Guo Jia did not hesitate at all, and then said, "If you want to stick to Luoyang, it would be Li Dian and Yu Jin. Although they are young, they are both talented in commanding the army. Yu Jin is strict in governing the army, Li Dian is noble and elegant, and he is righteous and private, and has great prestige in the army. When the two work together, they will definitely be able to stick to Luoyang."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Fengxiao and I have thought of going together, and I also intend to let them stay in Luoyang."

So Cao Cao reported that Yu Jin was the Yin of Henan, the General of the Side, Li Dian was the Sima and the General of the General, and he also gave them three thousand elite troops, allowing them to lead their troops to defend Luoyang, and at the right time, leading their troops to Chang'an to serve the king, winning reputation and rewards for themselves.

After that, Cao Cao led his army to retreat from Luoyang and began to prepare to attack Hulao Pass and quell the rebellion in Yanzhou.

At this time, Pei Qing naturally heard about the situation in Yanzhou. He was very happy and even a little surprised. Unexpectedly, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong really invited Lu Bu to Yanzhou. In this case, even if Cao Cao wanted to quell the rebellion, it would be absolutely not easy. He could take this opportunity to deal with the Xiliang army with confidence. Of course, in order to delay Cao Cao's progress, Pei Qing did not forget to instruct Li Su and Lu Su to secretly help Lu Bu's forces and hinder Cao Cao's forces from pacifying Yanzhou. However, on the surface, they did not help each other, because Pei Qing knew that with Lu Bu's strength, he could only delay Cao Cao's time as much as possible. It would be impossible to expect Lu Bu to destroy Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao would be the lord of Yanzhou in the future, and he would never be able to get in harmony with his neighbors now.

"But we cannot take the situation in Yanzhou lightly. After all, Cao Cao is not an extraordinary person. Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others are all top strategists in the world. Although Chen Gong has plans, he is not their opponent. Therefore, we must pay close attention to the situation in Yanzhou. However, there is no need to delay the plan to fight against the Western Liang army for these things."

Pei Qing is now completely relieved of the situation in Yanzhou and immediately ordered the soldiers of the army to speed up their journey to Shang County, and must conquer Chang'an as quickly as possible, so that Cao Cao could use the emperor to completely ruin the plan of the princes.

After that, soldiers from all walks of life began to march to Shang County at a rapid speed.

In this way, the pros and cons of each unit can be seen at a glance. The cavalry soldiers led by Xianyufu of Youzhou are all good at controlling horses, and their horses are extremely exquisite. Even walking on steep mountain roads, they are as if they are on flat ground. Even the knights under Pei Qing's command are jealous and silently remembered in their hearts. They ask them for advice whenever they have the chance.

Zang Ba's army has now changed a lot from before and has become more elite. Although most of them are infantry, they are strong in personnel, well-equipped weapons, neatly arranged in line, obey orders, and have a strict temperament, which is also amazing.

Liu Bei's five thousand soldiers were both in and out of camp, and each was excellent, no worse than Zang Ba's powerful soldiers. It can be seen that Liu Guan and Zhang were also good at governing the army and training elite soldiers.

Kong Rong's two thousand Qingzhou soldiers and Liu Qi's three thousand Jingzhou soldiers were not enough. Although they were all veterans who survived on the battlefield, there was a big gap between military discipline and morale compared with Zang Ba and Liu Bei's soldiers.

As for the private soldiers of Zhou Gan, Fu Qian and others, it was even more unfair. Although it was not comparable to the militia, it was not much stronger.

Under such circumstances, those relatively weak armies, especially Zhou Ganfuqian's private soldiers, could not withstand the high-intensity marching. In order to hurry, Pei Qing had to readjust the military deployment, with Kong Rong as the main general, responsible for escorting food and supplies, and slowly advancing behind. Liu Bei, Zang Ba and Xian Yufu's army continued to march to Shang County with urgent marches.

At this time, Shangluo City, not far from Shang County, was very lively. The young Zhang Xiu watched the gathering army become more and more tired. On the one hand, he hoped that his uncle Zhang Ji would come back soon to preside over the situation, but on the other hand, he was a little embarrassed to meet others and had no face to face his uncle.

But in this situation, uncle Zhang Ji led his personal soldiers back.

"Uncle, uncle, it's all my nephew's fault. I shouldn't have ignored my uncle's instructions at the beginning, but the result was that Shangxian was in a fall. Even my aunt was trapped in the thief. My nephew was sorry for my uncle and asked my uncle to kill my nephew to use the military law..."

Seeing Zhang Ji come back, Zhang Xiu hurriedly came forward, fell to Zhang Ji, and then pleaded guilty to Zhang Ji and asked Zhang Ji to punish him.

Zhang Ji naturally knew that his nephew was guilty, but how could he bear to be punished? He had no children, and their old Zhang family was the only one. If he was killed, if he had any faults, wouldn't the old Zhang family have lost their best?

So Zhang Ji pulled Zhang Xiu and said softly: "You are my nephew. When my brother entrusted you to me before he died, how could I cure you? The reason why you are today is that I have too much restrained you and did not allow you to have sufficient training. Otherwise, such a thing would not have happened. As for your aunt... Alas, all this is her life, and I have no choice. But sooner or later, I will capture Chen Dao alive and avenge her in person! By the way, tell me the situation carefully at that time, because I really can't believe that under the neat formation, our 10,000 troops were arranged in an orderly manner, there was no force to resist under the attack of the other side's seven thousand people."

Zhang Xiu smiled bitterly, and then told Zhang Ji about the scene where his 10,000 army was slaughtered by Chen Dao's 7,000 people. That battle was his worst failure since the battle. He was naturally unforgettable. Even so many days have passed, and that scene can be reproduced in his dreams. In the battles he experienced in the past, he did not say that he would win without a fight, but after losing, he could always sum up his experience and learn from the lessons so as not to lose again. But this time he was deeply desperate. If he gave him another chance to start over, he would definitely lose, and his fate would never be better than this time, because the opponent's strength is so strong that it is as simple and casual as an old man playing naughty boy.

"What? Why did this Chen Dao suddenly become so powerful?" Zhang Ji was shocked after hearing this, because he could guarantee that Chen Dao was definitely not so powerful before this. Otherwise, when the army of both sides confronted outside the city, Chen Dao would have launched an attack directly. If his army had such strong combat power at that time, it would not matter whether he was there or not, and the ending would not have changed.

"In fact..." Zhang Xiu said this and hesitated, but he wanted to speak but stopped, but finally he still didn't say it out.

Zhang Ji asked, "Actually, what? Just say it directly."

"In fact, more than Chen Dao, the generals under Pei Qing's command have become stronger than this. My nephew once heard that Li Su, the second-rate general under Lu Bu, has now become a famous general under Pei Qing's tent. He once resisted the siege of Yuan Shu's 50,000 army with a mere 10,000 army, and finally forced Yuan Shu to retreat helplessly. With Li Su's original ability, after seeing Yuan Shu's 50,000 army, let alone resisting, I guess even if I saw or even heard so many army, I would have surrendered long ago, but it is really incredible that he has the ability to seize such a snatch."
Chapter completed!