Cao Peng died in the battle. The Cao troops in the city had no subordinates and were fighting on their own. Some had already begun to flee. When Chen Mo led the guard battalion into the city, it was already dusk and the war was coming to an end. Chen Mo did not respond to the Cao troops who fled out of the city.

It was not easy for the 5,000 Jizhou surrendered troops to reach this level without pursuit. They had been running for dozens of miles since yesterday, ambushed the white horse soldiers at night, and then fought another battle to seize the city at dawn.

Regardless of physical strength or fighting spirit, they have reached their limit at this time. If they continue to fight, their morale will keep up, but their physical strength will not be enough.

After this battle, Chen Mo had completely gathered the morale of the five thousand surrendered troops and could use them freely. At this time, it was not cost-effective for Chen Mo to waste these troops on meaningless pursuits.

In this war, he had to plan every ounce of his troops properly. What he had to face were the two great princes, Cao Cao and the Yuan family.

"Lord, I'm so happy!" As soon as they entered the city, they saw Dian Wei and Guo Meng walking up quickly and saluting Chen Mo.

"Well, if Li Yang is defeated, then Cao Cao will not dare to attack with all his strength." Chen Mo smiled and nodded. If Li Yang is defeated, Cao Cao will definitely be worried about the safety of the rear. If there are several more battles like this, Cao Cao will not be afraid of not retreating.

"No, my lord, we will find a place in the city where Cao Jun's grain is stored. There are eight granaries!" Guo Meng looked at Chen Mo with excitement.

"What!?" Even though Chen Mo had guessed beforehand, when he heard the news, he still couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart. Brother Meng De, I won this time! He immediately said to the two of them: "Take me quickly!

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"Here!"

The group of people hurriedly came to the granary in Liyang. Seven of the eight granaries were newly built. Chen Mo asked someone to open them and looked at the grain and grass inside. He was very happy.

"Burn!" Chen Mo waved his hand.

"Ah!?" Dian Wei and Guo Meng looked at Chen Mo in surprise when they heard this. Even if the eight warehouses of grain were not broken down, there would be hundreds of thousands or even millions of stones, enough to feed the army for two to three months. Just burn it like this.

Already?

"Our army is behind enemy lines, do you still want to take this food and grass away?" Chen Mo glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, what he wants is depletion of food, not robbery of food. If he transports this food and grass, he may not be able to transport it halfway.

They were about to be kidnapped by Cao's army, and there was no place to run.

Dian Wei looked at the full granary with some pain, and was quite reluctant to part with it.

"All soldiers, bring a day's worth of food and bring it to me to burn the food in these eight granaries. Don't leave a single grain behind. After burning all the food, gather the soldiers and leave immediately!" Chen Mo grabbed a handful.

If you want to say that you are reluctant to part with corn, you must have it in your heart. If you can bring back so much grain, you can get back nearly half of the grain and grass consumed in the Jizhou War.

You know, for this battle, Chen Mo has tightened his belt in the past two years, and almost all the money in Luoyang's treasury was used to buy grain.

But there is no way. This is Cao Cao's important grain storage area. After Cao Cao finds out, he will definitely send troops here immediately. Chen Mo must withdraw as soon as possible, otherwise he will be rounded up by Cao Cao.

"My lord, the soldiers are fighting one after another and are in need of repairs at this time. Why did they retreat so quickly? They should be allowed to take a good rest." Guo Meng frowned.

"If possible, I also want the soldiers to rest." Chen Mo explained while asking people to set fire to the food, "But this is the place where Cao Cao collects food, where his lifeline lies. We have taken his lifeline now, what do you think?

How long will it take for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive? If they don't withdraw, I'm afraid there will be continuous hard battles. Do you still want to fight?"

"General, I understand!" Guo Meng was suddenly surprised when he heard this, and he quickly agreed and went to arrange the withdrawal of troops.

Chen Mo shook his head. This is because the Jizhou Jiangjun has not yet developed a tacit understanding with him. Otherwise, why would he need to talk so much? Chen Mo will have enough patience for these Jiangjun. If this is a veteran of Guanzhong, Chen Mo will have to consider this.

Do you need to change positions?

All the kerosene in the city was carried out and poured on the granaries. Soon the eight granaries were ignited with raging fires. Chen Mo led the soldiers who had not yet been repaired out of the city and left quickly. Since Cao Jun's granaries were burned, there was no need to continue.

Cao Cao's army was sabotaged in the rear. After returning, he must be prepared to deal with Yuan Shang completely.

Just when Chen Mo withdrew his troops and quickly fled into the mountains and forests, heading towards Yecheng, the second day's war on Cao Cao's side also began to come to an end.

"That's not right." Cao Cao frowned and looked at the Guanzhong Army retreating like a tide.

"Lord, what's wrong?" Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao doubtfully.

"Today's Guanzhong Army is too conservative in its use of troops, which is very different from yesterday." Cao Cao knelt down behind the commander's desk, frowning and thinking about today's battle situation. Now the battle situation has completely begun. Compared with yesterday's Guanzhong Army, he could clearly feel that

Guanzhong Army seems to be too conservative today.

Chen Mo uses troops very steadily, but at the same time he is also very ruthless. Sometimes he can dig a hole for you without even realizing it, and then eat a lot of people in one go. When fighting against Chen Mo, you have to be vigilant, but

Today's battle was quite fought on their own, and the strength of Chen Mo's generals and troops was not fully unleashed.

"In fact, things have changed since yesterday." Guo Jia frowned and said, "It seems that Chen Mo has returned to Yecheng, but I don't know who is directing the battle now?"

