Cao Cao has always been a little hesitant about Guo Jia's proposal, and retiring is undoubtedly the most correct choice now.

But he was not reconciled, and he was unwilling to retreat with his army.

However, it didn't seem to do him any good to stay any longer.

Cao Cao then asked Xun You and Cheng Yu to ask them what to do now.

As soon as Xun You and Cheng Yu heard Cao Cao's call, they immediately came to Cao Cao's camp and said in unison: "I don't know why the lord called me to come?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Fengxiao came here just now, and he suggested that I withdraw my troops back to Puyang as soon as possible, I hesitated, so I want to ask the opinions of the two......

"Withdrawal?" Cheng Yu said with a puzzled face, "Our army has just won the victory, not only killed Lu Bu, but also severely damaged Zhang Yan's cavalry troops, the morale of the soldiers is high, it is the time to use force, withdraw the army at this time, so isn't our army in vain?" ”

After Cao Cao heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but looked at Xun Yu and asked, "Gongda, what is your opinion?" ”

Xun You stroked the green beard under his chin, looked thoughtful, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Lord, I agree with Guo Fengxiao's proposal to withdraw the army back to Puyang." ”

As soon as Cheng Yu heard this, he immediately turned his head to Xun Yu and said, "Gongda, why do you also suggest withdrawing the army?" ”

Xun You said: "Lu Bu was killed, Zhang Yan's cavalry troops were heavily damaged, and they will definitely not easily engage in field battles with our army, and they will definitely hold on to the city." Zhang Yan sits on the entire Xuzhou, there are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers, if all come to support, with the current combat strength of our army, continue to stay here, not only can not capture Dingtao, but also may fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy. Rather than go on with such fruitless consumption, it is better to take advantage of the victory, pull out the camp and raise the village, and withdraw the army back to Puyang. We have withdrawn our troops suddenly, Zhang Yan will definitely not dare to send troops to pursue, and our army can return to Puyang safe and sound. ”

After listening to Xun You's analysis, Cao Cao immediately made a decision, and said loudly: "Withdraw the army back to Puyang tomorrow!" ”

Although Cheng Yu did not agree to withdraw the troops, Cao Cao had already made a decision, and he had nothing to say.

The order was quickly delivered, and preparations were made everywhere for the withdrawal of the army tomorrow.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan rode alone, with Cao Cao's letter, arrived at the city of Dingtao, shot the arrow with the letter directly to the city tower, and then turned the horse's head and returned directly to the camp.

When the soldiers on the castle tower found the arrow, they immediately took down the letter on the arrow and handed it to Zhang Yan.

This is a handwritten letter written by Cao Cao, Zhang Yan hurriedly read it, knowing that Cao Cao had no intention of returning Lu Bu's body, and also scolded Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan laughed, since Cao Cao had no intention of returning Lu Bu's body, he could only take it by force.

According to the scouts, Cao Cao had dismembered Lü Bu, his head hanging high above Cao's army's big coffin, and his limbs hanging around the camp, while his body was hung on the gate of the Yuanmen, which was used as a target for the soldiers to practice archery.

Zhang Yan had just burned Cao Cao's letter here, and Gao Shun and Zhang Liao rushed over when they heard the news, and when they learned that Cao Cao had no intention of returning Lu Bu's body, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao decided to attack the camp at night and recapture Lu Bu's body.

Although Zhang Yan did not agree with Gao Shun and Zhang Liao's approach, he knew that he could not stop it, so it was better to let Gao Shun and Zhang Liao do it.

However, out of consideration for the safety of Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan sent Tai Shici and Xu Chu each with 300 cavalry to support.

So, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao took the trapping camp, and Tai Shici and Xu Chu took 600 cavalry, and went directly out of the city and headed towards the Cao army camp.

Zhang Yan was still a little worried, so he left Niu Jin to defend the city, and he took Xu Sheng and two thousand infantry and quietly followed him to prevent accidents.

Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Xu Chu and others came to the vicinity of Cao's camp together, and saw that Cao's army was heavily guarded, and they didn't know how to start.

zuihou, after some deliberation, Zhang Liao suggested that the east and the west should be attacked.

The soldiers of the trapped camp led by Gao Shun and Zhang Liao made a feint to attack the Cao army's camp head-on and attract the attention of the Cao army.

And Tai Shici and Xu Chu led cavalry, with fast movement speed and strong impact, they were responsible for taking advantage of the chaos to snatch Lu Bu's limbs, and they must be quick to decide.

After some deliberation, the four began a clear division of labor, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao led the soldiers in the camp to take the lead in attacking from the front of Cao's camp.

In the Cao army camp, Cao Cao's general order has been conveyed, and the Cao army is packing up in the camp and preparing to withdraw tomorrow. Although there were still patrols on the periphery, no one expected that the enemy army had just suffered a major defeat and would come to attack tonight.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao led their troops to launch an attack on Cao's camp, Cao's army was caught off guard, and was actually directly broken through the gate by Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, Gao Shun led the trap camp to block the front, but let Zhang Liao go to recapture Lu Bu's left arm hanging at the gate of the village.

The sudden attack on Cao's army immediately attracted the attention of the whole army, and all the soldiers came out of the camp and went to the Zhaimen to support.

