Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 139 Cao Cao withdraws his troops! (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friend 2020…2401~)

After listening to Cao Chun's words, Cao Cao roughly understood what had happened.

Sun Jian's son Sun Ce was already a top general, and Gao Shun and his Xianzhen Camp were also an extraordinary force.

Plus the other four thousand infantry they brought back.

It is not hard to understand why Cao Chun's three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry were defeated...

"Please, my lord, punish me!"

Cao Chun said in a crying voice.

Cao Cao looked at his cousin and his missing arm.

For Cao Cao, who has always only trusted members of the royal family.

Cao Ren finally woke up today, but it is not known how long it will take for him to recover from his injuries.

And Cao Chun has already lost one arm...

The brothers had already suffered so much, how could he bear to punish them any further? He immediately said coldly:

"I'll fine you three months' salary... Alright, hurry up and go down to stop the bleeding and heal your wounds!"

"Thank you, my lord..."

Watching Cao Chun leave, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but sigh:

"Now Sun Ce has returned, bringing back 5,000 reinforcements and the Xianzhen Camp.

"The current strength of Yundu City should be 20,000!

"We only have 23,000 soldiers left... The situation is not favorable for us."

Cao Cao understood the implication of Xi Zhicai's words, suppressed his displeasure, and nodded slightly:

"That being said, if we withdraw now, we will gain nothing from this battle and waste tens of thousands of troops in vain!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head slightly:
"If we don't withdraw, the losses may be even greater..."

"Wait a minute."

Cao Cao looked up at the broken walls of Yundu City:

“After two days of fierce attacks by our army, many of the enemy troops should have been infected with the plague.

"Even if they sent several thousand reinforcements, they would be helpless in the face of the plague.

"In the next few days, we will pretend to attack the city and not give the enemy time to treat the plague. Then we still have a chance..."

Seeing that Cao Cao was still being stubborn, Xi Zhi realized that the other party did not want to retreat like this, so he didn't say anything more.

He just looked at the gloomy sky, felt the biting wind on his face, and suddenly said:

"It will snow in a few days..."

Cao Cao didn't say anything, but his solemn expression said it all...

In Yundu City.

The arrival of Sun Ce and Gao Shun finally eliminated all of Dong Xian's worries.

With the thousands of troops brought back by Sun Ce, and the invincible Xianzhen Camp, Yundu City was finally saved.

Sun Ce immediately handed over the many medicinal herbs he brought back to Zhang Zhongjing.

Zhang Zhongjing also worked non-stop to prepare medicine for Kuai Liang, and finally pulled Kuai Liang, who had one foot halfway into the coffin, back!

However, in the next few days, Cao's army still launched a fierce attack on Yundu City.

Although the intensity of the attack was not as strong as before, the defenders in the city still had to respond with all their strength.

As a result, more and more people in the city were infected with the plague, and the medicinal materials brought back by Sun Ce were soon not enough.

Until this day, snowflakes suddenly started falling from the sky.

These snowflakes are only the size of a thumb at first.

But soon the rain became heavier, like thick goose feathers pressing down on the soldiers outside the city.

The dark clouds seemed like a person who had been constipated for a long time and finally relieved himself, and the blizzard came as expected!

Cao Cao knew that if the snow continued to fall, they might not even have the chance to retreat.

Although they were extremely unwilling, the tenacity of the Yundu City defenders still exceeded their expectations.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth for a long time, and finally gave the order to retreat!
The remaining 18,000 soldiers and horses, after joining forces with Runan's 40,000 troops, immediately rushed towards Xinye City.

...On the city wall of Yundu City.

Sun Ce and others looked at the gradually retreating Cao army and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The enemy finally retreated...

The number of soldiers infected with the plague in their city has reached five thousand!
Five hundred of them had even died.

If the fight continues, a great plague will really break out in the city...

This snow came just in time!

But Sun Ce was not as happy as he had imagined.

If you calculate the time, from the time when Cao's army first launched the attack to the moment of the blizzard, exactly one month has passed.

In other words, the words on the red lucky bag, "There will be a snowstorm in a month," actually came true!

Looking at the Cao army hurriedly leaving, Sun Ce couldn't help but think of the last sentence on the note: "If we attack at that time, we can win a complete victory!"
If I lead the soldiers in the city to chase Cao's army at this time, I might be able to gain a lot...

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the yellow sachet that had not been opened yet.

Now that the enemy has retreated and the Jiangxia crisis has been resolved, should we be able to open it?

Sun Ce immediately took out the brocade bag and the note inside. It read:

"If you pursue them rashly, you will be ambushed.

"Follow in a circuitous way until the big recovery.

"Meet up with Lu Bu and attack from both sides.

"The enemy is in a panic, we can capture Cao the thief!"

After reading the contents of the note, Sun Ce showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

It can be said that without the help of the red sachet and without inviting Zhang Zhongjing in time, they would have undoubtedly lost the battle.

So Sun Ce subconsciously had full trust in this yellow sachet!

The meaning of this note obviously means that Lu Bu has already ambushed in Dafu Mountain.

As long as he follows the enemy all the way to Dafu Mountain and then launches an attack, he can attack from both sides together with Lu Bu and capture Cao Cao in one fell swoop!
The temptation of "capturing Cao Cao" was too great for Sun Ce.

This month, I was beaten so badly by the opponent that I could only defend myself.

He really wanted to capture Cao Cao, humiliate him severely, and then behead him with his own hands!

Just when he wanted to lead half of the soldiers out to give it a try.

Dong Xian suddenly came running over, holding a letter in his hand:

"General Sun, this is the personal letter from our lord sent from Jiangxia!

"The messenger arrived a few days ago, but never had the chance to enter the city, so he waited until today."

"Ok?"

Hearing that it was Lü Bu's handwritten letter, Sun Ce quickly opened it and read:
"Bofu, don't believe the words of the treasure bag!

"Before I set up an ambush at Dafu Mountain, Cao's army still had 50,000 men, and Cao Cao has always been cunning and scheming.

"If you send out troops, the enemy will likely strike back.

"The person who wrote the brilliant plan wanted to drive the tiger to devour the wolf and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight!

"Use a method that seems to help us, and consume as much of our army and Cao's army as possible, so that the other side can reap the benefits.

"You just need to deal with the plague in the city and don't send out any troops!"

After reading the contents of the letter, Sun Ce suddenly became enlightened, and his desire to send troops calmed down instantly!

Yes.

The plague in the city is not yet stable. If we rush forward recklessly and greedily, we may end up in ruin!
And he also understood why Liu Bei's army used the secret bag to assist them.

The purpose was to help them who seemed to be in a weak position and to consume as much military strength as possible from Cao Cao.

In this way, the other party will take advantage of the opportunity!

Sun Ce immediately put away the letter and began to help his soldiers clean up the battlefield and tidy up the city.

On the other hand, Cao Cao saw that Sun Ce did not send troops to pursue him, and knew that the last chance had not come, so he could only lead his army to Xinye...

(End of this chapter)