Chapter 1072: Ambush

? Cao Cao had to draw troops and horses from several places before he started.

It is not that simple to arrange to resist Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.

But Zhang Yu didn't know this. He led a large army to attack Cao Jun's front line all the time, and support from the rear continued to come up.

This time, Zhang Yu did not intend to stop, and the army kept advancing.

Zhang Yu led an army to attack Xiyang County, rectified the soldiers and horses there, and handed over the area to Gao Shun, and he turned southwest with an army of 200,000 to attack the Runan area of ​​Yuzhou.

To the north, Zhang Liao finally broke through the Eastern Commandery of Yanzhou, and was already approaching Cao Cao's base camp. At least Chenliu, Xuchang and other places were not far away.

In this way, Cao Cao is actually under great pressure.

He still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, but he is attacked on three sides, and the three sides are still powerful troops.

This made Cao Cao very passive.

Cao Cao encountered an unprecedented crisis and hurriedly mobilized his army.

At this time, Zhang Yu killed Runan, which is also an important economic town. Zhang Yu's defeat of Runan was equivalent to cutting off one of Cao Cao's arms.

The speed was very fast, and Zhang Yu reached Runan without hindrance.

This is the center of gravity of Yuzhou, but it is not far from Yingchuan. Cao Cao also left tens of thousands of troops here.

Runan, the focus of Cao Cao's deployment, almost gathered all the troops in this area there.

Zhang Yu walked for a few days and arrived at a place a hundred miles away from Runan.

"Take Runan and use Runan as the base camp for attacking Yingchuan and Xuchang. As long as you stockpile supplies and soldiers here, you will be able to block Cao Cao's house."

Zhang Yu studied the map, Zhang Liao was in the north, Gao Shun was in the east, and he attacked from the south, holding back a large number of Cao's troops.

Yanzhou is in danger of being besieged on three sides, and Cao Cao is also very difficult.

Runan, although Cao's army has a lot of troops, it can't stop Zhang Yu for long.

Zhang Yu suddenly turned to Runan, which surprised Cao Cao. He even dispatched a small number of soldiers and horses from Runan.

However, Zhang Yu played well, and suddenly turned around, making him very passive.

Cao Cao urgently called Cheng Yu, Xu You and others over.

"Zhang Yu suddenly changed the attack direction, did he know our intentions, or did he have other plans?"

You can't be careless about this matter. Cao Cao didn't figure it out, so he attacked rashly, and the price was too high.

After thinking for a while, Cheng Yu said: "My lord, Zhang Yu probably didn't notice. They attack from three directions, and we have to defend from three directions. In this way, the troops are scattered, and if one place is not defended, the whole line will collapse. .”

As soon as Cao Cao and the others mobilized their troops, Zhang Yu suddenly changed the direction of attack, which caused some problems in their deployment.

"Now, Runan may not be able to keep it. Once Runan is occupied by Zhang Yu, it will be very dangerous." Cao Cao said.

Several people had no choice, Zhang Yu was too strong and blocked them to the door.

At the same time, they had to adjust their strategy.

"My lord, we can delay the time and complete the arrangement only by blocking Zhang Yu in Runan." After the discussion, Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao had no choice but to accept this result.

At this time, Zhang Yu had already brought people to Runan.

Runan City was well built, and there were tens of thousands of defenders inside. It would take several days for Zhang Yu to take it down.

Zhang Yu began to attack Runan City.

Sure enough, the defenders inside were very tenacious, and it took Zhang Yu seven days to defeat Runan.

After defeating Runan City, Zhang Yu had a base, so he immediately sent tens of thousands of troops to follow up.

Zhang Yu intends to build a base here, and then relying on Runan City, Zhang Yu can always attack the enemy's hinterland.

Ten days later, Zhang Yu's army was in place, and 200,000 troops were transferred to Runan City.

In addition, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao also continued to attack fiercely, cooperating with Zhang Yu's actions.

Zhang Yu led an attack, and the target of this attack was Yingchuan.

Yingchuan is definitely one of Cao Cao's hinterlands.

Zhang Yu is about to start attacking Yingchuan.

Zhang Yu was so powerful that he had already reached the door of Cao Cao's house. This made the various families in Yanzhou very scared. Some ran to Luoyang, and some went directly to Zhang Yu's side.

Zhang Yu finally dispatched troops. As soon as the support from the rear arrived, he would attack with 200,000 troops, and hand over Runan to the people in the rear.

Zhang Yu sent troops and rushed directly to Yingyang. If he captured here, he would be able to enter Yingchuan.

Cao Cao has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here.

Only by blocking Zhang Yu here, can they stop Zhang Yu completely.

Cao Jun sent two generals to stop Zhang Yu.

Cao Ren fought against Zhang Xiu, and was here to stop Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu's 200,000 troops passed by, and Cao Jun also had hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers.

Zhang Yu went straight to Yingyang, where Cao Ren defended the city, and Zhang Xiu fought from time to time. Zhang Yu and the others fought for five days, causing heavy casualties, but they could not break through the city.

"Cao Jun is going to fight to the death, this is afraid."

After fighting for a few days, the enemy was very tenacious.

Cao Ren defended, and Zhang Xiu took the risk to attack several times.

After fighting for another three days, Cao Jun was defeated and abandoned the city.

"Chase."

Without much hesitation, Zhang Yu immediately led his troops in pursuit.

Cao Ren still had a lot of soldiers and horses, resisting along the way, Zhang Yu continued to go deeper.

Zhang Yu defeated Cao's army three times a day, beheading more than 13,000 enemy troops.

Cao Jun kept failing, Zhang Yu didn't stay long, and kept going deep.

However, Zhang Yu was not without vigilance, but sent people to investigate carefully in places that were easy to be ambushed.

Zhang Yu attacked continuously, and the assault was very fast.

Cao Ren has been chased by Zhang Yu.

After chasing for two days, Cao Ren still hadn't escaped, so he stayed behind and set up a blocking position to intercept Zhang Yu.

Cao Ren arranged more than 70,000 people and set up a simple defense.

Zhang Yu came after him.

"Cao Ren, you are at the end of the road, why don't you submit to my Tang Dynasty, my king is in the world, and it is irreversible." Zhang Yu said after arriving.

Cao Ren stood up, and then said relaxedly: "Emperor Tang, although you are powerful, we may not necessarily lose. Since we don't belong to each other, we will be bullshit."

It's not that Zhang Yu wants to talk nonsense, but it is necessary.

"Han Sheng, Evil Lai."

"The end will be here."

"Order you two to break through the enemy's defense."

Zhang Yu gave the order, and Huang Zhong and Dian Wei led the way and started to prepare.

Cao Ren looked serious and prepared in the formation.

"General, we can only block Zhang Yu for a long time, and the master's arrangement is finished." Zhang Xiu said with some worry.

"Zhang Yu is too shrewd, it's not that easy to deal with, we can only fight." Cao Ren said.

After a while, Huang Zhong and Dian Wei began to attack.

Zhang Yu did not go into battle in person, Cao Ren was not easy to deal with, so Zhang Yu stayed behind to set up defenses, and at the same time brought reserve troops and horses, ready to support at any time.

After fighting for two hours, Huang Zhong and Dian Wei broke through several defenses of Cao Jun in succession.

"Report, Your Majesty, the enemy army has been found thirty miles to the east."

"Report, Your Majesty, enemy troops have been found thirty miles to the west."

Suddenly, the surrounding scouts came back and reported.