Chapter 526: Self-Inflicted Consequences

Cao Cao nodded slightly, he was about to enter the city, but when he heard Huang Gai's words, he was inexplicably suspicious, and turned back to Cao Ren and instructed: "Zixiao will go first and replace Huang Gai from the city." ”

Cao Ren led the troops first, and the people immediately entered the city by the suspension bridge, Cao Cao rode his horse aside, looked up at the Wu army in the city, and frowned.

Huang Gai saw that Cao Cao refused to enter first, he was furious, holding a bow and arrows, and shouted loudly: "Huang Gai risked his life to sacrifice the city, and the traitor is still suspicious, look at the arrow!" ”

Cao Cao was so frightened that he couldn't see the arrows clearly in the night, so he hurriedly turned his horse aside, and then heard the screams of his own soldiers behind him and fell off his horse.

"It's not good, it's Liu Qi's plan again!" Cao Cao's heart sank to the bottom, he cried bitterly, and hurriedly shouted to Cao Chun: "Mingjin, Mingjin!" ”

But at this time, the front army has entered the city, the drums on the city shook the sky, the wind was loud, where could the Wei army hear clearly, the Huang Gai on the city had ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows together, the Wei army died in the city of countless people, and those who were lucky to survive were also inexplicable, and they did not know how to advance or retreat.

Cao Ren led the army into the city, and heard the chaos of the people and horses behind him, and the Wu army in the city suddenly released arrows, and couldn't help but be shocked, but at this time, the people and horses were crowded under the city, and retreating would only trample on each other, so it was better to kill directly into the city and occupy Shouchun.

Then he divided a group of soldiers to kill the city, and led the army straight into the city, and the Wei army occupied the streets and alleys, looking for the Wu army to chase and kill.

Cao Ren chased to the south gate, and saw that Cao Zhangzheng was confronting the front army, so he immediately sent troops to the rescue, and another division of troops outflanked the past from the left and right.

Zhao Yunzheng led his troops to block Cao Zhang, and when he saw Cao Ren's army arriving, he no longer stayed, released a round of bows and arrows, and led his troops to retreat outside the city.

"Zhao Zilong is leaving!" Cao Zhang hurriedly caught up, and suddenly fell lightly, and even the people and horses fell into the pit, and it turned out that the city gate dug a horse trap at some point.

Cao Ren jumped past the side and rushed to the city, only to see a muffled sound in front of him, and the city gate was blocked by a stone slab, and he was shocked: "There is a mechanism at the city gate?" ”

Dian Man rushed over and said indignantly: "Wu Gou is afraid of death, and the east, west, and south gates are blocked, otherwise I will kill them." ”

"Not good!" Cao Ren was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that Liu Qi had burned Xinye, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and shouted: "Withdraw, get out of the city quickly!" ”

Dian Man hesitated for a while, pointed to the dirt pit and asked, "Can the second son still be saved?" ”

"Nonsense!" Cao Ren's face turned red and shouted, "You came to save people." ”

Dian Man hurriedly led people to rescue Cao Zhang, but Cao Ren was so anxious that he turned his horse around in place, the Wei army had already scattered all over the streets and alleys in the city, busy occupying the city gate of the government office, and some of them entered the shops and houses to loot, where could they restrain it?

At this time, Huang Gai had already led his troops to kill the head of the city, and Ling Tong and the two of them killed the Wei army under the city, went out of the city gate, and chased and killed Cao Cao: "Cao thief is gone, Huang Gai is here!" ”

Cao Chun hurriedly protected Cao Cao and retreated, raised his knife and gritted his teeth and roared: "The old thief is treacherous, I swear to kill you!" ”

Before the words fell, he suddenly heard the screams of the people and horses behind him, and the first army killed him from the west, shouting: "Jiangdong Zhu Huan is here, Cao thief is leaving!" ”

Cao Chuncai turned around, and another army from the east arrived: "Han Dang is here, Cao Thief is here!" ”

Cao Chun was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Cao Cao: "There are ambushes here, the prime minister should leave quickly." ”

"Okay, well, you and others will come to deceive me, come to sneak attack, I will definitely repay you tenfold!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.

