Chapter 60 The Faithful Soul Dies
The shouts of fighting resounded throughout the sky, and the burning forests rolled up black dragons. As three troops separated from the coalition forces, a total of more than 10,000 people encountered almost the same number of Xiliang troops in the Bian River. However, most of the three armies of Cao, Zhang and Bao were newly recruited soldiers. Even if there were generals like Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, the collision of tens of thousands of people was the first time the confrontation was full of collapse in half an hour.
The Bian River was dyed red and bloody. The corpse fell on the river bank. The soldiers holding spears were shaking and running. The vision was drawn into the sky. Hundreds of soldiers were running wildly in the field. A Xiliang cavalry roared from the rear and then crushed them, slaughtering the other party, approached the river, and then pulled the bow and shot them to death. The blood and the corpse of the arrows floated to the surface.
The huge battlefield with dog teeth intertwined, densely packed with people everywhere. Arrows with flames fell into the crowd from time to time, pierced into the flesh and blood, ignited the armor, and a shrill scream rang out, and then another arrow came over, nailing the man to the ground. More figures spread and launched a charge. The Cao soldiers in the opposite side were scrambling to set up guns and resisted hysterically. However, the Xiliang infantry pushed over, and some people retreated without courage, avoided, and pushed each other. Under the guns pressing forward, the Xiliang sword hand holding a shield roared fiercely, and surging and suppressed Cao Bing's gun formation. The iron spear that followed behind him pierced into the crowd of people on the opposite side, splashing blood.
Behind Cao's soldiers, many people were so scared that they ran away. For a moment, the horse's hooves roared. A cavalry of about a hundred people rushed over and rushed into the Xiliang infantry. The general led by the leader was angry and short-bearded, and two arrows were inserted into the shoulder armor. A long spear pierced into the chest of a Xiliang infantry. The moment the blood was soaring, the horse's hooves were still running wildly, pushing the man into the gun forest, and directly dispersing the gun forest that was connected.
He waved his arm, and the body flew and knocked down several people. The iron spear in his hand waved again. The spear head swept on the helmet of the Xiliang infantry who was stabbed by the gun, smashed the man to the ground, and carried the gun back to the horse and roared at the soldiers over there: "Where is the lord?"
"I don't know..."
A soldier with blood on his face pointed to the north: "I... seemed to see a figure like a lord going there."
Most of the three coalition forces of Cao, Zhang and Bao were newly established, and most of them were infantry. They were lucky to win battles. When faced with tough battles, most soldiers faced the charge of Jin Zhan and Iron Horse. The degree of cowardice and fear of death was far higher than that of courage. The Xiliang Army suddenly started a war, and the front line of fighting was directly overwhelmed, and the three armies were directly broken into several pieces.
A Xiliang general under the banner of Zhang led a thousand iron cavalry to the big flag where Cao Cao was. Xiahou Dun, who was guarding him, stepped forward to intercept him with only five hundred elite cavalry, and relied on his bravery to kill the opponent. The surroundings had become settled. When he turned around, he was defeated and fled. Cao Cao was missing.
He was just now looking for people everywhere. At this time, the cavalry around him had reduced to the extreme. When he heard the soldier's answer, Xiahou Dun pulled the reins and chased the north.
Several miles away from here, noisy fighting surrounds the battlefield. On the white horse's back, Xu Rong wore armor and held a gun, staring at the defeated soldiers in front of him, and his gestures were constantly issued various orders. He was more at ease with a battle of ten thousand people than the three people in front.
"As Li Ru expected, he dared to catch up with this little army." He was sure to win the battlefield. As long as he took down these three armies, Xu Rong would really occupy an important position in the Western Liang army. "I will capture Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and Bao Xin alive and present it to the Grand Tutor."
For a moment, he really wanted to go down and lead the army to capture these three people, but reason was reminding him that the leader of the army could be brave and ignorant of the entire army. He also wanted a bigger stage so that people in the world would know Xu Rong.
"Transfer the order, Fan Chou and Hu Zhen Er don't have to wait any longer, just press over and end the battle."
Xu Rong raised his hand and waved it and ordered the flag to be sent down.
...
"Lord, go——"
A surging crowd was flooded from the rear, and there were fighting figures around him. Li Dian and Le Jin, who had been rushing to organize two or three hundred people, yelled, forming a line of defense, blocking a Xiliang cavalry that had been killed, and the wall flew backwards and broke through. Above the tumbling horse hooves, a general named Fan Chou of Xiliang raised his hands and putting his bow on the figure riding there, all over the horse.
