When it was getting dark, a forest seven or eight miles east of Guandu Camp suddenly caught fire!
Thanks to this place being the main logging site during the construction of Guandu Camp, a lot of dry wood and dead branches and leaves after being exposed to the summer sun became the catalyst for fires. Of course, the most important thing was the high temperature and the easy nature of the forest itself.
Combustibility... In short, as soon as the fire started, it immediately rolled towards the depths of the forest with the force of a prairie fire.
"Gongsun dog! Gongsun dog!"
Deep in the woods, Cao Cao, who had just breathed his last breath, had not had time to laugh a few times against the trees to soothe his heart, or even wait for the longed-for sunset. He first saw the billowing smoke and flames, and then he couldn't help but curse. "You really have to hurry up.
Kill them?!"
However, this gaffe did not bring the slightest benefit to Cao Cao. In fact, after scolding him, Cao Cao regretted it and even felt ridiculous for his behavior... In this battle, do you still need to be affectionate?
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And when the war is going on like this, as a general, shouldn't what you should do be to boost morale and think about how to solve the problem? What's the point of howling like a defeated dog here?
"What can I do?" At this thought, Cao Cao immediately looked around.
However, it didn't matter, but he felt sad for a moment... It turned out that Cao Sikong, who owned half of the Central Plains and held an army of hundreds of thousands, had only a hundred cavalry left by his side at this moment.
What's more terrible is that Xu Chu, the leader of the guards whom he most relies on and trusts, is no longer with him, and his life or death is uncertain.
In other words, Cao Mengde did not dare to do divination.
"Lord!" Among the accompanying officials, Xu Si was considered a higher-ranking official. He immediately responded anxiously after hearing this. "The problem now is that we can't stay in the forest... there is only a small stream in the forest.
It’s not enough to fight the fire =… You can’t leave the forest rashly, because once you leave the forest, the road outside the forest is clear and the view is wide, and you may be captured by the well-prepared Yan army!”
"So I'm asking you what I can do?" Cao Cao responded seriously, leaning against a tree. "There is a fire in the forest in summer, and a gust of wind blows up, and it will start immediately without warning!"
"We still have to leave!" Xu Bang was sweating profusely, but his basic thinking ability was still there, and he quickly gave the answer. "If you stay, you may have to entrust your life to God's will. Maybe you can survive, but
Once the body dies, it will be as dead as charcoal, and it will not even be possible to rest in the ground... But if you go out, you may still be able to fight hard and hold your life in your own hands..."
"Xu Chengzhang said well!" Cao Cao, whose mind was in confusion, took a long breath, then immediately got on his horse, and turned back to face the accompanying knights and said with all his strength. "As of now, I, Cao Cao, stay here because I will
My life is entrusted to God, but if I go out, I can entrust my life to you! Between heaven and man, I, Cao Cao, trust you!"
Hearing this, the remaining hundred or so cavalrymen who were originally Cao Cao's closest confidants also got up and got on their horses again regardless of their fatigue.
"Lord!"
However, at this moment, another person suddenly stepped forward and stopped in front of Cao Cao. It was another senior staff member who was accompanying Cao Cao this time, General Fenwu, who was engaged in Wang Bi!
It is said that Wang Bi was the person who followed Cao Cao as soon as he entered the army, and he was diligent and hard-working. Cao Mengde always compared Wang Xiu with Gongsun Xun, which shows his status in front of Cao Cao.
With trust.
In other words, this person is Cao Cao's true confidant.
Therefore, although Cao Cao was determined, he still faced this person seriously: "What do you mean, Zi Xing? The situation is critical, we'd better get out of the forest quickly!"
"Please, my lord, give me the yellow claws and flying lightning, give me the golden helmet, give me the big flag, and give me the big cloak on my lord's body!" Wang Bi bowed his head, and then ignored Cao Cao's astonishment and stood up to force him forward.
He dismounted and began to take off the opponent's cloak and golden helmet.
The surrounding knights were stunned for a moment, then woke up one after another, and stepped forward to assist Wang Bi at Xu Si's urging.
What can Cao Mengde say when meeting such a subordinate... Moreover, he is not a pretentious person, and there is no need for pretentiousness between him and Wang Bi. In this situation, the best way to repay Wang Bi is for him to survive and win the final victory.
