Wu Heng.

Inside Cao Cao's military tent.

After losing the previous battle, Cao Cao had led the remnants of the army to retreat to Wuheng, and the atmosphere in the military tent was extremely silent at this time, and everyone was silent, with some sadness on their faces.

Even Cao Cao fell silent now, and he could no longer say anything like before.

Finally, after a long time, Chen Gong opened his mouth to break the silence.

"When I heard that Liu Bei's main force was exhausted, leaving only Xu Rong alone to garrison the camp, I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out for a while."

Chen Gong sighed and said: "After sending troops, I looked at the surrounding map, and realized that there was a Jedi behind Liu Bei's camp, which was an excellent place to set up an ambush...... In the end, it was a step too late. ”

"It's me who underestimated Xu Rong too much, which led to Zilian's death."

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said: "This battle was a fiasco, Zilian died, and the fault is all mine, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, suddenly a soldier ran into the military tent, knelt down and arched his hand: "Lord, General Le has returned to the camp and asked to see him outside the camp!" ”

"Quick!"

Cao Cao was stunned, and then immediately spoke.

"Yes!"

The armor nodded, then turned to leave.

Soon, Le Jin, who was covered in injuries, hurriedly walked into the military tent, and as soon as he saw Cao Cao, Le Jin "bang", and fell directly to the ground on his knees!

"Lord!"

Le Jin gritted his teeth, lowered his head, didn't look at Cao Cao at all, and arched his hand: "Yuan Rang and I listened to the order to cut off the enemy's grain route, and learned that Liu Bei led his troops to chase after him, and wanted to evacuate with a group of iron horsemen, but was blocked by Liu Jun!" ”

Le Jin paused, a little embarrassed, but finally spoke: "Yuan Rang was defeated and captured, and I was the only one who escaped with dozens of iron horsemen and joined the army that came to meet him!" ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the generals in the camp suddenly widened.

Xiahoudun was defeated and captured?

"How is that possible?!"

Xiahou Yuan's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "You led the iron cavalry to cut off the grain road, it was a bluff, the enemy soldiers retreated immediately as soon as they came, how could they be caught up?" ”

"That Zhang Fei led the iron cavalry to attack, half a day and thousands of miles, so he was caught up."

Le Jin said with a shameful face: "Now General Xiahou is probably ......"

The entire tent suddenly became even more silent!

Originally, the main force experienced an unimaginable defeat, with only more than 2,000 living forces, and Cao Hong died in battle!

And there is bad news from Lejin's side, the food shortage troops have been blocked, and even Xiahoudun has been captured by Liu Bei, and it is very likely that he will also be killed, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury!

"Zilian and Yuan let die, and Liu Bei and I don't share the sky!"

Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth and arched his hand: "Lord, I am willing to fight to the death with Liu Jun!" ”

"Miaocai is right, revenge! Swear to the death! ”

"Lord, now we still have an army of 6,000, why don't you fight with Liu Bei to break the net, and die happily!"

The generals in the tent also spoke one after another, their faces were full of anger, and they already had the will to die, and they wanted to kill Liu Jun and break the net!

Seeing this scene, Chen Gong immediately spoke: "Generals, please listen to Gong's words, now the Liu army is in full swing, and our army is only 6,000 left, and if you want to compete with the Liu army, the fish may die, the net may not be broken, and our army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!" ”

"Do you want to sit back and watch the tragic death of Yuan Rang and Zilian and be indifferent?!" Xiahou Yuan glared angrily at Chen Gong and spoke.

Chen Gong looked at Cao Cao and arched his hand and said: "Lord, we have no enmity with Liu Bei, the reason why we meet each other is because we are different!" ”

"Liu Bei is known as a benevolent person, since he has captured Yuan Rang, he should not be a killer, and the lord can send an envoy to Liu Bei to negotiate conditions in exchange for Yuan Rang."

Hearing this, Cao Ren immediately retorted: "How could he, Liu Bei, agree? Now we retreat to Wuheng, and Liu Bei will be in the city in a few days! ”

"General Zixiao, our army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and it is no longer able to defend it, and it can no longer compete with Liu Bei, is it true that General Zixiao is willing to give up until the whole army is wiped out?"

Chen Gong immediately spoke: "Why don't you take this opportunity to push the boat down the river, withdraw your troops directly, and get out of this muddy water?" ”

After speaking, Chen Gong turned his head to look at Cao Cao and said, "Lord, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was about to go north before, but was defeated by Liu Bei!" ”

"I just got the news that the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans saw that they could not go north, and they were wandering around, and from Taishan County, there were a large number of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans who crossed the mountains and mountains to the Yanzhou border, and cooperated with the local Yellow Turbans to cause chaos, burning and looting everywhere!"

"Not long ago, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai died in battle, at this time Yanzhou has no owner, this heaven gives the lord a land!"

