When it was about to get dark, a forest seven or eight miles east of the Guandu camp suddenly caught fire!

Benefiting from the fact that this site was the main logging site during the construction of the Guandu camp, a lot of dry wood and dead branches and leaves after summer exposure became the catalyst for fire, of course, the main thing is the hot weather and the flammability of the trees themselves...... In short, the fire immediately swept towards the depths of the woods with the momentum of a prairie fire.

"Gongsun dog! Gongsun dog! ”

In the depths of the woods, Cao Cao, who had just been able to breathe, had not had time to laugh a few times against the trees to appease people's hearts, and before he even waited for the longing sunset, he first saw the billowing smoke and flames, and then couldn't help but curse. "Do you really want to kill it quickly?!"

However, this gaffe did not bring the slightest benefit to Cao Cao, in fact, after scolding, Cao Cao already regretted it, and even felt ridiculous for his behavior...... When the battle comes to this, do you still have to have affection?

And when the battle is fought to this extent, as the commander-in-chief, shouldn't what he should do to boost morale and think about how to solve the problem? What's the point of howling here like a defeated dog?

"What can I do?" As soon as he thought of this, Cao Cao immediately looked around.

However, this does not matter, but the person is sad for a while...... It turned out that Cao Sikong, who owned half of the Central Plains and held hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, at this moment, there were only more than 100 horsemen left on his side. What's even worse is that Xu Chu, the leader of the guards he relies on and trusts the most, is not by his side now, as if his life and death are uncertain.

In other words, Cao Mengde did not dare to go to divination.

"Lord!" Among the accompanying subordinates, Xu Yan was a high-ranking close minister, and he was immediately anxious when he heard the words. "The problem now is that we can't stay in the forest...... There is only one creek in the forest, which is not enough to fight the fire = ...... You can't rush out of the forest, because once you get out of the forest, the road outside the forest is clear and the vision is wide, and I am afraid that it will be obtained by the prepared Yan army! ”

"So what can I do with you?" Cao Cao leaned against the tree and looked serious. "The fire in the forest in the summer, a gust of wind rises, and it will burn immediately!"

"Still have to go!" Xu Yan was sweating profusely, but his basic thinking ability was still there, and he quickly gave an answer. "If you stay, you can't say that you have to entrust your life to the will of heaven, and you may be able to live, but once you die, you will die like charcoal, and you can't even go into the earth for peace...... But if you go out, you can't say that you can fight hard and hold your life in your own hands......"

"Xu Zhi is right!" Cao Cao, whose mind was in a mess, let out a long breath, then immediately turned over on his horse and turned back to the entourage of knights. "So far, I, Cao Cao, have stayed here to entrust my life to the will of heaven, and if I go out, I can entrust my life to you! Between heaven and man, I Cao Cao believes in you! ”

Hearing this, the remaining hundred or so horsemen, who were originally Cao Cao's most confidants, also rose up for a while, and turned over again despite their exhaustion.

"Lord!"

However, at this moment, another person suddenly stepped forward and stopped in front of Cao Cao, but it was another senior staff member of Cao Cao's entourage this time, the Fenwu General's Mansion was engaged in Wang Bi!

In other words, Wang Bi was followed by Cao Cao Fu when he joined the army, and his person was diligent, hard-working, and resentful, Cao Mengde has always compared Wang Xiu on Gongsun Xun's side, which shows his status and trust in front of Cao Cao.

In other words, this person is Cao Cao's true confidant.

Therefore, although Cao Cao has made up his mind, he is still serious when facing this person: "What does Zixing mean? The situation is critical, let's get out of the forest quickly! ”

"Please give the lord claw Huang Feidian and me, give me the golden helmet, give me the banner, and then give the lord and me!" Wang Bi bowed his head, and then regardless of Cao Cao's astonishment, he directly got up and forcibly dragged the other party off the horse, and began to take off the big and golden helmet on the other party.

The surrounding knights were stunned for a moment, and then they all woke up, and stepped forward to assist Wang Bi under the urging of Xu Yan.

What else can Cao Mengde say when he encounters this kind of subordinate...... And he is not a hypocritical person, and there is no need for hypocrisy between him and Wang Bi, in this case, his survival and final victory is the best way to repay Wang Bi!

