Lu Bu led 50,000 infantrymen to cross from Neihuang to Fanyang east of Huangze, stationed his base camp in Dunqiu City, which is only fifty miles away from Puyang, and immediately sent a large number of posts to explore the river and go outside Puyang City for reconnaissance.

Soon, various horses and horses responded, saying that two troops were dispatched in Puyang City, one cavalry unit was close to the south bank of the Yellow River and inspected the Baimajin to Yanjin Ferry; the other infantry entered Baima City and was speeding up to build defensive fortifications.

After hearing this, Lu Bu realized that Xiahou Dun, who was defending Puyang, was not easy to deal with, especially the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry that suddenly appeared along the Yellow River, which would be a fatal threat to the troops responsible for escorting the artillery of the General Shenwu. If the transport troops were crossing the upper reaches of the Yellow River, they were attacked by this cavalry halfway through, not only twenty artillery could sink to the bottom of the Yellow River, but the five thousand infantry would also suffer major casualties.

After some thought with Tian Feng, Lu Bu urgently sent a team of messengers for help, rode a fast horse along the north bank of the Yellow River from Chaoge City to Hanoi County, which was completely controlled by the Northern Army. He crossed the river at the Mengjin Ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River to Luoyang, borrowed 10,000 troops from the Canglang Army, who is now stationed in Luoyang, reinforced the front battlefield of Puyang, and wiped out the 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xiahou Shang.

Speaking of the assault ability of the Canglang Army, there are five thousand cavalry enough to sweep the tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao's army. Why did Lu Bu borrow ten thousand cavalry from Luoyang at once? The main reason is that he has not been in command of the Flying Tiger Army for a long time. He really missed the glorious years of leading the cavalry to gallop across the road, so he wanted to take advantage of this attack on Puyang and find out what he felt back then.

Han Xin used troops, but the more it was better. Flying general Lu Bu borrowed 10,000 cavalry to attack Xiahou Dun, and was sure to intercept Cao's army in Puyang City and continue to escape in the direction of Chenliu.

Before the envoy sent by Lu Bu arrived in Luoyang, Wei Zhen, the deputy general who followed Lu Qian to defend Baima City, quietly sent a confidant in Luoyang City. He met Li Jinsi, who is now responsible for intelligence and "unified front" work, and expressed his idea of ​​Wei Zhen's hope to be an internal supporter and help the Eastern Route Army successfully seize the Baima.

Because the matter involved the specific actions of the Eastern Route Army, and if the large amount of Cao army logistics supplies stored in Baima City were only burned, it would obviously violate Zhao Xing's principle of not being willing to waste, Li Jinsi quickly reported the matter to Zhao Xing. Just as Zhao Xing was considering whether to expose Wei Zhen's important piece, now, the messenger sent by Lu Bu to borrow troops also arrived in Luoyang.

According to the regulations of the Jin** Department, once the number of troops exceeds ten thousand, it must be approved by the Wohu Commander. Now, Lu Bu seconded 10,000 cavalry to the Canglang Army for urgent use, so naturally he needed to go through Zhao Xing's instructions.

Zhao Xing put the two things together to analyze, and then said to Li Jinsi: "Although the Battle of Puyang is about the overall action of the Eastern Route Army, it is not enough to use Wei Zhen's pawn. Tell Wei Zhen's confidant to tell him not to do anything in Baima City and try not to expose his identity. When Chen Liu is in trouble, he will definitely find a way to sneak into Luoyang. There are still very important things to be done in the future."

Li Jinsi got an accurate reply, so he immediately went to see Wei Zhen's confidant and conveyed Zhao Xing's meaning accurately. At this moment, Zhao Xing asked someone to call Zang Ba, the commander of the Canglang Army who is now stationed in Luoyang, and Xu Da, and then said to the two: "Now there are 50,000 infantry soldiers of the Northern Army and 30,000 cavalrymen of the Xiliang Army in Luoyang City, which is enough to ensure the safety of the Luoyang area. As an elite cavalryman who is as famous as the Flying Tiger Army, it is a pity to stay in Luoyang City and bask in the sun all day, so I call you here today, and there is a new task to you."

