Seven Hundred and Fortieth Chapters Gains and Losses

"It's tragic, it's too tragic. I didn't expect Chen Gong to play such a big game." Zhang Yu said after receiving the front-line intelligence again.

Guo Jia also said with emotion: "Yeah, I didn't expect that the defenders in the city would take the opportunity to fight out. We are not afraid at all that we and Yuan Shao will take the opportunity to seize the city."

Chen Gong is a big player, sending hundreds of thousands of troops out, he is not afraid of Zhang Yu and the others capturing the city, nor is he afraid of them setting up a larger encirclement circle on the outside to encircle all their troops.

In fact, although Chen Gong took the risk, it was not without consideration. The three parties did not trust each other, so it was difficult to organize such a large-scale siege at this time.

If these troops were under the unified command of one person, then Chen Gong's strategy today would definitely ruin him.

But they are three people and cannot be unified in command.

Cao Cao's army was finally defeated by Xuzhou's army.

The tens of thousands of troops under siege were all annihilated.

However, Lu Bu repelled the interception of Xu Chu and others abruptly, and organized an army of 20,000 to pursue and kill them again.

This time, more than 30,000 troops gathered around Cao Cao, half of whom fled from the battlefield and were regrouped and reorganized.

The two sides fought again.

This time, generals such as Xu Chu and Xia Houyuan were able to stabilize their positions and were not defeated by Lu Bu.

Cao Cao and the others blocked Lu Bu and responded to part of the defeated army.

Many Cao generals began to break through, and finally came back one by one.

But most of their soldiers and horses failed to bring back.

The most general will only have more than 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Cao Cao retreated with more than 70,000 defeated troops.

Lu Bu retreated after chasing and killing for more than ten miles.

If the pursuit continues all the way, the Cao army may really be defeated.

But Lu Bu didn't dare. If he pursued too far, Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao might cut off his retreat.

Cao Cao retreated all the way,

My heart is bleeding all the time.

Of the 230,000 troops, only more than 70,000 troops came back in the end. This loss is simply unbearable.

Of course, there are still many disbanded troops on the battlefield, and there may be 10,000 to 20,000 people gathered together, but even if these people come back, it will be difficult for them to have combat effectiveness in a short time.

Cao Cao was defeated, and the defeat was quite heavy.

"Hahaha, Cao Aman actually has today. Seeing him go back in a state of embarrassment is really satisfying."

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he received the final information.

Cao Cao has always been his archenemy. Although he cooperated this time, it cannot change the fact of the enemy.

After Lu Bu came back, he began to count the seized and count the casualties.

The big victory naturally resulted in countless seizures, and a large amount of food, grass and military equipment fell into Lu Bu's hands.

Rivers of blood flowed on the battlefield, and nearly 200,000 troops died on the battlefield.

World War I killed more than 200,000 people, and it was a tragic war.

However, Lu Bu was very happy and returned with a big victory.

Statistics did not come out until the next day.

Lu Bu himself suffered more than 60,000 casualties, and killed more than 100,000 enemy troops from all three sides.

The materials seized are even more numerous.

"Gongtai, you should take the lead in this big victory." After the statistics came out, Lu Bu said excitedly.

A big victory, an unprecedented big victory, Lu Bu was naturally happy, but Chen Gong was not very happy.

"We have beaten back a group of soldiers and horses, and there are two more groups of soldiers and horses. Yuan Shao and Zhang Yu have not lost much, and they will make a comeback soon. And we lost more than 60,000 people in this battle, and the next defense will not be easy."

Chen Gong was not dazzled by the victory in front of him, but thought of the arrangements behind.

Xiapi City was much happier, but Cao Cao was gloomy at this time.

Cao Cao retreated dozens of miles before stopping to rest.

As soon as he stopped, Cao Cao had a headache and fell down.

Cao Cao suppressed the news and dared not let ordinary soldiers know.

"Zhongde, I was too careless. We suffered such a big defeat and the army lost too much. What should we do?" Cao Cao asked weakly.

Cheng Yu has been thinking along the way, and a big defeat is doomed.

"My lord, defeat is a defeat, but we can't just retreat, so we retreat like this. After Yuan Shao and Zhang Yu eliminate Lu Bu, we will attack the Xuzhou land we have already occupied. If it is serious, we may be attacked by Yuan Shao. With Zhang Yu on both sides, then we will be at our most critical time." Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao thought about it, and it was really uncomfortable for him to give up the land he had already occupied. If they showed weakness at this time, whether it was real weakness or fake weakness, Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao might come to besiege him.

If it were Cao Cao, if he had the opportunity to kill Zhang Yu and Yuan Shaozhong, he would do it without hesitation.

"My lord, let's rest here for two days and redistribute the army. Let the generals lead thousands of soldiers and horses, and then go to participate in the battle of Xiapi again. At the same time, let the rear send more troops to support. In addition, recruit troops immediately. Ma, make up for the loss."

Cheng Yu gave Cao Cao a series of suggestions.

"Okay, as Zhongde said, but please return to Xuchang immediately, Mr. Zhongde, to preside over the overall situation."

Cao Cao knew that there must be a talented, capable, and trusted person in the rear to preside over the overall situation.

Mobilizing soldiers and horses from the rear again is not simply a matter of simply pulling the soldiers over.

There are still Li Jue, Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu around Cao Cao. Although they may not dare to take the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, there is no absolute chance at night, and the situation may change soon.

At the same time, Cao Cao ordered Zhang Fei to come over. Originally, he wanted to separate Zhang Fei from Guan Yu, but at this time he wanted Zhang Fei to contribute, and at the same time, Cao Cao was not at ease.

Zhang Fei is a fierce general, and he just contributed his strength at this time.

Cao Cao readjusted his army and horses, while Zhang Yu and Yuan Shao surrounded Xiapi City again.

Outside the city of Xiapi, it was once again surrounded by a large army.

However, encirclement is encirclement, but there is no attack.

"Feng Xiao, what's Cao Cao's plan? He didn't retreat to the rear."

Two days after the war, Cao Cao did not leave, which made Zhang Yu very strange.

Guo Jia pondered for a while, then said after analysis: "I can't guess well, maybe he still wants to make a comeback. If he retreats, the Xuzhou territory we captured will definitely be divided up by us."

"No matter Cao Cao, unless he mobilizes the army again, there is no threat. Now we have to consider how to capture this city of Xiapi." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu and Guo Jia began to study how to break through Xiapi City. For the time being, it was only him and Yuan Shao.

After some analysis, Guo Jia said: "There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the city. If we attack by force, although it will be quite large, we should be able to break through the city within two or three months."

"Then go to Yuan Shao and launch an attack together, and break through Xiapi City as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams." Zhang Yu said.

This time Lu Bu went out of the city to attack. Fortunately, the main targets of the attack were Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was the most unlucky, because he was too ambitious and suffered a big loss in the end.

(End of this chapter) The strongest system to control the Three Kingdoms