On Zhang Yu's side, although several generals were restricted, more than a dozen young generals made their efforts, which also made Cao Jun suffer a big loss.

Zhang Yu's young generals are also very outstanding, leading people to rush into battle, which is an overwhelming victory in the local area.

There was a young general, rushed over, cut off the head of the enemy general, and then slaughtered, the enemy army killed a small area was blank, and the other enemy troops had to hurry over to support.

Once or twice is occasional, but it's a problem to have this happening on the whole front.

Cao Ang's face turned gloomy, this decisive battle was what he had been working hard to promote, and he wanted to know how much the gap was with Jiangdong's soldiers and horses.

Originally, Cao Ang expected that the victory or defeat would be in the number of five or five, and he was well prepared, so how could he fight a gap that was not a big result, but now it seems that the result is not very good.

The two sides continued to fight bloodily and fought in the dark.

The battle lasted for several hours, the soldiers kept falling, and both sides continued to throw in their horses until they had all the soldiers and horses thrown in.

After a few hours, Cao Jun finally couldn't hold on.

"Withdraw."

Cao Ang had to order a retreat, and it was dangerous to continue fighting.

Several generals received the order and slowly withdrew, retreating as they fought.

Zhang Yu and the others took the opportunity to cover up and kill, but their own side was also very tired and couldn't overwhelm them all at once.

failed to overwhelm the other party, so naturally let the other party escape.

After two or three miles of pursuit, Zhang Yu ordered the pursuit to be stopped.

Zhang Yu looked around, every soldier was covered in blood, and some were injured.

This battle was earth-shattering and bloody.

Zhang Yu's hands trembled a little, constantly rushing to kill, constantly colliding with weapons, and his hands didn't know how many times they had been shaken.

The soldiers were also very tired, and many of them were speechless.

Zhang Yu sorted out the army a little, and then ordered a retreat.

When he walked back, Zhang Yu looked at his army, and the losses in this battle were huge.

50,000 heavy cavalry, 21,000 losses, you know, every heavy cavalry soldier has to go through strict selection, and then strict training.

As for the rest of the army, it was also more than half of the casualties.

The crowd slowly returned, and many of the soldiers had lost much strength.

A few hours of fighting is too much of a test.

As for the battlefield, leave it to other armies to deal with.

Tens of thousands of soldiers died in battle on this land.

Forty miles away, they walked for nearly four hours, and in normal times, it was definitely not like this.

Zhang Liao personally led his troops to meet them outside the accumulation and cover their retreat.

In fact, Cao's army also had no strength to continue the war, and both sides suffered huge losses in this battle.

Cao Ang counted a little on the road, but the result made him feel extremely bitter.

The tiger and leopard cavalry killed more than 38,000 people in the battle, which was the strongest combat power of the Cao army, and under the collision with Zhang Yu's army, there were so many casualties.

The rest of the infantry also suffered about 40,000 casualties.

110,000 troops, more than 70,000 killed.

"The eldest son, it's the uncles who can't do it, and they can't fight this battle well." Xiahoudun walked beside Cao Ang and said softly.

Cao Ang glanced at the injured Xiahoudun, then shook his head lightly and said, "It's not that we are incompetent, it's that Zhang Yu is too strong." ”

Cao Ang watched the whole battle carefully, and the gap between the two armies was still very large.

Going back separately, although the scale of this battle is not unprecedented, it is not small.

This battle will have a great impact on both armies.

Back in the city, Zhang Yu began to count, and the accurate data came, but Zhang Yu's loss still made his heart ache.

Zhang Yu called several generals over.

"Lord, this Cao Army's tiger and leopard cavalry has formed a combat power, although it is not as good as us, but it cannot be underestimated." Huang Zhong said

Huang Zhong fought hard with them, and naturally felt it deeply.

Zhang Yu pondered for a while and said, "Han Sheng, is there a way to expand the 100,000 people of this heavy cavalry?" ”

Huang Zhong was silent for a while before he said: "Lord, the cost of heavy cavalry is too great, at the beginning it is four or five times that of ordinary infantry, and when the training begins, the usual consumption is several times that of infantry, not to mention whether 100,000 heavy cavalry can withstand consumption, even if it can, without two years, I am afraid it will be difficult to select enough soldiers." ”

Zhang Yu was silent for a while, if he wanted money, he could get it himself, but if he wanted someone, he had no choice.

Zhang Yu suddenly felt that his strength was too limited.

"The heavy cavalry must expand the army, and when the time comes, it will be as many as it can find, and there is no limit to the number of establishments."

This time he fought with the tiger and leopard, although he crippled the enemy, but he also suffered a lot.

Huang Zhong promised to come down and prepare after he returned.

Zhang Yu said: "After we go back, everyone should evaluate this war and evaluate the combat strength of the Cao army, which is very important. ”

These things that Zhang Yu is doing, Cao Ang is also doing.

This battle can be used as a basis for the generals of both sides to refer to.

Without considering other conditions, it can be used as a comparison of the combat effectiveness of troops, and provide a very important reference for generals to make decisions.

In this battle, although Zhang Yu and the others won, if it is a decisive battle, what will it be like if there are hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides.

Zhang Yu's soldiers and horses have the highest combat power, which is a fact that no one dares to deny, but Zhang Yu's soldiers and horses are too scattered, which is also something they can't do.

"When the battle situation in Yangzhou comes, I must assess the combat strength of the Fusang army."

The Fuso people have now reached the level of 10 million, and it is easy to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops.

If they can be used, Zhang Yu naturally wants to use them, if they can't be used, then there is no need to say anything.

Fusang army, if it can be used, Zhang Yu's pressure will be reduced.

It can also take the opportunity to disperse the population of Fuso and find a way to slowly dilute them.

Both sides of this battle are very serious.

In the next few days, Zhang Yu and the others summarized and analyzed, and no more battles broke out between the two sides.

The battle in the north has been temporarily suspended, and the war in the south has begun at about the same time, and a few days later, Zhang Yu received Guo Jia to take the entire Lujiang County.

The entire Lujiang County fell into the hands of Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu's territory expanded again, and at the same time won the rich Poyang Lake area.

Early in the morning, when Zhang Yu took Poyang Lake, it was still full of wasteland, and later sold to Sun Ce, who focused on business development and soon became a granary.

Sun Ce also took advantage of this to develop the army.

Now that it has fallen back into the hands of Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu will naturally not sell it again.

The northern front is so stable for the time being.

In the south, Guo Jia rested, mobilized troops, and coerced Lu'an City.

Lu'an City is not so important at this time, but it is also an important supporting city in this area.

It is an important barrier in Shouchun City.

Guo Jiawei forced Lu'an City, which may change many things.

At this time, everyone knew that Zhang Yu's real purpose was the Poyang Lake area.

(End of chapter)