76, Caojia white bird
Bao Xin's left army was trapped in a situation and could not extricate himself, so he had to desperately attack the Xiliang soldiers on the opposite side, trying to return to his brother and some of the soldiers and horses, and then retreat back to form a formation, struggling to hold the front of the left army.
The number of the left army's large array was far more than the Xiliang soldiers and horses commanded by Yan Xing, not to mention the two brothers Bao Xin and Bao Tao, who fought desperately to the death in an emergency situation for their lives, and Yan Xing had no way to defeat the desperate Cao army, but he also tried his best to stick to the soldiers and horses of the left army, forcing them to be unable to retreat back to the formation.
In this stalemate, you have me, and I have you, Xu Kun's three hundred Xiliang iron cavalry killed at the right time, like a fierce tiger, pounced fiercely, overwhelmed the prey, and then bit off his throat and disemboweled.
Bao Xin, whose side formation was chiseled by Xiliang Tie's cavalry, wanted to cry without tears, and he could only save his own brother who was already covered in blood and bruises, and then he had to retreat backwards, trying to form a battle again and stabilize the formation.
But Bao Tao, who was like a mad tiger, was reluctant to leave at the moment, and the hood on his head had long been discarded on the battlefield, blood spilled from his mouth, and he said to Bao Xin with a bitter face:
"Brother, I made a mistake in my strategy and harmed the whole army, now the army has collapsed as a whole, and it is difficult to defend again, you retreat quickly, I will lead people to block it for a while, if you don't leave, you won't be able to go!"
Bao Xin knew that his brother originally intended to use the method of assaulting the enemy formation and threatening the flank of the main force of the Xiliang army to redeem his own disadvantage, help the danger and overcome difficulties, and also took the opportunity to raise the prestige of their Bao family.
However, contrary to his wishes, Bao Tao not only failed to recover the disadvantage, but dragged his left army into the abyss of no return, and the overall collapse of the army was imminent.
Bao Xin understands his brother's temperament, he is unwilling to be subordinate, has a strong temperament, and is good at competing with others, and now that the army has been defeated, he has won the first blame, and his heart is already like ashes, saying that he is going to break off, but in fact, he wants to fight to the death, and use the tragic ending of killing the enemy to wash away his guilt.
As a brother, how could Bao Xin watch his brother die, and if he was defeated, he would be defeated, and the responsibility was not all on Bao Tao alone, so Bao Xin grabbed Bao Tao's arm and wanted to pull him out of the battlefield together.
"Brother, don't worry about me, let's go!"
At this time, Bao Tao, who had the heart of death, had great strength, and as soon as he struggled, he shook off his brother's hand, rode his horse again, and quickly rushed into the dense Xiliang soldier formation.
Bao Xinhu had tears in his eyes, but he knew that the situation was irreversible, and finally he could only glance at the direction in which his brother had disappeared, and then he slapped his horse and retreated with a group of remaining soldiers.
The collapse of Bao Xin's left army was like a domino effect, driving the arrival of the trend of the overall collapse of the Cao army, Xu Kun took advantage of this opportunity to exert great might, and after cutting through Bao Xin's left army formation from the side, he left the already chaotic enemy to Yan Xing's troops and horses who took advantage of the situation to take advantage of the attack.
Cao's army is in a large array
"Big brother, the situation is irreparable, I'll retreat quickly!"
Cao Hong watched the collapse of the left army, and suddenly changed color. And Cao Ren, where the Chinese army is located, can no longer resist the general attack of the Xiliang soldiers in the front, his soldiers are dead and wounded, and he himself is also seriously injured, if it is not for Cao Chun to guard, and fight and retreat, I am afraid that I will lose my head on the spot.
Therefore, Cao Hong, who was still enthusiastic before, has now completely cooled down the blood on his body, and instead of it, he is cold all over his body, and he can only divide a small number of men to resist while facing the charging Xiliang Iron Cavalry, while accelerating and urging Cao Cao to escape from the battlefield as soon as possible.
Under the flag, Cao Cao's face instantly became a lot haggard, his chest continued to rise and fall, and he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, and he was also deaf to Cao Hong's words.
The first battle, the fight against Dong, the troubled times, and the traitor.
These words came to Cao Cao's mind one by one in an instant, if it is a time of crisis, the current crisis may not be compared to the time when he was captured in Zhongmu, fought in Lu Bohao's house, and was attacked by soldiers in Runan, but this was the moment that made his heart ache the most.
Is the first great battle under his command going to end in this way?
Covering the army and killing the generals, I, Cao Mengde, will be defeated and die on the bank of this river today.
Cao Cao raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the left army, the Bao brothers had completely lost their news, the large array of the left army had also fallen apart, the soldiers were collapsing and fleeing, in the pursuit of the Xiliang soldiers, many people died tragically under the horses' hooves and swords, spears, bows and arrows, and more jumped into the water behind them in a panic.
Bianshui is in the spring flood, and these soldiers who threw themselves into the water escaped the first knife, but nine times out of ten they will turn into the food in the belly of the fish and shrimp in the river.
In the direction of the front of the Chinese army, the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Chun, fought and retreated, but they did not dare to directly lead the defeated troops in the direction where Cao Cao was, but finally sent someone to ask Cao Cao to retreat quickly and preserve his strength, in order to raise troops again to support the Han family.
In the direction of the right army, the situation is a little better, but it has already fallen into encirclement, and the Xiahou brothers and Weizi have also fought to the end, but the collapse of the right army is irreversible.
