The Nameless of the Common Clans

Cao Peng died in the battle, and the Cao army in the city lost its leadership and fought on their own. Some of them had already begun to flee. When Chen Mo entered the city with his personal guards, it was already dusk and the war had come to an end. Chen Mo did not pursue the Cao army that escaped from the city. It was not easy for these 5,000 Jizhou surrendered soldiers to fight to this extent. Moreover, they had been running for dozens of miles since yesterday, ambushing the Baima soldiers at night, and then fighting another battle to capture the city at dawn.

Whether it was physical strength or fighting spirit, it had reached its limit at this time. If they continued to fight, their morale would keep up, but their physical strength would not.

After this battle, Chen Mo had completely gathered the hearts of these 5,000 surrendered soldiers and could use them freely. At this time, it was not worthwhile for Chen Mo to waste these people and horses on meaningless pursuit.

In this war, he had to calculate every bit of his troops properly. He had to face the two major princes, Cao Cao and Yuan.

"My Lord, great joy!" As soon as he entered the city, he saw Dian Wei and Guo Meng coming up quickly and bowing to Chen Mo.

"Well, if Liyang is broken, Cao Cao will not dare to attack with all his strength." Chen Mo smiled and nodded. If Liyang is broken, Cao Cao will definitely be afraid of the safety of the rear. If there are a few more such battles, there is no fear that Cao Cao will not retreat.

"No, my Lord, we found the place where Cao's army stored grain in the city, a full eight granaries!" Guo Meng looked at Chen Mo excitedly and said.

"What!?" Even though Chen Mo had guessed it beforehand, when he really heard the news, he still couldn't suppress his ecstasy in his heart. Brother Mengde, this time, I won! He said to the two of them, "Take me there!"

"Yes!"

The group hurried to the vicinity of Liyang's granary. Seven of the eight granaries were newly built. Chen Mo asked them to open them. Looking at the full grain and grass inside, he was overjoyed.

"Burn it!" Chen Mo waved his hand.

"Ah!?" Dian Wei and Guo Meng looked at Chen Mo in surprise. Even if the eight granaries were not counted, there were hundreds of thousands or even millions of stones of grain, enough to feed the army for two or three months. They were burned like this?

"Our army is behind enemy lines. Do you still want to take the grain away?" Chen Mo looked at the two of them and said with a smile. What he wanted was to cut off the grain rather than rob it. If the grain was transported away, it would probably be robbed by Cao's army halfway and there would be nowhere to run.

Dian Wei looked at the full granary with some pain, and was reluctant to leave.

"All soldiers, take one day's food, drag the grain in these eight granaries out and burn it for me. Don't leave a single grain. After burning it all, gather the soldiers and withdraw immediately!" Chen Mo grabbed a handful of corn. If he said he was reluctant, he must have felt it in his heart. If so much food could be pulled back, nearly half of the grain consumed in the battle of Jizhou could be taken back.

You know, for this battle, Chen Mo has tightened his belt for the past two years, and almost all the money in the Luoyang treasury has been used to buy food.

But there is no way, this is Cao Cao's important grain storage area. When Cao Cao finds out, he will definitely send troops here immediately. Chen Mo must withdraw as soon as possible, otherwise he will be taken over by Cao Cao.

"My lord, the soldiers have fought in succession and need to rest now. Why withdraw so quickly? Let the soldiers rest well." Guo Meng frowned.

"If possible, I also want to let the soldiers rest." Chen Mo explained while asking people to set fire to the grain: "But this is where Cao Cao stores grain, where his lifeline is. Now we have seized his lifeline. How long do you think it will take for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive? If you don't withdraw, I'm afraid it will be a series of hard battles. Do you still want to fight?"

"I understand!" Guo Meng suddenly realized what he said, and quickly agreed to arrange the withdrawal.

Chen Mo shook his head. This was because the surrendered soldiers from Jizhou had not yet developed a tacit understanding with him. Otherwise, why would there be so many words? Chen Mo would have enough patience for these surrendered soldiers. If this was the old soldier from Guanzhong, Chen Mo would have to consider whether Guo Meng should change his position.

The kerosene in the city was carried out and poured on the granaries. Soon, eight granaries were on fire. Chen Mo led the soldiers who had not yet been repaired out of the city and left quickly. Since the Cao army's granaries were burned, there was no need to continue to cause damage in the rear of the Cao army. After returning, they had to prepare to deal with Yuan Shang thoroughly.

Just as Chen Mo withdrew his troops and quickly fled into the mountains and forests and rushed to Yecheng, the second day of the war on Cao Cao's side also began to end.

"Not quite right." Cao Cao frowned and looked at the Guanzhong army retreating like a tide, frowning.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

"The Guanzhong Army is too conservative in its use of troops today, which is very different from yesterday." Cao Cao knelt behind the commander's desk, frowning and thinking about today's battle situation. Now that the battle has been completely opened, he can clearly feel that the Guanzhong Army seems to be too conservative today compared to yesterday's Guanzhong Army.

Chen Mo's use of troops is very stable, but also very cruel. Sometimes he can dig a pit for you without knowing it, and then eat up a lot of troops in one bite. Fighting with Chen Mo, you have to be 120% vigilant, but today's battle is quite a bit of fighting for each other, and the power of the generals and troops under Chen Mo's command has not been fully exerted.

"In fact, there have been changes since yesterday." Guo Jia frowned and said, "It seems that Chen Mo has returned to Yecheng, but I don't know who is commanding the battle now?"

