Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 888 Vengeance 2
In the eastern part of Yanzhou, on the western border of Shanyang, Cao Cao organized troops to attack here. Although the northern army guarding here resisted tenaciously, they had to choose to retreat under the fierce offensive of Cao Jun. After expanding a certain space, Cao Cao began to lay out. The most important task now is to repel Yanzhou's northern border army and recapture Yanzhou.

In the camp of Cao Jun, the wounded soldiers are receiving treatment. The battles these days have caused Cao Jun to lose many soldiers, and more soldiers were injured on the battlefield. The defense of the Northern Border Army is not so easy to break through, especially at this juncture. Going up to find the main roads of the northern border army, it would be like a tiger's mouth grabbing food.

"Our army has made progress. The next thing we have to do is to take advantage of Gongsun Xu's siege of Xuchang and break into Chenliu." Cao Cao looked at the generals in the tent and said impassionedly: "The northern army has nothing to fear. , although Gongsun Xu led hundreds of thousands of troops to the south this time, his biggest failure was to attack from multiple directions and open up multiple battlefields. As a result, his hundreds of thousands of troops had to be divided into several parts, hehe, don't look Gongsun Xu is progressing smoothly now, but in the future, it will be difficult for him to send extra troops to fight against our army, this is our chance, we,,,,,,"

"Report,,,,,," a scout shouted outside the tent: "Yingchuan urgent report,,,,,,"

"Yingchuan?" Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu beside him and said, "Gongsun Xu must have suffered from the Jiehu cavalry, hehe, these Jiehu cavalry have always been fierce, and this time they arrested so many people to blackmail Gongsun Xu." Yesterday, our military scouts had inquired about the news, and Gongsun Xu foolishly chose to back down. Now, it must be the Jiehu cavalry who backed down, Gongsun Xu, hahahaha, that's all,,,,,, "

Although Cao Cao said that, he didn't intend to call the scouts in for questioning, nor did he intend to read the information immediately. However, after Cao Cao said these words, Cheng Yu walked out of the big tent alone, and at the same time The scout took him aside for questioning.

After about a stick of incense, when all the generals in the tent were gone, Cheng Yu opened the curtain and walked in. Outside the tent, Cheng Yu was full of complacency and confidence, and the rest of the generals were like this when they saw the military division. Confident, they are even more sure that there is good news from Yingchuan.

"What's the situation?" Cao Cao looked down at the map and asked, "Gongsun Xu led the main force to attack Xuchang yesterday. How is the situation now? Did the Jiehu cavalry break through or sneak attack Gongsun Xu's rear? Hmph, Jiehu cavalry Their combat effectiveness is not bad, and now their equipment is much better than what was required on the grassland, plus they are facing the northern army, they must fight to the death, and Gongsun Xu will suffer."

Cheng Yu lowered his head, and after a long silence, he finally said: "The remaining [-] or less Jiehu cavalry are all gone..."

"What, you, what are you talking about..." Cao Cao said in shock, "This is impossible. There are nearly 10,000 Jiehu cavalry. According to the combat effectiveness of the Jiehu cavalry, if you want to wipe them out overnight, unless Gongsun Xu used an army of [-]+, this is impossible, who sent the news, did you confirm it?"

"On the surface, Gongsun Xu wanted to withdraw his troops, but in fact, he left nearly [-] dead soldiers lurking outside the Jiehu cavalry camp." Cheng Yu passed the information and said, "Moreover, Gongsun Xu once again used the weapon that can summon heavenly thunder." Mysterious weapons, the Jiehu cavalry who relaxed their vigilance were having a carnival at that time. There were not many people in the whole army on guard. Stay, after dawn, Gongsun Xu's Xuanfeng Army and another [-] elite cavalry under the leadership of Wen Chou, Zhang Fei, Gongsun Yuan and other generals came to besiege, and solved all the Jiehu cavalry, leaving no one behind,,,,,, "

"This, how could it be like this?" Cao Cao sat on the chair in a daze and said, "Where did Gongsun Xu get so many dead soldiers, killing all the Jiehu cavalry in one night, what a big game Gongsun Xu has set up. "

"According to the spies' report, more than half of the dead soldiers came from the rebellious Qingzhou Army." Cheng Yu replied: "These Qingzhou Army soldiers are warriors who have lost their relatives and friends, and have blood feuds with the Jiehu Cavalry. They are the ones who took the initiative. Please stay and fight the Jiehu cavalry for the last time, after a night of melee, most of these dead soldiers died in battle, perhaps it is precisely because of the madness of these dead soldiers that it is difficult for the Jiehu cavalry to parry."

"Where's Sima Yi?" Cao Cao asked unwillingly, "Where's Liu Xie? Have they all been captured alive by Gongsun Xu?"

"Without news of them, they might have broken through." Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "Information shows that their bodies have not been found yet."

"Immediately send an order, the army is assembled, ready to break through and go south into Jingzhou." Cao Cao closed his eyes and said slowly: "There is no way, within three days, Xuchang will be broken, hehe, maybe it won't take as long as three days, Gongsun Xu will not How much time do you give us? Immediately summon Cao Ren to join our army. Yanzhou can't stay here anymore, it must jump out of the encirclement of the Northern Frontier Army..."

Outside Xuchang City, Gongsun Xu sat on a horse and stared at the towering city wall opposite. During these days of siege, Yan Liang ordered the entire army to clean the buildings outside Xuchang City. From the very beginning, Yan Liang was preparing for the total , Whether it was a feint attack every day or a sneak attack in the middle of the night, he was trying to find a way to tire the enemy army. The purpose was to wait until Gongsun Xu's total order arrived to fight well.

"Report to the general, the formation of the four routes of soldiers and horses has been completed." Several messengers ran over on horseback, and the leader saluted and said: "Our army can attack at any time,,,,,,"

"If you don't kill the old and the weak for one day, don't kill women and children for two days, and don't kill the whole city for three days." Gongsun Xu slowly narrowed his eyes and said, "I have already spoken, but they don't want to listen. Let's start attacking. Open the way with strong bows and crossbows, break the city with explosives, tonight, I will spend the night in the city, attack me..."

In Xuzhou, after these days of cleansing and siege, Gao Shun completely pacified the resistance forces in Xuzhou. Zhang Liao led the vanguard troops to station in Peidi to confront Cao Jun. Now that Xuzhou has been settled, Gao Shun gathers the main force to go north. Opportunity to fight Cao Cao.

On the Jizhou side, Guan Yu commanded Jizhou soldiers and horses to fight Cao Ren to death, and the two sides had a great time fighting each other.Cao Ren's ability to be Cao Cao's right-hand man is definitely not based on connections. His ability to lead troops and his decision-making ability are excellent. However, no matter how good Cao Ren is, Guan Yu will not be worse than him. With Pang Tong assisting, this further established the invincibility of the Jizhou Northern Frontier Army.

"Cao Cao has a plan to go south to break through." On the horse, Gao Shun dropped the information in his hand and said: "Send the vanguard soldiers and horses to go north to fight Cao Jun immediately. Be sure to entangle Cao Jun and not let Cao Jun break out of the siege. The main force of our army is coming soon. arrival,,,,,,"

(End of this chapter)