The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 457 Both sides suffer losses
At this time, Xu Sheng, who was originally cruising outside, suddenly rushed into the open door. The other party was steady and seemed to be specifically dealing with the enemy in front of him.

"The enemy wants to meet us at Kaimen and then break out from there." Cao Cao took a breath of cold air instantly. He understood the role of Xu Sheng, which was to welcome the armies of Zhang Liao and Gan Ning at Kaimen.

"My lord, we must not let them meet at Kaimen." Cheng Yu said worriedly.

"Pang Shiyuan is known as the Phoenix Young Master, and he really has some skills." Cao Cao took a deep breath and immediately ordered his men to wave the flags. Then a group of soldiers rushed out of the army formation and killed Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao, who was charging towards the signal smoke, saw that there were only 500 enemies coming towards him, so he was about to charge at them, but his son Zhang Hu beside him stopped him.

"Father, the military advisor has given the order. The army must charge out of the gate and head straight for the signal fire."

Zhang Hu's voice immediately made Zhang Liao stop. He looked at the five hundred enemies in front of him, thought for a while, and finally insisted on his direction and continued to kill towards the door.

Cao Cao, who was standing on the high platform in the center of the formation, saw it clearly and a trace of regret appeared on his face.

"He is not tempted by petty gains and can control his desires. He is truly a good general. It is a pity that such a good general fell into Qin Shou's hands."

This small group of people is just a detour. The real purpose is to lead the enemy in another direction. There are countless traps and roads in the formation. Sometimes, if you change the direction slightly, the situation you encounter will be different.

A slight difference can make a huge difference.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao resisted the temptation of five hundred military merits and attacked towards the gate again, making Cao Cao's plan bankrupt.

Although Zhang Liao escaped Cao Cao's plan, Gan Ning did not.

The thief with the Jinfan flag was thinking that he would never leave empty-handed. He was delighted when he saw the five hundred soldiers suddenly appearing from the army. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Gan Ying rushing out from the army and killing the five hundred soldiers. He killed more than a hundred of them quickly as if he was cutting melons and vegetables.

"Brother, Cao Cao's men are no better than this. Wait a moment, let me kill these hundreds of people, and you go ahead." Gan Ying laughed and led his troops to kill.

Gan Ning did not stop when he saw this and continued to move forward. He thought that it would only take a few breaths for Gan Ying to return soon. However, when he looked back again, Gan Ying was nowhere to be seen. There were only densely packed enemies in the distance and deafening shouts of killing.

While his heart was filled with sadness, he was even more filled with fear. It had only been a short time, just a few breaths, and Gan Ying and his hundreds of subordinates were swallowed up by the battle formation, disappearing without a trace like a wave.

"Kill them out, kill them out."

Gan Ning no longer had any other ideas. He waved the weapon in his hand, and without caring who the enemy was, he led the army to fight his way out. When the door opened, he saw Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, the three led the remaining troops out of the formation. Looking back, they saw that nearly 4,000 people were killed in the 30,000-strong army, and almost all the remaining soldiers were injured. Even Zhang Liao and others were more or less injured.

Among them, ten generals including Gan Ying were killed, which can be said to be a heavy loss.

Of course, it also brought huge losses to Cao Cao, even more serious than the losses of the Cavalry Army.

But who doesn't want his subordinates to suffer casualties?

At this time, Gao Lan led the troops to support and protect everyone's soldiers inside to prevent Cao Cao's troops from taking the opportunity to attack. But in fact, looking back, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was still in operation, with an aggressive and murderous aura, which made people afraid.

"Although I don't know their losses, I believe that our soldiers must have caused them great losses." Pang Tong sighed. Although his army suffered a lot of losses, the Cavalry fought fiercely and were a group of people who would rather die than retreat. In the process of breaking through the enemy's formation, they followed the flags and killed through the enemy's formation, causing great losses to Cao's army.

"It looks like we can only wait until next time to break the formation." Zhang Liao looked at the soldiers behind him and said with a little regret. Although he had inflicted great slaughter on the enemy, he had not caused the enemy's formation to collapse. Zhang Liao was shocked by Cao Cao's command ability. He had to admit that the enemy had some means to resist Qin Shou for such a long time.

If you want to break this formation, you probably need more forces, such as cavalry. Only when a large group of cavalry rushes into the formation can you cause great casualties to the enemy.

"We will definitely be able to break the formation next time."

Pang Tong comforted.

"We will definitely be able to break the formation next time."

Zhang Liao clenched his fists. Cao Cao's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was very powerful. If one was not careful, one would lose direction in the formation and be overwhelmed by the enemy.

However, Cao Cao in the central army looked extremely bad. Although he left behind a lot of enemies and caused heavy casualties to the enemy, the enemy's main force still broke out, and the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, which he thought was impregnable, was also pierced by the enemy.

From this perspective, the enemy had already broken through the formation, and it was only because of my superior command ability that I was able to keep the formation running normally. From this perspective, I had failed.

If the enemy breaks through this time, the next time it may lead to the collapse of the entire formation.

Cao Cao looked at the top of Moling City, his eyes showing worry. At this moment, many of the city's aristocratic families were watching the fight between the two sides.

It would naturally be a good thing once the enemy was defeated, but now, both sides could be said to be defeated. Cao Cao could guess without thinking that the aristocratic families in the city must have other ideas at this moment.

These aristocratic families are all the same. They rarely help others in times of need. They will stab themselves hard when they need help the most.

It is even possible that the guys in the city are considering how to contact the Cavalry, whether they can open the city gates and let the Cavalry enter the city in exchange for their own safety.

"My lord, are you worried about the noble families in the city?" Upon seeing this, Cheng Yu vaguely understood what the other party was thinking.

"I regret it now. I should have followed Qin Shou's example and prohibited the noble families from owning private soldiers. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in the trouble we are in today."

Cao Cao sighed.

In fact, he should learn a lot from Qin Shou, not just this one. But now, the overall situation in the world has been determined, and some things can no longer be changed just because he wants to.

"Kill, kill them."

Cheng Yu sneered and said, "Kill them all. I want to see if they have another chance to collude with the Cavalry Army."

The corner of Cao Cao's mouth twitched when he heard this. He had already sensed the murderous intent in Cheng Yu's words.

Cheng Yu is really capable of doing such a thing.

But he didn't stop.

(End of this chapter)