This time, Gao Ran led a death squad to attack the Yanzhou army camp, but the result ended in failure again. Of course, this time they are not comparable to the old, weak, sick and disabled last time, so they did bring a lot of trouble to the Yanzhou army, but this is true. But failure still failed, and this one is not wrong.

And just when Gao Ran left Liyang with his troops to attack the Yanzhou army camp, Yuan Shao, who was in Liyang, was also extremely unwilling to gather his own army and prepare to retreat from Liyang. This is also Yuan Shao's helpless move, for him, even if he can still see hope, he will not just leave with his troops in disgrace. But if you don't leave, what will happen to the grain and grass? After the grain and grass are gone, what will your army eat? Therefore, in order to prevent his army from starving and being taken advantage of by the Yanzhou army, Yuan Shao had no choice but to withdraw from Liyang.

Yuan Shao was uncomfortable, and he was aggrieved. I have been in the world for more than 20 years, but it is the first time I have retreated like this. Is it to give up his city to others, or Cao Cao and Cao Mengde. But what else can you do if you don't do this, Yuan Shaozhi said, this is the only thing that can be done now, why don't you pull your own army and the Yanzhou army to fight? It's impossible, he is not Xiang Yu, he doesn't have the courage to break the boat, and his Jizhou army is even worse, it's not that he looks down on them, but that's the case.

Yuan Shao was helpless, and retreated with his troops, Liyang City, except for the people of a city, nothing else, as long as it was related to his Jizhou army, nothing was left. And after Yuan Shao retreated, he still didn't know what to do, and Gao Ran was already dead at this time. For him, for the Jizhou army, he was loyal. And he thinks that he is a well-deserved death, and he can be regarded as blind-

Cao Cao ordered someone to clean up the battlefield, and suddenly at this time, he came to report to the horse, "Report to the lord." The Jizhou army retreated at this time! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, what did he say in his heart? The Jizhou army retreated? Is this really the case?

"Is the information reliable?"

"Yes, lord, the Jizhou army has abandoned the city and fled!"

Cao Cao took a breath and said to the generals next to him: "What do you think of the retreat of the Jizhou army? ”

At this time, Cheng Yu said: "Lord, it seems that Yuan Benchu had intended to retreat a long time ago, after all, their food and grass were not enough. And when Gao Ran led his troops to fight with our army, he led his troops to abandon Liyang and went to other cities! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded. However, although he thought that Cheng Yu's words were reasonable, he had to doubt it. In case this is the plan of the Jizhou army, then if you want to enter the city easily, won't you fall into someone's plan? So no, you have to be cautious. The more this happens, the more careful you have to be.

Look at tonight. originally thought that the Jizhou army would come to attack the camp. As a result, people came twice, and these two comparisons can't be compared at all. If the Jizhou army attacks the camp more than the other, then don't fight with others, just go back to Yanzhou to farm.

It's not that Cao Cao has to think so at this time. It was really the Jizhou Army that really gave him a surprise tonight, which was beyond his expectations. So at this time, his suspicion was committed again, and he felt that this was the enemy's plan, to earn himself to enter the city. Then he had already ambushed the soldiers, and he was waiting for the Yanzhou army to surround and kill him when the time came-

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he saw that his lord didn't say anything, but nodded. At this time, he understood, it is estimated that his lord has his own ideas, so don't say more about himself. Anyway, don't mess with your own lord at this time, no matter what your lord thinks, as long as it doesn't cause particularly great harm to yourself, don't squeak, your lord is the most disgusted self-righteous and smart person.

Because Cao Cao's character, coupled with his advisers, is more than an old fox, so as long as he identifies the matter, basically, after being persuaded once, he will no longer speak, but all, Cao Cao said what to do, everyone listened, and then how to do it. This has become a habit within the Yanzhou Army, and everyone is like this.

After listening to Cheng Yu's words, Cao Cao continued to ask at this time: "I don't know what else you think?" ”

At this time, Xun You said: "Lord, this should indeed be Yuan Benchu who led the troops away, so our army should also make plans in advance!" ”

Xun You almost said clearly, the lord hurry up and march into the army, occupy Liyang, let's all go to Liyang to rest. However, Xun You is not good to say this directly, because in case his lord doesn't want to go in at this time, he thinks that there is an ambush inside, and this matter is fraudulent. So, yes, I can't let my lord be like that, so I can only say it euphemistically. As for whether there is an ambush or not, it doesn't matter, what matters is what his lord thinks.

