Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493 Cao Cao retreats 1
Cao Cao has already made a plan to attack the city, but it is still difficult to implement it. After all, if this strategy is to be successful, it must cooperate with the inside and outside. If one party fails to keep up with the rhythm, the whole plan may be messed up.

For this reason, Cao Cao asked Yu Jin and others to take care of the matter. No matter what, they must get in touch with the internal response in the city, and they must not be discovered by Lu Bu.

Cao Cao's subordinates had mixed reactions to this. Liu Ye, Cao Cao's counselor, advised: "My lord, Puyang City is extremely strong. Lu Bu has a heavy army in his hands, and Chen Gong is a resourceful man. I think this siege plan is a little bit Not right."

"What's wrong?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically, "Is there a better solution to the current situation? If our army can't open the situation, we have to withdraw. If we delay here for one more day, our army will waste more money." Grain for the day.

No matter what, you have to try it to know if it works. Chen Gong is indeed resourceful, but he is the only one who makes plans in the city. I don't believe that he can take everything into consideration. This time our secret operation will definitely catch Lu Bu by surprise. . "

Cao Cao has made up his mind, and it is useless for others to persuade him.What's more, the whole army is holding their breath now, just waiting for the battle with Lu Bu's army to wash away their shame. Cao Cao must think of a way to break the city at this time.

The next day, in order to verify the authenticity of the intelligence information, Cao Cao commanded the army to attack the city. There were four gates in Puyang, and the north gate was the most suitable for attacking, but Lu Bu had already set up heavy troops at the north gate.

However, although Cao Cao deployed the main force at the north gate, he also deployed 2000 troops at each of the other three gates. First, it was used to monitor the defenders in the city so that they would not take the opportunity to attack.

Secondly, Cao Cao's siege was just a cover. He just wanted to check the defense situation in the city, and at the same time check whether there were people of his own at the west gate, and whether it was the same as the intelligence said.

At the north gate, Cao Cao personally commanded the army to attack the city gate. All kinds of siege equipment went into battle at the same time. Archers and crossbowmen shot towards the tower.

"Judging from the counterattack on the tower, Lu Bu deployed heavy troops here." Cao Cao analyzed, "However, most of these people are recruits, so there is nothing to worry about.

Yuan Rang, you will lead the team to charge up and try it yourself. Lu Bu should have left a large reserve team here, and the cavalry in his hands may already be in a good position below the tower waiting to charge.

I would like to see how he arranges the four gates, but the north gate is the easiest to attack. If Lu Bu dares to deploy heavy troops at the other three gates, then we will storm the north gate and see how he responds. "

"The last general is going to prepare now." Xiahou Dun cupped his hands and replied, "I see that the enemy's counterattack is not very strong. It seems that these people are not soldiers yet. I will go and show them how powerful they are."

After speaking, Xiahou Dun dismounted and led the team to storm the tower.Not long after, Cao Cao's archers covered the siege soldiers and seized the tower, and three waves of soldiers rushed towards the tower.

The soldiers of the two armies were still shooting, and the siege soldiers carried their shields and bit their weapons to climb up.Cao's army is elite, and most of them have experience in siege. In just one round, Cao's soldiers climbed the tower.

Although they were quickly driven down, it was enough to see that the opposing guards were nothing more than that.Seeing the right time, Xiahoudun led his own soldiers to charge forward, and he wanted to go up to see what was going on for himself.

Soon, the battle gradually became fierce, and Xiahou Dun went to the tower under the cover of his own soldiers.Most of the soldiers on the tower were indeed recruits. When they saw more and more enemy troops climbing the tower, many of them tended to retreat.

Xiahou Dun was not stupid either. He immediately covered the rear with a few soldiers who climbed up, in order to get more comrades to climb up.Soon, more and more Cao troops seized the tower, and Lu Bu's army retreated steadily after being killed.

"Bastard, don't retreat." Zhang Liao led two thousand elite soldiers to kill them. He thought that these recruits could last at least an hour or two, but he didn't expect Cao Jun's offensive to be so fast that his soldiers were quickly defeated. repel.

"Everyone, return to their posts, and those who retreat will die." Zhang Liao roared at the retreating soldiers: "Soldiers, follow me to kill and drive the enemy down."

At this time, Xiahoudun also found Zhang Liao who had come to support him, and now Xiahoudun had a clear picture of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on the tower.

Lu Bu didn't deploy many elites here, this is Xiahou Dun's conclusion.Because Lu Bu's army was too weak, these soldiers did not conform to the style of veterans at all, and many of them were scared back.

If the enemy army on the tower had only this level of combat power, Xiahoudun felt that he would be able to take down the North Gate today.

But now that Zhang Liao appeared, it meant that the opponent still had a large reserve team here. Seeing Zhang Liao attacking towards him, Xiahou Dun didn't show any weakness, he immediately charged forward with his weapon.

Soldiers from both sides collided like two torrents. There was only such a large place on the tower, and the soldiers from both sides refused to back down. No matter if they took a step forward or took a step back, someone would definitely fall down.

"Hmph, that's all." Xiahou Dun snorted coldly, "With this little combat power, I still want to stop our army from attacking the city."

"Ignorant." Zhang Liao countered: "Do you think it's enough to attack the tower? I will let you lie on the tower today."

