Guan Yu pointed to the sea of people in the fields and shook his head: "I can't find it. Maybe he escaped. How about brother?"
"Hey, we attacked Xiahouyuan's camp from three sides and broke through his camp. I have been chasing him here."
"It's a pity that Cao Cao escaped!"
As Guan Yu said this, he looked towards the field, and saw those who were running away and those who were pursuing them all mixed together. They were all running in confusion, and it was impossible to find anyone.
"Second brother, I'll look for you again."
Zhang Fei was unwilling to give up, so he picked up a snake spear that was eight feet long, slapped his horse and ran into the fields.
However, he ran not far away and found that the horse was struggling to run in the field, so he had to stop and look carefully. But there were too many people, and after searching for a long time, he couldn't find Cao Cao, so he returned to the road.
Chen Dao and Tai Shici dismounted and led their troops to pursue them for four to five miles. When they found that there were too few soldiers following them, they stopped and led their troops to escort the prisoners back.
The soldiers discovered Qin Yi's body and reported it to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu didn't have a good impression of Qin Yi, but now he died fighting for Liu Bei no matter what. Guan Yu asked people to pack up the body and bury it when Liu Bei came, and then sent people to report what happened here to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the news: "Hahaha... Sir, Cao Cao has been defeated! Cao Cao has been defeated!"
Zhou Ping was also overjoyed. Cao Cao was so defeated that his vitality was severely damaged, and Xu Du could no longer hold on.
"Lord, we should immediately march into Xudu to defeat Cao Cao and avoid future troubles forever!"
"Sir, if Cao Cao is destroyed, will the emperor move to Yecheng?"
Liu Bei thought of the emperor and asked worriedly.
Zhou Ping smiled slightly. He had already thought about this question and replied: "If Cao Cao is destroyed, my lord can, together with Liu Jingzhou, propose to Yuan Benchu that the emperor should still temporarily stay in Xudu, and Jizhou, Xuzhou and Jingzhou each send troops and horses.
We will defend Xudu together. At the same time, we will send people to rebuild the Luoyang palace. Only after the Luoyang palace is repaired, will the emperor move back to Luoyang."
"Will Yuan Benchu agree?" Liu Bei felt that Yuan Shao would not agree so easily despite his efforts.
"Haha, if he doesn't agree, my lord can join Liu Jingzhou and General Gongsun of Youzhou to attack Jizhou."
If Cao Cao dies, and Yuan Shao objects to letting the emperor stay in Xudu temporarily, and does not want the emperor to return to Luoyang, he insists on moving the emperor to Yecheng. Then Liu Bei can join forces with Liu Biao and Gongsun Zan to attack Yuan Shao.
No matter how powerful Jizhou is, it may not be able to withstand this tripartite coalition attacking from the north and the south.
Moreover, there are many people under Yuan Shao who are loyal to the court and the emperor. Otherwise, a few years later, his chief secretary Geng Bao proposed that "when his virtue has declined and Yuan is Huang Yin, he should obey the will of heaven and follow the people's will."
At that time, there would not be so many people who opposed it, so Yuan Shao had to kill the chief registrar Geng Bao to calm the public anger.
If the emperor returns to Luoyang, Yuan Shao will not be able to control the emperor by holding the emperor hostage. Liu Bei will take this opportunity to destroy Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, seize Yangzhou, and then slowly occupy Yuzhou and Yanzhou, so that he can directly confront Yuan Shao.
Of course, these are only Zhou Ping's current assumptions, and it is unknown what the result will be. Even if the final result is this, the process will be difficult.
In short, Zhou Ping, as a person who grew up in a peaceful era, was fortunate enough to travel to such a troubled time. Although he could not personally lead troops to conquer the world, he could serve as Liu Bei's number one adviser, making suggestions and planning development paths for him.
At this point, Zhou Ping also felt satisfied.
Liu Bei thought for a long time and felt that this was a bit of a trick to Yuan Shao, but if he didn't trick others, he would only trick himself, and he would also trick the people of the world.
If Yuan Shao did not insist on moving the emperor to Yecheng, but was finally willing to give up Jizhou, disband his troops, and return to Luoyang to become a third official, then he would have lived a good life.
However, Liu Bei was worried about Sun Ce. After all, this person was quite powerful.
"If Yuan Shu and Sun Ce come to attack Xuzhou, we will be attacked on both sides, I'm afraid..."
"Haha, my lord is too worried.
Chen Yuanlong is garrisoned in Guangling, Xu Wenxiang is garrisoned in Xiapi, Tian Guorang is garrisoned in Pengcheng, and Zang Xuangao is garrisoned in Langya. Moreover, there are relevant generals in Jiujiang, so don't worry about the enemies in the south."
Zhou Ping's words finally made Liu Bei feel relieved, and he immediately smiled happily: "Sir, you have thought very carefully! As long as the world is safe and the people are safe, I will travel around the world with you, watching the prosperous age of my great Han Dynasty, hahaha..."
"That's what Ping wishes!" Zhou Ping laughed in response.
After counting, the attack on Xiahouyuan's camp resulted in more than 3,000 casualties, more than half of which were wounded. More than 5,000 enemy soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 prisoners were taken. Among them, more than 1,000 uninjured enemy prisoners expressed their willingness to follow Liu Bei.
were organized into various battalions.
As for the generals, Gan Ning and Zang Ba were injured, and the enemy general Zhu Ling was killed.
