Gao Lan and Mi Fang happily organized the battlefield. Cao's army lost more than 3,000 people, and their own casualties were only more than 100, of which 37 were killed. More than 5,000 Cao's soldiers were captured. The two took Cao's prisoners and marched towards them.
Chen went to the place written on the brocade bag.
When Li Dian rushed to the camp, he only saw corpses on the ground, and many of his own soldiers who were seriously injured and lying on the ground groaning. Li Dian knelt on the ground weakly, with tears of pain in his eyes. Li Dian
Looking at the body of his younger brother Li Zheng, who he had been joking with a few hours ago, he was speechless for a long time.
Xia Houyuan, who caught up from behind, looked at the corpses of the soldiers and felt as if he were being cut by thousands of knives. Xia Houyuan shouted angrily: "Son Tao Qian, if one day you fall into my hands,
, I must let you taste the feeling of being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!" Venting the hatred in their hearts, Xia Houyuan and Li Dian gathered up the remaining soldiers, took the bodies of Cao Bin and Li Zheng, bypassed Xiaopei, and went to join Cao Cao's army.
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Cao Cao's camp.
All the generals gathered in the tent, and the one on the left was the leader of Cao's army - Xia Houyuanrang! Coming down in order were Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Dian Wei, Yu Jin, Lu Qian, Cao Xiu, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen and others, on the right
The first person was Cao Jun's new military advisor Guo Jia, followed by Xun You, Liu Ye, Man Chong and others.
At this time, Xia Houyuanrang clenched his fists, and the armor leaves on his body were rustling. He looked worriedly at Xia Houyuan and Li Dian who were kneeling on the ground in front of him. However, the resentment towards Tao Qian in Xia Houyuanrang's heart reached the extreme.
Xia Houyuan knelt on the ground, bursting into tears and said respectfully to Cao Cao in front of him: "The general is incompetent. Not only did he fail to complete the task taught by my lord, but he also lost his army and generals. Yuan's crime deserves death. Please punish me, lord, but Yuan will not listen."
Mancheng's advice, Yuan has his own way, the fault lies only with Yuan, not with the generals, please punish Yuan alone, my lord!"
Li Dian also knelt down and begged: "It's Dian's carelessness that makes him fall into such a simple trick. Please punish me, my lord!"
Cao Cao sighed, stepped forward to help the two of them up, and said kindly: "Two generals, please get up quickly. You two have followed Cao in fighting in the east and west, and have made countless achievements. Please bear with him and punish him."
Man Chong, who had a resolute nature, stepped forward and said sternly: "My lord, military law is just a child's play. When General Xiahou went out to fight, he personally promised a military order not to capture Xiaopei. If he raised his head to see me, if he was not punished, An Neng would be able to convince everyone.
"
When Cao Cao was in a dilemma, military advisor Guo Jia stepped forward and said: "General Xiahou did not make a mistake. He indeed captured Xiaopei, but it was later captured by the enemy through trickery. He has completed the military order, and now he can only
To punish him for the crime of being disadvantageous in defending the city, he should be beaten with forty military staffs. However, now that we are in urgent need of people, we will make a note of these forty military staffs for the time being. After the victory, it will not be too late to replace these forty military staffs.
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Cao Cao was secretly happy. He narrowed his eyes and nodded: "Feng Xiao is right. Now is the time to employ people. The army has fought for eighty years. Let's write it down for now."
Guo Jia asked Xia Houyuan to describe the battle situation in detail. Xia Houyuan did not dare to neglect and told him everything about his experience. Then he found some remaining soldiers and told them about the situation in the camp.
Cao Cao frowned after hearing this. He said with some jealousy: "Where did Tao Qian get so many brave generals from? They will become a big problem for me in the future!"
Guo Jia closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and said to Cao Cao: "Although Tao Qian is not a heroic leader, he is not a mediocre leader either. He must not be allowed to develop. He used to be easy to deal with, but now he should have one more person."
