Chapter 1038: The Fall of Changyi City (Part 2)

At this time, in Changyi City, Cao Cao was sitting in his mansion, listening to the battle reports coming back from the messengers from all over. He couldn't help but feel depressed. There were nearly ten thousand Zhengdong Army soldiers in the city. On the three walls, Huangfu Chaobo had already dispatched. With several of the most elite armies, it seems that the loss of Changyi City is inevitable. But Cao Cao still felt unwilling to give up because he had a large amount of money and materials concentrated in Changyi City.

Fortunately, after Dingtao was lost, under the advice of Xun Yu and Sima Yi, Cao Cao had quietly transferred nearly half of his property, and also secretly moved most of the family members of generals and officials to Rencheng, the seat of the state. , Just give up Changyi today, will you give up Rencheng tomorrow? If this continues, in less than a year, the power he has worked so hard to build will be wiped out.

"My lord, we can no longer hesitate. We must evacuate immediately. The north gate is still in our hands, and there are dozens of ships hidden at the water gate in the north. Please lead the Qingzhou soldiers to escort the lord away immediately. Otherwise, if Zhengdong opens the city gate, I can’t leave even if I want to,” Sima Yi said anxiously;

Xun Yu also advised from the side: "Yes, my lord, keep the green hills and don't worry about running out of firewood. Now that there are no reinforcements, sticking to Changyi will only increase casualties. If you evacuate as soon as possible, you can also save as many elite troops as possible." , If all these tens of thousands of elites are lost in Changyi City, the subsequent war may be hopeless. "

Xun Yu's words made Cao Cao suddenly realize that since Changyi could no longer be defended, timely evacuation was the best response. As expected of a hero in troubled times, after thinking clearly, Cao Cao immediately ordered: "Send the order and ask the three gate guards to destroy the Qianjin gate of the city gate, try to delay the time for the Eastern Expeditionary Army to enter the city, and then lead the troops towards the north gate. Retreat. Cao Zhen, you are leading five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to meet the soldiers and horses throughout the city, and order them to assemble at the north gate. Remember, if you encounter soldiers and horses of the Eastern Expedition Army along the way, just kill them. Do not get entangled with them. After an hour, no matter how many soldiers are picked up, they must retreat to Beicheng to join us."

After hearing this, Cao Zhen immediately took the order and left.

Cao Cao then turned to his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin and said: "Zixiu immediately led two thousand Qingzhou soldiers to escort the families of gentlemen and generals who had not yet had time to evacuate to the north gate, and prepared to evacuate. Anmin led three thousand Qingzhou soldiers. The soldiers followed me in the final retreat."

When Cao Ang heard this, he immediately said: "After father and all the gentlemen evacuate together, we can just leave this place to Ha'er and brother Anmin."

The rest of Cao Cao's army also persuaded Cao Cao to let him evacuate with everyone else. Finally, Cao Cao had to agree with everyone's opinions and handed over the task of transferring property to Cao Ang. Cao Cao and Xun Yu then evacuated in advance. Under the escort of Qianqingzhou soldiers, they retreated towards Beicheng.

The guards on the three city walls quickly received Cao Cao's military orders. The three of them also knew that there was no way to save the situation, so they ordered the destruction of the thousand-jin gates of the three city gates, and then led their soldiers to retreat while fighting. , withdrew towards Beicheng.

Outside Changyi City, on top of the Chinese army's chariot, the battle situation at the top of the city fell into Huangfu Chaobo's eyes. Now the war has been going on for nearly three hours, and the battle has been going back and forth at the top of the city, making Huangfu Chaobo anxious. However, he was anxious in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. He just ordered the soldiers under the city to continue to climb the city to support.

Suddenly, the soldiers responsible for the observation loudly reported: "General, General Gao and General Chen have entered the city tower, and Cao Cao's army at the top of the city has begun to retreat."

Huangfu Chaobo perked up and looked towards the city wall. Sure enough, the trapped camp and Iron Eagle warriors had begun to pour into the city tower in large numbers, while the soldiers of Cao Cao's army were exiting the city tower step by step and heading towards the city wall. Retreat in the direction of the passage.

"Okay!" Huangfu Chaobo was so excited that he fist-palmed with each other: "Come here, tell the army to get ready to enter the city!"

But what everyone found strange was that after the army captured the city tower, they did not open the city gate for a long time. Just when Huangfu Chaobo felt surprised, an Iron Eagle warrior quickly slid down from the city wall, and then headed towards the center. The military rushed towards them.

After a while, the soldier was brought to Huangfu Chaobo, and he performed a military salute and said: "Report to the general, General Chen ordered his subordinates to come and report that Cao Jun has destroyed the Qianjin Gate, and the city gate will not be open for a while. "

Huangfu Chaobo slapped his hands and said angrily: "Damn it, it's this move again."

"Lord, Cao Cao is running away!" Guo Jia stood up suddenly and said;

Huangfu Chaobo was stunned, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, so he immediately turned around and said: "Come here, order the army to dispatch two schools to go around the city to the north gate. The rest of the soldiers continue to enter the city from the city wall, and give orders to the cavalry to prepare for the pursuit of Cao Cao's army. Prepare to keep as many of Cao Cao's elites as possible at any cost."

"Yes!" After several ordering soldiers bowed to accept the order, they got on their horses and rode away.

At this time, the cheers of soldiers could be heard from the top of the city, and the towers on the west city wall had been completely controlled by our side, which meant that this city was about to be captured.

The fighting on the city wall slowly subsided, but the fighting inside the city became more intense. Five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, led by Cao Zhen, continuously gathered the soldiers scattered in the city in Changyi City. At the same time, once they discovered the soldiers of the Zhengdong Army, they led the cavalry along the streets to crush them directly. The soldiers of Zhengdong Army in the city were killed and fled in all directions.

Fortunately, Cao Zhen also knew that his mission was to gather as many soldiers as possible and rush to the North City, so once the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army fled in all directions or left the main road, he would stop chasing them and rush to the next street.

As the battle in the West City Tower subsided, the battles in the South City and the East City also slowly subsided. Zhang He and Wang Ran also encountered the same situation in the West City. The thousand-jin gate was destroyed and the city gate could not be opened for a while. So the two of them ordered the army to continue to enter the city from the top of the city wall, while arranging the soldiers to open the city gate as soon as possible, and ordered the soldiers to attack various places in the city.

Just when the Eastern Expedition Army began to attack various places in the city, Cao Cao had gathered more than 20,000 troops at the north gate of Changyi City, including about 10,000 Qingzhou troops, 8,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and no more than 5,000 ordinary county soldiers. You know, before the city fell, Cao Cao still had 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers, 10,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and tens of thousands of county soldiers, but now, there are only so few left.

Looking at these soldiers in front of him, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a splitting headache and was about to fall. Seeing this, Cao Ang, who was beside him, supported him and said, "Father! Are you okay?"