"Lord, now Handan is also a great enemy, and it is impossible to send soldiers to the rescue, but Jinyang is the foundation of the lord, and he has to be rescued, which is really embarrassing!" Xun Yu said.

Cao Cao frowned, not knowing what to do.

Now the situation is very unfavorable to Cao Cao, the Youzhou army has just experienced a big battle, the vitality is greatly damaged, and there are Wuhuan people outside, it must not be easily mobilized, and Jicheng is too far away from Jinyang, even if the troops are dispatched to the rescue, before the reinforcements arrive, maybe Jinyang has been captured.

Xiahou Yuan and Xun You's soldiers and horses are very effective and the elite of Cao's army, but at present, Zang Ba has broken into Jizhou and occupied Nanpi, Xiahou Yuan has gone north to Nanpi, and is confronting Zang Ba to prevent Zang Ba and Zhang Yan from joining forces, and it is not appropriate to draw troops. Xiahou Yuan can also get the support of the Youzhou army, and the two sides cooperate to fight, and may be able to drive Zang Ba out of Jizhou.

As for Cao Cao, who is now facing the pressure of Zhang Yan's army, how can he give in?

For a while, Cao Cao frowned and fell into deep thought, but he couldn't think of a solution.

At this time, Xu You suddenly said: "Meng De, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to our army, but Jinyang is not only your foundation, your family and many officials and soldiers' families are in Jinyang, in case Jinyang is captured by the enemy, then it will cause serious turmoil in the army's heart." I thought that when I immediately led the army back to Jinyang, relying on the geographical advantages of Jinyang, I could attack and retreat, and if I defeated the coalition forces of Tai Shici and Xu Huang, I could take advantage of the situation to recover Shangdang and re-stabilize the situation of annexing the state. The reason why Jin Wengong was able to achieve a king's business back then. Not without reason! ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment. Turning his head to Xu You, he said, "Ziyuan." Do you mean to let me give up Jizhou and retreat to merge with the state? ”

Xu You said: "It's not to give up, it's to give up temporarily." The situation in Jizhou is unfavorable to our army, and if we blindly hold on here, we will lose the annexation of the state if it is not urgent, and even Jizhou will not be able to gain a foothold. ”

Cao Cao was still a little hesitant, Xun Yu and Xun Chen persuaded one after another: "Lord." Mr. Xu has a point. ”

However, Cao Cao has never made any statement, he is struggling in his heart, and he never expected that his road to overlord would be so bumpy. He came to Jizhou to compete for power, and although he won the victory, he also lost, but he cheapened Zhang Yan.

Xu You and Cao Cao have been old friends for many years and know Cao Cao very well. He further persuaded: "Mengde, Gou Jian has been lying on his salary for 20 years." Why can't you learn to practice? As the saying goes, endure the calm and calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky, we are just temporarily giving up Jizhou......"

"Enough, don't say any more. I know what to do. Since we want to withdraw the army, then we have to take everything with us, and this time after we retreat to the state, I don't know when we will be able to come back, not only to take all the belongings in the city, but also to take the people with them! Only leave Zhang Yan with an empty city! Cao Cao interrupted Xu You's words.

"What? Lord, are you going to take the people with you? Xun Yu, Xu You, and Xun Chen all asked in shock.

Cao Cao said: "Yes, take the people with you, I have already decided like this, you hurry up and go to the city to give an order, just say that Zhang Yan is here with a large army, ready to slaughter the city, and let them all go with us to Bingzhou to hide temporarily." ”

Xu Yu said: "Lord, taking the people with you will cause us a lot of burdens, and the army may be dragged down......"

Cao Cao said: "Even so, take them away, and the lack of population in the state, take them away and they can make up for the lack of population in the state." ”

Xun Yu, Xu You, and Xun Chen saw that Cao Cao had made up his mind, so they didn't say anything more, and then the three of them divided their own labor to mobilize the people to leave Handan and withdraw to Jinyang with the army.

Cao Cao called Wang Lun and secretly instructed Wang Lun about something, Wang Lun nodded, and began to let people step up the configuration of thunderbolt fire thunder.

Dian Wei came to the city gate, asked Cao Hong to open the city gate, rode alone, and walked out of the city gate.

Then, Cao Hong asked people to lower the drawbridge, and Dian Wei Ze crossed the drawbridge, and the side of the drawbridge rose, but it did not rise much, but only stayed above the moat.

Xu Chu, who was waiting anxiously outside the city, saw Dian Wei walking out of Handan City on a single horse, and admired Dian Wei's courage very much. At the same time, Xu Chu was already impatient to wait, and he didn't know how long he had been in place.

At this time, after seeing Dian Wei, the anxious wait before was worth it.

"Last time, we didn't decide the winner, today I must fight you to the death, if you don't cut off your head, I won't call Xu Chu!" Xu Chu immediately said to Dian Wei on the opposite side.

