The Huainan army in Kuxian originally had more than 120,000 people, the supply of grain and grass was sufficient, and the baggage was inexhaustible.

As a result, there was a natural curse incident, and seventeen formations were broken in a row, and nearly half of the soldiers and horses were lost.

The disaster is not a single line, Shouchun was stolen, Yuan Shu was defeated and fled to Anfeng, and then the information was transmitted to the front line, the original precarious military heart collapsed, and the deserters were calculated according to Tun every day.

Then Cao Cao launched a full-scale general attack, which was as easy as rolling thunder striking rotten wood and rotten leaves, and Zhang Xun fled to Anfeng with the remnants of his army to join Yuan Shu.

After this battle, Cao Cao also captured more than 20,000 Huainan troops, and there were countless grains, grasses, and baggage.

It stands to reason that it is a bumper harvest, at least seventy or eighty percent of the loss of this expedition has been compensated, but Cao Cao can't be happy, and there is a nameless fire when he thinks of Jiujiang.

Maybe it was because of this nameless fire, or maybe because Cao Cao was suspicious again, and he was a little hesitant about the originally decided plan to pursue Yuan Shu and annex the three counties of Anfeng, Geyang and Nanyang as soon as possible.

"Sikong wants to make a plan, leave Yuan Shu, and let him and Lu Bu form a stalemate in the Huainan area, so that it is convenient to disperse Lu Bu's forces when he takes Xuzhou in the future."

Cao Cao stood at the hill with his head held high, and behind him were Wang Yue, who was holding the Heavenly Sword in both hands, and Guo Jia, who was holding a red wine gourd in his hand.

"I can't hide it from you."

Cao Cao sighed, "Right now, Yuan Shu is already at the end of his rope, if I pursue for a long time, I am worried that he will die and the net will be broken, and in the end, even if he wins, the damage will not be small."

Yuan Shu thinks very highly of himself and has a small amount of energy, and he will definitely blame Lu Bu for this defeat, and after resting, he will not give up and will definitely attack Lu Bu. ”

I have to say that Cao Cao's strategic vision is very long-term, which Guo Jia admires.

At present, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu are bound to become fire and water, keep Yuan Shu and don't kill, a war between the two is inevitable, and if you make a move when the time comes, it is very likely that the two of them will be captured.

"What do you think?" Seeing that Guo Jia didn't speak for a long time, Cao Cao couldn't help but ask.

"Maybe you can give it a try."

After a moment of silence, Guo Jia tied the wine gourd back to his waist and said in a deep voice: "But Nanyang still took it back, there is the Jingxiang portal, and it is the throat of the prisoners who come from the pass, and it must be held in the hands of Sikong." ”

"It's natural."

Cao Cao looked at the direction of Huainan from afar, and was haunted by the futility of this time, "Great mountains and rivers." ”

After a long while, Cao Cao spoke: "Tell the class teacher, and send a fast horse to play the Son of Heaven, and the Fenwei general Lu Bu will be meritorious in destroying Yuan, and he will be specially listed as General Zuo." ”

"Whoa." The pen not far away answered the sound and left in a hurry.

Lu Bu's title is Marquis Wen, but his official position is General Fenwei, and he is just a miscellaneous general, and now he has mentioned General Zuo in one breath, which can be called a three-level promotion.

Among the generals of the Quartet, General Zuo's status is second only to the former general, and he is second in the gold seal and purple ribbon, ranking second to the secretary.

Of course, Cao Cao did this just in the hope that Yuan Shu would completely vent his anger on Lu Bu.

In the Cao army camp, the sergeants were busy packing their bags, and as a grain and grass march, they had already taken the lead under the protection of the cavalry.

Liu Bei knelt alone in the camp tent, his eyes were distracted, and he was not in the mood at all because of the end of the war.

In fact, judging from the current situation, it can be regarded as Liu Bei's expected route.

He hoped to take advantage of this attack on Yuan to make some contributions, and after gaining Cao Cao's trust, he would find a suitable opportunity to lead his troops out of his control.