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"Lord!" After hurriedly changing into a big cloak and a golden helmet, and sitting on the Claw Huang Feidian, Wang Bifu gave another serious instruction. "I will take the first step and go east. I have a big flag with me, and I may bump into the main force behind me. My lord, I will
Preservation comes first, you can wait for a while, wait until the fireworks are so intense that you can no longer bear it, then go south, then wait and see the situation to decide whether to go east or west... In short, please take care, my lord!"
After saying this, he didn't wait for Cao Cao, who was still in a daze, to reply. He wore a golden helmet that was obviously too small, took about half of the knights, and Cao Cao's banner, and galloped away eastwards.
Cao Mengde stayed where he was, wanting to speak but was speechless.
A moment later, as Wang Bi fled out of the forest, shouts of killing began almost instantly. Cao Cao then mounted his horse in confusion, leaned over and slowly headed south with dozens of other knights.
When I came out of the edge of the woods, I saw countless knights of the Yan army and the defeated soldiers of the Cao army heading east... In fact, for these soldiers, they may not have seen Wang Bi's dress, but more importantly, Cao Cao's flag was there.
At!
It must be known that flags have been an important part of the army since ancient times. For the vast majority of soldiers and even grassroots officers, it is impossible for them to recognize the face of their commander, nor to identify who is of higher rank in a chaotic battle.
The commander, and the flag is an extension of the general himself... Killing the general and capturing the flag, as the name suggests, the achievement of capturing the flag is the same as killing the general! Because once the flag is lost, it means that the corresponding general has lost it to some extent.
Ability to command!
For example, the white horse flag played an important role in the charge launched by the Yan army before.
On the other hand, this is also the fundamental reason why Cao Cao had to carry the flag with him no matter what when he retreated and escaped. It is also an important reason why Wang Bi's strategy was so effective - the flag itself has so much meaning.
!Even if Cao Cao cannot be captured, capturing this flag is enough to declare the victory of this battle based on certain battlefield traditions and procedures!
Of course, even so, even though countless soldiers and horses were chasing eastward, there was still one person on the battlefield who didn't think so. The commander of the Yan army, Gongsun Xun, knew Cao Cao too well. He didn't dare to say that that person was definitely not Cao Cao, but in
In his opinion, there is a higher probability that it is at least not Cao Cao.
But at this time, the fire started, the sky was getting late, and the two armies' structures completely collapsed. Even Gongsun Xun could only control about a thousand white horse followers, so he hesitated a little.
"Lord!" Pang De asked carefully. "Should we go after him?!"
"Wait a moment." Gongsun Xun looked at the forest with intense fireworks and raised his hand slightly to signal, "Just watch."
"Then what should we do with this person?" Pound hesitated for a moment, then pointed to Xu Chu's body on the ground.
"Hang his head in front of your horse." Gongsun Xun said without any hesitation, "To frighten the enemy!"
"Here!"
When Pang De heard this, he dismounted his horse and bowed his head. Ma Chao was about to speak, but he didn't dare to speak.
After Gongsun Xun waited for a while, he saw that the fire line was advancing at an extremely fast speed. Under the thick smoke, there was no commotion or response from the soldiers on the left and right. However, the afterglow of the sunset behind him was fading away, but he finally jumped forward on his horse and led the white horse in person.
Chase east!
In fact, he also figured it out. Xu Chu risked his life to give Cao Cao a chance to breathe, allowing the latter to successfully escape from the sight of the pursuers, and setting fire to the forest was the last effective method... At this time, the sky was getting dark.
, if Cao Cao really wanted to sneak in plain clothes or stay in the woods at the risk of being burned to death, he actually had no other way to deal with it. He could only resign himself to his fate and depend on his luck. Instead, he might as well go east and try to catch the person who broke through under his banner.
Cao Mengde.
After all, no one can tell at this time whether that person is the real Cao Mengde. If it is true, wouldn't it be a pity if he was too clever to be clever because of his own suspicion?!
The sky finally dimmed, and soldiers everywhere were in chaos. The fireworks in the forest brought an even greater sense of excitement to the end of the battle... Since the battle ended with cavalry versus cavalry, the battlefield had actually expanded to an incredible area.
Within a radius of more than ten miles, in addition to the large troops chasing Cao Cao, there were groups of Yan Army knights everywhere hunting down the fleeing Cao Army cavalry.
However, many of Cao's cavalry were defeated and simply lost their desire to fight. They either surrendered or fled in all directions, with no intention of confrontation.
