119 battles under the sun
Cao Cao led the infantry of the coalition army, marched forward in formation, and slowly marched, not more than ten miles, and suddenly saw smoke and dust rising in front of him. After a while, even the ground seemed to begin to shake, as if a mountain collapsed and the sea cracked, but it was the cavalry of the coalition army that was defeated by Xu Rong and ran desperately.
Xu Rong was proficient in the art of war, and maintained a basic formation in the pursuit, just driving the allied cavalry, killing all the cavalry that fell behind, and then forcing the defeated army to attack the infantry led by Cao Cao.
The cavalry of the coalition army was pursued by Xu Rong at this time, and rushed towards Cao Cao's infantry like a sea tide.
Cao Cao's eyes were about to split, only to see the defeat of the cavalry, Cao Cao knew that the front of the rout, the defeat had been achieved, but he was afraid that there were more than 10,000 horsemen. If the rout in front of him is rushed over by Xu Rong, I am afraid that his own formation will also be scattered. When the time comes, Xu Rong's cavalry will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the big thing will be gone.
At this time, Cao Cao showed his potential to become a famous general in the future, and ordered loudly: "Pass the order, those who dare to attack the formation will be killed!" Those who escape, slash! Those who disturb the morale of the army, slash! ”
Since ancient times: mercy is not in charge of soldiers.
Fortunately, Cao Cao marched forward in formation, although along the way, the formation was a little scattered, and the generals from all walks of life organized the people of the headquarters to sort out the formation, and laid a lot of spears and shields in front.
Cao Cao drew his sword in his hand, swung it vigorously, and ordered loudly: "Release the arrows, release the arrows, shout with me, those who dare to attack the formation will be killed!" Those who dare to attack the formation will be killed! ”
Everyone shouted together: "Those who dare to attack the formation will be killed!" ”
Originally, the cavalry of the coalition army was defeated all the way, and when they saw Cao Cao's banner, it was as if they had seen their relatives.
Now Cao Cao's people shouted loudly, and were shot by random arrows to kill some of the men and horses who rushed forward, some of the cavalry who had calmed down a little bit knew that rushing over was also sent to death, but fortunately, the fleeing cavalry was not tight, so they scattered and fled, and those who had no time to escape were shot to death by Cao Cao's corporal and wounded countless times.
Fortunately, since the Kwantung princes raised troops and Dong Zhuo moved the capital, there was no one in the desert within two hundred miles, and the people in this area had already been migrated to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo, and I didn't know how many people died on the way. Those who barely survived did not dare to stay in place, and had already fled for their lives. On both sides of the road, only large areas of abandoned farmland remained, and there were pieces of ruins and broken walls, and the area was vast and wide, so that the coalition cavalry escaped a lot.
When Xu Rong saw it, he also secretly admired, and he only said that "Kanto is a minister, and Kansai is a general." I don't want this Cao Cao, but I also have a few talents.
Knowing that these cavalry had lost their hearts and had no effective general organization, Xu Rong only sent a few cavalry to drive them far away, so as not to be reorganized. He led hundreds of elite horsemen under his command to rush to Cao Cao's main formation. This attack was extremely vicious, although there were only a few hundred cavalry, but the formation of a formation was not much smaller than the momentum of tens of thousands of defeated soldiers just now. Cao Cao ordered more than a dozen deserters to be killed, and only then did he stabilize his position.
"Archers prepare, those who release arrows without orders, slash!"
Seeing that Xu Rong was so supportive and rushed over in person, Cao Cao was overjoyed and ordered loudly that he would give him a ruthless blow as long as Xu Rong entered the range of the bow and arrow.
Who knows, Xu Rong pounced, and saw that the Kwantung coalition army was not in a rout, so he turned around in front of the formation, and left in a dashing manner outside the range of bows and arrows.
Cao Cao, who was watching, gasped, his back was covered with cold sweat, and finally remembered that Liu Bei always emphasized that Dong Zhuo's subordinates were all harmonious, cool and elite, and they were invincible. When I saw it today, it was really a strong soldier in the world, and it was worthy of its name.
