Cao Bianjiao led his troops to chase and kill the defeated soldiers from the town to the riverside. Looking at the defending generals who fled by boat in a hurry, he snorted lightly, and turned to look at the defeated army who was driven to the river and cornered.

The time of this engagement was extremely short, except for those killed by shells, there were very few people who died at the hands of Cao Bianjiao, after all, in such a big place, the area that the two armies wanted to meet was too narrow, how many people could be killed!

Moreover, there are not many soldiers who have really died on the battlefield throughout the ages, because in ancient times, more than 20% of the troops who were killed or wounded and did not flee were enough to remain in history and be called elite! Most of the soldiers died in the midst of the defeat and fled!

But in total, there are thousands of people in Bali Town, which is so big, surrounded by water on three sides, there is nowhere to escape, these panicked defeated soldiers, in order to escape for their lives, have lost their minds, hacked to death the people who stood in front of them, and the soldiers who accidentally fell to the ground were trampled to death.

In the face of the heavily armored monsters under Cao Wenzhao, the Yangzhou defenders desperately wanted to hide back, but unfortunately there was a surging river behind them, and many soldiers were squeezed directly into the river.

Most of the soldiers in the Jiangnan Water Township have a good water nature, but they wear dozens or hundreds of catties of armor, and if they want to come and go freely in this river water, I am afraid that only the warriors of the Yi Bone Realm can do it.

Cao Bianjiao waved his hand to stop the offensive and shouted to the defeated army in Yangzhou, "The thief will flee, why don't you surrender early?" ”

With Cao Wenzhao's order, Cao Wenzhao's heavy infantry has stopped attacking.

The Yangzhou defenders over there were no generals to control, but in a mess, the seriously injured soldiers continued to let out infiltrating screams, and the soldiers who were squeezed down the river were rising and falling on the water at this time, constantly stretching out their hands to look at the shore in despair, shouting for help.

"Our general has an order to stop the attack, so you can put down your weapons and kneel on the ground and surrender to avoid death!"

"Go into the water and save people! Our army does not kill prisoners! ”

Cao Bianjiao's department, which stopped here, shouted, and the generals in the Yangzhou defenders who did not follow the fleeing took the lead in throwing down their weapons and surrendering, and the Yangzhou troops who were demoralized one after another threw down their weapons and surrendered. At this time, the originally panicked Yangzhou army finally settled down a little.

Cao Bianjiao stepped forward and shouted, "Don't worry, our army never kills prisoners, since you have surrendered, don't hurry up and go into the water to save people!" ”

Under the command of Cao Bianjiao, the captives began to treat the wounded soldiers, and went into the water to save the soldiers who were about to drown.

At this time, Cao Xingzhen and others in Yangzhou City did not know that Bali Town had fallen for the time being, and they had just been offended by the cavalry who fled back to Yangzhou. Obviously received the silver grain and said that he would retire from the army, but suddenly attacked him, it was simply treacherous!

Cao Xingjian slapped the table angrily in the lobby, "Cao Wenzhao, this person is a son of man in vain, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, the battlefield was defeated and he secretly surrendered to the rogues, it is disloyal!" Deeply affected by Jun's grace, he does not think about dying for the country, but is a thief, it is for unfilial piety! Breaking one's promise is unrighteousness, and such unfaithful, unfilial, and unrighteous people will surely die a good death! It's a pity that our 10,000 elite cavalry were buried like this! ”

Most of these 10,000 cavalry are elite soldiers cultivated by the Cao family, and they were completely lost by Cao Wenzhao's sneak attack, how could Cao Xingjian not feel distressed, and the Cao family lost nearly one-third of its strength because of this! If it weren't for the fact that other families would have lost a lot, I am afraid that the name of the first family in Yangzhou would be changed!

Cao Rong comforted, "The patriarch doesn't have to blame himself, no one would have thought that the red lady would openly disobey Gao Yingxiang's order and actually order Cao Wenzhao to attack at night, but although the cavalry was defeated, we still have Bali Town!"

