The head of the military doctor was already covered with cold sweat, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Lord, if you want to confirm whether it was Cao Cao's doing, as long as we send someone to check the corpse, it is only five or six days from the day of the robbery of the camp to the present, and the corpses of the killed Cao soldiers are not corrupt, and if there are a large number of corrupt corpses, then it can prove that the lower official's speculation is correct." ”

"Well, Ben will immediately order someone to examine the body." Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, and then issued an order to order several soldiers to go to the place where Cao Jun's body was buried a few days ago to check whether it was filled with a large number of corrupt corpses.

Not long after, the military academy in charge of the matter really reported that there were indeed a huge number of corrupt corpses, at least more than 10,000 in number, and those corpses had turned into water, and a soldier accidentally touched a corpse, and after a while, the symptoms of the plague appeared, which was exactly the same as the epidemic circulating in the army.

At this time, Yuan Shao knew that what happened a few days ago was indeed Cao Cao's trick, and the purpose was only to exterminate his entire army.

Yuan Shao's eyes almost erupted with fire, his teeth clenched, and he roared in a low voice: "Cao Apu, in order to be able to win the war, you did not hesitate to create a plague, you are really poisonous, I, Yuan Shao, will catch you one day, and I will definitely raze your three clans to vent the hatred in my heart." ”

After scolding, Yuan Shao turned to the military doctor and said, "What should we do now?" ”

I saw that the military doctor sighed, and said helplessly: "Lord, the matter has come to this, the lord has to burn all the corpses that made the virus, and even those that are still intact are all burned, and then the lord will kill all the soldiers who are sick, and then retreat back to Jizhou, so that the lord can still leave some soldiers, otherwise, once the epidemic spreads, I am afraid that the 70,000 troops under the lord's command will not survive." ”

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "I, Yuan Ben, have been fighting for more than two years, but I just want to defeat Cao Cao and recover the lost land. You are a little military doctor, and you dare to talk about military affairs, could it be Cao Cao's spy? Come on, push me out, slash! ”

Yuan Shao gave an order, but before the military doctor struggled, a bloody human head had been cut off.

In fact, the reason why Yuan Shao killed the military doctor this time was not entirely because the military doctor intervened in the military, mainly because the military doctor knew the main source of the epidemic in the army, and if he was allowed to spread it, his morale would definitely be devastated, so he did it mainly to kill people and kill people.

However, Yuan Shao knew that many of the military doctor's statements were desirable, so although he killed the military doctor, he still ordered people to burn all the corpses in the pit, and secretly killed those sick soldiers and still burned them, and then found another place to set up camp.

"This time I actually lost thousands of soldiers under my command, Cao Apu, you are really poisonous, I, Yuan Shao, and you will not be separated." Yuan Shao's originally fair face turned blue, and he slapped his desk and shouted.

Yuan Shao thought that this would be foolproof, but he didn't expect that a few days later, the epidemic in the army would reappear, and this time it would spread to most of the officers and soldiers in the army, and half of the 70,000 troops had symptoms of different degrees of the epidemic.

"How so?" Yuan Shao's eyes showed a look of disbelief, and he said in surprise.

I saw another military doctor say: "My lord, the epidemic will have a certain incubation period, and some may have been affected by the epidemic qi, but they will not get sick immediately, but the epidemic qi can be transmitted to others, so that when the disease comes, there will be countless people who are infected with the epidemic at the same time, and it will continue to spread. For the sake of today, we have no other solution, it is better for us to return to Yecheng first, let the sick soldiers set up another camp, and then visit famous doctors all over the world to relieve the epidemic for the majority of soldiers. Xiaguan's medical skills are limited and he can't eliminate the epidemic for the soldiers, but he heard that there are famous doctors Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Yuanhua under Taiwei Liu Qi, and the two of them are famous all over the world and will be able to do this important task. ”

The construction of the military doctor is undoubtedly the most appropriate, but Yuan Shao didn't listen to it at all, but fortunately, this time Nian Zai still relied on the military doctor to treat the disease, and did not kill him, but ordered Fengji to go to Xiangyang and ask Liu Qi to marry in the name of treating the epidemic.

But I didn't expect that night, Yuan Shao was robbed by Cao Cao's army, tens of thousands of elites poured out, Yuan Shao's army was already unstable, and more than half of the soldiers lost their combat effectiveness due to illness, so the army was scattered like birds and beasts, 70,000 troops collapsed overnight, and Yuan Shao finally returned to Yecheng with only 200 personal soldiers.

Cao Cao saw that the army easily broke through Yuan Shao, and his heart suddenly became proud, patted Cheng Yu's shoulder and said, "Zhongde, this is all your trick, otherwise, even if our army wins this time, it will inevitably lose a lot." ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly humbled himself: "This is all the blessing of the Son of Heaven, the prime minister is wise, the last general is just a small idea, now the prime minister has broken Yuan Shao's 70,000 army, and the number of losses is no more than 1,000 people, such a battle example can really be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, the last general wants to come, even famous generals like Sun Wu and Wu Qi will definitely not be able to do this." ”

Cao Cao also said humbly: "How can the true appearance be compared with the ancient sages? Despite this, the pride is beyond words, and it is obvious that he agrees with Cheng Yu's praise.

