When Cao Cao stormed the Tiger Pass, Xu Huang received a battle report from Chang'an, hoping that he could send a part of his troops and horses south to attack Puyang to relieve the danger of the Tiger Pass. However, Lu Yi tied the camp very strongly, and in his eagerness, Xu Huang could not attack, and he had to guard against enemy reinforcements in the direction of Yecheng, so he couldn't draw men and horses for a while. Ma Yun had no choice but to send the Fifth Army to the north.

With the development of the war, Yuan Shao of Yecheng has not made any movement, and Lu Yi is also trapped in the camp is, Xu Huang was finally able to draw out a part of the soldiers and horses, led by Tai Shici, detoured south, and just captured Dong'e City the night before yesterday.

The various legions of the Han army often passed on news through various means, so Wei Yan already knew that Dong'e City had been conquered, so he no longer took Liu Xie's escape to the north to heart, but released a few carrier pigeons and informed him of the situation he had.

The sun jumped out of the horizon and sprinkled a piece of golden light, Xun You and they also went around the road, and when they turned around, they couldn't see the outline of Puyang City clearly, and their hearts were a little settled. However, Xun You did not dare to make the slightest stop, continued all the way to the north, and at noon, he finally arrived at Dong'e County and saw the "Cao" flag fluttering on the head of the city.

It was only at this time that Xun You's mood completely relaxed, and he went straight to the city gate. The gates of Dong'e City were wide open, and in Xun You's opinion, it was obvious that this place had not been affected by the war. So, Xun You was very relieved to lead the team straight to Dong'e County.

At the gate of the county office, the two messengers were listlessly leaning against the wall with water and fire sticks, and it was not until Xun You and them came to the front that they suddenly woke up and hurriedly greeted them. Xun You said indifferently: "Quick, take me to see your county order!" ”

The messenger seemed to see that Xun You was a big man, and nodded and welcomed him in. However, as soon as Xun You's feet stepped into the second gate, the two messengers changed their faces and threw Xun You to the ground. At the same time, the four gates of Dong'e County suddenly closed together, and countless people poured out of the streets and alleys, surrounding the county government. Countless heads also appeared on the surrounding rooftops, and countless arrows glittered in the sun, aiming at Chen Qun and the three hundred guards. Chen Qun knew that there was no way to escape, so he immediately announced his surrender and asked the three hundred guards to lay down their arms.

After reading this battle report, Liu Xin was not very happy, but frowned.

Because this battle report did not mention the whereabouts of Liu Xie and Cao Cao's family at the end, I don't know if these people have been caught, or if they were sent elsewhere by Xun You before. According to reason, such an important person should be specially explained, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng are all measured people, so they should not make such a low-level mistake, which makes Liu Xin even more puzzled. On the other hand, Liu Xin knew that with Cao Cao's character, after learning the news of the loss of Puyang, he was likely to make a desperate gamble, and the Tiger Prison Pass would face greater difficulties.

Liu Xin pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his horsewhip vigorously and said, "Let's go, rush back to Chang'an as fast as possible!" ”

Although the entire detachment was cavalry, and under the seat were steppe horses with extraordinary endurance, the thousands of miles were not just reached. The team set off early in the morning and walked to the treetops of the moon before arriving at the mud city. This time, Liu Xin did not enter the city, nor did he send someone to inform Hani, the king of Shanshan, but directly entered the military station outside the city.

After more than a year of construction, the condition of the military station is quite good, not much worse than Hani's royal palace. The five thousand cavalry did not have time to enjoy the scenery of the station, so they unsaddled and unloaded their armor one after another, and fell asleep, because Liu Xin had already instructed that the third watch cooked, and the fourth watch set off, and now it was close to the second watch, that is, they only had a little more than an hour to sleep, how could they not hurry?

As for their mounts, they are actually more tired than them, but this military station outside the mud city is a large military station, and there are many horses stored in it, so when they wake up, they can completely change to other war horses, and their original war horses are left in the military station, and they have their own soldiers from the military station to feed and take care of them.

Liu Xin didn't go to sleep herself, because another war report came over.

This war report is about the battle in Taiyuan. Judging from the battle report, the leader should not know what happened on the Mobei grassland, although he repeatedly attacked Daling, Qixian and other cities without success, and lost his troops, but he became more and more proficient in the use of siege equipment and tactics, and even the siege equipment such as ladders and rushing cars, Xianbei people have learned how to make them.

As a result, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun faced more and more difficulties in the Daling and Qi counties. However, before they left, Liu Xin sent people to send them the 16-character policy of "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue", and this 16-character policy has finally played a huge role.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun divided the 10,000 cavalry of the Fourth Army into three teams, relying on the eight cities in this area as a cover, and attacked in turn, either fighting or retreating, and the Xianbei army turned around. The leader suffered several defeats, and even led the army to retreat to Taiyuan City. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun seized the opportunity of the Xianbei people to retreat, and suddenly made a fierce pursuit, annihilating more than 30,000 people of the leader's rear army, and capturing the important town of Jiaoyang City south of Taiyuan.

