"Our soldiers have come to save us, rush!" Xiahou Yuan shouted, and the speed of the entire army was mentioned again.

"A certain Cao Cao! Come and save so! Cao Cao shouted into the distance.

"Liu Xuande is here!" Liu Bei also kept shouting.

Guan Yu and Zhang Feiduo summoned the cloud qi of nearly a thousand soldiers, and slashed forward with a sharp sword, instantly emptying a large number of flames in front of them, and faintly saw the figures of a large number of soldiers outside the flames in the distance.

"The lord is here! Whoever is ahead will come to the rescue! Zhang Fei shouted, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and even the surrounding flames were faintly weak. In this case, Zhang Fei's loud voice was brought into full play.

Hearing Zhang Fei's voice, the soldiers in the distance also moved. Both sides advanced at the same time, and soon emptied the flames in the middle and saw each other. After the two armies met, they quickly slaughtered outside the city.

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Looking at Chang'an City in the endless fire in the distance, Cao Cao's heart was extremely desolate when his body was covered with black marks after the fire burned.

Of the more than 40,000 troops that Cao Liu rectified, only a few thousand broke out. Together with those who were buried in the fire before, about 50,000 soldiers died here.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

Cao Cao suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter getting louder and louder, full of remorse, desolation and despair, and a trace of the joy of the rest of his life, which made people tremble.

"This time I am loyal and careless, I am loyal and willing to take this responsibility, please punish the lord!" Behind Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai bowed down with a pale face.

Hearing this, Cao Cao's laughter slowly stopped, and after a moment of silence, he said emotionlessly: "Zhicai, it's not your fault this time, it's me!" ”

"Why did the lord say this? This time, it was all loyal as a strategist who failed to find out the enemy's situation, what was wrong with the lord? ”

"It's me, it's me who mistook Yuan Highway!" Cao Cao laughed at himself: "I thought that the other party was just a stupid person who was timid, but now think about it, it was me who was stupid!" ”

The corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth were bitter, and he comforted: "The lord must not be presumptuous, we really underestimate Yuan Shu's courage. But this is just a small defeat, with Yuan Highway's indecisiveness, that is, let it take Xiliang, we still have a great possibility of a turnaround, as long as we unify the Central Plains, we can at least rule across the river with Yuan Highway. ”

Cao Cao sighed lightly: "Zhicai, you still underestimate Yuan Shu too much." Yuan Highway seems stupid, but in fact, it is hidden too deeply, so that a certain ignores its threat. Maybe in his eyes, it is not difficult to attack the Central Plains, but the risk and cost are greater, and he doesn't see me Cao Mengde in his eyes at all. ”

Looking at his soldiers with heavy casualties and low morale, Cao Cao sighed slightly: "In the past, I underestimated Yuan Highway and was too self-righteous. Now that I think about it, it has been hiding itself, and just looking at some of the strength it shows is terrifying! ”

"Lord!" Xi Zhicai said worriedly.

"Hehe, Zhicai, don't worry, I'm fine! On the contrary, I feel that I am in surprisingly good shape. Yuan Shu's strength is not necessarily a good thing for us, at least for now, he has given me a good opportunity. Cao Cao's eyes were revealed.

When Xi Zhicai saw Cao Cao's high-spirited appearance, he was stunned at first, and then smiled with relief.

Wen Ruo, you really have no last resort and far-reaching plans!

Xi Zhicai muttered in his heart.

At this time, nearly half of Cao Liu's 200,000 reinforcements had been lost, and Chang'an had also been burned. But fortunately, he didn't come in vain, and he also earned a son of heaven and Tongguan. On the contrary, Liu Bei was really empty of bamboo baskets, all the officials fell in the fire, Chang'an Tongguan did not gain anything, and nearly half of the soldiers were killed, which was really miserable.

"The lord is really wise! Although our army lost nearly half of its losses this time, Liu Bei's losses were even greater than those of our army, which is a great opportunity! Xi Zhicai said.

Cao Cao sent 20,000 troops and Xiahoudun to garrison, so he still had nearly 60,000 troops at this time, while Liu Bei was only 40,000.

"Is the lord planning to make a move on Liu Bei?" Xi Zhicai said in a low voice.

"No!" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed: "Although we occupy Tongguan, it is still too reluctant to leave Liu Bei behind." And there is also a Yuan Highway here, with our current state, Liu Bei can't move for the time being. ”

"Then the lord wants to move Lu Fengxian?"

"Not bad!" The corners of Cao Cao's mouth hooked: "Although we can't move Liu Bei considering the overall situation, we can still do it by blocking him out of Tongguan for a month or two, and if he wants to make a detour back to Yuzhou, it will take a lot of time if he doesn't pass Tongguan." Such a long time is enough for us to do a lot in Qingzhou. ”

"Although Lu Fengxian's foundation in Qingzhou is still shallow and his strength is not strong, he also has more than 100,000 people under his command, especially the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry under his command, which is not inferior to Youzhou and Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is very difficult. If we want to fight, we must take it quickly with the momentum of thunder, otherwise we may have an accident if we drag it down. Xi Zhicai said.

Although Cao Cao's defeat was bad news, the current situation was very good for him. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were both held back by their respective wars and were powerless to manage the affairs of the Central Plains, Liu Bei is in this situation now, is there a better chance than this? Under the situation that the four parties are unable to take care of, it is the best time to make a move on Lu Bu.

Cao Cao glanced at Liu Bei's direction: "Step by step, step by step, now Liu Xuande should feel his powerlessness!" At the beginning, he chose to retreat, and there was no chance of victory for him in this world. If Tianyu does not take it, but suffers from it, this person is no longer to worry. It's a pity that I still regarded him as a hero at the beginning, but I never thought that this descendant of the Han family would be so unable to support the wall. Alas! ”

"By the way, Zhicai, who is the young general who organized the army to come to the rescue of us before?" Cao Cao said curiously, he was in a hurry at that time, and Cao Cao, who was still in shock, praised him verbally and did not investigate it carefully. Thinking about it now, to be able to organize a large army rescue so decisively in such an urgent situation, it can be seen that this person's loyalty and courage must be a good general.

"This person's surname is Li Mingdian, the word is Mancheng, and he is from Juye County, Shanyang County. In the army, he is low-key, does not compete with others, advocates learning, respects elegance, is a Confucian general, wise and brave, and the lord should be reused! Xi Zhicai said solemnly. If it weren't for an emergency, he really wouldn't have imagined that there was such a good general hidden in the army.

"Oh? You can get the ambition to say this, it seems that this person is really extraordinary! Cao Cao was surprised: "Promote him to a partial general, this expedition against Lu Bu let him be a vanguard and lead the army alone!" I'd like to see how you see it. ”

"Lord, the army is almost rested, I'll lead the army back soon!" Glancing at Liu Bei's army on the other side, who was about to leave, Xi Zhicai said.

"It's okay, let's go to Tongguan first." Cao Cao smiled and glanced at Liu Bei in the distance, and waved his hand to greet Xiahou Yuan: "Miaocai, you come to lead the troops, we must rush to Tongguan before Liu Bei!" ”