As for the Lu brothers, to put it bluntly, they are not important people, nor are they the ones Cao Cao liked. After all, Cao Cao has always admired loyal ministers like Guan Yu, rather than villains like the Lu brothers. Even if the Lu brothers defected to him, Cao Cao helped him with Cao Cao's help, Cao Cao would not like it or not. This subjective relationship cannot be changed. Therefore, if two people die, they will die. It is no big deal. Cao Cao will not care. As long as he defeated Liu Bei and won Xinye, the result of this has not changed, even if Cao Ren completed the task, the process would not be what Cao Cao cares about.

Therefore, for a while, Cao Ren and Li Dian were all in their own opinion and the two sides argued endlessly. But although Li Dian could be regarded as a general in Cao's camp, not to mention that the head coach was Cao Ren this time, just as Cao Ren was a nobleman, Li Dian was just an outsider. Just looking at this point, Li Dian had no choice but to deal with Cao Ren.

So, Cao Ren finally "persuaded" Li Dian, or Li Dian had to disagree with Cao Ren's opinion. He decided to continue attacking Liu Bei, who had won the battle, and then report back to Cao Cao and ask Cao Cao to decide how to fight Liu Biao in Jingzhou next!

At this moment, Cao Ren’s biggest mistake cannot be said to be too arrogant. However, after the Lu brothers were defeated and died, they had not yet noticed that there was a person like Xu Shu on Liu Bei. He was just a confidant, so he was confident. That was right, but he didn’t know his enemy enough. If he looked at Liu Bei with his eyes three days ago, he would naturally make a big mistake.

If Cao Ren could slow down a little at this time, not so urgent, and then attack Xinye after the investigation was clear, the result might be different. At least with Cao Ren's consistent performance, he should not be defeated in the end. But Cao Ren wanted to hide it from Cao Cao at this time. If Cao Ren did not say it himself, the news would definitely be spread to Cao Cao. Could this kind of thing be hidden? Therefore, Cao Ren couldn't wait and immediately went to fight. So the final result was naturally self-evident!

Xu Shu had made complete plans and expected that Cao Ren would inevitably attack urgently, so he began to adopt a defensive move. Moreover, Xu Shu also promised that even if Cao Ren did not come and directly took Xinye, Cao Ren would definitely continue to fight and would not be able to retreat to Fancheng in a short time. In other words, at this time, Fancheng was empty, but it was a great opportunity to take the opportunity to take Fancheng!

I have to say that Xu Shu was indeed a knight in the world before. Some strategies and ideas are not just fantastic, but they are definitely quite bold. When this enemy is strong and we are weak, people usually only think about how to defend Cao Ren's attack. Xu Shu actually wanted to divide his troops to attack. Such a risky act, even Guo Jia, if he didn't know history, wouldn't dare to do it. As a result, Xu Shu did it like this!

On this side, Cao Ren brought his troops to attack with all his strength in the first battle, but was blocked by Liu Bei, who was standing firm. So both sides temporarily stopped their troops and returned to the camp and rectified the situation. At this time, Li Dian saw that he could not take down Liu Bei in one go, so he couldn't help but suggest: "The elite army of that army should not underestimate the enemy, it is better to go back to Fancheng."

Needless to say, Cao Ren was furious. Just now the war started, and you were shouting to retreat. It was arrogance of our morale and should be executed! If Li Dian was not a general, he might be killed by Cao Ren. Of course, if Li Dian was not a general, he would not dare to directly oppose Cao Ren like this.

As a result, Cao Ren did not give up and attacked again another day. This time, Cao Ren started a meticulous job and made a trick. He put on an eight-door golden lock formation that Guo Jia had also set up back then. Haha, isn’t this funny? Guo Jia himself couldn’t understand what the situation of the eight-door golden lock formation was. Cao Ren wanted to learn from Guo Jia, so he could learn the essence?

Moreover, the most important point is, who was Guo Jia's opponent back then? Who is Cao Ren's opponent now? At this time, even if it was Guo Jia, the fame of Guo Jia was shocked to the enemy, in front of Xu Shu, if Guo Jia wanted to play bluffing, it would probably not have any effect.

Sure enough, although Liu Bei and others were indeed shocked when they saw the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation opposite, the name of the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation alone was enough to scare people. But Xu Shu pointed out at a glance, "Although the Eight Gate is neatly arranged, it is just a lack of hosting in the middle. If you attack someone from Shangsheng Gate from the southeast corner and go out to the West Jing Gate, the formation will be chaotic." So, the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation that Cao Ren had worked hard to set up was broken by Xu Shu.

Cao Ren's self-confidence was greatly hit, and Cao Ren finally woke up a little. Liu Bei was not as easy as he imagined. At the same time, Cao Ren finally discovered that Liu Bei had capable people, otherwise how could he see through his eight-door golden lock formation? So Cao Ren inquired and got the name of Liu Bei's new military advisor, a single piece.

I don’t know who it is, I have never heard of it before. This is a pseudonym that Xu Shu took for a crime back then.

However, even at this time, Cao Ren was still a little unwilling to give up, or he was a little in a difficult situation. Now he retreated and reported to Cao Cao? Just kidding, isn’t this more embarrassing and failure than reporting to Cao Cao from the beginning? Is Cao Ren willing?

So, that night, Cao Ren sneaked into the camp again, but unfortunately, he was seen through by Xu Shu and beaten back. At the same time, Fancheng was in a hurry. Cao Ren was shocked to get the news and led his troops back to the rescue overnight. As a result, he was attacked by Zhang Fei while crossing the river. Cao Ren fought to the death and successfully crossed the river under the protection of Li Dian. However, Cao's army was dead, wounded, and fled, and had already lost most of the losses. After finally coming to Fancheng, he saw a drum sound from the city. A general led his army out and shouted, "I have been taking Fancheng for a long time!" It was Guan Yunchang.

Cao Ren was shocked and drove away. Guan Yu chased him from behind. Cao Ren lost many more people and fled back to Nanyang. Only then was he finally safe. In this battle, Cao Ren not only did not capture Liu Bei in Xinye, but also lost the two generals of the Lu brothers, but also lost the front-line stronghold Fancheng. It was an absolute defeat and was beaten like a dog, in disgrace.

Cao Ren's defeated army did not stop in Nanyang, and rushed back to Xudu, cried and bowed to the ground, apologizing to Cao Cao. To be honest, although this defeat was due to Xu Shu, Cao Ren would definitely bear most of the responsibility. If it was not Cao Ren who led the army this time, but other foreign generals, no matter who it was, although Cao Cao would not kill the people directly, he would definitely be demoted and make meritorious service. As a result, Cao Cao said that victory or defeat was common in military affairs, and this defeat was not Cao Ren's problem. All the reasons were counted on the single painting that appeared from nowhere.

There is no way. Since the Yuan family was destroyed, the north was unified, and since Guo Jia was cut off, Cao Cao has once again focused on the Cao family clan. He must let the Cao family clan master absolute military power and ensure that all parties are loyal. In the past, they had to attack external enemies, but now they must maintain internal stability. Therefore, people as important as Cao Ren must not be easily exiled.

Nanyang,
Chapter completed!