The battle of Xu Du finally ended with Cao Cao's temporary victory.

The only thing Cao Cao can comfort himself is that although he has suffered heavy losses, Yuan Shao over there is even more uncomfortable than him, and Yuan Shaojun was killed by himself no less than 100,000 horses just after the battle report that came back and forth.

"For the time being, my Xu should be safe!" Cao Cao finally reassured Yuan Shao's army first, the headache over there came again, the military order returned, Xiliang Ma Teng was less than three days away from Chang'an, plus the time when this letter was sent, I am afraid that the current Ma Teng's soldiers and horses are less than a day away from Chang'an, and maybe even Ma Teng is already attacking Chang'an now.

"After Chang'an, it is Tongguan, after Tongguan is Luoyang, and there is Tiger Pass!" Cao Cao was thinking about the day when Ma Teng arrived, "Give me a reply to the Zhong family, let them be sure to guard Tongguan for me, don't let Ma Teng take a step forward, I don't have any soldiers and horses for him, I want him to figure it out by himself!" Cao Cao said to the messenger.

"Lord, will this Zhong family not listen to the lord, but take refuge in Ma Teng!"

"No, it won't!" Cao Cao shook his head, Ma Teng is from Xiliang, in the eyes of these scholars, Ma Teng can be a barbarian, just like he looked down on Dong Zhuo at the beginning, "Give me one more sentence, if your Zhong family is willing to serve another Dong Zhuo, then let him surrender!" ”

This sentence can be said to be the finishing touch, when Dong Zhuo entered the customs, how many Guan sergeant clans fell into bad luck.

Although Cao Cao is very disdainful of Dong Zhuo, he admires Dong Zhuo for one thing, he was the first to take the Guan Sergeant Clan, and he was also the first person who did not look at the Shi clan in his eyes, the Shi clan who died in his hands did not know how many, even the Yuan family of the Fourth and Third Dukes would have to be destroyed if it were not for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu running fast!

The Zhong family used to be a nobleman in Guanzhong, but later it was thrown out because of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and when Dong Zhuo was defeated and Cao Cao took over Luoyang Guanzhong and came back, they didn't want to be exiled again.

Ma Teng's matter can be put aside, there is a danger of Tongguan, as long as the Zhong family does not take refuge in Ma Teng, then there is no problem in holding Guanzhong, at least they can wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive.

Now there is only one person who gives Cao Cao the most headache and fear, and this person's name is Yuan Yao.

He Cao Cao clearly knew that Yuan Yao Xiao'er could not be killed by Cao Ren with an arrow as Cao Ren said, but what Cao Cao expected now was that Yuan Yao Xiao'er could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight for a long time, so that he Cao Cao's layout could succeed.

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Cao Cao has a headache, so Yuan Shao is in mourning, because he Yuan Shao really lost too badly.

first killed his chief strategist Xun Cen, Xun Cen was conscientious for him Yuan Shao, and he also had Xun Cen in his Yuan Shao can take many detours, but now, Xun Cen died on the battlefield of this Xu Capital.

Yuan Shao is also a person who attaches great importance to feelings, he didn't even get the body back from Xun Cen's death, he felt very sorry for Xun Cen, it was intentional that after Yuan Shao returned to the camp, the first thing was to set up a tombstone for Xun Cen.

"It's all my fault, my fault! Xun Cen, Xun Cen, how good it would be if I listened to your opinions, how good it would be! "He Yuan Shao lost again, as the saying goes, there are only three things, and this is the third time he has lost to Cao Cao.

Originally, if he had listened to Xun Cen's words and fought steadily, then Cao Cao would have perished, but he Yuan Shao broke the enemy's heart, but he fell for Cao Cao's tricks step by step, the vanguard army was destroyed, the 40,000 army was gone, and then the 10,000 army that Yuan Tan went to rescue was gone, plus the Chinese army camp that was attacked by Cao Cao did not have a rear army camp that could be defended, and the 100,000 army before and after was gone.

Chen Liu's soldiers and horses were lost in Hebei, 200,000 troops, there are only so many people left, there are only 60,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention those materials and ordnance, basically everything that can be lost has been lost.

