Early in the morning, the morning sun rises. Full/Ben/Small/Say/Net

After a night of raging, the raging flood gradually calmed down in the early hours of the morning, when the sky was about to dawn.

The camp of the Yuan army is scattered, and only a few are still preserved. More than ninety percent of the camps have turned into muddy swamps.

Yuan Jun's corpse can be seen everywhere.

The carcasses of the horses were soaked in sewage, like piles of rotten meat. Under the command of the generals of various departments, the Cao army gathered the captured Yuan army, picked up the baggage in the swamp, and cleaned up this dead and silent battlefield. Cao Cao, accompanied by the generals, believed in the reins.

For some reason, seeing such a miserable scene, Cao Cao did not feel any joy after the victory.

His face was a little gloomy, his lips were pursed, his eyes were squinted, and there was no smile in sight. So much so that the generals behind him also had serious expressions.

"Prime Minister, after the big victory, why are you still so unhappy?"

Cao Cao said: "Although there are no eyes on the battlefield, life and death are fate...... But those innocent people don't deserve this calamity. Uncle Ji, you immediately take people to the area of Chengyang Liqiu to check. If there are survivors, save them all and settle down properly. ”

"The prime minister's heart is kind......"

"Uncle Ji, don't say these useless words. If Yuan Shao hadn't pushed me too quickly, how could I have used such violent means. The water of the river bursts...... Back then, the Dong family's husband threatened me with this, but after all, it was only a threat. And now, I'm really doing it. I don't know how many families will be destroyed in this flood. I wanted to help the living, but now the living are dying because of me......"

When Cao Cao said this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

"How is Yuan Shao?"

According to the captive Yuan Jun, as soon as the water eased, Yuan Shao withdrew to Lihu (now Dongming, Shandong) under the protection of the pro-guard army. After this battle, Yuan Shao lost at least 200,000 horses. Even if he gathers his people. I'm afraid it won't be more than 200,000. ”

"Two hundred thousand?"

Cao Cao felt a headache, shook his horse, and almost fell down.

200,000 people. It's easy to say, but it's 200,000 living beings after all. Although it is said that in troubled times, human life is like mustard and worthless.

But all of a sudden, 200,000 people are gone, and it is Cao Cao who caused all this, how can he feel comfortable in his heart?

Yes, these 200,000 people belonged to Yuan Shao, but the flood rushed all the way down. How many people did Yanzhou lose?

Presumably, it will not be less than the number of 200,000!

Cao Cao is also a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and he is not unaware of the truth that he will succeed in ten thousand bones. Over the years, 1.8 million people who died directly or indirectly in his hands in the southern and northern wars had land. Not once. Today's heartache is like this.

Xun You could see that Cao Cao was in a bad mood.

So he stepped forward and diverted the topic, "Prime Minister, now that Yuan Shao has fled from the fox, it is a good time for us to eliminate him in one go." ”

Cao Cao smiled.

"Gongda, if we want to annihilate Yuan Shao, can we succeed in one battle?"

"Well...... this"

"Hehe, you don't have to worry, I know it. That's impossible. Although Yuan Shao's vitality was greatly damaged, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, and if he wanted to solve him once and for all, he couldn't do it for a year and a half, or even longer. Now, although I have defeated Yuan Shao, there are tigers and wolves around me. Killing Yuan Shao is useless to me, let Yuan Shao go. But it can add an ally. ”

The tiger wolf in Cao Cao's mouth, the tiger is Dong, and the wolf is Liu Bei.

As he said, he can certainly solve Yuan Shao now, and then even capture Jizhou. But so what?

Cao Cao's foundation is in Xuchang!

Now the battle with Yuan Shao is over. It's also a big loss of vitality. At times like these. Attempting to eliminate Yuan Shao is undoubtedly unrealistic, even harmful. For Cao Cao. The top priority is to reconcile with Yuan Shao and quickly return to Xuchang to relieve the siege.

Even if Cao Cao suffered a little loss and gave Yuan Shao some land and population, he had to quickly solve Liu Bei.

In this way, it is possible for the other side to gain a firm foothold and resist the attack from Guanzhong. Cao Cao knew very well in his heart that Guanzhong at this time was like a behemoth, and it was definitely not something that any prince in the eastern part of the country could eat. Only by sticking to the Central Plains, forming an alliance with Yuan Shao, and quickly annexing Xuzhou and Jingbei, maybe he can still compete with Dong. Otherwise, with Cao Cao's current strength, he would definitely not be Dong's opponent.

When Xun You heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood Cao Cao's thoughts.

"The prime minister's wisdom is beyond our reach!"

"Well, don't say that kind of vain words again. Immediately sent someone to Lihu to negotiate with Yuan Shao...... Tell Yuan Shao that as long as he wants, I can provide him with a million stone of grain and grass, and cede Pingyuan County. The condition is that he will help me block the Dong family's husband. ”

In the bottom of my heart, I was almost screaming: I hope it's still too late!

