Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 787: Attack the City Again
Gao Shun had no expression on his face. He just reached into his chest and took out something. It looked white, but it was covered with a lot of blood.

Xiahou Dun recognized it immediately: "This... You injected blood into a pig's bladder, blocked your chest with it, and pretended to be shot by an arrow?"

Deputy General Ge laughed proudly: "That's right. My general has long been awarded the precious armor bestowed by His Majesty. How can a mere hidden arrow hurt him? I just pretended to deceive you, otherwise how could you fall into my trap?"

Xiahou Dun was shocked when he heard this, but Xiahou Yuan still didn't believe it.

"No... Impossible. I clearly saw that your face was... cough cough cough... cough cough... no color at all. I also checked your breath and it was confirmed that you were... cough cough... dead."

In this critical situation, he was seriously injured and his cough became more severe.

Deputy General Ge laughed even harder.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, this is so funny. Don't you know that the best doctor in the world is in Luoyang? What's the difficulty in preparing a drug that can make you fake your death? It's just that you were so eager to make achievements that you didn't ask the military doctor to come and check it out."

"This... this... is too unbelievable..." General Xiahou and the other general were both shocked.

Deputy General Ge said: "Do you think you have won the battle of Chenliu? Hehe, I am not afraid to tell you that from the day your army came to attack Chenliu until now, all the situations in these few days have been in your majesty's plan, without the slightest difference. Even the many words and deeds of that old villain Cao Cao after entering the city were predicted by your majesty long ago. Otherwise, how do you think you would suddenly fall into this situation? Haha..."

After hearing these words, the two generals were very reluctant to admit it, but the current situation forced them to face reality.

"Liu He, this kid, is so cunning and intimidating. It's not unfair that we lost..."

"Now I only hope that Meng De can break out... ahem... break out, come back in the future, and avenge us."

Gao Shun suddenly said: "Rely on Cao Cao? Humph..."

When the two heard his cold snort, they couldn't help but tremble and looked horrified.

"You...what are you going to do to Meng De?"

Gao Shun did not answer, but just waved his hand, and a group of re-armed Han soldiers appeared on all sides and surrounded Cao's army.

Outside the south gate, Cao Cao led his army and suddenly charged into the camp. Cao's army quickly gained the upper hand, and the Han army was defeated. Under the command of three generals, they soon gave up the fight and retreated to the west.

"Chase after them..."

Cao Hong was already in the mood for killing, and when he was about to chase after them, he was stopped by Cao Cao.

"No. Although the Han army was defeated, its main force is still there. If we pursue them rashly, we will fall into their trap. There have been many strange things tonight, which shows that there must be good plans among the Han army. Therefore, we must not pursue them."

"But..." Cao Hong looked unwilling.

Cao Cao looked back at the tower and said, "For now, we must integrate the troops outside the city, then attack the city again and rescue Yuan Rang and Miao Cai."

As soon as he mentioned these two people, Cao Hong immediately gave up the idea of ​​pursuing them westwards.

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot the main thing."

Xi Zhong suggested: "Since there may be a trick at the west gate, our army can only go to the east gate. There are 35,000 of our troops stationed at the east gate, also guarding about 20,000 Han prisoners. Now the battle is probably stalemate. After we integrate the troops of this camp, the army will attack the east gate and defeat the Han army in one fell swoop. Then we can split the troops into two groups, one to rescue the north gate, and the rest to attack the east gate."

Guo Jia also agreed, "The Han army still needs to clean up the situation inside the city. As the saying goes, speed is of the essence in war. Our army must reach the east gate as soon as possible and launch an offensive to make it difficult for them to take care of both inside and outside. Only then can we have a chance of winning."

Cao Cao nodded slightly: "Okay, let's follow this plan and set off for the east gate immediately."

Just as the army was about to march, Cao Cao suddenly gave an order: "Order all troops to extinguish torches and march forward in the dark. Do not allow the Han army to observe our whereabouts from the city tower. Otherwise, they will be prepared and everything will be over." Everyone suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, it should be so. In such a dark night, this place is five or six miles away from the city gate. As long as we don't light torches, the Han army will definitely find it difficult to detect. The terrain here is flat and our army has been guarding for many days and is already familiar with it. Even without torches, we can rely on this weak starlight to be able to do nothing."

Not long after, nearly ten thousand torches in Cao's army and in the military camp were extinguished. For a moment, Cao's camp was plunged into darkness.

Although the march in the dark was slower, Cao's army did not waste too much time and arrived at Cao's camp, about ten miles outside the east gate.

There was indeed a fierce battle in Cao's camp, and the soldiers of both sides were fighting to a standstill.

"Kill it!"

At Cao Cao's command, tens of thousands of Cao's troops behind him rushed towards Cao's camp from the darkness.

Just as Cao Cao expected, the addition of tens of thousands of troops soon led to a complete reversal of the battle situation, just like the situation at the South Gate.

Within a quarter of an hour, the Han army suffered many casualties.

However, just like at the South Gate, the remaining Han troops saw that the situation was not right and retreated to the north without hesitation.

Cao Hong hurriedly asked, "My lord, they are heading towards the north gate. Should we chase them?"

Cao Cao frowned, his mind full of doubts: "It seems that there are also Han troops ambushing at the north gate. We can't pursue them."

Cao Hong said, "But if we don't pursue them, won't we just let tens of thousands of troops at the North Gate fall to the enemy? I don't think the Han army will have so many traps and ambushes. After all, they have limited manpower. I beg for 20,000 troops and horses to pursue them all the way to the North Gate. We will definitely be able to take the heads of the enemy generals and resolve the danger at the North Gate."

Cheng Yu also said: "General Cao Hong's words make sense, and I agree with them."

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No. Don't you see that the many strategies we have devised tonight are definitely not the work of mediocre people? With such wise men among the enemy, how could they easily let our army succeed in chasing and killing them? Now our army has only about 70,000 soldiers in total. We must not suffer any more casualties. Otherwise, let alone saving Yuan Rang and Miao Cai, we may not even be able to save our lives."

"If we attack the city now, the Han army in the city will definitely not expect that after we leave the city, they will not only not break out and escape, but will dare to attack again. Therefore, the defense will definitely be lax, and our army will take advantage of their unpreparedness."

His words were difficult to refute for the moment, so Cheng Yu had no choice but to keep silent.

Cao Cao looked at the tower in the distance. Although he could not see the defenders on it clearly, he could vaguely see only scattered flames on the tower, which did not form a "line of fire". Cao Cao made a prompt decision: "Give up rushing to support the north gate, gather all the troops and attack the east gate immediately."

"As ordered!"

Cao Hong immediately took a group of military officers and ran around the camp to comfort the soldiers. Soon, the army's morale, which had been somewhat scattered, was united again.

Cao Cao looked up and asked Guo Jia beside him, "What time is it now?"

Guo Jia replied: "It is the end of the Chou hour. There is still an hour and a half before it will be dawn."

"Well, in that case, no matter what, we have to retake Chenliu City before dawn. Liu He's alarming speed of transmitting information has always made me quite wary. Although we launched a fierce attack yesterday and captured the city in an instant, it has only been half a day. However, I am afraid that Liu He may have already known the news here and will definitely send reinforcements. We must be on guard."

When Cao Cao thought of Liu He's terrifying communication speed, he couldn't help but feel worried. He always felt that things would change, but the current situation was such that he couldn't afford to hesitate any longer.

"My lord..." Cao Hong ran over and said, "The army has been reorganized. Shall we attack the city immediately?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Right now, do everything you can, at any cost, to capture Chenliu."

"As ordered!"

(End of this chapter)