Looking up again, I saw that Xu Rong personally led hundreds of elite cavalry under his command, cruising between the two armies, and the soldiers behind quickly set up the formation.
Cao Cao looked carefully and saw that Xu Rong's troops were about 20,000 people, and he was shocked.
How many people Dong Zhuo has, although there is no exact news, but there are approximate numbers. When Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang, there were only 5,000 people, and there were 5,000 people in Ding Yuan's department, about 30,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang, and more than 30,000 people in Chang'an Huangfu Song's department. Coupled with the other centaurs, at most it is in the early 100,000s, and at this moment, Xu Rong brought 20,000 at once, which is a great reuse, where is not the lineage.
Cao Cao knew that his soldiers and horses were not as elite as Xu Rong, so he did not hesitate at the moment, beat the drum and gave the order, and ordered the whole army to move forward, wanting to take advantage of Xu Rong's position and take Xu Rong off guard. I don't want Xu Rongjun to be well-trained, and he will set up a position in a short period of time.
Xu Rong gave an order, waved the flag, and immediately two cavalry teams circled around the flanks of Cao's army to harass them.
Cao Cao's slender eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the opposite side, and secretly calculated in his heart, although Xu Rong defeated the coalition cavalry, but after all, it was also a big battle, and naturally there was a lot of consumption.
He glanced left and right again, and saw that there were large armies on both wings, and he thought that the cavalry would not be able to rush in, so he did not care.
Cao Cao and Wei Zi led a total of 15,000 men to the central army, Bao Tao also had 10,000 people on the left, and Bao Xin also led 10,000 people on the right.
Xu Rong saw that the harassment of the two wings was unsuccessful, so he led the main force of the Chinese army to press, and Cao Cao was not to be outdone, and also led his troops to meet him.
The two sides met head-on, first shooting each other with a rain of arrows, and then shouting and fighting.
Cao Cao's soldiers immediately fell.
It turned out that the Kwantung coalition army was not only inferior to the opponent in training, inferior in bravery, inferior in coordination, inferior in battlefield experience, and inferior in equipment. Dong Zhuo took the Luoyang arsenal, and he had national soldiers, and his corporal and soldiers were well-equipped. The Kwantung Coalition Army was originally a hasty army, ordinary soldiers were just a single coat, and the elite only had a leather armor, and Dubo, a hundred generals, had a body of iron armor.
The hand-to-hand combat soldiers under Xu Rong's department were like wolves and tigers, and they were all stubborn and stubborn, how could Cao Cao's men and horses fight.
Seeing that the striker was frustrated, Cao Cao held a sword in his hand, slapped his horse forward, and shouted peace to boost morale.
A large number of infantry in Xu Rong's army, armed with swords, shields and spears, formed a phalanx, and under Xu Rong's command, they took turns to attack.
Xu Rong was experienced in a hundred battles, and when he saw that he could not defeat the Kwantung Coalition Army for a while, he constantly transferred troops and launched round after round of attacks in order to consume the physical strength of the Kwantung Coalition Army, and when the Kwantung Coalition Army was not supported, he would launch a fatal blow.
People kept falling, corpses accumulated, blood kept flowing out, and gradually, the earth could no longer fully absorb it, and finally a stream of blood was formed.
Xu Rongjun's offensive was well organized and could be constantly rotated in order to make reasonable use of the physical strength of the soldiers. Cao Cao lacked experience on the battlefield, and secondly, the men and horses under his command were all patchwork, and he couldn't command as he wished, so he naturally gradually fell behind.
The battle became more and more intense, the Kwantung coalition army continued to retreat, and Cao Cao was secretly anxious. Hurriedly ordered hundreds of warriors, led by Cao Ren, and just when Xu Rong was rotating his soldiers, he suddenly killed. These hundreds of people were all on standby near Cao Cao's army, and in order to save physical strength, they did not participate in the battle in front.
Cao Ren held a big knife in his hand, and came out first, leading hundreds of warriors, all of whom were wearing double armor, and came out of the formation, crashing into Xu Rongjun.
