Chapter 900: Dian Wei returns to boost morale
Although the casualties of the Zhao army were more than twice that of Cao's army, they still failed to satisfy Cao Cao.
He himself injured tens of thousands of people, and although half of them were only injured, the injuries were not so easy to recover.
"In this battle, 50,000 enemy troops were killed, and the whole army was honored." Cao Cao said.
He directly doubled the number of kills.
It's only 25,000, and he has more than 10,000 casualties, even if he breaks through the Zhao army's camp, it can only be said to be a small victory.
Cao Cao needed a big win to boost his morale again.
The most important thing for a big victory is to look at the number of enemies killed.
The Zhao army camp was only 70,000 people, and Cao Cao said that killing 50,000 enemies was almost a complete annihilation of the enemy army.
Ordinary soldiers, just followed the generals to rush and kill, and they didn't know how much Zhao Jun ran.
Since Cao Cao said that he killed 50,000 enemies, it was 50,000, and no one could get along with the credit.
This is not only the morale of the ebony, but also the confidence of the rear of Yanzhou.
Let them see that Zhao Jun is not invincible, and he will also fail.
It's just that during the propaganda, Cao Cao deliberately weakened the situation that there were no fierce generals in the Zhao army, and Zhao Hui was not in Dian Wei's absence.
Instead, he grabbed 70,000 Zhao troops and was annihilated by the figure of 50,000.
Ordinary people don't know the situation, so they will naturally have a lot of confidence in Cao Cao.
Cao Cao could defeat Lu Bu at the beginning, and now he can also defeat Zhao Hui.
Such a victory, as long as it comes three or five more times, Cao Cao will win.
not only to improve the morale of the soldiers and the confidence of the people, but also the families behind them, as well as many officials in Yanzhou.
Cao Cao needs to give them confidence, otherwise they will definitely abandon Cao Cao and go to Zhao Hui for their own future.
Or secretly contact Zhao Hui. Provide Zhao Hui with all kinds of information. In exchange for Cao Cao's defeat, after Zhao Hui entered Yanzhou, they still have their current status and can live their previous lives.
Cao Cao knew very well the temperament of these people, and in times of crisis, he was already very satisfied if he could have one-tenth of the people willing to follow him.
Xu Shu Xunchen retreated for more than 20 miles with the remaining more than 40,000 soldiers and horses before he stopped again and began to contact Zhao Hui.
Although they wanted to wait until Dian Wei or Zhao Hui arrived, they were still broken through the camp by Cao's army.
Xu Shu was very guilty and felt sorry for Zhao Hui's trust and cultivation.
However, after Zhao Hui received the battle report, he did not blame Xu Shu and Xun Chen.
With the same number of troops, it is already commendable to be able to keep most of the troops in Cao Cao's hands.
In the hands of Xu Shu Xun Chen, the strongest Guan Hai is far inferior to Xu Chu Guan Yu and others.
Although the wisdom of the two is superb, Cao Cao also has Xun You, Cheng Yu, Zhong Xuan and other advisers.
In addition to the equal number of troops, it is already weaker than Cao Cao in other aspects.
If there are walls to rely on, then it is possible to hold on for a few more days.
But it was just a makeshift camp, and it really couldn't stop Cao Cao's attack.
Xu Shu retreated for twenty miles, then re-established the camp and waited for Zhao Hui's follow-up soldiers and horses.
The accompanying military doctor began to clean the wounds of the wounded soldiers.
In the new camp, everyone was silent.
The injured are waiting to be healed, and the uninjured are staring blankly and don't know what to do.
Even the soldiers in charge of patrolling and guarding looked listless.
The defeat of the white horse had a great impact on their morale.
Even if they retreat twenty miles now, their morale will still be difficult to recover in a short period of time.
It is difficult to boost morale, but it is easy to vent.
The army is newly defeated, and Xu Shu Xun Chen has no way to improve the morale of the army now.
In the evening of the next day, Dian Wei and Xu Huang returned with an army of 20,000.
With Dian Wei's return, the morale of the army has improved, but it is still worse than when Dian Wei left.
Dian Wei's arrival only made their hearts settle, but the shadow of defeat, the faces of those dead brothers, still appeared in their dreams.
"The two military advisors, Cao Cao has evacuated Baima, and the army will be stationed in Baima tomorrow." After Dian Wei returned, he immediately prepared to enter Hakuba again.
"Evil, now that morale is low, is it a little longer to enter the White Horse?" Xu Shu said.
Dian Wei shook his head: "It is precisely because of the low morale that they have to enter the White Horse, and if they are defeated by the White Horse, they will have to stand up again from the White Horse." ”
Xun Chen said: "If Cao Cao attacks again, we are afraid that it will still be difficult to resist, and when the time comes, if we are defeated once, our morale will really be irretrievable." ”
"Cao Cao has retreated to Yanjin, and the lord will be able to reach Baima in a few days, how dare Cao Cao attack Baima again." Dian Wei Dao.
White Horse was defeated, and Xu Shu and Xun Chen became more conservative.
But Dian Wei could not tolerate it, and his soldiers and horses had to advance.
With the dreary atmosphere in this barracks, he was very uncomfortable.
Dian Wei didn't want to stay for a moment.
If you want to restore the morale of these more than 40,000 defeated troops, you will definitely not be able to stay in this newly built camp.
Maybe when Zhao Hui arrives, their morale will be a little higher again.
But if you want to recover to the top, you have to go back to Hakuba and start over in Hakuba.
Although when Zhao Hui arrives, he will still be stationed in Baima, but at that time, it feels different from Dian Wei taking them now.
Dian Wei is their main general, and Zhao Hui is their main father.
Xun Chen and Xu Shu nodded.
"In that case, I'll leave tomorrow."
The two also knew that Cao Cao was going to kill a horse pistol, and there was basically no possibility.
Unless Cao Cao wants to fight a decisive battle on the White Horse.
The next day, Dian Wei led the army and re-entered the White Horse.
Two days ago, the bodies of the brothers who had died in battle were still there.
Dian Wei told them to put away all the nameplates, leaving only the ashes in the cremation.
"Are you sad?"
Looking at the raging fire, burning those corpses, Dian Wei shouted loudly.
"The thief has killed so many of our brothers, are you indifferent?"
"Their ashes are here now, and their families have lost their breadwinners."
"It's just a failure, what's the big deal, look at your current bear, have you been beaten by Cao Thief?"
"One by one, lift your head up for me, why are you crying with a sad face? Won't the enemy kill you if you cry in the face? I tell you, if you are like this, the next time you encounter the thief again, you will be in this fire. ”
Dian Wei pointed to the fire behind him, the corpses of the dead brothers looming in the fire, with hideous faces and broken limbs, making people's scalps tingle.
"Tell me, are you willing?"
The soldiers with their heads bowed all raised their heads at this moment, and some of them couldn't help but shed tears when they were just moving the corpses, and now they all wiped them clean with their hands.
"Unwilling!"
"Tell me out loud, willing?"
"Unwilling!"
At first, only some people shouted out.
But their voices gradually became louder, and everyone opened their mouths, and they shouted loudly, spitting out all the emotions they had suppressed for the past few days.