A good strategist, this person's intelligence will definitely not be inferior to mine, and his ability to anticipate the enemy's opportunities is even better than mine, and he will surely become a serious trouble in the long run!"
"What do you mean by this?" Cao Cao asked.
Guo Jia replied calmly: "He should have expected from the beginning that General Xiahou would take the risk to attack Xuzhou City, but this man first used a trick to capture Xiaopei without anyone noticing, and then used fire to lure General Xiahou
To return reinforcements, I also expected that General Xiahou would not attack the city immediately, so I sent troops to ambush the city in advance, and then used a general to lure General Xiahou away from the mountain. All this seemed very simple, but it was difficult to do.
It is very difficult. From the beginning to the entire battle, it is like a chess game. The entire chess game is under his control, making people fall into his chess game step by step, and in the end he will be eaten up."
Hearing Guo Jia describe this mysterious man in such a terrifying way, everyone couldn't help but feel chills in their backs. Just when everyone was frightened, Guo Jia said: "But we don't have to be afraid of him, he may not be more powerful than us."
Cao Cao looked a little sad and said sadly: "I don't know how Wen Qian is doing. I hope nothing happens to him?" Then Cao Cao's tone changed and he ordered: "Bo Ning, I will give you two tasks. One is to go
Find out who the military advisor of Tao Qian's army is, and secondly, find out the news about Wen Qian." Man Chong is in charge of criminal matters and intelligence, so this task naturally belongs to him.
"Yes, lord." Man Chong bowed and said respectfully.
"Order the entire army to march towards Xiaopei quickly. I want to see how old Tao Qian can stop my army of 100,000 men!" Cao Cao ordered domineeringly.
"Yes!" Everyone accepted the order, but Guo Jia was the only one who shook his head and was speechless.
A few days later, Cao Cao led his generals and 100,000 troops to Xiaopei City. After entering the city, he found that there was no one in the city. There were no civilians, prisoners of war, food and grass. The huge Xiaopei City had now turned into a
Empty city.
Cao Cao was so angry that he was trembling all over, and his eyes were filled with blazing fire, as if it could burn everything. Guo Jia showed an expression that was indeed like this, and he felt that a wise man saw the same thing. If he was in Tao Qian's army, he would
I won’t hesitate to give up on this meaningless town.
Just when Cao Cao was furious, Chen Deng had already arrived at Xuzhou City with Yu Jin and more than 6,000 prisoners. After learning the news, Tao Qian had already sent people to wait at the city gate for a long time. The only person waiting was Tao Qian.
Qian's second son Tao Ying, and some state officials.
Seeing Sun Qian and others with faces full of joy, Chen Deng immediately dismounted and saluted Sun Qian first, Gao Lan followed closely behind, He Yi and He Man stood on both sides, Wen Chou and Yan Liang took Mi Fang to chat with the pottery merchant.
, which made Mi Fang extremely embarrassed.
Chen Deng's salute stunned Sun Qian. The reason is very simple! Because Tao Ying, the second son of the governor Tao Qian, was there! When Sun Qian wanted to hide, it was already too late, but he couldn't use the courtesy either.
So Sun Qian hurriedly helped Chen Deng and Gao Lan up.
Their every move annoyed the second young master Tao Ying who was standing by. He was ordered by Tao Qian to come to greet Chen Deng in Tao Qian's place. Also coming with him were Sun Qian, Cao Bao, Zhang Jie, Xu Dan, and Cao Cao.
Hong, Lu You, Fu Yang and others.
Tao Ying was used to the days of being praised by Cao Bao, Zhang Jie, Xu Dan and Cao Hong. He originally thought that Chen Deng and others would salute him first and humiliate them according to Xu Dan's method. Unexpectedly, Chen Deng and others would Everyone ignored him and couldn't help but secretly get angry: "What the hell is Xiao Sun Qian? He's just doing a job. When I become Xuzhou Shepherd, I have to make you people look good!"
