Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 11 Qin Zhen uses his troops, Cao Cao cries
Facing Lao Cao's question, Cao Anmin had no choice but to speak frankly:
"Sir and the military advisor have not returned yet. The enemy is strong now. Please follow us across the river and stay in the camp!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao was filled with grief and lamented:
"Zixuan resents me and is definitely unwilling to return. Now that I have lost a good assistant, what can I do?"

Seeing that Cao Cao was one-third drunk and one-third sober, Cao Anmin knew that it would be difficult for him to take charge, so he simply took his troops to escort Cao Cao all the way north.

In the original process, Zhang Xiu rebelled and captured Cao's camp at an extremely fast speed, and sent troops from all directions to hunt down Cao Cao.

In order to protect Cao Cao, Cao Anmin led his troops to stop the enemy and was chopped into meat paste.

But now, due to Qin Zhen's arrangement, Zhang Xiu and Cao's army were in a stalemate, and there was no army to pursue them.

They fled all the way north, crossed the Qingshui River, and set up camp along the river before they were able to stabilize the situation.

On the other side, after Xun Yu said goodbye to Qin Zhen, he rode his horse quickly.

It was not until nightfall that they reached the Yu Shui camp.

But when he arrived here, he saw chaos everywhere. Although he was a scholar, he also had some knowledge of archery and horse riding. He rushed into the camp with a sword in hand, shouting:
"Where is my lord, where is my lord?"

However, this place is in chaos and war, so there is no sign of Cao Cao.

After much difficulty, I stopped a soldier, and then I saw the soldier crying:

"Zhang Xiu rebelled and led his troops to attack the lord's central army. We were unable to resist him. General Dian Wei was shot to death by the enemy's arrows. I'm afraid the lord is in great danger."

When Xun Yu heard that Dian Wei had died in battle, he was shocked.

Dian Wei was the captain of Cao Cao's personal guard. If Dian Wei was dead, Cao Cao would be in real danger.

However, the camp was in chaos at this time. Even if Cao Cao really had something wrong, he could not panic. He immediately said to the soldiers:
"Don't talk nonsense. The lord has his own generals to protect him. How can he fall into the hands of the enemy?"

"Whose army do you belong to? Where is the commander?"

After being scolded by Xun Yu for a while, the soldiers regained their composure and said hurriedly:

"I am a member of General Xiahou's army. The general is currently mobilizing troops to the central army to reinforce the lord, but the enemy blocked the camp gate. He ordered us to get tung oil and burn the camp gate!"

Hearing that it was General Xiahou, Xun Yu was overjoyed and said:

"Don't take any more tung oil. Wait for me to go and see the general!"

The soldiers obeyed the order and hurriedly took Xun Yu into the camp. As soon as they entered the gate, they saw Xiahou Yuan leading his troops to attack Zhang Xiu's camp gate.

But the gate of the village was blocked by the enemy, and without siege equipment, they could not attack at all.

Seeing Xun Yu coming, Xiahou Yuan hurried forward and said:
"Sir, you have arrived just in time. Go and contact the other generals immediately. Help me to break through the gate and reinforce our lord!"

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu hurriedly said in a deep voice:
"Now Zhang Xiu has moved his camp here, with 30,000 soldiers in it. The general is in the front camp, with only a few thousand soldiers. How can we break through the enemy camp?"

"General, you should withdraw your troops immediately and follow me to attack Wancheng!"

"This city is Zhang Xiu's base. If our army attacks it, Zhang Xiu will be in chaos, and the siege will be lifted!"

Xiahou Yuan thought this made sense, so he nodded and said:

"Just follow your plan, sir!"

He and Xun Yu immediately withdrew from the camp and headed straight for Wancheng.

At the same time, in Zhang Xiu's camp, Cao Cao's rear camp had been breached.

Dian Wei stood at the camp gate like a god of war, his body pierced by dense arrows. He was dead beyond death.

Looking at Dian Wei's tiger eyes, Zhang Xiu said with lingering fear:
"This man is truly a ghost. He is blocking our way here alone and our army cannot advance!"

"If it weren't for the random arrows, it would be impossible to kill it!"

Beside him, Jia Xu stroked his beard and sighed:

"This man is loyal and brave, and he is devoted to his master. If our army wins, he should be buried with honor."

"It's time to give him a proper burial!"

Zhang Xiu nodded, and headed towards the rear camp, shouting:
"Have you found any trace of Cao?"

The soldiers were searching everywhere. When they heard this, they all replied:
“Never found it!”

