Chapter 598: Reversal of the Situation
The Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and others were all anxious at this time, and kept coming over to Liu Zheng's side, but in addition to Liu Zheng's own personal soldiers, Jiang Qin's naval army also approached, and these people would not be able to kill Liu Zheng's side in a while.
Liu Zheng pulled Cao Cao and deliberately took a few steps back to the center of the army, which made it even more difficult for those people to get close to Liu Zheng directly.
Cao Cao was obviously a little aggrieved, he was captured by Liu Zhengsheng, his face was full of chagrin, and he was also regretting in his heart, why he agreed to Liu Zheng's request for battle, it was also that he was too light on the enemy, thinking that he was sure to win.
Of course, there are also reasons why Cao Cao's guards are not strong enough, Cao Hong, who was originally responsible for Cao Cao's side to protect the siege, was intercepted by Dian Wei, Cao Hong's strength is too different from Dian Wei, Dian Wei easily defeated Cao Hong, and then directly left the battle, came over and besieged Cao Cao with Liu Zheng, so that Cao Cao was on the way.
Although he was captured alive, Cao Cao also showed the courage of a big man. At this time, not only was he not frightened, but he was not like Cao Bao, who trembled on the spot, and just wanted to ask for mercy.
Cao Cao's face looked very calm, perhaps because Cao Cao knew that it didn't matter if he was captured by Liu Zhengsheng, Liu Zheng and these people couldn't run out at all.
After all, the 80,000 army outside has gradually gained the upper hand, as long as some time is given, Liu Zheng's manpower will all be annihilated by them.
Since Liu Zheng had already captured Cao Cao, there was no need for Liu Zheng to continue to risk himself, so after retreating into his army, he looked at Cao Cao and saw that Cao Cao's face was so calm.
Liu Zheng also knew what he was thinking, so he asked.
"Brother Mengde, how is it? Are you still proud now? ”
"Hahaha, Liu Zheng, don't be too complacent now, do you think that if you catch me, you will be able to change the situation of the battle? 80,000 soldiers and horses, even if you use the number of people, you 20,000 people, you have to die here, sacrifice me, if you can get rid of you, a big thief, why don't I Cao Mengde do it? ”
Cao Cao's calm face showed a smile, although this smile looked a little bleak, but it was also a true portrayal of Cao Cao's heart at this time.
Cao Cao understands that begging for mercy and being scared can't get Liu Zheng's sympathy, and only by showing enough strength and backbone can Liu Zheng be impressed, otherwise, he Cao Cao will not be Cao Cao.
And Liu Zheng was indeed surprised by Cao Cao's indifference.
The expression on his face also smiled, but Liu Zheng's smile was not a bleak smile, but a smile from the heart.
"Change the tide of the war? Brother Meng De, it seems that you still don't understand it, I arrested you, in fact, it was purely because of my appreciation for you, I didn't let you command these soldiers and horses, do you think I have always been at a disadvantage? ”
"Otherwise, you can still defeat my army of 80,000 through these horses?"
Cao Cao was clearly unaware of his situation.
And at this time, Liu Zheng had nothing to hide, he smiled, and then pointed to the edge of the battlefield with his finger, and said to Cao Cao.
"Brother Meng De, look at it, those reinforcements are your reliance, if you look at these reinforcements, can they bring this battle back to life?"
Cao Cao followed Liu Zheng's fingers and looked at the battlefield in the distance.
Because he was in the center of the battlefield and was not at the commanding heights, he could not see many scenes, but he could still vaguely see that these more than 10,000 reinforcements running from Tao Qian were not coming from Liu Zheng's side, but surrounded all the soldiers and horses behind him Cao Cao.
Cao Cao, who saw this situation, was immediately stunned, and he vaguely realized something.
After seeing this situation, Cao Cao's expression on his face changed slightly, ignoring Liu Zheng, but kept his eyes on the battlefield.
Cao Bao led more than 10,000 people from the periphery of the battlefield to walk in, and his men and horses were actually mainly the same as Tao Qian, responsible for waiting on the periphery to break through from the core battlefield, and kill those who slipped through the net.
But the real commander of Cao Cao's troops and horses is Wen Ping.
Wen Ping knew where he should go after a little look, he ignored Tao Qian's order and stood by on the periphery, but led his elite and went straight to Liu Zheng's location to come over to save the master.
The people and horses hired by Wen are all the elite under Liu Zheng, fighting in the south and the north, and in the recent period, the people who have fought the most are his men.
After going straight to Cao Cao's side, he immediately launched an attack on Cao Cao's men and horses, originally Cao Cao's people were all dealing with Liu Zhengjun inside, and they thought that Wen Ping and these people were friendly troops, so they had no defense.
When Wen Ping led people from the rear of Cao Jun to kill Cao Jun, those Cao Jun reacted, but it was too late to react at this time, and Wen Ping's men and horses had already caused great harm to them in the first place.
And even if he reacted, he didn't raise his weapon to resist at the first time, but was just immersed in shock.
This makes it easy for Wenpin's men and horses to cause a lot of damage to Cao Cao's soldiers and horses.
Cao Jun originally had only more than 20,000 people, most of whom were dealing with the men and horses at the core of Liu Zheng's battlefield, and there were not many close to the periphery, and at this time, as soon as the people hired by the civil servants sneak attacked, they immediately lost thousands of people.
Cao Jun, who was already small, suddenly lost his advantage at this time.
Tao Qian's centaurs didn't react, so they could only look at these centaurs in a daze.
"What's going on? What is that guy doing? ”
At this time, Tao Qian didn't know that Cao Bao had betrayed him, he was shocked by Cao Bao's choice, and he didn't know what to do.
The guards on the left and right were also surprised by these people under Cao Bao, but when Tao Qian asked, one of them still answered at Tao Qian.
"Lord Thorn Shi, those people seem to be, it doesn't seem to be our people, they went straight to Cao Jun, it seems, it seems to be Liu Zheng's people!"
Some of Cao Bao's people are also Tao Qian's subordinates, but if they take a closer look now, they will find that none of these people under Cao Bao know each other, which makes Tao Qian's people immediately realize that Cao Bao should have already taken refuge in Liu Zheng.
"Impossible, impossible, how can this guy Cao Bao betray me, his whole family is in my Xuzhou, isn't he afraid that I will kill his whole family?"
Tao Qian first let out an exclamation, and then immediately continued to say to the people around him.
"Quick, go stop Cao Bao!"