Dian Wei finally decided to attack.

For a general like him who leads an expedition alone, this is a rare opportunity.

Because in the Qingzhou military system, Dian Wei is ranked in the top five. More than 90% of the reason is because he joined early. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Bei was only two months younger than Guan, Zhang, and Chen.

Moreover, Dian Wei has always been Liu Bei's bodyguard and is loyal and unambiguous in killing the enemy. Only then can he hold the position of general and be at the forefront.

But when it comes to military achievements, whether compared with Guan Zhang, Taishi Ci, or even Zhang Liao, Gaoshun Zangba and others, they are better than Dian Wei. Even Taishi Ci has many achievements after completing the task assigned by Chen Mu.

He has led the army in battle for many times and has many merits.

On the other hand, although Dian Wei has always been with Liu Bei, he has not done much credit. Therefore, there were rumors among the Qingzhou Army that Dian Wei was only able to hold a high position because of Liu Bei's favor, and many of them were dissatisfied.

Although Dian Wei doesn't care about these rumors, he also wants to have a chance to prove himself. If he plays well, those who think that he rose to the position because of his seniority will naturally shut up.

So after thinking for a while, Dian Wei decided to order the attack. He had been fighting with Liu Bei for twelve years, and he still had the most basic military qualities.

When the three armies were dispatched, he personally took charge of the central army. Former military lieutenant Zhang Rao sent a vanguard army to open the way, and the army marched south in a mighty manner.

The vanguard army consisted of 2,500 people, and the scouts dispersed to check whether the enemy was ambushing along the way. When they arrived at Wuxian County, they finally confirmed that Liu Xunjun had no intention of entangled with them, so they abandoned Wuxian County and left without looking back.

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When Dian Wei attacked here, he naturally also sent a letter to Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun and others in Pengcheng, asking them to take the initiative to attack together, and not to let Liu Xun and Ji Ling return to Huainan.

Four people got together to discuss the matter.

"Brother told us to hold on and not come out. Now Dian Wei wants us to fight. What do you think?"

Cao Ren asked Chen Gong and Cheng Yu.

Chen Gongzhichi began to think carefully.

Cheng Yu narrowed his eyes and whispered: "This is unreasonable. Why did the enemy retreat suddenly?"

"There is only one possibility, that is, Yuan Shu was defeated in Runan."

Chen Gong came back to his senses.

Cheng Yu nodded: "Yes, this should be the only possibility."

"Report!"

At this moment, a messenger suddenly came outside the door.

"Come in."

Xiahou Dun said.

The messenger came in, knelt down on one knee and said: "Runan military situation, Yuan Shu was defeated by Ming Gong and Sun Ce in Shen County."

"as expected."

Everyone was overjoyed, this was good news.

In fact, only two or three days have passed since Yuan Shu defeated Runan and Cao Cao attacked Cai Cai on the Huainan battlefield.

Including Liu Xun and Ji Ling, who had just received the news and were preparing to return reinforcements, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun and others had also just received the news.

After all, the journey from Runan to Huaibei is much slower than from Huainan to Huaibei. In addition, the messenger had to pass through the defense zone of Liu Xun and Ji Ling, so the news was naturally delayed by one day.

"Where is Ming Gong now?"

Chen Gong asked again.

The messenger said: "Before I came, Duke Ming had already gone after Yuan Shu."

"It seemed that Yuan Shu's defeat was inevitable, so he urgently recalled his troops from Huaibei in order to relieve himself of the danger of defeat."

Cheng Yu muttered: "As I expected, Ming Gong will definitely want to destroy Yuan Shu in one fell swoop."

In history, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu many times, but did not destroy him.

It's not that he didn't have this strength, but Cao Cao's main focus at that time was on Sili, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou.

At that time, he set his capital in Xuchang, which is now Yingchuan County. The maximum radiation range was as far as Runan, Yuzhou, and he had not yet secured the surrounding territory, let alone Yuan Shu, who was as far away as Huainan.

Therefore, Yuan Shu was able to survive until the eve of the Battle of Guandu only because of geographical factors.

Now he is going to die because of geographical factors.

Nowadays, Cao Cao's power is no longer around Yingchuan, but around Shanyang County.

Shanyang County is located in the hinterland of Yanzhou and Yuzhou. The reason why the political center is placed here is the same as the capital Xuchang.

Everyone knows the benefits of Cao Cao making his capital Xuchang.

In the south, if Liu Biao, Sun Ce, and Yuan Shu wanted to attack him, they had to pass through Yuzhou. If the warlords in Guanzhong wanted to attack him, they had to go through Sili. If Yuan Shao wanted to attack him, they had to go through Yanzhou. If Liu Bei of Xuzhou wanted to attack him, he had to go through Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

This forms a buffer zone. No matter who suddenly attacks him, he can make temporary adjustments immediately.

