Zhao Yunli fought more than 100 times with Tai Shi Ci, and fought with Sun Ce for nearly 200 lilies, but he still did not see a short strength, but became more and more courageous.

Although Sun Ce was belligerent, after all, he was ambitious and couldn't win, so he immediately ordered Tai Shi Ci to fight Zhao Yun. Tai Shi Ci rested for a long time, his strength had already recovered, and with Sun Ce's team, Zhao Yun was a little overwhelmed.

struggled to force Sun Ce and Tai Shici back, and immediately waved his army to cover up.

Sun Ce also ordered the army to cover up and kill, the two armies fought a melee, there were casualties on each other, seeing that they could not break each other, they were unwilling to fight together, so they collected all kinds of troops, Sun Ce retreated to Hefei, and Zhao Yun led the army north and went to Anfengjin.

Hefei, Wu army camp.

"Lord!"

Lu Su hurriedly entered the big tent of the Chinese army and bowed to Sun Ce.

"Son respects and abstains!"

Sun Ce waved his hand and asked, "What did the envoy of the Cao army say?" ”

Lu Su said: "Cao Cao wants to give up Xuzhou and live temporarily in Huainan and Lujiang counties. ”

"What?"

Sun Ce was taken aback, and said in a condensed voice: "Cao Cao wants to give up Xuzhou? ”

Lu Su's face was solemn, and he nodded: "Exactly!" ”

Sun Ce was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he muttered: "Cao Cao is really bold, give up Xuzhou, such a difficult decision is really not something ordinary people can make." Even if you are alone, you may not be able to make this decision. ”

Lu Su said: "Cao Cao gave up Xuzhou is also a last resort, now Luo Zheng has all the army to attack, Xuzhou has no danger to defend, it is not enough to resist Luo Zheng's more than 100,000 troops, although it is a pity to give up the foundation of Xuzhou, but it is the only way." Rather than being defeated by Luo Zheng by stubbornly, it is better to give up to preserve strength. Cao Cao's move can be regarded as extremely clever. ”

Sun Ce paced a few steps under the tent and asked, "What Cao Cao said is good." Temporarily borrow the two counties, but I am afraid that there will be no repayment. Lone did not believe that Cao Cao wanted to occupy the two counties of Huainan and Lujiang. In the future, it can be returned to Lone. ”

Lu Su was silent, this kind of tacit thing, there is nothing to say.

Sun Ce paused, and then asked, "What does Zijing think?" ”

Lu Su said: "I thought that the lord should lend the second county to Cao Cao." ”

Sun Ce frowned and said, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Lu Su said: "Today, Luo's campaign is strong, the lord and Cao Cao are weak, and the so-called union is beneficial to both sides, and division is two defeats." Moreover, Luo Zheng will definitely not make such a big move for the sake of a mere Xuzhou. If it is not bad as expected, Luo Zheng will inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack Huainan and Lujiang counties, so as to lock up the Yangtze River and plot Hebei with peace of mind. If Cao Cao dies, our army alone is afraid that it will be difficult to resist Luo Zheng's more than 100,000 cavalry army, and Huainan and Lujiang counties will not be able to defend it, so it is better to lend it to Cao Cao temporarily, so as to promote our army to join forces with Cao Cao and work together to resist Luo Zheng's more than 100,000 troops. ”

Sun Ce frowned and was silent. Pacing under the tent.

Huainan and Lujiang are both rich lands, and it is undoubtedly a difficult decision to give them to others for free.

Lu Su continued: "Cao Cao also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, if our army joins forces with Cao Cao. There are also nearly 100,000 land and water troops, although they are not as wide as Luo's conscription generals, but the gap is not very large. That's the only way. in order to stop Luo Zheng from going south. Moreover, there is another advantage of ceding Huainan and Lujiang counties, that we no longer have to bear the pressure of the Xiqian army. Just help from the sidelines. ”

Sun Ce is also a person with mountains and rivers in his heart, and he immediately understood.

