The melee had just begun when Li Dian was repelled by Xu Chu with one move, causing the situation to change again.

Xu Chu's bravery was so intimidating that Zhang Liao followed Li Dian and withdrew from the formation. Taishi Ci made eye contact with Zhao Fan and led his horse back to its original position in front of the formation.

At Long Xiang's signal, the Xu brothers reined in their horses and returned to their original positions. The situation was once awkward.

Cao's army had not yet completed its assembly, so Zhang Liao could not organize an attack for the time being, but looked at Long Xiang fiercely.

Long Xiang quickly clasped his fists in front of his chest and pretended to apologize: "Don't take offense, you two. Although I don't like fighting, General Xu has good martial arts skills. I couldn't hold it back for a while and accidentally disturbed everyone's interest. Wait for Hefei next month.

After harvesting the rice, I will kill two fragrant pigs to apologize to you."

The harder the fist, the more reasonable it is. Xu Chu's small test just now made Zhang Liao and Taishi Ci look at him with suspicion.

Knowing that Long Xiang was making excuses and not wanting to pursue the case, both parties chose to just respond with a nod.

Long Xiang's face was full of joy when he saw this, and he continued to add: "As the saying goes, it is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. The two generals are not equal to each other. If they continue to fight, there will be damage. Why bother to fight so hard? How much salary does everyone receive? Why not look at Long?

Because of someone’s thin face, we will temporarily withdraw our troops today, and it won’t be too late to fight in another place tomorrow.”

"We agree."

Zhao Fan responded before Tai Shici could.

Zhang Liao stroked his beard and sneered: "Zhang can give Long Taishou face, but if Cao Sikong knows that you are protecting the thief, he will bear the blame in the future."

"Supporting thieves? General Taishi Ci? No." Long Xiang denied it repeatedly, and then explained: "Long will not protect thieves. If he really does, he will also protect the people of Hefei. They work hard to grow some food and rely on the sky to make a living. I will never

It is allowed to be destroyed by man-made disasters; besides, the two of you have no hatred at all, and you are both generals on one side, so there is no need to fight to the death like this, right?"

"snort"

Zhang Liao snorted coldly in his nose and stared at Taishi Ci with empty eyes: "Prefect Long only knows that it is hard for him to grow grain, but he does not know that others are also working hard. This thief ordered Meicheng to burn down the Shaopi farmland, and then entangled our army at the entrance of the Haogong Valley.

, do you think I can let it go easily?"

"Don't force me to do what Mei Cheng did." Tai Shici retorted loudly: "And he wanted to lead his troops to submit to Jiangdong, but he was killed by you in front of me. What should I do?"

"Humph, you finally admit it?" Zhang Liao choked and asked: "Mei Cheng is not good at academics, so it is natural for him to be killed? Didn't you yourself stand on the sidelines at that time?"

Taishi Cili couldn't help but responded angrily: "You and I are each our own masters, so what if we ordered Mei Cheng to burn the fields? You slaughtered soldiers and civilians in Huainan last year and forcibly relocated the people, and you still expect everyone to live in harmony?"

"Since we can't live in harmony, why not find another place to decide the outcome?"

As soon as Zhang Liao's words of irritation came out of his mouth, Long Xiang was worried that Taishi Ci would get involved, so he quickly interrupted: "Ahem, both of you are generals. Commander, can you not be as excited as a reckless man? No matter how much loss you suffer, there are always people behind you.

I have a lord who I can rely on, unlike me who has to rely on myself for everything, so if I have any difficulties I can go to my lord? How about changing places if I have to fight for life or death? "

"Just follow."

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici spoke in unison, but neither of them continued to complete the sentence.

Long Xiang's "Face Fruit" "skill took effect", Zhang Liao and Li Dian were worried about the long nights and dreams, so they took the lead in leading the army westward and began to retreat.

The Tiger Guard battalions of Lu Su and Xu Chu stayed in place to prevent the retreating Cao army from suddenly turning back and attacking, while Long Xiang and Xu Ding worked together to cover Taishi Cidong.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian rode side by side. Instead of sharing the same hatred when chasing the enemy, they now became two familiar strangers.

