After this round of bloody battle, Cao's army also exhausted its spirit. The golden bell rang and the army temporarily retreated.

As the sun sets, corpses are everywhere on the battlefield, blood flowing in the fields, and the burned siege tools such as the city chariots are burning violently on the battlefield.

When Ailang saw that Cao's army had finally retreated, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He suddenly felt tired and couldn't help but sit on the steps of the city gate tower. Seeing Chen Gong coming over, he couldn't help but ask in anger: "When will Yuan Shao's reinforcements come?" Chen Gong said: "By the time, they should be coming soon."

"Look at that side!" Someone suddenly pointed to the distance in the west and shouted, with a very excited voice. Everyone looked to the west and saw a team coming towards this side in the sunset. The soldiers cheered, and some shouted, "Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming!" Ailang couldn't help laughing and patted Chen Gong's shoulder heavily.

When it was dark, the team finally entered the city from the West City Gate. However, to everyone's expectations, all the people came were wine, meat, supplies, and money, and there were no reinforcements at all.

Ailang grabbed the leading officer and asked angrily: "Why are you the only ones? Where are the reinforcements?"

The officer hurriedly said, "Because Guo Si and Li Que suddenly attacked Hangu Pass, the eldest son dispatched troops to Hangu Pass to welcome the enemy,..."

"What about my reinforcements?"

The officer hurriedly said, "The eldest son wants the general to hold on to help for another month. When he defeats Guo Si and Li Que, he will be able to send troops to support the general."

Ailang was furious and pushed the officer away, cursing: "Fuck! I'll die long in half a month!"

Chen Gong walked to Ailang and said, "General, it's useless to be angry now. Since Yuan Shao's army cannot come, we can only find a way to break through!"

Ailang only felt a breath and had nowhere to vent. Everything was going according to the plan, but at the most critical moment, Yuan Shao had a curtain dropped. Ailang forced himself to suppress his anger and said, "Okay! Let's break west immediately! I'm going to settle the score with that shitty young master!"

In the Cao army's tent, Cao Cao received a report from the scout and knew that Yuan Shao had provided Lu Bu with a lot of money and grain supplies. He laughed and said sarcastically: "Lu Bu wanted soldiers at this time, but Yuan Shao gave him money and grain. What a joke!"

Guo Jia thought, "Now that Lu Bu has lost hope, he will surely break through the siege."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Yes, Lu Bu has no hope of defending, and he will definitely break through and flee back to Luoyang. To break through, it will be tonight." Then he said to Xiahou Dun, Xu Chu, Xiahou Yuan, three of you, "Yuan Rang, Zhongkang, Miaocai, you three lead your troops to ambush outside the Xicheng Gate. Once you find Lu Bu, you will immediately surround me and kill me on all sides! Never let him escape!" The three generals held their fists excitedly and agreed, "Don't worry, lord, I will take Lu Bu's head to offer it to your lord!" Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, don't hurt Lu Bu's life! Talents like Lu Bu are of great use to keep them!" The three generals held their fists and responded and went hurriedly.

After the three generals left, Cao Cao was a little worried and frowned and said, "Lu Bu is brave and powerful. Only he is ambushed. I am afraid he will escape in the end!" Then he ordered: "I order all the troops of the central army to move quietly to the west of the city!" The commander immediately sent a military order. In the night, the main forces of each unit of the Cao army quietly left the barracks, and bypassed Yanzhou and ambushed to the west of Yanzhou. There were fierce generals of Cao army lying in ambushing from all directions. The cavalry and infantry were ready to go, and they were like a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for Lu Bu to break through the siege and fall into a trap.

At the third update, the scout rushed to Cao Cao to report: "Lord, the west gate of Yanzhou is opened, and some soldiers and horses have quietly left the city!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and ordered the army to prepare for the battle. At the same time, he repeated: Don't shoot cold arrows to injure Lu Bu's life; he ordered the scout to explore again.

About an hour later, the night was still quiet, and Lu Bu's army was still here. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel anxious and paced down the big tree on the top of the mountain. This feeling seemed as if he heard that a peerless beauty was coming, but he was unable to meet for a long time and was anxious and restless.

The scout rushed back to Cao Cao and reported urgently: "Lord, Lu Bujun suddenly lost his trace!"

Everyone was shocked. Cao Cao walked to the scout quickly, pulled him up, and shouted in anger: "What does it mean to suddenly lose trace? How could nearly ten thousand soldiers suddenly lose trace?" The scout looked panicked and didn't know how to answer.

Guo Jia suddenly frowned and said, "Lord, we may have been hit by Lu Busheng's trick to attack the east and west!"

Cao Cao laughed and said angrily: "Does Lu Bu use tricks?"

Guo Jia said: "Lu Bu is a reckless man, but Chen Gong is full of tricks. We have all forgotten that with his wisdom, we would definitely expect that our army would ambush in the west. He is very likely to deliberately use a small army to pretend to go west, but in fact he broke through the east!"

Cao Cao was shocked and shouted anxiously: "Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu continued to ambush here, and the rest of the troops immediately followed me back to the east!"

On the earth shining with stars and moonlight, the Cao army was rushing towards the east of Yanzhou like a torrent. Halfway through, Cao Cao met an officer who came to report the news, and the other party hurriedly reported: "Lord is not good! Lu Bu's entire army suddenly broke out from the east gate and had already broken through the siege!"

Cao Cao was very annoyed and shouted, "What did Yu Jin do? Why did he break through?"

The officer hurriedly said: "Our army lacks military strength. Although we have tried our best, we were eventually broken through the encirclement by the opponent! General Yu Jin was shot in an arrow in his arm and almost died in the chaos!"

Cao Cao was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Is Yu Jin okay?"

The officer shook his head and said, "General Yu Jin is not seriously injured." Cao Cao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Jia said: "Lord, hurry up and chase after you, maybe you can catch up with Lu Bu."

Cao Cao agreed deeply and immediately led the army to chase eastward. The horses were neighing and shouting until early morning. Cao's army rushed to the west bank of the Ji River. However, they saw that the two floating bridges on the Ji River were burning fiercely, and Lu Bu's army was completely missing. Cao Cao could not pursue him for a while. Cao Cao shook the horse whip, laughed, and cursed: "It's hateful! The cooked duck actually flew away!"

Guo Jia said: "Lord, since Lu Bu can't catch up, the most important thing next is to destroy Zhang Miao and seize his Chenliu County!"
Chapter completed!