"Lord!" After hurriedly changing into a big hat and a golden helmet, and sitting on the claw yellow flying lightning, Wang Bifu instructed again. "The minister took the first step to the east, with a large banner with him, or he might run into the main force behind him; The lord takes preservation as the priority, but he can slow down for a while, and then go south when the fireworks burn behind him and can no longer bear it, and then wait and see the situation, and decide whether to go east or west...... In short, please take care! ”

After saying that, without waiting for Cao Cao, who was still in a trance, to reply, he took the obviously small golden helmet, and galloped towards the east with about half of the knights, even with Cao Cao's banner.

Cao Mengde stayed where he was, wanting to speak but was speechless.

A moment later, as Wang Bi fled out of the forest, the shouts of killing rose almost instantly, and Cao Cao got on his horse in a daze, leaned over and slowly walked south with the rest of the dozens of knights.

At the edge of the woods, I saw countless Yan army knights and Cao army defeated soldiers heading east...... In fact, for these soldiers, it may not be that they saw Wang Bi's dress, but more importantly, Cao Cao's banner was there!

It must be known that since ancient times, the flag has been an important part of the army, and for the vast majority of non-commissioned officers and even grass-roots officers, it is impossible for them to recognize the face of the commander, nor can they identify who is a higher-level commander in the chaotic battle, and the flag is an extension of the general himself...... As the name suggests, the capture of the flag is in the same column as the general! Because once the flag is lost, it means that the corresponding general has lost his command ability to some extent!

For example, the charge launched by the Yan army before, the white horse flag contributed a lot.

So on the other hand, this is also the fundamental reason why Cao Cao had to carry a big banner when he retreated and fled before, and it is also an important reason why Wang Bi's strategy is so effective - the significance of the banner itself is too great! Even if Cao Cao can't be caught, capturing this banner is enough to declare a great victory in this battle from some battlefield tradition and procedure!

Of course, even so, even if countless soldiers and horses chased eastward, there was still one person on the battlefield who didn't think so, Gongsun Xun, the commander of the Yan Army, knew Cao Cao too well, he didn't dare to say that that person must not be Cao Cao, but in his opinion, at least the probability of not Cao Cao was greater.

Only at this time, the fire broke out, and it was getting late, and the two armies completely collapsed, even Gongsun Xun could only control about a thousand white horse righteous servants, so he hesitated a little.

"Lord!" Pound asked cautiously. "Shall we chase it?!"

"Wait a minute." Gongsun Xun looked at the woods with fierce fireworks and raised his hand slightly. "Let's see."

"And what to do with this person?" Pang De hesitated for a moment, and then pointed his finger at Xu Chu's corpse on the ground.

"The head of the owl hangs in front of your horse." Gongsun Xun did not hesitate. "To deter the enemy!"

"Whoa!"

Pound heard the words and went to get off the horse, and Ma Chao on the side wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't dare to speak.

And after Gongsun Xun waited for a while, he saw that the line of fire was advancing extremely fast, and there was no commotion and return under the thick smoke, but the afterglow of the sunset behind him was gradually gone, but he finally jumped forward, and personally led the white horse to chase eastward!

In fact, he also figured out that Xu Chu gave Cao Cao a chance to breathe in exchange for his life, so that the latter successfully escaped from the sight of the pursuers, and setting fire to the forest by himself was the last effective means...... At this time, it will be dark, if Cao Cao really wants to sneak in civilian clothes or risk being burned to death and stay in the woods, he actually has no other way to deal with it, but to resign himself to fate, depending on his luck to eat, but it is better to go east and try to catch Cao Mengde, who broke through under the banner.

After all, at this time, no one can say whether it is really Cao Mengde. If it's true, wouldn't it be a pity to be smart and mistaken because of your suspicions?!

The sky finally darkened, the soldiers everywhere were in chaos, and the fireworks in the forest brought a greater sense of restlessness to the end of the battle...... Since the battle ended with cavalry against cavalry, the scope of the battlefield had actually spread to an incredible range, within a radius of more than ten miles, in addition to the large force chasing Cao Cao, there were groups of Yan knights hunting and killing the fleeing Cao cavalry.

And many of the cavalry and routs of the Cao army simply lost the desire to fight, either surrendered, or fled in all directions, and had no intention of confrontation.

