When Yuan Xi shot that arrow, Ju Shou and Lu Xun behind him were frightened half to death. They were afraid that Cao Jun would become angry and turn around to attack. In that case, the Youzhou Army would immediately reveal their true colors.
Fortunately, perhaps because of Yuan Xi's move, Cao Jun could not judge the reality of the Youzhou army, so he retreated.
In fact, neither side knew that due to this fight, both armies had reached their limits.
At this time, everyone in Cao camp was wiping the sweat from their foreheads. The doctor on the carriage pulled out the arrow from Cheng Yu's arm. Cheng Yu couldn't help but scream loudly.
He was very heartbroken. Originally, Cao Cao asked himself, who was a very good counselor, to go to the battlefield just to have the final say. Unexpectedly, it turned into a lose-lose situation. Not to mention, as the head coach, Fierce Tiger even shot himself who was the messenger. It was too unworthy of a nobleman. So cool!
The world is declining, and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!
But when Yuan Xi took action just now, everyone in Cao's camp was frightened. They were afraid that it was a signal from the Youzhou army to attack. If another army came out, Cao's army would have to show up here!
In the days before and after this battle, only half of the tens of thousands of Cao's troops who had set off returned, but they were still not seriously injured.
Because Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Shu's attack on Chen State in Yuzhou and drove away Chen King Liu Chong, he raided Yuan Shu's army from behind and drove it back. He obtained tens of thousands of soldiers from Chen State, and now they are all stationed secretly at the border of Yuzhou and Xuzhou.
Most of the casualties in this battle were Qingzhou soldiers. They were numerous, unruly and difficult to control. After killing and injuring tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers, their power was weakened. This could temporarily make them more honest and save a lot. Military rations.
This is not a bad thing for Cao Cao, who is about to attack Yuan Shu.
The generals looked at Cao Cao with a calm expression, and thought that he was becoming more and more lord-like. Today, Cao Cao's army is rapidly becoming stronger in each battle. The waves wash away the sand, and what is left in the end is real gold!
Cao Cao felt very uncomfortable. Except for a few generals, none of them could compare with the other generals Zhao Yun and Guan Yu!
My next step is to think carefully about how to recruit powerful heroes!
Yuan Xi directed his personal guards to carry the injured soldiers onto carts and transport them to the rear for treatment. He also sent people to find the people hiding everywhere and asked them to take refuge in Haixi.
After a while, Guan Yu came over, and Yuan Xi paid his respects: "Thank you, general, for saving me."
Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "Yu will always remember the grace of sending Jun Guangling to save his life."
He told Yuan Xi about Liu Bei, and Yuan Xi sighed: "Now Cao Jun is afraid that he will occupy Tancheng, and it will be difficult for the people of Xiapi to come back."
"There is Ling County between Guangling and Xiapi, which is closest to the place where the envoy disappeared. If the general does not give up, he can be temporarily stationed there while he and General Zhang continue to search for Liu Yuzhou."
He took out a token and handed it to Guan Yu, "General, take my token, and Ling County can open the city to welcome the general."
"As for Madam Jun, she is seriously injured and should not travel far. I am looking for someone to treat her. After her injury is healed, I will send someone to Ling County."
Guan Yu thanked me and said, "I will never forget your kindness."
Yuan Xi replied: "General, you're welcome. If the general hadn't helped me today, it would have been difficult for me to stop Cao's army."
Guan Yu was anxious to find Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, so he said goodbye to Yuan Xi and went to Ling County with his soldiers.
When Yuan Xi sent Guan Yu away, he felt extremely tired. He was about to fall over as he swayed. Lu Lingqi reached out to help him, but she lost the strength and they fell to the ground together.
The two of them couldn't help but smile bitterly at each other when they saw each other in a bloody mess.
The two found a big tree, leaned against the trunk, and couldn't help panting. On the battlefield in front of them, the soldiers silently cleaned the battlefield, peeled off the armor from the corpses of their own soldiers, and then buried the corpses on the spot.