Yuan Shang's troops arrived in Pingyang and took Yecheng directly, which naturally could not be hidden from Cao Cao's eyes and ears. It is not strange that Chen Mo returned to Yecheng to preside over the battle.

After all, if Yecheng was lost, all the advantages Chen Mo had previously built up would be gone. Guo Jia was surprised that Yuan Shang had not yet captured Yecheng.

"What's going on in Yecheng?" Cao Cao only started to care about Yecheng at this time. Since Chen Mo had gone back, it must be difficult for Yuan Shang to enter Yecheng, right?

"It's strange. According to our spies, the gates of Yecheng are wide open. Yuan Shang is now stationed outside the city and has not entered the city." Cheng Yu laughed.

"Empty city plan?" Cao Cao shook his head. Yuan Shang was not that stupid. Even if he was stupid, people around him such as Tian Feng and Ju Su were not stupid either. It was impossible for them to be fooled by the empty city plan.

"It shouldn't count. Chen Mo has stationed 20,000 troops in the north of the city." Cheng Yu shook his head. If he said there were no soldiers in the city, Cheng Yu would not believe it.

"What does this mean?" Cao Cao was happy and looked at everyone with some curiosity.

Everyone shook their heads. Even if Guo Jia was as wise as he was, he couldn't figure out what Chen Mo was going to do?

"According to the spies, the soldiers in the south of the city are all surrendered soldiers from Yecheng. Are they worried that they will turn against their own side when Chen Mo sends them to station outside the city?" Cheng Yu said with a smile.

"That would be a bit of a waste. Even if Yecheng has soldiers at this time, there won't be too many. If we can get the help of these 20,000 surrendered soldiers, at least we can defend the city." Guo Jia shook his head. Chen Mo is good at commanding the army. Not to mention that these people have surrendered for a while, even if they have just surrendered, it is not difficult to intimidate them if they are just defending the city. Chen Mo's means will not fail to do this. I am afraid that he has a bigger plan for doing so.

Guo Jia suddenly remembered something and looked at Cheng Yu and said, "Have all our spies in Yecheng been sent out of the city?"

"That's not the case, but now Yecheng is under martial law, and it is difficult for spies in the city to pass on information. Now the news from Yecheng is indeed coming from there." Cheng Yu frowned when he said this, and looked at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao is saying that these news..."

"They were all released deliberately by Chen Mo." Guo Jia sighed and said, "See if these troops have been mobilized. I always feel that he has big plans, and it is probably not as simple as defending Yecheng."

Cheng Yu nodded, and immediately stood up and prepared to go out to investigate.

But before he left, Xu Chu strode in and bowed to Cao Cao, saying, "My lord, a group of defeated soldiers came outside the camp, claiming to be the defenders of Liyang, and shouted outside the camp that Liyang City was broken. I have captured them all."

Cao Cao's face changed when he heard this, and so did Guo Jia and Cheng Yu. Cao Cao stood up suddenly and said, "Where is it? Take me to see it!"

"Yes!"

Cao Cao left in a hurry, and Guo Jia said absentmindedly, "Zhongde doesn't need to go. This is probably the real purpose of Chen Mo."

Cheng Yu's face turned pale, "Why didn't anyone report such important information to me?"

"I'm afraid it has been reported, but it has not been passed on to you." Guo Jia raised his body, closed his eyes and thought, "In the past two days, I'm afraid there have been a lot of news from there, but most of them are useless intelligence, and those who were sent away this time were all surrendered soldiers. I'm afraid everyone thought that they were sent to deal with Yuan Shang, so the people below were lazy and prepared to report later."

"Asshole!" Cheng Yu was furious when he heard this.

"This is Chen Mo's plan, and it is hard to guard against it." Guo Jia smiled bitterly.

"It may not be broken. There are 5,000 soldiers stationed in Liyang. Even if Chen Mo comes in person, it may be difficult to break through, right?" Cheng Yu said, and left with a little luck in his heart, ready to make amends.

Guo Jia did not persuade him again. Sometimes it is useless to make amends after the fact. Who would have thought that at this time Chen Mo was not thinking about breaking Yuan Shang, but breaking his side?

On the other side, Cao Cao had seen the defeated soldiers from Liyang. The news that Liyang City was broken and Cao Peng died in the battle made Cao Cao pale. Suddenly, he covered his head and shouted: "It hurts me!"

It was a headache. Xu Chu on the side hurriedly supported Cao Cao and shouted sternly: "Quick, call the military doctor."

"Order Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun to see me!" Cao Cao broke away from Xu Chu's support and shouted to the guards outside the tent.

"Yes!" The guard agreed and left immediately.

After a while, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun came in and bowed to Cao Cao, saying, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"You two muster 10,000 soldiers immediately and rush to Liyang. If Liyang is broken, take it back and make sure to keep the food and grass in Liyang." Cao Cao endured the headache and watched the two people give orders quickly.

"I obey your orders!" The two men looked serious when they heard the words. Knowing that things were not going well, they did not delay and immediately went out of the tent and gathered the troops to rush to Liyang overnight.

Outside the tent, Cheng Yu looked pale as he looked at Cao Cao who came out of the tent. His lips moved, but he could not speak.

"Zhongde, don't blame yourself. Things are not as serious as you think! Stay calm. You must be calm at this time!" Cao Cao waved his hand, indicating that Cheng Yu did not need to panic. Things might not be that bad.

"Here!"

I've added more chapters these two days because it was recommended. I promised the editor that I would add more chapters. I originally wanted to update at least four times a day, but I drank so much in the past two days that I didn't save any manuscripts. I've rushed to finish these two days. Alas, I've disappointed everyone.