He looked up at the strategists around him, hoping that they would come up with a plan.

The strategists fell silent, each frowning. Cheng Yu finally broke the silence and said: "Lord, since Yuan Shao has this kind of thought, it means that he and Chen Chu each have ghosts, can we send an envoy to lobby Yuan Shao?"

Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said in his heart: Yes! If it can be said that Yuan Shao has withdrawn from the army, it will not be better!

immediately turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and asked with some urgency: "Fengxiao, what do you see?"

Guo Jia thought for a moment and replied: "What Zhong De said is a feasible strategy, but if you want to make Yuan Shao withdraw from the army just by lobbying, I am afraid it is unlikely!" After

hearing Guo Jia say this, after a little thought, he understood the truth. Yuan Shao came with a large army because of a plan, how could he easily withdraw without getting any benefits, unless there were enough interests to impress Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "What Yuan Shao wants is nothing more than population and land, how can I give him these things?"

Xun Yu said: "Sometimes it is necessary to give up!"

Cao Cao nodded, and then said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, send a person who can speak well to Yuan Shao's army to explain the benefits, even if you can't let Yuan Shao withdraw from the army, you must let Yuan Shao stay as immobile as possible!"

Cheng Yu hugged his fists and promised, and then asked: "Lord, it's better to send Yuan Shaojun under you!" "

You?!" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment. At this time, Guo Jia on the side said: "Zhongde's talent is enough to take on this responsibility

, but..." Guo Jia's words were not finished, but everyone understood what Guo Jia meant. It's just that this trip is quite dangerous. After all, the two armies are in a state of confrontation, if Yuan Shao impulsively slaughters Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu really has nowhere to cry out for injustice.

"Zhongde, how can I put you in danger? There is no need to discuss this matter, I will never let you send Yuan Shao! Cao Cao frowned, his tone resolute.

Cheng Yu couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and his heart to serve Cao Cao was even more determined.

Cheng Yu hugged his fist at Cao Cao, "The lord is the hero of the world, and Yu can serve his life is really fortunate in three lives; The lord has a great kindness to Yu, how can Yu not report it; Besides, this trip is very important, and others are afraid that it will be difficult to do this! Don't make a big mistake for the sake of being in the next person!

Cheng Yu's last sentence touched Cao Cao, although Cao Cao is a person with a true temperament, but he is also a decisive hero.

Cao Cao walked up to Cheng Yu, held Cheng Yu's fist, and nodded heavily, "Zhongde, please leave this matter to you!"

Cheng Yu immediately bowed, "Yu will live up to the trust of the lord!"

Cao Cao picked up Cheng Yu and raised his voice outside the tent: "Come on, serve wine!"

At noon that day, Cao Cao personally sent Cheng Yu out of the camp for several miles, and Cheng Yu sat in an inconspicuous carriage and went to Yuan Shao's military camp not far away under the escort of more than 100 soldiers.

The offensive and defensive battle of Yecheng continued to start the next day, and the high-morale northern army continued to launch a strong attack from the north. Everything seems to be no different from the first day.

The battle was in full swing, and the soldiers on both sides were screaming and sacrificing their lives. Relying on the advantages of equipment and strong individual combat effectiveness, the Northern Army rushed to the city wall several times, and the city wall defense appeared in danger several times; Although the overall combat strength of Cao's army was not as good as that of the Northern Army, it also fought quite tenaciously.

The battle lasted until noon, and the battle was still in a stalemate, and both sides paid a considerable price.

Just when everyone's eyes were focused on the north city wall, a northern army suddenly launched a fierce attack from the southern city wall, and the northern army actually attacked the southern city wall with one drum.

It turned out that yesterday evening, after Xu Shu observed the defense on all sides of Yecheng, he found that although a considerable number of defensive troops were also arranged on the south city wall, I don't know whether Xu Huang was careless or the defenders defending the south side took it lightly, and the defenders on the south city wall seemed a little absent-minded, and many city defense equipment was not pushed to the position at all.

Seeing this scene, a plan was born in Xu Shu's mind. Still attacking the north with the main force, when the two armies are in a stalemate, highlight the surprise troops and storm the southern city wall, and may be able to attack Yecheng with one drum.

When the main force of the Cao army was fighting inextricably with the northern army in the north, a small colonel covered in blood stumbled and ran in horror in front of Xu Huang, who was urging the army to fight on the city wall.

"General, no! The Northern Army has entered the city from the south! Xiao Xiao said urgently.

Xu Huang was shocked, but before he could react, there was a sudden thunderous cheer outside the city, and then there was a thrilling killing sound in the city.

There is no doubt that the Northern Expeditionary Army has indeed entered the city.

"What about Wang Xian?" Xu Huang said angrily. Wang Xian was the general responsible for defending the southern city wall.

"General Wang Xian has died in the chaos!"

Now is not the time to discuss Wang Xian's responsibility, and the top priority now is to quickly gather the remaining soldiers to break through. Xu Huang hurriedly ordered: "Li Dian, you lead the middle camp, the front camp, and the rear camp, and immediately break through the east city gate and retreat south!" Order the left battalion and the right battalion to follow me to entangle the northern army in the city!

Li Dian hesitated for a moment, and then took the order to leave.

Xu Huang ordered the left battalion to continue to entangle the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the northern city wall, and he personally led the right battalion to the city to drag the incoming Northern Expeditionary Army.

