Chapter 1243: Cao Xiong Appears

Cao Cao was startled: "But Yuan Xi who conquered Liaodong alone and defeated Zhang Jiao in field battle?"

"It's this person!"

Cao Cao sighed and said: "Yuan Shao is mediocre and incompetent, how can he have such an heir? If I have a son like this, I will die!"

After sighing this sentence, Cao Cao has completely calmed down.

Suddenly someone came to report that the fourth son Cao Xiong led an army to Guandu to help in the battle.

Cao Cao ordered the summoning, and immediately asked: "You are not in Xudu to guard the city, why are you here?"

Cao Xiong, that is, Richard, fell to the ground and reported: "After defeating Liu Biao, the boy chased the defeated enemy all the way, and only returned when he arrived in Qiao County. Once Liu Biao was broken, the father's foundation was safe, so the boy led Follow three hundred and come to Guandu to help father."

Cao Cao said angrily, "Zhu Zi! Do you know that during the time you left the city, Yuan Xi has already destroyed Xu Du!"

Cao Xiong's eyes showed astonishment: "How is this possible? Yuan Xi is extremely far away from Xudu..."

"If Xudu had one more strong general to defend, the city would not have been destroyed so quickly. Pass the order! Cao Xiong didn't obey the order, raised troops privately, beheaded them as a public display, and justified the law of the army!" Cao Cao yelled angrily.

Cao Xiong hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, and his left and right hurriedly dissuaded him.

Cao Cao pointed to Cao Xiong and said, "Quan puts your head on your neck. If you dare to commit the crime again, you will be executed without mercy!"

Cao Xiong bowed his head in obedience, sighed again and again, and then said: "Father, please allow me to take the blame and make meritorious service."

Cao Cao waved his hand impatiently to make Cao Xiong retreat, and he was at the end of all generals.

Maybe he vented his anger on Cao Xiong. After walking around the tent for a few times, Cao Cao's anger disappeared and he stroked his beard and laughed three times.

Someone asked: "Xu Du has been robbed, and the situation of our army is in dire straits. Why is the Prime Minister laughing?"

Cao Cao said with a smile, "I was caught off guard for a while, and was taken advantage of by the younger generation. However, Yuan Xi raised his troops to attack Xudu, and the army went deep alone. It was self-destruction. What should I be afraid of?"

Cao Cao is the backbone of the Cao Group. He calmed down and acted relaxed and happy. All the generals under his command naturally calmed down.

At that moment, a counselor said: "Xudu is the fundamental place, and there is no room for loss. Just as the food is running out, the prime minister can temporarily teach the teacher to solve the difficulty of Xudu."

Guo Jia vetoed: "No. Guandu is the gateway to Henan. If you abandon it and don't defend it, Yuan Shao's troops will go south and point directly at key places such as Qiaojun and Yingchuan in Yuzhou! This is the way to die."

Cao Cao asked, "What does Feng Xiao think should be done?"

Guo Jia said:

"Yuan Xi's army has only 20,000 soldiers, and the foundation is entirely dependent on Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao is defeated, Yuan Xi will be just a river without a source and a tree with no roots. How can he stay alone in a city of sorrow? Therefore, the key to breaking the situation now lies entirely in Yuan Shao.

"My lord can adopt Xu Ziyuan's plan and send elite troops to Wuchao to burn food. Yuan Shao must be panicked when his grain and grass are burned, so he will send people to rescue Wuchao. At that time, my lord only needs to ambush at the place where he must pass, and Yuan Shao will be defeated. "

Cao Cao sighed and said: "The view of filial piety coincides with mine."

He turned to look around at the counselors and generals,

Opened the mouth and said:

"I know that everyone's family is in Xudu, and I am the same! Xudu was robbed, and it is inevitable for everyone to panic.

"However, today, retreating without fighting is the way to death! Only by taking a risky fight and defeating Yuan Shao can we solve the predicament!

"May all of you, join hands with me to fight to the death!"

