The cavalry who came out of Taiyuan chased and killed Gao Lan for more than 60 miles along the way, and did not accept soldiers along the way, and killed them when they caught up.

The difference in military strength between the two sides was too great, the Yuan army itself lost 2,000 war horses, the cavalry was weakened a lot, and in the Battle of Yanmen, a large number of war horses were lost.

More than ninety percent of the soldiers who came back were foot soldiers, and the cavalry was only more than 3,000 people, and they were chased by more than 8,000 cavalry led by Xu Chu and Zhao Yun, killing the cavalry to pieces, and then chasing the infantry was much simpler.

The Xu army waited for work, and the Yuan army was extremely tired after the war, and the foot soldiers could not run far, and it was impossible to surrender.

After all, these soldiers and horses had just mutinied, and Cao Ren's army was defeated.

After killing for a day and a night, he chased more than 100 miles and chased to Yanmen, and at this time, Cao Ren also heard the military report, seized the opportunity to attack again, and broke Yanmen with Xu Zhen.

Most of Yuan's soldiers and horses were killed, and the rest fled to the mountain and forest trails and scattered.

……

Youzhou, Zhuo County.

After Xu Zhen captured Youzhou, Cao Cao personally sat in charge of the defense, and implemented local policies to stabilize the people's hearts.

In order to plant more grain for the autumn harvest during this year's spring ploughing, the rest of the states and counties have long been stable and peaceful because there is no war, and there is no need to change too much.

So Cao Cao is still in Youzhou to calm people's hearts.

At this moment, Cao Renjun's report had just been sent to Zhuo County, and Cao Cao was furious when he learned about it in the army.

"Idiot! There is no courage of a horseman, greed and ignorance! Disrespect military orders and commit such stupid things! ”

"Defeat and annex the state! Shame on you! ”

"Shame on you!"

Cao Cao smashed over the case, his eyes glared ahead, he glanced at everyone, and when he walked out of the futon, he didn't raise his hands behind his back, and he clenched his fists again.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu didn't dare to persuade each other for the time being, and they were afraid that whoever opened their mouths would be scolded.

"I have already ordered that after he receives 50,000 soldiers, he will immediately send them to Jizhou to Bowen, no matter what conspiracy Guo Tu wants to play, since Bowen has promoted this plan, he must be prepared, and he can deal with it!"

Coincidentally, at this time, Cao Ren didn't listen to the advice! led to the defeat and retreat, I don't know how many more people died," Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and said, his tone was slightly expectant, I'm afraid it would not be good if he didn't speak.

Guo Jia looked at his nose and his heart, his face was still calm, and he put his hands in front of him, stacked them and placed them peacefully, his lips moved a few times, and he made a slight staggering sound.

"What the lord said is very true, but I think General Zixiao should have his own difficulties," Guo Jia said a little calmly.

"What's the problem! He shouldn't disrespect military orders if he has any troubles! Now that the situation is very good, I don't know how many soldiers and horses have died, and how to explain to Bowen! ”

Guo Jia said speechlessly: "Let's just say that the ice and snow are snowy, and the road is difficult to travel, so General Yizixiao plans to send soldiers and horses to Jizhou to Bowen after the beginning of spring." ”

"That's a reason."

When Cao Cao heard this, he took a deep breath, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head and sighed: "How can you act like this, just tell Bowen the truth." ”

"But Cao Zixiao, who disrespects military orders and leads to a big defeat, is guilty and must not be punished."

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and immediately said: "Lord, when I think that now is not the time to punish, Yuan Shang sent troops to Youzhou, and the army will definitely come out of the nest when it enters the country, and now if you lead the troops to attack Taiyuan County." ”

"It should be possible to make some achievements, it must be too late now, Bowen has soldiers and horses in Changshan, and he can enter Leping County immediately."

"That's what I want to hear!"

Cao Cao immediately clapped his hands, took a deep breath, stood with his hands in his hands, and got up with momentum, "Not bad!" Bowen should be ordered to send troops to capture Taiyuan immediately! ”

"In this way, Shangdang County will fall into a siege! It must be in our pocket! ”

"The Yuan clan will be wiped out, and from then on, all the northern counties will fall into my hands! Who else in the world will I be! ”

"Hahaha!" When Cao Cao said this, he burst out laughing.

Don't laugh, go and give the order.

Cheng Yu looked at it for a long time and was stunned, but he also reacted quickly, and immediately turned around and went out, wanting to give the order first.

However, as soon as he walked out, he met Cao Chun who had returned from outside, and the others had not yet entered the military tent, and the voice had already come from afar.

"My lord! Great victory! And the state is a big victory!! ”

Cao Chun walked in quickly, his face delighted.

Cao Cao was ecstatic in his heart, and the great victory in Bingzhou must have been Bowen's advance troops, and he seized the fighter plane and rushed into Taiyuan, almost acting at the same time as Cao Ren.

However, he was still very indifferent on the surface, and his calm and unmoved expression was unmoved, as if he had not guessed.

