Cao Cao's expression changed.
"He ran away?"
Pang Shiyuan had warned him beforehand.
In addition, the situation in the city had been decided.
Their side's heavy forces pressed forward.
He could still run?
Wasn't this too ridiculous?
Xu Chu's expression was ugly, and his already dark face turned even darker.
His entire face was squeezed into a word of embarrassment.
"That, my lord, this time it's really not my fault.”
"I led my troops to charge in and have been looking for Yuan Shang. In the end, I found out that this guy had left the city early and escaped through the north gate!”
"I chased him for a long distance, but I couldn't catch up to him. Could this dog thief be a rabbit?”
Cao Cao frowned and said to Er Zhang,"
"Wen Yuan, you two go and reorganize the troops first. Patrol the city and be on guard. Don't let these soldiers do anything.”
Zhang Liao and the other two immediately cupped their fists and left.
After the two of them left.
Cao Cao said to Xu Chu,
"Shiyuan has already told you to pay attention to Yuan Shang.”
"You still let Yuan Shang escape?"
"You can tell Mister Shiyuan yourself.”
Xu Chu was a little embarrassed when he heard that.
However, he still ran to Pang Shiyuan.
The huge man knelt in front of Pang Shiyuan.
This time, it was like a fake mountain, giving people a lot of pressure.
"I didn't complete the mission, please punish me.”
Pang Shiyuan shook his head. Although it was a pity, he did not really blame Xu Chu. He comforted him,
"It's fine. Zhongkang, get up. It's a small matter, not worth worrying about.”
If Pang Shiyuan remembered correctly.
Yuan Shang would run to Youzhou to seek refuge with his second brother, Yuan Xi.
After that, Yuan Xi's subordinate generals rebelled and the two of them ran away.
Perhaps letting Yuan Shang go this time was not entirely a bad thing?
According to history.
They only needed to move forward steadily and they would be able to conquer Youzhou.
Who knows, if they had managed to completely trap Yuan Shang here in this battle…
The butterfly flapped its wings. What if the soldiers under Yuan Xi of Youzhou stopped rebelling?
Cao Cao glared at Xu Chu, then said to Pang Shiyuan,"
"Shiyuan, what should we do next?”
"Now, all the counties around Ye City have been taken down.”
"Are we going to Bing Province next?”
In fact, Cao Cao's goal was more towards Youzhou.
After all, he still had a bet with Guo Jia.
Even though it wouldn't affect him much if he lost.
But it was still not good.
Pang Shiyuan replied unhurriedly,
"Cao Gong can send Zhang Liao and Zhang He to lead 20,000 troops to recover Bing Province.”
"General Wen Yuan is from Bing Province, so he must be familiar with this place.”
"As for Youzhou, we will lead ten thousand men and advance slowly.”
"If I'm not wrong, our army should be able to take Youzhou without bloodshed.”
As soon as he said that.
Everyone, including Xu Chu, was shocked.
Without bloodshed?
In this vast Youzhou, there were probably tens of thousands of soldiers.
He only needed to resist.
The outcome was still uncertain.
How could it be without bloodshed?
Xu Chu exclaimed,
"No bloodshed? Are they afraid of me?"
"That's not right. I've been chasing people all this time and basically didn't participate in the battle.”
Out of his trust in Pang Shiyuan.
There was no doubt in Xu Chu's words. He was just boasting.
Naturally, Cao Cao was not as brainless as Xu Chu.
As a superior, he couldn't make decisions so arbitrarily.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Pang Shiyuan.
"Shiyuan, are you confident about this?"
"Our army does not have enough rations. If we march slowly, I'm afraid the consequences will be bad.”
Pang Shiyuan felt helpless.
Boss Cao, what are you asking?
What confidence can I have?
I only vaguely remember that this was how it happened in history.
He really didn't know what to do now.
He was naturally aware of the shortage of military rations.
After taking down Ye City, they also seized a large amount of grain and resources.
However, Cao Cao gave the order to open the granaries to relieve the people in the city.
On top of the original 30,000, there were 20,000 more surrendered soldiers.
After this, the rations were still not enough.
If they were to lead the troops forward slowly.
If Youzhou refused to surrender, wouldn't that be a waste?
Fortunately, Pang Shiyuan gave him another direction.
That was to attack Bingzhou.
They advanced slowly.
They continued to attack Bingzhou.
In this way, even if Youzhou did not surrender.
They would return to Ye City to rest.
He just lost the bet with Guo Jia.
It was a small problem.
Cao Cao would not sacrifice his soldiers for the sake of the bet.
Therefore, regarding Pang Shiyuan's suggestion…
He did not ask further and agreed.
From then on, the trust in him could be seen clearly.
After the few of them set their goals, they left.
It was getting late.
If they wanted to go out, they would talk about it tomorrow.
After the few of them walked out.
Zhou Sheng came to Cao Cao and told him what he had seen and heard.
"My lord, Mister Feng Chu found a beautiful woman in the Zhen residence today and has brought her back to his residence.”
Cao Cao was delighted.
"Is that true?"
Zhou Sheng nodded, his heart thumping for some reason.
Oh no!
He had almost forgotten what kind of fetishes his lord had.
He told him this news.
Would it cause a conflict between the two of them?
This was bad.
He really did not think so much about it before.
However, when he saw the joy in Cao Cao's eyes, he felt bad.
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