"My lord, the current plan is to retreat." Although Sun Jian must have been furious after knowing that Han Dang had been defeated, Zhou Yu, as a counselor, had to do his duty and advised Sun Jian to lead his army to retreat.
There is no point in continuing to fight. Although this time we only lost more than 3,000 people guarding the camp, most of the soldiers and horses were safe and sound. However, the main camp was robbed, the general died, and the morale of our army has dropped to the lowest level.
Low point.
If the army has no fighting spirit, it will be defeated. The city of Xuchang is destined to be unbreakable.
"Retreat? How is it possible to retreat?" Sun Jian roared, "Yi Gong's body is not cold yet, I just slaughtered Xuchang to sacrifice him, An Neng retreats!"
Zhou Yu secretly smiled bitterly. Massacre all of Xuchang? Even if they really attack Xuchang, they can massacre the capital of the country if they want. What's more, their own army has completely lost its military morale and fighting spirit, and there is no chance of attacking Xuchang.
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"Lord, we can no longer capture Xuchang..."
"Gong Jin, An Neng will increase the opponent's prestige and damage the morale of our army!" Before Zhou Yu could finish his words of persuasion, he was interrupted by Sun Jian with a stern tone. It was not difficult to hear his firm determination to avenge Han Dang.
Zhou Yu secretly sighed, Sun Jian had been blinded by hatred. In Zhou Yu's impression, it was the first time that Sun Jian spoke to him in such a ferocious tone. It seemed that Han Dang's status in his heart was really not light.
But what can we do even so? This battle is destined to be impossible to fight, and continuing to hold on will only increase casualties.
"My lord, a gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years, so why rush it?" The more Zhou Yu tried to persuade, the colder Sun Jian looked at him. Zhou Yu had no choice but to move out Sun Quan as a reason to withdraw, "Besides, Cao's army robbed
During the camp, Zhongmou was also captured. If we continue to attack the city, Zhongmou will most likely lose his life."
Alas, I only hope that the father-son relationship between Sun Jian and Sun Quan can dilute the hatred in Sun Jian's heart at this time, and at least allow him to regain his sense a little.
Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Quan would most likely be killed if he attacked the city, which significantly wavered Sun Jian's desire for revenge.
Yes, Sun Quan is now in the hands of Cao Jun.
Although Han Dang had a deep friendship with him, the deceased was already dead. He was dead. No matter how much he avenged him, he would never survive.
But if he acts recklessly, his biological son, who is still alive, may really die.
After all, blood is thicker than water, and the love between father and son is deep. Besides, Sun Jian also had high hopes for Sun Quan.
Damn it! Sun Jian clenched his fists, and his tiger face was filled with anger and unwillingness.
However, after considering Sun Quan's problem, Sun Jian's impulsive heart calmed down a little. He also knew that his expedition was a complete failure.
"Return to Wancheng first." Sun Jian said helplessly, his tone seemed a little weak.
————————————————————————————————Sun Jian’s army retreated! This news made almost everyone in Xuchang rejoice.
Of course, there are also a few who are unhappy, who have not yet realized it, and who only hope that Sun Jian can break into King Qin of Xuchang, such as Dong Cheng and others.
The Han Emperor was neither happy nor sad about this. Anyway, he had already made plans to be neutral.
After confirming that Sun Jian's army had really retreated and was not playing some conspiracy, Gao Shun also led his reinforcements into Xuchang City.
When Xun Yu and others saw that there were only five thousand reinforcements, they were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.
Even Jia Xu, who was as calm as water, seemed a little unable to calm down at this time, and looked at Gao Shun with a somewhat strange look.
Forget it, what's there to care about when there are many people but few people? Anyway, Sun Jian retreated in the end. It would be better to save Xuchang City than anything else.
However, after Gao Shun learned the news that Cao Ren had died in battle, he couldn't help but gasped several times.
Cao Ren, who was worshiped as a general of chariots and cavalry, was awarded the title of Grand Sima, and was hailed as a famous general of Cao Wei by later generations. In this time and space, at the age of just thirty years old, he died early in the battle under the city of Xuchang!
The world is so unpredictable!
Although Gao Shun's friendship with Cao Ren was only average, his close friends in Cao Cao's camp were Dian Wei, Xiahou Dun, Zhao Yun and others. However, Gao Shun knew the importance of Cao Ren in Cao Cao's mind. When Cao Cao waited
When he returned with his troops, he learned that Cao Ren was dead, and he didn't know what crazy actions he would do.
Gao Shun didn't have many guesses about what Cao Cao would do, but he knew one thing: Sun Quan, who was captured by Yu Jin, would definitely be killed by Cao Cao.
Poor General Zhennan died not long ago, and the heroic Emperor Wu was also about to die soon. When he thought of this, Gao Shun couldn't help but let out another long sigh.
Xun Yu and others obviously understood this very well. When Sun Jian withdrew to Wancheng and sent an envoy to ask for Sun Quan's release, Xun Yu made it clear to the envoy that whether Sun Quan should be killed or released could only be done after Cao Cao returned to the army.
, it is up to him to decide.
Isn't it? If Sun Quan is handed over to Sun Jian now, who knows how furious Cao Cao will be when he returns to Xuchang. Maybe people like himself will be implicated. This Sun Quan is now a very important person for Cao Cao.
The object of your anger.
As for killing Sun Quan now, Xun Yu was not in such a hurry. After all, Sun Jian was still stationed in Wancheng, which was not too far from Xuchang. It was better not to provoke him too much at the moment.
————————————————————————————————————More than two months passed, until the second year of Jian’an (197 AD)
In January, Cao Cao led his army and returned with a great victory.
After Gao Shun led the reinforcements to rescue Xuchang, the situation on the Guandu battlefield was slightly similar to what had developed in history. Although Cao Cao had all the disadvantages at the beginning, and there was even a shortage of food and grass, fortunately, he persisted.
.In the end, due to Xu You's rebellion, Cao Cao burned Wuchao, burned all of Yuan Shao's food, and took advantage of the situation to defeat Yuan Shao's army.
While Cao's army was winning successively, internal strife was still going on in Yuan Shao's army. Guo Tu accused Gao Lan of not intending to kill the enemy, which eventually led to Gao Lan being punished by Yuan Shao for thirty years. Gao Lan had long been dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's previous approach of imprisoning Zhang He.
He refused to go, and now he was even more resentful. When he found an opportunity, he rescued Zhang He with his own soldiers and went to Cao Cao with him.
With the acquisition of Zhang He and Gao Lan, Cao Cao became even more powerful. Although Cao Cao would not reuse these two people immediately after their initial surrender, their departure at least caused Yuan Shao to lose two generals. So far, Hebei's four court pillars have died.
The general who was running so fast that Yuan Shao's army had nothing to do at this time was defeated one after another under the fierce attack of Cao's army.
Cao's army continued to absorb the defeated troops of Yuan's army, and its strength soon exceeded 100,000. In comparison, Yuan Shao's remaining army was less than 50,000. The strength of the two armies was actually very different from when the war began.
Yuan Shao had no intention of continuing to fight with Cao Cao, so he immediately fled to his hometown in Hebei with tens of thousands of remaining troops. Cao Cao, on the other hand, was worried about the situation in Xuchang City and did not pursue the poor bandits, so he led his army back south.