The defeat in the first battle was shocked by all the Bingzhou group members in Yecheng. Faced with the news from the scouts, Guo Jia didn't close his eyes for two days. According to those people, Cao Cao might have spent half a year preparing for this expedition to Bingzhou. Needless to say, the soldiers were well-trained, well-equipped, and their logistics supplies attracted a group of capable people.

The grain official Wang Wu was shrewd and meticulous, selfless. Cao's army went deep into the hinterland of Bingzhou, and the logistics supply was simply blank. He basically collected grain and fodder on the spot. To put it bluntly, in addition to seizing the food and supplies from the Bingzhou government, he forced the insufficient part from the people. But this person was strong, and he could make white strips. It can be said that he could make white strips than the Bingzhou group, and even Ye Xiaoyi. While pouring sewage on the Bingzhou group, he said that he would make up for the people afterwards, and exaggerated how pitiful His Majesty the Emperor was in Yecheng. Their Cao army was just to act on the way for heaven and clear the emperor's side.

Shangdang in Bingzhou and Taiyuan were considered the home of Lu Bu, Ye Xiaoyi and others. Lu Bu and his group were very popular there. This time, those who were firm and cleared the world were basically the part of the Liangzhou army in the west, and Cao Cao did not move at all. The people in the Bingzhou Group did not expect that Cao Cao would come so fast and enter Taiyuan with unstoppable momentum. It came too fast and the speed of advance was too fierce. The grain officials were too perverted. Ye Xiaoyi could not say that the people were not in the Bingzhou Group. After all, the people were promoted to fight the common people and could not resist the Cao army. Those who could fight were basically recruited by Zhang Yan and others before the war.

Hua Tuo was also very frightened. He heard that Cao Cao actually organized a military medical camp like Bingzhou, with more than 200 people. He also recruited famous doctor Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhongjing from Jingzhou to take charge. There were only a dozen military doctors in the ordinary army, and they were only responsible for treating the generals. The soldiers generally treated each other and it was difficult to get direct assistance from the military doctor. Cao Cao's move undoubtedly greatly increased the morale in the army and made the soldiers feel that Cao Cao attached great importance to them.

The key is the famous doctor named Zhang Zhongjing.

When Hua Tuo thought of this person, he didn't know what to say. In history, Zhang Zhongjing and "Hua Tuo" were both famous doctors at the end of the Han Dynasty. However, the real "Hua Tuo" himself may have a closer skill than a miracle doctor. Hua Tuo was a doctor or a top doctor before traveling through time. It was a bit of a bad idea to see his peers. If it was a peaceful era, he basically planned to go to Zhang Zhongjing to "scrap" or "kick the house". Ye Xiaoyi went to Jingzhou, but he regretted it very much because of the "Mandarin duck map" incident. However, now he knew that Zhang Zhongjing was in Cao Cao's military camp, he regretted even more. Without Zhang Zhongjing, the number of casualties under Cao Cao would increase. That indirectly would help the Bingzhou Group reduce hostile forces. Hua Tuo even thought about whether to ask Ye Xiaoyi to find someone to assassinate Zhang Zhongjing. However, considering that the other party might have followed suit and assassinated himself, he gave up.

Food and grass, military doctors. In addition to these two aspects, Cao Cao's baggage battalion was also quite powerful. It recruited famous craftsmen, Ma Ying, Ma Jun and his son. There were 2,000 baggage soldiers and 500 engineers - including professional wood and blacksmiths, who opened roads across mountains, built bridges when encountering water, built barriers when camping, and rushing to make equipment when siege. The work efficiency was ten times that of ordinary soldiers. It was simply a necessary dream combination for killing and setting fire.

