The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 248 Cao Cao's Defeat
After Cao Cao returned to the land, he immediately ordered the army to hold on to Fancheng and the camp, and at the same time sent troops to the shore to meet the soldiers who had fled back.

But then the Jingzhou army who came after them began to set fire to Cao Jun's water village, and Cao Jun's Lu village was also very close to the river, and was quickly ignited by the spreading fire.Cao Jun in the stronghold could not hold on, and Fancheng could not hold so many soldiers, so he had to run out to form an array.

At this time, although Cao Jun still had 20 troops, he was panicked and had no fighting spirit.Not long ago, there was still an army of 40 on my side. In just a while, half of them were gone. Who knows what other methods are available on the other side.

In fact, no matter which army, after half of the soldiers died suddenly, the morale of the army would be slackened and there would be no fighting spirit.

Cao Cao and his advisers and generals are all aware of the current situation, but the Jingzhou army will come after them immediately, they can't run away, as long as they abandon the city and flee, they will be defeated immediately.

Fortunately, there is still a city to rely on. Cao Jun in Fancheng looks at the tall and strong city wall, and feels a little bit safe.

Forming outside the city were the front army Xu Huang and the right army Xia Houyuan, with about [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.Cao Cao felt that the Jingzhou Army was small in number after all, and the Jingzhou Army was indeed stronger when fighting on the water, but it should not be Cao's opponent on the shore!

Zhang Wu also knew this, so instead of going ashore to attack Cao Jun's formation immediately, he used the catapult on the boat to project poisonous smoke bombs and kerosene bombs into Cao Jun's formation.

Cao Jun soon couldn't take it anymore. Now Cao Jun is afraid when he sees the fire, and the poisonous smoke made Cao Jun unable to stand, and even his war horses were too poisoned by the poisonous smoke.

Afterwards, Zhang Wu took advantage of the chaos in Cao's army and led his troops ashore to fight. Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and other generals also led their troops ashore one after another.

Xun You in the city said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, the army has no fighting spirit now, the morale of the Jingzhou army is high, and they are releasing poisonous smoke along the wind. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others are all powerful generals in the world, and Zhang Wu is invincible in the world." I'm afraid the soldiers outside the city won't be able to resist! If the soldiers outside the city are defeated, the food and grass in the city will not be enough to hold them for long. Why don't you go out of the city now to meet the army outside the city, and retreat to Wancheng quickly after the cavalry is cut off? .”

Cao Cao also knew that entering the city was too hasty, and a lot of food and grass hadn't been brought in. He originally wanted to make horns with the troops outside the city.

If the troops outside the city are wiped out, the city will not be able to defend for long. Without morale, more troops will be useless.It's better to go out of the city now to meet Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan and retreat to Wancheng together. At least they still have the advantage in numbers. If the cavalry is cut off, they won't lose many people.

Therefore, Cao Cao made a decisive decision, took Zhang Liao as the vanguard, Xiahou Dun stayed behind, Cao Cao led the central army, opened the gate of the city and killed them.

After all, Cao Jun had a large number of people, and the Jingzhou Army couldn't stop it for a while, so the Cao Jun inside the city joined the Cao Jun outside the city and withdrew to Wancheng together, and Xia Houyuan and Zhang Liao led the cavalry to cut off the rear.

So, after Zhang Wu and the generals rushed for a while, seeing Cao's army go far away, and after another cavalry was cut off, they stopped chasing, and the army entered Fancheng.

At the same time, the fire on the Han River gradually extinguished, and Cao Jun's corpses and charred ship parts were floating everywhere on the water, and they slowly drifted downstream.

In this battle, the Jingzhou army wiped out nearly 20 troops of Cao's army on the water, chased them to the shore and killed nearly [-] people, beheaded many generals of Cao's army, and seized a large amount of food, grass, luggage and war horses.

