Chapter 65 Chapter 8 Expansion of the Territory: Tu Xuzhou's Backyard Fires Fight Puyang (9)

Behind him, Yu Jin and Li Dian, protecting Cao Cao, rushed straight to the gap.At this time, it was already dark and the sight was blurred. Lu Bujun saw that the death squad of 300 people was unknown, so they dodged one after another.Cao Cao followed Dian Wei and took the opportunity to escape.Since it was dark and the road was dark, Lu Bu was inconvenient to pursue, so he had to withdraw his troops. Cao Cao finally returned to the base camp safely. He rewarded Dian Wei very much and made him his captain.Dian Wei immediately expressed that he was willing to risk his life to defend Cao Cao at any time.Cao Cao was very happy to have a loyal general like Dian Wei.

But Cao Cao has been depressed in the base camp. He was thinking, how can he recover Puyang without even taking a small western camp? Let alone recover the whole Yanzhou. When Cao Cao was in trouble, he suddenly reported someone asking to see him.The soldiers brought the man into the camp, and after questioning, they found out that it was the messenger of Tian, ​​the big landlord in Puyang City.Cao Cao knew that this Tian family was the biggest rich man in Puyang.Not to mention anything else, there are thousands of servants in the family alone. Cao Cao took a look at the letter, and it read: "Lü Bu is cruel and heartless, and everyone in Puyang hates it. The life and property of the Tian family are not guaranteed. Recently, Lv Bu left Gaoshun and others to guard the city, and he went elsewhere. Come, I will be the internal response."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "God helped me too!" Immediately agree on a time and password, and then send a messenger back. At the beginning of the watch, Cao Cao and his soldiers quietly arrived at the east gate of Puyang City. In the moonlight, a white flag was faintly visible on the city.Cao Cao gave people high-fives, and the city gates opened.That is to say, Dianwei was ordered to be the vanguard, Xiahou Dun suppressed the team, and he led Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Li Dian, Xia Houyuan, Yu Jin and others into the east gate. As soon as they entered the east gate, hundreds of Tian's servants greeted them. After they led Cao's army into the city, they immediately informed Cao Cao of the current situation in the city.This is the only thing Tian can do, because he still can't control the entire city, the most he can do is to welcome Cao Jun into the city, and the rest is all Cao Jun's business.But this is also quite good, without a single soldier, he entered Puyang City.As for the rest, Cao Cao made his own arrangements.

Cao Cao knew that as long as Cao's army moved further into the city, Lv Bu's army would be mobilized. During the war, which streets and alleys were not guarded by troops at the frontier of the city defense? Obviously, they were facing a tough street battle. In order to improve morale, Cao Cao intends to adopt the strategy of "put to death and live later".He immediately ordered to set fire to the east gate, expressing his determination to never retreat. When the fire came together, Lu Bujun knew it.Chen Gong soon realized that Cao Cao's troops were limited, and most of the troops brought into the city this time were Qingzhou soldiers.It was the Qingzhou soldiers who suggested that Lu Bu's army attack the Cao army's flank.Due to the lack of training of the Qingzhou Army and the unaccustomed hand-to-hand combat in the streets, they quickly retreated.Therefore, Cao Jun's formation was in chaos, and Cao Cao couldn't stabilize even if he gave orders.Seeing that the whole army was on the verge of collapse, Cao Cao made a decisive decision to retreat back in order to stabilize his position.

However, the retreat was even more unsatisfactory, and Chen Gong arranged for another Lv Bu army to fight out from the middle, chaotically chaotic Cao's army that had just assembled and retreated. Due to the sudden confusion and panic, Cao Cao lost contact with his generals and had to choose their own way one by one.At this time, only the shouts of "capture Cao Cao alive" sounded, and such slogans echoed everywhere in the street.Cao Cao was shocked, thinking that Lv Bujun had discovered him and was surrounding him from all directions.So panicked, and galloped for a while.After running for a while, no one was seriously chasing him, so he realized that it was just Lu Bujun's random shouting.That being the case, he didn't need to panic anymore, anyway, he was separated from everyone, and he was the only one to break out of the encirclement.But that's fine too, if you're alone, without an entourage, it's not easy for Lu Bu's army to notice.

Cao Cao chose to walk through the secluded alleys. He saw that the houses on both sides were tightly closed, and no one had lights flickering. He felt in his heart that the war would definitely bring great suffering to the people.Everyone is in danger, like a rabbit, huddled in the hole, silently.Of course, given the current state of the country, all rebellious officials and thieves must be wiped out, so that the common people can live a stable life. Cao Cao couldn't help himself, and just as he was feeling a little compassionate, he suddenly heard a burst of shouting and noise coming towards him.Soon, the sound of horseshoes was heard, followed by a group of disorderly soldiers, some running on foot, and some fleeing on horseback.Cao Cao knew that this was their team, but at this moment, he was neither able to summon them nor could he summon them.It's better for them to flee separately, and he doesn't want to expose himself because of this.

However, which way is he going now? While hesitating, Lu Bujun caught up with about ten riders.Cao Cao didn't run away at all, because if he did, he would become their target.So, he fell on the horse's back, as if he had been seriously injured.When the two armies confronted each other, a rule was formed that ordinary soldiers who lost their resistance would not be punished. Cao Cao pretended to be like this, just wanting to follow the soldiers in a fool. More than a dozen horsemen surrounded Cao Cao who was approaching slowly. In fact, none of them had seen Cao Cao, but they imagined that Cao Cao must be an extraordinary figure, and he was always followed by his confidants.Therefore, when they saw this man crouching alone on the horse, there was absolutely no one and a half soldier to link him with Cao Cao.They just want to see what kind of loser this is.

Since Cao Cao was wearing the uniform of a general and was weakly lying on his horse, Lu Bujun, who was more than a dozen riders, looked at him and didn't want to talk to him. He just asked, "Can you see where Cao Cao is? Tell me, I will spare your life." Cao Cao still turned back weakly and pointed to the back, saying: "In front, the one riding the yellow horse is Cao Cao." The dozen or so riders also seemed to remember that one of the people who ran past just now was riding a yellow horse.So he left Cao Cao and chased after the general on the yellow horse. Cao Cao was lucky enough to be out of danger, and suddenly felt that it was not too late, so he immediately turned around and ran towards the east gate.He knew that the east gate was burning, but only this gate was open, and he had to rush there desperately.So, he wrapped his head in a cloak and ran to the east gate. He saw that the fire was still burning, but it was not so violent.He made preparations, and headed towards the east gate, clamped the horse between his legs, and after whipping the horse vigorously, the horse neighed in fright and rushed into the fire.

Cao Cao closed his eyes, only to feel that his whole body was burning, and the hot wind was blowing in his ears.Fortunately, it was only a few feet away, and the sitting horse finally rushed out of the city.However, the cloak on Cao Cao's head was still burning, so he tore it off several times and threw it on the ground.Only then did he feel pain in his left hand. It turned out that a large blister had been burned, which made it difficult for him to hold the rein.But he couldn't stop, no matter how painful he was, he had to go on his way. The military situation was urgent. He was the leader of the three armies, how could he not return for a long time? After running for a distance, the pain was unbearable. When he was helpless, his attendant Cao Yi came. He also led a few people to look for Cao Cao.He was very happy to see Cao Cao, and asked people to protect Cao Cao as he marched.Cao Yi told Cao Cao that there were still several people looking for him separately.