan had a premonition that he seemed to have been surrounded by Cao Jun.

"Retreat! Retreat! Zhang Yan was suddenly attacked, and immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat.

But Zhang Yan's shouting was inevitably a little too late, and torches suddenly lit up all around, and countless Cao soldiers surrounded Zhang Yan and others, and at first glance, it seemed that there were more than 20,000 people.

At this moment, Xiahou Xuan, the general of the Cao army, led the army to kill from the front, while Li Dian on the left, Cao Hong on the right, and Xiahou Yuan on the back, surrounded Zhang Yan and others at once.

Although they were attacked by Cao's army from all sides, Zhang Yan and the others were not panicked, but methodical, spontaneously forming a formation to defend themselves, with the shield soldiers blocking the outermost, the cavalry surrounding behind the shield soldiers, and the archers being gathered in the middle, constantly firing bows and arrows at the enemy outside.

Xiahoudun took the lead, holding a big knife, and rushed towards Zhang Yan, Tai Shici saw it, and directly greeted him, and killed Xiahoudun together.

Almost at the same time, Niu Jin led his troops against Cao Hong, Xu Sheng led his troops against Li Dian, and Xu Chu drove his army to meet Xiahou Yuan.

At this moment, a knight squeezed out of the crowd, holding a double iron halberd, and his eyes were even more shiny, and he went directly towards Zhang Yanchi, who was in the middle of the military formation, it was Dian Wei.

Dian Wei kept waving the double iron halberd, slashing left and right, and after a rush, he killed a bloody road, and approached Zhang Yan with a fierce eye.

Zhang Yan was commanding the battle, and suddenly Dian Wei came towards him, and none of the soldiers who went to block could block Dian Wei's killing move, and occasionally there was a soldier who was lucky enough to avoid a killing move, and he would also be stabbed to death by Dian Wei's second killing move.

Compared to Dian Wei, Zhang Yan was a little uneasy, after all, in terms of force, he couldn't fight Dian Wei at all. The last time he was in Pengcheng, it was just a coincidence, if he really fought, he was not Dian Wei's opponent at all. He saw that Dian Wei was pressing towards him, and there was no fierce general around him who could meet Dian Wei, so he had to bite the bullet and hold the steel gun in his hand tightly, ready to meet Dian Wei.

Although Zhang Yan had already prepared for the worst, he still didn't want to fight against Dian Wei, in case his skills were inferior and he was killed by Dian Wei, then all the things he had now would undoubtedly become a bubble......

So, Zhang Yan could only hope for the archers around him, and shouted to the archers: "Aim at the person in front, you must block him and release the arrow!" ”

With Zhang Yan's order, hundreds of archers around Zhang Yan drew their bows and opened their arrows, shooting towards Dian Wei.

The arrows were like locusts, very dense, but Dian Wei was not afraid at all, but became more and more excited. He waved his twin iron halberds, danced quickly in front of him, borrowed the weapon that told the circulation, and simply blocked the arrows from the outside, saving himself and the war horse under his seat.

Dian Wei was unscathed, and the war horse under the seat carried him, bravely rushed to Zhang Yan's location, borrowed the horse's rapid collision force, and directly knocked the peripheral archers away, and the double iron halberd swung out at the same time, attacking left and right, and immediately killed a bloody road, and the whole person was like a sharp knife, like a bamboo.

"Zhang Yan, don't come unharmed!" Dian Wei rode alone, and with his personal bravery, he directly killed Zhang Yan, and after solving an obstacle in Zuihou, he asked coldly.

Zhang Yan fought with Dian Wei in Pengcheng in the past, and Zhang Yan was almost killed by Dian Wei. However, due to the special circumstances at that time, Dian Wei suddenly retreated, making all the soldiers mistakenly think that Zhang Yan had repelled Dian Wei and forced Dian Wei to retreat. And the news of this great courage has also been widely praised, and of course it has also reached Dian Wei's ears.

