"Hold on for three more days, hold on for the last three days! If Yuan Jun doesn't retreat, we will retreat! ”

Cao Cao took Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, Liu Ye and other strategists, looked at the empty new granary, patted his forehead, and made the final decision.

The facts are as Yuan Mai expected, although the burning of the black nest this time was successful, the losses of the Cao army were not much better than those of the Yuan army, and the soldiers and horses of the six routes all had different losses.

The worst was Xiahoudun, who was heavily injured by Zhang Liaohu's cavalry at Chishuitan, and lost 5,000 of his 6,000 foot soldiers, almost all of his troops were wiped out, and he reluctantly retreated to the camp. The second is Li Tong's men and horses, who were shot and killed by Wang Shuang in Yanwei Gorge and killed nearly 3,000, and lost 1,500 people in hand-to-hand combat in Wuchao, and only 1,500 people were left when they returned. The loss of these two roads alone has been nearly 10,000.

The other roads were relatively better, and Lejin's troops were raided by Yuan Mai from behind, losing 3,000 men; Xu Huang and Yuan Shang fought a white-knuckle battle, resisting 20,000 people with 6,000 men, and although they killed 5,000 enemies, they also lost 2,500 people; Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard heavy armored cavalry lost a thousand men in the melee.

The main army under Cao Cao's personal command and Zhang Liao's reinforcements fought a melee south of Wuchao, and were later attacked by Wen Chou and Yuan Mai, losing more than 2,500 people. The garrison led by Cao Ren suffered better casualties, but they resisted Zhang He and Gao Ran's 30,000 horses for most of the night, and more than 3,000 people were killed.

According to the final inventory, Cao Cao's troops from all walks of life lost a total of more than 23,000 people, and such losses were really unexpected for Cao Cao. Not even bearable.

Therefore, although the grain burning was successful, Cao Cao did not even have the slightest joy of victory!

This is not the most important thing, just when Cao Ren was fighting with Zhang He and Gao Ran, I don't know where a ranger came out of behind the camp, and fired a rocket around the camp, which set fire to many tents, and even burned the camp tent where Cao Jun was hoarding grain.

Cao Jun's grain was originally less than 20,000 stones, barely enough to maintain supply and demand for half a month; After being burned by this fire, Xun You took some of his soldiers to rescue him. It was only less than 5,000 stone of grain that was snatched up. It can only maintain the team's ration for a maximum of four days. For Cao Cao, this is the deadliest!

Grain and grass were scarce, and Cao Cao had to consider retreating.

But compared to Yuan Shaolai, Cao Cao's strong judgment ability in adversity is fully revealed. Although the strategists strongly persuaded them to retreat from Zhongmu County now. Avoid Yuan's edge. Make people urge food to Xuchang. Then he tried to make a good plan, but Cao Cao was unmoved and insisted on what he had seen.

Even Guo Jia and Jia Xu agree with this approach. Almost all the strategists believed that it would be useless to fight for another three or four days, and it was better to make plans again after retreating, so as to avoid the army from being discouraged due to lack of food.

But Cao Cao was unexpectedly stubborn this time, insisting on holding his troops until Yuan Shao retreated.

Cao Cao believed that whoever retreated first would send a signal to the other side that the army was running out, which would cause panic in the hearts of his own army, and then lead to a change in the hearts of the people. It's hard to predict what kind of consequences will be triggered in the end!

"I have made up my mind, don't persuade me anymore, I believe that Yuan Shao will retire within three days, please trust my judgment!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and announced his decision to the many staff behind him.

Xun You's face was solemn, and he said: "I also understand the concerns of the lord, but I am afraid that the Yuan army will not retreat, and we will exhaust our army's food, and launch a strong attack while our soldiers are hungry and tired, and then the losses will be heavy!" ”

"Could it be that he Yuan Shao's nearly 100,000 horses don't eat grain?" Cao Cao's eyebrows stirred and asked rhetorically.