Under such circumstances, many Yan army knights had their heads in their quivers under their horses, and they were probably carrying the corpses of their own soldiers on their horses, but they still wandered around the battlefield in an attempt to gain more military exploits.
It was under this situation that Cao Cao, who had previously taken advantage of Wang Bi to lure the enemy and escaped from the woods with fireworks, finally carefully returned from the south of the battlefield and tried to enter the Guandu camp - this was a very correct choice, because that time
Before the fatal charge, he clearly saw Shi Huan entering the camp with about two to three thousand cavalry. But now that it was dark, the Yan army could no longer gather its troops to attack the camp. With thousands of soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of civilians,
The permanently guarded camp has undoubtedly become a safe zone.
As the night passed by, Cao Cao and his men were elites with quick thinking. They first abandoned their flags, found several corpses on the battlefield, took their heads and hung them in front of their horses, and then smeared their armors with blood to make them look like Yan.
army, so there was no serious problem along the way until they met a general with seven or eight hundred horsemen and two halberds on his back.
"Have you ever met Cao Cao?" This Yan Army general, who was Zhang Liao, didn't take it seriously at first and just asked casually.
"Reporting to the general, they say that after the forest caught fire, Cao Cao's men went east!" There were several members of the imperial family who had lived in Hebei and Guanxi beside Cao Cao. They immediately pretended to be officers of the Yan army and stepped forward to exchange fluent words with Zhang Liao.
"But I heard that Duke Yan himself led his army to pursue him!"
Under the firelight in the distance, Zhang Liao nodded when he heard the words. He just laughed a few words that the other party had too few heads and needed to work harder. He ignored it and passed Cao Cao and his party directly, and continued to wander around and patrol.
However, after walking for about a few hundred steps, Cao Mengde and others did not dare to speed up hastily. Zhang Wenyuan suddenly became suspicious over there, then reined in his horse and turned around, frowning and asking:
"It was a team of fifty cavalry just now?"
"Of course!" Because of Zhang Liao's character, the guards nearby responded casually.
"But why do so many people in a mere team have beards?! And their beards and hair are so crooked?!" Zhang Liao asked with a sneer. "And how many of their horse hairs are curly?"
All the soldiers around were stunned.
In other words, this is Cao Cao's secret... These days, although beards are a kind of aesthetic respect and a kind of respect for dead parents, so there are many people who grow beards. However, it doesn't matter if you want to keep a beard.
The complete and tangible beard management can only be reserved for nobles and high-end people!
For example, Guan Yu's long and graceful beard is famous all over the world and he is known as the Beautiful Beard Master. Among them is Gongsun Auntie's contribution... As early as more than ten years ago, the Queen Mother of Yan State sent a special large beard to Guan Yu every year.
The brocade bag was used to hold Guan Yu's beard while he slept!
The so-called prevention of beard loss in middle age!
As for ordinary soldiers, especially in a grassroots unit with a team of fifty people, it is rare to have two or three people who care about maintaining beards. How come there are only fifty people, and there are more than twenty or thirty people with beards?
?!Not to mention that the hair can be hidden in the helmet, but the beard and horse mane are inevitably burned and bent when avoiding the fire, so that they are conspicuous.
Since Zhang Liao was suspicious, he turned around and chased the opponent without hesitation. As for Cao Cao and his party, when they saw the opponent's temporary turn, they dared not say anything, so they just hit their horses and fled!
Zhang Wenjian realized that he was in such a state, and couldn't help but get furious, and then called out to him from afar: "Ahead must be the plain-clothes camp of Cao's army's key figures, and it could be Cao Cao... Remember, anyone with a beard will be killed without mercy!"
When Cao Cao and the others in front heard this, they instantly realized what was wrong. Others, how could Cao Mengde account for this? He was so straightforward that he actually took out the Heavenly Sword to cut off the beard and beard under his chin while galloping on horseback.
, then throw the sword to the ground and continue running!
However, in the middle of the night, the Yan army was in hot pursuit, and since their formation was wide, they simply fired arrows at will. Cao Cao was hit by arrows in his side and died one after another!
At this time, Zhang Liao remembered the previous rumors and shouted again: "Cao Mengde is short in appearance and has a body like a monkey. Pick a short one to shoot the arrow first!"
