Lucheng.

When Dou Jiande saw that Cao Bao was still planning to send troops to circle around, he shook his head.

"After today, have you not seen the gap with the Qin army? Even if you can send a wise cavalry to the back of the Qin army quietly, it is enough to defeat Luo Cheng? Don't forget that Luo Cheng is not a lonely army. His 50,000 people are just one of the five troops. To the north is Zhao Gui's army and to the south is Feng Xiaoci's army."

If you detour, you will be less and you can't escape Luo Cheng's eyes. Once you are discovered, this detour may turn into a lonely army and be surrounded and annihilated.

But if you go far, although you can avoid being discovered as much as possible, you may be discovered by Luo Cheng, one from the south and one from the north, and you may be blocked and encircled.

Cao Bao red eyes, "Do you just surrender? I am unwilling to accept it, and my brothers are not willing to accept it. Everything in today's territory is shot down by brothers, including your throne. Now that you surrender without fighting, are you right to your brothers?"

Dou Jiande sighed.

"Abao, I know you have ambitions, but sometimes, your ambitions exceed your ability, and it's a burden. If you want to fight or fight, I don't advise you much. I just want to remind you that your strategy of circumcision is not good. Instead of circumcision, you might as well lead your army to retreat and lure Luo Cheng to pursue him. If you can lure Luo Cheng alone into the deep, you will have some chances."

Cao Bao's eyes lit up.

If you send troops to detour, you will enter Luo Cheng's territory. Whether it is by Boling County or Zhao County, it is the area controlled by the Qin army.

But if you retreat, lure the enemy deeper, retreat eastward, and lure Luo Cheng to Hejian County or Qinghe County, you will be the one who is in the heart of the Xia army.

The geography is more familiar, and the supply is more convenient.

Retreat as advance, lure the enemy into deep and wait for an opportunity to move.

Although Luo Cheng had five armies, the five armies were far apart and could not act completely consistently. There would always be times when news lags behind, and there would always be times when flaws were flawed, and that would be their chance.

Cao Bao had to admit that his brother-in-law Dou Jiande was indeed more insightful than him.

"Your Majesty, now is the time when my Daxia is in danger. Please give your Majesty the presidency in person."

Dou Jiande looked at Cao Bao. In fact, when his brother Wang Fubao was killed, he was completely discouraged and no longer had the intention to compete for hegemony.

But now I feel extremely distressed when I see Cao Bao and his men bringing 200,000 Xia army soldiers and hitting stones with eggs.

"Abao, I can't win. The current situation is not during the East and West Wei, nor during the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi. If you insist on fighting, it will not lead to any result except that it will cause countless brothers to die."

"But I'm not willing to give up." Cao Bao shouted.

"Then I'll say that." Dou Jiande closed his eyes.

Cao Baohong asked him with his eyes, "Do you just watch us fail like this?"

"I can't stop you, don't expect me to be in the same position as you again. When you kill Fu Bao, we will no longer be brothers." Dou Jiande said.

Cao Bao gritted his teeth and pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword.

Dou Jiande chuckled, "If you want to kill me, then do it, but you won't have any good endings after all."

Gripping his teeth, Cao Bao finally left with just swaying his sleeves.

At this time, although I really wanted to kill this weak emperor, it was not the time. Now I still need the emperor's flag, otherwise the Xia army might have collapsed before the war.

Back at his commander's tent, Cao Bao summoned the generals and spoke out a new plan to lure the enemy into depth, but did not say that this was the emperor's idea.

He treated Dou Jiande's meaning as his own to the generals, and everyone finally expressed their support.

On the third day of the September 1st, Cao Bao led his army to retreat from Lucheng, but Cao Bao did not lead his army to retreat north to Hejian, but retreated south, intending to retreat to Wu'an and Weijun through Xindu and Qinghe, intending to retreat to Yecheng, hoping to take advantage of the dangers of the mountains and rivers of Yecheng, relying on the dangerous areas of Taihang, Zhangshui and other dangerous areas to avoid being attacked from all sides. At the same time, he could also avoid several Qin troops attacking Hejian.

All kinds of probes kept sending the news to the emperor's case.

Luo Cheng and the generals summarized the information, studied and analyzed it, and finally guessed the trends of the Xia army.

"Wei County is indeed more dangerous than Hejian. It has Taihang to rely on, but Hejian has been surrounded by me on three sides. Wei County now has Wu'an in the north and Ji County in the south, and Wuyang in the east, and Wuyang in the Qinghe Xindu, all of which are still under the hands of the Xia army."

"Your Majesty, if you let the Xia army retreat into Yecheng, you will be very difficult to encircle and annihilate them immediately."

The location of Yecheng is very dangerous. If the 200,000 Qin troops shrink their defenses, they can indeed resist for a period of time with the dangers of mountains and rivers.

However, Luo Cheng opposed pursuing and interception. After all, the Xia army still had 200,000, and even if it was pieced together, it was a considerable combat power.

The more this happens, the less willing Luo Cheng is to force it too tightly. The injured beast is always the most fierce.

"Let Zhao Gui lead his army into Hejian to recover Hejian County, and Feng Xiaoci leads his troops south to attack Wu'an County. Before the main force of the Xia army arrives, he will take down Wu'an County. Let Shixin lead his troops to land in Bohai County and recover Bohai County along the coast. Let Cunxiao send troops to recover Pingyuan County, and then go south to Qinghe County."

Luo Cheng pointed at the map.

"As for us, don't worry about the main force of the Xia army's escape south first. Let's regain Xindu County first."

If the Xia army wants to abandon the capital Leshou and escape, then let him escape.

If they want to go to Yecheng, they will let him go. Taking this opportunity, they will first sweep the Hejian, Xindu, Wu'an, Bohai, and Pingyuan counties first. If the Xia army wants to defend, they will inevitably divide their troops and can still defeat them one by one.

If they continued to join forces, they would recover the surrounding counties one by one, and eventually, five armies surrounded him in Wei County and completed their achievements in one battle.

In short, Luo Cheng is not in a hurry, does not pursue immediately, and does not intercept, and makes steady progress.

He now has the full initiative, and it is not him who is anxious.

"Strategically, we must despise the enemy, but tactically, we must take the enemy seriously."

Cao Bao led his army to retreat south, but as he walked, he found that Luo Cheng did not follow.

He was sent out all the way, and the news he found was extremely distressed.

Luo Cheng did follow up, but he followed very slowly and did not concentrate on chasing. On the contrary, Luo Cheng was half-hearted and was busy regaining Zhucheng they gave up.

"Feng Xiaoci went south from Xiangguo County and entered Wu'an County, and successively defeated Wu'an and Linming City, with great force."

"Luo Cunxiao led his army into Pingyuan County City, and he also broke several cities in a row, and no one could stop him."

When Cao Bao heard these news, he panicked.

"We must accelerate the southward movement, otherwise Wei County and Qinghe County will be out of protection."

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Cao Bao simply announced the relocation of the capital to Yecheng.

Facing the precarious Hejian and other counties, Cao Bao no longer dared to divide his troops to defend, so he had to rely on the hope of defending several counties in Taihang Shandong, the Yellow River, and the Yellow River.

late at night.

Cao Bao came to meet Dou Jiande.
Chapter completed!