Chen Gong arched his hand and said: "I am willing to enter Puyang and persuade Zhang Miao and others to welcome the lord into Yanzhou to resist the yellow scarf, and hope that the lord will focus on the overall situation, and not ruin the great cause of the future!" ”

"Entering Yanzhou?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other for a while, and they were a little incredulous.

Even Cao Cao's eyes widened, he had already made up his mind to fight Liu Bei to the end, but when he heard Chen Gong say this, he suddenly hesitated.

Now that there is a big chaos today, he wants to level the world, sweep away the heroes, and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, so there must be a state as the foundation!

The reason why he fought to the death with Liu Bei was because Yuan Shao promised that after defeating Gongsun Zhan, he could hand over Wei County and Hanoi to his own management, and the two of them would share the opportunity to pacify the world!

Another point is that his trait is a traitor in troubled times, which can make his subordinates enjoy the buff effect of two military divisions, which is extremely strong!

However, he was a small Dongjun Taishou before, and the only advisor under his command was Chen Gong, a first-class advisor!

The rest is a first-class tabula rasa strategist, so the strength of the trait of the traitor in troubled times has basically not been brought into play!

Therefore, as long as he has another powerful advisor, his strength can be said to be immediately turned upside down!

Not to mention the famous ministers, even if he has two first-class ministers, even if he was still ambushed by Xu Rong in the previous battle, with the negative effect of being ambushed, it is definitely enough to fight!

If he can become the pastor of Yanzhou and take charge of a state, it is very likely that he will recruit a first-class powerful strategist with characteristics!

After all, that's a state pastor!

There are only thirteen states in the whole world!

If there are two powerful strategists, and then face Liu Bei, they will definitely not be almost wiped out like now!

What's more, his exclusive quest "Race for the Deer", after taking charge of a state, in addition to the reward of the "Hero" power trait that all players who own a state, he also has a personal reward.

And this personal reward is a trait.

Named - Ruler of the World!

"Are you sure?"

Cao Cao stared at Chen Gong tightly and asked, feeling a little hard to believe Chen Gong's words in his heart.

After all, it was Yanzhou Mu, he was just a Dongjun Taishou now, and he could directly lead a state?

"My lord, I am not only familiar with the scholars in Yanzhou, but also have close contacts with the celebrities in Yanzhou, and I am ninety percent sure!"

Chen Gong arched his hand, and said in a sonorous voice: "In the land of Yanzhou, who is the lord of the house?" ”

"Good!"

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, he nodded, and immediately spoke: "Someone!" ”

"In!"

One of the guards immediately stepped forward and gave up his hand.

Cao Cao opened his mouth and said, "Send an envoy to Liu Bei's camp." ”

"Yes!"

The guard nodded, immediately surrendered his order, turned and hurried away.

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Lecheng City.

"General Xu is really a tiger general!"

Xi Zhicai looked at Xu Rong, with a look of amazement, and said: "In this battle, Cao Cao's army of 10,000 people, in the end, only 500 people escaped, and the rest were either beheaded or surrendered, I am afraid that it will not be long before General Xu will be famous all over the world!" ”

"Fortunately, I don't disgrace the trust of the lord!"

Xu Rong said with neither humility nor arrogance.

Looking at Xu Rong, Gu Rubing's eyes were also full of different colors!

When he returned to Lecheng, he found that Xu Rong had already entered Lecheng City, and learned that there were only more than 500 of the 10,000 Cao army under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Li Dian, and Cao Hong was besieged to death!

Xu Rong played such a brilliant record, even he felt a little shocked!

"Hahaha, the eldest brother is really as wise as a torch!"

Zhang Fei also looked excited, and said: "The remaining Cao army is only five or six thousand, don't worry, in the next few days, you can take down the entire river in one go!" ”

Gu Rubing nodded and said, "Second brother, send an order to the three armies, rest for five days, and after five days, the troops will send Wuheng!" ”

"Yes!"

Guan Yu nodded and immediately surrendered his order.

When Guan Yu was about to turn around and leave, a personal guard walked into the camp tent, knelt down on one knee, and said to Gu Rubing: "Lord, Cao Cao's envoy outside the camp asks to see you." ”

"Cao Cao's envoy?"

Gu Rubing was slightly stunned, and then instantly understood the intention of Cao Cao's envoy, and immediately said, "Let him in." ”

"Yes!"

The guard nodded, got up and hurried away.

Soon, a messenger with a crown on his head came to the tent under the leadership of his personal guards.

As soon as he entered the military tent, as soon as he saw Gu Rubing, the envoy immediately bowed over and said, "The villain greets Liu Guoxiang." ”

"What did Cao Cao send you for?"

Before Gu Rubing could speak, Zhang Fei stared at a pair of ringed eyes and said in a thunderous voice.

