Chapter 423 Urgent Report

"Report~!"

"General, the lord has given an order to withdraw the entire army from this place." The urgent voice sounded, and at the same time he saw the dusty messenger.

"Withdraw from this place?" Xia Houyuan was stunned, and immediately pointed to the distance and asked: "The enemy army has its last breath left. It only takes one charge to defeat it in one fell swoop. Withdraw now? Why?"

"Could it be that Cao Ren invaded the other side?"

Xia Houyuan was a little confused. After all, he was not optimistic about the four-party coalition. Yuan Shao's army was rubbish, Tadun's army were all cavalry, and Guishang's army was even less outstanding, so he asked Cao Ren.

"Back to the general, my lord said that it was the Kushan army that invaded from the coast of Zhongli County. Now, Yuan Shao, Tadun, and General Cao Ren's troops are all approaching Zhongli."

The messenger quickly explained.

However, when I looked at the place Xia Houyuan pointed to, I was shocked, because it was so miserable there, countless people had died there, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and even the air was filled with the smell of blood.

He no longer knew how many people had died, but he also sighed. You know, there were a group of county soldiers and ordinary people on the opposite side, but they were able to fight like this. It was really admirable.

"The Kushan army has invaded?" Xia Houyuan frowned, with a bit of disbelief, as if he had heard something unbelievable. After all, in his opinion, the Kushans were all a bunch of cowards.

Although Chu Feng wanted to return to Hefei to aid, he had to cut off his retreat first, otherwise he would be unavoidable.

In the middle of the afternoon, I went to the general house.

"Are they Cao Cao's troops?"

Listening to everyone's words, Chu Feng raised his pupils and narrowed his eyelids slightly. This third generation is really looking for death!

"Although Hefei is the foundation, Hefei City has high walls and thick defense resources, not to mention there are Lu Xun Corps stationed there. Even if there is rebellion in the city, it is not a worry. In comparison, the south bank is more important!"

"Hey! We tried our best!"

This time, Cao Jun did not persist, but retreated completely. It was worth it for them to persist until now.

"If I were Chu Feng, I would have people block the way south, and at the same time I would lead people back to Hefei to aid him!" Guo Jia thought for a moment and gave an answer.

"But, hey!"

"Massacre the city?" Chu Feng frowned, his eyebrows turning dark and gloomy!

"My lord, now is not the time to worry about these things. After the third generation crosses the river, he will definitely lead the cavalry to Hefei as soon as possible. I hope our army can quickly return reinforcements!"

"My lord, Zhongli is only two to three hundred miles away from Hefei. It is estimated that the cavalry of the Third Generation will be able to arrive early in the morning the day after tomorrow at the latest, or sooner, early in the morning the day after tomorrow. I guess the defenders in Hefei were dumbfounded when they saw it."

The cold wind was biting, and a group of men and horses were shivering from the wind, but they were rushing towards Zhongli. On the chariot in the middle was Cao Cao, and on both sides were Guo Jiaxunyou and others.

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"Huh, um!" Li Long breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Go and let people deal with the battlefield. By the way, send more people to patrol and beware of Cao's army returning. By the way, tell everyone that Cao's army has retreated."

A group of Qingzhou soldiers who had narrowly escaped death couldn't help but feel scared, and they all told what they had seen and heard. As for Xia Houyuan, he had no shame in staying here, so he threw up his sleeves and left. He thought this battle was unnecessary.

Hefei's safety was much higher than Shouchun's, and he had expected it. After all, the opponent could gather troops and attack at any time. The operation was really simple, but this incident cast a shadow on everyone's mind.

This was something he hadn't thought of beforehand!

Lu Su frowned and suggested quickly.

"Don't I want to? But no one knows how many people have to be filled in. If they violate the military order and fail to capture it, who can bear the responsibility?" Xia Houyuan angrily shouted, after all, even if he captures it now, it is not considered credit.

Instead, he was directly punished for violating military orders.

Words, whether by messengers or word of mouth, spread instantly, and the troops were withdrawing, especially the soldiers who were about to fight bloody battles on the front line. They had seen countless people die tragically, and their hearts were filled with fear.

Because throughout the day, many groups of people had come over. Some said it was urgent here, and some said it was urgent there. Chu Feng dealt with them one by one, and it was not too serious at all.

On the other side, on an official road.

In this way, a battle that lasted from early morning to dawn ended in a muddle.

"Okay, okay, okay!"

"Eh!" Xia Houyuan waved his hands angrily. He would have stopped charging if he had known this. Now he is one step away from victory, so he decided to go somewhere else. Didn't the thousands of Qingzhou soldiers who died in his death all die in vain?

Xia Houyuan wanted to refuse directly and take it directly, but he had to listen to his elder brother's words. In the end, he could only take a few deep breaths to calm down the trembling in his heart.

At this moment, Wang Xin also came over. His face was also solemn, and he did not cheer with the people. He had lived all his life, how could he not understand the situation just now? Cao Jun had already had an absolute advantage just now.

It's hard for people like them to survive until sunset.

But just as everyone was discussing how to take precautions, they saw a general coming over with a messenger soldier who was dusty with travels. The messenger didn't care about the dead skin at the corner of his mouth, but shouted urgently:

"Lord, Zhongli, Zhongli's defense line has been lost!"

"My lord, Zhao Yun and I have cavalry under our command. Why don't we let Zhao Yun and I return to the defense, and then my lord, you personally lead the army to recapture the Zhongli Tidal Flat, otherwise it will be difficult for the coalition's millions of troops to deal with it!"

