Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 258: A Desperate Battle

"Why hasn't there been chaos in Nanyang yet? Where did Che Zhou go?" Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao is also very irritable now, Duyang has been unable to break through for a long time, and Nanyang is not as chaotic as imagined.

It's fine for Wei Kai to be incompetent, and that car helmet has not been heard from for so long.

Cao Cao felt that the incident in Nanyang seemed to exceed his expectations, but where the main force of Nanyang was, they had already investigated clearly in advance, even if there were reinforcements from Guanzhong, it was impossible to arrive so quickly, what went wrong?

"My lord!" At this moment, Yu Jin stepped in quickly, bowed to Cao Cao, and said, "A few soldiers came to report just now. A group of troops from Duyang City rushed out from the west city. There were not many people, so we did not stop them."

Cao Cao encircled Yang, using the method of besieging three ques and one, in order to disintegrate the morale of the soldiers in the city.

Ximen seems to be empty, but in fact he is hiding murderous intentions.

"Not much, how much?" Cao Cao looked at Yu Jin, frowning.

"The sky is too dark to count the soldiers over there, but the number should not exceed five hundred." Yu Jin bowed.

Cao Cao nodded, he didn't take this matter to heart, now that the fight has reached this point, Du Yang must be taken down, and he was about to say something when he saw Niu Jin from Cao Ren's department stepping in quickly.

"What's the matter?" Cao Ren asked when he saw his general.

"My lord, general, Yuan Gong sent ten thousand reinforcements to help, but the soldiers and horses have already arrived outside the camp." Niu Jin saluted Cao Cao, and then said.

"It's only at this time..." Cao Cao thought for a while, and finally nodded. He really lacks this new force now, so he doesn't care about it.

"Zixiao, you follow me to resettle, and the rest of them go back to prepare for the battle. Tomorrow, I must break this block of sun!" Cao Cao said, standing up and looking at everyone.

With 10,000 new troops joining, Du Yang has reached his limit now, and it depends on how long Ma Chao can last tomorrow.

"Here!"

All the generals agreed and retreated, while Cao Cao brought Cao Ren and Niu Jin outside the camp to meet them.

"The last general, Zhang Nan, has met Duke Cao." One of the generals bowed to Cao Cao.

"You don't have to be polite, general, get up quickly!" Cao Cao smiled and helped Zhang Nan up and said, "I wonder how the battle is going, Brother Benchu?"

"General Gao and Hua Xiong fought a few rounds near Jiguan, and each other won and lost. My lord is now stationed in Zhongmou, and is gathering troops from all walks of life, preparing to attack Hulao with all our strength!" Zhang Nan bowed.

Just listen to these words. It is impossible for Zhang Nan to tell Yuan Shao's strategy completely, but the general meaning, Cao Cao understands it, and hasn't fought much yet.

According to the previous speculation, Yuan Shao's mobilization of troops might have to wait until the winter river freezes, but now it seems that Cheng Yu really made the point.

But the battle in Nanyang is almost over.

Cao Cao asked Cao Ren to resettle these soldiers and horses, and while taking Zhang Nan into the account, he asked: "The general came just in time. Our army has attacked Duyang for half a month, and Duyang is exhausted, but our army is too tired now. Xing, I will prepare this final attack tomorrow, I wonder if the general is willing?"

Although Ma Chao is at the end of the road, Cao Cao's situation is not very good. As for handing over the last blow to Zhang Nan... Cao Cao is not worried at all about the other party stealing credit, and it will only be a verbal thank you. Yuzhou came to govern Nanyang? Take it as compensation for giving up Chen Liu.

"That's easy to say." Zhang Nan nodded. He also came here for meritorious service, so he immediately agreed.

"By the way, Duke Cao." When Zhang Nan got up, he seemed to suddenly think of something, looked at Cao Cao and said, "Before the general leaves, my lord has something to ask Duke Cao."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.

"The ten thousand horses that Gongsun Zan left in Qingzhou back then were borrowed by Mr. Cao. Now several years have passed. My lord asked the general to ask Mr. Cao. When will these horses be returned?" Zhang Nan looked at Cao Cao and asked. .

It was the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. After the Qingyou was cut off, Cao Cao invaded Qingzhou in the name of helping Yuan Shao. Later, Gongsun Zan was defeated. Cao Cao did not dare to covet Qingzhou, so he had to lead his army to withdraw from Qingzhou. However, Gongsun Zan stayed in Tianzhou to form cavalry in Qingzhou. The horse from Kai was taken away by Cao Cao.

Originally, this matter is nothing. With the friendship between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also helped Yuan Shao at that time, if the number is small, let it go.

But the tens of thousands of war horses were used by Gongsun Zan to start a full-scale war with Yuan Shao. Any family of princes, including the current Lu Bu, could not be indifferent to tens of thousands of war horses. But it was taken by Cao Cao. Yuan Shao was naturally dissatisfied and asked Cao Cao to ask for it.

There is no horse producing land in the Central Plains, and Cao Cao was worried that he would not have cavalry. He finally got so many horses, how could he be willing to return them, so he sent people to Yuan Shao to cry for poverty and talk about the old friendship. The horses were left behind.

Although Yuan Shao was not angry, he opened his mouth and didn't want to say much. He just sent people to Cao Cao to mention this matter from time to time, to disgust him.

Especially in the past two years, the relationship between Yuan and Cao has become tense. Yuan Shao used this matter to pressure Cao Cao many times.

