"Drive!" Yuan Shu grabbed the horse's belly, galloped forward for dozens of meters, and suddenly stopped the war horse and pulled the horse out of the city.

Yuan Shu suddenly chose to leave, which made the soldiers in the city feel retreated, and they hesitated to advance and retreat for a while, and also left a short respite for the defenders.

At this time, the north gate, which was the only one in Xu Huang's hands, was already full of remnants, and Liu Xie and the ministers who had retreated from the palace.

Xu Huang's armor was covered with bloodstains, and after repelling a wave of Yuan army attacks, he hurriedly walked towards Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, the attack of the Yuan army has slowed down, it should be Cao Cao's reinforcements arriving."

When Liu Xie, who was frightened, heard this, he immediately looked outside the city and saw that Yuan's army was divided into two parts, one to assemble in the camp and the other to rush towards the city gate.

"Well, it seems possible." Liu Xiedao: "Xu Aiqing, the forbidden army is temporarily handed over to you, and cooperate with Cao's army to recapture the city." ”

Xu Huang arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister will go." ”

In the city, Xu Huang's troops took the opportunity to counterattack, and Cao Hong attacked the camp outside the city, and Yuan Shu's army suffered from the enemy on its back, and it was chaotic for a while.

The defeat has been revealed, no matter how Yuan Shu roars and orders to command, Yuan Jun just can't organize a strong counterattack.

The battle situation changed abruptly, the camp was broken, Yuan Shu was set up by his subordinates, hurriedly retreated fifty miles, and re-encamped.

Seeing Yuan Shu retreating, Cao Hong gathered his soldiers, escorted the captives into the city, and controlled the city with Xu Huang.

After more than a month of hard fighting, most of the soldiers and horses were lost, and seeing that it was done, Cao Hong suddenly intervened, and Yuan Shuqi jumped like thunder.

As soon as the main village was established, Yuan Shu was angry and summoned all the generals under his command and drenched the dogs they scolded with blood.

After venting the anger in his heart, Yuan Shu roared angrily: "No matter what method you use, you must take the city tomorrow!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

Seeing that Yuan Shu was angry, the generals hurriedly stood up to receive the order, for fear of touching the moldy head and provoking the fire for no reason.

But as Yan Xiang, who was the mastermind of Yuan Shu, he had to bear his anger and come out to advise.

"Lord, the troops are tired, and they can't fight again, otherwise Cao Cao's troops will stay behind, and I'm afraid that the momentum gathered by the lord in this battle will be gone."

It's good to see it, Yuan Shu also thought in his heart, but this is good, it didn't achieve what he wanted.

"Lord Yan Bo Xiu is alarmist, Runan has a general Ji Ling with an army of 30,000 to guard, and Yang Feng and others to help, even if Cao Cao wants to attack, it will take a lot of energy."

"And if Cao Cao divides his troops to stay behind, he will have no troops to support Xu County, which is more important, how can Cao Cao not know, so he will gather heavy troops to come to support."

"If Benzhou Mu rushes to take Xu County in front of him, Cao Cao will return in vain, this is a double win, why not."

Yuan Shu's self-righteous opinion made Yan Xiang's face look helpless. "Lord, Cao Cao has occupied the counties under the division and received the remnants of Li Dao, and his strength will be greatly increased, not to be underestimated."

Yuan Shu said unhappily: "Even if Cao Cao's troops are really divided into two ways, as long as he breaks through the city first, he can only return in vain." ”

"Alas!" Yuan Shu was determined, Yan Xiang sighed helplessly, shook his head and said nothing.

Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang, and he didn't say anything, anyway, if he didn't take the city, he wouldn't be reconciled.

Although Yuan's army retreated fifty miles in a hurry and did not cause much loss, the morale that had been holding back did disappear with the retreat.

From Xuzhou to Xuxian, they have been fighting fiercely for more than a year, although the hard battle is only a few months, but their thoughts of missing their relatives are indeed getting heavier and heavier.

Knowing that Yuan Shu was going to attack the city, Yuan's army camp was filled with a sense of sadness and an anxious sense of longing.

