However, it is impossible for all the people to retreat with Ji Ling, people's hearts are unpredictable, the trees are scattered, Ji Ling and Yuan Shu are usually not very good to their subordinates, so there are many people who took this opportunity to break away from Ji Ling, and there are still some people who have not received the order to retreat.

There were also some unlucky people, who were killed by Cao Cao's men and horses, Ji Ling also led the remnants of the defeated generals to escape from Shouchun City in embarrassment, he checked the soldiers and horses around him, and the result was really miserable, Ji Ling He had 8,000 remnants left.

It is said that Cao Cao, under Liu Bei's strategy, finally occupied Shouchun City, and then he sent generals everywhere to finally occupy the entire Jiujiang County, and the northern part of Huainan, and Yuan Shu was also surrounded by Cao Cao's army in the southern part of Huainan, that is, the little place in Lujiang.

However, at this time, although Cao Cao's army has won several big victories one after another, Yuan Shu is already a bird with a frightened bow, and he does not come out to fight Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu is a person, he has no advantages, but he is a mouse.

First, Yuan Shu will hoard grain and grass, and now the grain and grass in this Lujiang City are enough for Yuan Shu's army to eat for two years, and the other point is that Yuan Shu will build this Lujiang City with a high moat and a deep moat, Cao Cao wants to capture Lujiang City with his troops, not to mention impossible, it will also have to pay a certain price.

Therefore, Cao Cao besieged Lujiang City for a month, but failed to capture Lujiang City, so Cao Cao's mood was inevitably not good.

On this day, because the sky is about to enter winter, although Huainan is the southern region, but the weather is also cold and damp, this kind of weather is worse than the north, at least northerners like Cao Cao are not adaptable.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, there were also various diseases, countless soldiers fell ill, on this day, Cao Cao convened a lot of civil and military discussions, they discussed is to continue to attack Lujiang, or the whole army after the withdrawal to Shouchun, and wait for the spring of the next year.

All Cao Cao's civil ministers and generals basically let Cao Cao stick to the end, the reason is that he is bitten by a snake instead of dying when he fights a snake, but at this time, he is the first person to stand up from Cao Cao's left hand, this person is no one else, he is Liu Bei, and if he is a human being, he will have emotions, although Liu Bei He is a very deep city government and a person with a strong sense of jealousy.

However, Liu Bei is also a little unhappy today, and another point is that Liu Bei also has his worries, Liu Bei is unhappy because he helped Cao Cao capture the northern part of Huainan, Cao Cao actually has no reward, Cao Cao just praised Liu Bei a few words verbally.

There is another point, Liu Bei has been fighting horses all his life, he thinks very highly of himself, and his ambitions are great, but he has been defeated repeatedly and so far, nearly half a hundred, but he still has nothing, and Liu Bei is only close to Zhang, only Jian Yong and Sun Qian, and the soldiers and horses are only 3,000 people.

With this kind of force and this kind of strength, it's not bad to be a bandit, but if you want to compete with the princes of the world and compete for the world, how far is he Liu Bei?

Therefore, Cao Cao now has Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and if Cao Cao is allowed to occupy Lianghuai again, then Liu Bei can think that Cao Cao's next step must be to find an excuse to deal with himself, and then his dream of being an emperor will be gone.

I only heard Liu Bei say expressionlessly: "General Wei, now that the weather has entered autumn and winter, our military orders are out of time, and the soldiers and horses are tired, if we can't capture Lujiang County within a month, I'm afraid ...... Therefore, I suggest that General Wei temporarily withdraw his troops, and then leave a general to guard in this Shouchun City, and General Wei can wait for the autumn harvest next year before going south. ”

Liu Bei is high, although he is fooling Cao Cao, but what he said is an indisputable fact, at this time, even Cao Cao and his civil and military forces have no idea, because Liu Bei's thoughts, although everyone is more suspicious, but you can't tell him Liu Bei's specific thoughts.

At this time, it was time to test Cao Cao, Cao Cao just lowered his head and quietly thought about this question about whether to retreat or not.

Suddenly, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he only heard Cao Cao say, "Where is the car?" ”

"The last general!" I saw that in the ranks of military generals, I walked out of my body, and I saw that this person was eight feet tall, with a big waist and a round belly, and a beard on his face full of horizontal meat. This person was Cao Cao's subordinate general Che Guan, who heard the lord call him, so he hurriedly went out of the column to salute.

"Che Guan, I will leave you 10,000 horses, you will be stationed in Shouchun, you must not let Yuan Shu make a comeback, Li Dian led 10,000 troops to garrison Xuzhou, and the rest of the civil and military forces will return to Xudu with me tomorrow." Cao Cao went on to say, because Cao Cao got Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so Cao Cao renamed Xu County as Xu Du, and also established a small court in Xu Du, the female eunuch of the civil and military hundred official palaces, and even Liu Xie's harem, Cao Cao did not treat him badly, but Liu Xie could only stay in the palace, he was the chess piece in Cao Cao's hands, and Liu Xie was just a fish in a cage bird net.

Che Xuan and Li Dian got the military order, and both of them were elated, because they had received the attention of the lord, and the highest honor as a military general was not only to be promoted and make a fortune, but also to get the opportunity to lead the troops outside and be alone.

As long as he can lead the army alone, even if he is only a captain, he will have his own honor, and he will also have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but no matter what the situation is, it is reserved for those who have the ability to have ideas and are prepared.

Just after Cao Cao arranged these trivial matters, he was just about to order the meeting to be dismissed, when he heard Liu Bei get up and salute and say: "General Wei, if only General Che guards Shouchun, I'm afraid that Yuan Shu won't give up, so what does Yuan Shu say, there are still dozens of generals in his hands, and more than 100,000 horses?" So, please General Wei has to guard against it. ”

Liu Bei, if it weren't for Fu Lin, he was a person from the past, or if he had Fu Lin's kind of agent's vision and psychological ability, ordinary people would never be able to see his nature, in the words of later generations, that is, Liu Bei He sold you, and you still helped him count the money there?

However, God is also fair, if you want to achieve great things, you can't just rely on these little cleverness to achieve it, and you still have to rely on strength, talent, and your personal charm and wise choice.

It is also necessary to have a wise eye.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei is such a smart person, and he still has nothing to do, but Cao Cao is also smart and confused for a while, he heard Liu Bei say it makes sense, but Cao Cao looked left and right, it's not that he himself has no capable people, it's really that his current territory is big, how can so many people put it in Shouchun.

Originally, there was also a Xiahoudun, but Xiahoudun was seriously injured, and now he is recuperating in Xudu, at this time, I heard Liu Bei continue: "Yuan Shu has soldiers, money and food, but General Wei is no worse than him, if General Wei is embarrassed, then let Bei stay in Shouchun to assist Che Xuan, as long as General Wei supports my 3,000 men and horses and grain and grass, if Ji Ling comes, I will definitely assist General Che Xuan, I am related to Zhang Second Brother, I think that Ji Ling can't make any big waves." ”

At this time, Cao Cao began to consider whether Liu Bei's words were true or false, what his purpose really was, and what was the idea of the fake Liu Bei.

In the end, Cao Cao is also a master of art and bold, he thinks that even if Liu Bei has any ideas, as long as I let Che Zhou be careful with him and don't give him military power, what big waves can he make?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao said: "Okay, Uncle Liu Huang, please leave it to you and Che Zhou here, if there is anything you need to assist Che Zhou!" ”