Yuan Xi's heart was bleeding. Many of the soldiers who died in the battle were the seeds he had cultivated with great difficulty. After the battle in the past few days, it was roughly estimated that the casualties were at least a thousand, and the losses were not small.
But this battle had to be fought because it was in Xuzhou.
As long as Yuan Xi carries the name of Xuzhou Shepherd, he must be responsible for the people of Xuzhou.
If he were a lord like Yuan Shu who didn't care about the life and death of the people under his rule, he would be abandoned by the people sooner or later.
He stood up with difficulty holding on to the tree trunk, stretched out his hand to Lu Lingqi, and said, "Let's go back."
The inside story of the Battle of Xuzhou spread throughout the world soon, and everyone who learned the inside story was shocked.
Yuan Shu launched a large-scale attack on Liu Bei, and he chose this time really well. He captured Xiapi in one fell swoop, allowing Yuan Shu's forces to finally enter Xuzhou.
This was a powerful response to the Han court's request for Yuan's imperial edict. It was like a loud slap in the face, making many Han court officials' faces burn.
Yuan Shu was so powerful that it was not surprising that Liu Bei, who was alone and alone, was defeated. However, as a member of the group seeking Yuan's imperial edict, he received no help from his allies from beginning to end. The alliance is also in internal strife!
This slap was worse than the previous one. The Han court was in quarrel. Liu Xie faced endless quarrels and impeachments among ministers in the past few days.
Kong Rong was vomiting and talking eloquently, "Cao Mengde was ambitious and blatantly attacked the loyal ministers of the Han court. He was extremely audacious and unforgivable!"
"Liu Yuzhou resisted Yuan Shu, but the Cao thieves actually stabbed him in the back and openly invaded his city. It is simply unconscionable!"
As soon as these words came out, Brother Zhang Miao from Kong Rong's family also stood up to help, and Ding Chong quickly stepped out and said: "That's nonsense!"
"This is because Liu Yuzhou himself can't stop Yuan Shu, so what does he have to do with Cao Shijun!"
"Liu Yuzhou was defeated and routed. If Cao Shijun didn't take over the city, wouldn't it have been handed over to Yuan Shu in vain?"
Kong Rong sneered: "It's just fart!"
"Ding Chong, you are a heartless thing. Then Cao's thieves attacked Liu Yuzhou's retreating soldiers and the people's fleeing team, also to guard against Yuan Shu?"
Ding Chong argued forcefully: "Who knows the inside story?"
"Perhaps Tianhei admitted his mistake at that time, or those people were Yuan Shujun pretending to be him!"
Kong Rong was furious: "Open your eyes and fart!"
"Which of your eyes saw that it was Yuan Shujun?"
Ding Chong asked: "Which eye saw Wen Jugong?"
"Were you not present when Wen Jugong was appointed?"
Kong Rong didn't expect Ding Chong to be so shameless, so he was furious. He immediately spit out fragrance, quoted scriptures, and began to expose Ding Chong's old background and scolded his ancestors for eighteen generations.
Seeing that people from both sides continued to join in the scolding war, Liu Xie, who was sitting at the table, secretly cursed that success was not enough but failure was more than failure. Speaking of which, he also regretted that Liu Bei was tricked by him.
The edict he issued was still too hasty and hasty.
By making the names of the members of Yuan's alliance known to the world in advance, wouldn't this allow Yuan Shu to attack the weakest target?
But Liu Xie did not expect that Cao Cao and Yuan Xi had such a big conflict in private. The two armies took action almost without hesitation, without paying attention to the overall situation of conquering Yuan Shu!
This made Liu Xie not only very unhappy, but also in a dilemma.
Because he led the crusade against Yuan Shu, intending to attack from multiple directions, leaving Yuan Shu to focus on one thing and the other, so the first person to set off was Lu Bu, who was in Huaicheng.
Half a month ago, Lu Bu led Zhang Liao and other generals, and tens of thousands of soldiers recruited in Sili, to go south to Yuzhou to attack Yuan Shu's rear.
