Sun Ce sent troops. On the third day after Ye Zhao crossed the river to capture Puyang, Sun Ce sent general Pan Zhang from Dantu to occupy Dongling Pavilion. Then he used Huang Gai as his general and sent troops from Wuxi to cross the river to attack Hailing. In this way, Guangling, which Chen Deng defended, was trapped in the three-way tripod.

Previously, Sun Ce sent troops to Xuzhou several times, but was blocked by Chen Deng. However, this time, Chen Deng did not stop him anymore. Instead, he chose to retreat, handed Guangling to Sun Ce, and led his army to Huaiyin and Haixi for defense.

It was not that Chen Deng was unwilling to fight, but now that he had no more troops to resist Sun Ce's attack. With the loss of Dongling Pavilion, if he did not leave, it would be a three-way trip. Sun Ce sent out a 20,000 army this time, and there were endless Jiangdong children coming across the river. Although Chen Deng had a general, it was difficult for a skillful wife to cook without rice. Once Dongling Pavilion was lost, Guangling had no danger to defend.

Several times before Sun Ce attacked, Chen Deng also used a trick to scare Sun Ce away with Cao Cao. But this time, Cao Cao was driven to Jizhou by Ye Zhao. Everyone knew that Cao Cao could not send reinforcements at this time, so the previous strategy could not be effective. Sun Ce was different from the previous tests. He was serious. Facing the combination of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Chen Deng was really not confident to defend Guangling and could only retreat to the second best. As long as he guarded the Haixi and Huaiyin area, Cao Cao made a move and worked together to deal with Sun Ce.

However, given Cao Cao's current situation, even the Chen family father and son did not have much confidence at this moment.

At the same time, Jizhou, Muye and Ye Zhao led their troops to meet with Zhao Yun. This time, Ye Zhao re-adjusted the surrendered Cao army and selected grassroots generals, allowing the surrendered army to be responsible for the transportation of food, grass and supplies, freeing up a lot of troops for Ye Zhao. In addition, Zhao Yun and Ding Li led the army to join. Ye Zhao's troops reached 60,000. On the other hand, Cao Cao's side, even if he urgently mobilized the defense forces in Jizhou and Youzhou, the total number of them was only 130,000.

It sounds like a lot, even more than before, but Cao Cao led the main force of the Cao army, and the elite troops who followed Cao Cao to fight south and north. This time, the 130,000 Jizhou army were mostly surrendered troops left by Yuan Shao. They are responsible for maintaining public orders in various places on weekdays and rarely fight. Whether it is combat power or equipment, they are far from Cao Cao's elite troops, let alone compared to the elite troops on Ye Zhao's side.

Muye camp, Zhang He and Gao Lan stepped in and bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Lord, General Guo Yuan urgently reported that in the Yanmen area, Xu Rong and Guan Yu led their troops out. Our army was defeated step by step. Please send troops to help as soon as possible!"

Gao Lan was originally a general of Yuan Shao. Later, Yuan Shao was destroyed, Gao Lan surrendered to Cao Cao. Zhang He was legendary. After defeating Liu Bei in Hejian, he could have won a city back, but Yan Liang was very happy and went out of the city to fight, but naturally lost. Zhang He was also captured alive after Liu Bei attacked the Bohai Sea. He refused to surrender and was imprisoned. It was not until Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei that he saw the light of day again. Seeing Yuan Shao’s defeat, he naturally joined Cao Cao’s command. Now the two are responsible for the military affairs of Jizhou and Youzhou.

"How can there be any troops now?" Cao Cao smiled bitterly when he heard this. The 130,000 army was the only army he could take now. Ye Zhao pressed forward step by step, but he was not able to save the siege of Youzhou again.

But Guo Yuan had to save him. Once Guo Yuan could not resist, the entire Youzhou and Jizhou land would fall under the military attacks of Guan Yu and Xu Rong. At that time, what Cao Cao had to consider was not to fight Ye Zhao, but to bring his troops back to the Central Plains as much as possible.

Zhang He and Gao Lan did not speak. As the garrisons of Youzhou and Jizhou, they knew very well what the current situation was. They came to tell Cao Cao just about the current situation. As for how to decide, it depends on Cao Cao.

"Lord~" Before she made a decision, Cao Ren hurried in. Seeing Zhang He and Gao Lan, he nodded to the two of them, saying hello, and then looked at Cao Cao and said, "Then Zhang Yan from Heishan has surrendered to Ye Zhao, and now he will send troops to attack Yecheng!"

Cao Cao suddenly felt something in his head that was beating violently. Before, when Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan was surrendered by Cao Cao and his soldiers were named General Pingbei. However, the world was in chaos at that time. After Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei, he was tied with Ye Zhao as the throne of the northern overlord. Both sides were bounded by Taihang Mountain, and Zhang Yan's Heishan army was hidden in this Taihang Mountain. Therefore, although Zhang Yan took the position of General Pingbei, he did not serve loyalty to Cao Cao, but continued to station in Heishan, and at the same time had contact with Ye Zhao and Cao Cao's families.

This time, Zhang Yan sent troops to Yecheng, obviously making up his mind to join Ye Zhao, but Zhang Yan's turnaround made Cao Cao, who was already poor, worse.

Yecheng is where Cao Cao's food is stored. Once Yecheng loses, the 130,000 troops will immediately become a silence. Cao Cao knew that Ye Zhao was forcing him to withdraw his troops. Ye Zhao was sure to win at this moment. Obviously, he did not want to withdraw his troops with Cao Cao. He attacked the enemy at will. This time, it was a way to rescue him. If Cao Cao insisted on fighting with Ye Zhao, his retreat would inevitably be cut off. But if he returned to attack the Heishan Army at this moment, he might immediately put away the battle cards and send troops to pursue him!

"Zhang He!" Cao Cao took a deep breath and looked at Zhang He. Although the situation was not going well, Cao Cao was obviously not the kind of person who was at a loss when encountering setbacks.

"The last general is here!" Zhang He stepped forward and bowed.

"You can only give you five thousand soldiers and horses. Be sure to ensure that Yecheng is not lost and the food channels are smooth, so it can be done?" Cao Cao looked at Zhang He and said in a deep voice.

Five thousand soldiers are all that Cao Cao can give to Zhang He now. Although his army has an advantage, his combat power is really not as good as Ye Zhao. At this time, being able to divide five thousand soldiers is already Cao Cao's limit. Ye City cannot be lost, but Ye Zhao must also fight.

"Here!" Zhang He bowed solemnly and took the order and left.

Xun You, who was standing beside him, looked at Cao Cao and said, "Lord, why not take the plan?"

"Gongda means..." Cao Cao's expression moved and looked at Xun You and said, "Pretend to return to the army and lure Ye Zhao to send troops?"

"Not bad!" Xun You nodded and said, "Ye Zhao avoided not fighting, must be waiting for this fighter opportunity. Our army pretended to return to Yecheng, and Ye Zhao would definitely send troops to pursue him. Our army could set up an ambush. If we could take this opportunity to defeat Ye Zhao, we could still turn the situation around!"

"This plan is very wonderful!" Cao Cao nodded and agreed upon hearing this. Ye Zhao obviously could not sit idly by and see him leave like this. Although Zhang Yan's attack on Yecheng is a crisis, isn't it an opportunity to lead Ye Zhao to send troops? If he can defeat Ye Zhao here, he can reconnect the River/Bei and the Central Plains.

At this moment, Cao Cao ordered the army to set up camps and camps, and acted as withdrawing troops. At the same time, he ordered Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to lead the army to ambush, while Cao Hong led the army to act as a stance to cut off the rear.
Chapter completed!