Chapter 658: A Great Victory
Finished!
When Cao Shuang watched the Han army come out, he knew that the war was over, and the rout of the Wei army was expected by him, the only thing he didn't expect was that at this time, the Han army still had the strength to gather troops to fight back!
Under the siege of four consecutive days and nights, Liu Cheng could still save a force to use for counterattack?
The Wei army outside the city was about to collapse at the first touch, and the Han army almost didn't spend any strength to break through the warlords, and the next step was not a counterattack, but the entire Wei army began to rout in pieces, and it couldn't be stopped at all, and the warlords were running.
What's worse is that at the moment of dawn, Wei Yan also led his soldiers and horses to kill, but it didn't make a difference whether he came or not, Cao Shuang even suspected that in fact, Liu Cheng only needed to send hundreds of elites to defeat his army.
It's not that the combat power is not enough, but the people's hearts have long been scattered, these days Cao Shuang is trying his best to maintain the offensive, although the army has not dispersed, but the people's hearts have already begun to be tired of war and even disgusted with him as a general, at this time, the slightest external force can lead to the collapse of the entire army, not to mention the situation of the front and rear attacks now......
"Withdraw!" Cao Shuang, who had been prepared, did not panic, with Wen Qin and other generals and a small number of troops that can still be mobilized now, mixed in the rout of the army and walked out, the situation in front of him is not unprepared, but when he really came, Cao Shuang was still unwilling, he had already sent people to Xuchang to prepare, ready to reorganize the defense line in the area of Chenliu and Xuchang step by step, and delay the Han army for a few more days.
However, neither Liu Cheng nor the newcomer Wei Yan obviously didn't want to give him this opportunity, on the city wall of Qiutou, Liu Cheng took a telescope to observe the enemy formation, and soon found Cao Shuang, who had died down and fled in the chaos.
"Inform Guan Xing, and General Wei, don't take care of the rout, chase the enemy commander!" Liu Cheng took back the binoculars, looked at Liao Hua beside him, and said, "Order all the capable warriors in the city to attack!" ”
The theory of poor Kou Mo chasing is not applicable now, and if Cao Shuang is taken, the Central Plains can be determined.
"Whoa!" Liao Hua excitedly agreed, commanding the trumpeter to sound the trumpet, and the drum and trumpet of the Han Dynasty has a specific set of frequencies through this special frequency to inform the soldiers on the battlefield of the main direction of attack, which is also the reason why the Han army has always been able to fight flexibly on the battlefield.
As the horn sounded, Guan Xing and Wei Yan, who were killing in the dark on the battlefield, led their troops to surround Cao Shuang in the direction of Cao Shuang's escape at the same time.
"Damn it!" Cao Shuang sat on horseback, and when he saw the two teams of men and horses killing in this direction, he cursed in his heart, so he could only rush forward with his head down, and he didn't care about the Wei soldiers who were running around like headless flies.
Guan Xing and Wei Yan chased all the way for more than ten miles, and seeing that they were about to catch up, Wen Qin gritted his teeth and said: "The general is going to go, the last general will be broken!" ”
"Please!" Cao Shuang glanced at Wen Qin, but at this time, he couldn't care about being polite, nodded in agreement, and continued to gallop on horseback.
Wei Yan and Guan Xing saw that the other party suddenly separated a group of troops and horses, and immediately understood the other party's intentions, but in a moment, they made a decision, Guan Xing, who was the closest to the world, directly led the army to meet and destroy this army, while Wei Yan made a slight circle and chased directly in the direction of Cao Shuang.
"Quick, stop them!" Seeing this, Wen Qin's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stop Wei Yan's people.
It's just that he has few soldiers, and at this moment, in the face of the two fierce teams, it is difficult to stop one, where can he stop the two.
It's just that in this moment's effort, Guan Xing has already rushed up with men and horses, and the surging Han cavalry easily tore apart the formation of the Wei army, Wen Qin knocked the two Han cavalry off the horse with two swords in succession, but then followed by a depressing breath, when he looked up, it was Guan Xing who killed it himself, his face changed, and he hurriedly raised his sword to block.
"Qiang~"
Qingmang slashed, the big knife in his hand was broken into two sections, and a deep knife mark started from the center of the eyebrows and was pulled to the upper abdomen, and even the severed white bones could be seen, and blood was splashed out.
Guan Xing ignored him either, and directly rode his horse past his side, continuing to pursue in the direction of Cao Shuang.
There were not many people around Cao Shuang, seeing that he couldn't get rid of the Han army, and he didn't care about other people, he rode his horse and galloped wildly, behind Cao Shuang, Wang Shuang looked back, but saw that Wei Yan had gradually separated from the army because of the speed of the horse, and his heart was horizontal, and he suddenly turned the horse's head and brandished a big knife to meet Wei Yan.
The two horses hedged and quickly approached, Wang Shuang suddenly threw out a meteor hammer and went straight to Wei Yan's door, Wei Yan was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly dodged to dodge, and the next moment, Wang Shuang had already swung his knife and slashed.
"Bang~"
The two knives collided together, Wei Yan failed to exert his strength because of dodging the meteor hammer, and was almost chopped by Wang Shuang's knife to the horse, so he simply let go of the horse's belly with both legs, and jumped directly from the horse's back with this force, and at the moment of landing, the long knife slashed through the opponent's horse legs.
Wang Shuang's war horse neighed miserably, and fell down suddenly in the gallop, but Wei Yan did not pursue, dragged the knife and ran, and caught up with the war horse that had stopped without the master's control in a few steps and turned over and got on the horse.
