Chapter 635: Two Pursuits
The majestic sound of war drums suddenly sounded, reverberating incessantly inside and outside the camp. (_)
In an instant, a group of soldiers rushed out from both sides of the camp and quickly rushed towards Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao heard the rumbling of war drums, glanced at the soldiers who rushed out, and chuckled in his heart. looked at Wang Can, and saw Wang Can looking at him with a smile, Cao Cao felt even more uncomfortable. He looked back at the soldiers under his command, and saw that the soldiers were whispering, and they no longer had the strength to charge bravely, but their eyes flickered, and their faces showed a worried look.
Wang Can's words directly hit the weakness of the Cao Ying soldiers, who lost the most basic guarantee without the food they relied on for survival.
Cao Cao stared at Wang Can, and immediately shouted: "Xiahou Yuan, you lead the cavalry to the rear and block the pursuit of the enemy." ”
"No!"
After receiving the order, Xiahou Yuan immediately organized a cavalry formation to prepare to resist the rushing army.
Because the road was slippery, muddy and difficult to run, Wang Can did not let Zhao Yun lead the broken military camp to attack, after all, the war horse stepped on the mud and it was easy to slip, so it was Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang who led the troops to rush out. The three led the charge, and the infantry under their command rushed forward bravely, brandishing Han swords and rushing towards the Cao soldiers.
Xi Zhicai's brows furrowed, and he suggested: "Lord, the knife carts are heavy and difficult to travel, and they have lost their effectiveness, so it is better to line up all the knife carts together and block the way for Wang Can's infantry to rush and kill." ”
Cao Cao nodded and immediately ordered to go down.
Although the knife carriage did not play the expected role, it bought time for Cao Cao to lead the troops to evacuate.
On the official road, the one-zhang-wide knife carts were next to each other, and they were closely placed on the official road, blocking the road of the infantry charge. Cao Cao greeted and led his army to retreat.
In this battle, Cao Cao was anticlimactic.
However, Cao Cao led his soldiers to retreat, but it did not mean that the army was really defeated by Wang Can. After all, the ownership of the little emperor has not yet been determined, and no one knows the result until the end.
Cao Cao led his troops to retreat, and Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao, and Zhou Cang led the soldiers in pursuit.
Due to the rain that fell all day yesterday and the roads were muddy, when Cao Cao's soldiers fled, it was inevitable that a few soldiers slipped and fell to the ground, covered in mud. However, it didn't matter if the mud stained their bodies, because all the soldiers retreated quickly, and it was impossible for one or two of them to stop, and the soldiers running behind them also stopped.
With a little luck, the soldiers who ran up would take a detour or pull up the soldiers who fell to the ground.
Unlucky, the soldier who ran up stepped on the soldier's body and continued to run. Because there are too many soldiers in the army and the speed of running, it is inevitable that some soldiers will be trampled to death.
Huang Zhong led the troops to chase behind, and a nine-foot long knife in his hand slashed left and right, bringing up a puddle of blood.
The soldiers who ran behind were hacked to death by the Yizhou soldiers who chased after them.
On the muddy road, blood flowed and mixed with muddy mud, staining the ground a dark red. One by one, corpses fell to the ground, their faces unwilling, but they could no longer stand up.
Two armies, chasing all the way, fleeing all the way.
Halfway through the chase, a team of elite soldiers led by General Cao Ying suddenly came out. At this time, Cao Cao also ordered the army to stop, and the two armies converged and retreated the army led by Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang.
After Huang Zhong led the troops to leave, Xiahou Yuan ran up on foot and said, "Lord, after running such a long way, the ground is full of muddy roads, and the soldiers are very tired and difficult to continue to persevere, so let's rest for a while and then walk." "The war horse under Xiahou Yuan's crotch had already fallen to the ground and could not continue to run, so Xiahou Yuan ran on foot.
When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, the army will stop and rest for a while, and then retreat after counting the number of people." ”
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Huang Zhong led the troops back, his face full of unwillingness.
