Seeing Zhang Fan put down a defensive formation, Cao Cao's face became more and more gloomy, and he secretly said in his heart: "There is Zhang and Chi, he can attack and defend well, and this person is really my enemy!" If you can't kill him today, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future! ”

Immediately, he wanted to organize soldiers and horses to attack, but Guo Jia stretched out his hand to stop him: "The lord can't!" ”

"Bonghyo?" Cao Cao was puzzled: "Now that many of the fierce generals in Jizhou are not here, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong have also consumed too much, it is the weakest time for the Jizhou army, if you don't make a move at this time, when will you wait?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and sighed, and said: "That's what I said, but it is still unknown who will kill the deer in the real battle!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "Now that we are in the hinterland of Jizhou after all, we have to face more than just one person in turmoil, Zhang Liao of Maocheng has an army of more than 100,000, if he arrives in the middle of the war, and the chaos is attacked, what will our army do?" ”

Cao Cao's face changed, but he still didn't want to retreat, after all, he had already paid so much for this, so he said: "That's okay!" The Jizhou army here is just a rabble, all led by Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, two generals, and now these two are already at the end of the crossbow, and they will definitely be able to go down with one drum! ”

Speaking of this, he lowered his voice: "Besides, the soldiers here are all soldiers and horses of other princes, if we can use these people to injure or kill the generals of the Jizhou army, we will earn no matter what!" ”

"That being said, it's unwise!"

Guo Jia sighed and said; "Now that Lu Bu is seriously injured and unconscious, most of the princes have no heart to fight, I am afraid that the coalition army will disperse, and then we will face an unfavorable situation, we can't take Jizhou when we advance, and we have to guard against Yuan Shu when we retreat, which is extremely difficult, and if these hundreds of thousands of horses can be in our own hands, why can't we be at ease?"

Seeing that Cao Cao's face was slightly softened, Guo Jia said thoughtfully: "There is one more thing that the lord must not forget, and that is Sun Ce!" ”

"Sun Ce!" Cao Cao's complexion changed greatly, as if he remembered something, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Guo Jia smiled bitterly: "Now that the Jiangdong Army still has 200,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, since Sun Ce has torn his face with the coalition army, it is equivalent to standing on the side of the chaos, if he attacks from the rear, and our army is here to deal with the Jizhou army, wouldn't it give him an opportunity to take advantage of?" Not to mention whether we can defeat the turmoil, even if we can, we will not be able to use these soldiers and horses to occupy Jizhou, otherwise if its lord gives an order, it is inevitable that there will be rebels who will make wedding dresses for others! Rather than this, we should use it on the blade, solve Sun Ce first, and then launch an offensive while Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were not there, and annihilate its forces in Qingzhou in one fell swoop, plus the army of Yanzhou, it may not be impossible to fight with the chaos! ”

Cao Cao woke up and nodded again and again: "If it weren't for Feng Xiao's reminder, I almost missed a big thing!" ”

Now, Cao Cao has already retreated, he glanced at Zhang Fan coldly: "The storm is chaotic, you are lucky today, I will let you go!" ”

Zhang Fan sneered: "If you have the ability, you will attack, what kind of big-tailed wolf is pretending?" ”

This was a little ugly, Cao Cao almost couldn't hold back his anger, but after all, he was not an ordinary person, and soon snorted coldly: "Lier with a tongue in vain!" Pass my orders and the whole army retreat! ”

The coalition soldiers were stunned for a moment, but Cao Cao was the supreme commander at the moment, and no one dared to resist his order, so he immediately took action, always on guard, and slowly retreated.

Zhang Fan looked at Cao Cao, and he was also struggling in his heart, this person will be his biggest opponent, if he can be annihilated in Jizhou, how can he be allowed to leave? However, his current enemy is not only Cao Cao, although the coalition army retreats, but it may also make a comeback, and now he must preserve his strength, otherwise everything will be over!

The Jizhou army did not pursue, but divided a part to go to Handan, Maocheng, to obey orders, and the other part hung far behind the coalition army, in case these people broke out and attacked the city.

Cao Cao was very cautious and did not do anything out of the ordinary, leading the army all the way south, crossing half of Jizhou to Liyang, intending to cross Jishui from here to return to Yanzhou, and then go to the land of Qingzhou.

Seeing Cao Cao leave, Zhang Fan felt stunned for a while, is this like letting the tiger go back to the mountain?

Sighing silently, Zhang Fan turned around and returned, Jizhou was in an eventful time, and he had a lot of things to deal with, and he couldn't delay for a moment.

Repelling the fierce offensive of the coalition forces, Jizhou entered a brief period of peace, Zhang Fan began to carry out some aftermath matters, and at the same time ordered Zhou Cang to step up the training of soldiers and prepare for war at all times.

The defeated coalition army returned to Guandu and joined the remnants of the army here, and when they saw each other, they were both disgraced, and they couldn't help but smile bitterly, not knowing what to say.

More than half of the millions of coalition troops were lost, and the grain and grass camp in Guandu was burned down by Sun Ce, and the morale of the coalition troops plummeted, and they were sad all day long, so that many people had the idea of retreating.

Liu Zhang was the first to go, Zhang Lu's death made him secretly excited, this old opponent actually died in battle, this is undoubtedly good news for him, it means that the dragons in Hanzhong have no leader, and after he goes back, he can get up the Xichuan army and drive straight into it and take this place!

Originally, he was still grieving for the death of his own soldiers, but now he felt that it was worth it, and exchanging the lives of so many soldiers for the death of Zhang Lu and his main generals was not only worthy of it, but even earned!

He rushed all the way, eager to rush back to Xichuan immediately, which touched the nerves of many people, and now Lu Bu's life and death are unknown, and the coalition army is like a boneless man, and his mind has shifted.

Many princes have the heart to retreat, but at this time, some people stand up and resolutely oppose it, it is those players who are attached to the princes of various places, that is, the people in the God Butcher Project!

"Although the storm is victorious, but its soldiers and horses have also suffered a lot of losses, now our troops still have an advantage, as long as we wait for the news from Cao Cao, and attack with him, we will be able to break through Jizhou!" These people have persuaded their "lords" one after another.

Some princes sighed: "How easy is it to talk about? Now that we have lost so many soldiers and horses, what good is it to continue fighting? ”

The players said: "It is precisely because of this that you can't retreat, otherwise a qiē is equivalent to a loss in vain?" Only by taking Jizhou and occupying its rich prefectures and counties can we make up for it! ”

The rest of the princes were excited, the richness of Jizhou was coveted by anyone, and now that so many princes have gone, they will naturally have more states and counties to share, if they capture Jizhou, the benefits are enough to overshadow a qiē!

In this regard, some of the princes stayed, and the rest of the people who planned to slaughter the gods lobbied in all directions, and even let some of the princes who had already left move, but these princes themselves would not come, so that the players had full agency, but it is conceivable that the soldiers and horses led by the players must also be their own direct forces, and these princes will never send troops again.

But Rao is like this, there are also three or four million people gathered in Guandu, among which most of them are players, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, waiting for Cao Cao's news!

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