At the same time that Huangfu Chaobo sent troops from Chenliu to Jiyin, the army of Zhang Xun in Puyang City also began to send troops to the south. Zhang Xun's army in Shenwuying 5 schools 25,000 soldiers, plus 20,000 guards and 10,000 civilians. Artisans, a total of 55,000, known as the 80,000 army, refers to Lihu County, Jiyin County.

The generals who set off from Puyang removed Shenwuying’s chief general Zhang Xi and deputy general Min Chun, as well as Jiang general Lejuu. Huangfu Chaobo sent Tian Feng’s eldest son Tian Zheng to join the army.

In Luoyang, it was handed over to Hubenying's deputy general and two footmen to stay. Chen Liucheng had only 20,000 guards from Chen Liuduwei Zhou Cang. As for Puyang City, it was handed over to the first school headed by the Xiongquying deputy general who came from Hongnong. War soldiers and 10,000 guards in Puyang City.

The news that the East Expeditionary Army sent troops to Jiyin was sent to Changyi by the Cao Cao army's secret agents lurking in Chenliu in a rush of eight hundred miles. When he saw the news from Chenliu, Cao Cao was taken aback first, then He touched his palms and laughed, bluntly saying that the hero saw the same thing, and he was thinking about sending troops to attack Zheng Chenliu, so the Zhengdong Army sent troops.

The Zhengdong Army sent troops to attack, which was exactly what Cao Cao wanted. In this way, he could just use Jiyin Zhucheng to contain the main force of the Zhengdong Army and buy time for Xia Houyuan's battle in Qingzhou.

Later, Cao Cao did not order the army to send troops to Dingtao. He has deployed 30,000 troops in Dingtao. Among them, there are 10,000 elites from the Chinese army in Jiyin and Shanyang counties, 10,000 elites from Cao Cao's headquarters, plus Dingtao. There were originally 10,000 county soldiers. In Cao Cao's plan, Dingtao could last for at least a few months. When the veterans of the East Army Division were exhausted, Cao Cao would fight back and forth.

Originally, Cao Cao and the others agreed that the number of troops sent by the East Army should be around 100,000, but they did not expect that the troops sent in the direction of Chen Liu alone would have reached 100,000. According to the news from the spies, Chen Liu’s soldiers and horses should be the main force of the Eastern Army. In addition to the banners of the guards of Huangfu Chaobo, there is also the banner of Huang Zhong, the top general under Huangfu Chaobo. Appeared in it.

In addition, the generals and flags of the other generals are among them, and it can be judged that all the elite troops of the Eastern Army Henan County have been dispatched.

In Puyang to the north, there were nearly 100,000 Zhang Xun's army dispatched. According to the news from the spy, in addition to Chen Liu and Puyang's Zhang Xun's army, there were also the banners of several generals in Hebei counties. So many generals appeared in the two armies, causing everyone in Cao Cao's army to secretly smash their tongues.

However, it is also the case that everyone in Cao Cao's army believes that the Zhengdong army has almost come out in order to attack the enemy. It is a pity that now neither Yuan Shao in Hebei nor Lu Bu in Bingzhou are willing to send troops to attack the Zhengdong Army. In their view, the Zhengdong Army is a tortoise. Instead of spending time on this, it's better to take advantage of the lack of time and energy to take advantage of him and concentrate his energy on doing things that he is more sure of.

After receiving the news of the army's dispatch of troops, Cao Cao immediately sent people to the river to check the situation of Lingxun, and on the other hand, he also informed Xiahouyuan's army to prepare for dispatch.

Two days later, Zhang Yun’s army arrived under Lihu City. At this time, Lihu’s Cao Cao army had already received the news that the city gate had already been closed, but Lihu originally had three thousand defenders, which served as a warning to the north of Ding Tao City in Jiyin, so no matter what Whether it was Cao Cao of Changyi or the prefect of Dingtao City, Ren Jun, had no plans to send troops to rescue. Under the fierce attack of Zhang Yun's army, the three thousand defenders from Lihu City were broken into the city after only two days.

Three thousand county soldiers killed one thousand in battle and wounded hundreds of them. All the other thousand people were captured. The county magistrate and the county lieutenant were killed while defending the city. The casualties suffered by Zhang Yun's army were only the hundreds of civilian men who were killed and injured during the trench filling on the first day, and hundreds of elite soldiers who were killed and injured during the siege on the second day. Among them, only three hundred people were killed, more than a hundred euphorbias and ordinary soldiers, and more than 500 people were injured, of which more than half were still occupied by people.

This is the decision made by Zhang Xi and Tian Zheng after discussion. Both of them agreed that as the first battle of the Eastern Army's attack on Cao Cao's army, the enemy should be given a fatal blow with the momentum of thunder. The shock effect on Cao Cao's army is great.

On the first day of the offensive, Zhang Yun only sent people to fill in the moat of Lihu City, and then only launched a tentative offensive, and then hastily retreated. On the second day of the offensive, Zhang Xi ordered Min Chun and Leguo to lead a school of soldiers to attack from the east and west walls, but Zhang himself led the five thousand euphorbias to attack from Beicheng.

The Lihu guard never expected that Zhang Yun would play cards so unreasonably, and the second round of offense would dispatch the most elite three-college soldiers. Unprepared, the Zhengdong Army attacked Lihuchengtou in the first wave of offensive. Lihucheng County Lieutenant died on the spot in the city, and the county magistrate also died in the rebellion.

Afterwards, the defenders were in great chaos. After more than a thousand people were killed and injured, the soldiers who reacted to them put down their weapons and surrendered. The entire battle lasted less than an hour.

Subsequently, Zhang Yun's army did not station in Lihu, but arranged a thousand guards to enter Lihu to take over the city, and then all the wounded were arranged to enter the city. The army directly camped outside the city for a day, and the next day began to pull out the camp again and move south. .

On the day when Zhang Yun's army began to attack Lihu, Yuzhou Provincial Governor Kong Ni and Prison Breaking General Sun Ce also announced their troops to attack Cao Cao.

On the same day, the Yuzhou Army was divided into two armies of 60,000 to 70,000 and started to advance to Qiaojun and Liangguo. Unlike the fanfare of the two armies of Huangfu Chaobo and Zhang Yun, the two armies of the Yuzhou Army were significantly lower-key, and not only announced to the outside world. The number is smaller than the actual number, and the banners in the army are also the banners of some unknown generals. Not only that, the advancement speed of the Yuzhou Army was much slower than that of the Zhengdong Army in the north.

The Sun Cejun in Huainan was different. On the day when he announced the dispatch of troops, Sun Ce personally led an army of 50,000 to attack Xiquyang County occupied by the Cao Cao Army, while Sun Jingjun from Guangling also dispatched troops to Huaiyin, preparing to cross the river to attack Huaipu.

For the actions of Sun Cejun of the Yuzhou Army, the Cao Cao army believed that they were fully in control. In their opinion, although Yuzhou was closely related to the Zhengdong Army, they were unwilling to be the vanguard of the attack on itself, because the Yuzhou Army had passed the conquest. The Eastern Army has been editing and training for more than a year, but they still don't have the confidence to fight the enemy.

Therefore, the Yuzhou Army is determined that once the Eastern Expeditionary Army gains an advantage on the northern line, then the Cao Cao Army will definitely mobilize troops to support it northward, and the Qiaojun forces at the boundary will be empty, and the Yuzhou Army can take advantage.

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