Chapter Twenty-Seven: Retaking Puyang
Gao Ye, who has not stopped since the fire in the city, has finally arrived at the battlefield. Under the firelight www.biquge.info seeing that Lu Bu was entangled by Dian Wei, and Lu Bujun failed to break through Cao Jun's defense, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. Cao Cao is fine! If something happens to Cao Cao, even if Lu Bu is defeated in this battle, it will be a defeat for his side.
But now Lu Bu on the battlefield is not in such a good mood. Nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses ambushed Cao Cao's army of 2,000 people, but they were actually blocked by others, how could Lu Bu not be angry? When Chen Gong offered his plan, it was not that he didn't consider that Puyang would be killed by Cao Cao's army and other horses, but whether it was Chen Gong or himself, he knew that as long as Cao Cao was killed this time, Cao's army would be defeated.
But now the problem is here, 10,000 horses, four generals were stunned that they did not take Cao Cao's 2,000 people, and Cao Cao is still commanding in the military formation. At this time, he was entangled by Dian Wei in front of him, although he was not afraid of Dian Wei, but it was not easy to defeat him. Now Gao Ye is killing from behind him, and combined with what Cao Cao just said, Gao Ye opened the other city gates and put in Cao's army. Now that the general trend on his side is really gone, he has no power to return to the sky.
Therefore, Lu Bu shouted and retreated, and even smashed three halberds in a row at Dian Wei. The strength of the first two halberds is so great that even Dian Wei can only parry hard, and when the third halberd is smashed, Dian Wei only looks at the momentum of the halberd, and knows that he is afraid that the strength of this halberd is better than before. Therefore, he also shouted loudly, and the halberd came to greet him. How do you know that this seems to be a fierce halberd, but it is light and has no strength, but Dian Wei used too much force this time, and almost fell off the horse.
By the time Dian Wei sat down firmly from his horse and turned back to look for Lu Bu, Lu Bu had already turned his horse and led everyone to retreat to the alley next to him. Dian Wei wanted to chase again, only to hear Cao Cao shouting: "Evil comes, poor Kou Mo chase!" Quickly go with the army to capture the county office. Dian Wei returned to the horse and returned to Cao Cao. Cao Cao immediately ordered to change the team again, with the Tiger Ben camp in the front, the trapped camp in the back, and Gao Ye in the last. It's a pity that when everyone entered the county office, the county government was already in flames.
Cao Cao heard the shouting and killing in the city gradually subsided, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan's subordinates gradually gathered at the county office, and Cao Cao knew that this battle was basically over. In this battle, he took back Puyang City, and the entire territory of Yanzhou was really completely in his own hands this time. It's a pity that Puyang Jiancheng is now full of broken walls. When they attacked last night, the two of them set fire everywhere in order to create chaos, and now that the big war is certain, they naturally have to pay for their actions last night. Therefore, the two teams did not care about the fatigue of the battle, and hurriedly joined the firefighting team.
After a fire, only the front hall and lobby were burned to ruins, and the wings and courtyards behind were barely intact. It's just that in the county office, Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and Lu Bu's family members are missing. After Zhang Liao and Man Chong outside the city also slowly entered the city, Cao Cao knew that Zang Ba had already met Lu Bu, and now he had withdrawn to the northeast.
However, he said that since Lu Bu ordered the retreat, what he was most worried about was nothing else, but his family. At the beginning, he and Chen Gong were together, and when Chen Liu's troops were sent to Chen Liu, his family was in Dongjun, so even if Chen Liu was lost, he had nothing to worry about. But now it's very different, Chen Gong's strategy is actually no problem, but the point is that Cao Cao's response really surprised him. 10,000 people can't get 2,000 people, which is too much of my own surprise. Cao Cao was not dead, Gao Ye, Xiahou Xuan, and Xiahou Yuan entered the city again. Puyang has already been lost, and if he doesn't retreat, he is afraid that his life will be lost. Fortunately, judging from the information received, Cao's army has not yet occupied the north gate. Therefore, Lu Bu hurriedly ordered Hou Cheng and Song Xian to lead a group of men and horses to seize it quickly. I took the rest of the people with me, and I was ready to pick up my family and then go to the north gate to meet everyone.
Just when Lu Bu gave the order and rushed to the county office, Lu Bu vaguely saw the fire in the direction of the county office, and he was even more anxious for a while, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to hurry up. However, he was only halfway through the road, and he bumped into the personal soldiers sent by Cao Xing.
"My lord, General Cao Xing sent me here to tell my lord that his family, Mr. Chen Gong and Mr. Zhang Miao were all under protection and withdrew to the north gate. The county government has been burned by General Cao, and the lord should come to the north gate as soon as possible, and after the rendezvous, he will be in the other map. β
When Lu Bu heard this, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, I know." In my heart, I praised Cao Xing's choice. Let's not say that his choice to flee to the north gate is not correct, as long as he knows that he has to protect his family, as long as he can protect his family, it will be a great achievement! Therefore, Lu Bu, who was happy in his heart, turned around and shouted: "The whole army is speeding up and rushing to the north gate." β
At the same time, Zang Ba, who was attacking Cao Cao's Dazhai outside the city, was also a heart jam. Although he knew that Dazhai was likely to be prepared, Cao Cao's resolute defense was also something he did not expect. He and Cheng Lian attacked Cao Ying in two echelons, just because they were worried that the first team would be ambushed by Cao Jun, and the second team would be able to kill them by surprise. Coupled with the backward assault of the first echelon, at least this part of the Cao army that was added to the middle will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
However, the Zhang Liao in front of him is really a good martial artist, and he is in his hands, but after more than a dozen rounds, he has already faintly fallen into the disadvantage. Fortunately, Cheng Lian's soldiers and horses were killed, and his soldiers also began to break through, although the command of the military general behind him was also in good order, but unfortunately, the enemy on his back still made the Cao army unable to resist. Moreover, today's attack on the camp was just to make it impossible for Cao's army to divide his troops to rescue Cao Cao in Puyang City. The key to this big victory is still in Puyang City, not in the Cao army camp that he attacked.
