The trusted cavalry led by Cao Cao was caught in the middle of the melee. There were entangled riders everywhere. The dust was overwhelming, and the surrounding fireworks were burning. The strong smell made people choke.
Cao Cao called Dian Wei and asked the names of these people, but the charge just now dispersed them. He looked around and saw that there were only two people around him, Cao Ren, the clan brother, and Xia Houlan, the captain.
Cao Cao was eager to rush out from the middle. He grabbed the bridle of the horse closest to him. This man was Cao Ren. He told Cao Ren: "Let's move in one direction. When we encounter the enemy, we shout: 'We are General Yuan Shang.'"
I'm here to get rid of the thief today! 'That's all."
Cao Cao nodded in agreement, and a horse came up behind him. After a closer look, it turned out to be his eldest son Cao Ang, followed by his subordinate Zaoci. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw this, and said to Cao Ang: "As long as I have my son Xiu here, I will have nothing to do."
I'm afraid." After saying this, he shook the reins and started to ride his horse to break through.
Unexpectedly, a row of random arrows flew over from the side. One arrow was shot from the right flank of Cao Cao's mount. The shaft of the arrow was completely gone, leaving only the feather end stained red by the horse's blood. His horse turned sideways to the left.
Tilted and threw him down.
At the same time, another arrow shot horizontally into the chain mail of Zao Ci's right neck, parallel to the direction of the shoulder, and then penetrated the left side of the neck. If the arrow was higher, it would be blocked by the pocket, and if it was lower, it would hit the right spot.
The armor on the shoulder was shot through the weakest part of the neck, and he immediately fell off his horse.
When the Western knights next to him saw an Easterner falling off his horse, they rushed their horses to rush up. Suddenly more than ten horses were crowded together head to head. The man in front jumped off his horse and rushed to behead him. Unfortunately, Zao Ci was still alive.
Someone picked him up by the waist and inserted a short knife into his neck to cut him back and forth. When the bones were difficult to cut, the person holding him used a knife to chop him horizontally. Blood spattered everywhere, and the scene was very horrifying.
Seeing that they had not grabbed the head, the rest of the people turned their heads and focused their attention on Cao Cao. After all, he was short and seemed to be injured, so it should not be difficult to behead him, so they turned to him and rushed towards him. Cao Cao was stunned, and he squatted on the ground.
, waving the Yitian Sword with his hand, while turning around and shouting: "Zi Xiao! Zi Xiao!"
Cao Ren heard Cao Cao calling his name and hurriedly came to rescue him with his sword. However, he was alone and the Westerners around him were swarming like wolves and tigers. He couldn't get through at all, so he could only call for his guards.
Rescue each other while fighting hard inside.
At this extremely critical moment, Cao Ang jumped off the horse next to him, spat, and shouted to the Westerners: "I am the eldest son of General Cao Cao of Jianwu, the herdsman of Yanzhou, the great Han Dynasty, and the rebel general Cao Ang! You and other rats can't
Do you dare to come and fight to the death!"
The leading Westerner was overjoyed when he heard this: "Cao Ang is the most noble among thieves, so we can't let him go!"
So he rushed towards Cao Ang instead. Another person suspected: "Why did Cao Ang call me a formation for no reason?" But after hesitating, he was afraid that he would miss the opportunity, so he also rushed towards Cao Ang.
Taking this opportunity, Cao Ren rushed to Cao Cao's side. Cao Ang's mount also ran over on its own and licked Cao Cao's palm. Cao Cao knew that this was an extremely critical moment and could not hesitate. He immediately stood up on his eldest son's mount and whipped several times.
With a whip, the war horses rushed forward. Cao Ren waved his sword to drive away the Westerners, and followed closely behind with his horse.
Some Westerners said: "The sergeant who fell from his horse just now ran away on a green horse!" But because Cao Cao's clothes were not gorgeous and he was wearing a dagger, no one could recognize his appearance, so the others only focused on besieging Cao Ang.
There was no time to turn back. Thorns gathered at the tips of the branches, and the branches collided with each other, making a loud noise. The scene was like countless vultures swooping on the dead carrion. In order to fight for the head, they almost
Cao Ang's body was dismembered.
Cao Cao and Cao Ren galloped eastward with their horses, and finally managed to bypass the entangled cavalry of the Eastern and Western armies. At this time, Cao Cao saw Dian Wei and Xu Zhu, who were rushing to the forefront with their bodyguards and were surrounded by dozens of Western troops.
They were surrounded by human knights, but no one could resist them. At this time, Cao Cao gathered some cavalry around him and thought: "If we want to break through, how can we do without these iron tigers?" So he clapped his horse forward and took the initiative to join them.<
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Xu Zhu and Dian Wei had lost contact with their coach and were feeling anxious and uneasy. When they saw that Cao Cao was still alive, they immediately cheered up and fought back from the crowd. When Cao Cao and his men approached, he saw that they were covered in blood and their faces were expressionless.
Turning red, he couldn't help but patted his shoulder and asked: "We have been fighting for a long time, can you still fight?"
The two men replied in unison: "I will fight to the death for the marshal, and I will never tire of it!"
Cao Cao suddenly felt relieved, and then thought of his eldest son whose life or death was uncertain. His emotions were hard to explain for a moment, and he could only say "ok" repeatedly. After they gathered, they did not break out immediately, but wandered around the battlefield to rescue the besieged soldiers.
The knights, fighting back and forth like this, gathered up about 200 remaining people, and also rescued Cao Zhen, Cao Anmin and other tribesmen.
But as a result, most of the Westerners noticed that there was still a remnant army in the Eastern formation, and they continued to surround them. Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Cao immediately gave up on gathering the remaining troops and prepared to break out to the east.
