In the twilight of autumn, the infantry and cavalry in black armor slowly walked on the road from Xuchang to Shouchun City, and the word "Cao" on the banner was still faintly visible.

Cao Jun faintly and slowly passed through the mountains along the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River, and slowly entered the Huainan area.

The troops who had just walked out of the mountain looked back and saw that the soldiers of Cao's army could vaguely see the darkness on the mountain to the north. The marching army sometimes dispersed and sometimes regrouped into two formations of infantry and cavalry. They were always ready to prevent attacks from others.

But they are also ready to attack at any time. The blood-red sunset is gradually fading...

Those Cao Jun soldiers who were about to head to Huainan and Shouchun City turned back to look in the direction of Xuchang and their hometown. They didn't know whether they would live or die...

At this time, a cavalryman galloped over, and smoke rose from the ground he stepped on...

At this time, Cao Cao was still closing his eyes and concentrating. Suddenly, Xu Chu, the general on the horse, reported from outside the carriage: "Prime Minister, the messenger is here to see you."

"Pass it up."

"Yes. I will obey your orders."

After a while, a messenger came to report: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, General Xiahou Dun's 50,000-strong army was defeated, with tens of thousands of casualties and casualties. General Xiahou only had 5,000 remaining soldiers left to come to see the Prime Minister."

"What,……"

When Cao Cao heard the news, he suddenly couldn't sit still, because now that he heard that all his 50,000 troops were killed in battle, he suddenly opened the door curtain of his car, and then said angrily, saying that Cao Cao was about to pull out

He took out the sword from his car and killed the person who reported the news.

At this time, Xun Yu in the car snorted slowly, and Cao Cao, who was about to have a fit, immediately returned to his original appearance, then slowly put down the long sword he had just pulled out, and then slowly put it down.

Cao Cao shouted loudly: "General Xiahou has a great victory, General Xiahou has a great victory, good...good."

Cao Cao slowly stroked his beard and then continued: "He who brings the good news has merit, and I will make you a former military academy captain."

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

Then the soldier who reported the message rode away.

Cao Cao slowly returned to the center of his car. The entire army stagnated in place and did not move. Cao Cao had just entered the car.

Guo Jia asked with concern: "Prime Minister, what's going on?"

"No, no, Xiahou Dun's 50,000-strong army was completely wiped out. I led the remaining 5,000 troops to come back in defeat. Everyone, what should I do?"

At this time, Cao Cao had a total of 400,000 troops. These 400,000 troops were composed of 200,000 of his field troops and 200,000 troops for local security maintenance. The only ones that could really be used in combat were his 200,000 field troops, and

Do you think Cao Cao can't be sad to see that Xiahou Dun unexpectedly lost 50,000 troops?

Xun Yu slowly opened his mouth and said: "Prime Minister, the 50,000-strong army led by General Xiahou Dun is the elite of our army. If the enemy can defeat the 50,000 elite of our army, imagine what kind of army it is and who leads the army.

ah?"

Cao Cao slowly realized what he had done and said: "I heard that a young general named Zhao Yun led a mere 30,000 troops to defeat our 50,000 troops. Tell me how we can defeat the enemy."

Xun Yu then said: "An army of three hundred thousand cannot defeat an army of thirty thousand. I think we should just go home and study behind closed doors."

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Wen Ruo, I think the prime minister is not only considering our victory over Zhao Yun's army, but also how we can defeat the entire Chu army."

Cao Cao smiled slightly and said: "It's better to know me as a filial piety."

"Prime Minister, I think we should adopt the strategy of encircling but not attacking, attacking but not breaking, so that they can eventually all concentrate on attacking Shouchun City, and we can annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"Prime Minister, I absolutely agree with Fengxiao's approach. In addition, we cannot show that we want to annihilate him in one fell swoop. It is best for us to fight him for several rounds, evenly matched, and then let the enemy feel

They can survive, and they can survive as long as they have reinforcements."

"Xu Chu."

"The end will be here."

"Give me an order to send people to Shouchun City to give me a letter of challenge and ask them to fight us the day after tomorrow."

"yes"

"Wait a minute, ask Xiahou Dun to come to see me. I want to see our great general."

"Yes, Prime Minister, I will follow your instructions one by one."

Then all the troops set out again.

Xu Chu shouted loudly: "The whole army is marching towards Jiangjun Ridge, ten miles outside Shouchun City."

All the infantry, cavalry, and soldiers carrying supplies and supplies moved forward one after another, and they began to hold the weapons in their hands tightly.

At this time, Xiahou Dun led five thousand defeated soldiers and slowly approached Cao Cao's army under the setting sun. At this time, Xiahou Dun also lost his helmet, his hair was scattered everywhere, and parts of his golden armor began to fall off. Behind him,

The five thousand soldiers also began to dress in rags and casually.
Chapter completed!