Of course, Cao Cao was not reconciled.

Back then, he was stolen by Lu Bu in Yanzhou, and he was driven to a remote place like Qingzhou, but he held his breath and didn't want to go back to Yanzhou for a long time.

Now that it is easy to seize the heaven-sent opportunity, if he just gives up and retreats to Qingzhou again, how can he Cao Cao swallow this breath.

"What do you say! We finally managed to return to Yanzhou, and you actually told us to return to Qingzhou like this? ”

Before Cao Cao could speak, Cao Hong couldn't hold back and shouted excitedly.

Guo Jia didn't even bother to look at Cao Hong now, as if he regarded Cao Hong as air.

Cao Cao glared at Cao Hong and signaled him not to shout, there was no place for him to speak.

Then, Cao Cao smiled dryly: "I said Fengxiao, does it mean that there is really no room for recovery except for withdrawing to Qingzhou?" ”

"I don't think so." Guo Jia took a sip of wine, "I have learned Wolong's wisdom this time, tell you the truth, my wisdom is inferior to him by three points, not to mention that he also has a phoenix chick to help, continue to fight with Su Zhe, most of the losses are us." ”

Guo Jia didn't feel embarrassed at all, and frankly admitted that his skills were inferior to others, and he couldn't compare to Su Zhe's resourcefulness.

Cao Cao's heart was shocked, but he frowned and said: "Xiliang's poisonous scorpion is not Su Zhe's opponent, and now you, the ghost fox, are not his opponent, then according to what you say, he, the head of the Nine Wonders, is an undefeated existence, then what am I tossing around, anyway, sooner or later I have to lose to him, it is better to surrender directly now." ”

Cao Cao spread his hands and put on a posture that he was no longer doing this job.

"Don't worry, my lord, I haven't finished my sentence yet." Guo Jia smiled and coaxed Cao Cao like a child.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, he regained his confidence, raised his head to look at him, and signaled him to hurry up.

Guo Jiacai said unhurriedly: "As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, even though he Su Zhe is the head of the Nine Wonders, he has the wisdom of the sky, he can defeat me Guo Jia, he can defeat Jia Xu, and he can overwhelm all the wise people in the world, but when we join forces to deal with him, can he still overwhelm all of us?" ”

Cao Cao's body was shocked, as if he suddenly realized something.

Guo Jia took a sip of wine and continued: "If we retreat to Qingzhou and give Yanzhou to Su Zhe, on the surface, it seems that he has obtained Yanzhou and seized the hinterland of the Central Plains, but at the same time, it also means that he has suddenly added many enemies to himself. ”

"In addition to Dong Zhuo in Xiliang, Yuan Shao in Hebei, Yuan Shu in Huainan, Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and the lord of Qingzhou, Su Zhe has to face the encirclement of the five strong enemies, these people will definitely concentrate their efforts in the future and regard him as a great enemy, who let him occupy the hinterland of the Central Plains in Yanzhou."

"My lord, think about it, under the command of the princes of the Five Roads, almost all the wise men in the world are concentrated, and when the time comes, so many wise men are all calculating Su Zhe, I don't believe that he can calculate the strategists of the whole world."

Listening to this speech, Cao Cao suddenly realized that he was empowered, and all his unwillingness disappeared in an instant.

"I understand, your move is called retreating as advance, giving Yanzhou to Su Zhe, but telling him to be the enemy of the world, but we are hiding in a corner of Qingzhou, moving wantonly, waiting for the fisherman to profit, right?"

Cao Cao is worthy of being Cao Cao, his resourcefulness is extraordinary, and in a blink of an eye, he understood the meaning of Guo Jia's words.

Guo Jia poured another sip of wine and said with a smile: "Now that the lord has already understood, then I don't need to say anything more." ”

Cao Cao nodded, stood up, and said happily: "Pass my order, the whole army will immediately set off to withdraw to Qingzhou, then Su Zhe wants Yanzhou, I will give Yanzhou to him, I want to see how he can resist the siege of the princes of the world after he occupies the heart of the Central Plains." ”

At that moment, Cao Cao no longer hesitated, and was even more unwilling, took his defeated army, abandoned Zhencheng, and retreated to Qingzhou under the stars.

