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After a while, Cao Hong choked up and comforted: "Please mourn on the Lord's Day, it's all to blame for the incompetence of the general, and even Zixiu lost his life." It's just that??? At present, our life and death are uncertain, I implore the lord not to be overly sad, the overall situation is important! ”

Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's persuasion, and at this moment he was holding his son, who was gradually getting cold and hardened, and wanted to cry without tears.

Shaoqing, he muttered to himself with a gloomy expression: "Zi Xiu is sixteen years old, in fact, he has just turned fifteen years old, this time I took him with me in the Hanoi Alliance, and gave him the word 'Zi Xiu', just hoping that he can be like the thief Li Li, as soon as possible to familiarize himself with the battlefield conquest, become a young man, and be able to achieve a great cause in the future." I didn't expect it, but in the end, it hurt you, if I left you in Dong'e City, how good it would be! Ang'er, it's all because of your father's incompetence, causing you to lose your life when you first went to the battlefield! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's eyes were full of tears, and he choked up and couldn't speak.

This is Cao Cao's countless true feelings in his life, and Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and Cao Anmin and others have seen Cao Cao cry for the first time in their lives.

In the past, Cao Song was killed by Zhang Min, Cao Cao cried bitterly for most of the day, did not eat or drink for two days and two nights, kept vigil day and night, and after the funeral, he immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses to go to Xuzhou. However, no one was present when Cao Cao was crying bitterly, only a mournful howl was heard, and no one saw him cry.

But now, Cao Cao really shed tears, he didn't cry, only tears flashed in his eyes, but no tears slipped out of his eyes.

There are two major misfortunes in life: one is that his career is not going well, and the other is that his life is not going well. Among them, there are three major misfortunes in life: the loss of his father in his early life, the loss of his wife in middle age, and the loss of his son in his later years.

Now, these two unfortunate things have fallen on Cao Cao, and how the taste is not for outsiders. For example, people know how cold and warm they are when they drink water.

A few months ago, Cao Cao led his army to conquer Xuzhou twice, each time winning the battle, but in the end he had to retreat due to lack of food and grass, so that the success fell short and in vain. In June of this year, the foundation of Yanzhou was seized by Lü Bu, forcing Cao Cao to lead a large army to retreat to the three small cities of Dong'e, where there was a shortage of grain and grass, and there was a shortage of people and horses. It's like a lost dog struggling to support it, and it can't live in fear.

This was Cao Cao's unfortunate career, and the counties of Yanzhou, which had been painstakingly operated for several years, were lost, and hundreds of thousands of troops were crammed into the three small cities, trying their best to raise grain and grass supplies every day. It was like a mountain pressing down on him, weighing him down. To think something through. Don't let up for a moment.

And whether the 40,000 Cao troops who stayed in Dong'a City can survive this winter depends on the outcome of the Hanoi Alliance. If the Allies prevailed, Cao Cao would be able to breathe a sigh of relief, relying on the fact that the captured grain and grass from the prefectures under his command would be enough to supply his army of 100,000, thus allowing him to survive the most difficult period of his time; When the spring flowers bloom next year, he will be able to lead a large army to counterattack Lu Bu. Recapture the lost territory of Yanzhou in one fell swoop.

The calculation is very good, almost impeccable, and the victory is in hand, so Cao Cao has high hopes for this Hanoi alliance. It can be said that the life and death of himself and the more than 100,000 troops under his command are all pinned on the allies, and they can only succeed and not fail. Because he can't afford to be defeated, if he loses again, it means that he Cao Cao will completely lose the opportunity to make a comeback, and as a result, he will either die or become a vassal of other princes.

It was Cao Cao's great enthusiasm for this alliance, putting himself in Yuan Shao's shoes to plan for him, and putting his chips and net worth and life on the allies and Yuan Shao, success or failure in one fell swoop.

For this reason, he took almost all the generals of the Cao clan with him on this expedition, after all, it was a matter of life and death for the Cao clan, and it was impossible for him to abandon his cronies and entrust the great responsibility to the generals and outsiders. So he took Cao Ang, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Cao Anmin and other children and nephews who had not yet reached the crown with him at all times, so that he could teach carefully while fighting, and strive to cultivate them as rising stars of the Cao clan as soon as possible, which can be of great use.

But now Cao Cao is extremely sad, and he regrets it very much, regretting that he shouldn't have taken Cao Ang, Cao Zhen and others to go deep alone, personally take risks, and then lose his life for this.

Cao Cao is now nearly forty years old, and will enter the twilight years in more than ten years, although there are many children under his knees, but the person who satisfies him the most and is most similar to himself is his eldest son Cao Ang.

But now??? Cao Ang died, died at the hands of Hu Che'er, the general of Xiliang, died under a short halberd, a fatal blow, and died immediately.

This is the biggest misfortune in Cao Cao's life, the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, and at the same time suffered such a tragedy while his career was not going well, the foundation of Yanzhou was gone, and the most proud son also died.

The misery of life all fell on his Cao Cao's head, and there was no more ill-fated fate than this.

"Please mourn on the Lord's Day, blame the end of the general's incompetence, and even Zixiu lost his life. It's just that??? At present, our life and death are uncertain, I implore the lord not to be overly sad, the overall situation is important! ”

Just when Cao Cao was holding the dead Cao Ang and lost his mind, Cao Hong couldn't help but speak again to persuade him. He hoped that Cao Cao could pick himself up from his grief, because now was really not the time to be sad, time was pressing, and for every moment of delay, hundreds of soldiers would lose their lives and die under the arrows and stones of the Xiliang army on the cliffs on both sides.

