Two hundred and ninetieth chapters cut the robe and discard the beard
Chen Cheng pointed to the destroyed terrain and the chaotic troops around him, and asked Han Lida: "Do we still need to continue to use troops in this situation?"
Han Li said anxiously on his horse: "Although our army is in chaos, the enemy's army is even more chaotic. If we don't take this opportunity to defeat the enemy, do we have to wait for them to recover from the chaos before fighting them?"
At this time, other generals were still gathering their troops in the distance, and Chen Cheng was only surrounded by Liu Qian, Wei Ran and others. When they heard what Han Li said, they all agreed: "Yes, the enemy army has been defeated. It is time to take advantage of this opportunity."
It’s time to march in!”
Han Li shouted: "In yesterday's battle, our army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. We really have to wait until the enemy recovers, and we don't know how many more casualties there will be. By then it will be too late to regret!"
So Chen Cheng made up his mind and handed over the matter of gathering the army and rescuing the wounded to other generals. He took the three to four thousand soldiers and horses in his hands and launched an attack to the east. Although Han Li had only more than 300 people under his command, he also attacked
The horses followed. This troop was small in number and could not play a decisive role on yesterday's battlefield.
Even elites like the Flying Bear Cavalry need to regroup after charging once. Although the horses used by the Charge Cavalry are majestic, they carry a heavy load. After a battle, they can only charge a few times. Under normal circumstances,
Heavy cavalry is used at critical moments so that it can make the final decision.
When the earthquake occurred, Dong Zhuo was also preparing for his soldiers and horses to attack. Who would have thought that the earth would suddenly roll? His soldiers and horses were all controlled by strict punishments. Usually, he would let his soldiers go out to kill and loot.
Only in this way can the army be maintained. Once the earthquake hit, morale immediately dropped to freezing point.
The ground shook, and Dong Zhuo was knocked off his horse. He got up from the ground angrily and wanted to kill the bad horse, but the horse had already run away. There were sounds of crying and howling soldiers everywhere.
They threw away their weapons, took off their armor, and ran around like headless flies.
Er, the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded. Dong Zhuo was a veteran who had led soldiers for more than ten years. How could he not hear that the enemy was coming? But he knew that the chaos around him was like this, and he wanted to organize it.
It was too late for the soldiers to resist. Just as he was sweating from his forehead, general Hu Zhen pulled a war horse over and ran over, stuffing the reins into Dong Zhuo's hand and shouting: "The Xiliang bandits are coming, my lord, hurry up!"
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Dong Zhuo hesitated for a moment and was pushed onto the horse by Hu Zhen and two soldiers beside him. Then Hu Zhen pulled out a ring-headed knife and stabbed the horse on the butt. The horse felt pain and immediately raised its hooves.
He ran out. Dong Zhuo turned around on horseback and shouted: "We can't stop you now, let's run away together!"
But the war horses had already run a certain distance, and the surrounding sounds were too noisy. Dong Zhuo's voice was drowned in the noise. After a few breaths, the rebels blocked the view, and Hu Zhen and others who stayed behind had already
Can't see it anymore.
Dong Zhuo rode his horse and rushed down to Gui. He had just sat down in the city when suddenly some soldiers broke in and shouted: "My lord, it's not good. The Xiliang people have broken down the city gate and have already entered the city!"
But it was Chen Cheng who led his troops to directly attack the enemy's central army. After killing more than a dozen generals, he heard that Dong Zhuo had fled back to Xiagui City, so he immediately chased him on horseback. Xiagui City had also been hit by an earthquake just now.
As a result, the city gates and walls were damaged a lot. When the defenders were in panic, they saw the Xiliang army coming in and had no intention of defending the city. They fled without a trace when there was a shouting incident.
Dong Zhuo had no choice but to change his war horse and continue to flee eastward with Li Ru. This time the Xiliang army came too quickly, and when they saw that they were about to be overtaken, Dong Zhuo's general Yang Ding stayed behind and led the troops.
More than a thousand soldiers blocked the east gate of Xiagui.
Yang Ding stood on the top of the city and shouted to Dong Zhuo who was rushing out of the city: "My lord, leave quickly! I'm here to take over for your lord!"
Dong Zhuo felt sad in his heart, but he did not dare to stay any longer. He bowed his hands to Yang Ding on horseback and then hurried away.
Chen Cheng led his troops into Xiaguang City from the west gate, and galloped through the city, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers and rogue teenagers who were taking advantage of the situation, and then fought their way to the east gate. Seeing that the east gate was guarded,
Chen Cheng stepped forward and shouted: "Dong Zhuo has been defeated, why don't the enemy generals please surrender immediately?"
Yang Ding did not answer him and ordered the crossbowmen to fire arrows together. Chen Cheng heard the vibration of the bowstring on the top of the city, turned his horse's head, and retreated. At this time, Ma Chao and Pang De led hundreds of soldiers and horses and rushed over.
The general came forward and requested to go to war, "The enemy troops are not large in number. Please lead your troops to attack!"
All other city gates have been captured, and only the east gate is still guarded. As long as troops are sent from other places to attack the city and attack from several directions, this place can be captured quickly. Chen Cheng then ordered Ma Chao and Pang De to stand on the left.
Han Li was on the right, and two groups of soldiers and horses attacked the enemy from the top of the city.
The sound of shouts and the clash of weapons soon rang over the east gate. Chen Cheng did not dismount, and directly rammed into it with the Flying Bear Cavalry. Although Yang Ding's troops had more than a thousand people, their morale was already low at this time.
It was very low. Once attacked by a superior number of enemies, it was immediately defeated.