Fortunately, the patriarch wisely sent people to garrison Bali Town in advance, and last night the Red Lady really sent someone to attack Bali Town, and the Liukou was not as elite as our army, although he seized the city with a night attack, but was desperately driven down by our army,

The Red Lady failed to take Bali Town even if it was a night attack last night, not to mention in the future, if the Red Lady dares to attack Yangzhou, she will inevitably have no return! ”

Cao Xingzhen sneered: "If it weren't for the night attack, An could break my cavalry!" Bali Town and my Yangzhou are connected by water veins, and the two become the horns of attack and defense of each other. Bali Town is surrounded by water on three sides, one side is a steep path, the terrain is dangerous, the Liukou are all northerners who do not have access to water warfare, Bali Town and them are like an iron wall, and the Liukou will never break through Bali Town.

And we have already garrisoned heavy troops in Bali Town, and the soldiers in the town can go ashore by boat at any time to attack the Liukou, and Bali Town still has my Yangzhou to help, if the Liukou really dare to attack Yangzhou, we will just make them pay the price! ”

"The patriarch said this, knowing that our army is prepared, and there is a strong city in hand, there is no need to worry about the rogues!" Cao Rong echoed with a smile.

"Go and inform the defenders of Bali Town, let them always pay attention to the movements of the Liukou, if the Liukou attack Bali Town first, then let them defend it strictly, and wait for my Yangzhou defenders to take the opportunity to attack the Liukou from the waterway, if the Liukou dare to come to Fan I Yangzhou, then order them to attack the Liukou and disrupt their back road!" Cao Xingjian nodded and sneered.

The words of Cao Xingjian and Cao Rong were actually said to the rest of the people in the hall, and everyone couldn't help nodding when they heard Cao Xingjian's order. Originally, because the cavalry was smashed and killed by Cao Wenzhao, the panic was slightly alleviated.

"The patriarch is not good! Something is wrong! There was an exclamation outside the lobby, and a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper hurriedly ran into the hall and ran to Cao Xingjian with a panicked face.

"What is the shouting and screaming, what kind of system!" Cao Xingjian's expression was cold, and he scolded.

He finally managed to stabilize everyone, and was about to make everyone pluck up confidence, but he never thought that the housekeeper in the family would be so unworthy and disrupt his plan, it was really more than enough to succeed!

The butler stood by in horror and was at a loss.

Cao Xingjian asked angrily, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"Patriarch, it was the generals of the clan stationed in Bali Town who fled back, they said that Bali Town had been broken by the Liukou, and at this time, the Liukou army was afraid that it had come towards Yangzhou!" The butler replied nervously.

Suddenly there was an uproar in the hall, and everyone was shocked by this sudden news, early this morning, there were defeated soldiers who fled back to Yangzhou to report that the garrison was attacked by Cao Wenzhao at night last night, and all the 10,000 cavalry were killed except for a few who escaped with their lives.

After receiving the Bali Town defenders sent someone to take a clipper to report, last night Bali Town was also attacked by the Liukou army, fortunately they were cautious and did not relax their defense, although they were caught off guard by the Liukou's night attack, but they still drove the Liukou off the city, and held the Bali Town, never thought that it had only been less than two hours, and received the news that the Bali Town had been lost, how could they not be surprised!

Cao Xingjian asked with a blushing face, "Is this true?" Early this morning, they also asked me to say that they had repelled the night attack of the Liukou, and now it was only two hours before they came back and told me that Bali Town was lost, so wasn't it that after they reported the news, Bali Town was breached in less than an hour? It's rubbish! Where is all that waste? ”

The butler was horrified, "They are kneeling outside the house at this time!" ”

"Rubbish! It's all rubbish! Cao Xingjian was angry and scolded, "I gave them 8,000 men and horses, countless weapons, and occupied such a good location, they couldn't even hold an hour!" It's damn good! ”

Cao Rong persuaded, "The Liukou is only afraid that it is coming soon, the patriarch should focus on the overall situation at this time, they have fought with the Liukou, and the Liukou have broken through the fourteen cities in a row, I think they have some skills, we have to use them to meet the enemy!" ”