The fall of Chengwu put great pressure on Cao Cao. Cao Ren was killed in the last street battle in the city, and surrendered in the Battle of Ban, Li Dian and Le Jin fought their way out of a bloody way to break through Zhang Liao's obstruction and die all the way, and when they fled back to Liang, only two or three out of ten of their soldiers remained.

The only place where Cao's army benefited was the main force fighting against the Wuhuan army. The morale of the Wuhuan soldiers was not high, not to mention that the soldiers were not good at the topography of the Central Plains battlefield, and they were already stretched thin in the battle with Xiahoudun, and when Cao Cao led most of the troops to arrive, in order to avoid greater casualties, they withdrew eastward from the Xiangxian area, and stationed in the northern counties of Peiguo, according to the city to provide protection for their side.

Only occupy the fortified walls of the city and clear the wilderness, and no longer fight with the main force of Cao's army.

But although they won for a while, they really failed to bring much loss to the Yan army, and the Xiahou Xuan Department suffered thousands of casualties in the battle with the Wuhuan people, even if the casualties of the Wuhuan people far exceeded them, but in the end, the Xiahou Xuan Department did not have the advantage of the Wuhuan people's strength, not to mention ...... Wuhuan is not the main force.

What is there to be proud of even if you win?

Cao Cao had no other way, even if he got some insignificant advantage in Peiguo, he could only retreat westward to Liang with the resentment of losing his troops and losing generals. Chengwu in the north has fallen, there are no soldiers and horses to stop the main force of the Yan clan, and the tens of thousands of troops of Cao Cao's main force and Chen Guotai's guard Luo Jun will be divided by the Yan clan in the south, and after the division, the consequences are unimaginable.

Fortunately, Liu Bei of Yuzhou had led most of his troops into Jingzhou to fight, and the northern part of Yuzhou was easily recovered by Luo Jun, and then Cao Cao led most of his troops to set up a defensive line in the area of Chen and Liang to deal with the next attack of the Yan clan. At the same time, Xiahoudun, who had won the battle against Wuhuan, was sent south to receive Xun Yu to recover Runan occupied by Liu Bei's remnants, which Cao Cao requested as soon as possible.

Liu Bei did not have any elite soldiers and strong generals left in Runan, just the Yellow Turban remnants who came to lead troops and horses to serve in Runan, although they all brought a lot of soldiers and horses, but after all, they were not the main force of all the princes, even if the troops were strong, they were limited, and they were not enough to be feared.

Cao Cao was really anxious, he had to clean up Yuzhou as soon as possible, and resume production as soon as possible in the battle with the northern Yan clan, and this important task was handed over to Xun Yu and Xiahoudun in the rear. Years of war over the loss of land have taken his toll on his vitality, and the Cao clan has exhausted all of his war potential. The so-called 'March Defeat of the Enemy' has also failed, although they have not lost much food and grass because of the loss of troops, so that they can survive for a while, but they do not have the ability to attack Yanzhou in the north.

He knows very well what the situation in Yuzhou is, in the past year, many forces have been fighting continuously, Cao Cao recruited soldiers in Yuzhou, Liu Bei recruited soldiers in Runan, and the kings surnamed Liu met in Yuzhou and were defeated. Even if Yuzhou returned to control, there would be no soldiers who could let Cao Cao recruit again.

Now that the agricultural time is about to pass, because of the soldiers and horses left by the kings of Chen State, Cao Cao doesn't have to worry too much about the troops, it's just a situation where one dies and one less. But the grain and grass are really in crisis, and if they miss this farming event again, Cao's is categorically hopeless.

Cao Cao couldn't help but regret a little, why did he attack Yanbei at the invitation of the Yuan clan at that time, and directly surrender to the Yan clan to stabilize the world?

It's just that the matter has come to this point, except to complain that he has not been able to seize the opportunity of the Yan family to be trapped in Hebei when he is in the sky, what else can he do? Shi also fate, when the first vanguard of the Yan clan to the south at that time was not Zhang Liao, but any other general, the outcome of this war may be different.

"In fact, Cao already thinks that this battle is over in his heart." Cao Cao said this, full of bitterness, "Zixiao died in seconds, Wen Ze surrendered, most of the clan's children have been killed and injured for more than ten years, and my Cao clan and Xiahou clan don't know how many people have died." Even God can't help it, the big water in southern Hebei can send him Zhang Wenyuan to Yanzhou! Zilian, could it be that this Yan Zhongqing really shouldn't have been defeated? ”

The battle with Yanbei has always put great pressure on Cao Cao, and this pressure is no less than Wang Mang's 400,000 army that fought against Liu Xiu back then, and he almost didn't summon a meteorite falling from the sky!

Dr. Wujing's heart is very wronged, does Yan Zhongqing really use soldiers like a god? Holy!

In all fairness, if he hadn't flinched so timidly after leading the army across the river, he would have directly responded to Zhang Liao's army all the way and fully exerted his military advantage, where would he still have Cao Cao's business now? But so what? He sent Zhang Liao over, and with 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry, he crushed the 60,000 people who were used to lure the enemy, and most of them drowned in Pushui.

What is this called?

Cao Hong squeezed and didn't dare to speak, and said cowardly: "Lord, I told you that Yanbei is mysterious, and the people of Liangzhou have been making trouble in Guanzhong for nine years, and no one dares to touch its edge. It has only been four months since he Yan Zhongqing came, and the warlords of Xizhou, such as Fan Chou, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Duan Xuan, and Zhang Ji, all died on the pole, and none of them died at the hands of Yan Zhong. ”

"It's true that Cao Mou has known him for a long time, otherwise he would really think that his surname is Liu."

In the past few hundred years, there are few people in the world who can do such things as Yanbei, two of them are called Liu Bang and the other is Liu Xiu, they are simply the reincarnation of Emperor Gao, and they also brought the Marquis of Huaiyin!

"Don't talk about the Yan family, how was it in Xuzhou at the beginning?" Cao Cao looked at Yutu and meditated, and finally said: "If you can survive this year, Cao can also resist the Yan clan between the two countries, and then you can compete with the Yan clan when you recover your strength." ”

Unexpectedly, Cao Hong, who had just returned from Xuzhou not long ago, waved his hand when he heard the words and said: "Don't mention it, the original brother was about to die of anger in Xuzhou, and his body and bones are not day by day." Yuan's subordinates are not worried about whether they can survive until next year, but they are worried about whether they can last until next year! ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "This is the same, didn't you still defend Luyi in the land of Langya before, and retreated to Xuzhou after Luyi retreated, why do you say that your body is not as good as day by day?" ”

"What else can it be, Koji Yi! Lu Yi broke Qingzhou, and with the help of Xu Huang, Hua Xiong and others, the generals in Yuan Gong's army were none and could not resist. In Qingzhou, the soldiers were lost, and even their sons were folded in, and it was difficult to bear it. Yuan Gong regrouped in Xuzhou, and always wanted to take revenge on Lu Yi, but he didn't take Yuan Gong seriously at all, and went to Mount Tai to fight Zang Ba, a dozen was two months, leaving Xu Huang to contain Yuan Gong. ”

Lu Yi went to fight Zang Ba? Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he applauded: "This is a good thing!" ”

"It's a good thing, a fool can see it, but Yuan Gong can't see it. For this reason, he was sick with anger, and listened to the messenger who came back from Xuzhou, saying that Yuan Gong ignored the military affairs all day long, and scolded the sky in the courtyard, saying that Lu Yi looked down on him, and it was not as good as the thief of Mount Tai...... I'm afraid it's going to be a short time to die. ”