Chapter 167

“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”

“Yan Xiang, hurry up and assemble the troops. Taking Xuzhou is in trouble, I should go to rescue! If he doesn’t want it, I do!”

“Understood!”

The netizens in the live stream almost sprayed with laughter.

“Ding Yuan Shu baby is unhappy again.”

“Jealousy has already made Ding Yuan Shu separate!”

“Ding Yuan Shu is planning to take over Taking Xuzhou, but unfortunately no one likes him.”

Ding Yuan Shao in Outside Yecheng also received the news and almost fainted from anger.

Xu You and Tian Feng analyzed it, making Ding Yuan Shao feel slightly better.

“The Big-Eared Thief actually has such high prestige?!”

“If he dares to take Taking Xuzhou this time, I will definitely march south!”

Cao army camp,

Cao Cao felt that the weather today was not good, too gloomy.

For days, Liu Bei had been hanging up the ‘no-war’ sign.

Cao Cao cursed Tao Tao Qian and Liu Bei while feeling a bit empty in his heart.

“Zhicai, is there any news from Yanzhou?”

Xi Zhicai cupped his hands.

“My Lord, Liu Bei doesn’t have extra troops to attack Yanzhou, and Xun Yu and Cheng Yu are in Yanzhou, so there will be no loss.”

“Report!”

A scout stumbled in.

Cao Cao’s heart sank.

“What’s the matter!”

“My Lord, Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, and other Yanzhou clans welcomed Lu Bu into Yanzhou, and other counties responded one after another; Puyang has fallen!”

“What!”

Cao Cao’s eyes went dark, his body swayed, and he fell toward the ground!

Dian Wei hurriedly supported Cao Cao.

“My Lord!”

Xi Zhicai hurriedly asked,

“What about Xun Yu?”

“Cheng Yu and Xun Yu are defending the three counties of Juancheng, Fanxian, and Dong’e; all other counties have surrendered!”

“My Lord, there is already a lot of discussion outside.”

Cao Cao recovered and began to ponder things. Soon,

he stood up.

“Let the soldiers rest assured; with Cheng Yu and Xun Yu there, their families will definitely be fine.”

“Our army must return to Yanzhou immediately. Who is willing to cover the retreat?”

Cao Hong stepped out.

“Big Brother, I am willing to lead my own troops to cover the retreat!”

“Good, Cao Hong, you lead 8,000 troops to cover the retreat; you must give the main army time to withdraw.”

“Understood!”

Cao Cao thought for a while.

“No, stay put for now; the main army will withdraw at night.”

Xi Zhicai’s eyes lit up.

“My Lord is wise!”

The live stream also sighed; Cao Cao was indeed treacherous. At this time, he was still thinking about pitting people!

That night,

inside the city,

Tao Tao Qian was still persuading Liu Bei to be the Taking Xuzhou Inspector.

“Liu Xuande, don’t decline anymore!”

“If you do this again, this old man will just die in front of you.”

Liu Bei could only persuade him again; he was going numb.

“Report!~”

“My Lord, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong led Lu Bu into Yanzhou, and all other counties surrendered! Cao Cao only has three counties left!”

“What!”

Tao Tao Qian stood up instantly and laughed loudly.

“Cao Cao is lawless and finally has retribution.”

“Arrogant and domineering, wantonly killing the famous scholar Bian Rang, the Yanzhou clans are alienated from him, and he also slaughtered the people; he deserves this retribution!”

Tao Tao Qian seemed to have recovered from his illness instantly; Cao Cao’s defeat meant his threat was gone.

The mountain in Tao Tao Qian’s heart was gone, and the pressure was greatly reduced.

“My Lord, the Cao army camp is in chaos and is currently withdrawing.”

Tao Tao Qian was overjoyed.

“Good, let’s go to the city tower.”

He walked a few steps before remembering Liu Bei was still there.

“Liu Xuande, let’s go to the city tower together.”

Arriving at the city tower,

the Cao army camp outside the city had flames reaching the sky, and the noise was deafening; it looked extremely chaotic.

