Chapter 440: Break the enemy army and kill Xuchang
Cao Cao quickly made a decision.
He was going to withdraw his troops.
It is useless for them to stay if they do not withdraw their troops, but instead give them huge logistical pressure.
It will also slowly drain their morale.
"Hurry up and send it to Xun Youna immediately."
It will take a few more days for this to be delivered.
In the past few days, Zhang Ming will not be idle.
Zhang Ming's special forces continued to wreak havoc in the rear.
There were even two times when they ran around their camp and set fires, causing great panic to Cao's army.
Cao's strategy has failed.
Heavy losses.
In the past few days, they have lost more than 4,000 people, as well as a lot of grain and grass.
In this battle, the special forces have many injuries, after all, in high-intensity operations, special forces will also get sick and injured.
A few days later, Xun You received a reply from Cao Cao, and then gathered everyone.
All the generals are here.
all looked at Xun You.
Xun You's momentum is insufficient, and he can't suppress everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the lord has ordered the withdrawal of the army, and Zhang Ming will definitely pursue."
"Therefore, we must do a good job of intercepting..."
Xun You began to assign tasks.
"First of all, Wen Hou first guarded the mountain pass, let the other troops evacuate, and when we all evacuated, Wen Hou will evacuate again, and then Xiahou will be the queen of the palace..."
Xun You arranged it properly, but everyone had nothing to say.
The withdrawal of troops began.
When Zhang Ming found out, he did not continue to let the special forces attack, but withdrew.
The special forces are not worth it at all if they are not careful, they are easy to lose.
"Big brother, this battle hasn't been fought yet, and they withdrew, it's too boring."
Zhang Fei has been here for more than a month, and he hasn't caught any battles, so he is very unhappy.
"With you fighting, next, we will fight the entire Yanzhou."
The battle has been fought until now, and Zhang Ming knows that Cao Cao can't hold Yanzhou.
The army began to retreat, slowly.
It took four days for them all to pull down the mountain.
At this time, Lu Bu guarded the mountain pass, and Zhang Ming could not enter.
Finally, Xun You walked away with the army, and then Lu Bu also had to evacuate.
At this time, Zhang Ming led his troops to pursue.
LĂź Bu had 30,000 soldiers and horses.
Zhang Ming caught up.
"Zhang Ming, dare to fight."
Zhang Ming led everyone to chase up, and Lu Bu intercepted Chen Bing at the intersection.
"Wen Hou, now is not a good time to go it alone, I will besiege you."
Zhang Ming wouldn't waste time with Lu Bu and let Xun You leave calmly.
"Third brother, fourth brother, besiege Lu Bu with me."
Zhang Ming led his troops to cover the past.
Lu Bu engaged him.
There are Zhang Liao, Zangba and other generals who stepped forward to help in the battle.
The two sides fought for dozens of rounds, but Lu Bu was defeated and fled with his troops.
In this battle, Zhang Ming killed thousands of Cao troops.
Lu Bu fled, and Zhang Ming continued to pursue.
Ahead, Xiahoudun was ambushed on the side of the road, and Zhang Ming and the others pursued and fell into an ambush.
When the battle was fought, Lu Bu led his troops to kill again.
However, the battle between the two sides lasted less than half an hour, and Gao Shun and Gao Ran in the rear led their troops to rush and defeat Xiahoudun.
LĂź Bu and Xiahoudun jointly evacuated.
In this battle, Zhang Ming lost thousands of troops, and Cao Cao also lost some soldiers and horses.
Cao's army is running.
Zhang Ming led the army into three parts to catch up.
The front army, the middle army, and the rear army.
The rear army was 30,000 people, mainly transporting grain and grass.
In the front army, Zhang Ming led 50,000 people.
The rest are for the Chinese army.
In the Chinese army, the main will be Gao Shun.
The three armies attacked, chasing Cao's army.
Zhang Ming and the others chased to a large plain, where the roadside was full of reeds.
