Chapter 781 Siege again
Gao Shun had no expression on his face, but put his hand into his chest, then took out something from it. It looked white, but there was a lot of blood on it.
Xiahou Dun immediately recognized it: "This... you injected blood into the pig's bladder, blocked your chest, pretending to be shot in an arrow?"
Deputy General Ge laughed proudly: "That's right. My general had already obtained the armor given by His Majesty. How could he hurt him? He just acted on purpose to deceive you, otherwise how could you fall into the trap?"
When Xiahou Dun heard this, he looked shocked, but Xiahou Yuan still didn't believe it.
"No... impossible. I clearly saw that your face was already... cough cough cough... cough cough... blood was gone. I looked through your breath again, and I was really angry... cough cough... exhale."
In desperation, he was injured at home and coughed more and more severely.
Deputy General Ge smiled even harder.
"Haha...haha... It's so ridiculous. Don't you know that the world's number one miracle doctor is in Luoyang? What's the difficulty of using fake death medicine that can surpass you fools? It's just that you are eager to make contributions and never let the military doctor come for inspection."
"This...this...this is so incredible..." The two generals Xiahou were both surprised.
Deputy General Ge said: "Do you think you have won the battle of Chenliu? Hehe, don't be afraid to tell you that from the day your army came to attack Chenliu, until now, all the situations within these days are all in Your Majesty's plan, and there is no difference. Even the words and deeds of the old thief Cao Cao after entering the city were reported by Your Majesty early. Otherwise, how would you think you would suddenly fall to this point? Haha..."
When the second general heard this, although he was very reluctant to admit it, the current situation forced them to face reality.
"Liu He, this son, doesn't want to be so daunting to be so smart. I'm not unfair to lose..."
"Now I hope Meng De can break through... cough cough... break through, make a comeback in the future, and avenge us again."
Gao Shun suddenly spoke: "Relying on Cao Cao? Humph..."
When the two of them heard him snorting coldly, they couldn't help but shake their bodies and their faces were horrified.
"What are you...what are you going to do to Mengde?"
Gao Shun stopped answering, but waved his hand, and a group of Han Wushang who had been re-armed appeared around and surrounded Cao's army.
Outside the south gate, Cao Cao led his army to suddenly enter the camp, and Cao's army quickly gained the upper hand. The Han army retreated step by step. Under the command of the three generals, they quickly gave up the battle and retreated to the west.
"Chasing and killing..."
Cao Hong was already in a state of great success. When he was about to chase after him, he was stopped by Cao Cao.
"No. Although the Han army was defeated, the main force still existed. If you pursue it rashly, you will definitely fall into the trap. Many strange things tonight show that there must be good plans among the Han army, so you must not pursue it."
"But..." Cao Hong looked unwilling.
Cao Cao looked back at the city tower: "For the sake of the present, we must integrate the army outside the city, and then attack the city again to rescue Yuan Rang and Miaocai."
As soon as he mentioned these two people, Cao Hong immediately stopped chasing westward.
"Yes, yes, I almost forgot about the serious business."
Xi Zhong suggested: "Since the West Gate may be a fraud, our army can only go to the East Gate. There are 35,000 garrisons in the East Gate, and they are also guarding about 20,000 Han soldiers. The war is probably in a stalemate. After we integrate this camp of troops, the army will raid the East Gate. We will definitely defeat the Han army in one fell swoop, and then divide the troops into two groups to rescue the North Gate and attack the East Gate."
Guo Jia also agreed: "The Han army still needs to clean up the situation in the city. As the saying goes, soldiers are more important than speed. Our army must arrive at the East Gate as soon as possible and launch an offensive, making it difficult for them to take into account both inside and outside, so that they can have a chance of victory."
Cao Cao nodded slightly: "Okay, follow this plan and set off to the east gate immediately."
Just as the army was about to advance, Cao Cao suddenly ordered: "I ordered the entire army to extinguish the torches and move forward in the dark. We must not teach the Han army to observe our whereabouts on the city tower. Otherwise, they would have been prepared and everything would be stopped."
Everyone suddenly realized: "It's good, it should be so. Now in this dark night, this place is five or six miles away from the city gate. As long as the torch is not lit, the Han army will definitely be difficult to detect. The terrain here is smooth, and our army has been guarding for many days. Even if there is no torch, it can be unobstructed by this faint starlight."
Not long after, nearly 10,000 torches were extinguished in Cao's army and in the military camp. For a moment, Cao's camp instantly fell into darkness.
Although the marching in the dark had slower, Cao's army did not spend much time and rushed to Cao's camp about ten miles outside the east gate.
I saw that there was indeed a fight in Cao's camp, and the soldiers and horses on both sides fought hard to distinguish.
"Kill here!"
With a command from Cao Cao, tens of thousands of Cao troops rushed towards Cao's camp from the darkness.
As Cao Cao expected, the joining of these tens of thousands of soldiers quickly reversed the situation like the South Gate.
Within a quarter of an hour, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties.
However, just like the South Gate, the remaining Han army saw that the momentum was wrong and retreated to the north without hesitation.
Cao Hong hurriedly said, "Lord, they are heading towards the north gate. Will we chase after us?"
Cao Cao frowned and felt suspicious: "It seems that there are also Han troops ambushing at the north gate, so they should not be chased."
Cao Hong said, "But if we don't chase, wouldn't we let tens of thousands of troops in the North Gate be allowed to lose their enemy? I don't think the Han army will have so many traps and ambushing them. After all, they have limited troops. At the end, the general begged 20,000 troops and chased them all the way to the North Gate, and they will definitely be able to take the head of the enemy general and return to the North Gate, and relieve the danger of the North Gate."
Cheng Yu also said: "What General Cao Hong said is reasonable, and I agree with it."
Cao Cao shook his head, "No. Can you wait and see these many series of strategies tonight, which are definitely not made by mediocre people. If there are such wise men in the enemy, how can our army easily succeed in chasing? Now our army has only about 70,000 troops in total, so there must be no more damage. Otherwise, it is unknown whether we can save our lives."
"When we attack the city at this time, the Han army in the city will definitely not expect that after we leave the city, we will not break through the encirclement and escape, but will dare to attack again. Therefore, the defense will inevitably be unscrupulous, and our army will just attack it without preparation."
What he said was difficult to refute for a while, so Cheng Yu had to keep silent.
Cao Cao looked at the city tower in the distance. Although the distance was still far and could not see the defenders above, he could vaguely see only scattered fires on the city tower, and they did not connect into a "line of fire". Therefore, Cao Cao made a quick decision: "Give up the assistance of the north gate, gather all the troops and attack the east gate immediately."
"Abide by the order!"
Cao Hong immediately led a group of military generals to run around the camp to appease the soldiers. Soon, the already scattered morale of the army gathered again.
Cao Cao looked up and asked Guo Jia beside him: "When is it now?"
Guo Jia replied: "It should be the end of the ugly moment, and it will be dawn in one and a half hours."
"Well, since that's the case, no matter what, I have to re-attack Chenliu City before dawn. Liu He's shocking intelligence transmission speed has always made me quite afraid. Although he launched a fierce attack yesterday and instantly captured the city, it was only half a day since then. However, I'm afraid that Liu He may have already learned the news here and will launch reinforcements, so I must guard against it."
Cao Cao thought of Liu He's terrible speed of transmission, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He always felt that things would change, but the situation is like this now, and he can't hesitate again and again.
"Lord..." Cao Hong ran over: "After the army was rectified, will it be time to attack the city?"
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Immediately, immediately, do your best and at all costs to capture Chenliu."
"Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!