376. Cao Cao withdrew his troops

That loud sound spread, and instantly exploded in the hearts of both the enemy and the enemy in the battle.

The mentality of the three soldiers and horses was different, and the Cao and Liu families were confused and felt that the main force of the tiger and wolf army, which had attracted most of Cao Liu's troops, was overjoyed.

The city was broken, and the tiger and wolf army attacked for most of the day, and the soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families paid such a price, but they were still broken through the defense line and opened a city gate.

Zhang Liao and Zang Ba secretly peeped for so long, and they did not impulsively participate in the fight, and the soldiers under their command were not only in the best moment in spirit and physical strength, but also had some simple siege equipment already ready.

There were dozens of huge logs, tied together, carried on horseback, and dragged to the gate of Zhangcheng.

Before the soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families could react, hundreds of strong men with big waists and thick shoulders had already unloaded the huge wood and slammed into the city gate with shouts.

Although the city gate of Zhangcheng Gate is thick and strong, it is difficult to resist the well-prepared tiger and wolf army, 10,000 soldiers and horses first easily tore through the defense line laid by Cao Cao, and then clenched their fists aimed at Zhangcheng Gate, one of the sixteen side gates, and it is natural that the city gate was knocked open.

"Kill In"

Zhang Liao and Zang Ba smiled heartily, so smoothly they attacked Chang'an City, and the credit for liquidating the credit in the future is also a great achievement, and after a few days of dormancy, the sullen breath in the hearts of the two newly invested generals only then emitted a gloom.

With a roar and a shout, as if venting, the 10,000 tiger and wolf fierce army that quietly left the army with Zhang Liao and Zang Ba broke out with an astonishing momentum, and the horse's hooves roared. The black torrent disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.

"Stop them."

Cao Ren reacted for the first time, the gate of Zhangcheng had been knocked open, but it had not yet been sealed, and there were still Cao Jun's soldiers and horses cruising outside the city gate, compared to Liu Bei, Cao Jun still had more room to turn.

Liu Bei's face was slightly gloomy, and the double-strand sword in his hand was tightly grasped, Guan Zhang and the others had already gathered beside Liu Bei, and the two pairs of eyes exuding a thick murderous aura looked at the black pouring into Chang'an City.

"Big brother, let's chase after it too?" Zhang Fei asked in a deep voice.

Liu Bei's face changed. But he saw that Cao Jun would have all his troops. Divided into two, the battle formation evolved, and under the command of Cao Ren, a division of men and horses was allocated in each of the three directions of the southeast, south, and south. There were 20,000 people. chased the horse's hooves of Zhang Liao and Zang Ba. also entered the city gate.

"Chase"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Divide some soldiers and horses to kill the past, and the rest continue to intercept Yuan Shang's main force." ”

"Whoa." Zhang Fei and Guan Yu and several other generals hugged their fists at the same time.

"It's too late."

Yuan Shang showed a mocking look on his face, and his eyes looked coldly at the soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families who had changed their battle formations. With a sneer, under his signal, suddenly the horn sound sounded again, and tens of thousands of tiger and wolf fierce troops who fell into interception were shocked, and some of the cavalry who were fighting separately instantly gathered together, and the hideous Xiandeng dead soldier in front held the war knife in his hand, and lined up in a ladder backwards, looking from afar, it was like a big bird with open wings, the head was sharp, the wings were thick, the horn sound circled, and suddenly stopped, like an eagle pounced, startled a piece of dust, and crashed into the defense line set up by the soldiers and horses of Cao and Liu.

It is very appropriate to describe the war situation at this time with the destruction of the withering and decaying, Yuan Shang has been waiting for this moment, the soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families were instantly swallowed by the black torrent, a group of people who suddenly changed color, kept retreating, there were corpses everywhere, there were tigers and wolves, and there were also soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families, like water stretching, flowing farther and farther, the people who advanced and retreated, the shoes of the people who advanced and retreated were already stained with blood red, there were enemies, and there were also their comrades.

"Into town."

Yuan Shang shouted angrily, like the last straw that crushed the camel, the soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families, who were defeated and retreated, collapsed instantly, different from the tiger and wolf army under the command of Yuan Shang, taking the Cao army as an example, the source of its soldiers and horses was the peasants who were wandering in Qingzhou, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao was reorganized into an army, although the combat effectiveness is growing day by day, there are some things, but Cao Cao can not change, this group of Cao soldiers who are farmers can not insist on night battles at all, in that era, night blindness is very serious, It is so serious that there are basically not a few soldiers and horses that can support the night attack, and the night attack in the romance is a common occurrence, which is essentially impossible to achieve, and now Yuan Shang will reorganize his own battle array, and the quality of his own troops is a few points higher than that of Cao Liu, so although it is a little reluctant, it is also slowly advancing, Cao Liu's two soldiers and horses are retreating, and the tiger and wolf army has run through the two military formations, just when Cao Ren and Liu Bei tried to make dumplings to trap the remaining more than 30,000 tiger and wolf martyrs in it, the tiger and wolf army was like that loach, slid through their hands in an instant.