The trauma was too great. If Cao's army had not been anxious to attack and had not cleaned the battlefield, Xu Huang, who was seriously injured, would have been desperate. Hua Tuo was a little afraid to heal Xu Huang. He and everyone remembered the terrifying scene that day: Xu Huang was blood-red, dry, wet, others, his own. With his face and bloody mouth, Xu Huang walked into the mansion like a ghost. It seemed that he had just returned from the blood pool of hell. Kneeling in front of Lu Bu, he told Cao Cao's advance in this battle with a hoarse and almost broken voice. That description made people feel that Cao Cao did not come to fight, but was trying hard.

The King of Success and the Defeat of the Bandits are here. After Xu Huang finished speaking, he was about to draw his sword and commit suicide. Zhao Bao died, and he should have died on the battlefield, but if he didn't come back, no one would tell Lu Bu everything that terrible to Cao Cao was told. The soldiers' eyes were different from those of the generals. Hua Tuo could be sure that Xu Huang was extremely guilty in his heart. However, Bingzhou could not be without him, and defeat was not shameful. What was shameful was that he could not return all this to the enemy.

If you have the skill of seeking death, it is better to cultivate your energy and kill Cao Cao. Hua Tuo accepts Xu Huang's burden pitifully and is busy healing his war trauma from spirit to death.

It is said that disaster will not go singularly. After Bingzhou was hit by this blow, Lu Bu originally wanted to lead the troops to Taiyuan to fight the enemy, but another depressing thing happened. A serial murder case occurred in Yecheng: many middle and lower-level court officials who were disgusted or resisted the Bingzhou Group were assassinated, and the methods of assassinating these people were very similar. What's more fatal is that Dong Cheng, the uncle of one of the important officials, was also stabbed. Now, rumors were flying all over the sky, making Ye Xiaoyi feel overwhelmed. She received a report saying that the latest version of the rumors was that Lu Bu hated some officials of the court colluding with princes from all over the country to attack, so he was purge of the court.

It was not only her who heard this rumor. Lu Zhi, Cai Yong's group of people knew about it, but Emperor Liu Bian also knew about it. Liu Bian even invited her into the palace and asked her a little pitifully what was going on, just like Lu Bu was about to be crowned king and usurped the throne.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Lord Lu has always been loyal to the court. What's more, if he really acted disrespectful to Your Majesty as the legendary acts, then how should Cao Mengde come to attack Jizhou regardless of His Majesty's safety? Liaodong Gongsun colluded with Wuhuan, and Xiliang's people were in chaos for years. These were already a major concern of the court. Cao Cao joined forces with them... Your Majesty, I dare not say much." Ye Xiaoyi thought for 0:3 seconds and asked again: "If Your Majesty is not worried, you can promote the royal family more. For example, Liu Ye, as a child of the royal family, they must be the foundation of my Han Dynasty, and with Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and others assisted him. Why should Your Majesty worry about Cao Cao having another unfaithful intention and use Lord Lu as an excuse?"

"Sister Yu, I heard that you and Aiqing Lu had a marriage, but I didn't expect that your mind was still on my side." Liu Binlou looked moved and took Ye Xiaoyi's hand and nodded frequently.

Squirt, when did I get married and hired by Lu Bu? Meow, who is gossiping this kind of thing into Liu Bin's ears? Ye Xiaoyi smiled awkwardly, thinking that Lu Bu had never mentioned kinship with him, so why did he get married and hired? Although he had long seen Lu Bu's figure completely.

"I am a great man, so of course I will consider it for Your Majesty." Ye Xiaoyi quickly retreated, so as not to let Liu Bian mention the situation between her and Lu Bu again, and even more, and to dig out the others, he would be depressed.

The Bingzhou side was in an uproar. Cao Cao continued to approach Taiyuan. On August 12, Cao's army captured Nie County and entered the boundary of Taiyuan County.

