Outside Luoyang City, Cao Jun's camp.

The envoys sent to Hebei have not yet returned, and many battle reports from Runan and Yingchuan have reached Cao Cao's case.

Cai Yang, Li Tong, Zhao Yan and other civil and military troops divided their troops to extinguish the rebellion, and successively exterminated Qu Gong, Jiang Gong, Shen Cheng, Zhang Chi and other sect commanders and thieves in the territory, and won the battle, but unexpectedly, in the process of encircling and suppressing the Yellow Turban Liukou Liu Pi and Gong Du, they encountered Liu Bei's Jingxiang soldiers and horses.

After a great battle, Cao's army was defeated.

The general of the Cao army, Cai Yang, was killed, and the Zhonglang general Li Tong was wounded by Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yan commanded the defeated army to fight and retreat, and did not dare to retreat to Yang'an, so he retreated to Shangcai.

Liu Bei's victorious army Yexian commanded Liu Pi, Gong Du and other Liukou in Yingchuan and Runan, and the rebel army in Jia, Liang, Lu Hun and other places to respond to him.

The court of Xudu was shocked when he learned of this, although because Dong Cheng, Wang Fu and others were defeated not long ago, those ministers who were loyal to the Han family in the court had relatives and did not dare to make trouble, but the outside of Xudu was still shocked three times a day, and the people in the city were also panicked.

For this reason, Xun Yu and others, who stayed in Xudu, had to urgently recruit the soldiers and horses of the generals who defended Dahe and Qingxu Yu Ban and Xiahoudun with the edict of the imperial court, and returned to defend Xudu and the garrison of Beijing.

At the same time, the imperial court also sent Zhong Xuan, Man Chong and others to lead troops out of Linying, Yunxian and other places, echoing with Du Xian, who retreated to Mopi, Li Tong, and Zhao Yan, who retreated to Shangcai, and reluctantly built a new defense line south of Xudu.

And at this moment of panic, Guan Yu, the general in the Cao camp, accidentally learned the news of Liu Bei's soldiers in Ye County, he did not hesitate, immediately hung the seal and sealed the gold, only took a few personal soldiers, escaped from the Cao camp overnight, passed through Yique Pass, and resolutely returned to Liu Bei's command.

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Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao's handsome tent.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong had already rushed to report the news of their defection to Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan's face turned red, and he said loudly:

"Ming Gong, I said a long time ago that Guan Yunas is treacherous and can't be favored. Sure enough, as soon as he heard the news of Liu Bei, he defected from the camp and wanted to defect to Liu Bei, but now the snow has not melted, although it is night, but the trail is clear and can be followed, Guan Yu can't run far, hurry up and mobilize the elite cavalry in the army to pursue! ”

Cao Hong also nodded and said:

"That's right, since Guan Yu dared to defect, he must have forged military orders and official documents, if he didn't send elite cavalry to pursue him overnight, he would be unimpeded along the way, and he would be able to escape back to Liu Bei's command in a few days. Now Liu Bei has gone north to use troops, Guan Yu has been in the camp for a long time, and he knows the reality of our army, this person must not be indulged! ”

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the handsome seat and holding his head, was silent, as if he had not heard of it.

Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan were in an impatient mood, and before they could talk about it, Cao Ang, the eldest son who was standing beside Cao Cao, had already spoken first:

"Two uncles, my lord has already sent my son and uncle to lead my troops to pursue them, and there is no need to talk about this matter anymore. In the middle of the night, if the adults are restless and sleepless, they are afraid that the head disease will attack again, so it is better to go back first. ”

“。。”

Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan glanced at each other, knowing that this made Cao Chun indulge Guan Yu to leave, which was actually Cao Cao's idea, although they were angry in their hearts, they couldn't argue anymore, they could only sigh, salute one after another, turn around, and walk out of the handsome tent.

After Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan left, Cao Ang turned his head to look at his father, who seemed to be asleep.

"My lord, several uncles are gone."

"Your Excellency..."

Cao Ang called again, Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes, he let out a long sigh, and said:

"Yun Chang, Yun Chang, is this huge Cao Ying really unable to accommodate you?"

Cao Cao's feelings for Guan Yu are extremely complicated, on the one hand, he respects his bravery and loyalty, and on the other hand, Guan Yu's exposed arrogant, lustful and other temperaments just make Cao Cao feel a sense of pity.

Cao Cao, as the lord of the people and the court of the court, even if he is reborn and uninhibited, he also needs to restrain his words and deeds from time to time and hide his intentions, but Guan Yu is different, he is loyal and righteous first, loves and hates clearly, and never hides his heart.

Sometimes looking at Guan Yu, who is tall and tall, Cao Cao has a trace of indescribable envy in his heart.

After listening to his father's words, although Cao Ang did not refute it, he did not think so, he said softly:

"When Guan Yu surrendered, he always remembered Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others, before beheading Zhai Hao, breaking the tiger prison, and actively making contributions, in fact, it was just to repay the adult's grace of not killing, and now let him know the news of Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others, no matter how well the adults treat him well, he will still find an opportunity to escape and escape."

"Since the adults respect Guan Yu and want to let him go, then he will leave, a Guan Yu will not affect the overall situation in the north, and the adults have the reputation of loving and cherishing talents, and the talents and heroes in the world will definitely rush to come to join in the future."

