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At dawn, the first rays of dawn slowly pierced through the dark sky. The sky in the east was getting brighter and brighter. When the sun finally appeared, the entire world was covered in bright light.

The streets west of Henei County City were a complete mess. The cold corpses, dried up blood, broken weapons, and broken limbs all showed how tragic the battle was last night. Under the supervision of the White Horse Camp's soldiers, the surrendered county soldier and the strong men in the city were clearing the streets. Their faces were all pale, and from time to time, someone would be shocked by the tragic situation in front of them.

Last night, Sima Yi was accidentally stabbed to death by Dian Wei's spear. Gongsun Xu personally brought Sima Yi's corpse to the Sima Manor and expressed his apology to Sima Fang in an extremely friendly manner.

Indeed, it was just as Gongsun Xu had said to him. Even though Sima Fang was extremely sorrowful, he had readily agreed to Gongsun Xu's request to help stabilize the situation in the Henei County. His only request was for his eldest son, Sima Lang, to replace the deceased Sima Yi, and serve Gongsun Xu as his subordinate.

Seeing Sima Fang take the initiative to express his goodwill, Gongsun Xu had no reason to reject, and immediately appointed Sima Lang as the long history, taking charge of the most important matter in the White Horse Camp's army. Other than that, Gongsun Xu reiterated that he would make Sima Fang the prefecture chief and stabilize the entire family of Sima's. Sima Fang personally went to pay a visit to the other Wealthy Classes in the city. He came to an agreement with their leader and helped Gongsun Xu stabilize the situation. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao Cao's forces in the city had almost completely disappeared, the resistance was minimal. With the help of Sima Fang and the others, Gongsun Xu effortlessly stabilized the situation in the city.

Behind Sima Fang and the rest stood a young officer with complete armor. He lowered his head slightly with an extremely respectful expression, and was precisely Gao Lan who had lost the military power when he brought his troops to the Henei County. Last night, Gongsun Xu sent people to find Gao Lan. After a round of discussion, Gao Lan agreed to serve under Gongsun Xu's command, and was immediately appointed by Gongsun Xu to ride the Academy Officer, and had a team of 2000 riders led by him. The first time Gongsun Xu met him, he gave Gao Lan such importance and trust. Why didn't Gao Lan, who was always depressed and frustrated under Yuan Shao's hands, break down in tears and swear an oath to the heavens that he would be loyal and loyal to Gongsun Xu forever?

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from above the stairs as Guo Jia walked over quickly while covering his nose. The smell of blood in the air was too strong, making him feel uncomfortable.

Gongsun Xu nodded to Guo Jia and asked: "Feng Xiao, have you finished counting the number of casualties?"

Guo Jia said solemnly, "Excluding the troops that General Zi Long and General Zhang He had brought with them, the number of people that died in battle is not less than one thousand two hundred. There were also more than two thousand severely injured people. The vanguard team led by Shan Meng is completely crippled! "

"Why are there so many?" Although Gongsun Xu was already prepared in his heart, he was still shocked when he heard this number.

Guo Jia looked at the street in front of him and said dejectedly, "Most of them died when Dian Wei and Xiahou Dun ambushed them. The streets here were too narrow, and the streets were packed with people.

Ever since the establishment of the White Horse Camp, this was the second time that they had suffered such heavy losses. The first time was when they had attacked the Qinghe County City a few days ago, and they had lost 4-5000 people. However, the Qinghe County City was at the disadvantage of the siege at the time, and there were not many casualties. Last night's casualties were actually about the same as when they had attacked the Qinghe County City, which showed just how tragic the battle was a few hours ago.

Gongsun Xu rubbed his forehead, and asked: How was it?

"The enemy army has at least tens of thousands of casualties, but most of them are in the county soldier, and only about 30% of the casualties are in the Cao Army."

"So that means …" Gongsun Xu frowned, and said unhappily: "Cao Cao actually took a large portion of the troops with him? I wonder if Zi Long and Jun Yi can stop him! "

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "It's hard to say! From the captives, we found out that Cao Cao Cao broke out of the siege last night from the west gate, and there was still a group of suspicious soldiers at the south side of the city. At that time, General Zhang He chased out from the west gate, and if Zi Long fell into the trap of luring a tiger out of the mountain, it would be very difficult for General Zhang He to keep Cao Cao! "

Gongsun Xu sighed: "This is all because of a moment of carelessness! If Cao Cao were to escape back to the Yanzhou, it would take a lot of effort! "

Sima Fang said in a deep voice, "General, there is no need to worry. Not to mention whether or not Cao Cao is able to escape General Zhang He's pursuit, even if he could successfully return to the Yanzhou, with the loss of a few Great Generals and nearly half a horse, it would be extremely difficult to control the situation in the Yanzhou! This old man has a plan, even if Cao Cao was lucky enough to return to the Yanzhou, he would not be able to take care of it! "

Guo Jia smiled slightly, it seemed like he had already understood Sima Fang's plan.

Gongsun Xu cupped his fists, and said solemnly: "Sima Xiansheng, please advise me!"

