In Yuan Shao's barracks, Yuan Shao's own soldiers were helping Yuan Shao bandage his wounds, and the fire on Cangting Trail caused Yuan Shao to lose a lot of troops, and he was burned.

"Hmm!" Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and held back his silence.

"My lord? Do you want to stop and bandage again? Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao's appearance on the side and asked.

"No!" Yuan Shao shook his head, now Yuan Shao doesn't care about his pain at all, what he cares about is whether Yuan Xi succeeds in sneaking up on Cao Cao, if it succeeds, then this battle is still a draw, if it doesn't succeed, then this battle is completely lost, and Yuan Shao wants to defeat Cao Cao, I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

"Report! Lord, the second son is back! "Just when Yuan Shao was treating, Yuan Xi came back.

"Quickly pass on Xianyi to come in!"

"No!"

"The child sees the father!"

"Xianyi, please hurry up, how is the sneak attack on Cao Jun?"

"Back to his father, the child lived up to his father's entrustment and burned all the military rations of Cao Jun!"

"Good!" When Yuan Shao heard this, he slapped hard and shouted, Yuan Xi succeeded!

"Be careful, lord!" The soldiers held bandages in their hands and stood up with Yuan Shao.

"Father? Are you injured? Yuan Xi looked at Yuan Shao with concern.

"Oh? This is not in the way, Xianyi burned Cao Jun's military rations, and made a great contribution, and he wanted to reward Xianyi well for his father! ”

"The child doesn't dare to take credit, all of this is taught by his father on weekdays."

"Good! Xian Yi can not be arrogant, worthy of his father's teachings. Yuan Shao touched his beard and looked at this son who had always kept a low profile with satisfaction.

"Report! Lord, General Wang Ling is back. ”

"Oh? General Wang, please! Yuan Shao heard that Wang Ling was back. Immediately recruit him as in the tent of the army.

"My lord! My subordinates are sorry for my lord! As soon as Wang Ling entered the military tent, he cried and knelt in front of Yuan Shao's desk.

"Yanyun? Why is that? Yuan Shao was stunned. As soon as Wang Ling entered the military tent, he began to cry. What is this playing?

"Lord, my subordinates are sorry for you, the eldest prince and the third prince have both died!" Wang Ling cried and cried to Yuan Shao.

"What!" Yuan Shao stared at Wang Ling in disbelief.

"General Wang, what did you say?" Guo Tu was also stunned for a moment, what did Wang Ling mean just now that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were dead?

"My lord, the last general will lead the troops to follow the two sons to pursue Cao Cao on the orders of the second prince and the lord, because our department is an iron horse. The speed of the march is not as good as the cavalry of the two sons, and the eldest prince will wait for the army of the lord at the end, and the two sons will pursue Cao Cao first, but they don't want to. ”

"Xiansi and Xianfu are dead?"

"Lord!" Guo Tu stepped forward to assist Yuan Shao, who was unstable.

"Father, please mourn, the feud between the eldest brother and the third brother still needs my father to help them avenge it!"

"You all stand down, General Ben wants to rest!" Yuan Shao, supported by Guo Tu, sat down, waved his hand, and signaled that they could leave.

"The child (subordinate) retires!" The three of them arched their hands and retreated.

Day 2. In Cao Jun's barracks, Cao Cao summoned Guo Jia early in the morning. Xun Yu and Lu Rui came to the military tent.

"Subordinates, see the lord!" When the three of them saw Cao Cao, they immediately saluted.

"You're all here?"

"Look at the information coming from Liyang!" Cao Cao threw the bamboo slip to the three of them.

"Yes!" After the three of them circulated the bamboo slips, they all showed expressions of disbelief, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang died at the hands of Cao Jun.

"Father, what is this?"

"Extraordinary, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi are known to their fathers, but of course the two of them fought with their fathers and have escaped from the encirclement of our army, so how can they be killed?"

"What does Father Zhong mean that someone used the name of our army to eradicate Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang?"

"Lord, if this is the case, then the person who eradicates Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang must be Yuan Xi!" Guo Jia arched his hand, his eyes showed anxiety, in Guo Jia's opinion, if Yuan Xi inherited Yuan Shao's position, I am afraid it will be more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shao.

"Fengxiao, you have met Yuan Xi, and Ben Sikong also thinks that Yuan Xi is the most eloquent among the three sons of Benchu, but do you think there is a trace of weirdness in this matter?" Cao Cao glanced at the three of them with a sharp eye.

Lu Rui's heart fluctuated, history changed? Yuan Xi actually designed to kill Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang? This Yuan Xi looks like he has a heroic posture?

"My lord, my subordinates think that the raid on our army's military rations and Yuan Tan's killing and Yuan Shang's killing are all a serial plan, and someone wants to use our army to eradicate the obstacles to Yuan Xi's succession to Yuan Shao's position!" After reading the information, Xun You made his own judgment.

"Well, Gongda has a point, and that's what worries me the most." Cao Cao glanced at Xun You worriedly, there is such a person, it is really terrible to count Cao Cao and Yuan Shao into it!

"Is the lord worried that Yuan Xi has a master behind him?"

"Exactly!"

"Lord, don't worry, the so-called victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and it is not a bad thing for our army to be raided today, and it does not necessarily mean that our army's wisdom will be lost to Yuan Xi's superiority!"

"Oh? What does Gongda mean? ”

"Lord, originally our army set up a number of military camps along the Yellow River, bluffing, it is a dangerous move, this place is Hebei, not the hinterland of our army, the probability of military rations being raided is very high, not necessarily the strategy of the people behind Yuan Xi is superhuman."

"Well, Gongda has a point."

"What's more, my lord, someone will plan to save Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and it is not that our army is completely defeated, our army killed tens of thousands of Yuan Shao's army on the Cangting Trail, which is also the result of our army, this battle is just evenly divided between our army, and the lord does not need to worry too much!"

Cao Cao listened to Xun You's words and nodded.

Lu Rui was also relieved after hearing this, Hebei Duo Junjie, although he came by himself, although he changed history, but this is also an interesting place, a world that does not know the historical process is an interesting world!

"Extraordinary?"

"The child is here!"

"How much rations do we have left?"

"Back to my father, there is not much food in the army, and it is estimated that it will be used for more than a month." Although Cao Cao's place to hoard grain was given by Yuan Shao, there were still more than monthly rations with the army in the base camp, and there was no problem at all in retreating.

"Does the lord want to return to Xudu?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao tentatively.

"Yes, Fengxiao, now that our army has no military food, it will be difficult for our army to make achievements if we defend Liyang at the beginning, it is better to withdraw from Xudu, take a little rest, and cross the river to the north next year!"

"The lord is wise!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Xun You seconded the proposal, and now the best situation is to withdraw from the army, which has killed tens of thousands of Yuan Shao, and the Northern Expedition has gained a lot, and the army is short of food, so it is better to retreat.

"Okay, Gongda, pass on my military order, the army will rest in place for three days, and the division will return to Xudu after three days!"

"Yes, my lord!"

In the spring of 203 AD, Cao Cao severely defeated Yuan Shao's main force and Liyang, but because the military rations were attacked by Yuan Xi, he had to return to Xudu to rest and recuperate. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for your great support, haha, Xianxia is really not my rhythm, it's better to come back and write history!!