Chapter 973: Withdraw the troops from Hangu Pass

If Cao Cao didn't retreat as soon as possible, he thought that Xun Yu would move to rescue the troops, Cao Ren would lead the troops to capture Sakura County, and drive straight into the imperial city of Chu, but all he waited for was despair, and no good news came.

Now it was also a helpless move to withdraw his troops to Hangu Pass, and Cao Cao was confident that his 500,000-strong army could fight the Chu army at Hangu Pass, and then he would have more time to seek help. The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and Cao Cao firmly believes that no one will not be tempted in front of the fat sheep of Chu State.

Less.

Cao Cao led the tiger and leopard to ride to the city, learned that the Chu army was attacking the city, and the army in the city had already assembled, and now when he heard the edict, he actually withdrew to the west of Hangu Pass, and all the soldiers were happy, jumped on horseback and galloped to the west of the city.

Cao Cao was not ignorant and incompetent, on the contrary, he was violent and ruthless, cunning and suspicious, in order to prevent the Chu army from detecting the withdrawal of the army in the city, he left 10,000 tiger and leopard knights on each of the two cities in the southeast, responsible for resisting the Chu army's siege and buying time for the retreat of the army.

Suddenly.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves in Luoyan City shook the sky, Cao Cao personally led 500,000 troops to withdraw outside the west city, Hangu Pass is known as a husband when the pass, Wan Fu Mo said, that is because the natural moat barrier is precipitous, once the 500,000 army enters Hangu Pass, the Chu army does not have three or five months to take it.

Under the South Castle.

Emperor Chu raised his head to look at the city, and found that the deployment of the enemy troops in the Northern Wei Dynasty was not thorough, and looked sideways at the generals.

"Yue Fei, Ran Min, Li Yuanba, Xue Rengui, and Li Cunxiao obeyed the order and ordered you and the other five to lead the soldiers under their command to attack!"

"Order!"

The war drums are everywhere, the wolf smoke is filled, the hunting flag is unfurled, and the five-way army launches an attack on horseback, with a huge momentum and shocks the sky.

The army continued to approach the city, stunned without the slightest resistance, the Chu Emperor was deeply surprised, stared intently, until the Chu army arrived at the city, the Northern Wei enemy soldiers launched a resistance.

The attack on the city lasted less than an hour, and the generals of the Chu army found the clue, Yang Lin retracted his gaze, and his determined voice sounded, he had galloped across the territory for many years, and had experienced countless battles and battles, and the tricks of the enemy soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty were seen through by him at a glance

"Your Majesty, there are strange things in Luoyan City, there are at least 500,000 remnants of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but there are at most 10,000 soldiers guarding the city, and the reason why they have not launched an attack for a long time is to wait for our army to enter the attack range."

"General Yang means .........."

"Your Majesty, there can only be two reasons for leaving only a few soldiers to block, the first is that the enemy soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty set up an ambush in the city, showing the enemy weakness and leading our army into a trap, and the second is to buy time for retreat, leaving a few soldiers and playing a trick."

"Retreat?"

"Both the north and the south are under the control of our army, the east is based on the Tiger Pass, and the west is under the control of Hangu Pass........."

"It's not good, Cao Cao is going to escape!"

"General Yang, you lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to Dongcheng to put down the pursuit, if you don't have to fight Cao Cao's army, send troops to inform."

"Shi Dakai, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Fei listened to the order and led an army of 100,000 to pursue in the direction of Xicheng.

"The other generals will follow me into Luoyan City and see what tricks Cao Cao is playing!"

The Chu army instantly divided into three routes, and the Chu Emperor held a halberd in his hand, flew the ink dragon, and quickly rushed towards Luoyan City.

Yue Fei ordered arrows to shoot the defenders of the city, the difference in strength between the two armies was huge, how could 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry block the 400,000 Chu army, the flying arrows were like locusts, and the crushed defenders of the city did not dare to show their heads.

The Chu army transported the rushing car to the city gate, the rumbling sound sounded against the door, the earth trembled lightly, deafening, but at this time Bai Qi had already invaded the northern city, Luoyang City under the gunpowder bag bombardment city gate failed to implement, now in Luoyan City is still very effective.

