Chapter 442: Cao Liu fights fiercely

"Drink!! Rise!! ”

Suddenly, Dian Wei shouted violently, and the power of the dragon elephant was launched, and it actually blocked Pan Feng's big axe. Pan Fenghu's eyes widened suddenly, and he also burst out with the power of nine bulls and two tigers, picking up the axe and splitting again. Dian Wei's swarthy arms swelled wildly, and the double halberds danced fast and fiercely, fighting wildly with Pan Feng, forming a huge aura around the two of them, and no soldier could get close to half a point, and at the same time, the faint roar of the dragon like a bull and tiger continued to swing out from the surroundings of the two.

The storm is rolling, the axe is light, and the shadow is so fast that people can't see clearly, and whenever two weapons collide, there will be an earth-shattering sound. The more the two killed, the more vigorous their fighting spirit became, and they fought for dozens of rounds without seeing a victory.

At this moment, Xiahoudun rode his horse and galloped, carrying a gun and was about to help in the battle. Who knew that Zhang Fei had led 10,000 infantry to kill, Zhang Fei pulled Lei Gong's throat, shouted wow, galloped wildly, and killed Xiahoudun, Zhangba snake spear stabbed out countless gun shadows, Xiahoudun hurriedly blocked, and looked slightly embarrassed for a while.

On the other side, Tai Shici, who was dressed in lion-headed armor, also led 10,000 infantry to kill the Chinese army of Cao's army. Cao Hong saw that Tai Shici was young, and he didn't feel a little contempt, so he patted the horse with one hand, and greeted the horse. Who knew that Tai Shici suddenly pinched the horses, leaned on the gun, drew the bow and arrows, and did it in one go. I saw three arrows pulling on the bowstring, and they suddenly fired, and the beaded arrows pierced the void, coming very quickly. Cao Hong was rushing vigorously, and suddenly saw three arrows shooting towards him, and he didn't know how to avoid it for a while. Seeing that Cao Hong was about to be shot by three arrows, Cao Hong gritted his steel teeth, didn't care about his face, fell down, abandoned his horse and flew to the side. Cao Hong rolled a few meters to the ground, covered in dust, and was about to drink angrily, but when he saw Tai Shici set up three arrows in his bow, his eyes suddenly widened, and at the same time, his face also rose urgently.

Woohoo.

The three arrows flew up again and shot at Cao Hong. At this moment, behind Cao Hong, there was also a violent sound of arrows breaking through the void, like three thunderbolts that surpassed Cao Hong's body, just in the middle of the arrow shot by Tai Shici.

In the Cao army, the only one who can have this archery skill is Xiahou Yuan among the Xiahou brothers. It turned out that Xiahou Yuan saw that although Tai Shici was young, he was imposing, and he knew that he was not an ordinary person. And Xiahou Yuan knew that Cao Hong was arrogant, and he was afraid that he would be injured by underestimating the enemy, so he hurriedly rushed to the battle.

Tai Shi Ci saw that his Lianzhu arrow was broken, and as soon as his eyes turned, he fell on Xiahou Yuan. With a cold face, his body burst out with an extremely vigorous momentum, and what he took out from the quiver in one hand was five arrows, put them on the bow, pulled the bowstring into a full moon shape, and shot it at Xiahou Yuan.

A five-arrow intercourse arrow, without superb archery skills, cannot be shot at all, let alone accurately. But Tai Shici's five arrows flew at the same time, and the target did not deviate in the slightest, and all of them were aimed at Xiahou Yuan's body. Xiahou Yuan concentrated, and also picked up five arrows, put them in the bow, and with a broken word burst out, the five arrows flew at the same time, and the arrows shot by Tai Shici broke in the void, and the ten arrows collided, stirring up gusts of wind. The soldiers who saw the surrounding area, whether it was Cao Jun or Liu Jun, were all stunned.

Tai Shi Ci saw that his arrows were broken again, his eyes became more and more cold, and after looking at Xiahou Yuan from a distance for a while, the soldier next to him suddenly drank.

"General be careful!!"

It turned out that Cao Hong took advantage of Xiahou Yuan and Tai Shi Ci to compete in archery, rushed wildly, and after rushing to Tai Shi Ci's side, he raised his hand with a knife. However, Tai Shici had long noticed Cao Hong's sneak attack, quickly grabbed the gun, and blocked Cao Hong's machete with one shot. Cao Hong is fierce by nature, and once he picks up the knife, it must be a crazy and non-stop offensive. Cao Hong roared sharply, slashing at Tai Shici's gun like a torrential rain. Tai Shici was seized by Cao Hong first, so he had to block first, and when Cao Hong finished his fierce attack, the gun suddenly stabbed Cao Hong's throat. Cao Hong was exhausted, and he didn't expect Tai Shi Ci to suddenly sneak attack, so it was too late to avoid it.

