Cao's army retreated to Xudu, and Guyang returned to tranquility again.

In the official mansion in Guyang City, Yuan Kang sat squarely opposite Yuan Xu.

"How is Mr. Cai doing?" Yuan Xu asked.

"Although the injury was serious, it did not hurt the vital point." Yuan Kang said: "If you raise it for more than ten days, you can be healthy." ”

"Cao's army has retreated, and our army will be able to attack Xuchang soon." Yuan Xu said: "Recently, there is an important matter, I don't know if the fourth brother can bear it. ”

"Dare to ask Xianxin, what's the matter?"

"Lead the rangers and raid the grain and grass of the Cao army."

Yuan Kang was stunned.

Before the Battle of Runan began, he still had more than 200 rangers under his command.

After the battle, the number of rangers was sharply reduced to forty or fifty.

The night attack on Cao's army, after a battle, there were only more than 20 rangers who survived.

And more than 20 people were injured.

Several of them were even more seriously injured than Cai Zimo.

Under such circumstances, the raid on Cao Jun's grain and grass by the rangers undoubtedly sent them to death......

Yuan Kang's face was embarrassed, and Yuan Xu asked, "Fourth brother, do you think this matter is difficult to achieve?" ”

"There were more than 200 people who came to serve the rangers." Yuan Kang's face was lonely: "After two battles, there are only more than 20 people left, and with the strength of more than 20 people, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." ”

Looking at Tian Feng, who was sitting on Yuan Kang's side, Yuan Xu asked, "Does Tian Gong have an opinion?" ”

Tian Feng said: "Although there were more than 200 rangers earlier, they had different minds, so it was difficult to achieve great things. When the night attack on Cao's army, although everyone in the rangers fought to the death, they had no choice but to be defeated due to insufficient deployment in advance. ”

His gaze fell on Yuan Kang's face again, and Yuan Xu asked, "What does the fourth brother think?" ”

"Don't hide it." Yuan Kang said: "Most of the more than 20 people are injured, even if they respond, I'm afraid they are ......."

"It will be raised for a few days, in order to resist our army, Cao's army will allocate grain and grass from all over the country, and the fourth brother will have enough time to plan."

Yuan Xu was bent on handing over the task of raiding Cao's army to the rangers, and Yuan Kang had no choice but to accept the order.

Back at his residence, the more he thought about it, the more unconfident he became.

The Ranger played twice, both of which ended in failure.

Let him lead the rangers to attack Cao Jun's grain and grass, he is really a little hesitant.

Feeling bored, Yuan Kang walked out of the room.

Standing outside the door for a moment, he walked towards Cai Zimo's residence.

After a few days of recuperation, Cai Zimo has improved a lot.

Seeing Yuan Kang coming, he wanted to get up.

Yuan Kang hurriedly stepped forward, held him down and said, "Mr. Cai's injury has not healed yet, so there is no need to be polite." ”

Sitting down by Yuan Kang, Cai Zimo said: "Childe's face is gloomy, but he has encountered something difficult to solve? ”

Yuan Kang sighed lightly: "Xianxin just discussed with a certain person and asked us to raid Cao's grain and grass. ”

Cai Zimo was stunned: "The rangers suffered such heavy casualties, and the fifth prince still wants me to wait?" ”

"I mentioned this to Xianxin, but he said that we had to wait."

Cai Zimo didn't say anything more.

There are only about twenty people left of the rangers.

Although all of them are superb in martial arts, they raided Cao's army with food and grass, but the number of people was obviously insufficient.

"Does the fifth prince have a plan?" After a long time, Cai Zimo asked Yuan Kang.

Yuan Kang shook his head.

"The fifth prince has not calculated, and he should be entrusted to the prince to act with full authority." Cai Zimo said: "It's better to follow the swordsman's strengths." ”

"What is the swordsman's director?" Yuan Kang was stunned: "Mr. Cai is talking ......"

"In two days, when an injury heals, I will help my son!"

Yu Ban and Li Dian followed Jia Xu's advice and led the army back to Xudu.

was first captured by Yuan Xu, and then suffered a big loss under Zhu Gongdao, and he was very depressed recently.

