The news of Ma Chao's retreat was quickly discovered by scouts, and this was sent to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw the news of Ma Chao's retreat, he laughed heartily and said to his subordinates: "Liu Yu is really naive, Gu is not the original one. I have long been prepared to prevent him from doing this to Gu Lai."

Hearing what Cao Cao said, Cao Cao's confidants all smiled.

Next, Cao Cao said seriously: "Liu Yu is very cunning. Although our army has cracked his conspiracy, we still need to be careful and not be careless."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely remember this." Everyone knew what Cao Cao meant, and they would not be arrogant because of their temporary victory.

"Fengxiao, what are we going to do next?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia about his further plans.

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Our army and Yuan Shao have formed a situation of being surrounded on all sides. Now we only need to advance steadily to compress Liu Yu's space. At the same time, we must cut off the connection between Liu Yu and his territory and gradually encroach. This is a plan to catch the turtle in the urn."

"The words of filial piety are deeply in line with Gu Yi." Cao Cao was very satisfied with Guo Jia's strategy.

Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's plan and advanced steadily, but Liu Yu made arrangements for this situation.

After Jushu, who was guarding Luoyang, received Liu Yu's order, he felt that the situation was urgent and without any hesitation, he immediately dispatched 20,000 troops from the garrison around Luoyang to support. And these two troops happened to be where Cao Cao was.

He rushed to Chenliu before blocking Liu Yu's contact with the outside world.

Realizing that he was a little slow in taking action, Cao Cao secretly let out a pity.

With the newly added 20,000 soldiers and horses, Liu Yu had sufficient troops on hand.

Ma Chao and Jia Xu soon joined Pang De with their soldiers and horses. The three of them were all from Xiliang and shared a common language with each other. Jia Xu had the highest status among the three, so Ma Chao and Pang De also regarded him as

The leader, Jia Xu, has always been ruthless in his tactics. No matter what the unimaginable consequences, he only seeks victory. Faced with Cao Cao's steady and steady strategy, Jia Xu used all his methods to make Cao Cao suffer a lot.

Ma Chao and Pang De's troops were mainly cavalry. Jia Xu used its high mobility to constantly harass Cao Cao's troops and sometimes cut off Cao Cao's food routes several times, which affected Cao Cao's marching speed.

Cao Cao also counterattacked and sent out cavalry troops to fight Ma Chao and the others, but in the end they either escaped or were defeated by Ma Chao and the others.

Cao Cao realized that the cavalry in his hands was considered elite, but it was not on the same level as the Xiliang cavalry. Cao Cao decided to form the most powerful cavalry force in the world in the future, otherwise he would be very passive.

The enemy's harassment made Cao Cao helpless. The shortage of food and grass caused low morale in the army, so Cao Cao could only choose to postpone the advance.

At the same time, Liu Yu led Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, to fight Xiahou Yuan's troops who came to rescue Xiahou Dun on the plains near Xiangyi.

Xia Houyuan felt that Liu Yu himself was not very brave, and that Zhao Yun and Gao Shun were not well-known.

Liu Yu almost thought Xia Houyuan was crazy, but later he discovered that Xia Houyuan didn't know how powerful Zhao Yun and Gao Shun were. Thinking of this, Liu Yu happily arranged for Zhao Yun to teach Xia Houyuan how to behave, and said: "Zilong, that Xia Houyuan is so wonderful

You look down on me a little, so go over and teach him a lesson. You must show off your authority."

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Yun accepted the task happily. He originally thought that Liu Yu would let Gao Shun appear, but in the end he let him go. Zhao Yun was very confident in his martial arts, but Liu Yu had many powerful generals, and Zhao Yun had never had any

There are too many opportunities to become famous, and now that he has such an opportunity to become famous, he will not let it go.

Xia Houyuan kept yelling and cursing in front of Liu Yu's formation, and finally discovered that Liu Yu actually sent out a young general who looked as handsome as a woman. He secretly laughed in his heart that Liu Yu's army had no generals.

Someone came to die, how could Xia Houyuan let him go? He was going to give Liu Yu a good blow to his morale and let the enemy know how powerful he was.

There is a saying that says, don’t pretend to be cool, or you will be struck by lightning if you pretend to be cool.

Xia Houyuan confirmed the correctness of this statement. Xia Houyuan did not use single-handed tactics and rushed forward to kill Zhao Yun before Zhao Yun reported his name.

Zhao Yun received Xiahou Yuan's attack very steadily and continued to counterattack in defense.

Xia Houyuan was shocked. The weak-looking young general in front of him was actually so good in martial arts that even his own attacks were blocked by him. No matter how Xia Houyuan attacked, Zhao Yun was able to catch him. Ever since Zhao Yun and Lu Bu fought in a duel, Shen

Knowing his own shortcomings, he continued to strengthen his training every day. Now Zhao Yun was ready to verify his training results on Xia Houyuan, and the strength and speed in his hands were even faster.

In the end, Xia Houyuan was accidentally stabbed in the shoulder by Zhao Yun. The injured Xia Houyuan did not dare to fight anymore and hurriedly ran towards his own troops.

Liu Yu took the opportunity to swarm forward with his army, and Xia Houyuan's troops were completely defeated.

Seeing that he was about to be defeated, Xia Houyuan regretted it to death. Maybe God was more favoring to him. His good brother Xia Houdun arrived in time when he was in the most critical moment and saved his life.

Due to Xiahou Yuan's defeat, even if Xiahou Dun came to help, they could not reverse the situation. They could only fight and retreat, and finally retreated to Xiangyi, relying on the defense of the city to stabilize the situation.

Seeing that he could not expand his victory, Liu Yu ordered his army to camp by the Xiang River and confront Cao's army in Xiangyi.

The high temperature in summer scorched the entire earth. The two sides fought against each other for several offensive and defensive battles. Due to the influence of the high temperature, they chose a truce in a tacit understanding.

Liu Yu's side was better. He stationed his troops by the river to prevent the hot weather. Many soldiers who knew how to swim were still swimming in the river.

Cao's army in Xiangyi was not so good. Although the two sides ceased fighting, Cao's army did not dare to take it lightly. Who knew whether Liu Yu would come and make a sudden attack. Cao's army defended on the city wall in the bright sun, and many soldiers fell to the ground due to heatstroke.

Liu Yu spent this time looking for a cool place to enjoy the cool air, looking forward to nightfall every day.

People like Liu Yu can't stand being waited on, let alone ordinary soldiers. Although there is river water to cool down, the continuous high temperature has reduced the combat effectiveness of Liu Yu's troops a lot. Liu Yu is studying how to break through every day

Xiangyi, unfortunately, many of his ideas were overturned by Liu Yu himself.
Chapter completed!