Chapter 436: The First World War

"The enemy camp outside the city of Wuguan was attacked by fire and rain, when Lord Zhou Mu and Zhang Ning had already led the cavalry back to the vicinity, I think Yuan Shao should consider retreating, you should rectify the soldiers of all departments, so as to be ready to pursue Yuan Shao at any time." After a period of contemplation, Cheng Yu said.

While Yuan Shao gathered to discuss the retreat, Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Chen Lin and several others in Pingyuan City were also shocked by Zhang Ning's previous Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain skills, and they all gathered in the Taishou Mansion of Pingyuan City.

In recent days, Cheng Yu has obviously felt the great changes in Yuan Shao's siege, and judged that Yuan Shao's account must have been assisted by a master, combined with the current situation of both sides' attack and defense, this came to the conclusion that Yuan Shao may retreat.

In fact, as Guo Jia judged, Cheng Yu and Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Chen Lin, Wu Anguo and several others sat in Pingyuan City together, and their overall strength was no worse than Yuan Shao's besieging army.

Cheng Yu is the best at defending the city, coupled with the strong auxiliary skills of Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Chen Lin, and Wu Anguo, Pingyuan City can be described as impregnable, and the number of soldiers defending the city has been very small for more than ten days, and the losses caused to Yuan Shao's troops are very considerable. Undoubtedly, the efficiency of Cheng Yu and others' strategy is not low.

It's just that in recent days, Yuan Shao's way of attacking the city has changed suddenly, although the frequency of attacking the city has decreased a lot, but the offensive is much stronger. The overall efficiency has been greatly improved, and the number of soldiers and soldiers has also decreased a lot, so Cheng Yu and the others are almost certain that there must be a powerful strategist under Yuan Shao's account!

"Report to Cheng Guoxiang, you are engaged, outside the city, the soldiers of Yuan Shao's troops are preparing to hit the wood, ladders and other siege things, and it seems that they are about to launch an attack again" Just when Cheng Yu had just made the judgment that Yuan Shao was going to withdraw from the army, the herald soldiers came to report the news that Yuan Shao's troops were about to launch an attack on the city, which made several people present stunned.

"Hehehe, this person is indeed clever, and he doesn't know the art of war, which is real and false, if it is what I expected, it is good. Yuan Shao just wanted to use the siege of the city to fake a shot to hide people's eyes. In fact, he secretly planned to retreat the army! Just when a few people were puzzled, they only heard Cheng Yu speak again.

After being reminded by Cheng Yu, several people thought of this possibility, and they also felt very reasonable. So the few of them discussed again for a while, and then went separately to the camps in the Plains City. began to rectify the soldiers and prepare to deal with Yuan Shao's retreat.

Perhaps it is limited by objective preconditions. Even though Cheng Yu is currently in Yang Rui's subjugation mission and has not done his best, in the first duel between him and Guo Jia around the attack and defense of Plains City, the balance of victory seems to have tilted to Cheng Yu's side. Of course. This is also based on the advantages established by the defenders of the plains in the early stage and the fact that Yang Rui led the cavalry to rush back.

In fact, as Cheng Yu expected, after the fourth watch of the night, Yuan Shao's troops outside the Plains City really began to make noise, the momentum was very grand, and there were torches everywhere in his camp, as if they were going to attack the Plains City with all their might!

"As expected, Yuan Shao is indeed about to escape, and he ordered all the soldiers to prepare to go out of the city to chase the enemy!" Hearing the noise outside the city, Cheng Yu climbed the North City Gate Tower to observe and then spoke.

After that, Cheng Yu ordered Chen Lin to lead 20,000 soldiers to stay in Pingyuan City alone, and he and Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo each led nearly 20,000 soldiers from the four gates of Pingyuan City, and went straight to Yuan Shao's troops who were clamoring!

"Kill!"

"Capture Yuan Shao!"

"Yuan Shao, don't escape!"

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Even Guo Jia didn't expect that there were so many guards in Plains City, and the number of soldiers of this scale, plus several historical celebrities/generals such as Cheng Yu, would surpass Yuan Shao in the case of head-on conflict, but he had always hidden his strength, and used the Plains City to consume the strength of Yuan Shao's troops!

Yang Rui had already explained to Cheng Yu and the others that they wanted to preserve their own strength as much as possible while consuming Yuan Shao's vital strength as much as possible, so Cheng Yu and the others did not take a more drastic way to confront Yuan Shao head-on.

You must know that it is not easy to cultivate every soldier, under the current situation, Yang Rui and Yuan Shao are facing each other head-on too much, in that case, even if Yuan Shao can be defeated more happily, the number of soldiers lost by his side will not be a small number, but it will only increase the consumption of points in vain.

