Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 492 Cao Cao enters the city 2
The sky is gradually getting brighter, and the two sides have been in a stalemate since the fight until now. Although Cao Cao held Zhang Liao back, he failed to annihilate or defeat him. However, after fighting for so long, Zhang Liao is now left The [-] cavalry were fairly organized, and more than half of the previous [-] infantry had been damaged. If the battle continued like this, Zhang Liao would definitely lose more troops.

If more than half of an army is lost in one battle, the army is basically disabled, and even elite soldiers may have to retreat unless they want to fight to the last man.

But Cao Cao was not much better. The 2000 men he sent to sneak attack Zhang Liao's rear only returned half of them. Zhang Liao's charge of 2000 cavalry disrupted the formation of these 2000 men, and these [-] men were fighting hard. One night, already exhausted.

Just when the two sides were still fighting, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes from behind Cao Cao's army, and then a scout ran over on his horse and shouted: "Report, my lord, there are a large number of cavalry behind, and the leading generals are holding the sign of Lu." banner."

"What, there are cavalry in the rear?" Cao Cao exclaimed: "It's no wonder that Lu Bu couldn't be seen all night. This guy went to my rear by detour. It's not good. If you don't retreat, you will be flanked by the enemy. Le Jin, you lead the headquarters The men and horses stopped Lu Bu, and after the army has retreated, you retreated in camera."

"No." After Le Jin took the order, he led his troops and rushed to the rear. Cao Cao didn't delay any longer. He immediately commanded his troops to retreat. Lu Bu didn't give any orders, so he didn't dare to pursue Cao Cao.

Besides, if the extremely exhausted infantry were left here at this time, they might be completely annihilated. Who knows if this is Cao Cao's strategy.It wasn't until Lu Bu sent someone to notify Zhang Liao that he knew that the reinforcements had arrived, and now he didn't delay any longer. After leaving the infantry to clean up the battlefield, Zhang Liao led [-] cavalry under his command to pursue Cao Cao.

After chasing for five miles, I saw Cao soldiers and horses ahead, but they seemed to be blocked.It turned out that Cao Cao encountered Zang Ba's 4000 troops not long after he retreated. Zang Ba lost his small village, but fortunately he managed to gather [-] elite soldiers in time. When I was on my way to the city, I met Cao Cao, and the two sides didn't talk nonsense, so they went to war directly.

"Xuan Gao, Hugh is about to let Cao Cao go. Your lord is leading reinforcements here." Zhang Liao immediately ordered the whole army to attack. At this time, it is best to entangle Cao Cao, because Zhang Liao knew in his heart that his lord's cavalry must not be far away. As long as he receives the news, I believe he will come here soon.

Cao Cao was terrified. He didn't have many people around him now, and it would be difficult if he was entangled. He had no choice but to let Lu Qian and Cao Hong lead the troops to resist Zang Ba and Zhang Liao, and then he led the rest of the people to flee north. .

However, Cao Cao's luck is not very good today, Lu Bu is determined to put him to death.Now there are more than 3000 people left around Cao Cao, and he wants to return to the camp as soon as possible.But not long after getting rid of Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, there were waves of hoofbeats coming from all directions.

Lu Bu's four generals, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian, each led hundreds of cavalry to kill them from all directions. It seems that most of the cavalry in Puyang City have been dispatched. Seeing that these people are coming to kill you now, Cao Cao guessed that Lu Bu must be nearby.

At this time, you must not be entangled by Lu Bu, otherwise it is not completely useless to rely on the 3000 people around you.

There was another melee between the two sides. Cao Cao escaped under the protection of his personal guards. This time, Cao Cao had only these 500 tiger and leopard riders left. The whole battle situation was chaotic. How many soldiers and horses have been sent, but the most important thing for him now is to rush back to the camp to dispatch the soldiers and horses.

"Cao thief, don't leave." Lu Bu finally found Cao Cao. He led a thousand cavalry to chase and kill Cao Cao. In order to prevent Cao Cao from escaping, he specially asked Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian to lead hundreds of cavalry each. The small group of cavalry has strong mobility, and the situation within a radius of ten miles was quickly found out by Lu Bu.

"Is the sky going to kill me?" Cao Cao shouted, "Who will save me?"

"Hahaha, Cao Cao, I will decapitate you today." Lu Bu laughed and directed the cavalry to charge.

But Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry are not easy to provoke. The tiger and leopard cavalry are the most powerful army in Cao Cao's hands. That's all, after a scuffle just now, there were only more than 500 people following Cao Cao.

The tiger and leopard riders escorted Cao Cao and charged, and Lu Bu rushed into the enemy formation first. When the tiger and leopard riders were about to be surrounded, a roar came from a distance: "Don't hurt my lord."

Xiahou Dun led more than 600 cavalry to kill, and the small stronghold defended by Zang Ba had been captured, but Zang Ba led 4000 troops to escape. Xiahou Dun was worried that Cao Cao would be flanked, so he led [-] cavalry from his headquarters to pursue Zang Ba. That side was handed over to Yu Jin.