"What's the big win? Tell me? ”

"Bowen sent troops in, taking advantage of Yuan Shang's troops to Yanmen Pass, directly taking Taiyuan, less than a day has been stationed in the army, secretly ambushed, and so Yuan Shang returned to the army, suddenly launched an attack, less than a day, chased and killed Yuan Shang more than 200 miles, broke his army, and shot Yuan Shang, and occupied the land of Quanzhou!"

"Hahaha!"

The civil and military who were full of tents laughed at this moment, and Cheng Yu immediately threw his hand forward, his expression seemed to be dazed, but he still said meaningfully: "Then now, is it possible that the prince and the general Zixiao did it deliberately?" ”

"General Zixiao accepted 50,000 soldiers, but in fact, he knew early that there would be a rebellion, so on the occasion of the war, he pretended to retreat and withdrew from Yanmen, placing the soldiers and horses farther away."

"What we are waiting for is to involve the military strength of Yanmen and let the prince send troops from Jizhou to attack its rear, so Yuan Shang will be defeated by the enemy on his back."

"Hmmm! It's absolutely impossible, but your statement can save some face for Zixiao. ”

Cao Cao shook his head firmly, in his opinion, Cao Ren definitely didn't retreat from the army because of this, feigning defeat?

Hmph, it can't be.

Zixiao is good at sticking to the city, and the battle of turning the defense into the attack, if he feigns defeat and messes up, he really loses.

But the results are good.

"Zhongde doesn't need to speak for Zixiao, this time it happened that Bowen had a flash of inspiration, and made such a strategic strategy, because of the blessing of misfortune, Yuan Shang's remnants were broken, otherwise who could give Zixiao this bottom."

Cheng Yu smiled and stopped talking.

Cao Cao sighed with relief, the smile on his face gradually brightened, and he immediately exhaled and said, "Leave immediately!" Go to Lepyeong-gun now! Asked Zixiao and Bowen to come to see me, and the soldiers and horses that received the defense were immediately sent, and the civil and military forces followed and moved, discussing how to arrange them next in Leping County! ”

Cao Cao's head doesn't hurt now, his face is red, he laughs almost from ear to ear, and when he woke up, two messages in a row, made ups and downs, but after these ups and downs, Yuan Shang died, Yuan's soldiers and horses were destroyed, and the state and Youzhou were all in my hands.

Now that And, You, Qing, and Ji are all in my hands, how can I not be the unparalleled hero in the world?! After a few years, I am afraid that such an army will be able to sit on a million soldiers and horses to march south at will!

There is an innumerable amount of grain, and the people are prosperous.

The entire Han Dynasty is full of talents and thriving.

What is the hero of the world?! I, Cao, are now the heroes of the world!!

Now the crux of the matter is that these four states ...... Except for Jizhou, the other three states seem to have been fought by Xu Bowen.

This merit ...... It must be worth reusing, I'm afraid I can't press the reward anymore, Xu Zhen is famous, the gods are mighty, and the number of famous generals and strategists under his command is abundant.

There are more than 200,000 soldiers.

The elite people are even more feared, which is probably the reason why Cao Ren tried to ask for the 50,000 soldiers and horses this time.

Even if I can suppress them while I'm alive, I'll die one day, and who will suppress them at that time.

Cao Cao sighed slightly, he had already faintly felt that within the current Cao clan, except for Xu Zhen as the lord himself, he should not give face to anyone in the rest of the Cao clan.

Of course, he also has this qualification not to give face, and no one in the Cao clan, including Cao Ren, can compare to Xu Zhen in terms of merit and strength.

Again, let's meet first.

……

At the end of March, it's time for spring to bloom.

Cao Cao sent 200,000 troops to Leping County, preparing to take over this large territory.

Because in the past three years, there have been wars in Youzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou every year, and the people in Youzhou and Jizhou have basically run a lot, so Cao Cao can only let the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou and Qingxu go to take over the defense, wait for the people to slowly return to their hometowns, and then recruit local soldiers and horses after the population is a little prosperous.

Moreover, the borders of Youzhou and Bingzhou can be grazing, Jizhou is easy to grow grain, and now that all parts of the country are traded, the whole north will become rich in the future, and even in the next few years, the number of horses will surge by tens of thousands or even more.

After Cao Cao arrived, he immediately summoned Xu Zhen, Cao Ren, and civil and military forces from all over the country to come together, and unknowingly gathered hundreds of people here.

All of them were officials and lieutenant generals and colonels, clan relatives and generals with foreign surnames, as well as officials who came with the army but had not yet arrived.

The government office of Leping County is not particularly magnificent, but the simple government office building is already overcrowded outside the street gate.

People have been greeting each other and greeting each other, and only when the carriage from Jizhou arrives will they separate a road.

Xu Zhen was in the carriage, outside the carriage was Dian Wei whipping the horse, and the escort horses following on the side were Zhang Liao, the commander of the armored cavalry, and Huang Zhong, the commander of the crossbow cavalry.

Domineering and intimidating, Xu Zhen dismounted and came out, and all the officials bowed and saluted.

He nodded slightly from the carriage, and then stepped into the gate, all the way to the main hall, and then the official followed him all the way in.

