Chapter 30: Annihilation

Ao Cang, Cao Jun's camp, and Ye Zhao's confrontation is still continuing, on this day, the ice above the Yellow River began to melt, Cao Cao took a group of civil and military forces to survey the terrain by the river, Xiahou Yuan is now blocked by Zhao Yun in Mengjin, there is no way to continue to plunder Ye Zhao's grain road, after the ice and snow melt, Luoyang is not a place to store grain has been reported back by Xiahou Yuan.

Cao Cao didn't understand Ye Zhao's plan, since the grain and grass had not been robbed, why did he attack Xingyang with such a desperate posture, and the decisive battle between the two sides was not a rational thing for either Cao Cao or Ye Zhao, Cao Cao couldn't figure it out, why Ye Zhao was so stubborn to continue this battle.

There must be a demon when things go wrong, with Cao Cao's understanding of Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao shouldn't be so unwise, besides, now it's him who died of his son instead of Ye Zhao, and Xiahou Yuan didn't succeed in burning Ye Zhao's grain, why does it look like Ye Zhao died of his son, the grain and grass were burned, and he was in a hurry to seek a decisive battle?

Unless, Ye Zhao is confident that he can annihilate his hundreds of thousands of troops and even his Cao Cao here in one fell swoop, but this ...... It's almost impossible!

I couldn't figure it out, so Cao Cao had been observing the nearby terrain for the past few days, and Cao Cao wanted to stand in Ye Zhao's perspective and see what strategies he had to find out how to break the enemy.

"If you want to be surprised, it is nothing more than borrowing the momentum of water and fire, but now the river is frozen, and this Aocang area is not a suitable place for fire." Xun You grabbed a handful of dry grass from the ground, felt the humidity in it, and frowned: "If the lord is worried, after the river thaws, why don't you withdraw the army?" ”

Ao Cang, not Cao Cao's must defend the place, but now Ye Zhao first broke the tiger prison, and then occupied Xingyang, if according to the traditional concept, Ye Zhao has opened the door to the Central Plains, but after seeing the benefits of Ye Zhao's equipment, even if it is the strength of the tiger prison, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat the benefits of Ye Zhao's equipment, so after the battle of Xingyang, Cao Cao has decided to change the way of conquest with Ye Zhao in the future to field combat, and at the same time continue to increase efforts to convene craftsmen to develop siege equipment.

Now, Cao Cao really understands the reason why Ye Zhao is so vigorously developing equipment and promoting the craftsman industry.

Withdrawal?

Cao Cao stood by the river, looked at the ice in front of him that had not completely thawed, and sighed, in that way, this battle was tantamount to admitting defeat to Ye Zhao, mobilizing more than 100,000 troops before and after, but in the end, he took the initiative to withdraw the troops when the troops were superior, which made Cao Cao feel a little uncomfortable.

But withdrawing the army is indeed the best choice for Cao Cao today, Ye Zhao can afford it, he is about to lose it.

Squatted down and picked up a stone and smashed it on the ice.

"Click~"

The ice broke in response, and after a few moments, there was a pop and a tom.

Well?

Cao Cao was suddenly stunned, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly asked people to smash the nearby ice, only to see that under the ice, there was at least a gap of more than a foot between sleep and the ice surface.

Xun Yu's complexion changed, Cheng Yu's complexion changed, Zhong Xuan's complexion also changed, and Cao Cao's face was even more gloomy and terrifying, but he didn't say anything, but turned around directly, and while walking back, he said to the surrounding generals: "Pass my military order, the three armies withdraw from Aocang!" ”

He didn't know exactly when Ye Zhao was going to make a move, but one thing was for sure, with the current level of water dropping, it wouldn't be too late.

Guo Jia's strategy is actually not a sophisticated strategy, but to cut off the water and throttle, and the water storage will crush Cao's army with the water potential, if it is in normal times, once the water level changes, such a strategy cannot be concealed from Cao Cao.

But at the coldest time, Xiahou Yuan was even able to lead the army from Hanoi across Mengjin, and the frozen water surface well concealed the falling water level, until the ice and snow melted, and Cao Cao accidentally discovered the secret under the ice, and he was suddenly surprised.

