"The generals will obey!"

Everyone gets up.

Gao Ran said: "Return to Puyang immediately, defeat Cao Zhen's department first, and then conquer Puyang!" ”

"No."

The five-body throw that all the generals admired.

Gao Ran kept everyone in the dark and marched into Xuzhou. They all thought that Gao Ran was going to attack Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, the tiger left the mountain and led Cao Zhen to take the bait.

Night.

The Yuan army in Xuzhou all advanced to Puyang.

Cao Zhen is still halfway through, ready to rush to Xuzhou. He didn't know that Gao Ran was advancing with him and would meet him soon.

"General, our detailed report, Cao Zhen's troops are stationed in Zhencheng, and there is still some distance from Xuzhou. If we had gone now, would it have scared him? In case he retreats to Puyang, his efforts will be wasted. Gao Lan's lieutenant Zhou Ang said.

"What do you mean?"

Gao Ran asked.

Zhou Ang said: "Don't startle the snake, our army should take another path." Go to Anyi first, then Dingtao, and then return to Puyang for a sneak attack. You can conquer Puyang without knowing it. ”

Zhou Ang's strategy can be regarded as a safe way to play.

Gao Ran has always been cautious.

But this time, he didn't listen to Zhou Ang.

"No!"

Gao Ran said: "Cao Zhen doesn't know that we are back now, he is defenseless. We march hastily and we will be able to bite him to death. If we take a detour to Anyi and Dingtao, the time will drag on too long, and Cao Zhen will know our intentions after he gets the report. If he returns to Puyang, we will really have to give up all our efforts. ”

"General Zhou Ang, don't hesitate, just order the army to Zhencheng!"

"Yes."

Under Gao Lan's decision, Yuan Jun took a shortcut and rushed to Zhencheng.

It took less than four hours.

Early morning.

The fog has just dissipated.

Gao Lan's army stood under Zhen Cheng and lined up his troops.

Cao Zhen ran up to the city tower with a roll, looking at the enemy army in front of him, and his head buzzed.

"What's going on? Isn't Gao Ran rushing to attack Tan County? How could you rush to Zhencheng in a day or two? Cao Zhen couldn't believe it. From Tanxian to Zhencheng, there are more than 500 miles. How does Gaolan do it?

The most important thing is what Gao Ran is doing here?

He won't attack Xuzhou anymore?

Da-da-da-da

Fly out of the city and ride.

Cao Zhen fixed his eyes and saw that it was Yuan General Zhou Ang.

Zhou Ang roared: "Cao Zhen, you have no way to escape, why don't you surrender quickly?" This Zhen city is not as strong as Puyang, and our army can conquer it within half a day. ”

Cao Zhen glanced at Zhencheng's city defense, and hurriedly said to the surrounding generals: "Hurry up and prepare to defend the city." ”

"General, the enemy army is coming too fast, we are not prepared for anything, how can we defend it?" The generals were discouraged.

Even Puyang, which is well-prepared, must be carefully guarded in the face of the Gaolan army.

Zhencheng is short and has no equipment to defend the city.

Just think about it and you know the consequences of war.

Zhou Ang shouted a few times below, but did not answer.

He returned to the military formation and said to Gao Lan: "General, you can attack the city." ”

"Okay, herald the siege."

"Yes."

Zhou Ang ran past the military formation in the distance and shouted: "The general has an order, attack the city immediately!" ”

Knock knock

Drums blaring.

"Kill." Tens of thousands of soldiers rushed towards Zhencheng with a cloud ladder. Although there were no siege towers or catapults, the enemy was not prepared at all, and with 80,000 heavy troops, he attacked a small city garrisoned by 20,000 people, and the results were obvious.

After the start of the battle.

Cao Zhen saw that the city could not be defended, and retreated to the city.

He gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and fled to Puyang.

When he traveled to the mountain col five miles away, he was ambushed by Gao Ran early, and was killed, and Cao Zhen was captured. And the Cao army of Zhencheng was also killed into the city by Zhou Ang, defeated and captured, and a few were killed.

"The general is really clever, Cao Zhen really fled to Puyang and was defeated by my ambush." In the city guard, Zhou Ang smiled and arched his hand.

"It's not my clever calculation, it's Cao Zhen who is too stupid. He didn't want to think about it, I arrived in Zhencheng early, but there was no siege, why? Just waiting for him to escape, how can there be no ambush? Gao Ran said: "I really want to let Cao Zhen go, such a general is given to Cao Cao, and he will lose the battle in the future." ”

"Hey, hey, the last will go and put it now?"

"You dare!"

Gao Ran said speechlessly: "Privately release the captives, but they will be killed." Or bring him back to Yecheng. As I expected, the main guild will exchange him for food, and Cao Cao should be in pain again. ”

"Hahaha."

Zhou Ang stroked his palms and laughed.

Next.

Noon.

Gao Ran led the army back to Puyang.

There are still 10,000 Cao troops left in Puyang, and they need to divide their troops to garrison the four cities.

There is a serious shortage of troops.

Zhou Ang suggested that the circle of three and one of them.

Gao Ran did not agree: "The strength of our army is eight times that of Cao's army!" There's no need to be steady. I will, divide the army into four parts. Surrounded Puyang and attacked on all sides. Strive to end the battle in the shortest possible time. ”

"The enemy's forces are stationed in four cities, and there are no reinforcements and no reserves, so they will not be able to hold on for long."

"The general is right." Zhou Ang responded: "The last general will arrange it immediately." ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Ang did things vigorously and resolutely, and in less than an hour, he completed the distribution of the army. Under the leadership of the four lieutenant generals, they attacked Puyang respectively. Gao Ran and Zhou Ang personally commanded the battle in Xicheng.

Xicheng was the weakest place, and the defenders were slightly smaller.

Gao Ran seized the fighter and took the lead in attacking.

"Kill." The soldiers knew that there were not many enemies in the city, and they were full of energy.

Siege towers, catapults, ballistae, crashing carts, all go into battle.

The generals of the Cao army, who commanded the defense of the city, hurriedly called for people to fetch fire oil, wanting to use fire oil to break the enemy. However, what they didn't expect was that because there were too few soldiers defending the city and their morale was low, Zhou Ang led his army to kill the city tower before they could get the oil fetched.

Puff puff

Zhou Ang personally went into battle, led a long team of spearmen, and fought with the enemy soldiers on the city tower.

Gao Ran gathered his troops and waited outside. As soon as the city is broken, he will lead his army to kill it.

Titicaca

Living up to expectations, after two hours of siege, Zhou Ang opened the city gates.

"Kill." All the Yuan troops rushed into Puyang City like tigers descending from the mountain. The soldiers in the city had no owner, and they were in a mess, and when the army pressed the border, they all chose to surrender.

Gao Ran did not have the habit of killing prisoners, so he imprisoned them on the spot and escorted them back to Jizhou.

Since then, Cao Cao's important town of Puyang in the Central Plains has been conquered by Gao Lan.

The 10,000 soldiers who went to Mount Tai to guard against Yuan Tan and the 10,000 troops who went to Guandu also quickly withdrew. Because Cao Cao's army is about to arrive in Puyang, it must be deployed as soon as possible.

"General, we have received a report from the scouts that Cao Cao's army has been out of the Tiger Prison. It is expected that within ten days, he will rush to Puyang. Zhou Ang came to report.

"Puyang is already in my hands, with 100,000 troops garrisoned, what can Cao Cao do when he comes? He can't even think of taking it back! Gao Ran snorted: "I will write a war letter, you send it to Cao Cao, and ask him to come to Puyang to fight." I'd like to see if he dares to come! ”