0396: Fiasco

Defeated, when the Flying Bear Army combined with the infantry units that rushed to attack the flank of Cao Cao and Bao Xin's coalition forces, the coalition forces were defeated without any suspense. Whether it was a forest of guns or a rain of arrows, they couldn't resist in the face of Dong Zhuojun, who was like a tiger and a wolf, and in the face of the terrifying cavalry wrapped in iron armor.

"Bastard! Why is this happening?! Cao Cao looked at his own troops who were constantly retreating, and roared in his heart.

He actually knew that the combat effectiveness of the coalition army itself was much weaker than Dong Zhuo's army, after all, the entire Dong Zhuo army, except for the tiger and wolf division that Dong Zhuo brought back from Liangzhou, most of the rest were composed of the southern army, the northern army and the Xiyuan army. You must know that these three troops are all pro-guards who originally belonged to the Han Dynasty and were responsible for defending the Beijing Division! The Northern Army, in particular, experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

But he couldn't believe that his troops couldn't resist even for such a while, even if they were in the middle of the plan, even if they were copied by the enemy.

"Is this the difference between ordinary soldiers and elite troops?" Cao Cao had such a thought in his heart.

Following Li Yi before, he had already seen the difference between elite troops and ordinary troops, but at that time, he was only full of envy for Li Yi's flying cavalry battalion, and he didn't care too much about other aspects. Because in his heart, war still depends on strategy and military strength, and whether a force is elite or not is not too important.

It's as if the Yellow Turban Rebellion can wreak havoc all over the world, is it because those Yellow Turban Army are stronger than the Han Army? Apparently impossible. In fact, in the entire coalition army, in addition to the generals under Li Yi's command, whose troops are elite divisions that have been trained for a long time? No!

Of course, it is not enough to have an elite division, but also to have a fierce general who can command them. But Dong Zhuo also has it. Guo Yan and Fan Chou are both fierce generals.

Just as Cao Cao was thinking nonsense, an anxious shout woke him up, "Gong Cao, quickly retreat!" If you don't withdraw, it's too late! "Turning his head, who is it not Bao Xin?

"Yuncheng, you can't withdraw! If this situation is withdrawn, it will really be over! Cao Cao said calmly when he heard this.

"It's over!" Bao Xin shouted anxiously when he heard this, and quickly came to Cao Cao's side and shouted, "Gong Cao, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years!" Even if all the troops are lost, as long as Cao Gong is here, there is still hope of overthrowing Dong Thief! ”

As he spoke, he didn't care whether Cao Cao agreed or not, and directly turned his head to Cao Hong beside Cao Cao and yelled, "Hurry up and protect Cao Gong and escape!" ”

"No!" When Cao Hong heard this, he directly grabbed the reins of Cao Cao's mount and retreated to the rear.

"Zilian, what are you doing?! Zixiao and Miaocai, they are still in front of the enemy! Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately scolded angrily, but Cao Hong ignored it completely, just grabbed the reins of Cao Cao's mount, and kept waving the horsewhip.

"Zilian !!!" Cao Cao raised his voice again.

"Brother! The world can do without me Cao Hong, you can do without Miaocai and Zixiao, but you can't do without your brothers! Without the brothers, will the coalition still be able to exist? Who else in the world wants to fight against that Dong thief?! Cao Hong yelled, his voice a little choked, obviously this decision was also very difficult for him.

After all, on the battlefield at this time, there were Cao Ren, Xiahou, Xiahou Yuan and others, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers, who were still desperately trying to resist the enemy. Although the defeat was certain, their fighting still more or less slowed down the pace of the enemy's attack.

But their behavior is undoubtedly equivalent to abandoning Cao Ren and the others and the tens of thousands of soldiers. But as Cao Hong, Bao Xin and others said, in their hearts, Cao Cao's life is much more precious than Cao Ren and others or tens of thousands of soldiers combined.

Cao Hong believed that even if Cao Ren, Xiahou or Xiahou Yuan were here, they would also make the same choice.

After running wildly all the way, about 1 hour or so, I finally encountered the advance troops of the coalition army.

"Mengde?!" The leader shouted in shock, but it was Zhang Miao.

"Quick! Fast...... Return...... Aid! Cao Cao said tremblingly, and after finishing speaking, Cao Cao's body suddenly shook, and he fell directly from the horse. The unwillingness, guilt, anger and other emotions caused by the fiasco, coupled with the nervousness that finally relaxed when he saw the reinforcements, made the future hero angry for a while and fainted directly.

When he opened his eyes again, before his vision became clear, he heard an excited voice, "Brother, are you awake?!" Then, I saw Xiahou and others hurriedly surrounding.

"Yuan Rang...... Miaocai...... Zixiao ...... Zilian ...... "Cao Cao looked at the people around him, except for Cao Hong, who was pulling Cao Cao to run desperately, the other three were injured a lot.

"Mengde, when the reinforcements arrived, more than 10,000 soldiers had already been killed, and most of them had either fled or surrendered to the enemy. In addition......" Xiahou said this, took a long breath, and said with a low expression, "Zixu Zhan is dead, and the brother of Bao Fujun is also ......."

"Is it......" Cao Cao replied faintly, looking straight at the roof with his eyes. Yes, it's the roof, and at this time the coalition forces have entered Gong County.

Speaking of which, when Cao Cao and Bao Xin led the army to leave, the coalition army finally opened under the persuasion of Zhang Miao, although the speed was not fast, and it was a long time late, but after receiving the news of Cao Cao's ambush, he immediately asked Zhang Miao and Wang Kuang to lead a force to rush to support. And after seeing the reinforcements coming, Xu Rong stopped pursuing and directly led the troops to retreat.

Seeing Cao Cao looking at the roof expressionlessly, Xiahou said again, "Mengde, you don't have to be too sad, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and Emperor Gaozu was not also ...... in the past" Speaking of this, Xiahou paused for a moment, and seemed to feel that this example was not very good. So after thinking about it, he said again, "Mengde, you don't have to be discouraged, the soldiers are gone, you can re-recruit, and as long as you are here, the coalition army will still be there!" ”

"Coalition forces?" Cao Cao seemed to come back to his senses when he heard this, "What about Yuncheng and them?" ”

"Bao Fujun is recuperating from his injuries, and the rest of the people are waiting for news from Yuan Cheqi and Li Wushuang, and at the same time, they have already sent a scout horse to find out the news of Dong Thief." Xia Hou replied when he heard this.

"That's it......" Cao Cao nodded slightly when he heard this, and then sighed softly, "You guys go down, I want to ...... Quietly. ”

"No." Hearing this, Xiahou and the others slowly retreated, although they knew that Cao Cao was in a bad mood at this time, but unfortunately, they didn't know how to persuade them.

"It's really miserable......" Cao Cao said with a sigh when the room was quiet again, and then closed his eyes.