The weather was getting cooler, a pot of coals was placed in the center, and Cao Cao and several courtiers sat in a circle to keep warm. The bright light of the fire shone on Cao Cao's face, and after this defeat, even if he was as open-minded as Cao Mengde, he couldn't help but be depressed.

"The defeated soldiers of all battalions have returned to the city?" Cao Cao was dressed in plain clothes, wearing a black robe, sitting in a simple renovated palace room in Luoyang, and asked, "How much is the loss?" ”

"In addition to the main force of the Chinese army, the soldiers who were scattered behind the palace basically returned to the city, and suffered heavy losses, less than 3,000 people were able to get rid of the Xia army!" Cheng Yu was a relative, with melancholy: "Under the Hangu Pass, there are nearly 50,000 elites on our side, and more than half of the casualties and prisoners are killed. The Wuwei battalion was annihilated, the tiger and leopard cavalry lost more than 1,000 people, and tens of thousands of Ding Zhuang were all captured by the Xia army. General Le returned from serious injuries, and General Li was severely injured with a broken arm and was still in a coma. There is no plan for the loss of ordnance baggage! ”

Wen Cheng Yu said, several people in the hall had gloomy faces.

"Huh!" Cao Cao's chuckle was extremely abrupt at this time, and several ministers looked at Cao Cao, very puzzled.

"The lonely south conquered the north, crisscrossed the Central Plains, and was invincible, I never thought that I would suffer such a big loss in the hands of Liu Yuan!" Cao Cao sighed and glanced at the ministers: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, this small defeat is just a small defeat, there are tens of thousands of soldiers alone, and there are all the kings, there will be a day of return!" ”

"What is Xia Jun's movement?" After a moment of silence, Cao Cao asked again.

"After the king led the army back to Luo, the Xia army did not chase deeply and retreated!" Liu Ye replied loudly at this time.

"Zixiao!" Cao Cao pinched the bridge of his nose: "I'm exhausted, and the matter of Luoyang City Defense will be arranged by you." Order the generals to comfort the soldiers. ”

"No!"

"Ziyu!" looked at Liang Xi.

"The minister is here!" Liang Xi replied.

Cao Cao slowly ordered: "Take out the wine, meat, and grain in the treasury of the Luoyang Mansion and reward the soldiers." You did your best to pacify the people of the city and keep it stable. ”

"No!" Liang Xi was ordered to go with Cao Ren.

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"This thunderbolt is indeed a sharp weapon for siege." Stroking the few remaining thunderbolt carts that were captured, and there were still many wooden thorns on the logs, Liu Yuan said lightly: "Didn't you capture some Wei army craftsmen, and send some laborers to dig up stones for me." Entering the sun, I want to use the way of others to govern their bodies! ”

The Wei army was defeated and suffered heavy losses, so Liu Yuan naturally took advantage of the victory to march and turn defense into attack.

From Hangu to Luoyang, a distance of only seventy miles, the corpses of Wei soldiers fell along the road. Leaving soldiers and horses to garrison Hangu, Liu Yuan drove to Gucheng in person, which was the Wei army's previous battle grain and grass baggage transfer base, and there was a lot of accumulation. The Wei army of the city was garrisoned, and under the order of Cao Cao, the city was burned in time and escaped.

All the way to chase the soldiers and horses, the leading generals returned to the camp in Gucheng in turn, they were all excited, sitting in Hangu for so long, and now they have won this great victory, and the morale of the army is greatly boosted. After liquidation, in addition to killing the scattered enemy troops, there were tens of thousands of intact prisoners. There are also wounded soldiers, all the seriously injured make up for a knife to free them, and the lightly injured survive in an independent battalion, and life and death depend on luck.

The Gucheng camp was soon filled with soldiers who had returned to the camp one after another, and the whole camp was full of joy. Liu Yuanjun ordered: "The soldiers are fighting hard, and the whole camp will celebrate tonight!" ”

That night, the summer army camp was in full swing, and the wine and meat were enough. Liu Yuan personally went down, paid tribute to the meritorious people, and earned some moving tears.

