Chapter 376: Cao Cao retreated
At the head of Suiyang City, looking at the continuous military camps in the distance, Cao Cao's expression was a little heavy, Chen Mo was in the camp step by step, at this time, it was undoubtedly the most correct, but it also gave Cao Cao no hope of turning the tables.
If Chen Mo can be complacent at this time, and spread out his troops on a large scale to frantically attack the city and even cut off his retreat, Cao Cao can completely concentrate his forces and break the surface with points, and he may not be able to win, but at least there is hope of turning the tables, and Chen Mo can also get the greatest benefits.
But Chen Mo chose the most stable path at this time, although he left Cao Cao with a way out, but at the same time, Chen Mo had no defects on his side, and could only watch Chen Mo capture important places step by step, constantly compressing Cao Cao's living space.
There's really no room for anything!
Cao Cao looked at the big camp in the distance, and suddenly smiled, in their position, it is he who is now in power, and it is impossible to leave room for Chen Mo, this unconsciously, the young man who met by chance on the bank of the Yellow River in the past has now become the overlord of the world.
"My lord?" Xun Yu hurriedly came to Cao Cao's side, bowed down and said, "It's ready, but does the lord really want to break through at this time?" ”
"If you wait for all the soldiers and horses of that dung lang to gather, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave if I want to go." Cao Cao nodded, and sighed a little helplessly: "He could have surrounded three ques, but now he only takes one side, Wen Ruo knows why?" ”
"He wants news from the outside world to come as soon as possible?" Xun Yu said in a deep voice.
"If what I expected, at this moment, Dung Lang has begun to send more troops to Jizhou." Cao Cao nodded and said, "If Qingzhou is lost, we will be in a desperate situation." ”
Xun Yu nodded, this is also what he is most worried about in the past few days, if Chen Mo chooses to put the main force on the battlefield in Qingzhou when he is qualified, without Cao Cao's command, although Qingzhou is now full of generals, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop Chen Mo's army, and those generals under Chen Mo are not easy to meet.
"If Wen and I go first, the other armies will be led by their respective generals and break through tonight, as for whether they can return to Qingzhou, it depends on their creation." Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and said.
Cao Cao's breakthrough plan is to break into pieces, after all, Chen Mo has too many cavalry, if the whole army breaks through together, it is easy to be pinned down by the cavalry, so Cao Cao's plan is to break into pieces, and there will always be a team that can escape, as for Cao Cao himself, he is ready to take Xu Chu, Xun Yu and the guard battalion to take the secret passage to escape out of the city first, and the direction they are going will not tell anyone.
By the time Chen Mo noticed it and began to besiege it, Cao Cao had already led his troops to leave first.
"Whoa!" Xun Yu nodded, the families of the important generals have all been withdrawn, this Suiyang is already an empty city for Cao Jun, and it is not a bad thing to discard it in time at this time.
"It's just a pity for this Suiyang City!" Cao Cao patted the female wall, this Suiyang City has been in business for many years, and the construction is quite solid, but in the end, he has to give up before he fights, and it is easy to give up today, and he doesn't know how many lives it will cost to recapture it in the future.
Suiyang on this day was very calm, Chen Mo did not attack the city, and Cao Cao did not seem to have anything unusual here, just like before, the two sides spent a very dull day without incident, but on this night, when Chen Mo got the scout report, there was a large number of news that Cao's army was killed from the three city gates, Chen Mo knew that it was bad, Cao Cao was going to break through.
"Order Ma Chao, Hua Rong, Xu Kai, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Han De, and Cao Xing to do their best to intercept the fleeing Cao army!" After Chen Mo got the news, he immediately ordered the generals to go and intercept Cao Jun, and at this time, he could only try his luck.
Even Chen Mo didn't expect Cao Cao to go so simply, and he still walked in this way.
As for Chen Mo, he arranged for people and horses to enter the city, with the last trace of luck, he wanted to see if Cao Cao would take this opportunity to divert his attention, and then calmly escaped, although this may not be high, and it is indeed the case, when Chen Mo entered Suiyang City with men and horses, the whole city felt much more empty, not only did there be no soldiers, but even the people in the city were a lot empty, but I don't know if it was because of fear of war or moved away by Cao Cao.
"Deliberately." Cao Cao's mansion, Chen Mo looked at the dilapidated Prime Minister's Mansion and suddenly smiled.
Cao Cao was definitely preparing to fight a decisive battle with himself to gain more time for the rear, but now he suddenly withdrew, I am afraid that Cao Cao saw the clues, jumped out of his own arrangement in advance, and rushed back to Qingzhou to preside over the overall situation.
"Congratulations to the general, Suiyang, Yanzhou and Xuzhou will all belong to the general." Sima Yi smiled and came to congratulate, although he didn't play a role in this battle, but at least he was familiar with Chen Mo's side, and even if he didn't get mixed up with the military exploits, he could also seek credit for the governance of the Central Plains in the future, Sima Yi had read more than just military books and war strategies.
"Hmm." Chen Mo nodded, he was half a local in Xuzhou, so it was easier to accept.
"Brother Meng De is also decisive." Chen Mo sighed and said, "This huge Suiyang has left me an empty city in the end." ”
Although there are still some people, but the grain and grass are gone, and the weapons have been emptied, except for a small number of people in the city, there is nothing left for themselves in this Suiyang City, that is to say, Suiyang has been seeking a way out a long time ago.
"Lord, do you still have to fight in the direction of Jizhou?" Xu Shu asked.
"Fight, why not? At least in Qinghe, Bohai, and Zhao Kingdom, he has to spit it out for me! Chen Mo nodded affirmatively, even if he failed to capture Cao Cao, he would have to get the benefits he deserved, and even if he had the opportunity, he wanted to take Qingzhou in one go.
As early as Cao Cao was preparing for a decisive battle with Chen Mo in Suiyang, these cities had begun to transport population and materials to Qingzhou, and the people were already panicking, and now Suiyang City was broken by Chen Mo, and there were not even too many defenders in the remaining cities, how could they stop Chen Mo's army, that is, they had the heart to resist, and they were unable to fight.
At the end of May, news came from Huainan that Liu Fu not only surrendered, but also before surrendering, he pitted Jiangdong, Sun Ce sent troops to take over Shouchun, but Liu Fu took the opportunity to plot, the general Song Zhong was shot under Shouchun City, Jiangdong was originally to fight for Shouchun soldiers and horses were surrounded and suppressed by Liu Fu with Han Qiong, suffered heavy losses, and had to retreat to Hefei.
What Sun Ce would think, Chen Mo didn't know, and he wasn't in the mood to think about it, because Cao Cao left him with a problem, and the gentry and prominent families in various places began to resist Chen Mo's policy.