In the Battle of Xuchang, the Cao army that had won the battle suffered heavy losses, which made the boss Cao whine. The Yuan army that had suffered heavy losses, of course, at least it would have to make the Grand Duke of Yuan cry.

The Grand Duke Yuan San, who was not a stern heart, did shed tears, she shed tears for Ju Su, and for the soldiers of Jizhou who were killed in the battle. She even shed tears for himself who was repeatedly played with by Cao. Because of the Grand Duke Yuan San, she believed in the so-called Fu Wan request to surrender, which made the Jizhou army still have the advantage of its strength and more than 60,000 soldiers overnight, lost the main camp and three side division camps, and lost the lost armour, baggage, cattle, horse and vehicles.

Coupled with the losses of the previous three wars, the more than 140,000 Jizhou troops brought to the Xuchang battlefield by the Grand Duke Yuan San, now there are only less than 50,000 terrifying defeated soldiers and most of them are injured. Many main teams have been wiped out in total. Countless loyal civil and military officials have been buried in the battlefield. The overall losses are catching up with the Guandu defeat a year ago. It has basically saved all the capital of Da Yuan San’s dominance in the north and all the prestige and confidence of Da Yuan San’s duke.

It is also because of this that when he led more than ten guards back to Yanling, he saw the embarrassing self-army team outside Yanling City, the black and stinky self-army soldiers smoked by fireworks, and countless general soldiers covered in bruises. The Sangong of Yuan could no longer curb the shame, humiliation, sadness and despair in his heart. He hugged his head and cried bitterly with three equally embarrassed precious sons. The sky was so dark that the sun and the moon were gone, which led the remaining Yuan army and civil and military officials beside him to cry loudly. The crying sounded loudly outside Yanling City was shook the sky and sadness was everywhere.

While crying, the three Duke of Da Yuan, who was overly sad, suddenly fainted on the ground. After everyone rushed to rescue the three Duke of Da Yuan, the three Duke of Da Yuan vomited blood again, and sighed to the sky: "I swept across Qingyou and Ji four states, fought dozens of battles, and fought more than a hundred. Unexpectedly, I was so embarrassed today! This is the sky that I am lost!"

After sighing, the blood in the chest of Yuan Sangong was churning, and blood was sprayed from his mouth again. The three brothers of Yuan Tan quickly shouted that the military doctor came to rescue him. Yuan Shang knelt down and hugged the thigh of Yuan Sangong and cried loudly, saying, "Don't be sad. Although our army was defeated today, Qingyou and Jizhou are still there, and more than 100,000 troops are still alive. My father also asked to take care of his wealth and jade leaves, and return to Jizhou to reorganize the troops and horses, and then come to take revenge!"

The Grand Duke of Yuan nodded with tears in his eyes and was about to order his troops to retreat, Cui Yan next to him stood up and said loudly: "The troops cannot be withdrawn! Although our army was defeated, tens of thousands of troops were still alive, and the grain silence of Yanling was not lost. He still had the power to fight. The Cao thief was at the end of his strength. The main team was extremely exhausted. Our army only needed to rectify the troops on the spot and kill the city of Xuchang again. Even if we could not take Xuchang City, we could defeat the troops outside the Cao thief City and avenge the last night's revenge!"

"Mr. Ji Gui, are you crazy?!" At the critical moment, Mr. Guo Tu, who was probably secretly holding the salary of Boss Cao, jumped out again and shouted angrily: "The main army of nearly 150,000 in our army is not the opponent of the Cao thief team. Now there are less than 50,000 remaining remaining soldiers and defeated soldiers. Do you actually want your lord to continue attacking Xuchang City? Do you want to lose all the troops that protect your lord retreat?!"

"Our army's losses are indeed heavy, but it still has the power to fight!" Cui Yan replied loudly: "At least General Hao Zhao still has five thousand new forces, and General Ju Hu also has ten thousand new forces. With this 15,000 new forces, as long as you attack boldly and advance immediately, it will be enough to defeat the Cao bandits team, which is at the end of your strength! Today, General Hao Zhao defeated the main force of the Cao bandits with 3,000 infantry, which is a clear proof!"

"How can we say that the defeated general is brave?" Another Cao army, 50,000 yuan Xinpi, also stood up and snorted coldly: "Our army was defeated last night. More than 60,000 troops were destroyed together with the three main camps. The morale of the army was depressed and the courage of the soldiers was devastated. When we attack Xuchang, wouldn't it be a fight between dogs and sheep and tigers and leopards? How could we win?!"

"Yes, lord, stop fighting, retreat, retreat."

