I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 218

"Qingzhou? Could it be that the Bingzhou Army is still attacking Qingzhou? Where does the Bingzhou Army have so many troops?" Cao Cao guessed suspiciously.

Soon the messengers outside the gate were brought into the big tent, which brought another bad news to Cao Cao.

"My lord... General Cao Zhang made an urgent military report. Ten days ago, Liu Bei from Xuzhou commanded [-] troops. He set out from Dongguan County in Xuzhou to raid our Chengyang County in Qingzhou. Chengyang County was insufficiently defended and had already been lost. Liu Bei's army was attacking Beihai Kingdom. At present, General Cao Zhang has led an army of [-] to Pingshou County, Beihai State, to fight against Liu Bei's army." The orderly said out of breath.

"Liu Bei? It turned out to be him, this big-eared thief. I will kill him." Cao Cao roared angrily.

Cao Cao was extremely angry at Liu Bei stabbing him in the back. This time he attacked Li Shimin, Cao Cao had already mobilized. Most of the troops left in Qingzhou were concentrated in the front line of Qi State close to Jizhou, and there were only more than 2 troops. Most of them are county soldiers with little combat effectiveness.

This is why Liu Bei took down Yangcheng County in Qingzhou so quickly. The reason is that Cao Cao's rear is empty.

Guo Jia heard the news from the scouts, and hurriedly persuaded him: "My lord, Liu Bei's timing of his attack is so precise, I'm afraid it has something to do with Li Shimin. Now our army's backyard is on fire, but Luoyang can't take it down in a short time. I think We should withdraw our troops as soon as possible to stabilize Yanzhou and Qingzhou, so as not to lose our foundation."

Seeing Cao Cao's hesitation, Xun You on the side advised him, "Mr. Cao, you must not put all your eggs in one basket right now. The Bingzhou Army has also suffered heavy losses in this battle. It will definitely be difficult to do anything in a short time. Why don't our army go back and deal with Cao Cao in Xuzhou? Continue to train troops in the field, and fight Li Shimin to the death in the future, there is no need to take great risks and fight with the Bingzhou Army at this time. Maybe it will become someone else's wedding dress in the end."

After finishing speaking, intentionally or unintentionally, he glanced at Huangfusong, obviously speaking for him.

At this time, Huangfusong was also dumb and couldn't tell if he was suffering from eating coptis. The secret agent in Chang'an sent news that the several big families that participated in the capture of Chang'an, except for Huangfusong's family, were all uprooted by Li Shimin.

Why is your Huangfu family alone okay?Others are going to ransack their homes and exterminate their clans?
This inevitably made everyone suspicious, wondering whether Huangfusong had some secret deal with Li Shimin?The old man Huangfu was Li Shimin's superior before, and he has a deep affection for Li Shimin.

At this time, it was difficult for Huangfusong to speak again, or it was difficult to ask Cao Cao to stay and attack the city with confidence. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Cao Jun would be really dangerous if he continued to fight. The final result could only be Cao Jun and Cao Cao. Bingzhou Army lost both sides.

The fisherman can only benefit from others. Could this not be the "conspiracy" of the emperor Liu Xie?

All the civil and military personnel in the hall were staring at Cao Cao, and everyone knew that the decision to withdraw the troops was not easy to make. Luoyang was about to be captured and Li Shimin was captured alive.

"Haha..." Cao Cao looked at all his subordinates, and suddenly burst out laughing. Our army and Bingzhou army only fought in a tie today, and we will make a comeback in the future. I will definitely wipe out Guanzhong completely.

"The last general (subordinate) swears to follow the lord to the death." Everyone also looked at Cao Cao excitedly.Cao Cao can afford to let go, he is a real hero!
"The order goes on. The army will pack up tonight and withdraw to Chenliu at Yinshi tomorrow, leaving the camp empty and taking away all the food and supplies. Cao Ren leads the army behind the palace to prevent the Bingzhou army from chasing. In addition, I don't want to leave the Bingzhou army with a whole tiger. Prison lock." Cao Cao finally ordered.

"No! This subordinate takes orders." Everyone went down one after another to prepare for the withdrawal.

Seeing that everyone was gone, only Huangfusong and Cao Cao were left in the big tent, "Oh!" Cao Cao sighed and said apologetically, "Old General, I'm afraid I've disappointed you this time. For the important task of rescuing the emperor, Cao is ashamed of His Majesty's trust."

Huangfusong and Cao Cao were old friends. Before, they were superiors. Cao Cao tried his best to attack Li Shimin this time. He was much stronger than Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and others. However, God had no choice but to do so.

Cao Cao also knew Huangfusong very well, knowing that he would definitely not have any conspiracies with Li Shimin, all of which were Li Shimin's tricks, but in order to be able to withdraw the troops well, Cao Cao did not reveal it.

"Hey, you can't blame Meng De for this matter. I know you have tried your best. Up to now, your fate is not good. You can't blame others. Don't be discouraged, Meng De will come back in the future." Huangfusong comforted.

Cao Cao nodded and continued to ask: "General Huangfu, what are your plans for the next step?"

"I, I'm going back to the emperor. Even if I judge him, Li Shimin won't dare to do anything to me. Li Shimin is a scheming man. The emperor is not his opponent when he is young. I will help him." Huangfusong said indifferently. .

"The general has a high moral character and high morals. I don't think Li Shimin dares to make things difficult for you. Anyway, that's fine. I hope to see you next time, and we can work together to hunt down thieves." Cao Cao said firmly.

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Li Shimin in Luoyang City has also been paying attention to the movements of Guan Yu and Liu Bei. Through the letter passed by Feige, he already knows that Guan Yu has won Dongjun and is leading troops to attack Chenliu. Currently, Xu Huang's army in Pingqiu is facing each other.

The Baiqi Division in Qingzhou also sent news that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei led an army of [-] all the way north, and had captured Chengyang County in Qingzhou, and were heading towards Beihai.

Based on the above news, Li Shimin already had a premonition that Cao Cao was going to withdraw his troops.

In the lobby of the Central Army in Luoyang, Li Shimin told the people in the lobby the information he had received, and Lu Bu couldn't wait to stand up and said: "My lord, Cao thief is abominable, how many of our brothers died at his hands, how can he let him do it so cheaply?" Let's go. My lord, let me lead the troops to find his bad luck."

Cheng Lian and others also had the same mood as Lu Bu. The passive defense in the past few days had already suffocated their anger, and there was nowhere to vent their worries.

They were also excited, clamoring to show Cao Cao color.

"Noisy and noisy, how decent!" Li Shimin was also a little annoyed by these people's quarrels, and he scolded.

Only then did the crowd retreat disgruntled.

Li Shimin rubbed his swollen eyes, and suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Wenhe, what do you think?"

Jia Xu stood up and said unhurriedly: "My lord, the strength of our army defending Luoyang is less than 10,000, while the enemy still has an army of [-]+, not to mention whether Cao's army is really going to withdraw. From the looks of it, we must have already guarded against our sneak attack, and if the sneak attack fails and the enemy takes the opportunity to attack Luoyang, it will be a big disaster. For the present plan, we should send a small group of troops to monitor Cao Cao."

(End of this chapter)