More than a thousand people were killed and several hundred injured before they collapsed, leaving only Yang Ding and dozens of his troops blocked in the city cave.
Gulu knocked over the enemy in front of him and turned sideways. Chen Cheng drew his bow and arrow on horseback, pointed the arrow at Yang Ding who was covered in blood, and shouted: "Now that the overall situation has been decided, why are you still working so hard? I read
You are very skilled in martial arts, it would be a pity to die here, why not put down your sword? You can also avoid death!"
The armor on Yang Ding's body was penetrated in several places, and the pain was unbearable. At this time, he laughed loudly and said: "What a hero the Overlord of Xiliang is, why are you acting like a mother-in-law today?"
Chen Cheng slowly let go of his hand and asked, "Now that you know it's me, how can you still dare to resist?"
Yang Ding laughed wildly, "If a man dies, his ears will be dead, so what is there to fear? Juluhou, Chen Shijun, is a hero, so shoot me to death with an arrow quickly!"
Chen Cheng stared at the laughing enemy general for a second, then suddenly raised his "Sunset Bow" and twirled his fingers on the bow string. The arrow tore through the air and roared out. With a "pop" sound, Yang Ding was struck by an arrow in his left eye.
, the arrow cluster pierced the hard skull and came out from the back of the head.
The javelins and arrows flew into the city cave together, turning the remaining dozens of enemy soldiers into hedgehogs.
Chen Cheng put down the "Sunset Bow" and said in a regretful and regretful tone: "He is a warrior, but it is a pity that he followed Dong Zhuo!"
Ma Chao led his troops to kill the soldiers on the city. At this time, he rushed down and opened the city gate. He said loudly: "This kind of idiot will die when he dies. What should I do with him? If he doesn't hurry up, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo will come again."
Gonna run away!”
Dong Zhuo had escaped when fighting the Xiliang people. He had also escaped when fighting against the Yellow Turban Army, Ding Yuan Army, Lu Bu Army, Huangfu Song Army, etc. That's why Ma Chao said that he was "running away again."
Lost!"
Chen Cheng then ordered the soldiers to move the corpses piled at the entrance of the cave, then rode out and continued to chase to the east. He chased to a city again, only to find that Dong Zhuo did not enter the city, but instead gathered the soldiers and horses in the city, and together they
Run away.
Ma Chao had previously boasted about Haikou and said he would take down Dong Zhuo's head. When he saw the opportunity, he pursued him even more. He rode a lightly armored war horse and rushed to the front of the team. Both sides chased after him.
Once they escaped, they were all on the edge of the Wei River. There were three thousand pursuers. Dong Zhuo, who escaped, gathered many soldiers and horses along the way, and he also had more than three thousand cavalry.
Although Dong Zhuo saw that there were only a thousand people chasing the vanguard, Dong Zhuo had no intention of turning back and fighting. Now it seemed that there were only a thousand cavalry, but if a fight broke out, there might be more enemies. So he just kept his head down.
He ran away desperately, with no intention of stopping.
It's just that Ma Chao chased so fast that he was about to be overtaken.
Ma Chao was young and vigorous. When he saw an enemy general in front being defended by everyone, with a scarlet cloak tied behind him, he shouted loudly: "The man wearing the red cloak is Dong Zhuo, don't leave Dong Zhuo!"
When Dong Zhuo heard someone shouting behind him, he was furious, but also a little scared. Some of the Xiliang cavalry chasing behind him began to draw their bowstrings and fired arrows at Dong Zhuo. Li Ru on the side said anxiously: "My lord,
Take off your cloak quickly!"
With anger and humiliation, Dong Zhuo took off his scarlet cloak and threw it out on horseback. Seeing the cloak dropped by the enemy general floating over, Ma Chao stretched out his spear and picked up the cloak. He lifted it up.
He put away his big cloak, looked carefully at the enemy troops in front, and shouted again, "The one with the beard is Dong Zhuo, kill Dong Zhuo!"
Dong Zhuo, who was running wildly with his head down, was almost furious when he heard this. He just said, "The one wearing the red cloak is Dong Zhuo," so he threw away the cloak. Now he said, "The one with the beard is Dong Zhuo." He couldn't throw away the beard.
Throw it away?
He shouted angrily to the side: "Who is the enemy general behind? Is this place so hateful?"
A general replied on horseback: "It's Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, the prefect of Anding!"
Dong Zhuo suddenly realized it and said loudly: "It turns out to be him! No wonder he is so brave!"
Then he shouted angrily: "His father Ma Teng and I are old acquaintances, how dare Ma be so rude!"
The arrow fell next to him again. Dong Zhuo was hit by an arrow in the back, and he couldn't help but scream in pain. Fortunately, the steel armor he was wearing was bought from Xiliang for a lot of money. It had high defense, and the arrow could not penetrate the steel armor.
A, it just hurt him a little bit. But this is already a bad sign.
Li Ru hurriedly said: "Master, cut off your beard quickly!"
Dong Zhuo saw arrows falling continuously around him. Although he didn't want to, he had no choice but to pull out the dagger he carried with him, grabbed his three-foot-long beard, and cut it off with one stroke. As the beard flew into the air, Dong Zhuo
The beard that was originally neatly groomed and looked very powerful suddenly became ragged, as if it had been bitten by a dog.
I thought that after suffering such humiliation, the matter would be over, but after a while, Ma Chao's voice came from behind and shouted, "The one with the short beard is Dong Zhuo, everyone come together, catch Dong Zhuo, and I can be the prefect. You guys
There are also big rewards!”
Dong Zhuo turned his head bitterly and shouted on his horse: "Ma, my father, Ma Teng, and I have known each other for more than ten years. Why are we forcing each other like this?"
