However, although Cao Ren thought a lot, he still didn't have a good way to break the music, so just like that, the three days passed in a blink of an eye.

A general truce is definitely not a solution, so Cao Ren once again let the Yanzhou army attack Lecheng, but the result is still in vain again. After the army retreated back to the camp, he received the latest battle report from Qinghe, Yuan Benchu died of illness, and his own side captured Ganling!

This is definitely big news, and it can be said that it is a big news in the world. Who is Yuan Shao, he is not only the general of the imperial court and the overlord of the four northern states, but also the leader of the Jizhou army. is still the same sentence, if Yuan Shao is alive, even if he is seriously ill and can't get up on the couch, but for the Jizhou army, at most, it will only hit their morale. But Yuan Shao has died of illness now, and it can be said that the blow to the Jizhou army is unprecedented, at least more serious than when they have no food and grass.

After all, Yuan Shao is the leader of the Jizhou Army, even if the Jizhou Army has now lost so many generals, many generals who have fled and surrendered, and so many soldiers have been killed or wounded, but now it is still holding on to the few remaining counties in Jizhou. To put it bluntly, it is still because of Yuan Shao, this lord is here. And now that Yuan Shao is gone, if the soldier knows the Dao, he probably doesn't know what the Dao is going to do, after all, his lord is dead, this is definitely not a small blow, even if the relationship between Yuan Shao and the Jizhou sergeant is not very good-

For Cao Ren, this news can be said to be really "dozing off and someone sending pillows", which is true. Originally, he was thinking about how to break Lecheng, but it turned out that it was really "the blessed don't need to be busy, and the unblessed run to break their bowels". Isn't this a chance to break the enemy?

For Cao Ren, this is now "feng shui in turn", and today comes to my house. Isn't it, the so-called "ten years of Hedong, ten years of Hexi", when he was armistic, the Jizhou army guards in Lecheng City, after listening to Xin's comments, scolded their own soldiers and themselves and these generals. After that, he had to let the soldiers attack Lecheng again, but now it's good. As long as he informs Le Cheng's Jizhou soldiers of the news of Yuan Benchu's death, then their morale will basically be gone.

Cao Ren was in order to take revenge and break the enemy, so he let his soldiers shout under Lecheng City. Yuan Benchu died, Yuan Benchu died in Ganling!

To say that the Yanzhou sergeant is suffocated. was scolded by the Jizhou sergeant and the eighteenth generation of ancestors before. This time it's kind of a return. Of course, they all know that the news that their marshal said is true, Yuan Benchu died of illness in Ganling, but it's a pity that Lecheng's Jizhou sergeant still doesn't know Lu Dao-

Although the Jizhou sergeant did not know the specific news, he could hear it. felt that what the Yanzhou sergeant shouted didn't seem to be fake, so someone went out of his way to ask Xin Ping.

"Sir, the Yanzhou army outside the city shouted, I don't know if there is something wrong?"

Of course, Xin Ping had already heard the shouts of the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army. But he didn't take it seriously, after all, he hadn't received the news yet, so he thought that Cao Ren came up with such an idea in order to take revenge on his side, and then to reduce the morale of his own soldiers.

So as soon as he heard what his subordinates asked, he snorted disdainfully, "Hmph! Don't pay attention to them, they are nothing more than deceiving our army's ears and wanting our army to have no intention of fighting! But wishful thinking is good, but is it a pity that our army will easily fall for the scheme? ”

When the soldier heard this, it turned out to be so, and seeing the gentleman like this, it didn't look like the lord was dead. After all, almost everyone knows the truth about Mr.'s loyalty to the lord, so if something really happens to the lord, then Mr. will definitely not have such an expression and tone.

But just when the soldiers were about to say something, they heard other soldiers come to report, "Mr. Bao, our army is asking to see you quickly!" ”

When Xin Ping heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and as soon as he heard that there was a fast horse from his own Jizhou army coming to see him, he felt that eighty percent was nothing good.

"Please!"

"No!" ——

After a while, Kuaima came up, and when he saw Xin Ping, he cried bitterly, "Sir, ......"

Xin commented on it, his heart was finished, he was not invisible, the fast horse is wearing filial piety, and he can make the Jizhou army and fast horse wear filial piety, it can only be that his lord is gone.

Xin Ping exhaled slowly, "Lord, Gong, Ru, what's wrong?" ”

"Sir, the lord died of illness in Ganling! Now that Qinghe was captured by Cao Mengde and Ma Mengqi, Mr. Judge and the generals escorted the third prince out of Qinghe and retreated to the Bohai Sea! ”

When Xin Ping heard this, he slowly closed his eyes and couldn't stop leaving tears. If you want to say that you are the lord, you do have a lot of shortcomings, but for yourself and the Xin family, it is indeed good. It's just a pity that I left so early, and the great cause was over. Xin Ping doesn't have to think about it, his father-in-law's three sons are not as good as his father-in-law's ability. Therefore, even if his lord is alive, he is not the opponent of Cao Mengde's Yanzhou army and Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou army, let alone his three sons.

