Cao Cao fled, this is the last thing Zhang Yan wants to see, but now it has become a fact, the only thing that can be made up is to catch up, not to completely eliminate this hero, with his eloquence, there will inevitably be a comeback one day.

Zhang Yan and Xu Chu led more than 200 cavalry, closely following Cao Cao's team, and there were 600 cavalry led by Tai Shici and Zhang Liao in front.

When Cao Cao saw Zhang Yan and Xu Chu chasing after him, he left the infantry to resist, and he left with Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Dian Wei and other cavalry.

The infantry of Cao's army had seven or eight hundred people, and when they received Cao Cao's order to meet the battle, they immediately stopped, turned around one after another, and lined up on the main road, preparing to meet the Xuzhou soldiers brought by Zhang Yan and Xu Chu.

However, these infantry waited left and right, and they didn't even see a single Xuzhou cavalry, and the Xuzhou cavalry chasing behind them disappeared without a trace.

Suddenly, the Cao soldiers all heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves on the left, and through the sparse pine trees, they could vaguely see that the cavalry of Xuzhou, under the leadership of Zhang Yan and Xu Chu, roared past their left side and avoided them.

By the time these Cao soldiers reacted, Zhang Yan, Xu Chu and others had already run away without a trace, leaving only a puff of billowing dust.

When these Cao soldiers were about to turn around and continue to retreat, they found that thousands of Xuzhou soldiers rushed out of Puyang City and surrounded them.

In order to cover the retreat of their lords, these Cao soldiers formed a formation under the command of Jun Sima to defend themselves. blocked the main road. All with the determination to die. Prepare for a bloody battle with the Xuzhou soldiers.

At this moment, the Cao soldiers in Puyang City were almost completely killed, and only one or two hundred relatives led by Li Dian were left in a courtyard, still resisting stubbornly.

Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Niu Jin, and Xu Sheng surrounded Li Dian on all sides, and Chen Ying received Zhang Yan's order to rush out of the city with a group of men and horses to pursue Cao's army.

It was Yu Ban who was in charge of directing the battle here, and he temporarily stopped the soldiers from attacking. shouted to Li Dian who was trapped in the courtyard, wanting Li Dian to surrender.

Yu Ban used to be the same as Li Dian, he was a general under Cao Cao's account, Yu Ban knew that Li Dian was quite talented, and wanted to leave Li Dian a way to live, so that Li Dian could return to Zhang Yan and serve Zhang Yan.

Niu Jin, who was also a general of the Cao army, was responsible for shouting and persuading Li Dian to surrender.

Li Dian didn't answer, but used an arrow to tell Yu Ban his resolute attitude.

Gao Shun saw it. Annoyed and angry, he immediately ordered another attack. and Wei Xu and Xu Sheng led the troops to rush up, Yu Ban couldn't stop it, and he was helpless, but he was worried that Gao Shun and others would hurt Li Dian, so he personally came to the front line and falsely passed on Zhang Yan's order to capture Li Dian alive.

In the face of the fierce Xuzhou soldiers, Li Dian's more than 200 soldiers were completely vulnerable, and in just a moment, they were all killed, and Li Dian himself was captured by Niu Jin, tied up and twisted in front of Yu Ban.

When Li Dian saw Yu Ban, he glared at Yu Ban with vicious eyes and scolded: "The villain who sells the master for glory!" Bah! ”

Yu Bandao: "Ants are still greedy for life, let alone people? You're a pretty good general, and you're very young, and it would be a shame if you died like that. I'm helping you, but you're scolding me? ”

Li Dian said: "I don't want your help, I ......"

Without waiting for Li Dian to finish speaking, Yu Ban took something and plugged Li Dian's mouth, and said to Niu Jin: "Take it down, take care of it, if he dies, I will only ask you!" ”

Niu Jin nodded and said, "Don't worry!" ”

The battle in the city was resolved, and Yu Ban learned that Cao Cao had fled, so he asked Gao Shun, Wei Xu, and Xu Sheng to lead the troops to pursue, and he led his troops to stay in Puyang City, began to clean up the battlefield, counted the losses, and sent troops to occupy important places such as the treasury, granary, and arsenal in the city.

Cao Cao, under the protection of Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and others, quickly got out of danger and galloped straight towards the city of Zhucheng, which was located in the north of Puyang, preparing to fight Cao Xiu and the others.

It is a small city, built on the edge of the Yellow River, which is not only a military fortress, but also a ferry. However, because it is a military administration area, the ferry port is not open to the public, and over time, the people and merchants no longer pass here, so the ferry port is also shelved here.

There are more than a dozen official boats at the ferry port of Jicheng, and according to the calculation of time, Cao Xiu should have transported Cao Cao's family to the north shore at this time.

However, Jihua couldn't catch up with the changes, when Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and others were still two miles away from Jicheng, they found that the cavalry led by Tai Shici and Zhang Liao had surrounded the cavalry led by Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu was wounded, and there were only more than 100 cavalry left under his subordinates.

Seeing such a scene, Cao Cao immediately asked Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong to lead troops to help Cao Xiu, and he led Dian Wei and a hundred cavalry to rush to Jiaocheng.

Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Liao were fighting, and suddenly Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong led hundreds of cavalry to kill from behind, worried about the enemy on their backs, the two glanced at each other, and Zhang Liao led the troops to meet Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, and Tai Shi Ci killed Cao Xiu and others as quickly as possible.

