Chapter 472: The battle between Cao Cao and Li Jing, Zhao Yun and Luo Cheng!
Outside Muye Pass.
Cao Cao and Li Jing confronted each other for a long time.
The city was never taken.
Our side even suffered considerable casualties.
Originally, after he joined forces with Wei Qing, Fu Hao and others, his army had a total of 500,000 troops.
But now, there are less than 400,000 left.
In just a few days, one hundred thousand soldiers lost their lives.
However, Li Jing's situation was not good either, with probably hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed.
You know, Li Jing is defensive and Cao Cao is offensive.
In this case, Cao Cao still has the upper hand.
After all, Cao Cao has not yet used Guan Yu's 100,000 soldiers.
However, the lineup of soldiers on his side is extremely exaggerated.
Guan Yu, Wang Jian, Wei Qing, Chen Qingzhi, Fu Hao, Lü Bu, and Zhao Yun.
On the side of counselors, there are also Xie An and Guo Jia.
On the other hand, Li Jing is much inferior.
There were only generals such as Hou Junji, Yuchi Jingde, and Luo Cheng.
Fortunately, they are only responsible for defending the city, which can make up for the shortcomings of the lineup of soldiers to a great extent.
Li Jing also knew that Cao Cao brought many powerful generals from Qin on this trip.
Therefore, in the face of the provocation of the Qin army, he always kept the city gates closed and did not go out.
Even Yuchi Jingde's injuries have almost healed.
Luo Cheng has long wanted to fight with Zhao Yun.
But Li Jing refused.
He was afraid that once the city gate was opened, it would never be closed again.
However, he was very anxious.
If we continue to guard Muye Pass, the situation within Yan State will be very bad.
Because there is no need to guess, we know that with the arrival of Cao Cao, the Qin Emperor must have adopted the strategy of dividing troops.
They held Muye Pass for such a long time without seeing any other Yan army soldiers arrive.
This is really thought-provoking.
At this moment, Qin general Zhao Yun was leading 30,000 soldiers and cursing outside the city.
Many Yan army generals in the city could no longer bear it and took the initiative to ask Li Jing:
"General Li, if we keep wasting time like this, how long will it take to end? Our food supply has been cut off by the Qin army. Are we going to have to wait and see until all our supplies are gone? By then, our soldiers will be starving and will be in no position to fight the Qin army."
"Yes, look at the arrogance of the Qin army. They thought our Yan army was afraid of them!"
"If we don't win another battle, I'm afraid our army's morale will have hit rock bottom."
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How could Li Jing not know what they said?
But he just doesn't dare!
Once the city is opened, facing the Qin army's charge, who can guarantee that the city gates will be safe?
Even if the city gates were closed, how many soldiers outside the city would die?
If we let go completely and fight the Qin army to the death, I'm afraid we will really die...
Hou Junji said in a deep voice: "Originally, the purpose of our army stationed in this city was to detain the main force of the Qin Emperor."
"But now, Cao Cao alone has trapped us. How can we help Your Majesty repel the enemy?"
"What good are we doing in this city? We might as well get out and kill him!
"If we can break out of this encirclement, we will be much more useful than if we stayed here!"
He is telling the truth.
Originally, Li Jing wanted to keep the main force of the Qin army here.
But now, for Cao Cao, keeping Li Jing here would be the greatest help to the overall battlefield.
The situation has changed.
Li Jing is a well-rounded commander. Whether he is conquering a city or defending a territory, he is not comparable to ordinary generals.
So, he had already thought about what Hou Junji said.
They have been emphasizing the need to fight.
But they never thought that what would happen if these 400,000 troops were defeated.
So, how dangerous will the situation of Yan State be?
Cao Cao was checking him.
How could he not be balancing Cao Cao?
Just then.
Li Jing looked around at the generals and suddenly found that one person was missing.
He couldn't help but frown, "Where's General Luo Cheng?"
Several generals looked at each other in confusion.
They haven't seen Luo Cheng since they came here to discuss matters.
Li Jing secretly felt bad.
It happened that at this time a scout came to report that Luo Cheng, riding a horse, opened the city gate and went to challenge Zhao Yun in a duel.
Upon hearing this, Li Jing was shocked and hurried to the top of the city wall with his generals.
But Zhao Yun and Luo Cheng had already started to confront each other.
Li Jing gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't I tell you that all generals are strictly forbidden to leave the city to meet the enemy? What is he going to do?"
One soldier clasped his fists and said, "General Luo is also angry."
"Just now, Cao Cao ordered one of his generals to scatter General Qin's ashes."
Hearing this.
All the officers and soldiers were furious and said one after another:
"How dare Cao Cao! If this gets out, isn't he afraid that the whole world will laugh at the Qin State?"
"General Qin died in battle. It's fine if the Qin army doesn't respect him, but how could they do such a thing?"
"I'm so angry, General Li, please allow me to lead 30,000 troops to assist General Luo Cheng and meet Zhao Yun!"
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Now it was not only Luo Cheng who was angry, all the generals were angry.
I really can’t blame them, Cao Cao is just too hateful!
How can the ashes of those who died in the war be scattered casually?
This is something that soldiers are ashamed of!
Li Jing knew that if he didn't let them fight another battle, the morale of the army would be completely lost.
Moreover, the anger of the generals cannot be suppressed, and problems may easily arise.
In desperation, Li Jing looked at a general beside him and said:
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