Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 405

After half a day of chasing and killing, Cao Jun retreated nearly a hundred miles, and Liu Wei called for gold to withdraw.

In this battle, the allied forces of the princes lost more than [-] soldiers and horses, which can be described as a heavy loss. Even Cao Cao himself was shot in the left arm by a flying arrow, but fortunately the injury was not serious, only suffered some skin trauma.

However, the morale of the coalition forces has dropped to the extreme for a while, and it can be said that the soldiers have no fighting spirit. They just want to withdraw their troops and go home as soon as possible.

"Prime Minister, many soldiers are fleeing now, even our soldiers are fleeing. No matter what we do with the deserters, we can't stop them from fleeing. Do you think we should move our troops back to the court?"

Xiahou Dun, Lieutenant of Dianjun, walked in and said to Cao Cao.

"Teacher returning to court? Hehe, I'm afraid Liu Wei will follow Xu Du as soon as we leave!"

Cao Cao smiled wryly.

"Yes, it is true that we cannot withdraw our troops. If we withdraw our troops, Liu Wei will definitely come to chase us!"

Xun Yu also spoke.

After pondering for a while, Xi Zhicai said to Cao Cao, "It's not impossible for us to withdraw, but before we withdraw, Liu Wei must be severely injured, so that he has no energy to chase us!"

Seeing that Xi Zhi spoke up, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Fei Zhi has a good strategy to deal with Liu Wei?"

Seeing Cao Cao's expectant eyes, Xi Zhicai couldn't bear to attack Cao Cao, so he replied: "It's not a good plan, because if this plan is to be successful, you must lose a lot of soldiers and horses, otherwise Liu Wei and my junior brother's shrewdness will kill you." , they will not be fooled!"

"Fine, fine, no matter how many soldiers and horses we lose, as long as we can return to Xudu to recharge our batteries!"

Cao Cao nodded hastily and said.

"Okay, my lord, we only need to do this!"

Xi Zhicai whispered in Cao Cao's ear and told Cao Cao his plan.

After Cao Cao heard what Xi Zhicai said, hesitation flashed in his eyes, but his current situation forced him to agree to this strategy.

The next day, Liu Wei came to fight again. Naturally, Cao Cao went out of the city to meet the enemy, but the result was the same as yesterday. Cao Cao retreated dozens of miles and planed a camp.

That night, the coalition forces of the princes came to bid farewell to Cao Cao one by one, and the first one to come was of course Yuan Tan, a timid guy.

"Prime Minister Cao, I'm here to bid farewell to you today. We are about to withdraw to Qingzhou, but Liu Wei's army is strong. I think I can't resist it. Therefore, I will give Qingzhou to you on behalf of my father." , I am going to lead the army back to Jizhou tonight, and I hope the prime minister will forgive me!"

Yuan Tan said to Cao Cao.

"Oh, the matter has come to this point, even if you stay, there is nothing to redeem, so you can go back!"

Cao Cao didn't want to stay, and let Yuan Tan go.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Teng, Sun Ce, Wen Pin and others also came to bid farewell to Cao Cao one by one. In their view, if they didn't leave, they would die here.

"Well, let's all go! I, Cao, can support me alone here!"

Cao Cao nodded to them, but there was no abnormal expression on Cao Cao's face.

They thought well, but how could Liu Wei outside let them go so easily? When they retreated, they were more or less attacked by Liu Wei, especially Yuan Tan's Hebei Army, who fought against the Yue army. Xi pretended to be upright, and rushed to kill, Yuan Tan didn't dare to resist, afraid of attracting Liu Wei's large army, regardless of whether the soldiers lived or died, he led a part of the soldiers to break through the siege and rushed back to Jizhou.

As for Cao Cao, Liu Wei still continued to hunt him down.

Originally, Liu Wei didn't plan to provoke him Cao Cao first, and first destroyed Yuan Shao with all his strength before attacking Cao Cao. If Cao Cao surrendered, it is not impossible to give him a rich man, but he Liu Wei does not provoke Cao Cao, but he Cao Cao He attacked Liu Wei in the name of the Son of Heaven, and almost took Ji County down. If Ji County was lost, then Liu Wei would be defeated by Cao Cao. Wei became Cao Cao's prisoner.Now that he has the opportunity to kill Cao Cao, Liu Wei will naturally not let it go. He has been chasing and killing Cao Cao these days.Liu Wei was going to fight all the way to Xudu. First, he would kill Cao Cao to make an example and see who would dare to provoke Liu Wei in the future.

"My lord, don't chase after the poor. Now Cao Cao is like a bereaved dog. There is no need for us to chase him down!"

In the Liaozhou army commander's tent, Xu Shu began to persuade Liu Wei.

"Yuan Zhi, Cao Cao is just like what you said, he is a bereaved dog, not a poor man, I want to drive him out now!"

Liu Wei opened his mouth and replied.

"However, Cao Cao is not comparable to ordinary people. He didn't withdraw to Xudu in one go, but dealt with the lord here. Could it be that Cao Cao is planning some kind of conspiracy?"

Xu Shu asked.

"Conspiracy? Any conspiracy is empty in the face of our strength. How can I, Liu Ziyan, be afraid of him, Cao Mengde? Yuan Zhi will not talk too much. I dare not raise my head until Cao Cao is killed. I will not withdraw my troops!"

Liu Wei said stubbornly.

"Oh, okay, but my lord must be careful! Don't fall into Cao's tricks!"

Xu Shu spoke again.

"Ok!"

Liu Wei nodded, and then continued to formulate a plan to hunt down and kill Cao Cao.

"My lord, I think we should send an army to directly attack Beihai County, and then attack the Cao bandits back and forth. In this way, the Cao bandits are bound to be defeated. Moreover, there will be interceptions in the front and chasing troops in the back. !"

Guo Jia pointed to Beihai County and said.

"Okay, the task of cutting off the Cao thief's back will be handed over to the cavalry. Yue Xi, Zhao Yun, and Huang Xu are ordered. The three of you will lead half of the soldiers and horses to capture Beihai County. When we chase Cao thief to the city of Beihai County Afterwards, join me in attacking back and forth, and defeat the Cao thief together!"

"Here!"

The three of Yuexi bowed their hands to Liu Wei, and then went down to prepare to go.

"The rest of you, stand ready and continue to chase and kill Cao thief tomorrow. After killing Cao thief, we will welcome your majesty back to Liaozhou!"

"Here!"

On the other hand, Cao Jun is nervously blocking a big river.

It turned out that Xi Zhicai's strategy was to flood Liu Wei, but he was afraid that Liu Wei would not be fooled. Cao Cao has been losing troops and generals for the past few days, and now the remaining soldiers and horses in Cao Cao's hands have not come for more than half.

"Prime Minister, what Liu Wei is good at all his life is water attack and fire attack. Now we use water, can Liu Wei be fooled?"

Xu Huang commanded the soldiers to hold back the dam.

"Hehe, I have already lost so many soldiers and horses. Liu Wei has let go of his guard against me. We will run from morning to night tomorrow, and we will be here at night. What can Liu Wei find at night?"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao showed a vengeful smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)