The sudden appearance of the Yan army surprised Cao Cao, who was fleeing. He immediately pulled out the Heavenly Sword from his waist, swung it forward, and shouted: "Kill out!"
After giving the order, Cao Cao was the first to rush out. He waved his long sword and galloped wildly. The Jueying Horse flew out like an arrow off the string in the dark night.
Xu Chu, Xia Houdun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and others did not show any weakness. They followed Cao Cao on their horses and charged forward bravely, while Xu Shu, Liu Ye, Cheng Yu and others rushed forward mixed with the infantry.
The desire of survival of the Wei army officers was extremely strong. They all knew that there were pursuers behind them. If they did not leave this place as soon as possible, they would be in great danger.
Zhang Nan commanded the soldiers to intercept. He thought he could easily deal with this small group of Wei troops, but he didn't know that the enemy's offensive was so fierce, and Cao Cao himself was like a ferocious beast. After killing several people in a row, Jueying
The horse suddenly leaped into the air, jumped over a human wall of dozens of soldiers, landed on the ground, ran away without looking back, and disappeared into the night.
Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and others also rushed away one after another. Zhang Nan alone could not withstand this fierce torrent, so he had to get out of the way and cover up on both sides of the road.
At this time, Han Meng led his army from behind the Wei army. As soon as he rushed over, he immediately joined the battle. Seeing Zhang Nan trapped in a hard battle, he shouted loudly: "Zhang Nan, quickly cut off the Wei army's path!"
Seeing Han Meng galloping over with a large number of cavalry, Zhang Nan was delighted and shouted: "Hurry! Cut off the Wei army's return path!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to charge into the middle and cut off thousands of Wei army's infantry!
After that, Nanlou, Xian Yufu, Chun Yudao, Jiang Yiqu and others led their troops to attack from all directions and blocked more than 3,000 Wei infantry.
The soldiers of the Wei army did not clash with each other and were cut off from Cao Cao and other leading troops. However, as the number of soldiers of the Yan army increased, they felt helpless. After the soldiers of the Yan army shouted the slogan "surrender without killing", a large number of soldiers began to abandon
Mechanical surrender.
Not long after, Jia Xu came from behind on horseback. When he arrived, the battle was basically over. The ground was dyed red with blood, corpses were everywhere, and the tree-lined paths were filled with the smell of blood.
As soon as Jia Xu arrived here, he hurriedly asked: "Where is Cao Cao?"
"Run away!" Han Meng replied immediately.
"You must not let him run away. Chase him. Han Meng, Nan Lou, Xian Yufu, and Jiang Yiqu all follow me. We will not give up until we catch up with Cao Cao!" As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, he immediately moved forward to pursue him.
, leaving Zhang Nan behind, Chunyu led the two men to escort the prisoners and clean up the battlefield.
Not long after Jia Xu left, Director Zhang Nan and Chunyu had just gathered the prisoners together and were about to take them back to the military camp, when they heard the sound of rapid horse hooves.
Zhang Nan and Chunyu were startled, thinking it was the remnants of the Wei army, so they hurriedly took precautions. When the black shadow gradually drove in, Zhang Nan took advantage of the darkness to see the face of the person coming, and Gao Fei took the lead.
Seeing this, the two men hurriedly turned over and dismounted, clasped their fists and said, "I will see you at last, my lord!"
Gao Fei led his army to charge all the way from Chenliucheng. It was difficult to tell in the dark and the traces were hard to find. If the scouts sent out had not heard the shouts of killing, he would have missed the direction and chased all the way to the southeast. At this time, Gao Fei
Fei suddenly saw Zhang Nan and Chunyu Dao, and hurriedly reined in his horse. Knowing that both of them were Han Meng's subordinates, he shouted and asked, "Where is Han Meng?"
"My lord, I have followed the general military advisor to pursue Cao Cao." Zhang Nan replied.
"How many troops does Cao Cao have left?"
"There are less than fifty cavalry and less than eight hundred infantry!"
Gao Fei's face lit up with great joy, and he hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the way and catch up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Nan and Chun Yudao's men quickly moved out of the way, and Gao Fei led two thousand light cavalry including Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Pang De, Wenpin, Lu Heng, and Chu Yan to pursue them quickly.
With the horse racing, Gao Fei and others continued to run for less than ten miles. There were corpses everywhere they passed, and there were always some corpses of Wei soldiers. When they were ten miles away, Gao Fei heard a cry of killing coming from the front.
He heard the sound and took advantage of the darkness to see Jia Xu commanding the troops and horses to fight against the Wei army.
Gao Fei hurriedly shouted: "Surround the enemy!"
He himself rode his horse to Jia Xu's side, glanced at the Wei army infantry blocking the road in front, and seeing that Cao Cao was not there, he asked, "Where is Cao Cao?"
Jia Xu said: "It's right in front, but it's a pity that it's blocked by this group of soldiers. These people would rather die than surrender. They regard death as home, blocking the way forward. Our army is currently unable to break through. Han Meng is leading his troops to charge."
Gao Fei glanced at the soldiers in front and said angrily: "How can a mere six hundred infantrymen block my way? Zilong, Wen Chang, Ling Ming, Zhong Ye, rush over and kill them all!"
