Great Han Empire

Chapter 771: A Storm of Troubled Heroes

In September, Wei County, thirty miles southwest of Guantao City, Daliu Ruins.

Just when Cao Cao was about to launch a fierce attack with all his strength, the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew.Cao Cao immediately realized that the battle situation had changed.The retreat of the Northern Frontier Army from the direction of Daliuxu may be a kind of force adjustment made to encircle Yuan Shao.

"Order all ministries to withdraw from the battlefield immediately."
Liu Biao led the Jingzhou army to Guanting, thirty miles away.

Cao Hong and Man Chong led the Qingzhou army as the left wing of the army, and Liu Bei led the Xuzhou army as the right wing of the army.After Cao Ren and Cao Chun led [-] troops, the rest followed Cao Cao in the center and turned around to retreat southeast.

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In September, ten miles southwest of Weicheng, Langfeng Pavilion.

Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu led their troops across the Qinghe River and outflanked Weicheng at high speed.

The scouts reported urgently that the rebels in Weicheng had left the city and were heading towards Lang Fengting.

"The rebels are going to run." Zhang Liao was taken aback, and shouted loudly, "My lords Zhang Yan and Zhang He are urgently told that the rebels have already withdrawn from Weicheng, please rush to the line of Neihuang and Fanyang to cut off the rebels." retreat."

"Urgently tell the two adults, Zhao Yun and Li Su, to meet up at Lang Fengting immediately and surround the rebels."

"Urgently, Master Qu Yi, the rebel army in Wei City is retreating towards Fanyang, and the plan to encircle the rebel army on the front line of Guantao and Wei City may be blocked. Please, Lord Qu Yi, pay close attention to the movements in the direction of Daliuxu."

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The two sides met at Lang Feng Pavilion, and the fierce battle began immediately.

The Northern Xinjiang Army had just crossed the river, and some troops were still a few miles away. The disadvantage in numbers quickly became apparent. Although Zhang Xiu, Peng Lie, Li Feng and others fought to the death, they were still led by the Henan Army led by Pan Feng. The line of defense was torn.

Zhang Xiu became angry, and ordered the generals of all ministries to lead their personal guards to kill them. Even if they were all killed in battle, the rebels could not be allowed to cross Lang Fengting.

Yuan Shao was worried that the northern Xinjiang cavalry would kill him from behind, so he ordered Yang Chou to lead 1 Hanoi troops to kill from the two wings, "There are only [-] Zhang Liao in front, and he can't stop us. After rushing past Zhang Liao's blocking, we will Break out of the encirclement."

The [-] troops rushed up like a tide.The Northern Xinjiang Army couldn't resist and retreated in successive defeats.

"How far is General Zhao Yun's iron cavalry from the battlefield?" Zhang Liao watched his soldiers fall at the feet of the rebels one by one, heartbroken.

"General Zhao Yun is coming from Yuancheng, about forty miles away."

Zhang Liao was furious, and he whipped his whip in the air, "Send the order, get out of the way, and let the rebels go."

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Peng Lie was covered in blood, and ran to Zhang Liao angrily, "Master Zhao Yun's cavalry will be here soon, why did you order to withdraw from the battlefield?"

"If we don't retreat, thousands of our soldiers will fall here. Who will intercept Cao Cao?" Zhang Liao pointed the horsewhip forward, shaking his head again and again, trying to calm himself down, "Master Peng, Cao Cao has more than 5 people. If he How can we stop him coming from the direction of Daliuxu? We are the only ones encircling the rebels from the southwest. Once we lose too much, the consequences will be disastrous."

Knowing that Zhang Liao was right, Peng Lie could only gnash his teeth and curse the rebels desperately.

"Master Qu Yi just ordered to adjust the deployment of troops, and the rebels began to break through. Doesn't it mean that Yuan Shao doesn't want to save Cao Cao?" Zhang Xiu asked suspiciously.

"Perhaps." Zhang Liao sighed, "They must have found something? If we can close the siege before the rebels, the rebels in Wei City will be unable to escape. However, we ran [-] miles in six days Duoli Road, the soldiers are exhausted, even if they want to encircle, they have more than enough energy but not enough energy."

