Since Xun You took refuge in Cao Cao, he has shown extraordinary strategy, which Cao Cao agrees with, but in the past, Cao Cao relied more on Xi Zhicai.

After listening to Xun You's advice, Xiahou Yuan led the tiger and leopard rider to disappear into the night, and with the speed of the tiger and leopard rider, he could attack the East China Sea before Zang Ba.

At the time of the third watch, the private soldiers of the family in the city suddenly attacked, attacking the city gate, at this time there were many private soldiers of the family in the city, under the combination, the city gate was suddenly in chaos, and the heavy cavalry who were ready to attack outside the city swarmed in.

Zang Ba learned the news of the loss of the city gate, his expression changed greatly, if the city gate was lost, with the defenders in the city at this time, it was difficult to stop the Cao army, the elite of the Cao army, has been reflected on the battlefield.

Chen Gong's clothes were slightly messy and appeared in the Chinese army's big tent.

"Gongtai, now that the city gate is lost, what should I do?" Zang Ba's voice was a little eager, from the Cao army's siege to the present, although the loss of troops is not a few, more is still the original defenders of Xiapi, but the strength that really belongs to Zang Ba is not too much loss, if Xiapi City can't be defended, Zang Ba can choose to evacuate Xiapi, retreat to the East China Sea, and continue to consume the strength of Cao's army.

Chen Gong said: "Now that the city gate is lost, it must be the family in the city, and the most important thing at present is the withdrawal of the army in the city, and as for the grain and grass, all of them will be burned." Speaking of this, Chen Gong's expression was a little fierce.

Grain and grass are very important to a large army, and they will definitely not be ordered to be burned unless necessary.

Zang Ba was also a decisive person, and immediately gave an order.

The place where grain and grass were hoarded in the city soon ignited a raging flame, and the entire Xiapi City looked red under the firelight.

Xiahoudun, who led the heavy cavalry into the city, saw this scene and sighed slightly in his heart.

The heavy cavalry set off a bloody storm in the city, the Cao army entered the city, the city suddenly fell into a panic, the panicked soldiers ran around the city, and when facing the Cao army, many soldiers chose to surrender.

Under Zang Ba's order, the soldiers in the city quickly gathered, opened the city gate and chose to leave directly.

Cao Cao also did not expect that Zang Ba would be so simple, and he would choose to retreat when he got the city gate lost, no matter who faced the situation that the city was broken, it was inevitable that he would have the intention of resisting, if he could drive the enemy away, he would still be the master of the city.

Zang Ba led nearly 3,000 soldiers and headed towards the East China Sea.

"General, when ordering the army to stop advancing!" Chen Gong said suddenly.

Zang Ba was puzzled: "What does the public station mean by this? ”

"General, Cao Cao is a very human, after occupying Xiapi, he will definitely not let the general leave easily." Chen Gong's voice was a little low, and there was no doubt that the strategists under Cao Cao's command were extremely powerful.

Zang Ba was shocked, "Please also ask the public station to teach me." ”

"The general can be so ......," Chen Gong whispered in his ear.

After listening to Zang Ba, he nodded again and again, he had just experienced the defeat of Xiapi, if he let the enemy ambush again, what kind of situation the army would face can be imagined, and the soldiers who followed him out of the city were the elite trained by Zang Ba, and they were also the main force for him to resist Cao Cao in the future.

"General, the Cao army has now captured Xiapi, and the Cao army has an absolute advantage in numbers, if it sends cavalry to attack the East China Sea, the East China Sea will be in danger." Chen Gong said worriedly.

Zang overbearing: "Cao's army is overwhelming, but Wu Dun, the defender of the East China Sea, is not an easy person. ”

Chen Gong nodded, and could only hope that Wu Dun could be more cautious for the time being, otherwise, losing Xiapi and Donghai one after another would be a great loss for Zang Ba.

Cao Ren was ordered to lie in ambush in the mountains and forests, which was the only way for Zang Ba to retreat to the East China Sea, and a thousand heavy cavalry were enough to defeat Zang Ba head-on.

"General, the enemy army has appeared."

The news from the scouts shocked Cao Ren's spirit, "Prepare yourself, once the enemy army appears, defeat them as quickly as possible, and dare to oppose Cao Gong." ”

"Whoa." The generals around said in unison.

At this moment, a cavalry appeared in the field of vision of the heavy cavalry, and the destructive power of the heavy cavalry charging on the battlefield was undoubted, but the advantage in protection made them inferior in speed.

The cavalry under Zang Ba was all light cavalry, and the cavalry was wearing leather armor, and Zang Ba led the cavalry and rushed forward without hesitation.

In terms of the ability of scouts to find information on the battlefield, the cavalry under Zang Ba's command was not weaker than the cavalry under Cao Ren.

"Kill!" Cao Ren gave the order without hesitation.

After receiving Zang Ba's orders, these cavalry did not fight with the heavy cavalry, and after a little fighting, they headed in the direction of the East China Sea.

Cao Ren sneered, since he chose to ambush here, how could he not have any means, there were two hundred heavy cavalry in front, once these heavy cavalry could stop the cavalry under Zang Ba's command, the result Zang Ba faced would be a rout.

This battle was a huge test for Zang Ba's side, which had just experienced the defeat of Xiapi, and the cavalry under his command was already a little panicked, and now they had to face the enemy's interception.

"General, there is an enemy cavalry ahead." A general's face changed slightly.

Zang Ba snorted coldly: "What can you do with the enemy, those cavalry behind you are still thrown away by us, leaving a hundred people to entangle these cavalry, and the others retreat with General Ben." ”

Zang Ba took the lead and killed these heavy cavalry, the long knife in his hand waved one after another, invincible among the heavy cavalry, and the cavalry behind him saw this, followed closely behind Zang Ba, and did not entangle with these heavy cavalry.

Chen Gong's strategy is to let the cavalry suddenly appear, so as to lure away these ambushed soldiers and horses, after all, the time is urgent, leaving them not much time, if they can't let these ambushes go out in time, once the Cao army in the city chases, they are likely to face the destruction of the whole army.

After more than 100 cavalry entangled the heavy cavalry, Zang Ba did not hesitate at all and led the cavalry away.

Cao Ren led the heavy cavalry to arrive, and after defeating the cavalry left by Zang Ba, his expression was a little gloomy, from Zang Ba's behavior in the face of the surprise attack, it can be seen that Zang Ba must have known in advance that there would be an ambush here, and in such a critical situation, he can still have such a calm response, I have to say that Zang Ba is an opponent worthy of attention.

Cao Ren gave the order to pursue, only by eliminating the cavalry in Zang Ba's hands would it be beneficial for Cao Cao to seize the East China Sea and Langxie, otherwise if the cavalry under Zang Ba's command was saved, it would be a big threat in the next battle.

The eighth update, that's all for today's update, and it will continue tomorrow!

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