Early the next morning, Yuan's army reassembled and rushed towards Xu County in despair.

As soon as the war drums sounded, Yuan's army launched a fierce attack, but the defenders were already full of morale after a night's rest and reinforcements arrived.

The Yuan army attacked hard, and even the city went up, leaving corpses everywhere.

When Yuan Shu learned of the situation, he was also angry in his heart, and regardless of everyone's advice, he beheaded several generals in a row, which had boosted the morale of the army.

There is no hope of breaking the city, the morale of the army is scattered, the soldiers are centrifuged, and all the hidden dangers are in the bud and growing rapidly.

After three days of hard attack, Cao Cao also led a large army to arrive, and Yuan Shu had no choice but to gather his soldiers and slowly retreat.

The soldiers were defeated, and in the end they retreated, and the generals under Yuan Shu were even more dissenting.

Before Yuan Shu could return to Runan, an even worse news came, Runan was attacked by Xiahoudun, and Ji Ling and Yang Feng led their troops to retreat to Chenjun.

The successive defeats caused Yuan Shu's prestige to decline rapidly, and some of his subordinates also took the opportunity to break away and occupy the city, not obeying orders.

The first war ruined his life, it should be on Yuan Shu at this time, but it is the most suitable, in order to save the trend of decadence, Yuan Shu also racked his brains.

Eyes returned to Xu County, because of Cao Cao's arrival, the situation in Xu County at this time is also changing.

After more than ten days, Xu County recovered from the post-war period, and everything was on the right track.

At the beginning, he was full of spirit and self-confidence, and Liu Xie also silently swallowed the bitter fruit, after all, it turned out that Cao Cao was stronger than him.

In addition to the palace guarded by the forbidden army, Liu Xie gave all the power to Cao Cao, and named him a general, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and he gave orders in the court with peace of mind.

And Cao Cao's proposal, Liu Xie also agreed to all of them, including the recall of the envoy from Youzhou, the eldest daughter of Cao Cao, and the change of Xu County to Xuchang.

After a series of changes, Cao Cao has obviously become the second person under Liu Xie, and all the military power is in his hands.

And Xu Huang, the general of this battle, was also idle by Liu Xie, and it seems that it is hopeless to return to the battlefield.

Time is like an arrow, and it is ushering in a new year, on this day, Cao Cao has nothing to do, and decides to visit the person he has wanted to see for a long time.

After this battle, Xuchang stepped on Yuan Shu's body, and the momentum as the capital gradually prospered.

People come and go, and there is an endless stream of shouting, but Cao Cao knows that the situation of food shortage has not been solved, and I am afraid that in the next year, he will not be able to launch a new offensive.

Along the way, Cao Cao is still quite satisfied with the current situation.

Seeing the Xu family's mansion in front of him, Cao Cao waved away and followed the guards and stepped forward alone.

"Knock knock."

"Who?"

There was a knock on the door, and the sound of Xu Huang in the house came, but Cao Cao did not answer.

"Squeak." The door opened slightly, and Xu Huang saw that it was Cao Cao, and immediately asked suspiciously: "The general is here, what is the matter?" ”

Cao Cao smiled and said: "Gongming is so hospitable, don't you invite Meng Dejin to sit up?" ”

Xu Huang said: "The general's golden body, the cold house is afraid that there is nothing to entertain." ”

It seems that Xu Huang is really loyal, Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Gongming, why bother, now that the princes are rising, it is the time to employ people, is Gongming willing to do nothing and spend the rest of his life." ”

Xi's martial arts, Xu Huang naturally wanted to fight on the battlefield, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, he also hesitated.

Cao Cao looked in his eyes and continued: "Gongming, you and I both serve Your Majesty, so why bother with the camp. ”

Xu Huang regained his normal complexion, opened the door and said, "General, please come in." ”

Seeing that it had been effective, Cao Cao nodded slightly and strode into the mansion. "If Gongming wants to lead the army, he can come to the General's Mansion at any time."

Behind him, he shook for a moment, looking at Cao Cao's back, his eyes rolling slightly. "Xu is not talented, he likes to lead the army to act alone, and I am afraid that the general is unwilling."