"Lord, today's plan, retire the army." Although Sun Jian must have been furious at this time knowing that Han Dang had been broken, Zhou Yu, as a strategist, had to do his duty and suggested that Sun Jian lead the army to retreat.

There was no point in continuing to fight, although this time only more than 3,000 people were lost in the camp, and most of the soldiers and horses were unharmed. But the main camp was robbed, the general died, and the morale of the army had fallen to a low point.

If the army has no fighting spirit, it will be defeated in battle. Xuchang City is destined to be unbreakable.

"Retirement? How is it possible to withdraw from the army? Sun Jian roared, "The bones of the righteous man are not cold, I am just slaughtering Xuchang to sacrifice him, and An Neng can retreat!" ”

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly. Slaughter Xuchang? Even if it really invades Xuchang, how can this capital of the country be slaughtered if it wants to, not to mention that now the self-army has completely lost its military will to fight, and there is no chance to attack Xuchang at all.

"Lord, we can't take Xuchang anymore......"

"Gong Jin, An Neng will increase the prestige of the other party and damage the morale of our army!" Before Zhou Yu's words of persuasion were finished, he was interrupted by Sun Jian in a stern tone, from which it was not difficult to hear his firm determination to avenge Han Dang.

Zhou Yu sighed secretly, Sun Jian had been blinded by hatred. In Zhou Yu's impression, it was the first time that Sun Jian had spoken to himself in such a fierce and vicious voice, and it seemed that Han Dang's position in his heart was really not light.

But even then, what can be done? This battle is doomed to be unfought, and continuing to hold on to it will only add casualties.

"Lord, the gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, why rush for a while?" The more Zhou Yu persuaded, the more cold Sun Jian's gaze became at him, and Zhou Yu had no choice but to move Sun Quan as a reason to withdraw the army, "Besides, when Cao's army robbed the camp, he also captured Zhong Mou, if we continue to attack the city, Zhong Mou's life is very likely to be lost." ”

Alas, I only hope that the father-son relationship between Sun Jian and Sun Quan can dilute the hatred in Sun Jian's heart at this time, at least let him recover his reason a little.

Zhou Yu proposed that Sun Quan would most likely be killed once the city was attacked, which made Sun Jian's desire for revenge visibly shaken.

Yes, Sun Quan is now in the hands of Cao Jun.

Although Han Dang has a deep friendship with him, the dead are gone, and if he is dead, he will be dead, and no matter how much he avenges him, he will not survive.

But if you act recklessly, your own son, who is still alive, may really die.

After all, blood is thicker than water, and the love between father and son is deep, and Sun Jian also has high hopes for Sun Quan.

Damn it! Sun Jian clenched his fists, and a tiger face was full of anger and unwillingness.

However, after considering Sun Quan's problem, Sun Jian's impulsive heart also calmed down a little, and he also knew that his expedition was a complete failure.

"Let's go back to Wancheng first." Sun Jian said helplessly, his tone a little weak.

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Sun Jian's army retreated! This news made almost everyone in Xuchang City rejoice.

Of course, there are also a few unhappy people, like those who have not yet comprehended, and are bent on expecting Sun Jian to be able to enter King Xuchang Qin's Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and others.

Emperor Han was neither happy nor sad about this, anyway, he had already prepared for neutrality.

After making sure that Sun Jianjun had really retreated, and not playing some conspiracy, Gao Shun also led his reinforcements into Xuchang City.

When Xun Yu and the others saw that the reinforcements were only 5,000, they were so shocked that their jaws were about to drop.

Even Jia Xu, who was as calm as water, seemed a little difficult to calm down at this time, and his gaze at Gao Shun was a little strange.

Forget it, what's the point of caring if there are too many people? Anyway, in the end, Sun Jian retreated, and it was better to keep Xuchang City than anything else.

However, after Gao Shun learned the news of Cao Ren's death, he couldn't help but gasp several times.

Cao Ren, who was known as the famous general of Cao Wei by later generations, died in this Xuchang City early at the age of just turning thirty years old in this time and space!

The impermanence of the world is so much!

Although the friendship between Gao Shun and Cao Ren was only ordinary, the friends with him in this Cao camp were Dian Wei, Xiahou Dian, Zhao Yun and others. However, Gao Shun knew the importance of Cao Ren in Cao Cao's mind, and when Cao Cao led the troops back, he learned that Cao Ren was dead, and he didn't know what crazy moves he would make.

Gao Shun didn't guess much about what Cao Cao would do, but he knew one thing that Sun Quan, who was captured by Yu Ban, would definitely be killed by Cao Cao.

The poor general Zhennan of later generations died not long ago, and the generation of heroes Emperor Wu will also die soon. Thinking of this, Gao Shun couldn't help but let out another long sigh.

Xun Yu and they obviously understood this, when Sun Jian retreated to Wancheng and sent an envoy to ask for Sun Quan to go back, Xun Yu made it clear and told the envoy that Sun Quan would kill or release, and only after Cao Cao returned to the army, it would be decided by himself.

But isn't it, if Sun Quan is returned to Sun Jian like this now, who knows how much Cao Cao will be furious after returning to Xuchang, maybe these people will be affected, this Sun Quan is now a very important object for Cao Cao to be angry.

As for killing Sun Quan right now, Xun Yu is not in a hurry to this point, after all, Sun Jian is still stationed in Wancheng, and it is not too far from Xuchang, so it is better not to stimulate the other party too much at present.

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More than two months passed, and in January of the second year of Jian'an (197 AD), Cao Cao led his army to return victorious.

After Gao Shun led the reinforcements back to Xuchang, the situation on the battlefield of Guandu was slightly similar to the original historical development, although Cao Cao took advantage of the disadvantages at the beginning, and even had a shortage of grain and grass, but fortunately he persevered in the past. In the end, under Xu You's rebellion, Cao Cao burned the black nest, burned Yuan Shao's grain, and took advantage of the situation to defeat Yuan Shao's army.

While the Cao army was winning one after another, Yuan Shao's army was still fighting among them. Guo Tu accused Gao Ran of killing the enemy unintentionally, which eventually led to Gao Ran being scolded by Yuan Shao for thirty years. Gao Ran couldn't look past Yuan Shao's previous imprisoning of Zhang He, and at this time he was even more resentful, so he took an opportunity to rescue Zhang He with his own soldiers and went to Cao Cao with him.

With Zhang He and Gao Ran, Cao Cao was like a tiger with wings. Although the two of them invested for the first time, Cao Cao would not be reused immediately, but the departure of the two of them made Yuan Shao lose two generals. So far, the four court pillars of Hebei have died and walked, so that at this time, the generals of the army who had nothing to do under Yuan Shao's account were defeated again and again under the onslaught of the Cao army.

Cao's army continued to absorb Yuan's defeated troops, and the army soon exceeded 100,000, compared to Yuan Shao's remnants of less than 50,000. The strength of the two armies was very different from that at the beginning of the war.

Where did Yuan Shao still have any mind to continue fighting with Cao Cao, and immediately fled desperately to the old nest in Hebei with tens of thousands of remnants. Cao Cao, on the other hand, was worried about the situation in Xuchang City, and did not chase after the poor men, and led the army south to return.