The soldiers have no fighting spirit, the overall situation is collapsing, a large number of Xiliang soldiers are pouring towards the Chinese army, and the defeat of Bianshui has become a foregone conclusion.
"But Han XXII is not sincere.
Mu monkey and crown belt, know small and seek territory.
He hesitated and did not dare to decide, because he hunted the king.
Bai Hong is the sun, and he has also suffered first.
The thief holds the authority of the country, kills the lord and destroys Yujing.
Overthrew the emperor's foundation, and the temple was burned.
Sowing more and more westward migration, crying and walking.
The city of Zempolo, the micro-child is sad. ”
This is Cao Cao's previous writing of "Xulu Xing", now Bianshui is defeated, there is no hope of recovering Luoyang, Cao Cao can only look at the former imperial capital like a microchild, he is sad, the shouting and killing sound in his ears is getting closer and closer, and the guards sent out can't resist it, Cao Cao said with difficulty:
"Withdraw!"
After giving the order, Cao Cao turned his horse and left, and no longer looked back at the Xiliang soldiers who were swarming in front of him, and the defeated and scattered Cao soldiers, he took the personal guards led by Cao Hong, patted his horse and walked along the bank of the Bianshui River, and then looked for the shallows between the rivers, trying to cross the Bianshui and avoid the pursuers.
Although there were still some scattered Cao soldiers along the way, more of them were shouting to chase and kill the Xiliang soldiers who came over.
The team behind Cao Cao was soon caught up by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Xu Kun, and the Xiliang soldiers only launched a round of impact from behind, and the soldiers who followed Cao Cao's retreat were killed in an instant, and those who fled were scattered, and even Cao Hong ran away. Fortunately, Cao Cao still had a few personal soldiers who defended each other, taking advantage of this round of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, they were delayed by other routs, and they protected Cao Cao and escaped a distance.
However, Cao Cao's head was specially ordered by Xu Rong to get it, and this head was a dazzling first achievement for the Xiliang soldiers at the bottom, and many Xiliang cavalry were willing to give up, and they continued to chase along the Bianshui with perseverance, vowing to let Cao Cao's head fall to the ground.
"Whew-"
Suddenly, the war horse under the seat of Cao Cao, who fled for his life, suddenly neighed in pain, it turned out that the horse's buttocks had been shot by several arrows, and now he struggled to run out of a certain way, under the excessive blood loss, the horse could not hold on, and after a long neighing of the mount, the front hooves were bent, and with the last bit of remaining strength, Cao Cao on the horse fell forward together, and this momentum directly overturned Cao Cao.
Several pro-soldiers rode forward, just wanted to get off the horse, to rescue Cao Cao who fell off the horse and rolled into the dead body, but before they could act, the chasing soldiers of the Xiliang soldiers behind had already arrived, and the pro-soldiers turned back and fought to the death, but it was difficult for a few people to have the power to return to the sky, and after a while, they were all killed by the pursuers one by one.
The pursuers did not notice Cao Cao, who had fallen off his horse before and fell in the dead body, because there were Cao soldiers and soldiers who had fled in front of him, and it was very likely that the enemy general Cao Cao was among them, so they slapped their horses and pursued forward, so that Cao Cao, who had fallen into a lot of meat, escaped with his life.
When Cao Cao stood up again, he had already abandoned his hood, battle robe and armor, and he looked no different from an ordinary rout, but now that he was on the battlefield, he had no mount, and he fled on foot, and the Xiliang pursuers who were galloping back and forth could rush over to make up for him anytime and anywhere, and his situation was still precarious.
Just when Cao Cao looked back and forth, thinking hard about how to get out, a sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and a white horse rushed to Cao Cao from the oblique thorn, and before Cao Cao could react, he had already heard Cao Hong's excited voice.
"Big brother, it turns out that you are here, hurry, get on the horse, let's rush out together!"
The person who came turned out to be Cao Hong, when he was caught up by Xu Kun's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, there was a scuffle, Cao Hong was in the chaos of the army, relying on the speed of the horse, after killing the two chasing Xiliang soldiers, he took the lead in opening the road in front and rushed out.
It's just that when he got rid of the pursuers, slowed down his horse, and turned his head to look back, he found that Cao Cao did not follow under the escort of his own guards, so Cao Hong's blood surged up his head and rushed back again.
Fortunately, Cao Hong, who rushed back again, actually saw Cao Cao alive again, he didn't have time to think about it, so he dismounted directly and wanted to give his white bird to Cao Cao.
At this moment, looking at Cao Hong, who was stained with blood, his immature face was also stained with blood, and he didn't know if his face was injured or stained with other people's blood, but presumably, this was the first time he was so close to the dead and blood.
Cao Cao's heartstrings were instantly touched by the blood-soaked Cao Hong, seeing that he was going to give up his beloved war horse to himself, Cao Cao did not get on the horse, he hesitated, blood is thicker than water, this is his own brother, his heart has not completely turned into iron and stone, he hesitated between life and death.
"But if you don't have a mount on the battle array, how can you rush out?"
When Cao Hong heard this, he instantly understood the reason why his brother refused to get on the horse, he was a little choked, but he still said categorically again:
"Eldest brother, the blood shed by the children of my Cao family today has been enough, the eldest husband is in trouble for the country, life and death have long been put aside, but there is no flood in the world, there can be no king, the world is turbulent, non-eldest brother has no stability, get on the horse quickly, my brother is willing to accompany him with a knife!"