Seeing Qiao Rui's arrival, Yuan Yao showed a smile on his face: "Now that our army and the Cao Liu coalition army are in a stalemate here, it is not a way to get a general to lead the army to attack Xu Du to distract Cao Cao's attention, at that time, the Cao army has an opportunity, and our army can defeat it with one blow, this is a major task, and non-generals can't be deserved!"

Listening to Yuan Yao's words, Qiao Rui's heart chuckled, not to mention that Yuan Yao's self-righteous plan had no chance of winning, because although Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses in Fancheng, it could not be only the current 60,000 people, and there were not 10,000 but 5,000 people left behind in Xudu, just how many men and horses to bring was a problem, 10,000?20,000?

Again, even if you barely reach Xudu, to fight or not to fight? Can you win? If you don't fight, can you retreat safely?

Moreover, after listening to Yuan Yao's words, Qiao Rui's first thought was the real motive of Yuan Yao sending himself to attack Xu Du, whether it was really a fight? or a feint? Or was it really as Yuan Yao said, distracting Cao Cao's attention and annihilating him in one fell swoop? or—

Qiao Rui didn't dare to think about it, but that thought had already swelled irrepressibly in his mind: to use himself as cannon fodder to cover Yuan Yao and retreat to Shouchun City unharmed!

Almost unable to believe that Yuan Yao would do this, Qiao Rui raised his head unwillingly and met Yuan Yao's seemingly cowardly but sinister face: "I don't know if Your Majesty is going to attack Xu Du this time, will you let Cao Cao know, or won't you let Cao Cao know?"

Yuan Yao was taken aback, Qiao Rui would ask like this, obviously seeing through his true intentions, his heart was down, and he suddenly became murderous: "Since it is a sneak attack, how can I let Cao Cao know? I will let Zhang Xun send troops to meet the rear of the general, once Cao Cao divides his troops to fight with the general, it will be good to have a response!"

After hearing Yuan Yao's words, Qiao Rui was relieved and knelt on one knee: "This is very good, the last general will live up to His Majesty's high expectations, I don't know when His Majesty hopes that the last will set off?"

At the mention of this, Yuan Yao's brows tightened again: "Lu Bu will arrive in a few days, I hope that the general will work hard and set off tonight!"

"No!" Qiao Rui got up, said goodbye to Yuan Yao, and quickly went out of the account to gather the people of the headquarters. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing Qiao Rui leave, Yuan Yaocai glanced at Zhang Xun: "After you led your troops to follow Qiao Rui, I already know that he has the intention of surrendering, if this is the case, you can immediately correct him, and then bring his soldiers and horses back to see me, don't let Cao Cao succeed in vain!"

Zhang Xun knew that things were not so simple, and he wanted to give some advice, but when he saw Yang Hong stopping him with his gaze, he had to retreat: "Don't worry, the last general will also go to rectify the military horses!"

Yuan Yao nodded, waved his hand to let Zhang Xun out, and suddenly felt a headache, but he had to hold back, and suddenly a big drop of sweat dripped from his forehead, Yang Hong saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Your Majesty's body is important, it must be because you have been working too hard recently!"

"After all, he is the Son of Heaven, how can he not work hard, there are no pure idlers in this world!" Yuan Yao put his hand against his forehead, the pain seemed to be a little lighter, he squinted at Yang Hong, and there was an incomprehensible meaning in his eyes: "After the second general of Qiao Rui Zhang Xun leaves, we are ready to retreat!"

"Retreat?" Yang Hong didn't expect Yuan Yao to say this, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, "At this time, we are in a stalemate with Cao Cao, if we retreat rashly, if the Cao and Liu coalition forces pursue together, we are facing a river like Huaishui, needless to say that we will inevitably be slaughtered by the enemy on the way to retreat, even if we barely cross the river, how can we stop the enemy from attacking?"

"I've thought about all this!" Yuan Yao said and suddenly his headache worsened a little, and he couldn't help but exhale in pain, and it took a long time to regain his breath, he suddenly grabbed Yang Hong's hand, as if muttering to himself, "If I abandon my beloved generals and soldiers, will I not die a good death?"

Yang Hong noticed that Yuan Yao didn't use me to claim himself this time, but he didn't remind Yuan Yao, and he didn't care about the pain of Yuan Yao's clutching his arm, he only knew that Yuan Yao had come to this point today, and there was no turning back.

"Your Majesty, don't think too much, now the three armies are still there, as long as Your Majesty is here, there will be hope for everything!"

"Yes, I still have an army of more than 100,000, even if Cao Cao wants to kill, it will take a few days and nights, why should I admit defeat now, I didn't lose, I am Yuan Yao, I won't lose, and I won't lose if I die!" Yuan Yao nodded gloomily, and suddenly snorted.

He may have been disgusted with the word "I", why did those emperors call themselves I? Why were they not happy at all after becoming emperors? Why was everyone scolding themselves as pseudo-emperors? Why did no one agree with what he did?

Is this retribution? Is it the retribution of calculating the father's retribution with outsiders? Is it the retribution of being the enemy of Gao Yi? Is it the retribution of going against the sky? What is the right thing to do? I live with trembling and dare not do anything?

