When Xun Yu really sent Diao Chan to Yuan Xi's camp, Yuan Xi was in the Chinese army and was busy taking the generals out to greet him. When Yuan Xi saw Diao Chan, she was also a little intoxicated, not because of her alluring appearance, but because of the melancholy in her eyes, which made people want to hear her story and couldn't help but want to protect her. However, Yuan Xi also reacted immediately from the gaffe, Diao Chan heard that Yuan Xi raised troops to attack Xuchang for himself, but from his eyes, it was not as possessive as Cao Cao and Guan Yu, but more of a sympathy, and when he saw that Lu Qiling was also there, Diao Chan immediately cried with joy, thanking Yuan Xi for saving his life. Yuan Xi ordered Lu Qiling to take Diao Chan down to rest, so that their mother and son could talk well.

After dealing with the transaction, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu also thanked Yuan Xi for their kindness and expressed their allegiance to Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi happily joked: "Mr. Wenhe has a great plan, what are the best plans in the future!" ”

Jia Xu said: "This transaction went so smoothly, it was Xun Yu who deliberately showed weakness to our army and made our army light the enemy, Cao Cao sent troops to sneak attack, and our army will definitely be defeated." Yuan Xi listened to Jia Xu's words, and looked at Xu Shu and Sima Yi, Xu Shu thought about it, Cao Cao would indeed take such a risk, Yuan Xi was stationed here, not only the transportation of military food was inconvenient, but also some dishonest people in Xuchang City would also take the opportunity to make trouble, and Yuan Xi captured Luoyang in a short period of time, Tiger Pass, it was simply invincible, invincible, if Yuan Xi was not defeated, it would be a great blow to the morale of Cao's army. Xu Shu also agreed to retreat to the Tiger Prison Pass first, and then use the mobility of the cavalry to harass the Cao army's grain route, and raid the prefectures and counties of Xuchang, as long as it can successfully attract the main force of the Cao army, then Guandu Yuan Shao should also be able to seize the opportunity to defeat Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was still silent in the joy of killing Yan Liang and Wen Chou and defeating Yuan Shao's vanguard troops, but just now he received a series of unhappy news: Yuan Xi captured Luoyang, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu surrendered, Yuan Xi captured Tiger Pass, and Lü Qian died in battle. Yuan Shao personally led his troops to Guandu, taking advantage of the numerical advantage, the bow and crossbow equipment suppressed him, and his side tended to be inferior. Guan Yu beheaded Wen Chou, but was taken away by Liu Bei, and the two actually went to Xuchang with the army. The generals under him didn't know what to do when they saw Cao Cao's ugly face, only Xun You said: "Prime Minister, Xuchang has the eldest prince and Xun Yu in charge, and there are tens of thousands of horses, and the city wall is high, as long as Yuan Shao is defeated, Yuan Xi and Liu Bei will not be defeated." ”

Cao Cao also nodded and said: "Yes, the top priority is to defeat Yuan Shao first, our army has won two consecutive battles in the battle of Guandu, let's defeat Yuan Shao first." Liu Bei's defeated army is not a big problem, as for Yuan Xi, even Yuan Shao is not my opponent, let alone him! I don't know what strategy the princess has to crack Yuan Shao's strong bow and crossbow? At this time, his adviser Liu Ye offered a plan: "Prime Minister, I have recently developed a weapon called the Thunderbolt Car, which has a range much farther than crossbow arrows, just enough to restrain Yuan Jun's strong bow and hard crossbow. Cao Cao was immediately overjoyed and ordered the craftsmen to start building the thunderbolt according to Liu Ye's design pattern. After the use of the Thunderbolt, the archers on the railing of the Yuan army became a live target for the Thunderbolt, and as a result, the Yuan army was defeated, and the Yuan army withdrew to the north bank of the Yellow River and set up camp.

