Chapter 372

"Cao Thief, don't run!"

The sound was so loud that it startled Xia Xia Houjie, who had just mounted his horse; he twitched violently and fell off the horse!

The soldiers looked.

"General Xia Hou was scared to death!"

Cao Cao?!

Xia Xia Houjie had been scared once by Cao Cao at night before, and now he was scared again. He finally couldn't bear it, his liver and gallbladder shattered from fear, and he fell off his horse and died.

Cao Cao didn't care about that and whipped his horse to run wildly in the opposite direction of Zhang Fei's pursuit.

Dian Wei led troops to meet them hurriedly.

"Zhang Fei, don't think about harming my lord!"

The two fought instantly!

The live stream barrage exploded.

"Whoa, Zhang Fei's voice actually scared someone to death!"

"For face-slapping, I only admire Cao Cao Mengmeng!"

"There's no one like this crow's mouth."

"Cao Cao's laughter is too magical!"

"I'm laughing to death. Boss Cao, please don't laugh anymore?"

After a night of running, Cao Cao led the retreating troops to continue running north.

In the darkness, Zhang Fei pursued in the wrong direction and only caught the retreating soldiers who had abandoned Cao Cao the night before, becoming extremely frustrated.

At this time, the sky turned pale.

The disheveled Cao Cao looked around and laughed loudly again.

Cheng Yu had to admit at this time that he was panicked!

"My lord, your first laugh brought Ma Chao, and your second laugh brought Zhang Fei, almost costing everyone their lives. I request, my lord, please don't laugh anymore."

Cheng Yu meant that he should go home and laugh; the wilderness was really dangerous.

The live stream was also full of mocking barrage.

"Brother Cao, your face is swollen, and you're still laughing?"

"This mentality is invincible, but the soldiers' hearts can't take it."

"Indeed, has Boss Cao considered the soldiers' endurance..."

A scout came to report.

"My lord, Zhang Fei pursued in the wrong direction and caught the soldiers who left us last night."

Cao Cao laughed loudly.

"This is the fate of those who abandon me. Do you see? Only I can lead you back!"

The soldiers felt that what their lord said made a lot of sense, and their spirits were lifted.

Cao Cao pointed to the hills not far away.

"If Liu Bei had set an ambush here, I would definitely be defeated. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand! Haha!"

Cheng Yu was numb. Could you stop laughing!

Just then,

Ten thousand arrows were fired from the forest, and Cao Cao's soldiers were shot down in droves in an instant!

"Cao Thief, don't run! Wei Yan has been waiting here for a long time."

"Kill!"

Xu Zhu was also hit by two arrows to protect Cao Cao, but he was still diligently waving his blade to help Cao Cao block the arrows!

Cao Cao looked at Wei Yan's soldiers killing their way toward them and muttered,

"Is today my death day?!"

Suddenly, the sound of hoofbeats came from behind. Cao Cao was even more desperate. With Wei Yan in front, and pursuers coming from behind?

Was Heaven going to destroy him?!

Cheng Yu was overjoyed.

"My lord, it's Wen Chou and Cao Zhen!"

Cao Cao looked back and saw that it was his two fierce generals who had scattered and fled, and they had happened to meet here.

"Good! Good! Heaven does not cut off all paths."

Cao Cao had met the retreating troops of these two by mistake, which could be considered extremely good luck.

He prepared to laugh loudly, but seeing Cheng Yu's fearful eyes, he coughed.

"Zhongde, let's rendezvous with them quickly."

"Understood."

Wei Yan didn't want to fight either; there were more than 10,000 troops on the other side, and he only had 4,000 cavalry.

"This Cao Cao is also extremely lucky."

He turned his head and retreated in the direction Cao Cao had come from, happening to meet the defeated Dian Wei.

He didn't hesitate too much and directly fired ten thousand arrows, shooting Dian Wei into a hedgehog!

Cao Cao's loyal bodyguard had escaped the non-existent Zhang Xiu rebellion, but he hadn't escaped this crushing defeat.

When Liu Bei led his troops to Pengcheng, he found that there were no soldiers guarding the city, and the people had opened the gates and were living their lives normally.

The gentry of Pengcheng hurriedly came to see Liu Bei.

"Lord Liu Xuande crushed Cao Cao's army in one battle and shook the Central Plains. Zhong Yao heard that Lord Liu Xuande's army was coming here and fled to Yan Province with 10,000 garrison soldiers."

Zhang Fei muttered,

"Damn it, this Zhong Yao runs really fast."

Liu Bei nodded. Zhong Yao was still quite good; he knew Pengcheng couldn't be defended and decisively preserved his strength.

Liu Bei led his troops into the city, posted notices to soothe the people, and simultaneously sent troops to drive straight in and occupy various parts of Yan Province.

At this time, the Cao Army was terrified; it was the time to expand the victory!

"Wei Yan, lead troops to take Rencheng Commandery and Lu Commandery."

"Understood!"

"Order Zhang Ren to lead the naval forces north along Weishan Gaoyou Lake to take Dongping State and Jibei State!"

"I will personally lead the main army to take Pei State, Shanyang Commandery, and Jiyin Commandery."

Liu Bei wanted to take advantage of this great victory to quickly occupy Yan Province and Yu Province, and quickly control the situation before the Cao Army could react.

Liu Bei only stayed in Pengcheng for one night. He left Dong Xi to guard Pengcheng, and his first stop with his troops was Xiaopei City, where he had been a County Magistrate before.

The people of Xiaopei naturally welcomed Liu Bei warmly; this was Lord Liu Xuande who had gone out from here!

Liu Bei continued toward Shanyang Commandery.

The cities he passed through almost all surrendered at the sight of him; the Cao Army's military power in the Central Plains had been crippled.

The gentry naturally didn't want to fight to the death to guard the city for Cao Cao. Seeing Liu Bei's army coming, they hurriedly opened the gates and set up wine.

In Shanyang Commandery, Liu Bei met the current Administrator, Yang Zhi, who was the father of the famous general Yang Hu, and whose wife was Cai Yan's older sister.

They were relatives, and the Yang family was a prominent family in Taishan Commandery, so Liu Bei naturally won them over.

He let Yang Zhi continue to be the Administrator of Shanyang Commandery and ordered his younger brother Yang Dan to be the Administrator of Taishan Commandery.

After taking Shanyang Commandery, Liu Bei headed to Dingtao, south of Dong Commandery.

At this time, Cao Cao had already led more than 20,000 defeated troops, gathered with the more than 20,000 troops Zhong Yao had assembled, and arrived at Puyang City in Dong Commandery.

Seeing no hope of taking Puyang, Guan Yu was no longer there and had moved south to occupy Chenliu Commandery with Lu Xun.

Cao Cao looked at the group of defeated generals under his command, his mood heavy, especially after learning that Dian Wei had been shot to death by Wei Yan, his heart was filled with sorrow.

But now was not the time for sorrow; how to reverse the defeat was the key.

Cao Cao laughed.

Cheng Yu was almost scared again. Remembering that he was in Puyang City at this time, his heart finally settled.

Cao Cao looked at Zhong Yao.

"Yuanchang is a great talent, even bringing back more than 20,000 troops."

Zhong Yao cupped his fists.