Morning. South of Jinyang City.

Several war horses carried several knights in a mess and entered Jinyang City.

General's Mansion, in the hall.

Cao Cao was wearing thick clothes and a big red cloak, sitting in the upper seat, below him was Cheng Yu and Guo Jia, who had not appeared for a long time.

Compared to Cheng Yu, a great counselor who has almost no holidays all day.

Guo Jia's working hours are so fluttering. Even now, he is still pale and can almost see the blood vessels under his skin, and he coughs from time to time.

Cao Cao put his hands on his knees, but he moved his fingers restlessly, his face looking a little ugly.

"Da da da da da."

Xu Chu, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, and the generals who are still in Jinyang all walked in from outside and paid homage to Cao Cao and said, "Lord."

Cao Cao took a deep breath, calmed down, nodded and said, "You don't have to be too polite, sit down."

"promise."

The generals agreed and sat down on both sides.

"The spy came to report. Zhang Xiu led his troops to defeat Zang Hong, who was in charge of Xianggao. He also set up camps in the north of Xianggao to guard against me. The two armies of Fan Chou had already gone south to Xianggao, and 40,000 troops gathered. Next, Zhang Xiu would have to stay in Xianggao and lead the remaining troops to Shangdang. The Liang army's troops were concentrated. Bingzhou could not be defended. I planned to use the night to burn off the excess food, grass and supplies at night. Withdraw troops to Quyang first, join Shangdang, and then withdraw troops to Huguan."

Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

Wen Chou got the news that Zang Hong brought it back. Cao Cao had his own spy near Xianggao. On the day the city was captured, the spy sent the news back.

Cao Cao and Wen Chou got news almost at the same time.

The generals were a little turbulent, but they quickly calmed down.

"promise."

They responded with a loud promise, then said goodbye and prepared.

"Lord. We withdraw our troops here in an orderly manner, so we don't need to worry. But what if this person is unwilling to give up and leads his troops to fight the Liang army in a decisive battle?"

Guo Jia coughed gently, swallowed again, and bowed and said.

"Under such a situation, how dare Wen Chou leads his troops to fight the Liang army?" Cao Cao's eyes widened a little and his voice rose a little.

"It may not be impossible. Wen Chou is the head coach after all." Guo Jia shook his head, his tone a bit complicated. Wen Chou is of course brave and good at fighting, but he is just a brave man.

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan and other famous Hebei generals are much worse than Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, and Xu Huang.

"Zhongde. You will lead the 300 tiger and leopard cavalry tonight and go to Shangdang first. Tell Wen Chou that you will never go to fight." Cao Cao's head buzzed and raised his head to Cheng Yu and said.

"No." Cheng Yu nodded and simply responded.

"It's so hard." Cao Cao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said speechlessly. If he was allowed to occupy the seven states of Hebei and the Central Plains, then the war with Zhang Xiu would never have been like this.

That night.

Cheng Yu and the three hundred tiger and leopard cavalry were ahead, while Cao Cao led the masses next. Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry last.

There are eight granaries in Jinyang City, many weapons and baggage.

Cao Chun sent the tiger and leopard cavalry to ignite these places without leaving any supplies to Pang De.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

Cao Chun rode his horse and waved the big gun in his hand, urging him. Soon after, the tiger and leopard cavalry gathered like a sea and surrounded by rivers, leaving the east of the city and heading towards the Shangdang.

The wind is strong tonight and the fire is burning very vigorously.

After the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry left, the people in Jinyang City rose up one after another and quickly controlled the fire. If they could not control it, they could only escape from the family and hid in some abandoned houses and cried.

The next afternoon.

Pang De led his troops to Jinyang. Among them, 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry and 10,000 three guards led by Dian Wei set up camp outside the city, while the remaining elite infantry troops entered Jinyang city.

Pang De and Meng Gongwei stood at the head of the northern city, looking at the situation in the city, they were both happy and sad.

Almost half of the city was burned and many people were displaced.

"Governor Meng. Now the Liang army has gathered, and there are enough troops. You first let 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry go back to Shuofang to prevent the Xianbei people from going south. You stay in Jinyang for the time being. Before the Governor of Bingzhou appointed by the court arrives, you will first establish a state system and arrange officials to provide pensions to the people."

Ponde sighed and said.

"Yes." Meng Gongwei nodded and agreed.

After Pang De repaired the city in Jinyang for a day, he led the elite infantry army of about 15,000, Dian Wei and 10,000 guards out of the southern city gate and went out of the city south to meet with Ma Chao, Hua Xiong and others.

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To the southwest of Shangdang County, on a road. Zhang Xiu led Fan Chou and Gao Shun's army and headed towards Shangdang without stopping.

Under the banner of the "liang", Zhang Xiu wore thick cowhide gloves and thick iron armor on his hands, and still felt very cold.

"Puchi." Zhang Xiu sneezed and stretched out his hand to wipe his nose. The snot that had just been sprayed was going to freeze.

"Da da da da da."

There was a rapid sound of horse hooves behind. Ma Dai immediately waved his hand and asked a soldier of the Hu Ben Army to go down and take a look. Soon after, the Hu Ben Army soldier came back and had an extra bamboo tube in his hand.

Zhang Xiu slowed down, took off his gloves, and took out a white cloth from the bamboo tube. He turned to Fa Zheng, Sima Yi, Xun You and others around him and said, "Zhang Yan, Hu Zhen, and Cao Cao burned Jinyang and withdrew his troops."

"Yuan army and Cao army are also gathering in Shangdang."

"Your Majesty. In this way, there is nothing to worry about in the food route behind. Immediately let the two generals Zhang Yan and Hu Zhen advance to Taihang Mountain. Stop the Yuan army and Cao army's retreat and tighten the gap." Fa Zheng immediately said with a cheerful sleeve.

The cold wind was like a knife, turning his tender face into the same as an old tree bark, with ravines and blushing, but he was in good spirits.

"Degui, you go and pass the orders with your tribute." Zhang Xiu nodded and turned to Cai Mao and said.

"Ma Dai. Send fifty tigers to protect Cai Mao."

"No." Cai Mao and Ma Dai responded. Then Cai Mao led Hu Ben back to Xianggao with the Emperor's Staff.

Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and ordered: "Teach the whole army will work hard to speed up. After arriving in Shangdang, I will reward the three armies."

"No." Ma Dai responded to the promise and sent someone to pass the order.

Soon after, the army's speed increased by about 30%. Zhang Xiu looked ahead, and his heart was turbulent.

As long as Zhang Yan and Hu Zhen go to Taihang Mountain, as long as Cao Cao and Wen Chou stay in Shangdang and do not run away, he will have the confidence to keep Cao Cao in Bingzhou.

When Cao Cao dies, the world will be settled.

"Go." Zhang Xiu waved the horse whip in his hand and shouted.

The more than 100,000 troops of Liang's army in Bingzhou gathered towards Shangdang like a sea of ​​all rivers.

For Wen Chou, this is also the last chance.
Chapter completed!