Cao Bao escaped from the battle, and the remaining Xuzhou sergeants were even more clueless, fighting on their own, and it was not until most of the dead and wounded that they learned that the main general had slipped away.

Since the main generals have slipped away, it is impossible for them to kill the enemy bravely, and those soldiers who have nothing to worry about in Xuzhou directly raised their swords and knelt on the ground to surrender.

Those who have families and rooms in Xuzhou are struggling to escape, but in the face of forbidden cut-off raids, they often escape from one encirclement and then enter another.

Panic and despair spread among the Xuzhou soldiers, and only two or three out of ten people could escape their lives, and finally won a big victory in Yu Ban.

Looking at those Xuzhou soldiers who fled in embarrassment, Yu Ban did not order to continue the pursuit, he knew that even if he gave Tao Qian another guts, he would not dare to chase again.

And even if Tao Qian wanted to come, then Cao Bao wouldn't dare, except for Cao Bao, who else was under Tao Qian?

After packing up the soldiers and horses, Yu Ban chased in the direction of Cao Cao, and now recovering Yanzhou is a crucial matter.

Cao Bao fled back to Xiapi City in embarrassment, this time 5,000 soldiers and horses pursued Cao Bing, and less than 2,000 people came back alive.

After Tao Qian saw the defeat of Cao Bao's remnants, his face flushed all of a sudden, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and his expression was suddenly abrupt, and he was about to fall.

Chen Deng's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly held Tao Qian and shouted loudly: "Come and find a medical worker, hurry up!" ”

Chen Deng and Mi Zhu hurriedly helped Tao Qian to the couch, at this time Tao Qian was already unconscious, Mi Zhu sighed deeply and shook his head silently.

Let's say that Cao Cao traveled day and night, went against his own path, and rushed back to Juancheng, Li Dian hurriedly responded, and entered the city to meet Cheng Yu.

As soon as he saw Cheng Yu, Cao Cao walked over and grabbed his hand and said, "If there is no Zhongde, I will have no home." ”

"The lord's words are serious, Yu is just loyal to his ears." Cheng Yu hurriedly said.

Cao Cao turned around and said, "You need to take Zhongde as an example, no matter what happens, you must do your best, and you must not live up to my expectations." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Everyone hurriedly answered.

Xiahoudun took a step forward and said, "Lord, for now, let's hurry up and study, how to break Liu Bei and recover Yanzhou, right?" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Liu Bei is a person who has been defeated repeatedly, and he is not enough to worry about, and tomorrow, when the army arrives, he will definitely be invincible." ”

Cheng Yu frowned and said: "Lord, although Liu Bei is a person who has been defeated repeatedly, however, this time there is Zhang Miao and Chen Gong to help, especially that Chen Gong, who is a wise man, and he must be guarded against." ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly and said: "I treat Chen Gong and Zhang Miao as confidants, but I didn't expect these two to rebel against me. ”

"The lord must not be angry, this matter needs to be carefully planned." Cheng Yu hurriedly said.

Cao Cao nodded, remembering that before he was in Xiapi City, it was because of his angry words that the military and people of Xiapi City were united, and the siege was fruitless.

That night, Cao Cao did not make any further arrangements, ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and set out to conquer Liu Bei the next day.

And the news of Cao Cao's return to the division naturally reached Liu Bei's ears, and Liu Bei also had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands at the moment, some of which were donated by Zhang Miao, and the other part was temporarily recruited.

Liu Bei summoned two deputy generals, Xue Lan and Li Feng, and ordered: "I and you and other 3,000 men and horses will go to garrison Dingtao, and we will be horns with each other, attacking and defending Cao Cao, and there must be no mistake." ”

This Xue Lan and Li Feng are Lu Bu's old generals, when Lu Bu was defeated and retreated to Luoyang, these two saw that the opportunity was not good, escaped from the battle, and escaped with their lives, so they defected to Zhang Miao, who was good friends with Lu Bu.

When Yuan Shao later learned of this, he asked Cao Cao to kill the two, but was stopped by Zhang Miao.

It was also because of this incident that Cao Cao had a lot of complaints about Zhang Miao, and Zhang Miao was always worried that Cao Cao would find excuses to deal with him.

Therefore, for various reasons, Zhang Miao finally stabbed Cao Cao in the back when he was on an expedition to Xuzhou.

After Xue Lan and Li Feng took the order and left, Chen Gong came to see Liu Bei and asked, "Why did you assign troops to the second general Xue Li to guard Dingtao?" ”

"I want to make Dingtao and Puyang into a corner, attacking and defending Cao Cao." Liu Bei hurriedly explained.

Chen Gong sighed lightly and said: "Alas, then this mediocre second general should not be sent, the two of them may not be able to hold it, it is better to change the general to go." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "Yun Chang is my righteous brother, just like my arm, and he must not stay away. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei also touched his empty sleeves, and couldn't help but sigh a little.

Chen Gong was helpless, knowing Liu Bei's sore spots, so he had to say: "In this case, one hundred and eighty miles southeast of this place, the mountain road is steep, that is where Cao Bing must pass, but the ambush elite soldiers are there, since Cao Cao has returned to the division, he must come by double the road, and when he is more than half, he can be captured with one blow!" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Then ask Meng Gao to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to ambush, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head slightly and said, "Although Meng Gao's martial arts are good, he may not be the opponent of Cao Cao's generals. ”

"Yun Chang is a general, and he can be used against the enemy, how can it be used for ambushes, and it is enough to have Meng Gao go." Liu Bei insisted.

Liu Bei has been a little proud since he won Yanzhou, and he began to have his own ideas about Chen Gong's proposal.

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll only go to Meng Gao." ”

Chen Gong left Liu Bei's mansion and came to see Zhang Chao and told him about the ambush, and Zhang Chao immediately agreed, ordered 5,000 men and horses, and ambushed him in the southeast mountains.

On the second day, Cao Cao set out from Juancheng and soon reached the steep mountain road, Cheng Yu came to Cao Cao's side and said: "Lord, the mountain road here is steep, the road is rugged, I am afraid that there will be an ambush, so you should march carefully." ”

Cao Cao looked at the surrounding terrain, nodded, and said, "Zhongde's words are very true, Chen Gong has a lot of tricks, and it is very likely to make a fuss here." ”

After hearing this, Xiahoudun turned to Cao Cao's side, hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the lord, I am willing to be the vanguard, if there is an ambush, I am willing to retreat from the enemy for the lord." ”

"Good! There is a yuan, why should I worry? Cao Cao said overjoyed.

So, Xiahoudun led the army in front, and Cao Cao's army in the rear, cautiously marching towards the mountains.

The team had just reached the halfway point, and sure enough, an ambush soldier came out from behind the rocks and killed Cao Bing.

Cao Cao laughed and said to Cheng Yu beside him: "Zhongde, as you expected. ”

Xiahoudun looked at the ambush soldiers who rushed out, he had already prepared, snorted coldly, and shouted loudly: "Form a formation, meet the enemy!" ”

After an order was given, the sergeants around Xiahoudun quickly surrounded, and there were people holding shields, standing on the periphery, waiting for them! [.]