The sound of powerful war drums suddenly sounded, echoing continuously inside and outside the camp.
In an instant, a group of soldiers rushed out from both sides of the camp and quickly rushed towards Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao heard the rumble of war drums and glanced at the soldiers rushing out. His heart skipped a beat. He looked at Wang Can and saw Wang Can looking at him with a smile. Cao Cao felt even worse. He looked back at his subordinates.
When the soldiers saw the soldiers whispering, they no longer had the energy to charge bravely. Instead, their eyes flickered and there was a worried look on their faces.
Wang Can's words directly hit the weakness of Cao Ying's soldiers. Without the food they depended on for survival, they lost the most basic guarantee.
Cao Cao stared at Wang Can and immediately shouted: "Xia Houyuan, lead your cavalry to the rear to stop the enemy's pursuit."
"promise!"
After receiving the order, Xia Houyuan immediately organized his cavalry to form a formation, preparing to resist the oncoming army.
Because the road was slippery and muddy, it was difficult to run, so Wang Can did not let Zhao Yun lead the attack from the barracks. After all, the horses stepped in the mud and could easily slip, so Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang led the troops to rush out. The three of them were Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang.
Leading the charge, the infantry under his command bravely moved forward, waving Han swords and rushing towards Cao Jun's soldiers.
Xi Zhicai frowned and suggested: "My lord, the sword cart is heavy and difficult to move and has lost its effectiveness. It is better to arrange all the sword carts together to block the path of Wang Can's infantry."
Cao Cao nodded and immediately gave the order.
Although the sword cart did not play the expected role, it bought time for Cao Cao to lead his troops to evacuate.
On the official road, swords and carts one foot wide were placed close to each other, blocking the path of the infantry charge. Cao Cao gave a greeting and led his army to retreat.
In this battle, Cao Cao started but ended.
However, Cao Cao led his soldiers to retreat, but it does not mean that the army was really defeated by Wang Can. After all, the ownership of the little emperor has not yet been determined, and no one knows the outcome until the end.
Cao Cao led his troops to retreat, and Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang led their soldiers to pursue them.
Because it rained all day yesterday and the roads were muddy, when Cao Cao's soldiers were fleeing, it was inevitable that a few of them slipped and fell to the ground, covered in mud. However, it was not important that the mud stained the body, because
All the soldiers retreated quickly. It was impossible that when one or two soldiers stopped, the soldiers running behind would also stop.
If you are lucky, the soldiers who run up will take a detour or pick up the soldiers who have fallen to the ground.
Unluckily, the soldier who ran up stepped on the soldier's body and continued running forward. Since there were too many soldiers in the army and they were running very fast, it was inevitable that some soldiers would be trampled to death.
Huang Zhong led his troops to chase after him. He slashed left and right with a nine-foot-long sword in his hand, bringing out a shower of blood.
The soldiers running behind were hacked to death by the Yizhou soldiers who chased after them.
On the muddy road, blood flowed across the road and mixed with the turbid mud, dyeing the ground dark red. Corpses fell to the ground one after another, with a look of reluctance on their faces, but they could no longer stand up.
The two armies chased each other and fled.
Halfway through the pursuit, a group of elite soldiers led by General Cao Cao suddenly came out. At this time, Cao Cao also ordered the army to stop, and the two armies merged to defeat the army led by Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang.
After Huang Zhong led the troops and left, Xiahou Yuan ran up on foot and said, "My lord, after running such a long distance, the ground is covered with muddy roads. The soldiers are very tired and cannot continue to hold on. Let's rest for a while before walking."
The horse under him had already fallen to the ground and could not continue running, so Xia Houyuan ran on foot.
Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and said: "Okay, the army will stop and rest for a while, and then retreat after counting the number of people."
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Huang Zhong led his troops to retreat, with a look of unwillingness on his face.
