Chapter 813 The Commander Ran Away
What Huangfu Chaobo didn't know was that at this time, Cao Cao, who was far away in Xiapi, also received news of the mysterious disappearance of Ji Ling's 50,000 troops. This time, Cao Cao's army dispatched generals including Cao Ren, Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, Cao Xiu, Li Dian, and Le Jin. It can be said that the camp was huge, and the military advisors were still Cheng Yu and Sima Yi.
Shortly after the army left Pengcheng, Cao Cao got the news that Ji Ling's army disappeared, and he immediately summoned everyone to discuss the matter. As Pang Tong speculated, the people in Cao Ying were uncertain about the whereabouts of Ji Ling's army, so Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, became more cautious.
In the second day of the battle, Zhang He began to send out the elite soldiers of Yuzhou Army and Lord Players, but in the four rounds of attacks in one day, only two of them attacked the city wall, but they only lasted less than a quarter of an hour before being driven down. Everyone found that the elite soldiers of Yuan Shu's army appeared on the three walls.
Fortunately, the number of these elite troops was not large, and after two days of fighting, Zhang He had basically figured out the situation of the troops in the city, including five thousand county soldiers and hundreds of generals' personal guards.
After two days of fighting, Zhang He felt that he was confident of taking the city, so he asked Huangfu Chaobo for instructions. Huangfu Chaobo agreed to Zhang He's request without thinking, and threw him a sentence, "How to arrange the war, Junyi will decide for himself, there is no need to ask me for everything. Since it has been handed over to Junyi, it means that I believe in your ability."
The words made the famous general's loyalty soar. Unlike when he was under Han Fu, Huangfu Chaobo gave him absolute trust and power.
There was no talk overnight. When the sun rose again, Zhang He had arranged for the army to prepare for a new round of attack. Today would be the last battle of Taiyang City. He planned to capture Taiyang before noon and wipe out the defenders in the city.
Yes, it was to move all the garrisons. In order to achieve this goal, he only sent out one thousand of the two thousand cavalrymen, and the rest of the cavalrymen were all concentrated in a forest a few miles southwest of Taiyang City. When the garrison in the city broke out, they would suddenly rush out and capture them all in one fell swoop.
The reason for this was that Zhang He wanted to capture the main generals in the city and get more detailed information from them about Yuan Shu's army.
At three o'clock in the morning, with the rumbling sound of war drums in the An Dong army camp, teams of soldiers began to line up and march towards the predetermined position. At this time, in the city, on the city wall, the three officials and generals in Taiyang City heard the sound of war drums outside the city, and the three hurried to the north gate tower.
The sound of war drums that sounded early today made the three people feel a little unusual. You know, in the previous two days, the An Dong army's attack was at Si time, but today it was half an hour earlier.
After the three climbed the tower, they saw something unusual in each other's eyes. A quarter of an hour later, the siege army appeared in everyone's sight.
The three looked at each other and understood each other. County Magistrate Kuang said: "Two generals, it seems that the enemy army is preparing to attack the city today. Should we prepare early?"
County Lieutenant Jiang nodded and looked at He Quchang. If this gentleman disagreed, he and his men might be left here.
After a long while, while the two were waiting anxiously, He Quchang finally spoke and said: "You two, I don't want to lose my life here, but how to evacuate, and how to explain to the son-in-law after returning, we still need to discuss it carefully. Otherwise, the son-in-law will chop the three of us without His Majesty saying anything."
When the two heard it, they both breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they agreed to leave, as for the future, they would talk about it later. After thinking about it, they both nodded repeatedly.
So, the three of them gathered together again, discussed in a low voice, and then left the tower to arrange the defense on the city wall. When the three of them came to the city wall, a confidant of the county magistrate secretly went down the city wall and headed towards the county government office.
The attack of the Anton Army arrived soon. As the three of them expected, this time, the Anton Army dispatched the elite troops that had not been used for several days at the beginning. The bloody smell filled the sky under the city wall instantly.
This was completely different from the soldiers who came to attack the city in the past two days.
As the central army horn sounded, the deafening shouts of killing resounded through the sky. The three people in the city also knew that if they could not stop this wave of attacks, then the three of them would not even have a chance to leave. What's more, the three of them would only take about ten confidants to break through, instead of leading a large group of people to evacuate. Therefore, before that, they must use troops to entangle the Anton Army so that they can leave without being noticed.
Zhang He, who was under the city, had been observing the situation on the top of the city. He also knew that his actions could not be concealed from the generals in the city, so with his order, 5,000 Shenwu Army soldiers rushed towards the city wall. At the same time, the armies on the other two city walls also began to attack with all their strength.
Soon, the attacking soldiers climbed up to the top of the city. They were all elite soldiers who had survived hundreds of battles, so after climbing up the city, they did not rush in rashly, but quickly guarded the siege ladders behind them and covered the Zepao behind them to climb up the city.
As more and more soldiers climbed up the city, they gradually gained the upper hand on the city, killing the defenders on the city and forcing them to retreat step by step. Seeing this, the three people in the city hurriedly sent out their elite soldiers, which barely blocked the attack of the An Dong army, but it was just a block.
Zhang He was overjoyed when he saw the situation on the top of the city, and hurriedly said to Huangfu Chaobo: "The defenders are no longer able to fight back. The city is captured here. I would like to ask the lord to send the Iron Eagle Warriors to fight and give the defenders the last blow."
"Okay." Huangfu Chaobo nodded in agreement, then turned to Chen Jing beside him and said, "Boyang, send out the troops!"
"I will obey your order!" Chen Jing immediately clasped his fists and saluted, then turned over and dismounted, ran quickly to the front of the Iron Eagle Sharp Soldiers, drew his sword and shouted, "Soldiers, it's time to make achievements, follow me to kill on the top of the city!"
"Kill, kill, kill..." The five thousand sharp soldiers roared like thunder, followed closely behind Chen Jing, and ran wildly towards the city wall.
The roar outside the city startled the three Yuan Shu soldiers who were directing the battle. The three looked at each other and knew that they could not delay any longer, so they commanded the soldiers to fight hard against the An Dong army on the top of the city, while quietly retreating to the city under the cover of the shouting.
They retreated carefully to the bottom of the city wall, where dozens of war horses that had been prepared long ago were waiting. Without saying much, the three quickly turned over their horses, and then led their own dozens of confidants to run wildly towards the south gate.