At this time, Cheng Yu stepped forward and persuaded: "Lord, although this is Zhang Xiu's trick, but we can't go back, after all, with the current situation of Zhang Xiu's military camp, as long as he can't hold out, we have no choice, and it has been more than a day since we came to Zhang Xiu's camp, even if Liu He was really three hundred miles away before, with his marching speed, it is estimated that they are all coming soon, and when the time comes, we did not capture Zhang Xiu's military camp, but were chased and killed by Liu He's army, I am afraid that not only will the gains outweigh the losses, but our army will face greater danger, So, listen to the advice of the lower official, let's go back, no matter what, we also have more than 100,000 defenders in Xudu, even if Liu He arrives with an army of 300,000, it will definitely not be able to break the city in a short period of time, not to mention that we still have a trump card in our hands, what can Liu He do if this trump card is played at a critical moment? In the end, it's not about the obedient withdrawal of troops? ”

"Now it seems that this can only be the case", Cao Cao sighed helplessly, waved his hand weakly, and ordered the army to retreat. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This time was attacked by Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao lost 8,000 people in the rear army, plus the 3,000 people lost in the previous ambush of Zhang Xiu, and lost more than 10,000 people in this battle, and the result was only a loss of more than 2,000 people to Zhang Xiu, and this deal was really a big loss.

Cao Cao, who was defeated in today's battle, had a gloomy face, did not say a word, and the soldiers serving on the left and right were also silent, and no one dared to say a word, lest he anger this master who had nowhere to spread his anger and bring disaster to himself.

However, at this time, Zhang Xiu was ecstatic, this battle his army was a hard money, in the process of the second sneak attack, these soldiers were like tigers descending the mountain, against the Cao army without fighting spirit launched a crazy slaughter, as a result of this battle after a rough statistics, actually injured seven or eight thousand enemies, plus the number of people killed and injured by Cao Cao's siege and desperately resisted, before and after the injury of more than 10,000 enemies, so that not only did they not have to pay their own 60 million money, but the guilt of the previous defeat was also offset, and they also got a huge credit.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xiu admires Jia Xu's clever calculations even more, and what he admires is simply the five-body throw, so after he returned, the first thing he did was to thank Jia Xu, because if there was no Jia Xu, he would not only have no success in this battle, but on the contrary, according to Liu He's rules, just by losing two thousand elites, he could demote himself to three levels.

"The general doesn't have to be polite, you and I have known each other for so long, it's rare that the general has always taken good care of Xu, and Xu naturally can't stand by while watching the general fall into trouble."

Although Jia Xu said this, he sighed slightly in his heart: "After this battle, I will follow the lord, so this time it is not only to help the lord, but also to help you, even if it is to make up for our years of cooperation." ”

Two days later, Liu He led the army to Kunyang, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu led the army to greet, especially Zhang Xiu, I heard that there was another second junior brother under his disciples, and now the three brothers are reunited, and the heart is very happy, and Zhao Yun, Zhang Ren together to learn marksmanship, worship the teacher, life is extremely comfortable.

Of course, Zhang Xiu told Liu He the truth about how he was defeated first and then defeated and how to turn defeat into victory after Liu He came, and Liu He really did not blame Zhang Xiu, and rewarded Zhang Xiu with 60 million money, 10,000 horses, and 100 households.

At the same time, Liu and Bai Jiaxu were the former military advisors of the General's Mansion, joined the army, and concurrently served as Jing Zhaoyin, and was also named Gu Zanghou (Xianghou), and won the supreme favor for a while.

After Liu He convened all the civil and military discussions, the main thing was to discuss the matter of entering the army in Xudu, because of the same hatred of the enemy, and because of the previous Zhang Xiu's prestige in the first battle, everyone had no objection to the march, all the generals felt enthusiastic, clamoring to immediately march into Xudu, launch a siege on Xudu, and then kill Cao Cao and get rid of the national thieves.

However, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You and others were silent.

Liu He knew what they meant, and said with a smile: "We are all here to beg for thieves, not for the sake of the Emperor of Heaven, so if we can not fight the current Xudu City, it is best to besiege it for a long time, so that the thieves will not be able to get food supplies, so that the thieves will beg us sooner or later." ”

But Pan Feng on the side said loudly: "According to me, we don't need to be polite at all, directly attack Xu Ducheng and kill Cao Cao, if the emperor Lao'er is interested, then it's fine, if he is not interested, he will be driven down directly and take his throne." ”

"Shut up!" When Liu He heard this, he immediately shouted: "At this time, you dare to say such disloyal and unrighteous words? Don't quit yet! If you dare to talk nonsense, I'll pull off your round head and kick it as a ball! ”

Pan Feng saw that Liu He was really angry, and immediately didn't dare to say any more, and obediently retreated.

Guo Jia and the others laughed secretly on the side, although they also agreed with Pan Feng's words, but they all knew that they could not say it clearly, although Liu He's strength could completely use the prestige of this battle to drive away the emperor, and then call himself the emperor, but after all, the world has not yet been unified, and the Son of Heaven still has a certain prestige among the people, if he is called the emperor at this time, it will immediately give many people an excuse, and many of the sacrifices made by Liu He's father Liu Yu before have also been in vain.

After a short period of embarrassment, all the people wisely chose not to continue Pan Feng's previous topic, and all unanimously agreed with Liu He's proposal, and led the army to besiege Xu Du, and Cao Cao must be trapped to death.

Subsequently, Liu He ordered the whole army to go to Xudu and besiege Xudu City.

After that, the army led by Liu He marched towards Xudu, and the army was like a broken bamboo on the way, and soon arrived at Yingchuan County, where the governors of the nearby counties opened the city and surrendered, and the people were even more bull wine pot pulp to welcome.

At the beginning, Liu He was stationed in Yingchuan for several months, and the people had a very deep impression of Liu He's benevolent government here, and they were often nostalgic, and later Yingchuan changed hands, although the new master Cao Cao also paid attention to the people's livelihood, but the frequent conscription and heavy taxes and forced labor made the people miserable, so the people looked forward to Liu He's return to Yingchuan.

Now that they heard that Liu He was really coming, the people all flocked to welcome Liu He and the army.

"I've been looking forward to it for so long, and I finally gave Liu Yuanjun here."

"What Liu Yuanjun? Now people are today's generals, one person is above 10,000 people, and he has a million troops in his hands, and a stomp of someone's feet can make the world shake. ”

"That's right, it's only been a few years, Liu Yuanjun, no, the strength of the general has developed to the point where it is today, looking at the world, talking about the past and the present, how many people can have such great achievements as him?"

"The general is not only benevolent and righteous, but also courteous and virtuous, and has a noble background, such a character is naturally expected by everyone, where is it like Cao Cao? Eating Han Lu for generations, but in the end he still has to be a thief, and even the concubine dares to kill, as the so-called heaven is evil, it is forgivable, self-inflicted, not alive......"