The battle losses of the battle of Caicheng were also counted, and the Cao army could be said to have been wiped out, and the entire 2,300-strong Caicheng garrison was killed, plus the private soldiers of various warriors in Caicheng, nearly 5,000 people died before and after.

On the other hand, Huainan's soldiers and horses also suffered a lot of losses, because it was a siege battle, a hard battle, more than 2,000 people died in Bao Rong's army, and countless people were wounded, and the rest of the troops participated in the siege, and nearly 1,000 men and horses were injured.

Although the losses were not small, they finally played a role in training, and the soldiers of the Huainan Army were no longer like sheep, but aggressive and wild.

Sun Yu, the deputy general of the Caicheng garrison, with more than a dozen Cao Cheng's personal guards, escaped from Caicheng by virtue of his familiarity with the terrain of Yanzhou, and ran to Xu Du in one breath, Cao Ren was also startled when he saw Sun Yu's miserable appearance, and learned the news of the loss of Caicheng.

By the time our Boss Cao found out, it was already three days later.

Cao Cao looked at the letter in his hand, his eyes widened.

Bluffing, bluffing, he Cao Cao thinks that this Yuan Yao Xiaoer is just a bluff, but who knows, this is not a bluff, this is simply your whole army attacking.

"Crazy, crazy, Yuan Yao'er, did I dig up your ancestral grave, or did I sleep with your mother, and you actually treated me like this?" Cao Cao roared over there, I don't know if this Yuan Shu's wife was slept with by Cao Cao, but digging the ancestral grave, his old Cao really did it.

Now it's just a slap in the face, it's him Cao Cao who is setting the bluff.

The subordinate strategists and generals on the side were all silent, for fear that one of them would be accidentally used as a punching bag by Lao Cao.

"Yuan Yao Xiao'er, since you want to be your good nephew and want to be that good lackey, okay, I'll Cao someone fulfill you, pass on my military order to my whole army to attack, and then let Cao Ren send troops, he Yuan Yao Xiao'er dares to enter my Yanzhou, and I will let him Huainan be in ruins!" Cao Cao was also ruthless, he was going to fight Yuan Yao to the death.

"The Lord is angry, angry!" The strategist Wen Chen on the side hurriedly grabbed Cao Cao.

Now in a decisive battle with Yuan Yao, then only Cao Cao is unlucky, or even with Yuan Yao, Yuan Shao is the only winner.

"Lord, my Yanzhou is a prosperous place, but this Huainan is newly built, even if we destroy his Huainan, my Yanzhou is almost the same, the gains outweigh the losses, and the final benefit must be that Hebei Yuan Shao!" The crowd on the side dissuaded Cao Cao from doing stupid things.

How can Cao Cao not know, but first, he is really angry, no matter who encounters someone who has copied your hometown, can he not be angry, and secondly, it is to cover up the embarrassment of doing something wrong.

Those strategists were already reminding him of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao insisted on going his own way, which led to the current situation, and Cao Cao himself was very embarrassed.

If you don't vent and cover it up, how can you get it?

"So what do you say you should do now?" Cao Cao asked everyone.

A group of strategists and ministers spoke one after another,

"Lord, after Cai Cheng, Yingchuan is only a hundred miles away! There is no danger to defend in Pingchuan! The counsellor on the side spoke.

Some people suggested that Cao Cao immediately wave his army to help, because if he was beaten by the Huainan army to Yingchuan, it would be a lot of fun, and the place across the river from Yingchuan was called Xudu.

"Lord, we should go back to Cai Cheng immediately, if he wants Yuan Yao'er to get in, I will make him unable to get out!" Someone proposed, that is, to retreat now and go to Cai Cheng's generation to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses.

"Back to Cai Cheng? So what about the city we have taken now? Is it a handover? "Some people are not convinced, these three cities have been occupied with great difficulty.

These are also three pieces of cake, one by one, they have long been thinking about stuffing their own people in Cai, Ruyin, and Yingshang.

Especially Ruyin City, once the capital of Yuzhou, relying on Yingshui is a place that extends in all directions, can the financial road not be constant?

"He Huainan Xiao'er has already taken the main force away, how can he still beat the three cities, I only need to leave some soldiers and horses in these three cities!" Said those who disagreed.

