Chapter 296: Cutting the robe and abandoning the beard

Chen Cheng pointed to the destroyed terrain and the surrounding chaotic army, and asked Han Li, "In this situation, do you want to continue to use troops?" ”

Han Li hurriedly said on his horse: "Although our army is chaotic, but the enemy army is even more chaotic, if you don't take this opportunity to defeat the enemy, do you have to wait for them to recover from the chaos before going to battle them?" ”

At this time, the other generals were still gathering their troops in the distance, and Chen Cheng only had Liu Qian, Wei Ran and others by his side. When they heard Han Li say this, they all agreed, "Yes, the enemy army has already broken down, and it is time to take advantage of the time to enter the army!" ”

Han Li shouted, "In yesterday's battle, our army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. I really have to wait for the enemy to come to a better breath, and I don't know how many more casualties there will be, and then it will be too late to regret it! ”

So Chen Cheng made up his mind, handed over the matter of gathering the army and saving the wounded to the other generals, and launched an attack to the east with three or four thousand soldiers and horses in his hands. Although there were only more than 300 people under Han Li's command, they also followed with horses. This army is small in number, and it will not play a decisive role on yesterday's battlefield.

Even an elite like the Flying Bear Hussar needs to reorganize after a charge. Although the war horses used by the assault horses are strong, they carry a lot of weight, and they cannot charge a few times after a battle. Under normal circumstances, heavy cavalry is used at critical moments, so as to be able to achieve the final word.

When the earthquake occurred, Dong Zhuo was also preparing for his soldiers and horses to attack. How did you know that the earth suddenly rolled upside down? His soldiers and horses were all controlled by strict punishment and strict laws, and he had to indulge his soldiers to go out to kill and plunder in peacetime, so as to maintain the army. As soon as the earthquake came, morale immediately dropped to freezing point.

The earth shook, and Dong Zhuo was jolted off his horse. He got up from the ground in a rage and tried to kill the bad horse, but the horse was already far away. There were shouts and howls all around, and the soldiers threw away their blades, took off their armor, and scurried around like headless flies.

Orr, the sound of hurried horses' hooves suddenly sounded, Dong Zhuo is a veteran general who has led soldiers for more than ten years, how can he not hear that this is the enemy army killed? But knowing that the chaos around is like this, it is too late to organize soldiers to resist. Just as he was sweating on his forehead, the general Hu Zhen ran over with a war horse, stuffed the reins into Dong Zhuo's hand, and shouted: "The Xiliang thief has been killed, the lord is leaving!" ”

Dong Zhuo hesitated for a moment, and was pushed onto the horse by Hu Zhen and the two soldiers on the side. Then, Hu Zhen pulled out the ring knife and stabbed the horse's buttocks. The horse was in pain, and immediately raised its hooves and ran out. Dong Zhuo turned around on horseback and shouted, "I can't stop it now, let's run away together!" ”

But the war horse had already galloped some distance, and the surrounding sounds were too noisy, and Dong Zhuo's voice was drowned out in the noise. After a few more breaths, the rebels blocked their view, and Hu Zhen and the others who stayed behind could no longer see it.

Dong Zhuo galloped down the horse, and just sat down in the city, when suddenly a personal soldier broke in and shouted: "Lord, it's not good, the Xiliang people have broken the city gate and have already entered the city!" ”

However, it was Chen Cheng who led his troops to kill the enemy's Chinese army directly, and after killing more than a dozen generals, he heard that Dong Zhuo had fled back to Xiaqi City, so he immediately chased after him. Xiatai City was also affected by the earthquake just now, the city gate and the city wall were damaged a lot, and when the defenders were panicking, they saw the Xiliang army kill in, they all had no intention of defending the city, and they fled without a trace when they shouted.

Dong Zhuo had no choice but to change a war horse and continue to flee east with Li Ru. This time, the Xiliang army came too quickly, and seeing that the group was about to be overtaken, Yang Ding, the general under Dong Zhuo, stayed behind and led more than 1,000 soldiers to block the east gate of Xiaqi.

Yang Ding stood at the head of the city and shouted to Dong Zhuo, who rushed out of the city: "Lord, go quickly!" I'll judge for the Lord! ”

Dong Zhuo was sad in his heart, but he didn't dare to stay longer, arched his hand at Yang Ding on horseback, and then hurried away.

Chen Cheng led his troops to enter from the west gate of Xiatai City, galloped wildly in the city, killed hundreds of enemy soldiers who were scurrying around and rogue boys who took advantage of the fire to rob, and then killed them at 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 surrender quickly?" ”

Yang Ding did not answer him, and ordered the crossbowmen to release the arrows together. Chen Cheng heard the bowstring vibrating at the head of the city, turned the horse's head, and retreated. At this time, Ma Chao and Pang De led hundreds of soldiers and horses to rush over, and when they saw this, they stepped forward to ask for battle, "The number of enemy troops is not large, please lead the troops to attack!" ”

The other gates have fallen, and only the east gate is still guarded. As long as troops are sent from elsewhere to attack the city from several directions, this place can be quickly defeated. Chen Cheng then ordered Ma Chao Pang De to be on the left and Han Li to be on the right, and the two lines of soldiers and horses were killed at the enemy from the top of the city.

The sound of shouting and swords soon sounded over the east gate, and Chen Cheng did not dismount, and collided directly with the flying bear hussar. Although there were more than 1,000 people in Yang Ding's department, the morale was already very low at this time, and he was immediately defeated by the enemy with a superior number of enemies.

More than 1,000 people were killed and wounded, and hundreds of them were declared to collapse, leaving only Yang Ding with dozens of troops to block the city cave.