Now the four princes of Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce have united more than 100,000 horses to besiege him, and his uncle Yuan Shao, who is far away in Jizhou, will only watch the fire from the other side, and Gao Yi doesn't know where to make a mistake, and even his subordinates are beginning to suspect each other, is it that his end has come?

Yuan Yao suddenly raised his head, only to feel a sweet throat, spurting out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Cao Cao is camping opposite Yuan Yao's army at the moment, always paying attention to the movements of Yuan Yao's army, although he claims to unite the princes of the Quartet, in fact, there are only his 60,000 troops and Liu Bei's 10,000 horses, the elite soldiers are elite soldiers, but Yuan Yao's hundreds of thousands of troops are more than twice as much as himself, but Lu Bu is leading the troops to come in the starry night, but this Lu Bu has become a little different since he became the lord, no one knows whether he is really helping or planning to watch the battle from the sidelines, so Cao Cao understands that in this world, the only person who can be trusted is himself。

Guo Jia and the young Yang Xiu came to meet each other, both of them were born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and they looked like weak scholars, and people who didn't know might treat them as brothers.

"Fengxiao, Dezu, do you have any new information?" Cao Cao dragged his sick body, got up and came to the two of them, he had just recovered from his serious illness, and even his speech was a little weaker than before.

Guo Jia and Yang Xiu glanced at each other, and bowed to Cao Cao together: "Yes, according to the detailed report of several ferries lurking in Huaishui, Yuan Yao's men and horses are secretly manufacturing ships, and it seems that they are preparing to cross Huaishui!"

"Oh? cough-" Although Cao Cao coughed, a smile appeared on his face, "This Yuan Yao is really cowardly and has gotten home, and he has twice as many troops as me and has to escape, I am ashamed of him!"

Guo Jia shook his head: "The lord misunderstood what the two of us meant, as the lord said, Yuan Yao's strength is twice that of our army, there is really no need to retreat in a hurry, even if Lu Bu comes, he Yuan Yao should also think that after all, Lu Bu and Liu Bei are not with me, so his step may not be another conspiracy to retreat and advance!"

"Well, why do you want to say it again?" Cao Cao was interested in Guo Jia's words, and was about to ask again, but he coughed a few times again and again, and it took a long time to recover, and he laughed self-deprecatingly, "When you are older, your body is not as good as before!"

"The lord is not yet forty, and he is not the age to sigh for old age, as for why Lord Fengxiao said again, the kid will explain to the lord!" Yang Xiu handed Cao Cao a cup of tea at the right time, and then his clear eyes shone with the light of wisdom, bowed down to Guo Jia and Cao Cao, and then began to talk eloquently, "The lord should have noticed that which one is closer to Xudu to Shouchun or the distance from Xiapi to Shouchun?"

"This still needs to be asked, of course it is Xiapi to Shouchun!" Cao Cao is such a smart person, Yang Xiu made him understand what to say in one sentence, "Dezu is saying that Yuan Yao could have returned to Shouchun one step ahead of us, instead of being stuck in Xiacai City in Huaibei now?"

Yang Xiu nodded: "The lord is wise, Yuan Yao must have used some means to make Lu Bu suffer a little, otherwise why would Yuan Yao's army of more than 100,000 not hit Lu Bu's army hard? It's not that he can't hit hard, but he understands that even if he is hit hard, it won't do him the slightest benefit, and his Huainan will be taken down by the lord instead!"

Seeing that Yang Xiu hung Cao Cao for a long time and didn't say the point, Guo Jia couldn't help it, and directly interrupted Yang Xiu's endless talk to himself: "Since Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses are only slightly damaged, it can be seen that he did not fight to the death with Lu Bu, but what is so paradoxical is why Yuan Yao can calmly retreat in front of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, but Lu Bu delayed for a while before sending troops? This is not Lu Bu's style, and this is not Yuan Yao's style!"

"Something unusual must have happened behind the seemingly unusual thing, although I don't know what it is now!" Cao Cao fell into deep thought after listening to Guo Jia and Yang Xiu's analysis, and muttered to himself, "If I'm not mistaken, either Yuan Yao and Lu Bu made some kind of secret transaction, or someone behind Yuan Yao pointed out that Lu Bu really calculated ruthlessly!"

After finishing the word, the order came to report: "The lord is urgent, and two Yuan Yao military horses have been found, bypassing Yingshui, and heading north from the west bank, the target seems to be Xu Du!"

Cao Cao was taken aback, looked at Guo Jia and Yang Xiu: "Sure enough, Yuan Yao is playing tricks!" and then turned around and ordered the herald, "Immediately order Xiahoudun, who is stationed on the east bank of Yingshui, to go and stop it!"

Before he could say anything, this herald said something that surprised Cao Cao: "It was General Xiahoudun who ordered the villain to report to the lord, he said that the matter was urgent, and he couldn't come to ask the lord for his life, and he had already taken the first step to stop Yuan Yao's two troops, so he could only come and ask the lord for guilt after the battle!"

Cao Cao was stunned for a while, and then smiled dumbly: "It's worthy of Yuan Rang, he always knows what I'm thinking, maybe he is in a hurry to atone for his sins!"

Only Guo Jia smiled secretly in his heart at the moment: "I have never seen such a war, and I have to tell the other party openly and honestly when I attack others, Yuan Yao's move is really good, even Cao Cao doesn't know what he is going to do!"