Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

If nothing happens, we will continue the pursuit. If something happens, we will consider retreating. "

"Yes!" Xia Houyuan responded with clasped fists.

"Let's go!" Lu Bu shouted and led the army back to Xiling City.

The other three armies were gradually defeated under the offensive of Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and Dianman.

"Kill!" The three Zhao Yun brothers roared excitedly, leading their army to slaughter the enemy crazily.

Cao's army was retreating steadily and was unable to withstand the offensives of the three armies.

In the end, they were all annihilated after paying a heavy price.

Zhao Yun and the others won a great victory. After Cao Cao learned about it, he sighed. He knew that he was defeated, completely defeated, and lost the ability to resist.

Day two.

Cao Cao did not stop. He knew that as long as he persisted, he would be safe sooner or later.

However, what he didn't know was that Lu Bu was secretly following him. No matter where he went, Lu Bu would quietly follow him.

Two days later, Cao Cao led the army to a mountain range, which was the meeting place agreed between him and Yuan Shao.

"Lord, we are here." Xia Houyuan said respectfully to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded slightly and led the army to continue walking towards the mountains.

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Cao and the others came to a huge stone.

"Lord, there seems to be an ambush ahead. Let's take a detour." Xia Houyuan reminded.

Cao Cao nodded and took a detour with his army.

However, after they took a detour, they came to another place where there was still an ambush.

This was repeated several times, and each time he was beaten by ambushes and lost his troops.

Cao Cao finally realized something was wrong: "Something's wrong, we seem to be being made dumplings."

"Damn it!" Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Who are these bastards?"

"We must have offended some powerful family or clan, otherwise there would be no way anyone would specifically target us." Cao Cao said with cold eyes.

"Then what should we do?" Xia Houyuan said hurriedly.

"We have no way to go now. Our only hope is that Yuan Shao sends people to rescue us." Cao Cao said: "Send the order, speed up, and try to rush over before Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrive."

Xia Houyuan had no choice but to act according to Cao Cao's orders. The whole army rushed on the road quickly, trying to close the distance with Yuan Shao's reinforcements as much as possible.

"Lord, what's wrong, Liu Bei's army was found ahead, with more than 80,000 people."

At this moment, the spy suddenly rushed back from the front.

"What? Liu Bei actually led his troops here in person."

Cao Cao looked shocked and hurriedly ordered: "Order the army to speed up and try to distance yourself from Liu Bei's army."

"Yes!" Xia Houyuan nodded.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the deafening sound of war drums sounded in the distance.

"Bang bang bang!"

The continuous sound of war drums made Xia Houyuan's face even more ugly.

The same is true for Cao Cao.

"It's Lu Bu's cavalry!" Cao Cao said solemnly.

"What?" Xia Houyuan's eyes widened: "How could Lu Bu have so many cavalry? This is impossible!"

"Not only Lu Bu's cavalry, but also Zhang Xiu's white horse followers, as well as tiger and leopard cavalry!"

Cao Cao said gloomily: "In addition to the white horse Yi Cong and the tiger and leopard cavalry, Lu Bu also has a thousand elite troops trapped in the camp."

"This this."

Xia Houyuan's face turned pale. This time, Lu Bu was really determined to kill himself and Cao Cao.

Xiahou Dun also looked solemn: "This time we have encountered a tough situation. Your idea is right, withdraw!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "It's too late now. We have been targeted by Lu Bu. If we retreat now, Lu Bu will not hesitate to send troops to pursue us."

"It seems that now I can only place my hopes on Cao Ang."

Cao Ang returned to the military camp, and he wanted to discuss with Xu Chu how to deal with Liu Bei.

"This is the information I just got. It says that Zhang Yan led troops to attack Yuan Benchu!" Cao Ang handed the letter in his hand to Xu Chu.

After reading it, Xu Chu frowned: "What do you think?"

He knew that such news would never appear in the military for no reason. There must be more accurate news.

"It should be true!" Cao Ang thought for a moment and then said: "If it is false, then Zhang Yan is too stupid to risk being discovered by Liu Bei!"

"What do you think we should do?" Xu Chu asked.

"What else can we do? Of course we must go out as soon as possible, otherwise if we miss the opportunity, it will be even more difficult for us to recapture Jizhou!" Cao Ang said excitedly.

"Okay then!" Xu Chu nodded: "In that case, we will immediately set off to the border of Jizhou to meet up with General Zhang!"

"Well, I'll arrange for someone to go with you right away." Cao Ang nodded in agreement.

"it is good!"

Early the next morning, Cao Ang, Xu Chu and others were ready to go, leaving only a few thousand soldiers to guard the rear.

About half a day later, a team of several thousand riders left from the north gate and rushed toward the Jizhou border.

At the same time, Liu Bei, who was far away in Youzhou, was convening all his civil and military officials to discuss matters. The purpose was naturally to attack Liu Yu.

"Xuan Degong, Jizhou has been lost now. If we capture Qingzhou now, we will occupy a favorable terrain!" Kong Ming said with a smile.

"Haha!" Liu Bei snorted coldly: "What Mr. said is absolutely true, but Qingzhou is the key. If we attack Qingzhou rashly.

I'm afraid Liu Yu will take advantage of it. Therefore, this battle must be cautious, not only not to hurt the people of Qingzhou, but also to fight steadily! "

"Xuan De Gong, I think I can send an envoy to persuade Liu Yu to surrender. If Liu Yu refuses to surrender, I can directly kill Liu Yu to prevent him from becoming a big problem in the future!" Kong Ming continued to propose.

Liu Bei shook his head: "No, Liu Yu is protected by two fierce generals. If we attack by force, we will probably suffer heavy casualties.

Moreover, although Liu Yu has not proclaimed himself emperor, he is an authentic member of the Han family. If we kill him rashly, we may cause public resentment and we will be in trouble! "

After Kong Ming heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Xuande, I have a suggestion that may be very helpful to us."

"What advice?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"We can secretly contact Zhang Xiu in Bingzhou. If we can win over Zhang Xiu to send troops, we will be able to easily capture Qingzhou," Kong Ming said.

After hearing this, Liu Bei was overjoyed. He had long coveted Zhang Xiu's strength, but he had never found a good reason. Kong Ming's move was a timely help.

Therefore, Liu Bei hurriedly ordered Kong Ming to draft a letter and send it to Qingzhou tomorrow.

Three days later, Liu Bei received a reply.

"Haha, Zhang Xiu couldn't resist the temptation of interests after all, so he agreed so quickly!" Liu Bei happily touched the handwriting on the letter.

"Xuan De Gong, how long do you think it will take us to conquer Qingzhou?" Kong Ming asked. (End of chapter)