"I know...but I feel that there are some things I must do."

Kan Ze said: "But the problem is that this matter is no longer within the scope of your ability. Thirty thousand people want to cross the pontoon bridge in less than two hours. It is absolutely impossible. If you cut off the pontoon bridge by then, at least 30,000 people will pass through it."

One-third of the people live here, but that’s not..."

"But at least two-thirds can be saved.

Even if I can only save a third of the people, I will try. It is better than watching Yuan Shao massacre the city and tens of thousands of innocent people die and remain indifferent."

"But……"

"Derun, I'm here to ask you to give me some advice."

Kan Ze scratched his head, pondered for a while and then said: "I can't think of a big idea, but I do have a few small ideas.

The water flow in the Duting River section is not too fast. We have ten days, and there is no shortage of trees nearby. If everyone takes action, we can build two to three small floating bridges in these ten days. In this way

This way, Duke Cao can speed up his retreat and buy us more time. However, we need a large amount of baggage, otherwise we may not be able to build the pontoon bridge."

Build a small floating bridge?

Cao Peng's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Why didn't I think of this question?

Xiahou En and Xiahou Shang still have a thousand soldiers and horses in hand, and they can all participate when the time comes, and maybe more pontoon bridges can be built.

"Good idea. Regarding the baggage issues, I will ask the lord for help."

"Building a pontoon is one thing. At the same time, we can also prepare more rafts... Master, do you still remember Tacun? Tacun is backed by Quyuju and can reach Yangwu directly. Building rafts is not difficult, and we can allocate some personnel by then.

, we took a raft across the river from Quyuju and headed for Yangwu. I don’t know how much time it will buy us if we do both at the same time, but it must be of some use."

Cao Peng nodded repeatedly, indicating that Kan Ze's two ideas were good.

Tian Yu was a little worried and said softly: "What I fear most is that when the people cross the river and Yuan Jun chases them, chaos will inevitably occur."

Cao Peng said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? My lord has a perfect plan. I don't expect those Yuan troops to get any benefits."

Tian Yu said: "Since the Lord has made arrangements, I can rest assured.

Let’s do what we say, it’s best to notify the two Generals Xiahou to take action immediately... By the way, someone needs to stay behind at Qu Yuju’s side.”

Cao Peng thought for a while, "How about if Qu Yuju is taken care of by Xingba?"

Gan Ning stood up, cupped his hands and said, "The last general will live up to the trust of the young master."

"You see, we three cobblers are worth a... Guo Fengxiao.

Next, everyone should take action. I will order Hao Zhao to lead Hei Qian to replace Han De and temporarily station in Xiaotan."

Everyone accepted the order in unison.

In this way, under Cao Peng's arrangement, Duting began to take action that night.

Gan Ning led 200 flying men. Early the next morning, he joined Han De's troops who came from Xiaotan and rushed to Quyuju to build a raft.

After Shu Qiang's looting, Tacun almost existed in name only.

Many villagers had fled Tacun, and the surviving old, weak, women and children were sent to the other side of the river by Gan Ning on the same day. As a result, Tacun left many items and three ferries. Under the command of Gan Ning, Han De led

People settled in Tacun and began to build rafts.

Cao Peng then ordered Kan Ze and Tian Yu to write a detailed plan overnight and send it to Jujube early the next morning.

After reading the retreat plan, Cao Cao did not express any objection and just asked Dong Zhao to send the baggage to Duting as much as possible.

Ten days passed quickly.

During these ten days, Cao Cao ordered his troops to feign attack several times and made a counterattack.

However, it did not cause much trouble to Yuan Shao. The number of Yuan's troops crossing the river from Liyang had increased to 130,000, and Yuan Shao's confidence also skyrocketed.

"Tomorrow, a certain general will personally supervise the troops and horses. He will not withdraw his troops unless he takes the jujubes."

In the Yanjin camp, Yuan Shao vowed to do so.

He looked at the generals in the tent with a proud smile on his face.

However, when his eyes swept over Jushou, his smile suddenly disappeared. He could only see Jushou with a melancholy look on his face, sitting aside thoughtfully.

"Ze Cong, why are you silent?"

Ju Sue woke up suddenly, stood up quickly and said, "My lord, Sue was just thinking about one thing, so he was a little distracted just now."

"What do you think about it?"

"In the past few days, Mr. Cao has been attacking continuously, which makes me feel strange.

He knew clearly that his lord's military strength was superior, so he should strengthen the defense and bring troops from all over the country. But instead of doing so, he launched a counterattack, which seemed not to be done by Cao Mengde. Moreover, since the lord's army was stationed in Yanjin, Cao's army seemed to have lost strength.

It has not increased... What does he mean by doing this? Professor suddenly thought of a possibility just now, could it be Cao Cao who wants to withdraw his troops? "

Yuan Shao was startled, and then he looked thoughtful.

"What you said makes sense."

"Furthermore, according to Tanma news, jujube seems to be very popular recently, which also makes me feel a little abnormal."

Yuan Shao thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I will immediately send someone to investigate."

This seems to be the best way.

Even Ju Shou did not dare to act rashly before he understood Cao Cao's true intention.

Cao Cao is not Gongsun Zan, nor Yuan Shao's previous opponents. He is a real traitor and must be careful.

However, not long after the scouts were dispatched, a small school came to report.

"My lord, I just got the news that the Zizao people have been opening the city gate since noon. I found many people leaving Zizao and retreating towards Duting."

"What?"

Yuan Shao couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

Jushou slapped his thigh and said, "My lord, Mr. Cao wants to withdraw his troops."

"Then what should we do?"

"Cao Cao retreated because he must have seen that his lord intended to attack, so he led his troops to withdraw.

In view of the teaching, the Lord should quickly mobilize his troops and pursue Cao Cao... Hey, Cao Mengde wanted to show his kindness to the world this time, but he was seeking death. He took the jujube people to evacuate, and his speed would definitely not be the same.

Too fast. My lord can order the cavalry to attack first and hold back Cao Cao."

Yuan Shao heard this and nodded immediately, "If you don't, then you will, I almost fell into Ah Man's plan."

He immediately summoned Zhang He and ordered Zhang He to lead the Euphorbia soldiers to pursue Cao Cao.

The Euphorbia warriors were also an elite force under Yuan Shao.

Since Qu Yi's Xiandeng camp was wiped out by him, the Euphorbia soldiers had the potential to replace them. The chief general of the Euphorbia soldiers was Zhang He and Zhang Junyi, one of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei. Zhang He took the order and left. Jushou thought for a while,

He quickly chased out of the tent and called Zhang He to stop him.

However, he didn't notice that when Yuan Shao praised him, a look of violence flashed in Guo Tu's eyes...

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