Through this war, it can be said that Cao Cao's trust in him has indeed increased, and the price is that the 10,000 soldiers and horses he brought from Peiguo have only more than 4,000 people left.

Of course, the sacrifice is there, but it is worth it, so Liu Bei feels that he should be happy, because he has taken a crucial step towards his great cause of supporting the Han.

It's just that after learning the news that Lu Bu broke Shouchun and took Jiujiang's strength, he found that he couldn't be happy.

Although he repeatedly comforted himself that this was a good thing, Lu Bu had killed the national thief Dong Zhuo after all, it was Han Chen, and Cao Cao was a Han thief.

In fact, when he was in Peiguo, he hated Lu Bu for taking him Xuzhou, but he was still willing to join forces with him, and this was also important, although this person was capricious, he would not kill innocents indiscriminately, and he could be used as an ally against Cao Cao.

So Liu Bei himself didn't understand why he felt depressed.

That is just this era, if Liu Bei had traveled to the world of two thousand years, he would have known that this was a common mentality.

I'm afraid of my brother's hardship, and I'm afraid that my brother will drive a Land Rover.

My own failures are terrible, but the success of my friends is even more worrying.

What's more, Liu Bei from the bottom of his heart, in fact, like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, looked down on Lu Bu, and now people not only have Xuzhou, but also extend their hands to Huainan.

Blue is thin.

"Big brother, why didn't you say that Cao Cao didn't take Yuan Shu in one go, but instead chose the class teacher after the big victory." Guan Yu, who was kneeling opposite Liu Bei, thought about it for a long time and didn't understand it.

"Cao Cao's use of troops is often unexpected, Xu is worried that the army has been fighting for several months, and its momentum has become the end of a strong crossbow, so I want to rest first." This was the only reasonable explanation Liu Bei could think of.

"The puppet emperor has not been removed, how can he speak of the teacher." Guan Yu sighed as he stroked his two-foot long beard.

Zhang Fei snorted coldly, "That guy didn't want to kill the thief, seeing that the three family slaves occupied Jiujiang, and Yuan Shu's money and food were all lost, he felt that he had no thoughts." ”

"Third brother!" Liu Bei immediately glanced at him and reminded him, and Zhang Fei had no choice but to give up and drink bitterly.

"Then, big brother, should we go back to Peiguo or go back to Xuchang with Cao Cao?" In this place, you have to pay attention when you speak, Guan Yu doesn't like this place like Zhang Fei, so if you ask this, you naturally want to go back to Peiguo.

In fact, this time Liu Bei has a lot of credit, in addition to the defeat of Li Feng in the first battle, in the seventeen consecutive victories, Liu Bei participated in a total of 12 of them, which can be regarded as a model pacesetter.

He knew that if he opened his mouth, Cao Cao would most likely be willing to let him go back, after all, someone on the front line still needed someone to block Lu Bu's edge for him.

But when I thought that I had worked hard for half a year, I didn't get anything and folded more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, so I couldn't get it any way.

The most important thing is that when he returns to Peiguo, he will once again fall into a situation of surviving, so when can he rejuvenate the Han Dynasty.

"Go back to Xuchang and wait for the opportunity." After a long time, Liu Bei made his own decision.

"Big brother, why should we be angry behind Cao Cao's buttocks."

"I have my own plan, and the third brother has more patience."

Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, Guan Yu also opened his mouth to comfort: "Big brother endures humiliation, our brother should share the worries of the eldest brother, don't bother the eldest brother anymore." ”

"Go, I didn't say I wouldn't go." Zhang Fei shrugged.

Liu Bei's strategy is not as good as Cao Cao, and the commander of the imperial army is not as good as Lu Bu, but he is tenacious, and he is afraid that the two of them may not be able to compare with him.

After cleaning up the messy mood, Liu Bei stood up and took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the barracks to help the soldiers pack their bags together.

At this time, apart from getting closer to the soldiers, he didn't know what else he could do.