"Sir, let Cao Cao run away."

Zhao Yun rode back on the flying lightning.

"It's a pity." Guo Jia sighed.

Although he also practiced swords, fighting on the battlefield was not what he was good at. Fighting on a war horse, he is even more inadequate.

Cao Cao attacked, and Guo Jia could only watch.

At this point, even Guo Jia is still surprised when he thinks about it now.

I really didn't expect that at this time, Cao Cao would dare to go out in person, and only lead five hundred people.

Moreover, among these five hundred people, it is estimated that half of them are the generals and captains in Cao Cao's army. The rest are also centurions.

Is Cao Cao crazy?

Even if Cao Cao burned all the grain and grass, more than a dozen people fled out of 500 people.

Who is at the loss?

After this battle, Cao Cao's generals were really cut off.

Even if he recruits new recruits later, who will lead and train him?

A soldier is a new soldier, and a general is also a new general.

Cao Cao wants to recover to before, without three or five years, it is absolutely impossible.

Even if Zhao Hui withdrew his troops this time because of the problem of grain and grass, Zhao Hui would be able to send troops again in the coming year.

At that time, Cao Cao still had to be defeated.

What's more, even if the grain and grass here are burned, for Zhao Hui, the impact is not very great.

Cao Cao, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others all borrowed grain from Lu Bu through Zhao Hui, and therefore judged that Zhao Hui was short of grain and grass.

But in fact, Zhao Hui was only a little urgent because he wanted to subsidize those people, but the grain and grass from Jizhou would be postponed, so for the sake of insurance, he first asked Lu Bu to borrow grain.

Even if these grains and grasses are burned, the grain and grass from Jizhou will arrive soon.

I received the news over there, and now I'm speeding up.

And this month, I was lucky that there was no rain, the roads were dry, and the grain trucks were very convenient to move forward.

The grain and grass in Jizhou will arrive two days earlier than expected.

Therefore, this time, Cao Cao came to burn the grain and grass, and for Zhao Hui, he only lost the grain and grass of tens of thousands of stones.

The rest is not lost at all.

In terms of soldiers, it was also the 3,000 Xuzhou recruits led by Song Xian, and the losses were relatively large.

Many recruits, seeing that the grain and grass were burned, fled directly, and there were only a few hundred people who could keep up with Song Xian.

The others are scattered, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to come back.

Now Zhao Yun has returned from chasing Cao Cao, but Song Xian is still nowhere to be found, and he doesn't know where he has gone.

"Keep going."

After those grain trucks were burned to ashes, Pei Yuanshao also cleaned up the battlefield.

There was 10,000 stone of grain and grass left.

The team began to move on, heading towards Puyang.

"Sir, aren't you waiting for Song Xian?" Zhao Yundao.

"No need to wait."

Guo Jia said: "He may not appear again." ”

Most of the 3,000 soldiers in Song Xian's hands were scattered, but when Pei Yuanshao was cleaning up the battlefield, he still gathered a few hundred people from nearby.

Let them continue to transport grain and grass to Puyang.

And the news was also sent to Zhao Hui first.

This place is forty miles away from Puyang.

Although it was delayed for two hours due to the attack, the grain wagons were reduced and the speed of the team could be increased a little.

Before dark, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others returned safely to Puyang City.

The next day, Zhao Hui also received the news.

After reading the news, Zhao Hui handed the secret letter to Jia Xu, Xu Shu and others.

"Last time I investigated, five hundred cavalry came out of Xudu, Cao Cao was among them, and the grain and grass sent from Xuzhou had been burned."

"But Cao generals Xiahou Yuan, Cao Xiu, and Shi Jian ......, and all of them were killed."

Of the 500 people led by Cao Cao this time, many of them were generals and captains, and the lowest was also at the level of centurion.

The strength of such a team is very strong.

But their numbers are too small.

Although they were bent on burning grain and grass and let them succeed, many generals died in the hands of Zhao Yun and Pei Yuanshao.

In addition to killing Cao Xiu Xiahou Yuan, Zhao Yun also killed more than thirty Cao generals.

Pei Yuanshao also killed Shi Lian, plus more than a dozen Cao generals.

Although Cao Cao burned grain and grass, his losses in this battle would not be smaller than the losses of his previous Guandu.

"Lord, now immediately lead a team of men and horses to raid Xu Du, and you will definitely be able to take it in one fell swoop." Jia Xu said immediately after reading the secret letter.

The grain and grass were burned, but it did not affect them at all.

The burned grain and grass could not affect the food of the army for the time being.

The 150,000-strong army is still able to eat three meals a day.

Cao Cao thought he had succeeded, but he didn't expect that he would lose even more.

Cao Cao needs to burn the grain and grass transported from Jizhou, so as to really affect Zhao Hui's 150,000 army.

It is really possible to collapse Zhao Hui's 150,000 army.

"What do you think?" Zhao Hui asked, his face also full of joy.

I thought it was just five hundred ordinary cavalry, but I never expected that Cao Cao would dig his own grave.

Cao Cao has accumulated and cultivated good generals over the years, but they were all defeated once.

The current Xu Capital, even if it is guarded by high walls, is nothing but nothing for Zhao Hui.

Xu Dunei, plus Cao Cao's recent recruits, can still make up an army of 30,000.

But these 30,000 troops have no good future to command them.

And it's a recruit.

There is no need for 150,000 troops, now only 20,000 soldiers and horses are needed to break through the city and enter Xudu.

"Lord, I'll go." Dian Wei Dao.

Xu Shu said: "Lord, Cao Cao is still outside, and I don't know when he will return to Xudu, so I can order people to set up checkpoints on various roads to arrest Cao Cao and prevent him from returning to Xudu." ”

"In addition, I ordered an army of 20,000 to advance at full speed and take Xudu. The army advanced in the rear according to the original plan. ”

Zhao Hui said: "According to what Yuan Zhi said, I will lead 20,000 elite soldiers and advance at full speed. ”

"Xu Huang, the rear army is temporarily commanded by you."

Zhao Hui prepared to bring Dian Wei.

Xu Huang, Jia Xu, Xu Shu and others all stayed in the rear army.

With an army of more than 100,000 troops, it is still necessary to focus on stability.

An army of 20,000 people, although not cavalry, can travel 100 miles a day if they bring enough dry food and advance at full speed.

Within ten days, you can reach Xudu.

Set up cards along the way, although it is difficult to catch Cao Cao, but it can make it not so easy for Cao Cao to return to Xudu.

If Zhao Hui had arrived outside the city of Xu before Cao Cao, then this battle would have been easier and simpler.

It is not impossible for the people in Xudu City to directly open the city and surrender.

Inside the city of Xudu.

Xun You, Cheng Yu and the others looked extremely ugly.

They had already received reports from the spies outside Puyang City and the spies who were watching the movements of Zhao Hui's army.

"The lord has successfully burned the grain and grass, but it doesn't seem to have much impact on the Zhao army, Zhao Hui has already personally led 20,000 elites, full speed panorama, and in a few days, the troops will be able to come to the city." Cheng Yu said.

"In addition, Zhao Jun has set up checkpoints on all roads to Xudu, and although the lord is still alive, he doesn't know when he will be able to come back."