Cao Jun killed many elite Qingzhou soldiers here. Of course, the Chu army was also exhausted. They ran out of kerosene, arrows, etc., and even their swords were blunted.

"My lord, this battle for Zhongli is a tough battle. The general has asked for orders and is willing to lead his troops to attack Zhongli!" Gao Shunguo, with a serious look on his face, said solemnly.

"Pass the order, the three armies don't have to act in a hurry!" Upon hearing this, Cao Cao immediately raised his hand and gave the order.

"Yes!" The messenger nodded: "The enemy sneaked across at night and used the fog, so that the patrolling troops and horses did not notice it. When they finally landed, they found that it was too late. The defending troops and the common people were all dead."

Hearing the sound of ringing gold coming from behind, he immediately laughed. It was not an exaggeration to escape from death. They would definitely die if they went up, and the life-saving gong and the life-saving drum sounded like the sound of nature to them.

"Fengxiao, if you were Chu Feng and learned that the defense line had been breached, what would you do? Should you send people to recover the defense line, or bring people back to aid Hefei?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and asked.

Chu Feng frowned and asked.

"That's right, my lord, Hefei is the foundation of the three armies. Hefei cannot be damaged no matter what. The general thought that he should immediately lead his troops to Hefei by boat to prevent the three generations from killing Hefei!"

"Well, it is said that the Third Emperor personally supervised the battle and killed him by surprise." The messenger didn't know the specific situation. He only knew that Cao Cao told Xia Houyuan and others to withdraw their troops.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

"The Third Generation is not an ignorant person. He will definitely leave enough soldiers and horses to protect this road that was finally opened up. This battle will not be easy."

"Hefei is the foundation of Chu Feng, so how can he not deploy any troops and horses? Obviously, there will be many troops and horses in Hefei, and the walls of Hefei City are high and thick, so the arrival of the cavalry will not be of much use."

Obviously, Jia Xu had already acquiesced that Zhongli had been captured. After all, a small city was far inferior to Guishan's 200,000 troops. It was impossible for these people to defend Zhongli.

Cao Cao nodded, probably understanding in his heart.

"Command the entire army to slow down!"

"Yeah!" Wang Xin nodded. There were some things he didn't need to say to everyone at this time.

"Lord, how about this? You take people to Hefei and send others to Zhongli to find a way to recapture Zhongli and recapture the ferry!" Jia Xu suggested immediately after thinking for a while.

Zang Ba immediately shouted, and countless messengers also ran away.

"Hurry up and help me see if they are retreating in a panic!" the blind man shouted excitedly.

"Haha," Guo Jia chuckled: "General Zang, my lord wants to weaken the power of the third generation."

Thinking of it, Li Long couldn't help clenching his fists. Is it possible that he still couldn't fight off these thieves in the end? Are the people of Chu destined to suffer this disaster?

"In embarrassment, in utter embarrassment, running away!" The cripple shouted excitedly, they finally managed to persevere.

On the south bank, looking at Cao Jun retreating like a tide, all the Chu troops or Chu people were ecstatic and let out hysterical revelries. Although they didn't know why Cao Jun retreated, they won.

"At the same time!"

"My lord, I didn't expect that the first one to capture the other side this time was the Kushan Army of the Third Generation. This army's combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of our Qingzhou soldiers!" Guo Jia sighed and said,

What he needs to do now is to lead people slowly over and then capture Hefei.

"No, it's not Cao Cao's, it's the Kushan soldiers and horses. It is said that the third generation personally supervised the battle, and this man also clamored to massacre Zhongli City and let the lord pay with blood." The messenger shouted urgently.

As for the two soldiers who had lost their legs, the blind man and the lame man, they looked at the retreating Cao Jun, trembling, and shouted to the blind man: "Brother, Cao Jun has withdrawn, Cao Jun has been defeated by us."

"Guishang soldiers and horses? Or is the third generation personally supervising the battle?" Chu Feng frowned. It seems that this guy is so helpful, most likely because you shot him yourself last time.

This shows how intense this battle was.

On the side, Xun You answered with a smile.

Chu Feng summoned everyone to discuss matters.

For a time, everyone was worried.

"What? What did you say? Zhongli fell?" Chu Feng stood up instantly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Zhang Liao also looked solemn and gave instructions.

But on the shore, Li Long was holding a sword dripping with blood. There was blood on it, but he looked at the retreating Cao army. For some reason, he couldn't laugh at all, because he knew that the opposite side was Xia Houyuan's army.

But they retreated at this time. There was only one possibility for them to retreat. The probability of Cao Jun's base camp being attacked was very slim. The second was that others successfully crossed the river.

"Come here, give me the order. The whole army will retreat. Leave the battlefield and return to the north bank, ready to rush to the rescue of Zhongli." After Xia Houyuan said this, all his strength had been drained. There was nothing he could do, it was too annoying.

Wang Xin looked at Li Long who was covered in blood, sighed and said, there is nothing they can do, they have done what they should do, and the rest depends on Chu Feng or others.

This man was brave and resourceful. Now that so many elites have died, he was just one step away. No matter who it was, he would never give up. But Xia Houyuan gave up, obviously.

The coalition forces are also attacking in other places and have achieved results.

"My lord, as the art of war goes, soldiers need to be quick. Now that we have crossed the river, why not move at full speed and capture Hefei in one fell swoop. This will save us many long nights and many dreams!" Zang Ba said with a frown.

"This" everyone hesitated,

At this time, the other princes would have probably left, and the main task was to protect the foundation, so Chu Feng was thinking about the south bank ferry.
To be continued...