The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 72 072
Lu Bu laughed and said, "General Zhang, don't worry about this. After our two armies form an alliance, as long as we defeat Cao Cao, we will be half of us in Yanzhou, how about it?"

Zhang Yandao: "Once our two armies form an alliance, Cao Cao will undoubtedly lose. Instead of dividing up Yanzhou after the war, it is better to divide it in advance now. In this way, it will be clear at a glance which places can be occupied and which places cannot be occupied during the battle. , and will not cause conflicts between the two armies."

Lu Bu thought for a while, and immediately asked someone to bring the map, spread it out on the table in front of him, and after a quick look, he said: "There are eight lands under the rule of Yanzhou, namely Chenliu County, Dong County, and Jiyin County. , Shanyang County, Taishan County, Rencheng State, Dongping State, and Jibei State. I will divide Taishan County, Jibei State, Rencheng State, and Dongping State into you. I wonder what General Zhang wants?"

Zhang Yan has studied the maps of this era long ago, and he knows the distribution of cities around Xuzhou very well. Apart from Taishan County, Lu Bu assigned him Jibei Kingdom, Rencheng Kingdom, and Dongping Kingdom, all of which are small in territory and have a small population. Not much, in name it was divided equally, but in fact, only [-]% of the Yanzhou territory was allocated to him.

"General Lu, this division is a little inappropriate, right? How about giving our army the four lands of Taishan County, Rencheng State, Dongping State, and Shanyang County? I don't know what General Lu wants?"

Lu Bu glanced at the map again, and felt that Zhang Yan was very smart. If Zhang Yan divided the land according to Zhang Yan's method, the territory would be much larger than what he had divided before.

However, Lu Bu didn't care about this little bit of territory. His primary purpose now was to unite with the Xuzhou soldiers to deal with Cao Cao. Regarding the territory, he could take it from the Xuzhou soldiers in the future.

"Okay! Just as you said just now, I will give you the four places of Taishan County, Rencheng Country, Dongping Country, and Shanyang County."

"It's hard to chase after a gentleman's words, General Lu must think about it, don't go back on his word at that time."

"General Zhang can rest assured, I, Lu Bu, say what I say."

Zhang Yan was well aware of Lu Bu's character, so he said with some concern: "I believe in General Lu's character, but Tao Shijun may not believe it. Why don't we draw up a covenant, and I will take it back and hand it over to Tao Shijun. Tao Shijun also has persuasive power."

"Okay! Just do as you said, come here, take care of the pen and ink!" Lu Bu yelled out the door.

A soldier came from outside the tent, holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand, and placed it directly in front of Lu Bu.Lu Bu picked up the pen and paper, fell silent for a moment, frowned, raised his head and asked, "General Zhang, how should we draft this covenant?"

Zhang Yandao: "Why don't I write it and ask General Lu to have a look after it is finished. If there is nothing wrong with it, please ask General Lu to sign and sign on it, and I will take it back and hand it over to Mr. Tao Shijun, how about it?"

Lu Bu said, "Very good!"

Zhang Yan then stood up, walked straight in front of Lu Bu, sat down on the ground, picked up a pen and wrote down a covenant on the paper profusely.

The covenant clearly stated that after the two armies form an alliance, the purpose of attacking and defending the alliance is to eliminate Cao Cao, and the ownership of the counties in Yanzhou is also included.In addition, Zhang Yan also specifically stated in the covenant that no matter which party is in trouble, the other party should provide unconditional support.

After finishing writing, Zhang Yan showed the covenant to Lu Bu. After reading it, Lu Bu felt that there was no problem, so he immediately picked up a pen, wrote his name in the lower right corner of the covenant, and stamped his privately engraved Yanzhou Mu Yinshou.

After Zhang Yan and Lu Bu signed the covenant, the two drank happily. During the chat, Lu Bu even revealed his intention to recruit Zhang Yan.

In the end, Zhang Yan bid farewell to Lv Bu and left Lv Bu's camp in the name of being too drunk.

Lu Bu asked the cavalry captain Zhang Liao to escort Zhang Yan back to the camp, and he even sent Zhang Yan out of the camp himself, which shows how much he attaches importance to Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan left, Chen Gong came out of the camp, went straight to Lu Bu, and whispered to Lu Bu, "My lord, I have been observing Zhang Yan in the dark, and I feel that this person is not as good as we imagined. Simple. Now Zhang Yan is the leading general in Xuzhou, and he is ambitious, not a person who has been under others for a long time. Tao Qian is old. Once Tao Qian passes away, Xuzhou is likely to fall into the hands of Zhang Yan. At that time, Zhang Yan will become Xuzhou Mu, and will be equal to the Lord, so how can he condescend to come under the Lord's tent?"

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Even if we can't recruit him successfully, at least having such an ally will be of great benefit to our army. According to reports from the scouts, Xiahou Dun led the remnant army to retreat to Linqiu County. Then lead the army to attack Linqiu County, and must capture Xiahou Dun."

Chen Gongdao: "My lord, in Yanzhou now, only Dong'a and Fan County and Cao Cao's generals are standing firm. Although Xiahou Dun has retreated to Linqiu, he has only a few generals. You only need to send one general to fight against it, my lord. You should lead the army to quickly attack Dong'e and Fan County, so that Cao Cao will completely lose his foundation in Yanzhou!"

