Chapter 905: Advancing Shouchun

"Kill!"

The fierce shouts of killing were loud, and tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops marched in the wilderness like a long dragon with teeth and claws chasing behind more than ten thousand Cao troops with fierce momentum.

Cao Jun in the back row looked back from time to time to glance at the Yuzhou Army behind him, only to see the Yuzhou Army chasing closer and closer. They shouted loudly, and the bright swords in their hands reflected their ferocious faces.

"Come on!" A Yuzhou soldier shouted, raised the Huanshou sword in his hand high, pointed it at the Cao soldier in front of him, and slashed it down.

"Don't kill me, I surrender, I am willing to surrender!" The Cao soldier's face turned pale with fright, and he knelt down with a thud and raised his hands.

The ring-shou sword raised high failed to fall, and the Yuzhou soldier looked unhappy: "Damn, another military merit has been lost."

The Xiliang army respected the military merit system of the Qin and Han Dynasties, so it was vigorously promoted in the army. Capturing an enemy's head would result in a heavy reward, so the general's merit was calculated in units of "heads".

The Yuzhou soldiers kicked Cao Bing in dissatisfaction: "Go, stay aside, don't disturb me to earn military merit."

Cao Bing breathed a sigh of relief after escaping, and hurriedly thanked the Yuzhou soldiers, and then hid aside. However, the Yuzhou soldiers continued to charge forward, trying desperately to gain military merit.

Under the fierce pursuit of the Yuzhou Army, Cao's army either surrendered or fled. More than one-third of the more than 20,000 Cao troops fled in a short time, leaving more than 15,000 people.

"Shouchun City has arrived, open the city gate quickly!"

At this moment, the tall Shouchun City finally appeared in front of Cao Jun. Han Hao was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the door to be opened.

Although the garrison at the top of the city didn't know what was going on, when he saw that his army was being chased by enemy troops all over the mountains and plains, he immediately understood and hurriedly lowered the gate and opened the city gate.

"Get out of my way, don't block the way!"

"Damn it, you dare to compete with me, Wang Hu, are you tired of living?"

"Go away, I want to go in."

The Yuzhou army followed behind them like a god of death. Naturally, this group of Cao troops completely lost order and fled into the city, desperately crowding and pushing each other at the city gate.

"Get away!"

Shi Huan led his soldiers to kill several people, which immediately shocked the scene.

"Escort General Xiahou into the city quickly!" Shi Huan shouted.

Xiahou Dun is the commander-in-chief of the three armies and the general that Cao Cao relies on most. Of course he has to escort him into the city. If something goes wrong, how will he explain it to the prime minister?

Shi Huan personally led his troops to clear the way, and anyone who dared to disobey was killed on the spot. Cao's army was frightened. Naturally, no one dared to step forward. His personal guards escorted Xiahou Dun into the city.

"Hurry into the city and don't fight, you know?" Shi Huan stood at the gate of the city and personally supervised the formation. He was always very majestic. Naturally, Cao Jun did not dare to make mistakes in front of Shi Huan and rushed into the city in an orderly manner. In the door.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Although Shi Huan urged loudly, Cao Jun could not move faster. After all, the city gate was only so big in total, and there were only a limited number of people who could enter it at one time. We couldn't tear down the city gate and let Cao Jun enter, right?

"Kill and capture Shouchun City!"

At this moment, the Yuzhou Army finally came up to kill them. The two generals leading the army, one with a red face and the other with a black face, were none other than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"The Yuzhou Army is coming, hurry up!"

"I don't want to die, get out of here!"

Originally, with Shi Huan's strong suppression, Cao's army managed to maintain some order, but as the Yuzhou Army took advantage of the situation and charged forward, Cao's army suddenly became chaotic and bumped into each other. Countless Cao's soldiers bumped into each other like headless flies.

"Captain Shi, what should we do? The enemy is about to attack." The soldiers on the side said anxiously to Shi Huan.

"Enter the city and close the city gate!" Shi Huan said harshly.

Shi Huan and his party forced their way into the city gate, and then ordered: "Close the door. Don't let the Yuzhou army in!"

"Captain, don't close the city gate, we haven't entered yet."

"Captain, just be okay and let us in."

"Help, open the city gate."

Cao Jun, who had not yet been able to enter the city, suddenly became confused and slapped the city gate hard, trying to get in, but how could the gate be opened?

".Sigh." Shi Huan looked at the crying Cao soldiers outside the city and couldn't help but feel unbearable, but he had nothing to do. If the city gate was opened and the enemy troops rushed into Shouchun, it would be tragic.

At this moment, the Yuzhou army finally reached the foot of Shouchun City with murderous intent.

"Surrender without killing!"

Hearing this loud shout, Cao Jun outside the city gave up and fell to their knees one after another: "We are willing to surrender, don't kill us!"

Guan Yu snorted: "Take them down."

This group of surrendered Cao soldiers showed no fighting spirit and were led down one by one in dejection.

"Second brother, if we win today's battle, why not attack Shouchun in one go?" Zhang Fei asked Guan Yu.

Guan Yu shook his head: "No, Shouchun is the capital of Huainan. The city is well-defended and cannot be captured in a hurry. If the soldiers are injured in a strong attack, the spirit of victory will be wasted."

Shouchun was the capital of Chu State at that time, and it was also the center of Yuan Shu's rule. The city defense was very complete. There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city. If we attack by force, we will only lose the soldiers.

Guan Yu took a deep look at the head of Shouchun City, turned around and said: "Send the order to retreat!"

"retreat!"

When the tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops and horses surrounding Shouchun City heard this order, they retreated like a tide.

Seeing that the Yuzhou Army did not take advantage of the situation to attack the city, but instead led their troops to retreat, Han Hao and Shi Huan on top of the city could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Go and ask the doctor to take care of General Xiahou!"

That night, Liu Beijun was in charge of the tent.

"Haha, today's battle was really fun, so fun!" Zhang Fei laughed.

Liu Bei also smiled and looked at Guan Yu.

"Yun Chang, how many soldiers did our army lose today?"

Guan Yu slightly bowed his hand to Liu Bei and reported: "Brother, today our army has more than 1,300 dead soldiers and more than 3,000 casualties. Half of them are minor injuries. They will be able to regain their fighting strength after training."

"Cao's army lost more than 20,000 soldiers today. Among them, more than 4,000 were killed, more than 4,000 fled, and nearly 10,000 were captured alive by our army and are now trapped in the camp."

Liu Bei was overjoyed: "Unexpectedly, we achieved such a great victory today. It's really gratifying."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also excited. After all, the military strength of the two sides was actually not much different, and Cao's army was even slightly more powerful than Liu Bei's army. As a result, Liu Bei's army won a great victory, killing, wounding and capturing more than 10,000 enemy troops, and further besieged the remnants of Cao's army in Shouchun City. It was an unprecedented victory!