Dian Wei sneered and said, "Don't be ashamed, I don't know who cut off whose head today." ”

Xu Chu said: "No matter who wins or loses, anyway, I must share a fight with you today, no matter how much I win, I will never leave?" ”

Dian Wei said: "A word is a certainty!" ”

Xu Chu waved the big knife in his hand and said, "Then let's start!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Chu shouted loudly, galloped wildly, and rushed towards Dian Wei with a big knife.

Dian Wei pulled out the double iron halberd from behind his back, holding a big iron halberd in one hand, not to be outdone, he shouted, and also urged the war horse under the seat to rush towards Xu Chu.

Both of them are the tiger generals of the world, and once they fought, they immediately started a fierce battle, swords and halberds, every move was thrilling, but they were all thrilling.

The two have fought each other, and they have a certain understanding of each other's strength, and at this time, they are familiar with each other's battles, and the moves they use are all one-hit killing moves, but the two of them are both strong in force, as the so-called Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, this big battle is inevitable.

After more than a dozen rounds, both of them were already out of breath, and the war horses under the seats were tired enough.

However, the soldiers of the two armies watching the battle were thrilling and fascinated, and they had never seen this kind of epic war. The onlookers were all martial arts practitioners, and when they watched Dian Wei and Xu Chu fight, they were all secretly wondering if they would be able to dodge if they were fighting with any of them.

This battle is also different from the past, the two of them are all killer moves, so the strength consumed is also very large, plus the hot weather, this is only a dozen rounds of fighting, and both of them are already out of breath and sweating.

"Take a break, change horses and fight again!" Xu Chu was also very righteous, and selected a war horse from among his subordinates and gave it to Dian Wei, let Dian Wei ride up, and fight him again for a while.

Dian Wei was not hypocritical, he directly accepted Xu Chu's gift, and after a short rest, Dian Wei rode on his war horse and shouted to Xu Chu: "Come again!" ”

Xu Chu was almost rested, and when he heard Dian Wei shouting, he responded: "Wait!" ”

After speaking, Xu Chu turned over and rode on horseback, and was about to ride out of the horse, but saw Lu Meng coming over and said to Xu Chu: "When the general was fighting with Dian Wei, I had been watching, Dian Wei was indeed a brave and good general, and the attack was very strong, but in terms of defense, it was a little weaker. The general might as well fight Dian Wei for a longer time this time, and I can also observe from the side to see what Dian Wei's weaknesses are. ”

Xu Chu nodded, rode out, and fought with Dian Wei again.

On the tower of Handan City, Cao Hong was also fascinated by it, Dian Wei's strength was outstanding, and he was second to none in Cao's army, but what he didn't expect was that Xu Chu's force was so strong that he could tie with Dian Wei. In his impression, except for Lu Bu, it seemed that no one could tie with Dian Wei anymore.

At this time, a scout came up and said something in Cao Hong's ear, and after Cao Hong heard it, he hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" ”

"It's an order issued by the lord himself!"

Cao Hong asked suspiciously, "Will the lord Weishenme issue such an order?" No, I have to go to my lord and ask for an explanation! ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Hong went down to the city tower and went straight to Cao Cao to ask for an understanding.

When Cao Cao saw Cao Hong coming, he pulled Cao Hong aside and whispered his jihua, and when Cao Hong knew, he was relieved, and immediately returned to the city tower and began to deploy troops to retreat!

At this time, the streets in Handan City were already in a mess, and merchants and ordinary people were carrying more valuable items and dragging their families to the square in front of the yamen to gather. Then, Cao Cao sent troops to send the people out of the city in batches.

The fierce battle between Dian Wei and Xu Chu just attracted the attention of the enemy army, and Cao Cao was able to organize the people to retreat in an orderly manner.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu fought from morning to night, rested more than a dozen times in between, changed five or six war horses in a row, and ate two meals, but they still did not distinguish the winner or loser.

Seeing the sunset, Xu Chu was anxious, so he asked Lu Mengke what flaws Dian Wei had discovered. Lu Meng kept shaking his head, saying that Dian Wei's attack and defense were excellent, and he had not been able to find any weaknesses.

Xu Chure was sweating, took off his battle armor, and took off his clothes as well, revealing a dark and strong upper body, and the muscles of his whole body could be seen everywhere.

"Come, fight again!"

Dian Wei and Xu Chu fought for a day, the horses and food were provided by Xu Chu, and between the two of them, Xu Chu's subordinates did not put a cold arrow, it was completely one-on-one, which made Dian Wei appreciate it very much.

So, Dian Wei also decided to accompany him to the end, picked up the double iron halberd, jumped on the war horse, shouted, and rushed towards Xu Chu again.

Jingle ......

A series of crisp sounds sounded, which was mixed with the shouts of Dian Wei and Xu Chu, when this epic battle was still continuing, the city of Handan was already empty, and the people had all withdrawn under Cao Cao's arrangement, and the thousand people who remained in the city, under the leadership of Wang Lun, placed the thunderbolt fire and thunder in every important place in Handan City. (To be continued......)