On the battlefield, he glanced at the black dwarf who was standing on top of the chariot in the armor bush, and then the battle formation in front of him closed, which made Ma Chao shocked and annoyed...... This Cao Mengde is an opponent!

It's a great kind.

Ma Chao underestimated the enemy, he exposed the strongest troops in his hands too early, so that the war had just begun, and the advantages of the previous preparations were all offset by the Cao army's change of formation, but Ma Chao did not fall in love with the war, and saw that he could not get much advantage by fighting again, so he immediately let the guards who followed him blow the horn, and the low horn sound sounded on the battlefield, and the fighting Qiang cavalry retreated like a tide.

What's more, with Ma Chao on the side, Cao Cao didn't dare to order the pursuit, he was also annoyed, this Ma Fubo was too decisive, so that his prepared back hand couldn't be used, just like a charged fist hitting the air, suffocating uncomfortable!

With Ma Chao's huge number of elite cavalry on the side, even if the enemy retreats, Cao Cao has no other way, he only has a tiger and leopard cavalry in his hand, if he sends them out to chase and kill, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be surrounded by the enemy...... Losing the tiger and leopard ride, Cao Cao's biggest advantage in this war will be negated, and he is unwilling to gamble on the tiger and leopard ride.

Moreover, his army was not in good shape, and now most of them were exhausted, and there was not much strength to fight again, and now the retreat of the enemy army might be the best outcome.

At the end of the battle, watching the Liangzhou army retreat like a tide, Cao Cao's body slowly lowered until he slipped his butt and sat on the couch in the middle of the chariot, his robe was already wet with sweat.

Paralyzed beside the wheels, Cao Cao stared blankly at the remaining ray of light in the sky, and let out a long sigh.

The evening breeze blew, making Cao Cao cold through his sweaty armor, "Winter, is it coming?" ”

The weather is not yet late autumn, and it is still early from the winter that Cao Cao imagined. It's just that Cao Cao has never looked forward to the arrival of winter as much as he does now. In the past, Cao Cao did not like winter, because the arrival of winter often meant severe cold and injuries, and every winter under his rule, people would freeze to death, starve to death, and die, which meant that winter was difficult for him. But now Cao Cao is extremely hopeful that the harsh winter will come, winter means no war, it means recuperation, it means ...... Stay alive.

Cao Hong galloped over, and saw Cao Cao's appearance from a long distance, but what could he say? They really fought a battle, a tough one. He turned over and dismounted and walked to Cao Cao's car, and then he considered and said, "Meng De? ”

"Hmm, Zilian." Cao Cao shook his head, put all the despair in his belly, raised his left hand and rubbed his face and stood up and said: "Count the casualties, let the scouts search ten miles along the road where the Liangzhou army retreated on three sides, you lead the troops to leave first, go back to Qi County, and I will cut off." ”

Cao Hong nodded slowly, looked at Cao Cao carefully, and then said softly: "Our department has more than 7,000 casualties, and nearly 10......0 of the generals have been killed."

Cao Cao's narrow eyes were clearly squinted, but Cao Hong obviously felt that Cao Cao was staring at him with sharp eyes, and after a while, he nodded, "I know, go ahead, let the wounded soldiers go first, clean up the frame left by the Liangzhou soldiers, and bring the wounded soldiers back." ”

Cao Cao didn't ask about the casualties of the Liangzhou army, he knew that the casualties of the Liangzhou army must be smaller than him, and the sudden forward car formation alone caused heavy casualties to his subordinates, not to mention the casualties caused by the Liangzhou army's pursuit in order to turn the situation around, he reversed the situation, but failed to increase the advantage.

Ma Chao is too decisive.

If the Liangzhou army engages him for a while, even if it is only for a moment, maybe the casualties on both sides will be equal, and he will still be able to bless enough advantages in terms of troops, but Ma Chao would rather take the risk of being pursued and withdraw his troops, but it just allowed him to avoid the biggest casualties.

In fact, Ma Chao's casualties were indeed much smaller, and he could have paid less than 4,000 casualties to achieve such a result, and his record was brilliant. But in addition to the lives of the soldiers, Ma Chao's sacrifice was also very large, with the loss of more than 3,000 war horses and 400 donkey carts, which was also huge.

After surveying the casualties and losses on the battlefield, Cao Cao's heart finally relaxed a little, in a short period of time, Ma Chao's Liangzhou army should not be able to organize an attack like today, if they encountered an ambush on the way to retreat to Qi County tonight, maybe they would die today. But if they had not been ambushed, then most of the Liangzhou army would have withdrawn to Fuli.

Cao's army was silent when they went out of the city to fight, and even more silent on the way back to Qi County, where they suffered heavy casualties and made Cao Cao's mood low.

Fortunately, there was no ambush by the Liangzhou army on the road, and when they were about to return to Qi County, the scouts on the back arrived and informed Cao Cao that the Liangzhou army had already entered the territory of Fuli, which made Cao Cao's heart full of gloom change slightly.

"Those donkeys who died in battle, have you brought them back?" Walking to the city, Cao Cao suddenly asked, and after receiving positive answers from the left and right, he laughed easily, "The people of Liangzhou have sent us military rations, at least we won't be hungry for a few days...... Cook donkey and horse meat tonight and have a full meal! ”

Returning to Qi County, where the garrison was empty, Cao Cao really relaxed, with those donkeys and horses, they didn't have to worry about military rations in a short time, and then they had to send people to the battlefield to bring back the corpses of those donkeys and horses, and of course, those armor scattered on the battlefield. Cao Jun is now in decline, and he must not waste a single thing.

"Send a recruiting team and go to all places. The people of Liangzhou also suffered a lot of casualties in today's World War, and they should not come to harass us again in the short term, so take this opportunity to recruit troops, and recruit as many as they can. Walking in the closed market, Cao Cao said his plan to the generals near him, "Recruit troops as soon as possible, and recruit people to make these horse meat into jerky, if they can't be air-dried, smoke and dry, and make ordnance if they should be made." At the same time, people were sent to Jing by land and water...... Forget it, go to Jiangdong, if they are willing to send troops, there may be a war in the spring of next year, if Jiangdong does not send troops, let it be fate! ”

Cao Cao really doesn't have that energy now, he doesn't want to think about anything, he just wants to sleep well. Most of the soldiers and horses were stationed in the barracks, leaving some to be stationed on the city walls, and most of the generals walked towards the official temple. As for Cao Cao, he walked around the streets and alleys with a few personal soldiers to the door of a residential courtyard and knocked on the courtyard door tiredly.

The courtyard door opened cautiously, revealing the face of the beautiful woman mixed with anxiety and joy, and behind Mrs. Bian, three young figures of different heights called for Ah Weng to run over.

Only at this time did Cao Cao feel the slightest solace in his exhaustion.