Xun You argued: "However, according to the reports of the soldiers from all walks of life, the Yuan army snatched at least about 150,000 stone of grain from the fire in Wuchao, which is enough to maintain the rations of the Yuan army for nearly two months, while our army only has 5,000 stone of grain left. If the confrontation continues, our army will be in a dangerous situation, and once the food is exhausted, the morale of the army will collapse! ”

Cao Cao's eyes were slightly closed, looking like a gambler: "No matter, you must try to gamble once!" If the camp is withdrawn to Zhongmu now, Yuan Shao will inevitably be able to speculate that our army is running out of food and grass, and maybe he will wave his troops to pursue and besiege the county seat. When the time comes, we will be cut off from the outside world, and Xuchang's grain and grass will not be able to come in, so we can only wait for death. On the contrary, if our army does not move, Yuan Shao will not be able to understand our reality and reality, and within three days, he will inevitably retreat, after all, Yuan's army has suffered much more losses than ours! ”

After listening to Cao Cao's analysis, Guo Jia nodded in agreement: "What Cao Gong said is also reasonable, otherwise let's try a game?" ”

Cao Cao slapped his forehead and said arrogantly: "Bet on his mother, how can he be reborn if he is not placed in a Jedi?" As long as he can successfully pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger this time, I guarantee that he Yuan Shao will not dare to covet the Central Plains for a year, and we can free up our hands to clean up Liu Bei, a big-eared thief! ”

As soon as Liu Bei was mentioned, Cao Cao hated the root of his teeth.

I think that at the beginning, when I was in Xuchang, I doubled my favor for this guy, promoted him to the high position of Yuzhou Assassin and General Zuo, and had a banquet every three or five days, and even cooked wine with him against his will to talk about heroes, and listed him and himself as heroes in the world.

Who knows that this guy's heart is darker than his own, and in a blink of an eye, he deceived tens of thousands of people to Yangzhou to engage in independence, and that's it, at the most critical moment, he was fighting with the Yuan family, and this big-eared thief stabbed him in the back and attacked Runan, is it tolerable?

"Don't destroy Liu Bei, I'm unwilling!"

Cao Cao muttered to himself with hatred in his heart, put his robe sleeves, and walked towards his handsome tent.

Jia Xu walked a few steps quickly, chased Cao Cao's side, attached it to his ear, and whispered: "Cao Gong, this time the black nest burns grain, Xu You's identity is a little suspicious?" ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, his eyes were shining, and he muttered: "I am also suspicious about this matter, if you want to say that Xu You is here to deceive him, the plan to burn grain has succeeded after all; I saw with my own eyes that there was an innumerable amount of food burned in the camp of the Yuan army's Wuchao. However, if Xu You came to take refuge sincerely, Yuan's army ambushed heavy troops on the way to Wuchao, resulting in heavy losses for our army. How can this be explained? ”

"What Cao Gong said is extremely true!"

Jia Xu echoed: "According to the statements of Xiahou Yuanrang and Li Tong, the ambush of the Yuan army at Chishuitan and Yanwei Gorge seems to have been prepared in advance, and it is by no means a temporary ambush. After Xu You entered our camp and burned the black nest, the lord quickly sent troops, from Xu You entering the camp to our troops, it took only half a day before and after. Even if Yuan Shao's advisers could speculate that Xu Yu would offer a plan to burn the black nest and set up an ambush halfway, I am afraid that it will be too late; Even if I can get there, I won't be so calm. This matter is worth scrutinizing! ”

Cao Cao's eyes kept flickering, and after a moment, he made up his mind. whispered to Jia Xu: "Xu Yu claimed to be here to vote this time. It's because his family was tried and put in prison and came out of nowhere. You secretly sent a few scouts to infiltrate Yecheng to find out if what Xu You said was true? ”

"No!" Jia Xu gave up his hand and received the order in a low voice.

On the banks of the Yellow River. Flags fluttering.

The brothers Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang were ordered. He led 10,000 men and horses to the shore to receive the grain. It was then transported to the camp to supply part of the daily needs. Before withdrawing troops, both men and horses need to eat.

