Fengyi County, bordering Jincheng.

In the Qin army camp, in the imperial tent, Cao Cao was sitting on the dragon pedestal, reviewing the information he had just sent.

On November 8, 200,000 Wei troops crossed the Yellow River south.

On November 14, Tao Shang led 70,000 vanguards to Luoyang.

On November 17, the main force of the Wei army advanced to the foot of the city of Murchi.

...

One by one, the battle reports about the most recent situation of the Wei army flew to Cao Cao's desk like snowflakes.

Although Cao Cao's army was stationed in Linjin City and only a hundred miles away from Pubanjin, he had not dared to use troops to Hedong County for a long time.

The reason is nothing else. Cao Cao still has some lack of confidence in Le Jin and others on the front line of Hongnong.

After all, he was defeated by the pottery merchant not long ago in Hanzhong and had not yet fully emerged from the shadow of defeat. How could he not be afraid?

Linjin is also very close to Tongguan. Once Hongnong has any accidents, he can also draw troops south in time to change his strategy and go to Tongguan to increase defense.

"How is the direction of the pool? Do Lejin and others have the latest report?" Cao Cao asked.

Liu Ye hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "General Le and his friends just sent a message saying that two days ago, the pottery thieves had led 200,000 troops to the Massacre, but they did not dare to attack the city for the time being. I think it was because they were afraid of the Massacre's strength. General Le asked His Majesty to let His Majesty rest 100,000. He guaranteed the capital with his head, and he would definitely make the Massacre not lose."

"Very good, as long as they have this confidence." Cao Cao nodded, but said, "But you have to remind them that they can only stick to the city. No matter what means the boy Tao Shang uses, they must not fight. Once they go to fight, they will definitely fall into that boy's trick."

"Yes." Liu Ye responded with a smile, but said confidently: "The terrain in the area of ​​the Turban is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the pottery thieves. Moreover, the Turban is strong, and there are good martial arts, Cheng Yu, and there are 20,000 elite soldiers. There are also sufficient food and grass. It should be able to stop the pottery thieves for about five months."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, his brown face looked much more relaxed, but he asked again: "How is Yan Yan and his raft collecting, but are you ready to cross the river and land in Hedong and cooperate with my southwest to attack Yingbu?"

Liu Ye bowed in front of the tent and said, "Report to Your Majesty, General Yan has collected enough boats and rafts to prepare to cross the river in large quantities, but he has just reported that the Wei Navy appeared on the Yellow River."

"Did the pottery thieves' naval army appear on the Yellow River?"

Cao Cao's expression moved, and he quickly stood up, walked to the map and looked carefully. After a while, a sneer appeared on his face, "The boy Tao Shang is indeed extremely deceitful. He saw that my sluice pool is indestructible, so he whisperedly pulled the navy to the Yellow River, trying to bypass the sluice pool and attack Shan County directly from the river. This is also a clever plan."

Liu Ye laughed and said, "It's a pity that the Tao merchant was still too self-righteous. He pulled the navy to the Yellow River, which was a whim, but unfortunately he forgot that the whole line along the coast was full of our army. How could we not notice that his huge fleet entered the Yellow River?"

At this time, Fa Zheng reminded: "Although we already know the tricks of the thief, we should not underestimate it, so we will avoid any accidents."

Liu Ye disagreed and said, "Xiaozhi, you are too worried. The mountains on both sides of the Dutou in Shaanxi County are on the same side. The Dutou is located between a narrow entrance. As long as our army sends enough troops to occupy the Dutou, even if the Wei army has 100,000 naval troops, it will definitely land."

"That's right, but Xiao is right in his words. You must not underestimate this kid Tao Tie, otherwise you will suffer a great loss. This is the bloody lesson we have learned over the years when we fight that kid!"

Cao Cao could not see any contempt on his face and said seriously: "Select the order to Yan Yan quickly, so that he could concentrate his elite troops to garrison the Ferry of the South Bank. He would never let one Wei army and one soldier ashore."

When Liu Ye got the order, he immediately issued an order.

Seeing the messenger leaving with the imperial edict, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and sneered: "Tao Shang, I have suffered so much from you over the years. Now I finally see through you. I see what other tricks you can do this time!"

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Hongnong County, Shan County.

On the city tower to the north, Yan Yan, a veteran general who was inspecting, received an emergency warning document from Le Jin, who was sent by Le Jin from Machi City.

In the document, Le Jin said that the Tao Shang navy appeared in the Yellow River, and it was probably because he wanted to bypass the city of Fengchi and attack Shan County from the waterway, cut off the connection between Fengchi and Guanzhong, and turn them into an isolated city. He was asked to be careful.