Seeing that his face was not good, Yu Ban asked, "General Li is not feeling well?" ”

Li Dian sighed and said: "I fought earlier, and I was sharp, how will I face Cao Gong in the future?" ”

intercepted Yuan Xu, and asked for a lot of benefits before.

Since Yuan Xu returned to the barracks, Cao Jun was defeated and retreated, and Yu Ban's mood suddenly became gloomy.

didn't say anything more, and his face was as ugly as Li Dian.

Riding a horse and walking beside the two, Jia Xu said: "The two generals don't have to blame themselves, since Duke Cao ordered the two to intercept Yuan Xianxin, he must think that the two generals can do this job." ”

"Of the 20,000 troops, only more than 2,000 remain." Glancing back at the army behind him, Yu Ban said: "Counting the soldiers who galloped to the aid of Xu Du, I only have 7,000 men under my command." Under Yuan Xianxin's command, there are enough 20,000 elites of the Tianhai Battalion. With such a bleak ending, even if Cao Gong didn't want to reduce his responsibility, the two of us were uneasy in our hearts. ”

"Defend Xudu, the two generals still have a great achievement!" Jia Xu said: "When Cao Gong breaks through Hebei and the army turns south, why worry about Yuan Xianxin's failure?" ”

Jia Xu and others led an army to attack Guyang without success, and Cao Cao was still besieging Yecheng at this time.

Cao's army couldn't attack Yecheng for a long time, and Cao Cao couldn't help but feel bored.

Sitting in the tent, he held the wine bottle and drank it one by one.

Guo Jia, Xun You and the others who were also in the tent glanced at each other, Xun You got up and said, "Gong Cao, the army is besieging the city, so it is not advisable to drink too much." ”

"Yecheng has not been able to be attacked for a long time, our army has repeatedly attacked the city, and the enemy arrows are raining down." Cao Cao sighed: "If this goes on for a long time, when will we be able to capture Hebei?" ”

Xun You thought for a moment and said: "Cao Gong, although our army is besieging Yecheng, the grain and grass in the city are endless. If there is no food, I am afraid that I will have to kill all the defenders before I can take this place. ”

"What Gongda said is exactly what a certain person is worried about." After four or five points of drunkenness, Cao Cao said: "I have no choice but to judge and transfer troops, although our army has repeatedly intercepted its grain routes, the grain and grass are still endless. ”

"The judgment of good talents is from the state." Xun You said: "If you take Maocheng first, cut off the passage between Yecheng and Bingzhou, and then attack Yecheng, you can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Maocheng?" Cao Cao's eyes opened suddenly, and he commanded the guards: "Take the map!" ”

In a moment, the guard handed over a map drawn on a sheepskin.

Unfolding the map, Cao Cao found the location of Maocheng.

Maocheng is located to the west of Yecheng, which is the only way to transport grain and grass from Bingzhou to Yecheng.

Looking around at the people in the tent, Cao Cao asked, "What do you think of taking Mao City first?" ”

"Gong Cao, this matter is feasible!" Guo Jia got up and said: "First cut off the grain and then cut it down, which is the key to breaking the city." ”

Guo Jia seconded the proposal, and everyone also seconded it.

Every time he used soldiers, most of his subordinates were noisy and hard, and Cao Cao immediately decided: "Zilian led the troops to besiege Yecheng, and a certain self-led army attacked Maocheng!" ”

Outside the city, the Cao army attacked the city almost every day, but was repulsed by the Yuan army defending the city.

Cao Jun moved again, and Yuan Jun didn't care about it at first.

When it was discovered that Cao's army did not look like it was going to attack the city, but that a detachment of troops and horses was heading west, the officer on duty realized that something was not right.

Defending the city for days, the trial is already exhausted.

He didn't dare to return home, he just laid a blanket in the hole in the city gate.

was sleeping sweetly, and the officer who was monitoring Cao Jun's movements ran over: "Qi Qi is interrogating, Cao Jun has moved!" ”

Awakened in his sleep, the judge hurriedly said: "Command the soldiers, defend the ...... of the city" (to be continued.) )