Seeing that Tai Shi Ci's gun was about to be stabbed, suddenly, Tai Shi Ci's ears trembled, and he hurriedly retracted the gun, and then pulled the gun and stabbed it again and again, breaking all the five arrows that were shot at him.

"Yellow-haired child! Don't be arrogant, Grandpa Cao will take your dog's life! ”

Cao Hong regained his breath, remembering that he was almost stabbed to death by this young general just now, and suddenly leaned over viciously, wanting to launch a fierce attack. If he fights alone, Tai Shici is confident that he can beat Cao Hong, a reckless man, but at this time, there is a fierce general whose archery skills are not inferior to his own, and if he fights for a long time, he is afraid that he will be injured.

Tai Shi Ci finished thinking about it, and suddenly stabbed out a shot, and after swinging Cao Hong's knife style, he rode his horse and fled. When Cao Hong saw that Tai Shi Ci was going to escape, he was immediately so angry that he blushed and scolded him, but he had no horse to chase, so he had to watch Tai Shi Ci flee. Cao Cao, who was secretly marveling at Tai Shi Ci's bravery, immediately came back to his senses at this time and ordered the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the rear army to surround and kill the soldiers and horses led by Tai Shi Ci. Seeing this, Cao Hong reacted quickly enough, and he also led 20,000 soldiers of the Chinese army to chase after him.

Liu Bei saw that Tai Shici's soldiers and horses were surrounded, and hurriedly led the remaining 10,000 soldiers to rescue. But don't forget, Liu Bei's army has 20,000 soldiers, but they are newly surrendered thieves, and how can they be the opponents of Cao Cao's elite soldiers. As soon as he made contact, he was killed by Cao Cao's 50,000 elite soldiers and retreated. Pan Feng and Zhang Fei noticed the danger over there and hurriedly led the army to rescue. Seeing this, Dian Wei and Xiahou hurriedly ordered the soldiers to cover up and kill from behind.

Tao Qian, who was at the head of the city, saw that Liu Bei's army was in chaos, and knew that if he didn't make any more moves, this rescue army would be swallowed up by Cao Cao's 70,000 elite soldiers sooner or later. Tao Qian hurriedly summoned Cao Bao and asked him to lead 20,000 Xuzhou soldiers in the city to rescue Liu Bei.

Cao Cao, who was commanding the soldiers to fight, had always kept an eye on Tancheng, and when he suddenly saw the crowds in Tancheng, he knew that Tao Qian was going to send troops to rescue. Although the current battle situation is very good, once Xuzhou joins, it is difficult to determine the outcome of the victory, and even if he wins, Cao Cao will get a crushing victory. This was not the outcome Cao Cao wanted. As the general trend is unstable today, the threat from all sides is increasing. If Cao Cao's troops are greatly damaged, he is afraid that it will be difficult to compete with other forces in the future.

Cao Cao thought about it, and immediately made a decision, first ordered the rear army to start retreating, and then ordered the Chinese army to withdraw slowly, and finally the front army in a fierce battle with Liu's army retreated for a while, and then quickly withdrew. Liu Bei didn't expect that Cao Cao was in a good situation and would suddenly withdraw his troops, and in a fierce battle just now, his soldiers and horses had lost nearly 5,000. The morale of the other soldiers was also low, so Liu Bei did not dare to lead the army to chase after him, and let Cao's army retreat.

Soon after Cao's army retreated, 20,000 Xuzhou soldiers galloped out of the city gate, and Liu Bei realized why Cao Cao suddenly withdrew his troops. But at this time, it is too late to chase it.

"Cao Mengde has a good way of using troops, knows when to attack and when to retreat, calm and rational. If you want to defeat him, it will be really difficult to reach the sky. ”

Liu Bei exclaimed in his heart, Cao Cao's weight in his heart became heavier and heavier, and even unconsciously, Liu Bei had a strong fear of him.

After Cao Cao collected his troops and returned to the village, he finished resting his soldiers and horses, and then brought Guo Jia, Xiahou Brothers, Dian Wei, Cao Hong and other civil and military officers to discuss the capture of Xuzhou. Xiahou saw that the original good situation was stirred up by Liu Bei's-stirring stick, and the war in Xuzhou was only afraid that it would be delayed for a long time, and his heart was full of anger, and bluntly suggested that Cao Cao lead a heavy army to attack, and he was bound to break through Tancheng. And Cao Hong, who has a fiery temper, echoed Xiahoudun's words at the moment. However, it was not Cao Cao's intention to attack one way, Cao Cao did not say a word, closed his eyes and recuperated. Xiahoudun and Cao Hong saw that Cao Cao had no reaction, and the two of them were the first to follow Cao Cao, so they guessed Cao Cao's intentions, and they also closed their mouths and remained silent for the time being. As for Dian Wei, he stood beside Cao Cao like a huge statue, with his mouth closed and his face expressionless. He knew that thinking about problems and strategies was not his category, he just listened to orders, Cao Cao wanted him to kill people, he would kill people, and if he wanted him to charge, he would charge.