Cao Mengde broke out in a cold sweat and was completely speechless. He replaced the inferior horse. The horse's speed gradually slowed down, but he felt almost despair in his heart!
But at this moment, a hole suddenly opened in the camp in the distance, and about a thousand cavalry rushed out. It was as if Shi Huanyao saw the situation here and guessed that Cao Cao must be in trouble, so he came out to greet him regardless!
Things seemed to have turned around, but Cao Cao looked back and saw the people behind him chasing after him, including Wu Huan. The Hun cavalry was on horseback with their bows and arrows ready. I was afraid that Shi Huan would die before he could reach him... He had no choice but to do so.
Cao Mengde gritted his teeth suddenly, and after crossing a small slope, he turned over and fell under the horse!
In the dark night, because the forest was set on fire in the distance, the soldiers did not use torches, and they were eager to pursue the enemy. When they reached the slope, they often jumped on their horses... Not only did no one notice Cao Cao on the ground, but no one stepped on him.
On to him!
Of course, the horseshoes rumbled, and Cao Mengde leaned down at the foot of the slope, but he almost experienced the longest and most thrilling half-quarter of an hour in his life!
In this half-quarter of an hour, if you were not careful, the dignified Cao Sikong might be trampled to death by a random knight of the Yan army, and no one would know.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Liao's seven or eight hundred cavalry and Shi Huan's thousands of cavalry fought fiercely in the southeast of Cao Jundu's camp. Cao Cao finally caught a good opportunity and killed him with a broken spear he picked up from the ground.
He killed a lone Yan Jun knight, then walked around the battlefield and galloped back to the camp!
"It's father!" Maybe it was because he hadn't spoken for a long time. When he saw his biological father running towards him, Cao Angfu, who was standing on the gate of the camp, opened his mouth and his lips were bloody, as if they had been worn out and dried up before.
"Open the door quickly!"
"Zixiu is not allowed to open the door!" Cao Cao said to him from a distance. "Put the rope down and I can climb up from the watchtower!"
Everyone in the camp did not dare to neglect, so they immediately followed the instructions and hung Cao Cao up on the gate tower... When father and son met, both sides were speechless for a moment, but neither of them dared to neglect.
"Zixiu, how many people are there in the camp?" Cao Cao, who was slumped on the gate tower, threw down his huge helmet, took out the water bag from the waist of a bow-wielding man on one side, took two sips, and immediately asked.
Cao Ang bent down and stood on the gate tower, facing his own father. Hearing these words, he choked up again. It took him a long time to look at him seriously: "Return to my father, there are 20,000 people here...and the two or three soldiers Shi Hujun just brought in."
Of the thousand cavalry, there are just over a thousand left at this time, plus the defeated troops gathered earlier, there are about four to five thousand remaining troops in the camp."
"How many tiger and leopard cavalry are left?" Cao Cao couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he heard the last total of four to five thousand soldiers. He quickly asked again before he could drink water.
"About two to three hundred..."
Cao Cao was completely shocked and lost his voice.
"My son, uncle, and Wen Lie all died in battle. This is what my son saw with his own eyes!" Cao Ang still dared not hide it, but finally couldn't help but burst into tears. "And according to reports from the defeated soldiers, General Chen died in battle, and Mr. Lu Fu
He committed suicide... It is said that Mr. Zhu Fu was knocked unconscious by his close guards and fled to the southwest. There may be hope of survival... As for General Huang, he is in the camp at this time, helping to prepare the defeated troops and arrange the defense of the camp! "
Cao Cao, who had no beard, eyebrows, and hair that had been burned by the fire, remained silent, but shook his hands and splashed the water bag all over his body... Although he had seen the tragic scene here before, he never expected it.
It is the point where the entire army is annihilated!
The entire army was truly annihilated!
The whole army of tiger and leopard cavalry plus four battalions totaled 21,000 people. Now there are only 3 to 4 thousand remnants left, which are probably useless! Four of the six generals are dead, and one is still alive or dead. Not the whole army.
What is annihilation?
Even with the more than 10,000 cavalry he brought with him, there are only more than 1,000 in the camp now, and I don’t know how many of the rest can survive. Based on this calculation, in fact, all my reinforcements can be considered wiped out!
In one afternoon of fighting, the Yan army almost caused the attrition of as many as 30,000 backbone troops of the Central Plains Allied Forces, not to mention two strategic cavalry units among them!
