Cao Cao's army marched for a day, but their men and horses were exhausted.

But at this time, Zhao Yun led his army to attack, and even if Man Chong was unsure, he still had to go up and hold Zhao Zilong back.

The pressure on Man Chong is really great. He is famous for his strict law enforcement. Even if Boss Cao wanted to intercede for those who broke the law, Man Chong directly chose to kill them all before Boss Cao came and refused to intercede for Boss Cao.

Chance.

But the force is not too strong, and it is more than enough to stop Zhao Yun.

When he discovered that Zhao Yun had stabbed two generals to death, he did not pursue him as he fled in a hurry, but forced the soldiers behind to surrender. He felt relieved, knowing that he had escaped, and hurriedly rode in pursuit of the prime minister.

During this retreat, Cao's army ran from dawn to dusk before stopping.

Among them, there were only a few more soldiers of Cao Cao who fell behind. After all, they had not eaten any rice since the battle started last night. After all, there were only a few soldiers who had dry food in their arms.

There was a mournful look among the rushing team.

Cao Cao reined in the reins and shouted: "No one is allowed to cry, Zhong Kang, pass on my order, if anyone cries again and disturbs the morale of the army, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

Xu Chuhu looked at the soldiers around him eagerly, and the messengers on horseback rushed around to deliver the prime minister's orders.

Being sad and crying really affects morale.

How can a man achieve great things if he just keeps crying when he encounters such a small difficulty?

"Bo Ning, send someone to find some food, so that you can bury the pot and make rice!" Cao Cao ordered after hearing the crying in his ears disappear.

"Prime Minister, I have sent out several teams to nearby villages to look for food and provide rations for the army."

Man Chong was also thirsty. He had been fighting hard since last night and was a little tired.

"That's good."

Cao Cao rode for a day, dismounted and sat aside, waiting for his soldiers to chop wood and make a fire. He spent the night temporarily and sent his troops to Jiangling City to report the news and let them respond.

As the flames rose, the soldiers scooped rice from the blood-stained sacks and poured it directly into the pottery pot they had snatched together. On a winter night, it was considered lucky to have a hot meal.

At this time, many of Cao's soldiers fell to the ground to rest, and their horses were left on the roadside to graze. If they had not snatched food from nearby villages, they would have killed the horses to satisfy their hunger.

Cao Cao looked at the fire and said, "If not for the desperate efforts of all the generals last night, I would have died."

All the generals were silent and just wanted to have a good meal and rest. What's more, although the prime minister praised everyone, the generals felt bad in their hearts.

Such a great defeat does not deserve the Prime Minister's praise.

Cao Cao flicked the fire and asked casually: "Where is this?"

"Prime Minister." Cheng Yu pointed to the terrain on the side and said: "This is Hulukou in the direction of South Yiling."

After hearing Cheng Yu's answer, Cao Cao glanced at the surrounding terrain and suddenly laughed again: "Hahahaha!"

Boss Cao's smile brought tears to his eyes, and everyone's attention returned to him.

What do you mean?

Why does the Prime Minister laugh whenever he has free time? Is it because he was a little confused by the fire last night?

Cheng Yu was puzzled. After all, the Prime Minister was in a daze on the shore last night and couldn't listen to the advice. Why is he laughing from time to time now!

To be honest, Cheng Yucai did not believe that the Prime Minister would become depressed and depressed after suffering such a blow.

Laughing now, what went wrong?

When Prime Minister Cao burst into tears when he laughed, Cheng Yu couldn't help but asked: "Prime Minister, you laughed just now, leading Zhao Zilong from Changshan and killing many people, but why are you laughing again now?"

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Looking at the remaining defeated soldiers around, there were quite a few people crying secretly. It was not an environment worth being happy about at all, and nothing worth being happy about happened.

Mao Jie has been following the Prime Minister. Ever since Huang Gai got off the fireboat, he has been in a state of despair and has not yet recovered. But when he heard the Prime Minister laughing again, he couldn't help but look up at him. What on earth did the Prime Minister want to do?

It’s really confusing!

When Cao Cao saw the generals looking at him, he suppressed his smile, stroked his beard and said, "Why should I laugh? I don't laugh at others. It is useless to laugh at Zhou Yu alone, and Zhuge Liang is less wise.

With the current terrain, if I pursue with troops, I will definitely lay an ambush here, waiting for work. What will happen to us?"

Generals, you look at me and I look at you. Why do these words sound so familiar?

Cheng Yu immediately raised his head and looked around, listening carefully to see if there were any sounds of people fighting and shouting.

After waiting for a few breaths, Cheng Yu finally felt relieved. In fact, all the three times he said that night were fulfilled by the enemy, which made Cheng Yu himself really depressed.

Fortunately, the Prime Minister's words came true only once.

"If they were to ambush here, even if we could escape with our lives, we would lose a large number of men and horses, which would further weaken the morale of the army. But they don't ambush here. I don't laugh at who they are laughing at, hahahahaha!"

Cheng Yu knew that the prime minister was trying to inspire the generals to fight, telling them not to be afraid of the combined forces of Sun and Liu.