There is also an item in the battle report about Lu Yi and the 300,000 Yuan army. This Yuan army now has no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, and has fallen into a desperate situation. However, Lu Yi is quite a talented general, according to the camp to defend to the death, the Han army attacked several times, although there are many gains, but it is very difficult to eat the 300,000 Yuan army in one bite.

Later, Zhang He came up with a plan to cut off Yuan Jun's water source. This year, there is a severe drought in Hebei, the weather is very hot, and it is easy to deal with it without food, and if there is no drinking water, it will be difficult for people and animals to survive.

This strategy is a little intriguing, but it is extremely effective. It's just that Lu Yi seems to have been prepared, and he didn't see any commotion in Yuan's military camp. It turned out that at the beginning of the camp, he ordered the soldiers to dig many deep pits in the camp, and the pits were filled with clear water. Now the water source was cut off by the Han army, but these deep pits relieved the Yuan army's crisis.

Later, Xu Huang and others thought of many methods, but they never worked. In fact, all the main forces of the first, second, and third legions have been gathered here, except for the soldiers who died in the battle to block Yan Liang a few days ago, as well as a group of men and horses led by Tai Shici, there are now 230,000 people surrounding the Yuan army, and if they carry out a strong attack, they can easily defeat Lu Yi and his 300,000 Yuan army.

But these Yuan soldiers are all Han Chinese, not the Huns, Xianbei and Wuhuan on the grassland, and most of these soldiers are just ordinary people, everyone has their own wives and children, once a powerful offensive is launched, I don't know how many people will die here. Therefore, Liu Xin and Ma Yun both emphasized to Xu Huang that they must try their best to save the lives of these Yuan soldiers no matter what. Under such circumstances, Xu Huang and others restrained the urge to attack and wanted to force Yuan Jun to disarm and surrender.

It wasn't until noon yesterday that there was finally a riot in Yuan's camp, because the soldiers had been without food for three days. People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. The soldiers of the Yuan army were so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, and they couldn't even hold their swords and guns, where could they resist the attack of the Han army. The soldiers became agitated, and Lu Yi killed dozens of people, but finally they couldn't suppress the bullets, and the whole camp rebelled. Lu Yi had no choice but to let the 300,000 Yuan army disarm and surrender.

For a time, outside the Yuan army camp, swords, guns, bows and arrows, clothes and armor flags were piled up, and the Yuan army after disarming was lined up to receive "relief" from the porridge shed set up by the Han army. In fact, the Han army had plenty of food and grass, but these Yuan soldiers had been hungry for many days, but they could not let them eat steamed buns, rice, and meat, but could only let them drink some porridge, otherwise their stomachs would be injured. So, it looks like a disaster relief.

Lu Yi was very scheming, taking advantage of the opportunity of a large number of Yuan troops to disarm and surrender, he took more than 100 cronies and quietly hid in a corner of the camp. Lu Yi usually took care of the soldiers, often ate and lived with them, and even won the trust and support of the soldiers. And he allowed Yuan Jun to surrender, which was equivalent to saving the lives of 300,000 Yuan soldiers in disguise, and some Yuan soldiers who knew about it did not report him, and even made some cover for him, allowing him to escape the search and arrest of the Han army.

After dark, Koji Yi found a gap and escaped. In fact, for the outcome of this battle, Lu Yi was still quite unconvinced. Although it was impossible to defeat the Han army with the army under his command, if Yuan Shao sent troops from the direction of Yecheng to respond, he was sure to bring out 150,000 people. These 150,000 people are not ordinary soldiers, they are all warriors who have been on the battlefield, with such a force, with the advantage of the large population of Hebei Prefectures, Yuan Shao is fully capable of making a comeback.

In fact, Yuan Shao is also making such preparations. Although he did not dare to send troops south to rescue, he refused to give up Yecheng and retreat to Youzhou, but ordered all the counties under his jurisdiction to recruit troops on a large scale, preparing to rely on Yecheng's strong city defense to fight Liu Xin to the death. There are also many phantom spies lurking in Yecheng, and the news about this has already been detected by them, and the news of this aspect has been passed on in time. It's just that Xu Huang's more than 200,000 troops are waiting for the decision of Chang'an to attack Yecheng in the north or to cut off Cao Cao's retreat in the south.

Liu Xin put down the battle report in his hand and fell into deep thought. Outside the tent, a terrible trumpet suddenly remembered, and the time for assembly had come again. Although he didn't sleep all night, Liu Xin still ran out immediately, and a soldier had already led a white horse, Liu Xin jumped up, waved his hand, and said loudly: "Go!" ”

He is now eager to fly back to Chang'an, and many things have reached the point where he needs to make decisions in person.

Due to years of war, the entire land of Hebei has been in a depression. Although Yuan Shao was not short of money and could organize a powerful army at any time, the lives of the common people had reached the point where they could not be sustained. At this time, a group of ragged people were marching through the country road with difficulty, like a group of refugees in the direction of Yecheng. However, if someone who knows you takes a closer look, you will find that the leader of this group of "refugees" is none other than the escaped general Koyoshi.