Chapter 816: Pursuit

Seeing the fire in the city, Cao Ang was extremely nervous, and immediately ordered the army to rush in.

Although there were still a small number of troops in the city, and guarding the city gate, Yuan Shu had all fled, and those who stayed would not be desperate, they had already taken off their uniforms and ran away.

Soon the city gate was broken open.

When Cao Ang and the others arrived, the fire was already raging, so there were simply too many of them.

"My lord, it was mainly because several warehouses caught fire. Yuan Shu burned most of the food, and some residential houses also caught fire."

After listening to the report, Cao Ang felt a lot better, at least most of the areas were fine.

"Okay, strengthen the city, and follow me to hunt down Yuan Shu, and don't let Yuan Shu escape." Cao Ang ordered.

Yuan Shu ran away, which had the greatest impact on Cao Cao.

Cao's army was divided into two parts, with 100,000 troops defending Shouchun City, and nearly 200,000 troops chasing Yuan Shu.

"The chasing army only needs to bring five days of dry food and charge desperately." Cao Ang ordered.

Five days, to pursue Yuan Jun with 500,000 yuan, this decision is undoubtedly very bold.

This Cao Ang only asked the soldiers to bring dry food for five days, and some generals were also very surprised.

"You don't need to persuade, just bring dry food for five days. If you can't defeat Yuan Shu within five days, then it's his fate." Cao Ang saw that some generals wanted to persuade him, so he stopped him.

"The 200,000 soldiers and horses are divided into three parts, with 50,000 cavalry in front, 5,000 infantry in the rear, and the rest in the middle." Cao Ang ordered again.

After assigning several generals, Cao Ang said, "Uncle Cheng, there is Uncle Lao in Shouchun City."

Cheng Yu bowed with both hands: "Don't worry, Eldest Young Master, nothing will happen to Shouchun City."

Cao Ang clasped his hands together, then turned around and rode away.

Cao Ang led men to pursue Yuan Shu, and Cheng Yu took over the city.

Afterwards, Cheng Yu immediately dismissed the letter.

"Send the horses to the lord immediately, bring more horses, and change people and horses along the way. You can't stop for a moment." Cheng Yu explained to the soldiers.

Cheng Yu urgently sent a letter to Cao Cao. The first content of the letter was to ask Cao Cao to meet Cao Ang, and the second was to briefly list Cao Ang's performance.

Cao Cao once issued a secret order to Cheng Yu, asking him to carefully observe Cao Ang's performance.

Cheng Yu briefly listed what Cao Ang had done, and then he wrote another letter of belief.

Cheng Yu knew that this Cao Cao would not only believe in him, but would investigate many aspects and then consider it comprehensively. This is Cao Cao's character.

So Cheng Yu wrote it truthfully and did not dare to exaggerate at all.

It is said that Cao Ang led an army to pursue him.

After chasing for half a day, they encountered the rear army left by Yuan Shu.

The 50,000 rear army has been preparing for a while on the road.

Cao Xiu charged twice with 50,000 soldiers and horses, but failed to rush over. Although the damage was not small, he was indeed stopped.

Back before, Yang Hong came to ask Yuan Shu for instructions.

"Your Majesty, the first wave must retain elite soldiers. Although we don't have many elite soldiers now, we must make a decision at this time." Yang Hong said.

Yuan Shu felt distressed, he knew that he didn't have many elite soldiers left.

"Your Majesty, keep the elite soldiers to block the enemy's first wave of attack and let them understand our determination, and once they lose a lot, they will be cautious in the future and dare not pursue too closely."

"Once they easily annihilate our army in the rear, the enemy will surely catch up, which will be very disadvantageous to us."

"Okay, you can make arrangements." Yuan Shu immediately agreed after listening.

Only then did Cao Jun encounter Yuan Jun's strong resistance.

Cao Xiu charged twice, but failed to break through the enemy's formation. Instead, he fell into a state of tug-of-war, so he retreated and waited for the infantry from behind to come up.

Cao Xiu retreated, and after waiting for less than half an hour, Cao Ang came up with an army.

"The three uncles take turns attacking, break through the formation as soon as possible, and immediately pursue the cavalry after breaking through." Cao Ang ordered Cao Ren, Xiahouyuan, and Xiahoudun.

Several generals immediately carried out the order.

At the beginning of the attack, Cao Ren charged up with 20,000 troops.

Cao Ren has a strong impact and kills together.

Then Xia Houyuan attacked again from the side, disrupting Yuan Jun's formation all at once.

In the end, Xiahoudun also launched an attack. He waited for a quarter of an hour, and he waited for Yuan Jun's formation to go wrong before he launched a fatal blow.

After three rounds of impact, Yuan Jun's formation was completely disrupted, and the two sides immediately fell into a melee.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun cleared a path, although it is not big, but Cao Xiu can kill it.

Cao Xiu led the cavalry to launch a strong attack and broke through by force.

Cao Xiu continued to pursue Yuan Jun, while Cao Ang commanded the army to encircle and suppress Yuan Jun.

The battle lasted for almost three hours, and the enemy had not been completely wiped out, but Cao Ang left some soldiers and horses to continue to encircle and wipe out the remnants, and he continued to pursue with the army.

Yang Hong's arrangement was indeed effective. It prevented Cao Jun from saying nothing for a few hours, and made Cao Jun not so optimistic.

If the 500,000 yuan army is like this, let alone chasing the enemy, even if they catch up, they will not be able to fight.

However, Cao Ang is determined, and he is not sure if all Yuan Jun are like this. Even if he knows, he must pursue it.

If they are not wiped out on the road, it will be even more difficult in the future.

Cao Ang continued to pursue.

Cao Ang asked his guards while chasing him.

"Where is Zhang Yu's army? Have you found it?" Cao Ang asked.

It is impossible for Zhang Yu to send 100,000 soldiers and horses without being known. Both Cao Ang and Sun Ce knew and guessed Zhang Yu's purpose.

But they couldn't pinpoint the exact location, and Zhang Yu's army hid intentionally, so it was not so easy to find.

Cao Ang believed that Zhang Yu was trying to ambush Yuan Shu.

"My lord, we can only confirm the approximate seat. It is estimated that Yuan Shu may encounter Zhang Yu's army in two days' time," said the guard beside Cao Ang.

"It doesn't matter, keep chasing. I hope Zhang Yu won't turn against Yuan Shu. At the same time, we must also pay attention not to be attacked by Zhang Yu."

Although the possibility of Zhang Yu attacking him is relatively small, Cao Ang should also pay attention.

At this time Ling Cao was leading an army to ambush, and he really didn't plan to attack Cao Ang, or even Yuan Shu.

As long as Yuan Shu can obediently hand over the Chuanguo Yuxi, then they can fight as they like.

However, it is impossible for Yuan Shu to hand over the Chuanguo Yuxi obediently, so he can only fight first.

"Ling Cao, we can't kill him who enters three times and exits three times. I promise, we will definitely get the Chuan Guo Yuxi." Dian Wei said.

"It's a beautiful idea. It's related to the master's general strategy. We only need to pass on the national jade seal, and nothing else will happen." Ling Cao said.

Dian Wei didn't dare not listen to Ling Cao. Although Ling Cao was not good at force, he was able to lead troops well. The key was that he was the first to follow Zhang Yu.

"Let's allocate some. You are responsible for cutting off their army, and I am responsible for storming their army formation, forcing them to hand over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo." Ling Cao said.

Dian Wei was a bit reluctant, he wanted to attack the army, but he was also afraid that he would be happy to kill, so he forgot the business.