In addition, we got a lot of enemy baggage, and this battle was considered a great victory.
In the battle between Guan Yu and Cao Cao, he suffered more than 2,000 casualties, killed more than 6,000 enemy soldiers, and captured more than 3,000 enemy soldiers. Some of these enemy soldiers who were killed and captured were brought by Xia Houyuan.
Among the captured enemy soldiers, more than a thousand also expressed their willingness to surrender, and Guan Yu took them into his camp.
In terms of combat capability, these Cao soldiers are better than Yuan Shu's soldiers, so Guan Yu is of course willing to accept them.
As for the generals, they exchanged Qin Yi for Jin, which was worth it.
Liu Bei led his troops forward, met Guan Yu at Xinji County, and continued to march toward Xudu.
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Dian Wei carried Cao Cao on his back and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. He did not dare to stop until he found that there were no pursuers behind him.
Cao Cao rolled off Dian Wei's back and lay on the ground. Dian Wei was tired from running and he was tired from jolting.
He glanced to the side and saw that Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang were both there, both carrying weapons in their hands. It looked like there were only four or five hundred soldiers following them.
"Hahaha...hahaha..." Cao Cao was lying on the ground, looking at the sky and burst into laughter.
Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang were both puzzled and asked: "Why is the Duke laughing?"
"If you survive a difficult situation alone, you will be blessed later!" Cao Cao said.
Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang were speechless after hearing this. It was already this time and they were still thinking about their future blessings.
But they didn't know that what Cao Cao said was actually to appease everyone and make them believe that he would win again and would not betray him now, behead his own head to claim credit from Liu Bei, or abandon himself.
"Where's Fengxiao?"
Cao Cao suddenly realized that Guo Jia was not there. He immediately turned over and sat up. He looked around again, but he never saw Guo Fengxiao.
"Have any of you seen Fengxiao?" Cao Cao seemed a little nervous. He was afraid that Guo Jia would be captured by Liu Bei.
If Guo Jia votes for Liu Bei again, it will be difficult for him to have any future success.
"Sikong, I just saw Guo Fengxiao and Lu Zike running together. He should be fine." A military marquis next to him replied.
"Hahaha... As long as he has nothing to do, he will be fine."
While Cao Cao was resting, he asked Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang to explain in detail how the camp was captured by Liu Bei. At this time, soldiers gradually gathered, and there were more than a thousand soldiers.
"Liu Bei dared to pull out the antlers to attack the camp. This is something I have never heard of in my life. It shows that he is very brave! From now on, Gu Xu will win with his cleverness and no more head-on fights with him."
"General, I..." Xia Houyuan seemed to want to apologize.
Cao Cao stopped what he was saying: "Miaocai, I know what you want to say. This defeat is not your fault, so there is no need to blame yourself. I didn't expect that Liu Bei would attack the camp from three sides. I underestimated Liu Bei."
! No, with Liu Bei’s talent he should not be like this. It’s that Zhou Wen’an. I regret that I couldn’t get this person in the first place!”
"Ming Gong, Ming Gong..."
Cao Cao heard someone shouting and looked over quickly, but it was Lu Qian and Shi Huan who came supporting Guo Jia.
I couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly stood up to greet him, smiling and saying, "Fengxiao, are you okay?"
Guo Jia breathed heavily and replied: "Jia is fine, how about Ming Gong?"
"Hahaha... How can something happen to me? uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com This is a small defeat. Although we lost our troops and generals, fortunately you are still here. When we return to Xudu, we will discuss the strategy to retreat from the enemy."
"Are your injuries serious?"
Cao Cao saw Lu Qian and Shi Huan both covered in blood and asked with concern.
"Don't worry, Sir, there are no injuries on our bodies. This is the blood of enemy soldiers." Lu Qian replied.
"Hahaha... Okay, I have such a brave general, why should I be afraid of Liu Bei!" Cao Cao laughed again.
Everyone was originally discouraged by the defeat and had low morale, but now they heard Cao Cao laughing again and again, and they couldn't help but gain more confidence and courage.
"Ming Gong, let's return to Xudu quickly. If Liu Bei arrives first, it will be difficult for us to enter the city." Shi Huan advised.
"Well, Miaocai, Gong Liu, you two will stay here temporarily, collect soldiers, and lead the troops to the north to temporarily camp in Fugou, waiting for Gu's order." Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan and Shi Huan and ordered.
"promise."
Xia Houyuan and Shi Huan cupped their hands and responded in unison.
Cao Cao took Dian Wei, Xu Huang, Guo Jia Lu Qian, and more than 300 soldiers and rushed back to Xudu first, leaving Xia Houyuan and Shi Huan behind to collect the remaining soldiers.
He only took more than 300 people back first because he wanted to hurry up and get back to Xudu before Liu Bei's troops besieged the city.
At the same time, I also wanted to leave more troops and horses for Xiahou Yuan, so that he could station them in his city, which might be useful.
Cao Cao and everyone else were in such a miserable state that one could tell at a glance that they were defeated soldiers. However, they had no choice but to rush on their way and could not take care of their own image. Even Cao Cao was in disrepair.
Along the way, the people asked for food from the common people to satisfy their hunger. They ran day and night and finally returned to the city east of Xudu.
But before they got close to the city gate, several arrows were shot down from the city and hit the ground in front of them, causing Cao Cao to run away quickly in fright.
