It turned out that after learning that Gongsun Bai was in trouble, Zhang Liao was worried that Tai Shici's troops were not enough to get out of the trap, so he marched all the way and finally arrived in the south of Pushui.
Just when Zhang Liao was about to cross the water and go north to Puyang, he received a message from Tai Shici sent by Pegasus, and learned that Gongsun Bai had been freed, and the whole army cheered.
Now that Gongsun Bai had been freed from the predicament, Zhang Liao was supposed to continue to raise troops to the south and sweep through the central and southern parts of Yanzhou, but he received an urgent report from the scouts and learned that Cao Cao had rushed away from Fox City.
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Liao was about to lead a large army to attack Lihu City, where the defenders were less than 2,000, he found that Cao Cao was already less than 30 miles away from Hucheng, and Lihu Ling personally went out of the city to greet him.
So Zhang Liao ordered a fierce general under his command to pretend to be Cao Junjun Sima, cut off Yang Li, and led tens of thousands of troops and horses to take the opportunity to raid, and without much effort, he had already broken through Lihu City.
When Zhang Liao broke Pingqiu, he captured a lot of Cao Jun, and naturally also captured a lot of Cao Jun's clothes and armor and embroidered flags, and it was easy to pretend to be Cao Jun.
The red sun slanted westward, shining on the dense sword halberds like a forest, shining a red light like a vast ocean, which was spectacular.
More than 80,000 Cao troops hurried and went straight to Fox City.
After four or five days of running, the soldiers were very tired, coupled with the shortage of food and grass, the daily meal amount was also deducted by two or three percent, which made everyone extremely dissatisfied, but there was nothing to be done, because everyone knew that there was really not much food and grass, and if they didn't save a little, it was likely that they would not be able to survive the time when the grain and grass were replenished.
At this moment, they are about to arrive at Lihu City, not only can they have a good meal, but they can also sleep peacefully, which makes the soldiers very excited and eager to enter Lihu City as soon as possible.
It is precisely because people are in good spirits on happy occasions that the soldiers walk much more briskly than in the previous two days, and they don't look like they haven't eaten enough at all.
Cao Cao, who was originally hiding in the carriage, also looked much better, and lifted the curtain from time to time to look out.
The generals beside the carriage have changed the decline of the past few days, talking and laughing.
In the glow, the fox city was finally far away, and the soldiers of the Cao army let out a burst of cheers, although the sound was not loud, but the voice of more than 80,000 people was enough to set off a wave of not big or small.
Everyone quickened their pace, and soon they were two or three miles away from Fox City, the outline of the city wall was gradually clear, and the city gate was gradually visible.
"Why Are the Gates Closed?"
Cao Cao's face suddenly changed slightly, and an ominous premonition came to his heart, and he immediately shouted: "Send someone to investigate quickly" Several horsemen and scouts were given the order to come out, urging the horses to gallop towards Lihu City, driving up a cloud of smoke and dust.
After a while, the scouts hurried over like frightened rabbits, their faces full of panic and incredulity, and they hurriedly said: "Lord Qiqi, Lihu City has been occupied by the thief army Zhang Liao. ” In an instant, the whole army was in an uproar, and the noise was everywhere, and the faces of the generals of the Cao army changed greatly, and they couldn't believe their ears.
Two hours ago, the scout also reported that Yang Li was about to go out of the city to welcome the army ten miles away, how could it be that in just two hours, Lihu City would change hands silently Let's not talk about how Zhang Liao suddenly appeared outside Lihu City, he led a large army to come from a distance, and he had to cross Pushui, and it was impossible to carry siege equipment in a hurry, even if the strength was dozens of times that of the defenders, it was impossible to finish off Lihu City in just two hours.
Cao Cao's face had become jet black, like black charcoal, and the look in his eyes was extremely angry, making him roar angrily: "How did the thief army break the city, could it be that Yang Li also surrendered to the enemy?"