"Hmph, even if that Yuan Yao Xiao'er doesn't have soldiers and horses to take these three cities, but have you ever thought that Yuan Yao Xiao'er is forced to be anxious, and fight with us in Yanzhou, in the end, no matter whether you win or lose, my Yanzhou will definitely be in ruins, and now the great enemy Yuan Shao is eyeing the side, if my Yanzhou is damaged, how can I target Yuan Shao in the summer of next year?"

This is the truth, and it is the meaning of those warriors.

What's after Cai Cheng! Yingchuan! After Yingchuan is Xudu, here is a plain area, there is no danger to defend, really fight, kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

These Yanzhou scholars are not stupid, no matter what, they are the ones who are unlucky in the end.

"Could it be that you mean to let Yuan Yao's army still be in my Yanzhou!" Some of the strategists of the Hanmen opened their mouths, and they sincerely came up with their ideas.

Now it's not fighting, it's not fighting, it's not fighting, and the whole big tent is noisy.

"That's it!" Cao Cao touched his forehead, the humidity in the south was heavier, and he Cao Cao's forehead had some pain, plus he was infected with the wind cold, and now there was a quarrel here.

Cao Cao felt more and more uncomfortable.

"Lord, what's wrong with you?" Xiahou Chun on the side asked Cao Cao with concern.

"I'm fine!" Cao Cao waved his hand, forcibly endured the discomfort, and asked Guo Jia on the side, "Fengxiao, what do you think?" ”

Cao Cao generally couldn't make up his mind, and Guo Jia came to help.

"Lord, this battle can't be fought." Guo Jia explained. Indeed, if there is a real fight, no matter whether they win or lose, Yuan Yao and Cao Cao will not have good fruit to eat.

Cao Cao won, Yanzhou is finished, he Cao Cao is finished, Cao Cao is finished, Cao Cao loses, then it will be finished directly.

"I knew that I would have sent soldiers and horses to stop that Yuan Yao'er." Cao Cao also regretted it, if he had blocked Yuan Yao, he would not have been in this state now.

"The lord should negotiate peace in this battle!"

"Peace?" At the beginning, some of the scholars who were still following Guo Jiajun quarreled again.

"Peace?" Cao Cao frowned, "Do you want me to give up the city in my hand to that Yuan Yao child?" "Cao Cao is a little reluctant, the purpose of this expedition is to slap his face, but he has just hit his face, and he is going to be beaten back, is it still interesting?

"This peace negotiation is just a delaying tactic!" Guo Jia spoke again. "The top priority now is to prevent the Huainan Army's forces from penetrating our Yingchuan generation."

Now he is being led by the nose by the Huainan army.

Guo Jia's meaning was to negotiate peace with Yuan Yao'er first, to delay time, wait for Cao Ren to complete the deployment of the Yingchuan generation, and then wave the army back to Yanzhou, and eliminate the living force of Yuan Yao's army in the Caicheng generation.

"Let Cao Ren be armed?" Cao Cao frowned, "Now Cao Ren doesn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and there must be soldiers and horses stationed on the front line of Qingzhou and Puyang." What if Yuan Shao attacked him?

"So we need to send an envoy to Hebei immediately!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao, although he had this plan before, Cao Cao never implemented it.

Only when Yuan Shao was pacified could the plan be implemented.

The reason why Guo Jia wanted to look at Cao Cao was because he sent an envoy to Hebei, which was to give in.

Cao Cao was not Yuan Shao's little brother once or twice, but he couldn't turn over and be the master, he defeated his eldest brother once, and now you let him go back to be the little brother? How could he be willing.

Therefore, Guo Jia wants to see Cao Cao's attitude, if Cao Cao is unwilling, then he will not do the opposite.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, and he also looked back at Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, there is no other way than this method?" ”

"Yes!"

"Speak quickly!"

"You live and die, give up Yanzhou, and start again in Huainan."

"Good! Come on, prepare a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for me. Cao Cao's attitude finally made Guo Jia breathe a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Cao Cao would not be able to hold back for a while, and he would really come to your death.

This Yuan Yao child really forced Cao ** to the limit, not to be underestimated.

Guo Jia is also smiling, such Cao Cao is his lord, and he can bend and stretch for big things.