This kind of defeat is enough to break your muscles and bones!
If Gongsun Xun kills Cao Cao in this battle, he can declare victory in the Central Plains War in advance. Seizing the Guandu Camp means a three-point chance of victory. Now, even if there is no more bad news, he can still seize two
The odds of winning are 50%!
Because this was a complete war of annihilation... nearly 30,000 troops, from generals to soldiers, completely disappeared!
Moreover, it seems that these casualties have no intention of stopping here. Outside the camp, countless Yan army cavalry are still wandering around and hunting under the light of distant fire, and there is no news about Xu Chu and Wang Bi.
Of course, there was no time to wait for the news about Xu Chu and Wang Bi, and something that almost made Cao Cao numb happened first... Outside the camp gate, Zhang Liao killed Shi Huan in the battle formation without counting, and then drove the defeated troops to attack the camp!
"Let them leave the camp and leave..." Cao Cao did not get up at all, but sat directly on the gate tower and ordered. "Let the civilians prepare. After the three gongs are fired, if there is anyone in front of the gate, no matter who it is, they must shoot arrows together!"
At this point, he thought of his son's character again, but he was ready to give an extra warning to his son. If it weren't for this, so many people who had died before would have died in vain! However, to Cao Mengde's expectation, he usually had a gentle personality.
, so much so that Cao Zixiu, who was kind-hearted as a woman, had no doubts at all and stood up to give the order!
His words are crisp and clear, and he is completely different from usual!
Cao Cao knew clearly in his heart that his son had grown somewhat after this battle... But no one would want such growth!
After a while, something even worse happened.
"Is Cao Cao in the camp?!"
Zhang Liao came to the camp and shouted: "Why don't you come to see me?! I just met on the road. There was a short-looking horse with a big helmet and a small head, like a monkey riding a horse. You still smiled flatteringly at me, was it you?!"
By the way, Zhang Wenyuan already knew what happened from Xu Si, who was working next to Cao Cao. He still didn't understand that Cao Cao actually escaped into the camp under his nose, so he was naturally devastated!
Cao Cao sat behind the wooden gate of the gate with his head bowed, neither getting up nor responding.
"Cao Mengde!" Zhang Liaofu reined in his horse and yelled. "The head of your army guard Shi Huan is here. In order to save you, he forced himself out of the camp to rescue you even though he was already in the camp. Such a loyal minister... If you show up, I will
Throw the head back! How dare you show up?!"
There was still silence in the camp. Only the sound of civilians shooting arrows overwhelmed Zhang Liao for a moment. It was as if Zhang Wenyuan was trying to approach the camp with just a few hundred soldiers and horses, and then provoke a counterattack.
"If that's not enough, how about adding the head of your brother Cao Chun?!" Zhang Liao continued to gallop outside the camp, as if he was furious. "As long as you show your head, I will give you the heads of Cao Chun and Shi Huan!"
Cao Cao opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
But Cao Ang angrily stood up with his sword in hand and faced each other on the gate tower from a distance: "Zhang Liao, give back my uncle's head!"
Zhang Liao laughed endlessly: "I didn't expect that his father was as timid as a chicken, but his son was a bit heroic...Come, come, is it Cao Zixiu? The one who showed up to surrender is your father. If you want to ask for Cao Chun's head, you must have it."
Come out of camp to get it! Do you dare to come? I am the one who killed two of your uncles and a clan brother!"
Without saying a word, Cao Ang actually hung directly from the gate tower along the suspension rope that Cao Cao used to go upstairs!
Cao Cao watched his son disappear behind the wooden partition in front of him and remained silent, while Zhang Liao was solemn for a moment... Both of them just let Cao Ang come outside the camp and went straight to Zhang Liao.
"With me!" Cao Ang was in a state of embarrassment, with dried blood on his face, like a wild ghost. He even fell down once during the journey, but he stood in front of Zhang Liao's horse, fearless.
"With him!" Zhang Wenyuan, who was standing on the horse, looked at it for a long time, but suddenly laughed, and then he kept his word. "Does a dog father also have tiger cubs?"
A knight of the Yan army handed Cao Ang two leather bags nearby. Cao Ang wanted to return to the camp after getting the leather bag, but unexpectedly several prisoners around him knelt down and begged for help.
Cao Ang couldn't bear it and turned back to see Zhang Liao again.
