I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 1912 - 1914: Get Lost, Now

Chapter 1912: Chapter 1914: Get Lost, Now
A formation of 25,000 men was arrayed like a sharp blade, then charged with astonishing speed toward Cao Cao’s central army.
Zhao Yun’s troops were truly taking advantage of rest over labor; Cao Cao’s army had been attacking cities for five days straight, while Xiahou Dun and Yue Jin’s 80,000 troops had been engaged in three days of field battles in succession, constantly at a stalemate. After five days, all of Cao’s troops compared your forces to a tough and foul bone that they just couldn’t chew through.
"Charge!" Zhao Yun led the charge, and as they approached the enemy, he shouted and thrust forward with both hands gripping his spear.
"Kill!"
The two sides finally clashed, yet at the first contact, the prepared yet chaotic Cao army was instantly cut down in large numbers!
Zhao Yun’s 25,000 men were like an exceedingly sharp blade, swiftly and directly slicing through the defenses of Cao Cao’s rear army.
Zhao Yun’s unit had a unique attack formation, each set of three soldiers forming a point, with each taking turns to strike quickly in a charge, often killing in a single blow.
Within Cao’s ranks, no one expected an attack from behind!
When the sound of fighting came from the rear, Cao Cao slammed the table and cursed angrily, "Li Muyun, you cunning scoundrel, you even have an ambush set!"
Who would think that after fighting for five days, you still had reinforcements, and that these reinforcements were previously arranged. Making Cao Cao nearly cough blood was a message from a messenger: "My lord, my lord! Disaster has struck, our grain storage has been set ablaze by the enemy!"
"I had anticipated this, which is why previously at Lü County..."
"My lord, I am originally from Lü County!"
"What!?" His words left no one sitting still.
Xun Yu burst out with, "Li Muyun, you scheming villain!"
"My lord!" Xu Chu entered the tent urgently. "My lord, the rear cannot hold! The enemy is moving too fast and approaching the central army!"
"Impossible, General Li Dian is defending the rear, how could the enemy break his line?" At this, not even the usually shrewd Xun Yu or the ever-calm Guo Jia could remain seated.
"Li, General Li Dian is seriously injured," Xu Chu said deeply.
"Who!? Who dares harm my beloved general!" At this, Cao Cao was furious beyond control. Bringing hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress the small Li Muyun, enduring hardships and yielding no results was one thing, but losing a beloved general was something Cao Cao could not endure.
"It was a Silver Kai soldier."
Upon hearing that Li Dian was nearly crippled by an unknown minor general, Cao Cao immediately spat blood and, coinciding with the onset of a headache, fainted straight away.
With Cao Cao’s fainting, panic spread among the people in the tent.
"! The army of Shepherd Cloud-Sun City has launched a full assault towards the central army!"
Upon hearing of your advance, everyone was in disarray. At this moment, Xun Yu stood out and shouted at the panicked crowd, "Quick, gather the troops, retreat from Xuzhou!"
With both the grain burned and their lord fainted, Xun Yu could only make this less than ideal decision. Even if the campaign against Xuzhou failed, they could not afford to ruin Cao Cao’s foundation here, or everything would be lost.
Guo Jia also timely instructed Xu Chu: "General, disguise someone as our lord, put them in our lord’s chariot, and let them blend in with the chaotic troops, while you personally lead the Tiger Leopard Cavalry to escort the lord away first."
Xu Chu immediately understood, clasped his fists to Guo Jia, acknowledged, and hurriedly turned to give orders.
At this moment, Guo Jia and Xun Yu exchanged glances and sighed softly: "It seems Xuzhou is henceforth beyond our capability to contend with."
"General Fenyong Li Muyun is indeed a Ferocious Beast!"
"Great Commander, notify all troops: whoever captures the heads of Cao Cao and Cao Pi, father and son, will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"
Seeing Cao’s troops in complete defeat, you immediately issued a bounty on the heads of Cao Cao and his son. Ten thousand gold, whether for a general or an ordinary citizen, is an enormous sum. Upon hearing this news, your soldiers went crazy, some even pursued Cao’s troops beyond Xuzhou’s borders. You allowed them to continue the pursuit for five consecutive days, even breaking through to Fei County, chasing all the way to Under Taishan City.
"Spit!"
Standing at the city gates, with bandages on him and holding a large blade full of notches from excessive killing, Maizi turned towards the frightened Cao troops atop the city walls and spat, cursing unreservedly, "What nonsense! All show and no guts, shrinking away at the last moment!"
"Uncle Maizi, your military achievements are already numerous. Your rewards back home could buy land, build a house, and find a wife!" joked a soldier who knew Maizi nearby.
Maizi glared with bloodshot eyes and continued to curse the city walls: "I just hate that my legs can’t move faster. I was so close to catching that Cao family kid, and he got inside the city! Oh, if not for that, I surely could have married that pretty nurse from the medical team!"
"Oh, I see you’re after Sister Peony; many are eyeing that girl. Hehe, you have no chance!"
"Get lost!" Maizi retorted, spitting again in discontent.
At this moment, the horn for retreat sounded from the back of the army, and the soldiers, who had been preparing to attack the city, regretfully turned away.
As Maizi left, he was still cursing: "Just wait, as long as I have a breath left, one day I’ll slaughter my way to your home!"
News of Cao Cao’s failure to suppress Li Muyun quickly spread across the Nine Provinces. Regardless of which faction, upon hearing the news, their first reaction was "Impossible!" Yet reality proved stronger than rhetoric; not only did you crush Cao Cao’s 600,000 troops, but you also caused over 200,000 to remain forever on Xuzhou’s earth.
After retreating back to Yan Province, the just-awakened Cao Cao received another shocking blow: unknown forces attacked Qing Zhou, and Donglai, Chengyang, and Beihai counties had fallen to invaders!
"Who is it!? Who on earth!?"
Simultaneously, Cao’s generals were secretly relieved that he had taken his Qing Zhou family members to Xuchang earlier; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Regarding the origin of these troops, you quickly provided a clear answer to all powers while reorganizing Xuzhou: you declared that the three counties seized in Qing Zhou by Cao Cao were now under your jurisdiction. You formulated them into the newly named Penglai County and appointed a previously unheard-of military general, Lü Dai, as its commander.
In the same year, November, Xu Sheng of Guangling City and Little Liu of Xiapi City led troops south, seizing the entirety of the region north of the Chang River in Yang Zhou’s Wu County. They established a new city opposite Jianye City across the river, named Yangzhou City, jointly managed by Little Liu and Xu Sheng.
The establishment of Yangzhou City posed a significant threat to Liu Yao on the Jiangnan Shore and Yuan Shu in the west of Huanan. However, with nearly 100,000 Tiger Troops amassed there, even Yuan Shu, with 400,000 troops, dared not act rashly, let alone other minor powers.
After all, the Xuzhou Army that even Cao’s 600,000 troops couldn’t conquer, nobody dared to provoke them recklessly now.
Also in November, you surprisingly added a new city to Xuzhou with vast financial resources. Positioned north of Dongguan County and west of Beihai County, the new city was named Wushuang City, jointly garrisoned by Yu Jin and Lü Dai. Both Lü Dai and Yu Jin excelled at defense, ensuring that with these two guarding the northern side of Xuzhou, you could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
From this battle, while Cao Cao suffered greatly, he heaved a sigh of relief as Yuan Shao in the north was fiercely embroiled with Gongsun Zan, leaving Cao Cao some respite to reorganize. However, Cao Cao had headaches from more than one foe; shortly after catching his breath, Lü Bu, declaring himself emperor in Chang’an, launched a 200,000-strong assault on Yan Province.