"How could this be?" Xu You was completely dumbfounded. He had never thought that such a fortunate thing would happen. His 30,000 elite troops of the Jizhou Army were retreating step by step. Yes, they were retreating.
To be honest, Xu You didn't care about Yuan Shao's two sons at all. Yuan Tan was a good-for-nothing, and Yuan Shang was no better than Yuan Tan. Both of them put their energy into flattering others. The only one who could impress Xu You was Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi. Unfortunately, Yuan Shao didn't like his second son, and he was not the eldest son, so even if Yuan Xi wanted to, he was powerless.
This made Xu You very confident. Even if the Guo family asked him to write a military pledge, he would write it down without hesitation.
Xu You tore open a gap in the Yuan family's army from the beginning, and then led the army to attack. He thought that as long as he broke in, the Yuan family's army would be finished.
Xu You had already penetrated the Yuan family's army. Even if he was swallowed, Xu You was not worried at all.
But now, the situation was different. The elites under his command were no match for the Yuan Family's peasants and miscellaneous troops.
Xu You took most of the credit for the fall of Jizhou, because he persuaded more than half of the elites of the Jizhou Army to surrender. Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan took away less than a quarter of them. Even so, Xu You found that his men were no match for the Yuan family's brothers.
"Why?" Xu You couldn't believe the scene in front of him. It was an illusion, an illusion. But those miserable screams and those corpses on the ground couldn't lie to him. Xu You's face was covered in blood after a guard was killed. Xu You finally woke up.
"Your Excellency, go, go! Those are not human beings, they are invincible! "A guard cried out to Xu You miserably.
The weapons in their hands couldn't break the enemy's armor at all. Their armor was like a piece of paper in front of the enemy's weapons. When their weapons collided with the enemy's weapons, they directly shattered. How could they fight like this? This was simply bullying.
"No, I won't go!" Xu You's eyes were red. He could lose to anyone, but not to the Yuan family's brothers. Xu You thought two people were useless. How could he face them?
"Haha, haha!" On the city wall, the Yuan family's brothers looked at the scene below and laughed. They were relieved. They had been suppressed by Cao Cao's army, but now they were suppressing the enemy. How could they not be angry? What's more, Xu You had always regarded himself as their elder........ Xu You's army was swallowed by the Yuan family's army.....
"Xu You is useless!" Cao Cao was also angry. 30,000 vanguard troops were directly swallowed by the enemy. If the 30,000 vanguard troops were all light infantry or miscellaneous troops, it would be fine. But they were the elites of the Jizhou Army. Because the first battle was related to the army's morale, Cao Cao also had his own plan to let Xu You fight. At least, Xu You's men were all elites. It should not be a big problem to win the first battle.
But now, all of this had completely exceeded Cao Cao's plan.
"My Lord, this is not Xu You's fault!" Guo Jia shook his head because he also understood soldiers. Guo Jia also saw the fighting power of Xu You's army when they were fighting with the enemy. But even so, the Jizhou Army's efforts were futile. It was not that they were not capable, but the enemy was too strong.
"Strong? If the Yuan family's brothers are so strong? Then why would they allow me to take over Ji Province and Qing Province?! "Cao Cao became unreasonable in his anger.
Guo Jia glanced at Cao Cao. There were two prerequisites to win against the Yuan family's brothers. First, the Yuan family's brothers had internal strife. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for Cao Cao to take Hebei with the strength of the Yuan family. Even if Yuan Shao did not have an accident, the unlucky one would be Cao Cao. Another reason was that a group of people like Xu You in Hebei persuaded Cao Cao to surrender so that Hebei could be easily taken over by Cao Cao.
But now, the Yuan family's army seemed to have changed their equipment. Yes, weapons and armor!
Guo Jia also saw Xu You's troops on the other side. Even if they were elite heavy armored infantry, when they came in contact with the heavy armored infantry of the Yuan Family Army, they were completely routed and had no power to resist.
"Those weapons and armor?" Cao Cao froze for a moment.
"My lord, how do you think the Yuan family's troops compare to Xu You's troops?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao.
"Not as good!" Cao Cao said to Guo Jia. Xu You's troops were all elites of Jizhou, while only half of the Yuan family's army were veterans. The rest were newly recruited in Youzhou.
"Then what about the morale?" Guo Jia asked again.
"Our army's morale is high!" Cao Cao said to Guo Jia. Cao Cao's army had been suppressing the Yuan family's army for a long time. So, how could the morale not be good? It was like two people fighting, and one of them would always beat the other. As the fight went on, the other would have a psychological advantage. That is, the other guy is not as good as me. That's what Cao Cao's army was thinking right now.
"Their morale, strength, and elites are all inferior to us. But they were still able to defeat Xu You's army. Then, it must be the effect of those weapons and armor." Guo Jia explained to Cao Cao.
"What kind of weapons and armor have this ability?" Cao Cao was puzzled.
"My lord, just watch." Guo Jia also could not figure out what kind of weapons and armor could have this ability.
"My lord, leave quickly. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to!" Xu You's personal guards swore to protect Xu You. However, the more they protected him, the more the elites of the Yuan family's army knew where Xu You was. Because Xu You's general armor was very obvious, and the general's flag behind him was also very obvious. The heavy armored troops of the Yuan family's army wanted to kill Xu You first so that the enemy would be leaderless.
In addition, Xu You's head was very valuable. Yuan Shang had already issued a bounty. As long as someone could kill Xu You in the army, he would be rewarded with 2,000 gold, a title, and a promotion of three ranks.
Who wouldn't like such a big merit?
Xu You still wanted to struggle, but he also knew that he had no other way. He could only be passively protected by his personal guards and hope to break out of the encirclement.
"Shao Qi, throw down the flag!" The leader of the personal guards shouted to the soldier who was holding the flag.
"Throw down the flag?" The soldier named Shao Qi gawked. The flag was the soul of an army. Generally, soldiers would look for the general's flag on the battlefield because it would give them peace of mind. But if the general's flag was gone, then it meant that their commander was done for. If they didn't even have a head, then how could they fight? Shao Qi was stunned. The flag was the soul of an army.
This meant that the whole army was defeated. But now the scene was no different from the whole army being defeated.
"Run!" As soon as the general's flag was thrown down, all of Xu You's men breathed a sigh of relief. They no longer fought with their lives on the line, but began to run for their lives.
The general's flag was gone, which meant that they could retreat. They were not considered deserters.
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