Cao Ren stood early in the front yard, but he hadn't entered the main hall yet, and when he saw Xu Zhen coming, his eyes glanced at him with a little shame, and then he thought for a moment and came closer.

opened his mouth and said: "Bowen, the first battle of the state, famous all over the world, take three counties to kill 100,000 soldiers, and fight really beautifully." ”

"This is thanks to my brother who attracted Yuan Shang's troops outside, otherwise how could he have made such an achievement?"

Looking at Xu Zhen's relaxed and slightly proud smile, for some reason, I felt an arrow in my heart, and it hurt.

This kid doesn't want to mention this, it's better to feel better, and now mentioning it is like a deliberate ridicule.

"Bowen, just say this...... The 50,000 soldiers are because they can't march in the ice and snow, so they plan to hand them over to you after the beginning of spring. ”

Cao Ren smiled bitterly, this was already soft, but Xu Zhen still smiled and said nothing, which made Cao Ren's heart suddenly bottomless.

It seems that Xu Zhen is not going to help me say a few words.

"Ugh."

Cao Renzai sighed dejectedly, and followed Xu Zhen into the lobby.

Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others had been waiting for everyone to come and start discussing, and now they were divided into three states to govern the country.

As soon as Xu Zhen came in, Cao Cao laughed directly, stood up and hugged his shoulders, and said loudly: "So young, you already have great achievements, who was in the vast sea of people at a glance to hit you Xu Bowen and other people of destiny!" ”

"Heaven helps Cao Na," Cao Cao patted him on the shoulder, and his voice gradually became softer, "This battle, thanks to you!" ”

Cao Cao secretly glanced at Cao Ren, who was standing behind Xu Zhen.

even glared at it, making Cao Ren shrink his neck all of a sudden, and his face immediately became unsightly.

"Humph!"

Seeing him like this, Cao Cao couldn't help the anger in his heart.

Back then, he also praised him for calming down, knowing that he was self-reliant, and worked the art of war and his own civil and military affairs, even if he didn't reach it, he could continue to improve.

At least all the time.

Unexpectedly, recently, more and more of these conspiracies and tricks, pretending to be clever, finally lifted a stone to shoot themselves in the foot.

"Zixiao, you are guilty!"

Cao Ren sighed slightly, and his heart seemed to have fallen to the bottom, hanging in half.

I could only admit this situation, and I was about to bow with my fists and confess my sins and beg for mercy when I suddenly heard a voice coming.

"What is the crime of Brother Zixiao?" Xu Zhen blinked and looked at Cao Cao in a daze.

Well?!

Cao Ren was stunned for a moment, his body bent slightly and froze in the middle of the road for a while, but fortunately he didn't bow down, otherwise he would be embarrassed.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren unexpectedly, then at Xu Zhen, frowned and said in a deep voice, "How do you say this?" ”

"This plan is that Brother Zixiao attracted Yuan Shang, and retreated in defeat, so I took advantage of the weakness to enter, entered Taiyuan, cut off his return journey, and then attacked back and forth, so that Yuan Shang's army was in chaos, and fortunately, some of my elite archers were lucky, and killed Yuan Shang with an arrow, so that Yuan Jun had no backbone."

"How else would you have won such a great victory?"

After Xu Zhen finished speaking, he looked at Cao Ren with a smile, and arched his hand: "Thank you Brother Zixiao, such a big victory, Brother Zixiao should have a great merit." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao was even more surprised, he didn't expect Xu Zhen's belly and pattern to be so big.

So he glanced at Cao Ren again, don't you understand such a situation, this can't be Xu Zhen's nonsense, right?

Seeing this, Cao Ren was already sour and stunned, he didn't expect Xu Zhen to say this.

In this way, Cao Ren is not only without fault, but also has great merit.

He was the main reason for attracting Yuan Shang's forces, and it was precisely because of this that Xu Zhen was given the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"Really?!" Cao Cao asked again.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, who were on the side, also gradually smiled.

This time, the scene is relaxed.

At least there is no saber rattling, and General Cao Ren will not be scolded, or even ...... Looking at the general's face, it seems that he is still very moved, perhaps, he can still reap unexpected results??

Cao Cao returned to the main seat, sat down, his back was quite straight, he moved his legs comfortably, and said softly: "I see, Zixiao has learned to advance and retreat in a certain way, and the soldiers are not tired of cheating." ”

"Not bad."

"Yes, it was Bowen's plan," Cao Ren glanced at Xu Zhen gratefully, his eyes had changed from surprise to kindness.

"Well, Bowen's strategy is indeed good, a strategy that cultivates both inside and outside," Cao Cao smiled happily and looked at Xu Zhen approvingly.

Then he said: "Okay, the next state has been captured, and the officials have their own candidates, who is stationed here?" ”

"Bowen," Cao Ren suddenly spoke, "Bowen has enough soldiers and horses in Jizhou to serve as the governor of the state." ”

Xu Zhen raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Cao Ren unexpectedly.

Why, this is starting to pay the favor, right?

(End of chapter)