At night, Cao Cao, who had been asleep for a long time, woke up faintly.

The Wenchen fierce general who was waiting in the tent saw Cao Cao wake up, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Cao, who came to his senses, swept around, and saw that Cheng Yu and several other strategists were still there, and Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan and other generals were also alive, and he was secretly relieved.

It's just that Cao Hong was obviously killed before he escaped, and he couldn't help but come back, and he couldn't help but feel sad again.

This loyal Cao brother and confidant general died heroically after all.

Cao Cao stood up with his wounded body and asked the generals and the soldiers and horses of each battalion how they were.

Cheng Yu's expression was gloomy, and he silently reported the result of this battle to Cao Cao.

The 300,000-strong army was slaughtered by the Hao army, and less than half of the remnants of the army fled and returned.

Fortunately, except for Cao Hong, who was killed by the battle, the rest of the generals Xu Chu, Cao Ren and other generals, although they were each injured, escaped alive.

"I've been in the army for many years, but I don't want to be so blinded, really...... Alas!" Cao Cao was ashamed and self-blaming, shaking his head and sighing.

All the civil and military forces in front of the tent were also silent, and their expressions were gloomy.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, why are you so discouraged, I want to straighten out the soldiers and horses, go to Guandu, and fight with Haobai again!"

Cao Cao saw that the morale of the generals was low, and when he wanted to say a few encouraging words, he was pulled by the wound on his shoulder, and the pain was so painful that he bared his teeth and cracked his mouth.

Everyone glanced at each other, and there was a gloom in each other's eyes, they thought that with Cao Cao's current physical condition, coupled with his current low morale, it was obviously not suitable to fight with the high-spirited Hao army.

After exchanging glances with each other, Cheng Yu said: "This defeat must be avenged, but the lord is a member of the community, and there is no room for loss. ”

As soon as Cheng Yu spoke, the rest of the strategists also persuaded one after another, of course, the main reason was that Cao Cao was injured.

As a hero, Cao Cao of course knew that the strategists were still giving him face, and persuaded him to withdraw the troops on the grounds of his body, which of course meant that he would lose his troops and lose his morale, and he would not be able to fight with Haobai at all.

Cao Cao, who calmed down, felt justified after thinking about it, and in desperation, he had to follow the advice of the strategists with hatred.

So, Cao Cao ordered the generals to rectify the soldiers and horses, requiring all the soldiers and horses to be turned into defense, and at the same time, he sent people to order additional troops to strictly defend and prevent Haobai from taking the opportunity to expand the results of the war.

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When Cao Cao returned to Xudu gloomily with the pain and the shame of defeat, Haobai, who had won a great victory, set up a banquet in a city on the south bank of Guandu to celebrate this exciting victory.

A great victory, the morale of the three armies was greatly boosted, and the entire Guancheng was immersed in jubilation.

Haobai was not stingy, took all the money and food, rewarded the meritorious soldiers, killed chickens and sheep to reward the soldiers, especially Pang Tong, the chief planner of this battle, was rewarded heavily.

And Pang Tong showed his talent and made great contributions, Haobai's reward, the generals were naturally convinced, and no one objected.

At the feast, when everyone was enjoying themselves, a scout came to report the latest information from the south.

Cao Cao was hit by an arrow, and ordered the generals to retreat to the Jishui area with all their might, and he retreated to Xu Du to recuperate from his injuries. ”

Upon hearing the news, the spirits of the officers and men became more and more excited, and all of them were enthusiastic and generously invited to fight.

"What you said is extremely true, pass on my order, the whole army will rest for three days, and three days later, the army will go south, capture the entire territory of Yanzhou, and go straight to Xudu!"

"Capture Yanzhou and go straight to Xudu!"

The excited generals roared loudly, and in the big tent, the hunting spirit was burning like fire.

Just when the crowd was angry, another pro-soldier colonel rushed in: "Lord Qi, Cao Cao sent an envoy to visit!"

In the big tent, Gongsun Bai was talking secretly with Pang Tong, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu.

On Haobai's desk, there was a letter, which was Cao Cao's letter asking for peace.

"Dedicate the land of Qingzhou to seek peace, and ask the court to crown me king...... The conditions look pretty good. Haobai smiled faintly, with a hint of mockery on the corner of his mouth.

Guo Jia also said with a smile: "The people in the land of Qingzhou are now three out of ten, and the population of the entire Qingzhou is less than 500,000, and once the lord takes Yanzhou, Qingzhou will sooner or later be in the lord's pocket." ”

"As for the matter of sealing the king, it is more like a trap, once the Cao thief proposes to seal the king, His Majesty will be in a dilemma, the seal is not, the seal is not, even if His Majesty does not doubt it, can the lord dare to accept the throne? This Cao thief is really treacherous and ...... tight."

Pang Tong next to him also smiled: "Cao Thief is in a hurry to go to the doctor, once the lord does not notice, he will fall into his trap." ”

Haobai nodded, he naturally understood this.

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After reorganizing his troops and horses, Haobai immediately began to attack, bent on sweeping the entire Yanzhou, and then the troops pointed directly at Xu Du and completely defeated Cao Cao.

The so-called striking while the iron is hot, dealing with a hero like Cao Cao, and not completely defeating him, he will have a chance to make a comeback at any time, and he can't give him any respite.

So Haobai gathered 200,000 soldiers and horses, divided into three routes, and swept through the central and southern parts of Yanzhou.

The three-way army is coming with great momentum and is unstoppable.

Due to the extremely empty strength of the Cao army in the east and south of Yanzhou, the defenders in each city were no more than 3,000 people, and at least 500 people, how could they resist.

But in just over a month, it was swept away.

At this time, the vanguard army led by Wen Chou had reached the north bank of the Junshui River and held on to Cao's army.

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At dusk, above the muddy water, a piece of golden waves scales.

Wen Chou stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, and glanced down at his businessman's dress, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.

Looking back behind him, more than twenty merchant ships were following closely behind.

Wen Chou's trip came up with a way to quietly take down Cao Jun's water village.

On the surface, these are merchant ships, and the boats are busy with boatmen who are rocking and sailing, and they are all dressed in the uniform of a firm.

However, in the cabin, there are hidden crossbows, steel knives and armor, and the soldiers on the ship are all selected sharp soldiers in the army, and it only takes a moment of kung fu to transform into fully armed fierce armor.

It was nearly evening, and the merchant ship sailed to the waters of the south bank, and slowly approached the water camp downstream of the south bank.

As soon as he saw a ship approaching, a vigilant group of Cao Jun quickly rushed to the trestle, and the military Sima led by him ordered his subordinates to bend their bows and arrows while standing on the shore, shouting loudly, so that the merchant ships could not approach the shore.

"Don't let go of the arrows, we are a caravan, and if it is too late to-day, we will not dare to continue sailing, but only want to stop at the ferry for the night. ”

Wen Chou smiled with his hands, the boat had not docked, and the person had jumped off and waded ashore in a few steps.