"My lord, are we stationed in Weicheng now?" Li Feng asked.

"Immediately enter Weicheng." Zhang Liao waved vigorously, "Master Qu Yi urgently, we have arrived at the scheduled encirclement location."

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Zhao Yun rushed to Lang Fengting with [-] cavalry.

"We retreated too quickly." Zhao Yun sighed with great regret, "We can only watch the [-] rebels escape from the encirclement."

The 10,000+ army is distributed within a range of more than 200 miles. It is impossible for General Qu Yi’s orders to be sent to the hands of the generals at the same time. It is normal for such things to happen on the battlefield, but it is so easy to think of [-] rebels. Zhang Liao rushed out of the siege easily, but Zhang Liao still regretted it.

"I wish I was quicker."

Zhao Yun patted him on the shoulder and said a few words of comfort, "There are more than 5 Cao Cao's rebels in the encirclement. It would be nice to eat them."

"Are you continuing to pursue the [-] rebels?" Zhang Liao asked.

"I want to catch up with them and delay their escape speed." Zhao Yun said, "Masters Zhang Yan and Zhang Yun have not rushed to the front line of Neihuang and Fanyang. If the [-] rebels attack from behind The rebels in Huang and Fanyang may take the opportunity to escape."

"But..." Zhang Liao hesitated for a while, and then asked worriedly, "Has the cavalry of Lord Jiang Wu and Liu Ming completed the encirclement?"

"The [-] cavalry of the two adults have completed the encirclement near Yuancheng." Zhao Yun said with a smile, "If it wasn't for the garrison handover with them, I would have led the army south to meet Zhang Yan and Zhang Yun."

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In September, thirty miles southeast of Guantao, Guanting.

When Cao Cao commanded the army to attack Daliuxu, the Jingzhou army stayed on the left flank of the army, quietly waiting for the opportunity to break through.After Cao Cao gave the order to break through, the Jingzhou army immediately became the vanguard of the army, and took the lead in crossing the Dahe Gudu and advancing rapidly to the southeast.

They thought it was impossible for the Northern Border Army to react so quickly, but the facts surprised them. Xu Huang of the Northern Border Army had already rushed to Guanting one step ahead.

Kuai Yue and Deng Yi immediately commanded [-] soldiers to attack Guanting.Liu Biao and Liu Pan each led a large army to attack from the two wings.

Xu Huang, Wei Xu, Yang Yi, and Liao Lei stood firm against the danger, while asking for help from Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi in the direction of Fengting, and Jiang Wu and Liu Ming in the direction of Yuancheng.

At the same time, Xu Huang urgently told Qu Yi that the direction of the rebels' breakout was Guanting, and asked Qu Yi to send troops to support him immediately.

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In September, Guantao is twenty li to the east, Fengting.

The Qingzhou Army led by Cao Hong, Man Chong, Tian Yong, and Zou Wu collided head-on with Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi of the Beijiang Army. The two sides became entangled and fought fiercely.

At the same time, the Xuzhou army led by Liu Bei went very smoothly. After they crossed the Dahe Gudu, they rushed towards Wuluxu.

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On September, Wei Jun, Ping En City.

News of the rebels' breakout quickly spread to General Zuo's camp.

Qu Yi, Tian Chou and others gathered in front of the map to urgently discuss countermeasures.At this time, time is too important. If there is any hesitation, the rebels may run away and lose everything.

"It is now certain that the rebels in Wei City have fled, and Master Zhao Yun's iron cavalry is chasing and killing them." Tian Chou pointed to Guantao on the map and said, "Cao Cao's breakout was within our expectations, but we did not expect him to choose the right time. Very good, caught us off guard."

"Concentrate on attacking Yuan Shao." Qu Yi's mood was a little low, he waved his hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "Since the rebels in Wei City have escaped, the last chance to wipe out Yuan Shao is also lost. "

"Order Wang Dang, Jiang Wu, and Zhang Liao to lead troops and horses, and rush south to Weicheng and Fanyang to attack Yuan Shao."