At the same time, the galloping cavalry array in the rear also came, Wang Shuang fell to the ground, seeing the huge cavalry array surging, roared in despair, and slashed a cavalry company with a horse, but the body was directly hit by the war horse and flew out, dizzy for a while, before he could get up, he was stepped on by the cavalry array that came later, and his body struggled several times in the hooves of countless horses, and finally lost his breath.
After Wei Yan mounted his war horse, he continued to pursue.
Cao Shuang's horse is fast, but Wei Yan and Guan Xing's war horses are all the best sweat horses selected by Liu Yi from Dawan, since Liu Yi captured Dawan, although this kind of sweat and blood horse is still precious, but for the generals of the Han army, it is actually not too precious.
After the two sides chased and fled like this, and after chasing for nearly ten miles, Cao Shuang was finally caught by Guan Xing and Wei Yan on the left and right.
"Kill!" Cao Shuang drew his sword with red eyes and cut it, but he was cut off by Guan Xing's drag knife trick, and he fell down headlong, and before he got up, Wei Yan pulled his horse and turned around and rushed over, Cao Shuang, who had just gotten up, was cut off by Wei Yan's head, and the headless corpse froze in place, blood sprayed wildly, and the head of the big bucket was picked up by Guan Xing with the tip of a knife.
"Win!" Guan Xing sat on horseback and threw his head to Wei Yandao with some excitement, this battle was really not easy.
"Go, go back, the battle is not over yet!" Wei Yan hung the head on the horse's neck and laughed loudly.
The two joined their own army, and when they returned to the battlefield, the war was basically over, a large number of Wei troops knelt on the ground and asked for surrender, Liu Cheng was arranging for people to collect prisoners, and a famous Wei army was confiscated and tied hands and feet.
"There's Uncle Lauwen." Looking at Cao Shuang's head, Liu Cheng smiled at Wei Yan and said, "If it weren't for my uncle arriving in time, this battle would have been difficult." ”
"Zixin doesn't have to be polite with me, I can see it, even without me, this Cao Shuang will also be defeated." Wei Yan laughed.
"I saw the beacon fire disappear last night, and I knew that the general was coming, so I decided to fight back!" Liu Cheng said with a smile, last night he found that the wolf smoke he had arranged had disappeared, and he decided to fight back after estimating the maximum distance, otherwise, he would not launch until tonight, and at that time the Wei army would almost collapse itself.
"It is said that you kid has no last resort, and today is considered to be insightful, Cao Shuang's army of 200,000 was dragged down by you." Wei Yan punched Liu Cheng in the chest and laughed.
"He's in too much of a hurry." Liu Cheng glanced at Cao Shuang's head, and shook his head as he walked back.
"If I were him, I would do the same!" Wei Yan sighed, looked at Liu Cheng and said: "If we can defeat you, it will be half of the 200,000 troops, but the area of Runan and Yingchuan will be revitalized, and we can gather soldiers and horses from all over the country to continue to fight with Youxiang." ”
"If I am Cao Shuang, I will retreat to Xuchang first, march to fight, plan for the worst first, and then the worst will be the worst, and I can delay for several months, although I will gain a lot by letting go and win, but if I lose, the last luck of the Wei Dynasty will be gone, as the commander of the three armies, this should not be the only thing to consider." Liu Cheng shook his head, and did not agree with Wei Yan's point of view, if he planned for the worst, the final result would often exceed expectations, so that his side could have more confidence and pin his hopes on a battle, this kind of decision with great gambling should not be made by a commander of the three armies.
"No wonder the Right Prime Minister will let you dominate the county alone." Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your approach is quite similar to Sikong. ”
"How's it going on Father's side?" Liu Cheng asked when he heard this.
"I almost won." Wei Yan said with some regret that Liu Yi designed to change the commander, let Li Yanlai confuse Sima Yi, and led the elite to attack Yecheng again, and until now, he still feels a little regretful. 、
"It's a pity, but is Sima Yi really so powerful?" Liu Cheng said with some surprise.
"Well, we almost wiped out the whole army twice, the first time Sikong was cautious, and he saw the clue and failed to be fooled, and the second time was Li Yan, Sikong prepared a retreat for us in advance, and blocked Sima Yi in Hanoi, if it wasn't for Sikong's arrangement in advance, this battle, our army would not be completely annihilated, and I am afraid that Hanoi would not be able to be saved." Wei Yan nodded, the way of surprise attack is indeed not Liu Yi's habit, but perhaps it is precisely because of this that he deceived Sima Yi and made the Wei Dynasty suffer a big loss, but unfortunately Li Yan was defeated too quickly, otherwise now, the battle of Wei can start to end.
In this regard, Liu Cheng did not comment, he had not officially faced Sima Yi, but he could make his father so careful, he should be a character.
"Now that Cao Shuang is gone, when the counties of the Central Plains are recovered as soon as possible, I will write to the right minister, Uncle Wen Chang doesn't know ......" Liu Cheng did not continue to discuss this topic, but looked at Wei Yan.
"I'm here this time, I'm here to help, what do I have to say, but it's okay." Wei Yan said with a smile.
"Okay, Xingyang has been lowered, Chenliu, Dongjun, and Yingchuan are on the front line, and General Wei is still needed, I will bring my own soldiers and horses to Yanzhou, and there should be arrangements on the right minister's side." Liu Cheng groaned, Pang Tong's side, he only needs to be responsible for reporting, as for what Pang Tong does, it is not Liu Cheng's turn to command.
"Whoa!" Wei Yan hugged his fists and saluted, the main force of the Wei army has been lost, and it is not a big problem to recover the Central Plains next.