Countless Jizhou civil and military officials with smoke marks and blood on their faces and begged the Grand Duke Yuan San to withdraw his troops immediately and withdraw back to Xuzhou. They accused Cui Yan of his actions of being purely a bad intention and trying to harm the last 50,000 Jizhou team. Some even questioned them in person, suspected that Cui Yan was a traitor from Cao's army and was bribed by Cao's boss, and wanted to deliberately throw away all the teams that covered the Grand Duke Yuan San's retreat so that the Cao army could capture the Grand Duke Yuan San's life.

Faced with the slander and accusations of these incompetent flatterers, Cui Yan, who had completely inherited Tian Feng and Ju Zuo's mantra, laughed furiously and asked wildly: "I am a traitor of the Cao army? I am a traitor of the Cao army? Very good. If I am a traitor of the Cao army, then when you flee back to Yanling like a group of stray dogs, why would I give General Hao Zhao advice and help him block the Cao thief's pursuit with only thousands of infantrymen, and then defeat the Cao thief's team? Wouldn't it be more convenient and easier to let the Cao thief's pursuers kill you all in Yanling City?!"

Many Yuan army and civil and military officials looked ashamed. In fact, they did not really want to slander Cui Yan. They just found out that the Grand Yuan Sangong was interested in withdrawing the army and habitually followed the Grand Yuan Sangong's intention to speak down. As expected, when he heard Cui Yan's words, although there was still blood in his mouth, the Grand Yuan Sangong suddenly looked unkind, because Cui Yan's words not only meant to accuse Grand Yuan Sangong of being a loser, but also seemed to say that Grand Yuan Sangong was not as good as Cui Yan's army. He held so many soldiers and horses in his hand and suffered so many defeats. Cui Yan defeated Cao's army with only a few thousand infantry.

Fortunately, Ju Su's death has made the Grand Duke Yuan feel ashamed of his subordinates and civil and military personnel, so although he was extremely dissatisfied with Cui Yan's words, Grand Duke Yuan did not make any noise like before, but said dyingly: "I am now in a state of confusion and are in pain, and I am unable to continue commanding the battle. I will send orders to retreat, so that Ju Hu and Hao Zhao's new army will retreat to Guandu first, and then make plans."

"Lord, it's a rare fighter!" Cui Yan was anxious and simply knelt down to the Grand Duke Yuan San, shouting with tears: "Lord's current fighter is an opportunity that our army finally won after sacrificing more than 200,000 soldiers. If the lord retreats and misses this opportunity for revenge, our army's fallen soldiers will not be able to rest in peace in the nine springs!"

As he shouted, Cui Yan kowtowed repeatedly and cried, "My lord, I am begging you. Please order the attack now for the sake of the fallen soldiers of our army. Let our new force attack overnight to attack the Cao thief's camp outside Xuchang City. If he cannot win, I beg to kill the whole family! Lord, although the minister is a literati, he is willing to be the vanguard. Please order the lord to send troops!!"

After crying, Cui Yan put his forehead on the ground, and the expectation miracle of tears appeared. The Grand Yuan San Duke ordered another troops to be sent. However, what made Cui Yan desperate was that after a long time of silence, the Grand Yuan San Duke only asked Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to help him up, and then walked towards Yanling City in the distance without saying a word. Yuan Jun and civil and military followed closely, leaving Cui Yan alone kneeling on the spot, tears were like rain, and hearts were as stolen as a knife.

After a long time, Cui Yan raised his head to the sky and yelled, "Cao Piece, you have a good life! You can die with more than 200,000 heroes in Jizhou!"

A day later, on September 11, 2018, Jian'an, with the hope of turning defeat into victory, the entire Jizhou team withdrew from the battlefield in Xuchang and set off for Jizhou. Because the team was wounded too many soldiers and could not carry all the food and supplies, the Jizhou army also burned the food and supplies that could not be taken away by fire. The news reached Xuchang. Boss Cao, whose military strength was at the end of his strength, raised his throat and his heart finally returned to his stomach. He couldn't help laughing wildly, "After that, good brother, Brother Benchu, you are so good. If you fight another battle, even if I can defend Xuchang City, the loss will definitely be quite large! Thank you, thank you!"

After laughing, in order to prevent the young friend from suddenly refusing and to intimidate the Jizhou army, the Jizhou army could not judge how much strength it had in his own army, Cao Boss Cao mustered up the courage again, first selected three thousand new forces from the Xuchang defenders who did not participate in the fierce battle, and then pieced together seven thousand old and weak soldiers from the middle east of the outer camp of the city, barely gathered up 10,000 people, and handed them to his clan brother Cao Ren to pursue Yuan Shao's army. At the same time, Cao Boss Cao privately explained to Cao Ren, "No fighting is allowed, only follow from afar, monitor the retreat of Yuan Shao's army, so as not to expose the facts and reality of our army! If Yuan Shao gave up Guandu and retreated directly to the north, you can immediately take over Guandu and strangle Yuan Shao's resurgence!"

