The birds were in the mountains and did not sing for three years, making a sensation. This time, Cao Cao secretly contacted the four armies and rushed towards Bingzhou. He was under the banner of Qingjun's side and wanted to attack Lu Bu's group.

The first route was the Yuan brothers: Yuan Tan went out of Qingzhou, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were his generals, military advisor Tian Feng, and Shen Pei accompanied them. These two guys who were said to have been rescued by Yan Liang and Wen Chou from the chaos, contacted the Yuan family remnants from all over Jizhou, sent 60,000 troops to march into the central and western Jizhou; Yuan Xi sent troops to Bohai, general Jiang Qi, military advisors Xun Chen, and Xin Pi, and sent 40,000 troops to respond to Yuan Tan and sent troops to harass and restrain the southern part of Youzhou. These two people who wanted to kill each other did not know what benefits were promised by Cao Cao. Perhaps driven by common interests, they temporarily put down their hatred and tried to kill them.

The second route was Gongsun Du from Liaodong, Wuhuan coalition: Yuan Shao had a good relationship with the Wuhuan tribe during his lifetime. There was a hatred between the Huns and Wuhuan. Needless to say, Wuhuan attacked Youzhou, part of it was for Yu Fuluo. Gongsun was beaten up several times by Yu Fuluo, saying that he had no intention of revenge and no one believed him.

The third route is the very strange Jingzhou Group: Liu Biao, the indecisive guy, may have been affected by Ye Xiaoyi's butterfly effect, or he may have been betrayed by some insider. He actually took Liu Bei, the boss of the "Three Taozi Brothers" in Nanyang as the main general, and let his nephew Liu Pan as the deputy general, and brought veteran Huang Zhong as the vanguard, and his strategist Kuai Liang to lead 50,000 horse and infantry out of Nanyang to attack Wuguan. He planned to attack Luoyang, or take Chang'an directly and threaten Sili.

The fourth route is the Xiliang Allied Forces: the Western Liang nobles Ma, the Korean Allied Forces attacked Sili, and Bingzhou. Ma Teng was the chief general of the left army, with the vanguards Ma Chao and Pang De. The Qiang and Han cavalry had a total of 40,000 attacks Bingzhou; Han Sui was the chief general of the right army, with the vanguards Yan Xing and Yang Qiu, who led 30,000 Qiang and Han cavalry to attack Sili.

However, the most terrifying thing is not the four groups of outlaws above, but Cao Cao.

Cao Cao led 80,000 troops this time - including 40,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, 40,000 troops from Yuan Shu, Xuzhou and other places. He led the army with Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Liu Yan, and Gao Lan. Chen Deng was the army, and set up his main business in Yanjin. He tried to go north.

The troops were approaching, and the Bingzhou Group responded quickly.

Eastern Jizhou: Zhao Yun and his "Baihua Legion" belonging to Jizhou, 20,000 soldiers and horses, went to deal with the Yuan brothers. Based on the characteristics of their Yuan family, the strategy determined was to provoke their brotherly relationship, pull one and fight one to avoid being attacked on both sides.

Northeast of Youzhou: Zhang Liao led 10,000 Bingzhou troops. Youzhou troops were 40,000, and Yu Fuluo joined forces with 30,000 Xiongnu cavalry, totaling 80,000 to fight against Liaodong and Wuhuan coalition forces. Yu Fuluo mobilized all the tribes of the Huns and incited the Xianbei through various interest relations, giving them benefits and fugitives. Of course, it would be impossible to have a knife behind Cao Cao. But these two points, the Bingzhou Group did not give any hope. They guessed that Sun Ce and the others would like to fight Cao Cao and Lu Bu to join forces. Everyone was beaten to death. They defended their hometown in Jiangdong, and the fisherman benefited.

In the Xiliang side, the decision of the Bingzhou Strategy Group was to make the western part of Bingzhou and Sili clear the fields, and at the same time, it sent heavy troops to guard the key passes, mainly guarding. Zhang Xiu's garrison was placed in Chang'an and 3,000 Xiliang cavalry to guard the Han Sui army. In recent years, the Bingzhou group hoarded grain in various places, and this time it could survive, but the Xiliang cavalry was not good at siegeing the city. As long as it could defend, the troops and horses in Xiliang were insufficient, the Bingzhou soldiers could wait for an opportunity to move. As for Luoyang, Xu Huang led 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to guard it.

