The Flying Tiger Army led by Dian Wei adjusted its direction of travel in time. Now it has arrived at Linqiu forty miles southeast of Zhencheng. Lu Bu led 45,000 infantry to continue along the Huzi River, stationing the troops in the Yangliting area, blocking Cao Ren's retreat to the south. The current situation has become the Flying Tiger Army, with the three troops of Canglang Army and Lu Bu Army totaling nearly 100,000 people, surrounding Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren in the east, south and west directions of Zhencheng.

Not long after, Li Dian, 20,000 Cao's army, who were left behind in Cheng's clan, encountered a fierce attack on the Donglai army led by Gao Shun. After a fierce battle, Li Dian and his army were defeated by the Donglai army, known as "invincible in the battle". Li Dian only led 3,000 remaining soldiers to escape from Shengtian and fled along the Ji River toward Chenliu.

Being able to escape with three thousand remaining soldiers under Gao Shun is enough to prove the extraordinary nature of Li Dian. After all, the Donglai Army has a total of 40,000, and Cao Ren left him with only 20,000 troops to defend the Cheng family.

The defeat of Li Dian's troops reached Zhencheng during the Cheng family, which made Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren even more anxious.

Xiahou Dun said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, there are now 100,000 bandit troops outside Zhencheng. Although we have 110,000 troops, there are no cavalry. Once we are trapped in Zhencheng for a long time and the bandit troops just siege and do not attack, I am afraid that the day when the food and grass are cut off will be the time for us to be defeated!"

Cao Ren nodded and agreed with Xiahou Dun's analysis. He frowned and said, "What makes me feel the most dangerous is that Zhao Yun, the commander of the Eastern Route Army of Jin, has not appeared yet. Generals such as Lu Bu, Zhang Yan, Zang Ba have been found outside Zhencheng. Chengshi discovered Gao Shun again, but Zhao Yun and Guo Jia were not seen!"

Yu Jin, the deputy general who followed Cao Ren to Zhencheng, said on the side: "The two generals, the last generals have an idea, and they must be able to get rid of the crisis in front of them."

Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren also knew that Yu Jinsu had military talents, so they turned their attention to Yu Jin together.

Yu Jin said: "From the deployment of the Jin army outside the city, the other side has no intention of launching a siege battle, so our main force can only trap the city and make no achievements. If we drag this down, the food and grass will be sold out soon. The key is that we don't know whether Zhao Guochang, who lives in Luoyang, will continue to send troops to reinforce Yanzhou. Once Luoyang sends troops to reinforce, our army will be in danger!"

"I think that when a partial army is sent to pretend to go out of the city to attack Puyang, which is now weak, then let the main force cross the Yellow River from north of Zhencheng, attack the food, grass and supplies left by Lu Bu's army in Dunqiu City, Hebei, and then attack Yecheng. Once Yecheng is occupied, the Eastern Army will be in panic from Yanzhou to Jizhou to besiege our army, and the danger of Yanzhou can be lifted."

Xiahou Dun had the plan to force his crossing the Yellow River to the north. Now, after listening to Yu Jin's suggestion, his eyes lit up. He said: "Wenze's words are very consistent with my wishes. The main force of our army crossed the Yellow River north, which seems to be seeking death, but he will die. As long as we get food and supplies, we will turn him upside down in Jizhou, which will also give Zhao Guochang a headache. If we can seize Yecheng, when the Eastern Army comes to besiege us, we can continue to rush north into the northern area of ​​Jizhou without troops to attract Zhao Guochang to send more troops to encircle and suppress our army!"

Cao Ren thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a better way to get out of trouble, so he agreed to Yu Jin's opinion. After some discussion, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren finally decided on a specific plan to lead 30,000 troops out of the city and go west to attack Puyang. They led 80,000 main troops to quickly cross the Yellow River north.

It is said that "three cobblers are better than Zhao Guochang". The plot of "golden cicada escape" that Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Yu Jin was conspired to succeed will really completely disrupt the situation that the Eastern Army has tried its best to set up.

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