Chapter 1109: A Hasty Ending
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The battle of Changyi lasted for a whole day and night, and it was not until the next morning that the combined forces of Cao and Yuan withdrew their troops. More than half a million corpses were left on the battlefield, and broken armor and weapons were strewn all over the ground.
Now his frustration was undoubtedly heavier, because he found that the walls of Changyi City had not been damaged at all, and it seemed that they had been repaired by the stonemasons in the city.
Although he had foreseen the outcome, he still felt a little lost when it was confirmed. This was not the first war he commanded, but it should have been the first war in which he had to admit defeat in the presence of superiority. There were many factors that caused this defeat, but Fu Zhu believed that one of the biggest reasons was Huang Zhong, followed by the two major legions of Baiyun City.
There is no way, Huang Zhong's strength is too strong, so that the generals in the Cao and Yuan coalition armies dare not take the lead, without these people to lead, they don't even have a chance to storm the city wall. Moreover, Huang Zhong's influence is not only aimed at high-end forces, even ordinary soldiers are extremely afraid of it, and that Flame Blasting Arrow can even be used as the terminator in the current war, and no army can continue to maintain a strong fighting spirit under the attack of this arrow.
Although Cao and Yuan still have some hole cards in their hands, such as attacking the city and charging the car, Fu Zhu has no intention of continuing to take risks. The siege of the city is very precious, and the ones they have on hand now are almost eighty percent of the total number owned by the two major forces, which also shows that they attach great importance to this attack on Changyi County. However, before they arrived at the county seat of Changyi, most of these siege chariots had been destroyed by Huang Zhong, and if they continued to talk about the remaining siege chariots into the war, they were likely to be all damaged in the end, which was extremely unfavorable to the expansion of their power.
After collecting the troops, Yan Liang sent a letter to his lord Yuan Shao, saying that he was unable to quickly capture the county seat of Changyi and asked for the withdrawal of the army.
At the same time, Xiahoudun was doing the same thing. This attack on Changyi County can be said to be the most aggrieved battle in Xiahoudun's life, before the war began, his military division was captured by the enemy, and now there is no news. Although they also blocked the news of this matter, the soldiers under their command still heard a hint of rumors, especially in the whole war, they did not see any trace of Cheng Yu, so they couldn't help but think about it. This also directly led to a decline in the morale of Cao's army in the later wars.
In yesterday's day, Xiahoudun had also received instructions from Cao Cao to attack the city with all his strength, and if he could not take the county seat of Changyi within a day, he would quickly withdraw his army from Shanyang County. Except for a single army stationed in several cities in Shanyang County, which had already been occupied, all other Afghan troops withdrew to Dongjun. As for what to do next, Cao Cao didn't say anything about it in the letter, and he was also worried that the exposure of the letterhead would affect his next strategic layout, right?
Moments later, Cao and Yuan's armies began to slowly withdraw from outside the city of Changyi. With the size of its army, this withdrawal will definitely not be accomplished in a day.
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The siege seemed to be over, but a dispute broke out in the city of Changyi, because Yuan Shu, Jin Shang and others demanded to take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy the main army of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao as much as possible. However, Guo Jia and Fengyunji did not agree to the request of these two people.
Guo Jia was very clear about Yuan Shu's thoughts. This time, the various armies prevented Cao Cao from occupying the entire Yanzhou, Yuan Shu was definitely the one with the highest jump, although the white jade city also played a heavy role, but Yang Tian's actions were all grounded in righteousness, including the previous extermination of the Yellow Turban Army in Dongjun, and even turned the entire Taishan County into a place of death, which made others unable to find fault. But Yuan Shu is different, this guy is uniting with Jin Shang and directly waving troops to attack Yanzhou. Although Jin Shang is the assassin of Yanzhou sealed by the imperial court, who else takes the imperial court's instructions seriously at this time?
In Yuan Shu's opinion, now Cao Cao and Yuan Shao must have hated him to the core. If you can't hurt the other party now, once you let them seize the opportunity, you will be unlucky. You must know that Yuan Shu's sphere of influence is in Yuzhou, bordering Yanzhou. If Cao Cao wants to take revenge, it will be too easy.
As for Jin Shang, his idea of continuing to attack the Cao and Yuan coalition forces is too simple, he is the assassin of Yanzhou appointed by the imperial court, and now that Yanzhou is in the hands of others, he naturally wants to take it back. And with his strength, wanting to capture Yanzhou is tantamount to a fool's dream, so he can only hope that Yuan Shu and the Baiyun City army can wipe out the Cao army, so that he will have a chance to get Yanzhou.
Although Yuan Shao and Jin Shang made a loud abacus, others were not stupid, so they naturally would not do this kind of thing to make wedding dresses for others. Especially Guo Jia, he knew that his lord's purpose was to check and balance and temporarily calm down the entire northern region of Country Z, so that no matter whether Baiyun City wanted to seize the land south of the Yangtze River or develop the Crescent Peninsula, it could have enough manpower. If his army has been dragged on the battlefields around Yanzhou and Qingzhou, then don't do anything.
Now that the combined forces of Cao and Yuan have withdrawn, it is undoubtedly the most in the interests of Baiyun City, and it seems that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao also know that there is no point in fighting this battle, so they directly retreated. In this case, Guo Jia naturally didn't want to cause trouble and fight with the other party again. Besides, although the combined forces of Cao and Yuan are retreating now, their formation is not chaotic at all, and even if they catch up, there is not much opportunity to take advantage of. What's more, the strength of the Cao and Yuan coalition forces is already stronger than the defenders of Changyi City, in case the other party sets a trap on the road, and when they catch up, wouldn't it be self-defeating? When the time comes, the offense and defense will change positions, and it will be difficult to control it.
Yuan Shu and Jin Shangjian persuaded Guo Jia and Fengyun to meet, and immediately left angrily. Of course, they didn't plan to find the bad luck of the Cao and Yuan coalition forces, with their remaining strength now, it was not enough to compete with the other party.
After the two of them left, Fengyunji would ask Guo Jia with some puzzlement: "Mr. Guo, just now this Yuan Shu said that he would go to hunt down and kill Cao and Yuan's coalition army, why do you still persuade them?" I still think that they will catch up and be beaten by Cao Cao, and their vitality will be greatly damaged, and then Brother Sunshine and I will be able to take the opportunity to take Yuzhou! Yanhuangcheng will soon be able to seize most of the land in Xuzhou, but my Kyushu League is only a Shanyang County, and it is still trying to survive in the cracks, which is too dangerous. ”
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Fengyun City Lord is thinking too simply. If Yuan Shu and Jin Shang catch up, they will inevitably be defeated by the combined forces of Cao and Yuan, and at that time, Fu Zhu must have known that our strength has been greatly reduced, and it is likely to lead the army to attack back, and it is difficult to say whether the remaining army of our Changyi City can hold Changyi City again. (To be continued)