Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Pang De, Bao Chu and other generals led their cavalry to continuously attack Cao Jun. After defeating the enemy, they drove Cao Jun south from the north. More than 30,000 Cao Jun soldiers lost their fighting spirit and were forced to the river.
On the edge.
The Xiliang cavalry kept galloping and killed the soldiers of Cao's army outside. The soldiers of Cao's army who were surrounded by the river had no way out, and there were pursuers behind them. They couldn't help but burst into tears. Tens of thousands of people cried together, and the sound shook the earth.
.However, the Xiliang people showed no mercy and continued to use bows, arrows, lances, and horizontal knives to harvest the lives of these defeated soldiers.
As long as Cao Jun's soldiers showed signs of gathering, hundreds of cavalry would immediately rush over and disperse them. The light cavalry relied on their fast horses and strong bows to spread a large net, and rushed the scattered Cao Jun to the
The direction of the river. As the net tightened, the wails of Cao's soldiers became more and more tragic.
People outside were being killed constantly, so they struggled to squeeze in. Thousands of people crowded together, and people near the river shouted loudly, "Stop crowding, or you will fall into the river if you keep crowding."
But who can hear it? Even if they hear it, who will care?
Amidst the screams, Cao Jun's soldiers were squeezed into the river like dumplings. The fallen soldiers cursed and struggled to take off their armor, and then swam towards the other side of the river. The enemy here was too strong.
Okay, then let's just swim over.
Although most people are not very good at swimming, falling into the river will lead to death. But if ten or twenty thousand people fell, there are still many lucky people who can swim to the other side in the fast river. Xuzhou
Although there are many rivers in the territory, except for Sishui and Huaihe River, most of them are not very wide, only a few miles at most.
But when those people swam to the other side after all the hard work, they would find that there were also large groups of Xiliang cavalry waiting for them there.
After defeating the main force of Cao's army, it was already dark. Chen Cheng ordered his soldiers not to rest and continued to attack the remaining Cao's army. The pursuit lasted for two days and two nights, and nearly half of Cao's army who fled south were killed or killed.
He was captured. On the road more than two hundred miles south from Pengcheng, the bodies of Cao's soldiers could be seen from time to time.
Chen Cheng led the cavalry in pursuit all the way across the Suishui River and to Pei County in Yuzhou. They killed countless soldiers of Cao's army, but they still failed to capture Cao Cao. After two days and two nights of pursuit, the soldiers were very tired.
However, after long-term and rigorous training, they can still hold on.
People can survive with perseverance, but war horses cannot. After such a long period of galloping, the horses have begun to show non-combat attrition. What is even worse is that many Peijun soldiers and horses have appeared around, although there are still only a few
Thousands of people, but this is a bad sign.
Peijun's soldiers and horses were of average quality and not large in quantity, so it was not difficult to defeat them, but Chen Cheng was not interested in continuing the fight. Waging a war required a lot of preparations, including soldiers, weapons, horses, food and grass, etc., to launch a war
War is a very difficult thing. But compared with starting a war, ending a war will only be more difficult.
Many times, when you keep fighting, you will find that you can't stop at all. Chen Cheng didn't want to make the same mistake as the Japanese. He had two strategic goals before the war, one was to capture Yanzhou, and the other was to destroy the main force of Cao's army.
Now that both goals have been achieved, the war should not be expanded indefinitely.
Besides, now he does not have enough manpower to manage the land he conquered, and he can only let the scholars and powerful men manage more territory. Rather than doing this, it is better to withdraw his troops for the time being. As for Cao Cao, although he failed to capture him It's a bit of a pity, but it doesn't matter.
Having lost his territory and army, even if Cao Mengde wants to make a comeback, it will take him several years. Who knows what the situation will look like in a few years?
If Cao Mengde is caught, he will definitely be executed based on what he did. The heroes of the previous generation have all come to an end, such as Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, Tao Qian, Liu Yan and others have all passed away. Among the heroes of this generation, Yuan Shu is dead, and the only ones left are Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Zhang Yan, Zang Ba and others.
If Cao Cao died, the world would be too boring. Whether Cao Cao ran to the south or went north to join Yuan Shao, it doesn't matter now. Boss Cao still has a lot to do before he can become a prince again. .
Chen Cheng raised his head and looked into the distance, thinking: Even if Cao Cao comes back, it's nothing to be afraid of. If I can defeat him once, I can defeat him a second time!
With this idea in mind, he loudly ordered: "Stop!"
After hearing the order, the guards on the side rang the gong. Upon hearing the sound, the cavalry scattered around turned their horses and moved closer to the direction of the commander's flag. Chen Cheng looked at the Peijun soldiers and horses following him. , sneered and said loudly: "Let's go back to Yanzhou first!"
Thousands of horsemen maintained an orderly formation and retreated in the direction from which they came. The war horses only trotted, not galloping at full speed, but they were also very fast. In just a few breaths, they had already gone far.
"General, they have retreated, should we catch up?"
A general in armor said dissatisfiedly: "What are you chasing after? They are all cavalry. Are we going to chase them with our heads? We will also retreat!"
