After Cao Cao was defeated, he was chased and killed by Xu Chu all the way, losing his troops and losing his generals, and after getting rid of Xu Chu's pursuit, Cao Cao found that there were less than 100 people with him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Especially after hearing the news that the Xiahou brothers and Cao Hong died in battle one after another, Cao Cao was crazy, and he was only left with Xun Yu and Manzhong two strategists and dozens of personal soldiers to accompany him.

Cao Cao hid in a dense forest, constantly sending people to contact Cao Ren in Yanzhou, only to learn that Cao Ren had surrendered to Yuan Shao, and the entire Yanzhou had been occupied by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao only felt that the world was spinning, and the last hope was gone, and his result was either in the hands of Su Chen or in the hands of Yuan Shao, no matter what it was, he could not escape.

"Thief God, I, Cao Cao, beat the yellow scarf, begging Dong Zhuo, what kind of spirit I was back then, I didn't want to be defeated today, I'm unwilling, unwilling!" Cao Cao said that he was going to kill himself with a horizontal sword.

"My lord, don't do it!" Seeing this, Xun Yu could only kneel on the ground and persuade bitterly: "Lord, as the so-called green mountains are left without worrying about no firewood, why is the lord here, as long as the lord is still alive, we will have a comeback." ”

"Comeback?" Hearing these four words, Cao Cao laughed "haha": "Can my father make a comeback?" Miaocai died, Yuan Rang also died, and even Zilian died, they are all brothers of Bengong, they died for the great cause of Bengong, how can Bengong live alone? ”

"The lord is wrong with this!" Xun Yu saw that Cao Cao had regained a trace of clarity, and immediately persuaded him: "General Zilian is the savior of the lord, and he blocked Xu Chu alone, just to exchange the lord's life, the reason why General Zixiao surrendered to Yuan Shao is also to protect the lord's family, if the lord kills himself now, then he is really a deserter, under Jiuquan, what face does the lord have to see them?" ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Cao Cao also hesitated a little.

"The lord has never thought about it, although the three generals are dead, but their families are still there, and now they are protected by General Zixiao, and the food and clothing may not be a problem, but they are under the fence after all, doesn't the lord consider them?"

Xun Yu's words were like morning bells and dusk drums, which shook Cao Cao's ears, and after a while, he recovered and said: "Wen Ruo, you are right, my father must not die, my father wants to make a comeback, but now there is no place for us in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and Yangzhou is secretly controlled by Yuan Shao, we can't get involved for a while, the world is so big, where can we make a comeback." ”

Speaking of the back road, Xun Yu thought for a while and said: "Lord, now that the Central Plains is full of heroes, Yuan Shao, Su Chen, and Yuan Shu will have a dirty situation sooner or later, and that time is the opportunity for the lord, and now the lord only needs to send someone to secretly contact General Zixiao, so that he can preserve his strength, and when the time is ripe in the future, we may not be able to recapture Yanzhou." ”

Speaking of this, Xun Yu looked to the south and said leisurely: "As for the present, there is a place suitable for the lord to live. ”

"Where is it?"

"Jingzhou!" Xun Yu pointed to the south and said.

"Jingzhou?" Cao Cao didn't know why Xun Yu said Jingzhou, "Wen Ruo, Jingzhou is in the hands of Liu Biao, even if we pretend to take refuge in Liu Biao, I'm afraid he won't trust us." ”

"No, Liu Biao will trust the lord, at least he will choose to trust the lord." Xun Yu said confidently: "As for the opportunity of the lord, it is in Jingnan, the four counties of Jingnan only surrender to Liu Biao on the surface, and secretly do not recognize Liu Biao, after the lord arrives in Xiangyang, he only needs to show that he is sincerely surrendered to Liu Biao, Liu Biao is benevolent, righteous and loyal, because of Sun Jian's matter, now the princes of the whole world do not recognize Liu Biao, the lord can be said to be a charcoal in the snow for Liu Biao, Liu Biao must buy horse bones, even if he does not reuse the lord, he will also give the lord a place to stay." ”

"Although this statement is reasonable, but my father still can't see that we have any chances, Liu Biao is upright and youthful, and it is not easy for us to plan Jingnan."

"The lord does not have to grow his ambition to destroy his prestige, the four counties of Jingnan are far away from the war in the Central Plains, and the people's livelihood is rich, if the lord takes this as the foundation, he can take Jingzhou in the future, when the time comes, the lord only needs to send a partial division west into Bashu, occupy Shuzhong, it is not impossible to become a prince and hegemony, and the lord can avoid the land of Nanyue in Jiaozhou, in the past, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, was called king in Nanyue for decades, and the Central Plains court could not recover, this is indeed a place to avoid chaos."

"Listening to your words, this father's mouth is suddenly opened." Cao Cao was rekindled by Xun Yu's words, but then sighed: "It's a pity that the three brothers of Miaocai have passed away, otherwise our brothers may not be able to share the glory in the future. ”

Fighting tiger brothers, fathers and sons, Liu Bei was so downtrodden in history, but he was because of the second general Zhang, so he could always seize the opportunity when it came.

Now Cao Caowen's side is assisted by Xun Yu and Man Chong, and the problem is not big, but there is indeed no one general who can handle it in terms of martial arts.

Speaking of this, Xun Yu was also a little sad, but he had to let Cao Cao regain his confidence, and then said: "The lord doesn't have to be like this, now there are a few strong generals among the lord's own generals, although they are not as good as the Miaocai generals, but they can also be in charge, and there is no shortage of capable people among the younger generations of the lord, what we need to do now is to try to collect the rout, these are the capital to gain a foothold in the future." ”

"What Wen Ruo said is very true, it is my father's passivity, and the matter of collecting the rout should be handled quickly."

Once Cao Cao cheered up, he immediately reverted to the wise lord of the past, and after a few days of contact, not to mention, he really let him gather a few generals.

Zhao Rong, Yin Bureau, Zhu Gai, Lu Zhao, Zhao Yan, Li Dian, Feng Kai, Zhang Xi, Niu Gai, Wang Zhong, Liu Ruo, Li Quan, Ding Fei, Xu Xi, Mao Hui, etc.

Cao Cao went all the way south, waving the banner of Yuan Shu, but he didn't attract the attention of others, because Yuan Shu set up a heavy garrison at this time, in order to prevent Yuan Shao and Su Chen.

Cao Cao gathered more than 10,000 defeated soldiers, and on the way, he met Cao Ang and Cao Pi who escaped from Yanzhou, as well as young juniors such as Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang.

When Cao Cao walked to Nanyang, he sent someone to contact a person named Lou Gui under Liu Biao, Lou Gui had a good relationship with Cao Cao, and was attached to Liu Biao at this time.

Lou Gui did not disappoint Cao Cao, and when the visitor said that Cao Cao wanted to attach himself to Liu Biao, Lou Gui immediately took Cao Cao's envoy to Xiangyang to ask for Liu Biao.