Sanguo: Banzi Shengtian, you call him Yanque?

Chapter 18 In this battle, the Prime Minister has three crimes!
  "General Yide, I'll wait for you at the front!"

After saying that, he quickly crossed Dangyang Bridge and entered the woods behind the bridge.

Zhang Fei just stood on Dangyang Bridge on horseback, waiting for Cao Jun to pursue him.

The Dangyang River is not shallow, and horses cannot cross it when the water is strong. Now is the time when the water is strong. The only way to cross the river is Dangyang Bridge nearby. Otherwise, we have to take a long way to find a ford.

Not long after, Cao Jun had already chased him, and even Cao Cao came here. However, he heard that Zhang Fei had the ability to "take the head of an admiral from a crowd of thousands of soldiers like a man in a bag", so he didn't dare to attack rashly.

At the same time, there was another thing that made Cao Cao suspicious, that is, in the small woods behind Dangyang Bridge, there was smoke and dust everywhere, as if there was an ambush.

In addition, Zhang Fei was alone, and it seemed more like he was trying to lure the enemy deeper, which made him even more suspicious.

Zhang Fei looked at Cao Cao's army in front of him, his horse was restless, he glared fiercely with his leopard eyes, and suddenly shouted: "I am Zhang Yide from Yan, who dares to fight to the death with me?!"

The sound was like thunder and thunder. Even Cao Cao was frightened by his sudden roar and was secretly frightened.

This voice alone is not something ordinary people can compare to.

There was a general in Cao's army named Xia Houjie, who was a brother of Xia Houen who was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun before. After experiencing the death of his brother, he felt a little uncertain and broke into a cold sweat.

When Zhang Fei roared, he suddenly felt his heartbeat speeding up, his eyes flashing with stars, and the energy and blood in his body surged. Something was very wrong.

None of the other generals on Cao Cao's side took the initiative to challenge him. After all, Zhang Fei was a strong man who dared to challenge Lu Bu alone!

Seeing that everyone in Cao's army was too timid to step forward, Zhang Fei was in a good mood and shouted again: "I think you are all a group of cowards like mice. You dare not fight, but you will not retreat even if you retreat." Why?"

This sound was even louder than the previous one. Xia Houen, who was already very wrong, suddenly had his energy and blood flowing backwards. He fell off his horse and died. He was actually frightened to death by Zhang Fei!
  Xia Houjie's death seemed to have triggered some kind of chain reaction. Cao's army in front was in chaos for a while, and many people were trampled to death and injured in the panic.

Xun You quickly came to Cao Cao and said quickly: "Prime Minister, there seems to be an ambush behind Zhang Fei!"

Cao Cao thought the same way. Being suspicious by nature, he immediately ordered his army to retreat to avoid falling into Zhang Fei's plan.

By the time the army stabilized, Zhang Fei had already escaped, and the smoke and dust gradually settled in the woods behind Dangyang Bridge.

Even so, Cao Cao did not let anyone cross the river, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.

That night, they set up camp a few miles away from Dangyang Bridge. Cao Cao summoned all his men to the big tent to discuss the next strategy.

Cheng Yu stood up, raised his hands to Cao Cao and said: "Prime Minister, I think we should continue to pursue Liu Bei. As long as Liu Bei is still in Jingzhou, he will be a thorn in our Cao army's side, and it will only become more and more painful!"

Xun You had a different opinion and stood up and said: "Prime Minister, I thought we could give up on Liu Bei temporarily. After all, Jiangdong's army is now facing each other across the river. If we continue to entangle with Liu Bei, it will definitely give Jiangdong an opportunity!"

Jia Xu also rarely spoke up and said: "Since the Prime Minister has long expected that Liu Bei will not be killed, the previous strategies have been implemented anyway, and we are just waiting for the development. As long as there is a conflict between Liu Qi and Liu Bei, they will defeat each other. "

"What we need to do now is to guard against Jiangdong's army while taking control of Jingzhou as soon as possible!"

Several counselors expressed their opinions one after another, but Cao Cao was very upset. At this moment, he thought of Zhao Yun who was let go today.

Zhao Yun's bravery amazed him. He killed hundreds of tigers and leopards in a row, and even many generals died under Zhao Yun's gun. His heroic appearance won his heart deeply.

Even later, he received news that Zhao Yun was actually carrying Liu Bei's son in his arms, which made him even more upset.

Regarding the ideas put forward by his counselors, he just waved his hand and dismissed them casually, and then asked everyone to retreat. Perhaps the only one who can relieve boredom at this time is Ye Fan, the fire-headed soldier.

So Cao Cao took the wine and food and went straight to the kitchen. But what surprised him this time was that Ye Fan was not in the kitchen.

After searching around the kitchen, I found Ye Fan on a cart transporting military rations, but Ye Fan seemed to have fallen asleep at this time.

"Eh? What a delicious wine!"

Ye Fan, who was sleeping, suddenly smelled a strong aroma of wine, and he opened his eyes and sat up.

"You have a really sharp nose."

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile knowingly, put the drinks and food directly on the cart, and started drinking with Ye Fan.

But unlike the previous times, this time Cao Cao always frowned and looked gloomy.

So for the sake of fair play, he was ready to show some concern.

"What's going on today? You look so worried that you look like an old man."

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and shook his head, telling Ye Fan everything about the Jiangdong army facing each other across the river and letting Liu Bei go.

When Ye Fan heard this, he immediately patted his thigh: "The Prime Minister is really stupid. Being suspicious is not a bad thing, but the Prime Minister went too far, so he missed a good opportunity!"

Cao Cao was stunned: "Good opportunity? Why didn't I see any good opportunity?"

Ye Fan smiled coldly: "Liu Bei doesn't have many soldiers, and he is exhausted after running all the way. How could he still ambush at Dangyang Bridge?"

"The smoke in the forest is just a bluff!"

After hearing this, Cao Cao immediately regretted and complained in his heart.

"Sir, our army clearly has the upper hand in this battle. Liu Bei is very insignificant in front of our army, but why can't we completely eliminate him?"

Cao Cao saw Ye Fan's sober analysis and immediately expressed his confusion.

Ye Fan also sighed and held out three fingers: "The Prime Minister will remember a big mistake in this battle. He missed at least three opportunities to eliminate Liu Bei!"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then he humbly asked for advice: "Sir, please teach me again!"

Ye Fan smacked his lips and said slowly: "One is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong!"

"Although Zhao Zilong is no less brave than Lu Bu, his friendship with Liu Bei is similar to that of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. It is absolutely impossible for him to surrender to the prime minister."

"Since he can't get it, the Prime Minister should immediately order Zhao Yun to be killed directly. Not only can he break Liu Bei's arm, Adou might also fall into the hands of the Prime Minister and be used to blackmail Liu Bei!"

When Cao Cao heard Ye Fan's merciless reprimand, he couldn't help but feel his face burning. He just likes to win over talents, so he couldn't help himself when he saw Zhao Yun.

Now that I think about it, I really should do what Ye Fan said, otherwise Zhao Yun and Adou will run away in vain like now.

(End of this chapter)