Listening to Cao Ang's words, Cao Cao cast a pleased look at him, and said with a rare smile:

"Wu'er can see through it. Also, no matter how strong he is, with his temperament, sooner or later he will have a rebirth with your uncles, and he will leave when he leaves, so that's good! ”

Seeing that his father was finally relieved, Cao Ang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he looked at Cao Cao, who was a little tired, and said:

"Adults have been working hard for military affairs all day, let's have a good rest tonight, please let the children go to patrol the camp instead of adults, so as not to run into uncles and argue with adults about Guan Yu."

"Okay, let's go."

Cao Cao smiled with relief and waved Cao Ang to go.

Cao Ang happily accepted the order, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Looking at the handsome tent that had become empty, a trace of a smile on Cao Cao's face slowly put away. He turned his eyes to look at the map on the side, pondered for a moment, and had no sleepiness, although it was cold in the middle of the night, he still asked people to summon Guo Jia.

When Guo Jia entered the tent, Cao Cao was already standing in front of the map and pointing to the painting, he glanced at Guo Jia who walked into the tent, compared his hands, signaled that there was no need to be polite, and pointed to a secret report from Lu Hong and Zhao Da, the school affairs of Xudu.

Guo Jia hurriedly approached the case, unfolded the secret report on the school affairs, and read it at a glance. After finishing, his face also changed color slightly, and he asked Cao Cao:

"Ming Gong, this secret report-"

"Lone knows what you want to ask, but at this time, Lone would rather believe it."

“。。。” Guo Jia was silent for a while, and then said:

"If this is true, then it is necessary to transfer Zhongde Gong and Yuan to let the general into Kyoto, after all, Xun Lingjun...

"Yes, some things, after all, have to be dealt with by yourself."

As he spoke, Cao Cao had already moved out of the way of the front of the map and beckoned Guo Jia to come closer and watch.

Guo Jia took a closer look, and saw that on this map, Cao Cao had scribbled a lot of brush and ink, but if you look closely, you will find that Cao Cao is painting the situation in a corner of the Central Plains.

Luhun, Liang County, Jiaxian and other places, there were thieves who responded to Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, Liu Pi and Gong Du and other rogues wandered in Yingchuan and Runan, attacking and plundering the township, and Liu Bei stationed troops in Ye County, fierce soldiers and horses, and eyed Xu Du.

On the other hand, on the side of Xu Du, in the case of Cao Ren, Li Tong, Cai Yang and others being defeated one after another, although Zhong Xuan, Man Chong, Du Xian, and Zhao Yan regathered the defeated army and set up a new defense line south of Xu Du, but it seems that there are many flaws.

"Fengxiao, Lone suddenly remembered the argument between you and Gongren and Wen Ruo in the state mansion hall back then, do you think Lone made the wrong choice at that time?"

Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered what Cao Cao was talking about.

In the first year of Jian'an, Guo Jia proposed to unite with Yuan Shao and eliminate Yan Xing in Sanhe, and Dong Zhao suggested that Yan Xing should be kept to balance Yuan Shao in Hebei.

In other words, at that time, Yan Xing only had the incomplete Sanhe region under his rule, and there was far no sign of annexing Guanzhong and Yongliang. And Yuan Shao has almost occupied the four major states in the north, and only Gongsun Zhan, a surviving opponent, is left in Hebei.

Even in Cao Cao's heart, he didn't believe Guo Jia's words, but regarded Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world and the dominant one in Hebei, as his biggest rival in the world.

Therefore, there will be things such as the later Xiying Tianzi and Yuan Shao's retreat.

But now, the seemingly powerful and invincible Yuan Shao has exposed many flaws in this battle, and the invincible Cao army may also have to fall under Jinyong City and return, if Yan Xing, who is dominating Guanxi, wins this battle, then his eastward trend will be unstoppable, and no one can stop it.

Presumably, in Cao Cao's heart, there was also some faint remorse.

Guo Jia was silent again, and after a while, he said:

"Please also ask the Duke of Ming to forgive the sin of the minister, so that the minister dares to speak."

"Not guilty, speak!"

"In fact, from the envoy to Luoyang, to welcome the Son of Heaven in the west, and even today, Jia Zai has never felt that he is wrong in his heart."

"Hahaha." Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, he pointed at Guo Jia and said:

"Since Fengxiao is right, it must be Lonely's mistake. Haha, Feng Xiao is right, Lone is indeed wrong, from the beginning, Yan Yan should not be allowed to sit big, so that it caused today's dilemma. ”

"However," Cao Cao looked at the map, his words changed, his eyes were blazing, and under the background of the candle flame, he once again revealed a blazing light.

"The past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be chased. Since it was wrong before, then now Lone will be wrong, Feng Xiao, Lone is ready to withdraw the army! ”

"Withdrawal?"

Rao is as wise as Guo Jia, and he can't help but exclaim at this time.

You must know that before this, Cao Cao's decision was to achieve the final victory by consuming Yan Xing's Guanxi soldiers and horses at all costs.

But now, Cao Cao is about to retire.

Looking at Guo Jia's surprised expression, Cao Cao smiled and pointed to a point on the map.

"Lone wants to thwart Yan Yan's pursuers here! Since Yuan Shao wants to stay under Jinyang City and watch Han Zi Lu Zhudong Guo Qian, let Yan Yanming go north to meet this Tian Father! ”

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