Finally, Liu Bei's clenched hands loosened, and although he was unwilling to do so, he still said.
"Not yet, we have to guard it for a while."
Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this.
"Why do you still have to guard for a while?" Liu Bei asked in confusion upon hearing this.[
"Because I have to move the food, weapons, leather armor, and everything in Linzi City, which will take time. Moreover, it will also take some time to welcome Guo Jia's defeated troops and rest."
Cao Cao shook his head and said.
That's right, Cao "Cao" wanted to take away everything. Not for wealth, but for future development.
Xuzhou is too small and dilapidated.
However, Cao Wei still had hundreds of thousands of troops to feed. How could he survive without food? Perhaps Sun Ce would lend him food.
But this is not Cao Cao's style.
"Okay, then wait." Liu Bei nodded and said.
Considering it from Cao Cao's perspective, this is understandable.
"Your Majesty, please go and take care of it immediately. Find a big cart and load it with as much food and weapons as possible. As for the utensils used to worship the heaven, we won't need them. Use as few as possible."
Seeing that Cao Cao had convinced Liu Bei, he turned to Dong Zhao and Chen Qun and said.
"promise."
They both agreed and went down immediately.
"Xuande should also go down and recuperate. After recuperating enough, we can break out of the encirclement tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Cao Cao said.
"Um."
Liu Bei nodded, turned and left.
In his performance just now, Cao Cao was quite stubborn and had some ideas. But as Liu Bei left, Cao Cao's energy suddenly became restrained.
"Liu Feng, I'm afraid I'm going to fall into your hands."
Cao Cao smiled bitterly and sighed.
But I already had a premonition.[
Following Cao Cao's order, the governor's mansion was still calm. However, the entire Linzi City was already boiling.
"Quick, quick, speed up."
Chen Qun and Dong Zhao were divided into two, one in charge of food and the other in charge of weapons. Each led a large team and began loading.
Although there are many people, unfortunately the speed is not very fast.
On the one hand, Cao Wei accumulated too much food and weapons. On the other hand, this situation made people panic.
The news that Taishan City has been breached has not spread yet, but for this kind of thing, the troops must be withdrawn.
The soldiers all had a premonition.
Naturally, people are panicked.
Here, in Linzi City, Cao Cao is preparing to withdraw his troops.
On the other side, in a place not far from Linzi City, Guo Jia and Xu Huang were leading a large number of soldiers to rest.
At this moment, Guo Jia and Xu Huang are in a bit of a miserable situation.
They had no tents and the weather was relatively cold.
Therefore, the soldiers could only light bonfires and huddle together to keep warm. Not only that, they also had to face the threat of Dong Cheng's cavalry. What was even worse was that they had no tools and could not build peripheral fortifications at all.
Therefore, they could only dig trenches to prevent Dong Cheng's cavalry from raiding.
In addition, as many archers were dispatched as possible to defend Dong Cheng's cavalry on the periphery. An uneasy atmosphere was spreading.
At this moment, Guo Jia was sitting in the center of the team, facing the bonfire in front of him, silent.
"Fengxiao. I have already made a clear count. When the city was broken and when Dong Cheng's cavalry pursued, countless soldiers were scattered, killed or injured. There are still about thirty thousand soldiers left."
At this time, Xu Huang appeared, he sat down and said to Guo Jia.
But he went to count the number of soldiers. The losses were staggering.
Of the 50,000 elite soldiers, only 20,000 were left.
This was the result of Guo Jia's decisive retreat. Otherwise, it would be a nightmare to get entangled with the Han army.
"What a miserable failure." Guo Jia sighed.[
"Wen Ze died at the wrong time." Xu Huang also sighed and said.
"Da da da."
At this moment, the distinctive sound of hoofbeats from a large group of cavalry sounded.
Suddenly, Xu Huang and Guo Jia's expressions changed.
"Be on guard." There was a shrill roar from the army.
Immediately, the archers unloaded their arrows and the spearmen stood in front of the archers, holding spears in their hands, tightly surrounding them.
The palms and backs of my hands were sweaty.
Immediately, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, because he heard that the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the east, that is, from the direction of Linzi.
I'm afraid there are too many reinforcements.
"Fengxiao, I have been ordered to come and take care of you." Sure enough, not long after, Xiahou Dun's voice sounded. Not long after, Xiahou Dun rode his horse to Guo Jia's side.
"Follow me." Xiahou Dun got off his horse and said to Guo Jia.
"Trouble Yuan gave in." Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said.
I feel even more ashamed when I see my old friend.
Xiahou Dun waved his hand and did not answer.
"What should I do?" Xiahou Dun asked the next moment.
"Let's go to Linzi overnight. We can't get into trouble with Liu and Feng's army." Guo Jia said decisively.
"Okay, let's go together." Xiahou Dun nodded and said.
Immediately, Guo Jia, Xu Huang, and Xiahou Dun joined forces with tens of thousands of infantrymen and headed for Linzi City.
Just to the west of the camp where Xu Huang was temporarily stationed in Guojia, about five or six miles away, Dong Cheng also laid down his troops and lay prone.
While Guo Jia and Xu Huang were receiving support from Xiahou Dun, Dong Cheng also heard the news.
"hateful."
Suddenly, Dong Cheng shouted. He originally planned to attack after midnight. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Dun actually came to respond.
"General, do you want to pursue me?" Wu Ben asked.
I saw a look of excitement on Wu Ben's face, looking eager to try.
"The tiger and leopard cavalry are fighting against Guo Jia. Their combat power is too strong. If we attack by surprise, we will definitely be defeated. Let's wait until we meet up with the general."
Dong Cheng was moved at first, but then he shook his head and said.
"promise."
Wu Ben had no objection to Dong Cheng's order and immediately agreed, which made Anai feel determined.
In this way, Dong Cheng stopped pursuing and rested.
It was not until dawn and three poles in the sun that Dong Cheng and others arrived at Liu Feng's army.
The infantry and cavalry met in the wilderness.
"General." Dong Cheng quickly arrived in front of Liu Feng and bowed down.
"How was the harvest?" Liu Feng saw Dong Cheng's eyes light up and asked.
"About 10,000 people were killed and dispersed. According to the visual inspection of the soldiers, Guo Jia's soldiers have only about 30,000 left." Dong Cheng reported back.
"Thirty thousand. We have sent 20,000 elite soldiers. It's a great victory." Liu Feng laughed when he heard this.
"Let's go and march to Linzi."
Immediately, Liu Feng gave the order.
"Promise." Dong Cheng promised and led the cavalry to walk beside the infantry.
The twenty-eighth army united together again. They formed a group and headed towards Linzi City, covering the sky and the sun.
An invisible chilling air shot straight into the sky.