When it comes to tactics, the eldest son Cao was simply the natural nemesis of the Grand Yuan Sangong. After learning from the scouts that Cao sent troops to pursue him, the Grand Yuan Sangong, who was already afraid of being beaten, was suddenly panicked. Not only did he flatly reject Cui Yan's suggestion of sending troops to fight, but he also ordered the entire army to retreat quickly and give up all food and supplies when necessary. The order was conveyed. The panic Yuan army teams all ran, and they stepped forward and whipped more than 70 miles in one day. Although Hao Zhao, who was in charge of the palace, asked for an order to intercept the palace, was sternly rejected by the Grand Yuan Sangong and was forced to follow the main team and retreat quickly. Cao Ren's team followed from afar, carefully maintaining the distance between Yuan Shao's army.

Three days later, Yuan Shao's army retreated to the Guandu Pass two hundred miles away. Because he was afraid that the main force of the Cao army would chase him, the Grand Duke of Yuan followed Guo Tu's advice and ordered the Guandu camp to be abandoned. The entire army continued to go north to Puyang. Cao Ren was overjoyed when he received the inquiry. He quickly urged the army to go urgently and successfully seized the Guandu camp that had not been completely destroyed by Yuan's army, and strangled Yuan Shao's army to the south again. After receiving the news, Cao Boss was even more ecstatic and quickly ordered Ren Jun to send a large amount of military rations to Cao Ren's team so that Cao Ren's team could guard Guandu for a long time.

There was also bad news. At noon on the same day, the Nanyang garrison Wei Zhong sent a quick horse to send an urgent report, saying that the coalition forces of Liu Biao and Liu Bei had bypassed Wancheng and went north directly, leaving only Zhang Xiu's team to restrain the Wei Zhong team that was not out of Wancheng. The few Wei Zhong soldiers were restrained by Zhang Xiu and were unable to stop the Er Liu coalition forces from heading north, so they had to call an emergency and ask Mr. Cao to make arrangements early. After hearing this news, Mr. Cao first sneered loudly, and then ordered Cao Hong to lead 10,000 troops to garrison in Ye County to intercept the northward road of the Er Liu coalition forces.

"Prime Minister, Yu believes that the troops cannot be divided." Xun Yu stood up and opposed: "The main force of our army is fighting, and seven or eight out of ten soldiers are injured. It is urgent to need time to rest and rest. It is not advisable to let the army rush forward. Moreover, Liu Biao is just a dog guarding the gate. Although Liu Bei is cunning, he has few troops in his hands, and the food and grass also need to rely on Liu Biao's breath, which poses little threat to our army. The Prime Minister does not have to work hard to fight against the enemy. He just needs to let the army rest in Xuchang. The coalition of the two Lius will retreat soon."

Considering that his team was really exhausted and the main elite soldiers suffered heavy casualties, after repeated planning, Cao quickly accepted Xun Yu's suggestion and took back the order to stop the troops. Then Cao made a quick calculation and ordered: "Wenruo can immediately enter the palace to meet the emperor, and ask the emperor to issue an edict. Tomorrow, the celebration ceremony will be held on the Yuxiu Platform in the southwest corner of the imperial city to worship the heaven and earth, commending my merits to defeat Yuan. All civil and military officials in the court must participate in this celebration ceremony!"

"Prime Minister, Yu Xiutai is the use of the emperor to sacrifice to heaven and earth..." Xun Yu hesitated a little.

"I defeated Yuan Shao, the number one rebel in the world. Are you not qualified to hold a celebration ceremony on Yuxiu Platform?" Cao said sneered: "Our army has defeated this battle so hard. The more grand the celebration ceremony, the better. It can not only comfort the spirit of our soldiers in the sky, but also warn Liu Biao and Ma Teng and others of the rebels. If they do not stop the horse as soon as possible, Yuan Shao will be their fate!"

Seeing that Cao's attitude was firm and did not support Cao's too overbearing, Xun Yu had no choice but to bow his hands and sang his promise and act according to the order. After receiving Xun Yu's memorial, Emperor Xian of Han was extremely dissatisfied with Cao's overbearing behavior, but his thin arms were still not able to twist his thick thighs, so he had to nod his head against his will. At the same time, most of the Han civil and military officials in Xuchang City were like this. They were both disgusted with Cao's domineering behavior, but they had no choice but to take the imperial edict to accept it and promised to participate in Cao's celebration the next day.

