Looking at the disappearing figures of Chunyu Qiong and Zhao Rui, the body of Yuan Bing who had fallen enough, was extremely burned to an impossible fire, Zhang Liao whispered to Cao Zhi, who was unwilling to accept it.
The five thousand Cao army soldiers who had previously divided into three groups have now been put together. After they were ordered to intercept the generals of the Nanchang Division, they seemed to have no trouble at this moment. They surrounded a group of Yuan army soldiers who had been driven over, and then the hundreds of soldiers who were obviously the last reinforcements could only wander around and could not play any role at all. If Chunyu Qiong did not send a large number of soldiers to rescue him, he would be in danger of this group of Yuan soldiers.
However, Cao Zhi doubted whether Chunyu Qiong had any extra power to organize and send here. Although a large number of Yuan soldiers had awakened and settled from the initial panic at this time, their focus at this time was probably to put out the fire.
The fire released by Cao's army could at least make them busy for the middle of the night. In addition, the entire kilometer-long camp requires troops to be sent to clean up and search the traces of Cao's army, so even if Chunyu Qiong can go back to command now, he will not be able to draw a large number of soldiers to pursue them.
Of course, if Chunyu Qiong is willing to give up the food and grass that is still in the raging fire and then asks for help from the nearby Gushi, Yanjin and other directions, he may be able to organize a few offensives and pursuits, otherwise he should not expect a chance to turn the tables.
"Hmph, Chunyu Qiong, your head will be placed in your place first, and I will pick it up again... Let's go!"
After Cao Zhi shouted fiercely in the direction where Chunyu Qiong disappeared, he stopped caring about the gains and losses at this time and called on his subordinates to withdraw from Yuan Jun camp.
The chaos was not stopped slightly until dawn. Chunyu Qiong was worthy of being one of the "Eight Captains of the West Garden". After experiencing the initial panic and anger, he immediately settled his command under the "Five-Plane Flag" of the Central Army.
Yuan Jun soldiers were also well-trained regular troops. After experiencing the initial panic and chaos, they looked at the content indicated by the "Five-Party Flags" raised on the highest tower in the camp, and began to restore order and execute the order step by step in accordance with the instructions.
According to the instructions, they called the police drums to sound at the attacked tents. The unattacked areas were also rushed to respond with a horn and began to gather in the parts of the Beiying area that were not affected by the fire.
As the soldiers and guards who were already wearing armor from all directions, holding weapons and bows and arrows gathered together, Chunyu Qiong, whose face was like a mummy, realized that he had lost three or four thousand soldiers and all his food and supplies that night.
Because the grain stockpile in Beiying took advantage of the wind, the fire was powerful, which made Yuan soldiers and generals who looked at the ashes in front of him feel terrified. The fire stopped and had spread to the barracks in Nanying at this time.
Chunyu Qiong knew that the camp here was completely finished. While he ordered everyone to withdraw, he roared and asked, "Where is Cao Zhi's man now?"
"Cao army blocked the valley entrance to the south!" Zhao Rui, who saved Chunyu Qiong's life, reported according to the facts.
"What? Cao Zhi wants to sleep me to death? How many of them are there?"
"About five thousand! But they are all cavalry..."
"How many troops do we have?"
"Six thousand!"
"Hmph, Cao Zhi, don't think that if you burn my food and grass, you will be sure to eat me. The person who came urgently reported to Guandu camp to send someone to reinforce us. We want Cao Zhi to stay in Wuchao forever..."
"Kill Cao Zhi, kill Cao Zhi..."
Another morning in Wuchao was filled with anger and solemn shouts, while Guandu in the distance was even more shocking, and the intimidating shouts were about to sound.
"Arrow ready!"
"Prepare for the catapult!"
"Giant crossbow is ready!"
For a moment, various orders echoed from Yuan Juncheng Village in Guandu Camp, and the defensive soldiers hurriedly entered a state of combat, which looked not chaotic. However, except for those well-trained veterans, most Xinding had a little panic and confused eyes.
After passing the dull period of about two months, Cao's soldiers appeared in the open areas of the two armies outside their garrison starting yesterday, and they gathered more and more. But what is strange is that Yuan's army finally confirmed that Cao Zhi was transporting the troops out of their camp on a large scale, but did not see an attack immediately like a conventional siege battle. Instead, he stayed quietly in place, as if waiting for something.
"Are they crazy? They actually want to launch a decisive battle with us with twice the number of troops less than us?" In order to gain more practical command experience, Yuan Tan also appeared in the camp at this time. Looking at the Cao army formation where tens of thousands of troops had already assembled, he said in confusion.
But such a calm situation has made the many soldiers in the Yuan Jun camp, which has the advantage in troops, become more and more uneasy. Judging from the current number, at least 100,000 Cao troops will be gathered outside, which means that Cao's army will come out and fight them to a final decisive battle. The arrival of the decisive battle means that many people will die. No matter which side wins, the scene of corpses everywhere is the least that ordinary soldiers want to see and face, because they are likely to be seen in those corpses.
However, all ordinary soldiers were grateful that the top leaders of their side did not do anything except arrange many soldiers to be executed and defended the city.
Not to mention taking the initiative, in accordance with the provocation of Cao's army, there were no orders or rumors to go out to fight against him. However, now the entire station is maintained by Yuan Shao's white horse supervision team to prevent any escapees from the battle.
A senior general and a senior military advisor defected some time ago. The missing thing once became a topic of talk about boring life in the military camp.
Suddenly, a terrified voice rang out from the city wall, "Go and notify Governor Ju! The enemy has begun to attack!"
As soon as the sentence ended, a huge rock the size of a horse's head fell on the calm Yuan Jun city wall with a "splash". This stone was like a calm water surface, which immediately aroused countless waves. The entire city wall was boiling at this moment, screaming, cursing, and scolding.
Fortunately, these are regular soldiers. Under the on-site command of all middle and high and low-level officers, they can reach the designated position on the city wall and start to enter the defensive state, waiting for the enemy's more crazy attack.
Although the Yuan army had tens of thousands of soldiers entering the defensive position on the city wall that lasted several miles, the first round of attacks scattered by Cao's army began to rumbling stones, and the city wall that had been scattered for several miles seemed sparse.
Surrounded by more than 20 soldiers, Yuan Tan moved forward to a twenty-foot-meter-long castle, a black shadow suddenly fell in the air.