Cao Shuo's head and face were covered with blood, as if he had just taken a bath with blood.

Chen Zhi, who was beside him, was the same, and the armor and clothes on his body couldn't see any of the original color.

Ma Teng led the Xiliang army to join the battle, Li Kan was beheaded by Cao Shuo again, Cheng Yin saw that he could not defeat him, and immediately ordered the army to retreat.

On the battlefield where the battle had been fought, the corpses of soldiers on both sides were lying horizontally.

However, most of them were Han Sui's army, and the Xiliang army only accounted for a small part.

After this battle, more than 20 people were killed, and almost all the others were wounded.

Ma Teng, who was also covered in blood but not as exaggerated as Cao Shuo, came to him with a group of Xiliang troops.

"Childe." Bow your hand and greet Ma Teng.

"This war horse general has made great contributions." Cao Shuo returned the salute: "I thought I was going to fold here with the dragon pattern horse, but fortunately, you led the soldiers to kill it." ”

"I'm ashamed." Ma Teng sighed: "If it weren't for Gongzi and the dragon pattern cavalry, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to go to the battlefield again in their lives." ”

"I told General Ma that they were just scared of being beaten." Cao Shuo said very blandly: "If we have experienced their former situation, we may not be as good as them." ”

"It's all Meng Qi." Ma Teng said in annoyance: "If it weren't for him causing trouble......

"When you see Meng Qi, talk about him." Cao Shuo's gaze once again fell on the Xiliang Army who was sweeping the battlefield.

When you lead your troops to conquer, you will sometimes encounter battlefields that do not need to be cleaned.

It was that he had never thought of taking that territory.

The corpse is exposed in the wilderness, and it is okay to be dragged away by wild beasts, but if it is not dragged away by wild beasts for a long time, it is easy to cause a plague when it rots and stinks.

Cao Shuo wanted to occupy Xiliang, and of course he didn't want the smell of plague everywhere.

After all, he and his soldiers will stay here for a long time.

At least they won't leave until Han Sui is completely defeated.

Ma Teng and others were accompanying Cao Shuo to watch the cleaning of the battlefield, and Tian Feng, Deng Zhan, and Zhu Ao came over.

Seeing Cao Shuo, who was covered in blood, Tian Feng was taken aback: "Is Childe injured?" ”

There are so many enemies that it is impossible not to be touched by weapons.

The battle robe on Cao Shuo's body did tear a few holes.

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao jumped off the horse in a panic and ran to him to check where the injury was.

"Don't be nervous." Cao Shuo waved his hand: "There may be people in this world who can hurt me, but they are definitely not in Xiliang." All the blood on my body is the enemy's. ”

When he replied, Tian Feng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Childe still washes it, it must be very uncomfortable to be covered in blood." Tian Feng instructed to the side: "Quickly fetch water for the son." ”

"Not now." Cao Shuo touched his face.

The blood stains on his face had dried a little, like a layer of patent paste, which made him very uncomfortable.

But he still said: "You can't wash it now, it's better to wait until the battlefield is cleaned up and then wash it well." ”

Looking at the dragon-patterned cavalry soldiers behind him, he said again: "The soldiers are also covered in blood, if they don't wash them cleanly, where do they look like the elite under my command?" ”

Cao Shuo and others were still busy letting the Xiliang army clean up the battlefield, and Cheng Yin, who led the army to retreat, was very annoyed.

In a battle, he actually lost more than 2,000 soldiers and horses.

Hundreds of them were killed, while others fled the battlefield in the face of poor momentum.

Although the number of soldiers who remained with him was still quite large, the morale was no longer as high as before.

Many people followed him listlessly with their heads bowed.

The army of 30,000 not only failed to exterminate Cao Shuo and Ma Teng, but lost so many people!

What made Cheng Yin even more upset was that Li Kan actually died in the first battle, and it is said that Cao Shuo was killed by his own hands......

Cao Zirong, what kind of character are you?

Looking back at the place where the fight had taken place, Cheng Yin's face was very bad.

He couldn't understand how he could have fought a losing battle even though he had already taken all the advantages, and he had lost so badly.

It was already afternoon when they encountered Cao Shuo and Ma Teng.

After a fight, it was the second half of the night when the troops withdrew.

In the middle of the night, the eastern sky was the color of fish belly.

Cheng Yin also felt very tired, and he instructed to the side: "Pass the order to go down, camp on the spot, let the soldiers have a good rest, and kill them back later to be ashamed." ”

The demoralized soldiers did not have any belief in going back to the snow before the shame, and what they wanted to do most at this time was to lie down and sleep well.

It's best to have a hot meal to fill your gurgling stomach.

When the army goes out, the grain and grass are generally in the rear.

The food that the soldiers carried on them could only last for three to five days at most.

Although they lost the battle, Cheng Yin and the soldiers he led were not worried about going hungry, after all, it would not take two days for grain and grass to be delivered.

Having a hot meal isn't a big luxury either.

There was no need to worry too much about food, but the tents and other items that could be marched were thrown to Cao's army when they retreated.

The so-called camping is just to find a place to sleep.

Some soldiers scoured for hay and dead branches, intending to light a campfire for cooking.

Cheng Yin didn't bother to pay attention to them, the guard found a flat place, and he fell asleep.

Bonfires were lit in the camp.

Dejected soldiers sat around the campfire in groups of three or five.

There were quite a few of them, and after camping, it was dark and oppressive, but the whole camp was surprisingly quiet.

No one is still in the mood to talk after the fiasco, and the army of twenty or thirty thousand people is so quiet that people feel suffocated.

Cheng Yin ordered to be stationed, and Cao Shuo's side also cleaned up the battlefield.

Captured marching tents and weapons were piled up.

Standing in front of the mountain-like supplies, Cao Shuo said: "Meng Qiqi retreated in a hurry, and the soldiers should have no tents, it would be a good thing if these could be taken away." ”

"Meng Qi can't live with the Cao family, but Gongzi can think of him everywhere." Ma Teng sighed and said, "Our Ma family is ashamed of our son. ”

"General Ma doesn't need to say this." Cao Shuo smiled and waved his hand: "When I see Meng Qi, I really want to ask him, why did he choose to be the enemy of the Cao family in the first place?" ”

"It is said to be Liu Xuande." Ma Teng said: "Didn't Childe also get the news......

"I know it's Liu Xuande." The corners of Cao Shuo's mouth pulled up an indifferent smile: "But I don't know how Liu Xuande persuaded him." ”

He raised two fingers: "Twice, Liu Xuande was able to make him rebel twice, although I knew that this person was capable, but I didn't expect that his magical powers would be so powerful." The first time he deceived Meng Qi, it was understandable, but how did he do it the second time? ”

Ma Teng also frowned.

He knows his son well, and Ma Chao is not too stupid to be brave.

was instigated by Liu Bei twice to be an enemy of the Cao family, which is indeed too abnormal.

(End of chapter)