In this case, many Yan knights have heads on their horses and quivers, and they are likely to carry the corpses of their own warriors on horseback, but they still wander around the battlefield in order to achieve more combat exploits.

In this case, Cao Cao, who had previously taken advantage of Wang Bi to lure the enemy and escape from the woods with fireworks, finally returned cautiously from the south of the battlefield and tried to enter the Guandu camp - this was a very correct choice, because before that fatal charge, he clearly saw Shi Jian enter the camp with about two or three thousand horsemen, and if it was dark today, the Yan army could no longer gather troops to attack the camp, so the permanent camp with thousands of soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of people guarded by thousands of soldiers and horses had undoubtedly become a safe zone.

The night was in a hurry, Cao Cao and his party were all elite with lively brains, they first abandoned the flag, and found a few battlefield corpses, took their heads to hang in front of the horse, and then took dirty blood to smear the armor, so as to pretend to be the Yan army, so there was no major trouble along the way, until they met a general with seven or eight hundred horsemen and a double halberd.

"Have you ever met Cao Cao?" This general of the Yan army, that is, Zhang Liao, didn't care about it at first, but just asked casually.

"Back to the general, it is said that after the forest caught fire, Cao Cao's house went east!" Cao Cao had several subordinates who had lived in Hebei and Guanxi on his side, and immediately pretended to be officers of the Yan Army, and stepped forward to answer Zhang Liao fluently. "But I heard that Yan Gong himself also led the army to chase after him!"

Under the firelight in the distance, Zhang Liao bowed his head when he heard this, but just laughed at a few words that the other party's head was too little, and he had to work harder, so he didn't care, and directly passed by Cao Cao and his party, and continued to wander and inspect.

However, after walking about a few hundred steps, Cao Mengde and the others did not dare to speed up in a hurry, but Zhang Wenyuan over there suddenly became suspicious, and then turned around and frowned and asked:

"It should have been a team of fifty horsemen?"

"Naturally!" Because of Zhang Liao's character, the guards next to him answered casually.

"But why are there so many people in a group of people?! And how bent is the beard?! Zhang Liao asked with a sneer. How much curly horsehair is? ”

The surrounding soldiers were stunned.

In other words, this is Cao Cao's 100 secrets...... Although the beard is said to be an aesthetic admiration, it is also a kind of respect for the deceased parents, so there are many people who have beards. However, it doesn't matter if you have a beard, if you want to keep your beard complete and tangible, it can only be the patent of nobles and high-end people!

For example, Guan Yu's long hair, elegant, famous all over the world, known as the beautiful bearded man, including the credit of Gongsun Auntie...... As early as more than ten years ago, the Empress Dowager of Yan Kingdom sent Guan Yu a special large bag every year, which was to let Guan Yu put his beard when he sleek!

The so-called in case of middle-aged beard!

As for ordinary soldiers, especially in a grassroots army of this level of 50 people, it is rare to have two or three people who have the heart to maintain their beards, why is it that there are more than 20 or 30 beard growers in just 50 people?! Not to mention, the hair could be hidden in the helmet, but the beard and horsehair were so bent that they were so bent that they were conspicuous from the fire that they had previously avoided the fire.

Since Zhang Liao was suspicious, he did not hesitate and turned around to chase after the other party. As for Cao Cao and his entourage, when they saw the other party's temporary turn, how could they dare to say more, so they also fled straight to the horse!

Zhang Wenyuan woke up in his heart when he saw this shape, and couldn't help but be furious, and then shouted from afar: "Ahead must be the camp of Cao Jun's key characters in casual clothes, and it can't be Cao Cao...... Remember, whoever grows a beard will not be killed! ”

Cao Cao and his party in front of them heard this, and instantly realized what was wrong, and others didn't care, how did Cao Mengde account for these, he was straightforward, and he actually took out the Yitian Sword in the gallop to cut off the beard under the chin, and then threw the sword on the ground, and continued to gallop!

However, in the middle of the night, the Yan army was in hot pursuit, and the formation was open, so they simply fired a big shot, and Cao Cao was hit by an arrow on the side and died one after another!

At this time, Zhang Liao remembered the previous rumors, and shouted left and right again: "Cao Mengde has a short appearance and a monkey-like body, first pick a dwarf and release arrows!" ”

Cao Mengde broke out in a cold sweat, completely speechless, and even replaced the inferior horse, the horse's speed gradually became exhausted, but he was almost desperate in his heart!

