It's just that no matter what, even if the enemy army enters the city, Lejin must come back to help, and immediately he gathered all the 20,000 soldiers in the military camp and rushed towards Chen Liucheng with a large army.

Le Jin was very anxious along the way, Chen Liucheng was lost, he was unforgivable.

With 20,000 troops, the army rushed forward, so that its ranks looked very long from a distance. And when they came to the land three miles in front of the city gate, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and then from all sides they rushed out 30,000 cavalry.

"It's not good, it's the Dragon and Tiger Army, everyone is on alert." After seeing the opponent's military flag, Le Jin quickly analyzed the form of the battlefield, so he hurriedly issued a military order, wanting to resist.

The 20,000 infantry who walked in the front, the formation was in chaos at this time, and in the face of the sudden enemy army, or cavalry, where could they still put up a formation in a short time? Before the order could be fully delivered, the cavalry was in front of them, and then there was the sound of horses striking the bodies of the infantry.

As the main general, Zhao Yun took the lead, wielding a bright silver spear in his hand and constantly raising stabs, and a famous Cao Jun soldier became a ghost under the gun.

Le Jin saw that he was besieged and knew that he was powerless to save the situation. In line with the idea that one less loss is one person, he retreated with the army, and at the same time took the lead in killing a bloody road, and retreated back with only 5,000 soldiers.

Zhao Yun, who killed 5,000 enemies and captured 10,000 soldiers, did not chase after him, but returned to Chen Liucheng with the captives, and he had more important things to do, that is, to empty Chen Liuzhong's treasury, naturally these 10,000 prisoners were the best coolie candidates.

Chen Liucheng was occupied, and after Le Jin withdrew with the remnants of the army, he hurriedly passed the situation here to the lord Cao Cao.

Compared with Chen Liucheng's success, Xu Du is also facing a crisis at this time. Xu Shu and Xu Huang traveled day and night with an army of 100,000 people, and when they suddenly appeared outside the city, they caused the city to explode, Xun Yu, who was in charge of guarding the house, did not know why there were so many merger troops here, in addition to stepping up the defense of the city, he hurriedly sent someone to send a message to Cao Cao.

Outside Luoyang City, the siege of the city has advanced to the last moment, and the soldiers of the entire first army have no more than 3,000 capable fighters. Even Gao Shun's 800 trapped people are less than 300. In addition to more than 4,000 Zhangjia troops, there are less than 10,000 remaining soldiers, and in the face of Cao Cao's army of nearly 250,000 outside the city, it is obvious that they are facing the situation of being broken at any time.

The three generals Xu Chu, Gao Shun, and Xu Rong were all wounded, but they were still fighting the city tower, and they had to hold on until the last minute.

As the main attacker, Xiahoudun felt the tenacity of the Bingzhou army, but also attacked the city more desperately, he didn't believe that with such an advantageous force, could he still attack a city? Luoyang is in danger.

Cao Cao was waiting for news from the front line in the big tent of the military camp, waiting for the moment when Luoyang City was broken, he would be able to set off with a large army to Bingzhou, and he could threaten Zhang Chao's lair.

Only this time, before he could threaten others, his own nest was threatened first. In the tent, what he waited for first was not the news of Xiahoudun's attack on Luoyang City, but the siege of Xu Du at home.

"What? How is this possible? Seeing the battle report sent by the fast horse, Cao Cao had an expression of disbelief. Zhang Chaojun actually sent 100,000 troops to surround Xudu, where did these people jump out?

Xi Zhicai saw Cao Cao's face change greatly, and he also stepped forward to take over the battle report, and after reading it, he also frowned and said: "It seems that Zhang Zhiyuan solved the problem of Huguan first, and then he waved Xu Du, he wants to encircle Wei to save Zhao, lord, we can't fall for their plan." ”

Cao Cao, who was originally panicking, listened to Xi Zhicai's words, and his whole spirit relaxed a lot. "Yes, this must be Zhang Chao's desire to lure me back, even if this is the case, how can I let it go. The high walls of Xu Capital City are strong, and there will be no problem in blocking them for the first half of the month. ”

Cao Cao comforted himself, and then said to the waiting herald on the side: "Quick, send the order to Yuan Rang, let him step up the siege of the city, no matter what, no matter what the price is, he must take Luoyang City within one day." ”

Cao Cao didn't pay attention to the attack of Xu Du behind him, but he was still firmly confident to launch a fierce attack on Luoyang, he just wanted to grab time, and take Luoyang before Xu Du was lost, so that the situation could be determined.

The military order was conveyed, Xiahoudun's offensive became more fierce, and the walls of Luoyang were already full of blood and corpses.

In the face of the endless Cao army, Xu Chu, Gao Shun, and Xu Rong rushed to the city wall, and the soldiers of the first legion, the warriors of the camp, including the soldiers of the Zhang family's army, also went to the city wall, holding weapons and fighting desperately with the enemy. Seeing that even the two military advisors, Guo Jia and Li Ru, were about to rush to the city wall with swords in order to make the last resistance with their last strength, suddenly Cao's army retreated.

