Chapter 752 Cao Cao's Reinforcements Have Arrived

Looking at the situation on the top of the city, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but secretly worry, but he also knew that the Sizhou army must have discovered something, otherwise Huangfu Chaobo would not have attacked the city so desperately regardless of casualties.

Thinking of this, Xiahou Dun shouted loudly: "Soldiers, Cao Yanzhou has returned from the battle in Xuzhou and is on the way. We only need to fight to the death and drive the Sizhou thieves out of the city. Cao Yanzhou will definitely reward us generously."

Seeing that the morale of the Cao army, which had already declined, was suddenly inspired by Xiahou Dun. At this time, there were bursts of footsteps in the city. Xiahou Dun looked back and saw that it was the county magistrate who led two thousand newly recruited soldiers to the west gate for support. It seems that the officials in the city also knew that the battle at the west gate was tense, and they didn't care that the newly recruited soldiers were too poor. They led them directly to the west gate after recruiting them.

Seeing the arrival of these two thousand new soldiers, the morale of the Cao army on the city wall was greatly boosted, and they actually killed the morale of the Sizhou army that was slowly killing.

At this moment, outside the central army of the Sizhou Army outside the city, a blast of arrows suddenly shot up into the sky, and then dozens of horns blew at the same time. The powerful and deep horn sound instantly soared into the sky, and could be clearly heard several miles away.

Xiahou Dun was stunned. What was Huangfu Chaobo doing? His army had basically been dispatched, and he only had thousands of soldiers guarding the central army. When the horn sounded at this time, did he still want to send all the troops?

You know, although there was no news about Meng De's army for a few days, if it was his brother who led the army, it was very likely that the reinforcements were already close at hand. Wasn't Huangfu Chaobo afraid that someone would attack his central army?

No, Xiahou Dun suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart, but he didn't want to think about what was wrong for a while.

He guessed correctly, Huangfu Chaobo did have a trick.

A few days ago, when Huangfu Chaobo discussed military affairs with the generals, he had agreed to exchange the 1,500 Iron Eagles in his personal guard camp with the guards led by Wang Ran, and then he hurriedly summoned Wang Ran's brother Wang Yong.

If the western wall could be captured before Xu Zhu arrived, then the Iron Eagles led by Wang Yong would try to hold Xu Zhu back.

If Xu Zhu arrived in the west city ahead of time, then Huang Dian and the other two would hold them back. At this time, the Tiger Guards would not have any strong generals to lead them, so Wang Yong and Chen Jing would lead the Iron Eagles to raid the East City.

In this way, no matter which possibility it was, there was a great hope for the Sizhou Army to capture the city wall.

At this time, Xu Zhu had already arrived in the west city ahead of time, so the Tiger Guards in the east city must be led by ordinary generals, and it was time for the Iron Eagles to attack, so Huangfu Chaobo did not hesitate to blow the horn of attack.

Just when Xiahou Dun was puzzled, a deafening shout suddenly came from the east wall.

"Damn it, attack from the east while making a feint to the west." Xiahou Dun reacted immediately. He knew the situation of the army in the city very well. At present, apart from himself and Xu Zhu, only Xu Zhu's brother Xu Ding could fight. Although the other generals had no problem commanding the army, their combat effectiveness was very ordinary.

The Sizhou Army must have lured Xu Zhu here, and then sent a strong general to lead the troops to attack the East City, trying to break into the city from the East City. But now both of them have been trapped by the generals of the Sizhou Army, and they can't go back to the East City for a short time. The only thing they can do now is to hope that the more than 2,000 Tiger Guards on the East City can stop the attack of the Sizhou Army.

Seeing that the battle on the top of the city was slowly under his control, Huangfu Chaobo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now he and Cao Cao were fighting for time, so it depends on who can win.

If he could capture Puyang before Cao Cao's army arrived, then this important town beside the Yellow River would be in his pocket. If his army had not been able to capture Puyang when Cao Cao arrived, then the Sizhou army would have to retreat secretly.

Just as Huangfu Chaobo was lost in thought, He Ruolong suddenly came to Huangfu Chaobo and his men in a hurry and reported in a low voice: "General, the golden eagle reported that more than ten miles south of Puyang,

suddenly found tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushing towards Puyang. Judging from the number of people, there should be 20,000 troops, and they can reach the position of the central army in half an hour at most."

"Huh?" Huangfu Chaobo, Pang Tong, Zhang Miao and others were all shocked. From the 12th to today, it was only less than five days, and Cao Cao's army had already arrived, nearly two days earlier than they had predicted.

At this time, besides his own 5,000 guards, Huangfu Chaobo only had 1,000 guards from Zhang Miao. Although they were not special troops, they were also the elite troops that Zhang Miao had accumulated since the princes fought against Dong Zhuo. There were also 2,000 ordinary archers and 2,000 civilian craftsmen, a total of less than 8,000 soldiers, guarding the central army.

At this time, the fierce battle on the top of the city was in full swing. Judging from the situation, it would take at least one to two hours to enter the city. Under such circumstances, the position of the central army must not be moved at will, otherwise it will affect morale and may even cause the soldiers to collapse.

Therefore, Huangfu Chaobo's central army must hold out for at least two hours under the attack of the 20,000 troops. Only by delaying the 20,000 reinforcements can the siege army successfully enter the city.

In fact, Huangfu Chaobo did not need to hold out for two hours. Hu Yandu's 5,000 cavalry and Huang Zhong's 5,000 Huben cavalry were now scattered within dozens of miles around Puyang. After receiving the news that the central army was attacked, they would definitely gather the cavalry as soon as possible to come to the rescue, so at most Huangfu Chaobo's central army only needed to hold out for one hour.

After Cao Cao arranged the affairs of the two counties of Xuzhou, he led 20,000 Qingzhou soldiers back without stopping, because he had received news that the Sizhou army had captured Baima Port and Baima City, so the next step would most likely be Puyang City.

As the saying goes, a wise man will make mistakes even if he makes a thousand plans. Cao Cao now has no naval talents, so he has no good understanding of the tactics and combat power of the navy. They never thought that Baima Port, which they thought was well defended, was full of loopholes in the eyes of naval generals like Zhou Tai, so Baima Port was captured by the Sizhou army within a day.

Within ten days, Cao Cao's army ran hundreds of miles continuously, and then captured Tan County. After less than a day of rest, Cao Cao led 20,000 elite Qingzhou soldiers back again, and finally arrived at Lihu County yesterday. After receiving the latest battle situation in Puyang, Cao Cao ordered the army to rest, and then, taking advantage of the cover of night, he rushed to a place 20 miles south of Puyang and hid there, so as to deal a fatal blow to the Sizhou army at the most critical moment.