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The Wuhuan cavalry did not, as Cao Cao and Zhang Liao expected, collapsed after the fierce attack of Cao Cao's five armies for less than half an hour.

For a time, the Wuhuan army was defeated like a mountain. Everyone of the Wuhuan cavalry rushed to escape. They were killed by Cao's army and corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into a river. The Great Shanyu Tadun was beheaded by Zhang Liao in the chaos.

Cao Cao then ordered the pursuit to continue. Cao's army chased for more than fifty miles, and countless surrendered people kept killing into the Wuhuan Ya tent...

Within two days, the Cao army captured more than 200,000 men and women of Wuhuan and Han slaves, and completely destroyed the Wuhuan Great Shanyu tribe.

In front of the Wuhuan King's tent, various kinds of war profits were piled up like mountains, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep were seized, and nearly 80,000 stones of grain were found in Liucheng, which completely solved the problem of Cao's military food.

Cao Cao stood in front of the tent and felt very proud. This defeat of Wuhuan not only solved his worries, but also the Northern Expedition to the Barbarians and establish unparalleled martial arts, which was enough to make him famous.

"Prime Minister"

General Xu Chu rode a horse and carried a young and beautiful woman behind him. Xu Chu turned over and got off the horse, pointed at the girl and said with a smile: "This is the daughter of Tadun, who was promised to Yuan Shang as his wife, known as the number one beauty in Wuhuan, and is willing to offer it to the Prime Minister to accompany him."

Cao Cao smiled, and he was not very interested in Hu's daughter, so he smiled at Xu Chu and said, "This woman will be rewarded to you."

Xu Chu was overjoyed, "Thank you for the reward of the Prime Minister"

Cao Cao nodded and asked again: "Yuan Xi and Yuan Shangke have whereabouts"

This is the thing Cao Cao is most concerned about. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were cunning. When Wuhuan's defeat appeared, they led more than 2,000 subordinates to flee west, making Cao's army unable to catch up.

Xu Chu sighed, "I have questioned the people in their mansion. Some people say that Yuan Xi had contacted Xiangping Gongsun Kang, and they might have fled to Xiangping."

It is certain that he fled to Xiangping. Now the two Yuans have no place to go except to join Gongsun Kang. Guo Jia expected this before sending troops. Thinking that Guo Jia had died of illness in Yi County, Cao Cao felt a surge of cramps in his heart.

"What's wrong with the Prime Minister?" Xu Chu asked uneasily when he found Cao Cao's face pale.

"I'm fine, you go, I want to take a break."

Cao Cao turned around and walked into the tent. Xu Chu immediately ordered his personal soldiers to take Tadun's daughter to his tent. He stood in front of Cao Cao's tent with a knife and protected Cao Cao to rest.

Not long after, more than a dozen cavalrymen rushed to the distance, surrounded by a soldier. When the person approached, it turned out to be Cheng Yu. He looked sick and had not recovered, but there was an anxious look in his eyes.

Cheng Yu turned over and immediately stepped forward and said, "Prince Xu, I have something urgent to see the Prime Minister."

When Cheng Yu saw Xu Chu standing in front of the tent with a knife, he knew that he had to pass Xu Chu's pass to see the Prime Minister. When he saw Xu Chu still, he urged him: "General Xu, please inform the Prime Minister."

Xu Chu shook his head, "The lord is not in good health and needs rest. Mr. Cheng, please rest for a while."

"But I have something urgent to do. Captain Xu, don't miss the big thing." Cheng Yu suddenly felt anger in his heart when he saw Xu Chu pushing and blocking the four.

Xu Chu tightened his lips and said nothing. At this moment, Cao Cao's voice came from the tent, "Let Mr. Cheng come in."

Xu Chu dodged aside, Cheng Yu glared at Xu Chu fiercely, and quickly walked into the big tent. Inside the big tent, Cao Cao was half lying on a slanted couch made of old rattan strips, slightly closed his eyes, looking quite tired.

Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment. He realized that Xu Chu's words really made sense. The Prime Minister is in a bad mood now, so he told him whether the matter in Jingzhou is appropriate.

Cao Cao felt Cheng Yu's hesitation, and his half-closed eyes suddenly opened, staring at him with sharp eyes, "What happened?"

Cheng Yu had no choice but to take out a letter and hand it to Cao Cao, "The war report sent by Nanyang 100,000 yuan, please check the Prime Minister."

Cao Cao took the battle report and tore open the envelope twice and took out the letter from it. He was most worried about the situation in Jingzhou. Xiahou Dun was defeated in a crushing defeat. Now can Cao Ren defeat the enemy?

He hurriedly read the letter and was stunned. More than half of the more than 40,000 troops were lost. Cao Hong and Li Dian were captured and Le Jin was killed. An unbearable colic suddenly rose in Cao Cao's heart. He screamed, and a mouthful of blood was spurted out, and he fainted immediately.

It took a full hour to wake up. More than a dozen generals including Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xiahou Dun and others rushed to the big tent. They whispered anxiously in the outer tent.

Cheng Yu sat in the corner and blamed himself secretly. Only then did he realize that the Prime Minister was hurting Guo Jia's death, but he made it worse for him. It was really not worthy of it.

Especially when Le Jin followed the Prime Minister when he was up, he was loyal to him. Now that he was killed in Xinye, how could the Prime Minister not be heartbroken? Cheng Yu was very upset.

At this time, the military doctor opened the curtain, Xu Chu helped Cao Cao up, and the generals surrounded him and asked in a lingering manner: "Are the Prime Minister better?" His words were full of concern.

