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Ma Han's plan went very smoothly in Yuzhou. From June to August, in just two months, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian and Ren Jun divided into three groups and each captured Qiao County, Liang State, Chen State and Runan.↗

The largest and most important county in Yuzhou is Runan, and Runan is determined to be in peace. The one who captured Runan was Zhang Liao's Iron Cavalry.

Cao Cao deployed more than 5,000 troops in Runan, but most of them were miscellaneous soldiers. Under the double blow of Zhang Liao's Iron Cavalry and the Wuzhu troops of the Longlang Army leaving the pass and into Yingchuan, Cao's soldiers quickly collapsed, either fled to Yanzhou or fled into the mountains to become bandits.

Qiao County is Cao Cao's hometown, but Cao Cao had long moved all his clan members. Without the Cao family's power as a slander, Qiao County naturally took it lightly.

At this point, the Henan Yin, controlled by Ma Han, has been connected with Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and formed a large siege of the Cao family and Yanzhou.

Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian were grateful to Ma Han for being the magistrate of the cavalry general and went to the rescue for thousands of miles, and had a deep hatred with Cao Cao. In addition, they had no support and had no choice but to surrender to Ma Han. Their surrender was sincere.

As for Ren Jun, this person is from Zhongmu, Yin, Henan, who happened to be within the control of the power of Ma Han. In the past, each was his master, so the disaster was not as good as his family. But now that Ren Jun has surrendered, it will be different. If he dares to rebel and wait for him, it will be a disaster of extermination and despise his relatives. You should know that Ren Jun's troops are all clan soldiers, that is to say, almost all the families of this army are in Zhongmu. If Ren Jun dares to surrender and rebel again, Ma Han will search for the Ren family in Zhongmu with an order. This army will collapse instantly.

In fact, Ren Jun had no intention of rebelling after surrendering. For a clan general like him, the interests of the clan are always the first. Whoever controls his clan and can bring benefits to his clan will be with whom he will not care about loyalty, but only interests.

This is the same with Lu Qian. Whoever controls Yanzhou or Rencheng Kingdom will be with him.

These people did not have the word Cao written on their heads, and changing their ranks and joining the court was also the general trend.

The war in Yuzhou was progressing steadily and smoothly as Ma Han expected. However, the situation in Yanzhou was a bit unexpected. Cao Cao did shrink his troops significantly, but not all of them were shrinking to his nest as Ma Han expected. Instead, he concentrated his troops in four places: Puyang, Chenliu, and Kangfu and Gao Ping of Shanyang County.

The first two places were as expected by Ma Han, but the second two places had a big accident. The Kangfu and Gaoping were the main roads to enter Yanzhou from Xiaopei. When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou twice, he was stabbed by Lu Bu in the back and hurried back to Yan. When he passed by this place, he sighed. If Lu Bu led his army to guard it here and curb his way back, and the confrontation lasted for a long time, Cao's army would be exhausted and food would be unable to escape defeat. How could Cao Cao make another mistake in Lu Bu?

After Cao Cao fled to Xiaopei, he first asked Liu Bei to intercept the Sishui River to form the first line of defense; then left Xiahou Yuan to lead his army to guard Kangfu and Gao Ping, forming the second line of defense. Cao Cao returned to Chenliu, recruited troops urgently, and decided to fight to the death.

But the first line of defense of Cao's army was quickly broken. After the defeat of Xia Pi, Liu Bei had not left many troops. How could he stop Li Dian and Lu Qian's 8,000 troops? After a little resistance, he withdrew from Xiaopei, fled north, retreated into the second line of defense, and joined forces with Xiahou Yuan.

Liu Bei fled north, and Cao's first line of defense was destroyed without attack. Eight thousand troops came to Gaoping City, and Cao's army was frustrated. However, they had lost something and gained something. In mid-July, Cao Cao had earlier sent by Cao Cao to attack Cao Hong in southern Xuzhou. Zhu Ling's troops transferred to the Liang State of Yuzhou, and went from Jiyin to Shanyang to meet Xiahou Yuan.

