The prime minister has an order, retreat quickly! ”

"Retreat~"

Xiahoudun and other Cao army generals quickly evacuated with their subordinates.

"Chase, don't let any of them go!"

Zhang Fei was so angry that he was willing to let them go, and he was going to chase them up with a roar. Gongsun Du was worried that there would be another ambush, so he was anxious to stop Zhang Fei.

"Ming Gong, are you alright?" Zhang Fei looked at Gongsun Du and said happily.

"It's fine!"

Gongsun Du shook his head, glanced at the battlefield where the corpses were scattered, and said worriedly: "Yide asked people to quickly clean up the battlefield and bury the corpses!" ”

"Yes, Ming Gong."

Now that the weather is hot, Gongsun Du is very worried about the recurrence of the plague of the past year, which has thwarted the epidemic of the powerful Xianbei, and must be taken seriously.

Soon the corpses of Cao Jun on the battlefield were buried, and the corpses of the soldiers of the Youzhou Army were cremated on the spot and then taken away.

At this time, Dian Wei also rushed over with Hua Tuo. Gongsun Du thought that they had left, but after learning the reason, he was both moved and angry.

Touched by the fact that the two did not go far because they feared for his safety, but hid in a forest near the left; Fortunately, his huge effort was almost wasted.

Almost, that is, it didn't happen.

Gongsun Du couldn't say anything harsh, but only said a few words slightly, don't be like this next time.

The army returned and marched towards Kaiyang, still halfway through, and then a defeated army.

"Lost?"

Zhang Fei looked at the soldiers in front of him, his face was quite unkind.

"Yes, General!"

Zhang Fei was about to scold, but the deputy general on the side reminded: "General, it is better to report this matter to the public as soon as possible." ”

When Gongsun Du got the news, he frowned and said, "How many people are left to guard the city?" ”

"Two thousand! A whole school of people! Zhang Fei's face was bitter and replied depressedly.

"Two thousand?"

Gongsun Du said thoughtfully: "Do you know why you lost the city?" ”

Zhang Fei choked.

Gongsun Du immediately understood that this guy was messing up again, and said angrily: "Don't go quickly!" ”

"Going? What are you going to do? ”

Gongsun Du couldn't hold back the power of the desolation in his heart, but fortunately, Zhang Fei reacted immediately and hurriedly said: "Yes, Ming Gong, my subordinates will go and call people." ”

As soon as Zhang Fei walked a few steps, he saw the deputy general leading the previous soldier waiting not far away, and he was first angry in his heart, thinking that the deputy general was cheating on him, but then he smiled bitterly, because this is impossible, if such a thing is found out, it is a capital crime.

Gongsun Du didn't bother to pursue these at this time, and after learning the reason for the loss of the city from the soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh: "Cao Mengde is really Cao Mengde, such interlocking serial schemes can be used, it's really powerful, amazing!" ”

It turned out that the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, did not really withdraw, but hid near the left of Kaiyang, and when Zhang Fei's army left the city not long after, they came out of their hideouts.

If this is the case, the 2,000 Youzhou troops should be safe to hold Kaiyang. However, Cao Cao had already laid a secret hand, and when attacking the city, the northwest corner of Kaiyang City collapsed, and Cao's army took advantage of the situation to enter, and the two thousand Youzhou troops could not stop it, so they could only withdraw from other gates.

"Ming Gong, it's all to blame on his subordinates, if it weren't for his subordinates taking most of the people away, he would never lose the city." Zhang Fei knew the specific situation and immediately pleaded guilty.

"Alright, get up!"

Gongsun Du shook his head and comforted: "No one thought that Cao Cao would have this hand, and no one is to blame for the loss of the city." Besides, the city wall collapsed, and it will not be repaired in a while, if Yide is still unable to pass in your heart, then take Kaiyang back. ”

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he shouted: "Ming Gong is high, and his subordinates will go." ”

"Wait!"

Gongsun Du only felt that his head was full of black lines, and he shouted: "This reckless man doesn't feel tired, aren't the soldiers tired?" Or do you think Cao Jun is a rabble that was defeated in one blow? If this is the case, why the successive losses? Don't have a conspiracy with a certain Cao Jun, the question is that you are sure that Cao Jun has no conspiracy? Do you want your soldiers to die? ”

Zhang Fei was stunned.

