Two days later.
Cao Cao led his army to Juancheng.
At this point, Lu Bu seemed to have secured his position as the herdsman of Yanzhou.
At the same time, Yuan Shao sent a letter from Ye City to Jiyin County.
After entering Juan City.
Cao Cao did not greet Xiao Bei immediately.
Xu Prefecture had been defeated, and Puyang had also been defeated. When they were strong, Xiao Bei did not even bow to his master.
Now, he was just a person who had been defeated repeatedly and entered the city in a sorry state. He really did not have the confidence to visit.
Moreover, he did not want to appear in front of Xiao Bei in such a state.
It was a pity.
He did not know that Xiao Bei had already been waiting for several days.
In a manor.
Xi Zhicai presented the grain statistics and said respectfully,""My lord, our army is lacking in rations, and the compensation for the fallen soldiers has not been issued yet. Now that the army is in mourning, I'm afraid there will be a mutiny!”
"Hey!"
Cao Cao sighed.
Cheng Yu frowned and said,"The officials of Yanzhou are all dependent on Lu Bu!"”
"Bang!"
Cao Ren slammed the table and stood up." Damn it! These people were beaten up by the Yellow Turban remnants and begged the lord to take over the Yanzhou Prefecture Overseer's Mansion. Now that Lu Bu has gained power, he turned around and sided with the servants of the three surnames. How shameless!"”
"Not bad!"
Even the steady Li Dian stood up and said unhappily.
Cao Cao's gaze swept across the civil and military officials and bitterly said,"As expected, getting angry now is just the incompetence of a loser!”
"Here!"
The generals said helplessly.
"My lord!"
Xi Zhicai added," The issue of rations must be resolved. There will be no problems in summer and autumn, but once winter comes, rations will definitely be tight. If we can't appease the army then, it will definitely lead to disaster!"”
"Got it!"
Cao Cao rubbed his forehead.
"My lord!"
Xun Yu stepped into the hall, holding a letter in his hand.""Elder brother has sent a letter from Jizhou. It was written by Yuan Benchu!”
"Oh?"
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows.
" Yuan Shao said clearly that he can accept you to go to Jizhou," Xun Yu said with a gloomy expression." However, you must take your wife and children as hostages before you can enter Jizhou. This is the most basic condition!"”
"Me!"
Cao Cao's eyes were filled with unwillingness.
Food and fodder are in short supply, and the camp is afraid of a mutiny.
Now, had he really reached the point where his wife and children were hostages and he was under Yuan Benchu?
"My lord!"
Cao Ren, Yu Jin, and the other generals were furious.
Cheng Yu opened his mouth and said with a complicated expression,"My lord, we can't go to Jizhou!"”
"Swoosh!"
Cao Cao waved his hand and said with a complicated expression,""You can leave now. I will think about it alone!”
"Here!"
Everyone bowed and left the hall.
Only Dian Wei remained standing at the side.
Cao Cao said in a deep voice,"You go too. I'll be alone for a while!"”
"I won't retreat!"
Dian Wei took a deep breath and said in a deep voice,""Yuan Benchu is humiliating my lord. If Yanzhou was still around, how would he dare to say such words? Since he is already in a quagmire, why doesn't my lord go to Xiao Manor to ask Little Mister?”
"Xiao Xinzhi?"
Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
"Yes!"
Dian Wei nodded and said solemnly," Before we attacked Xu Prefecture, the young master said that if we fought Xu Prefecture, we would return in two months. The young master moved to Juancheng. It can be seen that he predicted that we would be defeated here and did not sell the Chenliu residence. He must have thought that we would be able to kill our way back in the future!”
"Haha!"
Cao Cao laughed and said,"Er 'Lai knows how to plan?"”
Dian Wei scratched his head and smiled." Others don't know, but this was all planned by the young master. The lord was just angry and didn't see it clearly for a moment!”
"Alright then!"
Cao Cao tidied his clothes and said in a deep voice,""Now I can only visit Xinzhi. I hope he won't disappoint me!”
"Here!"
Dian Wei bowed.
Not too long later.
The two of them appeared in front of the Xiao Manor.
Looking at the huge mansion, Cao Cao actually felt a sense of fear.
He was not afraid of Xiao Bei's scheme, but he was afraid that he would be ashamed to appear in front of him after being defeated.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
Dian Wei stepped forward resolutely.
He knocked on the door knocker of the Xiao Manor with all his might.
After a while, the door opened and Gan Mei poked her head out. She asked curiously,"Mister Meng and Warrior Dian, I thought you were in Chen Liu!”
"Is Xinzhi here?"
Cao Cao stepped forward and asked,
"Yes!"
Gan Mei opened the door and said with a puffed up face,"Ever since I came to Juan City, Young Master has not gone out. There is no one familiar in the city. I can only barbecue and drink some cold drinks every day!”
"Oh?"
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and asked,"Why are you here?"”
Gan Mei waved her small hand and sighed." Young Master said that the Cao Guild had withdrawn their troops from Xuzhou. In the future, they would be stationed here, so we came first!"”
"Hiss!"
Cao Cao gasped.
As expected, Xiao Bei had really calculated this step!
As for Dian Wei, he was even more dumbfounded. For a moment, he regarded Xiao Bei as a god-like existence.
The three of them crossed the corridor.
When they reached the back garden.
A puff of smoke rushed into his nose.
Dian Wei swallowed his saliva and said,"It smells so good. I haven't eaten meat for a long time!"”
"Young Master!"
"Young Master!"
"Mr. Meng and Mr. Dian are here!" Gan Mei shouted."They're also in Juancheng!"”
"Hmm?"
Xiao Bei turned his head to look.
And Cao Cao happened to catch that gaze.
Immediately, the shame in his heart grew even stronger. For a moment, he could not look at each other directly and wanted to escape from the Xiao Manor.
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