Cao Hong and Zhu Ling's attack on Xuzhou was quite smooth. Not only did they suffer no losses, they also annihilated 5,000 Liu Xun's army, obtained a lot of supplies, food and fodder, and captured nearly a thousand prisoners. As soon as this new force joined, it immediately injected a dose of vitality into Cao's army.

As a result, Xiahou Yuan's blocking force jumped to more than 6,000 people, which was no longer something that Li Dian and Lu Qian could ate.

In August, Gao Shun led 5,000 troops who had finished the training and advanced to Wutang Pavilion to confront Xiahou Yuan.

At this time, Cao's army was 6,000 and Xuzhou coalition forces were 13,000, which had barely formed an offensive and defensive confrontation. Both sides were looking for a way to break the enemy.

Cao Cao once sent troops to attack the Cheng clan and Juye in Jiyin, hoping to capture and kill the Li clan members to threaten Li Dian. Unfortunately, Cao Cao's strength is no longer as good as before. He basically has no mobile troops at hand. Most of the soldiers sent were new soldiers. The Li clan wall was built for many years and had a strong defense. As a result, he surrounded him for more than a month and could not stop attacking. Instead, he lost his troops and lost his food, and finally had to give up.

As for the Lu clan of Rencheng Kingdom, I don’t know if Cao Cao understood that Lu Qian had done his best and surrendered was a last resort, or if he was hoping that the Xuzhou army would not be able to enter Yanzhou, Lu Qian still had the possibility of any mistake... In short, Cao’s army did not attack the Lu clan.

Lu Qian was obviously grateful, and the other troops led by him were not active when attacking Cao's army.

Because Gao Shun had the highest military position and was ordered to command the full power of the battle, he united the three armies and launched six attacks on the two cities, but except for losing more than a thousand soldiers, there was no big progress and the two sides were in a deadlock.

At this time, those who can break the deadlock can only hope that the Dragon Wolf Army will leave Luo.

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"Lord, the Dragon Wolf Army will definitely leave Luo and take Chenliu directly to support the army in Xuzhou. But at the moment... cough cough... they have not moved for a long time, just to wait for the horse... cough cough..." Xun Yu lay on the bed, his face was pale, his forehead was tied with a blue belt, and his eyes were covered with red tendons.

"If you stop writing, I'm just here to see you. Please don't take it to heart for the affairs of the state government." Cao Cao sat cross-legged in front of Xun Yu's bed, holding the slender hand of this friend, and was so sad that he looked so sad.

Xun Yu coughed for a while, his pale face turned flushed, and he sighed: "Zhongde died, Boning was separated, and Yu ended up in this situation again. I am afraid that only Xiaoxian (Mao Jie) and Xiu Ruo (Xun Yan) can discuss... Yu has been in good health recently... Cough cough, it is not convenient to speak, but his mind is moved, and he is still able to worry about him. It is still possible to try his best to do so... I have any inquiries, so I can tell you."

In addition to being moved, Cao Cao was even more sad. After Cheng Yu was seriously injured, he went all the way and his injuries continued. Before he arrived in Chenliu, he could not hold on... Cao Cao asked the three armies to put on white clothes again.

Why do we say the word "heavy"? Because this is the fourth time that the Cao army has been in full swing in recent times. They are Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, and Dian Wei Ju Ai. Finally, it was Cheng Yu's turn.

There is a saying that "three armies are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find." In Cao Cao's opinion, three generals are easy to obtain, and one general is hard to find. This soldier is a national sect, just like Cheng Yu. At present, most of the military generals have been transferred around Cao Cao, and only Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong are left. The counselors are even more miserable. The two years ago, the mastermind was only dead. Cheng Yu passed away again this year. The only mastermind Xun Yu was injured again. He had to be bedridden for at least half a year and could not take matters.

