Lu Bu said with a smile: "General Zhang doesn't have to worry about this, after the alliance between our two armies, as long as Cao Cao is defeated, Yanzhou and half of us, how about it?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "Once our two armies form an alliance, Cao Cao will undoubtedly lose, rather than carving up Yanzhou after the war, it is better to divide it in advance now, so that when fighting, it will be clear which places can be occupied and which places cannot be occupied, and there will be no contradictions between the two armies." ”

Lu Bu thought about it, and immediately asked people to bring the map, spread it out on the table in front of him, and after reading it in a hurry, he said: "There are eight places under Yanzhou's rule, namely Chenliu County, Dong County, Jiyin County, Shanyang County, Taishan County, Rencheng Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom and Jibei Kingdom. I will divide Taishan County, Jibei Kingdom, Rencheng Kingdom, and Dongping Kingdom to you, I don't know what General Zhang wants? ”

Zhang Yan has long studied the map of this era, and knows the distribution of the cities around Xuzhou well, in addition to Taishan County, Lu Bu divided to him, Jibei Kingdom, Rencheng Kingdom, and Dongping Kingdom are all small places, and the population is not large, nominally it is equally divided, but in fact, it is only divided into forty percent of his Yanzhou territory.

"General Lu, this division is a bit inappropriate, right? It's better to give the four places of Taishan County, Rencheng Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom, and Shanyang County to my army, I don't know what General Lu wants? ”

Lu Bu glanced at the map again, and felt that Zhang Yan was very smart, if he followed the method of Zhang Yan's division, then the territory would be much larger than what he had divided before.

However, Lu Bu doesn't care about this little bit of territory, his primary purpose now is to unite the Xuzhou soldiers and deal with Cao Cao together, and about the territory, he can take it from the Xuzhou soldiers again in the future.

"Good! According to what you just said, I will give you the four places of Taishan County, Rencheng Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom, and Shanyang County. ”

"A gentleman's words are difficult to chase, General Lu has to think about it, don't regret it when the time comes."

"General Zhang, don't worry, I, Lu Bu, say nothing."

Zhang Yan knew Lu Bu's personality very well, and said with some unease: "I believe in General Lu's character, but Tao Envoy Jun may not be willing to believe it, it is better for us to draft a covenant and I will bring it back to Tao Envoy Jun and hand it over to Tao Envoy Jun, so that I will have persuasive power from Tao Envoy Jun." ”

"Good! Just do as you say, come on, pen and ink waiting! Lu Bu shouted outside the door.

A soldier came from outside the tent, holding a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in his hand, and placed it directly in front of Lu Bu. Lu Bu picked up the pen and paper, was silent for a moment, couldn't help frowning, raised his head and asked, "General Zhang, how should this covenant be drafted?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "Or, I'll write, after I finish writing, ask General Lu to look at it, if you think there is no problem, ask General Lu to sign and draw on it, and I will take it back and hand it over to Tao Envoy, how about it?" ”

Lu Budao: "Very good! ”

Zhang Yan then stood up, walked straight to Lu Bu, sat on the ground, picked up the pen and wrote a covenant on the paper.

The covenant clearly stated that after the two armies formed an alliance, they attacked and defended the alliance with the aim of eliminating Cao Cao, and the ownership of the counties of Yanzhou was also written. In addition, Zhang Yan also specifically stated in the covenant that no matter if either party is in trouble, the other party should provide unconditional support.

After writing it, Zhang Yan showed this covenant to Lu Bu, and after reading it, Lu Bu felt that there was no problem, so he immediately picked up his pen and wrote his name in the lower right corner of the covenant, and stamped his private Yanzhou pastoral seal.

After Zhang Yan and Lu Bu signed an alliance, the two of them drank happily, and during the chat, Lu Bu even revealed the intention of recruiting Zhang Yan.

Zuihou, Zhang Yan said goodbye to Lu Bu in the name of being unable to drink, and left Lu Bu's camp.

Lu Bu asked Zhang Liao, the cavalry captain, to escort Zhang Yan back to the camp, and he personally sent Zhang Yan out of the camp, which shows the importance he attaches to Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan left, Chen Gong came out of the camp, came straight to Lu Bu's side, and whispered to Lu Bu: "Lord, I have been observing Zhang Yan in the dark, and I feel that this person is not as simple as we imagined. Now Zhang Yan is already the number one general in Xuzhou, and this person is ambitious, not a person who has lived under others for a long time. Tao Qian is old, and once Tao Qian dies, then Xuzhou is likely to fall into the hands of Zhang Yan. At that time, Zhang Yan became the pastor of Xuzhou, and he was equal to the lord, so how could he be willing to deign to the lord's account? ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "Even if you can't successfully recruit him, at least you can have such an ally, which will be beneficial and harmless for our army." According to the scout's report, Xiahoudun led the remnants of the army to retreat to Xiaqiu County, and early tomorrow morning, I will lead the army to attack Xiaqiu County, and I must capture Xiahoudun. ”

Chen Gong said: "Lord, now in Yanzhou, only Dong'e, Fan County and Cao Cao's troops will hold on, although Xiahou Dun retreated to Liqiu, but the soldiers are outnumbered, just send a general to conquer, the lord should lead the army to attack Dong'e and Fan County, so that Cao Cao completely lost his foundation in Yanzhou!" ”

Lu Budao: "It is not too late to attack Xiaqiu first, and after capturing Xiahoudun, it is not too late to attack Dong'e and Fan County." Cao Cao wants to return from Xuzhou, and it is not a matter of a while, what is the hurry? ”

"But the lord ......"

