Huang Zhong's retreat was soon discovered by Cao Cao, Cao Cao immediately thought of Huang Zhong's whereabouts, and hurriedly sent a letter to Cao Hong, asking him to be more careful, don't be ambushed by Huang Zhong, Cao Cao doesn't want another army to be annihilated.

Counting up, Cao Cao has been completely annihilated by three troops since the beginning of this campaign, with a total of 40,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry. What a pain!

As for the situation that there are only 10,000 Youzhou heavy crossbow cavalry left outside the camp, Cao Cao is also a little hesitant, is he going out of the camp to invite him to fight? Or continue to shrink into the camp?

Tactically speaking, it must be out of the camp to fight, and at worst, Fang Zhiwen should be forced away, and then Cao Cao accelerated south to go down, Cao Cao understood that Fang Zhiwen sent Huang Zhong away to ensure the transportation channel in the rear, where Fang Zhiwen's hard-earned booty was being transported.

However, Cao Cao was not sure, this was not an illusion deliberately shown by Fang Zhiwen, his purpose was to lure himself out of the camp, and then Huang Zhong would emerge from somewhere and cooperate with Fang Zhiwen to give him a hard blow.

Cao Cao's hesitation Xi Zhicai saw it in his eyes, but Xi Zhicai was actually also worried, not far from the opposite side was his old friend and opponent Guo Jia, it was difficult to say whether Huang Zhong's evacuation was Guo Jia's strategy, if it was safe, he should wait until the whereabouts of Huang Zhong's troops were confirmed before acting.

But in that case, the best opportunity will basically be missed, and Fang Zhiwen will definitely pester Cao Cao like a fly, trying to hold Cao Cao back. And the people and goods evacuated from the lower prime minister are estimated to always be not far from Cao Cao. And Cao Cao could only watch from afar, but he couldn't catch up.

However, was Cao Cao's purpose in the first place to chase after these people and goods?

"My lord, may I ask what was the original intention of my lord to go south that day?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then understood, his tightly frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he waved his hand and said, "Naturally, it is to reoccupy the lower phase and form a complete defensive circle around the lower phase1."

"In that case, the lord is still on the safe side. Wait until the location of Huang Zhongbu is determined before deciding on the next move. ”

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said with some hesitation: "Zhicai, do you say that Fang Zhiwen understands our intentions?" ”

"What does the lord mean is that Fang Zhiwen didn't realize our purpose, and thought that our ultimate goal was to take back the population of the lower minister?"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said: "Fang Zhiwen thinks too highly of this official, if we really want to grab the population of the prime minister with him, this little bit of strength and this official is very weak-minded.1

Xi Zhicai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a slightly hurried voice: "My subordinates understand." Fang Zhiwen has already retired1

"Got out of the way? Why Yuan Shao!? ”

"Yes, there are also Yellow Turban Thieves, Guangling has been washed into white land by Fang Zhiwen, and its purpose is the population, and the Yellow Turban Thieves and Yuan Shao's territory also have population, after the difficulty of robbing us has risen to a certain level. Fang Zhiwen will naturally give up on us and choose two other goals. Moreover, I heard that the Bohai Sea usually thaws in February, and it looks like it will be February1

Cao Cao suddenly realized, nodded vigorously, and said, "Exactly, exactly!" Hehe. It seems that we just need to stabilize the current situation and not let Fang Zhiwen take advantage of it again. He soon went to himself1

Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao's relaxed appearance as if he had unloaded a thousand catties of heavy burden, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, the pressure on this Fang Zhiwen was too great, even if Cao Cao was a tough man who was getting stronger and stronger, he was a little overwhelmed by Fang Zhiwen in his heart.

Fortunately, Fang Zhiwen has no intention of competing for hegemony in the Central Plains, but not now, and not in the future? Could it be that Fang Zhiwen is really just keen on expanding his territory and desperately robbing the population, is it just to fill the barren land and the pastures that originally belonged to the Hu people? !

After figuring out Fang Zhiwen's hole cards, Cao Cao was more calm, and the whole tactics also seemed to be active, Cao Cao sent troops out of the camp from time to time, making a look of preparing to attack, but when Fang Zhiwen's cavalry gathered from afar, Cao Cao quickly collected his troops and returned to the camp.

If Fang Zhiwen ignored it, then these infantry began to build a defensive offensive about a mile outside the camp, and then slowly connected these fortifications with the camp, just like pushing a snowball, Cao Cao could also move forward slowly.

Fang Zhiwen was also very helpless about Cao Cao's method, there were too few cavalry in his hand, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the well-protected Cao army, so he didn't dare to rush into battle easily, so he had to watch Cao Cao slowly advance like a snail, with a heavy shell.

"Lord, Cao Cao is afraid that he has already guessed that we are retreating, and now he must be much more relaxed, and his approach today is to tell us that he is going to use this time-consuming method to slowly force us away."

