A beautiful night attack caused Yuan Shujun to return defeated. Of the 80,000 people who went on the expedition, less than 10,000 returned, and the rest were either killed or taken prisoner.

Especially in the last one, after the war, statistics showed that Zhang Fei and others captured nearly 30,000 Yuan Shu soldiers that night. Nearly 15,000 people were killed on the spot, and only seven or eight thousand escaped. In addition to this, they also harvested countless grains, grasses and baggage. Rao is Yuan Shu is rich, and I believe he has had to suffer for a long time.

It was already early in the morning when Han Fei and Chen Jian came to Yuan's camp, and although they hadn't slept all night, they were full of energy. After winning the battle and capturing so many things in addition to capturing prisoners, Han Fei couldn't be happier.

As soon as they arrived at the camp, everything was taken over by the two. Finally, under the arrangement of the two of them, 30,000 captives and countless grains and grass were transported back to Jiangdu City.

Yuan Shujun still withdrew, so Han Fei left Chen Jian with 10,000 men to stay in Guangling County, and then rushed back to Xuzhou City with Zhang Fei and the rest of the prisoners. Ding Feng jumped out of the prisoners of war with 3,000 soldiers who knew how to sail and took them to sea together, preparing to train these people into a naval army.

Liu Bei had been paying attention to the news of Guangling County in Xuzhou City, and when he learned that Zhang Fei was injured, he was very anxious, and he only wished that he dared to go to Jiangdu City in person. But then he knew that Zhang Fei was not worried about his life, so he gave up his plan to go this time. Unexpectedly, just a few days later, Liu Bei received information again, and the battle was over! Not only that, but their own side also won a big victory!

On the night he got the news, Liu Bei set up a banquet to call for frustration, Chen Deng and Cao Bao drank together, and then several people were drunk. With this great victory, Liu Bei completely established his prestige in Xuzhou, and all the major families in Xuzhou also surrendered to Liu Bei's hands.

After the New Year, Cao Cao is finally going to make a move on Lu Bu! The previous forced expedition to Xuzhou led to instability in his rear. After Cao Cao returned to the army, the unstable places were immediately suppressed, and then the cities of Yanzhou that remained in Cao Cao's hands became more and more stable. This is also the reason why Cao Cao wants to make a move against Lu Bu.

On the eighteenth day of the first month, Cao Cao personally led an army of 50,000 soldiers to Chen Liu. Although Lu Bu was assisted by Chen Gong, he still didn't want to trust the literati in his bones, and only believed in the army and weapons in his hands. Cao Jun called, Lu Bu did not listen to Chen Gong's words and gave up the advantage of defending the city, and fought with Cao Cao in the field, but as a result, Guo Jia's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, Chen Liucheng was taken back by Cao Cao, and even Zhang Miao was captured by Cao Cao. Lu Bu saw that Chen Liu was taken away, so he had to take people back to Puyang.

Cao Cao saw Zhang Miao in the city lord's mansion, and he didn't suffer any crime when he saw this Zhang Miao's appearance, but seeing his face of defeat, it seemed that he also knew that his life was short.

Cao Cao waved his hand at the two soldiers who escorted him in, and the soldiers retreated, and then closed the door outside. Cao Cao opened his mouth and said, "Meng Zhuo, sit down!" I never thought that you and I would meet like this! ”

Zhang Miao sat down with a wry smile when he heard this, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, and finally didn't say anything, just a long sigh! "Hey!"

Cao Cao saw that he didn't speak, so he spoke again: "I think that when I escaped from Luoyang, it was Meng Zhuo that you took me in and gave me money, food, and horses, so I raised an army." I have never forgotten this, but what I didn't expect was that you would betray me and go to Na Lu Bu! That Lu Bu is just a horseman, how can he be worthy of you Zhang Mengzhuo to serve him! ”

"Mengde, you don't have to say it! is the so-called king and defeat! Although a certain person is not talented, it is only a truth. The matter has come to this point, I just want to die, I only hope that Meng De can see the love of the day and bypass the Zhang family! Zhang Miao finally spoke.

After hearing the silence for a while, Cao Cao slowly spoke: "Meng Zhuo, you don't have to die!" ”

Zhang Miao laughed after hearing this, and smiled very happily, and finally his tears of laughter flowed down. Cao Cao didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, and after watching him laugh and cry, he listened to Zhang Miao say in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Meng De, I'd rather be responsible for the world, than let the world bear me!" Today, I Zhang Miao bears you, but you can survive, how can you serve the public! Whoever is the master of men, remember the kindness of a woman! Okay, that's all that needs to be said. Let people prepare with me, I want to bathe and change clothes! ”

Zhang Miao stood up and walked out, and Cao Cao also got up and raised his hand and called, "Meng Zhuo, I'm ......."

"Meng De is goodbye when he goes, listen to me and don't regret it!" Zhang Miao said goodbye, opened the door and strode out. Cao Cao looked at his back, stared at him for a long time, and sat down on top of his chair as if he had lost his breath.

In this way, about half an hour, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "Zhang Miao has hanged himself!" ”

Cao Cao closed his eyes and said, "Thick burial!" The tombstone is engraved with Cao Mengde's best friend! The soldiers took the order and left, leaving Cao Cao alone in the house and sad.

Guo Jia learned that Zhang Miao was dead, and immediately came to relieve Cao Cao! But by the time he came, Cao Cao had already returned to normal. Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao's face and nodded secretly. That's it, it really deserves to be the lord I chose, and he really has the posture of a hero.

"Why did you come here?" Cao Cao asked.

"Come for Liu Bei!" Guo Jia replied. Of course, this is not a temporary idea, Liu Bei's matter Guo Jia has always kept in mind.

"Oh? I want to hear about it! Cao Cao was in a mood at the moment.

"Liu Bei is in Xuzhou, and at this moment his army is fighting fiercely with Yuan Shu's army in Guangling County, and he can't take care of Qingzhou at all! Now is our chance! ”

"What chances? Could it be that you asked me to send troops to attack Qingzhou? Although I have beaten Na Lu Bu back, Puyang is still in his hands, and if our army does not follow up, I am afraid that it will continue to grow bigger! Cao Cao wondered.

"The lord I am not persuading the lord to attack Qingzhou, it is really the current Taishan guard general Chang Xuan, this person is a repeated villain, but I am sure that he will surrender to us. When the time comes, you can join forces inside and outside to seize Taishan County! Guo Jia explained.

"If there is such a thing, then I will hand over this matter to Fengxiao to you to be responsible, and you must make this person vote!" Cao Cao immediately agreed. Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao would agree, so he said: "Okay, I'll send someone to say that this person will be surrendered!" ”

This incident was just a small episode, and everyone didn't take him seriously after that. Now Cao Cao's eyes are still the enemy, and it is still Lu Bu. Lü Bu assembled his army in Puyang, and it was obvious that he was preparing to fight Cao Cao here. Cao Cao heard that Lu Bu was in Puyang City, which made him very happy. As long as Lu Bu can be driven out of Yanzhou, then his territory will be more stable.

So after a simple rest, Cao Cao personally led the army straight to Puyang City!