Cao Cao led the army and killed Guo Si.
They waved their troops to cover up the attack and wanted to take the opportunity to attack the city, but arrows rained down on the city and the city gates were closed tightly.
They had no choice but to retreat first and wait for the next time to continue the attack.
If you don't want to suffer too many losses, then that's all you can do, forcefully attack the city, which will only increase unnecessary casualties.
Moreover, I originally came here just to test it out, and I didn't expect that Guo Bang would lead his army out of the city.
This was an unexpected surprise.
It would be an even bigger surprise if he could capture Chang'an City by the way.
On the city wall.
When Li Jue saw Cao Jun retreating, he also reacted and murmured: "What to do, what to do?"
He did not expect such a result.
Guo Si's death in battle and the defeat of tens of thousands of troops also made him wake up from his fantasy.
Cao's 300,000 troops were not sheep, but tigers.
"Don't worry, general.
Although Cao Jun has a great victory, as long as we can't hold on, it will not be easy for Cao Jun to capture Chang'an City," Zhang Ji said.
"Yes, yes, that's right.
What's more, the emperor is still in our hands.
Even in the end, we can still exchange conditions for survival with Cao Cao."
Li Jue said happily, "I'll leave it to General Zhang on the city wall.
I'll go back to the palace right now." , guard the emperor.
If it comes to the end, the emperor will be the bargaining chip for our survival."
After saying that, he ignored Zhang Ji and hurriedly walked down the city tower.
Now he no longer had the idea of defeating Cao Cao.
He only thought about how to save his life.
Having enjoyed the glory and wealth, he never wanted to fight in the west again.
When it's cool, you have the mentality of being a general.
Zhang Ji looked at Li Jue walking away, his face expressionless, but his eyes kept flashing, and he didn't know what he was thinking. well Finally, it seemed that everything turned into a sigh and disappeared under the vast sky.
Cao Cao led the army and returned to the camp.
He ordered to reward the army and held a banquet to celebrate.
In the main account.
Cao Cao, his ministers and generals gathered together to drink.
The celebration banquet lasted until evening.
After the banquet dispersed, Cao Cao left several advisers, including Zhicai, Xunyu and Xunyou, to discuss matters.
Cao Cao looked at the three of them and said: "Although we won a great victory today, we did not capture Chang'an City.
Do you have any good strategies?"
"Lord, in today's battle, although General Xiahou killed Guo Si and defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops, which also caused the enemy troops to lose their morale, there are still some difficulties in capturing Chang'an City," Xi Zhicai stood up and said.
"What the military advisor said is true.
Although more than 10,000 enemies were killed in one battle, there are nearly 200,000 Xiliang troops in Chang'an City.
A forced attack on the city will definitely lead to excessive losses and the losses will outweigh the gains.
The siege must be planned in the long term," Xun You said.
Hear the words.
Cao Cao didn't know the reason.
If he could forcefully attack the city without much loss, he would have taken the opportunity to forcefully attack the city today.
But killing Guo Si and killing more than 10,000 enemies had damaged the enemy's morale.
However, after all, they were the brave and capable Xiliang Iron Cavalry, not an ordinary army.
It would be a bit impossible for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to be defeated like this.
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"Wen Ruo, how is the food situation of our army?"
Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and asked.
The current counselors under his command, such as Xi Zhicai and Xun You, accompanied him in the battle.
However, the logistics and internal affairs were left to Xun Yu.
Xun Yu alone deserves a lot of credit for such achievements.
"Back to my lord, the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops is relatively large.
According to the current situation, they can only last for half a month at most.
If they cannot capture Chang'an City in half a month, they can only withdraw their troops and leave."
Yu reported truthfully.
Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, and Xun You all frowned.
Food and grass are the main materials that support an army in battle.
Without food and grass, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it will be useless.
Now there is only half a month of food and grass left.
If Li Jue and Zhang Ji did not leave the city and stick to the city like Guo Si, with an army of nearly 200,000, they wanted to hold on for half a month.
It's not impossible.
"How do you think we should respond?"
Cao Cao asked.
He had no intention of blaming Xun Yu.
After all, Xun Yu had already managed logistics the best.
Along the way from Xuzhou to Chang'an, all the expenses of the 300,000-strong army were handled by Xun Yu alone.
Being able to have enough food and grass to support the army for half a month shows that Xun Yu has tried his best.
"We can only strive to capture Chang'an City within half a month.
As long as Chang'an City is captured, food and grass matters will not be a concern," Xi Zhicai said.
Xun Yu thought for a moment and then said: "My lord, just in case, I need you to write a letter to borrow food."
"If you want to borrow food, ask who can borrow it from?"
Cao Cao was a little confused.
Xi Zhicai and Xun You also looked at Xun Yu.
"Back to my lord, although we are confident that we can break the city within half a month, we must arrange everything carefully.
The reason why we borrow food is just to prevent unexpected changes."
Xun Yu paused and continued: "As for borrowing food, Food is nothing more than Jingzhou or Jizhou."
At this point, Xun Yu also stopped.
He knew that Cao Cao would understand what he meant.
Jizhou is a place of money and food, and Jingzhou is also a place of wealth.
It is the best place to borrow food.
Among them, it is the best and fastest.
The one who borrowed grain and grass was Jingzhou.
However, Xun Yu knew what was going on between Cao Cao and Liu Qi, so he did not tell him directly, but let Cao Cao make his own decision.
"I'll wait for the second opinion" Xi Zhicai and Xun You also supported Xun Yu's idea.
After all, no one can predict what changes will happen, but if there is food in hand, then no matter what changes happen, they will not panic.
Cao Cao became calm.
It seemed that Xun Yu gave him two choices, but the meaning behind his words was that he wanted him to write a letter to Jingzhou to borrow food.
If Liu Qi is willing to lend him food, the food and grass will be transported to Chang'an and handed over to him in a few days.
But borrowing food from Jizhou will take a lot longer, and borrowing food from Jingzhou is The easiest one is Jizhou, which is a bit hard to say.
"Alas" Cao Cao sighed and said, "In this case, I will write a personal letter and send it to Liu Jingzhou."
However, Cao Cao was not done yet.
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A soldier walked in from outside the camp.
"Report, at the gate of the camp, Zhang Ji of Chang'an is asking to see the lord," the soldier said on his knees.
Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, and Xun You were all stunned.
They were still discussing the matter of borrowing food to attack Chang'an.
Even Cao Cao was ready to agree to write a personal letter and send someone to Jingzhou, but at this time But some people said that Zhang Ji came to ask for a meeting, which made them unable to react at all.
"Let him in" Cao Cao said.
Although I don't know why Zhang Ji came, Zhang Ji still dares to come alone at this time, which explains a lot of things.
There won't be any serious trouble if we meet him.
He was also curious about why Zhang Ji came.
Xi Zhicai and others also had the same idea, and did not mention the matter of borrowing food again, waiting for Zhang Ji's arrival.
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