But at this moment, the big camp in the distance suddenly opened, and about a thousand cavalry horses rushed straight out, as if Shi Jian saw the situation here, guessing that Cao Cao must have been killed, so he didn't care about coming out to greet him!

Things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, but Cao Cao looked back and saw that the people behind him were in hot pursuit, and there were Wuhuan and Hun cavalry bending bows and arrows on their horses...... In desperation, Cao Mengde gritted his teeth violently, and after crossing a small slope, he rolled over and rolled down the horse!

In the dark night, because of the burning of the forest in the distance, the soldiers did not light torches, and pursued the enemy eagerly, and often jumped on horseback when they galloped to the front of the slope...... Not only did no one notice Cao Cao on the ground, but no one even stepped on him!

Of course, the horses' hooves rumbled, and Cao Mengde leaned down the slope, but he almost experienced the longest and most thrilling half an hour of his life!

In this half an hour, if he is not careful, he is afraid that Cao Sikong will be trampled to death by any Yan army knight, and no one knows.

And half a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Liao led seven or eight hundred cavalry and Shi Lian's thousand cavalry to fight fiercely in the southeast of Cao's military camp, Cao Cao finally had a good opportunity, and relied on a broken spear picked up from the ground, killed a lone Yan army knight, and then bypassed the battlefield and galloped to the camp!

"It's Father!" Maybe it's because he hasn't spoken for a long time, and when he saw his father's figure galloping over, Cao Angfu, who was standing on the gate tower of the big camp, turned his mouth so bloody that his lips were bloody, as if he had been worn out and dried up and solidified before. "Open the door quickly!"

"Zixiu is not allowed to open the door!" Cao Cao was far away. "Put the rope down, and I'll climb up from the watchtower!"

Everyone in the camp did not dare to slack off, and immediately acted according to their words, and hung Cao Cao up on the gatehouse...... When father and son met, both sides were speechless for a while, but they didn't dare to slack off.

"Zixiu, how many people are there in the camp?" Cao Cao, who was sitting on the gatehouse, threw down his huge helmet, took the water bladder from the waist of a man with a bow on one side, drank two sips, and immediately inquired.

Cao Ang bent down and stood on top of the gatehouse, facing his father, hearing this, but he choked up again, and only after a long time did he face each other: "Back to my father, 20,000 people are here...... There are also two or three thousand cavalry just brought in by Shi Hujun, and there are just a little more than a thousand left, plus the defeated soldiers collected before, there are about four or five thousand remnants in the battalion. ”

"How many tigers and leopards are left?" When Cao Cao heard the total number of four or five thousand people at the end, he couldn't help but jump in his heart, and then he didn't have time to drink water, so he hurriedly asked again.

"About two or three hundred ......"

Cao Cao was completely stunned.

"My son, my uncle, and Wen Lie were all killed in battle, this is what my son saw with his own eyes!" Cao Ang still didn't dare to hide it, but finally couldn't help but burst into tears. And according to the report of the defeated soldiers, General Chen was killed in battle, and Lu Fujun killed himself...... Zhu Fujun is said to have been knocked unconscious by his henchmen and fled to the southwest, perhaps with hope of survival...... As for General Huang, he was in the camp at this time, helping to adjust the defeated troops and arrange the defense of the battalion! ”

Cao Cao, who had no beard and his eyebrows and hair were also burned by the fire, was still silent, but he shook his hands and splashed the water bladder in his hand...... Although he had seen the tragedy here before, he never expected that it would be the point of total annihilation!

It's really annihilation!

The whole army of tigers and leopards plus four battalions of soldiers, a total of 21,000 people, now there are only three or four thousand remnants left, and it is estimated that they cannot be used! Of the six generals, four died, and one did not know whether he was alive or dead, what is it if the whole army is not annihilated?

Even with the more than 10,000 cavalry he brought, there are only more than 1,000 in the camp now, and the rest don't know how many will survive. With this algorithm, in fact, his own reinforcements can be regarded as completely wiped out!

In one afternoon's battle, the Yan army almost caused the attrition of as many as 30,000 backbones of the Central Plains Coalition Army, not to mention that there were two strategic cavalry units among them!

