When he heard the news from the spies, Cao Hong's expression changed and he was suddenly surprised, "What are you talking about? General Xiahou was defeated. How is it possible?"

The spy took a few quick breaths and told what happened, "General Xiahou was ambushed by Lu Bu, so he returned in defeat."

After hearing the spy's story, Cao Hong turned livid with anger and roared, "Young man, Lu Bu, you dare to use such methods. It's really hateful."

Yu Jin grabbed the spy and asked hastily, "Tell me, how many troops did General Xiahou lose this time?"

"When General Xiahou retreated to Fan County, there were only more than 1,000 people left."

This time, even Yu Jin, who was always calm, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

"There are only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses left?"

The expression on Cao Hong's face was changing, and his teeth were clenching. After a long time, he slowly said, "General Yu, let's retreat. General Xiahou will join his troops to eliminate Lu Bu's son."

Yu Jin frowned tightly, constantly thinking about the pros and cons of this.

Can Lu Bu be defeated by going back?

Xia Houyuan led many troops, but they were still defeated by Lu Bu.

Now that his troops are almost completely wiped out, even if his troops rush over, can they really defeat Lu Bu?

When Cao Hong saw that Yu Jin was silent, he couldn't help but frowned, "General Yu, is there something wrong with you?"

Yu Jin raised his head and looked at Cao Hong, and said with a wry smile, "General Cao, we are here because we are worried that the Lu Bu army we are chasing now will be harmful to Dong'a. If we retreat now, if they rush to Dong'a, now Dong'a

We don't have many troops, how can we withstand Lu Bu's army's attack?

Once something happens to Dong'a, Fan County will be in danger. If it loses again, Juancheng will become an isolated city. It is already impossible to persist."

After hearing these words, Cao Hong couldn't help but froze, raised his head and looked ahead, the anger on his face gradually dissipated, replaced by a wry smile.

"General Yu, do you mean that we should continue to pursue Lu Bu's army?"

Yu Jin sighed, "General Xiahou retreated to Fan County, and together with the defenders of Fan County, even if Lu Bu rushed to Fan County, it would be impossible to break the city in a short time.

I think General Xiahou will definitely inform the lord of this matter, and the lord will naturally send troops to rescue him.

And we only need to drive away the soldiers and horses of Lu Bu's army in order to save Dong'a."

After hearing Yu Jin's analysis, Cao Hong was silent for a long time and nodded, "General Yu, you are right. No matter how brave Lu Bu's army is, it may not be that easy to break through Fan County."

Having said this, Cao Hong yelled at the soldiers beside him, "Send the order, the whole army should speed up and must catch up with this Lu Bu army."

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Jin Yun, the magistrate of Fan County, was handling government affairs. When his subordinates reported that Xia Houyuan and others were coming, he was startled and hurried out of the city to greet them.

Jin Yun stood at the gate of the city. He didn't wait long before he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance. Knowing that Xia Houyuan was coming, he hurriedly ordered his people to prepare a formation to welcome him and stood by the roadside to wait.

When the person in front of him got closer, Jin Yun was suddenly startled and confused.

The soldiers and horses led by Xia Houyuan were like a defeated army. Everyone was in a miserable state, and some soldiers were even injured.

Not only the soldiers were like this, but also Xia Houyuan and the others were as disgraced as eggplants beaten by frost.

Xia Houyuan and others came to the city gate. When they saw Jin Yun at the door, they did not dare to neglect and hurriedly dismounted from their horses and saluted.

Jin Yun asked hurriedly, "General Xiahou, what are you doing?"

Xia Houyuan sighed and said, "Magistrate Jin, our army was defeated by Lu Bu. Now let's enter the city quickly. I'm afraid Lu Bu will come after us. We must be careful to take precautions."

Hearing these words, Jin Yun was immediately startled and his face turned ugly.

When Lu Bu first entered Yanzhou, he sent General Fan Yi to Fan County to persuade him to surrender, but he was killed by him.

If Lu Bu really comes and breaks Fan County, will he be held accountable?

Thinking of this, Jin Yun's face became even more ugly, and cold sweat gradually broke out on his forehead.

Xia Houyuan didn't notice this. He just waved his hand and said hastily, "Magistrate Jin, let's go back to the city quickly and close the city gate. In addition, the materials for the city defense must be transported to the city as soon as possible. There must be no delay.
Chapter completed!