"Your Majesty, rest assured, the last general will lead his troops through the sea of fire!" Lu Buyi said boldly.

Liu Yu shook his head and said: "No need, I estimate that Cao Cao is very prepared, not to mention whether he can rush over, even if you rush through, Cao Cao will definitely have a backhand, and our army should advance slowly." Anyway, after this battle, Cao Cao only has the strength to defend. ”

Liu Yu said so, and Lu Bu was not reluctant.

Cao Cao returned to Xuchang in embarrassment, and Cheng Yu and other strategists were covered with ashes, which was not the same as his previous gentle and elegant appearance. Not to mention Xu Huang, Cao Ren and other military generals, some of them were burned red by the fire.

There were not many people left in Xuchang City, and Cao Cao arranged for Xun Yu and Cao Ang to be in charge of this matter, dividing the people into several batches and gradually transferring them to Shouchun. Cao Cao knew the importance of being a crowd, and he wouldn't let Liu Yu get such a big piece of fat for nothing. If Liu Yu hadn't occupied Yingchuan and other places long ago, Cao Cao would have wanted to move all the people in the territory.

In fact, as long as Xun Yu is responsible for moving the capital, Cao Cao plus a Cao Ang is not a distrust of Xun Yu, but on the contrary, he attaches importance to Xun Yu. Cao Cao cultivated Cao Ang as an heir, and this time Cao Ang and Xun Yu were responsible for moving the capital together, hoping that Cao Ang could learn something from Xun Yu, and at the same time accumulate prestige to build a foundation for future succession.

Cao Ang, who was guarding the city, saw his father returning in embarrassment, and hurriedly asked people to open the city gate.

"The child meets his father!" Cao Ang came to the city gate to greet Cao Cao.

After returning from the defeat, Cao Cao was not in a good mood, and said lightly: "Come into the city." ”

Cao Ang was an elf man, and from Cao Cao's tone and the demeanor of the soldiers, he knew that this expedition might have failed.

Cao Cao returned to his prime minister's mansion, and there were only a few servants left in the entire prime minister's mansion, and Cao Cao's wives and concubines and children were all transferred to Shouchun.

Hearing that Cao Cao had returned, Xun Yu also rushed to hear the news.

Cao Cao came to the hall, drank a bowl of tea brought by the servant, and after sitting down, he asked Xun Yu and Cao Ang, "How is the relocation of the capital going?" ”

Xun Yu motioned to Cao Ang and asked him to answer.

Cao Ang replied: "Back to my father, the matter of moving the capital has come to an end, Your Majesty and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs have secretly gone to Shouchun yesterday, and the child has arranged for his henchmen to escort him, and has taken precautions against possible problems. Shou Chun guarded Li Dian to answer and ensure that nothing went wrong. The people of Xudu also went to Shouchun one after another, and the remaining people are expected to be evacuated in the next two days. My mother, aunts, younger siblings, and many family members have already been arranged. ”

Seeing that Cao Ang's answer was methodical, Cao Cao was relieved and said, "Keep up the good work." ”

"Yes, Father!" With Cao Cao's encouragement, Cao Ang's heart was warm.

"Father, I don't know how the war is going?" Cao Ang asked.

"Haha, Lone lost to Liu Yu this time. It's just that Lone will win it back. Cao Cao said with a smile.

Cao Cao's euphemistic meaning let Xun Yu and Cao Ang know that they had failed this time, and everyone had a down-and-out expression.

"Look at what kind of expressions you all have, you have no soldiers, no food and no land before Lonely, and you can get to this position today. A mere failure is nothing! Cao Cao said with a smile.

Everyone was infected by Cao Cao's self-confidence, and they all remembered how difficult Cao Cao was before, and today's failure is really nothing. Thinking of this, everyone's faces softened a lot.

A knight galloped from Xuchang City to Cao Cao's prime minister's mansion, then took out a piece of parchment from his bosom and handed it to Cao Cao's guards.

