Chapter 748

"Kill!! Kill Yuan Shao! Kill Yuan Shao!! Don't let him run away!"

"Yuan Shao, you dog thief, where are you fleeing? Return my big brother's life!!"

"Kill!!!"

"Cao's army is chasing! Run!"

"....."

That night, Cao Cao led his army, with Especially Guan Yu Yu and others as the vanguard, first defeated the blocking army of Gao Lan, and then chased all the way, easily catching up with Yuan Shao's army.

Forcing Yuan Shao to stop and constantly divide his troops to cover the retreat to fight against Cao Cao.

But because of morale issues, the troops he left behind to cover the retreat quickly collapsed and were easily defeated.

Of course, this also had a lot to do with the lack of fierce generals in the army.

Plus the fact that the opponent had a Heaven-Man god-general like Especially Guan Yu Yu, Yuan Shao was beaten into a rout in just half a day.

Fleeing all the way, in the end, when Yuan Shao successfully crossed the river and fled back to Jizhou territory, the remaining troops around him were less than 20,000.

"Huff huff... is the enemy army still chasing?"

Yuan Shao panted and couldn't help but ask Seeing Ju Shou beside him.

At this time, how wretched was his figure?

His helmet had been lost at some point.

His armor was also in a mess.

"Reporting! My Lord!"

Seeing Ju Shou on the side, although equally wretched, cupped his hands and reported: "We have temporarily shaken off the enemy's pursuit;"

"In addition, to prevent the enemy from crossing the Yellow River, I have already ordered people to collect or destroy the boats nearby in advance;"

"Therefore, I fear the enemy will not be able to collect enough boats to cross the river in a short time!"

"But this can only prevent them for a while;"

"My Lord, the top priority is that our army should return to Yecheng as soon as possible, and at the same time, mobilize troops from all sides to defend Jizhou to deal with Cao's army's subsequent attacks!"

"That is the truly life-and-death matter!"

Of course, this sounded good, but Seeing Ju Shou knew very well that this defeat, with the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, had caused Yuan Shao to suffer a great blow to his vitality, with more than half of his strength lost.

Even if he ignored everything and concentrated all other troops to defend, the total number of troops would not exceed 200,000.

With these troops, wanting to resist Cao Cao's subsequent attacks was a slim hope.

Not to mention that if Zhang Yan of Heishan and Jia Wu of Bingzhou received news of their troops, they would likely not remain indifferent.

What awaited them would be a situation of being besieged from three sides.

In such a situation, even with Seeing Ju Shou's intelligence, he didn't know how to break the situation, let alone turn the tables.

"The situation is gone! Sigh!"

"If the Lord hadn't been impulsive and listened to Guo Tu, and killed that Liu Bei, it would have been good!"

"If the Lord hadn't listened to Guo Tu's slander and attempted to take action against Xu You, or had simply killed Xu You directly at that time, perhaps the situation would be very different, right?"

Seeing Ju Shou thought dejectedly in his heart.

Of course, it was too late to think about these things now.

It was just hindsight.

But if he didn't think about these things, what could he do?

"Everything is Guo Tu's fault. He is the greatest sycophant!"

Seeing Ju Shou glanced at Guo Tu, who was also very wretched not far away, and couldn't help but think hatefully in his heart.

"Good!"

Yuan Shao had also lost his head and lost his sense of proportion at this time, not knowing what to do. Hearing Seeing Ju Shou's words, his heart finally settled a little, and he immediately nodded and agreed to Seeing Ju Shou's suggestion.

Guo Tu on the side couldn't even care about competing for favor and flattery at this time, but instead began to consider his own way out.

Because he also saw that Yuan Shao was likely finished, and he should consider a way out for himself and Guo Jia.

"Defect to Cao Cao? This might be a good idea!"

Guo Tu thought.

As for defecting to Su Xuan?

He had never considered this point.

Because, as a member of the Yingchuan Guo family, he was naturally at odds with Su Xuan.

"However, I killed Liu Bei, and there is still Especially Guan Yu Yu on Cao Cao's side. If I go to defect to Cao Cao without some preparation and means, I fear I will directly face Especially Guan Yu Yu and be chopped by him, right?"

"No! Must think of a way!"

"Must think of a way to let Cao Cao protect me in front of Especially Guan Yu Yu, and let Especially Guan Yu Yu not trouble me in the future!"

Guo Tu calculated in his heart.

And to make Cao Cao do this, he had to make enough contributions to Cao Cao.

And in terms of merit, what could be greater than directly offering Yuan Shao to Cao Cao?

Thinking of this, Guo Tu couldn't help but secretly glance at Yuan Shao, but the next moment he withdrew his gaze with a guilty conscience and trepidation, temporarily burying this thought in his heart, waiting for the right time.

"It's not the time yet, must find a better opportunity to act!"

"Hmm! Before acting, it's best to contact Cao Cao first and get his approval and promise!"

·· ···Seeking flowers·· ····

Guo Tu calculated in his heart again.

There was no need to rush for this moment. Anyway, in his view, although Yuan Shao had lost hundreds of thousands of troops.

He still held three provinces in his hands for the time being, and Cao Cao would also need some time to take down Yuan Shao and all of Yuan Shao's foundations.

This gave him time to arrange and prepare.

"Tap tap tap!"