After a day and a night, Ao Lie gradually woke up from his slumber. When Ao Lie opened his eyes, he saw the happy faces of all the generals under his subordinates, as well as Sun Ce and several others.

Lu Bu took the lead in asking, "Second brother, are you awake." Mr. Yuanhua is really worthy of the miracle doctor, and he predicts that you will wake up at this time. ”

Zhao Yun held a bowl of porridge and handed it to Ao Lie: "Senior brother, your body is too weak, drink this bowl of porridge." ”

Taking a step forward, Ma Chao said, "Second brother, I'm here to feed you porridge." ”

"Master, you can make a certain worry die. After Mr. Yuanhua's treatment, the little sister has no worries about her life. Mr. Yuanhua said that if the master hadn't transfused so much blood to his little sister, he wouldn't have been able to save his little sister. Sun Ce was in a good mood and said.

Seeing that the generals were rushing to talk to Ao Lie, Jia Xu took a step forward, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, Mr. Yuanhua said that the lord still needs to recuperate, and now you all see that the lord has woken up and turned around, so go back with confidence." ”

The generals knew that Ao Lie should be allowed to recuperate in peace, and after saying a few words to Ao Lie, they walked out of Ao Lie's room.

After all the generals were gone, Ao Lie asked Jia Xu in a weak voice: "Wenhe, have all the damage of our army been liquidated?" Say and listen. After listening to Sun Ce say that Sun Shangxiang was safe, Ao Lie's mind immediately became clear, and he knew that after this battle, the elite losses of the two battalions under his command must be a lot, and he wanted Jia Xu to tell him the specific number.

Jia Xu's face was bitter, and then he changed to a bland look, and comforted Ao Lie: "Lord, your body has not recovered yet, let's talk about these things later." Jia Xu knew how much effort Ao Lie had spent on the elite of the two battalions of Blood Killing and Tiger Ben. The battle damage of the elite of the two battalions, not to mention Ao Lie, even Jia Xu felt unbearable, so he was unwilling to tell the detailed battle damage at this time.

"Wenhe, say!" Although Ao Lie's tone was weak, his attitude was very resolute.

Jia Xu opened his mouth, sighed, and said a little gloomily: "In this battle, more than 4,000 people were killed in the elite of our army's bloody killing battalion, and those who were seriously injured and disabled. There were also two thousand, and nine out of ten of their horses were shot; The losses of the elite of the Tiger Battalion were greater, only more than 3,000 people still had the strength to fight again, and the rest were ...... Alas. ”

Listening to Jia Xu's battle report, Ao Lie felt that his heart was dripping blood, the elites of the two battalions were all good at one in a thousand, and their loyalty was extremely high, and Ao Lie had poured too much effort into them, but he didn't expect this battle to come down. The elite of the two battalions was unexpectedly broken up, and only thirty percent of the 20,000 elites are now left!

Poof—

Ao Lie opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood, staining the placket and bedding on his chest red.

"Lord-" Jia Xu hurriedly leaned down and kept patting Ao Lie's back. He asked anxiously, "Lord, how do you feel?" Do you want me to call the medical officer in? ”

Ao Lie waved his hand weakly, and said in a low voice: "No need, it's okay." Wenhe. Since the establishment of blood slaughter and tiger ben, it has crisscrossed the northern frontier and conquered all the battles. so that the world knows its name. Who would have thought that this battle would be hit so hard, it was the fault of a certain person, and a certain is sorry for these iron-clad brothers. ”

Jia Xu patted Ao Lie's back and comforted: "Lord, don't blame yourself so much. The battlefield is meant to be dead, and no one can stop it. The lord should not be sad, he should be proud of those dead brothers, each of them is proud to leave this world with their heads held high, they have won the fear and respect of their opponents with their lives. ”

Ao Lie's eyes were deeply moved and sad, and he said slowly: "Record the names of the brothers who died in the war, return to Youzhou, and engrave these names on the martyr's monument with your own hands." ”

Eight hundred miles away, Chen stayed in the city. Cao Cao, who had just returned from Luoyang, sat in his seat, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, tears of laughter flowed out, and even the stomach of laughter showed signs of cramps, and he had to bend his upper body down and lie on the table, but he still couldn't stop Da Lang's laughter.

In front of Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Xiahou brothers and other generals stood on the left side, and Cheng Yu, Xun You and other strategists stood on the right side, looking at Cao Cao Da Lu and laughing, everyone's hearts were full of doubts, and they didn't understand why Cao Cao laughed like this. Xun Yu is Xun Yu's nephew, but he is six years older than Xun Yu, so he became famous earlier than Xun Yu, and was taken in by Cao Cao a few years ago.

Laughing enough, Cao Cao slowly straightened up, threw the battle report on the table to Cheng Yu, and said with a smile on his face: "Read!" Say it out loud! ”

Cheng Yu was puzzled to catch the battle report, and read it briefly: "A few days ago, Yuan Shao and other twelve princes set up an ambush on the way back from the champion Hou Aolie, after half a day of fighting, both sides suffered heavy losses, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, Shangdang guarded Zhang Yang, Dongjun guarded Qiao Mao, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Liu Dai four princes died, the most Lu Houzhou and Jiangdong Sun Jian led the army to arrive, rescued Ao Lie, and now Ao Lie and others have retreated to Shaxian City. ”

When Cheng Yu finished reading the battle report, everyone finally understood why Cao Cao laughed so much. Yuan Shao carried the good family background of the fourth world and the third prince, but he blatantly did such a despicable and shameless thing that made the world laugh, this is a typical stealing chickens and not being a counterproduct. If Ao Lie can be successfully killed, and take the opportunity to pacify Youyou and Erzhou in one fell swoop, then Yuan Shao's authority in his hands will have been completed, even if some people laugh at him, they will not dare to openly discuss this matter. But Yuan Shao and others failed to leave Ao Lie behind, which became a big joke, and the mutton was not eaten, but it was made all over. It is conceivable that Yuan Shao and the others will not have a good time in the future, and it is difficult to say what kind of reaction the Son of Heaven Liu Association will make, just the verbal and written criticism of those Confucian scholars, big and small, is enough for Yuan Shao and them.