It may be that Li Dian was defeated by Xu Chu's move. When he was marching, he deliberately said: "I have heard for a long time that Xu Chu's martial arts are outstanding. Today's attack is indeed well-deserved. I am afraid that no one under my lord can defeat him."

Zhang Liao admitted that Xu Chu was very strong, but when he saw Li Dian lifting the opponent too high, he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Xu Chu does have brute strength, but General Li himself is no match for him, so don't bring everyone under the lord's command with him."

"Um?"

Li Dian was furious, and his backhand was to ask the soul: "Are you still not convinced? Why didn't you continue fighting just now?"

"Long Xiang is obviously helping Tai Shici. In the situation just now, you let me fight four generals alone? If General Li had held back just now and allowed the soldiers to complete their formation earlier, maybe he could have continued the fight." Zhang Liao

Tit for tat.

"General Zhang, what do you mean, I shouldn't have rescued you just now?"

Li Dian's eyes widened, and he thought that you should be killed by Xu Chu. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and then he said sarcastically: "That day in the southwest of Lu'an, if you had responded earlier and started attacking, Taishi Ci might have been captured long ago.

, How can I go to Hefei today to see Long Xiang’s face?”

"Liu'an? Liu'an"

Zhang Liao seemed not to have heard what Li Dian said, and kept repeating Liu'an, Liu'an.

He did not deliberately pretend to be crazy, but planned to move the Shouchun defense line southward and station an army in Lu'an for defense. This would protect the Shaopi Tuntian District behind him and prevent the enemy from detouring to Xianshui for sneak attacks.

Although they failed to eliminate Taishi Ci's tribe, they wiped out Meicheng who was entrenched in Lushan Mountain. This not only avenged Yan Xiang, the former governor of Yangzhou, but also gained thousands of thieves and bandits' family members, all of whom could be invested in farming.

It was originally a good thing to announce good news, but Liu Fu preemptively reported the bad news.

When the two returned to Shouchun and saw Shi Huan, they guessed that Huainan was holding Cao Cao back.

Cao Cao was worried and failed to cross the river in time, allowing Yuan Shao time to complete the defense on the other side, which led to the early end of the Northern Expedition in the eighth year of Jian'an.

As for Hefei, Long Xiang escorted Taishi Cidong.

On the way, I noticed that the deputy general, Zhao Fan, was well-dressed and his marksmanship was also very skillful when he blocked Xu Chu in front of the formation.

Long Xiang asked Tai Shici for advice on this topic: "General Ziyi, you are a very talented general. I don't know how to call him?"

"A talent?"

Taishi Ci thought he was being sarcastic, so he responded with a cold face: "General Long has a fierce general Xu Zhongkang, and my Vice General Zhao can also catch your eye? Bo Chang, talk to General Long yourself."

"only."

Zhao Fan responded and saluted Long Xiang with clasped fists: "The last general, Zhao Fan, from Changshan County, I just wanted to thank General Long for relieving the siege."

"Changshan Zhao Fan?" Long Xiang had a strange look on his face.

Zhao Fan curiously asked: "It's me, what's wrong?"

"Can I take a moment to speak?"

Seeing Long Xiang's finger not far away, Zhao Fan subconsciously asked Tai Shici for instructions.

Taishi Ci didn't know what was going on. He knew that Zhao Fan was very capable. He thought about it briefly and nodded in agreement, but stopped and stared at the two of them.

Zhao Fan didn't communicate with Long Xiang for a long time, but Taishi Ci, who was not far away, could see his mood swings.

Long Xiang tried to persuade Tai Shici to stay but refused several times, and finally sent him to the east of the old city to cross the Shi River before leading his troops to the new city.

Zhao Fan was worried that Taishi Ci would misunderstand, so he began to confess after parting ways with Long Xiang.

"The general knows my life experience. Just now General Long called me aside and said that someone asked him to inquire about my whereabouts. That person was my brother."

"Oh? Is he so powerful? Does he have some agenda? This person has shown kindness to me many times."

"It should be true"
Chapter completed!