When Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao had already restrained his anger and became calm again. Only the blood on the ground and the smell of blood in the air reminded them of what terrible things had happened here.

"Why did the lord suddenly order a halt to the siege? Still calling me in a hurry? Could it be that there is a change in Yanzhou? ”

Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled, and said, "Feng Xiao is smart, and he can see the problem at a glance." Wen Ruo wrote a letter, saying that the imperial army suddenly went east, and there was a rebellion in the Chen Palace, and now most of Yanzhou has been lost, and only Juancheng, Fanxian, and Dong'e are still holding on. Most of the families of the soldiers also fell into the hands of the imperial court! ”

Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others immediately changed their faces, and now they are trapped in Xuzhou, and the old nest in the rear has been copied, which is that they have fallen into a desperate situation of nine deaths and one life. But then they were confused again, in such a dangerous situation, why did Cao Gong still smile so happily?

"Why am I laughing?"

Cao Cao laughed twice and said: "Since I started the army, I will win the battle, attack and win, and all the attacks will be broken. The enemies I had encountered before were mediocre people. is Liu Bei, in a certain opinion, only perseverance is commendable, and everything else is insignificant. Now that I finally met an opponent of equal strength, it was naturally joyful! ”

Seeing Cao Cao's bright smile on his face, everyone seemed to be sincere, and couldn't help but look at each other. Is the lord really happy, or is he angry? But soon, Guo Jia reacted and asked, "How is the enemy moving now?" If the three cities are lost again, then we won't even have a place to stay. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Chen Cheng and Zang Ba led the troops, stationed near Xiaopei, waiting for us to crash headlong!" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Our army should bypass Xiaopei, meet with Wen Ruo first, and then try to do something else." ”

The other generals in the big tent also agreed, no matter what, there must be a place to rest first. While they were deliberating, a soldier shouted outside, "Enlighten the lord, the messenger of the enemy army has been caught by the horse!" ”

"Bring it up!"

The two trembling messengers were pushed into the tent with their hands tied behind their backs. The soldier presented the letter he had found, and Cao Cao took it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "As I expected, Chen Wenzheng is going to attack our army with Liu Bei." ”

Cao Chun said loudly: "Now the situation is critical, please order the withdrawal of troops immediately!" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Don't be busy, even if you want to lead the troops to retreat, you have to break Liu Bei first." ”

He asked the man who was tied to the ground, "Tell me, who sent you?" ”

"My master is Zhang Miao.........."

The messenger knew Cao Cao's reputation for cruelty, and since he entered the big tent, he had been trembling, and at this time he trembled and told the whole story of the matter, and after speaking, he lamented: "Cao Gong, I have said everything I know, please spare my life!" ”

"Thief betraying the master, what is the use of keeping you?" Cao Cao's face changed suddenly, and he shouted to the soldiers: "Push this person out and behead him!" ”

"No!"

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

A moment later, there was a scream outside the tent, and then it fell silent. Cao Cao calmly dispatched his troops, arranged for the retreat of his soldiers, and ambushed an ambush in the field.

In the end, Cao Cao said to everyone: "The matter of Yanzhou needs to be kept absolutely confidential. Whoever dares to reveal the slightest rumor will be immediately killed! ”

"No!"

Large-scale military operations are generally impossible to hide, and as soon as Cao's army began to retreat, Liu Bei in Xuyi City was aware of it. He took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the head of the city, looking at Cao Jun's camp in the distance. I saw that the people in the camp were neighing on their backs, and the noise was unusual. The solemn expression on Liu Bei's face relaxed, and he said with relief: "It seems that the general's soldiers and horses have arrived!" Otherwise, Cao Cao would never have retreated! ”

Before Chen Cheng acted, of course, he sent someone to deliver the news to Liu Bei. On the one hand, it was to strengthen Liu Bei's will to continue to defend the city, and on the other hand, it was to make an agreement with Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao before and after, and obtain the greatest results with the smallest casualties.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "You can't let Cao Cao retreat like this!" ”

Cao's army invaded Xuzhou and fought with Liu Beijun for a long time, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, and they had already formed a deep feud in the sea of blood. Hearing that Cao Jun was about to withdraw, there were not a few people who wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge.

Guan Yu also said: "Taking advantage of Cao Cao's retreat, not only can I kill a lot of enemy soldiers, but I can also capture some supplies!" ”

Liu Bei was quite moved, why didn't he want to defeat Cao Cao? However, he still looked at Chen Deng first and asked, "What does Yuan Long think?" ”

Chen Deng owed himself and said: "Cao Cao had to withdraw because of changes in the rear. Although he is an enemy, he is well versed in the art of war, how can he not prepare for a crack when he retreats? If we rush to catch up, I'm afraid we will be defeated by Cao Cao! ”

Zhang Fei shouted: "We have been pressed and beaten by Cao Cao for so long, how can we make him retreat comfortably?" Even if he ambushes the soldiers and horses, we are not afraid! ”

Liu Bei appeased Zhang Fei, and then said to Chen Deng: "The general once sent someone to send a message, asking me to fight Cao Cao with him back and forth, if we don't send troops, we will lose our trust." The general does not live up to me, and I Liu Bei will never fail people! Besides, now is a great time, wouldn't it be a shame not to take advantage of it? ”

Chen Deng said: "Since Xuande Gong insists on sending troops, it is better to advance slowly with the army, and hang behind Cao Cao with soldiers and horses, so that he can not retreat with peace of mind." ”

Liu Bei said: "This is very much in line with my intentions! ”

So Liu Bei ordered troops and horses and made preparations in the city. Two days later, in the early morning, Liu Bei was awakened in his sleep. Zhang Fei strode in and said loudly: "Big brother, Cao Jun has retreated in a big way!" ”

Liu Bei has not taken off the armor on his body in the past few days, he is sleeping in his clothes, and when he heard this, he jumped up from the couch, grabbed the matching sword, and said loudly: "Order the whole army, attack immediately!" ”

It didn't take long for the city to be noisy, the streets were brightly lit, and the neighing of horses and the sound of metal clashing could be heard far away. Guan Yu and the others had already prepared, and when Liu Bei came over, the city gate was opened, and the six thousand cavalry rushed out and chased towards the north.