Sun Ce, Tai Shici, and Zhou Taisan led their troops into the city, climbed the steps of the city and fought to the death with the tiger and leopard horse, but Bai Qi did not fall in love with the battle, and took Yang Zaixing, Zhang Xian and several people to the south gate to kill.

Young.

Under the combined attack of Bai Qi and the army outside the city, Luoyan City was completely destroyed, and the city was empty, with traces of the Chu army everywhere, and Cao Cao and the 500,000 army had long been gone.

"Cao thief is cunning, so a golden cicada comes out of his shell!"

"Zilong, Feng Xian, bring the enemy soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty prisoners, and ask them where Cao Cao fled with his troops?"

Emperor Chu didn't know when Cao Cao would lead his troops away, and he had previously ordered Yang Lin and Shi Dakai generals to lead their troops to pursue in the east and west, and it was just a matter of trying their luck.

Lu Bu and Zhao Yuner stepped forward with two tiger and leopard knights, and a cold questioning voice sounded.

"Say when Cao Cao will leave, from the east gate or the west gate!"

The two were silent, which made Lu Bu and Zhao Yun very angry, and when the long sword was unsheathed, they were about to kill the two.

Emperor Chu raised his hand to stop the two, his mind moved, and he began to search for souls and scan the information in their minds.

"Take them down, I already know where Cao Cao left from!"

"Zilong, Fengxian, Yuanba, Su Lie, Bai Qi gathered an army to pursue from the West Gate, and Cao Cao must not be allowed to arrive at Hangu Pass!"

Emperor Chu learned from the information in the minds of the two that Cao Cao left from the West Gate and went to Hangu Pass, and he knew a little about this world-famous pass, Emperor Chu, and he knew that once Cao Cao led his troops into it, it would probably take some time to defeat him.

Therefore, he must be intercepted before he enters Hangu Pass, and the last remnants of the Northern Wei Dynasty must be completely defeated, so as not to make waves in the future for Cao Cao.

Emperor Chu knew that Cao Cao was a hundred-legged insect, and if he couldn't completely destroy him and die without stiffening, it would definitely become a big disaster.

The generals jumped on the horses and turtles, ordered the soldiers and horses, followed closely behind Emperor Chu, rushed out, rushed out of the West City Gate, and chased in the direction of Hangu Pass.

Running wildly all the way, thousands of miles away, Zhao Yun looked puzzled on his face, and a puzzled voice sounded, and asked:

"Your Majesty, how do you know that Cao Cao went to Hangu Pass from the West Gate, and the two enemy prisoners just now did not speak!"

"Zilong, you just interrogated two captives, when Cao Cao left from the east gate or the west gate, one of them subconsciously looked in the direction of the west gate, which is enough to show what he thinks in his heart."

Emperor Chu chuckled, pretending to be mysterious, he had not only checked the information in the captive's mind before, but also observed this small detail, but the answer obtained by the soul search was consistent with the information conveyed by this subtle expression.

"Kamiya!"

"My emperor is really discerning, it is certain that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses escaped from the West Gate!"

"Zilong, Fengxian, this is called micro-expression analysis, I can teach you when I have a chance in the future!"

Emperor Chu laughed loudly, his mood was very happy, although Cao Cao fled, but he abandoned the city and rose up, it is enough to show that he did not wait for reinforcements, otherwise with Cao Cao's violent and ruthless character, he would not give up the opportunity to fight in Luoyan City.

"Cao Cao, you are at the end of your rope, and I will definitely not let you escape easily this time!"

Emperor Chu thought secretly in his heart, slapped his legs on the horse, and Mo Long's speed accelerated, and soon left Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Li Yuanba behind.

Cao Cao led his troops to withdraw from the West Gate, and he knew that Emperor Chu would soon see through it and wave his army to pursue him, so he divided his army of 500,000 into zero, and let them divide their troops into ten routes, and finally assembled under Hangu Pass.

As a result, wolf smoke was everywhere outside the western city, and the sound of horses' hooves was chaotic, and Emperor Chu could not know that the pursuing army could meet him, so he could only wave his army to Hangu Pass.

(End of chapter)