Liu Xie's intention was to let Lu Bu pull Yuan Shu's defense line and let him divide a part of Shouchun, which was heavily stocked with troops, to defend, thereby reducing the pressure on Liu Bei's offensive line.
At that time, news of the Battle of Xuzhou had not yet come, so calculating the time, Lu Bu should have entered Yuzhou.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu took action first. Liu Bei was defeated and his whereabouts were unknown. Yuan Xi and Cao Cao were in internal strife. Now the alliance with Yuan became a joke, and even the Han court edict became a joke!
And the ultimate joke became Liu Xie himself.
Even before the fight started, there was already internal strife. What did this bring to the emperor's face?
Liu Xie looked at the quarrels in the hall and suppressed his irritation. He raised his hands and said: "My dear friends, quarreling cannot solve the problem. Now I want your suggestions on how to deal with it next and how to remedy it!"
When all the ministers heard this, they all went back to sit down. Zhong Yao took the opportunity to come out and said: "The Tian family is wise. It is difficult to reach a conclusion about who is right in Xuzhou. It is better to reconcile the two sides and let them turn the hostility into friendship."
As soon as these words came out, Kong Rong and others secretly cursed for being shameless. Xuzhou was beaten to pieces. It is said that tens of thousands of people were killed and injured on both sides. Did they turn the war into friendship? Easier said than done!
Kong Rong said with a strange tone: "Yuan Shijun is the shepherd of Xuzhou, but Cao Cao took advantage of most of Xuzhou. This is not something ordinary people can do."
"How about Minister Zhong going to Xuzhou as an envoy to mediate this matter?"
Zhong Yao cursed in his heart, do you want me to die?
It is said that the fierce tiger has no noble manners at all. If he gets angry, he might actually chop off his own head!
He forced a smile and said: "Mr. Wen Ju was joking. The ferocious tiger may not be right. It may be that he harbored evil intentions and took the opportunity to annex Yanzhou, so he fought with Cao Shijun."
Kong Rong said coldly: "The thief calls for catching the thief. Only a villain can judge a gentleman's belly with his own heart."
Zhong Yao's face is dull, and murderous intentions are hidden in his heart. Just jump to Kong Rong's heart, Lu Bu won't be able to come back for a while, and there are plenty of ways to deal with you!
Zhong Yao has already received a promise from Cao Cao. When he succeeds Cao Cao as the Sili Colonel and has the power to command the army, he will cooperate with Zhang Yan and kill Kong Rong as easily as killing a chicken!
But Zhong Yao knew that the time was not yet ripe, so he had to suppress his anger and bow to Liu Xie: "The overall situation is the most important, and the top priority is to eliminate Yuan Shu."
"The Heavenly Family can issue edicts to all parties to appease each other, which is the appropriate policy."
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers agreed. After all, things have become like this, what else can be done?
You can't favor one side and provoke conflicts between the two sides again and let them attack each other, right?
If this continues, asking for Yuan's edict will really become a joke!
So sometimes the truth is not important, nor is it important who is right or wrong. What is important is how everyone settles the matter and saves face and current position.
After all, how many people died in Xuzhou, and what does it have to do with their Han court officials?
Mi Zhen opened the door and saw Yuan Xi standing at the door. She quickly lowered her head and said, "I've seen the envoy."
Yuan Xi returned: "I met the girl, how is Mrs. Liu Yuzhou?"
Mi Zhen said in a low voice: "It's very bad. I've been having a fever. It's hard to even open my eyes today. The doctor said those few cuts hurt my internal organs. I'm afraid."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi sighed: "In that case, I won't bother you. Just tell my wife that I have been here."
"By the way, please ask, madam, if you have any other requests, I will find a way to satisfy them."
Mi Zhen said quickly: "Please wait a moment."
She turned back and entered the house. After a while, she came out and said, "Madam, please let me in."
(End of chapter)