It was just that Cao Cao's two armies converged and killed him with a single shot. The army could not resist and had to retreat. However, they had killed so many soldiers in Cao Cao's camp and achieved enough results to be worthy of pursuing Cao Cao for such a long distance. Huang Zhong led
The soldiers returned quickly, and soon they were back at the gate of the camp.
Huang Zhong rode his horse up to Wang Can, dismounted, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the general failed to capture Cao Cao. Instead, he was attacked by Cao Cao's ambush and returned without success. Please punish me, my lord!"
Wang Can waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it's enough for Cao Cao to retreat!"
Huang Zhong had a look of shame on his face. He failed to seize the great opportunity. What a pity!
It would be a great achievement to capture Cao Cao, or to capture a few of Cao Cao's generals, but it's a pity that only killing some shrimp soldiers and crab generals is of little use.
Jia Xu smiled and said: "My lord, although General Huang is brave and proficient in fighting, Cao Cao is extremely cunning. Although Cao Cao is forced to retreat, Cao Cao will definitely arrange elite soldiers to retreat to avoid being attacked by the pursuing troops. Huang
The general led his troops to pursue Cao Cao, chasing him all the way, but although the soldiers were effective, it was still difficult to defeat Cao Cao."
After a pause, Jia Xu continued: "Cao Cao was forced to retreat because of lack of food and grass. When Cao Cao led his troops to attack, he would also consider the possibility of failure, so Cao Cao was well prepared, and General Huang
It is difficult to win. However, if General Huang leads the troops to pursue him again and takes advantage of his unpreparedness, he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop and achieve a great victory."
After hearing this, Huang Zhong smiled and then looked at Wang Can.
Wang Can would not refuse Jia Xu's suggestion and nodded in agreement.
Huang Zhong gathered his soldiers and led them out again to pursue Cao Cao.
Wang Can watched Huang Zhong lead his troops to pursue him, but he had no intention of catching Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao had so many soldiers to protect him. The purpose of letting Huang Zhong and others pursue was to satisfy Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's desire to make meritorious deeds.
Furthermore, being able to severely injure Cao Cao's soldiers was a great achievement, so Wang Can agreed without hesitation.
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After Cao Cao rested, he led his troops and continued on their way.
When the army was heading towards Hangu Pass, they suddenly heard a report from the soldiers that Huang Zhong was leading the army to attack again. The morale of the army was suddenly in chaos. Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to pack lightly, throw away unnecessary things, and run forward quickly.
Huang Zhong led his troops in pursuit, killing countless soldiers in a burst of killing.
Xia Houyuan covered Cao Cao's retreat and was responsible for the rear, but was captured by Huang Zhong.
Although he failed to capture Cao Cao, Huang Zhong captured Xia Houyuan.
With Xia Houyuan as a general, Huang Zhong gave up the pursuit of Cao's army and led his troops back to the camp. This pursuit, as Jia Xu said, caught Cao Cao off guard. No one would have thought that after Huang Zhong killed him once,
They would pursue him a second time, so Huang Zhong easily won a great victory and killed Cao's army until they lost all their armor.
After Cao Cao got rid of Huang Zhong, he looked defeated and his face was gloomy.
Wang Can captured his general Cao Ren, and now he also captured Xia Houyuan, making Cao Cao very angry. However, the anger could not defeat Wang Can, and he could only continue to retreat.
Huang Zhong returned to the camp happily and escorted Xia Houyuan to Wang Can's tent, with a flash of amusement in his eyes.
Wang Can didn't talk much to Xia Houyuan. After all, Xia Houyuan was a close confidant of Cao Cao and a general who was loyal to Cao Cao. Wang Can didn't bother to recruit such a person. He spent a lot of time and was unable to please, so he imprisoned Xia Houyuan directly. However, Xia Houyuan did not talk to him.
Cao Ren lived together to prevent the two from conspiring to escape.
At this point, only Wang Can's army was left outside Chang'an City.
Ps: The third update of the fourth update, please collect the birds. Well, flowers, I still can’t make it to the flower list, please support me.
