Volume 2 Dunjia Heavenly Book Chapter 83 Admitting defeat
Cao Cao was still in Yuan Shao's camp at the moment, and after Wei Dong's Heavenly Transformation Spell was lifted, he hurriedly stepped forward to check on Xu Chu's injuries. I saw that a huge gap had appeared in the armor on Xu Chu's chest, in which blood was dripping, and it could be seen that the white bones of the forest were good, and his life was worry-free.
"No, he's definitely not Yuan Shao." Cao Cao knew Yuan Shao very well, and it was impossible for Yuan Shao to have such a brilliant martial arts.
"Lord!" Xu Chu's face was pale, and he said weakly. "Small, be careful of Yuan Shao, cough, cough, he, he knows how to do magic!"
"I already know, Zhong Kang (Xu Chuzi) have a good rest!"
A person who is strong in martial arts and knows how to do strange magic is definitely not Yuan Shao, Cao Cao secretly speculated, suddenly, he was shocked in his heart, if the person just now was a fake Yuan Shao, then the real Yuan Shao is set in the army of 70,000, our army is bold in pursuit, I'm afraid it will ......!
"Hurry, send a report quickly, and order Xiahoudun and General Xu Huang to return to the camp immediately!"
At the moment when Cao Cao gave the order, a horse rushed from outside the camp and shouted:
"Lord, Xiahoudun and Xu Huang were ambushed in Wuchao Mountain, 5,000 cavalry were lost, Li Dian and Le Jin were chased by 20,000 Yuan cavalry, and 5,000 infantry were annihilated. Now 20,000 cavalry of the Yuan Army are chasing and killing Xu Yu's 2,000 transport troops, please retreat quickly! ”
"What?" Hearing the shouts of the comer, Cao Cao was difficult to be confident, how could his great advantages be buried in an instant? Not only that, but he will also face the situation of escaping, which makes him embarrassed. However, the military situation is like fire, and Cao Cao, as the commander of the first army, is not allowed to express his feelings at this moment.
"Order, everyone immediately withdraw to the camp!"
After Feng Ji's 20,000 cavalry killed Xu Yu's troops, they also encountered the trouble of Xiahou Dun before, and all kinds of equipment all over the ground greatly hindered the advance of the cavalry, which also bought enough time for Cao Cao's 6,000 soldiers to escape from Yuan Shao's camp.
As night fell, Cao Cao finally returned to his camp after losing more than half of his losses, fortunately, the camp was strong, Xun Yu commanded calmly, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Gao Ran and other generals fought bravely, and 20,000 Yuan cavalry could not attack, and slowly retreated.
Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to be counted, and after this battle, 12,000 people were lost, and only more than 8,000 people remained, and 3,000 soldiers were injured, and the cavalry was even more lost, leaving only more than 100 horsemen!
"Huh! Today's defeat is all because I did not obey the last words of filial piety and listened to Xu Yu's strategy, which made you tired! ”
Cao Cao understands that it is not terrible to lose a battle, as long as he can summarize the reasons and know where he lost, he can learn a lesson and turn defeat into victory. The main thing is that you can't lose confidence, so that the people under your command will not lose confidence.
"Lord!" Xun You stood up and clenched his fists and said. "I just heard that there are Qimen warlocks helping Yuan Shao, so this defeat is beyond the reach of manpower. Why don't you give up Guandu, return to Xuchang, and recruit talented people in the market to be able to conquer you? ”
"Gongda's words are reasonable, but if it is late, there will be changes, so order the whole army to retreat immediately!"
Just when Cao Cao decided to retreat overnight, he heard reports from outsiders.
"My lord, the 70,000 Yuan army began to launch a night attack on our army's camp, they are well-armed, and the camp is almost unable to support it."
When Cao Cao heard this, his face changed, he waved his hand to signal the herald to go out, and then said gloomily:
"Wait for me to ride lightly and retreat to Xuchang with me!"
Everyone's hearts were cold, Cao Cao was planning to give up his soldiers and flee for his life alone. But there was no way, when the destruction of the black nest caused the morale of Yuan Shao's army to be low, Cao had few soldiers and did not dare to directly attack Yuan Shao's camp at night, so he needed to wait for Yuan Shao to retreat by himself, and then go to pick up the cheap. Now it is the turn of the Cao army to be demoralized, or because there are few Cao soldiers, so the Yuan army dares to launch a general attack directly on the Cao camp.
