Although Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao's army was strong, his army was not bad, and Liu Bei's army of 50,000 still had a lot of elites, and under the fierce attack of Cao Cao's army, it was not too much damage, but Cao Cao's army suffered heavy casualties.

"This ...... How is this possible? Liu Bei's army was not broken by our army? How strong is his strength? ”

"Does their army have any secret weapons?"

Cao Cao said in disbelief.

Cao Cao's army suffered heavy casualties, and Cao Cao had to order the withdrawal of his troops, but while retreating, he was also sending scouts to spy on Liu Bei's army.

……

In the Shu army, Zhuge Liang arranged his troops for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at Cao Cao, who was defeated.

"Lord, we can't be defeated again now, the minister thinks that we should go north and attack the north in one fell swoop, if Cao Cao turns to attack after going south, we can go north to protect ourselves."

"The north is a mountainous area, and the minister thinks that it should be the first choice to use tactics to detour in the mountains!"

"Well, I'm afraid there's no better way to do it now...... On my orders, the army marched north and captured the mountains. ”

......

Xishu, Xuzhou.

Liu Bei led the army to evacuate.

Under the command of Liu Bei, the army marched north in one go.

As for Sun Quan, he also quickly gathered the last troops and began to defend the city.

Now he has no choice, after learning that Liu Bei was defeated, he also gave up completely, and if he continues to fight, there will be no chance.

......

Two days later.

Nanpi, Liu Bei's army has already arrived here.

In front of Liu Bei's army, there were 30,000 troops of Nanpi.

And Cao Cao led his troops straight to Xuzhou, although he was repelled by Liu Bei, but he did not hurt his vitality, so Cao Cao also planned to continue to lead his troops to attack.

Cao Cao looked at the generals beside him and said, "Order all departments, speed up, and take Xuzhou as soon as possible." ”

"Whoa."

The general nodded hurriedly.

……

In Shouchun City, Cao Xuan looked away and frowned slightly.

"Looks like this fight won't be my turn at all."

The southern expedition has become a northward march, Sun Quan in the south has been completely defeated, and now Liu Bei has also been beaten to the ground, and both sides are already at the end of the crossbow, so Cao Xuan is on it, I'm afraid there is no chance.

But at this time, Sima Yi said.

"The fourth prince doesn't need to worry, although Zhuge Liang is not a great talent, it is naturally no problem to resist the prime minister's attack, so the fourth prince just needs to wait quietly."

The four emperors didn't say much at this time.

In this battle, if Cao Xuan is allowed to go directly, they can give very effective advice.

But Cao Xuan didn't have any chance to go to the battlefield at all, so they didn't have any chance to give Cao Xuan advice.

Cao Xuan nodded, knowing that now was not the time to be anxious.

At least if he's in a hurry, I'm afraid his brothers will be in a hurry too.

This expedition to the south, or to the north, is an opportunity to prove one's talent, so everyone wants to take advantage of this opportunity to perform.

But the opportunity to perform is never able to take their turn, which is a very sad thing.

……

Under the city of Xuzhou, Cao Cao looked at Xuzhou City and frowned slightly.

"What a nuisance...... Who is guarding the city is really difficult. ”

After a brief attack of three hours, Cao Cao's army had already suffered heavy casualties, although these casualties were nothing to Cao Cao.

But the three-hour attack has no effect, and anyone will be a little anxious.

Xu Shu looked at Xuzhou City and smiled.

"Prime Minister, I'm afraid this person guarding the city is Zhuge Liang!"

"Oh? Is this man him? ”

Cao Cao was a little surprised when he heard Xu Shu's words, he didn't expect that Liu Bei would choose to send Zhuge Liang to defend the city during the critical period, so it would be impossible to destroy Liu Bei.

However, Cao Cao did not give up, but ordered.

"Xu Shu, you are now commanding the army to feint, and I will return to the army to discuss with the generals how to continue to attack the city in the future!"

"Whoa!"

Xu Shu took the order.

......

Soon, Liu Bei's army began to fight back.

The battle under the city of Xuzhou was still fierce, and the armies on both sides were fighting desperately, and for a while, the entire space was filled with a strong smell of blood.

However, Cao Cao's army still had the advantage, because they were large in number and strong, and the soldiers were not afraid of death, and they did not know fatigue at all, and they constantly launched charges, defeating Cao Cao's army one after another.

A day had passed, and Liu Bei's army had lost nearly half of it, and their army had lost nearly 20,000 men in this war.

Although Liu Bei had sent batch after batch of soldiers to reinforce Liu Xuande's army, the situation still did not alleviate much.

But Cao Cao had already returned to Lujiang City at this time, and he was anxious about all the civil and military officials, including Cao Xuan.

"Gentlemen, what are your plans?"

Cao Cao asked the ministers present.

Cao Cao's words made the ministers present silent for a while, and they didn't dare to answer a word, for fear of saying the wrong thing.

"Didn't you hear me speak?"

Looking at the minister who didn't answer, Cao Cao was a little annoyed and angry.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that we should take the opportunity to attack the city and break through Liu Bei's military camp."

At this time, a Wenchen stood up and proposed.

"Not bad." Cao Pi immediately agreed: "Now is the best moment, if we don't break through Liu Bei's military camp as soon as possible and let them suffer heavy losses, they will definitely not dare to attack at that time, and can only watch us march into Xuzhou." ”

"But...... But now that Liu Bei's army is controlled by Zhuge Liang and is defending Xuzhou, I'm afraid it's not easy to attack! Another minister worried.

"Hmph, Liu Bei's army is indeed very powerful, but our army is not weak."

At this time, Cao Pi stood up and looked confident.

"Grand Prince, are you really sure to break through the army commanded by Zhuge Liang?" Some people are not convinced.

Cao Pi sneered.

"Hmph, of course I have."

"I mean, it's better to take advantage of the weakness and break through Liu Bei's army, and then go straight to Huanglong."

Cao Pi said with a smile.

"Yes, he is worthy of being the son of an old man, with courage and strategy." Cao Cao praised.

"Hahaha......"

Hearing his father praise himself, Cao Pi couldn't help laughing.

"Since this is the case, follow the method of the eldest prince and attack Liu Bei."

At this time, a Wenchen stood up and agreed to Cao Pi's suggestion.

Cao Ren also expressed support for Cao Pi's approach.

But at this time, Cao Xuan spoke.

"Eldest prince, although your approach is good, it may take a lot of effort to attack Xuzhou, and the damage of our army will be very serious, so won't the gains outweigh the losses?"

Let Cao Pi lead the army, how is it possible.

Cao Xuan must find an opportunity to attack, if he continues to hide now, then I am afraid he will have to hide in the future.