Don't want to meet Zhang Liao's cavalry not long after chasing, the two sides fought for a while, Xiahoudun learned that Cao Cao had escaped, so he led hundreds of people to look for it, and now he happened to meet Cao Cao.

Now that the strength of the two sides is equal, Cao Cao also has a chance to escape, but the combat effectiveness of the thousand soldiers under Lu Bu's command is too strong, and the soldiers and horses under Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun's command are fighting overnight, and now they are more or less exhausted. In the meantime, they were still suppressed and beaten by Lu Bu.

Both sides have already sent people to look for reinforcements, and now it depends on whose reinforcements arrive first. In a hurry, Lu Bu only led [-] cavalry out of the city.

When the blood and flesh of the two sides were flying, there was a sound of horseshoes, mixed with a roar: "Where is the lord? Where is the lord..."

This is Xu Chu leading hundreds of tigers and leopards to rush over. Just now, in order to resist the four generals Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, and Song Xian, Xu Chu personally led the troops to fight with them. Knowing that his lord had already run away, Xu Chu was very anxious now. His task was to guard Cao Cao and he could not leave at any time.

Fortunately, he still found Cao Cao. After Xu Chu joined the battle group, Cao Cao's disadvantage was finally reversed.Lu Bu also had to regroup and command his subordinates to charge Cao's formation.

At this time, Cao Cao had already left the battle circle under the escort of Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun desperately entangled Lu Bu, causing Cao Cao to escape back to the camp.

However, the battle between the two sides was not over yet. Lu Bu's troops and Cao Cao's troops were engaged in a scuffle. It was not until the heavy rain fell in the afternoon that both sides felt that they could no longer make any progress.

In this battle, if Lu Bu could send troops earlier, he might be able to capture Cao Cao. Unfortunately, Lu Bu delayed for too long, and the 8000 troops led by Zhang Liao were almost crippled. In the end, only [-] troops were left on Zang Ba's side. were all crushed.

Generally speaking, both sides lost a lot this time, Lu Bu lost a lot of recruits, and Cao Cao lost a relatively more number of troops.As far as the entire battle situation is concerned, the two sides still have to continue the stalemate.

However, Cao Cao successfully pulled out the small stronghold set up by Lu Bu. Chen Gong's previous strategy of forming a corner between Puyang and the small stronghold could no longer be carried out, and Lu Bu could only retreat to Puyang City with all his strength.

Since he couldn't find a fighter for a while, Cao Cao could only order the army to rest temporarily.At the same time, Cao Cao is also stepping up efforts to communicate with the detailed operations in the city.In the past few days of fighting, Cao Cao has already learned how powerful Lu Bu is, and the losses on Lu Bu's side are not small, and he will not go out of the city to fight him again in a short time.

The two sides had a tacit understanding and did not go to war, but Lu Bu was also looking for opportunities.However, Cao Cao's camp was too tightly defended, and Cao Cao was extremely difficult to deal with, so it was impossible for Lu Bu to leave the city without defending and trouble Cao Cao.

Furthermore, Chen Gong also disagreed with Lu Bu going out of the city to challenge Cao Cao, which would only give Cao Cao more opportunities.After all, in the last battle, Cao Cao failed to dispatch more troops in advance. If Cao Cao was given enough time, he might be able to eat up all of Zhang Liao's 8000 troops, and it would be even less likely that there would be a stalemate like later situation.

After waiting in the camp for four days, Cao Cao finally got a reply from the city, and now his hope came.

"My lord, the city has made a reply, saying that the plan has been mostly successful." Yu Jin knelt on the ground and said, "Recently, Lu Bu was watching too closely, and the aristocratic families in the city did not dare to make any changes.

In recent days, Lu Bu has been busy defending the city, and in addition, Lu Bu suffered a lot during the fight with our army, so he has now relaxed the supervision of those aristocratic families, and our people have gained Lu Bu's new trust , Lv Bu lacked troops, and he had already begun to conscript soldiers from aristocratic families to defend the city wall. "

"Hahaha, in this way, we have a chance to seize the city gate." Cao Cao said with a smile: "After waiting for so long, I finally got this opportunity, and I knew how those aristocratic families in the city could have the same heart as Lu Bu.

Have you found out if this is Chen Gong's trick to lure troops? Although Lu Bu is brave and foolish, Chen Gong is very difficult to deal with.The loss of our army last time was thanks to Chen Gong.The overall layout ability of this Chen Gongtai is not bad. "

"Don't worry, my lord, this news is absolutely true." Yu Jin replied: "Our army's secret work has even been mixed with the soldiers of these aristocratic families. Now there are our people on the tower, and the head of the Tian family in the city has been captured by our army. After careful persuasion, they are willing to assist our army in capturing the city tower, but what they are defending is the west gate, not the north gate that our army wants to capture."

"That's right." Cao Cao replied, "If they are at the north gate, there is absolutely a problem. It is impossible for Chen Gong to entrust such an important task to an irrelevant person. Okay, then we will go in through the west gate. If we start street fighting in the city, our army will have an absolute advantage."

"My lord is wise." Yu Jin replied, "Is there any use for his cavalry to trap Lü Bu in the city?"

(End of this chapter)