The same goes for Shanyang County at this time. It is located in the center of Cao Cao's sphere of influence and has a relatively wide area to radiate. There is Dongjun to the north, Peiguo to the south, Taishan County to the east, and Jiyin and Chenliu County to the west.

as a buffer zone.

No matter where they attack, it is impossible to attack the base of Shanyang County immediately.

At the same time, it established a foothold in Shanyang County, radiated to surrounding counties, and actively expanded to the south to enhance its own strength.

Yuan Shu's home base is in Huainan, and Cao Cao's sphere of influence has expanded to Huaibei. If he wants to continue to expand, who will die if Yuan Shu doesn't die?

So this question is not difficult to guess. What is difficult is what they should do next to cooperate with Cao Cao.

"It seems we should respond to Dian Wei and send troops to attack."

Chen Gong said.

"Um."

Cheng Yu then said to Cao Ren Xia Houdun: "Although the enemy army is powerful, they are eager to return home and should have no desire to fight. We should try our best to delay and not to fight a tough battle with them."

"good."

The two nodded to express their understanding.

At that moment, Cao's army in Pengcheng also immediately responded to Dian Wei, and the army set off to attack Ji Ling's tribe south.

But not long after they left the city, they met another messenger sent by Cao Cao from Xia Cai. They learned that Lu Bu might attack Huaibei secretly, and everyone looked grim.

Because their troops are actually not large, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun's troops combined only have 10,000 troops, Dian Wei's troops have 10,000 troops, while Liu Xun and Ji Ling tribe have 40,000 troops. It is already very difficult to hold them back. If another one comes,

Lu Bu, I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle.

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"I think we should continue to hold on. If Lu Bu comes to attack, I am afraid that the Pei Kingdom in Xiapi Guangling will be lost."

"But if you let these people go back, all the efforts made by the elder brother will be wasted. What will the elder brother do?"

"We still have to take a long-term view."

"How to make a long-term plan? If we don't make a decision, then Liu Xun Ji Ling will go south, and my eldest brother will be in danger."

"I believe Mr. Ming has his own judgment..."

The four people have different opinions.

Cao Ren and Xia Houdun wanted to send troops, but Chen Gong and Cheng Yu thought that they should think about it carefully.

Now the battlefields of Huainan and Huaibei are almost open cards.

Everyone is aware of the trends, ideas, and strategies of all parties. Cao Cao wants to take the opportunity to capture Huainan and expand his strength. Lu Bu wants to capture Huaibei as a habitat, and Yuan Shu wants to defend his hometown to prevent himself from being wiped out.

Cao Cao already knew what Lu Bu wanted to do, but he didn't want to miss this rare opportunity, so while asking Liu Bei for support, he sent a message to the four people and let them make their own judgment.

However, Cao Ren, Xia Houdun and Chen Gong Cheng Yu had different opinions, and they started from different perspectives.

Because you can tell with just your toes that Cao Cao is attacking Yuan Shu fiercely. If Liu Xun Ji Ling's troops are allowed to go back, Cao Cao's pressure will be greatly increased. Not only will his strategy be lost, but he will also be in danger of defeat.

Therefore, they believed that they should consider Cao Cao's safety as soon as possible and hold back Liu Xun's Ji Ling troops before doing so.

Chen Gong and Cheng Yu have to consider a large-scale strategy.

That is, once Lu Bu succeeds in attacking Huaibei, their original plan was to connect Huainan and Huaibei. Even if Yuan Shu is eliminated, they will be cut open in the middle. Even if Yuan Shu is successfully eliminated, the strategy of capturing Huainan and Huaibei will completely fail.

Therefore, on this issue, the two of them had to think clearly about how to delay Liu Xun Ji Ling's troops while also repelling Lu Bu and preventing Lu Bu from occupying Huaibei.

It's just that time waits for no one. The Ji Ling Division has withdrawn its troops for more than an hour. If they don't pursue them, they will run away.

Finally, after discussion, it was decided that Cao Ren would lead his army westward towards Pei State and send out a large number of scouts to detect the movements of Lu Bu's army. Xiahou Dun led his troops south to pursue Ji Ling.

After making the deployment, the four people split up and acted separately. For a time, the entire Huaibei region was plunged into the smoke of war.

About thirty miles west of Fuli County, Daze Township.

That's right.

It was the Daze Township where Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled.

In ancient times, there were large swamps here, as well as dense forests, hills, mountains, and lakes. Although there are not too high hills, there are many forests and lakes. There are many high and low low-lying terrains, and the terrain is extremely complex.

Since this is the only way to go south through Guyang, Xiangxian, and then enter Xiacai County, Jiujiang County, Liu Xun could only pass through here.

However, no one expected that in December in winter, it would suddenly start to rain lightly in the Huaibei area.
To be continued...