Chapter 840 Seeking Help From Cao

"What a pity"

Yan Liang sighed, his majestic body like an iron tower swayed slightly, and rolled off the horse. His huge body fell to the ground, and blood immediately seeped into the ground.

"It's a pity. This Yan Liang is a fierce general. It would be great if he surrendered to our army."

Liu Yi glanced at Yan Liang's body and shook his head.

After witnessing Yan Liang's death in battle, the remaining soldiers of Sergeant Yuan naturally lost their will to fight and knelt down one after another to ask for surrender.

Tuyin City can also be regarded as a large city in Youzhou, second only to Jicheng, Xiangping and Beiping City in size. However, it finally fell under the fierce attack of the Liaodong Army regardless of its scale.

Gongsun Kang entered Tuyin City and sent Gongsun Du a good news.

Yuan Tan, on the other hand, dressed up as an ordinary soldier, and under the cover of dozens of remnant soldiers, headed west, sleeping and sleeping in the open air along the way. He finally escaped back to Beiping City, and then immediately sent a letter to Jicheng.

"My lord, my lord, are you here?"

Shen Pei rushed into Yuan Shao's house in a hurry, just as Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi came out, he saw Shen Pei and stepped forward.

"Second Young Master, go and call the Lord quickly. There is an important military matter!"

Shen Pei grabbed Yuan Xi's arms with his hands like eagle claws and said in a stern tone.

Although he didn't know what happened, Yuan Xi also saw the eagerness of the judge, so he turned around without saying anything and went inside to find Yuan Shao.

Not long after, Yuan Shao came out, frowned at Shen Pei and said, "Zhengnan, what other major military affairs are there?"

Tian Feng Jushou died one after another, and Yuan Shao's only reliable advisers were Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Shen Pei and others. Although Shen Pei was from Jizhou, he was loyal to Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao was against Shen Pei. Also very trusting.

Seeing Yuan Shao, the judge said in a deep voice: "My lord, don't you know yet? Tuyin City has been breached. I don't know whether Yan Liang is alive or dead. The eldest son has fled to Beiping City and asked my lord for reinforcements."

"What? Tuyin City was attacked again so quickly, and Yan Liang doesn't know whether he's alive or dead?"

Yuan Shao was greatly frightened. Tuyin City was a large city in Youzhou, and Yan Liang was a fierce general who had followed him for many years and experienced life and death. This series of major changes were like stones weighing on his heart, making him seem unable to breathe. Angry.

"Father, father!"

Seeing that Yuan Shao almost fell, Yuan Xi hurriedly stepped forward to support Yuan Shao and helped him sit down.

"well"

Yuan Shao's brows turned gray, and his figure became even more stooped. He no longer looked like a great leader of the North, but more like an old man who was seriously ill and on the verge of death.

"My lord, the eldest son is still in Beiping City. Our army needs urgent reinforcements. Otherwise, if Beiping City falls again, the enemy will take over!" Shen Pei said in a deep voice.

Yuan Shao said slowly: "Today I defeated Yan Liang and lost five thousand soldiers and horses. How many soldiers and horses do I have left to send out?"

The successive failures made Yuan Shao confused. He even felt that there was no hope of resistance at all. Seeing Yuan Shao's appearance, the judge couldn't help but frown.

"My lord, why do you say this? Although we have been defeated one after another, we still have tens of thousands of elite soldiers and countless loyal people in Youzhou. Besides, Prime Minister Cao now occupies the southeast. Why not ask Prime Minister Cao for reinforcements?"

Yuan Shao was heartened: "What a great idea. I will write a letter in person and send it to Ah Ma, asking him to quickly raise troops for reinforcements."

Shen Pei asked for orders again: "Shen Pei is not talented. I would like to ask three thousand elite soldiers, together with two generals Jiang Qi and Zhang Nan, to go to Beiping City to help the eldest son defend the city."

Yuan Shao nodded: "Okay, with Zhengnan here, I have nothing to worry about."

"However, Pei still needs to ask for something from the lord, so that he can go to Beiping City." Shen Pei added.

Yuan Shao waved his hand: "Whatever Zhengnan wants, just say it."

"Please, my lord, give me the sword so that I can act arbitrarily in the city of Beiping and stop the advance of the Liaodong Army." Shen Pei said bluntly.

Yuan Shao thought for a moment, took off the sword from his waist, and gave it to Shen Pei.

"Thank you so much, my lord, I will go to Beiping now. I will definitely defend the city of Beiping for my lord!"

Regarding Shen Pei, Yuan Shao was relatively relieved, because Shen Pei was well-known for being a good defender in Jizhou. He was truly impregnable when guarding a city. Yuan Shao was naturally relieved to hand over Beiping City to him.

After Shen Pei took the order and led 3,000 elite troops to Beiping City, Yuan Shao did not hesitate to put aside his dignity and personally wrote a letter asking for help to Cao Cao. Although it was not said to be groveling, it was also written in a humble manner.

In fact, not only Yuan Shao, but also all the heroes of the Three Kingdoms basically had this virtue. In the early days, they were thirsty for talents, knew people well, and could not help but expand when their power became bigger and stronger.

For example, after Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to visit the thatched cottage three times and came out of the mountain, he obeyed Zhuge Liang's words and listened to whatever he said. But after he proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, Liu Bei had to lead troops to attack Soochow no matter how Zhuge Liang tried to dissuade him.

Cao Cao was not immune to this temper. The Battle of Guandu was the most difficult battle in Cao Cao's life. He wrote to Xun Yu and planned to retreat to Xudu. The victory of the battle. Later, when Cao Cao insisted on granting him the title of Duke of Wei, Xun Yu tried to dissuade him, but Cao Cao signaled him to commit suicide.

Now that Yuan Shao has retreated to Youzhou and his power has declined, he naturally no longer has the arrogance he once had, but he honestly writes to Cao Cao asking for help.

Xiapi.

"My lord, Yuan Benchu ​​wrote a letter asking for reinforcements from our army."

Xi Zhicai walked to Cao Cao with the letter.

"Oh? Let me see what Benchu ​​wrote."

Cao Cao smiled and took the letter from Xi Zhicai, unfolded it and read it carefully, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Why is the Prime Minister laughing?" Xi Zhicai asked.

"Haha, no one else, but I didn't expect Yuan Benchu ​​to be so humble in his words. It really surprised me." Cao Cao laughed.

Xi Zhicai also smiled and said: "Yuan Shao's power is poor. Now he has no choice but to seek help from his lord, so he naturally speaks humbly."

"Haha, it's a pity. Ben Chu and I are also old friends. I really can't bear to see him defeated. But since I have promised Gongsun Du, I can't break the contract."

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said to Xi Zhicai: "Zhicai, you can reply to me on my behalf and say that the expedition to Jiangdong has lost troops and generals. Now we are raising troops and horses. Please wait a moment."

Xi Zhicai's eyes flashed: "Prime Minister, don't worry, Zhicai understands."

Since Cao Cao has agreed to Gongsun Du, he will naturally not send troops. The reason why he said this to Yuan Shao is to enhance Yuan Shao's confidence in resisting and allow Yuan Shao and Gongsun Du to continue to stalemate. The strength of both parties is constantly being consumed. This is for Cao Cao's army. Nature is powerful, so I have to reply to Yuan Shao like this.