"It's tragic, it's too tragic, I didn't expect Chen Gong to play such a big game." Zhang Yu said after receiving the front-line intelligence again.

Guo Jia also said with emotion: "Yes, I didn't expect the defenders in the city to take the opportunity to kill them, and I am not afraid that we and Yuan Shao will take the opportunity to seize the city." ”

Chen Gong is a big deal, hundreds of thousands of troops were sent out, not afraid of Zhang Yu and them taking the city, nor afraid of them setting up a larger encirclement on the periphery and surrounding all their troops.

In fact, although Chen Gong took risks, it was not without consideration, none of the three of them believed in anyone, and it was difficult to organize such a large-scale siege battle at this time.

If these armies were under the unified command of one person, then Chen Gong's strategy today would definitely bury him.

But they were three people and could not command in unison.

Cao Cao's army was eventually crushed by Xuzhou's army.

The tens of thousands of troops in the encirclement were all annihilated.

And Lu Bu stubbornly repelled the interception of Xu Chu and others, and organized 20,000 troops to chase and kill again.

This time, Cao Cao gathered more than 30,000 troops around him, half of which were the troops that had fled from the battlefield and were regrouped and reorganized.

The two sides fought again.

This time, there were generals such as Xu Chu and Xiahou Yuan, who were able to stabilize their positions and were not defeated by Lu Bu.

Cao Cao and the others blocked Lü Bu and received part of the defeated army.

Many Cao generals began to break through, and the last generals broke through and came back.

But most of their soldiers and horses were not able to be brought back.

The largest number of generals only waited for more than 3,000 soldiers.

Cao Cao retreated with more than 70,000 routs.

Lu Bu chased for more than ten miles and then retreated.

If you continue to chase and kill all the way, I'm afraid this Cao army will really be defeated.

But Lu Bu didn't dare, the pursuit was too far, and the back road might be cut off by Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao retreated all the way, and his heart kept dripping blood.

An army of 230,000 only returned more than 70,000 troops, and the loss was simply unbearable.

Of course, there are still many scattered armies on the battlefield, and there may be 10,000 or 20,000 people when they are gathered, but even if these people come back, it will be difficult for them to have combat effectiveness in a short time.

Cao Cao was defeated, and the defeat was quite bad.

"Hahaha, Cao Apu is actually today, it's really happy to see him go back in embarrassment."

Yuan Shao was naturally very happy when he received the final information.

Cao Cao has always been his great enemy, and although he cooperated this time, he couldn't change the fact that he was the enemy.

After Lü Bu returned, he began to count the seizures and count the casualties.

The great victory was naturally a huge capture, and a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance fell into the hands of Lu Bu.

The battlefield was bloody, and nearly 200,000 troops died on the battlefield.

More than 200,000 people were killed and wounded in World War I, and it was a tragic war.

However, Lu Bu was very happy and returned with a big victory.

The statistics didn't come out until the next day.

Lu Bu suffered more than 60,000 casualties, and the total number of enemy troops killed by the three sides was more than 100,000.

The seizures were even greater.

"Gongtai, you should take the lead in this big victory." When the statistics came out, Lu Bu said excitedly.

The big victory, the unprecedented big victory, this Lu Bu was naturally happy, but Chen Gong was not very happy.

"After repelling one line of soldiers and horses, and two lines of soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao and Zhang Yu have not suffered much loss, and they will soon make a comeback. And we lost more than 60,000 people in this battle, and the next defense will not be easy. ”

Chen Gong was not carried away by the victory in front of him, but thought of the arrangements that followed.

Xiapi City was much happier, but Cao Cao was gloomy at this time.

Cao Cao was directly defeated and retreated for dozens of miles before stopping to rest.

As soon as he stopped, Cao Cao had a headache and collapsed.

Cao Cao suppressed the news and did not dare to let the ordinary soldiers know.

"Zhongde, I was too careless, suffered this defeat, the army lost too much, what should we do?" Cao Cao asked weakly.

Cheng Yu has also been thinking along the way, the defeat is already doomed.

"Lord, defeat is defeat, but we can't just retreat, so retreat like this, and when Yuan Shao and Zhang Yu eliminate Lu Bu, then we will attack the land of Xuzhou that we have occupied, and if it is serious, we may be attacked by Yuan Shao and Zhang Yu on both sides, and then it will be our most crisis." Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao thought about it, it was really uncomfortable for him to give up the land he had occupied, and if they showed weakness at this time, whether it was real weakness or fake weakness, Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao might come to besiege him.

In Cao Cao, if there is a chance to destroy one of Zhang Yu and Yuan Shaozhong, he will not hesitate to do it.

"Lord, let's rest here for two days, redistribute the army, let the generals each lead thousands of soldiers and horses, and then go back to participate in the battle of Xiapi, and at the same time let the rear send more soldiers and horses to support, in addition, immediately recruit soldiers and horses to make up for the losses."

Cheng Yu gave Cao Cao a series of suggestions.

"Okay, just like Zhong De said, but please ask Mr. Zhong De to return to Xuchang immediately and preside over the overall situation."

Cao Cao knew that there should be a talented, capable, and trusted person in the rear to preside over the overall situation.

Mobilizing troops and horses from the rear again is not a simple matter of pulling troops over and pulling them over.

There are still Li Dao, Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu around Cao Cao, although they may not dare to take the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, but there is no absolute at night, and the situation may change quickly.

Cao Cao also ordered Zhang Fei to come over, originally he wanted to separate Zhang Fei from Guan Yu, but at this time, he asked Zhang Fei to contribute, and at the same time put it elsewhere Cao Cao was not at ease.

Zhang Fei is a fierce general, and he is just right to contribute at this time.

Cao Cao readjusted his troops and horses, while Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao re-besieged Xiapi City.

Outside the city of Xiapi, it was once again surrounded by a large army.

But the siege was surrounded, but there was no attack.

"Fengxiao, what kind of idea did Cao Cao play, he didn't retreat to the rear."

Two days after the battle, Cao Cao did not leave, which made Zhang Yu very strange.

Guo Jia pondered for a while, and after analysis, he said: "I can't guess well, I may want to make a comeback, if he retreats, the captured Xuzhou territory will definitely be divided by us." ”

"No matter Cao Cao, unless he remobilizes the army over, there is no threat, and now we have to think about how to capture this Picheng." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu and Guo Jia began to study how to break through Xiapi City, and for the time being, there were only two families, him and Yuan Shao.

After some analysis, Guo Jia said: "There are still more than 100,000 troops in the city, and if you attack it, although it will be quite large, it should be able to break through the city in two or three months." ”

"Then go to Yuan Shao, launch an attack together, and break this Picheng as soon as possible, so as not to have many dreams at night." Zhang Yu said.

This time, Lu Bu went out of the city to attack, but fortunately, the main targets of the attack were Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was the most unlucky, because his ambition was too great, and he suffered a big loss in the end.

(End of chapter)