Nearly 70,000 Cao troops suddenly let out a shaking scream in the night, as if even the stars in the night sky were trembling.

Cao Hong's eyes were already red from anger. At this moment, he launched an attack, and he rushed the fastest. Even if he lost his war horse, he ran far ahead of many soldiers.

As he got closer and closer to the city wall, Cao Hong vaguely saw the Han soldiers on the city wall running around in groups, looking very anxious.

"It seems that the Han army is indeed unprepared. When we see our army launching a raid, the soldiers guarding the city were so panicked. Someone fled in a hurry. The victory tonight is ultimately in the hands of our army."

Cao Hong was very confident and ran his feet harder.

However, just as he ran to the city only more than 200 steps, the situation he saw became clearer, but he began to feel something was wrong.

There was a huge black shadow about ten feet away on the city wall. Next to each black shadow, two or three soldiers stood, one of them holding a torch, and the other two were busy with something.

Cao Hong suddenly became confused and instinctively wanted to get closer and see more clearly.

However, when he really ran forward dozens of steps, his face turned pale after seeing the object clearly.

"This...this is..."

He knew very well about this thing. This thing is called Liu He's first sharp weapon to defend the city. With this thing alone, thousands of soldiers can guard a city, making it difficult for the enemy troops ten times more powerful than him to get close to. Their power is unparalleled in the world.

"Shocking crossbow!"

Cao Hong was shocked and in a hurry, he stopped and shouted at the Cao army surrounding him who were charging.

"Stop, stop quickly... the enemy is ambushing..."

However, amid the shouts of killing among the tens of thousands of people, Cao Hong, alone, could he shout out so many sounds that several people could hear?

Except for the dozens of Cao troops around him who stopped, the vast majority of the remaining soldiers were still moving forward bravely, as if they were fearless of death.

A loud shout suddenly came from above the city wall: "Let it go!"

This word, in Cao Hong's ears, seemed like a death-induced spell, making him fall into an ice cave.

"Soul..."

Countless crossbow arrows were shot out in an instant, and the thousands of Cao troops rushed in front of them. Before they could understand what was going on, many people were killed by arrows.

"Ah...there are traps..."

"Wow...it hurts so much..."

The vanguards of Cao's army were either heart-wrenchingly painful or fleeing backwards. However, the soldiers farther behind him did not know the situation of the battle ahead, and they continued to rush forward one by one. The two sides immediately collided, and the 20,000 to 30,000 people in the front half of Cao's army fell into chaos for a moment.

After the shocked crossbow fired a wave, after only a few breaths, the second wave of crossbow arrows shot up again. At this moment, Cao's army was so chaotic, which was really worse.

"Retreat quickly... Don't be frantically, otherwise you will be forced to do nothing! Retreat in an orderly manner, retreat quickly..."

Cao Hong raised his sword and killed several soldiers who kept orders, and fled in a panic, even as he knocked over other soldiers. This method really worked.

These Cao troops were originally elites under Cao Cao's command. They were diligent in training on weekdays and were strict in military discipline. After Cao Hong ran around and cut off a few heads to intimidate him, the army was indeed gradually calmed down.

But even so, under the continuous rain of arrows, thousands of soldiers were killed in less than a quarter of an hour, and thousands of people were injured and wailed, which greatly affected the morale of the army.

At this time, Cao Cao and the four great strategists rushed to the front line. When they saw this scene, they were both shocked and angry.

Xi Zhong hurriedly said: "Lord, it seems that the Han army's plan is extremely far-reaching. When our army attacked the city yesterday, we did not see Gao Shun using the Jingshen crossbow, and we never saw this after our army entered the city. Now they suddenly set up so many crossbows, I'm afraid..."

Speaking of this, Xi Zhong seemed to realize that the result he guessed was so scary that he himself dared not say it out.

Cao Cao said for him: "I'm afraid that Liu He had already set up this series of plans when he sent Gao Shun to Chenliu, even..."

He looked at the crossbow arrows that were constantly shooting out under the firelight on the city wall in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Even... we captured the city yesterday, and there will be changes tonight, which is probably under his early calculations..."

"hiss……"

Cheng Yu couldn't help but suck in the cold air.

"If this is the case, Liu He will... be too terrible..."

Cao Cao no longer cared about whether Liu He was terrible. He immediately shouted: "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, the entire army retreated south, retreated into Yuzhou, and reorganized his troops."

"Lord, but the troops from the West and North Second Gate, and two generals Xiahou, they..."

In a hurry, Xi Zhong called out directly, but Guo Jia stopped him and shook his head at him.

Only then did Xi Zhong realize that Cao Cao's eyebrows were almost standing upright, and his expression seemed extremely painful.

"My subordinates are wrong... I am afraid that the lord is the most heartbreaking and reluctant to leave..."

Cao Cao did not say anything extra: "I will send the order and the whole army will travel overnight. When I arrived in Wu County, the troops were divided into two groups. Cao Hong led 40,000 troops to Xuchang. I led the remaining troops to Qiao County and rushed to the road with all my strength. I will not rest in the middle. Those who violate the order will be killed."

Cao Hong, who received the military order, hurried over and came to Cao Cao in front of him in a sweat.

"Meng De, you can't withdraw it! Yuan Rang and Miaocai returned..."

Guo Jia grabbed him: "General Zi Lian, don't say anything more. The lord is already uncomfortable enough. Why do you have to pick his wound again?"

Cao Hong looked at Cao Cao's face and then sighed a long time, but then he spoke again: "But why retreat south? Go east and you can join Zixiao and his Xuzhou troops, which is better?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No. Our army retreated to the east and the Han army in Beicheng will come to intercept it after the victory of the Han army. Moreover, if Liu He had such a far-reaching plan, how could his layout be in just one Chenliu City?"

Cao Hong was stunned: "Meng De means..."

Cheng Yu continued, "It seems that the two battle situations in Youzhou and Liangzhou are not as expected by us. At least, Gongsun Fan of Youzhou is still unknown whether he is dead or alive at this moment. Once Gongsun Fan is dead, Xu Huang, the three troops of Guan Yu will go south together. Even if our army meets with General Cao Ren, we can only defend Xuzhou at most. The land of Yan and Yu will inevitably be lost in a few days."

Cao Hong then realized: "So that's it. Therefore, we have to guard the key places that went south from Chenliu to Yuzhou, and guard these passes. We have been carefully arranged here in the past few years. Even if Liu He comes in person, he may not be able to capture it."

Cao Cao looked at the West with a deep look and murmured to himself: "Liu He... Cao admitted defeat this time, but I will never admit defeat. You and I will see each other again in the future. Yuan Rang, Miaocai, wait for me to come back to save you..."
Chapter completed!