Chapter 938

Cao Cao's army was rapidly retreating. Now it suddenly met with an army that was blocked. All of a sudden, all the fleeing soldiers panicked and began to break through in all directions.

Everyone knows that once they are stopped, the pursuers in the rear will be slaughtered, so they immediately start running around and running around.

This scene fell in the eyes of Cao Cao, who was even more eager.

It's not good.

Cao Cao immediately ordered the whole army to break through the encirclement, but also made Xia Houyuan and Dian Wei lead the way together. Xia Houyuan and Dian Wei rushed forward together, but the front soldiers also broke through the defense line of the black mountain army and began to retreat quickly.

But the Cao soldiers who really broke through the encirclement and left, after all, were a few.

Most people, they're blocked.

Although Zhang Yan was the leader of the Montenegrin army, the Montenegrin army was not weak. In particular, Cao's way was blocked by the black mountain army. In the formation, there were long spears in twos and threes everywhere. Each soldier held a long spear and kept on fighting.

As far as the Heishan army is concerned, as long as the retreat speed of Cao's soldiers is delayed, the fierce tiger army and Baima Yicong will be able to catch up and kill countless Cao's soldiers.

This is Zhang Yan's plan.

Fighting on the battlefield, fighting as a regiment.

More and more Cao's troops were killed. After all, more and more Cao's troops were blocked, attacked and killed.

"I surrender!"

In the crowd, suddenly there were Cao soldiers who surrendered. As soon as the surrendering soldiers appeared, the situation on the whole battlefield immediately changed. More and more soldiers surrendered and no longer resisted.

Cao's fleeing army was defeated like a mountain, and the whole army was defeated.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Cao Cao, who has broken through the encirclement in front of us, gives a loud order. Although he had escaped, Cao Cao was not satisfied with it. If only he escaped and all his soldiers were taken down, he would be a lonely man, and the soldiers would have to break through and retreat together.

Unfortunately, a large number of Cao's soldiers were blocked, and only a few of them were able to retreat.

In this war, Zhang Xiu's military strength was no less than Cao Cao's. There are more than 50000 people in the two armies of Langya camp and liehu army. Taking into account the battle of Heishan army, Baima Yicong, Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao, more than 80000 elite soldiers were invested.

On the other hand, from the beginning, Cao Cao had 80000 people. When he finally left Puyang County to cover up, Cao Cao's troops lost more than 10000 people, which was actually weaker than Zhang Xiu's in the total number of troops.

What's more, it is now in a rout.

Cao Cao's rapid retreat, even worried about the situation in the rear, but also helpless. Because in the current situation, he has been unable to control the situation, can only continue to retreat, get rid of the pursuit of the rear.

Cao Cao quickly retreated for more than half an hour, even far away from Puyang County. At this time, he stopped to rest. Cao Cao did not dare to go back to Puyang County.

Because he can't keep it.

The look on Cao Cao's face was gloomy. Because of this war, he damaged Lv Bu and Xu Chu, two generals. For Cao Cao, the loss was no less than 30000 or 50000 people.

Xia Houyuan counted the losses and soon came to Cao Cao's side. He looked embarrassed and sighed: "Your Highness, the losses in this war have been counted."

Cao Cao said, "say it!"

Xia Houyuan replied, "the army that escaped with us is less than 6000. The rest of the army was occupied. Even in the future, some soldiers will come back to join us, but in this war, we will bring 80000 people, at most 10000 people. "

Gudong!

Cao Cao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked miserable.

Bleak!

There are less than 60000 people in the 80000 army, which is a great loss. Even though Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu fought each other many times and lost to Zhang Xiu several times, he never had such a big defeat.

It's a huge loss.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked, "are there many wounded people in the army today?"

"Not much!"

Xia Houyuan replied: "the soldiers who escaped are in good health. But the morale of the army is very low. We have lost too many soldiers in this war. "

Guo Jia answered and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid Cao Ren can't keep the news of Dongjun when it comes to Yingchuan. Today, Zhang Xiu's troops are no less than 70000 in Dongjun alone, and there are still 70000 in Yingchuan. "

"All in all, Zhang Xiu's attack on the state of Wei is no less than the army of 156000."

"On the other hand, we have less than 40000 troops today."

Guo Jia said: "even if we can barely mobilize the troops from all over the country, and then gather another 30000 or 40000 troops, we can't stop Zhang Xiu."

Cao Cao said, "how do you think about fengxiao?"

Guo Jia said: "at this point, it's no longer cost-effective to meet Zhang Xiu. He suggested that he abandon Dongjun, Yingchuan, Chenliu and other places immediately, and then give up Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and quickly withdraw to Taishan county. We retreated to Taishan County, to Qingzhou and Xuzhou, to avoid the edge of Zhang Xiu. "Cao Cao zhengse way: "if Zhang Xiu fast attack, catch up with us?"

Guo Jia said: "even if Zhang Xiu is in pursuit, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are not stable. He can't go all out to pursue them. Moreover, when we retreated, regardless of Liu Xie, we left the emperor for Zhang Xiu to deal with. At least, use the emperor to restrain Zhang Xiu and avoid her pursuit. "

Xun you sighed: "the meaning of filial piety is to dress lightly and go back to Taishan county. Although the emperor is a puppet, some ministers will be attached to his highness when the emperor is here. If the emperor is not here, I'm afraid some ministers will leave. "

Guo Jia said: "there is no way to take the lesser of the two evils. Leaving the son of heaven is tantamount to giving us an unstable factor. The emperor to Zhang Xiu, at least can delay the speed of Zhang Xiu's attack. Moreover, we have all lost most of our territory. Even if Yuan Xi is arrested, Yuan Shao is expected to make a decision. "

Xun you nodded and said no more.

He agreed with Guo Jia's analysis.

The choice must be made in the current situation. If you want to stick to Xudu, you may be annihilated in Xudu in the end, but you can withdraw from Xudu, at least there is a chance of life.

Cao Cao listened to Xun you's and Guo Jia's suggestions, thought about them for a while, and then said, "in today's situation, we really need to retreat. We can't meet Zhang Xiu any more. If we want to retreat, we must leave some fresh troops behind. If the retreat of the gray, the hands of no troops, I'm afraid even if retreat to Xuzhou, will also be taken to Zhang Xiu. I agree with the proposal of filial piety. "

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo Jia nodded solemnly.

Cao Cao sighed: "it's a pity that Xu Chu has been loyal to our king for many years, but now he died in the battle, and even his body can't be found. We are ashamed of Xu Chu."

Guo Jia said: "Your Highness, it's very normal for a warrior to die in battle. It is expected that if General Xu, he could surrender. He must have been loyal to his highness and unwilling to submit to Zhang Xiu. "

"Alas..."

Cao Cao sighed, endless sorrow.

Up to now, Cao Hong was killed first, then Xia Houdun was killed, and now Xu Chu and Lu Bu are killed. Therefore, Cao Cao is inevitably sad.

Cao Cao let his soldiers rest, and rest for another two quarters of an hour, then quickly withdrew.

This time Cao Cao retreated to Taishan county. At the same time, Cao Cao sent people to send letters to Cao ang, Cheng Yu and Xun Yu in Xudu, and then to Cao Ren stationed in Xiangcheng County, asking everyone to retreat and go to Taishan county to meet.

The news spread quickly.

When the news reached Xudu, Cao ang immediately arranged for people to call Cheng Yu and Xun Yu, took out Cao Cao's letter, let Cheng Yu and Xun Yu check it, and finally said: "Duke Zhong, father, let's retreat. Not only that, but it also makes us give up the emperor. It's urgent. What do you think we should do? "