Seeing the fire in the city, Cao Ang was extremely nervous and immediately ordered the army to rush in.

Although there are still a small number of troops in the city and guarding the city gate, Yuan Shu has run away, and the people who stay behind will be desperate, so they have already taken off their military uniforms and ran.

Soon break down the city gates.

When Cao Ang and the others arrived, the fire was already very big, so there were many of them.

"The eldest prince, mainly a few warehouses caught fire, Yuan Shu burned most of the grain, and some other houses also caught fire."

After listening to the report, Cao Ang was much more reassured, at least most of the areas were fine.

"Okay, strengthen the city, and follow me to hunt down Yuan Shu, and don't let Yuan Shu escape." Cao Ang ordered.

Yuan Shu ran away and had the greatest impact on Cao Cao.

Cao's army was divided into two parts, 100,000 soldiers and horses defended Shouchun City, and nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses pursued Yuan Shu.

"The pursuing army, as long as it brings five days' dry rations, desperately assaults." Cao Ang ordered.

In five days, to pursue the 500,000 Yuan army, this decision is undoubtedly very bold.

This Cao Ang only asked the soldiers to bring dry food for five days, and some generals were also very surprised.

"You don't have to persuade him, just bring five days of dry food, within five days, if he can't defeat Yuan Shu, then even if he has a big life." Cao Ang saw that some generals wanted to persuade him, so he spoke out to stop him.

"The 200,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three parts, with 50,000 cavalry in front, 5,000 infantry in the rear, and the rest in the middle." Cao Ang ordered again.

After assigning a few generals, Cao Ang said, "Uncle Cheng, there is Uncle Lao in this Shouchun City. ”

Cheng Yu bowed with both hands: "Eldest son, please rest assured, there will be no accident in Shouchun City." ”

Cao Ang clenched his hands into fists, then turned and rode away.

Cao Ang led people to pursue Yuan Shu, and Cheng Yu took over the city.

After that, Cheng Yu immediately took a leave of absence.

"Immediately send the horse to the lord, bring more horses, change people and horses along the road, and don't stop for a moment." Cheng Yu explained to the soldier and said.

Cheng Yu sent a letter to Cao Cao urgently, and the content of the letter was first, asking Cao Cao to answer Cao Ang, and second, briefly listing Cao Ang's performance.

Cao Cao once gave Cheng Yu a secret order and asked him to carefully inspect this Cao Ang's performance.

Cheng Yu briefly listed what Cao Ang had done, and then he wrote another letter of belief.

Cheng Yu knew that this Cao Cao would not believe in only him, he would investigate in many ways, and then consider it comprehensively, this is Cao Cao's character.

So Cheng Yu wrote truthfully, and he didn't dare to exaggerate at all.

Speaking of Cao Ang, he pursued with a large army.

After chasing for half a day, he encountered the palace army left by Yuan Shu.

The army of 50,000 has been preparing on the road for some time.

Cao Xiu led 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack twice, but failed to rush over, although the damage was not small, but he was indeed stopped.

Before returning, Yang Hong came to ask Yuan Shu for advice.

"Your Majesty, the first wave must leave elite soldiers, although we don't have many elite soldiers now, we must make a decision at this time." Yang Hong said.

Yuan Shu was distressed, he knew that he didn't have many elite soldiers.

"Your Majesty, leave the elite soldiers to block the first wave of the enemy's onslaught, let them understand our determination, and once they lose a lot, they will be cautious and cautious after that, and dare not pursue too closely."

"Once they easily annihilate the army behind our palace, the enemy army will surely catch up, which will be very disadvantageous to us."

"Okay, you go ahead and arrange it." After Yuan Shu listened, he immediately agreed.

This is why Cao Jun later encountered strong resistance from Yuan Jun.

Cao Xiu attacked twice, but failed to penetrate the enemy's formation, but fell into a state of tug-of-war, so he retreated and waited for the infantry in the rear to come up.

Cao Xiu retreated, and after waiting for less than half an hour, Cao Ang came up with a large army.

"The three uncles took turns to attack, break through the formation as soon as possible, and after breaking through, the cavalry immediately pursued." Cao Ang ordered Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan.

Several generals immediately carried out the order.

The assault began, and Cao Ren led 20,000 troops to rush up.

Cao Ren has a strong impact and kills together.

Then Xiahou Yuan attacked again from the flank, disrupting Yuan's formation at once.

In the end, Xiahoudun also launched an attack, he waited for two quarters of an hour, and waited for Yuan Jun's formation to have problems before he could strike a fatal blow.

After three rounds of impact, Yuan's formation was completely disrupted, and the two sides immediately fell into a melee.

Cao Ren and Xiahoudun cleared a way out, although it was not big, but Cao Xiu could kill it.

Cao Xiu led the cavalry to launch a strong attack and forcibly broke through.

Cao Xiu continued to pursue Yuan's army, while Cao Ang commanded his army to encircle and suppress Yuan's army.

The battle lasted almost three hours, and the enemy had not yet been completely annihilated, but Cao Ang left some soldiers and horses to continue to surround and annihilate the remnants, while he continued to pursue with a large army.

Yang Hong's arrangement was really effective, blocking Cao Jun for a few hours, and making Cao Jun less optimistic.

If the 500,000 Yuan army is like this, let alone pursuing the enemy army, even if it catches up, it will not be able to defeat.

However, Cao Ang was determined, and he was not sure if all Yuan troops were like this, and even if he knew, he would have to pursue.

If you don't annihilate them on the road, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult later.

Cao Ang continued the pursuit.

Cao Ang asked the guards while chasing.

"Where is Zhang Yu's army? Did you find it? Cao Ang asked.

Zhang Yu sent 100,000 soldiers and horses, it was impossible not to be known, Cao Ang and Sun Ce both knew it, and they also guessed Zhang Yu's purpose.

But they couldn't pinpoint the location exactly, and Zhang Yu's army was deliberately hiding, so it wasn't so easy to find.

Cao Ang believed that Zhang Yu was trying to ambush Yuan Shu.

"Grand Prince, we can only determine the approximate seat, and it is expected that in two days, Yuan Shu may encounter Zhang Yu's army." The guard beside Cao Ang said.

"No matter, continue to pursue, I hope Zhang Yu will not reverse Yuan Shu, and at the same time, we must also be careful not to be attacked by Zhang Yu."

Although it is relatively unlikely that Zhang Yu will attack him, Cao Ang should also pay attention.

At this time, Ling Cao was leading a large army to ambush, and he really didn't plan to attack Cao Ang, or even Yuan Shu.

As long as Yuan Shu can obediently hand over the heirloom jade seal, then they can fight as much as they like.

However, it is impossible to get Yuan Shu to obediently hand over the jade seal of the country, so he can only fight first.

"Ling Cao, we can't kill him three in and three out, I promise, we will definitely grab the heirloom jade seal." Dian Wei said.

"The beauty of thinking, this is related to the general direction and strategy of the lord, we only need to pass on the jade seal of the country, and nothing else." Ling Cao said.

Dian Wei didn't dare not listen to Ling Cao, although Ling Cao couldn't use force, he led the troops well, the key is that he was the first to follow Zhang Yu.

"We will distribute some, you are responsible for cutting off their army, and I am responsible for storming their military formations and forcing them to hand over the heirloom jade seal." Ling Cao said.

Dian Wei was a little reluctant, he wanted to attack the army formation, but he himself was afraid that he would be able to kill and forget about the business.

(End of chapter)