This kind of defeat is enough to break the muscles and bones!

If Gongsun Xun killed Cao Cao in this battle, he could declare the victory of the Central Plains War in advance, and winning the Guandu camp meant a three-point victory, and now even if there is no other bad news, his people are enough to win two or five percent of the chance!

Because this is a war of total annihilation...... Nearly 30,000 troops, from generals to soldiers, disappeared completely!

Moreover, this kind of casualty does not seem to mean to end here, outside the camp, countless Yan army cavalry are still wandering around hunting under the light of the fire in the distance, and Xu Chu and Wang Bi have no news.

Of course, it was too late to wait for the news of Xu Chu and Wang Bi, and something that made Cao Cao almost numb happened first...... Outside the camp gate, Zhang Liao fought without counting and beheaded Shi Lian, and then drove the defeated soldiers to attack the camp!

"Let them spare the camp and leave...... Cao Cao didn't get up at all, and sat directly on the gatehouse to give orders. Let the people prepare, after the three-way gong, if there is still someone in front of the door, no matter who it is, they must release arrows together! ”

At this point, he remembered his son's personality again, but he was ready to tell his son an extra sentence, if it weren't for this move, so many people who died before would have died in vain! However, to Cao Mengde's surprise, Cao Zixiu, who has a gentle personality on weekdays, so that Cao Zixiu, who is kind to some women, didn't have any doubts at all, so he got up and ordered!

His words are crisp, and he is like two people in peacetime!

Cao Cao knew in his heart that this was his own son, who had grown up somewhat after this war...... But with such growth, I'm afraid no one wants it!

After a few more moments, something worse came.

"Cao Cao can be in the camp?!"

Zhang Liao scolded in the camp. "Why don't you dare to come here?! When we met in the middle of the road just now, there was a horse with a short appearance, a big helmet and a small head, like a monkey driving a horse, and flattering and smiling at me, isn't it?! ”

In other words, Zhang Wenyuan had already learned what had happened from Cao Cao's side, and he didn't understand that Cao Cao actually fled into the camp from under his nose, so he was naturally ruined!

Cao Cao sat behind the wooden fence of the gatehouse with his head bowed, neither getting up nor answering.

"Cao Mengde!" Zhang Liaofu reined in and scolded. "The head of your protector Shi Lian is here, and in order to save you, although he has entered the camp, he still has to forcibly go out of the camp to respond, so loyal to his ministers...... If you show your head, I'll throw your head back! How, dare to show up?! ”

The camp was still silent, only the sound of the people's intensive archery overwhelmed Zhang Liao for a while, as if Zhang Wenyuan was cheap, and actually tried to approach the camp with hundreds of soldiers and horses, and then attract a counterattack.

"If it's not enough, how about your clan brother Cao Chun's head?!" Zhang Liao continued to gallop outside the camp, as if he was in a hurry. "As long as you show your head, I will send Cao Chun and Shi Lian's heads to you!"

Cao Cao opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.

But Cao Ang angrily picked up his sword and faced each other on the gatehouse: "Zhang Liao, return my uncle's head!" ”

Zhang Liao couldn't stop laughing: "I didn't expect that his father was as cowardly as a chicken, but his son was a little arrogant...... Come on, come on, is it Cao Zixiu? It is your father who is showing his head, if you want to ask for Cao Chun's head, you have to go to the camp to get it! Dare to come? I'm the one who killed your two uncles and one of your brothers! ”

Cao Ang didn't say a word, and actually followed the suspension rope that Cao Cao had gone upstairs to hang directly down the gatehouse!

Cao Cao was still silent as he watched his son disappear behind the wooden fence partition in front of him, but Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment...... Both of them only let Cao Ang come to the outside of the camp and went straight to Zhang Liao.

"With me!" Cao Ang was embarrassed, his face was dried with blood, like a wild ghost, and he fell once halfway, but he stood in front of Zhang Liaoma, not afraid.

"With him!" Zhang Wenyuan, who was standing on the horse, looked at it for a long time, but suddenly smiled, and then did what he said. "Does the dog father also have a tiger son?"

There were Yan Army knights next to him who handed over two leather bags to Cao Ang, and Cao Ang wanted to return to the camp after getting the leather bags, but unexpectedly, several prisoners around him knelt on the ground and begged for help.

