With a mere 10,000 troops, none of them were Yuan Shao's direct generals. Naturally, Cao Cao knew exactly what he wanted to do.

"Yuan Shao is really out of his depth. Doesn't he know who Uncle Liu Huang is? Anyway, if I can take this opportunity to kill Liu Bei, it will put an end to my worries. If I kill Liu Bei, who can go on the expedition?"

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This is what Cao Cao said when he was discussing countermeasures in front of the civil servants and generals. He did not take the ten thousand people sent by Yuan Shao at all. The purpose of this battle was only one, which was to kill Liu Bei, who had tricked him several times.

people.

"Sikong, I'm going to kill this beast! I'll give you the merit!"

It was Cao Ren who spoke.

Cao Ren was quite frustrated during these days. He didn't agree with Cao Cao's decision to go to Guandu to defend the city in Xuchang.

After all, you can get military exploits in battles. Cao Hong, Le Jin, Yu Jin, and Xia Houyuan were all those who killed many people in the battle with Yuan Shao.

But not only did he get no credit for defending the city, but he also lost Liu Xie, the only valuable person in Xuchang City. He felt quite aggrieved.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren, then raised his eyes and glanced at the other generals.

He also knew in his heart that Liu Bei had a fierce general like Zhang Fei by his side. In terms of military force alone, he might be on par with Guan Yu.

When Guan Yu first came here, he told Cao Cao that his ability was nothing. Zhang Fei, who was a brother-in-law with him, was the real winner. Among the thousands of troops who wanted to take the general's head, just follow

It's as easy as reaching into a sack and taking something out.

Although Guan Yu probably said this because of his modesty, if Zhang Fei had no ability, Guan Yu couldn't praise him, right?

"Okay, you will be the main general in this battle, and Li Dian will be the deputy general. If you can take Liu Bei's head, it will be considered a great achievement for you!"

Cao Ren took the order and left happily, but Cao Cao looked at his back, but he didn't have much confidence.

After arranging this matter, all the generals withdrew. Cao Cao left a few core advisers behind and whispered: "After repelling Liu Bei, we can no longer give Yuan Shao a chance to breathe, and immediately send troops to Yecheng.

Attack from this direction, encroaching on Yuan Shao's territory city by city."

"Sikong Yingming, according to rumors, Yuan Shao has been bedridden since his defeat. I'm afraid he will die soon. We can catch him off guard by sending troops at this time. When Yuan Shao dies, Yecheng will be leaderless. It's a good time to take it!"

Xu You has been quite high-profile since he came to Cao Cao's account, especially when it comes to beating Yuan Shao, he is very active. When Cao Cao said this, he immediately followed the stick.

"What Ziyuan said makes sense. Yuan Shao's three sons each own a city. Once he dies, the three sons will inherit the throne. We will just reap the benefits. We have obtained the land in Hebei. Even without His Majesty, we can establish our own business!"

This time, he got the support of Xun You, after all, once he could really integrate the current territories of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao will suddenly become the most powerful prince of the Han Dynasty. Although the emperor will be in the hands of Jiangdong Sun Ce, Cao Cao can ignore the rule of the Han Dynasty and simply change the dynasty.

As long as you have the strength, you don't need to rely on the emperor's reputation.

Cao Cao nodded slightly when he heard this. Although he didn't say anything, it could be seen from his eyes that he definitely didn't take the big man seriously now.

Cao Ren and Li Dian sent troops to attack Liu Bei aggressively. Before sending troops, Cao Ren gave Li Dian and several generals under his command many instructions not to let the enemy know that their main treasure was to kill Liu Bei.

Otherwise, Liu Bei, who is as slippery as a loach, would definitely escape.

To say that every prince in the late Han Dynasty was good at one thing, if Liu Bei can still be considered a prince now, it is known that what he is best at is escaping.

He had already escaped two or three times under Cao Cao's hands alone, so this time Cao Ren was extra careful, fearing that he might escape accidentally.

"Mancheng, when we fight Liu Bei, we will lose to him for a few battles first, and then surround them with elite soldiers. After that, you and I will just find Liu Bei with our cronies, kill him and return to life! Sikong wants to kill him.

It has been a long time since we killed this beast, and if we succeed this time, it will be a great achievement!"

On the way to the march, Cao Ren warned Li Dian that he really needed such a feat to make up for his sudden loss of Liu Xie.

The two of them were almost discussing, when suddenly a scout from Cao's army came running back from a distance and hurried towards Cao Ren and Li Dian's horses.

Cao Ren still understood his scout, but when he saw his expression, Cao Ren felt a little cold in his heart.

"Did something go wrong?"

"General, Liu Bei and Liu Pi led their troops to plunder all the way to the south of Xuchang. After learning about the news of our army sending troops, they divided their troops for some reason. Liu Pi came towards us with seven or eight thousand people, but Liu Bei led

Let Zhang Fei and others go their separate ways."

"Separate paths?"

"Yes, because the general once told me to find out Liu Bei's whereabouts, so I came back to inform the general as soon as they divided their troops!"

This scout had obviously made a great contribution to Cao Ren. Upon hearing the news, Cao Ren hurriedly discussed with Li Dian and decided to divide his troops.

Li Dian led 3,000 troops to restrain Liu Pi. After all, this guy was a bandit from the Yellow Turban Army and was not good at fighting.

Cao Ren himself led the main force of the troops sent this time to pursue Liu Bei with all his strength. Since Liu Bei was so shameless that he ran away before the fight, Cao Ren didn't have to cover up.

Cao Ren thought that since Liu Bei ran away without waiting for a fight, he must have run somewhere else, but what he didn't expect was that after he chased him like this, Liu Bei went directly to the direction of Yecheng and ran back again.

Naturally, Cao Ren did not dare to go deep into Yuan Shao's hinterland to kill Liu Bei. In the end, he could only go back in disgrace.

In the end, Liu Pi became the unlucky one in this battle. Li Dian and Cao Ren killed almost all of his seven or eight thousand troops, and he almost fell into their hands.

Although he won the battle, Cao Ren still couldn't stand up straight. After all, he was there to kill Liu Bei, not to defeat the less powerful troops who numbered seven or eight thousand people.

However, Liu Pi, who fled back to Yecheng, did not tell Yuan Shao that Liu Bei had escaped before the battle. He actually blamed himself for not listening to Liu Bei's instructions to hide the main force and use strategies to lure the enemy.

In this way, Liu Bei's status in Yuan Shao's army has unconsciously risen a small level. During the period when Yuan Shao was seriously ill, Guo Tu, who was in charge of all matters in Yecheng, trusted Liu Bei a lot.
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