The news that Cao's army was ambushed by the New Han army and almost completely wiped out soon reached the ears of all the princes.

Cao Cao, before Li Dian returned to Xuchang, he received the news that his army was ambushed by the New Han Army, which was the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang and other generals, sent fast horses to report to Cao Cao, these Cao Cao's generals, in the face of such a war situation, in the face of such heavy losses, they felt that it was difficult to excuse themselves, so they did not dare to hide the military situation from Cao Cao, and could only truthfully report the actual situation to Cao Cao. After receiving the report of the generals, Cao Cao couldn't help but be furious, and was attacked by the New Han army in the same place twice in a row, so that he lost his troops and lost his generals, how could Cao Cao not be angry?

Of course, Cao Cao was not angry at the ineffectiveness of his military horses, but at the fact that Liu Yi had ambushed his military horses in the same place twice in a row. This time the attack on Wancheng, Cao Cao can be described as painstaking. From the very beginning, Cao Cao believed that Liu Yi must be in a very passive situation. However, it made Liu Yi turn passive into active, treating him Cao Jun as nothing, and it seemed that he didn't take Cao Cao in his eyes at all, and said that he would ambush and attack. This made Cao Cao really angry.

Wancheng, the southern gate of the new Han Dynasty, only 100,000 military horses were stationed in the defense, and under the attack of Liu Biao's 300,000 Jingzhou troops, Cao Cao preconceived that Liu Yi must have been on the defensive. From the very beginning, Cao Cao did not think about what else could happen to the new Han army in Wancheng.

In particular, when the 200,000 troops of Xiangcheng were preparing to advance to Wancheng and participate in the attack on Wancheng, the army was attacked by the New Han army on the way to Wancheng. Regarding that accident, Cao Cao also believed that it was just an exception. Cao Cao didn't expect that Liu Yi would ambush his army again.

It is precisely because of the first time that Cao Cao's heart. Subconsciously thought: Okay, count you Liu Yi powerful, when there are 300,000 military horses in front of Wancheng, you Liu Yi dare to make a desperate bet, dare to ignore the safety of Wancheng, dare to pour out Wancheng's military horses, and lead the army to attack his military horses. So. I've increased my troops again, and I've got tens of thousands more horses than last time. In such a situation, I don't believe it. Why did you Liu Yi attack his army of more than 200,000?

Well, in Cao Cao's heart, he did think that it was impossible for Liu Yi to attack his army again.

Under this mentality, he was attacked by Liu Yi's new Han army again. Cao Cao was really angry.

Cao Cao was furious. is also very helpless, wanting to cry without tears. Ya, how can you be like this? Are you still letting people live? The first time you attack your own military horse, forget it, but the second time? What do you mean by that? Do you really want to eat yourself?

However, Cao Cao was angry and helpless, and he also knew that something had happened. His military horses were indeed attacked by the New Han Army for the second time, and he had already lost more than 100,000 military horses. was attacked twice, and lost more than 200,000 military horses before and after, and this loss was really unbearable for Cao Cao.

This was really unthinkable for Cao Cao before.

Cao Cao's current military horses, with a total strength of about 800,000 horses, were attacked twice by the New Han army, so that he directly lost a quarter of his military horses.

Cao Cao did not blame his generals, because he did not think that it was the problem of his generals' ineffective combat, but that Liu Yi was too cunning and always surprised people.

Cao Cao is just unwilling now, he is unwilling to be subject to Liu Yi everywhere and the New Han Army. Especially now, the loss of more than 200,000 military horses at once made Cao Cao feel a sense of urgency, and Cao Cao was very worried about coming down, how would he deal with the New Han Dynasty? Could it be that he was so restrained by the New Han Dynasty and by Levi? Let him completely lose the opportunity to win the Han Dynasty? Cao Cao knew that if this time, under the situation that Liu Biao in Jingzhou was unwilling to submit to the New Han Dynasty and was rarely determined to fight with the New Han Dynasty, he could not grasp the opportunity to thwart the New Han Army, and when Liu Yi calmly solved Liu Biao in Jingzhou and won the territory of Jingzhou, then he Cao Cao was afraid that it would be difficult for him Cao Cao to have a chance to argue with Liu Yi.

Therefore, Cao Cao couldn't help but hate. I think you Liu Yi dared to make a desperate bet, dared to ignore the 300,000 military horses in Jingzhou twice in a row, and dared to ambush his own army, so why didn't he make a desperate bet once? I don't believe that you, Liu Yi, can really ambush your own army three or four times. I don't believe that my Cao Cao's army can't really kill you under Wancheng.

Cao Cao was at the first time, he refused to admit defeat, he was determined to open up the situation in Wancheng, decided to spare no price, and then transferred military horses, and personally led the army into Xiangcheng to attack Wancheng again.

For Cao Cao, this is indeed a rare opportunity to thwart Liu Yi, if he misses it, he really doesn't know when he will have such a good opportunity again, and he can directly attack the New Han Dynasty.

However, when he was angry and determined to increase his troops to Xiangcheng again and attack Wancheng at any cost, Xun You and Cheng Yu saw something inappropriate from the joint report of the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang, which was about the speculative report of these generals to Zhang Fei, which made them feel that Wancheng was a pit.

Therefore, when Cao Cao gathered everyone and was about to announce his decision to them, the strategists hurriedly told Cao Cao their doubts.

In fact, Cao Cao naturally saw the report of the Xiahou brothers and other generals carefully, but because of the anger in his heart, Cao Cao didn't think much about it.

Xun You hurriedly stopped Cao Cao and said: "Lord, now that our army is newly defeated, please don't be impulsive, everything should wait for us to discuss before making a decision." ”

"Lord, the meaning of Gongda is also the meaning of Cheng. What's more, we all think that General Xiahou and their speculation about Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and other generals of the Jingzhou Army, we think that we must pay attention to it. Cheng Yu also hurriedly dissuaded Cao Caodao.

"Oh? Ladies and gentlemen, could it be that we just gave up this rare opportunity because of some speculation and stopped using troops against Wancheng? Let us lose more than 200,000 military horses in vain? Under the situation of this situation, if we do not take advantage of this opportunity to pose a threat to the New Han Dynasty this time, in the future, our court may be completely in a passive situation and let the New Han Dynasty slaughter it. Cao Cao said without thinking.

"No, my lord, General Xiahou reported that there are some situations that we can't ignore and must be treated with caution."

Cheng Yu and others were worried that Cao Cao would go his own way, so they hurriedly persuaded him in a roundabout way. (To be continued......)