Cao Chun said hurriedly: "Prime Minister, can you still laugh at this time?" ”

Cao Cao sneered: "How can you scare Cao off with just an ambush?" Get rid of the yellow cover first, and then take Shouchun, and ask Liu Qi to steal chickens and rice! ”

He then ordered Xu Chu and Xu Yi to divide their troops to intercept them, and instructed Cao Chun: "If you retreat at this time, the soldiers in the city will rest, and it is important to occupy the north gate first." ”

"No!" Cao Chun also knew that the retreat at this time was to give up the people and horses entering the city, and rushed to the bridgehead with the tiger and leopard horse, and when he saw Huang Gai killed, he yelled: "Lao Er is despicable, come and die quickly." ”

Huang Gai slaughtered out of the city gate, looked at Cao Chun looking up to the sky and laughed: "It's ridiculous that Cao Thief doesn't know this plan, and the old man is not as knowledgeable as your young man." ”

In the midst of laughter, I saw him raise an iron whip and smash it against the drawbridge, and when Cao Chunzheng was puzzled, he saw that the other end of the drawbridge actually fell off with a bang and the chain fell off and fell into the moat.

The two armies looked at each other across the river, and Cao Chun laughed and said: "The old thief cut off his own way back, and this time you can't escape." ”

Huang Gai ignored him, raised his iron whip and shouted, "Open the gates-"

Ling led the troops to guard the city gate, and some soldiers struggled to move the stone lions on both sides, only to see that under the suspension bridge, the stone slab moved slowly, and turned into a ditch, extending towards the city gate.

Shouchun City is high in the north and low in the south, the north gate into the city is the steps and gentle slope, which is also the reason why it was flooded by Cao Jun twice, at this time the city gate road was changed to a waterway, and the moat poured down, straight into the city.

Cao Chun was stunned for a moment, then his face changed greatly, and he roared angrily: "Huanggai old thief, are you crazy?" ”

Huang Gai was so resolute, which surprised him, there are Jiangdong officers and soldiers in this city, and he diverts water to irrigate the city, isn't it a defeat for both sides?

Huang Gai's beard was all open, and he roared angrily: "Cao thief flooded Shouchun twice, and today he will ask you to eat the consequences." ”

Shouchun City is renovated, the moat is the Huai River tributary, the river is high tide in spring, the water volume is extremely abundant, although it is not as great as digging the Huai River to flood the city, but the river water is enough to fill the whole city.

Seeing the river rushing into the city, the Wei army, which was rushing out of the city, was swept back to the city like mud and sand, Huang Gai laughed with relief, and led his troops along the city wall to the east with Ling Tong.

Cao Chun was furious, and was about to chase to the east gate to kill, but suddenly heard the sound of killing in the rear, it turned out that Chen Wu who was guarding the south gate led the troops to kill, Xu Yi couldn't resist, knowing that the general trend had gone, and hurried to protect Cao Cao's retreat.

"Huang Gai old thief, Liu Qi Xiaoer, deceive me too much!" Cao Cao's eyes were cracked, he was dizzy with anger, and his eyes were black.

When Cao Ren entered the city, the army was trapped in Shouchun, and there were only tiger and leopard cavalry and Xu Chu's ironclad army guards beside him.

Cao Chun covered Cao Cao, the tiger and leopard rode hard to kill, and fought a bloody way, Xu Chu led the ironclad soldiers to retreat to Bagong Mountain.

In the rear, Han Dang, Chen Wu, and Zhu Huan led the Jiangdong people and horses to chase closely, and the Wu soldiers have been suppressed by the Cao army, and Huainan has been hit hard many times.

Xu Chu's father and son used a knife and a hammer, leading the ironclad soldiers to intercept the pursuers, Han Dang stepped forward, and was slashed by the angry Xu Chu several times to numb his arm, and hurriedly avoided it, Zhu Huan caught up, and was killed by Xu Chu again.

Chen Wu and Xu Yi were on par, and the two armies fought for a while, after all, the ironclad soldiers were well-equipped, and the Wu army suffered heavy casualties, so they had to put an arrow indiscriminately and watch the Wei army rush away.

Cao Cao quickly whipped his horse and fled all the way to the foot of Bagong Mountain, the sky was already light, looking back at Xu Chu leading the troops to catch up, his heart was a little settled, and he sighed: "I don't want Huang Gai Jiangdong to be heroic, and I follow Liu Qi Xiao'er to learn treachery, it's careless." ”

Cao Chun said worriedly: "But I don't know what the situation is with my brother!" ”

"Zixiao has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, even if he is trapped in the city, it doesn't matter for the time being!" Cao Cao looked up at Bagong Mountain, and suddenly looked up and laughed again.

Cao Chun's heart jumped, and he was annoyed: "Why is the prime minister laughing again?" ”