"Oh, it must be that Cao the thief escaped from the rear camp!"

Zhang Xiu immediately sighed and shouted:

"Pass the order down, attack everywhere, and make sure to behead Cao the thief!"

But before he could finish his words, Jia Xu stepped forward and stopped him:

"Wait a minute, General. Don't chase us!"

Zhang Xiu heard this and turned his head in surprise:

"What are you talking about, sir? The enemy has been defeated and the camp is in chaos, making it difficult for them to resist our army." "Now is the time to pursue them, why not?"

Jia Xu hurriedly shook his head and said:

"If the enemy has not seen through my plan, we should pursue them!"

"If the enemy has a Qin Zhen who sees through this plan, then our army should not pursue him any further, lest we fall into his trap!"

Zhang Xiu frowned immediately:

"Qin Zhen has left, how can he plot against our army?"

"General, you don't know!"

Jia Xu shook his head again and squinted his eyes:

"Qin Zhen has a very high prestige in Cao's army. He can mobilize the generals. Although he has left, he can deploy troops in advance!"

"Although Cao's army was defeated, they were not panicked. This shows that Qin Zhen had already made preparations!"

"This man has always used his troops in an unconventional way. Now our base is in Wancheng, and our army is in the central army. If the enemy's front camp directly attacks Wancheng, then our army will be defeated even if it wins!"

"The most important thing now is to return to Wancheng as soon as possible, defend the city, and wait for Cao's army to retreat!"

Zhang Xiu was a good person, he was a good listener, after listening to the advice, he gave the order directly:

"All troops, follow me and return to the city to garrison!"

He led his troops out of the camp and defeated Cao's scattered troops. However, just as he was leaving the camp, he saw a soldier coming forward and crying:
"My lord, the enemy has entered Wancheng and controlled the four gates. Our army can't go back!"

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he was shocked and looked at Jia Xu, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Jia Xu sighed:
"This Qin Zixuan is a master at using troops, I am not as good as him!"

Zhang Xiu saw Jia Xu sighing and asked quickly:
"In your opinion, sir, how should our army deal with this?"

Jia Xu thought for a moment and said:
"Although Cao Cao has occupied Wancheng, he is powerless to advance further. We can send Liu Biao to send troops, and we will surely be able to repel Cao!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiu knew that he was powerless to reverse the situation, so he could only gather the remaining troops, bypass Wancheng, and slowly retreat towards Rangcheng.

As Zhang Xiu withdrew from the battle group, order was gradually restored in various parts of Cao's army.

Cao Ang and Yu Jin also brought their troops to Cao Cao's newly built simple camp.

At this time, Cao Cao had been sitting in the wilderness for half the night, and the cold wind was blowing, and he was completely awake.

As he watched the defeated troops gradually return to the camp, his regret grew deeper and deeper.

I wanted to beat my chest and cry.

However, with the defeated soldiers in front of him, he could not cry casually and affect the morale of the troops.

Thinking about how he had played a good hand like this, Lao Cao felt like he was having difficulty breathing and just wanted to turn back time and go back to yesterday morning.

He would definitely stop indulging in women and would do whatever Qin Zhen said.

But time will never change direction.

While he was thinking, Cao Anmin came forward and said with a strange look on his face:
"Uncle, Zixiu and the others are back!"

Cao Cao did not notice anything unusual about Cao Anmin. When he heard that Cao Ang had returned, he said happily:

"Where is Zixiu?"

Before he finished speaking, Cao Ang shouted:

"Father, my child is here!"

While shouting, he walked quickly forward, fell to his knees with a plop, and sobbed.

Seeing this, Cao Cao's nose also felt sore, and he forced a smile and said:
"Silly child, why are you crying? Just come back!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Cao Ang raised his head, his eyes red as he said:
"Father, I am incompetent and failed to save General Dian Wei!"

Cao Cao suddenly trembled and opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Cao Ang saw this and knew that Cao Cao was not in good condition, so he said hurriedly:
"Father, father?"

Yu Jin thought Cao Cao was unhappy with Cao Ang for not rescuing Dian Wei, so he hurriedly tried to persuade him:
"Lord Cao, it's not that we didn't try our best, but when we approached, the enemy army had already fired thousands of arrows, and General Dian Wei's mortal body could not resist."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao rolled his eyes and shouted to the sky:
"General Dian, General Dian! It hurts me so much!"

After shouting, Cao Cao's body went limp and he fell on the grass, crying loudly.

(End of this chapter)