Cao Cao saw that the thunderbolt car had made a meritorious contribution and rewarded Liu Ye, but Liu Ye refused to accept it, saying that Yuan Shao was not extinguished and deserved it. Guo Jia said: "Although Yuan Shao has been defeated repeatedly, it has not hurt Yuan Shao fundamentally, only by burning his grain and grass, his army will be chaotic." Xun You agreed, and also said: "It's just that Yuan Shaojun's grain and grass don't know where to put it, and it is very tightly guarded, and it is impossible to explore it at all." Cao Cao was helpless, and then remembered that his army was also insufficient, and said: "Yuan Xi and Liu Bei harassed my grain road, our army's grain and grass are approaching, I intend to take advantage of the new defeat of Yuan's army, first get rid of these two troubles, and protect the safety of the grain road." ”

Liu Bei was also very surprised, he actually arrived all the way outside Xuchang City, looked at the tall city wall in front of him, and said excitedly: "God bless me, Cao Cao actually brought his troops to the front line, as long as Xuchang is captured, we will be the heroes of the country." After speaking, he directly ordered the siege of the city, completely ignoring that his two wives were still in Xuchang. Xuchang was far from being as easy to break as expected, and Xun Yu commanded the army to effectively resist Liu Bei's attack. At the end of the first round of attacks, the soldiers led by Liu Bei suffered thousands of casualties, and they did not even climb the city wall.

Liu Bei sighed and said to Guan Yu: "Xuchang has Xun Yu in charge, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through, listen to Sun Qian's news, the third brother is now in the ancient city, it is better to go first, and then come to capture Xuchang after being prepared." Guan Yu also thought that he couldn't attack Xuchang in a short time, and said: "Big brother, the two sisters-in-law are still in Xuchang, it is better to let Xun Yu hand over the sister-in-law, and I will retreat later." Liu Bei nodded, and shouted to Xun Yu in the city: "Xun Gong, I don't mean to offend, it's just that my two wives are still in Xuchang, and I hope that Xun Gong will return my two wives, and I will retreat immediately." Xun Yu is also strange, how can the enemies who have come recently be for women, but this Liu Bei is not an amorous person, losing a woman is like changing clothes, just giving himself a step down, and he also smiled: "Uncle Huang is really an amorous person, I Xun Yu naturally will not break up the family, you wait and retreat, and I will order someone to return the two ladies later."

Liu Bei believed that Xun Yu would never burn the war to Xuchang for the sake of two innocent women, and ordered the army to retreat. At this time, Cao Cao led the army to arrive, but he didn't meet Yuan Xi, he was extremely depressed, and he caught Liu Bei, which could only be regarded as Liu Bei's bad luck. Liu Bei's subordinates were all Yuan Shao's army, and their combat strength was not as good as Cao's army, and they didn't want to serve Liu Bei, so Liu Bei was defeated. Guan Yu protected Liu Bei and his two wives and fled in the direction of Runan. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong chased and killed Liu Bei, and just when Guan Yu was also difficult to protect, Zhang Fei led the army to arrive in time and shouted: "Big brother is panicking, Yan Zhang Fei is also here, and Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong are not afraid to fight with Zhangba snake spear." Seeing this, Cao Cao also collected his troops and stopped chasing, and sighed: "I heard that Zhang Fei, a Yanren, has the courage of ten thousand people, let Liu Bei escape today, and he will become a trouble in the future." ”

After Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei, he returned to Xuchang, only to know that Yuan Xi was leaving, Diao Chan and Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's families, he was furious, and said angrily: "How can the vertical son bully me like this, I intend to immediately send troops to attack the Tiger Prison Pass." Xun Yu persuaded: "Yuan Xi is indeed cunning, I originally agreed to his request, let him underestimate the enemy and be attacked by the prime minister." I didn't expect to run away so soon, but Ming Gong must not fall for Yuan Xi's tricks, the Tiger Prison Pass must be heavily guarded, it is not so easy to capture, once it is trapped, Yuan Shao will resurrect, and Ming Gong should defeat Yuan Shao in one go at this time. Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's words, and he was also a lot calmer, and took the grain and grass to Guandu to fight against Yuan Shao.