All the generals knelt down one after another, answering loudly.

Cao Xiong went out, two lines of tears flowed from the tiger's eyes, he knelt down and begged for his life: "Father, my child is willing to be the vanguard, go to Wuchao and burn Yuan Shao's food and grass!"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Xiong, frowned and said nothing.

Liu Ye persuaded him next to him: "The Fourth Young Master used Xu Du's army of 5,000 old and weak to defeat Liu Biao's 50,000 army. He is also a wise and brave general. In my opinion, he should not be inferior to Yuan Xi. Why don't you take this important task and Hand it over to the Fourth Young Master, and it will surely succeed."

After Cao Cao pondered, he nodded and said: "Forget it! I will allocate three thousand elite soldiers to you, carry fire oil and bundles of grass, and go to Wuchao to burn food at four o'clock tonight. If you think of the sake of your mother and brothers who are trapped in Xudu, you should respond. Fight hard, don't violate it."

Cao Xiong knelt down and kowtowed: "You dare not die!"

At present, Cao Cao has made various plans again, so I won't mention them any more.

...

Yuan Shao was one step ahead of Cao Ying in believing the news about the Youzhou army and horses' actions.

After all, the route of 20,000 troops in Youzhou was Yuan Shao's own territory!

After Yuan Shao heard the news, he wanted to order to stop it, but the exchange of information was inconvenient. When he got the news, the Youzhou army had already left the border of Jizhou and entered the territory of Sizhou.

Yuan Shao had no choice but to scold Yuan Xi for being an unworthy son. Coupled with Guo Tufengji's fanning the flames, Yuan Shao was even more angry, feeling that Youzhou was no longer under his control (of course, that was the truth. ).

Otherwise, how could he, a great general, not know the reason for the mobilization of soldiers and horses in Youzhou?

If it wasn't for Ju Shou's persuasion, Yuan Shao still didn't know what to do.

Even with Ju Shou's words, Yuan Shao still planned to replace all the Youzhou officials after breaking Cao, and then order Yuan Xi to return to Yecheng to take care of his mother with filial piety, and never give this unworthy son a chance to be alone again.

However, two days later, an urgent report came.

"Report to the general! There are envoys who have delivered the emperor's edict and arrived before the camp!"

Yuan Shao said impatiently: "It's another coercive edict issued by Cao Bandit, I won't accept it!"

Jushou next to him persuaded: "Even if we know that it is the Cao thief who faked the name of the emperor, the edict of the emperor represents the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty after all, so we need to be cautious."

Yuan Shao had no choice but to get up and raise his tent, and all the generals greeted him together.

Unexpectedly, after seeing Yuan Shao, the first reaction of the female messenger coming was to kneel on one knee and salute.

Yuan Shaonahan, you are an angel after all, why kneel to me?

Tian Yu suddenly said: "This person seems to be a partial general under the Second Young Master's account."

Over there, Li Shuyi bowed again and said: "The last general pays his respects to the lord!"

"Excuse me! You said you carried the emperor's edict with you? What's going on?" Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and walked back to the big tiger-skin chair in the Chinese army tent.

"Report to the general, the second son has already captured Xudu and rescued the emperor! This emperor's edict was sent by the second son from Xudu!" Li Shuyi said crisply, "The last general also brought a letter from the second son at the same time. , please take a look, my lord!"

poof.

Yuan Shao sat down on the handsome tiger-skin chair. Fortunately, he was planning to sit down, so the fall was not obvious.

Yuan Shao didn't have time to adjust his sitting posture, and asked with his hands on the desk: "Wait a minute! What did you say? Say it again!"

Li Shuyi secretly despised it in her heart, so she could only repeat it.

Yuan Shao was dumbfounded.

The counselors and generals in the tent were also like clay sculptures and wood carvings, speechless for a moment.

Ju Shou was dumbfounded, but still came to his senses, and said in a low voice: "My lord, why don't you read the content of the imperial edict before making a decision."