"Big brother, there may be an ambush here."
"Don't be afraid, the Chinese army is only more than half an hour away from us, even if there is an ambush, we have to take risks."
Zhao Yun reminded him that there was an ambush, and Zhang Ming also felt that there might be an ambush.
However, if time is wasted here, it is Xun You's strategy that allows them to leave calmly.
"Yide, you lead 10,000 people in front and run forward."
"Whoa."
Zhang Fei rushed forward with 10,000 people.
After walking for a few minutes, Zhang Ming said, "For the rest, we will walk forward normally. â
Zhang Fei and they ran and quickly distanced themselves.
Here, the army of Cao Jun was indeed ambushed.
Lu Bu led 20,000 people, and Xiahou Yuan also led 20,000 people, and they were ambushed on both sides.
However, at this time, Zhang Ming divided his troops.
Xiahou Yuan was difficult to decide for a while.
"Ambush Zhang Ming's army, and let Lu Bu send a general to block Zhang Fei."
Xun You confessed and asked them to block here for a few hours.
Xun You's original intention was to let Lu Bu and Xiahou Yuan let Zhang Ming find out that there was an ambush here, and he didn't dare to step forward for fear.
At least set it up, and then it will be delayed for a certain amount of time.
The order was quietly delivered.
Zhang Fei moved forward quickly and opened the distance.
Zhang Ming didn't even send someone to investigate the left and right, so he pursued directly.
Anything probed is exempted.
Ambush is ambush, Zhang Ming is not afraid of ambush, ambush, the number of enemy troops is not as good as theirs, and in the end, it is not necessarily who loses and who wins.
If you can destroy one of their armies, the battle will be easy to fight in the future.
"Kill."
Arriving at the ambush site, Zhang Ming and Zhang Fei were already separated for several miles.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan and Lu Bu led the crowd to kill.
leader, Lu Bu sent a few generals and 10,000 troops to intercept Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei received the news of Zhang Ming's attack, and immediately returned and killed.
Tens of thousands of enemy troops were killed.
Zhang Ming's face was solemn.
"Fourth brother, you lead the army to the left."
Zhao Yun divided his troops and horses and killed Xiahou Yuan.
And Zhang Ming killed Lu Bu.
The two met again on the battlefield.
"Liaohou, you are not so lucky this time."
Zhang Ming has no Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei by his side, and he is currently a general.
"Wenhou, it is not yet known who killed the deer."
"Come to war."
Lu Bu killed him, and Zhang Ming killed him.
Fight against a few moves, no matter how big or small.
"Compared with the last battle, Liaohou has increased."
Zhang Ming stood with his gun in his hand and said, "Wen Hou, this is old. â
Lu Bu was furious and killed again.
The two fought for more than ten rounds, and they were still evenly matched.
At this time, the soldiers on both sides had already killed together, and the battle was fierce.
Zhang Ming killed Lu Bu again.
The two of them fought against each other.
With similar strength, the two fought fiercely.
For more than ten rounds, each used his ultimate.
Zhang Ming's marksmanship has also been tempered, and his strength has been improved.
Zhang Ming, there are many good players around him who can feed him, and his strength has improved quickly.
Lu Bu has been lonely and seeking defeat, and he has rarely been on the battlefield recently, and his strength has not advanced.
The two fought fiercely, and it was difficult to tell the winner.
In the rest of the world, the two armies fought fiercely.
Speaking of Zhang Fei, several generals under Lu Bu came to kill him.
Zhang Fei was not afraid, he knew that Zhang Ming had already made arrangements, and although he was ambushed, there was no danger.
Therefore, fight with the enemy.
After more than 100 rounds of fighting, Zhang Fei killed several Lu Bu generals.
Lu Bu didn't know that he had eight strong generals under him, and at this time only Zhang Liao and Zang Ba were left, and the rest of the generals had been killed.
Zhang Liao followed Lu Bu to the left and right, and at this time he was leading his troops to besiege and kill Zhang Ming's army.
