"Retreat? Where to retreat? Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia with bitter eyes.

The city of Linyu has been occupied by the Soviet army, and the road to Liaodong has been blocked, where else can he retreat.

Withdraw to Thistle?

So what, Su Zhe's army then chased after him, and the soldiers surrounded Jicheng, and sooner or later it would not fall.

The difference is only in dying early and dying later.

"Don't despair, my lord, in fact, we still have a way to return to Liaodong." Guo Jia's tone revealed a bit of weirdness.

"Another way? Which way? Cao Cao's eyes lit up, as if he saw a ray of light in the darkness.

Guo Jiayao pointed to the north, "from Youzhou to the north, through the Great Wall, into the territory of the Xianbei people, through the grassland, to the east to Liaodong." ”

Grassland?

Xianbei people?

Cao Cao sat up violently, rushed to the map in a few steps, and stared at the map carefully.

Then he laughed and laughed out loud.

Guo Jia is right, there is no endless road, how could he forget this road.

From the Saibei grassland, detour to the territory of the Xianbei people to Liaodong, although the distance is more than doubled, but still can return to Liaodong.

As long as you can return to Liaodong alive, you will have the opportunity to make a comeback and get involved in the Central Plains.

Seeing Cao Cao, who was hopeful, he couldn't help but be so excited that he laughed wildly.

"But father, Xianbei is a Hu person in the end, and he is cruel and repeated, let's borrow a way from them, can they lend it to us?"

Cao Ang was a little worried, and he didn't trust the Xianbei people very much.

"Ang'er has a point, it's a real problem." Cao Cao stroked his short beard, and his face was also melancholy.

Guo Jia said: "Although the Xianbei people are Hu people, it doesn't mean that they are stupid, the lord only needs to send a person who can speak well to go to the outside of the fortress to preach to the Xianbei leader that after the Su thieves seize Youzhou, they will go out of the fortress to destroy their Xianbei, so that they are jealous of the Su thieves, they will naturally let us borrow the way, and it is even possible to form an alliance with us to deal with the Su thieves together." ”

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he suddenly became excited, and said happily: "Fengxiao's plan is very good, if you can use Xianbei people to deal with Su thieves, it will naturally be better." ”

At that moment, Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's plan, first sent Mao Jue to Xianbei as a lobbyist, and then ordered the troops to immediately abandon Yijing and retreat in the direction of the Great Wall.

"Father, as soon as we abandon Yi Jing, the Su thieves will definitely come to pursue us, whether we can get rid of the thieves and retreat to the north of the Great Wall smoothly, I'm afraid it's still unknown."

Cao Ang was thoughtful and issued another warning.

"That's a problem." Cao Cao's gaze looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia pondered for a long time and sighed: "Now, the lord must sacrifice a person to guard Yi Jing and drag down the Su thief." ”

"Sacrifice? Sacrifice whom? Cao Cao's brows furrowed, revealing an embarrassed expression.

The generals under his command were all Yuan Cong generals who were born and died with him, how could Cao Cao bear to sacrifice them.

"I think that Yuan Dagongzi is the best candidate." A sneer rose at the corner of Guo Jia's mouth, revealing a bit of sinisterity.

Yuan Tan?

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he suddenly came to his senses, and couldn't help but smile.

The reason why he still keeps Yuan Tan until now is nothing more than that he values Yuan Tan's identity as Yuan Shao's last son, and wants to take advantage of Yuan Tan's appeal.

Now, his attempt to enter Hebei has come to naught, Yuan Tan is no longer useful, if he returns to Liaodong with Yuan Tan, it will become a burden.

In this case, wouldn't it be just right to let Yuan Tan play the last role to hold Su Zhe back.

"Come on, call Yuan Tan to me."

……

Two days later, Yijing was in a lonely city.

Outside the city, thousands of trebuchets had been erected, and countless stones, like falling meteors, blasted towards Yijing's crumbling city walls.

The remaining 10,000 defenders, already frightened, could only shrink under the battlements under the suppression of the Soviet army, begging that they would not be hit.

At this moment, Cao Cao had led his main soldiers and horses to abandon the city and flee, leaving only Yuan Tan and the 10,000 Youzhou troops that originally belonged to him.

The order left by Cao Cao to Yuan Tan was to tell him to hold on to Yijing, wait for Cao Cao to recapture Linyu, open up the grain route to Liaodong, and then return to the division to rescue him.

Yuan Tan is not stupid, of course he knows that Cao Cao is preparing to give up on him, use him as bait, and nail Su Zhe to the foot of Yijing City, so as to buy enough time for Cao Cao to escape.

Knowing this, Yuan Tan had no choice but to choose to stick to it.

Because he had no choice.

If he gave up on Yi Jing and fled like Cao Cao, Su Zhe's army would easily move north and swallow the entire Youzhou in one fell swoop.

Without Youzhou, he would lose the capital to form an alliance with Cao Cao, even if he could escape back to Liaodong with Cao Cao by luck, what would happen.

With Cao Cao's ruthlessness, he would probably kill him.

Therefore, Cao Cao can lose Youzhou, but he Yuan Tan can't lose it, he can only choose to defend it.

Su Zhe, south of Yijing, did not know the news that Cao Cao had fled.

He had only one goal, to capture Yijing as quickly as possible, close Cao Cao's door and beat the dogs, and besiege and kill him in Youzhou.

So, Su Zhe passed down the death order, and hundreds of thousands of troops took turns to attack, and it was necessary to capture Yijing within a few days and kill all the stubborn enemies.

The generals of the Soviet army mobilized thousands of trebuchets and launched an unprecedented bombardment of Yijing.

The intensity of this attack has exceeded the intensity of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan back then.

With Yi Jing's sturdiness, if Cao Cao plans to hold on, he is afraid that Su Zhe will have to spend some effort if he wants to capture it.

But now, Cao Cao led the main force to flee, leaving less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, which could not withstand the onslaught of the Soviet army more than ten times larger.

In less than a day, the buildings on the surface of the city wall were razed to the ground, and several city walls also collapsed.

"The eldest prince, Cao Cao is clearly treating us as outcasts, what are we still guarding, let's abandon the city and retreat quickly."

Wei Yuanjin, who was on the side, persuaded with a bitter face.

"Retreat?" Yuan Tan let out a bitter sneer, "He Cao Cao may still have a chance to withdraw to Liaodong, where do I retreat?" ”

Wei Yuanjin was dumbfounded, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Cao Cao, this old thief, he is really ruthless, we took the initiative to put him in Youzhou, but now he is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, it is really vicious!" ”

"Those who fight for the world, which one is not vicious, perhaps, my Yuan family is destined to have no hope of resurrection."

Yuan Tan looked up to the sky and sighed, desolate, obviously disheartened and gave up hope.

Wei Yuanjin's eyes surged with a complicated look, and he secretly gritted his teeth, as if he was making some kind of difficult choice.

After a while, his eyes met and he made a decision.

"Eldest Prince, if it comes to the last moment, maybe I can only be sorry for you." Wei Yuanjin sighed secretly in his heart, looking at Yuan Tan's gaze, there was a faint coldness.