Guo Huai could bring supplies and order 5,000 troops to set off. There were five mortars in the supplies this time, so there was no way. If Bingzhou was gone, it would be a heavy loss. Liu He trusted them so much, but it would be really miserable if the entire Bingzhou was lost. Secondly, Bingzhou is Liu He's headquarters, which is absolutely unwilling tolerate. However, Xun You knew in his mind that Bingzhou did not need much support. There were teams of alien races there. Generally speaking, Liu He was unwilling to move foreign races. But at such a crisis, Sima Lang, Chang Lin, Tian Chou, and Xian Yufu would definitely lead troops there.

Now that Liu He is not here, Li Ru is not here, and they all expect him to control the situation. He arranged for Guo Huai to support him. On the way back, Zhen Mi sent someone to find Xun You to the mansion: "When the lord left, we have also talked in private. If Cao Cao and Yuan Shao take action together, the lord can mobilize the troops from Luoyang and let the Xiongnu and the others go to support him. If it really can't... it's okay to temporarily abandon Bingzhou." This is definitely what Liu He said, even if he gives up Bingzhou, it's nothing.

There is no complete comparison of gunpowder, and steel cannot be made in a short while. What these two people get is just some goods and money, but Liu He will take time to clean up them after he comes back. It would be much easier to conquer Bingzhou at that time. If Yuan Shao really beat him to death, Liu He will destroy him, at most he will not develop himself. But now Liu He may have Xichuan, and it will feel different.

Xun You looked at Zhen Mi and said, "Miss Mother, just be at ease. This little force will not be lost to Bingzhou. Even if they all come, Bingzhou will never be in trouble. Perhaps it is because of the years that the lord has never thought of counting the soldiers of the aliens. But they still retained a lot of cavalry, which was originally intended to use troops against the external Xianbei..." Liu He wanted to launch troops against the aliens, especially those who were north of the Great Wall.

Zhen Mi nodded and said, "The news has been coming these days, and my family is very nervous. It is difficult for me to ask about these things. If there is no way, just follow what the lord said at the beginning."

Xun You said goodbye here. In fact, Luoyang is still good and has not been threatened. As for Bingzhou, the news has not been heard in the past few days. Of course, they are not unprepared. If they really don’t work, they will temporarily requisition the workers in the workshop, as well as blacksmiths, township heroes and the like...

Guo Huai set off and Cao Cao also arrived in Shexian County. Yuan Shao has been very comfortable these days. If the other party lacks cavalry, there is no way to deal with him, so both sides can only stare at each other. After Yuan Shao looked at each other for a few days, he confirmed something, probably because the other party still seems to be not anxious.

"I don't know how Meng De is doing..." Seeing the other party looking at him on the city tower, Yuan Shao was in a good mood, so he could only watch and not beat him. When Cao Cao took Changzhi, he was stunned to see them here? Without the cavalry, he would eat these people and get those cannons that people seemed to like very much.

Xu You smiled and said, "Cao Mengde is a treacherous hero. He will definitely not give up until he achieves his goal this time. So the lord doesn't need to worry. If Changzhi is empty, it will definitely be obtained by Cao Cao. The lord still has to ambush the people here and get the things here." Xu You was also jealous. If Yuan Shao got it first than Cao Cao, wouldn't there be Cao Cao's affairs in the future...

Everyone here was chatting and suddenly a soldier came to report: "Lord Cao Cao's army is back in front... less than three miles away..."

Uh? Yuan Shao was a little stunned. This seemed to be a little wrong. To be honest, even if Cao Cao was very fast, it wouldn't be so fast, right? Yuan Shao was shocked: "What's going on? Is Cao Cao back from a crushing defeat?" Now that he has returned in this period of time, it only means that Cao Cao was ambushed.

Before the soldiers could speak, Yuan Shao led his men to the front. Chang Lin on the city tower looked at Yuan Shao's abnormal behavior. Could it be that reinforcements have returned? Du Chang was indeed reliable. Chang Lin felt at ease when he thought of this. Speaking of which, he was worried these days, but he had not had a good sleep. He was patrolling constantly every day, fearing that something unexpected would happen.

Chang Lin didn't know what Yuan Shao was doing, so he could only say he was ready. On the other side, Yuan Shao rushed forward and met Cao Cao. At first glance, the morale of Cao's army was very low. There was no need to look at anything. It was natural that Cao's army was defeated. Even if there was no loss, there should be no gains...

"Meng De, Meng De...what is wrong?" Yuan Shao stepped forward and looked at Cao Cao in a dirt face, his eyes looked very tired.

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao and sighed: "Brother Benchu, Bingzhou is not easy to fight, there are ambushing inside. I thought it would be easy to take Changzhi, but I never thought there were three alien cavalry teams waiting. I was about to take Lu County, but who knew... I failed." In the end, Cao Cao felt sad for a while, which made Yuan Shao feel really difficult.

