novel-books Chapter 1074 The Great Retreat
Chapter 1074 The Great Retreat
Chapter 1074 The Great Retreat
Zhang Yu was not afraid of being surrounded. He had food and troops in his hands and was not afraid at all.
Order the army to start deploying defenses immediately.
The soldiers cut down the surrounding trees and made them into defensive tools.
Even the refusal of horses has been done a lot.
Not far away, Cao Jun had followed up and formed a siege on the periphery, but because of the night, Cao Jun did not dare to attack.
It is not so easy to fight Zhang Yu's army, and if you are not careful, you may suffer a big loss.
Cao Cao led more than 30 troops, and nearly 40 troops were outside.
He has gathered most of the troops in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and at the same time mobilized some troops from Luoyang.
If you don't block Zhang Yu's attack, you will fail sooner or later, and Cao Cao has already pressed all of them.
"My lord, ask my subordinates to bring tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to explore the situation." Xu Chu asked for instructions, wanting to lead troops to explore.
Cao Cao shook his head and refused, saying, "It's getting dark, Zhang Yu must be in an ambush, it's better to be safe after dawn."
Zhang Yu did have an ambush, and a large number of archers had already confirmed their positions before it got dark.
If Cao Jun attacks, he will definitely suffer a big loss.
On Zhang Yu's side, he defended nervously.
After working for half the night, Zhang Yu and the others cut down a lot of surrounding trees.
Cut down the big trees to prevent the enemy from setting fire. At the same time, the wood can also be used as an obstacle and a tool for defense.
At dawn, Cao Jun saw that Zhang Yu had already built a preliminary defense.
"My lord, Zhang Yu has built a defense, but they have too many troops and not enough food and grass. We only need to trap them for a month, and we will surely win easily."
The reason is this, and Cao Cao also understands that the most important thing is that they have a month.
The 40 troops were dispatched by Cao Cao, and there were not many troops in other directions. If Zhang Yu could not be captured quickly, even if Zhang Yu was killed here, they would lose in the end.
Cao Cao's face was not very good, he did not surround Zhang Yu, but let Zhang Yu escape here, and even robbed a batch of his own food.
"My lord, let the general go and have a try." Cao Ren asked for a fight.
This time, it was because of Cao Ren's mistake that Zhang Yu was given a chance.
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay, I will give you [-] soldiers and horses, and you can go and test it out. If you can't do anything, you will return immediately."
Cao Ren took the order and left.
The col was quite big, and Zhang Yu divided it into several parts to defend. In the front below were sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and cavalry at the end. Zhang Yu didn't want them to fight.
There are also many archers on the slopes.
There is a mountain behind, and Zhang Yu sent 2 people to defend the mountain.
Cao Ren rushed up with 3 people.
Approaching, Zhang Yu's side did not respond.
The archers on both sides did not shoot.
Cao Ren led his army and went up to kill. When they approached and faced each other, the archers didn't fire a single arrow.
"kill."
The sword and shield soldiers came out and fought with Cao Ren.
The two armies fought in front of the col.
The battle was fierce, and soldiers on both sides were fearless.
However, the fighting area between the two sides is relatively narrow, and only two or three thousand troops are really fighting at the same time.
Cao Ren's army paid great attention to defense. After all, the archers on both sides were on the high ground and could attack at any time, but they fought for a long time, but none of the archers attacked.
"Back down, there is no point in fighting." Cao Cao said.
Cao Cao reluctantly ordered to retreat.
Xu Chu on the side was very unconvinced, and said loudly: "My lord, let the subordinates go down and knock Zhang Yu's tortoise shell open."
Cao Cao shook his head and smiled wryly, the matter is not that simple.
Zhang Yu wants to defend, not to attack.
The archers on both sides did not shoot.
The battle area is so small, even if it is filled with human lives, it will be fruitless after ten days and half a month.
"Zhang Yu has considered this king's weakness. If we can't take this place in a short time, we must be the losers." Cao Cao said in a low voice.
Zhang Yu's refusal to let the archers attack is a deterrent.
And they don't have very many arrows.
Cao Cao observed there for a day, but there was nothing good to do.
And Zhang Yu and the others continued to strengthen the defense inside, using soil, stones, and wood to strengthen the defense.
"Paste all the wood with mud to make it thicker." Zhang Yu walked around the valley to check the soldiers' defense.
Cover the wood with mud to prevent the enemy from setting it on fire.
Zhang Yu checked around, then sat on the high ground and looked down.
In the distance, Cao Jun formed camps in layers.
"There are many capable men in Cao's army. This time I was almost surrounded. Once I am surrounded, I will be passive."
Zhang Yu was also thankful, fortunately, he discovered it early, and the sudden attack left Cao Ren unprepared, which led to the current situation.
After Zhang Yu's analysis, after Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun knew the situation, they would definitely attack violently.
Cao Jun mobilized most of his troops. Once he failed to defend himself, Cao Jun would face a collapse.
The next day, Cheng Yu and others hurried over.
Cheng Yu and Xu You hurried to see Cao Cao.
Cao Cao saw them in the big tent, and sent the soldiers away.
"The situation is not good. This Zhang Yu is too difficult to deal with. He has seen through our situation and intends to stick to it for a long time. As long as we stick to it for a while, we will lose." Cao Cao said to the two people.
Cheng Yu thought for a while and then said: "My lord, the situation in this battle is very unfavorable to us. We should make plans in advance."
"Plan?" Cao Cao thought about it.
It is too late to change the arrangement now, how can Cao Cao withdraw his troops to support the other two directions.
Impossible, Zhang Yu is here, with an army of nearly 20, it cannot be ignored, the destructive power is too great.
"My lord, please make the eldest son get ready."
Let Cao Ang prepare, that is to move to Luoyang.
This is a big deal.
It's not something they can do if they want to.
"You two, what do you think?" Cao Cao still couldn't make up his mind.
The situation is obvious, if Zhang Yu cannot be trapped this time, the situation is not good for them.
Xu You said: "Prepare with both hands, prepare for a large retreat, not only the army and officials, but even the civilians must be taken away as much as possible."
Xu You paused for a long time, and then said: "The other thing is whether you can kill Zhang Yu. If you kill Zhang Yu, you can win for a long time."
Zhang Yu was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so killing him would naturally benefit a lot.
However, it is unrealistic to say that killing Zhang Yu will lead to the demise of Datang.
Datang already has a complete system, a loyal army, and capable ministers. Even if there is no Zhang Yu, there will be Zhang Yu's son.
Cao Cao closed his eyes, thought silently and said, "Okay, order Ang'er to preside over the retreat. You two assistants will give you 3 horses each, and organize the retreat immediately. The king will stay and fight Zhang Yu decisively."
Cao Cao was very determined. He wanted to hold Zhang Yu here to buy time. If possible, it would be best to kill Zhang Yu.
Cao Cao is a decisive person. He gave up a large area of land and fought a decisive battle with King Zhang Yu.
(End of this chapter)