The Bingzhou Group is relatively unfathomable, and Cao Cao's formation is not like his own style. But since he has made a duel pose, Bingzhou cannot be underestimated. The main general stationed in southern Jizhou is Xu Rong, who joined the army. The two led 30,000 soldiers in Jizhou, and the two Xiliang troops stationed in Wei County, Zhang Ji. The Bingzhou forces have continuously sent small groups of cavalry to cross the river to harass Cao Cao to prevent Cao from going north. At the same time, they began to mobilize troops near Yecheng to prepare for a decisive battle with Cao Cao.

Yecheng is the key point. The emperor is here, and the senior executives of the Bingzhou Group are basically here. Lu Bu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu are in charge here, Hua Xiong, Liu Ye and others lead the former main force of Bingzhou, 20,000, and Jizhou's total 60,000 troops, stationed in the important city near Yecheng. As for the original base of Bingzhou Group, Taiyuan County, Chen Qun and Xi Zhicai are in charge, and the main force of Bingzhou is 30,000. Zhang Yan leads the headquarters of 20,000 and 40,000 troops to guard the key pass along the Taihang Mountains.

The storm was about to come, and the building was filled with strong winds. Bingzhou and Jizhou were curfewed early, and large-scale commercial activities were basically gone, and the city gates and gates were strictly managed. The five enemy routes were all dispatched. This situation could be regarded as a battle of life and death for the Bingzhou Group. Tigers could not defeat wolves, and the five routes were thundering and surrounded by surging mountains. If a group of people tear apart the Bingzhou defense line, the future of the Bingzhou Group was immediately dangerous.

"This is the autumn of survival!" Ye Xiaoyi still remembers that he kicked the old man's house and shouted like this. However, she did not expect that the crow's mouth would last for so long. This war is a battle for power in the world, and no one will not fight desperately. Now the officials in Yecheng are talking about it, and all the discussions are about the fuse position of Lu Bu and others in this battle.

Even without Lu Bu, some people will be the fuse. Ye Xiaoyi doesn't understand what those perverted civil servants are clamoring. Not to mention anything else, as long as the Confucian scholars who are in the court have a stable position, they are basically experts who are gangsters. It is a big deal to argue whether Lu Bu is a traitor all day long, and it is obviously a matter of success or defeat.

He knocked on the window lattice hard, and Ye Xiaoyi sighed. She went out and sat on the railings of the corridor and looked at the summer sky. The temperature was not high these days, the sky was light blue, and the clouds were very thin, and it seemed that there was a gust of wind that could blow them away. Ye Xiaoyi always felt that there was something wrong in her heart, as if she was watching millions of people swaying in front of her eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.

When fighting, the sky is probably not blue. At that time, the sky will be bloody and red. It is reflected by the burning flags and bloody ground. What will happen to the men who have personally cultivated themselves? Will the guys who have followed their butts all day long and call the young lady come back alive? This isn't he going to rob.

Ye Xiaoyi pounded the pillars resentfully, feeling that this time he was robbed by Cao Cao.

"I beat it so hard, aren't you afraid of pain?" A pair of hands walked around from behind my head, blinding Ye Xiaoyi's eyes. Lu Bu's low voice sounded. On this tired afternoon, it sounded like a kind of intoxicating tenderness.

"Brother, will many people die? In fact, many people have died. Last time we hit Yuan Shao, some people from Jiuyuan have been missing from my hometown since Jiuyuan." Ye Xiaoyi became sad. She held Lu Bu's hand and placed Lu Bu's hand on her cheek. Her head gently raised her head and stared at Lu Bu's eyes.

Yes, of course. Even the self who is the best in the world of force may die in the chaos, but these words cannot be said to the guy in his hand. Lu Bu stroked Ye Xiaoyi's cheek, shook his head slowly, and replied softly: "Don't worry. Everyone will try to minimize the casualties of their subordinates and save themselves. Haven't we all lived well from Jiuyuan to this day?"