This time, Cao Cao listened to Cao Hong's words clearly, his gloomy and sad eyes quickly regained their original brilliance, slowly raised his head and glanced at Cao Hong sharply, and then squinted his eyes to look at the cliffs on both sides and the shape of the plank road at the valley mouth.

After a while, Cao Cao gently put down Cao Ang, arranged the broken armor on the corpse with pity, and put on the red tasseled eagle helmet for his son again.

After doing this, he slowly stood up, looked at his eldest son Cao Ang, who was not staring at him, took a deep breath of cold air mixed with thick smoke, and forced himself to calm down.

"Ang'er died in battle here, my Cao Cao's son did not have a bad seed, he died a heroic death, and he died a well-deserved death. Cao Zhen obeyed the order, carried your eldest brother, and let him be buried in the fire, so let him rest here in peace. ”

"Ahh This ???" Cao Zhen was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Father, the child is willing to take the eldest brother's body to break out of the encirclement, let the eldest brother return to his roots, and be buried in the Cao family's mausoleum." I beg my father to think twice! ”

Cao Cao shook his head slightly with an indifferent expression, turned his head to look at the terrain around the gourd valley, and said in a deep voice: "For my father, I also want to take Ang'er's body out, but can't you see the shape in front of you?" Ang'er is just one step ahead, if we can't break out of the valley, then we will inevitably follow in Ang'er's footsteps. All of them died here. It's ??? Needless to say, execute the order immediately! ”

"No, the boy obeys!" Seeing that Cao Cao's expression was absolutely clear and his mind had been decided, Cao Zhen had to follow the order even though he couldn't bear it in every way.

Seeing Cao Zhen and four personal soldiers carrying Cao Ang's body towards the barren grass fire on the east side of the stream, Cao Cao wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes without a trace, turned to look at the plank road at the mouth of the valley, and his eyes were filled with a fierce murderous aura like substance.

I saw that his voice was low and gloomy: "I didn't notice it for a while, but I was blinded by the bluff encirclement and attack of the Li thief, thinking that the Xiliang army in Hangu Pass was dispatched to besiege us and others. We have been cut off from all means of survival. It wasn't until Ang'er was killed by a thief from behind that I suddenly realized that my previous judgment was wrong, and we were all deceived by the treacherous wolf-like Li thief! ”

"Hmph??? At this moment, the Xiliang army besieging Taniguchi is far from being as powerful as we imagined! On the contrary, Li Thief has a limited number of soldiers and horses, far less than the number of soldiers and horses in our army. Even our army is several times larger than the enemy. If I'm not mistaken, the reason why the Li thief was able to discover the whereabouts of our army. It's not like we're leaking our tracks. Instead, Li Thief happened to withdraw his troops from Hedong to cross the river today, and met our army in the same mountain stream by mistake. It's just that this is the territory of the Xiliang Army after all, and the scouts under the command of Li Thief were the first to discover our whereabouts, but we were unaware of it, so Li Thief took the lead and led the army to besiege us in the mountain stream. Between two fires. ”

"This ???" Cao Hong was stunned when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the situation around him with a stunned face: "Why did the lord say this, why is he so sure that the soldiers and horses under the command of Li Thief are inferior to our army?" ”

"Why? Huh! Cao Cao smiled coldly with disdain: "So far, Li Thief has obviously occupied an absolute advantage. And we are in a desperate situation, and we can't escape. If the Li thief has enough soldiers and horses, he can completely block the exits at both ends of Feiyundu, and then fire arrows from the top of the cliff, and shoot stones, rolling wood, and fire oil at the same time, and it will not take an hour to kill all of us here. If this is the case, why is there such a chaotic situation in front of us? What does this mean now? ”

"It's ??? The last general is stupid, please make it clear! Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Anmin and other generals bowed their heads with shameful faces and responded in unison.

Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged after hearing this, still indifferent as frost, his eyes were grim, murderous, and his voice was gloomy, as cold and ruthless as the sound of hell.

"The soldiers under the command of Li Thief defended but did not attack, which shows that he does not have the confidence to win, or he is not sure of annihilating our army. And he sent the cavalry to the Tanikou plank road to intercept and fight with our army, which in itself was a stupid decision, which exposed the huge flaws of Li Thief's external strength and middle cadres. As we all know, cavalry can only exert maximum lethality on open plains, galloping vertically and horizontally, invincible; But on such a narrow plank road, the cavalry advantage is lost, ten percent of the combat power is at most fifty percent, and the war horse under its crotch can not only help the cavalry kill the enemy, but will become a drag, retarding their speed of turning around and fighting, far less flexible than the foot soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is almost the same as that of our soldiers. ”

“??? Li Thief has been in battle for a long time, and he is extremely experienced in battlefield fighting, so he himself is unaware of such a huge and obvious command error? Definitely not! He must have known that it was a big mistake to use cavalry to fight our army in the plank road, but he had limited soldiers and horses, and if he didn't use cavalry to block our army's breakthrough, he would have no soldiers, or he knew very well that his infantry was useless and could not resist the impact of our army.

Therefore, he knew that he could not do it. Intercept our army with cavalry, and then send foot soldiers with limited combat effectiveness to the cliffs on both sides to wantonly kill and injure our army with arrows, stones, and a small amount of fire oil, in an attempt to make us wait for ourselves to trample on each other, and finally break our army's fighting spirit and lose the courage to fight to the death.

Only in this way can it conform to the great prestige of Li Thief's invincibility, and it is also his usual trick to break the enemy in his battles; Show it to be strong, but in fact, it is strong on the outside and dry in the middle, bluffing! ”

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