Chapter 820

Looking at the cold eyes of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the herald scolded Jia Xu's ancestor for eight times in his heart, but he still clasped his fist and said, "two generals! It's not that Lord Jia intended to stop the two generals from attacking the city, but something unexpected happened! Now there are a large number of enemy troops in the southeast of the city. Our barracks over there have been broken down by the other side! Therefore, Lord Jia ordered the troops to withdraw immediately, otherwise the two generals and the army would be attacked by both sides of the enemy! "

"Enemy?" Guan Yu frowned and looked at Cao's army, who had already occupied the absolute advantage of the city. Guan Yu could not willingly give up the victory he was about to win. He said to the herald, "you go and tell Lord Jia that our brothers will take this Qiucheng right away. When the time comes, we will guard the city, and we will not be afraid of enemy attack."

The herald hurried forward and took the reins of Guan Yu's mount and said, "general Guan! No! There are too many enemy troops. There are hundreds of thousands of them. Even if the general captured Renqiu City, he could not resist the attack of the other side. "

"But Guan Yu stopped talking. He knew that the herald would never lie about the military situation. What he said must be Jia Xu's judgment. Most of that was right. He glared at the head of the city with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "withdraw!"

Zhang Fei immediately glared at Guan Yu and exclaimed, "second brother!"

Guan Yu waved his hand and stopped Zhang Fei's words. He said, "don't say more! There's nothing wrong with listening to Mr! Gong! Sun! Zan! I'll spare you one life this time! " After that, Guan Yu pulled the reins and started to withdraw with the army. Seeing Guan Yu go like this, Zhang Fei knew that there was no other way. He immediately put the snake spear in his hand directly on the ground, pulled his mount and chased Guan Yu away. The herald was relieved. Seeing the snake spear which was deeply embedded in the ground, the herald couldn't help laughing bitterly. Of course, he didn't leave Mr. Zhang's precious weapon here. He ordered several soldiers to pull out the snake spear and carry it to him.

With the orders of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Cao's army began to retreat backward like a ebb tide. Gongsun Zan and other three generals who were still fighting at the head of the city suddenly found that the enemy troops had suddenly disappeared. Catching up and looking out of the city, Cao's army, which had been crowded under the city, retreated madly, as if there were some monsters chasing after them.

Gongsun Zan and other three were stunned. They did not understand what was going on. Although they had just made up their minds to fight with Cao Jun, they knew that the city would be lost if they only wanted half a column of incense. But why did Cao Jun suddenly give up the victory he was about to win?

Just when Gongsun Zan and his two subordinates were in a daze, a garrison ran blundering over and yelled at Gongsun Zan: "my Lord! My Lord! Reinforcements in the south of the city! Reinforcements

"Reinforcements?" Gongsun Zan turned to look at the soldier. At the next moment, a pair of eyes lit up and immediately called out: "yes! It's Tian Kai! It's Tian Kai's reinforcements coming! "

Yan Gang also said with joy: "it must be like this! Congratulations

"Come on! Come on! Let's go to the south of the city to meet Tian Kai's reinforcements! " Gongsun Zan was in a good mood. With a wave of his hand, he took the lead in running to the south of the city.

At this time, in the south of Renqiu City, the original Cao army barracks had been occupied by zumao with his army, and now they are attacking the other three Cao troops. On the Highlands, Pang Tong and Gan Ning still stayed there looking at the whole battlefield, only to see the Cao troops in the north of the city returning to the barracks and withdrawing without stopping. Pang Tong looked at Cao Jun, who had been cleared up in a flash, with admiration in his eyes.

Gan Ning was worried and said to Pang Tong, "Shiyuan, you'd better let me go! You can take a look. Cao's army is gone! "

Pang Tong waved his hand with a smile and said, "it's no use even if you go now. The commander of the Cao army is more decisive than I thought. It must be that although they withdraw to the north, they will take a detour and directly withdraw to Jizhou! Our purpose of coming this time is to stop Cao Cao from attacking Youzhou. Now that we have achieved our goal, we need not spend any more. We'd better order to withdraw our troops! "

Gan Ning suddenly seemed to be out of breath, and his whole body was exhausted. Of course, there was no need for Gan Ning to do the work of giving orders. The sergeant behind him would do it. Pang Tong looked at Gan Ning's appearance and said with a smile: "general Gan, don't worry. If Cao Cao wants to expand, he must seize Youzhou. We have a whole two years' time. Sooner or later you will have a chance."

With that, Pang Tong turned his head and looked at the retreating Cao Jun and murmured, "yes, sooner or later there will be a chance."