Zhang Wenyuan simply said: "Ask your father to come over and let me see if he is the man with the big helmet and the small head... As long as he comes to the gate and shows his face, I will put them all back! Otherwise, I will be here ten times."
Kill with one stroke!"
Cao Ang said nothing and returned to the camp with the two leather bags in his arms. However, after being hoisted up the gatehouse by a rope, he found that Cao Cao was still sitting there with his head bowed. Cao Zixiu did not dare to say anything, so he had to put down the two leather bags, and then
He was just sitting with his father. Outside the camp gate, Zhang Liao was still shouting and cursing, and even started killing people, but Cao Cao still turned a deaf ear. During this period, Zhang Liao tried to reach out several times to open the leather bag in front of him, but failed several times.
If you succeed, you can only give up in despair in the end!
After a while, Zhang Liao was probably tired, and the shouting and cursing gradually disappeared, but the Yan Army cavalry general who had been aggressive in killing today still lingered outside the camp gate. Instead, he kept gathering scattered soldiers and horses.
It was as if they wanted to gather more troops to accomplish great feats! This inevitably made Cao Jun in the camp a little anxious.
"Tell them not to be afraid!" Cao Cao remained speechless, but it was Cao Ang who spoke. "There are more than 20,000 people in our camp, with all supplies of food, grass, bows and crossbows, as well as ditches and fortresses... As for the Yan army, it is already dark and they have gathered together.
Not to mention the small number of troops, they are already extremely exhausted and it is impossible to attack the camp! And by the middle of the night, the main force of our army will definitely arrive!"
The surrounding attendants understood it one after another, and then immediately went to inspect the camp and relayed Cao Ang's words to reassure the civilians in the camp and the defeated troops.
In response, Cao Cao, who was still sitting behind the wooden barrier at the door, just nodded slightly and remained speechless.
In this way, although Zhang Liao knew that Cao Cao might be not far in front of him, he still couldn't get anything, but he was reluctant to leave. On the other hand, Cao Cao never responded at all, but he never had the intention to get up and leave the camp gate.
The two sides were in a stalemate for who knows how long. Suddenly, there was a noise outside the camp, and then a voice that finally moved Cao Cao suddenly sounded: "Mengde is really lucky today! But the defeat is like this, what's the point of your hard work? Like this
If we fight this battle twice more, you will be exhausted, right? Why not surrender as soon as possible?"
Cao Cao remained silent... In the fight for world supremacy, he had to put everything above all else. Cao Mengde knew this truth. In fact, until now, even for Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun and Shi Huan in front of him, he
It’s impossible to give up easily. How can you be moved by what words you say?
"Forget it!" After a while, Gongsun Xun's voice came again outside the camp gate. "It's understandable that Meng De doesn't want to meet alone... Here are the heads of Xu Zhongkang (Xu Chu) and Wang Zixing (Wang Bi)
, Gu was placed in front of the camp. Among them, Xu Zhongkang's body was at the intersection where the fire was lit before, and Wang Zi's body was fifteen miles east. Meng De could have someone retrieve it and sew it up for burial. Both of them were
Loyal man, I hope you will have a good time to pay homage... Only your general flag will be taken away to show the victory in this battle, but I can't give it back to you!"
Cao Cao was finally moved and turned his head, but he still could not stand up.
After waiting for a while, seeing no movement in the camp, Gongsun Xun outside the camp finally ordered the bugle to be blown. The sound of the bugle continued, echoing everywhere, and instantly resounded for dozens of miles. Then, knights from Youzhou carried their wounded and corpses everywhere.
, the enemy's leaders and soldiers were marching north one after another... In front of the camp, there was also the constant sound of horse hooves, and together with the constant sound of horns, they were returning north around the camp.
At this point, it seems that the war may be finally over.
Someone in the camp retrieved the leather bags containing the heads of Wang Bi and Xu Chu. However, Cao Mengde faced the four leather bags and still sat still, in a daze.
Not counting this, only half an hour later, there was a sudden noise outside the camp gate, and Cao Cao's army finally realized why Gongsun Xun did not try to storm the camp, but retreated directly - it turned out that Cao Cao's main force had not yet arrived, but his son-in-law Sun Ce had
He actually led 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush in from Yingchuan on a starry night for reinforcements. Gongsun Xun had retreated earlier because the sentinels learned about this.