It's just that Cao Cao's two armies converged and killed him with a return rifle, and the army could not resist and could only retreat. However, he had killed so many Cao Ying soldiers, and he had achieved enough results to be worthy of pursuing Cao Cao for such a long distance. Huang Zhong led the troops to return quickly, and they had already returned to the gate of the camp in a short time.
Huang Zhong rode his horse to Wang Can, turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, the last general failed to capture Cao Cao, but was attacked by Cao Cao's ambush soldiers, and returned in vain, please surrender to the lord!" ”
Wang Can waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Cao Cao's retreat is enough!" ”
Huang Zhong showed a look of shame on his face, he couldn't seize the great opportunity, it's a pity!
If you can capture Cao Cao, or capture a few generals under Cao Cao, it will also be a great achievement, but unfortunately only kill some shrimp soldiers and crab generals, which is useless.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Lord, although General Huang is brave and good at fighting and has extraordinary martial arts, Cao Cao is extremely cunning. Although Cao Cao was forced to retreat, Cao Cao would definitely arrange for elite soldiers to cushion him so as not to be attacked by his pursuers. General Huang led his troops to chase and kill Cao Cao, chasing him all the way, although the soldiers served, it was still difficult to defeat Cao Cao. ”
After a pause, Jia Xu said again: "Cao Cao was forced to withdraw because of the lack of food and grass, so he had to retreat. And when Cao Cao led his troops to attack, he would also take into account the defeat, so Cao Cao had already prepared, and General Huang was difficult to achieve. However, if General Huang led his troops to pursue again, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he would definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop and achieve a great victory. ”
After Huang Zhong heard this, he smiled, and then looked at Wang Can.
Regarding Jia Xu's suggestion, Wang Can would not refuse, and nodded in agreement.
Huang Zhong ordered the soldiers, led the troops out again, and went to chase and kill Cao Cao.
Wang Can watched Huang Zhong lead the troops to chase, and he didn't have to catch Cao Cao's mind in his heart, after all, Cao Cao had so many soldiers under his command to protect him. Let Huang Zhong and others pursue in order to satisfy Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's desire to make meritorious contributions, and it is also a great achievement to be able to severely damage the soldiers under Cao Cao, so Wang Can agreed without hesitation.
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After Cao Cao rested, he led the troops to continue on his way.
When the army was advancing in the direction of Hangu Pass, he suddenly heard the soldiers report that Huang Zhong led the troops to kill again, and the army's heart was suddenly in turmoil, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to travel lightly, throw away unnecessary things, and run forward quickly.
Huang Zhong led the troops to chase and kill, and after a burst of killing, he killed countless soldiers.
Xiahou Yuan covered Cao Cao's retreat and was responsible for the rear of the pad, but was captured by Huang Zhong.
Although he failed to catch Cao Cao, Huang Zhong caught Xiahou Yuan.
With Xiahou Yuan, a general, Huang Zhong gave up the pursuit of Cao Jun and led his troops back to the camp. This pursuit, as Jia Xu said, caught Cao Cao off guard, no one would have thought that after Huang Zhong killed once, he would chase and kill a second time, so Huang Zhong easily won a big victory and killed Cao Jun to lose his armor.
After Cao Cao got rid of Huang Zhong, his expression was dejected and his face was gloomy.
Wang Can captured his general Cao Ren, and now he has captured Xiahou Yuan, which made Cao Cao very angry. However, anger could not defeat Wang Can, so he could only continue to retreat.
Huang Zhong happily returned to the camp and escorted Xiahou Yuan to Wang Can's tent, a hint of triumph flashed in his eyes.
Wang Can didn't talk much to Xiahou Yuan, after all, Xiahou Yuan was a close confidant under Cao Cao and a general who was loyal to Cao Cao. However, Xiahou Yuan did not live with Cao Ren, so as not to plot to escape.
At this point, only Wang Can's army was left outside Chang'an City.
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