There is only enough rear army camp left to meet the tens of thousands of troops.

The two battles of Guandu and the battle of Xudu completely beat Yuan Shao out of temper, and his original ambitions began to doubt life, is he Yuan Shao really suitable to be a prince?

Under the misery, the entire Yuan Shaojun camp was filled with a sad mood.

"I listened to Xun Cen's words, why is this so, why is it so that I have Tian Feng and the two of them! My Yuan Shao is really not as good as Cao Cao, is he really not as good as Cao Cao? Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and roared, wanting to question God, but unfortunately God didn't have time to deal with him.

"Father, a failure is not a failure, victory and defeat are common for milk soldiers, our army plays the role of Hebei Sanzhou, this defeat we will go back to recuperate for two years and still be able to make a comeback and attack Yanzhou, but Cao Cao's old thief only has a generation in Yanzhou, and he is simply unable to support a big war! I also asked my father to cheer up again and lead us back to Hebei to regroup! Yuan Shang's words are true, because in Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao is a father's love is invested in it.

Yuan Shang also has his son's thoughts on him, a father.

"Lord, I thought that this was definitely not the time to retreat, Cao Cao was already as strong as the end, even if he defeated us once, there were not many soldiers and horses in his Xu Capital City, our army only needed to attack Xu Capital City now, and it would definitely be able to break through Xu Du and capture Cao Cao!"

An incongruous voice rang out.

"Who are you?" Yuan Shao looked at the young general in front of him and asked unfamiliarly.

"Father, this person is the only young general in our army who attacked Cao's position!" Yuan Shang on the side introduced Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao then remembered that someone had reported that this young general named Hao Shao not only saved the rear army camp, but also took the initiative to send troops to chase and kill Cao Jun, kill the enemy and count the money and return.

It stands to reason that a military general like Hao Shao should be very popular in the army, but it is different in Yuan Shaojun, here is a seniority, you Hao Shao is just a thousand generals, give you face before you enter the camp to discuss matters, everyone loses the battle and you win the battle, what is this like?

"It's your turn to speak here!" Yuan Tan over there immediately reprimanded.

Because this Hao Shao is Yuan Shang's person.

"Just a thousand generals, the lord is deliberating, can't you intervene?"

"I'm just reminding my lord!" Hao Shao was not a strong person, but thinking that he had already discovered Cao Jun's reality when he competed with Cao Jun before, if he didn't say it, I am afraid it would be against his conscience.

"My lord needs you to remind him? My army of 200,000 came to Xu Du, and with the help of Xun Cen and Zhang Nan, the generals and adults, they were not able to take Xu Du, so you also came to remind the lord? Don't tell me, you still want the lord to attack Xudu with a large army? Do you want my Hebei army to be thrown into this Yanzhou? Guo Tu immediately reprimanded Hao Shao over there.

"Lord Guo Tu, although our army has suffered a heavy defeat, but how good is Cao Cao, before I was able to chase Cao Cao's 30,000 troops with only 2,000 soldiers and horses, and now our army has reorganized enough 60,000 soldiers and horses, can't we still take Cao Cao's 30,000 remnants of the defeated general?" Hao Shao originally intended to use himself as an example, but unfortunately his words completely offended people.

Because the generals over there are all blushing, only such a thousand generals have won the battle, what do you let those ten thousand generals, those commanders think?

"Shut up!" Xin Ping jumped out, "Lord, our army is newly defeated, there are less than 60,000 people left in the 200,000 army, and most of the grain and grass are left in the camp of the Chinese army, if we don't retreat, our army will have no food available, do you want to go to the battlefield hungry?" What's more, the lord, Cao ** can't be destroyed, but we can help General Huang Yi take Huainan first! Xin Ping is waiting for Yuan Shao to send him to the Huainan Army as an overseer, in this case, the credit for recruiting the Huainan Army will fall on his head.

As mentioned earlier, Hao Shao's mention of his achievements is equivalent to slapping the face of those generals and captains, so Hao Shao can be regarded as offending everyone present, and naturally no one is willing to speak for Hao Shao.

