Hearing that Cao Jun pulled out some of the soldiers and horses from the west, Yuan Shang was very surprised, and heard that the other party was not many in number, just a rapid march of thousands of people, Yuan Shang turned his mind and turned to Xiao Ji and said: "This, could it be Jia Xu's design to sneak attack my rear camp?" ”

Xiao Ji touched the gray beard on his chin, nodded and said: "The situation is urgent, who knows what tricks Cao Zhi and they are going to play, and it is not impossible to follow the battle of Guandu ten years ago and want to sneak attack our granary!" ”

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "If this is the case, then Cao Zhi has miscalculated, and ordered the generals of the battalion and the guards of the grain tun to guard carefully and beware of enemy attacks, and in addition, send scouts to keep an eye on the actions of that army and horses, and report back at any time!" ”

"No!"

That army of soldiers and horses is none other than Cao Pi, it is Cao Pi who united a part of the soldiers and horses who were dissatisfied with Cao Zhi, had a grudge against Yuan Jun, and were willing to follow him to escape.

The scout brought the news back to Yuan Shang, and it was only at this time that Yuan Shang somewhat understood the true intentions of this strange army of soldiers and horses, it turned out that they did not have a conspiracy, but wanted to escape!

According to the report, looking at the number of soldiers and horses or the configuration of generals, it should not be Cao Zhi who escaped, if it wasn't Cao Zhi himself, who would it be? And the shape of Guandu is not optimistic for Cao Jun, although the number of soldiers and horses taken off is not large, but at this time, the dispersion of manpower is not more disadvantageous for Cao Zhi, who is inferior to his own in numbers?

Xiao Ji looked at Yuan Shang, who bowed his head and was silent, and his eyes were shining, and said, "My lord." What is going on? What do you think? ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be that there is something wrong within Cao Jun, but I don't know exactly what the situation is." ”

When Xiao Ji heard this, he said: "What about that army and horses?" Do you send someone to chase after you? ”

Yuan Shang turned his head and said, "Send troops now, can you catch up?" ”

Xiao Ji took a look and said: "The number of the other party is not large, and they are in a hurry, we have elite iron horses, and it is easy to chase and kill them." It depends on your heart. ”

Yuan Shang thought for a while, suddenly shook his head, and said, "Don't chase!" Leave them alone! In addition, the three armies were ordered not to attack Guandu. The whole army collected its troops and returned to the camp. ”

Xiao Ji was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what to do.

Yuan Shang smiled slightly. said: "It is very likely that there is a bit of a split within the Cao army. But I don't know exactly what's going on now, but this matter may be an opportunity for us, and it may also be an opportunity for Cao Zhi, so I'll give him a little time and let him think about it carefully! ”

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Today's war. Yuan's army mustered up all his strength, the offensive was extremely strong, and the fierce attack from the north and south beat the Cao army in a daze, and even the supreme commanders such as Xiahoudun and Cao Ren went into battle in person. It's almost impossible to defend.

But it was at this time that the Yuan army suddenly retreated under the command of Yuan Shang, which not only did the generals of the Yuan army scratch their heads, but the generals of the Cao army were also a little confused, not knowing that Yuan Shang was engaged in Shenma Dongdong.

Just when Cao Jun and the others felt strange, the subordinate generals hurriedly came to report and said to Cao Zhi that Cao Pi led a group of relatives and nobles of the Xia Hou clan of the Cao family and his cronies. Riding the chaos of war, he went out of the west gate and went south, and did not know where to go.

Hearing this news, Cao Zhi and the others couldn't help but be surprised.

And the news of Cao Jun also spread quickly, and the sudden departure of Cao Pi and his group made the soldiers in the entire Cao camp panic, and a kind of haze of exhaustion unconsciously enveloped everyone's hearts.

In Cao Junshuai's tent, Cao Zhi was angry and angry, and his face was pale!

is also a brother of the same clan, at the beginning, the brothers worked together to resist Yuan Shang, and in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he was transferred to the front of the army, and he didn't want this sinister brother to stab him in the back not long after he came, and he ran away, even if he ran away, he actually encouraged a group of relatives and nobles to run with him!

What about his family in Xuchang? What about his mother? Don't you want them all? What the hell is his heart made of!

And at this time, where can he go? Soochow, Jingzhou? Or Xishu?

"Alas~~" Cao Zhi sighed faintly, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, and a feeling of pathos came to his heart.

Cao Hong died, the Yuan army attacked Guandu for several days, and the dead and wounded under his command were wounded, and now Cao Pi fled suddenly, although the soldiers and horses did not take away a lot, but they took away a lot of important generals of the Cao family, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang and others are the pillars of the next class of the Cao family......

So far, Cao Zhi has really reached the point where no one is available.

Just when Cao Zhi was helpless, from Xuchang, the messenger sent him a letter from home, it was none other than his mother, Mrs. Bian!

I was curious about the current situation, and Mrs. Bian wrote to him what she was going to do. And if he knew that Cao Pi abandoned his family and led the crowd to abscond, I don't know how he would feel.

Now Cao Zhi is really helpless, he slowly opened the letter, then looked down carefully, and when he saw half of it, his eyes suddenly widened and he was stunned.

"Smack~!"

In the middle of the night, Cao Zhi suddenly closed the letter, raised his head, slowly closed his eyes, his lips tightened, and his face trembled slightly.

Beside him, Xiahoudun was surprised when he saw this, and said, "Prime Minister, what's wrong with you?" ”

Cao Zhi was silent for a long time, then slowly shook his head and said, "It's okay......"

Xiahoudun lowered his head and said strangely: "This letter ......"

Cao Zhi continued to shake his head: "It's nothing. Mother She ...... Just talk to me about common things and ask me about my health......"

When Xiahou heard this, he didn't say anything, but Jia Xu's eyes narrowed, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Cao Zhi thoughtfully.

After a while, Cao Zhi waved his hand and asked them all to go out, while he asked the attendant to serve a pot of wine, and then drank it to relieve his sorrows.

"When you sing about wine, life is ......" Cao Zhi sighed while looking up at the tent while drinking.

"For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past." As an old voice sounded, Jia Xu walked into Cao Zhi's handsome tent tremblingly with a cane.

Cao Zhi was stunned when he saw this, then smiled helplessly, and said, "Doctor Jia, didn't I let you all go back?" ”

Jia Xu looked at Cao Zhi steadily, suddenly sighed, and said, "Prime Minister, let the old man drink with you for today's meal." (To be continued......)