Just when everyone was preparing to launch a general attack on Xuzhou City, an urgent report suddenly came from outside the camp gate.

"Report!"

The hurried, hoarse shouts of the reported soldiers resounded through the barracks, turning everyone's eyes to the door.

Then, everyone saw a soldier running in like a fly, he didn't care about stopping, he fell directly to the ground, and then said hoarsely to Cao Cao: "Qi Yu Lord, Yanzhou urgently, Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou, Puyang and other places fell one after another, only Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan County were temporarily defended by Lord Xun Yu and Lord Cheng Yu with a trick, and please send troops to rescue quickly!" ”

When everyone heard this sudden news, they were all shocked.

Cao Cao trembled, he clenched his fists, and said with a solemn face: "I knew they would come, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly!" ”

Cao Cao said, turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said: "Fengxiao, it seems that I lost the bet again this time, presumably because my killing karma is too heavy, and my luck is never on my side, I should really listen to you, just move my troops back to Yanzhou as soon as possible." ”

After hearing what Cao Cao said, everyone was taken aback again, listening to his tone, it seemed that he had already known that Yanzhou would be in danger, but he wanted to take a risk, and then return to the army to rescue Yanzhou after taking Xuzhou City, but after all, it was a little slower, and before Xuzhou City was taken, Yanzhou had already been lost.

"Wait, wait a minute, isn't Wen Ruo guarding Yanzhou? With him, how could Yanzhou break it? ”

Xun Yu, who has also heard about this matter, although he already knew from Guo Jia's mouth that Yanzhou would be in danger, but at the same time, he also knew that Yanzhou had his uncle Xun Yu in charge, so he believed that Xun Yu could hold Yanzhou, at least until they reacted and returned to the army to rescue Yanzhou.

But who knows, this Yanzhou fell so quickly with Xun Yu and Cheng Yu in the field, and there are only three cities left to defend, at this speed, I am afraid that they will not be able to wait for them to return to Yanzhou, and these three cities will also be captured, and by then, they will really be homeless.

At this time, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Lord, the matter has come to this point, and now I can only give up Xuzhou to protect Yanzhou." ”

Cao Cao asked, "But now."

Is it too late to go back? ”

Cao Cao's question also asked the things that everyone had doubts about, if hundreds of thousands of troops could retreat, Cao Cao would not be able to take a big risk, knowing that Yanzhou might be attacked by a sneak attack, and he would have to make a desperate attempt to storm Xuzhou City. This is because as long as they send the army back to Yanzhou, the information that Yanzhou is dangerous will be known to everyone, not only the soldiers of Cao's army, but even the princes who are watching the changes around will be ready to move, so Cao Cao will either take a big gamble and quickly capture Xuzhou City as a foothold with the strength of the whole army, and then send the army back to Yanzhou, or, give up the low-hanging fruit of Xuzhou City, and return to Yanzhou with the whole army.

But no matter how he chooses, Cao Cao is bound to take a great risk, as the so-called defeat is like a mountain, if the city of Xuzhou is not captured, or if their retreat on the way to the army's heart is shaken, resulting in a rout, it will be a catastrophic consequence.

Therefore, since you have to take risks no matter how you choose, and capture Xuzhou City before the Yanzhou accident, the reward will be greater, so Cao Cao is willing to take a risk, choose to conceal this news, and lead the whole army to attack Xuzhou City.

But what Cao Cao never expected was that before they started attacking Xuzhou City, Yanzhou had already fallen, and this speed seemed to be lost overnight, and they didn't even have time to react, which caught people off guard.

Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and only replied with one word: "Yes." ”

At this time, Cao Ren asked: "But with the speed of the enemy's breaking the city, attacking Yanzhou is only a matter of a blink of an eye, and now Yanzhou only has three cities left, Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fanxian, and our army has not yet set off, rushing back to Yanzhou at such a speed, I am afraid that Yanzhou has already been lost before it reaches the halfway point, so in my opinion, it is better to fight against the water, break through Xuzhou City in one go, and then send troops back to Yanzhou!" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "General Cao Ren is not a general trusted by the lord, and at this time, he can still be in danger and come up with a plan to break the cauldron and sink the boat, but at this time, at that time, this is not a giant deer, and the general is not Xiang Yu, once the news of the loss of Yanzhou spreads throughout the army, with the current situation that the Qingzhou army is not stable, it is a very dangerous thing to let them bravely attack the city and take Xuzhou, because as long as the army's heart is in chaos, it is easy to have a mutiny."

At that time, even if the Xuzhou army and reinforcements from all over the country do not attack us, we ourselves will be defeated, and at that time, there will be no chance to rescue Yanzhou. ”

At this time, Xiahoudun also stood up and said: "The military advisor said well, I brought the Qingzhou army, I can't be more clear about their habits, these guys, when it is profitable, they don't want to fight at all, but once it is unprofitable, they have no fighting spirit, in the worst case, once the form is unfavorable, maybe they will fight back and rebel again, when the time comes, it will be difficult to control these people again." ”

Xun You also calmed down at this time, and said: "That's right, the biggest threat now is not only the enemy from the outside, but also the Qingzhou Army in our army, which is also an extremely unstable factor, if the news of the loss of Yanzhou spreads throughout the army, and then let them attack the city, it will only make these mercenary people take risks and mutiny!" ”

At this time, Cao Ren said: "Since they are mercenary, wouldn't it be good to use Xuzhou City as bait and promise to let them plunder the city after breaking the city?" ”

Cao Ren's idea is not cold, if it is said that the Qingzhou army rebelled before, someone was behind the scenes, inciting the Qingzhou army to rebel, which led to this tragedy in Xuzhou, and now the rebellion of the Qingzhou army has been quelled, but Cao Ren used Xuzhou City as a bait for victory, and wanted the Qingzhou army to break through the city, which can really be said to be unscrupulous.

At this time, Mao Jue hurriedly said: "By all means, the Qingzhou army is so brutal, digging up corpses and graves, killing women and children, the means are too cruel, if they are promised to break through Xuzhou City and plunder the city, then the people of Xuzhou City will suffer!" ”

In the face of Mao Jue's persuasion, Cao Ren didn't care, and said coldly: "So far, where can I take care of so much, either the people of Xuzhou City will suffer, or we will suffer, do you think that if my army is defeated, these hundreds of thousands of troops, including you and me, will have a good end?" ”

Cao Ren's words are undoubtedly like a basin of cold water poured on Mao Jue's head, indeed, with the evil deeds committed by the Qingzhou army in Xuzhou, the Xuzhou army and the people have long gritted their teeth with hatred, and they can't wait to kill this Cao army, eat its flesh and sleep on its skin, and pay for the blood debt.