"Then the prime minister's next ......"

"Summoned Lu Su, quickly set aside troops from Chen to Runan, and cut off Guan Yu's retreat. I will personally lead the troops, increase the troops, and fight a decisive battle with Guan Yu. ”

"That's the ...... over here."

"It will be presided over by Yuan Rang and Zhong De, Yuan Rang is brave, Zhong De is calm and spicy, and it will not be too much of a problem to deal with the current Yuan Shao."

When Xun You heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again.

"What the prime minister said, it is very true!"

At that moment, Cao Cao led the people to turn back to the giant deer and arrange the rescue of Xuchang.

However, just when Cao Cao was preparing his troops and horses and preparing to return to Xuchang, the war in Runan suddenly changed unexpectedly.

In the face of Cao Ren's supposedly impregnable Linying defense line, Guan Yu did not go to the hard attack.

On the contrary, Liu Bei sent Sima Lang as an envoy to Xiangyang to lobby Liu Biao. At this time, Liu Biao was swaying from side to side.

On the one hand, he didn't want to have a hard time with Dong, and on the other hand, he didn't want to give up the rights in his hands.

At the same time, he needs to face the pressure brought by the Jingzhou clan. According to the information in his hands, the Cai family of the Kuai family has fallen to Dong.

Liu Biao wanted to move these two, but he didn't have the ability.

And Zhuge Liang went to persuade Zhou Yu, but he never returned. The Jiangdong Navy did not withdraw from Jingnan, according to Liu Biao, Zhou Yu detained Zhuge Liang in Jiangdong, and mobilized the Navy to prepare to completely wipe out Gan Ning in Yunmengze and occupy Jingnan.

Liu Biao also wanted to move Zhou Yu, but he was also incapable......

However, he still transferred Cai Mao out of Xiangyang and ordered him to guard in Nanjun, blocking the Jiangdong Navy from Hanshui to Xiangyang.

As for whether Cai Mao can stop Zhou Yu, Liu Biao can't care about it.

He secretly ordered the general Wu Ju to withdraw from Nanjun to Xiangyang, and at the same time appointed Wei Yan as a general, trying to seize military power from the Kuai family.

The family is huge, even Liu Biao has a headache.

But just when he had a headache, Sima Lang came just right.

Sima Lang made a request to Liu Biao, that is, to take the route of Nanyang, enter Yingchuan from Niulan Leiting, bypass the Linying defense line, and go straight to Xuchang.

Correspondingly, Sima Lang could send the general Wen Chou, led by 3,000 Bai'er elite soldiers, to secretly arrive in Xiangyang and obey Liu Biao's dispatch.

This is undoubtedly a relief for Liu Biao, who is short of soldiers and major generals. So, after some haggling, Liu Biao agreed.

In July, the battle of Yuan Cao had reached a critical moment.

Liu Bei took Xu You as his military advisor and Fu Yu as his marshal, led an army of 100,000 and stormed the Linying defense line. At the same time, Guan Yu led a light cavalry army, numbering about 3,000, quietly entered Nanyang from Baiting, turned to Yangyinli, Yingchuan County, and suddenly occupied Fenqiu (now northeast of Xiangcheng, Henan).

This Fenqiu is extremely important to Yingchuan.

Zuo Chuan Xianggong 18 miles once recorded that the state of Chu attacked Zheng and governed the army in Fen. This Fen, which is now Fenqiu, is also called Fenqiusai.

As soon as Fenqiu is lost, it can approach Xuchang to the northeast, and at the same time, the weakness of the defense line is also under Guan Yu's nose.

Just the day before Cao Cao ordered Cao Chun to dig up the river and flood Yuan's army, Guan Yu took advantage of the fierce battle between Cao Ren and Fu Hu to suddenly kill from the slanted li.

The impregnable defense line built by Cao Ren collapsed in one day

In the midst of the chaos, Guan Yu broke into the enemy army and beheaded Cao Ren. After Cao Jun lost his main general, he immediately lost his determination to fight again. The 100,000 army was defeated and fled, if it weren't for Xun finding out that the situation was not good in advance, he ordered the Xuchang soldiers and horses to hold the pass, while gathering the remnants of the defeated generals, while resisting the attack of the Xuzhou army...... At the same time, Xun also sent messengers to Xinzheng and Chen Liu for help.

The pass lasted only one day before it was broken by the Xuzhou army.

More than 100,000 Xuzhou troops surrounded Xuchang through wind and rain. At the same time, Xu You sent the general Liu Pi to seize the Wei clan and stuck on the only way to Xuchang in the new city of Chenliu. Guan Yu was ordered to capture Yang Zhai, and the Wei clan was one left and one right, forming a horn trend.

Frustrated, he commanded his troops and horses and launched a fierce attack on Xuchang......

This chapter is relatively short and is a transitional account.

The big battle has begun, so stay tuned......

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