"No!" Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Pang De, and Wenpin each led 200 cavalry and rushed over from the roads on both sides. Lu Heng and Chu Yan stayed by Gao Fei's side.
"Military advisor, I have something unclear, and I hope the military advisor can answer it!" Gao Fei turned his face and said to Jia Xu.
Jia Xu said: "My lord, please tell me everything you know."
Gao Fei asked: "Why did Xun Yu suddenly appear with his fleet?"
Jia Xu said: "I have reported to your Majesty that after my subordinates led their troops to occupy Dingtao, they pursued Xun Yu all the way. However, Xun Yu was very cunning. He divided his troops on the road to resist, and set up roadblocks and traps to hinder us.
Later, a sudden heavy rain made the march extremely difficult, and it was blocked and unable to move for several days. As for why he had so many ships, my subordinates have no idea!"
After Gao Fei heard this, he couldn't help but look at the night sky and cursed loudly: "Damn God..."
"Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!"
At this time, the Yan army had completely surrounded the Wei army and surrounded Kanxin, shouting inspiring words.
The remaining more than 300 Wei soldiers were injured and disabled. A Wei army commander stood at the outermost periphery. The weapon in his hand was still dripping with blood. He looked around at the Yan army soldiers with a smile on his face.
With a faint smile, he shouted loudly: "It is impossible for you to catch up with the king..."
After saying this, the village chief coughed up a mouthful of blood. He turned to the soldiers behind him and shouted: "Brothers, let's buy some time for King Wei and kill me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than 300 Wei soldiers shouted loudly and rushed towards the Yan army surrounding them without any fear.
"Kill! Kill for me! Leave no one behind!" Gao Fei shouted loudly as he led the cavalry behind him around from the side of the road and chased Cao Cao in the direction of his escape.
Jia Xu, Lu Heng, Chu Yan, Han Meng, and Nanlou followed closely, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Wenpin also followed, while Pang De, Xian Yufu, and Jiang Yiqu stayed to deal with the remaining Wei soldiers.
"ah……"
Screams resounded through the night sky. The soldiers of the Wei army struggled between killing and being killed, and eventually became the dead souls killed by the Yan army soldiers.
Gao Fei led the cavalry in pursuit. As he pursued, he asked Jia Xu beside him: "Why did the military advisor decide that Cao Cao would take this path?"
Jia Xu said: "This road leads to Yingchuan. I heard that there is still a group of Wei troops in Yingchuan, and Cao Cao will definitely go there for a round, so his subordinates made arrangements in advance. They did not pursue Xun Yu to Chenliu, but divided their troops to guard it.
This area forms an arc-shaped defense line, and we strive to rob and kill Cao Cao here."
"Well, this plan is very clever. We must catch up with Cao Cao today. If we can't catch him, if this man takes the remnants of the Wei army to defect to other countries, it will definitely be a future trouble for our army!" Gao Fei also started to worry!
He got up, fearing that he would not be able to capture Cao Cao, and he had already thought about it. There was no need to capture him alive, he only wanted Cao Cao's head.
"promise!"
The group of people continued to chase, but unfortunately, after running for nearly ten miles, there was no trace of Cao Cao. In the end, even the horse's hoof prints disappeared without a trace, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
In the end, Gao Fei still lost his target. However, he did not give up. He immediately gathered all the generals and shouted loudly: "Although we have lost the trace of Cao Cao, Cao Cao must not be far away. Now we are chasing separately. As long as we see Cao Cao and others
, there is no need to wait for orders, except for Cao Cao, if anyone surrenders, bring him to me, and if you meet Cao Cao himself, bring his head to me!"
"promise!"
"Remember! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find Cao Cao for me. I want to see his body!" Gao Fei said sincerely again.
"promise!"
After giving the order, the generals quickly separated. Gao Fei and Jia Xu walked together, leading the two hundred cavalry to continue chasing forward.
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In the dark night, Cao Cao rode his Jueying Horse and ran fast. However, he did not dare to run along the main road. Instead, he shuttled on the small roads. He did not know how far he walked, let alone how long he walked. He only felt that at this time, his body and mind were exhausted.
Tired, tired and hungry.
Since he broke out from Zhang Nan's interception just now, Jueying's horse under him has been so fast that he was separated from his subordinates and ended up alone.
The moonlit night was hazy, and Cao Cao's heart was just like the waning moon hanging in the night sky, looking extremely sad. At this time, he seemed to recall that when he led his troops to attack Dong Zhuo, he was ambushed by Li Ru in order to occupy Aocang, leaving only
When he was alone, if Cao Hong hadn't saved his life, he wouldn't be where he is today.
However, now, he was alone, and the clothes on his body were already soaked with sweat and were tightly wrapped around his body. At this time, a gust of wind blew, and he felt a lingering coolness.
Jueying Ma was also tired from running, and walked aimlessly. Unknowingly, he climbed up a small hillside. After walking for a short time, Cao Cao saw a small cave with light, and the sound coming from the cave.
There was a smell of meat.
Hunger drove him to walk towards the cave. When he came to the entrance of the cave, he saw a bonfire with a chicken roasting on it. An old man and a young man were sitting beside the fire. He got off his horse and walked straight into the cave.
He walked over, bowed to the old man respectfully, and said: "Old man, I'm so hungry, can you eat some of your roasted meat? I'll give you money!"