Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 653

"That's what I'm worried about!"

Cao Cao sighed, and then said: "When I went north, I didn't consider the Hebei Army's navy. Now it's too late for me to retreat!"

"If we retreat overnight, we should have time, but we should lose a lot of troops!"

Xi Zhicai pondered.

"Instead of retreating, it is better to lure Liu An to fight. We have killed Liu An and captured Yecheng, and the food and grass will be available! Huang Zhong will also retreat. At that time, we can continue to go north or south to Yanzhou. !"

Cao Cao went on to say: "It's just that this Liu An refuses to send troops to fight with our army now, it's really abominable!"

"My lord, there is a way to lure Liu An to fight now!"

Xi Zhicai hastily answered.

"What is the solution, Zhicai will come quickly!"

"My lord, Huang Zhongding sent troops to cut off our food road under Liu An's order. That is to say, Liu An has now got the news that our food road has been cut off. Why don't we use our plan and pretend to retreat to lure Liu An to lead the way?" The army came to chase us, and we set up an ambush to trap and kill Liu An!"

"Just as you say!"

Cao Cao immediately ordered that the three armies pack their bags and prepare to retreat.The Hebei army ambushing in Cao Jun's camp immediately passed the news that Cao Jun was about to retreat to Liu An.

"His Royal Highness, Cao Cao has ordered the three armies to pack their bags. It seems that they are going to withdraw their troops and return to Yanzhou!"

After listening to Tan Ma, Liu An was very excited: "Okay, it seems that Cao Cao has no food and grass, but Hebei is not where he comes and leaves whenever he wants. Since he is here, I have to let him If you don't die, you will peel off your skin before leaving!"

"Come on, send an order. The three armies are preparing for battle. The soldiers and horses of each battalion must sleep with their armors. Send more scouts to monitor Cao's movements. Once Cao's troops start, I will lead people to chase them!"

"No!"

As soon as Liu An gave the order, Guo Jia stood up and said, "Your Majesty must not do it. This must be my senior brother's plan. If your son is like this, he will fall into my senior brother's plan!"

Seeing that Liu An and everyone were puzzled, Guo Jia explained: "General Huang has now led the navy to control the Yellow River. If Cao Cao retreats and crosses the river, he will be intercepted. Cao Cao will not be unaware of this, but he But he insisted on retreating. There must be a deceit in it. I think it must be that Cao Cao wanted to lure our army to chase after him. He then led his army to turn around and attack us. If he defeated us, he would go out to Yecheng from now on, and Cao Cao could drive straight in. Already!"

"Nearly fell into Cao Bandit's trick! Cao Bandit is really cunning!"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Liu An came to his senses and yelled at Cao Cao.

After scolding Cao Cao, Liu An said again: "Thanks to Master Guo being here, otherwise, I would have fallen into Cao's tricks! My admiration for Master Guo is like the continuous flow of the surging river, and it is like the flood of the Yellow River. Clean it up!"

"Fuck! I seem to have heard this sentence before!"

Guo Jia looked at Liu An in shock. That's right, he had definitely heard this flattery before, and it was from his unreliable old man Liu Wei.As expected of the two fathers, the way of flattering is the same.

"Ahem! Your Royal Highness, we can actually chase after Cao Cao. Just make a show, and we will come after a while, so that the Cao thief will not understand our intentions, and they will waste time with us here!"

Guo Jia changed the topic.

"Well, going out of the camp is risky, and it's more comfortable to stay in the big camp. He Cao Cao can do whatever he likes. Anyway, if he wants to cross the river, he has to pass Huang Hansheng's test. We just wait here for the good news! "

After finishing speaking, Liu An stretched his waist, let out a sigh of relief, and said, "Oh, I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to sleep first, my lords, please take care of yourself!"

With that said, Liu An stepped away from the handsome tent and walked towards his own small tent.

To say that this Liu An is also a strange thing, he was very cowardly when he was young, but now he can lead troops to fight against an overlord like Cao Cao. A few days ago, he stayed up all night to visit the injured soldiers, and today he is going there in broad daylight sleep.Compared with his old man Liu Wei, it is really worse than worse.

Besides, Cao Cao on the other side, after packing his bags with an army of 20, he walked slowly south in a mighty manner. Along the way, Cao Cao kept dispatching soldiers and horses to lie in ambush, waiting for the Hebei army to catch up, but kept going There were more than 30 miles to the south, and the moon was already hanging high in the sky, but I didn't hear the slightest message from the rear that the Hebei army was coming to chase.

"What's going on here? Could it be that little Liu An saw my intentions, so he didn't come to chase me?"

Cao Cao was puzzled, thinking that he hadn't revealed any flaws from the beginning to the end, how did Liu An see it.

"Zhicai! You said that Liu An didn't come to chase after him, could it be that he saw my plan?"

"Hehe, Liu An is only a child, how could he see through this trick? The one who saw through the master's trick must be my junior brother, the genius Guo Fengxiao!"

Although Xi Zhicai said it with a smile, it can be seen that his smile is also a helpless smile.

Xi Zhicai shook his head with a wry smile, and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, we have two options now: either retreat to Xuchang, or go back and continue to find ways to lure Liu An to a decisive battle with our army, but the remaining rations of our army have been exhausted." Not much more, if Liu An stays behind closed doors, we will definitely lose!"

"Zhicai, it's all here. I haven't returned to Xuchang yet. What are you waiting for? The odds of going back are slim. Why don't you go back to Xuchang and wait for the opportunity!"

Immediately, Cao Cao led the army to continue southward, and ordered the prefect of Guandu County on the other side of the Yellow River to prepare a ferry to pick him up.

"Let's get on the boat! My lord, let's cross the river before the Hebei navy arrives!"

After a day and two nights of rapid march, Cao Cao led his army to the north bank of the Yellow River, where a ferry had already arrived to meet him.

"Ah! If I miss this opportunity, I'm afraid I will have no hope of winning Hebei in this life! And I have a hunch that Liu Wei will go south for revenge soon!"

Cao Cao faced north and sighed.

But at this moment, hundreds of warships suddenly appeared downstream. On the first big ship, a general with white beard and hair, holding the Nine Phoenix Chaoyang Sword in his hand, shouted: "Cao thief, invade my territory, that's all you want to do!" have they gone!"

The generals beside Cao Cao hurriedly pushed Cao Cao onto the ferry: "Go, my lord! If you don't leave, it will be too late!"

After Cao Cao boarded the ferry, Huang Zhong pursued him closely. If Xu Chu hadn't pushed all the other people on the ferry down the river, Cao Cao might have been captured alive by the Hebei army.

However, although Cao Cao escaped with his life, the 20 soldiers and horses were not so lucky. Less than 10 people crossed the Yellow River. Either fell into the Yellow River, or was captured by the Hebei army.

(End of this chapter)