Chapter 21: Save Cao Cao and chase Dong Zhuo
Cao Cao broke out in a cold sweat, the elite of the Liangzhou army, coupled with his own side chasing all the way, was in danger, and hurriedly ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead troops to meet the enemy.
The killing sound on the battlefield was loud, Cao Cao trained his troops well, the soldiers were not weak, and the generals of Cao's army were brave, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while.
Suddenly, the drum on the right sounded, the sound of killing was everywhere, Guo Yan led his troops to kill, and he was unstoppable, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Cao Ren to lead troops to meet the enemy.
The Cao army and the three-way soldiers and horses were killed together, it was difficult to resist, and they were defeated and retreated, Hua Xiong personally led a thousand iron cavalry to kill into the Cao army, and the momentum was like a bamboo, directly scattering the Cao army formation, and then riding a horse to take Cao Cao of the Chinese army.
"Lord, go quickly!" Cao Ren hurriedly led people to kill him.
On the battlefield, Cao's army was at an absolute disadvantage, and defeat was inevitable.
Hua Xiong led people to cover up and kill for a while, sweeping the battlefield, and did not chase Cao Cao.
Looking at the remnants of the defeated army behind him, Cao Cao felt sad in his heart, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, now there are only 3,000, thinking that he had great ambitions and went out to the king of Qin, thinking that he could defeat the Dong thief in one fell swoop, and the Zhongxing Han family, but he didn't expect it to end up like this.
Seeing that the soldiers were tired and the enemy did not catch up, Cao Cao ordered the army to camp on the spot and bury the pot to cook.
The battle consumes a lot of physical strength, every soldier is hungry, and some soldiers ignore the cold ground, lie down directly, gasping for breath, and fleeing for life and death, which is not only a great test of physical strength, but also a great test of the psychological quality of the soldiers.
The smell of rice came to their noses, and many soldiers licked their lips, their eyes full of longing.
Suddenly, the drums shook the sky, and there were bursts of shouts and killings all around, and Xu Rong led the ambush soldiers to the end.
At this time, the Cao soldiers were sleepy and tired, coupled with hunger, how could they still have the strength to face the battle, and many soldiers even laid down their weapons, they didn't even have the strength to escape.
Cao Cao commanded the soldiers and horses to resist, and walked while fighting, but Xu Rong looked at him, took a bow and shot an arrow, and shot Cao Cao in the shoulder.
Three thousand soldiers and horses, about to collapse at the first touch, Xu Rong's mouth showed a smile, and he ordered the cavalry to chase Cao Cao.
This night made Cao Cao remember it deeply, and it also made him realize the importance of strategists.
The cavalry chasing in the rear was the claimant of Cao's army.
"Don't get off your horse and surrender quickly." Xu Rong shouted.
This shout made the soldiers of Cao Jun frightened, many soldiers fled secretly, can the two-legged infantry outrun the cavalry, there is only one way to die if it goes on like this, it is better to do this, maybe there is a way to live.
"I'm dying!" Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed.
"Kill!" Lu Bu Fang Tian drew a halberd with a wave, and two thousand cavalry followed, killing Xu Rong.
The Bingzhou army has been following behind Cao Cao, coupled with the scouts constantly dispatched, he watched Dong Zhuojun's movements carefully, but he did not remind Cao Cao that only if Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were defeated, he would not compete with himself for Dong Zhuo's supplies, come out to rescue in time, and be a good person.
The momentum of the two thousand cavalry charging up shocked Cao Cao in the center of the battlefield, and he secretly thought that his life was going to be explained here today.
"Lord, it's the state army, we have been saved." Cao Ang, whose face was covered with blood, pointed to the flag in the distance in surprise.
"It's the state army." Cao Ren muttered, he had also suffered a lot of injuries from the battle so far.
"Kill!" When reinforcements arrived, Cao Cao drew his sword and shouted.
The Liangzhou cavalry soon collided with the Liangzhou cavalry that was charging quickly, and the cavalry on both sides began to fight on this land with their own skills.
In the face of the Bingzhou cavalry equipped with stirrups, the Liangzhou cavalry was bitter and couldn't speak, they found that the other party's riding skills were obviously a grade higher than their own, how to fight.
Seeing the waves of soldiers being scattered by the iron cavalry, Xu Rong couldn't speak, thinking that killing a prince was a great achievement, but in a blink of an eye, he was disturbed by the killed Bingzhou cavalry.
"Withdraw." Xu Rong gave an order, and the soldiers who had already had the intention of retreating began to retreat all over the mountains, and there was no formation.
The state army pursued and killed for a while, until there was no more enemy in front of them, and then they closed the formation and got more than 100 war horses
"Thank you, General Lu." Cao Cao, who was supported by Cao Ang, said with a pale face, Xu Rong's arrow was quite deep.
"Brother Meng De is polite, Dong thief has no way, everyone has to be punished, but Meng De's injury needs to be treated." Lu Bu hugged his fists.
"Labor is the first to worry, the grace of saving lives, and then there will be retribution!" After this defeat, Cao Cao also lost the confidence to pursue, and was naturally full of anger towards Yuan Shao and other princes.
"Mengde, take your leave." Lu Bu saw that Cao Xing Gaoshun had integrated the troops and left.
"Feng Xian is a righteous man!" Cao Cao didn't doubt him, and thought that Lu Bu was concerned about himself before he brought troops here, after all, there was an example of Sun Jian there before.
"My lord, why don't you return to the army right now." Cao Ren persuaded.
"Back in Luoyang, Yuan Benchu and others don't know the general situation, they only know how to sing praises and virtues." Cao Cao snorted coldly.
"Alliance leader, General Cao is back."
"Hurry up, please." Yuan Shao hurriedly said.
The next day, Yuan Shao invited the princes to feast and drink, to relieve the boredom of the defeated Cao Cao, and staggered, Cao Cao seemed to think of sad things again, and sighed: "I follow the alliance leader, prosper the righteousness, and eliminate the thieves for the country. ”
Yuan Shao and the others were speechless, everyone had a little bit of dirty thoughts, raising the banner of righteousness seemed to some princes to be more like gaining fame, and by the way, to earn credit, why not.
A banquet broke up unhappily, Cao Cao saw that the princes could not succeed, led the troops back, and Gongsun Zhan left one after another.
In fact, when Cao Cao returned to Luoyang, he still hoped that the princes would send troops to pursue Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect the princes to be indifferent.
Yanzhou Taishou Liu Dai borrowed grain from the East County Taishou Qiaomao because of the lack of grain and grass in the army, and it was also common for the princes to borrow grain, and the two were both Yanzhou County Guards, and the war has been fought until now, and the entire allied army has not much grain and grass, and the amount distributed every day is limited.
Qiao Mao refused on the grounds of lack of food and grass in the army, and Liu Dai, in anger, led the army into Qiao Mao's camp, killed Qiao Mao, and gathered his soldiers.
The rest of the princes were terrified and defensive.
Let's say that Sun Jian put out the fire in Luoyang City, stationed troops in the city, and ordered the sergeants to sweep away the rubble of the palace.
Dispatched soldiers to cover all the tombs dug by Dong Zhuo, looked at the desolate Luoyang, and couldn't help sighing: "In the past, when the general arrived in Luoyang, what a scene, but I didn't expect it to become a pile of rubble in the blink of an eye. ”
"Lord, at this time, everyone of the princes is in danger, Yanzhou Taishou Liu Dai killed Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, Cao Cao led the army to pursue Dong Zhuo, but was defeated." Cheng Pu said in a low voice.