Chen Deng pulled Liu Bei's war horse and said loudly: "Xuande Gong, remember to go slowly, don't chase too quickly!" ”

Liu Bei pulled the reins and replied equally loudly: "Got it!" ”

With that, he kicked the horse's belly, and the majestic Xiliang war horse neighed and ran out.

The army moved forward quickly and arrived at Cao's original camp. There was a little fire in the camp, but there were no people patrolling back and forth, and it was very quiet. Liu Beijun rushed to him, and the soldiers shouted loudly and rushed in.

"Boom!"

The gate was knocked down, and the soldiers who rushed in cheered. Cao's army was numerous, and although it retreated, it still left a lot of supplies. When Liu Beijun saw it, he grabbed it wantonly. They have been fighting hard for more than a year, often starving, and are almost on the verge of collapse, and now that they can grab something, they will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

Liu Bei couldn't help but be furious when he saw the soldiers gradually scattering, and he shouted on horseback: "Let the soldiers continue to pursue, and don't stay here!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the change was abrupt. Suddenly there was a fire in the camp, and hundreds of Cao soldiers came out of nowhere. Countless people are shouting loudly: "The lord has an order, and those who take Liu Bei's head will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold!" ”

"Oops, it's a trick!"

Liu Bei's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "Yun Chang leads the army forward and breaks this Cao army!" ”

Guan Yu received the order and rushed forward with five hundred soldiers to engage the enemy. In the firelight, Li Dian came with a spear on his prancing horse. Guan Yu raised a knife in his hand, cut off the spear in Li Dian's hand, and slashed Li Dian's mount to death with another knife. Just as he was about to continue to step forward, Le Jin led more than a thousand soldiers to kill from the side, almost scattering Guan Yu's troops.

A group of Cao army troops emerged from all directions, and Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi and other generals out, but they were only able to stabilize the situation. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves behind him sounded sharply, but Xiahou Yuan didn't know when he copied Liu Beijun's rear, and then launched a surprise attack.

Before escorting Yanzhou's grain to Xuzhou, Xiahou Yuan had been competing with Liu Beijun's cavalry, and had won a lot, and Zhang Fei, who had been forced to do so, did not dare to continue to plunder Cao's grain and grass. It's not that Xiahou Yuan's skills are necessarily stronger than Zhang Fei's, but Cao's cavalry is more, and when it comes to field battles, the advantage is too great.

When Xiahou Yuan's cavalry joined the battlefield, Liu Beijun finally couldn't support it and was defeated on the whole line. Cao Jun took advantage of the situation to cover up and chase for more than ten miles, and then Cao Cao ordered someone to ring the gong. Looking at Liu Beijun's embarrassed retreat to Xuyi City, Cao Cao smiled and said, "In terms of leading troops to fight, Liu Bei is still much worse. ”

The surrounding soldiers all said: "How is Liu Bei the opponent of the lord?" ”

Someone said: "Liu Xuande is only too open-minded, but he is said by ignorant people to be a hero who can be compared with the lord, which really makes people laugh and lose their teeth!" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Otherwise, among the enemies I encountered, Liu Bei would be the most difficult to deal with." This person has been defeated again and again, and he has been defeated again and again, but he has the legacy of his ancestors, no wonder Chen Wenzheng is about to say something like 'who is the opponent of the heroes in the world, Cao Liu'. ”

Immediately, he added: "Unfortunately, this victory came too late. If I could have come ten days and half a month earlier, Xuzhou would have fallen into my hands! ”

If Chen Cheng hadn't led his soldiers and horses into Yanzhou, Liu Bei would not have rashly led his troops to attack, so that he was defeated by Cao's army.

Cao Ren said on the side: "Why don't you take this opportunity and take Xuzhou first?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "What's the use of taking Xuzhou?" In a short period of time, people's hearts are uncertain, but it will become a drag. Let's withdraw our troops first! ”

So Cao Jun packed up the baggage supplies and the wounded and calmly retreated. Liu Bei lost his troops and lost his generals, and there were only 4,000 soldiers and horses left in his hands that could fight, knowing that Cao Cao had really retreated this time, but he did not dare to continue the pursuit. Last time, if it weren't for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's bravery, I was afraid that he would have died in the battle array.

After returning to Xuyi City, Liu Bei saw Chen Deng, his face was ashamed, and said: "I regret not listening to Yuanlong's words, so that there is such a big defeat!" ”

Chen Deng comforted Liu Bei and said: "Cao Cao's use of soldiers has always been cunning, and Xuande Gong doesn't have to take it to heart. This time, Cao Cao retreated, and he would not dare to stay in Xuzhou, and Xuande Gong could lead people to recover the northern cities one by one. ”

Liu Bei nodded in goodness.

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