Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 336
Xu Chu had no intention of going back alive, but now that he was about to die under Liu He's gun, he was not surprised. He didn't even have to resist, so he just closed his eyes and waited to die.

However, after waiting for a long time, Liu He's spear still did not come out.When he opened his eyes, he saw Liu He was looking at him with a smile on his face, and the spear in his hand had been put away.

"You, what are you laughing at?" Xu Chu hurriedly asked nervously after being watched with fear.

But Liu He said: "Xu Chu, if I didn't kill you just now, I would have spared your life. Why don't you just serve me loyally in the future."

Xu Chu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said loudly: "This is impossible, you should kill me, I, Xu Chuning, will not surrender!"

"Sure enough, he is a loyal and brave person. I like him very much. Haha, although you are vowing to die now and will not surrender, I believe that sincerity is the only way to win. Sooner or later, you will choose to surrender."

After Liu He finished speaking, he suddenly took action and used Bi Yan'ao to capture Xu Chu alive. It was not that Xu Chu didn't want to resist in the process, but the opponent's speed was so fast that he had no time to react.

"Hmph, since I, Xu Chu, chose to stay, I have no intention of going back alive. I am content to be able to survive now. I hope your prison meal suits my appetite!"

Seeing that he was captured alive, Xu Chu knew that it was useless to resist, so he had to obediently be his captive. At the same time, there was a faint hope in his heart, hoping that Cao Cao could rescue him.

However, Cao Cao at this time didn't care about Xu Chu at all. When Dian Wei fought to the death and broke out of the siege, and came to him, his army finally escaped Qu Yi's pursuit through fighting to the death. Hiding in Liyang City in panic, no matter how Yuan Tan pleaded for help, he never paid attention.

"Guard Dian, where's Zhongkang?" Seeing that only Dian Wei escaped from the two guards under his command, Cao Cao couldn't help but his heart sank, and he asked.

Dian Wei knelt down on his knees and said in tears, "My lord, the last general is incompetent. General Zhongkang chose to stay alone in order to cover the last general to break through. It is estimated that it is already..."

"Zhongkang! It's all because of me that you are in misfortune..." Cao Cao said in a choked voice with tears streaming down his face when he heard the bad news.

After nearly a stick of incense, Cao Cao suddenly stopped crying and said loudly: "I will send people to retrieve Zhongkang's body from Liu He, and then give him a grand burial, and I will also express my gratitude to the court. He carried out posthumous works."

Afterwards, Cao Cao commended the loyal Dian Wei, promoted his position, appeased him, and then called all civil and military personnel to discuss countermeasures together.

After all the civil and military men came together, Cao Cao first said: "Everyone has also seen that now Liu and Xiaoer are aggressive and want to sweep Hebei, but our army is exhausted due to continuous fighting, so we have suffered successive defeats, and even Dianwei has suffered a terrible defeat." Unfortunately... until now we have been unable to prevent him from annexing Hebei, the next step is to fight or retreat, I hope you can give me some advice."

Cheng Yu was the first to speak and said, "My lord, according to the plan of the officials, we should retreat. Just like what my lord said, when we fought fiercely with Yuan Shao, Liu He took the opportunity to develop and strengthen himself, train soldiers, and expand his army. The preparations for the annexation of Hebei have already been made in secret, which is why they came so quickly. Now Liu He's army is waiting for work, and its morale is high. In the defeat, the soldiers are even less willing to fight. If we forcefully support them, we may encounter even greater failures in the end. Therefore, we might as well retreat to Henan and annex Lu Bu from Xuzhou and Yuan Shu from Huainan first. We only need to unify the Central Plains and then concentrate on development. Slowly accumulate strength, and I believe that one day we will have the strength to confront Liu He. In addition, Liu He is the most powerful prince in the world, and we cannot face it alone. We need to unite the heroes of the world to deal with it together, such as Jiangdong Sun Ce from Jingnan, Liu Bei from Jingnan, and Yuan Shang from Hebei, although they are very close now, as long as we retreat, conflicts will erupt. The benefits are not out of the question."

At this time, Sima Yi also nodded and said: "What Cheng Gong said is true, my lord, judging from the current situation, it is really not suitable for us to stay in Hebei any longer. Why don't we go back to Henan directly while Liu He is leading the army to conquer Yuan Tan?" Bar."

Since Xun Yu's internal affairs ability cannot be replaced by anyone in Cao Cao's camp, and his current position in Xudu is as secure as a rock, it is not suitable to leave for a long time, so after the Guandu war ended, Cao Cao asked Xun Yu to return When he arrived in Xudu, Sima Yi was transferred to the northern front.

"Zhicai, what do you think?" Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai who was silent, and asked.

But Xi Zhicai said: "Retiring is inevitable, but we can't just leave like this. Now Liyang City is not very far from Yecheng, and Liu He is attacking Pingyuan with all his strength. At this time, we can pretend to be Liu He To conquer Yecheng, plunder some wealth and talents, and then return to Xudu, so that not only can we get the wealth and talents under Yuan Shang’s command, but also if Yuan Shang and Liu He can make enemies. For us, it can be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone .”

"Okay, that's a good idea. Although we won't get Ye City, we can't take advantage of Liu and Xiaoer. As long as we capture the wealth and treasures that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang's father and son have worked so hard to accumulate, our trip will not be in vain."

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard Xi Zhicai's plan, and immediately ordered the army to prepare, and sent troops to Yecheng in the evening, opened the city gates, plundered wealth and talent, and then left.

However, I didn't expect that when we came to the city, when Cao Cao sent a soldier who looked a little like Liu He to swindle the city, Yuan Shang was too timid to open the door until Sima Yi encouraged Liu He and Yuan Shang with his eloquent tongue. Yuan Shangcai agreed to open the gate of the city and let the general enter after threatening to let Yuan Tan go if he didn't open the gate again.

Cao Cao's army entered the city and immediately looted and massacred the city. Yuan Shang was alarmed and fled to Handan with his generals and family members.

This made the defenders of Yecheng, who had already rushed to the battle, even more powerless to resist. Only the judge could tell from the beginning that the visitors were definitely not Liu He's troops, so Yuan Shang was advised not to open the door, but it was a pity that he had already It was too late, and when he found Yuan Shang, the city gate had already been opened, and Yuan Shang chose to escape without hesitation, regardless of his own persuasion.

In this case, the judge could only organize the troops in the city to resist. However, to the surprise of the judge, by the time he organized the resisting troops, Cao Cao had led the army to withdraw from Yecheng.

And when the loss was finally counted, the judge almost fainted, because the loss this time was really astonishing, the other party almost emptied the treasury!
Starting from the old lord Yuan Shao, and even from the original owner of Jizhou Han Fu, the gold, silver, cloth, grain, salt and iron that had been accumulated for more than ten years were all transported away.

"This, this is simply killing us, so how can we sustain it? Even if Liu He doesn't take the initiative to lead the army to attack, I'm afraid we can only choose to surrender, because the whole army doesn't even have food. One grain, oh my god, is this trying to exterminate my Yuan family?"

Although worried in his heart, the judge finally accepted the facts helplessly, and at the same time chose to report the details to Yuan Shang.

(End of this chapter)