Cao Cao put away his smile, looked around at the generals and strategists around him, and said, "Tell me, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Cao Ren took the lead and said: "Big brother, what else is there to say about this matter, let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and watch the excitement." Ao Lie must be seriously injured now, and Yuan Shao and the others are not having a good time, so let's take this opportunity to develop our own strength. ”

Cao Cao snorted and asked, "No?" Cao Ren was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's gone, I just thought of a lot." Cao Cao chuckled and said: "Zixiao, you are the chief general of my army, but your thinking is a little short-sighted, so how can I trust the power of the army to you?" However, you are right about one thing, and now is a good opportunity for our army to take advantage of the opportunity to develop and grow. ”

Xiahoudun stepped forward and said: "My lord, I think that now the morale of the princes of all walks of life will be low after the war, so it is better for us to divide into two roads, sneak attack the princes of the two roads, and capture their people, horses, grain and grass for military use, can we?" ”

Without waiting for Cao Cao to answer, Xiahou Yuan interjected: "When the princes of all walks of life were fighting Dong, there were not many people under their command, and after this war, how many people were left?" Lord, a certain intention, while Tao Qian had not yet returned to Xuzhou, our army attacked Xuzhou and took Xuzhou as a foothold. ”

Although the Xiahou brothers are Cao Cao's relatives, after all, Cao Cao has changed his surname to Cao, so the Xiahou brothers all call Cao Cao the main prince, instead of calling him the eldest brother like Cao Ren and other Cao clans.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "The second talent is really worthy of the second talent, and the wisdom is outstanding." However, Xuzhou has not been in war for several years, and the soldiers are strong and the people are rich. Even if Tao Qian has not returned to Xuzhou, Xuzhou is not so easy to fight, with the strength of our army, although it is difficult to defeat Xuzhou, it is not impossible, but after the battle, our army does not have the ability to defend the city. ”

Cheng Yu on the side listened to Cao Cao's analysis, stood up and said: "Lord, the lord of a certain guess is ecstatic, I'm afraid he already has a plan in his heart." Yu also has a strategy in his heart, and I don't know if it can coincide with the lord's strategy. ”

Cao Cao nodded, motioning for Cheng Yu to tell him his own strategy. Cheng Yu continued: "The year before last, Yu once met an old man, and he said to Yu that if Yingchuan is a strange person, if the lord wants to achieve great things, he must take Yingchuan Chenliu as the center and expand to the surrounding areas, and at the same time make good use of Yingchuan's talents, and then dominate Yan and Yu, then hegemony can be expected. How similar is the current situation to what this old man said at the beginning? Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao is dead, and the lord should take control of Chen Liu's power as soon as possible, and after a little rectification, immediately send troops to Yuzhou. Yuzhou assassin Liu Dai is an incompetent person, Yuzhou is chaotic under his governance, the people in the state have deviated, it is a good time for the lord to show his grace, not to mention the God-given opportunity, now Liu Dai is dead, at this time to take Yuzhou, like a bag to take things. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he said in surprise: "What Zhongde said is exactly what he thinks in his heart!" But I don't know what is the name of the deceased man you mentioned? ”

Cheng Yu smiled and said: "This person's name is Guo Jia, and he is self-dedicated. He was very talented when he was young, and a few years ago, Ao Lie had recruited Guo Fengxiao, but he did not go. Speaking of which, Guo Fengxiao's reason for refusing Ao Lie is very absurd, nominally, Guo Fengxiao said that he had not completed his studies and was inconvenient to go out, but in fact, hehe, he couldn't stand the bitter cold of Youzhou, his body was weak, if he went to Youzhou, maybe between three or five years, he would be tortured by the climate of Youzhou. ”

"Ha Luha, this Guo Fengxiao is a little interesting. It seems that he is a God-given arm. Zhongde, prepare a generous gift, and later go with you to invite Guo Fengxiao out of the mountain! Cao Cao laughed happily. Ao Lie's knowledge of people is well known to the world, since Ao Lie sincerely invited Guo Jia, presumably Guo Jia has some means. And just now, after listening to Cheng Yu's relay of Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao keenly felt that Guo Jia's strategy was indeed the only one he had seen in his life. Such a talent, if he doesn't take the initiative to win over, then Cao Cao will not be Cao Cao.

As soon as the words changed, Cao Cao's tone suddenly became serious: "Zhang Miao and Liu Dai died at the right time, this is a God-given opportunity, and we can't afford to miss it!" The generals listened to the order: Xiahou Yuan led a thousand soldiers to sweep away the remnants of Zhang Miao in Chenliu County within three days, and left Chen for a reunification! With Xiahoudun and Li Dian leading 2,000 troops, the Keri soldiers sent Yingchuan! With Cao Ren and Cao Hong leading 3,000 troops, they immediately marched into Jiyin to prepare for our army to attack Yanzhou! Cheng Yu and Yu Ban led 500 troops to gather the rich merchants in Chen Liucheng and ask for money and food for our army's expedition! ”

All the generals bowed their hands to Cao Cao and replied loudly: "No! (To be continued......)