After a hard fight, Cao Hong finally defeated Cai Qing's army, and Cai Qing himself was beheaded by him.
"General, General Cai Qing was beheaded and the enemy came to kill him."
Upon hearing the news, Cai Hao's face darkened involuntarily.
"Tell Cai Ming to lead an army of ten thousand to stop the enemy."
The current war situation cannot be delayed any longer. Although the troops and horses are fighting and retreating, it is somewhat difficult to retreat.
"Okay, the cavalry will charge with me."
Feeling that the battle was almost over, Cao Ren directly ordered the cavalry to attack with him.
A series of vibrating hoofbeats sounded, and the five thousand cavalry formed the most classic arrow formation, bypassing the battlefield and rushing directly behind Cai Hao.
"General, it's bad, the enemy's cavalry is behind us."
Soon the scout informed Cai Mao about the movements of Cao Ren's cavalry.
"Order Zhu Ding to lead his army to stop them."
When he heard the enemy's cavalry appeared, Cai Mao also frowned. There has been no good news from the beginning of this battle. Now the enemy's cavalry has also come out. This is really difficult.
"General, we can't go on any longer. It's better for a strong man to have his arm cut off than to have his entire army wiped out. Cao Cao's thieves are fierce and we will fight again in the future."
Seeing this moment, Kuai Liang was really scared. If Cai Mao continued, it was very likely that they would be defeated and collapsed, and the losses would be huge.
"How is the return of each department going?"
Cai Mao ignored Kuai Liang and directly asked if the others had returned.
"General Zhang Ke and General Hao Bing have already retreated. The other two generals are entangled by the enemy and cannot retreat."
Immediately, a messenger reported the battle situation to Cai Mao.
"Can't wait any longer, withdraw."
Cai Mao also knew that the current situation was no longer easy and he hesitated. The army began to break through the weak areas.
"Cai Mao is about to break out."
As soon as Cai Mao moved, Cao Cao got the news.
"Tell the army not to stop them, let them go, and eat the broken soldiers and horses for me."
When Cao Cao heard the news, he did not hesitate. It was impossible to completely annihilate Cai Mao. Instead of chasing him, it would be better to peacefully eat his remaining troops.
"promise."
Soon Cao Cao's order was passed to the soldiers and horses who were preparing to pursue. After receiving the general's order, everyone gave up the breakout of Cai Mao's army and began to encircle and annihilate the remaining soldiers and horses.
Cai Mao retreated, but the soldiers and horses surrounded by Cao Cao had no intention of fighting, and they chose to surrender after a short time.
"Lord, Cai Mao's remaining troops have surrendered."
"Gather your troops and horses and return to Anlu."
Upon hearing the surrender of his troops, Cao Cao did not hesitate and led his army directly back to Anlu.
Both sides were well prepared for this battle. Cai Mao's 80,000 troops and horses escaped with him, at most 30,000. Cao Cao also suffered a lot of losses. More than half of Cao Hong's 20,000 troops were killed, and the other troops and horses also lost close to 20,000.
, but fortunately, nearly 20,000 enemy troops were captured, and a small amount of blood was gained.
After Cai Mao retreated from Anlu, he led the remaining troops and ran directly towards Nanxin, while Cao Cao took a rest and marched directly towards Nanxin with an army of 70,000.
Soon the news of the Battle of Jiangxia had wings and flew in all directions. After Cai Hao returned to Nanxin, he retreated directly towards Dangyang with the 10,000 troops guarding the city. Cao Cao easily captured Nanxin, and then chased Cai Hao directly towards Dangyang.
to Nanjun.
"Lord, something serious has happened."
Kuai Yue took the battle report he had just received and came directly to Liu Biao.
'What's wrong?
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Looking at the panicked Kuai Yue, Liu Biao couldn't help but frowned.
"Lord, we were fooled. Cao Cao and Huang Zu didn't fall out at all. Their actions in Jiangxia were all staged for us to see. General Cai Mao led his army into Anlu, but was ambushed by Cao Cao. Now he leads 40,000 remnant troops.
