Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

But Xu Huang has only one person, and he can only stabilize one door, and cannot take care of the other three.

After many days of fierce fighting, Yuan Jun had already figured out this point, sent people to entangle Xu Huang, and increased his troops to storm the other three gates.

As the soldiers continued to report good news, Yuan Shu was ecstatic in his heart. After more than a month of hard work, he finally broke the city.

Seeing that the capture of Liu Xie was just around the corner, Yuan Shu was so excited that he ignored the persuasion of his subordinates and others, and headed to the city with the army.

But as soon as he entered the city, he learned that Cao Hong, Cao Cao's general, led an army to raid the camp.

Hearing the news, Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, his face flushed slightly, and he ordered to the general beside him, "Take down the city with all your strength, capture Liu Xie, and defend the city to the death."

The general looked distressed and said: "My lord, Xu Huang's gate may not be able to capture it for a while."

"Crack!" Yuan Shu raised his horsewhip, and lashed the general. "No matter what method you use, you must occupy the city, otherwise it will be dealt with according to military law."

"Yes!" Misfortune came out of his mouth, and if he was whipped for no reason, he would pull his horse away helplessly to pass the order.

Chapter 368 General Cao Cao

"Drive!" Yuan Shu clamped his horse's belly and galloped forward for tens of meters. Suddenly, he stopped the horse and pulled it out of the city.

Yuan Shu's sudden choice to leave caused the soldiers in the city to retreat, hesitated for a while, and left the defenders with a short respite.

At this time, the only north gate in Xu Huang's hands was full of remnants, Liu Xie and ministers who had retreated from the palace.

The armor on Xu Huang's body was covered with blood, and after repelling a wave of Yuan Jun's attack, he hurried towards Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Jun's attack has slowed down. It should be that Cao Cao's reinforcements have arrived."

Liu Xie, who was still in shock, heard this and immediately looked out of the city. He saw that Yuan's army was divided into two groups, one was gathering towards the camp, and the other was rushing towards the city gate.

"Well, it seems really possible." Liu Xie said: "Xu Aiqing, the imperial army will be handed over to you temporarily, and cooperate with Cao Jun to take back the city."

Xu Huang cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go right away."

Xu Huang's troops in the city took the opportunity to counterattack, and Cao Hong attacked the camp outside the city.

The defeat was obvious, no matter how Yuan Shu roared and ordered, Yuan Jun just couldn't organize a strong counterattack.

The situation of the battle changed suddenly, the camp was broken, Yuan Shu was set up by his subordinates, he hurriedly retreated fifty li, and set up camp again.

Seeing Yuan Shu retreating, Cao Hong gathered the soldiers, escorted the prisoners into the city, and controlled the city together with Xu Huang.

After fighting hard for more than a month, most of the soldiers and horses were lost. Seeing that the great success was accomplished, but Cao Hong suddenly intervened, Yuan Shu was furious.

As soon as the main village was erected, Yuan Shu summoned his generals angrily and scolded them bloody.

After venting his anger, Yuan Shu roared, "No matter what method you use, you must take the city tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

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Seeing Yuan Shu was furious, all the generals quickly stood up and took orders, fearing that something bad would happen and they would get angry for no reason.

But as Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu's mastermind, he had no choice but to bear his anger and come out to persuade him.

"My lord, the army is exhausted and we can't fight any more. Otherwise, if Cao Cao's troops go out of Chenliu, I'm afraid the momentum gathered in this battle, my lord, will be wiped out."

It's good to see it, Yuan Shu also thought in his heart, but this is good, he didn't achieve what he wanted.

"Hell Master Boxiu is so alarmist. Runan is guarded by general Ji Ling leading an army of [-], and Yang Feng and others help. Even if Cao Cao wants to attack, it will take a lot of energy."

"However, if Cao Cao divides his troops into Chenliu, there will be no troops to support Xu County. How could Cao Cao not know which is more important, so he will definitely gather a large number of troops to come to support."

"If Benzhou Mu catches Xu County ahead of him, Cao Cao will return without success. This is killing two birds with one stone, so why not do it."

Yuan Shu's self-righteous view made Yan Xiang look helpless. "My lord, Cao Cao has occupied all the prefectures in Sili and received the remnants of Li Jue. His strength must have greatly increased. Don't underestimate it."

Yuan Shu said displeased: "Even if Cao Cao really divides his army into two groups, as long as he breaks through the city first, he can only return in vain."

"Ah!" Yuan Shu was determined, Yan Xiang sighed and shook his head in silence.

Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang, but he didn't say anything. Anyway, he would not be reconciled if he didn't win the city.

Although Yuan Jun retreated fifty miles in a hurry and did not cause much loss, the morale that had been suffocating all the time disappeared with the retreat.

From Xuzhou to Xuxian, they have been fighting fiercely for more than a year. Although the hard battle is only a few months, their thoughts of missing their loved ones are indeed getting heavier.

Knowing that Yuan Shu was about to attack the city, Yuan Jun's camp was filled with sadness and eager longing.

Early the next morning, Yuan Jun regrouped and rushed towards Xu County dejectedly.

When the war drum sounded, Yuan Jun launched a fierce attack, but the defenders rested overnight, and reinforcements arrived, and their morale was already full.

One ebbs and another, Yuan Jun attacked hard, even going up the city, leaving corpses everywhere.

When Yuan Shu heard about the situation, he was also very angry. He disregarded everyone's persuasion and beheaded several generals in succession, which has already boosted the morale of the army.

There is no hope of breaking the city, the morale of the army is lax, and the soldiers are centrifugal. All hidden dangers are sprouting and growing rapidly.

After three days of hard work, Cao Cao also led the army to arrive. Yuan Shu had no choice but to gather the soldiers and retreat slowly.

After losing soldiers and generals, they retreated in the end. The generals under Yuan Shu's command were even more dissatisfied.

Before Yuan Shu returned to Runan, a worse news came. Runan was attacked by Xiahou Dun, and Ji Ling and Yang Feng led the army to retreat to Chenjun.

The successive defeats caused Yuan Shu's reputation to decline rapidly, and some subordinates also took the opportunity to escape and occupy the city, ignoring orders.

The one war ruined his life, and it should be Yuan Shu at this time, which is the most suitable. In order to save the decadent trend, Yuan Shu also racked his brains.

Looking back at Xu County, because of Cao Cao's arrival, the situation in Xu County has also changed a lot.

After more than ten days, Xu County recovered from the war and everything was on the right track.

Liu Xie also swallowed the bitter fruit of the high-spirited and confident promise at the beginning. After all, it has been proved that Cao Cao is stronger than him.

Except that the imperial palace was guarded by the forbidden army, Liu Xie gave Cao Cao all the power, and named him a general, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and gave orders in the court with peace of mind.

As for Cao Cao's proposal, Liu Xie also agreed to all of them, including recalling the envoys from Youzhou, accepting Cao Cao's eldest daughter as the queen, and changing Xu County to Xuchang.

After a series of changes, Cao Cao has obviously become the second person under Liu Xie, and all the military power is in his hands.

And Xu Huang, the general in this battle, was also idled by Liu Xie. It seems that it is hopeless to return to the battlefield.

Time flies like an arrow, and a new year is ushered in. Cao Cao has nothing to do this day, so he decides to visit the person he has wanted to see for a long time.