Chapter 77: The decisive battle of Xuzhou
"Lord, the situation in Xuzhou is extremely chaotic now, Liu Bei and Tao Qian are teaming up with Cao Cao, this battle has been going on for more than a month, and both sides have suffered heavy casualties, tens of thousands, and tens of thousands have died."
Han Shizhong said heavily.
"It shouldn't be, Liu Bei led tens of thousands of troops to kill, how could he be defeated by Cao Cao if he joined forces with Tao Qian, and let the battle situation fall into such a situation."
Sun Ce frowned and said, the reason why Liu Bei and Tao Qian were judged to be invincible to Cao Cao was because Cao Cao did not show any signs of retreating, and if Cao Cao's character was defeated, he would inevitably retreat and fight again in the future.
"Liu Bei and Tao Qian have a total of eighty or ninety thousand horses, plus the cooperation of the people of Xuzhou, there are still hundreds of thousands, but their soldiers and horses are not as good as Cao Cao's people."
Han Shizhong sighed.
"That's just as well!"
Thinking of those people under Liu Bei, Sun Ce knew everything.
The combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army was already very weak, and it was still desperate to survive, and in the next few years, it burned, killed and looted, which made people's morale weak, military discipline was devoid, and the fighting spirit was also pitiful.
As a result, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, and under the leadership of Guan Hai, the Yellow Turban Army survived, and even rebounded in combat effectiveness, but they followed Liu Bei to make them fall again.
Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are training them with all their might, their combat effectiveness has not improved, because the ups and downs of more than ten years have scattered their hearts, how can a group of people with scattered hearts become a powerful army.
Not to mention being able to compete with Cao Cao's elite army.
"In this way, this Xuzhou is really dangerous!"
Sun Ce chuckled, but according to his calculations, Lu Bu should have entered Yanzhou, and Cao Cao would have to retreat sooner or later, even if he didn't bring troops to support Xuzhou, Xuzhou could be saved.
"Xuzhou is rich, and by taking this opportunity, our army can also gain some benefits."
Han Shizhong said in a deep voice,
"Naturally!"
Obviously, this trip to Xuzhou is an operation that has more advantages than disadvantages, and perhaps only one battle is needed.
"Lord, the spies reported that Cao Cao's camp is more than 100 miles north of our army, and Liu Bei's camp is not far away."
At this moment, Lu Wenlong ran over.
"Looks like there's going to be a big war next!"
Sun Ce was a little eager to try, this was the first time he and Cao Cao faced each other, the first battle, from this moment on, he and Cao Cao stood on opposite sides.
Of course, he did not expect this battle to end Cao Cao, which was the beginning of his rivalry with the heroes of the late Han Dynasty.
"Gather all the generals here, and have something important to order!"
Sun Ce commanded in a deep voice, this time the troops were accompanied by Han Shizhong, Lu Wenlong, Xie Yingdeng, Zhou Tai, Xu Ning, Shang Master and Apprentice, in addition to 40,000 elite troops.
"No!"
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"Shang Bao, Xu Ning!"
"The last general!"
"Order the two of you to lead 10,000 troops, outflank the left flank and break off the attack on the Cao army camp."
"No!"
Master and apprentice, Xu Ning replied immediately.
"Han Chen, Xie Ke!"
Sun Ce spoke again.
"The last general!"
Han Shizhong and Xie Yingdeng responded.
"Order the two of you to lead 10,000 troops, cut off the back road of Cao's army from the left side, and set off immediately."
It was also on the left side, but Han Shizhong and Xie Ke's march was obviously farther, and it was more difficult to control the timing when the position was chosen.
"The last general commands!"
The two replied solemnly.
"The rest of the people followed a certain leader to directly attack the enemy's battlefield, and a certain person wanted to see Cao Mengde's ability."
In the end, Sun Ce's eyes flashed with essence, and he seemed to be very excited.
"No!"
Since the army had already been integrated, Han Shizhong and Xie Yingdeng quickly left with an army of nearly 10,000.
At the same time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were rapidly assembling, as if they were going to have a life-and-death battle.
Due to the poor performance of Tao Qian's generals in the first few battles, Tao Qian simply handed over the military power to Liu Bei.
"Big brother, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses seem to have been assembled, do you see us?"
Guan Yu asked hesitantly.
"Let's fight!"
Liu Bei shouted in a deep voice, the long battle had exhausted him, and for Liu Bei, no matter whether he won or lost, he had only one thought, to end this battle.
"No!"
The soldiers and horses on Liu Bei's side have naturally been assembled, and what awaits both sides is just a battle.
The same was true of Cao Cao, and this battle was extremely important to him.
The next day, the two sides finally began a decisive battle.
"Liu Bei, I regard you as a confidant and friend, but I didn't think that you would become the biggest obstacle to revenge for my father."
Cao Cao shouted in a deep voice, his face full of anger.
"Brother Meng De, Liu Bei doesn't want to be your enemy, but Brother Gongzu, the crime is not death, and the people of Xuzhou are even more innocent, so I have to stop you."
Liu Bei sighed.
"Liu Bei, you don't want to be hypocritical, let your tongue be like a spring, this battle is inevitable."
Cao Cao scolded angrily.
"Then let's fight!"
Liu Bei didn't want to explain more, this battle was fought so far, and it was too late to end it.
"Kill!"
Cao Cao and Liu Bei drew their swords at the same time and shouted at the same time.
At this moment, the vibration on the ground became extremely violent, and tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides launched a charge.
Soon after, the two armies began to collide head-on, and when they collided, they suffered heavy casualties.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, Xiahoudun, Cao Hong and a series of fierce generals all showed their strength.
With the passage of time, more and more soldiers were killed and wounded in the battle, and the battle also entered a white-hot stage, but compared to the soldiers on Liu Bei's side, Cao Jun was obviously more imposing.
"Guan Yu, where to go!"
On the battlefield, Xu Chu encountered Guan Yu again, his weapons were almost destroyed in the last battle, and later Cao Cao built better weapons for him, and Xu Chu took the initiative to find Guan Yu.
"Presumptuous!"
Seeing Xu Chu coming, Guan Yu was furious, and he raised his knife and killed Xu Chu.
The Qinglong Yanyue Knife slashed at Xu Chu diagonally, and Xu Chu was not to be outdone, and waved his weapon to meet it.
"Bell!"
The two broadswords suddenly collided violently.
Guan Yuhu was stunned, and another knife was thrown at Xu Chu, this knife was more fierce and dangerous than the previous one.
Xu Chu lay back, but he dodged this knife, but then Guan Yu wrapped his hand and slashed at Xu Chu, this knife was like Mount Tai pressing on the top, unstoppable.
Xu Chu was shocked, and hurriedly raised his knife to carry it, his arms trembled, Xu Chu barely blocked it, and it was also thanks to Cao Cao who rebuilt the weapon for him, otherwise Xu Chu was afraid that it would be dangerous.
Guan Yu saw Liu Bei, who was besieged not far away, and after glaring at Xu Chu, he left Xu Chu and went straight to Liu Bei.
Xu Chu knew that the pursuit at this time was easy to suffer from the knife dragging, so he gave up the pursuit.
Guan Yu killed Liu Bei nearby, and after three or two swords, he eliminated two enemies and helped Liu Bei get out of danger.
"Kill!"
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PS: Sorry, I drank last night and didn't finish it.