"Brother, I want to go to the battlefield too." Ye Xiaoyi's cheeks were rubbed by Lu Bu's fingers and turned slightly red. She turned her head to avoid Lu Bu's hand, but Lu Bu sat beside her, reached out and rolled up her hair with her fingers, and stroked her cheek again.

"You know. As long as I'm alive, this is impossible." Lu Bu's fingers wandered on Ye Xiaoyi's face, and did not take any further action, but it made the atmosphere between the two ambiguous.

"Brother." Ye Xiaoyi moved back. She was not afraid of anything else, but was afraid that Lu Bu would speak to herself in such a tone and in such a posture. Huang Yueying saw why Guo Jia was so nervous, and she found that she had understood deeply under this situation.

"If I die, I allow you to go to the battlefield to find my corpse." Lu Bu's voice disappeared on his lips. His lips slowly kissed Ye Xiaoyi's forehead. He put his hands on Ye Xiaoyi's back, and his lips stayed on her forehead for a long time.

"I'll go and discuss the deployment of troops with Fengxiao and the others." Ye Xiaoyi heard Lu Bu, who had a hoarse voice, say this in his ear. She looked at his back and disappeared at the end of the corridor...

The first battleground was Cao Cao. The five troops from Bingzhou were mobilized together, and their energy was inevitably insufficient. Cao Cao led the main elite troops, set out from Fengqiu, went west to Sili, cross Yuanwu, crossed the Yingou, captured Juan County, and entered the actual control area of ​​Bingzhou. Here, he made a gesture of crossing the Yellow River to the north. However, he took advantage of the gathering of Bingzhou troops here and turned around to the southwest, attacked Ao Cang with cavalry, seized Guangwu, and advanced west along the south bank of the Yellow River, making an attitude of advancing Luoyang and rendezvous with Liu Bei.

After receiving this news, Xu Huang, who was in Luoyang, gathered the defenders in the eastern part of Sili, gathered around Luoyang, intending to defend Mangshan and the Yellow River Ferry to avoid the dispersion of troops being defeated by each one. However, while Cao Cao was advancing west, he sent small troops to cross the river in Wushejin, and ordered his subordinates to lead 2,000 dead soldiers to conquer Wen County in three hours. This victory directly led to Cao Cao obtaining a bridgehead on the north bank of the Yellow River, and his army crossed the river north within two days and entered Hanoi County.

Xu Huang couldn't sit still when he heard the news. He left some troops to defend the city, and personally led 4,000 cavalry to go north quickly, gathered up defenders from all over the country along the way, and collected 30,000 troops. He traveled 500 miles within four days and caught up with Cao Cao's brigade in Yuan Township. Zhao Bao, the Hanoi defender, also led 20,000 troops at this time, and intercepted Cao Cao according to Bishui. The two armies attacked from north to south, and faced Cao Cao for the first time.

After a fierce battle for a day, Xu Huang and Zhao Bao were unable to defeat Cao's army. The two discussed the robbery of the camp in the third round, but only found the empty camp left by Cao's army. The two chased each other all the way, and finally caught up with Cao Cao at dawn and fell into Cao Cao's encirclement again. Faced with the heavy fog and the swamp of the lake, even the fool knew that it was plotted by Cao Cao.

Fifty thousand Bingzhou troops were crushed to the swamp by Cao's army, and almost all the troops were wiped out. Zhao Bao was killed in battle, and Xu Huang lost the news. Cao's army had no time to clean the battlefield, so they rushed north. They crossed the Taihang Mountains and entered Shangdang, Bingzhou. Shangdang defenders lost Tianjing Pass and Changping Pavilion, and retreated to Yangtou Mountain. Cao Cao set fire to the mountain in August. Eight thousand defenders on the mountain were killed and injured, and the mountain was lost. They besieged the eldest son of the county, and Cao Cao only left the side general. He personally led the main force to continue north, conquered Tun Liu, broke Huguan, occupied Xiangyuan, and pointed directly at Taiyuan!

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