On the tower, in the room.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei drank wine and were playing chess.
The two of them were in high spirits, chatting, playing chess, talking about the glorious years of the crusade against the Yellow Turbans, telling interesting stories about the crusade against Dong Zhuo together, and despising Yuan Shao for his waste and incompetence.
The relationship between the two is very harmonious, and they are getting closer and closer to each other.
Through conversations with Liu Bei, Cao Cao narrowed his relationship with Liu Bei and confirmed that Liu Bei was willing for him to leave Yuzhou to serve as a buffer between him and Lu Xuan and as a barrier for him, so he was very satisfied.
Liu Bei believed that his closer relationship with Cao Cao made Cao Cao relax his vigilance and made Cao Cao trust him more, thinking that he was harmless, so that Cao Cao could support him more in the future.
Both of them were very happy.
"Sikong, we have fallen into a trap, retreat quickly."
Suddenly, there was a faint shout outside.
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and looked out the door, as if he was listening.
"Sikong, we have fallen into a trap, retreat quickly."
Cao Cao heard the shout again.
At this moment, Cao Cao's complexion changed drastically, and his mentality of remaining calm despite the collapse of Mount Tai collapsed. He stood up and ran outside quickly. He came to the city tower and leaned on the wet city wall with his hands. Braving the light rain, he saw small boats rushing back on the water outside the city.
Cao Ren stood on the boat and led the people to shout loudly.
When Cao Cao saw this scene, his mind was buzzing, and his eyes felt dizzy. The surroundings suddenly became dark, and there was even a momentary loss of sound around him.
Everything seems to be blank.
After a while, Cao Cao recovered. He once again looked intently at Cao Ren and the others outside the city. He no longer asked for the reason, nor did he have time to ask. He decisively ordered: "Dian Wei, quickly prepare the ships in the city, we will retreat."
He heard the footsteps behind him, saw Liu Bei coming out, and quickly arranged: "Xuande, the situation is not good, let's leave Pheasant County first. Don't wait any longer, or you won't be able to leave if you delay any longer. "
Liu Bei's face turned dark instantly.
The whole person was a little confused.
He had high hopes for this attack on Lu Xuan, but he didn't expect that he would be defeated.
Moreover, it was defeated so quickly.
Liu Bei didn't say much or ask anything. His many years of escape experience made Liu Bei keenly aware of the danger. Especially when Pheasant County was flooded, it was surrounded by rivers and swamps. Once it was dragged down, there would be nowhere to escape.
Liu Bei took the soldiers around him and evacuated quickly with Cao Cao. After getting off the tower, he quickly left the city by boat and joined Cao Ren to evacuate.
The group of people quickly retreated.
Cao Cao approached Cao Ren at this time and asked: "Zixiao, what's going on? You just left with your army not long ago, how come you were defeated so quickly?"
Cao Ren looked anxious and said quickly: "Lord, we have hundreds of small boats close to Lu Xuan's garrison. Before we launched the attack, countless warships appeared near the hill where Lu Xuan garrisoned."
"Countless warships are densely packed and come to surround us."
"Lu Xuan's ships are not only big, but also numerous and fast. The soldiers are all good at water warfare. There is a huge gap in strength between them and ours."
"The humble position made a decisive decision and did not engage in unnecessary struggle or fight with Lu Xuan's people. He directly ordered the retreat. That's why we were able to escape first. If we had waited for the fight before retreating, we would definitely not have been able to escape."
Cao Ren was extremely anxious and said: "My lord, Lu Xuan is very fast. We must seize the time to retreat. If we are overtaken, it will be in danger."
"Kill and capture Cao Cao alive."
Suddenly, shouts came from the water far behind.
When Cao Cao heard the sound, he suddenly looked to the southeast. Far behind, a ship under Cao Cao was retreating, but more ships were overtaken by Lu Xuan's army and destroyed immediately.
Cao Cao's army was completely defeated.
There is no chance of resistance.
Cao Cao couldn't help but shuddered when he saw this scene. His head originally hurt, but now that he saw the scene behind him and the cold wind blowing, his mind became clearer than ever before.
Cao Cao seemed to have grasped some of Lu Xuan's layout, but he did not fully grasp it. He didn't have the mind or time to think, so he could only follow Cao Ren's suggestion and order an all-out retreat.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei quickly evacuated.
However, their soldiers who operated the boats were not as skilled in rowing as Lu Xuan's soldiers, so as time passed, Lu Xuan's soldiers took the boats and gradually shortened the distance between the two sides.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Cao Cao stood on the boat and kept giving orders.
Cao Cao was very nervous, but he still had reason. He fled to the southwest of Pheasant County, which is a higher-lying area in Pheasant County. As long as you row your boat close to it, you can avoid the river as quickly as possible, abandon the boat and escape by land.
Cao Cao kept staring at the rear. He had no time to think about other things. He found that the boat of Lu Xuan's soldiers was getting closer and closer. The two sides were less than a hundred steps away. Cao Cao became even more nervous and ordered again: "Hurry, we are about to be overtaken." .”
Each soldier worked hard and kept rushing forward. After walking for some distance, the boat got stuck in the mud and became motionless, reaching the place where it ran aground.
Far ahead, there was a road surface that was washed away by rain and turned into mud.
Cao Cao cheered up.
Regardless of his own image, he stepped out of the boat, stepped into the water with Guo Jia, Xun You, Dian Wei and others, and ran forward one step deeper than the other.
The water here is up to the knees.
When I walked in the water, my clothes got completely wet and my shoes were full of water.
Cao Cao didn't care about anything else and just rushed forward. After a long time, the group of people arrived at the shore. Cao Cao showed a happy face and finally escaped from the water. He looked back and found that Lu Xuan's boat behind him had also stopped, and Lu Xuan's soldiers also disembarked and rushed forward.
"Run quickly, speed up the evacuation!"
Cao Cao ordered again.
"My lord, you retreat first, I will block here to block Lu Xuan's pursuit."
Cao Hong stood up directly.
He had a look of determination on his face and said loudly: "If no one here delays, Lu Xuan's troops will catch up with us and will soon entangle us. Once more and more people entangle us, no one will be able to escape. Lose."
"Zilian, retreat."
Cao Cao quickly ordered and said urgently: "If you want to leave, let's go together. Don't waste time."
Cao Hong ignored Cao Cao's orders and said loudly: "Soldiers, Duke Cao has raised us so that we can have food and clothing without worries, so that our wives, children, and parents are no longer homeless. It is said that raising an army takes a thousand days and using it for a while. Now, it is we who serve Duke Cao." Time. Anyone who is willing to stay will come with me to protect Duke Cao."
He held his spear and stood there.
Cao Cao's personal guards gathered around him one after another. The surrounding soldiers of Cao's army also ran to Cao Hong's side.
The number of people was not large, only one or two hundred people.
This is the majority of the troops around Cao Cao. After these people stayed, there were less than a hundred people following Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's eyes were a little moist when he saw this scene. He glanced at the incoming Lu Xuan soldiers again, knowing that time was running out and could not stay any longer, so he said loudly: "Zilian, if you can't stop them in the end, just surrender."
After speaking, Cao Cao left without looking back.
Dian Wei, Cao Ren, Guo Jia, Xun You and others followed, and they all quickly evacuated with Cao Cao through the mud.
Liu Bei also retreated with Zhang Fei and others.
Cao Hong stood on the shore, looking at the increasingly anxious army, with sharp eyes, as if he was willing to die, and said loudly: "Cao Hong is here, who will die?"
