Jia Xu followed Sun Ren and hurried in. When he saw Zhang Lang, he cupped his fists and saluted: "My lord." Zhang Lang stood up, walked to Jia Xu, and handed the letter he had just received to Jia Xu. Jia Xu took the letter with both hands and read it.

Got up.

He frowned slightly and said, "Sima Yi is really not simple! When he saw that we did not raise a large number of troops to go south to Yuzhou, he guessed our intention, so he changed his strategy! He stationed a large army in Yingshang and it is almost invulnerable!"

Zhang Lang said: "I plan to lead the army to Dongjun and form a confrontation with Cao Jun first. What do Wen He think?"

Jia Xu thought: "That should be the case."

Seeing that Jia Xu agreed, Zhang Lang immediately issued the order.

Two days later, Zhang Lang left the Pingnan Army to guard Luoyang, while he led the Long Tao Army, Bao Tao Army, Pingnan Army and 300,000 barbarian troops, a total of 600,000 troops, to march towards Dongjun, and follow up with food and grass.

A steady stream of baggage followed.

After receiving the scout's report, Cao Pi quickly summoned all civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

Xu You glanced at Sima Yi and mocked: "Mr. Sima's plan is indeed brilliant, but now that Lu Bu's army is attacking in large numbers, it's hard for us to deal with it!"

Sima Yi said calmly: "Lü Bu's army's actions were completely expected." He clasped his fists at Cao Pi, "My lord, the defense of Yidong County is well prepared and there is no problem in defending it for three to five months. We can completely wait for it to be completely

After defeating Sun Jian, I will use my full strength to deal with Lu Bu. Although I dare not say that I can defeat Lu Bu, I can certainly do it by forcing him to retreat."

Xu You snorted coldly, "This is simply gambling!"

Sima Yi glanced at Xu You and said calmly: "Which war is not gambling? In any war, no one can be 100% sure."

Cao Pi nodded, "What you said is absolutely true!" Then he said decisively: "Since Lu Bu is coming to attack Dongjun, I will stay here and live or die with the city!" All the civil and military officials were very excited and expressed their willingness to live and die with the city.

.Cao Pi immediately sent an order to General Xiahou Dun to take charge.

For the defense of the city, no one is allowed to enter or leave the city without Cao Pi's order; General Xu Chu is responsible for martial law in the city. During the martial law period, Xu Chu can interrogate any pedestrians and search and arrest families he considers suspicious; at the same time, he orders the strong men from surrounding counties and towns to go east

County assembly.

After the order was issued, the entire Dongjun city and all the people were running like a huge machine. From morning to night every day, the city walls were covered with armor and swords and swords. Cao Jun's soldiers were on strict guard and did not dare to attack.

There was no slack at all; in the city, groups of patrols patrolled back and forth, asking for directions from time to time.

There were not many pedestrians on the street, and the pedestrians I saw occasionally seemed to be in a hurry; strong men were constantly recruited and entered the city after strict review. Now Dongjun City has a regular main force of 400,000, and there are local people

Together with 400,000 strong men transferred from various places, the total defensive force exceeds 800,000.

Yan Xing, the deputy general of Long Tao's army, led 10,000 assault cavalry to the hills near Dongjun. The rumble of horse hooves suddenly stopped. Yan Xing raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see a gleam of armored soldiers in the distant Dongjun city.

Yan Xing waved his hand and led ten thousand cavalry to the city gate.

Yan Xing reined in his soldiers and horses, went out to the front of the formation, and shouted: "Children of Cao Jun, do you dare to fight to the death with me, Yan Xing?"

Immediately the city gate was opened wide, and nearly ten thousand Cao Jun's cavalry poured out of the city gate, forming a formation with their backs against the city wall. At the same time, Cao Jun's crossbowmen on the city wall were also in full formation.

A general from Cao's army galloped out and shouted to Yan Xing: "General Wenpin, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, is here to take your life!"

Yan Xing sneered, and he galloped out to get to Wenpin with his horse in hand. Everyone in Wenpin shouted, raised his sword with both hands and came forward. In the blink of an eye, the two horses crossed each other, and there was only a loud clang sound, and the two of them fought.

With one move, the war horse missed him. The two men quickly turned their horses and rushed towards each other again.

They got together and started fighting. Yan Xing danced his horse spear as if it was blowing the wind, and saw the shadows of the spears stabbing Wenpin's body continuously; Wenpin waved his sword, and the wind was like a tiger splitting a mountain.

Like a dragon, the two fought inextricably, and it was hard to tell the winner in more than twenty rounds.

At this time, another Lu Bu army came, also with 10,000 warriors. The military flag had a big word "Xu" embroidered on it. It turned out that General Xu Huang, the Leopard Tao Guard General, came with 10,000 warriors to meet Yan.

OK.

Xu Huang led his troops to the city walls and joined Yan Xing's troops, reining in their horses to watch the battle.

At this time, Yan Xing and Wenpin had fought to the point where they had reached their sixties, and the two sides were still inseparable, with no outcome in sight.

At this moment, the city gate opened again, and General Wei Yan led 10,000 cavalry and ran out, forming a formation with Wenpin's troops.

Seeing that Wenpin couldn't fight for a long time, Wei Yan galloped out to help Wenpin. When Xu Huang saw this, he immediately galloped towards him. Wei Yan saw Xu Huang coming with a big ax and a fierce attack, so he had to turn around to fight.

The two horses crossed each other, and the two sides fought. One wielded a broadsword, and the other wielded a tomahawk. They were both as fierce as tigers, and the loud noise of the weapons clashing was like the sound of striking iron, which resounded throughout the sky.

The four generals caught each other and fought each other until the dust was rolling, and it was difficult to tell them apart.

Lieutenant General Wei Yan was worried that Wei Yan had made a mistake in Wenpin, so he discussed with Lieutenant General Wenpin and drove the army to cover up and engage in a melee with his opponent. Lieutenant General Wenpin agreed. Immediately, the two men roared and each rushed their troops to cover up the enemy.

Upon seeing this, Lieutenant General Xu Huang immediately sent his troops to fight.

Forty thousand war cavalry from both sides immediately collided together like two waves, and a melee broke out. The sound of killing was shocking, accompanied by the loud noise of weapons clashing and the screams of people dying; iron hooves rolled on the ground, spears stabbed, and swords slashed.

, I saw blood rain flying all over the sky.

Cao Jun's cavalry were gradually outnumbered and retreated into the city with the help of the cover of the crossbowmen on the city wall. Lü Bu's army chased them to the bottom of the city wall, but were shot back by Cao Jun's crossbowmen. Lü Bu's army retreated several miles and formed a formation.

After Wenpin and Wei Yan returned to the city, they were summoned by Cao Pi and reprimanded them for rashly going to war and for the unfavorable outcome of the battle and the loss of military power. The two felt depressed.

After being scolded by Cao Pi, the two of them came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Wei Yan couldn't help but said angrily: "We risked our lives to fight hard, so it's okay if we don't give comfort and praise, but we actually reprimanded you and me in front of so many people! It's really chilling!"

"Wenpin sighed, "The two of us were indeed a little reckless, and we failed to win. It is reasonable for the lord to be angry!" Wei Yan smiled coldly. The two of them got on their horses and headed towards the south gate.

And go.

Cao Pi, led by the civil and military officials, climbed up to the gate tower of the west city. Looking into the distance, he saw countless soldiers and horses coming overwhelmingly, with banners surging like clouds, swords and spears like forests, and cold light coming one after another. All the civil officials were so frightened that they were trembling.

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Chapter completed!