"Return to General Zhang."

The envoy arched his hand at Zhang Fei, then looked at Gu Rubing, and said: "Before my lord and Liu Guoxiang, there was no enmity, and the lord was willing to withdraw from the army and rebuild the old friendship with Liu Guoxiang, hoping that Liu Guoxiang could release General Xiahou." ”

"Willing to retire?"

Zhang Fei snorted and said, "If you are really willing to withdraw from the army, why didn't you withdraw the army before and attack our army at night?" Now that the whole army has been annihilated, Cao Cao knows that he has withdrawn? ”

After speaking, Zhang Fei looked at Gu Rubing again and said, "Big brother, I think Cao Cao is frightened now, and now there are not many soldiers and horses left in Cao's army, just fight over directly!" ”

"General Zhang's words are wrong."

The envoy shook his head and said: "The art of war is cloudy, the first army is strategic, the second is the battle, the second is the army, and the second is the siege. ”

"Although our army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, it still has the strength to fight, why not turn the war into a jade silk?"

The envoy looked at Gu Rubing, arched his hand and said: "I heard that Liu Guoxiang is benevolent and righteous, and now that my lord is willing to withdraw his troops, and Hejian can take it all without spending a single soldier, is Liu Guoxiang willing to add more casualties to his soldiers?" ”

"I came this time, not only for the sake of my lord, but also for the sake of Liu Guoxiang, Liu Guoxiang raised troops to save Gongsun Zhan, his intention is to fight quickly, why fight with each other?"

"As long as my lord retreats, Yuan Shao's back road will be cut off, so Yuan Shao will inevitably retreat, and the siege of Youzhou will be relieved without a fight, why not?"

After finishing speaking, the envoy bowed deeply to Gu Rubing, and his words were extremely sincere.

Hearing this, Gu Rubing fell into thought.

What this envoy said does have some truth, and it should not be a big problem to capture Hejian next, but there will always be some casualties, and Gu Rubing is not willing to lose his troops for the sake of Gongsun Zhan.

Moreover, Xiahoudun is a relative of Cao Cao, otherwise it is basically impossible to surrender, unless he takes the initiative to defect like Xiahouba, but this is almost impossible for the two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan.

Gu Rubing pondered for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to let Xiahoudun go." ”

Hearing this, the messenger was overjoyed and immediately bowed his hand and said, "Thank you—"

"Don't be in a hurry, thank you."

Gu Rubing shook his head, interrupted the envoy's words, and said: "If Cao Cao directly withdrew from the army at the beginning, it would naturally be safe, and now Cao Cao is willing to withdraw the army, also because of the heavy casualties, how can Cao Cao come if he wants to, and leave if he wants?" ”

"What does Liu Guoxiang mean?"

The envoy frowned slightly, but he was not surprised by Gu Rubing's words, knowing that Gu Rubing was going to talk about the conditions, he immediately asked.

Gu Rubing thought for a while and said: "In this battle, our army has lost troops and generals, I want 3,000 good horses and 5,000 fine armor, otherwise, everything is not to be discussed." ”

"What?!"

Hearing this, the envoy's eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't help but lose his voice.

Even if he was mentally prepared and knew that Gu Rubing might open his mouth, Gu Rubing's mouth was inevitably too big!

"Five thousand fine armor may be able to take it out through gritted teeth, but three thousand good horses? Liu Guoxiang, how is this possible?! ”

The envoy settled down and immediately spoke: "Liu Guoxiang, Dongjun is not the state and county of Xiliang!" ”

"Then wait for when Cao Cao can take it out, and then talk about the replacement." Gu Rubing was not polite, and said in an extremely cold voice.

He now has a lot of infantry, but very few cavalry, after the previous battles, Gu Rubing has been extremely deeply aware of the importance of cavalry!

There are almost no horses in the entire Central Plains, and Gu Rubing used a large amount of grain and grass to exchange with Gongsun Zhan in exchange for a thousand good horses.

Although there are indeed some lions with three thousand good horses, but now is the time for the lion to open his mouth, Xiahoudun is Cao Cao's relative, and Cao Cao has to redeem even if he cuts his meat!

It is impossible for a Xiahoudun to surrender, if he can exchange for 3,000 good horses and 5,000 fine armor, it can be said that he earns blood, and these can already arm 3,000 iron horsemen and 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers!

The expression on the envoy's face changed, and he arched his hand and said: "Liu Guoxiang forgives the sin, I can't decide this matter, please allow me to go back and tell the lord." ”

"Yes."

Gu Rubing nodded noncommittally, but he didn't think that Cao Cao could really come up with so many good horses and fine armor at once.

"I also hope that Liu Guoxiang will treat General Xiahou well."

The envoy finally bowed his hand to Gu Rubing, then to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and finally turned around and left in a hurry.

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