I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 202
Immediately, they rushed towards Cao Jun again. In the end, Pei Yuanshao's [-] Shence Army was wiped out, and Pei Yuanshao also died in the chaos.

The battle at Savage Beach is still going on. Li You's more than 2000 defenders are inextricably fighting with the enemy. Both sides have lost a lot, but the area of ​​Savage Beach is too large. Cao Hao, under the command of Sima Yi, chose to Initiate beach landings in multiple places.

This strategy indeed magnified his own strength advantage and reduced the enemy's defense. With all the soldiers of the [-] large ships ashore, Li You was under great pressure.

After many rounds of fighting, both sides lost a lot.On the vast river beach, it is difficult to cover everything and defend effectively, which also doomed Li You to not be able to defend for a long time.

However, Li You still strived to kill the enemy the most. After a fierce battle, Cao Jun suffered thousands of casualties, and Li You lost more than half of them.

As the enemies kept rushing to the river bank, Li You's defense line was also riddled with holes.Just when Li You was about to die, suddenly a team of cavalry rushed over and shouted: "Lieutenant Li, General Li Yun has an order to withdraw the troops in the direction of Luoyang."

As soon as Li You heard it, since the general had an order, he just obeyed it.In fact, in Li You's view, there is no point in defending. Such a wide river beach cannot be defended, and there is no benefit other than burning everything.

I have already suppressed the enemy's vigor, and the enemy has suffered heavy losses.Furthermore, their goal must be Luoyang, so it is better to withdraw to Luoyang and fight again in the future.

After thinking about this, Li You shouted: "Brothers, retreat..."

The remaining thousands of soldiers heard the words and quickly followed their generals to the south. They thought they were going to die, but they were lucky to escape.

Seeing that the enemy had retreated, Cao Hao was finally relieved and did not plan to pursue him. However, judging from the enemy's order just now, he was afraid that Meng Jin had already been captured by General Cao Ren. Cao Ren's army gathered quickly.

It's just a pity that these thirty big ships were completely stranded on the river beach, and I'm afraid they won't be able to use them in a short time. Take Meng Jin down so quickly.

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Cao Hao led more than 1000 soldiers in a hurry, and it took nearly half an hour to finally arrive at Mengjin.It was just that from a distance, wisps of black smoke rose into the sky, blackening half of the sky.

Cao Hao was also shocked in his heart. It was definitely not General Cao Ren who set off such a big fire. The only possibility is that the enemy came and set fire to Mengjin. It seems that the attack was not very smooth.

Sure enough, when Cao Hao rushed over, he found that some soldiers in the army were desperately putting out the fire. He immediately understood what was going on, and immediately joined the fire-fighting army without any explanation.

With the full efforts of more than 1000 people, at sunset, the fire in Mengjin was finally extinguished, but the scorching air still scorched everyone.

Cao Ren also ignored the sporadic embers, and immediately let the remaining less than [-] large ships dock in turn. The soldiers quickly disembarked, built camps on the ruins, and prepared for defense. After unloading the soldiers, the large ships immediately returned to Auspicious , The next batch of soldiers will be transported tomorrow morning.

After all, it was getting dark soon, the light was dark at night, and the river was pitch-black, so I didn't dare to sail rashly. I could only wait for dawn tomorrow before starting to transfer soldiers, which was safer.

Although Cao Ren was very anxious, but the matter had come to this point, there was nothing he could do, so he had to let nature take its course.

Moreover, after this battle, Cao Ren suffered heavy losses, and his troops were severely damaged.

Although Pei Yuanshao's difficult tail was eliminated, he paid nearly seven or eight thousand losses for it, especially the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Zhen lost more than half and their combat power dropped sharply. Cao Ren didn't know how to explain to Cao Cao.

Moreover, when crossing the Yellow River by force today, nearly 6000 to 5000 soldiers were killed or injured, and thousands of soldiers were submerged in the river.Calculated in this way, more than [-] soldiers were lost in today's battle, and nearly [-]% of the troops were lost. This has not yet reached Luoyang, and Cao Ren is heartbroken.

Moreover, more than half of the troop carrier was damaged, and its transportation capacity was greatly reduced. The remaining [-] soldiers would need at least one day of transshipment before they could all be transported across the river.

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Although Cao Ren was very heartbroken, he also knew that this was not the time to be sad, and he needed to cheer up and lead the remaining soldiers to complete Duke Cao's strategic goals.

After today's battle, Cao Ren's heart was very heavy, and he was also worried about the next battle. The state army's recklessness and decisiveness made Cao Ren very frightened.

Cao Jun built a simple camp in Mengjin overnight. Although it was simple, it was well-defended. In addition, Mengjin's terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it should be easy to defend in a short time.

Cao Ren spent the night in fear, and the scouts sent nearby did not find anything unusual. This made Cao Ren feel a little more at ease, and immediately ordered the remaining soldiers to cross the river without hesitation.

After going back and forth several times in a row, there were already [-] soldiers waiting for the shore, which made Cao Ren's tense heartstrings relax a little.I thought in my heart that after another two hours, all of them should be able to transfer over.

Just as Cao Ren secretly rejoiced, he acted in time, and before the enemy army arrived, he suddenly felt a tremor of the ground, and the sound of galloping and roaring could be heard faintly from a distance.

Immediately, an experienced veteran shouted: "It's an enemy attack, and the enemy's cavalry is coming!"

At this moment, Cao Ren also noticed the abnormality. With years of combat experience, he also knew that it was the enemy's cavalry charging over.

Immediately got on his horse and shouted: "All the soldiers of the army line up to meet the enemy, there must be no mistakes!"

Immediately, a kind of cavalry shouted in Mengjin's simple camp: "The whole army is in formation to meet the enemy, there must be no mistakes!"

"Rumble..." The hurried footsteps were chaotic but orderly. Under the scolding of officers such as lieutenant colonel and partial general, nearly ten thousand Cao troops formed a large formation, relying on the existing camp.

Right now, the only option is to hold the ferry and buy time for the follow-up army to cross the river. This is the only way to go. Once the enemy breaks through the defense line and enters Mengjin, the follow-up soldiers may never be transported again.

Cao Ren naturally knew the danger, so he was very dignified.

It is not difficult to judge from the sound of the war horses that the enemy has dispatched at least [-] cavalry this time, otherwise there would be no such big movement.

(End of this chapter)