There was Chen Qun in Taiyuan County, and Xi Zhicai was guarding him. It sounded quite gorgeous, but lacked the leading generals who could charge and destroy cities and villages. Chen Qun could not do so, so he had to rush to recruit Zhang Yan's troops who were guarding the Jingzhi, hoping that this guy could stop Cao Cao. However, it was not as good as Zhang Yan's return to the army. On August 14th, Cao's troops were in a row: Jiexiu, Zhongdu, Jingling. Taiyuan was shocked and people were panicked. In order to appease the people, Xi Zhicai personally led the army to fight on August 15th. After joining Zhang Yan's troops, he took 8,000 Zhang Yan's troops as the vanguard, and combined nearly 50,000 troops. He arrived in Qi County at dusk.

On August 16th, the vanguard of the Cao army fought with Zhang Yan's troops. Perhaps because of the rapid advance, Cao Cao's army was defeated by Zhang Yan's troops who were waiting for their hard work. They retreated in seven battles and seven times. Zhang Yan wanted to continue pursuing, but was blocked by the cautious Xi Zhicai. Xi Zhicai received chaotic news from the court in Yecheng: the court officials were assassinated, and the situation was turbulent, and Lu Bu was inconvenient to come in person, so he sent Hua Xiong to lead three thousand elite troops to support the side quickly. Xi Zhicai hoped that Zhang Yan would divide his troops to retreat after Hua Xiong arrived. Don't be too anxious. Zhang Yan wanted to use his morale to attack Cao Cao again, but was blocked by Xi Zhicai, and felt a little unhappy.

On August 17, the Cao army's grain harvest team was discovered by the Bingzhou army near Qixian. A 500-man garrison patrol was annihilated. Zhang Yan was angry and led two thousand cavalry out of the city to pursue. Four thousand Cao army abandoned the baggage and food to flee. Zhang Yan seized many of them. The old generals became arrogant and encouraged Zhang Yan to fight. Zhang Yan asked Xi Zhicai again. Xi Zhicai refused. That night, Cao's army attacked Qixian at night, but was defeated after being discovered. Xi Zhicai stopped Zhang Yan from leaving the city to pursue. Zhang Yan was angry, but kept silent.

On August 18th, Xi Zhicai visited the wounded soldiers in the military camp. Zhang Yan patrols the city and found that there were generals among the small cavalry outside the city, looking like Cao Cao. Zhang Yan happily went down and took 800 cavalry out of the city to pursue him. As a result, he was ambushed by Cao Cao and surrounded by five thousand Cao troops on a twenty-mile mountain.

Xi Zhicai and others received a report from the fleeing soldiers. After hearing this, Zhang Yan's subordinates ignored Xi Zhicai's stop and forced their attack. Xi Zhicai knew it was a plan, but he could not let Zhang Yan die in vain, resulting in the disintegration of the morale of the army. He had no choice but to summon the entire army to fight and leave a suicide note to Chen Qun before leaving.

On the bank of Zhaoyuze, southwest of Qi County, Xi Zhicai led the army to the northwest. Cao's army occupied the southwest and lined up in the front lake, making it very similar to a battle of backwater. At this time, the total strength of Cao's army was 43,000. Xi Zhicai's total strength was more than 45,000, including the remaining troops after Zhang Yan was taken over. Zhang Yan's 8,000 cavalry were killed or injured. He was upset that he dared not take the blame for Xi Zhicai's words.

The troops on both sides were equal. Xi Zhicai stationed the center with infantry, Bingzhou army in front and rear, and arranged a solid lineup; cavalry guarded both wings. He responded to Cao Cao with a regular and regular formation.

The flags fluttered in front of Cao Cao's formation. Xi Zhicai couldn't see the specific distribution of troops, but it was roughly judged that Cao Cao arranged the infantry in a row and pulled it into an extremely wide front, about half the width of the Bingzhou Army. The cavalry was hidden behind the infantry.