Hearing Zhang Nan talk about this now, Cao Cao got bored for a while, and immediately thought of those tiger and leopard riders he had died. This is the most distressing part of this battle.

He didn't feel so distressed when 20,000 ordinary soldiers died, but the loss of tiger and leopard cavalry really made Cao Cao uncomfortable.

Naturally, the emotions cannot be vented on Zhang Nan. Cao Cao brewed his emotions, sighed and said: "After this incident, Cao Cao will apologize to Brother Benchu!"

Zhang Nan: "..."

I'm just asking, I don't feel very at ease when you say that.

Seeing that Zhang Nan didn't answer, Cao Cao followed closely and said, "Our army and Lu Bu's main force have already fought a battle in Juan County, and they are also incompetent. Tens of thousands of cavalry were killed in the first battle. At the first shot, it is really powerless!"

When Cao Cao said this, his eyes even turned red.

Zhang Nan: "..."

He regretted asking.

Tens of thousands of cavalry all died in the first battle?

Believe it or not, Zhang Nan doesn't believe it anyway, but looking at Cao Cao's appearance, it is obvious that he is going to let the matter of the horse go straight away. Facing the tear-stained face of Cao Cao at this moment, he could only salute respectfully: "The last general didn't mention it on purpose, Mr. Cao forgive me."

"Don't blame the general, it's because of his incompetence." Cao Cao shook his head quickly: "I hope that the general will talk about this matter with Ben Chu after he returns. It's really... unpredictable!"

Zhang Nan felt as if he had eaten a pile of shit, but he still had to say polite words to Cao Cao with a smirk before leaving.

There was nothing to say all night. In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Nan led his troops to set up a formation in front of Duyang City amidst the sound of loud bugles. Looking at the collapsed city wall, Zhang Nan didn't understand. This Duyang was completely taken down?

"My lord, why..." Xiahoudun and others came to Cao Cao's side, looking at Yuan Jun who was in a split formation, a little puzzled.

This is only one step away from breaking the city, why let others break it.

At the side, Cheng Yu said in a low voice: "So what if he is broken? It is impossible for Yuan Gong to occupy Nanyang, just to let the soldiers rest for a while."

Everyone thought about it, Zhang Nan couldn't come to ask Cao Cao for credit, could he?

No more words at the moment, just watched Yuan Jun start to attack the city, and also looked at Yuan Jun's skills by the way.

At the same time, under Duyang City, Ma Chao, who had slept all night under the collapsed city wall, heard the sound of horns outside the city after eating a bite of meat.

"General, General Deng left with the trapped camp yesterday." A school lieutenant came to Ma Chao and bowed.

"I let it go! They have important things to do, and it's up to them whether I can hold Duyang." Ma Chao took the spear handed by his subordinates, climbed up the tower and watched from a distance, unconsciously, he also learned At first he disdained this kind of behavior, but now he understands it a little bit. Sometimes lies are indeed gentler than the truth.

Hearing that there is still a turning point, everyone can't help but shake their spirits. These little soldiers don't care if there are logical loopholes. They are not that smart. They only know that there is hope.

On the dilapidated city tower, morale has increased.

Ma Chao looked into the distance, but saw that the troops in formation outside the city seemed different from those in the past.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

After watching for a while, Ma Chao looked to the left and right and said: "Assemble the soldiers, I will go out of the city to fight!"

Without the trapping camp, this collapsed city wall can no longer be defended. If so, why not let it go one more time.

Without Lao Deng, no one would stop Ma Chao, but the morale of the generals was obviously not high.

Ma Chao looked at this scene, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Soldiers, have you seen that handsome flag? The leader of the bandit army is there, beheading the bandit general, and the bandit soldiers will retreat. Today he is the one who is far away from us. In the next day, you all are willing to follow me to kill the generals and capture the flag, and drive out the bandit army completely!?."

In the past, Cao Cao's commander-in-chief was always at the back, but today he is in the army. This is also the reason why Ma Chao decided to go out to fight in the city. Maybe he can turn defeat into victory!

All the soldiers echoed, although their voices were still exhausted, their morale was at least there.

"Open the city gate, Cao thief and I, only one can survive today!" Ma Chao ordered, and soldiers opened the city gate long ago.

Outside the collapsed city wall, Zhang Nan was commanding the troops to advance slowly. Suddenly, seeing the gate of the opponent's city opened, and a large number of defenders roaring out of the city, Zhang Nan was somewhat confused.

But seeing Ma Chao leading the remnant army defending the city, rushing into the rebellious army like a sharp cone, the equipment of these ordinary soldiers is naturally not as good as that of the camp, but they are also better than the ordinary princes' army. I have experienced it, but Yuan Jun has never experienced it, and I didn't expect the enemy to come out of the city to fight, so many Yuan Jun were stunned.

Ma Chao took the lead, swiping his long spear horizontally and vertically, like a mad tiger, he went straight to the commander-in-chief flag of the Chinese army, but after a while, he was already in front of him, and stabbing Zhang Nan with his long spear.

Zhang Nan never thought that this would be the result, and he was still in a daze, but when he saw the opponent's spear stabbing like lightning, he raised his gun subconsciously to parry.

"Pfft~"

Ma Chao frowned and shot Zhang Nan's body away. This was obviously not the short and fat man Cao Cao, but as soon as this man died, the surrounding army suddenly fell into chaos. rush away.

Cao Cao: "..."

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