One by one, they are persuading Yuan Shao over there to withdraw from the army, they really don't want to fight, one reason is that Cao Cao is really not good to fight, he is a hard bone, and there is another one who is willing that is Lao Cao Poor, even if he wins Xu Du, he doesn't have much oil and water, why fight? It's like a stone in a latrine that smells bad and hard.

"Hao Shao, what are your intentions, you still instigated the lord to send troops after the defeat of our army, aren't you a spy sent by Cao Cao's old thief?"

"Yes, if you weren't Cao Cao's old thief's spy, how could everyone lose and you won the victory alone, my 10,000 troops couldn't stop Cao Cao's army for a quarter of an hour, but you were able to win with only 2,000 soldiers and horses, isn't it a joke?" If you can't do it yourself, you think that others can't do it, and if you can, you think that others are cheating.

In this place where seniority is judged according to family background and not according to ability, Hao Shao is destined to tragedy.

Hao Shao is young and vigorous, it would be good if he was older, after all, he knew the proportions, but Hao Shao was young, he couldn't help sneering, "I am a spy of the Cao army, I shouldn't have risked my life to help you close the door of the camp when Cao Cao's army attacked the Houjun camp, if I were a spy of the Cao army, I would not have sent troops to pursue Cao Cao, I took Cao Cao's army all the way to the Houjun camp, then I, Hao Shao, have made a great contribution to Cao's army!" ”

"You. You, you! Lord, look at this Hao Shao, he really has a rebellious heart! Guo Tu and the others continued to frame Hao Shao over there.

"Alright, that's enough!" Yuan Shao was also angry, he had already driven away Tian Feng under the instigation of Guo Tu and others, killed Xun Cen, Gao Ran and Zhang He also took refuge in others, and now it is not easy to see a capable Hao Shao fighting with Guo Tu and others, Yuan Shao seems to have seen Xun Cen's shadow from Hao Shao's body, they are all so loyal and unyielding.

"Don't say it again, in this battle of Xudu, I, Yuan Shao, admit defeat, he Cao Mengde is indeed more shrewd than me, it was my negligence that fell into his treacherous scheme! I'm tired, there is not much food and grass in the army, pass on my military order, and the whole army will retreat! Hao Shao, I now reward you as the general of our army, and the commander of 10,000 troops as the queen of our army! Hao Shao's talent, Yuan Shao still saw it.

"Lord, this is a good opportunity to break Cao!" Hao Shao still wanted to argue, but Yuan Shao closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Hao Shao knew that everything he had done was in vain, and Yuan Shao had already made up his mind and couldn't modify it at all.

Cao Cao can't be destroyed this time, so it will be even more difficult to solve in the future, 200,000 troops come to Xudu, and there are less than 60,000 left.

"Let's all get out!" Yuan Shao gave an eviction order, and one by one he could only withdraw one after another.

"General Hao Shao, General Hao Shao, congratulations, congratulations!" As long as it wasn't Yuan Tan and the party who were congratulating Hao Shao, Hao Shao could only squeeze a smile out of his face and respond one by one.

General Hao Shao, what's wrong with you, the lord is qualified to make you a general of Huya, you should be happy, isn't the general worried about the eldest son? Someone saw Hao Shao's unhappiness and comforted Hao Shao and said, "General Hao Shao, don't worry, and our third son is here, Yuan Tan can't make any waves." ”

"I'm not worried about the eldest prince, I'm worried about the whole of Hebei! What I'm worried about is how we will go back and talk to those fathers and elders in Hebei! "Men don't flick when they have tears, but Hao Shao is crying a lot this time, because the 200,000 troops are all young and strong in Hebei, how many people died in Hebei in the three wars? Those people all sent their sons, husbands, and fathers to the Hebei army because they believed in them, but now, will the 200,000 army go back to 60,000?

Nothing, nothing, opportunity after opportunity was abandoned.

If Yuan Shao has the next southern expedition, I am afraid that there will be countless casualties.

For the first time, Hao Shao had doubts about his choice: "Yuan Shao, can he really do it?" ”