Suddenly, Cao Cao opened his eyes and looked at Guo Jia. During the time when Xiahoudun and Cao Hong were speaking, Guo Jia had been in deep thought, and when he saw Cao Cao looking at him, his face turned pale, so he stood up and said.

"Lord, Liu Xuande came to help Tancheng, although there are many rabble, but its troops are also tens of thousands. Now that they have entered Tancheng, the strength of the defenders of Tancheng is 60,000, which is almost the same as the strength of our army. If it is rashly attacked, even if Tancheng is broken, it will be a miserable victory. This is not conducive to the future development of the situation of the lord, so I hope that the lord will not move for the time being and wait for the news of Guangling with peace of mind. Cao Zixiao is still a rare handsome talent in the world, and with Jia Junshi by his side, it is not difficult to take Guangling. As long as Guangling is taken, then Donghai County will become a lonely city, and sooner or later it will be breached. ”

Guo Jia's words were all the meaning of Cao Cao's heart, Cao Cao bowed his head slightly, and then sighed after staring at his eyes.

"It's just a long delay. On the Chang'an side, it's almost time. ”

Cao Cao suddenly said something inexplicably, and the Xiahou brothers glanced at each other, and they didn't know why Cao Cao suddenly mentioned Chang'an. Cao Hong was also full of suspicion, and hurriedly looked at Guo Jia, Cao Cao discussed everything with Guo Jia, and Guo Jia must have understood what Cao Cao meant. Sure enough, as Cao Hong expected, Guo Jia's expression became slightly heavier, and he said in a deep voice. ”

"If that's the case, for the sake of the big picture. The lord also needs to put aside the war in Xuzhou for the time being and rush to Chang'an. The matter of Chang'an is more than a hundred times more important than that of Xuzhou. If Chang'an is successful, the foundation structure of the lord's dominance of the world can be stabilized. ”

"Well, what Feng Xiao said is reasonable. If you really can't catch up, you have to put down Xuzhou first. ”

Xiahoudun listened to Cao Cao and Guo Jia's words, saying some things that he didn't understand, and what was even more impatient was that there seemed to be something big hidden in these words, and this matter was extremely important to Cao Cao.

"Hey!! Guo Xijiu, what are you talking about with the lord, why can't I understand it at all? Chang'an, what's the big deal!? ”

Guo Jia heard Xiahoudun ask, first glanced at Cao Cao, Cao Cao nodded lightly, signaling that it was time for Guo Jia to tell the matter. In this way, Guo Jiacai said with a sinking face.

"General Xiahou, don't worry, Feng Xiao will come for you. Chang'an will soon be in chaos, and when Li Xuan and Guo Yan turn against each other, it is the best time for the lord to lead the army to save the saint. ”

"Ahh

Xiahoudun exclaimed in surprise, and then thought quickly in his mind for a while.

However, the Han family of Guo Saijiu has long been in decline, the imperial power is no longer there, and the princes of all parties have divided one side and taken care of their own territory. That being the case, why did the lord not hesitate to let go of the war in Xuzhou, and also spend his troops to go to the troubled waters of Chang'an? ”

"Huh. General Xiahou, although the Han family is in decline, the princes of the world are still Hanchen after all, as long as the Han family is not extinguished, they will not be able to get rid of the identity of Hanchen. As long as the lord holds the holy in his hand and gives orders in the name of the saint, anyone who does not obey is a rebel, so that the lord can uphold the righteousness and imperial power to send troops to conquer, so that he will be invincible.

What's more, there are still many loyal ministers in the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and these people should flock to vote, so that the lord can not only gather talents, but also get the jurisdiction of these loyal ministers without much effort, and within three years, the lord can take a large area of land in the Central Plains, and even the secession forces in Guanzhong will come to join him.

At that time, the power of the lord was stabilized, and the momentum of taking over the world had been achieved, and there were few princes in the world who could threaten the lord. ”

Xia Houdun's eyes widened again and again when he heard this, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be boiling. And like Xiahoudun, there are also Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan, they all have surprises and ecstasy on their faces. As for Dian Wei, in that evil eye, bursts of sharp battle intent burst out, as if he had seen that countless battles were waiting for him in the future.