Cao Cao waved his hand, "Zhongde, please come here."

The generals retreated one after another, Cheng Yu walked forward, held Cao Cao's hand and apologized: "I shouldn't disturb the Prime Minister."

"What is this with you? Cao Xiao is not good at competing with you and has let my trust down."

Cao Cao sighed, "If he was unfavorable in the battle and was defeated, I wouldn't blame him. The key is that he concealed other news from me, which made me feel heartbroken."

"The Prime Minister thinks that General Cao Ren still hides it"

"Why didn't he mention it in the military newspaper that he had defeated Cai Mao's army, and said that Liu Biao died of illness. Mao Jie believed that the enemy was wrong and fell into Liu Jing's plan to lure troops. Why was Mao Jie instead of the harmony? Don't you think there are many things hidden in the middle?"

Cheng Yu was silent. He also thought that something happened to Jia Xu, and it must be related to the Cao brothers. The Prime Minister sent Jia Xu to assist the Cao brothers, which was actually a kind of unwise thing.

Perhaps the Prime Minister was taking this opportunity to ease the conflict between them, but this kind of hatred for killing nephews was not so easy to resolve.

Cao Cao sighed again and said to the generals: "Liu Jingsheng passed away, and internal strife in Jingzhou will inevitably break out. This is a huge opportunity, but we are trapped in Liaodong, which makes you lose the opportunity to make contributions to the purge of Jingxiang."

At this time, Zhang Liao stepped forward and bowed and said, "Liu Biao passed away, and internal strife in Jingzhou is inevitable. Even if the Prime Minister withdraws his troops and returns to the Central Plains, the soldiers will need to rest for several months. In fact, what his subordinates are worried about is that the threat from Nanyang is lifted. Liu Jing will take the opportunity to go north from Anlu County to attack Runan and Yingchuan, which will shock the Central Plains. His subordinates recommend withdrawing troops first to return to Yi County, resting the soldiers and watching the situation in the Central Plains."

As soon as Zhang Liao said this, everyone opposed it. Xiahou Dun said, "I am surprised that I will cut off the grass and cut off the roots. How can I let the two Yuans be left as the root of disaster? I should send troops to pursue them immediately and force Gongsun Kang to hand over the two Yuans. Otherwise, I will attack and destroy them together with Xiangping."

The generals in the tent all agreed with Xiahou Dun's words, and Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu again, "What does Zhongde think?"

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Gongsun Kangliang had few soldiers and had no ambitions. With him there, he could block Goguryeo's ambitions and there was no need to destroy him. However, the two Yuans could not let go. Only by killing them, the old subordinates of Yuan's Hebei would completely dissipate. The prime minister could send envoys to Xiangping."

Cao Cao smiled slightly, "This time I adopted a far-reaching strategy and passed on my orders. The army would rest and withdraw its troops and return to Yi County in five days."

Everyone was stunned, but they didn't dare to persuade Cao Cao anymore, so they had to leave one after another. Cao Cao called Cao Chun and told him: "I see that the Wuhuan cavalry is skillful in cavalry shooting and has strong personal combat power. Unfortunately, there is no training. You can recruit 10,000 people from the surrendered army to train them into tiger and leopard cavalry for my use."

Cao Chun quickly knelt down on one knee and bowed: "The last one will not disappoint the Prime Minister."

Cao Chun retreated, and Cao Cao smiled at Cheng Yu again and said, "Does Zhongde think Liu Jing will take advantage of the situation to attack the Central Plains?"

Cheng Yu didn't know what Cao Cao meant. He thought about it and had to say truthfully, "The Cao army in Nanyang has been defeated, and he no longer threatened. Liu Bei and Liu Cong are hostile to each other, and they dare not send troops to Jiangxia easily, so that Liu Jing has no worries. I think he will not let this opportunity go, at least he will send troops to Runan."

Cao Cao smiled and shook his head, "I don't think he will send troops."

"Why is the Prime Minister so sure?" Cheng Yu asked in confusion.

Cao Cao closed his eyes and said slowly, "I don't know why, but I know this very deeply. A intuition tells me that when I conquer Wuhuan, he would never attack me from behind. In fact, the Battle of Nanyang could not stop him from attacking the Central Plains. He had an absolute advantage in the navy. He just had to sweep the ships on the Han River."

Cheng Yu suddenly reacted and hesitated and said, "The Prime Minister is saying that he knows the righteousness."

"Even if it's right, and this is very smart, he knows that even if he takes Runan, it doesn't make any sense. I think he will prepare for war and prepare to resist our army's southward journey."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, "I should be born like Liu Yanqing. If I had such a child, I would definitely make him the world. I had this feeling when I was in Rangshan. Do Zhongde still remember the incident?"

Cheng Yu nodded silently. He remembered very clearly that the Prime Minister surrounded the mountain, but in the end he was tricked by Liu Jing. He thought the Prime Minister would hold a grudge, but he didn't expect that the Prime Minister actually hoped that Liu Jing was his son. It seemed that the Prime Minister had the idea of ​​cherishing talent again.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yu said again: "Since the Prime Minister is not worried about Liu Jing's attack on the Central Plains, why should he withdraw his troops to Yixian and not kill all the two Yuans?"

Cao Cao smiled slightly, "This is a message Guo Jia left to me. If I withdraw my troops, the two Yuans will die."

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Five days later, the Cao army finished resting, released Han slaves as civilians, gave them cattle and sheep, and allowed them to settle in Liaodong. Then, a hundred thousand army escorted more than 200,000 captured Wuhuan men and women and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep back in triumph.
Chapter completed!