The next day, morning.
Cheng Yu finally came back, and brought Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and the others back. Seeing that Yecheng was completely captured and Cao Jun's flag was planted, he smiled lightly and said: "My lord, they are so fast!"
Guo Tu and Xin Ping were surprised. The city of Ye was so big and the walls were high and thick. Cao Cao's men could easily capture it if they wanted to. There were not many signs of fighting near the city. Cao Cao was indeed very powerful.
They thought they were right to surrender.
In the face of such powerful strength, what else can you do besides surrender?
"Come into town!"
Cheng Yu said again.
Those who surrendered were watched by tiger and leopard cavalry, and walked into the city gate together.
As for Yuan Tan, he was still carried back. Like Yuan Shao, he was almost out of breath. He seemed to be about to die. Although he was not dead yet, but judging from the situation, he was not far from death. He was dying and didn't know how long he could live.
"Young man, you don't have enough courage!"
Seeing Yuan Tan like this, Cheng Yu couldn't help but comment.
If Yuan Tan still has the strength now, he will definitely jump up and refute Cheng Yu. He has nothing and has been tricked. No matter how strong he is, he can't hold it back.
When he arrived in the city, Cheng Yu immediately went to report.
After a while, Cao Cao and the others came.
"Zhongde, you are finally back!"
Cao Cao felt relieved, but was very worried that Cheng Yu would not come back, so he added: "You have made great achievements this time, and you will be rewarded heavily when you return."
Cheng Yu waved his hand and said: "It's not a great achievement. The main thing is to follow Du Zhi's plan. The one who really made a great contribution is Du Zhi!"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "You all have merit!"
As he spoke, his eyes fell on Yuan Tan, and he said with pity on his face: "Xiansi, I haven't seen you for a long time, why are you so sick? Anmin quickly takes him down and arranges for medical treatment!"
At this time, the necessary politeness is still needed. By the way, he can show his kindness. He can let Yuan Shao's relatives and nephews go. This kindness spreads out, and it can also build a reputation. The most important thing is to see Yuan Shao. Tan looked like he was about to die, so it didn't matter if he stayed.
Maybe he will die of illness like Yuan Shao in a few days.
"yes!"
Cao Peng responded.
Next, Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu to go down to rest and deal with other matters after taking over Yecheng.
Cheng Yu did not rest immediately, but went to the rear army to find Chen Zhou and said with a smile: "The plan to cross the border has been successful. As long as the lord sends a group of people to Linzi, Qingzhou can be captured!"
Chen Zhou invited him to sit down and said with a smile: "Zhong De's persuasion skills are not much worse than Wen He's!"
Cheng Yu said modestly: "I don't have any abilities. I just follow Du Zhi's plan, but it's actually nothing!"
They chatted with each other for a while, and then Cheng Yu went back to rest.
Chen Zhou stayed in the army and waited for Cao Jun's next move. The next one he wanted to fight was either Bingzhou or Youzhou. He was thinking about going north when he attacked Youzhou. No matter what, he had to see how Zhen Mi was doing.
"correct!"
"You can't go north because of your filial piety, absolutely not!"
Chen Zhou suddenly remembered that Guo Jia died of illness when he went to fight Wuhuan. Now that he is here, the tragedy cannot be allowed to happen again.
You must not take Guo Jia north and leave him in Yecheng, or if you really want to attack Wuhuan, leave him in Jixian, Youzhou. This way there will be no danger.
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Outside Fukouxing.
Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, Gao Gan and the others led the remaining troops to defeat the generals and finally returned here.
As long as he passes through Fukouxing and reaches Bingzhou, Yuan Tan guarantees that no one can bully him anymore, not even Cao Cao.
He wants to resist and take revenge!
Even if you can't beat him and are going to die, you still have to drag Cao Cao to the bottom.
"Xianfu, Fukouxing is ahead."
When Gao Gan sent troops, he came out from here. He had guarded Bingzhou for so many years, and he knew Taihang Baxing better than anyone else.
"We are finally safe!"
Yuan Shang slowly exhaled and said reluctantly: "When we get to Bingzhou, I must recruit the Huns and use them to kill Cao Cao for revenge. Cao Cao's thieves must die!"
After briefly confirming their next strategy, they continued to go back to Fukouxing and quickly went deep into it. They could not see any problems for the time being and thought that Fukouxing was safe and they could pass back at any time.
"Fukouxing is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as we go back, there will be no problems for the time being. If we occupy a dangerous place and refuse to defend it, Cao Cao will not be able to attack."
Gao Gan said confidently: "We're going back and we'll discuss what to do, but I think it's ridiculous... I'm probably going to die. Even if I don't die, I'll be controlled by Cao Cao. Life would be worse than death!"
Yuan Shang said angrily: "That traitor might as well die!"
In his understanding, Yuan Tan had long been bribed by Cao Cao to instigate rebellion, and that's why he thought of killing him.
When they mentioned Yuan Tan, they were silent for a while and stopped discussing it. They hurried back as quickly as possible, but not long after they left, suddenly a "rumbling" sound came down on both sides of the hillside.
They saw rocks swooping down and falling into the remaining defeated soldiers of Yuan Shang, crushing many people to death immediately.
These remnants of the defeated generals were exhausted a long time ago, their bodies were scarred, and their fighting spirit and morale were no longer there. All they wanted to do now was live, but they regretted it. If they had known better, they should not have followed Yuan Shang to escape, but should have surrendered to Cao Jun.
If you surrender, your life will definitely not be in danger.
Huge rocks fell, crushing many people to death and injuring many others. The sound of wailing and screaming echoed inside Fukouxing.
Before Yuan Shang and the others could slow down and figure out what was going on, there were sounds of piercing the sky. There were many archers of Cao's army hiding on the steep mountains on both sides. They drew their bows and shot downwards. The arrows were dense like rain. The piece fell.
The remaining defeated generals didn't have much fighting spirit, and they didn't even have complete equipment. Facing the rain of arrows, they were helpless and ran around randomly, killing many more people.
"Lord, this is not good!"
Zhang Nan picked up a shield, blocked Yuan Shang's side, and exclaimed: "Cao's army has an ambush here, and Bingzhou cannot return. Let's withdraw quickly!"
Jiao Chu also picked up a garrison card to block the rain of arrows for Yuan Xi and Gao Gan. Seeing this, he was also worried and said: "Quickly get out of Fukouxing. There is an ambush inside. Someone must be blocking the way ahead. There must be an ambush at the entrance. There must be an ambush." Fight out before Cao Jun blocks us here!"
"Lord!"
Feng Ji said anxiously: "Kill out quickly, don't stay, my lord, leave quickly!"
The shouting voice echoed inside Fukouxing.
There were also the wailing sounds of arrows piercing the air and screams, echoing continuously.
Yuan Shang felt that his teeth were almost broken. Cao Cao wanted to kill them all. He didn't want to let any of them go and killed them all, but he didn't want to die. He gritted his teeth and said: "Break out, fight out, and kill with me! "
The shouts of killing echoed in waves.
These remnants of the defeated generals did not have much fighting power, but at this critical moment, they still grouped together and followed Yuan Shang to charge.
Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan became the vanguard and first led their troops to fight outside Fukouxing to clear a bloody path for Yuan Shang.
Unable to go to Bingzhou, they have only one place left to go, and that is Youzhou!
