The Strongest Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

However, what they don't know is what will happen to these seemingly harmless comrades at night.

In the middle of the night, most of the defenders were already asleep, so Zhang He sent someone to open the city gate secretly again.

Bring in the army ambushing outside the city.

Afterwards, under his leadership, the army immediately mobilized and killed the defenders in the dark.

And this time, for the sake of bluffing, he did not prevent Cao Jun from escaping.

Because he was hacking and killing, he had already secretly ordered his subordinates to shout that the imperial army came to kill him, and he was about to capture Cao Cao alive in a few days.

This news was to be brought back by those fleeing troops, so Zhang Yun was afraid that they would flee less.

After a night of fighting, Cao Jun in the city died and fled.

Now it is completely occupied by Zhang He.

Afterwards, he immediately began to stabilize the city defenses, preparing for Cao Jun's counterattack.

Zhang Yun believed that Cao Jun would never let it go if he lost the important town in the rear, and he must use all means to take it down.

This is not only to ensure the safety of one's own rear, but also to test how many troops the opponent has.

Because after it was occupied by Zhang Yun, the communication between Cao Cao and Cao Ren's two armies was cut off in the middle.

The two sides do not know each other's situation, so they must be worried about each other.

At that time, if you add yourself as a hindrance, it will greatly disintegrate the opponent's military spirit.

Then cooperate with Liu Ke's army, which is confronting Cao's army head-on, and it will definitely defeat the enemy.

Sure enough, in just two days, the fleeing army had already arrived at Cao Cao's camp.

"What did you say?" The irritable Cao Xiu picked up the deserter.

"Great, great king, general, the enemy army has already captured Wuzhi, and they threatened to capture him alive in a short time. Capture the king alive!"

The deserter tremblingly repeated what he had heard from the opponent.

When Cao Cao and the generals heard the words, their faces changed drastically.

Because they would never have imagined that the opponent had already occupied Wuzhi behind them.

There are only two ways to go to Wuzhi.

One is the Yiju occupied by himself, the Yinpan Jingshui River Valley.

And the other one is naturally the Liupanshan Corridor in Longxian County and Yangcheng occupied by Cao Ren.

Could it be that Zixiao has fallen?

This was Cao Cao's first reaction after hearing the news.

After all, if there is absolutely no possibility on my side, the enemy can only attack from Cao Ren's side.

But if this is the case, the harm to Cao Cao's army will be very great.

Because the opponent copied his own back route, it even cut off the source of food and grass.

Most importantly, from Wuzhi County to Yiju and Yinpan, you only need to go down the river.

At that time, they will be able to form a pincer attack with Liu Ke's main force.

Therefore, not only Cao Cao, but other soldiers also changed their expressions greatly after hearing the news.

Cao Cao understood that this news must be blocked immediately, otherwise it would cause great damage to the morale of the army.

He immediately ordered: "Zi Lian, how many deserters from Wuzhi are there today?"

"Back to the king, there are eight of them!" Cao Hong replied immediately.

"Strictly guard these eight people. In addition, you arrange a team of people to guard the only way, and put all of them in prison!"

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In order to prevent the loss of Wuzhi County and the news that the army's rear was cut off, Cao Cao strictly ordered Cao Hong to block it.

And he immediately fell into a difficult choice.

With the back road cut off and food and grass running low, the army couldn't last long at all.

So now there are only two options.

One is naturally to withdraw the troops and attack Wuzhi County, regaining their own retreat.

Another option is to attack directly with Liu Ke, take down Qi County and enter the Guanzhong Plain.

But no matter which strategy you choose, make a decision early on.

Because Cao Jun's food and grass can only last for ten days.

Both strategies, however, carry considerable risk.

Choose the first one. If Wuzhi County cannot be captured, Liu Ke's army will attack from both sides.

My own army of more than [-] will be blocked in the narrow and long Jingshui River Valley, and finally cannot escape the fate of the entire army being wiped out.

If you choose the second one, you will not be able to break through Liu Ke's defense line, and you will not escape bad luck.