When Cao Cao heard this, the two strategists under his account now thought that Yuan Benchu had already retreated with the army. No, this thing can't be done carelessly, in case of a trick, then your own losses will be great. He can afford the losses of the Jizhou army, but his own Yanzhou army can't afford to suffer casualties. It can't be compared with the Jizhou army at all, so it can't be rash.

So Cao Cao said to everyone: "The Jizhou army has to be defended, so our army should not move at this time, wait until dawn, and then make plans!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all thought that Yuan Shao had withdrawn his troops, but his lord was afraid that there would be ambushes. But everyone didn't say anything at this time, because they all knew the character of their lord. You have to persuade your lord at this time, not only will it have no effect, but when he finds out that Liyang is not ambushed, and Yuan Benchu is indeed retreating, then the first unlucky one will definitely be you, not someone else. For a while, my lord won't do anything to you, but sooner or later he will catch your fault.

This is his own lord, so the people under Cao Cao's account are afraid that no one will speak at this time. So such silence is actually a tacit acquiescence, and Cao Cao thinks so too.

I saw him smile at this time, "Hahaha!" It seems that you also agree with this, so let's do it, after all, it is 'be a 'ship of ten thousand years with caution', and our army should be more cautious and cautious at this time! ”

When everyone listened to their lord's words, they didn't dare to say anything, but they were all silent—

After dawn, Cao Cao sent troops, of course, not all the soldiers, but just sent a small team of men and horses into Liyang.

As a result, the team came back, "My lord, no trace of the Jizhou army has been found in the city!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, and said in his heart, it seems that Yuan Benchu really retreated. Okay, since you are really retreating, then you will lead your troops into the city. At this time, it was just dawn, and the people basically did not get up, so it was better for them to hurry into the city. If it weren't for the people to get up, there would be too many people, and it would definitely be very troublesome for those who went out of the city to enter the city.

After all, Liyang has been closed for nearly ten days, so if the people know that the city gate can enter and exit today, then people will not be much older. Therefore, Cao Cao is experienced and knows this, so he asked his soldiers to enter the city quickly. Of course, it is not possible for everyone to enter the city, and it is enough to enter 18,000 people.

What's more critical is the grain and grass, Cao Cao knows too much, and now in Liyang, the Jizhou army will definitely not leave a grain here, so of course he eats his own grain and grass-

Cao Cao waited for 10,000 Yanzhou soldiers to enter Liyang, of course, his subordinates, except for Cao Ren and Cao Chun, everyone else followed him into Liyang City. As for Cao Ren and Cao Chun, they had to stay in the Yanzhou military camp outside the city, where there were many people, so the two of them stayed in the camp, and Cao Cao was relieved.

After everyone temporarily settled down in the county mansion, Cao Cao once again gathered everyone. And everyone was smart, and no one said anything about Yuan Benchu's retreat. Because of this, it doesn't need to be said, obviously. But they are all smart people here, so they can't say this in this life. You know the things of the Dao, can the lord not know the Dao? What kind of person is his lord, as a subordinate, don't you understand it after all these years?

My lord can know his mistakes, recognize his mistakes, and in many cases, he can correct his mistakes later. But in his life, you must never expect your lord to admit his mistakes in front of everyone and his subordinates, saying how wrong I am, it is definitely not my lord, it will not be the traitorous Cao Mengde.

Cao Cao is such a person, he can admit his mistakes in his heart and know his mistakes, but in front of so many subordinates, he will never say half a word about his mistakes. Because in Cao Cao's view, he is the lord, and his lord, in front of his subordinates, will never make mistakes, and he will never say that he has anything wrong in front of his many subordinates.

Don't say that the lord is always right, but indeed, Cao Cao means that he will always have majesty in front of his subordinates. You see that there are mistakes before, there are mistakes, but you will never say that you are wrong. At most, I can say that there may be something that I don't think about, and that's it, but I will never say that I did something wrong. (To be continued......)