But in the end, it was Cao Ren and Niu Jin who fought desperately with their numbers. After fighting to the death, about 3,000 people crossed the Wei River and escaped the threat of life. The remaining Cao Renjun either surrendered or died in battle.

I have to say that Cao Ren lost completely in this battle.

"hateful!"

After Cao Ren escaped, he stood by the Wei River. He heard the screams of his subordinates who had not had time to cross the river. His face turned pale, his fists were clenched tightly, his fingernails inserted into his flesh, and blood flowed out without even notice.

"Liu Bei! Zhuge Liang!"

Cao Ren clenched his teeth, and squeezed out the names of the two people he hated from the cracks.

Especially Zhuge Liang, Cao Ren knew that he had lost so badly, and Zhuge Liang put a lot of effort into it. Without Zhuge Liang, Cao Ren believed that he would never have lost so badly.

Although Liu Bei was strong, he would not have beaten Cao Ren so badly. If Liu Bei was so powerful, he would not have been driven to Xinye by Cao Cao.

"Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang..." Cao Ren kept muttering the name of Zhuge Liang.

This miserable defeat can be said to be Cao Ren's second most painful lesson. Once in Yongzhou, Liu Zhe gave him once, and now Zhuge Liang gave him another one. These two miserable defeats will be unforgettable to Cao Ren for his entire life.

The first time he suffered a crushing defeat, it can be said that Liu Zhe is strong, and Cao Cao has no choice but to deal with Liu Zhe. It is reasonable to say that Cao Ren was defeated.

But this time, Liu Bei had only one city, with less than 20,000 troops under his command. He only took over a new military advisor and beat him Cao Ren so miserable. Zhuge Liang's strength can be imagined.

This person must be Meng De's enemy. Cao Ren couldn't help but have this thought in his heart after he saw the last soldier under him being chopped into the water by Liu Bei's soldiers.

"General, let's go." Niu Jin was covered in blood, including his own and his enemies.

"Niu Jin, you should make your first contribution in this battle." Looking at Niu Jin, Cao Ren was glad that he asked him to bring people to support him, otherwise he would have been driven down to the Wei River to feed the fish.

"General, it's a pity that Fancheng..." Niu Jin was very angry when he thought that Fancheng was taken away by Liu Bei's people.

"It's not your fault."

Cao Ren himself was beaten like this embarrassing by Zhuge Liang. Niu Jin was a life-saving grace to him. No matter what Cao Ren was like, he would not hold Niu Jin accountable for this matter.

"Go back first, report this matter to Meng De, and then take revenge in the future." Cao Ren said.

Cao Ren returned to Wancheng with the defeated general, which made Chen Jiao shocked Chen Jiao, and hurriedly came out to greet him.

After Cao Ren returned to Wancheng, he immediately ordered the whole city to be on guard against Liu Bei's sneak attack. Then he would send people to Xudu to report to Cao Cao in detail what happened here, and at the same time, he focused on making Cao Cao alert to Zhuge Liang.

When Cao Ren sent people back to Xudu, Cao Cao was also having a headache.

Previously, Liu Zhe slaughtered everyone in Wang Yun's hometown, leaving only two or three kittens left in the Wang family of the Bingzhou tribe. Later, Liu Zhe came to Xudu, forcing Cao Cao and Wang Yun to join forces. At that time, the two sides temporarily formed an alliance and planned to deal with Liu Zhe together.

However, Liu Zhe did not stay in Xu for too long. After he left, the alliance between Cao Cao and Wang Yun could continue. However, after being severely taught by Liu Zhe in Yongzhou, Cao Cao had to surrender Yongzhou. In order to block the other people's mouths, Cao Cao asked Liu Zhe to support him as prime minister.

However, Cao Cao's actions annoyed Wang Yun. There was a rift in the alliance between the two, and the rift became bigger and bigger. In the end, both sides were no longer allies, and the court once again restored the previous situation of Cao Cao and Wang Yun.

However, without foreign aid, Wang Yun did not dare to go too far. On the surface, he would not oppose Cao Cao too much, but he secretly gave up a lot of obstacles, which made Cao Cao extremely irritable. But Wang Yun did not go too far on the surface, making him unable to attack Wang Yun.

However, not only did Cao Cao worry, in addition to Wang Yun's faction, there was also a third strength in the court, that is Emperor Xian.

Emperor Xian was getting older and was very dissatisfied with his own power and was determined to take back his power. This is understandable, no matter who is in his position, he will do this.

But Cao Cao could not hand over the power in his hand to Emperor Xian. Once he handed over it, the only thing waiting for him was the destruction of the whole family.

The same is true for Wang Yun. Although Wang Yun was loyal to Emperor Xian, in fact, the power he held also made Emperor Xian suspicious. If he handed it back to Emperor Xian, he had to go down to see his younger brother.

Therefore, Emperor Xian began to build his own power. He took advantage of the confrontation between Cao Cao and Wang Yun to gradually expand his strength, but in the same way, his power would naturally be dealt with by Cao Cao and Wang Yun.

However, the two of them dared not be too explicit. After all, Emperor Xian is still the nominal lord of the world. Therefore, even though it is difficult, Emperor Xian's power is still slowly expanding.

Therefore, Cao Cao was very upset and held the court in his hands, but he always felt that he was restricted and could not stretch. Sometimes, Cao Cao envied Liu Zhe very much. After all, he was in Youzhou, so he could do whatever he wanted, and no one annoyed him.

I'm so envious.

Cao Cao sighed, and was very envious.

But Cao Cao had not finished envious of the people sent by Cao Ren to come.

Cao Ren sent troops to attack Xinye and had already sent someone to report to Cao Cao before dealing with Liu Bei. Now that he heard Cao Ren sent someone back, he showed joy on his face and said to the people around him with a laugh: "Zikao must have returned with a great victory."

However, the people sent by Cao Ren were exhausted, with no trace of joy on his face, but instead had a heavy face, which looked like a funeral.

When Cao Cao saw him, his heart skipped a beat and bad thoughts arose in his heart.

"Prime Minister..." Cao Ren's man knelt down with a plop and reported the matter to Cao Cao in detail.
Chapter completed!