The arrow passed over the man's head and pierced into the horse's moving thigh. The war horse whined and threw the figure on its back down. The horse's hooves galloped again. Fan Chou raised his gun and was about to pierce it. A war horse was inserted horizontally near him. A figure with thick arms pulled out a bow and arrow and shouted fiercely: "Don't hurt my master--"
Raise your hand and shoot it.
"ah--"
The arrow shot into Fan Chou's arm, who was holding the gun. When he screamed in pain, a fast horse next to him approached, and waved his hand and slashed it down with a knife. With a loud bang, Jin Ming attacked. The Xiliang general who was caught in the arrow swung his gun and blocked it. He pulled out his horse and retreated. The Cao general wanted to chase, and more Xiliang iron cavalry and infantry rushed up.
On the ground, the dusty figure was scattered, his hair was scattered, and his helmet fell to where he was. He held a long sword, with blood on the corners of his mouth, and he laughed. There were faint water stains on the corners of his eyes. He staggered and walked two steps, showing a look of compassion.
"...Big Man, Cao Mengde has tried his best!!"
"Lord, don't say discouraged words, go quickly!" The general who waved his sword came over and turned over and dismounted. "It's just victory or defeat. If you regroup in the future, you can take my horse and walk to protect me."
Cao Cao looked at the Xiliang army chasing, gritted his teeth and turned over the horse. At this moment, the general who had shot the archery before was called Xiahou Yuan, and suddenly said: "No, there is a problem in the rear of the Xiliang army..."
Then, the flames soared into the sky.
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Under the same sky, hundreds of cavalry figures surrounded the camp of Xiliang Army on the west side of the Bian River, and the soldiers and horses in the camp chased out. The opponent immediately ran around the camp for most of the time and ignited the camp tent. The wind assisted the fire, and the fire ignited instantly.
The black smoke rushed into the sky, and the changes that happened immediately made Xu Rong, who was surrounding the troops, unexpectedly unexpected, and even thought that he was attacked by the other party at the rear.
He raised his hand, "Send orders, withdraw his troops and return to the rescue--"
...
"The Xiliang Army...retreated."
Le Jin, who had several wounds all over his body, had most of the blood-stained Le Jin, stood on a spear and looked a little unbelievable. In the rear, Cao Cao was also puzzled by this. Could it be that there was another coalition army attacking Xu Rong's retreat? Soon, a small number of cavalry left straight to the north from the end of his vision.
"If I had such a cavalry, how could I be defeated?" Cao Cao looked at the cavalry that was leaving and sighed.
The sky was tilted, and there were not many soldiers who could maintain their organization in such defeat and killing. They returned to the city one after another to collect the defeated soldiers, leaving two or three thousand. Then they returned to Xingyang and went to the coalition camp, and soon came out. Cao Cao was deeply ashamed of the people singing and dancing inside.
“…Zihe will follow me to go to the city wall.”
He said hoarsely to Cao Chun who was following him. The night had already fallen, and the people who were still alive in the city had cried from their homes, and they could be heard vaguely when they walked into the city gate. Such a scene made his heart heavy, like an invisible burden pressing on his shoulders.
He walked up the city wall along the stone steps one by one. When the soldiers on duty saw Cao Cao coming up, they went up to see him. He waved his hand and retreated. After a while, they stood behind a piece of wall. The remaining blood could still be smelled.
The night wind blew across the city, rolled over the flags, and the beards were stroking in the wind, far and near, the flames of the camp of the Allied Forces outside the city spread out, and Cao Cao looked in that direction.
"I feel uncomfortable..." His eyes crossed the campfire and looked at the end of the night. He smashed his fist against the wall and said in a low voice.
He closed his eyes slightly, the wind blew on his face, and after a moment, he slowly spoke: "...Zihe, do you know, what is my biggest wish in my life?"
"..." Behind him, Cao Chun was silent and did not answer.
Cao Cao chuckled softly and straightened his back: "My wish is to be the general of the Han Dynasty to fight against the West one day, expand the territory and expand the territory... it will not be realized... it will not happen in the future."
He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and felt a different mood. He opened his hands and slapped the walls, leaned over and looked at the city, and the sound became louder: "If not... Since everyone has ulterior motives, okay!"
He turned around suddenly and walked under the city wall, his steps stopped a little again, and the sound was heard in the wind.
"...This world, then I, Cao Cao."
boom--
Spring thunder sounded in the sky, and the continuous rain covered the earth on this night.
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"If Meng De had the will, cavalry would be indispensable. I would go to the group of people today and when I came back, I would form a cavalry for Meng De to fight the world."
Chapter completed!