In addition to some of the grain and grass transported to the Guandu camp. The rest was transported to Liyang City on the banks of the Yellow River. There was a bridgehead for Yuan Shao to attack Cao, and Yuan Shao decided to temporarily store 100,000 stone of grain in Liyang. As for the 100,000 stones that Yuan bought and ransomed Zhang He, he asked to be sent to Yecheng.

Yuan Mai, accompanied by Zhang He and Zhang Liao, inspected the grain transport team along the way, and said to the Lu brothers with a smile: "If I hadn't led my troops to Wuchao, I'm afraid that your Jizhou army would be hungry!" ”

"Huh...... Yes, speaking of which, this time the soldiers of Jizhou have to thank the fourth prince for appearing in time, otherwise they will run out of food in the next few days! Lu Kuang smiled and said flatteringly.

Lu Xiang took off his helmet and scolded angrily: "It's all caused by Xu Yu's dog's day, I can't help but eat this guy's flesh and blood, burn the black nest, such a vicious idea, and he will make it out because of him?" This is planning to starve hundreds of thousands of soldiers to death! ”

"Xu Yu?"

Yuan Mai's appearance suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, he usually looked like a good old man, and when his eyes narrowed, he radiated a greedy gaze, this person knew a lot about the defense arrangements in various parts of Hebei, and it was a scourge to keep it, could he find a way to get rid of him?

After some contemplation, Yuan Mai's eyes radiated brightness, slapped his thighs, and raised his eyebrows, "Haha...... Pregnant! ”

"What's there?" The generals asked in surprise.

Yuan Mai didn't care about answering, and ordered: "Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Guo Huai continue to camp on the banks of the Yellow River, and Wang Shuang will lead the Bai Yu cavalry to follow me to the Guandu camp!" ”

The white feather rode the war horse neighing, and the horse's hooves made a loud noise, rolling up smoke and dust all the way.

In less than an hour, Yuan Mai rushed to Yuan Shao's camp forty miles away. didn't care about letting the guards report it, Yuan Mai went straight into Yuan Shao's camp and whispered in Yuan Shao's ear.

Yuan Shao was puzzled at first, but then his eyes became bright, and he frequently bowed his head. Immediately took up a pen to repair a book, and sent someone to Yecheng as quickly as possible and handed it over to the judge.

After the trial, he immediately ordered all Xu You's family members to be released, and then personally apologized to Xu Ning: "Hehe...... Virtuous nephew, it was Uncle Juan who blamed you for his mistakes and made amends to you here. All the confiscated fields and property of the Xu family will be returned together, and from now on, I will promote you to be the grain cao of Jizhou! ”

In a desperate situation, Xu Ning was grateful, thinking that the friendship between his Lao Tzu and Yuan Shao had played a role, so he turned the danger into a disaster, and excitedly brought people to move all the confiscated family property back to the Xu family, and ordered people to put up lanterns to celebrate.

Soon, the people of the Xu family were released, and even the news of being promoted and making a fortune spread in Yecheng, making everyone known about the streets and alleys.

Ps (the following is free): There was a troll spraying in the book review area just now, so I'll tell you about it here, first of all, Xu Shu's life experience, do you think I don't know more than you? Do you mean that the author doesn't understand anything, doesn't know the basics, and then is embarrassed to write a book?

Xu Shu's life experience, Cao Wei's orthodox "Wei Luo" records: Xu Shu, his real name is Fu, and his son is a single family.

This has caused the ambiguity of Xu Shu's life experience, and whether he is a single person or surnamed Xu is still unclear. There is a lot of disagreement.

But what is certain is that you can say that Shan Fu is Xu Shu's real name, or you can say that Xu Fu is Xu Shu's real name, and the only thing that is certain is that Xu Shu is a pseudonym. According to the meaning of this troll, Xu Shu is his real name, and I don't even know the basics!

The last thing to say is,This is a novel after all.,The author finally called it Xu Shu according to everyone's common sense and habits.,But it doesn't mean that the author hasn't checked it.,When you want to spray it in the future, please check it first and then spray it.,Okay?

Finally, let's talk about Chen Gong's fire, please go back and re-see how the original chapter was written, and start spraying without reading it clearly, don't you feel bored? (To be continued......)