"After Wang Dang, Jiang Wu, and Zhang Liao's [-] troops go south, there will be [-] troops in Weicheng and Fanyang. There is still no advantage in terms of strength, but it is enough to severely injure Yuan Shao." Tian Chou said with a wry smile, " However, in Guantao and Guanting, we only have [-] troops left, so Cao Cao can retreat back to the Central Plains without hesitation."

"What? You still want to wipe out Cao Cao?"

Tian Chou shook his hand, "Since Yuan Shao can't be wiped out, we have to let Cao Cao back." He looked at the map carefully, and suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, "After this battle is over, we will lose the most, followed by Yuan Shao, and we will gain the most. It was Cao Cao. This bastard..."

"Are you trying to skin him?"

"More than that..." Tian Chou gritted his teeth, "Originally we could have killed him, but in order to calm down the world as soon as possible, we had to let him go today. In fact, if you think about it carefully, we have all been plotted against this rebellion. If this person doesn't Killing, there will be no peace in Hebei, and there will be no peace in the world."

Qu Yi clenched his right hand violently, and punched the case table, "Order Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Gao Shun, Wei Jun, Lou Lu, and Lu Huanyang to lead the army to hunt down and kill Cao Cao immediately."

Just as Sima Yan Zhi was about to turn around, Tian Chou raised his hand at the right time, "Also, tell Xu Huang to let Liu Biao and his Jingzhou army go away immediately. Tell Liu Ming, Wen Chou and others that if they encounter the Xuzhou army, let them go if they can. Tell The generals of Yan Liang, concentrate their superior forces, and hit the Yanzhou and Qingzhou armies hard, killing as many as they can."

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In September, forty miles south of Guantao, Poyu Pavilion.

Liu Ming led five thousand cavalry to meet Liu Bei's Xuzhou army.

Liu Bei had been prepared for a long time. He used chariots to protect the left and right wings of the army, and ordered the front and rear soldiers to form a dense array, with strong archers in the middle, and continued to advance slowly.

Liu Ming did not order a storm.Qu Yi had explained in the military meeting that the iron cavalry was not allowed to charge into the formation forcibly, and that they should encircle and annihilate the rebels with superior forces as much as possible, and obtain the greatest results at the lowest cost.

Many Xiongnu leaders couldn't hold back and blew their horns frequently, demanding to launch an attack, but Liu Ming did not agree.He ordered the iron cavalry to be divided into three, one to suppress the rebels in the front, and the other two to attack from the left and right wings of the Xuzhou army, killing and wounding the enemy with intensive salvos.

Liu Ming personally rushed to the flank of the Xuzhou army with his personal guard cavalry.

The horn blared, and the left and right wings of the Xiongnu cavalry were like two sharp long arrows, and suddenly shot out in parallel along the left and right sides of the Xuzhou army.

Liu Bei immediately understood the Huns' intentions.The Huns didn't plan to charge, they wanted to shoot themselves with their best cavalry.Liu Bei was very helpless. He didn't have time to adjust the position of the attacker, and he was more worried that once the position of the attacker moved to the left and right wings of the army, his front and rear phalanx would be trampled by the Xiongnu cavalry.

"Raise the shield, raise the shield..."

Liu Bei shouted hoarsely, but his angry and helpless voice was immediately drowned out by the huge roar of the galloping iron cavalry.

Liu Ming turned sideways on the galloping horse, and pulled the horn bow in his hand abruptly, "Shoot... shoot at will..."

"Hush..." The arrows tore through the air, screaming all the way, like locusts flying all over the sky, plunging into the dense enemy formation.

The Xuzhou army is like a dense forest in a rainstorm, suffering from the ravages and devastation of the squalls and torrential rains.The soldiers trembled violently in the rain of arrows, and howls of fear came out of their mouths.

"Shoot, shoot for me..." Liu Ming went crazy, he felt like a wolf king in the desert, leading countless ferocious and hungry wild wolves, and launched a fierce attack on the weak sheep Bloody attack.

"Kill, kill them for me..."

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In September, forty miles southwest of Weicheng, Hongting.