And it's still the same way to withdraw very cleanly. It was only half an hour later, and there was not a single Cao Jun in sight.

"What's going on, why did these grandsons withdraw." Xu Chu, who had long been red with the blood of many enemies, saw that there was no enemy, so he felt that his whole body was loosened, and he sat on the ground all of a sudden.

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"What's going on? Lord, why are you retreating, we are about to capture Luoyang City. In the Chinese army tent of Cao's camp, Xiahou was looking at the lord Cao Cao with a puzzled expression, he really couldn't understand why he suddenly gave the order to retreat.

At this moment, Cao Cao was wearing armor with the help of his own soldiers, and when he heard Xiahoudun's question, he waved his hand and said, "It's good that Yuan Rang is here." In this way, our army is ready to retreat, you attacked the hardest before, and now I will order you to be the commander of the rear army, responsible for the retreat of the army behind the palace, okay, go and execute. ”

Cao Cao did not explain, but gave an order to Xiahoudun in a tone that could not help but question.

Knowing the character of the lord who said the same, although he was puzzled, Xiahoudun still withdrew from the big tent, and met the drama Zhicai who came here outside the door, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Military advisor, what is going on?" ”

Seeing that it was the general Xiahoudun who asked, Xi Zhicai, who usually has a good personal relationship with him, shook his head and said: "Xu is surrounded, you have heard about this matter." ”

"I heard. But it is impossible to capture it in a short period of time, and we will definitely capture Luoyang first by that time. Xiahoudun said with a disapprehensive look.

"Yes, it doesn't matter if it's just besieged, but a new battle report has just come out, Chen Liucheng was occupied by Zhang Chao, General Mao Jie was captured, and General Lejin was defeated. And there is also news that the Fourth Army of the Zhang Army, which was originally guarding Hanoi, is heading towards Xudu, if they are converging with Zhang Chao, who was left by Chen, then Xudu will be really dangerous, and at that time, Xu will be broken, and the emperor will be held in the hands of others, then our losses will be great, even if we get Luoyang? Xi Zhicai couldn't stop shaking his head when he said this.

Yan Liang was defeated, and he was still defeated, and gave Zhang Chao 60,000 captives out of thin air, taking advantage of this momentum, which gave Zhang Zhiyuan a chance, surrounded Xu Bushu, and occupied Chen Liu. Under such a general trend, Yuan Shao also gave up the opportunity to attack Zhang Chao, and even defended Shexian County, which gave the four legions of 100,000 people an opportunity to take advantage of it, so that they could withdraw and go to Xudu, which was the reason why Cao Cao had to return to defense.

Of course, there is another point that is very important. There are still some Baohan factions in Xudu, and no one dares to say whether they will open the city and surrender under the critical situation, if so, Cao Cao's years of hard work will be in vain.

In addition to Zhang Chao's three armies, as soon as they converged, it was a full 260,000 horses, and Xu was not guaranteed.

"Why did so many things happen all of a sudden, this Zhang Chao is really amazing." After hearing this, Xiahoudun also had to say in an admiring tone.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, the general should go and prepare for the withdrawal of troops." Xi Zhicai shook his head again, then straightened his clothes and entered the Chinese military tent where Cao Cao was.

Cao's army finally retreated, and Xiahoudun took 70,000 rear troops with some grain and grass to Xu Du with a hint of refusal to admit defeat. Cao Cao galloped to Xudu with an army of 180,000, and he absolutely could not allow the emperor to fall into the hands of other princes at this time.

Xinzheng, the dividing city between Luoyang and Xudu, Xiahoudun was drinking spirits here, and a group of generals were accompanying him.

This time, seeing that the troops can enter Luoyang, it will be a great achievement, but the sudden withdrawal of the army is tantamount to pouring a basin of cold water on the head, which makes Xiahoudun, who is the main general of the forward, very dissatisfied, and in the process of retreating all the way, he did not give anyone a good look.

The Lord will be unhappy, and the people below will naturally tremble, for fear that if one thing is not done well, it will lead to unjustified disasters. The army was preparing in a deep depression, seeing that the front army and the Chinese army had left Xinzheng, they were finally ready to go out of the city and go to Xudu.

But what Xiahoudun didn't know was that Zhang Chao's army had already set up a pocket array on the road ahead, and this time they were going to take Cao Jun as a feud against Gong County.

Zhang Chao withdrew from Chenliu with 60,000 cavalry; Xu Shu and Xu Huang were withdrawn from Xudu, with 100,000 infantry; Fu Zhu and Zhang Ho came from Hanoi and had 100,000 infantry.

There were a total of 260,000 troops before and after, and the target of the ambush was the rear of Cao's army, Xiahou Dun, and his own troops.

Whether it was in the first battle of Gongxian or the city of Luoyang, this army was the most active, and now they are going to give it a good look and kill the sharpness of the Cao army.

Xiahoudun, who didn't know these circumstances, saw the army leave Xinzheng, and after packing up the grain, grass and baggage, he also went out of the city and came towards Xudu.