And Zang Ba also went to intercept Zhang Fei, but Zang Ba had been commanding the army, so he did not participate in the siege of Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei killed several generals, and the tiger's body was shocked.
Kill with your troops.
Zang Ba was alone, difficult to resist, and led his troops to retreat.
Here, Zhang Ming and Lu Bu fought for more than 100 rounds, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from defeat.
The two of them made frequent killing moves.
On Zhao Yun's side, Xiahou Yuan is not Zhao Yun's opponent.
Although Zhao Yun and the others were ambushed, they also bucked the trend, and the two sides were evenly matched.
At this time, Zang Ba was defeated and retreated.
Zhang Fei came to help.
"What did Lu Bu do, how did he let the enemy kill him."
Zhang Fei approached them, and although Lu Bu's army was still resisting, it could be penetrated at any time and killed on their side.
Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to fight with Zhao Yun and retreated.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan found that the battle situation was gradually unfavorable.
"Prepare to retreat."
"Hurry up and inform Lu Bu."
Xiahou Yuan planned to retreat, and their order was to slow down Zhang Ming's pursuit.
As soon as Xiahou Yuan ordered a retreat, Zhang Ming led people to kill him.
Lu Bu and Xiahou Yuan joined forces and killed again.
The two sides fought on the road for a while, and Cao Jun left again.
Zhang Ming slightly organized 20,000 troops and pursued them again.
In this way, after chasing back and forth three times, everyone was tired, and they gave up.
Cao Jun went away.
However, when it was time to rest, after some statistics, they lost thousands of people, and Lu Bu was extremely angry in his heart.
Because, his descendants are generals, and only Zang Ba and Zhang Liao are left.
Lu Bu didn't say anything, but he was already extremely angry in his heart.
This time, Zhang Ming's losses were relatively large, and he also lost thousands of people, more than a thousand more than the enemy.
However, Zhang Ming felt that it was worth it.
Moreover, he also killed several of their generals.
After several days of pursuit, plus a few more battles, Zhang Ming let the soldiers rest well.
Gao Shun had already turned with him, and Zhang Ming changed his troops and horses again, so that the soldiers who had not participated in the battle before continued to chase after him.
Gao Shun was unwilling to be an enemy of Lu Bu, and Zhang Ming did not force it.
This time, after resting for a whole night, Zhang Ming went out with the army first, and then Gao Shun set off with the army.
Zhang Ming pursued again.
Cao Jun has been running for several days.
Later, when he intercepted again, Xun You led tens of thousands of troops very smoothly.
On the other hand, Xi Zhicai judged that the battle situation would soon be reversed.
Immediately followed Zhang He, left the baggage in the occupied county, and set off with the army.
They traveled lightly and did not carry any baggage.
The soldier carried dry rations for several days on his back.
When passing through villages and towns, grain is levied directly.
They requisitioned grain, directly sent money, and wrote a note telling them that when they went to the city in the rear, they could directly ask our army to receive food.
Xi Zhicai didn't care whether they believed it or not, he gave them money anyway.
Although they forcibly requisitioned food, they also gave enough money, and if they wanted to, and dared to go, they could receive it by virtue of a note.
Xi Zhicai and them went all the way, directly through the city, and did not attack.
After passing through the two cities, Xi Zhi felt that he needed to replenish the grain and grass.
"The defenders inside listened, Cao's army had fled south, and when he had become a lone army, he immediately surrendered the city."
Cointreau in the city has already run away part, and the rest are also panicked, and they don't dare to resist, so they open the city directly.
Xi Zhicai and they entered the city, rested for a long time, and took some grain and grass.
"You guard the city, wait for our army to receive it, maintain order in the city, our army has always given preferential treatment to prisoners, if you are meritorious, you can directly distribute the land and serve the people on the spot."
Xi Zhicai did not disarm them and let them continue to defend the city.
The army in the city, thank you Dade.