Although the front of this formation is wide and has a faint surround against the two wings of the Bingzhou Army, the strength of the Bingzhou cavalry on both wings is invincible, which is not worthy of much consideration. On the contrary, although Cao Cao's front of the formation is wide, the formation is thin and not deep enough, and is easily broken through from the middle. Xi Zhicai thought about it, and saw the northwest winds strong, he launched an attack first, trying to squeeze Cao Cao's army into the lake for freestyle. He commanded the Bingzhou Army to use the middle lane as the protruding unit and advance forward. Cao's army made a move forward to fight, but not far ahead. The vanguard unit turned around and retreated. At the same time, it seemed that the second row of cavalry and light infantry were impulsive, and they all retreated together. The Bingzhou Army took the opportunity to mobilize cavalry from both wings to assault the middle lane. The entire army's formation was confined from fan-shaped to a triangular sharp knife shape, intending to break through the Cao army in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, three thousand powerful crossbowmen suddenly rushed out from Cao's army, using big yellow crossbows, and three arrows shot at the Bingzhou army. The arrows shot and killed the thousand Bingzhou cavalry like rain, causing extreme chaos in the Bingzhou army's vanguard. Cao Cao's hand was a killer weapon specially prepared for the Bingzhou army. After the two armies were fifty steps apart, he asked the crossbowmen to retreat into the formation and ordered the cavalry to rush out from both wings, guided by the tiger and leopard cavalry, and began to attack the two wings of the Bingzhou army, and the infantry in the middle dispersed to both sides.

Now that he rushed forward, Zhang Yan, who was trying to take revenge, knew that his side had fallen into a trap again: the large number of flags in front of the Cao army were used to confuse him. On the surface, the Cao army was lined up in a row, but it did not distribute troops equally, but concentrated the main force on the two wings. The middle route was only about ten layers on the surface, thousands of people. At this moment, the middle route retreated to the two wings, and the entire central area was moved apart, scattering a large gap in the middle - behind it is a lake! What's even more terrifying is that the dust in the chaos army was flying, and Xi Zhicai, who was commanding behind the formation, could not see the changes ahead at all. Xi Zhicai vaguely realized that Cao was

The military flag moved toward both wings, thinking that their troops were impulsive to the Cao army in the middle. As a result, they rushed into the Bingzhou army through the loophole in the middle, and had no way forward. It was a big lake, and the two wings were attacked by the Cao army left and right, and there was no way backward. The rear army did not know the situation ahead and was still rushing forward. In the chaos, they suffered heavy casualties. The Bingzhou cavalry guarded on both wings could not support the attacks of the Cao army and retreated step by step. Their retreat basically sold their central army in disguise, which was convenient for the Cao army to make dumplings, and even said that they were also wrapped in.

The battle evolved to this extent, the Bingzhou army was already in chaos and was attacked from both sides, and Xi Zhicai was helpless: the command of the chaos army was not unsuccessful. As a result, 20,000 Bingzhou army was squeezed into the lake by Cao Cao to swim, and became countless free targets for Cao's army. Those who stayed on the shore were like small trees, lying on the ground one by one.

Finally, the body of the Bingzhou army that Cao's army threw into the lake was floating for dozens of miles, and the lake water was red. Cao Cao established his authority with this, hoping to shock and disintegrate the will of the military and civilians in Bingzhou.

In this battle, Cao's army lost more than 3,000 soldiers. However, nearly 50,000 Bingzhou troops and the troops were stationed in battle and died. Zhang Yan and Xi Zhicai were all missing, and there were less than 6,000 defeated soldiers who fled back.

There were 20,000 defenders in Jinyang City, but people were extremely frightened. Chen Qun tried his best to appease the people and soldiers, trying to keep their minds clear during the successive defeats. At this moment, Hua Xiong led 3,000 cavalry to Jinyang. After learning about the battlefield, he made a big announcement that the subsequent brigade was constantly coming under the leadership of Lu Bu. He repeated the scene of Dong Zhuo entering Luoyang that year: the platoon of cavalry quietly went out from the west city of Taiyuan, saying that it was reinforcement for the front line; then circled outside the city, and entered the city with great fanfare from the east gate, saying that it was a new reinforcement; go out, come in again... to calm people's hearts.

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