When Dian Wei heard this rumor, he was naturally a little angry, obviously he was about to kill Zhang Yan, how could it be that Zhang Yan repelled him?

Dian Wei is naturally unwilling to be a stepping stone for others, but he can't do anything about it, the only moment that can prove that he is stronger than Zhang Yan has finally come today.

As long as Zhang Yan is killed, the truth of this matter will be revealed, and Dian Wei will regain his reputation and prestige.

In order to be ashamed, Dian Wei rushed over desperately, wanting to behead Zhang Yan in order to wash away the injustice he had received before.

Finally, Dian Wei and Zhang Yan met face to face again, Dian Wei had a hideous face, but Zhang Yan had a cold face, without fighting, he already had three points of timidity, and he could also feel the pressure brought by Dian Wei.

"Zheng!"

With a loud bang, Zhang Yan's steel gun and Dian Wei's twin iron halberds collided with each other, making a deafening buzzing sound.

The two of them fought together in an instant, and as soon as they fought, Zhang Yan was at a disadvantage, only the rhythm of defense, but there was no room for attack.

Dian Wei's two jet-black iron halberds kept spinning near Zhang Yan's vital point, making Zhang Yan unguarded. After a few rounds, Zhang Yan felt that he was a little overwhelmed, and at this time, Dian Wei became more and more courageous, and his offensive was more fierce than before.

Suddenly, Dian Wei's halberd slashed from the top of Zhang Yan's head, but another halberd stabbed from under the ribs, two pinching attacks, even if Zhang Yan dodged the attack above, he would be stabbed by the attack below, and if he dodged the attack below, he would be hit by the attack from above.

Zhang Yan faced Dian Wei's killer move, he was really powerless, and there was no way to avoid it, if he was chopped or stabbed by Dian Wei, he would either die or be injured.

"It's over! That's it! Zhang Yan couldn't catch Dian Wei's killing move, and the fear in his heart suddenly appeared.

However, he still raised the steel spear and directly blocked the halberd that Dian Wei chopped from the top of his head. In his opinion, a stab in the ribs is much lighter than a halberd in the head. At the same time, he was also mentally prepared to be seriously injured.

"Bang!"

At this moment, a big knife was directly inserted diagonally, just blocking Zhang Yan's ribs, colliding with Dian Wei's halberd, and emitting a buzzing sound.

Zhang Yan hurriedly looked back, but saw that the person holding the knife was Xu Chu.

"Zhongkang!" When Zhang Yan saw Xu Chu, not to mention how happy he was, the fear just now suddenly disappeared, and he was even more secretly glad that if Xu Chu hadn't arrived in time, he was afraid that Zhang Yan would have been killed by Dian Wei's halberd at this time, and he would either be killed or injured.

Xu Chu's appearance is not a coincidence, he was originally at war with Xiahou Yuan, when he saw Dian Wei rampage over, and Zhang Yan was entangled together, he saw Dian Wei's bravery, worried about Zhang Yan's safety, so the knife technique changed sharply, used what he had learned all his life, killed Xiahou Yuan in a few times, and then turned the horse's head, gave up Xiahou Yuan, and ran directly towards Zhang Yan.

Coincidentally, as soon as he arrived here, he blocked Dian Wei's halberd for Zhang Yan, which was really a desperate shot!

"Xu Chu is here, the thief will stop hurting my lord!" Xu Chu glared at Dian Wei angrily and shouted loudly.

Dian Wei was also taken aback by Xu Chu's appearance, and after hearing Xu Chu's shout, he said sharply: "Where did you come from, wild man, get out of the way!" ”

Xu Chu heard Dian Wei scolding him for being a wild man, and immediately became angry and shouted: "The thief will be rampant, watch me take your dog's life!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Chu waved the big knife in his hand and slashed towards Dian Wei, this knife was menacing, extremely powerful, cutting through the sky, and with a thousand momentum.