"Qi Lu Gong, Yang County Order in order to express his loyalty to Lu Gong, personally out of the city gate to welcome the arrival of the army, but Zhang Liao thieves sent people to pretend to be Lu Gong's troops, Yang County Order was not noticed for a while, was beheaded by the thief general, the city gate was also controlled by the thief army, and the main force of the thief army also launched an attack, our army was outnumbered, so it was lost."
One of them replied tremblingly, and everyone realized that the scouts had brought a rout from Fox City.
Cao Cao's eyes were red and terrifying, his fists tightly grasped the hilt of the Heavenly Sword at his waist, his joints turned white, and he was silent for a long time.
However, this time he didn't faint in anger, and after being silent for a long time, he raised his head and laughed: "Straight mother thief, even if your grandson Bai is really a god and has the favor of God, Lao Tzu will fight with this thief."
He slowly got off the wheel and shouted, "Lead me to the horse."
A tiger guard brought the Shadow BMW over, Cao Cao stepped on the stirrup, turned over the horse, pulled out the sword at his waist, and roared: "To the south, cross the water and retreat to Juyang" Juyang City is only more than two hundred miles away from Fox City, if you go all the way in a hurry, you can reach it in four or five days, with the grain and grass of Cao Jun, continue to tighten your stomach, and you can barely reach Juyang City.
A hero like Cao Cao, the heavier the blow, the more it can stimulate the anger and unyielding fighting spirit in his heart, Cao Cao, who was still sick just now, is like a different person at the moment, with murderous spirit in his eyes and high fighting spirit.
Although the soldiers were extremely disappointed and their morale was extremely low, they had no choice but to follow Cao Cao and run to the Pushui River.
At this moment, a dull sound of horses' hooves faintly came, but it exploded in the hearts of all Cao Jun like rolling thunder.
The Gongsun army pursued and killed Sure enough, there were scouts coming from behind, panting and urgent: "Lord Qiqi, Gongsun Bai led the white horse Yicong and Moyun to ride, nearly 20,000 cavalry chased and killed, and it was already five miles away. ” It was the house leak that was rained overnight, and a wave of unevenness rose again, although Cao Cao was mad in his heart, his expression still remained extremely calm, and he immediately ordered all Cao Jun to be in front of him, the crossbowmen were in the middle, and the tiger guards and tigers and leopards rode off, and marched quickly to the Pushui in the south in an orderly manner, without the slightest chaos.
Just when Cao's army passed through the east of Puyang and gradually approached Pushui, there were scouts Pegasus to report that Gongsun Army Zhang Liaobu left only 5,000 people to defend the city, and the remaining 45,000 soldiers and horses were all dispatched to converge with the cavalry of Gongsun Army, a total of more than 60,000 people, slowly following behind Cao's army, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Cao Cao's face sank like water, unmoved, and still calmly commanded the army to continue to retreat to the Pushui River, until it retreated to the Pushui River beach, and then stopped, while lining up the defensive array, waiting for the attack of the Gongsun army, while sending people to collect the fishing boats along the Pushui coast, ready to cross the river.
On the north bank of Pushui, the river beach is densely packed with Cao soldiers, rows of big shields are neatly inserted into the ground, arranged into a defensive formation like an iron wall, and then see a spear stretched out from between the big shields, like a hedgehog, straight ahead, because of the long march, Cao Jun has long abandoned the knife car, and now can only use the shield array to defend.
Behind them, countless powerful crossbows were raised high, and one arrow after another shone with a cold light, aiming at the opposite side.
On the flanks of Cao's army, the tiger and leopard cavalry and the tiger guards were eyeing each other, ready to stop the cavalry of the Gongsun army at any time.
Thundered Smoke and dust billowed and horses' hooves sounded, and tens of thousands of Gongsun troops surged in, and they slowly stopped more than 300 steps in front of Cao's army.