In the rear, Xu Rong saw Cao Ren making a big knife, and everywhere he passed, everyone was broken, and hundreds of warriors followed, unstoppable. The front army had to be withdrawn. Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly arranged his troops to make up for the formation that was almost broken through by Xu Rong.
Hundreds of people fought desperately, repelled Xu Rong's men and horses, Cao Ren still refused to give up, chased and killed for a while, did not want Xu Rong to send two teams of men and horses, left and right to kill, Cao Ren wore armor and held a knife, rushed back and forth, beheaded more than ten levels, was attacked by Xu Rong's two soldiers and horses, and there were fewer and fewer warriors around him, Cao Ren was wounded several times, still shouting for a fierce battle, and was hugged by the soldiers, so he reluctantly turned back to the formation.
Seeing Cao Ren, Cao Cao praised loudly: "My brother is really a celestial man, our army has been able to regroup, and the strength of the emperor is also." ”
Xu Rong's men and horses became more and more brave the more they fought. The Kwantung coalition army was exhausted, some soldiers were frightened, turned around and fled, Cao Cao ordered people to supervise the battle, and beheaded dozens of people in a row, so he could barely stop the deserters from fleeing.
At this time, Weizi had lost nearly half of his men, so he stood in front of the battle, shouting for a fierce battle to boost morale, Bao Xin, Bao Tao and others were the same. Cao Cao dispatched troops in the back and commanded the three armies.
A general under Xu Rong's command, seeing Wei Zi wearing armor, shouting on the battlefield, knew that this person must be the general of the coalition army, seeing that he was not far from him, he took a bow and arrow in his hand, and after aiming, it was an arrow.
The arrow came out of the string, right in the chest of Weizi, Weizi screamed, turned over and fell!
The Kwantung Coalition Army, which was already demoralized, saw that the main general Weizi had fallen, and could no longer support it, so he shouted, turned around and fled.
Cao Cao hurriedly ordered someone to come forward to respond, not wanting to be at this time the Kwantung coalition army, at this moment has reached the limit, morale is completely lost, except for Cao Cao's headquarters, they all obey the order, they all turn around and flee.
Xu Rong was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered people to beat the drums, and the whole army pressed on, and the Kwantung coalition army collapsed, hugging his head and running away. Xu Rong ordered the cavalry to pursue, and Cao Cao's headquarters was also routed and fled for his life.
At this time, Bao Xin, Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan and others were all gone.
By this time it was getting late, and night was falling. Cao Cao fought his horse and fled desperately, with only Cao Hong by his side.
Suddenly there was a wail, and the horses under Cao Cao's seat had already been hit by arrows, and at this time they finally fell to the ground, and Cao Cao took the horse and fell to the ground.
Cao Hong was shocked, jumped off the horse, helped Cao Cao up, and said urgently: "Brother, get on the horse and go first!" ”
Cao Cao pushed Cao Hong away and said in a deep voice: "I died here today, the virtuous brother can go quickly."
Cao Hong said: "Brother, please get on the horse, and the younger brother is willing to follow him on foot." ”
Cao Cao said: "If you are caught up by the thieves, what will you do?" ”
Cao Hong said loudly: "There can be no flood in the world, and there can be no king!" ”
Cao Cao was seven feet tall, but a little more than one meter six, and was supported and hugged by Cao Honglian and sent to the war horse. Cao Cao rode a horse, and Cao Hong took off his armor, leaving only a ring-headed knife to defend himself, and followed him on foot.
Cao Cao said: "If I can escape, it is all your credit." ”
After running for three or five miles, when he arrived at the edge of Bianshui, Cao Cao's face couldn't help but change greatly.
Battle Xingyang, Bianshuipi. Rong Shi was angry and galloped. The battle was not completed, and Xu Rong retreated. 20,000 horsemen, the trenches are flat. The horse was wounded, the six armies were shocked, the momentum was not gathered, and the crowd was tilted. The day is gone, the time is dark, Gu Zhongmu, the heart is in the camp. The alliance is suspicious, the plan is unsuccessful, relying on my martial emperor, Wan Guoning.