Zhang Liao recaptured Lü Bu's left arm and retreated under the cover of Gao Shun, while at the same time, Tai Shici and Xu Chu led 300 cavalry to attack from the east and west respectively, and with the help of the cavalry's impact, they directly rushed into the fence of the camp and quickly galloped into the camp.

Cao's army was attracted to the gate of the wall, and the rest of the place was weakly defended, and they were all faced with cavalry, and they were all vulnerable.

After Tai Shici and Xu Chu respectively took Lu Bu's right leg and left leg, they did not withdraw from the camp, but ran in different directions, one went straight to the back of the camp to drive away Lu Bu's right arm, and the other went straight to Yuanmen to take Lu Bu's body and head.

Six hundred cavalry, rushing left and right in the Cao army camp, Cao army did not have a single person to stop, the Cao army soldiers at the gate of the village suddenly heard movement in the camp, and immediately retreated to the camp.

But as soon as they left, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao came again, although there were only a few hundred people, but they turned Cao's camp upside down.

Cao Cao stayed in the big tent of the Chinese army, heard a noise outside the tent, and immediately opened the curtain to watch, who knew that he just saw Xu Chu with the cavalry straight to the Yuanmen, killed the soldiers guarding the Yuanmen, took off the body of Lu Bu hanging on the Yuanmen, and went towards Daxu, where he passed, no one dared to stop, as if entering a no-man's land.

"Where is Xiahou Yuan? Where is Cao Hong? Where is Li Dian? The enemy army galloped into the camp, clashing back and forth, it was like no man's land, what did they eat? When Cao Cao saw such a scene, he became furious and immediately shouted.

As soon as the words fell, he saw Xiahou Yuan coming from the gate of the village with cavalry, and Cao Hong led his troops from the west.

By the time Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong led their troops to arrive, Xu Chu had already cut off Daxu, took off Lu Bu's head, and went elsewhere.

For a time, there was a mess in the Cao military camp, Xu Chu galloped into the Chinese army, with Lu Bu's limbs, he didn't dare to stay at all, and hurriedly killed outside, and Tai Shici also rushed from the side to respond, and the two cavalry gathered into one unit, clashed back and forth, and showed off their might in the Cao military camp!

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong led their troops to follow Xu Chu and Tai Shici all the time, but they were always half a beat slower each time, while Xu Chu and Tai Shici killed together at the gate of the camp and went to fight Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.

Li Dianzheng led the army to fight with Gao Shun and Zhang Liao at the gate of the camp, and suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, he turned around and saw that it was Tai Shi Ci and Xu Chu who were killed, and he was taken aback, and before he could react, he was rushed over by the cavalry led by Tai Shi Ci and Xu Chu, and was directly rushed into two.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao saw that Tai Shici and Xu Chu came out, so they immediately retreated, and the four of them retreated while fighting, and soon left the camp of Cao's army.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong led their troops to catch up, and the embarrassed and angry Cao Jun could not let them go easily, so they rose up to chase after them, and they had to kill all these people.

After chasing for three or four miles in a row, it seemed that he was about to catch up, but suddenly he heard a bang, and hundreds of arrows shot out of the grass on both sides of the road.

A series of screams came and went, many Cao soldiers fell from their horses, and even Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were a little caught off guard, because it was dark and difficult to distinguish, I don't know how many Xuzhou soldiers were ambushed.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong chose to retreat without hesitation, and Cao Jun retreated.

After Cao's army retreated, Zhang Yan and Xu Shengcai appeared from both sides of the road, joined forces with Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, and Xu Chu, and quickly returned to Dingtao City.

In the camp of the Cao army, it was a mess, and Cao Cao was even more annoyed and angry, he saw with his own eyes that the Xuzhou soldiers led by Xu Chu and Tai Shici galloped into the camp, and clashed back and forth in the camp, as if entering a no-man's land. It can be seen that the defense of his army is so weak.

Fortunately, the purpose of Tai Shici, Xu Chu and others was only to snatch Lu Bu's limbs, if their purpose was to capture Cao Cao, at this moment, I was afraid that Cao Cao would have already died in the hands of this group.

In the face of this group of cavalry, the soldiers defending the Chinese army were unexpectedly vulnerable, which deeply pierced Cao Cao's heart and made Cao Cao feel extremely afraid.

In his mind, an idea suddenly flashed into his mind, and the Chinese army must be strengthened.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong returned with their troops, and told Cao Cao that the Xuzhou soldiers had been prepared and failed to successfully pursue, and Cao Cao did not punish Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and others, and even he himself did not calculate that the Xuzhou soldiers would come to rob the camp, so how could he blame others?

However, after this incident, Cao Cao's confidence in withdrawing his troops back to Puyang was strengthened, although only eight or nine hundred people died in the raid this time, but it made Cao Cao feel palpitations.

He pulled out the camp overnight, withdrew the army back to Puyang, and decided to return to Puyang, he formed a strong army that could not only protect the Chinese army, but also conquer the battlefield, only in this way, he can be invincible in this troubled era!

Zhang Yan, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Xu Sheng and others returned to Dingtao City together, pieced together Lu Bu's limbs, and Zhang Yan asked people to build a coffin, preparing to bury Lu Bu tomorrow and let him be buried in the ground.