Immediately afterwards, the flag of the Gongsun Army in the middle of the road was opened, and Gongsun Bai rode out under the support of several fierce generals.
White clothes are better than snow, and people are as clean as jade In the shadow of the flag on the opposite side, Cao Cao was also escorted by Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others, galloping on horseback.
The two stopped more than thirty paces away, reined in their horses, confronted each other, and stared.
Hahaha The two suddenly pointed at each other in unison and laughed.
"The so-called time and time, Meng De, what about today's affairs," Gongsun Bai said with a smile.
"Ziming, you are really fateful, now that the matter has come to this, you can let the horse kill and fight to the death" Cao Cao also smiled.
Before the words fell, Zhao Yun, Wen Chou, Tai Shici and other fierce generals behind Gongsun Bai couldn't help but be furious, and they all asked for battle, 60,000 against 80,000, how could Gongsun Jun, who has always won more with less, put Cao Jun in his eyes.
Guo Jia behind him hurriedly stopped: "The so-called mourning soldiers will win, now the Cao army is about to run out of food and grass, and it is a battle against the water, if you force each other, then the enemy army will fight to the death, and the victory or defeat is probably in the number of five or five, and even if it wins, it is a tragic victory, and the gains outweigh the losses." ” Pang Tong also nodded and said: "If our army takes the initiative to attack at this time, it will be in the arms of Cao Thief."
Now that we have the upper hand, the thief army has no way to retreat, and if we forcibly cross the river, we can attack it while it crosses the river; The enemy does not move, I do not move, they are short of food, three or five days have passed, the thief army has exhausted its food, why should we take the initiative to attack" Guan Hai on the side couldn't help but blurt out: "What if the enemy takes the initiative to attack?"
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Gongsun Bai said coldly: "Our army has ten thousand crossbows in hand, if the enemy takes the initiative to attack, one hundred and fifty steps ago, it will be the burial place of the 80,000 thief army."
When he turned around, Gongsun Bai showed a smile like a spring blossom on his face, and laughed at Cao Cao: "Meng De, you and I have known each other for many years, brothers, although you are unkind, but how can I be unrighteous and force you to be bitter As long as you don't move, I won't harm you, there are mountains and rivers here, the scenery is pleasant, I will live here for ten days and half a month." ” After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Cao Cao, and led the crowd to laugh back.
Cao Cao looked at Gongsun Bai's triumphant back, his face turned blue with anger, and he scolded viciously: "Gongsun Xiao'er, sooner or later, I will break your body into ten thousand pieces."
At night, the Gongsun army retreated to more than two miles away, set up camp, laid out antlers and fortifications, and sent a large number of sentries in front of the village to monitor the movements of Cao's army.
Cao Ying, inside the big tent of the Chinese army, is full of the main generals of the Cao army, and they are discussing ways to get out of the predicament.
For Cao Jun, it is now impossible to advance or retreat, although Xu Huang has led people to collect three or four hundred fishing boats in the fishing villages along the riverbank, which can cross more than 2,000 people at a time, but this is of no help to more than 80,000 soldiers and horses.
It can only go back and forth four times in an hour, and more than 80,000 soldiers and horses plus grain and grass need nearly 50 round-trips, and it takes two days and two nights to complete.
Such a big movement could not hide the Gongsun army at all, and the time when the river was crossed was the time when the Gongsun army raided.
Unless Cao Cao abandoned the 80,000 army and only led a cadre of major generals to cross the river and escape, but this was obviously impossible, abandoning the 80,000 main army, especially the tiger and leopard cavalry and the tiger guard army were still among them, even if Cao Cao fled back to Xudu, he could only wait for Gongsun Bai to enter Xudu with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
Just when the generals were helpless, suddenly a small colonel rushed in outside the tent: "Qi Yu Lord, Pushui is upstream, there are a large number of ships going down the water, and the enemy and I are unknown" is unfinished
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