Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, and Yu Ban sat down. Cao Hong sighed, "The two of us almost didn't escape. Ay! Fifty thousand horses! Annihilated! He looked at Cao Ren and asked, "Why does the general only bring so many people?" ......Cao Ren sighed, shook his head sadly, and said, "It's all over!" The 200,000 army was wiped out! Cao Hong and Li Dian were shocked. Li Dian frowned and said, "Now it seems that Lu Bu has set a trap for us from the beginning!" On the surface, there are the Pingnan Legion and the Leopard Tao Legion, but in fact, they are the Blue Wolf Legion and the Hussar Legion! They deliberately lured us into attacking, and we fell into their trap! Ay! The eldest prince is too anxious! ”

Cao Ren waved his hand, "It's useless to talk about this now. We should rush to Yuzhou as much as possible, and then get in touch with the eldest prince. The third general nodded.

Cao Ren and the others rested for more than an hour and continued to rush overnight. In the morning, they rushed to the city of Yuzhou. Call open the gates, enter the city, and come to the gate of the Assassin's Mansion. Yuzhou Assassin Shi and other officials received the report and hurriedly came out to greet them. The two sides saluted, and the assassin welcomed Cao Ren and his party into the lobby and invited Cao Ren to take a seat. Cao Ren took the lead and sat down at the top. Assassin Shi and other officials stood at the bottom of the hall, while Cao Hong, Li Dian, and Yu Ban sat behind the case on the left side.

Thorn Shi clenched his fists and asked, "Why did the general come here?" Also ......" glanced at Cao Ren's body. He didn't say what he said later, but the meaning couldn't be clearer, and he wondered why Cao Ren and the others were so wolf.

Cao Ren waved his hand, "Let's not talk about these things yet, quickly bring up all the food and drink!" Stabbing Shi Yingnuo, he hurriedly ordered to go down. A staff member rushed out of the hall. A moment later, a large amount of wine and meat was delivered and placed in front of Cao Ren's four generals. The four generals were already hungry, and devoured the whales and the cows.

Cao Ren asked while eating and drinking, "What is the situation in Xuchang?" ”

Thorn Shi hugged his fists and said: "I just received the news that Xuchang has been lost!" ”

The four generals of Cao Ren were shocked and stopped eating and drinking. Cao Hong glared and shouted, "Impossible! It's only been a few days, and even if Lu Bu has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to attack Xuchang! You don't talk nonsense! ”

Thorn Shi hurriedly said: "Xiaguan Ru and Gang are talking nonsense? It has indeed been lost! The battle report was delivered in the early hours of the morning! Then he said to the other driver beside him: "Quickly get the battle report!" He said goodbye, ran down, and came back a moment later, with a battle report written in bamboo in his hand. Don't run in front of Cao Ren, present it with both hands. Cao Ren snatched it, opened it, and looked at it quickly, his face changed greatly.

Cao Ren said in disbelief: "This, how is this possible? ”

Thorn Shi said: "Xia Guan thought that Xuchang Jiancheng fell so lightly, either the eldest prince intended to give up, or something happened. ”

Yu Ban nodded and said, "Not bad." With the strength of Xuchang's city defense and the money and food reserves, although the army is only a quarter of the opponent's, it is no problem to hold on for more than a month! This is the fall, and it is definitely not a normal thing! ”

Li Dian frowned and said, "Nine times out of ten, something happened!" Xuchang is such an important city, the eldest prince has no reason to give up! The crowd nodded.

Cao Ren frowned and said, "The top priority now is to get in touch with the eldest prince. He raised his head and said to the Assassin Shi: "Lord Lao Troubled Assassin Shi immediately sent a messenger to report our situation to the eldest prince. ”

Thorn Shi hugged his fists and said: "The general doesn't have to be polite when it comes to the matter." However, how do I report the situation of the generals? ”

The four generals showed embarrassment, and Cao Hong said loudly: "Defeat is defeat!" What's so embarrassing! Then he said to the assassin: "Don't hide it, our army has been wiped out!" Only a few of us and more than a hundred sergeants escaped. ”

As soon as they heard this, the scene immediately exploded, and everyone showed a look of horror, and there was a lot of noisy discussion, and the originally orderly hall became chaotic and noisy like a vegetable market. One of the staff members exclaimed, "How can this be?" If Lu Bujun calls, won't we die without a place to be buried!? ”

Seeing that his subordinates were so flustered and unorthodox, Assassin Shi was greatly annoyed and shouted, "Shut up for me!" What is the system of noisy yelling? The crowd fell silent, but there was a look of fear on their faces.

Thorn Shi hugged his fists at Cao Ren with a look of shame and said: "Your subordinates have no way, the general forgive me." ”

Cao Ren waved his hand, glanced at everyone, and said, "I can understand your feelings. Said to the assassin: "Lao Ting Shi sent someone to report our situation to the eldest prince and ask for instructions." The stabbing Shi promised and said goodbye: "Go write a book immediately, and send a fast horse to send it to the eldest prince!" "Don't say yes, and run down.

Thorn Shi said to Cao Ren worriedly: "General, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in this Yuzhou now, if Lu Bu's army comes to attack on a large scale, what should I do?" ”

Cao Ren secretly thought: I have already buried so many troops, no matter what, I must defend Yuzhou and make a contribution. As soon as he thought of this, he said to Thorn Shi: "Don't worry! The previous defeat of our army was due to the enemy's tricks, and now that we are defending the city, how can we be defeated again? Lord Thorn Shi, you immediately sent an order to the surrounding counties to conscript all the prime of life into the army. All the horses, all the grain and grass moved to Yuzhou. The city of Yuzhou is high and wide, the grain and grass are sufficient, and then all the prime people are mobilized, and it will become an unbreakable Jinchi Tang City! Now we have to face mainly the Blue Wolf Legion and the Hussar Legion, although these two legions are powerful, but they are both cavalry and are not good at attacking cities. As long as we work together, there is no reason for Yuzhou to fall! ”

Cao Ren's remarks boosted the morale of all the officials in Yuzhou, and everyone felt that there was still hope for holding Yuzhou. At this time, he hugged his fists and said: "Xiaguan immediately follow the instructions of the general." Then he led the chief officer down.

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The east gate of Xuchang suddenly became noisy, and the pedestrians on the street and the guests in the tavern and tea shop turned their heads to look. I saw a cavalry carrying countless prisoners and booty into the city, and walked along the street to the front. The people discussed, and some people who knew it said as if showing off: "The general who leads is General Yan Xing, the deputy general of Long Taojun." They went out of the city last night to chase and kill Cao Pigongzi, and now it seems that they have won a big victory! Look, look, many of the captives were the maids of the Prime Minister's Mansion! Someone said curiously: "I don't know if Cao Pigongzi was arrested?" As he spoke, he craned his neck and searched around, looking like a do-gooder.

The hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Yan Xing clenched his fists with excitement on his face and said: "General Qiyu, the last general was ordered to chase and kill, killed thousands of enemy soldiers, captured more than 10,000 people, and seized a large number of gold, jade, jewelry and antiques. ”