Cao Ren looked complicated and depressed, and ordered helplessly: "Sing Jin, collect your troops and retreat."
"promise!!"
After Cao Fei received the order, he immediately passed it on.
In Cao Fei's heart, he was unwilling to leave with his soldiers, and wanted to annihilate Huang Xu's eight thousand soldiers. Killing Huang Xu, or capturing Huang Xu alive, would be a huge blow to the Shu army. The Shu army is now extremely powerful.
, Cao Ren led his soldiers to survive in the cracks, running around, which was not easy. It was very difficult to maintain the current turbulent situation and hold back Zhang Liao and Pang Tong. The gap between the two sides needed to be slowly changed.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!!"
On the battlefield, the sound of gongs sounded.
The sound came from the Wei army. When the spear soldiers who were fighting heard it, they were a little confused and reluctant to withdraw. However, the military order was like a mountain. They must retreat. The spear soldiers retreated in an orderly manner and no longer continued.
Forward thrust.
Cao Ren glanced in Huang Xu's direction, sighed, and rode away.
The Wei army retreated like a tide, and the soldiers who had laid an ambush returned with Zhao Hong and Tao Mang. After careful questioning, they learned that Pang Tong and Zhang Liao were coming with a large army. They were both aggrieved and angry. Another hour later.
, Huang Xu's eight thousand Shu army must all be killed. Even if Cao Ren had the chance, he would not dare to destroy him, because if he destroyed Huang Xu, Pang Tong could lead his army to surround him and destroy him. Two choices were placed in front of Cao Ren.
Can be evacuated.
When Huang Xu saw Cao Ren withdrawing, a look of confusion appeared in his eyes.
He didn't understand why. Because the Wei army had an absolute advantage. As long as there was another hour, or even less than an hour, Cao Ren could destroy his soldiers. However, Cao Ren took the initiative to retreat. Is there any trick?
No, there can't be a trick.
The Wei army had the upper hand, and any more tricks would be superfluous and meaningless. Huang Xu's eyes kept rolling, and a possibility came to his mind. Reinforcements should have arrived. Only the arrival of a large army could force Cao Ren to withdraw his troops and leave.
"Cao's army withdrew, we survived, we survived."
"Haha, Wei Jun, who has no courage, can continue to kill if he has the ability. I am here, waiting for you to kill."
"Hey, these Wei troops are so bad."
"God bless me and my ancestors bless me. Fortunately, I was not killed by these ruffians who killed a thousand swords."
…
The Wei army withdrew, and waves of shouts immediately sounded outside the camp. Countless Shu soldiers shouted loudly, and even many people who escaped from the sea of fire cheered loudly, expressing their joy. The waves were higher and higher.
The atmosphere became more and more heated, and the formation immediately dispersed. Seeing this, Huang Xu thought of another possibility. Wouldn't it be terrible if Cao Ren deliberately retreated, letting the soldiers get carried away, and then suddenly come back.
In view of this, Huang Xu organized his formation and asked the soldiers to prepare for the attack.
However, Huang Xu's worries were obviously unnecessary. In less than an hour, Zhang Liao and Pang Tong led the army and rushed over to relieve the danger. After settling the people and the wounded, they began to clean up the battlefield, and finally chose a new place to set up camp.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, several oil lamps emitted bright light.
Zhang Liao and Pang Tong sat at the top, and Huang Xu stood at the bottom.
In fact, the two men led their troops to hang behind Huang Xu. After Huang Xu divided his troops, they quickly caught up with the 12,000 soldiers left by Huang Xu. The army marched quickly and rushed to the Wei army's camp, where they were able to save Huang Xu.
Even so, he suffered huge losses. Pang Tong looked at Huang Xu, without a trace of smile on his face, and said seriously: "Huang Xu, you rushed forward greedily for credit. Eight thousand soldiers were killed and more than 6,000 were injured, and less than 6,000 were left.
Two thousand soldiers. Tell me, how should I settle this account? What kind of punishment should I receive?"
Zhang Liao saw Pang Tong reprimanding Huang Xu but did not interrupt.