Cao Ang couldn't bear it, and turned back to look at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Wenyuan also simply: "Let your father come over and let me see if he is the man with a big helmet and a small head...... As long as he comes to the gatehouse and shows his face, I'll put it all back! Otherwise, I'm going to have to smash it here! ”

Cao Ang didn't say a word, and went back to the camp with two leather bags, but after being hoisted upstairs by a rope, he found that Cao Cao was still sitting in the same place with his head bowed and not moving. Cao Zixiu didn't dare to say much, so he had to put down the two leather bags and sit with his father. Outside the camp gate, Zhang Liao was still scolding, and even began to kill, but Cao Cao still turned a deaf ear, but during the period, he wanted to reach out and remove the leather bag in front of him several times, but he failed several times, and finally he could only let go!

After a while, Zhang Liao was probably tired, and the shouting and scolding gradually disappeared, but the Yan army cavalry general who killed today still lingered outside the camp gate, but kept gathering scattered soldiers and horses, as if he wanted to gather more troops to build miracles! This inevitably made the Cao army in the camp a little anxious.

"Tell them not to be afraid!" Cao Cao was still speechless, and it was Cao Ang who spoke. "There are more than 20,000 people in our camp, and we have all the food, grass, bows and crossbows, and all the ditches and fortifications...... As for the Yan army, it was already dark, they couldn't gather many troops, not to mention, they were already exhausted to the extreme, and it was impossible to attack the camp! And by the second half of the night, the main force of our army will inevitably arrive! ”

The attendants around them all understood, and then immediately went to inspect the camp and relay Cao Ang's words, so that the people in the camp and the defeated soldiers could rest assured.

In this regard, Cao Cao, who was still sitting behind the wooden fence at the door, only bowed his head slightly, still without words.

In this way, although Zhang Liao knew that Cao Cao might not be far in front of him, he was never able to gain anything, and he was reluctant to leave; On the other side, Cao Cao never responded, but he never got up and left the camp gate here.

The two sides were at a stalemate for I don't know how long, and suddenly, there was a commotion outside the camp, and then a voice that finally moved Cao Cao suddenly sounded: "Meng De is really fateful today!" But if the army is defeated like this, what's the point of your hard work? If you fight two more battles like this, you'll run out of gas, right? Why not drop early? ”

Cao Cao remained silent...... Competing for dominance in the world, it is necessary to suppress everything, and Cao Mengde already knows this truth. In fact, even if it is for the sake of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun and Shi Jian in front of him, he can't give up easily. Where will you be moved by what words?

"That's it!" After a while, outside the camp gate, Gongsun Xun's voice came again. "Meng De doesn't want to see each other, and it's understandable...... There are the heads of Xu Zhongkang (Xu Chu) and Wang Zixing (Wang Bi), Lone is placed in front of the camp, among which Xu Zhongkang's body is at the intersection of the fire before, and Wang's own body is fifteen miles to the east, Meng De can let people find it and stitch it together for burial...... Only your general Qigu wants to be taken away to show that he has won this battle, but he can't return you! ”

Cao Cao finally turned his head in motion, but he never got up.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no movement in the camp, Sun Xun, the grandfather outside the camp, finally ordered to blow the military trumpet, and the horn sounded one after another, echoing everywhere, and instantly resounded for dozens of miles...... In front of the camp, the sound of horses' hooves continued, and the horn sounded all the time to return north around the camp.

At this point, it seems, probably, that the war is finally coming to an end.

Someone in the camp retrieved the leather bags containing the heads of Wang Bi and Xu Chu, but Cao Mengde still sat upright in front of the four leather bags, and lost his mind in a trance.

This is not counting, it was only about half an hour apart, and there was a sudden commotion outside the camp gate, and Cao Jun woke up to why Gongsun Xun did not try to storm the camp, but retreated directly - it turned out that Cao Cao's main force had not yet arrived, but his son-in-law Sun Ce actually led 10,000 soldiers and horses to gallop from Yingchuan Starry Night to arrive.