After all, even if he captured this big camp, Cao Cao's army that was prepared could still retreat and still make a comeback. But once Cao ** is in the city, Cao's army will inevitably be defeated, and when Lu Bu moves into Yanzhou, there will be no more obstacles.
Thinking of this, Zang Ba naturally didn't fall in love with the war, Cao Cao was only 2,000 people, what was the probability of surviving after being ambushed? Besides, he had already dragged Zhang Liao and the others here for half an hour. If he withdraws now, even if Zhang Liao immediately raises troops to rescue Cao Cao, I am afraid that it will be too late. In that case, why should you waste manpower here for no reason?
Therefore, Zang Ba gave an order, and the whole army broke through to him, and he even abandoned Zhang Liao, and rushed directly to the front with a dozen horses, opening the way for the army. was sandwiched between Zang Ba and Cheng Lian, and the days at this time were also difficult. According to Xun You's plan, this battle is to rely on the ambush of the camp to wipe out Zang Ba's men and horses. As long as these 20,000 horses can be eliminated, there will be less than 10,000 soldiers under Lu Bu. When the time comes, it will be easy to clean him up. Therefore, Zhang Liao and Man Pet, one in front and one in the back, attacked Zang Ba who attacked the camp on both sides. But who would have thought that Zang Ba was so cautious in using troops, and when he came to attack the camp, he was actually divided into two echelons. Now Zang Ba is caught in the middle, and Man Pet himself is also caught in the middle. Zang Ba had been prepared, but Manpet was caught off guard.
It is precisely because of this that the full pet interception did not even hold on to the time of a meal, and was beaten out of a gap by Zang Ba and Cheng Lian. In this way, how can Man Pet stop the withdrawal of Zang Bajun. And just for this meal, the casualties under his own command are estimated to be no less than two or three thousand, how can he make Man Pet not feel heartache? Although the army that Zang Ba came to attack left nearly 6,000 corpses, for Zhang Liao and Man Chong, who wanted to wipe out Zang Ba, the two of them failed in this combat mission.
Zang Ba, who then retreated, obeyed Chen Gong's instructions, and if he did not take Cao Ying, he would turn back to the east gate to besiege Cao Cao. But when the army reached the vicinity of the east gate, they saw that the east gate was already the world of Cao Cao's army. The east gate has been closed, and the city is densely packed with Cao Cao's army. Zang Ba, who was about to attack, received another news that surprised him, Lu Bu ordered him to meet him at the north gate immediately. Zang Ba hurriedly led people to the north gate to find Lu Bu. Compared with Tianming, all the armies of LΓΌ Bu had already converged, and even marched more than 30 miles east along the Yellow River, before they stopped, and LΓΌ Bu asked the army to rest for the time being.
All the generals gathered, and even Chen Gong was ashen. thought that he could win in one fell swoop, but who would have thought that he would be driven out of Puyang City by Cao Cao. Before the words of guilt were spoken, Lu Bu shook his head and said: "I don't blame Mr. for this matter, the four generals Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hao Meng ambushed Cao Cao with 10,000 people, but they didn't take it." Tell me what the hell is going on! β
It was only at this moment that Zang Ba realized that such a thing had happened in the city. Although Cao Cao's army has good combat strength, he felt it when he attacked the big camp, but with five times the strength, it was still an ambush, and it was impossible to say anything that he couldn't take it. I only heard Hao Meng's face be disgraced, knelt down on one knee, and arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, that Cao Jun is really powerful......
"No matter how powerful it is, can't five times the force take down a mere two thousand people!" Lu Bu said angrily.
Chen Gong on the side spoke: "Lord, now is not the time for us to argue how to fail, for the sake of today, we need to find a place to live first." β
"Yes, my lord, Mr. Chen is right. Now the morale of the army is low, if you can't find a place to live and recuperate, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to fight again. Zang Ba also said.
"Well, you say, how about I go to Yuan Shao again?" Lu Bu said with a frown.
Chen Gong shook his head and said, "No, the lord was originally plotted by Yuan Shao, so he went out of Jizhou." If he votes for Yuan Shao again, I'm afraid that he will still harm the lord. Moreover, Cao Cao won this battle, Yuan Shao wanted to be appeased even more in order to take care of his face, and he had not helped Cao Cao before. In this way, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the lord. Even if the lord doesn't go, then Yuan Shao may send someone to attack the lord. β
"If that's the case, what is the best plan for the public station?"
"Lord, if you want me to see, we are waiting for the plan for the present, and the only way to go east to Xuzhou is this!"