And at this moment, he heard Guo Jia rushing over with a letter, raising the letter in his hand and saying to Cao Cao: "Lord, great joy, hehe, the situation in Guanzhong has changed greatly, and our army has successfully held Hedong." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, poured Guo Jia a glass of wine, and then said, "What is the specific situation?" Feng Xiao gave the prime minister a detailed explanation. ”

I saw Guo Jia take the wine glass with a smile, slowly drank the glass of wine, and then said: "The situation in Guanzhong is indeed as expected by the prime minister, after Han Sui accepted the appointment of the prime minister, he immediately led the army to attack Ma Teng in Huaili, Ma Teng was empty at that time, and was caught off guard by breaking through the city, and he and his second son Ma Xiu were killed by Han Sui. At that time, Ma Chao was in Pusaka, and after hearing the news, he immediately led his troops to attack Han Sui, but was persuaded by his younger brother Ma Dai, and ordered Ma Dai and Pang De to move to Liu Bei to rescue the troops, so Liu Bei and Ma Chao's army evacuated Hedong. However, in order to subdue Ma Chao, Liu Bei deliberately consumed Ma Chao's troops and let Ma Chao take the lead in sending troops to Huaili, but Ma Chao was ambushed by Han Sui, and he couldn't get out of the ...... in a desperate battle."

"Oh? So, the horse died in Huaili? Cao Cao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then asked.

But I heard Guo Jia smile and said: "No, because at the critical moment, Liu Bei's 30,000 army suddenly arrived, because Han Sui did not take precautions, the 100,000 army was killed by Liu Bei's 30,000 army, and lost his armor, fortunately, although he lost 30,000 or 40,000 horses this time, most of them were the eight generals under Han Sui, and his own losses were not too much, so Han Sui could calmly return to Jincheng, and he was able to maintain his military superiority over the eight generals." However, Ma Chao and his younger brother Ma Tie, his younger brother Ma Dai, and the general Pang De were saved by Liu Bei, and at the same time, because of the loss of the men and horses under his command, they finally took refuge in Liu Bei, and as a result, Liu Bei successfully occupied the entire Sanfu region and appointed Zhao Yun as the right Fufeng, while Ma Chao and other generals were left in Chang'an ......"

Cao Cao suddenly sighed when he heard this: "I didn't expect that this time I would let Liu Da'er get a profit, unify the Sanfu region in one fell swoop, and also accept the three generals of Ma'er, this thief will be powerful in the future, and it will inevitably pose a threat to our army." ”

But he listened to Guo Jia's persuasion: "Although Liu Bei is strong, it is the land of four battles, now that Yuan Shao is defeated, it is almost impossible to die, he will definitely try to merge the state in the future, and the senior cadres are not good at the same time, and the state is not available, plus although Han Sui is defeated, the main force still exists, and it is also a threat to him, as well as Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, so, without ten or eight years, it is difficult for him to settle down in the Guanzhong region, and now Hebei is a soldier and a few generals, only Yuan Xi of Youzhou, and the senior cadres of Bingzhou still have some soldiers, but there is no need to worry, We can take advantage of Liu Bei's busy stabilizing the situation to get the entire land of Hebei, in this way, the lord sits on the seven states, and his strength is the best in the world. ”

When Cao Cao heard Guo Jia's words were in line with his own wishes, he couldn't help but stroke his palms and laugh: "The words of Feng Xiao won my heart, hehe, there is a genius like Feng Xiao in this phase, and the time and place are favorable, why worry about the hegemony?" Since this is the case, the prime minister took advantage of Yuan Shao's new defeat and his inability to organize forces, and sent troops to break Jizhou first. ”

After that, Cao Cao ordered that after the army was reorganized and rested for three days, he immediately waved his army north, went out of Hanoi, and marched to Jizhou to take Yecheng.

But on the first night when he led his army to prepare to go to Jizhou, he suddenly heard a news that he couldn't believe: Liu Qi actually took advantage of the fact that he and Yuan Shao were holding each other, personally led an army of 20,000 and unexpectedly occupied Xuzhou.

"What's going on? Although Qingzhou Assassin Shi Zang Ba led the army to occupy Qingzhou, but Xuzhou still has Xuzhou Assassin Shi Liu Dai, Guangling Taishou Chen Deng, Xiapi Xiang Wang Zhong and other military horses, adding up to no less than 30,000 people, Liu Qi's army is only 20,000 horses, even if it takes at least half a year to attack Guangling, he can occupy the entire Xuzhou lightly, is it actually flying over? ”

After Cao Cao heard the news, the joy of breaking Yuan Shao these days suddenly disappeared, slapped the case, and asked angrily.

Unexpectedly, the sergeant who reported glanced at Cao Cao cautiously, and said hesitantly: "Prime Minister Qi, Liu Qi can indeed be regarded as flying over Guangling." ”