"So what, we're not in a hurry anyway, no matter what, we'll wait for the convoy to get on board before we can leave, and we'll treat it as if we've trained 1

Fang Zhiwen said indifferently, but it was indeed a pity that he didn't make Cao Cao worried, and it would be better if he could give Cao Cao a headache.

Guo Jia's eyes rolled and said, "Lord, this is boring!" Why don't we go for a walk? ”

"Huh?! Xiapi, but the retreat of the lower minister's side"

"It should be no problem, even if Cao Cao rushes south with all his strength now, it will take tomorrow noon to catch up with the people who finally evacuated from the prime minister, but at that time, Yue Xi should have already set off from Haixi, Huang Zhong can go west to resist Cao Cao, no matter how bold Cao Hong is, he will not dare to make a move against this little time difference, and besides, Yue Xi's real location, Cao Jun will not be able to get it for a while."

Fang Zhiwen pondered for a moment, looking at Guo Jia's eager eyes, in fact, he also had this idea in his heart. Tai Shici and Zhen Xiang on the side, as well as Fan Guowei and others, also had the same expressions. These people are people who are not lonely from the bottom of their bones, and they always want to make some noise.

"Okay, let's leave tonight, delay Cao Cao for half a day, and increase the safety of the transportation line1

"The lord is wise! Hey hey"

"Gone? 1 As soon as Cao Cao fell asleep, the herald woke Cao Cao up again, Cao Cao turned over and sat up, and heard the latest information from the herald. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"In what direction, is it to the southeast?"

"No, they're heading north, and we don't dare get too close, but there's already a scout on board, and I'll report their whereabouts at any time."

Cao Cao stayed for a while, then suddenly jumped up. Rushing to the edge of the map barefoot, the guards hurriedly took a candle to illuminate it, Cao Cao frowned and did not speak, candles are more expensive than oil lamps!

After carefully looking at the map for a while, Cao Cao's brows furrowed tightly, and he let out a long sigh and said, "The herald scout cavalry will report the enemy's whereabouts at any time." Let the front camp get up and make food, and be ready to go at any time. ”

"No1

"You go and ask the military advisor to come1

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After Xi Zhicai heard the news, like Cao Cao, he thought about it and sighed: "Lord, we can't be led by their noses1."

"What can I do? There are no useful cavalry! Seemingly. It is imperative to speed up the construction of cavalry1

"yes, but. Their purpose may be Xiapi or Siwu1

"No, it's Xiapi, they don't have time to take too many things after beating Siwu, but attacking Xiapi can make us lose face, this is obviously the practice of kicking before leaving, which is very in line with Fang Zhiwen's personality 1

Xi Zhicai and Cao Cao glanced at each other, and they all showed a wry smile.

"He can't attack Xiapi, Ling Lejin and Cao Bao just can't come out, as for face, even if we rush back now, face will be lost, it is better to still take the next phase, Fang Zhiwen will naturally retreat when he runs out of grain, grass and arrows1

Cao Cao shook his head: "No, now Fang Zhiwen's troops are small, as long as there are strangers to transport supplies from Siwu and Liangcheng cities around Xiapi for supply, they can barely maintain the battle, and we must return to the army 1."

Xi Zhicai thought about it, these aliens are really annoying sometimes, of course, sometimes they are indispensable, in fact, it is not the existence of aliens, and Cao Cao cannot develop so fast.

"Then we can only wait for dawn before we set off, and we won't fight for this time and a half."

Cao Cao nodded silently, suddenly a little excited, looked down at his bare feet, and smiled to himself: "Fang Zhiwen, Fang Zhiwen, you won't always have the advantage, look at it."

After speaking, Cao Cao turned around and walked towards the inner room, and said, "Zhicai, let's go and sleep well, and I will go back to my teacher tomorrow." ”

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Fang Zhiwen suddenly appeared under Xiapi City, which immediately made the soldiers and civilians in Xiapi City nervous, especially those who were originally Tao Qian's subordinates and now surrendered to Cao Cao, and they were even more frightened and wanted to pack up their things and escape.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's order then arrived, and everyone knew that it was not Cao Cao who was defeated by Fang Zhiwen, but Fang Zhiwen bypassing Cao Cao and running to Xiapi, although they let go of the extreme panic in their hearts, these people still couldn't erase the fear in their hearts.

Fang Zhiwen's cavalry showed off their strength around Xiapi City, and from time to time shot a rain of arrows and skills towards the places where there were more defenders, so that the head of Xiapi City, which had just ended the war, was stained with blood again.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's troops came back the next day, and Fang Zhiwen launched an attack on Cao Cao's troops under the watchful eyes of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

On the 27th day of the first month of the fourth year of Guangxi, Fang Zhiwen's troops withdrew from Xiapi City, and returned to Lianyun Island all the way through Xiaxiang, Quyang and Guanyun, so far, the second battle of Xuzhou came to an end. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.