Not only at the Yingchuan battlefield, the situation at Cao Zhen's place was even more complicated.
Cao Zhen's place is to the west of Chenliu, and now Chenliu is full of Zhao Kuangyin's troops. With Cao Zhen's few troops and horses, trying to break through would be asking for death.
However, Cao Zhen never thought about breaking out of the encirclement. Their 3,000 defeated soldiers were not worth Cao Zhen's taking them out.
In fact, Cao Zhen left his troops under the command of the generals Nie Zhen, Nie Feng, and Bai Xianzhong, while he himself shied away from recuperating during this period.
Cao Zhen was indeed injured. Not only Cao Zhen, but also Cao Bao, Xiao Sheng and other generals were also injured. Therefore, this reason did not arouse suspicion among many people.
But in fact, that night, Cao Zhen had already led the few remaining strong generals under his command, Tu Xingsun, Ma Shan, Cao Bao, and Xiao Sheng, and quietly slipped out of the tunnel along the way.
Even though Chen Liu is now in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin, if it were just the five of them, it would not be difficult to hide it.
Moreover, the Lao Cao family has ruled this land for so many years, so it is unlikely that they have secretly lost all their power.
There was nothing Cao Zhen could do to bring these 3,000 troops out together, but if he just wanted the five of them to escape, it would be easy for Cao Zhen, but there were several methods.
The goal of the five people is really too small. If they hide it deliberately, it will be equivalent to a drop of water in the ocean. Even if this drop of water may have a slightly different color from other water, it is not that easy. distinguish and find them.
Besides, although Tu Xingsun doesn't have the buff of Terrain now, he still has the ability to dig holes. With Tu Xingsun around, it would be much easier for them to escape or hide themselves.
Although the place where Cao Zhen and his party are located is not directly bordering the Jin Army, it would be difficult for the Jin Army to directly send a large army to support them for a few of them. However, if there are only a few of them, it is not difficult to hide them. At most, this is it. The journey takes a little longer. But just to be careful, it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer.
Furthermore, even if Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers and horses set up checkpoints along the road, they would only set up checkpoints on the main roads. It was impossible to set up checkpoints on the deserted paths or places that were not even roads.
These roads that are not roads are everywhere in the mountains and plains. Even if Zhao Kuangyin wants to set up checkpoints here, he can't spare the energy.
As for roads, there are no roads in this world, but when there are more people walking, they become roads. Why can't Cao Zhen and the others be the first to leave? Even if there is no way, they can still find a way!
Although these non-road roads are definitely not suitable for large groups of soldiers and horses to march, it does not affect them. None of them are weak, and they all dare to charge into battle on the battlefield. Let alone walking in this wasteland!
Although most of the Cao family generals had already entered the Jin army's pocket, Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to bite off his teeth and swallow them.
He can't fight the Jin army again for this reason. Not to mention the question of whether he can win or not, it is really impossible to win!
Although it seems that Zhao Kuangyin has taken over Cao Cao's territory, it does not mean that Cao Cao's territory can be given blood to Zhao Kuangyin immediately. In fact, in the early stage, Cao Cao's territory will still suck Zhao Kuangyin's blood.
After actually taking over this piece of land, Zhao Kuangyin realized that this piece of land was a bit miserable!
After the common people had just experienced Huo Qubing's large-scale cavalry "tour", Zhao Kuangyin invaded with a large number of troops and horses. At that time, without Cao Cao's food and grass, they would not be able to fight.
So where did Cao Cao's food and grass come from? Naturally, he squeezed out the last food and grass from the people. All the food and grass were collected into the army, and military control was implemented. The people could barely survive from starvation.
Even those who have no relatives, no one will know about it after they die, and those common people may become food in other people's mouths!
After winning this piece of land first, this piece of land could not bring any improvement to Zhao Kuangyin's strength in the early stage. Instead, it would consume most of Zhao Kuangyin's energy to manage it.
With a headache, Zhao Kuangyin's two great advisers, Zhao Pu and Wen Zhong, were appointed governors of Yanzhou and Yuzhou respectively. Zhao Pu and Wen Zhong assisted him in the restoration and management of the territories previously occupied by Cao Cao.
In addition, Zhao Kuangyin appointed Tian Dan as the governor of Yanzhou, and later the clan general Zhao She as the governor of Yuzhou. The Imperial Dynasty Division assisted the two of them in encircling and suppressing Cao Cao's remaining forces.
Although Cao Cao was destroyed, hidden dangers were still there. Cao Cao's intelligence agency, the School Affairs Office, was definitely not wiped out because of this battle. Instead, it was hidden. This was the most terrifying thing for Zhao Kuangyin.
The School Affairs Office has been taking root for many years. It must be the deepest rooted in Cao Cao's original territory. In the Central Plains, it is an extremely huge force.
Once such a secret force is allowed to remain, and the civil and military personnel of the Cao family have now reached Li Xiang's territory, once Li Xiang's troops leave the Central Plains in the future, it will be the most terrifying blow to Zhao Kuangyin.
With such a huge force like Floating Water Fang, plus the help of the local snake school affairs office, how could his Imperial City Division be a rival. Once the two sides fight, they will definitely be restrained at the intelligence station!
Therefore, while sending capable officers to resume production, Zhao Kuangyin was also concerned about clearing out the remaining forces of the Cao family. For this reason, in addition to the strength of the Imperial City Division, the military must also be mobilized at any time. Once there is any trouble, we must immediately encircle and suppress it.
For this reason, although Zhao Kuangyin completed the strategic goal of annexing Cao Cao first, he did not further compete with Liu Bei and Dou Jiande for Chi You.
In fact, the actual situation was different from what they had imagined. The actual situation had made Zhao Kuangyin give up taking further action.
Just for Cao Cao's land, Zhao Kuangyin had to work hard and keep stuffing money into it. Within a certain period of time, not only could this place not be able to give blood to Zhao Kuangyin, but it would have to continue to eat Zhao Kuangyin's small money.
Compared with Cao Cao's territory, the current situation of Chi You's territory is definitely very different.
Having such a cumbersome piece of land is enough. If there is another piece of land, Zhao Kuangyin really can't afford it.
