In the meeting hall of the Yecheng Mansion, Cao Cao waited anxiously there, and after a long time, Xun Yu and Cao Hong came.

As soon as he entered the hall, Xun Yu and Cao Hong had not had time to pay homage, Cao Cao waved his hand in advance and said: "No need to be polite, I called you over overnight, there is something important to discuss, I just received a battle report, Wuhuan Shan Yu Dun, led 50,000 iron cavalry to attack Youzhou, has broken through Yuyang City, Cao Zhen was seriously injured, Youzhou army can not be stopped, has been surrounded by Wuhuan iron cavalry in Jicheng." In addition, the Xianbei people also plundered and annexed the state, and successively captured the three counties of Wuyuan, Yunzhong and Dingxiang, and Xiahoudun led the army to defend the Yanmen Pass, blocking the Xianbei people outside the Yanmen Pass. And the Southern Huns are also preparing to move, and there seem to be signs of rebellion. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xun Yu and Cao Hong were shocked, they had been worried that such problems would happen before, but they didn't expect it to happen today.

When Yuan Shaoxiong was in Hebei, he had always adopted a policy of Huai Rou, and his relationship with Xianbei and Wuhuan was also very harmonious, and sometimes, he would even spend money to hire the armies of Wuhuan and Xianbei to fight for him.

In the process of unifying Hebei, Gongsun Chan became Yuan Shao's most powerful and threatening opponent, so in order to eliminate Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to invite Xianbei people and Wuhuan people to harass Gongsun Chan behind his back.

After Yuan Shao's death, Hebei changed hands, Cao Cao launched a coup d'état, and seized absolute leadership, so those Xianbei and Wuhuan people may not be able to buy it.

There is only one reason, and that is that Cao Cao's prestige is not enough!

Once the overlord of Yanzhou, after being defeated by the combined forces of Lü Bu and Zhang Yan, Cao Cao led the people to cross north. temporarily attached to Yuan Shao, one of the two heroes of Hebei. began to live a life under the fence with Yuan Shao. He actively participated in the attack on Gongsun Zan in the north, the annexation of states in the west, and the expedition to the Central Plains in the south, but the credit obtained was only minimal, which made Yuan Shao's prestige higher and higher.

Before the Great War in the Central Plains. Yuan Shao, who had 400,000 troops, once became the object of fear of the ethnic minorities in the north, and they were afraid that Yuan Shao would attack them, so they took the initiative to send people to Yecheng to make contact, saying that they wanted to get along with each other.

After the Great War of the Central Plains, Yuan Shao was not only ruined, but even his life was lost on the battlefield, and Cao Cao secretly launched a coup d'état, killed the Yuan family, and seized the lord of Hebei.

After the ethnic minorities in the steppe heard about this. They were all a little ready to move, but they never dared to attack Cao Cao.

But. When the envoys sent by Zhang Yan found the leaders of Wuhuan, Xianbei, and the Southern Xiongnu respectively, the situation changed.

Zhang Yan is the regent of the dynasty, his words are the holy decree, the edict of the Wuhuan leader Badun for the Wuhuan Da Dan Yu, the edict of the Xianbei leader Bu Dugen for the Xianbei Da Shan Yu, the head of the Southern Xiongnu Hu Chuquan for the Hun Da Dan Yu, and respectively given the seal, the order, and agreed with it, after the fact, will give a large number of gold and silver jewelry as a reward.

For a time, Wuhuan and Xianbei launched an attack almost at the same time, undeclared war against Cao Cao, and Badun personally led 50,000 iron horsemen into Kou Youzhou.

Among them, Yu Huchuquan, the big single of the Southern Huns, was undecided, because he was afraid of Cao Cao, and did not dare to openly launch a rebellion, but just waited there to see the changes.

Xun Yu once suggested to Cao Cao to pacify Xianbei, Wuhuan and the Southern Xiongnu, but before he could get a reply, the armies of Xianbei and Wuhuan had already attacked, and the Southern Xiongnu were also ready to move.

"If the Southern Xiongnu also led the army to rebel, it would undoubtedly add insult to injury. Wen Ruo, you have always been resourceful, but do you have any strategy to get them to retreat? Cao Cao continued.

Xun Yu said: "Lord Qiqi, judging from the subordinates, the Southern Xiongnu will not make a rebellious move at this time for the time being. The Southern Xiongnu lived in the territory of Bingzhou, and our army was a close neighbor, and the former lord had defeated the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, and Yu Fu Luo was very afraid of the lord. At this time, although Hu Chuquan became Shan Yu, Hu Chuquan was Yu Fuluo's younger brother and should know his brother's worries. However, even so, it should not be taken lightly, and it is imperative that three things should be done first. First, immediately send an envoy to the Southern Xiongnu and send a large amount of goods to appease their hearts. Second, he also ordered Xiahoudun to strengthen the defense line in the northwest and send troops to block the road to Jinyang and Shangdang. Third, let Xiahoudun defend Yanmen Pass to the death, stick to it without fighting, and never let the Xianbei people conquer Yanmen Pass. Now the Southern Xiongnu are sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, once the Yanmen Pass is breached, the Southern Xiongnu will definitely not miss this big haode opportunity, will definitely launch a mutiny, send troops to attack Jinyang, and get a piece of the pie. Therefore, the Southern Xiongnu are not opposed, and Yanmen Pass is the key ......"

