Cao Cao's choice was not wrong, but he should not underestimate Fang Zhiwen's badness, although Fang Zhiwen would not interfere with Cao Cao's withdrawal of court officials and family members from Qian County, but he was not allowed to leave so easily, if he was wrong, he would need to pay the price, and Cao Cao's price was his rear army and Chen Ji's cavalry.

Fang Zhiwen not only did not retreat because of the rain, but took advantage of the inconvenience of the rain to march and encircled and annihilated Chen Ji and Cao Cao's rear infantry in one fell swoop.

After Cao Cao heard the news, in addition to being unwilling and helpless, Fang Zhiwen turned around and occupied Ruyang again, forcing Cao's army to retreat and could only take the southern line Ruyin.

While Cao Cao rushed back to Qian County, he ordered Lejin in Dang County to retreat completely, and the defenders of the cities on the eastern front also abandoned their defensive positions and retreated westward.

On the tower of the north gate of the outer city of Qiaoxian County, Yuan Shaozheng was standing on the side of the city and watching the street battle that was advancing towards the inner city, the street battle was very difficult, Cao Jun was very tenacious, with the assistance of Yiren, the two sides were almost a battle for a building, and every time a street was advanced, the street had to be paved with corpses.

"My lord, the latest information is here1

"Read it."

Xiao Ji unfolded the scroll in his hand, looked at it for a moment before he spoke: "Lord, the main force of the Cao army has reached the range of fifty miles west of Qian County, and is continuing to accelerate towards Qian County, Fang Zhiwen has ended the encirclement and suppression of the rear army of the Cao army, but the battle needs to be repaired, and it is planned to return to the army after the war to retake Ruyang." ”

"This Fang Zhiwen is really cunning! Deliberately letting Cao Cao come back, is it to let us continue to fight with Cao Jun? ”

"The subordinates think it is true, otherwise. Why didn't Lü Bu's troops stop it? ”

Embroidered carbon ostrich lie the remains of the Emperor of the Communist Party of China? １

"Oh, why did Naziyuan think Fang Zhiwen let Cao Jun come back? Could it be that he wants to let Cao Cao come back and encircle and annihilate him? ”

Yuan Shao's words were full of sarcasm, and Xu Yu smiled disappreciatively. Twisting his goatee, he said unhurriedly: "I didn't believe in this possibility at the beginning, in fact, Fang Zhiwen let Cao Cao come back to let Cao Cao retreat. ”

"Retreat? １

Yuan Shao asked in surprise, Xiao Ji frowned, quickly thought about Xu You's words, and then his eyes lit up, as if he understood what Xu You meant.

"Not bad. The imperial court in the city of Qian County is still there, if Cao Cao does not come back, what will the imperial court do? ”

"What about the imperial court? Naturally," Yuan Shao was suddenly stunned. That's right, if you catch the court, what will you do with the Son of Heaven? Killed? Enshrine it? Either way, it's a nuisance!

"Huh. Originally thought of it? That's right. This court is a big trouble for us, it is better to let Cao Cao take it away, and then we will pursue it from behind, if it is lost on the road and its whereabouts are unknown or something, then it has nothing to do with us, presumably Fang Zhiwen also doesn't want to cause this big trouble. As for Lu Bu, Lu Bu was once a tired minister of the Son of Heaven. How can we watch us give the Son of Heaven so there is a reason why he does not move, and we must be careful in the first place. Maybe he'll come back again.1

Yuan Shao nodded suddenly: "I see, no wonder, no wonder!" Looking at it this way, it seems that we should attack less slowly, and when Cao Cao arrives, they will take the initiative to withdraw, and it is better to fight in the field outside the city than now1

Xiutou: "That's right, when they go out, we will pursue from behind, in addition, there is still an opportunity to besiege Lejin on the Dangxian side, you can also consider it at the beginning, or suggest that Lu Bu go east to assist Yan Liang in besieging Lejin." ”

"This suggestion is good, this official will go to discuss with Lu Bu, and attack Lejin, presumably Lu Bu will not be unwilling."

As soon as Yuan Shao went to Lu Bu and said, Lu Bu agreed, Lu Bu did have some pimples in his heart when he faced the Son of Heaven in Qian County, as for not sniping Cao Cao, it was Fang Zhiwen's order, and Lu Bu himself understood that Cao Cao was here to pick up the Son of Heaven, Fang Zhiwen didn't want to get the Son of Heaven, and he didn't want the Son of Heaven to be killed by Yuan Shao.

Lu Bu just left, Cao Cao went to Qian County, Cao Cao learned about the situation in Qian County, in fact, now Cao Cao is fighting back, maybe he can recapture the North Gate, but what is the use of taking it back, the defense of the periphery of Qian County is almost gone, if Chen County is lost again, Qian County will face the situation of being surrounded on all sides, and if you don't go now, you may really have no chance to go.

Cao Cao returned to Qian County, immediately convened an emergency court meeting, announced the relocation of the capital to Xiangyang, as soon as the order to retreat came out, most of the courtiers, including the Son of Heaven, were relieved, although under Cao Cao's coercion, the Son of Heaven was a puppet, but it was good to eat and drink, and he could play a little intrigue in the back. If it falls into Yuan Shao's hands, I can't imagine what the life of the Son of Heaven will be, and maybe it will be clicked directly.

The retreat of the imperial court was very fast, and Yuan Shao seemed to have figured out the doorway here, slowed down the offensive, and allowed Cao Cao to organize the retreat in an orderly manner.

