Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 396 Surrounding Cheng Yu
Cheng Yu hastily ordered to retreat.

They headed towards Yuzhou.

Xu Rong led his troops to run ahead, planning to take a small path to intercept them.

Guan Yu followed closely behind.

But Zhang Xi first led his troops south.

At this time, [-] soldiers and horses from the sea were ambushed according to the plan. After all, there were still [-] Cao troops in the city.

Cheng Yu ran away with the army.

Along the way they have already set up many obstacles.

Guan Yu quickly lost it.

But Guan Yu still continued to pursue.

After chasing for a day, Guan Yu still did not give up.

And Zhang He also speeded up along the way, trying to go around from the south.

Xu Rong had already surveyed the terrain.

They rushed day and night, and finally ran ahead of Cheng Yu and the others.

"Cao Jun, where are you going?"

Xu Rong led the army and came from the front.

Cao Jun was shocked. They didn't expect that Xu Rong was also leading infantry, and he was able to run in front of them first.

"General Xiahou, General Cao, this army must have been traveling day and night to come to our front. The two of you lead the troops to rush over, don't get entangled."

Cheng Yu was very calm and immediately judged the situation.

"it is good."

The two fought in response and led their troops to fight out.

Xu Rong commanded the army to kill them.

The two armies immediately attacked and killed together.

Although Xu Rong's army was tired, they were tough at this time, their morale was high, and they fought fiercely.

The two armies fought together, and Xu Rong commanded superbly.

However, the two generals Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun were very powerful and commanded well.

Soldiers rushed back and forth on the battlefield.

For a time, it was inseparable.

Cheng Yu was a little anxious.

It took more than half an hour to kill, and each lost a lot.

Xu Rong saw that both armies would suffer huge losses if the fight continued, so he took the initiative to get out of the way.

Cao Jun was able to pass, Xu Rong finally cut off about [-] of their soldiers and horses, besieged and killed them.

Cao Jun fled away.

Xu Rong beheaded more than 4000 enemies and lost more than [-] himself.

Cheng Yu regretted it.

"This Youzhou army should not be underestimated, it has such a tenacious fighting power."

Cheng Yu continued walking with the people.

Soon, there were troops in Yuzhou to respond.

Guan Yu also chased after him, Xu Rong asked Guan Yu to continue to pursue, but unexpectedly a soldier from Yuzhou ambushed Guan Yu.

Originally, Cheng Yu wanted to take the opportunity to kill back, but Xu Rong was not far away, Cheng Yu didn't dare to take the risk, intercepted for a while, and retreated automatically.

Xu Rong also caught up.

"Xu Rong, go back and help take Langya County, I will continue to pursue Cao Jun." Guan Yu said to Xu Rong.

"Alright, General Guan, be more careful."

Xu Rong walked back.

In other words, in the city of Langya County, the defenders inside knew that if they continued to stay, they would definitely be besieged and die.

So, led troops to break through at night.

And the [-] troops in ambush took the opportunity to fight out.

The two armies fought ten miles outside the city.

After fighting for three hours, about [-] remnants of Cao's army fled.

In this way, Cheng Yu's arrangement was broken.

It's not that Cheng Yu is not good, but that their judgment was wrong at the beginning.

Xu Rong came to kill him, and a day later, he encountered Cao Jun who broke out on the road.

So he led 3 people to surround them, and finally Cao Jun surrendered.

Four thousand Cao troops surrendered.

"Bring them to Langya County, don't embarrass them."

After disarming, Xu Rong asked five thousand troops to escort them back.

"Bring all the weapons and equipment, the lord needs them."

Langya County was also taken down, which was a big victory.

Xu Rong went with the rest of the army.

Go all the way south.

In Xiapi City, when Zhang Ming knew that the plan had been completed, he immediately disappeared with [-] troops.

Cao Hong has been paying attention to the situation outside the city. Not long after Zhang Ming left, a soldier found something unusual and immediately reported it to Cao Hong.

"Go, go and have a look right away."

Cao Hong went to the top of the city and observed carefully.

After observing for nearly an hour, he was sure.

"Sure enough, Zhang Ming has already left with the elite, leaving these people is just a cover-up."

"Immediately send soldiers out of the city quietly to investigate Zhang Ming's whereabouts."

Cao Hong was very careful and sent someone to check.

Two hours later, the first wave of scouts came back and pulled him up to the top of the city with a rope.

Cao Hong has been waiting.

"Report, we have traced the whereabouts of the enemy army. They have been marching, and the army is heading north."

Cao Hong waved his scouts down to rest, and then he sent a few more scouts there.

At this time, Zhang Ming did not surround the city to death.

Instead, he camped around and only monitored his large troops, not the scouts.

Scouts can come and go freely.

Zhang Ming's army is indeed going all the way north, and they are going to encircle Cheng Yu's army.

And Zhang Ming himself, with five hundred special forces, lay in ambush.

Big teams aim too big.

Small groups are well hidden.

Twenty thousand troops set out to surround Cheng Yu together.

Now, Guan Yu, Zhang Yun and the three armies from Xiapi City are going to surround Cheng Yu together.

"My lord, if we hide here, will Cao Hong really come out?"

Zhang Ming took Liu Daneng and other special forces to find a place to ambush.

"I don't know. It's best if you can come out. If you can't come out, there is no loss. We don't have many to fight Cheng Yu, and we don't have many if we don't."

Zhang Ming didn't intend to encircle Cheng Yu, there was a big army going, so it wouldn't do much for him to go.

And he was betting here on whether Cao Hong would send troops to rescue Cheng Yu.

Cao Hong is not easy to deal with, so Zhang Ming's army must really leave.

If the army stops to ambush, Cao Hong will definitely find out, and then the ambush will fail.

Therefore, Zhang Ming can only use a small army.

Cao Hong has been paying attention to the army.

"Report to the general, the enemy has not stopped and has been advancing."

"Report, General, the enemy army has traveled another [-] miles. They are all elites, and they have not been replaced in the middle."

Messages came one after another, but Cao Hong didn't find any problems.

The purpose of this army is already obvious, which is to intercept Cheng Yu.

Cao Hong was deeply worried that they were at a disadvantage on the battlefield of Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Among the disadvantages, if they want to win, they must support.

If Cheng Yu is not supported, it may be difficult to break out from the siege of the army.

Cao Hong wants to support, but he is still very cautious.

At night, Cao Hong hadn't dispatched troops yet, and still had his scouts keep monitoring Zhang Ming's army.

Zhang Ming's army was gone forever.

One of Cao Hong's generals said: "General, there are tens of thousands of people outside the city at this time, not elites. If we attack, we will definitely defeat them."

Cao Hong shook his head and said: "Their camp is relatively strong, and they have weapons such as bows and crossbows. Of course, they can be driven away, but for this weak brigade, our strong soldiers will suffer a lot of casualties, which is not worth it at all."

Cao Hong also thought about going out to battle and defeating them, but he carefully estimated that as long as there were 5000 bows and crossbows in these troops, they might suffer [-] casualties.

This is a complete loss-making business.

"Prepare [-] troops and set off at night to meet our army."

If something happens to Cheng Yu, with 2 of them, they may not be able to defend Xiapi City.

This Xiapi city is also strong and can be defended for a long time, but without support, it will eventually be captured.

(End of this chapter)