Chapter 13: It's Difficult to Break the City, Cao Cao Wants to Surrender, Protecting Heaven's Order
"Lord, the last general is incompetent. Not only did he fail to capture and kill Lu Bu, but he also lost his spirit! Please punish him!" Cao Ren and Cao Hong came back in disgrace to apologize to Cao Cao. Although they were not injured themselves, the two troops of ten thousand people were defeated by others, which made them feel very humiliated and depressed.
"You and others are not in a good way to fight. The 20,000 army was defeated by less than 2,000 people. What's the use of Liu Er and others?" Cao Cao's face was also ugly. He looked at the two of them and waved his hand and said, "Drag out and kill!"
"Master! No!" Beside Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Xiahou Dun and others quickly stood up to stop the personal guards rushing in. Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and said, "Master, although the two generals have had a battle today, they will not be punished until they die."
"The sin will not end in death!" Cao Cao turned around, looked at Cheng Yu, and pointed at the two of them, "The army of 20,000, how many people are there in Lu Bu, less than two thousand people. Even if one spits, he can drown those people. Don't tell me how brave Lu Bu is. Today, the one who went out of the city to fight was not the camp. He was defeated by less than two thousand people. Even if Lu Bu is powerful, he can kill ten people and hundreds of people. I let him kill a thousand people. If the 20,000 troops surged up, he would have been gone long ago. If I were them, I would have found a place to hit him and killed him! I still have the face to come back!"
"General Zixiao, just now, when Lu Bu turned around to attack General Zilian, why did the general's front army suddenly collapse?" Speaking of this, Cheng Yu looked at Cao Ren with some confusion. After all, he was a general who had been leading troops for many years and had experienced many battle formations. How could he make such a low-level mistake?
"Sir, I don't know anything." Cao Ren sighed and said, "Lu Bu did not rush to the battlefield, but he was quite tricky. When he fought today, he crazily shot and killed our lieutenant generals, military marquis, garrisons, and even the leader of the team. He carried a lot of strong bows on his horse's back, and more than a dozen were broken. The sides of the horse's belly were even carrying arrows. When Lu Bu evacuated, he was almost shot to kill the generals. Even if the generals were determined to chase him, the front army would be in chaos without the command of the general."
"Absurd, Lu Bu is only one person, how can he kill so many people?" Cao Cao didn't believe it. How many people would he have to kill by killing these grassroots generals? Take the best of the best. In a ten thousand army, there are thousands of people, with a team leader of two hundred, a hundred generals, and a fifty military marquis. Even if he was killed by Lu Bu, he would have to kill 135 people. However, the chaos of the front army is probably more than that. No matter how powerful Lu Bu's archery skills are, he can kill so many people in such a short time!?
"Lord, there is no false statement in the last general. Today, the generals alone lost nearly 300 people in the army of Zi Lian." Cao Ren said helplessly: "And the soldiers who followed Lu Bu out of the city today are quite evil. Although they are not as good as the elite of the camp, they are all brave and fearless. In the end, less than a hundred people can still fight to the death. I am afraid that even the camp will not be able to do this. These soldiers seem to have no idea what fear is."
Thinking of the soldiers brought by Lu Bu, Cao Ren and Cao Hong felt a little strange now. Generally, in this kind of field battle, not to mention the loss of most of them, one or two percent of them can survive without retreating, they are considered elite. However, the soldiers brought by Lu Bu fought to the point where only a few dozen were left, and they did not retreat at all.
Especially those crossbowmen, they used their lives to block Cao Hong's charge, winning a lot of time for Gao Shun. If it weren't for this, even if the army was in chaos, it would be great that Lu Bu could escape himself, let alone bring dozens of people back. Now, thinking about it, they think these soldiers are very evil.
"Lord, the soldiers under Lu Bu's command have indeed been killed until the end." Cheng Yu also thought of the scene he saw on the shaft before. As Cao Ren said, the soldiers actually followed Lu Bu and killed until the end, with only a few dozen left, which was completely contrary to common sense.
Cao Cao nodded a little annoyed, and he naturally saw that Lu Bu had taken the wrong medicine these days. He had been very fierce before, but this time he was even more fierce.
He glared at Cao Hong and Cao Ren and said, "The death penalty is forbidden, but the living penalty cannot be escaped. I will remember ten rods and a one-year salary penalty. You will continue to make meritorious service!"
Naturally, he could not really kill two of his generals. Putting aside his clan, he would behead his head if he defeated the war. It would probably not take long for him to behead all of his generals. Who dares to fight for him in the future?
