Guo Yan led an army of 30,000 before setting up camp in front of Qingniu Pass.

That night, he died at the hands of Adjutant General Wu Xi.

Later, Wu Xi took most of the Xiliang army and went to Cao Cao.

There are also some people who are unwilling to follow Wu Xi and flee in all directions.

Even if Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to follow, it was Cao Jun on the battlefield who was on guard.

Zhang Fei also slept in his tent at night.

When the Xiliang army was in a panic, Zhang Fei knew that Guo Yan had died at the hands of Wu Xi.

And at this time, even if Zhang Fei is a fierce general with 10,000 enemies, he has no power to return to the sky.

Most of the Western Liang army was willing to follow Wu Xi to join Cao Cao.

A small part of the Xiliang army fled in a panic, and they would not obey Zhang Fei's orders.

Wu Xi's sudden betrayal and killing the main general Guo Yan were completely unexpected.

After all, Guo Yan has also controlled the Xiliang Army for many years, even if half of it was only taken over from Li Dao a few days ago.

But those who can gain Guo Yan's trust must be his henchmen who have followed him for many years.

No one thought that at this point, he would suddenly betray Guo Yan, and even carry Guo Yan's head to see Cao Cao.

Tai Shici didn't believe it when he received the news, but he went to see it in person.

The camp that Guo Yan set up yesterday was empty.

Even if he didn't want to believe it in his heart, Tai Shici could only take the men and horses and retreat to the camp in the northern suburbs again.

Guo Yan's accidental killing was something that no one expected.

Even Zhao Hui, who was in Jizhou, ignored it.

Zhao Hui remembered Dong Cheng, but Zhao Hui forgot how Guo Yan died in the end.

Naturally, he didn't remind Tai Shici.

With the killing of Guo Yan, Cao Cao's entry into Luoyang was a foregone conclusion, and no one could change it.

Even if Tai Shici transfers troops from Bingzhou now, it will be too late.

"Big brother."

Zhang Fei rode back to Luoyang on a fast horse that night.

By the time dawn, he had returned to Luoyang.

"What's wrong?"

The news came back yesterday, and everything is still fine.

Where did Liu Bei think that something would happen overnight.

"Could it be that Cao Cao attacked Guo Yan's military camp at night and defeated Guo Yan's 30,000 Xiliang army?"

This was the first thought in Liu Bei's heart when he saw Zhang Fei.

He knew that something must have happened, otherwise Zhang Fei would not have come back.

"Big brother, Guo Yan is dead. It was not Cao's army that attacked, but Guo Yan's deputy general Wu Xi betrayed, killed Guo Yan, and surrendered to Cao Cao with a large army. Zhang Fei told Liu Bei what happened last night.

He didn't know much, the camp was chaotic at that time, and even Zhang Fei could only escape on a fast horse.

It is even more dangerous in the rebellion.

In a normal battle, even in the face of hundreds of thousands of enemies, Zhang Fei was not afraid.

Because all he has to do is keep an eye on the enemy.

But in the chaotic army, I don't know which comrades-in-arms will suddenly wave their knives at you.

It's everyone around you to be on guard.

"Hey."

Liu Bei sighed.

"Wait for me to write a letter, and you will personally hand it over to Tai Shici."

Guo Yan has been destroyed, and Liu Bei has no reason to continue to insist.

He didn't want to hold on anymore.

Although there is Cao Cao's letter, Liu Bei does not think that Cao Cao really has a deep friendship with him.

The sooner he agrees to Cao Cao's entry into Luoyang now, the better Liu Bei's situation will be.

The longer it drags on, the more Cao Cao may deal with him at that time.

For Cao Cao, Liu Bei is not necessary.

Although Liu Bei's talent has been recognized by Cao Cao, if he can't surrender, then he can only be killed.

lest they become great enemies in the future.

Liu Bei knew Cao Cao's temperament.

asked Zhang Fei to send a letter to Tai Shici, and Liu Bei himself immediately entered the palace and met Liu Xie.

Cao Cao couldn't stop it, and Liu Bei needed to talk to Liu Xie in advance.

As long as he has a good relationship with Liu Xie and Liu Xie trusts him, he Liu Bei will not have a chance to suppress Cao Cao.

On the other hand, after Tai Shici read Liu Bei's letter, he could only scold Liu Bei for being untrustworthy in his heart.

Then Tai Shici immediately took the rest of the people and crossed the Yellow River and retreated to Bingzhou.

Although he was unwilling to fail the mission, Guo Yan was killed, and most of the 30,000 Xiliang troops took refuge in Cao Cao, and the rest of them also fled in all directions.

In the letter, Liu Bei had already analyzed the current situation for Tai Shici.

If he continues to stay here, if he wants to leave later, Cao Cao may not let him go.

After all, Cao Cao now has a new 20,000 Xiliang army and a 30,000 army, so it is not difficult to deal with Tai Shici.

The most taboo thing on the battlefield is to hesitate and miss a good opportunity.

Tai Shici is a famous general, although he has the task given by Zhao Hui.

But his mind was still clear.

Advance when you should advance, and retreat when you should retreat.

Even Liu Bei thought that he could no longer stop Cao Cao.

Tai Shici naturally had no need to continue to stay in Luoyang.

Even if he forcibly stayed, he would have to face Cao Cao's army of 30,000 alone, without helpers.

Liu Bei, who is allied with him by blood, will even start to deal with Tai Shici.

After coming to Luoyang for three months, Tai Shici only waited to give up the task and return to the state.

When Zhao Hui received the news, Tai Shici had already left to cross the Yellow River.

Zhao Hui also did not expect that the situation in Luoyang, in just these three days, was unpredictable and unexpected.

Even the soldiers and horses led by Dian Wei have just entered Yanzhou.

Zhao Hui did not condemn Tai Shici because Tai Shi Ci did not block Cao Cao.

If it was him, he couldn't stop Cao Cao either.

Unless it was in Qingniu Pass at that time, there were more people.

And in the battle of Qingniu Pass, Tai Shici failed.

But his decision does not mean that it is wrong.

Although it failed to stop Cao Cao, it did not affect Zhao Hui's plan.

It's just that when you deal with Cao Cao later, it will be a little more troublesome.

However, now that Liu Bei is also in Luoyang, Cao Cao wants to completely control Liu Xie, and it is not so easy to do it.

What exactly the result will be, it is not yet certain.

It is possible that Cao Cao and Liu Bei competed, and they also failed to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

"Let the evil come and retreat."

Zhao Hui didn't want to fight Cao Cao head-on now.

He just swallowed Jizhou, and he still needs to consolidate.

Although Jizhou seems calm now, there are still many whirlpools in the dark.

In addition, the materials needed for the war, Zhao Hui is now very short.

Jizhou is already just an empty shell, and without two or three years of recuperation, it is difficult to return to its former prosperity.

After Zhao Hui became the ruler of Jizhou, the first thing was to reduce the taxes in Jizhou.

In the next two years, Zhao Hui couldn't get much grain and grass from Jizhou's taxes, that is, he was barely self-sufficient, just enough for the government to consume in Jizhou.

In the other two months, although Zhao Hui has ordered the collection of displaced people.

However, there are still countless displaced people in the counties of Jizhou.

These displaced people are all homeless.

And the county guards, as well as the county orders below, are also difficult to settle so many displaced people.