A thicker black flood flowed into the city, and Guo Jia and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, with a slight bitterness in their eyes.

"Lord, prepare to retreat." Cheng Yu said in a deep voice.

Cao Cao frowned, and said gloomily: "There are still 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city. ”

"Just let the two generals Tiger Idiot and Evil Lai go to receive reinforcements, with these two people out of the horse, it is not a big problem to save some troops." Guo Jia's face became more and more pale, and he spoke.

"There's really no chance?" Cao Cao said a little irritably.

At present, Cao's army rushed to Chang'an for thousands of miles, not to mention the loss of troops, but still failed to prevent Yuan Shang from entering Chang'an City.

Cao Cao couldn't be clearer about the gate lords of the scholar clan and the two powerful faces, if he really wants to go back without anything, Cao Cao and them are indeed not easy to explain.

For what Cao Cao thought, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia knew it in their hearts, but saw Guo Jia and said softly: "Lord, since our army can't prevent Yuan Shang from entering Chang'an City, then it will simply be a hundred, and now Xuzhou is empty of soldiers and horses, although Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu are both great talents in the world, it is inevitable that there will be an embarrassment that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, it is better for our army to take advantage of Liu Bei while he is still in a deep quagmire, swallow Xuzhou first with lightning speed, and take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you can't swallow the entire rich Xuzhou, it is not much of a problem to take several counties bordering Yanzhou, not to mention, Jizhou Yuan Tan is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, he is indecisive, there are no fierce generals and talents under his command, if the lord raises troops to get it, it is definitely a matter of twice the result with half the effort, think about it, those people will not be dissatisfied because of this. ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly when he heard this, and Cheng Yu on the side opened his mouth and added: "Although the location of Chang'an City is very good, it also has a lot of drawbacks, the population problem alone is enough to give Yuan Shang a headache, Dong Zhuo's chaotic government in the past few years, the population in Guanzhong has been fleeing to the states, Yuan Shang wants to sit firmly in this territory of the people's voice, it is difficult to succeed without a few years of hard work, and these years are a transition zone, the lord can occupy the four states of Hebei, and then fight with Yuan Shang, or encircle and suppress Liu Bei and base Shu, the most bad must be before others, unify the south of the Yangtze River, and Yuan Shang to draw the river and rule, these will be planned in the future, and Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses are to enter Chang'an, and it is not easy, the person inside, I believe that the lord also knows how difficult the road is, since this is the case, then let Yuan Shang have a headache, and then our army will be like the prodigal son said, take advantage of the situation to take Liu Bei first, this person has a new support for Xuzhou, and the control of Xuzhou is still weak, it is the best moment for the lord to seize Xuzhou, and I am afraid that I will regret it in the future. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he saw that the two strategists said so, so he no longer insisted, glanced at Cao Ren, who was frowning on the side of the chariot, and ordered: "Zixiao, prepare to retreat." ”

Cao Ren had already listened to Cao Cao's conversation with the two strategists, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, he naturally didn't say anything, and the command flag in his hand swayed, accompanied by the majestic horn sound, the already defeated Cao Jun heard the horn sound, and in the dimness, gradually moved closer to Cao Cao's surroundings.

"The tiger is evil, you wait for the two to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to pick up Miaocai and Wen Ze, don't think about fighting, and after the soldiers and horses entering the city are completed, you can catch up with the army along the way back." Cao Cao said loudly.

"Whoa."

Xu Chu and Dian Wei led the horses away, and the last 5,000 cavalry under Cao Cao entered the city, and now the soldiers and horses of the Cao and Liu families were defeated and flowed around, and the 5,000 cavalry was the foundation of Cao Cao's life, but he did not hesitate to deliver it to the two.

Seeing that Xu Chu and Dian Wei led the crowd to disappear into the night, the sky had completely darkened, and they couldn't see Cao Cao's expression clearly, but they heard him say in a deep voice: "Withdraw the troops." ”

When Xiahou Dun, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Lejin, Li Dian and others heard this, they reorganized their troops and horses one after another, and went in the opposite direction to Chang'an City. (To be continued......)