"Lv Bu!" Sima Fang spat out a name, then explained: "In order to fight over the Yanzhou, Lv Bu and Cao Cao have fought and killed against each other multiple times, and they have long since become like water and fire, while Lv Bu is a man who has forgotten wealth and righteousness, and is in a hurry to find a place to live, General only needs to send his trusted aides to bring out a large amount of gold, and with Yanzhou's position of being extremely loyal to him, Lv Bu will definitely agree to attack Cao Cao."

Gongsun Xu said as he furrowed his brows: "Lv Bu and Liu Bei are fighting passionately, but that Liu Bei fellow's judgement is still not bad. He fully understands the logic of having one's lips and teeth turn cold, he will definitely stop Lv Bu from attacking Yanzhou, right?"

Sima Fang laughed: General might not know, but on the surface, Lv Bu and Liu Bei seem to be fighting passionately, but the truth is that the two of them have different intentions and look very different from each other! Lv Bu originally had a chance to become the Xuzhou's overseer, but he was forced to defend the palace together with Tao Qian and Liu Bei. He was proud and arrogant, how could he endure such a thing? If not for Yuan Shu attacking Xuzhou multiple times, and if the Marquis Jin and General did not lead the army to the south, the two of them would have been forced to join hands and fight against the enemy.

Guo Jia agreed, "Sima Xiansheng is right, Lv Bu is a vile character who reflects on unpredictability and is a scheming person. As long as you carefully instigate him, he will become your enemy! My Lord, Cao Mengde's foresight is very profound, if he successfully returns to the Yanzhou, he will definitely think of a way to save Yuan Shao again, and from my point of view, he is most likely to be. The Ninth Meeting would choose to ally with Liu Bei and join forces to head to Qinghe County! Master needs to send people to see Lv Bu as soon as possible, to tempt him to attack the Yanzhou before Cao Cao could find Liu Bei, if not, if Cao Cao could find Liu Bei first, it would be hard to say if Lv Bu would persuade him, but once the three allied families head to the Qinghe County to save Yuan Shao, the pressure on us would increase greatly, it would be difficult for us to eliminate him! "

Gongsun Xu said solemnly: "Listening to Feng Xiao's words, Cao Cao is actually able to escape?"

Guo Jia's face was filled with regret: If General Zi Long and General Zhang He had chased after Cao Cao Cao together, the main force that annihilated Cao Cao would have returned without a trace of news. It must have been because they separated their forces to chase after Cao Cao, allowing him to escape! If it was the lord!

Gongsun Xu looked a little embarrassed upon hearing this. If last night, he had been a little harder, and ignored the two squads led by Shan Meng and Zhang He, and instead led a group of soldiers and horses to wait for them, Cao Cao Cao would have had a hard time killing his way out of the encirclement! However, if he had to make another choice, Gongsun Xu would still make the same decision as last night. He had to be wary of the emotions of the Single Classic, or else, once he lost the support of the Single Classic, it would be extremely difficult for him to completely control the Youzhou Army in the future.

Guo Jia knew that Gongsun Xu was in a difficult position, so he stopped midway, obviously not wanting to make Gongsun Xu feel too awkward.

To ease the awkwardness in his heart, Gongsun Xu quickly changed the topic: "Who do you want to see Lv Bu? Is there anyone recommended by Sima Xiansheng? "

"This …" Sima Fang hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "This old man has yet to think of a suitable candidate.

"Alright, one day later, I hope that Sima Xiansheng can recommend a suitable candidate."

"Reporting to the general, General Zhao is back!" Before Gongsun Xu even finished his sentence, a few fast horses galloped in from outside the city gate and reported loudly from afar.

"Zi Long is back?" Gongsun Xu was surprised and happy at the same time, he quickly turned his head to look outside the city and saw that Zhao Yun and his group were already a few kilometers away. There seemed to be a lot of captives in the line, but he didn't know if there were any important people inside.

Gongsun Xu turned around, and smiled at Sima Fang and the others: "Everyone, follow me to welcome them!"

Everyone cupped their hands and said: "How dare you disobey! General, please! "

They went down the stairs and waited outside the city gate.

In less than an incense's time, Zhao Yun had arrived with a large group of people. Seeing Gongsun Xu and a group of people welcoming him at the city gate, he hurriedly dismounted from his horse and walked over.

"Greetings, sir!"

"Zi Long need not be so courteous!" Gongsun Xu supported Zhao Yun and asked with a smile: How was the harvest?

Zhao Yun's face was full of shame as he said, "This general was actually tricked by Cao Cao, and was unable to intercept Cao Cao Cao! The last general was chasing after the Cao Cao Cao who was disguised as Cao Chun and Cao Chun. This lowly general is incapable, please punish him severely! "

Gongsun Xu said solemnly, "Don't bring up the matter of asking for forgiveness, you can't be blamed for this! General Zhang He led his troops to chase after Cao Cao. Zi Long, how are the casualties in our army? "

Zhao Yun said solemnly: "Less than three hundred people were killed and more than three thousand enemy troops captured!"

Sima Fang and the rest were shocked, there were almost 10 times the number of casualties, Zhao Yun was truly worthy of his great reputation!

"Zi Long will go to the army camp to rest first. We'll discuss this together when General Zhang He returns!"

"Here!" This lowly general will take his leave! "