When Chen Cheng led the Xiliang cavalry to defeat the main force of Cao's army, Zang Ba led 30,000 troops and rushed to the direction of Pengcheng from Xiaopei. However, the Taishan army had very few cavalry, no more than a thousand, and most of the main force were infantry. Therefore, the mobility cannot be compared with the Xiliang Army, which brought nearly 30,000 livestock.
Moreover, Zang Ba still had some doubts in his heart, so his actions were inevitably delayed. Not only was Zang Ba doubtful, but the generals under his command, such as Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others, were all frightened by Cao Cao. , even though he saw that the 20,000 elite troops brought by Chen Cheng were unusually strong, he still doubted whether he could defeat Cao Cao, because the imperial court did not have many troops after all.
But only two days later, they received news that the general had defeated the main force of Cao's army twenty miles north of Pengcheng, and was now chasing him north. The envoy sent by Chen Cheng to Zang Ba's army said neither humble nor arrogantly: " The general ordered you to quickly march south and wipe out the remnants of Cao's army!"
Zang Ba and others had shocked expressions on their faces and hurriedly said: "We must obey the general's orders!"
After the envoy left, Zang Ba looked at the generals who were still in shock and asked: "Do you think the general has really defeated Cao Mengde? This is too fast!"
Sun Guan was a ranger in Xuzhou. He volunteered and said: "I will take people to investigate first. If Cao Cao is really defeated, then we will take this opportunity to make some achievements in front of the general. I heard that the general will be rewarded for his merits. , at least we have done our best, and I think they won’t treat us badly!”
Zang Ba asked: "If Cao Cao is not defeated, what should we do?"
Sun Guandao said: "If the general and Cao Cao are indifferent, or even defeated, then we will naturally put ourselves first."
Zang Ba shook his head and said: "If the general wins, we will go up to help. If the general loses, we will go up to help. Send an order to the three armies to leave their baggage and all other sundries behind and lead them for three days.
Food, move forward at full speed!"
Sun Guan was shocked and tried to dissuade him: "The situation is unclear now, how can we act rashly?"
Zang Ba said: "If we have to think carefully before taking action, then we can just stay in Mount Tai. Why bring troops here? You don't need to say anything, just listen to my orders! If anyone doesn't want to go, just stay here and guard the baggage.
Can!"
Among the Taishan thieves, Zang Ba was the strongest, followed by Chang Xi. This time, Zang Ba brought Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others out, while Chang Xi stayed in his hometown in Taishan. Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others
Although they each had thousands of songs, they were not as rebellious as Chang Xi. Moreover, they had always admired Zang Ba's bravery and were very satisfied with his fair attitude. They immediately said: "General, since
Going south, then how can we stand idly by?"
So Zang Ba's army left behind three thousand old and weak soldiers, and the other soldiers and horses accelerated their pace and rushed towards Pengcheng. As soon as the army arrived near Liu County, they encountered Cao's soldiers who had been scattered and fled everywhere.
The Taishan Army captured some prisoners and interrogated them, and then everything became clear.
Although I don’t know how the general defeated Cao Cao’s 100,000 army with 20,000 people (actually there were not 100,000, only 70,000 or 80,000 at most), but this did not prevent Taishan’s army from beating the fallen dog. In the past few years,
, Taishan’s army was frequently attacked by Cao’s army. Now is the time to take revenge and complain.
The Taishan Bandits, also known as the Taishan Bandits, are fundamentally different from the Yellow Turban Army, as well as the Black Mountain Army and the Baibo Army, which evolved from the Yellow Turban Army. They not only resisted the government, but also looted the people and suppressed the local Yellow Turban Army.
, entrenched in the Taishan area, became a special force.
But being so unreliable is not a long-term solution after all. Now that you can take revenge and show your face in front of the general, is there any reason not to work hard?
Chen Cheng led the Xiliang cavalry to cut off Cao's army, and then pursued it all the way south. After the returning Chinese army was defeated, Cao's army in the north fled to the north, preparing to flee to Juancheng, Fanxian, Dong'e and other places.
The Taishan troops heading south collided with each other and started fighting.
The two sides fought for half a day, and Cao's army was defeated again. Most of the soldiers and horses were killed or captured. Only Cao Chun took advantage of the chaos to escape with more than a thousand cavalry. Cao Chun took more than a thousand remnants of the defeated generals and fled in a hurry to
Dong'a. The guard of Dong'a was Xiahou Dun. After hearing that Cao Cao's army was defeated and that the lord Cao Cao's life and death were unknown, and his whereabouts were unknown, he was not shocked.
"You command the elite tiger and leopard cavalry, how can you only focus on your own escape and leave the lord in danger?" Xiahou Dun loudly scolded Cao Chun, "If the lord has any shortcomings, how can you and I survive in the world?
"
Cao Chun was ashamed and knelt on the ground and said: "The army collapsed and cannot be restored by human power. I led the tiger and leopard cavalry into the formation several times, trying to find the lord, but the way was blocked by the Xiliang army. Originally, I planned
He died in battle, but thinking that the general is still holding on to the city, and that the lord’s family is also here, I came to report the news first, so that the general can prepare in advance!”