At noon the next day, the Cao army's celebration ceremony was officially held on the Yuxiu Platform southwest of Xuchang Imperial City. Amid the drums and music, Cao Laoda's golden helmet and armor, wearing a big red brocade robe, and went to the Yuxiu Platform with Emperor Xian of Han, who was in a crown and garment. On both sides and below were Cao Laoda's confidant generals and sects. However, all civil and military officials could only serve the marquis from afar and watched Emperor Xian of Han and Cao go to the Yuxiu Platform. During this period, Cao Laoda, who should have followed Emperor Xian of Han, deliberately usurped the steps and accelerated his pace twice. Emperor Xian of Han and the ministers of the Han Dynasty all had their faces bleak, but they did not dare to say anything.

The boring ceremony process will not be introduced in detail. In short, it is probably that Emperor Xian of Han, who was forced by Cao, went to Yuxiu Platform. He first worshiped the world and commended Cao's achievements in defeating Yuan, and then issued an imperial edict to increase the rewards to Cao himself. He also ordered Cao to reward the soldiers who made meritorious in this battle. Cao did not dare to be too arrogant in front of the world, and knelt down honestly and kowtowed three times. Finally, he took the edict and stood in front of the stage, and issued the Junichi decree to reward the soldiers who made meritorious and fell in this battle. The civil and military officials and the Cao army below all kowtowed to listen to the order. After Cao finished verbally chanting the long list of rewards, the drums and music rose again, and the civil and military officials who had their legs numb, kowtowed, and then he was able to stand up, and the long-lasting and complicated ceremony of celebrations finally ended.

Although the ceremony was over, the matter was not over. When Cao and Emperor Xian of Han got off Yuxiutai together, Cao was about to order Emperor Xian of Han to return to the palace to get the queen and civil and military officials to disperse. Bo Sima Lang, the prime minister who was responsible for the documents for Cao, hurried to the side of Cao, and even came to Cao's ear and whispered in a low voice. Cao didn't agree at first, but after listening carefully, the imperial edict in Cao's hand fell to the ground, and a black face suddenly turned pale.

"Cao Aiqing, what happened?" Emperor Xian of Han, who didn't know if Boss Cao deliberately threw away his imperial edict, was worried and asked carefully: "What big thing? Is it so big that I made him lose my composure?"

In front of everyone's eyes, the gray-faced boss Cao looked like a daze. He didn't say a word for a long time. Emperor Xian of Han and everyone didn't know what happened. They all held their breath and waited quietly for Boss Cao to react. It was not until a long time later that Boss Cao barely took his steps, but before he could make a move, Boss Cao was already staggering and fell to the ground. When everyone was shocked, Sima Lang, who was mentally prepared, quickly bent down, helped Boss Cao with both hands, and said respectfully: "Prime Minister, please be careful."

"Bang!" The answer to Sima Lang was a heavy slap from Boss Cao, full of anger, which made Sima Lang look full of flowers. Then, Boss Cao's crazy roar echoed in the Yuxiu stage and asked with a hysterical roar: "What are Liu Dai and Chen Jiao? Why did Tao Ying traitors have already captured Chenliu City before they reported it to me?!"

"Did Tao Aiqing conquer Chenliu City?" Emperor Xian of Han was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears.

"Has Xuzhou troops captured Chenliu City? So, Xuzhou troops are only two hundred miles away from Xuchang?!"

The Han civil and military officials present also changed their faces. However, Cao's confidant civil and military officials were all looking like earth, while the court officials loyal to the Han Dynasty all showed joy, and were so ecstatic that they could not hide their feelings in front of Cao. One of them laughed out loud and simply shouted: "Okay!"

"Who is applauding?!" Boss Cao turned around angrily and shouted: "Please the rebel minister who is applauding the pottery thief!"

The applauded rebel minister was quickly taken up, but Boss Cao, who had already drawn his sword, was stunned because the civilian official in the black court uniform was the only person in Xuchang City who did not dare to take any harm except Emperor Xian of Han. Because his surname was Tao, his name was Shang and Mingwen, and his name was Mingwen, was the only legitimate brother of Deputy Director Tao.

"Prime Minister, it is indeed a good applause from the minister." Although Tao Shang was honest and kind, he was not stupid. Knowing that Boss Cao would definitely not dare to hurt him, he simply bowed and asked, "I dare to ask the prime minister, I applauded him for meeting my brothers soon. What's the crime?"

