Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 401 Miserable defeat and tragic victory

Cheng Yu's expected collapse did not come.

On the contrary, our side weakened.

Because the miscellaneous soldiers are numerous and powerful, and Cao's army is cut off, but locally, its strength is weak.

"How could this be?"

At this time, Cheng Yu had no way to withdraw the army.

The middle was cut off by Gao Shun. Once they retreated, it might cause a collapse.

Keep hitting.

Zhang Ming's army has maintained its fighting strength.

"Why is that?"

Cheng Yu was watching from a distance, and he could only see the general situation. He couldn't see the specific situation clearly, so he could only judge the situation of the two armies from the general situation.

On the battlefield, Gao Shun's army, those miscellaneous soldiers did not have a unified command, so they rushed up with the captain who had trained them for a long time.

To rush up is to kill, there are not so many rules.

When a team is wiped out, the team behind continues to rush forward.

The two armies continued to fight.

The respective losses continued to expand.

The miscellaneous soldiers don't understand the overall situation, they just charge forward.

Follow the captain and kill him.

Because, they are all subject to micro-command and are not affected by the overall situation.

Many people were killed here, and there was joy in killing there.

A team was killed and retreated, and a veteran behind led his men to rush forward, and the soldiers continued to kill them screaming.

These veterans are usually trained them, and they are very authoritative among them.

Let's kill together, just cut it.

At this time, in fact, if there are two Cao generals leading an army to charge up and defeat them, it will also cause a rout.

However, no.

Cao Jun was divided into two halves, and the assault ability was not enough, so they had to surround Gaoshun.

"dash forward."

"It's done."

"Kill me, kill me."

"Cao Jun is nothing more than that."

Veterans and recruits have been charging.

In the distance, from Cheng Yu's perspective, Cao's army weakened after rushing for a while, and then the two armies faced each other.

Up to now, Gao Shun's army is charging.

Cao's army still had the advantage, and the miscellaneous soldiers on Gaoshun's side rushed up and were wiped out.

As soon as it was wiped out, another army rushed up from behind.

"I'm afraid we've lost this battle." Cheng Yu could see clearly from a distance.

Now, Gao Shun's side suffered even more casualties.

However, Cao Jun's casualties are also rising rapidly.

In the end, the casualties for both armies will be enormous.

However, Cao Jun's army is the elite among the elite, but two-thirds of the army on Gaoshun's side are miscellaneous soldiers.

The two armies continued to fight, the two sides kept fighting, and the soldiers kept falling.

At this time, Cheng Yu could predict that once he gave the order to retreat, all the enemies would press up, and with Gao Shun blocking them, the whole army would collapse.

Can't retreat, fight on, and in the end there will not be many people left on both sides.

However, Cheng Yu could only accept this result.

"This Zhang Ming is really clever. I'm afraid it will be difficult to take advantage of him in the future."

Cheng Yu had already anticipated the result, which was the most painful.

Knowing that the result will not be very good, but unable to change anything.

As Cheng Yu expected, they gradually fell into a disadvantage.

The armies of the two armies are constantly decreasing.

Gao Shun's side gradually wiped out the troops that had killed the two sides.

Then began to support Gao Shun.

Cao Jun was slowly retreating, and part of the troops surrounding Gaoshun had been withdrawn.

Gradually from full encirclement to half encirclement.

After that, the two armies became a confrontation again, and the two armies began to fight evenly.

Cheng Yu took a look, and there were less than 1 people left on both sides.

"It's time to withdraw, it really is a fiasco."

"Order, the two generals Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun retreat."

At this time, it was time to retreat. Both armies were very tired from fighting, and the enemy was unable to pursue them.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun retreated slowly with their troops.

Gao Shun didn't pursue either.

Cao Jun retreated, and the losses of both sides were almost the same.

Of the soldiers and horses Gao Shun brought with him, there are now more than 2000 trapped camps left, and the rest of the elite are dead.

In the end, there were more than 7000 people left in the army.

And Cao Jun is not having a good time. Of the 8000 troops, there are only more than [-] left in the end.

lost heavily.

A bitter decisive battle.

After retreating for thirty miles, Cheng Yu knelt down and cried bitterly.

"I am ashamed of my lord."

"After this battle, we fell into a comprehensive strategic disadvantage."

After this battle, Xiapi City will definitely not be able to keep it, and Zhang Ming will gain a wealthy Xuzhou.

Most importantly, Zhang Ming has seriously threatened Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

"Military division, get up quickly, we both have great responsibilities in this battle, we have such a huge advantage in military strength, but we can't defeat Gao Shun."

Cao Ren helped Cheng Yu up and said.

Xiahou Dun also looked annoyed.

The biggest key to this battle is Gao Shun's camp.

Gao Shun was actually able to firmly nail it there, preventing them from advancing or retreating.

They have two mistakes.

One is that Gao Shun is surrounded and there is no threat.

The second is that I didn't expect those miscellaneous soldiers to have such a strong combat effectiveness under certain conditions.

The two misjudged, leading to their defeat.

Lost badly.

On the surface, both sides are hurting, but exchanging the elite for miscellaneous soldiers is a huge failure.

"Military division, Zhang Ming's army is gathered here, let's hurry back to Xudu to regroup and block their army."

Cao Ren calmed down and said to Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu stopped crying and said, "Alright, let the soldiers have a good meal and rest for an hour."

Cheng Yu hurriedly wrote a few letters and distributed them.

He wanted all parts of Yanzhou to be prepared, and he also wanted to inform Cao Cao of the fact of his defeat.

After Cheng Yu and the others left, Gao Shun also withdrew.

Back with the remnant soldiers.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Ming went out to meet Gao Shun himself.

"Gao Shun, you have made a great contribution."

"Thank you, my lord."

The two brought the army back together, and then asked Gao Shun for details.

Zhang Ming dared to make such an arrangement because he trusted Gao Shun and believed that his trapped camp could block the enemy's mad attack and achieve his goal.

Gao Shun naturally did not disappoint Zhang Ming.

He won.

Gao Shun did not disappoint Zhang Ming either.

The trapped camp is still so strong, if Cao Jun is allowed to attack wildly, he will be able to play the role of Ding Haishenzhen.

Take Gao Shun back.

Zhang Ting called for some generals.

"Immediately organize the army to prepare for the attack. When it is ready and when it will attack, Xiapi City can already be taken."

In Xiapi City, there are only more than 6000 troops in it at this time.

Can't stop them for long.

Before, Zhang Ming didn't attack with all his strength, but now he can take advantage of the situation.

Xu Rong, Zhang He and Guan Yu each went to take orders.

Half an hour after midnight, the soldiers began to eat.

It took half an hour to eat and rest, and then began to attack.

At night, many Cao Jun leaned against the city wall and fell asleep exhaustedly.

They are tired, the army is too small, and almost all of them will go to battle during the day.

Only half of the people can rest at night.

They are so tired.

Zhang Ming ordered an attack, and the whole army attacked.

Cao Jun naturally wanted to fight.

Immediately, the resting Cao Jun also rushed to the top of the city.

The two armies started a brutal fight again.

Hit till dawn.

Zhang Ming ordered the attack to be suspended.

"Cheng Yu's tens of thousands of troops have been repelled by our side, and Xiapi City has no more reinforcements. Open the door and surrender."

Zhang Ming began to persuade him to surrender.

(End of this chapter)