When Cao Xiu saw Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong coming, he immediately shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived, brothers shoulder to shoulder!" ”

With Cao Xiu's shout, Cao Bing was full of energy, but became more and more courageous.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong raised their swords and guns at the same time, fighting Zhang Liao in both battles, and the soldiers behind them were also divided into left and right wings, rushing towards the Xuzhou soldiers.

Zhang Liao was a strong opponent of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, although he did not feel struggling, but the cavalry behind him was a little unable to resist the sudden impact of Cao Bing's cavalry, and was rushed away by Cao's cavalry.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were not in love with war, and forced Zhang Liao to open, so they rode their horses to Cao Xiu's side, and joined forces with Cao Xiu, and Yu Tai Shici and Zhang Liao fought and retreated.

After Cao Cao, Dian Wei and the others walked away, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and Cao Xiu left a part of the cavalry to resist Tai Shici and Zhang Liao, and the three of them quickly fled to the city with only one hundred cavalry.

Tai Shici and Zhang Liao saw Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and Cao Xiu fleeing, but they couldn't do anything, and the cavalry responsible for resisting them fought hard, fought to the death, and blocked their way.

When there were more than 100 cavalry of Cao soldiers killed by Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan and Xu Chu led the crowd to rush over, and Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Liao joined forces to solve the cavalry of more than 100 Cao troops at the fastest speed, and then everyone joined forces and continued to chase forward.

There are still hundreds of infantry in the city, Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu have arrived here, Guo Jia, Xun You with these hundreds of infantry waiting here, has already arranged everything, seeing Cao Cao and others arrived, immediately took a boat with them, sailed to the north shore, before leaving, it was a fire that burned the ships docked on the shore, so that Zhang Yan and others could not chase.

When Zhang Yan, Xu Chu, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao and others arrived at the ferry port, they saw a raging fire burning on the shore, and the remaining few boats were burned by the fire, and even the wharf was also burned, and then looking at the middle of the river, more than a dozen large and small boats slowly sailed to the north bank.

"It's a step too late! What a failure! Zhang Yan said angrily.

Xu Chu, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao and others also sighed lightly, and their hearts were not happy.

"Lord, it's better to look around, see if there are any boats, cross the river, and continue to chase and kill Cao Cao!" Xu Chu said.

"The north shore is Yuan Shao's territory, and there must be heavy troops guarding the shore, if we rush there, it is very likely that we will be attacked fiercely." Zhang Liao hurriedly said.

"What then? Could it be that he just watched Cao Cao escape? Tai Shi Ci said unwillingly.

Zhang Yan sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Until now, I can only watch Cao Cao escape......

After a pause, Zhang Yan continued: "Cao Cao fled north, there is no opponent in Yanzhou who can match our army, although he failed to kill Cao Cao, but he can obtain a large area of land in Yanzhou, it is not without gain. Now our army already has Xuzhou and most of Qingzhou, if we occupy Yanzhou again, as long as we row the river with Yuan Shao and govern and concentrate on development, we will definitely be able to achieve a great cause! Cao Cao went to attach himself to Yuan Shao, and in the future, he had to obey Yuan Shao's command in everything, and with Yuan Shao's character, he would never let Cao Cao do anything big, which was equivalent to Cao Cao's demise. Cao Cao is eloquent, and he is not a person who has lived under the people for a long time, and he still has a group of useful civil and military forces under him, although he seems to be very good with Yuan Shao now, but the two tigers are still fighting in a cage, not to mention that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are both heroes of this era, and over time, the two will inevitably break up...... Such a result is not harmful to our army. ”

After hearing this, everyone was a little skeptical about Zhang Yan's prediction, and it seemed that his words were full of self-comfort.

Zhang Yan looked around, watching the dozen or so ships gradually sail away from his sight, but he still felt regret in his heart for failing to kill Cao Cao.

The rolling waves were rolling in the Yellow River, the waves were turbulent, Cao Cao took a boat, with a sense of anger, and was forced to sail to the north bank of the Yellow River, looking at Zhang Yan and others on the shore, and said angrily: "Zhang Yan, don't be happy too early, one day, I Cao Cao will come back!" When I cross south, it will be the day of your destruction! ”

When Cao Cao's army arrived at the Dunqiu crossing on the north bank of the Yellow River, they were met by Yuan's soldiers patrolling the river, and immediately reported to Chun Yuqiong, who was in charge of defending this section of the river.

When Chun Yuqiong learned of Cao Cao's arrival, he sent someone to arrange Cao Cao and others in his military camp, and then wrote to Yuan Shao in Yecheng, asking how to settle Cao Cao.

When Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao had been defeated by Zhang Yan and came to join him, he was overjoyed and asked Tian Feng and Fu Zhu how to settle Cao Cao.

Tian Feng and Fu Zhu gave a unanimous opinion, and immediately asked Chun Yuqiong to send troops to escort Cao Cao's subordinates and his family to live in Yecheng.

After Chun Yuqiong got the order, he sent someone to escort Cao Cao and others to Yecheng, Cao Cao knew Yuan Shao's intentions, but he was now sending people under the fence, and he could only be at the mercy of others. (To be continued......)