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Cao Cao's face was gloomy, but he also understood the current situation and had to agree with Dian Wei's suggestion.

"Withdraw!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth.

He just hopes to leave here before the food and grass are burned out.

However, Guan Yu obviously would not give Cao Cao a chance to escape, and the cavalry kept chasing him.

Gradually, Cao Cao got closer and closer to the place where the food and grass were burning, and Cao Cao became more and more anxious.

He had already seen the food and grass not far ahead.

But with his speed, he couldn't get the food and grass before Guan Yu's cavalry arrived.

"Lord, it's no longer possible. If this continues, we may not be able to keep our food and grass. We must stop the attack first."

After hearing Dian Wei's words, Cao Cao understood that if this continued, he might not be able to save his elite troops.

"Okay! Just as you said, stop attacking." Cao Cao gritted his teeth.

"Get them all back!" Cao Cao yelled at the soldiers around him.

Soon, all Cao Cao's soldiers withdrew.

"Huchi."

Dian Wei and others breathed a sigh of relief. They had been keeping their spirits up just now, but now they had retreated temporarily. They could finally rest.

"How are you doing?"

Xiahou Dun also came back, but looking at him, he seemed to be injured.

He smiled bitterly and said: "Master, I'm fine. I just need to recuperate for a while."

Xiahou Dun was also very aggrieved. He was almost knocked unconscious by the smoke just now. He finally found a gap and got out, but he was also seriously injured.

"That's good." Cao Cao nodded, then looked at Liu Beijun and said coldly: "Liu Xuande, I will spare you today, but you'd better pray not to meet me again in the future."

"Otherwise, I will definitely take your head next time!"

After speaking, Cao Cao ignored Liu Bei's ugly face, turned around and left with the soldiers.

"Humph!"

When Liu Bei saw it, he snorted coldly and didn't bother much.

"Lord, our food and grass have been burned, what should we do next?" Xu Chu came to Liu Bei's side and asked.

The other generals also looked at Liu Bei.

Their current food and grass has basically been burned. If they can't find more food and grass, they will have to starve the entire army.

And for these generals, this is simply more painful than death.

"Let's go to the nearby villages to grab some." Xiahou Dun said directly.

This is the only way now.

Xu Chu frowned slightly when he heard this: "My lord, all the food in the nearby villages has been plundered. If we go to rob it now, wouldn't we become bandits?"

"I can't control that much anymore." Cao Cao cursed and said, "If you want to stay, then stay. If you don't want to, just go back to Wancheng."

After that, Cao Cao directly led the remaining troops and galloped towards Nanyang County.

"Ugh!"

The other generals sighed, but they wanted to stay and fight Liu Bei.

But under the current situation, staying would only drag Cao Cao down and he could only return to Wancheng.

"Let's go and discuss the plan with the lord when we go back." Xu Chu sighed and led his men back to Wancheng.

Soon, Cao Cao's army began to plunder Nanyang County. In just a few days, Nanyang County's grain reserves were reduced by half.

This incident quickly alarmed Zhuge Liang.

"Lord, Cao Cao's army is burning, killing and looting in Nanyang County. This is to destroy the stability around Wancheng." Zhuge Liang said angrily.

Liu Bei sat on his seat, squinted his eyes and said, "In that case, I will personally lead the troops to destroy him." "Absolutely not. After all, we are still weak now. If we lead the troops personally, I am afraid we will be attacked by the noble family. Stop it." Zhuge Liang said quickly.

He felt that now he should wait and see what happens.

"What about Yide leading the troops?" Liu Bei asked again.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "My lord, Zhang Fei is brave, but he lacks wisdom and leadership in fighting. Moreover, he has a deep hatred with Cao Cao. If he is sent to go on an expedition, it will be counterproductive."

Liu Bei thought for a while and felt that Zhuge Liang's analysis was good. He immediately said: "From this point of view, I can only lead the troops myself."

Liu Bei is not stupid either. Although Zhang Fei is said to be brave, if he were to send him on an expedition, he would be eager for quick success and cause civil strife.

"My lord is wise," Zhuge Liang praised.

He felt that Liu Bei personally leading the troops was a very good choice.

"Report, my lord, the spies have sent word that Cao Cao's army is preparing to retreat."

At this moment, an official reported outside.

"What? Cao Cao actually wants to retreat?" Zhuge Liang's face was full of shock.

"My lord, I think Cao Cao said this on purpose. He must know that we have deployed a lot of scouts in Nanyang County.

So I want to induce the lord to go out in person. Zhuge Liang said hurriedly.

"Hahaha, Prime Minister, you are overthinking. If Cao Cao really wanted to induce me to go to war, why would he use such a clumsy strategy?" Liu Bei laughed.

"I have sent people to inform all the beloved officials in Xuzhou before. They have already made arrangements. Cao Cao wants to use tricks to lure me to go to war. It is a wishful thinking."

"Lord Shengming." Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that Liu Bei had been on guard for a long time, so it was basically impossible for Cao Cao to induce Liu Bei to go on an expedition.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, I won't go on an expedition." Liu Bei smiled lightly.

Cao Cao wanted to use this little trick to induce him to go to war, but he looked down upon Liu Bei too much.

"In that case, let's rush to Nanyang County as soon as possible." Zhuge Liang said: "If we can occupy Nanyang County before Cao Cao.

For Cao Cao, it is even worse, not to mention that we still have hundreds of grain trucks. "

"Ah."

Liu Bei nodded and immediately ordered the soldiers to go on their way.

On the other side, Guan Yu returned with his army.

Liu Bei smiled and said: "By the way, do you think we can win this time when Cao Cao attacks Wancheng?"

"Very suspenseful!"

After Guan Yu was silent for a moment, he said: "Cao Cao has two brothers, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, under his command. Xiahou Yuan is good at commanding troops in battle.

Xiahou Dun was good at Qimen Dunjia and could use the terrain to create traps. It's hard to deal with these two fierce generals. "

"Besides, Cao Cao has hoarded a lot of food and grass around Wancheng, and I guess Cao Cao wants to take this opportunity to completely cut off Wancheng's food routes."

"Then what should we do?" Liu Bei said worriedly.

"It'll be served cold." Guan Yu rolled his eyes at Liu Bei speechlessly: "This kind of thing can be decided by my eldest brother. Why do you ask me?"

"Uh"

Liu Bei touched his nose awkwardly.

He also knew that his question was a bit stupid.

"Let's go back to the military camp!" Guan Yu said with a smile.

……

Outside Wancheng, Xiahou Dun looked at the situation on the city wall with a telescope and murmured.

"It seems that there is really no food and grass in Wancheng, but Liu Xuande is also smart. (End of Chapter)