Cao Bao, who was in anger, really didn't pay attention to Gao Ye's people. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info in his mind, his subordinates are also the elite of Xuzhou, even if there is a gap with the people led by Gao Ye, how much worse can it be? Now his strength is more than twice that of Gao Ye, and even if he fights, he will not be able to suffer losses. Besides, there is still the revenge of killing the son here, what reason do you have to retreat?

It's just that the result makes Cao Bao unable to accept it at all, and the elite of Gao Ye's men is far from what he can imagine. Although it was just a simple square formation placed there, his 20,000 troops attacked together, and the momentum was so amazing, there was not even the slightest panic in the High Night Army. The square formation composed of 5,000 infantry, not to mention the commotion, did not even make a single sound, as if the 20,000 army in front of him was nothing more than a chicken. Even Cao Bao couldn't help but be secretly impressed by such momentum. Unexpectedly, the sergeants under Cao Cao were so elite. His own Xuzhou army is indeed incomparable.

But war is war, and even if your soldiers are the best, what can they do? With a huge numerical advantage, I really can't find a reason for myself to fail. But all this is just Cao Bao's wishful thinking. Although this place is open, for the infantry army, even if the position is open, what is the use? Until now, the military formation of the high night has been mainly garrisoned, and a large number of arrows have been issued, as if they don't want money. According to Cao Bao's visual observation, at least 2,000 of the 5,000 men and horses in Gao Ye were archers. This discovery couldn't help but make Cao Bao overjoyed.

Archers are on the battlefield and bear the heavy responsibility of long-range strikes, but in the same way, such soldiers will be quite powerless in the face of hand-to-hand combat. Because they usually train, the most important subject is to release arrows, how to quickly and orderly intersperse the formation, and reach the designated position to shoot the enemy is their most basic skill. As for hand-to-hand combat, archers who are busy training archery will have enough time to train? In this way, as long as you can fight in front of the high night, you will be able to win the battle. 20,000 troops against 3,000 foot soldiers, and he said that he could not see any possibility of defeat.

In fact, just as Cao Bao thought, after losing nearly a thousand soldiers, his army finally started hand-to-hand combat with Gao Ye's foot soldiers. According to Cao Bao's thoughts, after all, his own strength is superior, even if Gao Ye's foot soldiers inflict a lot of damage on their soldiers and horses at the beginning, over time, they will eventually win. It's just that the furious Cao Bao ignored Gao Ye's cavalry, or he simply forgot that Gao Ye still had cavalry. All he saw here was a high night with five thousand foot soldiers, and as for the cavalry, they didn't appear in his sight at all.

Perhaps it is also because Xuzhou does not produce horses, and it is difficult for soldiers to fight on horses, so the vast majority of the Xuzhou army are foot soldiers, and perhaps only scouts will have equestrian training. Or, only a good equestrian soldier would be sent as a scout. Therefore, Cao Bao didn't think that there would be cavalry in Gao Ye at all.

It's just that Cao Bao doesn't want to, it doesn't mean that Gao Ye won't use it. As a sneer appeared on Gao Ye's face, even Cao Bao couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. Because Cao Bao had already heard the sound of horses' hooves at this time, he realized Gao Ye's true intentions at this time. His infantry is simply a decoy, and he deliberately provokes himself in front of the formation, as long as his men and horses are killed in the high night formation, it is the best time for his cavalry to attack. As a foot soldier, without the help of the formation, there is almost no power to fight back in the face of the cavalry of the brigade.

Seeing that he couldn't do anything, Cao Bao hurriedly ordered to line up on the left and right flanks to deal with Gao Ye's cavalry, but Gao Ye ordered the whole army to assault at this time, and for a while, the army entangled with Gao Ye's soldiers couldn't spare their hands to line up at all. Gao Ye himself even went straight to Cao Bao. Although Cao Bao is a famous general in Xuzhou, to be honest, he is not good at force, not to mention others, even Mi Fang himself is not an opponent, let alone Gao Ye, the killing god? The panicked Cao Bao hurriedly ordered a retreat, and the two wings had been attacked by Gao Ye's cavalry, and Gao Ye was now killing him straight from the front. The flustered Cao Bao no longer had the confidence to continue fighting with Gao Ye at this time, and after ordering the retreat, he even turned his horse and left, for fear that he would run slowly and die in Gao Ye's hands.

As soon as Cao Bao retreated, the Xuzhou army fell into chaos, and countless people fled to death. Gao Ye's cavalry chased more than ten miles before they returned to the camp. As for Gao Ye's foot soldiers, they have already begun to clean up the battlefield and set up camp by the way.

It's just that the embarrassing things for Cao Bao are still to come, and Cao Bao, who desperately fled back to Xiaopei, shouted loudly to open the door for the soldiers guarding the city. "Ahh It's General Cao Bao, quick, open the city gate! A man who looked like a Dubo shouted eagerly, and then Cao Bao saw someone running down the city, ready to open the door for him.

The gate opened, and Cao Bao immediately hit his horse into the city. It's just that what greeted him inside the city gate was not the face of Cao Xiong that he was familiar with, but a young man he didn't know. Looking at his armor, it is not bad, at least he has to be a general at the level of a military horse. It's just that all the generals at the level of military Sima know each other, and there is no such person.

"Who are you? Where is Cao Xiong? Cao Bao couldn't help frowning and asked.