Yuan Shao looked back at the billowing smoke and dust in the sky, and there was a trace of anger and timidity in his eyes.Northern Xinjiang cavalry caught up.

"Order the army to stop advancing and line up immediately..." Yuan Shao raised his hands and shouted wildly, "Fight to the death, fight to the death with them."

"My lord..." Tian Feng was terrified and grabbed him, "My lord, leave an army to block the iron cavalry, and the rest of the army will continue to retreat. We can't delay here. Once we are entangled by the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry, we will die gone."

"No..." Yuan Shao shook off Tian Feng's hand vigorously, "Now we have to block the northern Xinjiang cavalry, and the troops of Neihuang and Fanyang can retreat smoothly, otherwise, our tens of thousands of troops will be buried in Jizhou."

"My lord, Beijiang Iron Cavalry is just a very hungry wolf. You feed it a piece of meat at a time, several times in a row, and when it is full, it will not be able to run. If you feed it a cow at a time, it will The current madness, it can eat the whole cow." Tian Feng grabbed Yuan Shao's arm again, "My lord, let's go, let's go..."

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Hu Yi led [-] infantry to guard the chariot formation, and Zhao Fu led [-] cavalry to guard its wings.

Fifteen thousand cavalry rushed over, and their majestic momentum shook the world.The earth was trembling, Jiaoyang was moaning, and the wind and cloud changed color instantly.

The earth-shattering killing sound was like bursts of thunder exploding in the sky.

"kill……"

The hurricane swept past, the turbulent waves smashed fiercely on the pillar, and the sky and the earth roared violently at this moment.

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Zhao Fu was shaking in the hurricane, struggling in the waves, he lost his direction, he couldn't hear any sound, and couldn't see anything, he roared with all his strength, and suddenly opened his eyes.

The spear flew across the air like a dragon leaping through the air, making a piercing howl in his ear.

"Kill..." Zhao Yun let out a tiger roar, and the spear pierced Zhao Fu's throat, tearing his neck open.The head soared into the air, and blood spurted out from the neck.

Zhao Fu's headless corpse fell under the horse, and then countless horseshoes trampled past, and in a blink of an eye, it was like a piece of fallen soldiers, with no bones left.

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Hu Yi was suffocated, he couldn't believe it, the one running in front of the cavalry turned out to be a cow, a crazy cow with blood-red eyes widened and a sword stuck in its back.

The car formation was completely destroyed by dozens of mad cows in a short moment.

The WISCO car penetrated the mad cow, but the huge impact force generated by the mad bull's running wildly cracked the WISCO car, knocked it away, and even flew high.

A few cows that survived the catastrophe rushed into the battle line intact.Before it was pierced by a spear, its feet were covered with corpses.

"Go in..." Li Su raised his spear high, sat down on his horse, stepped on the body of a dead cow, jumped up, and rushed into the dense crowd of people, "Kill me, kill them all..."

The cavalry roared in.

The rebels collapsed in an instant.

Hu Yi was surrounded by the fleeing soldiers, and he was desperate. He felt like those cows that had just died, and he hoped that he could run faster than them.

The cavalry caught up, and the horse's violent panting sounded clearly into his ears, and he even felt the heat from the horse's mouth.Then he flew up, dancing and flying, the sound of bones breaking trembled in his mind, and blood spurted out of his mouth like an arrow.

A sword chopped off in the air, and his body was split in two. The last thing he saw was his pair of legs that had fallen to the ground.

Li Su stabbed his chest with the spear in his right hand, and raised half of his body high, "Kill..."

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In September, Guantao is twenty li to the east, Fengting.

The powerful elite of the Northern Xinjiang Army blocked the Qingzhou Army within a radius of less than one mile.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the offensive and defensive sides suddenly changed. The Northern Xinjiang Army, which was originally blocking, began to attack frantically, while the Qingzhou Army, which was originally attacking, began to defend.

The dumb led his own team to successfully break into the enemy's position, and got closer and closer to the enemy's banner.The mute was extremely excited, shouting and fighting fiercely, unstoppable, but this unstoppable momentum was gradually contained by the enemy.

"Brothers, keep fighting, kill, kill..."

