"Yun Chang, how's that? Have you ever caught the Son of Heaven and Xun Yu? Looking at Guan Yu's hurried return, Liu Bei felt uneasy in his heart, but he still asked with luck.

Guan Yu's face was slightly red, but because he was a big red face, he was not noticed, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, Yu has a negative trust, one step late, Xun Yu and the Son of Heaven were rescued by the Xiahou Yuan army who rushed over. ”

A trace of loss and resentment flashed on Liu Bei's face, but it was quickly covered up, and he helped him up softly: "It's okay, Xiahou Yuan is marching fast, and it is also providence to arrive at this time, and it has nothing to do with you." It's a pity that we didn't notice the capture of Changyi for a while, but Xun Yu escaped with a trick and didn't do our best. ”

Liu Ye was also extremely embarrassed in his heart, he boasted of being strategic, but this time he was played by Xun Yu, which was indeed a big blow to him.

"Lord, although we carelessly let go of the Son of Heaven and Xun Yu this time, we finally took Changyi. Cao Cao doesn't know when he will be able to capture Qingzhou, and he may return to the army to recapture Yanzhou at any time, Yuan Shu is now attacking Yuzhou is also like a bamboo, and his appetite may not be more than Yuzhou. Liu Ye said.

Liu Bei took a deep breath, since the matter was a foregone conclusion, it was useless for him to be angry. He knew the speed of Xiahou Yuan's march, and at this time, if he pursued him, there was no possibility that he would even follow him and eat ashes, and Xun Yu and the Son of Heaven would not be able to take it back.

"What Ziyang said is reasonable, but after several days of fighting, our army not only suffered heavy losses, but also was exhausted, so we still returned to Changyi for a few days to rectify, and then attacked the remaining counties of Yanzhou." Liu Bei said reasonably.

After attacking all the way and taking Changyi, Yanzhou was basically in Liu Bei's hands, which made Liu Bei's heart feel relieved and ready to defend Yanzhou. Yuan Shu attacked Yuzhou, Liu Bei didn't even have the slightest intention of going to defend it, the battle of Tongguan Chang'an that was combined with Cao Cao, plus the battle of Yanzhou, he once had 200,000 elites in his hands, and now he only has less than 60,000 soldiers left, and it is good to be able to hold Yanzhou. In less than a year or two, Liu Bei couldn't slow down at all.

But fortunately, the situation of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu was not much better. Cao Cao also attacked continuously, and the army under his command was only more than 100,000, but he could only barely hold on to the land of the two states. Although Yuan Shu did not lose much troops, with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, Xinde Xiliang and Si Li, coupled with taking care of the north, had only more than 100,000 troops in his hands at this time, otherwise Cao Cao and Liu Bei would not dare to attack each other in the Central Plains with the loss of troops.

Yuan Shu was originally thinking about the three heroes of the Central Plains, rather than directly hardening them. Liu Bei, Cao Cao plus Lu Bu, this power adds up to Yuan Shu and he must be afraid of three points, once Yuan Shu forces too hard, not to mention Lu Bu, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will definitely unite, Yuan Shu is the army pouring out of the nest has no certainty of victory.

The current situation is exactly what Yuan Shu deliberately created at the beginning. Cao Cao and Liu Bei are both heroes, how can they sit idly by and let Yuan Shu grow stronger and stick to their place? As long as one side of the Central Plains moves, the other two will definitely follow. This chaotic situation is what Yuan Shu hopes for the most, because he is the most powerful, and there is the danger of the Yangtze River, and he is invincible. No matter how the situation changes, as long as the three sides of the Central Plains attack each other and do not join forces against him, he will always have the opportunity to profit from it.

Liu Bei, who had gained a new foothold, calmed down with relief at this time, and began to recuperate in Changyi with peace of mind, while transferring the money and grain manpower in Yuzhou, and attacking the remaining Cao army in Yanzhou all the way. However, Xun Yu, when he left, he didn't know what he meant, and directly transferred all the defenders of the remaining counties and stationed them on the border of Qingzhou and Xuzhou. It seems to indulge Liu Bei to take Yanzhou.

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"Meet the Lord!" Running all the way, Xun Yu and Xiahou Yuan led the army to the city of Huangxian and joined Cao Cao.

"You two have worked hard, get up!" Cao Cao said with a tired face.

"Thank you, lord!" Xun Yu and Xiahou Yuan said respectfully.

"Wen Ruo, how is the situation in Yanzhou?"

Liu Bei led an army of more than 70,000 regardless of casualties to attack Changyi, and the ministers held on for nine days, losing more than 17,000 soldiers, killing nearly 40,000 enemies. This battle is careless, ignoring Liu Bei's courage and ruthlessness, and asking the lord to punish him! Xun Yu said apologetically after stating the battle of Changyi very objectively.

"This war crime is not yours, get up!" Cao Cao's face was complicated and fell into contemplation, but he said directly.

"Thank you, lord!"

"Also, my lord. After breaking through, seeing that the situation was urgent, he privately transferred the remaining defenders of Yanzhou to be stationed at the border of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and reported to the lord for Zeng Yu, and hoped that the lord would forgive him. Xun Yu bowed.

"You're doing a good job, what's the point?" Cao Cao smiled rarely, Xun Yu was very relieved to do things.

Hearing this, Xun Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, not because Cao Cao did not punish himself, but because Cao Cao still remained calm at this time. At this time, the situation in the Central Plains was obvious, Lu Bu was definitely done, and Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were left to compete for power. Liu Bei attacked Cao Cao regardless of the overall situation for his own survival, and Yuan Shu's entry into the Central Plains was unstoppable, which was beyond Cao Cao's expectations. Changyi did not hold on to Yanzhou, which meant that Yanzhou was about to fall into the hands of Liu Bei, and it became meaningless to entangle with Liu Bei in Yanzhou, and he could only lose with Liu Bei. Because Liu Bei has no way back, he will definitely fight to the death. With Cao Cao's current strength, even if he recaptured Yanzhou, he would not be able to hold it at all, and if the damage was too great, Yuan Shu might even take the opportunity to take the entire Central Plains directly.

Xun Yu directly evacuated the troops of Yanzhou to stop the loss of Cao and Liu, and if Liu Bei's troops were too small, he might not be able to hold Yanzhou under Yuan Shu's attack. At that time, Yanzhou fell into the hands of Yuan Shu, and the situation was even worse for Cao Cao. Xun Yu was afraid that Cao Cao would lose Yanzhou and lead his army to recapture Yanzhou, but fortunately, Cao Cao was still calm.

"This time Liu Bei and Yuan Shu alliance, it is indeed my inconsiderate decision to lure the wolf into the room." Cao Cao first blamed himself: "I thought that Liu Xuande was just a mediocre person, but I never thought that he also had such courage, I just looked away!" ”

Cao Cao hated Liu Bei in his heart at this time. You said that you are so ruthless, you didn't show when you dealt with Yuan Shu earlier, you looked like a hypocrisy and indecisiveness, and now that the Central Plains is fighting, you are energetic, and you can't get along with me! But no matter how much he hated, he had to stabilize Liu Bei, a pig teammate, at this time, and even ally with him later, because he had such a divine opponent as Yuan Shu. This is like playing a group, you not only have to deal with the opponent, but also always guard against your teammates hanging up and sending your head, if Cao Cao didn't have a strong psychological endurance, it is estimated that he would have been fighting with Liu Bei a long time ago.

"Lord, what is the situation in Huang County now?" Xun Yu asked.

When Cao Cao heard this, he sighed lightly, and the generals below were also silent.