It can be felt that the effect is not that prominent and effective.

The generals looked at me and I looked at you with sad faces. After all, no one laughed with the Prime Minister. The losses were so heavy that it was hard to laugh.

"Zhang Fei from Yan is here. Cao Cao, the traitor, should not leave. Your grandpa is here to take your life!"

The power of Zhang Sanye's Lion Roar Kung Fu suddenly came into play, and he abruptly choked Boss Cao's laughter, causing him to suddenly lose his voice.

Everyone will be shocked!

Boss Cao's reverse poison, setting the flag twice and scoring twice, made all the generals have to admire how meticulous the prime minister's thoughts were, and his military skills were definitely superior to everyone else.

He could guess the enemy's thoughts thoroughly, but it was a pity that he had to flee for his life again.

"Prime Minister, leave quickly!"

Cheng Yu stood up in a hurry, accidentally kicked down the pottery pot, and hurriedly helped Cao Cao mount his horse.

Cheng Yu also admires the Prime Minister's vision, but he is afraid that he will die here later. Zhang Fei is an enemy of ten thousand people. Even General Xu, in his current state, cannot last long, so he should escape first.

, is the best policy.

Mr. Zhang felt as if he was in an uninhabited land, cutting melons and vegetables all the way, killing Cao Cao's army and fleeing in all directions. In addition, it was getting late, so he could not catch up with Cao Cao.

However, Zhang Fei was not angry. Anyway, there was his second brother waiting for Cao Cao. With his second brother here, Cao Cao's thieves would definitely not be able to escape. Now they were just gathering the weapons and weapons for the surrendered soldiers and escorting them all back. They were doing other things.

Cao Cao just rode his horse to escape, with Xu Chu closely guarding him, and many of Cao's soldiers fled with the general's flag.

The night is getting darker, and the moon hangs in the distance.

Cao Cao then ordered to rest again. He was too tired and could not run anymore.

When I chased Liu Bei day and night, I had never been so tired.

This is the Yunmengze swamp area, and the road conditions are very worrying. You might pee in the dark and miss the mark, and get stuck.

They ate weeds and muddy water to satisfy their hunger. They didn't have a good meal all day and night. They were intercepted and killed again and again on the road. After traveling for such a long time, most of the soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. They sighed and fell asleep hungry.

But the suffering goes far beyond that.

Heavy fog arose on the second day, and everyone lost their way and fell into the swamp. Some people didn't even have the strength to pull them out. The path they found was muddy. Finally, the strong wind blew away the fog, and they were all soaked.

A strong wind blew, but it felt as cold as a knife across the face.

Wandering around in the swamp, Cao's army killed horses to satisfy their hunger, and even a butcher's shop reappeared.

When the road became difficult to walk, Boss Cao asked people to forcibly open a road.

All the thin soldiers were ordered to carry grass on their backs to fill the road. However, after the road-filling soldiers threw down the grass, they did not wait to go back. In fact, they were wasted in the swamp for a long time, for fear of being chased by the pursuers.

Almost all of the soldiers who were carrying grass to fill the road were pushed to the ground by the soldiers coming from behind. They were trampled by people and horses, and got stuck in the mud. They filled the road and made many sacrifices. Only then did Cao Jun walk out of the swamp.

Boss Cao breathed a sigh of relief. He ran into the swamp last night. Fortunately, he came out completely. When the road became a little smoother, Cao Cao looked back and found that as far as he could see, there were less than three hundred people.

He looked tired and gloomy.

I recall that a few days ago, I surrendered Jingzhou without a single soldier. I led my tiger and leopard cavalry to catch up with Liu Bei all day and night. Even his two daughters were captured. Only a few remnants of the army escaped. Then I led a million people southward in an attempt to conquer Liu Bei in one fell swoop.

Jiangdong, annihilate Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

But what about now?

In almost a day and a night, the navy was completely burned, and the rest fled in all directions. Countless people were captured, and many people fell down on the way to escape.

Out of more than a million followers, there are only less than 300 people left.

This time is really the biggest defeat in my life, Cao Mengde!

Cao Cao did not show any disappointment on his face. He reined in the reins and asked, "Where is the front?"

Cheng Yu's face was full of exhaustion: "Prime Minister, these are the three forks, all leading to Jiangling City. The main road we took when we came here is dozens of miles farther than the Huarong Trail."

"Send a sentry to investigate."

"Here!" Man Chong ordered naturally.

Everyone rested at Sanchakou for a while, and then Tan Ma came back and reported that there were beacon smoke everywhere on the small road, but there was no movement at all on the main road, as quiet as a chicken.

"Pass my order, turn to Huarong Road and rush to Jiangling City, so that you can eat hot food as soon as possible and fill your stomach."

"Prime Minister, that's not right. There are beacon smoke everywhere on Huarong Road. There must be an ambush. We should take the main road. Although it is dozens of miles away, it is better to be safe." Cheng Yu pinched his beard and said: "I hope the Prime Minister will take it back.

Become your destiny."
To be continued...