Moreover, the [Dong Zhuo's Rebellion] plot points can resurrect soldiers, but the number of times each soldier can be resurrected is also limited, and after more than two times, it will not be possible to continue to resurrect; At the same time, the consumption of points will also be a very big burden, each resurrection of a Tier 4 soldier will require 300 points, and each resurrection of a Tier 5 soldier will require a whopping 500 points!

Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo each have powerful auxiliary skills, and they have not gone out of the city to meet the battle for more than ten days.

As Cheng Yu guessed, there was a lot of movement outside the city before, but these noisy soldiers were indeed the pawns of Yuan Shao's old suspicious soldiers, and when Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo rushed to Yuan Shao's camp, they found that all the camp tents were empty, and no one could be found anymore, only a large number of torches fluttering. Yuan Shao really ran away!

Due to the early estimation of this situation, after that, Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo each led their people to chase in the direction of the north side of Pingyuan City, and Yuan Shao's troops must have gone in the direction of Bohai County in the north.

"Kill!"

"Whoosh! Rumble! ”

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Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo chased more than ten miles to the north, and they heard that the sky dozens of miles away on the northwest side was red for a while, and the shouting and killing were also loud, and everyone was already aware of the situation over there, and only Zhang Ning could make such a formation, and at a glance, the cavalry commanded by Yang Rui had already exchanged hands with Yuan Shao's rout, so two of the four soldiers and horses went straight to that side, and the other two continued to chase north.

At this time, Yuan Shao only had foot soldiers in his hands, and the remaining number was no longer advantageous compared with Yang Rui's several chasing soldiers and horses, and Yang Rui led a group of cavalry to rush out and kill for a while, and it was difficult to resist! The general trend has been decided, even if Guo Jia is in Yuan Shaojun's army at this time, it is a fact that cannot be changed.

Fortunately, Guo Jia is not a simple character, Yu is indeed a strange plot on the way to march and fight, long before Yuan Shao retreated, Guo Jia had already grouped Yuan Shao's troops in detail, and the number was no less than 100 groups. And Guo Jia also specified the direction of the retreat, the measures to deal with the enemy, and even the stop-and-go time for each group, etc., which were very detailed, obviously Guo Jia also made a very thorough consideration of the situation encountered in the retreat, and also made the worst plan for the situation he was facing!

It is undeniable that Guo Jia's series of arrangements can be said to be amazing, and the grouping escape method of his implied formation has indeed played a great role, but this still can't save Yuan Shao's defeat, after all, the balance of strength and the offensive and defensive form have undergone a complete change!

"Kill!"

"Capture Yuan Shao!"

"Capture Yuan Shao!"

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Several soldiers and horses converged one after another, the slogan of "capturing Yuan Shao" has not stopped since the fourth watch, until noon on the second day, Yang Rui has chased Yuan Shao through the border area of Pingyuan County and Bohai County, Yuan Shao has only more than 16,000 soldiers left, it can be said that he is panicked like a lost dog.

However, almost all of the remaining soldiers are the most valuable fifth-order special troops in Yuan Shao's hands - golden armor soldiers, which of course were also preserved under Guo Jia's intentional arrangement, of course, it also cost a lot of money, and the number of soldiers lost in the retreat was as many as fifty or sixty thousand, not counting the part of the soldiers who were lost in the middle of the panic.

"Lord of the Alliance, Guo Jia thought that if he changed his direction temporarily, he would first go to Ningjin Town to avoid it, if he went straight to Dongguang County, he would inevitably be pursued by the Qingzhou tribes" After most of the fatigue and travel, Guo Jia at this time was already pale, but he still looked clean and spotless.

"Humph!"

However, before Guo Jia finished speaking, he heard Yuan Shao snort coldly, and it seemed that he was full of resentment towards Guo Jia!

With Guo Jiazhi's cleverness, he quickly realized the meaning contained in this cold snort, and of course the rest of the words were not said again, at this time, Yuan Shao lost his troops and lost his generals, but he attributed his resentment to Guo Jia's head!

In the end, Yuan Shao did not listen to Guo Jia's words again, but continued to go towards Dongguang County; And the Qingzhou tribes did not chase after them again, and Yuan Shao's remaining subordinates were temporarily safe in the end! However, the more this is the case, the deeper Yuan Shao's prejudice against Guo Jia seems to be, and the gaze that looks at Guo Jia is even more unkind

However, it was said that Yang Rui did not chase after he chased to the border of Pingyuan County, Yuan Shao's troops were really running too fast, and the retreating route was really erratic, and at this time, only Yang Rui's cavalry could barely keep up, and the rest of the soldiers and horses followed behind them to search for Yuan Shao's rout.

At this time, almost all the counties in Pingyuan County were still occupied by Yuan Shao's troops, and Yang Rui did not choose to continue to go deep into Bohai County. (To be continued......)