However, since Sun Ce entered the camp, he went upstairs to visit his father-in-law and father-in-law, but Cao Mengde remained silent and sat motionless. Sun Bofu didn't know what to say, and he suddenly heard that Zhu Zhi's life and death were unknown.
, Huang Gai was injured, and almost all his nine thousand soldiers and horses were lost, so he left in a hurry, turned to comfort the wounded soldiers, and went to look for Zhu Zhi.
At midnight, Cao's army was exhausted. Some soldiers reported that they saw all the Yan army gathering north and heading to the temporary camp in the direction of Wuchaoze in the north. The whole army relaxed completely and rested on the spot.
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But at this time, the four unmanned small camps to the north of Cao's army suddenly burst into flames again! Then a young white-horse general who called himself Xiliang Ma Mengqi rode around the camp, killing the outer sentries and searching for Zhu Zhu along the way.
Sun Ce's subordinates who were in charge of the government caused a riot in the whole camp!
Everyone knew that this was just a small trick used by Gongsun Xun before he left... The Fourth North Camp was actually vacant and could be burned away if he wanted to. Moreover, there were sufficient fire prevention ditches inside and outside such a permanent camp.
There are also safe distances between the well reserves and fences to prevent fire. As long as someone handles it properly, it is impossible to burn the camp in the south! However, Gongsun Xun had to wait until he withdrew his troops before letting that Ma Meng cause trouble.
The small force came back to set fire, as if to demoralize Cao's army. Sun Ce's reinforcements were so energetic that the Central Plains Allied Forces were battered and exhausted.
However, everyone knew that Cao Jun or Sun Ce's troops could not help but scramble for it, and then their morale dropped again! There were nearly 30,000 people in the camp, but it took until daylight to completely put out the fire.
It was at this time that Cao Ren, Liu Ye, Huang Zhong and others finally led 30,000 troops from the original Punan camp to Guandu.
Entering the camp, Liu Ye heard that Chen had arrived and that Lu Dai was dead, so he almost fainted and didn't mention it. Huang Zhong was furious and didn't say anything. Cao Zixiao hurried to the south gate of the camp and saw the four leather bags and the news of Cao Xiu's death. He was so shocked that he could hardly speak.
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"Zixiao is here!" At this time, the sky was already slightly cold. Cao Cao was in a mess and his eyes were bloodshot, but he finally spoke. He directly waved his hand to his brother to come to him. "Please come over here."
Cao Renqiang calmed down and ordered his subordinates to take away several leather bags and clean them up before going to Cao Cao's side.
"Sit down!" Cao Cao's voice was hoarse.
Cao Zixiao did not dare to neglect. He quickly sat cross-legged next to Cao Cao. When Cao Mengde saw this, he fell down on Cao Ren's legs, and then sighed:
"Zixiao is here, I can finally close my eyes and sleep!"
After saying this, he snored loudly, but Cao Ren couldn't help but hold his brother's head and couldn't help but burst into tears.
It was getting brighter in the east, and at the same moment, Ma Mengqi, who had only succeeded in hijacking the camp with a hundred cavalry, was about to return to the old camp of Wuchao, but suddenly stopped his horse midway, then looked around with hesitation: "Did I forget?"
What happened?"
The ninety-nine white horse volunteers around him who volunteered to accompany him were all at a loss.
——I forgot something about the dividing line——
"...after they were defeated, Cao Cao came back and brought ten thousand cavalry to take advantage of the chaos. When Taizu saw Cao Cao's banner in the distance, he led three thousand white horses to fight against it and restored the enemy's victory. Cao Cao fled in panic.
The troops were scattered and scattered, and they were attacked constantly along the way. They abandoned the general's flag, golden helmet, and sword, and cut off the horses again. A few people entered the camp. After entering the camp, they heard that Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Lu Dai, Chen Dao, and Xu Chu
The kings died one after another, dumbfounded and silent, and sat motionless on the gate tower. Among them, Zhang Liao came to the camp and shouted curses. Taizu led the crowd to surrender, Sun Ce led thousands of people to come to the aid, and the horses and hundreds of horses burned the camp, but no one moved or made a sound. Until dawn.
, Cao Ren led 30,000 troops to Cao Ren, and Cao Fang rested his head on his knees and sighed: "My filial son has arrived, it's time to sleep!" So he slept for many days." - "Dian Lue". Notes by Pei Song, Yan.
ps: Okay, I really have to kowtow and admit my mistake!
