Cao's army retreated, and the next morning the soldiers on the city first discovered that the Cao army camp had already been empty, so he did not dare to neglect and came back to report immediately. Tao Qian hurriedly asked Liu Bei to come over to discuss matters.

It was not long since Liu Bei took Han Fei to the convention hall. When he heard that Cao's army had retreated, Liu Bei was very happy. However, Han Fei did not think so. Cao's army was just a small defeat and retreated, and there must be fraud.

Tao Qian was already asking Liu Bei for advice at this time, and Liu Bei replied: "We should send more scouts to find out if the Cao army has really retreated or if it is a plan to lure the enemy."

After hearing this, Tao Qian agreed and quickly sent all his scouts to investigate all four directions outside Xuzhou City. After the scouts were sent, Liu Bei took Han Fei back to the military camp when he was idle. On the way, Han Fei said to Liu Bei: "There is something strange about the lord Cao's army retreating. If the provincial governor proposes to chase you, don't agree!"

"Does Zicong think there is a fraud?" Liu Bei asked immediately.

"Cao Cao's current strategist is named Guo Jia, and he is an extremely powerful opponent. This time, Cao's army completely failed, but he retreated so easily. I think it must be Guo Jia using tricks! But I didn't think about how he would act!" Han Fei explained.

"Since that's the case, I'll tell Brother Gongzu!"

"My lord must not do this. We have no evidence now. I am afraid that Tao Qian will be suspicious of us." Han Fei quickly stopped him.

"That's it! Can't I just watch it like this?" Liu Bei frowned.

"I'm afraid that's all I can do, so let's wait and see what happened first!" Han Fei said helplessly. Liu Bei nodded and both of them stopped talking.

At noon, Tao Qian invited Liu Bei to have a banquet again. During the meal, he told Liu Bei that Cao Cao had indeed retreated. The scout went deep into all directions and no trace of Cao's army was seen. Liu Bei remembered what Han Fei said in the morning and wanted to remind Tao Qian. However, when he saw Tao Qian's happy face, he swallowed the words back to his mouth.

At this time, Tao Qian suddenly said, "Hey, we are having a banquet here, but the innocent soldiers and civilians in Pengcheng have not yet been cold. How about I want you to go to Pengcheng for me?"

"This..." Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and his eyes were aimed at Han Fei. When Han Fei heard Peng Cheng, he seemed to have a flash of lightning in his heart. He instantly understood Guo Jia's plan. He was almost 100% sure that Peng Cheng would have an ambush. So he raised his head and shook his head gently at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei knew it and wanted to refuse. Unexpectedly, Cao Bao would speak first at this time. He stood up and bowed to Tao Qian and said, "Lord, Liu Qingzhou is already exhausted from afar, and he had already fought with Cao's army before. If there is no major event, I will lead the troops to take back Pengcheng!"

Tao Qian felt it was reasonable after hearing this. He had many soldiers under his command, but it was because there was no general, but it should be fine to take back the city. So he said to Cao Bao: "In this way, General Cao will bring 20,000 troops to go. Be sure to take back Pengcheng, and the bodies of the soldiers and civilians in the city must be properly handled."

"Yes!" Cao Bao took the order. After the banquet, Liu Bei and others returned to the camp without mentioning it. He also had his own ideas when talking about Cao Bao. Pengcheng is now like a masterless thing. He used the name of occupation to intentionally expand the power of the Cao family to the entire Pengcheng. Therefore, when he returned home, he summoned the managers of the family in the name of the head of the family to come to the meeting, and he wanted to bring the Cao family's troops with him after the army.

Just like that, Cao Bao took 20,000 people and horses to head straight to Pengcheng! After 20,000 people, Cao Bao's cousin Cao Biao took more than 800 people from the Cao family to accompany him.

The army walked for two days to near Pengcheng. At this moment, Pengcheng was like a ghost city. The city was silent, with nothing else except the corpses in the city. Cao Bao did not enter the city and ordered people to go to the city to burn the corpses, and the ashes were buried in a large pit outside the city. Twenty thousand people and horses took action separately, and a few thick smoke rose in the city soon.

Because there were too many people who died, they were burned until the night, and only half of the bodies were treated, and the rest could only be burned the next day. Cao Bao left a few people to patrol the city at night, and the large group of people retreated to the camp, waiting for the city to be completely cleaned tomorrow before entering the city.

The soldiers were tired for a day, and Cao's army had retreated, so they all relaxed. Even the people on duty at night leaned together and dozed off. In the middle of the night, two men quietly touched the vicinity of the camp, and the Cao army who was supposed to retreat came.

It turned out that this was really Guo Jia's plan. He used Pengcheng as bait to lure Liu Bei's army to come. Unexpectedly, it was not Liu Bei's army who came, but Cao Bao! However, such an opportunity is really rare. No matter who comes, he must fight first.

Seeing that it was midnight, the two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan each brought a group of troops to Cao Bao's camp. In an instant, the chaos in Cao Bao's camp! Cao Bao was sleeping in the commander's tent, and suddenly heard the sound of killing. He sat up. At this time, Qin soldiers rushed in and reported: "The general is not good, Cao's army is coming in!"

When Cao Bao heard this, his face turned pale and he didn't care about wearing armor and shoes. He fled to the camp with his horse barefoot. The guards followed him and fled to the camp. Unexpectedly, they met Xiahou Yuan halfway. When Xiahou Yuan saw that this person must be the general in the camp, he immediately raised his sword and rushed to Cao Bao to kill him.

Cao Bao was so scared that he was not possessed. He dared not to fight with Xiahou Yuan, and he would run away with a swagger. Who was Xiahou Yuan? How could he let him leave? He cut off Cao Bao's horse's head with one knife, and fell to the ground with the headless war horse, pressing Cao Bao's left leg under the horse.

When Cao Bao's personal guard saw that two people were dismounting to rescue Cao Bao, the remaining few people rushed to Xiahou Yuan to kill them. Xiahou Yuan smiled coldly, and waved his sword and killed those people on the spot! At this time, the two personal guards finally pulled Cao Bao out.

Just as the three of them were about to escape, Xiahou Yuan rode his horse in front of him and killed the two personal guards with two more swords. Cao Bao was so scared that he was as scared as a sieve and shook his body. Xiahou Yuan looked up and down at him, but did not kill him, but ordered his subordinates to tie Cao Bao up.

The battle ended quickly, and most of the Xuzhou army were captured by Cao Bao and surrendered. A small part of them scattered and broke through, but they disappeared at this time. The Xiahou brothers didn't care and sent people to deliver letters to Cao Cao, while they occupied the magpie's nest and directly occupied Cao Bao's camp.

Cao Cao's army rushed over before dawn. The two armies were one, and there were actually a lot more troops than before. Cao Cao summoned Cao Bao in the general's tent. Although both of them were surnamed Cao, Cao Bao was indeed frightened. As soon as he saw Cao Cao, he knelt down on both knees and begged for mercy.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Bao kneeling below and felt very disgusted. How could such a person be worthy of Cao's surname? However, this person is of use, so he pretended to smile and said, "Didn't I ask you to invite General Cao? Why don't you please release General Cao's seat for him?"
Chapter completed!