Lu Bu said: "Attack Linqiu first, capture Xiahoudun, and then attack Dong'a and Fan counties. It won't be too late for Cao Cao to retreat from Xuzhou. What's the rush?"

"But my lord..."

Lu Bu said impatiently: "It's settled like this. I will go to Linqiu tomorrow morning. I must catch Xiahou Dun and kill him with my own hands!"

Chen Gong had no choice but to obey and stopped talking.

Escorted by Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan returned safely to his camp. Zhang Yan invited Zhang Liao to the camp to rest and drink some thin wine, but Zhang Liao politely declined.

Looking at Zhang Liaoyuan's back, Zhang Yan felt melancholy. He was afraid that if he wanted to recruit Zhang Liao, he would have to wait until Lu Bu died.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yan wrote a letter and sent it to Lu Bu, saying that there was something wrong in Xuzhou and hurriedly withdrew.

Zhang Yan led Yu Jin and other cavalry and galloped all the way back.

The group had just walked twenty miles when they met a scout who brought the news of Cao Cao's withdrawal from Xuzhou. Zhang Yan made a decisive decision and changed the direction of the march. He rode his horse with whips and led the cavalry towards Father Kang at high speed. .

From Juancheng to Kangfu, it was only two or three hundred miles. Zhang Yan felt that it was very slow with Yu Jin and others, so he single-handedly rushed towards Kangfu, and let Yu Jin lead the cavalry to follow.

Zhang Yan's dark clouds and snow horses were extremely fast. He first went to Juye and asked Xu Sheng to take all the soldiers and horses to Kangfu, and then asked Xu Sheng to send people to Rencheng to inform Mi Fang that Mi Fang He led the army to retreat to Kangfu.

One day later, Zhang Yan's army had assembled at Kangfu. Zhang Yan sent out scouts constantly to find out the route of Cao Cao's retreat.
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Cao Cao withdrew his army from Kaiyang City Starry Night, heading west all the way, burning, killing and looting everywhere he passed, in order to vent his inner anger.

Along the way, Cao Jun's scouts kept reporting the latest situation in Yanzhou. Cao Cao also knew that Xuzhou soldiers occupied Rencheng, Kangfu, and Juye.

Cao Cao was very depressed when he heard that Xuzhou soldiers had occupied Kang's father.

The mountains around Kangfu are steep, and it is also an important traffic road to the west. Su Qin called it "cars can't be on square tracks, and riders can't run side by side".

Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou from Xuzhou. This is the place he must pass through. If he detours elsewhere, it will greatly delay the time.

In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to plan for the worst, preparing to fight with Xuzhou soldiers in Kangfu.

When the army marched to Gongqiu, the latest news came from the scouts. For some reason, Xuzhou soldiers withdrew from Rencheng, Juye, and Kangfu, and returned to Changyi all the way.

After hearing the news, Cao Cao was a little skeptical, but then another scout came with the latest news, saying that Lu Bu led his army to attack Changyi where Xuzhou soldiers were stationed.

Combining these two pieces of news, Cao Cao's previous doubts were immediately resolved, so he no longer worried, and urged the army to speed up the march. As long as they passed Kangfu, Yanzhou would return to his embrace.

In the next day, news of Lu Bu's army and Xuzhou's soldiers fighting in Changyi continued to come in, and Cao Cao was very happy when he heard it.

In Pingming the next day, Cao Cao led the army and finally arrived in the territory of Kangfu.

The originally wide and flat road became narrower and more rugged, and a winding path stretched forward. On both sides of the road, there were towering cliffs. The hillside was steep and unsuitable for climbing. The fog drifted, and looking from a distance, I only felt that this trail was dangerous and dangerous.

"My lord, do you really want to pass here? This place is very dangerous. Even if Lu Bu is fighting Zhang Yan in Changyi, Zhang Yan will never leave this dangerous path and do nothing to defend it. Please think again, my lord." Guo Jia, who was accompanying Cao Cao, took a look at the danger here, and was still a little worried, so he asked.

Cao Cao said: "Even if Zhang Yan set up an ambush here, he must pass through here..."

While he was talking, suddenly some shouts came from Kangfu's dangerous road, and Xuzhou soldiers appeared on the mountains on both sides of the road.

Guo Jia pointed to the Xuzhou soldiers in the dangerous road and said, "My lord, there are indeed ambushes!"

Cao Cao glanced over, but seeing that the so-called ambush was only a few hundred people, he sneered and said, "What can a mere mob do to me? Xiahouyuan!"

"The end is here!"

"Lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and open the way for the army!"

"Here!"

After Xia Houyuan got the order, he could lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, dismounted one after another, and launched a fierce attack towards Kangfu's dangerous road, and Cao Cao even asked the archers to shoot arrows up the mountain to cover Xiahouyuan.

Under the leadership of Xia Houyuan, Cao Bing fought ferociously, and the ambush soldiers on the mountain couldn't resist Cao Bing's arrow rain one after another, and all retreated in just a moment.

When Cao Cao saw this, he laughed loudly and said, "A group of mobs are simply vulnerable. Zhang Yan wants to keep these people behind, but he also wants to stop Cao Cao from me? Send an order that the army must cross this road as quickly as possible."

(End of this chapter)