Not long after Cao Cao's front foot left, Su Zhe led the army to kill him on the back foot, and the soldiers took Zhen Cheng without bloodshed.

Subsequently, Su Zhe continued to march eastward, followed after Cao Cao, and then took Jiyin, Dongping, Jibei and other Yandong counties.

Finally, after fifteen days of pursuit, Su Zhe planted his banner at the head of Linyi City, the easternmost part of Yanzhou.

After passing through this city and then to the east, you will enter the territory of Qingzhou.

At this time, Cao Cao also stationed troops in Gaotang City, the westernmost part of Qingzhou, and put on a posture of never retreating and fighting to the death.

Su Zhe's decisive whole army stopped at Linyi City, gave up continuing to pursue Cao Cao, and strictly ordered all armies not to set foot on the border of Qingzhou.

He knew very well that one step further, he would enter the Qingzhou territory, which was about to be Cao Cao's home battle, and it would be unfavorable to his own side first.

Moreover, although Cao Cao broke 5,000 soldiers and horses before, it did not reach the point of death, and the 25,000 soldiers and horses under his command still had strong combat effectiveness.

If Cao Cao retreats again, he will be the hinterland of Qingzhou behind, so he will definitely fight to the death to keep the last territory of Qingzhou.

Even if Su Zhe captures Qingzhou, he will definitely pay a heavy price.

Moreover, Qingzhou is thousands of miles away from his base camp Jingzhou, and only people who don't understand the art of war at all will pull the battle line to such a long time.

Su Zhe decisively decided to withdraw his troops and stop the war with Cao Cao.

After all, his strategic goal of capturing Yanzhou has been achieved, and for him, the first thing to do now is to win the hearts and minds of the people, pacify Yanzhou, and completely gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains.

So, on the second day after arriving in Linyi, Su Zhe left Xu Huang to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to calm Linyi and guard against Cao Cao, while he led the main force back to Puyang City.

Immediately afterwards, Su Zhe sent a messenger to the counties of Yanzhou to surrender in the name of the imperial court.

In the case that the two forces of Lü Bu and Cao Cao both withdrew from Yanzhou, the counties and counties naturally fell from the wind and passed on.

In less than a month, the entire Yanzhou had changed its flag and submitted to Su Zhe's rule.

Su Zhe sent Wei Yan to lead 5,000 elite soldiers into Xiaopei to guard against Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and left Zhang Liao to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to guard Puyang City and guard against Yuan Shao on the north bank of the Yellow River.

After deploying the defenses on all sides, Su Zhecai led the army back to Xu County.

A few days later, Su Zhe sent people back to Wandu, asking the Son of Heaven and the Empress to move to Xu County, and change Xu County to Xu Capital.

Su Zhe's reason for doing this is naturally very simple.

Although Wancheng is the base of his fortune, after all, it is located in a remote area, which is not conducive to him to play the banner of righteousness of the Son of Heaven.

And at present, although Luoyang is in his hands, Luoyang City is still in ruins, and it is too close to Guanzhong, which is vulnerable to Dong Zhuo's threat, so it is not conducive to the permanent residence of the Son of Heaven.

Su Zhe finally decided to follow the example of Cao Cao in history and move the Son of Heaven to Xudu.

Xudu City is located in the Central Plains region, and the surrounding land is fertile, which is conducive to food.

In addition, from a geographical point of view, Xu Du lived in the middle of Jingzhou and Yanzhou, and Su Zhe's base camp here was also conducive to his control of Jingzhou and Yanzhou at the same time.

As for the aspect of Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, of course, he has no choice.

As early as half a year ago, he tore his face with Su Zhe, and was under Su Zhe's surveillance and control, and could only act as a puppet.

Now, Su Zhe has taken Yanzhou again and established supreme prestige, in this case, Liu Xie has no confidence to refuse Su Zhe's "request" to move the capital.

So, under Su Fei's "escort", half a month later, the Empress of Heaven and her entourage, as well as hundreds of civil and military officials, finally arrived in Xudu.