I don't know who started and shouted "Your Majesty Wansheng", and soon the whole camp shouted, and the sound spread, in this dark night, extremely loud. The sound of the Wei army could be heard by the guards of the Ruoyang Wei army twenty miles away.

Standing on the tallest building in the camp, Liu Yuan held a small jue of wine in his hand, half full of wine, and looked at Luoyang from afar. Although it was dark in the distance, and he couldn't see anything clearly, Wei Wuqiang was in front of him, and he could break it in one battle, Liu Yuan couldn't help but be excited, he hadn't had such emotions and feelings for many years.

"Wenhe, Dezu! Come, drink with me! Glancing at Jia Xu and Yang Xiu who were standing on the side, Liu Yuan looked excited and invited. There was a military attendant next to him who presented wine to the two.

"Your Majesty, although the Wei army is defeated, it has suffered heavy losses! But don't be careless, let your guard down! Yang Xiu drank it all, but when he saw Liu Yuan, whose eyes were a little confused, he couldn't help but persuade.

Seeing that Yang Xiu's words were not finished, Liu Yuan sat down and motioned for him to continue. Yang Xiu arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty treats the army, and in the ministers' army, the soldiers drink happily and have no scruples, including many generals and colonels, and there are countless drunk. The arrogant army will be defeated, if the Wei army comes to attack at this time, the momentum of victory and defeat will be reversed immediately, and our army will be defeated at this time! I hope that Your Majesty will save it! ”

Let the eunuch fill the wine again, take a sip, and look at Yang Xiu for a while: "I know what Dezu said." ”

Business as usual thereafter.

After retreating, Yang Xiu accompanied Jia Xu between the tents, watching the warm atmosphere around him. After a pause, Yang Xiu couldn't help but say to Jia Xu: "Wen Hegong, Your Majesty is drunk and has lost his guard. In this way, there will be a crisis in our army, why not persuade it? ”

Jia Xu glanced at Yang Xiu and saw that his face was very worried, but Jia Xu may have seen the kind of "self-confidence" hidden between his eyebrows, as well as Liu Yuan's unconvincing attitude in ignoring his advice.

"With the current situation of the Wei army, huddled in the city of Luoyang, the morale of the army has suffered a heavy blow, and the combat strength is difficult to recover, how dare you rashly go out of the city to attack. Dezu, I'm worried!" Jia Xu stroked his beard.

"Even if it is unlikely that the Wei army will attack the camp, it must not be guarded against. Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, how can they not be cautious. These tens of thousands of sergeants, so unprepared, a little better, are so arrogant. If it looks like this, you will be defeated in the future! Yang Xiu was a little "angry": "No, I have to make a statement to Your Majesty in the future!" ”

Staring at Yang Xiu deeply, seeing that he was a little uncomfortable, Fang said slowly: "Your Majesty has been fighting on the battlefield for more than 20 years, and has experienced countless battles, how can you take this battle lightly?" ”

"There are many famous generals in the army, they have been in battle for a long time, how can they be negligent in their defense?" With a faint smile, Jia Xu shook his head and returned to the account: "Dezu, you go to the outer camp to take a look!" ”

"Out-of-town?" There was a little doubt in his eyes.

To the east camp, it is the place where the guards are stationed, the atmosphere is warm, look at it carefully, but see the soldiers pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the face is red, but the eyes are clear. He took a pottery bowl from a soldier and drank it, only to find that it was water.

"The general has an order, everyone has to drink a bowl, and those who violate military law will be punished!" This was learned from the mouth of a tun chief.

After walking around, I found that on the periphery of the camp, thousands of soldiers were on standby, rotating with the Daqing soldiers. Wuyue, who had been drinking with the soldiers in the inner camp before, was also dressed in military uniform, and led people to personally patrol and inspect the defense.

Thinking of the eyes that Liu Yuan and Jia Xu looked at him before, Yang Xiu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and a little embarrassed. The feeling that everyone was drunk and I was alone dissipated completely.

"This Yang Xiu is too young!" Liu Yuan still drank lightly and muttered in his mouth.