Lu Bu said impatiently: "It's so decided, tomorrow morning, I will go to Xiaqiu, I must catch Xiahoudun and kill him with my own hands!" ”

Chen Gong had no choice but to obey and stop talking.

Zhang Yan was escorted by Zhang Liao and returned safely to the camp where he was, and Zhang Yan invited Zhang Liao to enter the camp for a break and drink some thin wine, but Zhang Liao politely declined.

Looking at Zhang Liao's distant back, Zhang Yan felt melancholy in his heart, but he was afraid that if he wanted to recruit Zhang Liao, he could only wait until Lu Bu died.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yan wrote a letter and sent someone to Lu Bu, saying that there was something wrong in Xuzhou and hurriedly retreated.

Zhang Yan took Yu Ban and other cavalry, galloped all the way, and returned the same way.

As soon as the group walked twenty miles, they met a scout, who brought the news of Cao Cao's withdrawal from Xuzhou.

From Juancheng to Kang's father, only two or three hundred miles, Zhang Yan took Yu Ban and others only felt very slow, so he rushed to Kang's father single-handedly, and let Yu Ban lead the cavalry to follow.

Zhang Yan stepped on the snow horse very fast, he first went to Juye, asked Xu Sheng to take all the soldiers and horses, and rushed to Kang's father, and then asked Xu Sheng to send someone to Rencheng to inform Mi Fang, and let Mi Fang lead the army to retreat to Kang's father.

A day later, Zhang Yan's army was all assembled in Kang's father, Zhang Yan continued to send scouts to inquire about Cao Cao's retreat route, and when he learned that Cao Cao led the army to pass through Kang's father, he was excited in his heart, and was ready to give Cao Cao a blow to Kang's father!

……

Cao Cao withdrew his troops from the starry night of Kaiyang City, all the way to the west, burning and looting everywhere he passed, in order to vent his inner anger.

Along the way, Cao Jun's scouts continued to report the latest situation in Yanzhou, and Cao Cao also knew that the Xuzhou soldiers occupied Rencheng, Kangfu, and Juye, and the finished glyphs were each other's horns.

When Cao Cao heard that the Xuzhou soldiers had occupied Kang's father, he was very depressed.

The mountains around Kangfu are steep, and it is the traffic artery to the west, Su Qin called it "the car can not be square, and the ride cannot be parallel", which is an extremely steep place where one man is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open.

Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou from Xuzhou, which was a must-pass place, and if he made a detour elsewhere, it would be a great delay in time.

In desperation, Cao Cao could only plan for the worst and prepare to fight with Xuzhou soldiers in Kang's father.

The army marched to Gongqiu, and the scouts came with the latest news, and the Xuzhou soldiers did not know why, so they withdrew from Rencheng, Juye, and Kangfu, and returned to Changyi all the way.

After hearing this news, Cao Cao was a little suspicious, but then another scout came with the latest news, saying that Lü Bu led his army to attack Changyi, where the Xuzhou soldiers were stationed.

Cao Cao combined these two news, and his previous doubts were immediately solved, so he no longer had to worry, urging the army to speed up the march, as long as he passed through Kang's father, then Yanzhou would return to his arms.

In the following day, the news of the battle between Lü Bujun and Xuzhou soldiers in Changyi kept coming, and Cao Cao was happy after hearing it.

The next day, Cao Cao led the army and finally arrived in the territory of Kang's father.

The original wide and flat road, becoming narrower and narrower, but also more and more rugged, a sheep intestine trail zigzag forward, on both sides of the road, is a towering cliff, the slope is steep, climbing is not suitable, there is more morning mist drifting in the mountain, looking at it from afar, I only feel that this trail is dangerous and dangerous.

"Lord, do you really want to pass through here? This place is very dangerous, even if Lu Bu is fighting with Zhang Yan in Changyi, Zhang Yan will definitely not abandon this dangerous way and do not do any defense. Please also think twice. Guo Jia, who had been accompanying Cao Cao, was still a little worried after taking a look at the danger here, and asked.

Cao Cao said: "Even if Zhang Yan sets up an ambush here, he must pass through ...... from here."

As he was talking, some shouts suddenly came from the dangerous road of Kang's father, and on the mountains on both sides of the road, the figure of Xuzhou soldiers appeared.

Guo Jia pointed to the Xuzhou soldiers in the dangerous road and said: "Lord, you see that there are ambush soldiers!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at it, but seeing that this so-called ambush was only a few hundred people, he sneered and said, "What can I do with the rabble?" Xiahou Yuan! ”

"The last general!"

"Lead the troops and horses of the headquarters and open the way for the army!"

"Whoa!"

When Xiahou Yuan got the order, he could lead his troops and horses, dismount one after another, and launch a fierce attack towards Kang's father's dangerous road, and Cao Cao even asked the archers to shoot arrows on the mountain to cover Xiahou Yuan.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan, the Cao soldiers fought fiercely, and the ambush soldiers on the mountain could not resist the rain of arrows of the Cao soldiers, and they all retreated in just a moment.

After Cao Cao saw it, hahadaxiao said: "A group of rabble, it's simply vulnerable, Zhang Yan left these people, and he also wants to stop me Cao Cao?" The order is to go down, and the army must cross the road as fast as possible. ”