Cao Cao was so frightened by the fire that he fled in a hurry. After returning to Fancheng, he abandoned the city and fled to Wancheng.Although more than half of the soldiers and horses were lost, fortunately they did not lose their lives on the water, nor did the main counselors and generals.

But after Cao Cao learned that Lu Qian died in the sea of ​​fire, his heart ached.Lu Qian is brave and resourceful, capable of writing and martial arts. He is one of Cao Cao's right-hand men. When Cao Cao was the shepherd of Yanzhou, he followed Cao Cao. Can win.

Zhang Wu left Guan Yu to guard Fancheng, and then led his troops back to the Han River to clean the battlefield, and salvaged Cao Jun's corpses one by one for burning, otherwise so many corpses would pollute the water quality, and the people of Xiangyang would still be fishing on the Han River.

This time the burning boat was different from the Battle of Chibi in history, and Cao Jun was not completely wiped out.In the original book, Cao Cao went deep into Jingzhou. After suffering a big defeat, he was chased by Zhou Yu all the way. After fleeing Huarong Road, only 27 cavalry followed him. Among the more than 80 troops, the newly recruited Jingzhou army probably died or ran away, and the elite soldiers brought by Cao Cao from the Central Plains also suffered heavy casualties.

This time Cao Cao's 20 army on the water was basically wiped out, but the 20 army left on land basically ran away, and finally left some property for Cao Cao, but he was unable to conquer Jingzhou after that, at least within ten years I have no ability.

Zhang Wu started to lay out the layout from the time he got the iron chain ship, and finally got Cao Cao tricked. The most critical reason for the success of this game is Cao Cao's ambition to unify the world.Since Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he began to drift a little bit. He abolished Sangong and made himself prime minister, and killed Kong Rong again, thinking that he was invincible in the world.

After being defeated by Zhang Wu again and again, Cao Cao not only did not become cautious, but became a little angry from embarrassment. He always regarded Zhang Wu as the number one enemy, especially after learning that Zhang Wu and Liu Bei were combined. With the help of iron chains and boats, 40 troops were assembled to conquer Jingzhou.

After Cao Cao fled to Wancheng, he finally realized that he had acted too hastily. If there was no navy available, he would not be able to fight Jingzhou or Jiangdong. Iron chains and ships were useless!
Zhang Wu wiped out a large number of Cao Jun's elite soldiers through this battle, and at the same time recaptured Fancheng, eliminating the threat from the north. However, although Cao Cao was defeated, his strength still remained, especially with the presence of elite cavalry, Jingzhou was still temporarily unable to make a northern expedition.

Zhang Wu's next goal is not to go north to attack Cao Cao, but to go east to conquer Jiangdong. Defeating Cao Cao is just to relieve his worries.

Zhang Wu didn't want to take the initiative to attack Cao Cao without strong enough infantry and cavalry. Even though he has so many strong generals under his command now, if he really wants to confront Cao Jun head-on on land, the Jingzhou Army is not an opponent.

But not fighting Cao Cao now doesn't mean not fighting in the future. In Zhang Wu's plan, after acquiring Yizhou and Hanzhong in the future, he will recruit and train infantry in large numbers, and then find a way to get war horses from Liangzhou and other places. Only after [-] cavalry can we fight Cao Jun head-on on the plain.

The capture of Yizhou is not so easy. It is impossible to just go around and surrender. In the original book, Liu Bei went so smoothly at the beginning, but it took nearly three years to succeed in the end.If Zhang Wu wants to take Xichuan, even if he is lucky, there will be a leading party, but at least he has to bring an army of more than [-], and he has to lead the army himself.

This is basically half of Jingzhou's military strength. If you delay in Yizhou for a year or two, even if Cao Cao does not come to fight, it is estimated that Zhou Yu will not miss this good opportunity.Zhou Yu never forgets to look for opportunities to occupy Jingzhou. It can be said that Zhou Yu, as a subordinate, is even more aggressive than Sun Quan, the lord.

(End of this chapter)