After a while, Xin Ping asked again: "I don't know what the lord's last words are?" ”

Kuaima replied: "Mr. Hui, before the lord died, let the trial division and the generals protect the third prince from leaving Qinghe, and asked that the third prince not be allowed to participate in the fight for dominance, let the trial division take him back to the mountains and forests, and then the lord left!" ”

Xin Ping nodded slowly, and said in his heart, it seems that his lord also understands this. With Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, they will definitely not be able to resist Cao Mengde's Yanzhou Army and Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou Army, but the lord prefers Yuan Xianfu's youngest son, so he asked the judge to take him back to the mountains and forests, and as for the other two sons, he didn't care.

Thinking of this, Xin Ping bowed to the southeast, that is, in the direction of Qinghe, "Don't worry, lord." The subordinates are determined to ensure that the third son is safe, so as to repay the grace of the lord! ”

As he spoke, tears flowed down directly, and then Xin Ping said to the soldiers: "Pass my military order, all the Jizhou soldiers in Lecheng City, the whole army will be filial piety, and then retreat!" ”

"No!" ——

The so-called "paper can't contain fire", and Kuaima said it here, and when he came to Lecheng, I don't know how many soldiers in Lu Dao saw his filial piety. Therefore, it is impossible to hide the death of his lord. And even Cao Ren, the Yanzhou Army, knew the Tao, so even if he tried to hide it, the soldiers could only be more suspicious, so Xin Ping was judged and directly reported to the whole army. Let all the Jizhou sergeants wear filial piety, and then retreat from Lecheng.

He knew it better than anyone else. Once the Jizhou sergeant of his own side learned the news of his lord's death. Once it is confirmed, then Lecheng's Jizhou soldiers will no longer have any fighting spirit. Therefore, it is better to retreat as soon as possible than to let people break through the city and cause heavy casualties among their own soldiers. Didn't the judge take the third son to Bohai, then he also went to Bohai, no matter what. must protect the third prince from harm, and he can be regarded as worthy of the lord who has died of illness.

Le Cheng's response was indeed swift, and the military order was passed down by Xin Ping here, and the soldiers over there immediately learned the news. And then did so. His lord really died of illness in Lecheng, to be honest, many Jizhou soldiers were stunned by this sudden incident, really, even if the relationship between Yuan Shao and Jizhou soldiers was not very good. But he is the leader of the Jizhou army after all, and where does the food and salary of the Jizhou soldiers come from, isn't it Yuan Shao's, so even if the relationship is not good, there are still some soldiers who shed tears, just because their lord really died of illness-

Le Cheng's movement was immediately reported to Cao Ren, but Cao Ren still did not move.

For him, he thought clearly about Xin Ping's thoughts, and he knew that after Xin Ping learned the news of Yuan Shao's death, he wanted to lead his troops to retreat. But what he can do is not to attack the city, let alone to intercept or attack them. What I have to do is actually to occupy Lecheng after they retreat.

As for why he didn't directly attack the city or intercept the pursuing Jizhou army, this Cao Ren had his own plans. For him, being able to occupy Lecheng without spending a single soldier is actually better than anything else. Even if you let your own soldiers attack the city at this time, although you can take Le Cheng, your own soldiers will still have casualties. As for saying that after the Jizhou army retreated, he led his troops to pursue, this is not good. Who knows if there was any ambush in Xin Ping during the Dao period, if there were thousands of archers in ambush, then it would be difficult for his own side to do it. Although Cao Ren also felt that the Jizhou soldiers had no fighting spirit, he had to guard against it, after all, it was better to be careful.

"Pass my military order, continue to shout at Le Cheng, don't worry about the rest!"

"No!"

For Cao Ren, he still takes a cautious route. After all, the more this time, the more you can't be careless. If you're not careful, who knows when the boat might capsize in the gutter, it's not impossible. Now that the news of Yuan Benchu's death, Xin Ping and they have already known about it. The advantage to his own side is that he wants to lead his troops to retreat, and then he will be occupied by his own side, so that he can do it, and the rest, anyway, "do not seek merit, but seek no fault".

In fact, Cao Ren also felt a lot about Yuan Shao's death, after all, Yuan Shao's age was only a few years older than his father-in-law. And when he told Zhang He the news, Zhang He was also embarrassed. How to say, Yuan Shao was also his own lord at the beginning, thinking that back then, when Yuan Shao seized Jizhou, then destroyed Gongsun, and then occupied the four northern states, how high-spirited he was. But now that I look at it, the former lord of Jizhou, the overlord of the north, has been sick and died for several days-

"Mr. Bao, our army has been assembled!"

The whole army wore filial piety, and then after the assembly, a soldier came to report to Xin Ping, and at this time he had already cleaned up.

"Pass on my military order, the whole army will withdraw from Lecheng and march to the east, Bohai County!"

"No!"

Xin Ping also led his troops to retreat to Bohai County, and Cao Ren was really right, although he also knew that his soldiers had no fighting spirit now, but he also let the archers break off and ambush Cao Ren. If Cao Ren doesn't come to chase him, if he comes, he will make Cao Ren suffer a little loss. Don't think that a soldier who doesn't have a fighting spirit can't fight at all, in fact, there is no big problem with shooting an arrow. As the saying goes, "the rabbit bites when it's in a hurry", so don't be a soldier. (To be continued......)