Chapter 709: The Dust Settles

In Cheng Yu's nervous gaze, the halberd blade stopped in front of Cao Cao's neck.

"Lu Fengxian, we admit defeat." Xi Zhicai, who was beside Cao Cao, said lightly to Lu Bu while Ming Jin ordered the army to lay down their weapons and surrender. There was no tension between the words, and it seemed that he was not worried that Lu Bu would stab him at all.

When Lu Bu heard this, he looked at Cao Cao, who had a calm face and seemed to have failed, and put down the halberd in his hand slightly, and stood beside Cao Cao with a cold snort.

Seeing Lu Bu so calm, Xi Zhicai, who had an indifferent look on his face, also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and put away the hidden spiritual power around Cao Cao.

"Yuan Highway is relieved to let you participate in this battle, it seems that I am not unjustly defeated." Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu and said in a deep voice.

When Lu Bu, who was still resentful of Cao Cao, heard this, the anger in his heart dissipated most of it instantly for some reason, and a sense of sadness arose from the death of a rabbit and a fox. Originally, he wanted to mock two sentences, but he stopped speaking, and stood quietly beside Cao Cao, shouting and letting the iron cavalry of Bingzhou rectify the battlefield.

"It seems that you have changed a lot! Rare. Seeing Lu Bu's calm state, Cao Cao rarely showed a little surprise and smiled.

"It's thanks to you, Gong Cao." Lu Bu seemed to be mocking and self-deprecating.

"You don't have the qualifications of a prince, what is really suitable for you is the battlefield, as a military general who charges into battle. Even without me, you will eventually be defeated by others. Now you're very good. Cao Cao said unceremoniously.

"What about yourself?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically.

"I think I'm not inferior to Yuan Highway, but it's a pity that it's not timely." Cao Cao said.

Although Cao Cao recognized Yuan Shu's ability, he did not feel that he was inferior to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was good at internal affairs, but he was far stronger in military and strategic terms. The biggest gap between him and Yuan Shu is not in ability, but in origin. If he also had the background of the Yuan family, he would have been able to dominate the Central Plains a long time ago, how could he start so slowly.

I am not afraid that the rich second generation is rich, but I am afraid that the rich second generation has brains. Plus foresight, that's still it?

"Family is only one aspect, not everything. Do you dare to say that if Yuan Gong didn't have this room, you would be able to beat him? Lu Bu said lightly.

After staying in Jiangdong for so long, he knew the horror of Yuan Shu the most, and he had no doubt that without the Yuan family, Yuan Shu would still be able to become a hegemon. Yuan Shu's current achievements are not at all something that the Yuan family can explain, although the Yuan family accounts for part of the reason, but it is by no means the main thing, Yuan Shu's own ability is the most shocking.

Hearing Lu Bu's words, Cao Cao pondered for a moment, and finally sighed slightly and stopped speaking.

Although he was confident that he would not be defeated by Yuan Shu, he really did not have the certainty of defeating Yuan Shu. Unless Yuan Shu's royal path is snuffed out at its beginning and when it is most vulnerable, as long as Yuan Shu is given a certain amount of time, he will basically be invincible.

"Now that this is the case, what's the point of talking about it? Lord, Lu Fengxian, now is not the end, on the contrary, our road has just begun. Xi Zhicai said.

"At the beginning?" Cao Cao looked at the west from afar and muttered.

......

With Xi Zhicai's order and the sound of gold, Cao Jun's eyes on the battlefield were full of disbelief and looked at the rear. After seeing Lu Bu beside Cao Cao, the generals of Cao Jun instantly understood what was happening, weighed it a little in their hearts, looked at the Chu Jun in front of them with resentment, put down the hand holding the weapon, and ordered the soldiers to slowly stop and put down the weapon.

Gao Ran and Guan Yu showed anger and panic, and frantically led the army to break through.

They had thought that they would lose this battle, and they were ready to fly separately with Cao's army. But they didn't expect that Cao Cao didn't retreat, but directly admitted defeat and surrendered after the defeat, selling their two allies here.

"Kill! Kill it! Gao Ran shouted angrily with an anxious face.

Cao Jun's defection made him directly trapped in the Chu army, isolated and helpless. After understanding that nothing could be done, Gao Ran immediately led his army to break through to the northwest. Fortunately, he was on the flank from the beginning, not close to the center of the battlefield, and after ruthlessly giving up 20,000 soldiers to intercept the Chu army that surrounded him, he finally escaped.

Compared with Gao Lan, Guan Yu is much more miserable. After the previous three axes, he and his army fell into a period of weakness. In addition, most of the tens of thousands of troops under his command were the elite of Cao's army, although these people had temporarily obeyed Guan Yu's orders before, but as soon as Xi Zhicai gave the order, these people immediately laid down their weapons and prepared to surrender. And Liu Bei's soldiers around Guan Yu had a total of less than 10,000 soldiers, and they were surrounded by Yu Ban's army, and they couldn't get out at all.

"Damn!"

Guan Yu kept scolding Cao Cao for his treachery in his heart. If it was in its heyday, he was still confident that he would be able to lead some of his soldiers out of the siege, but now he has not recovered from the period of weakness. The sequelae brought by the previous three knives can be completely proportional to their power, Guan Yu's current state is not at all less than thirty percent of what he does on weekdays, and he can't break through the siege of Yu Ban at all.

Looking at Guan Yu, who was trapped in the army and helpless, Yu Ban, who was standing not far away to mobilize the army, smiled slightly. How can the strength of one person defeat thousands of troops? Not to mention that Guan Yu is in a weak state now, even when he was in his heyday, he dared to brush his beard. Guan Yu, who was only a few thousand by his side, was completely a mobile gift package in his eyes, just waiting for him to receive it.

"Your Majesty, Lu Fengxian seems to have succeeded." Guo Jiayao looked at Cao Cao's situation, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Huh, it's finally over, this battle has been fought for too long, Cao Mengde is really difficult." Yuan Shuchang breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Cao Cao is really worthy of the name of a traitor, and he also cheated Yuan Shao and Liu Bei." Tian Feng looked at Guan Yu, who was firmly trapped by Yu Ban, and Gao Lanjun, who barely broke out of the encirclement but was chased and killed by Hua Xiong and led by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and said with a smile.

"Supporting the allies but each losing a general and tens of thousands of soldiers, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei are afraid that they will die of distress." Yuan Shu also smiled.

"Guan Yu will definitely not be able to run, but Gao Ran, I'm afraid he won't be able to stay." Guo Jiahu frowned slightly and looked into the distance and said.

"Huh?" Everyone followed Guo Jia's gaze, and two black dots faintly appeared on the surface line in the distance.

"That's?"

"Yan Liang and Wen Chou!" Jia Xu said with great certainty.

"Hehe, it's really timely. Yuan Shao has a good idea! Yuan Shao said mockingly.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou's cavalry appeared at such a time, and Yuan Shao's mind was clearly thirsty. It is also thanks to Yuan Shao's indecisiveness and reluctance to help Cao Cao with all his might, otherwise if this cavalry appeared in advance, the current situation would be really difficult to say.

Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai also noticed the movement of Yan Liang and Wen Chou leading the cavalry to arrive, and their eyes were full of resentment and chagrin. If this army had arrived half an hour in advance, Cao Cao would not have been forced to admit defeat so quickly. But it's a pity that Lu Bu is already standing by Cao Cao's side at this time, although he can take off Cao Cao's head from time to time, it is too late.

"Yuan Benchu, this short-sighted idiot!" Cao Cao said hatefully.