Lu Yan and Huang Zhong led 10,000 infantry, together with 30,000 infantry from Zhong Yao, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, and marched to Hedong County!
Before Gao Gan and others received the news, Cao's army, totaling 40,000 troops, went straight to Pingyang, east of the river.
Huchuquan, who was active in the Pingyang area and even planned to take root, was almost scared to death at that time, thinking that Lu Yan was coming to conquer him, so he simply sent an envoy to express his surrender to Cao Jun.
As for the Southern Xiongnu, Lu Yan already knew that they were afraid of being beaten.
Moreover, they have a more powerful Xianbei to the north, so choosing to surrender to Cao Cao is indeed the best choice.
But Lu Yan was not at ease with the Xiongnu, so he forced Huchuquan to lead 5,000 elite Xiongnu cavalry to accompany Cao's army to attack Gaogan.
After Huchuquan left Pingyang, the Huns in this area were temporarily led by the Xiongnu Left Xian King Liu Bao and You Xian King Qubei. Divide and rule was the basic policy of the Han Dynasty towards foreigners. Anyway, as long as you are divided, how can you torment each other?
That's all up to you.
After unexpectedly harvesting 5,000 Xiongnu cavalry, Lu Yan led the army to continue marching, and within a day they had entered the boundaries of Jiangxian County.
Zhang Baiqi and others raised troops and caused great harm to Hedong.
In the early days, Hedong was a place of war. Gaogan, Guo Yuan and especially the Huns were wreaking havoc in various parts of Hedong, causing the people's families to be destroyed and their lives to be destitute.
Later, after the coalition forces of Zhong Yao, Ma Teng, and Han Sui defeated the Gaogan coalition, Hedong County ushered in a brief period of peace. But not long after the peace, the local soldiers in Hedong County colluded with the Yellow Turban Army to rebel again!
When the high-ranking coalition forces invaded Hedong, the people could barely hold on. This rebellion became the last straw for the people of Hedong County.
Many people in Hedong County began to leave their homes and look for ways out elsewhere.
Some went to Bingzhou and Hanoi County in the east, but more went to Hongnong and Henan Yin in the south.
When they regained Hedong County, Cao Jun did not harm the people, and even gave them some food when they encountered hungry people. Cao Jun's actions made the people more willing to believe in them, so when the rebellion broke out, the people of Hedong came in large numbers.
After leaving, seven out of ten went to Hongnong and Henan Yin.
"When war breaks out, the people who suffer the most are the people. They are displaced and leave their homes. They just want to survive..." Many villages Lu Yan passed by were empty and in decline... He couldn't help but sigh.
One voice said: "It is better to be a peace dog than a rebel."
Lu Yan's words made Zhong Yao beside him suddenly feel a lot of emotions.
Zhong Yao looked at Lu Yan's stern profile from behind and thought: "I would rather be a peace dog than a troubled person...Only those who have truly seen the horrors of troubled times can say such things! Lu Yan's past
The experience seems to be more cruel than all of us imagined..."
...
When Gao Gan, Fan Xian, Wei Gu and others arrived at Yishi City, they found that Du Ji had led his army and stationed in Yishi County.
Gao Gan and others were really fed up with Du Ji.
They even wanted to catch Du Ji and cut him into pieces, peeling off his skin and cramping his muscles, so that they could vent their hatred.
"General Chariot and Cavalry, this is already the third day of the siege..." Zhang Baiqi came to Gao Gan's side and said with some worry: "If we can't attack the Yi family anymore, I'm afraid the situation will get worse and worse."
The senior officer looked at the ineffective way of the coalition soldiers attacking the city, and he suddenly became angry and said: "It's all these guys who can't help themselves up the wall. At such a critical moment, they are still thinking about saving their own money."
That little force."
"Then what should we do? If Lu Yan calls at this time, we may be in a dilemma..."
Gao Lanzheng thought that it would not be so soon, but unexpectedly one of his personal guards came to report in a panic: "Report! General! Our spies found that Cao Jun has arrived in Pingyang, and now I estimate that they should have entered Jiangxian County
!”
This is really a good thing but not a bad thing...Cao Jun really just came!
"How many people have come from Cao Jun, and who is leading the troops?" Upon hearing Cao Jun, Gao Gan's expression suddenly changed and he asked.
"There are about 40,000 people, and the Chinese character "Lu" is written on the Chinese army banner!"
"Lu?!" Gao Gan's face suddenly turned pale and he said, "This is terrible!"
Along the way, Zhang Baiqi saw all the senior officials who were calm and commanding with ease. How had he ever seen such a panicked look on his face?
"When I heard that Cao Jun was coming, General Chaoqi's expression changed..." Zhang Baiqi couldn't help but asked: "General Chaoqiu, is Lu Yan really that scary?"
"Although Lu Yan has not led troops for many times, I have never heard of him even having a single defeat..." The senior official paused for a moment, then continued: "First there were Li Jue, Guo
Si, Zhang Ji's Xiliang army, Lu Bu and my uncle... none of them are the best heroes in the world, but without exception they all suffered defeat at the hands of Lu Yan..."
Zhang Baiqi's face suddenly became ugly, but he still asked: "Didn't the general say before that we could defend the city and drag Lu Yan to death?"
When the senior official heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said: "That's what I thought at first, but reality slapped me hard!"
Speaking of this, Gao Gan pointed to the siege city in the distance with heavy thunder and small raindrops, and said: "According to my assumption, we should have captured Dongjun in these days, and then fully prepared for Cao Jun's reinforcements.
But General Zhang, look at it for yourself, those people are still not working hard...
Can I still expect them to confront Lu Yan?"
"..." Zhang Baiqi was speechless, because these days he had also seen what the soldiers of those noble families looked like.
When it comes to grabbing credit and grabbing property, this group of people ran faster than anyone else and robbed crazier than anyone else; but when it was their turn to fight with real swords and guns, one or two of them would just huddle behind the Montenegrin Army.
, a group of cowards...
"Alas..." Zhang Baiqi sighed helplessly and asked the senior official: "Then what should we do?"
Gao Gan glanced at Wei Gu and Fan Xian, who were still pretentiously commanding the siege. He gritted his teeth and said, "The rear area has not yet been decided, and reinforcements from Cao's army have arrived... If we delay any longer and wait until Lu Yan arrives, I'm afraid who will
Can't even run away."
"General Zhang, let's withdraw!" Gao Gan looked into Zhang Baiqi's eyes and said, "If we stay here any longer, we will only be attacked from two sides."
Zhang Baiqi pointed to the soldiers who were attacking the city and asked: "We have withdrawn, what will happen to Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others?"
Gao Gan was about to say "I can't control them anymore", but Wei Gu and Fan Xian hurriedly came to Gao Gan and Zhang Baiqi at this time.
"General Chariot and Cavalry, have you received the news? Lu Yan has led an army to attack us!" Fan Xian was the first to speak.
"This Yi clan is impregnable. I'm afraid we won't be able to take it down for a while. What should we do?" Wei Gu then asked Gao Gan.
Gao Gan did not expect that the two of them would receive the news no later than him. His plan to sneak away quietly with Zhang Baiqi suddenly came to a standstill.
Although Gao Gan was surprised for a while, the expression on his face did not change at all, "Have you also received the news?"
"Received!" Fan Xian nodded and added with a solemn expression: "And my report also said that the Southern Huns have surrendered to Cao Jun. The Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan personally led an army to attack us together with Cao Jun.