Before the mute could finish shouting, a gust of hot blood suddenly fell from the sky, splashing on his head and face.The mute suddenly turned his head, and chopped off his head with a sharp saber, not giving him any chance to resist.The mute stared blankly, waiting helplessly for the arrival of the blade.

"When..." With a sound, Qin Yi's tall body slammed the mute away fiercely, and his left fist hit the enemy's blade like lightning, "Get lost..."

The saber swings, and the enemy's vigorous body moves with the saber. The saber draws a beautiful arc in the air, and cuts down at an unimaginable speed again, "Go to hell..."

Qin Yi's thick eyebrows were raised upright, his sword was blocked horizontally, and his right leg kicked out suddenly without a sound, "Get lost..."

The sword in the enemy's hand seemed to have been chopped on a stone pillar. The tiger's mouth shook violently, and the sword bounced backwards. At the same time, Qin Yi's kick kicked his sturdy body and sent him flying into the air.

"Protect your lord..." More than a dozen enemy soldiers rushed forward, all with swords and guns.

"Kill..." Qin Yi roared thunderously, holding the knife in both hands, and slashed nine times in a row with the momentum of thunder.The nine enemies lay at his feet like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

The mute was stunned by Qin Yi's bravery. Suddenly, he raised his knife and roared, "Brothers, follow the adults to kill..."

"Back..." Qin Yi withdrew his knife and quickly retreated, grabbing the mute, "Back back."

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Cao Hong stood up staggeringly, opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood, and looked ahead blankly.

"Who is that?"

"That's Qin Yi, the Qin Yi who assassinated Dong Zhuo." Man Chong looked up at the sky, then pointed to the battle flag opposite and said, "In the Northern Frontier Army, there is only one general named Qin among the generals with a salary of more than [-] shi. That is Qin Yi who assassinated Dong Zhuo."

"You mean, the rebels on the opposite side of us are the elite of the Northern Border Army?" Cao Hong asked in surprise as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"This time we are unlucky." Man Chong sneered a few times, and looked at the sky again, "Why haven't the northern Xinjiang cavalry come yet?"

Cao Hong's courage seemed to have been kicked away by Qin Yi's kick. He looked around nervously, "We can no longer support the situation today. Let's break through as soon as possible."

"If you don't hold back the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry, the prime minister's army will not be able to withdraw to Dongwuyang." Man Chong sighed softly, "It's getting dark, and we finally survived the day."

"I don't know if the Prime Minister has crossed the Guanting Pavilion?" Cao Hong covered his chest with his hands, and slowly sat down on the ground with the support of two personal guards.

Man Chong looked up at the sky, without saying a word.

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In September, Weijun battlefield.

At dusk, Wen Chou and Wei Jun were the first to receive Qu Yi's order, and the two led their respective armies to cross the Qinghe River and run towards Gudu of the Dahe River.

Yan Liang, Gao Lan, and Gao Shun, who were stationed in the direction of Qingyuan, also led their armies to advance rapidly towards Fengting and Guanting when dusk was approaching.

In the middle of the night, Wang Dang, Jiang Wu, and Zhang Liao received Qu Yi's orders one after another, and immediately led their troops southward, heading towards Neihuang and Fanyang.

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In September, thirty miles southeast of Guantao, Guanting.

Xu Huang's army suffered heavy losses.

The Jingzhou army was unable to conquer Guanting for a long time, which angered Cao Cao.That afternoon, he personally led an army of 2 to Guanting, and launched a fierce attack on Guanting with about [-] troops, but they found nothing.

About [-]% of the soldiers in Xu Huang's army are veterans who have fought for several years, and this army has been fighting Cao Cao head-on.From Ganling City to Xindu City, from Xindu City to Daliu Ruins, from Daliu Ruins to Guanting, the two sides have been fighting inseparably, and the hatred is deep.In order to block the rebels at Guanting and wait for the main force to encircle them, the soldiers did not hesitate to stay at Guanting at all costs.

In the middle of the night, Xu Huang received a military order from Qu Yi.