Although Zang Ba and Xu Da, the two newly appointed first- and second-in-commands, have been in charge of the Canglang Army for more than a year, since the Canglang Army was transferred from the Northeast region to the Northwest region, it has become a decoration for the Northwest Army to scare Huangfu Song in the Gaoping area. Not only can't catch up on the task of attacking Yizhou, but it also has to act as a logistics transport team and a guard team, which has made the Canglang Army 30,000 brothers from all over the Canglang Army feel very depressed.

Now, when Zang Ba and Xu Da heard Zhao Xing's tone, they had a serious task to the Canglang Army. They immediately patted their chests and said, "My lord, even if it is a task, it is a task, or ten or twenty tasks. We all guarantee to complete it resolutely and thoroughly at the fastest speed and the highest standards!"

Zhao Xing then personally signed a transfer order to dispatch the Canglang Army of the Northwest Legion to Yanzhou area to support the war between the Eastern Legion Jizhou Corps, and then sent the extremely excited Zang Ba and Xu Da out of the courtyard.

Since Xiahou Shang dared to patrol the south bank of the Yellow River with five thousand cavalry, Zhao Xing ordered the Canglang Army to pounce directly on the south bank of the Yellow River towards Yanjin, and directly ate Xiahou Shang's five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry with lightning speed, and then stationed the troops in the middle of the road from Baima to Puyang, forcing Xiahou Dun to send troops to rescue Baima again.

Lu Bu, who had sent troops to launch two tentative attacks on Puyang City, was indeed hit by a fierce counterattack from the defenders in the city. Without strong firepower support, the Jizhou Corps did not get any cheapness this time.

Just when Lu Bu was a little irritated, he suddenly received an emergency secret order from the Commander of the Crouching Tiger. He immediately laughed to the sky and said, "It's still wise, my lord. Now I have 30,000 Canglang Army. Let's see how Xiahou Dun can escape this time!"

Lu Bu was worried that the five thousand cavalry of Xiahou Shang who had gone out, and urgently retreated to Puyang after discovering the traces of the Canglang Army. So he left Puyang alone and directly ordered Pang De to lead 20,000 infantry from Dunqiu to Liyang, and gathered with the five thousand troops who were ambushing there to prepare to attack Baima City, and then forced the Yellow River to cross the Yellow River and cut off Xiahou Shang's retreat to Puyang eastward.

Shortly after Pang De received his order and left the city, Lu Bu suddenly ordered 30,000 troops of the Heishan Army to leave the city urgently and advance to the east without warning. It should be noted that Puyang City is fifty miles south of Dunqiu City. Lu Bu asked the Heishan Army to advance eastward, wouldn't it be that he ran farther and farther? How could he fight this battle?

It turned out that Lu Bu was inspired by Tian Feng and deliberately set up such a dragon gate formation, hoping that Xiahou Dun, who was stationed in Puyang City, would lead his army out of the city to rescue Xiahou Shang, and then the Heishan Army took the opportunity to seize Xiahou Dun's retreat.

Of course, judging from Xiahou Dun's response strategy during this period, he was not easily deceived. It is very likely that he would continue to sit firmly on Diaoyutai. But it doesn't matter. If Xiahou Dun does not send troops out of the city, it will allow the Heishan army to circumn the lower reaches of the Yellow River to cross the river smoothly. Anyway, now it is on the side of the Jizhou Corps.

Lu Bu and Tian Feng were actually blatantly playing a blatant plot to remove firewood from the cauldron, just to clearly tell Xiahou Dun that you should save or not. If you don’t save, then watch the entire Tiger and Leopard Cavalry be destroyed; if you save, then hand over Puyang City obediently!
Chapter completed!