"Boom~" Almost when Cao Cao led the crowd to leave, a faint sound of thunder suddenly came from the upstream direction, like a galloping horse, although the sound was still far away, but its momentum had been achieved.

Cao Cao's complexion changed greatly, and he couldn't care about the army outside the city at this moment, so he hurriedly beckoned everyone: "Enter the city quickly, and order Zidan to block the city gate!" ”

He didn't expect that Ye Zhao would dig up the river so quickly, where is there time to inform the two big battalions around Ao Cang at this moment, although he is heartbroken by the loss of soldiers and horses, but Cao Cao is quite decisive, even if it is notified at this time, it is too late, it is better to keep these henchmen at hand.

At that moment, everyone didn't say a word, rode their horses and whips, and went crazy towards Ao Cang.

At this moment, the soldiers standing in the Cao army camp have clearly felt the tremor on the ground, and the soldiers guarding the gate subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound source, but saw a row of rivers and mercury mountains pressed like snow walls, and in an instant, the entire military camp was in chaos.

After more than ten days of accumulation, the river water came very quickly, the military camp here has just been chaotic, the river has been pressed over, the weak galloping horses, the criticism is sprinkled, the solid wall is just touched and is instantly washed away, although the soldiers in the battalion are all battle-hardened elite people, but how can they compete with this natural heavenly might, panicked for a while, unable to retreat, and was swept into the stormy waves in an instant.

The huge military camp, just in an instant, was swallowed by the surging river, the waves came and went quickly, when the water was flooded, the entire Cao camp disappeared completely, and gradually calmed down on the water, constantly floating corpses and a large number of broken wood.

The first camp was swallowed up by the river, and the second camp was located south of Aocang, backed by the mountains, although it was hit by the river and washed away the camp, but Li Dian, who was guarding the camp, climbed the high ground with hundreds of people and survived, while Aocang, backed by the mountains, although the river was fierce, because Cao Cao quickly ordered the four gates to be sealed after entering the city, although a lot of water was infiltrated, but there were almost no casualties in Aocang.

Just standing at the head of Aocang City, looking at the mess left outside the city after the river, Cao Cao only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell off the city wall.

This big flood, 100,000 Cao army, now in addition to the 20,000 in this Aocang City, how much can be left, Li Dian and Le Jinke who are guarding outside the city are the generals he relies on, this water and fire are ruthless, Cao Cao is not sure if the two can survive, but even if both survive, Cao Cao's main army is almost submerged under this big water.

"Lord, withdraw!" Seeing that the water was gentle, Xun You and Zhong Xuan grabbed Cao Cao, whose eyes were red, and gritted their teeth.

Most of the 100,000 troops were lost, whether they defended the city or went out of the city to fight, they couldn't compete with Ye Zhao, Ao Cang was already a dead place, and if they stayed here, they would only be dumplings made by Ye Zhao.

"Withdraw...... Where to retreat!? Cao Cao took a few breaths violently, glaring at a few people with red eyes.

"There are still a lot of ferries in the city, but now that the river has not all receded, abandon the city and cross the river, go to Jizhou first, and after crossing the river, then deal with Ye Zhao!" Xun Yu bowed.

"And what about the soldiers in this city!?" Cao Cao looked at everyone and roared, he had already abandoned the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, and now he wanted to abandon it again?

When Xun You heard this, he couldn't help but be silent, although there are a lot of ferries in the city, they are definitely not enough to ferry all these soldiers in the city, and they can take away one or two thousand...... It's already good.

"Lord!" Cheng Yu bowed to Cao Cao and said: "I am waiting to retreat to Jizhou now, we can still regroup, if we stay here, there is only a dead end, and the lord should focus on the overall situation!" When the ...... is broken then break! ”

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth twitched fiercely a few times, and a touch of struggle flashed in his eyes, but this struggle did not last long, he knew that Cheng Yu was right, if he didn't leave at this time, with the current situation and military spirit, Ao Cang was far less solid than Xingyang, and when the river receded, they were like fish left on the shore, and what was waiting for them was only Ye Zhao's lore.

In this battle, he lost too unjustly, and he was unwilling, so he wanted to regroup and fight with Ye Zhao again!

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