Seeing Xu Huang's expression was wrong, Wei Xu hurriedly asked, "The reinforcements haven't arrived yet? The armies of adults like Yan Liang and Wen Chou are more than 100 miles away from us, and the closest one is only a few tens of miles away. The battle lasted all day." Yes, they climbed to the crown pavilion even if they climbed."

Wei Xu is now Xu Huang's deputy.In the early days of the revision of the military system, some of Lu Bu's generals stayed in Jinyang for various reasons and were not appointed.This time the general took advantage of the opportunity of the Jizhou battle to arrange Wei Xu, Song Xian, Li Feng and others into the army as generals.

Xu Huang handed the letter to Wei Xu expressionlessly, then stood up and walked to the side, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"It's unreasonable..." Wei Xu smashed the bamboo slips in his hand to the ground, yelling, thinking that he still couldn't relieve his hatred, and kicked the scroll of bamboo slips to pieces, "I want to impeach him, I want to play the emperor, I want to I want to sue him in front of the general..."

"Calm down..." Seeing that Wei Xu's eyes were red, Xu Huang hastily stretched out his hand to hold him back, "The situation of the battle has changed. Master Qu must have his reasons for doing this."

"What reason does he have? He is an idiot. Apart from framing good people, what else does he know?" Wei Xu remembered the thousands of soldiers who died in Guanting, and couldn't help crying, "Today we died in battle. More than 2000 people, more than 2000 people, you know? Now he tells us to retreat, why? I will not retreat. No one is willing to withdraw from the Guanting battlefield, no one."

Xu Huang sighed, and persuaded in a low voice: "We are leading troops to fight, and we must obey the military orders of Shangguan. Master Qu asked us to evacuate Guanting and let Liu Biao go. There must be a reason. With Master Qu's character, is he willing to let go Leaving Liu Biao? We have no right to know about the affairs of the imperial court, let alone interfere, so you should calm down and don't be so impulsive. If you disobeyed the military order and something happened, Master Lu's life will be difficult."

Hearing the words "Lord Lu", Wei Xu froze and didn't speak for a long time.After a while, he patted Xu Huang on the shoulder, said a little thank you, and then walked slowly into the darkness with his back arched like a teenager.

Xu Huang bent down and picked up the bamboo slips one by one. When he picked up the last one, he couldn't bear the anger in his heart any longer. He smashed the bamboo slips into the air, clenched his fists with both hands, and opened his mouth to roar, "Why..."

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Old Wai stared at the messenger and shouted loudly: "Say it again."

"My lord has orders to withdraw from the crown pavilion."

"Don't retreat." Lao Wai pushed the messenger away forcefully, and yelled through gritted teeth, "I've only had 34 troops left in my team since the start of the war. If I don't take revenge, I will never withdraw from Guanting."

"Old Wai, you don't want your head anymore?" Xu Huang appeared suddenly, with a very stern tone.

"My lord, reinforcements are coming soon, why withdraw?" Lao Wai asked angrily, "If we can't stop the rebels here, we have no chance, no more."

"There is still a chance." Xu Huang walked in front of him, pointing to the soldiers lying around, "If you continue to fight, your team of brothers will probably be gone."

Old Wai looked sad and indignant, bowed his head and remained silent.

"Let's go to Gulongju." Xu Huang leaned into his ear and whispered, "When we get to Gulongju, let's beat them again."

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In September, Changshoujin.

Lu Bu led the iron cavalry to conquer Puyangjin and Changshoujin with lightning speed, and seized a large amount of food, grass and supplies.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Mustafa asked, "Should we fight Li Yang, or Fan Yang and Nei Huang?"

"Immediately go north to Henry Zhang." Lu Bu pointed to the two cities of Fanyang and Neihuang on the map and said, "The news that the rebel army's retreat has been cut off by us will soon reach Yuan Shao's ears. The Department retreats westward to Hanoi. Henry Zhang gathers in the south of Neihuangze, which is very close to Neihuang and Dangyin, no matter whether Yuan Shao goes south or retreats west, we can ambush him."

"My lord, when are you leaving?" Ji Feng asked excitedly.

"Let's go now." Lu Bu smiled, "Let's give Yuan Shao another surprise."

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