Xu Chu, the leader of the guards, looked at the mark on the parchment and knew that this was urgent information, so he immediately brought it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't know what the information was, and when he opened it, his face became very dark.

Everyone was stunned, could there be any bad news?

Cao Cao said flatly: "Zilian sent a battle report, Liu Yubu general Zhao Yun led 30,000 troops to rescue Guan Yu, Zilian and Liu Bei divided their troops to block, but Guan Yu of Dongguan City took the opportunity to counterattack. Zilian and Liu Bei were defeated and chose to transfer temporarily. In the end, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun joined forces and broke through Donghai County. Zilian, they are now retreating to Xiapi City. ”

This is bad news, Xuzhou is Cao Cao's granary, if it is lost, this blow will be too big. Fortunately, Xiapicheng is still there, and Xuzhou can still withstand Liu Jun's attack.

"There's also bad news. Sun Ce led 40,000 troops and had already broken through Guangling County in Xuzhou. It seems that there is an intention to join forces to attack Xiapi! Cao Cao continued.

If everyone still had a little hope for Xuzhou just now, there is no hope now. Sun Ce was so ruthless, he sent troops to Xuzhou at this time, taking a huge advantage.

Everyone looked at Cao Cao and hoped that he would be able to lead his subordinates to turn the situation around.

When Cao Cao opened his mouth to say something, he suddenly felt that the whole world was spinning, and finally his eyes were dark and unconscious.

"Father (lord)!" Everyone quickly came to Cao Cao's side.

Cao Ang helped Cao Cao up, and found that Cao Cao didn't wake up no matter how much he called.

Xun Yu and others hurriedly found Lang Zhong, this Lang Zhong was prepared by Xun Yu before, in order to prevent the occurrence of accidents, this time just came in handy.

Lang Zhong diagnosed Cao Cao's pulse and gave Cao Cao an injection, but Cao Cao still didn't wake up.

"Sir, what's wrong with my father?" Cao Ang asked eagerly.

Lang Zhong said: "Prime Minister, this is a head wind. It's just that this time it's a bit serious, the villain has already given an injection to the prime minister, and then boiled one or two pairs of decoctions, and it will be fine after a day or two. If the prime minister wants to cure it, it will be difficult. ”

"There is labor! Someone come, send Mr. down to prepare the decoction. Cao Ang sent Lang Zhong out.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Please also ask the prince to temporarily take the position of the lord!" Cheng Yu came out directly and said.

Cao Ang said suspiciously: "Mr. Zhongde, my father is only slightly unwell, and he will recover in two days. It doesn't have to be that way! ”

"Childe doesn't know, and the situation is extremely urgent at the moment. Our army fought with Liu Yu, and it can be said that they returned defeated. Now the lord is unwell again, lest Liu Yu's traitors take advantage of the situation. At this moment, it is necessary for the eldest prince to come forward and temporarily take the position of the lord to settle the hearts of the army. Cheng Yu said.

Xun Yu also said: "Eldest prince, the matter of moving the capital has reached the last moment, and there must be no chaos at this time." I think that the eldest prince should be like this. ”

Cheng Yu and Xun Yu supported Cao Ang, after all, Cao Cao also cultivated Cao Ang as an heir, which they knew in their hearts.

Cao Ang looked at Cao Ren and asked, "What does Uncle Ren think?" The little nephew doesn't dare to be arbitrary. ”

Cao Ang really didn't dare, he didn't think he had the ability of Cao Cao, plus he had a generous personality, so he didn't dare to act recklessly in his heart.

Cao Ren is very satisfied with Cao Ang, among the younger generation of the Cao family, Cao Ang is a leader, and at the same time, it is not bad to let Cao Ang exercise more. Cao Ren said decisively: "Hurry up and follow the power!" I don't think the lord will have any opinions when he wakes up. ”

Well, several of the bigwigs present said so, and the others only echoed it.

With the support of the crowd, Cao Ang accepted the suggestion to temporarily take over Cao Cao's duties until Cao Cao woke up.