At the moment, Luo Zheng is in a big situation. No matter who faces Luo Zheng's soldiers, they will not be able to eat and sleep.

In order to prevent the conquest of a large army from pressing the border, it is necessary to deploy a considerable number of troops to guard the border.

If Huainan and Lujiang are let out, this pressure will be transferred to Cao Cao, and Sun Ce will no longer have to bear it.

In this way, Dongwu needs a large number of troops to garrison the border, so it can naturally save money, food, soldiers and horses with peace of mind.

Sun Ce was cheerful, and said at that time: "Good, just according to Zijing's opinion!" ”

Xuyi, Cao Jun's camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao sat behind the main case, with a touch of worry between his eyebrows.

Cheng Yu, Xun You, Cao Hong, Le Jin and others will be lined up on both sides, and their faces are also stern.

Cao Cao's situation is now very serious, there is no way out, there are chasing soldiers, Cao Cao has never been forced to such a desperate situation since the first year of the early peace, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

It has been three days since the army arrived in Xuyi, and there has been no news from Liu Ye, who sent the envoy to Huainan.

If Sun Ce refuses to give up the two counties of Huainan and Lujiang, tens of thousands of Cao Jun will really become rootless, and there will be nowhere to stay.

And Cao Cao was most worried about Xiahoudun's life and death.

As early as when he decided to abandon Xuzhou, Cao Cao sent his horse to Kaiyang to give an order, even if he lost 8,000 troops, Xiahoudun must not lose, and now the army has arrived in Xuyi, but there is still no news of Xiahoudun.

Xiahoudun is the guard general of Cao's army and Cao Cao's arm, once he dies in battle, it will definitely have a fatal blow to the morale of the army.

Whether in public or private, Cao Cao could not tolerate Xiahoudun having three longs and two shorts.

Just when Cao Cao and the others were anxious, in the sound of hurried footsteps, they saw Cao Chun rushing in with a sad face.

"Lord!"

Cao Chun rushed to the front and said with a sad face: "There is news from Kaiyang." ”

Cao Cao's heart jumped, and he asked urgently, "How is Kaiyang, is there any news from Yuan Rang?" ”

Cao Chun said: "Luo Zheng's army besieged the city, and the heralds could not pass the orders of the main army into the city, so General Yuan Rang fought to the death and did not retreat, and when Kaiyang City was broken, he was captured by Luo Zhengsheng and ordered to be beheaded, and the head of General Yuan Rang was sent to the army. ”

"Ahh

Cao Cao shouted, his eyes staring at Cao Chun, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The rest of the civil and military forces were also shocked by this news, unable to move their bodies and unable to speak.

"Lord ......"

Cao Chun let out a soft sound and wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Yuan Jean"

Cao Cao finally came back to his senses, screamed violently, and then spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and fell backwards.

"Lord!"

All the civil and military forces suddenly panicked, and they all surrounded Cao Cao in shock, circling around.

After some tossing, Cao Cao finally woke up leisurely, then turned his head, wiped the corners of his eyes, and wept gloomily: "Yuan Rang, Yuan Rang, why did you give up and go?" ”

Everyone mourned, wiped their tears, and thought of the grief and anger, eager to immediately kill back and fight to the death with the cadres, especially the generals of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan, all of them gritted their teeth and rushed to the crown in anger.

Cheng Yu forcibly suppressed the grief and comforted: "The deceased is gone, and the lord mourns." General Yuan Rang, as the commander of the army, will not be able to live in this life after dying on the battlefield today, and he will not want to see the lord so sad. The great cause has not yet been appeased, and I hope that the lord will cherish it! ”

Xun You, Le Jin, Cao Hong and others also comforted Cao Cao, and finally made Cao Cao feel better.

At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded outside the tent again.

Everyone looked back and saw Liu Ye walking in quickly. (To be continued......)