At the same time, Li Dian led three battalions of nearly 40,000 troops to fight out from the East City Gate. As soon as he left the city, he met 20,000 light cavalry of the Northern Army who had been waiting for a long time, and the leading general was Lu Bu, who was the commander-in-chief. Xu Shu originally planned to let Ma Chao lead the cavalry to intercept and kill here, but Lu Bu, as the commander-in-chief, shamelessly occupied this task, which made Ma Chao both angry and helpless, who called someone the boss.

Li Dian was shocked, and the soldiers under his command couldn't help but stir. Tens of thousands of foot soldiers and thousands of cavalry were huddled together in a haphazard manner, and it smelled of sheep surrounded by wolves.

The corners of Lu Bu's mouth were raised, revealing a cruel smile, Fang Tian's halberd waved in the air, and the 20,000 cavalry immediately let out a loud shout, and then the iron cavalry galloped and began to ravage the land.

After all, the Cao army was not a rabble, and after a brief panic, they began to form a formation under the supervision and organization of the generals of various departments, preparing to meet the coming torrent of iron cavalry.

However, due to the haste of the incident, it was impossible for Cao's army to have time to form a formation. When the Cao army's infantry front was still sparse and chaotic, the 20,000 iron cavalry of the Northern Army had already attacked the Cao army's formation with the momentum of thunder.

Suddenly, like a torrent like a wheat field, Cao's infantry was pushed down by a powerful cavalry torrent. The screams rang out like beans, and blood rained down in the air.

In the face of the powerful impact of the cavalry of the Northern Army, Cao's army kept retreating, but no one turned around and fled. The torrent of iron cavalry continued to rush and kill, and the soldiers of the Cao army were constantly cut to the ground or knocked into the air.

Without an infantry line formed into a tight battle formation, it was simply impossible to resist the wild charge of the cavalry.

The situation was irreversible, and Li Dian had no choice but to order the troops to break through by separate routes.

Cao Jun was already on the verge of collapse, and Li Dian's order suddenly made the little remaining will to fight completely disappear in Cao Jun. The expected breakout did not materialize, and the scene in front of us was a panicked and total collapse.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command were constantly being killed in the process of escaping, Li Dian's heart was like a knife, but he was helpless.

Suddenly seeing Lu Bu carrying Fang Tian's halberd all the way towards him, Li Dian was shocked, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped south...

The rout of the troops in all directions made it impossible for Lu Bu to chase at full speed, and gradually, Li Dian's figure disappeared in front of him.

Lu Bu couldn't help but feel annoyed, so he poured his anger on the Cao soldiers who didn't have time to escape.

At the same time that Lü Bu led the cavalry to kill Li Dian's troops, Ma Chao, Zhang Jaw, and Gao Ran each led 20,000 foot soldiers into the city from the east, west, and south, and converged with the 20,000 foot soldiers who had entered the city in advance, and began to kill the remnants of the Cao army in the city.

Xu Huang fought to the death in the city, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and there were more and more battle flags of the Northern Army around him.

I don't know how long the battle lasted, the banner of the Cao army on the north city wall was cut off, and the slightly hideous battle flag of the northern army flew in the wind.

Xu Huang and hundreds of his soldiers retreated to a small courtyard near the south city gate, and flags were rolling on the surrounding streets, and the northern army was gathering.

"General, break through quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late! A lieutenant said urgently.

Xu Huang also knew that he had to break through immediately, otherwise he was afraid that he would never have the chance to see Cao Cao again.

Xu Huang led hundreds of remnants of the army to rush out of the small courtyard and break through to the north.

Xu Huang took the lead with a giant axe, leading hundreds of remnants to step on the corpses of his own people and the Northern Army. The Northern Expeditionary Army in front of Xu Huang struggled to stop Xu Huang, but Xu Huang was too brave, and no one could block a move under his giant axe, and they all died on the spot after trying their best.

Xu Huang fought his way out of the brave army of the Northern Expedition and ran out of the south gate.

At this time, only a dozen lucky remnants of the defeated soldiers followed closely behind Xu Huang. The others were either killed in battle or besieged in the city, unable to escape.

Xu Huang rushed out of Yecheng before he had time to catch his breath, so he galloped out of the city and came from behind. That ride was the Ma Chao who slashed Niu Fu.

The dragoon spear was held diagonally at his side, his earthy yellow cloak fluttering in the wind, and the unicorn helmet showed a terrifying killing aura.

Xu Huang couldn't help but be shocked, even if he was at his peak, he was probably not Ma Chao's opponent, not to mention that he was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment.

"General, you go! Let's stop him! The lieutenant said urgently, and then more than a dozen people turned their horses' heads and greeted Ma Chao, who was coming violently.

Xu Huang clenched his fists, then sighed, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the south.

Ma Chao saw more than a dozen people coming up, and he couldn't help but sneer in his eyes. The hand holding the dragoon gun tightened, and the body bowed down slightly.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides staggered, the dragoon spears were raised, and the four Cao soldiers exclaimed that they had been picked off their horses at the same time.

Ma Chao didn't continue to pay attention to the dozen or so Cao Jun soldiers behind him, and urged the war horse to chase Xu Huang after him escaped.

The soldiers of the Cao army were shocked and hurriedly chased after Ma Chao.

Xu Huang, who was running away, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, turned his head to look, and found that Ma Chao had chased after him.

Frightened, he desperately urged the war horse, but Xu Huang's war horse was obviously not as good as Ma Chao's Shadow Divine Horse, and the distance between the two was gradually narrowed.

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