But at this time, looking around, far and near, the Westerners were surrounded by no less than ten layers of cavalry.
The one at the front was General Xu Huang. He did not attack from the front, but staggered the confrontation and galloped towards the flank. When the Dong people relaxed their vigilance, he suddenly turned his horse's head and jumped from the crowd.
Zhong cut in, and the Dong people were caught off guard, and he was inserted within a few steps of Cao Cao in an instant.
Dongren was horrified when he saw this. Xia Houlan, who was standing next to him, saw Xu Huang and his men rushing towards him. He instinctively waved his knife and tried to stop him, but his force was far inferior to Xu Huang's. In addition, he had been fighting for a long time, and his knife had already been curled up.
The tip of the blade collided with Xu Huang's. He didn't even hear the crisp sound, and felt the weight in his hand suddenly lightened. He looked intently and found that his right hand had been cut off along with the blade. The man behind Xu Huang
The knight took advantage of the situation and shot an arrow at him. At such a close distance, Xiahoulan's throat was penetrated by the arrow and he fell straight from the horse.
At this moment, Cao Cao was only a few feet away from Xu Huang. The Westerner on his side was too close to him, so he couldn't use the long silk in his hand, so he hit Cao Cao's pocket twice with the sword.
The first time he hit his pocket crookedly, causing Cao Cao to feel dizzy. When the man reached out for the third time, Dian Wei, who was beside Cao Cao, saw the gap and stabbed him in the ribs with his long sword, and then came out through the chest.
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Taking this opportunity, another rider, Xia Houen, jumped off his horse and hit Cao Cao's mount on the buttocks with all his strength, causing him to rush forward and try to break out of the melee. Dian Wei was in front, Xu Zhu was on the left, and Cao Ren was on the other side.
On the right, they all ran forward with Cao Cao's mount, trying to avoid direct combat between Cao Cao and the Westerners from all directions.
Xu Zhu and a Westerner were walking almost side by side. Xu Zhu held the spear pole that the Westerner thrust at him tightly with his hand and ran for about ten steps. The Westerner was suddenly hit in the back of the neck by a flying arrow and fell to the ground.
On horseback, Xu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to throw away the pole and chase Cao Cao and his party. However, he suddenly felt a tightening in his neck, and immediately his body was pulled back. Unable to control his legs, he kicked out.
, the horse fell off its back. It turned out that Xu Huang rode up from behind, stretched out his bowstring and caught Xu Zhu's neck, pulling him off the horse.
Xu Zhu struggled hard and bent the bow string out of shape. Unfortunately, Xu Huang's bow string was made of beef tendon. Even though it was severely deformed, there was no sign of being broken. Xu Huang knew that this man was one of the few warriors in the East.
, did not intend to stop at all, but turned the horse's head slightly, pulled the bowstring with his hand, and dragged Xu Zhu backwards from the horse, dragging up the yellow dust and flying away. Poor Xu Zhu claimed to have amazing strength, but at this time he couldn't use it at all.
After breathing hard for a moment, he stopped breathing in a hazy state.
On the other side, although Dian Wei lost one long spear, he still had several on his back. While riding his horse with his right hand, he waved his left hand violently back and forth, forcing all the enemies around him to retreat as if sweeping away dust. Cao Cao and him
He sent them with him, and passed through many Westerners against the current like a fish leaping through a dragon's gate. The Westerners swung their swords in confusion, and Dianwei was also covered in wounds, but he still sat upright on his horse as if he was unconscious. In this way, he unexpectedly and
Cao Cao stumbled and rushed over.
Cao Cao saw that Dian Wei was covered in blood and even lost his coat. But when his hair was disheveled, he became as mad as a tiger. He raised his voice and shouted to the sky: "Huang Tian is above! Huang Tian is above!"
The horse galloped all the way, and all the people he encountered on the road, whether they were Easterners or Westerners, avoided them. Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but think: "Is he really protected by Huang Tian? Otherwise, how could he lead me out?
Dozens of people surround you!"
He thought again: "If I can get away, I will definitely treat him favorably in the future! As long as I don't die, I will keep him rich and honorable for a day; if I die, I will lead him to clear the way for me. Heaven and earth will learn from this!"
They also yelled together and ran all the way towards the black curtain in the east at the end of the yellow dust.
In the midst of such heartless fighting and running, gradually, the roars of war horses and hunting dogs gradually faded away, and the steep and uneven rocks quietly disappeared, replaced by the vast expanse of wilderness, and the oncoming bloodless smell.
The clear breeze in the sky has made the bright moon in the sky especially clear after losing the light of the fire.
When they arrived at a stream, Cao Cao stopped and said to Dian Wei: "Wait here, there should be some people behind you." After that, the two drank greedily by the stream, and then took out some water.
Come and chew dry food. Sure enough, after a while, more than forty knights escaped one after another and gathered around Cao Cao.
However, after that, no new people were seen again.
In addition, Cao Cao also asked everyone who escaped: "Have you seen Zixiu?" But no one answered. When Cao Zhen arrived as the last one and told him that he had seen Cao Ang's head,
Cao Cao was silent. He stared at the waves by the stream. After a long time, he shed tears and said, "It's all my fault!"
In the battle of Xiangxian County, Cao Cao suffered over ten thousand losses and thousands of prisoners, but most of the light cavalry escaped back to Wuyuan. However, the losses to the Eastern Army in this battle were immeasurable. Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang died in the battle, and the elite tiger and leopard cavalry were almost wiped out.
, which made the battle situation between the east and west armies seem to be brought back to balance again.