However, since Sun Ce entered the camp, he went upstairs to visit his father and father-in-law, but Cao Mengde still remained silent and sat still. And Sun Bofu didn't know what to say, and suddenly heard that Zhu Zhi's life and death were unknown, Huang Gai was injured, and almost all of his 9,000 soldiers and horses were lost, so he left in a hurry, and turned to comfort the wounded soldiers and look for Zhu Zhi.

At midnight, the whole army of Cao's army was tired, and some soldiers reported that they had seen all the large forces of the Yan army gather to the north and go to the temporary camp in the direction of Wuchaoze in the north, so the whole army completely relaxed, and then rested on the spot.

But at this time, the four small battalions north of Cao's army that were not garrisoned suddenly caught fire again! Then there was another young white horse general who claimed to be Xiliang Ma Mengqi and rode around the camp on horseback, killing the outpost posts and Sun Ce's subordinates who searched for Zhu Zhi along the way, causing a riot in the whole camp!

Everyone knew that this was just a small trick before Gongsun Xun parted...... The North Fourth Battalion is actually vacant, and it can be burned when it wants to be burned; Moreover, inside and outside this permanent camp, there are fire ditches, sufficient water well reserves, and there is also a safe distance between the fence and the fence to prevent fire, as long as someone disposes of it properly, it is impossible to burn the camp to the south! However, Gongsun Xun had to wait until after the withdrawal of the army, and then let that Ma Mengqi lead a small army to kill a horse gun and set it on fire, as if to use this to demoralize the Cao army and Sun Ce's reinforcements, so that the Central Plains coalition army was anxious and exhausted.

However, knowing that Cao Jun or Sun Ce's subordinates still couldn't help but be in a hurry, and then their morale fell again! Obviously, there were nearly 30,000 people in the camp, but they actually tossed until it was about to dawn before the fire was completely extinguished.

It was at this time that Cao Ren, Liu Ye, Huang Zhong and others finally led 30,000 soldiers and horses from the original Punan battalion to Guandu.

Entering the camp, Liu Ye heard that Chen Dao and Lu Dai were dead, and almost fainted and didn't mention it, Huang Zhong was angry and didn't say anything, Cao Zixiao hurriedly came to the south gate of the camp, and saw the news of the death of the four leather bags and Cao Xiu, and he was so stunned that it was difficult to speak.

"Zixiao is here!" At this time, the sky was already slightly cold, Cao Cao was in a mess, his eyes were bloodshot and he didn't mention it, but he finally spoke, and he directly waved his hand to signal his brother to him. "Come here."

Cao Renqiang calmed down and ordered his subordinates to take away a few leather bags, clean them up, and then go to Cao Cao's side.

"Sit down!" Cao Cao's voice was hoarse.

Cao Zixiao didn't dare to slack off. Hurriedly sat cross-legged beside Cao Cao again. Seeing this, Cao Mengde actually fell on Cao Ren's legs, and then sighed:

"Zixiao has arrived, I can finally close my eyes and sleep!"

After saying that, the snoring was like thunder, but Cao Ren couldn't help but hold his brother's head for a while, and he couldn't help crying.

The east is getting brighter, and at the same moment, Ma Mengqi, who only led the successful robbery camp of 100 horsemen, saw that he was about to return to the old camp of Wuchao, but suddenly stopped halfway, and then looked around with a hesitant face: "Did I forget something?" ”

The ninety-nine white horses who volunteered to accompany him were all at a loss.

———I'm the dividing line that I forgot something———

“…… After the big break, Cao Cao regained his relatives and rode to the side, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to rush into battle, Taizu saw the banner of Cao Yao, and led three thousand white horses to rush against it, and the big break was restored. Cao Cang panicked, the department was scattered and scattered, and was attacked more than once along the way, but abandoned the flag, golden helmet, sword, re-cutting mustache turned over the horse, and a few singles entered the camp. After entering the camp, when he heard that Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Lu Dai, Chen Dao, Xu Chu, and Wang Bi had died, they were stunned and sat on the gatehouse without moving. There was Zhang Liao in the camp and scolded, Taizu led the crowd to return the head, Sun Ce led the crowd to help, and the horses and hundreds of horses rode to burn the camp, all of which did not move and were silent. And in the morning, Cao Ren led 30,000 troops, and sighed on his knees: 'Zi Xiaozhi, you can sleep!' And so he slept for a long time. —The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note

PS: Well, it's really going to kowtow and admit your mistake!