At this time, the only decent strategists around Cao Cao were Mao Jie and Xun Yan. In Cao Cao's eyes, these two people were really unable to discuss with Xun Yu. Just like this difficult thing at the moment, Mao and Xun could not come up with countermeasures that satisfy Cao Cao.

"I have sent an envoy to Luo to contribute again. Please ask my old friends to delay the matter for a while. I believe that before Ma Han returns, the Dragon Wolf Army will not leave the customs for a while. However, there is something difficult to decide now..." Cao Cao hesitated, and after touching Xun Yu's firm eyes, he finally told the whole story.

After Cao Cao retreated to Yanzhou, he faced three major troubles, or three pressures. The most direct pressure naturally comes from Xuzhou in the southeast. Perhaps in the future, there will be a Yuzhou in the west. Luoyang in the west will also make Cao Cao feel like a thorn in his back. I don’t know when this quick knife will be cut off.

The pressure in the east, south and west directions was already enough to make Cao Cao feel upset, but there were still people making trouble in the north.

Who? Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang originally just supported Lu Bu, that is, shouting slogans and putting pressure on him, but he did not dare to really attack Cao Cao. But when news of Cao Cao's defeat and Lu Bu's death came, Zhang Yang was furious.

If Lu Bu died and Cao Cao won like this in history, then Zhang Yang would only dare not speak out. But the current situation is that Lu Bu’s death caused Zhang Yang’s anger; Cao Cao’s defeat made Zhang Yang bold again.

Well, whether from the perspective of revenge for your friends or to give some benefits for your troops this time to calm the dissatisfaction of his subordinates, Zhang Yang must give Cao Cao some color. Only in this way can he explain to his old friend the Spirit of Heaven and his subordinates.

So Zhang Yang crossed the river, attacked Baima, surrounded Puyang, looted Lihu, and even fought to Juancheng, harvesting all the half-ripe wheat outside the city. Cao's army was newly defeated, and Mao Jie, who was still in charge of Puyang, dared not act rashly and did not leave the city. As a result, the Hanoi army gained a lot, and was happy to see the hunting, and the disaster was even worse.

Many of the Hanoi soldiers came from the Baibo army and the Black Mountain army. They were used to looting and had not robbed for a long time. They could hardly stop this. In the end, even Zhang Yang was a little scared and hurriedly conquered his subordinates, hurriedly crossed the river, and returned to Hanoi, leaving behind a messy and messy mess in the East County.

When Cao Cao came back and saw it, he was so angry... The tiger was in trouble, and even the mouse dared to bare his teeth. Xu Chu shouted to give him a thousand men on the spot, and he went to twist Zhang Yang's head off. Cao Cao almost wanted to agree, but after another thought, he still held a handful of Zhang Yang, but he was only concerned about the "big thing" that was approaching Hanoi. If he launched an unauthorized army to attack Hanoi, would it cause that person's strong backlash?

The answer is, it will definitely.

Cao Cao was hesitant. From the bottom of his heart, he wanted to let the army with a weak morale win and revitalize the morale of the army; he also needed to give an explanation to the military and civilians of Dongjun; and in the defeat of Xia Pi, his baggage, food and fodder lost too much, and the material population robbed by the Hanoi army became increasingly prominent... But in this troublesome situation, should I fight, and can I fight?

Cao Cao was in a dilemma, and Mao Jie and Xun Yan could not come up with a good solution, so Cao Cao couldn't help but come to Xun Yu.

It is already Cao Cao's habitual action to find Xun Yu if he is undecided.

After hearing this, Xun Yu closed his eyes and said nothing. After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes: "Beat!"

"Beat?!" Cao Cao was surprised, "Then Yuan Benchu..."

"There is only one, and we must wait until Ma Han returns to Luoyang before taking action."

"This..." Cao Cao was both surprised and confused, and almost blurted out that he was not asking for trouble. If he wanted to fight, he should take action while Ma Han was away. If the evil wolf came back, how could he allow Cao's army to fight on the other side of Luoyang?

Xun Yu barely supported his body, and whispered a cough and said something to Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!