Gongsun Zan and others were stunned at the south of the city. It was obvious that the huge army outside the city was not the reinforcements brought by Tian Kai. The general Gong sun Zan who led the troops did not recognize it. There was also the flying flag. They had never heard of an army called "Yangwei" in Youzhou. While Gongsun Zan and others were suspicious, the huge army suddenly and rapidly retreated, which was faster than seeing Cao's army just now. This made Gongsun Zan and others even more confused. They did not understand what had happened.

As expected, Yanzhou did not stop at all. Half a month later, Jia Xu returned to Dongjun with his army. Once in the city, Jia Xu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rushed to Cao Cao's house and reported to him.As soon as Cao Cao heard that Jia Xu and others arrived, he ordered Jia Xu and others to come to the study to discuss. In his study, Jia Xu knelt down when he saw Cao Cao, and said to him, "I have the great trust of the Lord who lost him. He deserves to die! My Lord, please make me guilty Then Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who entered the room, also knelt down.

Cao Cao quickly helped Jia Xu up, then falsely held up Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said to Jia Yu, "I have read the battle report of the war. If you have such a result, you have made no mistakes. The defeat of the war is just heaven forbidding you to succeed. You don't have to blame yourself. The two generals have worked hard. "

Jia Xu said without expression: "my Lord! This sudden army is by no means unusual. You can never have such a large army! Otherwise, Gongsun Zan would not be beaten so badly by us. "

Cao Cao asked the three men to sit down in the study and asked, "Sir, do you know the origin of this army?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "according to the size of this army, only Sun Jian of the eastern Wu Kingdom has the ability. But Sun Jian can't go through the Lord's territory quietly and send troops to Youzhou, so his subordinates have no clue these days."

Cao Cao frowned and thought for a while, then he said, "Sir, you are right. But we have already declared to the world that Gongsun Zan is an anti thief in the name of the son of heaven. Should Dongwu dare not help Gongsun Zan in the name of the emperor?"

Jia Xu shook his head again and said, "no! I still think it should be the army sent by Soochow, but I can't figure out how Soochow sent troops! However, the Lord can send spies to explore Dongwu. Although Soochow is powerful, there are only a few legions in total, and there are not so many other troops. As long as we find out the whereabouts of these large legions are unknown, whether the army in Youzhou is sent by Soochow or not, we can put it on the head of Soochow. In this way, we can defeat Sun Jian's reputation in the world. "

Cao Cao's eyes brightened as soon as he heard it. This is a good way. Now Sun Jian has been granted the title of marquis Wu, and he is several times higher than Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao has already controlled the emperor of Han Dynasty, his reputation is not as good as Sun Jian at the height of the sun. If he can defeat Sun Jian's reputation, he can take the opportunity to ask for a reward from the emperor of Han, or he can be a marquis. At least, he should sit on the same level with Sun Jian.

At once, according to Jia Xu, he sent spies to the eastern Wu Kingdom. After some arrangement, Cao Cao saw that Jia Xu and others still had a few gloomy faces. Cao Cao was busy comforting him and said, "sir! Yunchang! Yide! This time, the troops they brought could retreat, and they also dealt a powerful blow to Gongsun Zan's strength. If you want to capture Youzhou, you will soon be able to make great achievements! "

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei clenched their teeth and looked indignant. Guan Yu said, "Lord! We can't revenge for our brother. We are not willing to do so! " Zhang Fei also nods hard, indicating that his mood is the same.

Cao Cao patted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the shoulder and said, "you don't have to worry! Now that Yuan Shao is dead, aren't the two of them already avenging Tai? As for Gongsun Zan, the two generals have greatly damaged his strength this time. The two generals only need to wait for a few more days. I will let the two generals lead the army to capture Gongsun Zan alive and take revenge for Xuande communique! " When he said this, Cao Cao was still dissatisfied. It seems that in the eyes of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, his position was still inferior to Liu Bei. Fortunately, Liu Bei was dead. Otherwise, Cao Cao was really worried that they would abandon themselves in the future.

When Cao Cao mentioned Yuan Shao, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were even more depressed. Originally, they wanted to kill Yuan Shao and avenge Liu Bei, but they didn't expect that after waiting so long, Yuan Shao was killed by someone else. Jia Xu suddenly said, "my Lord! I'm afraid it won't be so easy for us to attack Youzhou next time! "

As for Jia Xu's opinion, Cao Cao attached great importance to it and asked, "why do you say that, sir?"

Jia Xu sighed and said, "originally, when his subordinates attacked Gongsun Zan this time, they used a" surprise "in order to eliminate Gongsun Zan in one breath. If Gongsun Zan was killed in this war, Youzhou would be in chaos. It would be much easier for the Lord to enter Youzhou. However, Gongsun Zan escaped this disaster. With Gongsun Zan's reputation in Youzhou, he was afraid that he could reorganize an army soon. In addition, the mysterious army is obviously to prevent the Lord from getting Youzhou. Therefore, it seems that the Lord will have to wait for some time to attack Youzhou! "