Xi Zhicai chased all the way to the south, and along the way, many cities surrendered directly.
In the rear, Zhang Ming had already notified the defending army to move south and prepare to receive these places.
After defeating Yanzhou, Zhang Ming did not need to deploy many soldiers and horses in Jizhou and Qingzhou.
Especially in Qingzhou, half of the army can be sent over.
The whole goes south.
At this time, Xu Rong's army also moved south.
At the same time, Guan Yu of Xuzhou, reorganized his troops and horses, and prepared to attack Xuchang directly, threatening the safety of Cao Cao's rear.
At this time, Zhang Ming had already achieved an absolute advantage.
The army continued southward.
Chase all the way.
Xun You led the army all the way south.
Zhang Ming pursued again.
"Strategist, Zhang Ming is chasing after him again, and he is about fifty miles behind him."
Xun You frowned, he had already urgently written to Cao Cao to warn him.
Cao Cao had already planned to transfer a group of people at the end, and then he would take the emperor south finally.
He must be in Xuchang at this time and cannot run.
Anyone can run, but Cao Cao and the emperor can't run casually.
Over the past few days, bad news has been coming.
Cao Cao couldn't resist either.
Already secretly ordered to the south.
By this time, Cao Cao had already transferred hundreds of thousands of people south.
Xun You's side, I heard that Zhang Ming was killing again.
Xiahoudun came out and said: "Give me 20,000 troops, and I will stop Zhang Ming, and the military division will quickly lead the army and join the lord." â
"Okay, General Xiahou, set up a shield array for defense, don't take the initiative to fight, retreat in a few hours, I will arrange for the army to set up an ambush to meet you."
Suddenly, Xun You divided his troops again.
The crowd set off again.
Xiahoudun set up a formation on the spot.
, 20,000 troops, formed a phalanx, blocking the main road.
A few hours later, Zhang Ming came to kill, it was already dark, and Zhang Ming began to arrange the torches.
He's going to attack overnight.
Defeat Xiahoudun first.
"Prepare more clay pots, attack."
Zhang Ming prepared to attack hard.
The army slaughtered, attacking with burning clay pots as they fought.
These clay pots were filled with gasoline and caused no small trouble for the enemy.
However, after all, there are not many things.
After more than three hours of fighting, Xiahoudun left thousands of people behind and led the army to leave.
Zhang Ming camped on the spot.
After resting in the middle of the night, Zhang Ming set off again.
The army again pursued it.
Early in the morning, Lu Bu ambushed them, and this time they fought for half an hour, Lu Bu took the initiative to retreat, and Zhang Ming pursued again.
In the pursuit, it took several days and more than ten rounds of fighting.
Xun You left with the army first, and he had already run far away, and he couldn't pursue it.
At this time, Xi Zhicai and Zhang He led the army to the south from the east, and then turned to the west to find Xun You's army.
Xun You was shocked, he didn't expect Xi Zhicai to be so fast.
With only two days to go before them, Xun Yu asked the whole army to give up rest and move south quickly.
At this time, Guan Yu was also ready.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of troops pounced on Xuchang.
Cao Cao shook.
Send 20,000 troops to block the city ahead.
And he immediately packed up his things, took more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and went south together.
At this time, Emperor Liu Xie also followed them south.
The Great Migration.
Zhang Ming's three-way army, in three directions, attacked Yanzhou.
Suddenly, many places in Yanzhou were unstoppable, and the fall had become settlement.
Guan Yu rushed over.
Encountering the enemy's defending 20,000 troops, they launched a direct onslaught.
Guan Yu led an army of 70,000.
The whole army attacked.
After two days of fierce attack, Cao's army led an army of about 12,000 to flee.
Guan Yu occupies the city.
"Next is Xuchang."
Guan Yu continued to march and fought all the way to the outside of Xuchang City.
Xuchang, after all, has been operated by Cao Cao for many years and is very strong.
However, there were only about 20,000 troops in the city.