Cao Cao's retreat was very organized, first the main personnel of the imperial court and their families slowly moved south under the protection of Cao Cao, and went to the city father, then the logistics troops protected the baggage and some wealthy families who were willing to follow Cao Cao south, and finally the troops who were frustrated and disconnected. A large number of troops lined up in long queues along the southbound straight, slowly moving south in the continuous drizzle.

Yuan Shao occupied Qian County first, there is a large amount of population and wealth here, if he doesn't occupy it first, it will be cheaper for Fang Zhiwen. After firmly controlling Qian County, Yuan Shaocai sent a pursuing force, with Wen Chou as the vanguard, and pursued Cao's army.

The frustrated troops were not in a hurry, because of the rain, the fields on both sides of the straight road were muddy, and Wen Chou's plan to bypass the frustrated troops to pursue the logistics troops in front could not be implemented.

Wen Chou had no choice but to follow behind the frustrated troops, and tried to impact from time to time to see if he could mess up the frustrated troops, but where was the frustrated troops so easy to deal with, Wen Chou tried his best to cause chaos to the frustrated troops, and the results were a little, but it was not enough.

At the beginning, Wen Chou was still cautious, the two sides fought and walked away, and after making a fuss for most of the day, Wen Chou found that Frustration was like a turtle, walking slowly, letting himself attack, without the slightest intention of counterattacking, Wen Chou couldn't help but slowly relax.

The frustrated professor in front looked at Wen Chou following him step by step, but his eyes became more and more cold.

"General Hui, General Zhang Xun is already in place, and he can dig the river embankment in a moment.1

"Good! The order was given to all the troops to lower the wagons loaded with sand and gravel on the east side of the straight, and the soldiers were connected by ropes, ready to withstand the impact of the flood. ”

"No1

Wen Chou saw that Fu Zhu stopped again, thinking that he wanted to stop himself for a while, so he didn't care, just as Wen Chou was about to organize an attack, suddenly there was a rumbling sound in the distance, and then a white bright line appeared in the sky, Wen Chou was shocked, and immediately understood that Fu Zhu had dug the river embankment, and then looked around, only to find that this was actually a depression.

Hit the plan!! This frustration is really ruthless, he painstakingly lured Wen Chou into the low-lying land, and then dug the river embankment in one fell swoop, drowning himself and Wen Chou's cavalry, didn't he know that it was more difficult for the cavalry to be flooded when he sat on a horse?

Without waiting for Wen Chou's reaction, the river that burst the embankment rumbled like a galloping horse, and soon rushed to the front, and the terrified Wen Chou only had time to let the troops adjust their direction, facing the flood head-on, and the flood had already hit their heads.

The flood is actually not deep, basically there is no one above the head, let alone the cavalry standing on the top of the war horse, but the impact of the well is huge, many war horses have been washed to the ground, Wen Chou's formation is suddenly chaotic, the war horse in the water struggles and neighses, and the soldiers wearing armor are even more miserable, although the water is not deep, but it is difficult for them to stand under the impact of the torrent, and they are basically swept away after falling off the horse.

Wen Chou panicked, and looked to the south, only to find that although the troops were also in disarray, they had formed a solid formation with a row of carriages as the backbone, and they stood still in the flood impact.

Soon the flood eased, Wen Chou turned his head and looked around, his troops were already scattered, but the terrain here was low-lying, the stagnant water could not be dispersed, the water surface was full of debris, the war horses were frightened and ran around, from time to time there were war horses stepping into the holes and ditches of the field, and then fell into the water, the people and horses struggled and shouted, and the remnants of Wen Chou's troops had been completely chaotic!

At this time, the troops of the frustrated professor began to wade through the deep water, and the cavalry of Wen Chou launched an attack on the team, and the poor cavalry of Wen Chou could not move at all, and then was shot by the heavy crossbow of the frustrated award, and was stabbed to death by the spear, Wen Chou finally withdrew from the flooded area under the desperate protection of the guards, and looked back, the water was full of the corpses of his own men and horses, and there were only more than a thousand remnants of soldiers around him.

Although the counterattack blow completely wiped out Wen Chou's cavalry, it did nothing to help the entire battle situation, but made Cao Cao's retreat a lot more stable, and Cao Cao and the evacuated personnel were able to reach the city father smoothly.

Le Jin, who evacuated Dangxian, was attacked by Yan Liang and Lu Bu, although Le Jin had a good ability, but under the attack of these two strong generals, he fought with him in the field, and the end can be imagined, Le Jin finally broke up the troops to break through to the south, and almost returned to the city father to join Cao Cao, Le Jin asked Cao Cao for guilt, Cao Cao just comforted a few words, and did not say anything.

After Cao Cao reached the city father, he continued to go south to Ruyin non-stop, planning to turn to Runan City and enter Jingzhou. Ruyin became the last stronghold of Cao Cao's complete evacuation of Qian County and Huainan, and a large number of Cao troops gathered here, and then Xu Huang and Yuan Shao's troops also arrived near Ruyin, but did not attack Ruyin, but only roamed around the periphery to clear it.

At the same time, Cao Hong of Chen County shook a shot, and then retreated west to Yingchuan, but was intercepted by Fang Zhiwen in Changping, and then the trial also led the army to chase after him, and surrounded Cao Hong in Changping.

At this point, Cao Cao lost the old Wo Qian County and Huainan that had been operating for many years, and the northern part of the Lujiang River was completely abandoned, although Cao Cao's defeat was ugly, but after shrinking the defensive line, Cao Cao's situation was relatively better, but no one dared to conclude whether Yingchuan, Runan, and Geyang could finally hold it now. To be continued.