There are already more than 300 soldiers around Xiahoudun. As long as he delays any longer, his comrades will climb up one after another. But now that Zhang Liao has led the army to kill him, there is not much time left on his side.

Soon, Xiahoudun understood the meaning of Zhang Liao's words. He managed to lead his men to withstand Zhang Liao's attack from one side, but another group of enemy troops soon came from the other side of the tower.

The leading general was Zang Ba, with hundreds of people behind him.It turned out that Zhang Liao couldn't start the situation here, so he secretly ordered Zang Ba to lead his men to kill from another place, so that the defenders who climbed the tower could be flanked back and forth.

"Not good, retreat." Xiahou Dun shouted: "Everyone, don't mess up, cover each other, and retreat slowly."

There is no way, if Xiahou Dun doesn't leave now, Zang Ba will cut off his retreat, and not only him, but even the hundreds of soldiers around him will have to confess here.

The fighting did not stop until the afternoon. Cao Cao observed from the morning to the afternoon. Xiahou Dun attacked twice at the beginning, but after Zhang Liao replaced all the recruits, Xiahou Dun never attacked again. .

In the evening, Cao Cao finally ordered his troops to return to the camp. As soon as they arrived at the camp, Cao Cao ordered all the generals to discuss the military situation in the tent. It seemed that Cao Cao was about to make a big move.

"Everyone, I haven't seen Lü Bu during the fierce battle today, so I guess something may have happened in the city." Cao Cao said, "There is news from the city's secret service that Lv Bu went to Liyang yesterday, and I think the news may be true.

I have already sent people to check on the Ximen side. The Tian family is indeed defending on the tower. Our army can cooperate with the city's spies to attack Puyang.

There is no need to delay, Zhang Liao will definitely stand firm at the north gate after a hard day of fighting today, our army just took advantage of this opportunity to attack the west gate, everyone go back to rectify the troops now, we will set off in two hours. "

"No." Everyone was full of fighting spirit. Although it was just a feint attack today, there is no difference between a feint attack and a real attack. If the situation can be opened up today, everyone may have already killed them. It's not easy, especially Xiahou Dun, who has led people to climb the tower many times, which can be regarded as the hardest.

More than two hours later, Cao Cao had led an army of [-] to five miles outside the west gate quietly. The soldiers in the city were also fighting hard for a day. I am afraid that no one would have thought that Cao Cao would attack and take the tower at this time.

"At the beginning of the watch, the gong was sounded on the wall as a sign, and the gates were opened to dedicate the city." Cao Cao said slowly, "That's what the letter says, please wait for us to wait for the signal."

After a while, some soldiers reported that the agreed flag appeared on the tower, and Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to advance.

When they arrived at the bottom of the city tower, the city gate suddenly opened, and one person led dozens of soldiers out and said, "Welcome Duke Ming, the villain is willing to offer up the city gate."

"Okay, after capturing Puyang, I will remember your first contribution." Cao Cao said: "The army is divided into three teams, Yu Jin, Xiahou Dun, each of you leads a team, Yuan Rang leads the team waiting outside the city, and Wen Ze leads the team to take over the tower. .

The rest of the people will follow me into the city. Tonight we will defeat Lu Bu and capture Puyang. Let's go and enter the city. "

After Cao Cao's army was divided into three teams, they each divided the work. It can be said that Cao Cao was very prudent in doing so, at least he could escape in time if there was an abnormality in the city.

Moreover, Yu Jin led his troops to take over the city tower in one fell swoop, that is to say, they have already taken down a city gate without any effort. As long as they continue to fight steadily in the city, this Puyang city will basically be taken down.

Soon, Cao Cao discovered the anomaly. So far, he has not found any other enemy troops. Except for the more than 2000 soldiers of the Tian family in Ximen, there are no other enemy troops guarding.

Knowing that Cao Cao's side had not been discovered when he was close to the state government office, Cao Cao felt that something was wrong now. No matter how careless Lu Bu was, he could not stop deploying troops in the state government office.

"Slow down, stop." Cao Cao ordered: "The rear team changes to the front team, retreat to the west gate, first stabilize the situation at the west gate, and the army retreats."

Suddenly, a cannon rang out in the state government office, and several people killed in front of them.Cao Cao could tell at a glance that the leading generals were Zhang Liao and Zang Ba.

"Hahaha, Thief Cao, you've been tricked by my military adviser." Zhang Liao laughed loudly and said, "I want you to come and go tonight."

Not only did Cao Cao not panic when he heard this, but he also laughed and said: "Hahaha, this is also a plan. I have won Ximen, and Puyang is just around the corner. Don't pretend to be a ghost. You can deceive others, but you can't deceive me." All the soldiers, line up to face the enemy, retreat slowly, let's join the Ximen soldiers."

Cao Cao led all the elites in the army, and their combat effectiveness and fighting consciousness were the strongest in the army. Under such circumstances, they did not panic at all, and they all retreated according to Cao Cao's command.

"If you want to leave, it's not that easy." Zhang Liao shouted angrily: "Soldiers, kill, those who kill Cao Cao will be rewarded with ten thousand gold."

The soldiers of the two armies quickly fought together, one side wanted to retreat, and the other side wanted to fight. In this dark night, shouts, wailing, collisions, etc. were all mixed together. In Puyang City, already It's war.

(End of this chapter)