Liu Bei and Guo Jia and others looked at each other; this Cao Cao was powerful, even though he was panicked, he was still using a strategy.

Cao Bao cupped his hands.

“My Lord, Cao Cao’s Yanzhou has been stolen, so he must be panicked; if we kill out now, we will definitely win a great victory!”

Tao Tao Qian also had this intention.

“Good, Cao Bao, you lead 20,000 troops to attack the Cao camp and bring me Cao Cao’s head!”

Liu Bei cupped his hands.

“Tao Gong, Cao Cao’s strategy is extraordinary; I fear this is a lure-the-enemy strategy of the Cao army.”

Cao Bao chuckled.

“Lord Liu Xuande is too cautious.”

Several Taking Xuzhou clans also nodded; Yanzhou had been stolen, and the Cao army’s morale was in chaos; if they didn’t fight now, when would they?

Tao Tao Qian also waved his hand.

“Liu Xuande, look at how chaotic the Cao camp is; how could there be an ambush?”

“Cao Bao, hurry up and bring me Cao Cao’s head!”

Tao Tao Qian’s attitude toward Liu Bei changed instantly; the foreign enemy was gone, and this Taking Xuzhou seemed to be a hot cake again.

Cao Bao glanced at Liu Bei and led the troops away!

What could Liu Bei do? He was just a guest soldier; he had persuaded them, but there was no way.

Soon,

Cao Bao led the troops to attack the Cao army camp; at first, it went very smoothly, encountering almost no decent resistance.

Halfway through, ten thousand arrows were fired at once!

“Not good, there is an ambush!”

Cao Bao was greatly terrified!

Tao Tao Qian’s army was in chaos instantly and was defeated by the Cao army.

There were shouts of killing, crying, and screaming everywhere under the city!

Tao Tao Qian was dumbfounded on the city tower.

“Cao Mengde is actually this treacherous!”

His body swayed.

“Liu Xuande, I regret not listening to your words!”

Tao Tao Qian’s body fell forward [553] and fainted again.

Liu Bei hurriedly caught him.

Everyone...

The Cao army under the city defeated Cao Bao’s troops and did not pursue, but disappeared into the night.

Liu Bei said in a deep voice,

“Yunchang, Zhang Yide, pursuing at night is dangerous; I fear the Cao army has tricks. Tomorrow morning, you will lead the troops to pursue.”

“Understood!”

Everyone helped Tao Tao Qian back again.

Ten miles outside the city, the Cao army was hidden in the darkness.

Cao Cao sighed.

“It seems Liu Bei won’t pursue at night; let the army continue to advance.”

“Cao Hong, the task of covering the retreat is handed to you.”

“Understood!”

At noon the next day,

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei caught up with Cao Hong’s rear guard, killed the 8,000 troops, and Cao Hong ran away.

Liu Bei heard the report and looked north.

“Fengxian, I can only help you this much; thank me next time.”

Tao Tao Qian woke up again, heard that Cao Cao’s rear guard had been wiped out by Liu Bei, and sighed again in his heart.

“Could it be that I still have to offer Taking Xuzhou?”

Liu Bei walked in.

“Tao Gong, your physical condition is relatively poor; I have prescribed a few doses of medicine for you. Take them on time, and your body can recover as before.”

Tao Tao Qian instantly had tears streaming down his face, feeling that the gap between his character and Liu Bei’s was too large.

“I was guarding against Liu Xuande, but I didn’t expect that he would even save my life by looking at my illness...”

However, he was no longer enthusiastic about offering Taking Xuzhou.

Liu Bei didn’t care; he just wanted Tao Tao Qian to live a few more years, otherwise, it wouldn’t be good to give this Taking Xuzhou to anyone.

“Tao Tao Qian is going to hang? That won’t do!”

Zhang Fei muttered,

“Yesterday he said he would offer Taking Xuzhou twelve times, today he only persuaded once...”

Tao Tao Qian pretended not to hear, said he had a headache, and wanted to continue sleeping.