Gongsun Du breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No matter what, let's go to Kaiyang first and see the specific situation." If the Cao army is defenseless, it will be taken back directly, and if it is prepared, then it will ......"

Rushing to the post pavilion thirty miles southwest of Kaiyang City, the sky was completely dark. The army camped here and sent people to Kaiyang to inquire about the news.

After setting up the camp, everyone had not had time to rest, and the tanqi came back with news.

"Duke Ming, it is reported that after the Cao army took Kaiyang City, they set a fire in the city and retreated."

"What?"

Gongsun Du exclaimed, a little confused about what Cao Cao was going to do.

"Burned the city? What about the people of the city? ”

Tanqi shook his head and said, "Kaiyang City has not been burned. Although the subordinates and others did not enter the city to take a closer look, the houses in the city were not burned down. ”

"Then the treasury must have been burned."

Gongsun Du suddenly realized, immediately looked at Zhang Fei, and said, "How many supplies are there in the city?" How many do we have now? ”

Zhang Fei replied inexplicably: "There are about enough supplies for an army of 20,000 for a month, and this time in order to catch up with Ming Gong as soon as possible, I only brought three days of dry food." ”

Gongsun Du was silent for a moment and asked, "Are these materials unique to our Youzhou?" ”

Zhang Fei was stunned and said, "Naturally, there is." After speaking, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed: "Ming Gong, is this ......?"

"Let's not talk about that, first send someone into the city to investigate carefully." While he was talking, Gongsun Du was still wondering why there was no news from Qiao Yanglou, whether it hadn't arrived yet, or if there was some accident?

Gongsun Du tried not to think badly, hesitated, refused Zhang Fei's request to send people again, selected five people from his own soldiers, and ordered them to go to investigate.

At midnight, the pro-soldiers returned, bringing mixed news.

"Ming Gong, it seems that the materials in the treasury have not been transported, at most a small amount has been taken away. The rest were all burned, and the subordinates could still smell the scent of sweet potatoes and potatoes in the residue. However, in addition to these, there are still several charred corpses in the treasury, and according to the search, it should be our people. ”

After the soldier finished speaking, he offered a few things.

Gongsun Du looked at the things in the palm of his own soldiers' hands and trembled, without him, this is the identity card that has been implemented since the Liao team.

Reaching out to take the identity card, Gongsun Du looked at it carefully. Although it was no longer clear to see, Gongsun Du still recognized that this was the identity card owned by Qiao Yanglou's people. These identity tags seem to be exactly the same as ordinary identity tags, but in fact they are different from ordinary identity tags, one of the corners is inlaid with fragile metal, and the volume is not large, the size of a grain of rice, and you need to carefully touch your fingers to feel the difference.

Today, this horn is missing, either because it was melted away by the fire, or it could have been deducted by the owner of the identity tag.

In this way, Qiao Yanglou has a problem!

Gongsun counted the identity cards in his hand, and said, "Is that all?" ”

"Yes, Ming Gong."

Gongsun Duxin said: "There should be people who survive, and it is also possible that Cao Jun is being tracked." ”

"Order, tomorrow at three o'clock will set off immediately and enter Kaiyang." Gongsun Du made a decision in an instant.

Following.

Gongsun Du led the army to Kaiyang, took a turn in the city, and sure enough, there was a section of the city wall collapsed, and after a careful look, it should have been hollowed out long ago, just waiting for the time to come, and the last bit of load-bearing soil was dug out, and it naturally collapsed.

After looking at the treasury again, Gongsun Du asked people to bury the charred corpse, and asked Zhang Fei to repair the city wall as soon as possible, and find where the hole below leads.

After ordering these, Gongsun Du finally received the news from Qiao Yanglou. As he thought, the people of Qiao Yanglou saw that Xiahou Yuan's troops wanted to empty the treasury, so they secretly blocked it, not wanting to be discovered, and finally had no choice but to set fire to these materials.

In this regard, Gongsun Du was very satisfied.

And Xiahou Yuan saw that he couldn't achieve his goal, so he simply abandoned the city. At this time, there were only two people left in Qiao Yanglou, so they chased after them together, and they couldn't even leave any news.