I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 249
Because of the lack of three, Li Shimin's superiority in military strength has indeed been greatly utilized. Leaving one life gate also gave the defenders a glimmer of hope for survival, so that they would not have to fight to the end. After all, there is a chance to live, who is willing to die easily?

Three armies attacked, and Li Shimin invested more than [-] troops at once. With the cooperation of sharp siege equipment, the defenders' geographical advantage was greatly restricted, and their will to fight was also suppressed a lot.

Yu Jin was shocked to see the enemy so brave and fearless, but also felt the pressure was increasing, so he personally led the last three thousand soldiers to join the battle group. With the addition of this force, he was on the verge of collapse. The line of defense is considered stable.

After all, the location of the top of the city is limited, so Li Shimin can no longer send a large army to attack the top of the city.Just when the fighting between the armies of the two sides entered a white-hot stage. "Boom..." Suddenly there was a loud noise.

"No, the city gate is about to be broken." Yu Jin felt like falling into an abyss, and his heart was like a knife. He had a premonition that the big thing was not good, and the city gate might be broken by the enemy.

Indeed, when the armies of both sides were frantically fighting at the top of the city, a crash car rushed to the gate of the city without anyone noticing.

When Li Shimin saw that the south gate was smashed open by a car, he made a decisive decision, raised his sword and shouted: "The whole army goes out, kill."

The cavalry on the two wings took the lead and moved quickly. The cavalry officers and soldiers roared towards the city gate, followed by the infantry of the Chinese army.

The cavalry moved quickly, and entered the city of Chenliu almost in the blink of an eye. The thousands of defenders in the city resisted desperately, and they couldn't make waves in the face of the powerful troops. Tens of thousands of cavalry were like black dragons, barging their teeth and claws. In the city, Chen Liucheng has completely fallen so far.

Yu Jin's deputy General Yi rushed forward and shouted: "General, Chen Liu has been broken, retreat quickly, and save your useful body to fight again in the future."

Yu Jin chopped down a lieutenant of the Bingzhou Military Academy, "Alas..." He sighed, and made a decision at the moment. He was not afraid of running out of firewood to keep the green hills, and it was not yet time to kill himself, so although Yu Jin was helpless, he still chose to retreat. .

"Withdraw..." Yu Jin roared, and he led thousands of soldiers around him to kill towards the north gate. The north gate was the only city gate where the enemy did not attack, and there might be a chance to escape.

Perhaps it was because of his life that he should not die. After Yu Jin broke out from the north gate, Li Shimin went to attack the city with all his strength. There were indeed not many enemies in the north gate. He was going to detour to Xuchang, he had to tell Cao Cao the situation here, otherwise Cao Cao would lead his troops to kill Chenliu, and he might just fall into his pocket, and the loss would be even more serious, so this is also the key to his escape from Chenliu The reason is gone.

In this way, it took only one day for Li Shimin to take down the important town of Chenliu, annihilate 2 Cao's troops, take more than 5000 prisoners, and flee with thousands of remnants in Yujin.When I also lost more than [-] soldiers, there are more than [-] wounded soldiers.

This battle can be regarded as completely opening the door of Yanzhou, which greatly accelerated the pacification of Yanzhou, and wiped out the vital forces of Cao Jun, weakening Cao Cao's resistance.

At this time, Li Shimin was not in a hurry to go south, but sent troops to quickly occupy other counties in Chenliu County, and established a solid line of defense. First, to resist the enemy from Xuchang, and second, to wait for Guan Yu and Zhang He's army to return, and to fight Cao Cao at the combined army. decisive battle.

Li Shimin tried to cover up the fact that he had sent troops to attack Cao Jun. The most important thing was to take down Chenliu, an important town. Now that his goal had been achieved, and he had already sent troops to occupy Chenliu County, Cao Cao would definitely know that he had sent troops no matter how slow his reaction was.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao to receive the news. Cao Hong, who was stationed in Dingtao, Jiyin County in the north of Yanzhou to guard against Guan Yu, and Cao Zhen, who was stationed in the north of Qingzhou to defend Zhang He, sent urgent reports that the Bingzhou army had invaded on a large scale.Yu Jin, who happened to escape from Chenliu, also rushed to Xuchang at this time, and Cao Cao naturally fell to Chenliu.

Cao Cao was furious and wanted to kill Yu Jin to strengthen the military law, but under the persuasion of everyone, he still temporarily pardoned his death crime on the grounds that he was currently serving as a servant, and stayed in the tent to serve.

All of a sudden, wars broke out, Li Shimin's troops were overwhelming, and Cao Cao felt a little like being wrapped into dumplings.

Li Shimin's more than 30 troops suddenly launched a surprise attack, which made Cao Cao a little unprepared for a while. Under the horror in his heart, he still realized that he had been tricked by Li Shimin.

Cao Cao's civil and military men gathered together to discuss good strategies to defeat the enemy.

"My lord, right now the enemy is divided into three groups. 40 troops are aggressively invading our Qingzhou and Yanzhou. In addition, there are 50 people on the Nanyang side threatening our Yuzhou at all times. There are a total of 20 troops. The situation is extremely critical. Right now our army has only 5 troops. More than [-] people have to defend the states and counties, but also guard the passes, and there are still [-] troops attacking the nine counties in the north of the Yangtze River. The strength of the army is really stretched, so it is absolutely impossible to divide the troops to deal with it." Guo Jia analyzed solemnly.

"What Fengxiao means is that our army should not divide our troops to occupy the enemy, but should join forces and defeat the enemy one by one?" Cao Cao asked thoughtfully.

"My lord, this is exactly what I mean. Right now, our army is already very passive. In addition, Chen Liu was captured by Li Shimin, and the enemy's heavy forces are overwhelming. Our army has lost the opportunity. Dividing troops to occupy the enemy has only a dead end. The only way is to concentrate superior forces. Defeating the frontal enemy in one fell swoop, and relying on the fortification of the city and the consumption of the Bingzhou army, will have a chance." Guo Jia said seriously.

Xun Yu on the side said worriedly: "My lord, according to General Yu Jin's news, Li Shimin's army has nearly 15 people, except those who have already died in battle. I am afraid that only 15 of our army can be mobilized in a short time. Moreover, General Cao Ren's 15 troops have already marched to Yuzhou, and it will take more than ten days to return to Yanzhou. His subordinates are worried that the enemy has broken through the defense lines of General Cao Hong and General Cao Zhen. When the enemy joins forces, everything will be over for our army. Besides, even with an army of [-], the outcome is still unknown."

This was what Cao Cao and others were most worried about. Even though Cao Ren's army could arrive in time and fight to the death, the outcome was still uncertain.And even if Li Shimin loses, it's a big deal to retreat and make a comeback in another day, once he loses, he will never have a chance to regain his strength.

"My lord, hasn't our army already formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Sun Jian in Jiangdong, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Liu Bei in Xuzhou? Now is the time for everyone to join forces to defeat the Bingzhou army. Otherwise, if our army loses, they will never be able to help themselves." Guaranteed, my subordinates suggest that we immediately send capable men to invite the princes from all walks of life to fight against Li." Xun Yu suggested.

(End of this chapter)