After annihilating Li Dian's troops, Zhao Yun once again led the Canglong Cavalry to wander around the battlefield looking for opportunities.
But at this moment, Zhao Yun suddenly discovered that Cao Jun's rear formation was in chaos.
After stopping to watch, Zhao Yun finally discovered that his lord Xiang Ji was riding alone into Cao's rear formation.
Finding that your lord is surrounded by a heavy siege, what else is there to say?
Without saying a word, Zhao Yun directly used himself as an arrow and led the Canglong Cavalry straight to Cao Jun's rear formation to launch a charge.
"Boom!"
As the horses galloped, the earth began to shake.
Because their attention was attracted by Xiang Ji, Cao Jun did not notice the Canglong Cavalry attacking at high speed at the first time.
This caused the shield array specially prepared by Cao Cao for the Canglong Cavalry to not be as effective as it should be.
The screams kept coming. Facing the cavalry charging at full speed, the unprepared infantry was unable to resist.
Chaos began to spread among Cao Jun's rear lines.
If time permits, Cao Cao, who is in the rear formation, can lead Cao's army to repel the Canglong Cavalry.
If the chaos does not spread, then Cao's army that is encircling and suppressing Xiang Ji in the depths will not be affected, and then Xiang Ji's defeat will be sooner or later.
Unfortunately, there are not so many ifs in the world.
The screams of his companions attracted Cao's troops who were encircling and suppressing Xiang Ji. When they discovered that their rear formation had been broken through by the terrifying Cang Longqi, the originally organized attack rhythm was immediately disrupted.
Although the chaos lasted only a moment, Cao's army would soon restore order under the leadership of Dian Wei.
However, Xiang Ji was their enemy.
The fleeting opportunity was seized by Xiang Ji. Taking advantage of the chaos in Cao's army, Xiang Ji swept forward with the Overlord Halberd in his hand.
The unsuspecting Cao Jun was immediately knocked back numerous times.
Taking this opportunity, Xiang Ji clamped his legs, and the white dragon shot out, and in an instant he was in front of Cao Jun's banner.
"Cut it off!"
Without any hesitation, Xiang Ji used all his strength to raise the Overlord Halberd again and hit it hard against the large banner standing in the wind.
"Crack!"
Even if the wooden banner is strong, it cannot withstand Xiang Ji's full blow.
Looking at the broken banner, Cao Jun was stunned.
Have you tried hard for so long and finally failed?
"Ming Jin, withdraw your troops!" Seeing this, Cao Cao closed his eyes helplessly.
The banner has been broken, the morale of the frontline troops will inevitably be in chaos, and there is no hope of victory. If we persist, we will only increase casualties.
Although Xiang Yu discovered Cao Cao's whereabouts due to the sound he made while delivering the order, Xiang Yu did not kill Cao Cao again.
First, it is no longer necessary, the great banner has been defeated, and Cao's army's defeat is inevitable.
Furthermore, Xiang Ji didn't have half the strength to fight, so it was no longer easy to escape unscathed.
As for exchanging lives with Cao Cao? Xiang Ji is not stupid, how could he do such a meaningless thing.
As Cao Cao's order was issued, Cao's army began to retreat like a tide.
"Ten thousand victories! The Chu Kingdom is ten thousand victors! The overlord is ten thousand victors!"
The roars on the battlefield gradually faded away, replaced by the cheers of the victors.
The Chu soldiers faced Cao Cao's 100,000 army with 30,000 remnant troops. In the end, Xiang Ji's Chu State won.
"Overlord, General Zhou Cang is seriously injured. I'm afraid he won't be able to return to the battlefield in a short time."
Seeing Taishi Ci reporting to him, Xiang Ji felt bitter in his heart.
Although this battle was won, the price paid was not easy.
Taishi Ci's subordinates have been completely wiped out. To be precise, Taishi Ci has become a bare general.
And the Xiang Jiajun under his direct command has lost more than 3,000 people from the 15,000 men when they first set off on the expedition.
This is because the Xiang family's army is relatively elite, and at the same time, when attacking Chengyang County, most of them are led by Taishi Ci's troops. Otherwise, they may not be much better than Taishi Ci's troops.
As for the Canglong Army? The five thousand men at the time of the expedition have now lost nearly a thousand men.
This is because the Canglong Army does not shoulder too many important tasks.
Today, of the 50,000 troops Xiang Ji brought to Qingzhou since his expedition, there are only less than 20,000 left.
Cao Cao! I will avenge you today!
Xiang Ji's hatred for Cao Cao surpassed Liu Bei's for the first time.
If it weren't for Cao Cao, why would the casualties be so heavy?
However, Xiang Ji didn't know that the situation of the defeated Cao army was not much better than his.
In the camp of Cao Jun, mourning was everywhere, and injuries and illnesses were everywhere. Even Cao Jun, who was not injured, was in low morale and remained silent, as if the whole sky was covered with a layer of gloom.
In the main camp, Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan's body in silence.
Miaocai, Miaocai, it was I who harmed you.
If, if it weren't for my greed, how could you have suffered this misfortune.
Although Xia Houyuan was killed by the Chu army, Cao Cao had no hatred towards the Chu army or Xiang Ji.
After all, he initiated this war on his own initiative. If he failed, he would naturally have to suffer the consequences.
And as the old saying goes, a general will inevitably die in battle.
Being shrouded in horse leather is the fate of a general.
"Lord, the statistics show that our army lost more than 21,000 people in the second battle and injured 14,000, of which nearly 5,000 were seriously injured.
These five thousand seriously injured people may not be able to..."
From now on? Naturally, we will no longer be able to eat this army food and do this kind of work of marching and fighting.
After all, in this era, if you are seriously injured, you are basically lucky if you can survive.
Missing arms and legs is completely normal.
"For the seriously injured, once they have recovered from their injuries, we will allocate their fields to them and let them return to their hometowns to work in farming."
Population is the most precious wealth of this era.
Although Cao Cao couldn't bear it, he would never give up on any soldier who could still be treated.
"My lord, although Xiang Ji won today, his Chu army also suffered heavy casualties.
Our army still has nearly 60,000 combatable troops today.
What Jia means is that we continue to besiege that country in Duyang, and when Liu Bei from Qingzhou arrives, we can easily eliminate that country."
After hearing Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao cheered up again.
Yes, although I, Cao, was defeated today, Xiang Ji is not having an easy time either. How many troops does he have?
Moreover, as long as Liu Daer'er arrives, he will naturally be the first to fight. Cao and I are just here to help, and now I have done my best to be benevolent.
Cao Cao was lying if he said he didn't feel sorry for the loss of his troops.
Now that he has killed and wounded so many soldiers and horses, and General Xia Houyuan even died in front of the battle, he can't say anything cheap, isn't Liu Bei?
However, Cao Cao still had some worries in his heart.
"Fengxiao, in your opinion, is it enough time? You know, there is still a large army left in Pengcheng for that record."