Eight hundred and twentieth nine chapters defeat as promised
Chapter 829 Defeated as promised
The battle reached a climax from the beginning, with bodies lying in pools of blood and broken limbs everywhere.
Cao Cao's army still had some shortcomings in the face of Yuan Shu's elite soldiers. These elite soldiers and generals had gone through hundreds of battles with Yuan Shu and traveled through most of the territory of the Han Dynasty. However, Cao Cao's troops had been scattered many times. Now there are Yanzhou soldiers and Yangzhou soldiers.
, there are also Jiangxia soldiers led by Huang Zu, the soldiers are mixed, and their quality is also high or low.
Soon Huang Zu's Jiangxia soldiers were directly broken through the formation when faced with the trapped army, and the killing force was somewhat difficult to resist.
Huang Zu was defeated and the war situation took a turn for the worse. The Yangzhou army temporarily led by Wenpin was somewhat difficult to resist. After all, they were still new soldiers before Yuan Shu entered Yangzhou. It was good to be able to last longer than the Jiangxia army.
"Lord, I still can't beat you."
Xi Zhicai looked at the gradually eroding battle situation and couldn't help but frown. It seemed that his original wish to defeat Yuan Shu and capture Jiangxia could no longer be realized.
"Then retreat, give priority to ensuring the safety of the main force of Yanzhou soldiers, and let Huang Zu and Wenpin abandon the battlefield and move closer to me."
Looking at the battle situation in front of him, Cao Cao had no choice. He was very satisfied that the troops and horses could fight like this, but there was no way to defeat him. He couldn't defeat them. The opponents were full of elite soldiers and strong generals. He could be said to be a makeshift soldier.
Horses, both in terms of team coordination and eliteness, are not as good as the opposite Yuan Shu.
"As commanded."
Soon Cao Cao led the most elite soldiers and horses from Yanzhou headquarters and began to leave the battlefield. Seeing this, Yuan Shu's army chased after them like sharks that smelled fishy smell.
"Lord, Cao Cao is running away."
Chen Gong saw Cao Cao's situation and reported directly to Yuan Shu.
"The entire army will press forward, and only as many as can be left behind."
Seeing that Cao Cao was about to run, Yuan Shu also ordered the entire army to press forward. The soldiers who were waiting in full formation began to attack from both wings, trying to keep all Cao Cao's remaining troops.
But it is a pity that after paying a certain price, Cao Cao left the battlefield with more than 30,000 elite troops and began to run towards Suixian County.
"The cavalry charges with me."
Seeing that Cao Cao was about to run away, Ma Chao immediately took action and started running wildly with five to six thousand cavalry to chase down Cao Cao's deserters.
"Lord, I'll stop them."
When Cao Hong saw cavalry chasing behind him, he swung his sword and took his remaining two thousand cavalry to stop Ma Chao's cavalry.
"Li Dian, Yue Jin, Cao Ren, Wenpin, Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong attack together."
"promise."
After receiving Cao Cao's military order, the five generals clasped their fists and followed Cao Hong with more than 2,000 cavalry to charge towards Ma Chao.
Seeing the enemy cavalry coming, Ma Chao did not hesitate and directly led his army to fight with the enemy.
As soon as the two armies came into contact, Ma Chao realized that something was wrong. The enemy's cavalry was really desperate. With Cao Hong's leadership, more than 2,000 cavalry actually blocked their pursuit, and several generals were targeting Ma Chao.
direction and began to kill towards him.
If there were one or two Ma Chao, they might not be afraid, but when six generals came out, they immediately defeated Ma Chao. If he hadn't had more troops, he might have been defeated by them in battle.
After a fierce battle, Ma Chao's cavalry injured more than a thousand people, while General Cao Hong, with less than a thousand cavalry, broke out of the encirclement and retreated in the direction Cao Cao left.
"Would you like to continue the pursuit, General?"
Watching Cao Cao's cavalry retreat, a camp commander came directly to Ma Chao's side.
"Stop the pursuit for now, I'm afraid Cao Cao will jump over the wall in a hurry."
To be honest, Ma Chao has been ambushed by Cao Cao twice, and they have five or six generals coming out at once. Who can handle this?
"Lord, General Meng Qi is back."
Soon Ma Chao returned with his cavalry.
"How about it?"
Seeing Ma Chao covered in blood, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frown.
"No, the enemy's cavalry fought fiercely, and all of a sudden Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Yue Jin, Xia Houyuan, and Wenpin all came out. I couldn't beat them, and I was also afraid that Cao Cao was setting some trap, so I didn't continue.
Chase.”
Ma Chao directly told Yuan Shu about the situation just now. It was not that he was ineffective, but the other party was actually like a mad dog. The general was hedging against him like a team leader. Who the hell could withstand this.
"It's okay, just run and capture these soldiers and horses."
To be honest, it is not impossible for Yuan Shu to pursue Cao Cao now, but it is very difficult to really want to keep Cao Cao, because Cao Cao is likely to leave a broken army in front to stop him, and then he will lead his army to continue to flee north.
Since I am fighting against Cao Cao, I might as well let him go north to play with Yuan Shao.
"promise."
After Cao Cao left, the situation on the battlefield became clear in an instant. Yuan Shu's army was in all directions. The remaining soldiers and horses had nothing but fear in their eyes.
"Shout and summon surrender."
Yuan Shu took a look at the current battle situation and knew that there was no need to continue the fight. Cao Cao had run away and these soldiers and horses had no need to resist anymore. Carrying out killings was against the harmony of nature.
"Cao Cao has fled. Those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
"Cao Cao has fled. Those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
"Cao Cao has fled. Those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
Continuous shouts rang in the sky, and Cao Cao's army who was fighting knew that it was over now. They were just a bunch of abandoned people, and there was no point in resisting.
"surrender."
"It's down."
"do not fight."
As the shouts of surrender rang out, Cao's troops also laid down their weapons one after another and surrendered to Yuan Shu's troops beside them.
"Purge the prisoners."
"promise."
Cao's soldiers were tied up with ropes one by one, and then began to retreat behind, driven by the army.
"Lord, we have completely lost this time."
Under the protection of elite soldiers, Cao Cao began to run towards the North Pole at high speed.
"It's not bad. I've made preparations. I'm satisfied with having so many troops left."
Cao Cao looked at the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses surrounding him. Although he had anticipated this situation, his eyes were still full of loneliness.
"Well, now Yuan Benchu should leave us a place to rest."
Xi Zhicai nodded and exchanged those miscellaneous soldiers for a place to rest. The deal was indeed a good one.
"Well, let's go. I think Yuan Shu won't be chasing me now. If I can enter Nanyang, it will involve a little bit of Yuan Shao's energy. If I can wipe out my entire army, then Yuan Shao will be much better off, and
The loss of his troops and horses will definitely not be small, and he will never do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit himself."
Cao Cao thought for a while, and now he should be temporarily out of the dangerous situation. After all, Yuan Shu is attacking him now, so the gain is not worth the loss. As long as he can see clearly, he will be safe.
"promise."
The decisive battle between Yuan and Cao ended. Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to Suixian. However, Yuan Shao and his remaining soldiers finally avoided Suixian and returned to Zhangling.
Yang Hong had been waiting in Zhangling for a long time. When he saw Yuan Shao returning, he immediately went out of the city to greet him.
Looking at the dusty and disgraced Yuan Shao and the miserable defeated army, Yang Hong also felt pity for him, thinking about his lord and grandson, the noble son of the Yuan family, when had any nobleman in the world ever experienced such a tragic situation.