Boss Cao's forehead rushed up, and his right hand holding the sword was already trembling slightly, but Tao Shang was not afraid and said to Sima Lang: "Mr. Boda, the Prime Minister just now asked you how my brother Tao Ying broke through Dingtao and Chenliu, why there is only military newspaper now, you have not answered yet."

Sima Lang did not dare to say anything, but just peeked at Boss Cao. Boss Cao gritted his teeth and suddenly shouted: "Tell him, let him know how despicable and shameless his traitor brother is!"

"No." Sima Lang agreed carefully and said tremblingly: "Reported to Prime Minister, after Tao Ying returned to Changyi, he suddenly sent a light cavalry to attack Heze, first captured our army stationed in Heze, and then bribed the surrendered soldiers with a large amount of money, and asked them to trick the Dingtao city gate at night, take the opportunity to take down Dingtao in one fell swoop, and captured Dingtao guard Liu Dai. Then Tao Ying bribed Liu Dai, and used the same trick to let Liu Dai lead the army to Chenliu, and deceived Chenliu city gate again. Xuzhou army entered Chenliu city, killed the defending general Chenjiao, and occupied Chenliu city again. Because the Xuzhou army advanced very quickly, traveled eighty miles a day, and used the gentleman army to search for our scouts, so our army had not had time to call the police before."

Tao Shang smiled, Emperor Xian of Han and the Han civil and military officials showed a sneaky joy, while Cao army civil and military officials were all looking like earth. Boss Cao was so angry that he trembled all over and cursed: "Riege! Traitor! They were bribed and attacked again! They also bullied our army's main forces in Xuchang, take advantage of the situation to rob! They steal! They were extremely shameless!"

"The Prime Minister's words are wrong." Tao Shang bowed and said, "If I use a plan to destroy the city, it is extremely shameless. Then what is the Prime Minister's use a plan to destroy Yuan Shao?"

Emperor Xian of Han nodded quietly and agreed with Tao Shang's words. However, Boss Cao pointed at Tao Shang with a sword and shouted angrily: "Shut up! Don't think that my son is in the hands of the Tao thief, so I dare not kill you!"

"If the Prime Minister wants to kill the minister, please do it as soon as possible." Tao Shang also took his head high and pointed his throat at the tip of Lao Cao's sword, and said with a smile: "After Shang's death, Brother Ying can also be assured to attack Xuchang and rescue the sage. It is worth it to exchange for Brother Ying's death for Shang's death, and there is no need to throw a rat and be afraid of it.

Boss Cao's sword was shaking, his hands were shaking, and his whole body was shaking. He wanted to stab the Tao merchant to death with a sword to confront him in public countless times, but the sword seemed to be as heavy as a thousand pounds and could not pass it in any way. After a long time, Boss Cao could only roar, smash the sword heavily on the ground, and then roared: "Come, take the Tao merchant back to his home, send three hundred soldiers to take it seriously. Whoever enters and exits without authorization will be killed immediately!"

"No." Dian Wei agreed, and he picked up the pottery merchant with one hand and raised the pottery merchant like an eagle catching a chicken. However, Boss Cao shouted again: "Let him go and let him go by himself! Then I will pass on my Jun order, and the one who kills the pottery merchants will be the three tribes of Yi!"

Dian Wei, who had gauze tied on his head, let go of his hand helplessly. The Tao merchant's face did not change, but just tidyed up his clothes, then knelt down to Emperor Xian of Han, bowed and bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I am going to surrender. Please take care of your Majesty, please rest assured. My brother Tao Ying has never lost a single battle since his debut. In this case, I will definitely be able to rescue Your Majesty from the pit of the tiger and wolf. I also ask Your Majesty to take care of you, and my brother Jinghou, my brother Jiayin."

Emperor Xian of Han was both excited and moved, so he simply plucked up his courage and said, "My dear, take care of yourself."

Boss Cao turned around in anger, his eyes blew fire, and he glared at Emperor Xian of Han. Emperor Xian of Han shrank and did not dare to look at Boss Cao. After a while, Boss Cao suppressed his anger and said gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, if you think you will be better than now in Xuzhou, then you are very wrong! I dare to bet with the head of the neck, that if you are in the hands of the pottery thief, you will regret ten thousand times more than now!"

After saying this loudly, Boss Cao swung his hand and strode outward, yelling with a roar, "Please return to the palace immediately and send more imperial guards to protect him! Summon civil and military officers above the lieutenant to discuss matters together! The command of the entire army to prepare for war immediately! The enemy is coming! Our most terrifying, sinister and despicable enemy, Tao Ying's army is coming soon!!"
Chapter completed!