Huang Xu lowered his head, with a guilty look on his face, and said in a low voice: "The failure of this battle was all the result of my greed for merit and being arbitrary and tyrannical. If I hadn't been greedy for merit, I wouldn't be in today's situation. How will the military advisor punish me?
, the generals all had no complaints and were left to the disposal of the military advisors."
Pang Tong nodded and said: "In that case, according to the agreement in the past, twenty soldiers will be punished with sticks in public tomorrow."
"Thank you, military advisor!"
Huang Xu bowed and agreed, but he didn't expect that Pang Tong was only responsible for the stick.
Pang Tong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't be too busy thanking me. Do you think this is the punishment for you? The lives of six thousand soldiers were lost and such great damage was caused. You have an unshirkable responsibility. In addition to the responsibility of the rod,
In addition, you have to comfort the heroic souls of the six thousand soldiers. This is a must. At the same time, prepare a letter of repentance and write down all the mistakes you have made. After I review it, I will loudly declare it in front of all the soldiers.
read out."
Huang Xu raised his eyebrows, with a bitter smile on his face.
Being beaten with twenty army sticks was an agreement and could not be shied away from. It was his responsibility to comfort the dead soldiers. But having to read it out loud in front of tens of thousands of people was definitely a shameful thing, but Huang Xu did not dare
Even if you refuse, you cannot refuse.
Huang Xu cupped his fists and said, "I will obey your orders!"
After speaking, Huang Xu turned around and left the tent, leaving Zhang Liao and Pang Tong behind to discuss matters.
Cao Ren led an army of 20,000 people to shuttle flexibly through the territory of Yuzhou. It had become a cancer. If it was not eliminated, it would definitely harm more counties. However, Cao Ren was very cunning. When he encountered the Shu army, he immediately retreated and was not at peace with him at all.
The Shu army went head-to-head. Such a difficult opponent was enough for Pang Tong to brace himself to deal with it. The lights in the camp were still on, and the two figures were swaying gently in the lights. As time passed, the two figures twisted twice from time to time, and still
There were sounds of discussion.
Early the next morning, the war drums were beaten in the army.
The soldiers of the Shu army gathered together and watched Huang Xu being scolded with a cane. They also watched Huang Xu comfort the dead soldiers, and finally listened to Huang Xu's sincere letter of repentance. This was the first time that such a thing had happened in the army.
This was the first time in Huang Xu's life, which left a deep impression on his heart.
What happened this time will definitely be something Huang Xu will never forget.
…
At Hulao Pass, Cao Cao and Wang Can are still confronting each other.
During this period, Cao Cao almost kept recuperating. His headaches became more and more severe and he was in low spirits. Many matters in the army were delegated to Sima Lang, Man Chong and others for their discretion. Li Tong surrendered, and Han Hao was
After the news of the killing came, Cao Cao remained silent and did not say a word. Cao Ren led 20,000 troops to fight in Yuzhou. Cao Cao spoke up and said that Cao Ren's method was worth learning and that he could be flexible and changeable when the war was unfavorable.
You don't have to do things according to rigid rules.
In short, Cao Ren is still resisting tenaciously, which is good news.
The Shu Army camp was always immersed in joy.
During this period, some generals could not bear their loneliness and prepared to go to war. Especially when they saw the news coming back from Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Bingzhou, they were even more affected. They wanted to rush out to fight, and also wanted to achieve meritorious service and kill them back.
Cao Cao.
In the end, Wang Candu refused.
For now, Wang Can does not want to fight head-on with Cao Cao. If Cao Cao retreats, he will immediately lead his army to follow him and stick to Cao Cao so that Cao Cao cannot leave. Wang Can now waits for Bingzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou to win.
, after the victory of these three armies, the army formed a double-team situation. At that time, Cao Cao was surrounded. He wanted to resist, but he couldn't bring up the intention to resist. If he could capture Cao Cao without spending a single soldier, this would be the king's victory.
A brilliant plan.
According to this strategy, the confrontation between the two armies is suitable for the current situation.
However, the battle in Bingzhou did not go smoothly and no breakthrough progress was made.