Yuan Shang's troops arrived in Pingyang and marched directly to Yecheng. Naturally, they could not hide it from Cao Cao's eyes and ears. It was not surprising that Chen Mo returned to Yecheng to preside over the battle.

After all, if Ye City is lost, the advantage Chen Mo has established before will be gone. Guo Jia is wondering why Yuan Shang has not yet conquered Ye City.

"What's happening in Ye City?" Cao Cao started to care about Ye City at this time. Since Chen Mo has gone back, Yuan Shang must not be able to attack Ye City so easily, right?

"It's strange to say that according to our army's detailed report, the gates of Yecheng are wide open, and Yuan Shang is currently stationed outside the city and has not entered the city." Cheng Yu said with a smile.

"Empty City Strategy?" Cao Cao shook his head. Yuan Shang was not that stupid. Even if he was stupid, people like Tian Feng and Ju Shuo around him were not stupid either. They could not be fooled by the Empty City Strategy.

"It shouldn't count. Chen Mo has stationed 20,000 soldiers and horses in the north of the city." Cheng Yu shook his head. Cheng Yu didn't believe it if there were no soldiers in the city.

"What does this mean?" Cao Cao was happy and looked at everyone curiously.

Everyone shook their heads. Even someone as smart as Guo Jia couldn't figure out what Chen Mo was doing.

"According to what Xi Zuo said, the soldiers and horses in the south of the city are all surrendered troops from Yecheng. At this time, Chen Mo sent troops outside the city to station troops. Are you worried that these surrendered troops from Yecheng will defect on the battlefield?" Cheng Yu said with a smile.

"That's a bit of a waste. Even if there are not many soldiers and horses in Yecheng at this time, if we can get the help of 20,000 surrendered troops, at least the city can be defended." Guo Jia shook his head, Chen Mo was good at governing.

Not to mention that these people have surrendered for a while. Even if they just surrendered not long ago, it is not difficult to scare these people if they are just defending the city. Chen Mo's methods will not fail to do this. The reason for doing this is probably

A bigger plot.

Guo Jia suddenly remembered something, looked at Cheng Yu and said: "Have all our troops in Yecheng been sent out?"

"That's not true, but now that Yecheng is under martial law, it's difficult to deliver news in the city. Now the news coming from the direction of Yecheng does come from there." When Cheng Yu said this, he suddenly frowned and looked at Guo Jiadao: "

Fengxiao means that these news..."

"They were all released deliberately by Chen Mo." Guo Jia sighed and said, "Looking at whether these troops have mobilized their troops, I always feel that he has a bigger plan than just defending Ye City."

Cheng Yu nodded and immediately stood up to go out and investigate.

But before he could leave, he saw Xu Chu striding in and saluting Cao Cao: "My lord, a group of broken soldiers came outside the camp. They called themselves Liyang defenders. They were shouting outside the camp that Liyang city was broken. We will kill them all in the end."

Caught."

Cao Cao's expression changed when he heard this, and the expressions of Guo Jia and Cheng Yu also changed. Cao Cao stood up suddenly: "Where is it? Take me to see him!"

"Here!"

Cao Cao left in a hurry, and Guo Jia was a little distracted and said: "Zhongde doesn't have to go, I'm afraid this is Chen Mo's real purpose."

Cheng Yu's face turned pale: "How come no one reported such important information to me?"

"I'm afraid I've already reported it, but it just hasn't reached you." Guo Jia leaned back, closed his eyes and thought: "In the past two days, I'm afraid there has been a lot of news from there, but most of it is useless information, and this time

Those who were sent away were all surrendered troops. I am afraid that everyone thought they were sent to deal with Yuan Shang, so the people below were lazy and prepared to report it later."

"Bastard!" Cheng Yu was furious when he heard this.

"This is Chen Mo's plan, and it's impossible to guard against it." Guo Jia said with a bitter smile.

"It may not be possible. There are five thousand soldiers and horses stationed in Liyang. Even if Chen Mo comes in person, it may be difficult to break through, right?" After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he left with a bit of luck in his heart, preparing to remedy the situation.

Guo Jia did not persuade him again. Sometimes it is useless to make amends afterwards. Who would have thought that at this moment, Chen Mo was not thinking about defeating Yuan Shang, but about defeating himself?

On the other side, Cao Cao had seen the defeated troops from Liyang, the city of Liyang was broken, and the news of Cao Peng's death in battle made Cao Cao turn pale, and suddenly he covered his head and shouted: "It hurts me too!"

However, a headache broke out. Xu Chu quickly supported Cao Cao and shouted: "Quickly, call the army's traditional Chinese medicine craftsmen to come over."

"Order Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun comes to see me!" Cao Cao broke away from Xu Chu's support and shouted to the guards outside the tent.

"Here!" the guard agreed and left immediately.

After a while, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun came in and saluted Cao Cao: "My lord, what's the matter?"

"You two immediately recruit 10,000 troops and rush to Liyang. If the city of Liyang is defeated, then take Liyang back and make sure to keep Liyang's food and grass." Cao Cao endured his headache and watched the two men give orders quickly.

"General, take your orders!" The two men looked solemn when they heard this. They knew that something was not going well, so they did not delay. They immediately left the tent, gathered their troops and rushed to Liyang overnight.

Outside the tent, Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao who came out of the tent with a pale face. His lips moved, but he could not speak.

"Zhongde, there is no need to blame yourself, the matter is not as serious as you think! Hold on, you must calm down at this time!" Cao Cao waved his hand, indicating to Cheng Yu that there is no need to panic, the matter may not be that bad.
Chapter completed!