After everyone withdrew from the big tent, Cao Cao also planned to pack his luggage, he looked around, and finally only picked up Yitian Sword and Guo Jia's suicide note. Yitian Jian has followed him to fight for many years, and Guo Jia's suicide note is like filial piety on his side, both of which are his most precious treasures.
At this moment, Wei Dong is struggling, struggling with what to do next, his main purpose is to complete the test of the Shanhe Society Diagram, but until now, the test is still not over. In the last test, although he withdrew from the Shanhe Society without killing Cao Cao, Wei Dong is still wondering why he withdrew, and did he have to kill Cao Cao this time? This kind of well-known historical figure, Wei Dong still has a trace of admiration in his heart.
Wei Dong shook his head, unable to get over the hurdle in his heart. He was now dressed in Cao Jun's uniform, and he also threw away his weapons and horses, just when everyone in Cao Ying was in a panic, no one noticed that Wei Dong walked into Cao Cao's big tent.
"Cao Cao, long time no see!"
Wei Dong threw away his helmet and greeted Cao Cao with a smile on his face.
"You, you ......" Cao Cao was startled, and hurriedly pulled out the Heavenly Sword and pointed at Wei Dong, "You are not Yuan Shao, who is it?" ”
"Calm down, calm down!" Wei Dong raised his hands to indicate that humans and animals were harmless, "I'm not here to kill you, I just want to talk to you!" ”
"You caused our army to suffer a crushing defeat, and I have nothing to say to you!"
Cao Cao hated a lot in his heart, if he wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to defeat Wei Dong, he would have slashed it with a sword.
Wei Dong ignored Cao Cao's hatred and casually found a stool to sit down.
"Actually, it's like this, I'm not from this world, do you understand when I say that?"
"Of course, since you are an outsider, why do you still participate in earthly wars?"
Hearing Cao Cao understand his words so well, Wei Dong rubbed his dizzy forehead.
"Let me tell you this, have you heard of Mirage, have you heard of Nan Ke Yimeng?"
Cao Cao pondered for a moment, then nodded.
"You can understand that you and everything you know now are in a dream, you are not the real you, and I am not the real me."
"This is a dream called Shanhe Shejitu, the reason why I appear here is because of the test given to me by the Daomen, when I complete this test, you and everything in the dream will disappear, and I will return to the original world."
"But don't worry, although you and everything will disappear because of this, but somewhere far away, there is a real Cao Cao, who has already defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, and unified the north, becoming the strongest prince in the world and the largest territory."
"This dream is just an interception of a piece of past history, the battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. In this war, I have to play Yuan Shao and turn defeat into victory in order to pass the test! Do you understand? ”
Cao Cao suddenly received such a large amount of unknown information, and he was a little suspicious. However, he deserved to be a hero-level figure in the Three Kingdoms, and soon found a key point.
"What you just said is tantamount to a fantasy, how can you prove it to be true?"
"It's easy!" Wei Dong exuded a strange smile. "Although you are defeated now, you are not admitting defeat in your heart, are you?"
"That's right, if it weren't for your sudden appearance, I wouldn't have been defeated!"
Cao Cao is really angry, this fake Yuan Shaoke has made him miserable.
"So, you just need to put aside your prejudices against me, admit defeat once from the bottom of your heart, and think that your defeat this time is indeed because of your inferior skills and defeat to Yuan Shao, and I can complete the test and leave here?" Wei Dong finally said his purpose for chatting with Cao Cao.
"What if I'm not willing to throw in the towel?" Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said.
"That's a pity, I had to kill you!"
Wei Dong shook his head regretfully, if Cao Cao refused to admit defeat, he had no choice but to stage a big drama of Yuan Shao's assassination of Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was speechless for a long time, he took a deep breath, tried to calm the distracting thoughts in his heart, and finally let go of his clenched teeth.
"In the battle of Guandu, I, Cao Mengde, lost!"
"Thank you!" Wei Dong smiled knowingly, everything around him was frozen at this moment. Wei Dong slowly turned into a point of light and disappeared between heaven and earth.