They have already retreated to Dangyang, and Cao Cao directly sent troops to threaten Dangyang."
Kuai Yue directly informed Liu Biao of Cai Mao's battle report.
"Cai Mao is a fool, what about Zirou?
Didn't he see through Cao Mengde's trick?
ah?"
When Liu Biao heard the news, he felt very bad. The battle report he had been dreaming about actually gave him this result. He even sent Kuai Liang to fight for this battle, but in the end he lost everything.
"Lord, now we are not discussing why we lost, but we are thinking about what to do next."
Looking at Liu Biao's dark face, Kuai Yue could only shake his head.
"How to do it?
Can you tell me what to do next?"
Liu Fang was now a little hysterical, and his previous elegance was completely thrown away.
"My lord, for the current plan, we can only send people to Nanyang County to unite with Yuan Shao and let him march to Jiangxia. At the same time, he ordered Jin Xuanma in Xiaoling to lead the army to Huarong to prevent Cao Cao from entering Nanjun."
Kuai Yue directly stated the next countermeasures.
"Why not send troops from Xiangyang to support Cai Mao, but instead transfer Jin Xuan to Huarong?"
Hearing Kuai Yue's words, Liu Biao was also stunned.
"Lord, I'm afraid Yuan Shao will take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang."
Kuai Yue directly expressed his worries. Now he has lost more than 100,000 troops in Jiangxia. It can be said that the troops in Nanjun are gone. There are only 50,000 troops in Xiangyang. If troops are transferred from Xiangyang again, what if Yuan Shao
If you attack yourself with malicious intent, it will be very difficult for you.
"Well, you are right. Yuan Shao is also a wolf and has to guard against his ambition. Then he will mobilize Jin Xuan to station in Huarong, send people to Nanyang, and give Jiang Xia to him."
Liu Biao nodded when he heard Kuai Yue's worries.
"promise."
Immediately, the cavalry came out of Xiangyang and ran towards Xiaoling and Nanyang.
"Lord, Jiang Xia's battle report has arrived."
Xu You took the battle report and came directly to Yuan Shao.
"oh?
How is the battle going?"
Hearing that Xu You had arrived with the Jiangxia battle report, Yuan Shao immediately became interested.
"Cao Mengde set up an ambush in Anlu and defeated Cai Mao. Cai Mao left Nanxin with his remaining troops and retreated towards Dangyang, while Cao Cao led an army of 70,000 and followed closely behind to force Nanjun."
Xu You explained all about the Battle of Jiangxia with excitement on his face.
"Okay, Cao Mengde has indeed lived up to my expectations. He immediately sent an order to prepare to send troops. I want to take down Liu Jingsheng in one fell swoop. I want to be the lord of Jingzhou."
Since Cao Cao was so powerful, Yuan Shao couldn't stop him, so he stood up and ordered the entire army to attack, forcing Xiangyang to be forced.
"promise."
Soon Yuan Shao's order reached the ears of Sun Jian, who was stationed in Chaoyang. After receiving the order, Sun Jian directly led his troops out of Chaoyang and advanced toward Deng County. Yuan Shao's 80,000-strong army also set out from Xinye toward Deng County without stopping.
Liu Biao's messenger went all the way north and directly spotted Sun Jian's army advancing south. Seeing this, he did not continue going north, but returned directly to Xiangyang.
"Sir, something bad is going on. Yuan Shao has sent an army to move towards Deng County."
The messenger returned to Xiangyang and came directly to Kuai Yue without stopping.
"What?
How do you know that Yuan Shao's army is moving towards Deng County?"
When Kuai Yue heard what the messenger said, he was immediately confused. How could Yuan Shao really dare to lead his troops to attack Xiangyang?
"When I led people through Deng County and headed north, I discovered that the army was heading south. I didn't dare to stop and just returned."
The messenger directly told Kuai Yue what he saw and heard.
