That night, Cao's army won a complete victory and finally regained the victory.
At dawn the next day, rumors were spreading among Cao's army.
It turns out that the news that Yuan Xi defeated Xu Du and dominated Yingchuan has begun to spread among the army.
Cao's generals, many of whom were from Yingchuan, heard the news and began to worry about their families.
When Cao Cao heard the rumors, he was furious and said: "Who is messing with the morale of our army?" He ordered all ministries to conduct a strict investigation and arrested nine people including partial generals.
Cao Cao then raised the tent for a meeting and said to the generals: "Yuan Xi is just a lone soldier. After I defeat Yuan Shao, I can take him down with my backhand! The news that Xudu has been defeated must be kept secret and must not be mentioned again.
If any soldiers ask, tell them that there are thieves in Yingchuan, but they have been defeated by the prefect Xia Houyuan, so there is no need to worry."
Cao Cao's move was clearly to deceive ordinary soldiers into not having smooth information. However, this move also had an effect, and the soldiers' morale was stable.
So Cao Cao discussed the plan to defeat Yuan again.
Xun You offered advice and said: "Yuan Shao has lost Wuchao's grain and grass, and the morale of the army will definitely be unstable. If the enemy wants to transport grain and grass from Jizhou, it needs to be sent from Yecheng to Jujube. We might as well threaten to divide the army into two groups: one to take the jujube, and go straight to Yecheng;
Li Yang, cut off Yuan Shao's return route. When the opponent divides his forces, our army will take advantage of the situation to attack and defeat Yuan Shao."
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Yuan Shao burned Wuchao and lost his generals. The army was in panic. Yuan Shao did not have the courage and determination to stabilize the army's morale like Cao Cao, so he could only ask Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others for advice.
During the discussion, suddenly the sergeant came to report that Cao's army was divided into two groups, one to capture Yecheng and the other to capture Liyang.
Yuan Shao was shocked and hurriedly sent out two groups of troops, each with 50,000 men, to rescue Yecheng and Liyang respectively.
When Cao Jun heard about Yuan Shao's army's movements, his long-prepared troops came out and rushed straight to Yuan Shao's camp.
Yuan Shao's army had no fighting spirit and fled in all directions. Yuan Shao himself, wearing only single clothes and a turban, fled north in a hurry on horseback, followed by his youngest son Yuan Shang.
Cao's army was in hot pursuit. Yuan Shao hurriedly crossed the Yellow River and threw away all his army albums, chariots, gold and silk and other belongings. He only carried 800 defeated troops and fled to the north. In the chaos of the army, Cao's army could not catch up.
Yuan Jun's chariot battle was captured.
When Yuan's army was defeated, Cao Cao was ruthless and took no prisoners! He killed more than 100,000 people. Blood flowed across the river and melted the ice of the Yellow River. Many of them drowned.
Cao Cao won a great victory, rewarded his soldiers and rewarded all generals, except for his fourth son, Cao Xiong.
When asked, someone reported: "The Fourth Young Master himself led 300 people with him and crossed the river to pursue Yuan Shao."
The generals on the left and right were shocked. Liu Ye said: "All the sons of the lord have been captured by Yuan Xi, and only the fourth son is still alive. We must not lose anything. Our army should cross the river immediately to meet the fourth son."
Cao Cao's face darkened, and after a moment's thought, he ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Chu to lead their troops across the river to meet Cao Xiong. He then said: "Our army has run out of food and grass and has lost its rear. We cannot delay any longer and must return to Xudu as soon as possible."
!How can you ruin something big for just one child?"
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Yuan Shao fled northward in a hurry, and did not slow down until the sound of killings subsided and his horses were weak.
When I looked back, I saw that there were only 800 defeated troops around me. The rest of the civil and military ministers, soldiers and generals were nowhere to be seen. Only the third oldest Yuan Shang and the counselors followed him every time.
Yuan Shao and Feng Ji discussed that the only way now was to rush back to Liyang, where General Jiang Yiqu was guarding, so he could reorganize his old troops and collect the defeated troops.
Li Shuyi painted her face black, lowered her head and followed the defeated army, marching with the army.
There is also a layer of "Chameleon Blood Potion" on her body, which hides her original leader-level psychic aura. When being sensed by people in the spiritual world and the Awakened, they can only treat it as an ordinary template.
However, this state will disappear after attacking, so it cannot be used as a prop to hide your identity.
In addition, Li Shuyi also carried an A-level silver item: the Orb of Deception. This item was found in the treasure chest of the drow Elf Mother Cynthia.
This can be disguised as other characters, but there is no guarantee that it will not be seen through by the natives of the Three Kingdoms plane. Therefore, when Bai Xiaowen gave the order, he specifically told Li Shuyi not to take action until the last moment, even if there is a deceptive orb, it is not reliable!
"Calculating the distance, I'm afraid Yuan Shao is about to meet up with that 'loyalty' general. Cao Xiong...oh no, those guys from Shenting, why haven't they come yet? Is the luck so bad that I have to do it myself?"
Li Shuyi's fingers held the Orb of Deception.
However, the sound of a drum that followed made Li Shuyi's spirit perk up!
At some unknown time, a group of elite cavalry had circled to the front of Yuan Shao's defeated army and charged towards them.
The young general who led him was Cao Xiong, the fourth son of Cao Cao, in the eyes of other aborigines, but in the eyes of Li Shuyi, an awakened person, he could directly see his true face - yes, he had blond hair and an expression on his face.
There seems to always be a touch of disdain in the character, it is Richard Kewell!
We have already seen it in the world of Aaron's plane. Fortunately, Li Shuyi has chameleon blood at this time and will not be discovered by the other party.
Next to Richard Kewell, there is a young Confucian scholar riding a horse - this is also an illusion. His real image is a young priest wearing a gold and red priest's uniform, and he also has yellow hair.
Li Shuyi quickly thought that according to the information provided by Camille, this awakened person should be the intelligence team leader of the Shenting training camp...and the auxiliary team leader, Alberta Golightly.
Since the last failure in Kane's plane, August Barros, the former squad leader of the Divine Court training camp, and Andre Newcastle, the former intelligence team leader, have been squeezed out. Behind them are Richard and Alberta, who quickly took over. Now.
It seems that everything is going right.
The young priest raised his hand, and Li Shuyi immediately saw a huge skeleton illusion appearing above the heads of Yuan Shao's defeated army. The skeleton illusion opened its mouth and laughed, and the transparent ripples vibrated.
"You are affected by the illusion of dead bones and will undergo a will test. If you fail to pass the test, you will fall into a state of escape that lasts for 5 seconds."
"Judgment in progress...Judgment passed!"
"You have been actively attacked by the Awakened One, Alberta Golightly. Within the next 30 minutes, you can counterattack, and the combat rating obtained by killing the opponent will automatically increase by one level."
Of course, Li Shuyi would not fight back. Even if her will passed the judgment, she still pretended to be attacked, followed in the footsteps of other Yuan Shao's defeated troops, and ran away in panic.
The 800 defeated troops led by Yuan Shao were defeated and had no intention of fighting. After the attack of this illusion of dead bones, many of the defeated troops simply continued to run away and did not dare to turn back and continue to fight.
Li Shuyi was one of the shameful escapees. She suppressed her speed and ran to a mountain col without forgetting to look back.
Very good, Yuan Shang has been beaten off his horse. Yuan Shao wields his sword to support himself, but under the siege, he is still in danger.