Gollum knocked over the enemy in front of him, turned sideways, Chen Cheng pulled his bow and arrow on horseback, and pointed the arrow at Yang Ding, who was covered in blood, and shouted: "Now that the overall situation has been decided, what are you still doing so desperately?" I read that you are a good martial artist, and it is a pity to die here, why not put down your blade? You can also avoid death! ”

The iron armor on Yang Ding's body was pierced in several places, and the pain was unbearable, but at this time, he laughed and said: "What a hero the overlord of Xiliang, why is he so mother-in-law today?" ”

Chen Cheng slowly let go of his hand and asked, "Since you know it's me, how dare you resist?" ”

Yang Ding laughed wildly, "If the eldest husband dies, he will die, so what are you afraid of?" Julu Hou, Chen Yuanjun, is a hero, so quickly release the arrow and shoot me to death! ”

Chen Cheng stared at the laughing enemy general for a second, and then suddenly raised the "Sunset Bow" and plucked his fingers on the bowstring. The arrows tore through the atmosphere and roared out. With a "poof", Yang Ding's left eye was an arrow, and the cluster of arrows pierced the hard skull and came out from the back of his head.

Javelins and arrows flew into the cave, turning the remaining dozens of enemy soldiers into hedgehogs.

Chen Cheng put down the "Sunset Bow" and said in a somewhat regretful and regretful tone: "It's a warrior, but it's a pity to follow Dong Zhuo!" ”

Ma Chao led his troops to kill the soldiers at the head of the city, rushed down and opened the city gate at this time, and said loudly: "This kind of fool, if he dies, he will die, what should he do?" If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid that Dong Zhuo will escape again! ”

Dong Zhuo ran away when he fought with the Xiliang people, and when he fought with the Yellow Turban Army, Ding Yuan Army, Lu Bu Army, Huangfu Song Army, etc., he had the deeds of escaping, and it was Ma Chao who said that he was "going to escape again!" ”

Chen Cheng then ordered the soldiers to remove the corpses piled up in the hole, and then rode out and continued to chase east. chased to a city again, but found that Dong Zhuo did not enter the city, but gathered the soldiers and horses in the city and fled together.

Ma Chao had boasted about Haikou before, saying that he would take down Dong Zhuo's head. At this time, when he saw the opportunity, he was even more in hot pursuit, and he rode a lightly armed war horse and rushed to the front of the team. The two sides chased and fled, both on the edge of Weishui. There were 3,000 chasing soldiers, and Dong Zhuo, who had escaped, gathered a lot of soldiers and horses along the way, and also had more than 3,000 horsemen.

Although he saw that there were only more than 1,000 forwards in the pursuers, Dong Zhuo had no intention of turning back to fight. Now it looks like there are only more than 1,000 horsemen, but if the fight starts, maybe the enemy will fight more and more. So he just ran away desperately with his head down, and he didn't mean to stay at all.

It's just that Ma Chao chased too fast, so that he was about to be caught up.

Ma Chao was young and vigorous, and saw that one of the generals in the enemy army in front of him was guarded by everyone, and there was a scarlet coat tied behind him, so he shouted loudly: "The one wearing the red coat is Dong Zhuo, don't go Dong Zhuo!" ”

Dong Zhuo heard someone shouting behind him, and he was furious, but he was a little scared. Some of the Xiliang cavalry chasing behind began to pull the bowstring and began to release arrows at Dong Zhuo. On the side, Li Ru hurriedly said: "Lord, take off the big coat quickly!" ”

With resentment and humiliation, Dong Zhuo took off the scarlet daze and threw it out on horseback. Seeing that the big gun thrown by the enemy general floated over, Ma Chao stretched out his spear and picked it up. He put away the big beard, looked carefully at the enemy army in front of him, and shouted, "The one with the long beard is Dong Zhuo, kill Dong Zhuo!" ”

Dong Zhuo, who was stuffy and galloping, was almost angry when he heard this, and just said that "it was Dong Zhuo who was wearing a red coat", so he threw it away. Now he says that "Dong Zhuo is the one who has a beard", you can't throw away the beard, right?

He shouted angrily to the side, "Who is the enemy general behind?" How abominable is this land? ”

On horseback, the general replied, "It's Ma Chao, the son of Anding Taishou Ma Teng!" ”

Dong Zhuo suddenly realized and said loudly: "It turned out to be him!" No wonder you are so brave! ”

Then he shouted indignantly: "I am an old acquaintance with his father Ma Teng, and Ma Er dares to be so rude!" ”

The arrow fell to his side again, and Dong Zhuo was hit by an arrow in the back, and he couldn't help but exhale in pain. Fortunately, the steel armor on his body was bought from Xiliang for a lot of money, and his defense was very high, and the arrows did not penetrate the steel armor, but it just hurt him a little. But this is already a bad sign.

Li Ru hurriedly said again: "Lord, cut off your beard!" ”

Dong Zhuo saw that the arrows kept falling beside him, although he didn't want to, he could only helplessly pull out the dagger he carried, grab the three-foot-long beard, and cut it off. As the beard flew in the air, Dong Zhuo's beard, which was originally neatly groomed, suddenly became uneven, as if he had been bitten by a dog.

I thought that after such humiliation, the matter would be over, but after a while, Ma Chao's voice shouted behind him, "The one with the short beard is Dong Zhuo, let's go up together, catch Dong Zhuo, I will be able to be a Taishou, and you will all have a heavy reward!" ”

Dong Zhuo turned his head hatefully and shouted on horseback: "Ma'er, I have been friends with your father Ma Teng for more than ten years, why are you so pressing? ”

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