"This Le Wenqian underestimated me too much. I have seen so many things in Shu. What I do best is to guard the pass. Do you need him to remind me?" Yan Yan smiled disdainfully and handed the Chinese letter to deputy general Yang Qiu.

At this moment, the messenger rushed from the west and hurriedly climbed to the top of the city with Cao Cao's imperial edict.

This time Yan Yan did not dare not ignore it, and was busy with Yang Qiu and other generals, and knelt down to receive the imperial edict.

After taking the imperial edict, Yan Yan smiled.

Cao Cao's imperial edict was exactly the same as Le Jin's content, and it was nothing more than a warning to Yan Yan that the Wei army was very likely to attack Shan County by water, so that he must gather heavy troops on the front line of Dutou, and that the Wei army should not land.

"It seems that I have not been a new submission for a long time. Your Majesty doesn't understand my Yan Yan's strength. It just so happened that I proved my Yan Yan's strength to Your Majesty with this battle..."

Yan Yan made a secret decision in his heart and immediately ordered his deputy general Yang Qiu to lead 800 troops to guard Shan County. He himself led more than 9,000 main elite troops to garrison the ferry several miles north of the city.

The army left the city. Before dark, Yan Yan led the army to the Yellow River Ferry.

The horse was stationed on the shore, Yan Yan hurriedly looked at the surging Yellow River, and the flames of revenge flowed in his eyebrows, and said hatefully: "Tao thief, Tao thief, I vow to avenge the King of Shu. If you have the courage, please ask your navy army to attack. This time, I happened to use the blood of your Wei soldiers to comfort the King of Shu in the sky!"

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South of Shaanxi County, Xionger Mountains.

Among the mountains, a small river winds and turns, flowing before the dense primeval forest.

Next to the river beach, a tired team of thousands of people was walking along the river bank, in the rugged forests, and it was difficult to move forward.

Among the soldiers, the young general was moving forward silently, looking up from time to time and glanced at the sun in the sky.

Although his face was covered with sweat, it was still as gloomy as iron, and his whole body was filled with a cold and fierce murderous aura, which made the soldiers on both sides shudder and subconsciously left him three or five steps away, and did not dare to get too close.

After walking several miles, the young general ordered the army to stop advancing temporarily. The soldiers immediately collapsed on the ground, and many people rushed to the river and tried their best to pour water into their mouths.

The young general also came to the riverside, reached out and threw a few sips of water into his mouth, let out a long breath, took out the map from his backpack, called the soldiers and guides from the hunter-born family over, and questioned them about the next march route.

Starting from Ye County, they had been walking in the mountains for seven days. The elite soldiers of 6,000 people had crossed the most difficult road to Xionger Mountain. If they walked more than a hundred miles of primeval forest, they could completely cross Xionger Mountain and enter the Hongnong realm.

If the route is correct, when they walk out of the mountain pass, they will face Shanxian Town directly north.

After the young general confirmed the location, he did not hesitate at all and ordered the soldiers to set off again and continue to move north tiredly.

Before the night was approaching, the young generals still had no intention of stopping, urging the soldiers to crawl hard on the path covered with gravel and dead grass.

In order to move forward lightly, a few days ago, the young general had ordered all his equipment to be thrown away, and even his armor was thrown away, with only the most basic weapons and a few days of rations to make the fastest march.

At present, they have been in the mountains for several days. If they can't move out for another two days, the team of 6,000 people will probably be trapped in Xionger Mountain and wait to starve to death.

Therefore, the young general was racing against his life and did not dare to breathe a little. Although it was already night, he asked the soldiers to set up a torch and continue moving forward in the darkness.

Two days later, the dry food was officially exhausted, but the mountain road ahead was getting wider and flatter.

The young general had a premonition that the exit was not far away. If he persisted, he would see hope.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the team that had been moving forward suddenly stopped moving forward and was congested on the mountain road.

A sudden burst of excitement in the heart of the young general, and immediately separated the crowd and rushed to the front of the team in one breath.

In front of me, I suddenly realized.

In the blood-stained eyes of the young general, an unprecedented wildness burst out in the eyes of the young general.

In the view, the mountains and forests have been exhausted, and a clear path extends down the hillside, and the plains are in sight.

And just at the end of the plain, it seemed like a city was seen looming.

The hunters following him pointed to the city excitedly and shouted: "General, we have come out, that is Shan County, we have come out!"

"Are you sure?" The young general remained a little calm.

"The young man dares to use the head of his wife to guarantee it. The young man came to Shaanxi County once two years ago, so it must be right." The hunter patted his chest and said protecting him.

There was no doubt on the face of the young general, and a hint of relief appeared in the eyes of Sha Li.
Chapter completed!