After Cao Cao heard this, he felt that Xun Yu's analysis was very reasonable, nodded again and again, and said, "Well, Wen Ruo, you go on!" ”

Xun Yu said: "Yanmen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, General Xiahou is brave and good at fighting, proficient in the art of war, and there is Guo Fengxiao as an assistant by his side, Xianbei people are not good at attacking the city, and they can't attack for a long time, so they will naturally retreat." Therefore, the lord did not have to worry about the war in the west. However, the Wuhuan in the east is not so easy to deal with, and the lord should devote all his energy to dealing with the Wuhuan people. ”

"You have the same opinion as me, I am planning to personally lead the army to support Youzhou. After I leave, Jizhou will rely on you and Zilian. Cao Cao said to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu and Cao Hong arched their hands together and said: "Don't worry, the lord will definitely protect Yecheng, please leave with confidence!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, at this point, he was still very relieved about Xun Yu and Cao Hong, who had fought in the south and the north, and Xun Yu had very few opportunities to go out with the army, and he almost always left Xun Yu in the rear to take care of his family. Not only that, Xun Yu can also properly send charcoal to Cao Cao in the snow, whenever Cao Cao needs something, Xun Yu will send something, as if it is a roundworm in his stomach.

However, this time the stakes are very high, he has just occupied Jizhou, just become the lord of Hebei, if only Xun Yu is left alone, he is still a little uneasy, so, after thinking about it, he still stayed with Cao Hong, and he took Dian Wei and the generals Xin Bi, Yin Kai, Han Fan, Liang Qi, Li Fu, Xian Rong, Jiang Qi and others, led an army of 30,000 to support Youzhou.

When the Jizhou army suffered a catastrophe, Xin Bi, Yin Kai, Han Fan, Liang Qi, Li Fu, Xianrong, Jiang Qi and others were all in danger, and basically they didn't dare to come out. Later, Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's suggestion, and used high-ranking officials to encompass him, and promoted Xin Bi, Yin Kai, Han Fan, Liang Qi, Li Fu, Xianrong, Jiang Qi and others, which calmed down the military a little.

Among these people, Xin Bi followed Cao Cao with all his heart, except for him, the rest of them were military generals, among which Jiang Qi had the highest military rank and was a captain, originally, Jiang Qi was also an officer in the Jizhou army, but because Jiang Qi was not the backbone of the Jizhou army, he did not participate in the conspiracy and escaped by luck.

Later, Jiang Qi was promoted to general and commanded the newly formed Jizhou Army together with Cao Hong. And Yin Kai, Han Fan, Liang Qi, Li Fu, and Xianrong were also promoted to lieutenants.

An army of 30,000 set off on the same day, carrying three months' worth of grain and grass to Youzhou. Along the way, Cao Cao bluffed, spread banners, and falsely claimed an army of 100,000 in order to confuse the Wuhuan people.

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Youzhou, Jicheng.

The city gate is closed, the drawbridge is closed, and outside the moat, there are majestic 50,000 Wuhuan iron horsemen, and the camp tents are all over the mountains, looking chaotic and without any rules.

But it was such a seemingly scattered army, but it easily attacked Youzhou, defeated the Youzhou army, and approached the city of Jicheng.

Youzhou is located in the border area, the people are fierce, and the people of Youzhou practice martial arts to defend themselves, so the soldiers of Youzhou have never been weak soldiers.

However, since the last time Cao Cao bloodied the middle-level and above officers of the Jizhou Army with thunderous means, and beheaded those people all over the house, and wiped out the three clans, although the effect was immediate, it also caused a great sense of fear to other armies.

The Youzhou Army is the strongest army under Yuan Shao except for the Jizhou Army, so it was arranged on the border of Youzhou to prevent the invasion of Wuhuan and Xianbei. However, after the news of the Jizhou Army, the officers in the Youzhou Army were all in danger, and they were all afraid that Cao Cao's next target would be them.

Therefore, for half a month, the morale of the Youzhou army was low, and the soldiers were even more panicked.

Under such conditions, Bundun led the army to attack Youzhou, first broke through Youbeiping, and then Lianke is more than ten county seats, and by the way, Yuyang County was also occupied, and Zuihou led a large army to Jicheng City.

Along the way, the Youzhou army has led the army to intercept many times, but all of them ended in failure, and they will not charge, the soldiers will not advance, and the morale will be very low. In desperation, in order to boost morale, Cao Zhen took the lead with his own soldiers, and rushed towards the camp of Wuhuan Iron Cavalry.

However, instead of succeeding in boosting morale, he was seriously injured and almost lost his life, and is still bedridden.

In desperation, Cheng Yu had no choice but to announce the temporary retreat of the army to Jicheng for refuge, and wrote a letter to Cao Cao, begging for reinforcements to arrive. And he led the whole army to hide in Jicheng and held on without a fight.

Wuhuan came with cavalry, and they were not good at attacking the city, so they sat outside the city and consumed the enemy troops inside the city.

Of course, Bandun did not sit here in vain, he besieged the city with an army of 40,000, and sent an army of 10,000 to the counties to raid, burn, kill, loot, rape and plunder, and do all kinds of evil.

For a time, outside Jicheng, villages, towns, and county towns within a radius of 100 miles were all injured to varying degrees, houses were burned to the ground, fields were ruthlessly trampled by iron hooves, and countless people were killed and injured. The crimes committed by the Wuhuan people can be seen everywhere.

Cheng Yu stood on the tower of Jicheng, looking into the distance, and everywhere his eyes touched, there was basically thick smoke billowing out, and there was a desolate scene between heaven and earth...... (To be continued......)