Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

Xia Houyuan nodded and said: "Okay, pass on the order to let Lu Bu go, and attack the city with all our strength, and we must take the city in the dark."

"Yes!" A messenger saluted with his fists cupped, and hurried out of the tent to send the order.

On the battlefield in the distance, Cao Hong looked at Lu Bu who was approaching every step of the way, and felt distressed in his heart, but he didn't dare to let him go, so he could only hide in crowded places.

"General Cao, leave and fight with me!" Lu Bu was also impatient, so he chased Cao Hong desperately, wanting to kill him to break the morale of Cao's army, and protect his family to break out as soon as possible.

But Cao Hong was like a monkey, just avoiding the crowd of Cao Jun, and never confronted him head-on.

This left Lu Bu with nowhere to use his strength, and he was afraid that his family members would be attacked, so he could only give up his intention of beheading and return to the front of the family members' line in angrily.

"Soldiers! Follow closely, protect your family and charge forward!" Lu Bu shouted, gathering soldiers to open the way ahead.

Seeing this, Cao Hong was about to give the order to intercept, when suddenly he rode forward quickly.

"Woo!" The soldier on horseback saluted, and quickly said, "Report! General Xia Hou has an order to let Lu Bu break through and leave, and take the city as soon as possible after dark."

Although he didn't know why Xia Houyuan let Lv Bu go, this method was exactly what Cao Hong wanted, so he quickly ordered the army to move out of the way and let Lv Bu go.

Cao Jun's intentional avoidance made Lu Bu feel a lot easier, and within half an hour, he had already broken out of the encirclement.

Let Lu Bu go, Cao Jun began to attack the city desperately.

At first, the defenders resisted desperately, thinking that Lu Bu would return to the city as before.

But after an hour passed, there was no sign of Lu Bu outside the city, and the defenders began to panic and gradually lost their sense of proportion.

No matter how encouraged Wei Xu was, his morale just couldn't gather, and he could only watch helplessly as Cao Jun occupied most of the city tower.

In desperation, Wei Xu had no choice but to ask Zhang Liao at the south gate for help, begging to guard for a while longer.

However, because Zhang Liao was in charge of the south gate, there was no chaos for a while, and Cao Chun, who was attacking the city, had just been repulsed. At this time, he was waiting for the next wave of Cao's offensive.

Standing on the city tower, Zhang Liao frowned as he looked at Cao's troops approaching from a distance, thinking that it would be difficult to guard until dark.

"Report! Cao's army has occupied most of the north gate. General Wei Xu is waiting for reinforcements. Please send reinforcements quickly."

"Huh?" Zhang Liao turned his head to look at the blood-soaked soldier, his face becoming more and more cold. "Lieutenant Wang, you lead the headquarters to support as soon as possible, and you must stick to it until dark!"

"Yes!" Xiaowei Wang, who had been called, saluted with his fists in his hands, and then turned and left with big strides.

"Report! The east gate is urgent! General Cheng Lian asks for reinforcements." Just then, another soldier hurried over.

Zhang Liao rolled his eyes a few times, and shouted to Xiaowei Wang who was about to go downstairs: "Lieutenant Wang is back! No support is needed!"

Hearing Zhang Liao's order, everyone was puzzled. Could it be that they just watched Sanmen Xiangji fall?

Zhang Liao didn't explain, and said to the soldiers on standby, "Go ahead and tell the guards of the three gates to lead the troops to the south gate. Go!"

Hearing the order, the soldiers hurried away to deliver the order.

Seeing the soldiers leaving, Zhang Liao said to Captain Wang who had returned to the side: "You lead your headquarters to the treasury. If Cao's army arrives, you will set fire to the treasury."

Wang Xiaowei asked suspiciously: "General Zhang, why don't you burn it now, and wait until Cao Jun attacks?"

Zhang Liao replied: "There is not much food and grass in the city. If it is burned down, countless people will starve to death. Let it be left to Cao Jun."

"The general is merciful, I can't do it!" Wang Xiaowei said with admiration from the heart, and led the headquarters to leave quickly.

Zhang Liao also had nothing to do, if he didn't burn the treasury, Cao Jun would probably attack the south gate with all his strength if he captured the three gates, and he might not be able to defend it until it was dark.

But the treasury is on fire, and Cao Jun will definitely send troops to rescue it, so naturally he can buy some time.

After the general order was delivered, the other three generals standing guard hurriedly gathered the remaining soldiers and withdrew to the south gate.

And Cao Jun was overjoyed when he suddenly easily occupied the city tower, so he hurriedly passed the news back to Cao Ying.

When Xia Houyuan learned that the three gates had been occupied, he immediately ordered the camp to enter the city, and he took the lead in guarding more than a hundred people, and rushed to the city to preside over the overall situation.

After entering the city, Xia Houyuan was in a good mood, and said to Cheng Yu, "Zhongde, stay here for a while, I can't rest assured, I can finally sleep peacefully."

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "It's still one step away. This Zhang Liao of the South Gate, watching him these days, he is very proficient in arranging formations. He can be called a good general. We still have to take him down as soon as possible to avoid accidents."

"Well, that's right, then I'll wait..." Xia Houyuan replied with a smile on his face, and suddenly saw a trace of fire rising in the sky ahead, and his smile froze on the spot.

"Not good! Where is it? Go check it out, why is there a fire?" Xia Houyuan smiled and asked someone to check it.

Seeing that he was so nervous, the guards at the side hurried to inquire about him.

Cheng Yu looked into his eyes, and was also shocked in his heart, and exclaimed involuntarily: "Where can it be the treasury?"

Chapter 319 Breakthrough

"Cock!"

Shocked, Xia Houyuan hurriedly speeded up and rushed towards the direction of the fireworks.

"Woo!" Halfway through the rush, the guards who went to investigate rushed back to report. "General! The fire ahead is the treasury in the city!"

"what!"

"what!"

I had already guessed something in my heart, but when I got the confirmation, I couldn't help but exclaim.

Cheng Yu was the first to react, and advised Xia Houyuan: "The general quickly send people to put out the fire, otherwise the food in the city will be destroyed, and I'm afraid there will be no food in danger!"

Xia Houyuan anxiously shouted to the guards beside him: "Hurry up and send an order to let the attacking army divide a part to fight the fire. Be sure to extinguish the fire before it spreads."

"Yes!" Sanqi got the order and hurried to the south gate.

After Xia Houyuan gave the order, he hurriedly led the remaining guards to the treasury.

Outside the treasury, Lieutenant Wang led five hundred soldiers from his headquarters, struggling to resist the rushing Cao army.

"Master Lieutenant, there are more and more Cao troops, let's retreat!" Sima of the first army said in horror with blood on his face.

Wang Xiaowei held the bloody long sword and shouted angrily: "If I hold on here for a while, I can buy a little more time for the brothers at the South Gate. Besides, the fire is still small, so how can you retreat easily? If you are timid and afraid If you die, just leave alone!"

"Ah!" Jun Sima sighed, and continued to rush forward to Cao Jun.

Captain Wang knew in his heart that the bigger the fire, the safer they would be when they retreated.

Half an hour later, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more Cao troops. Seeing that the time was ripe, Captain Wang quickly led the remnant soldiers and broke out of the encirclement.

Everything was as Xiaowei Wang thought. Cao Jun didn't put his mind on them, he just occupied the treasury and started to fight the fire.

And Zhang Liao at the south gate saw that Cao Jun's offensive was slowing down, so he knew that it must be the treasury that attracted Cao Jun's energy.