Yuan Shao could only smile reluctantly and said, "This is also impossible. If Meng Deru had no choice, Shexian would not be able to take it down. It would be such a pity that he returned to the expedition in vain and consumed money and food..." In the end, Yuan Shao was also confused. Is this Bingzhou so difficult to attack?

Cao Cao also said helplessly: "Brother Benchu's firearms need to study them well when he goes back. Find more talents to see if he can find the problems. If there is no firearm, it is impossible for you and me to defend the artillery if you don't have firearms until Liu He returns from Xichuan."

Yuan Shao remained silent: "Meng De, you and I can't even get this Shexian? After we have captured this Shexian, the firearms here can be divided equally. At that time, we don't have to be afraid of Liu He..."

Cao Cao looked at the ten cannons in the distance and sighed and said, "It's impossible. Let's not talk about the problems of siege equipment and food. It's just that the cannon and the tens of thousands of cavalry behind him are supporting us, which leaves us helpless. Unless you lead all the troops... otherwise, it's impossible to win without a single chance."

Yuan Shao stopped talking at once. He fought all his troops? This was definitely something he didn't want to. Cao Cao had already withdrawn. They could not go to the front line to attack the city. Others might have prepared it. Maybe the people from Hulao Pass would come to support him, and Cao Cao could not go back and stop anything.

"In this way, Meng De should go back quickly. Maybe the people from Hulao Pass have already gone to Xuchang... According to Liu He's records, I'm afraid the city will be broken in one or two days." Yuan Shao was also unhappy, Cao Cao was not that powerful. He thought he was a great enemy and didn't look very good now. The rumor outside seemed terrible, but it was the case when he really came into contact?

Cao Cao's face changed. If Xuchang was beaten, he would not know. Liu He would not come back so soon in Xichuan, but this kind of thing was indeterminate: "Hmph, brother Benchu, then you have to be careful. Once Liu He comes back..." Yuan Shao must be more unlucky. On the one hand, he is very close to Liu He.

"I don't have to worry about this time, and I will take my leave first if I don't have enough food and grass." After saying that, Cao Cao led the army to pass by directly. As for what he got this time, Cao Cao did not inform Yuan Shao at all.

Seeing Cao Cao go away, Yuan Shao sighed and said, "Let's go and withdraw the troops, it's not safe for reinforcements to come here. Let Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang lead the troops to Ye County..." Only in this way can he feel safer. If Liu He fights in the wild, they still have some chance.

Yuan Shao also withdrew his troops one after another. Chang Lin didn't know that day, but Yuan Shao left for two days before he realized this. Standing outside the city and looking at the empty Yuan Shao camp, they had actually evacuated. I wonder how Cao Cao was in Changzhi those days, and even what happened to Du Chang?

Everyone stood here, and cavalry came from afar. Chang Lin immediately got on the horse but saw that the flag was his own personnel. Chang Lin wanted to come and went, after all, the enemy had retreated, which should be reinforcements. Sure enough, Chang Lin felt much more relaxed when he saw Sima Lang...

"Brother Boda hasn't seen you for a long time." I felt happy when I saw Sima Lang Changlin. This period was also rare.

Sima Lang also saluted and said, "Brother Bo, has Yuan Shao withdrawn his troops?" Seeing that there seemed to be no one around, Sima Lang knew it in his heart.

Chang Lin nodded and said, "Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have withdrawn their troops. General Du made a good arrangement. Cao Cao has returned in just a few days." He also gave him a breath when he said this, and he was also worried about major problems in Changzhi during his reign.

Sima Lang sighed: "General Du has been killed in battle, and was ambushed by Cao Cao on the canyon road and was almost wiped out by all his troops. Only one soldier was shot with an arrow and survived by luck under the corpse."

Chang Lin was stunned: "The whole army was killed in battle? General Du also died in battle? He didn't have a telescope, so how could he be ambushed?" Chang Lin looked unbelievable. Although the man had many problems, he was suppressed by Liu He for many years. In short, he was considered a person with good transformation, but now he suddenly died in battle. This feeling is different. After all, they have been working together for a long time, and they are still a bit of friendship today.

"Because Cao Cao rushed forward quickly, General Du could only block the Cao army quickly in order to prevent Cao's army from being too fast. At night, Cao Ren took the back route and later pursued and blocked the mountain road and had nowhere to escape. More than 2,000 people were surrounded and killed, but Cao's army suffered more casualties..." When Sima Lang came, he rescued the soldier with a slightly injured and good luck.

Chang Lin finally sighed: "I never thought it would be impossible. Bingzhou has suffered a lot this time. It is obvious that such a thing happened during the Chinese New Year, which has really delayed too much." This time the matter has also passed, but they all knew that it will be very frequent in the future.
Chapter completed!