"Here, thank you lord!" Cao Ren and Cao Hong hurriedly thanked.
Cao Cao returned to his position as the general and knelt down, looked at the generals and said, "If we lose two consecutive times, our army's morale is sluggish. After these two battles, Lu Bu's morale in the city has been restored. If we fight again, the loss will be huge. Do you have a clever plan to defeat the enemy?"
Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other speechlessly after hearing this.
If Lu Bu simply refuses to go out of the city to fight, then find a way to force him out of the city. The problem now is that if Lu Bu leaves the city... they can't beat it. Today's battle proves that if a fierce general like Lu Bu let go of his face and no longer targets the generals, but bullies the grassroots generals in the army, it will be a disaster for an army.
There must be no generals in the army, but once those grassroots generals suffer too much casualties, it will be a disaster for the army. Just like today, and you have to guard against Lu Bu's sudden madness. Just like last time, he went to the formation and killed the generals. Cao Cao was protected by strangers, but not all generals were protected by such strange men. With the cruelty shown by Lu Bu the day before yesterday, it was really not too difficult for him to kill the generals and seize the flag.
"Lord, although Lu Bu is brave, Xia Pi is now an isolated city. Although it is urgent to conquer, the food and grass in the city will definitely not last long. We can surround but not attack. When he comes out of the city to fight, within a few months, Xia Pi City will probably have to be exhausted. At that time, our army will take advantage of the situation to capture the city, and Xia Pi will be destroyed!" Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice.
This is actually not a clever plan. Most siege battles actually forcefully to waste the opponent to death, just for a longer time.
But Xia Pi City is now in a high morale. If it is strongly attacked, it is unknown whether it can be broken. However, Cao's army will suffer huge losses. Although it is also dangerous to go out of the city to fight, at least the gap between the two sides will not be too big in terms of military losses. The only thing that needs to be prepared is that Lu Bu suddenly wants to kill the general and seize the flag.
"There is another way." Guo Jia looked up and looked at Cao Cao.
"Oh?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Guo Jia and said, "What's the trick of Fengxiao? Tell me quickly."
"Recruiting surrender!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and said, "Lu Bu is both wise and brave. He should know that the situation is no longer capable of turning the world back. If he surrenders at this time, Lu Bu will probably respond, and his lord can get a general."
Cao Cao was quite moved when he heard this. If Lu Bu could join him, it would be like a tiger to Cao Cao. According to Cao Cao's plan, the next step was to compete with Yuan Shao for the position of the northern hegemony. If Lu Bu could help him, why would he be afraid of Yuan Shao?
"No!"
Just as Cao Cao was about to agree, Wei Hu, who rarely interfered in military affairs, suddenly spoke, frowned and looked at Cao Cao and said, "Sikong, Lu Bu's destiny has ended here, and this person's destiny is defeated. Did Sikong forget about Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo?"
"This..." Cao Cao frowned, not because he was worried about Lu Buk, but because he was a little dissatisfied with Wei Hu's decision to intervene in this way.
Guo Jia smiled and said, "The Supreme Immortal, the Supreme Immortal must also know the situation. If the lord cannot defeat Lu Bu as soon as possible, after Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan, he will definitely lead his troops south. By then, we will be dragged here by Lu Bu, and we will definitely be defeated by Yuan Shao. And the Supreme Immortal must know more about Lu Bu's ability than us. No one in the army is the enemy of this person. If we do not surrender, I dare to ask the Supreme Immortal what will he do to defeat him?"
Speaking of which, Lu Bu actually did nothing wrong with the aggression of heaven and the people. Guo Jia didn't understand the so-called destiny, but he only knew that at this time, he would definitely be a hundred times better than fighting with Lu Bu here. Since you said Lu Bu would die, then you can solve it. Anyway, we have no choice.
Wei Hu frowned and looked at Guo Jia, thinking: "As shown in the destiny, Lu Bu's fate has ended now, and his life should end. Sikong is waiting for a moment. Although I cannot kill him directly, I can enter the underworld. Please check the life and death book by Yan Jun!"
After saying that, without waiting for Cao Cao and others to answer, his figure flashed and disappeared, leaving everyone in the tent looking at each other without much happiness. Cao Cao's expression was even more gloomy. The princes on earth felt more like these great immortals. A so-called destiny could eliminate their life at will. Even if Lu Bu died as Wei Hu said in the end, Cao Cao would not be happy at all.
One day when my so-called destiny arrives, will the other party end in this way?
Chapter completed!