"Under the ban, it is Sima under the account of Cao Gong, who has been waiting for General Cao for a long time. As for Cao Xiong, he has already gone to see Lord Hades! Yu Ban smiled lightly and waved his hand, and a pair of archers instantly surrounded Cao Bao, who looked confused. After all, Yu Ban said that he was under the command of Duke Cao, don't forget, he himself is also surnamed Cao. It wasn't until he heard that Cao Xiong was dead that he reacted, this person must be Cao Cao's command, and just as he was about to escape, he was surrounded by archers, and he had to be obediently taken prisoner. After all, if you are a captive, you may still be alive, but if you escape, the probability of death under the random arrows is very great.

Cao Bao was captured, Gao Ye also took advantage of the situation to enter Xiao Pei, overnight, Xiao Pei's city head, full of Cao Jun's banner, Gao Ye sent people to Cao Cao to report the victory, and asked Cao Cao to send people to prepare to negotiate with Tao Qian. After all, Xiao Pei's meaning to Tao Qian is very different from that of Lu Guo and Taishan. Xiao Pei is the barrier to the east of Xuzhou, and now it has been beaten down by Gao Ye, and Pengcheng, where Tao Qian is at this time, is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

And what surprised Gao Ye the most was that his own military report was sent out, and within two days, Cao Cao, who had just defeated the Southern Hun Yufuluo in Neihuang, actually brought people to Xiaopei in person. After all, Gao Ye just asked Cao Cao to send someone to negotiate, after all, he was really not good at negotiating such a thing. Although he is the heir of the Zongheng family, being able to speak seems to be the main skill. I think that Su and Qin were matched with the seal of the six countries, and they rejected Qin together; Zhang Yi even relied on his three-inch incorruptible tongue to tease the King of Chu several times, and won a lot of benefits for the Qin State. But for Gao Ye, it was really difficult to negotiate such a thing. To be honest, a negotiation is no less difficult than any battle, and sometimes a good negotiator can withstand millions of heroes.

It's just that Cao Cao personally arrived, which made Gao Ye a little calm. As the lord, you came here in person, are you going to negotiate with Tao Qian in person? Fortunately, Cao Cao said that he only came here to discuss things with Gao Ye, and as for the negotiation, it was enough to leave it to Guo Jia and Cheng Yu. Immediately laughed at Gao Ye, the heirs of the dignified family would not negotiate, which was really a big joke in the world.

Cao Cao didn't care about the matter after sending a sternly worded letter to Tao Qian, and Gao Ye's suggestion that Tao Qian exchange grain and grass for the Cao family's father and son and Xiao Pei was also adopted by Cao Cao, as for the outcome of the negotiation, it all depends on Guo Jia's ability. As for Gao Ye, he was pulled away by Cao Cao, after all, now Cao Cao's territory has expanded, and Dongjun is under the front of Yuan Shao in Hebei, so Cao Cao came to Gao Ye to discuss with Gao Ye and move the governance office to Yingchuan. After all, Gao Ye is always in Yingchuan now, and I also hope to see Gao Ye often and drink together. Besides, Gao Ye is always under his nose, and he is more at ease with him.

Gao Ye went to drink with Cao Cao, and Tao Qian, who received Cao Cao's letter, is now panicked. Lu and Taishan, who had just gotten their hands, have now changed hands, not only losing tens of thousands of troops, but even Cao Bao and Cao Yuan, father and son, were also captured by Cao Cao's army. Now that Gao Ye has occupied Xiaopei, he is about to attack Pengcheng if he doesn't agree with him, which is really a little difficult for Tao Qian to accept. After all, his grade is older, and he no longer has the energy and courage to crusade against Qiang Hu with Huangfu Song back then, so he just sits on the main seat dejectedly, and hears his ministers arguing one by one.

"That's enough, now everyone knows the matter, and after arguing for so long, I just want to ask you, what is the best way to retreat Cao Cao's soldiers and horses now?"

Tao Qian's words were finished, but he returned to a quiet state below. Whether it is Mi Zhu, Chen Qi, or Zhao Yu, these big families don't speak, and the others are even more reluctant to speak. Now that Cao Bao has been captured by Cao Cao's army, there is a lot of work that can be done here.

It's just that Tao Qian saw that everyone didn't speak, and couldn't help but be a little depressed, and said with some anger: "When we discussed entering the army that day, you talked eloquently, but now that the army is defeated, there is nothing to say!" Yuanda, you were also the one who advocated the army that day, what are the countermeasures now? Since no one answered, Tao Qian could only name him, and Zhao Yu and Cao Bao were the two people who led the march that day, and now that Cao Bao was captured, Tao Qian naturally asked Zhao Yu as soon as he opened his mouth. Besides, this Zhao Yu is also quite famous, but I don't know if he has any good ways at this time.

When Zhao Yu heard this, he was also embarrassed, he took the lead in entering the army that day, firstly, for the sake of all Yuan Shu's allies, and secondly, he also felt that there was indeed an opportunity. Now that the army is defeated, what good can I do as a scholar? Although he was able to talk eloquently that day, but now that he is really facing the situation of the army, he really doesn't know what to do. Cao Bao, known as the No. 1 general in Xuzhou, was beaten up by Gao Ye, what qualifications do he have to point fingers? Therefore, Zhao Yu arched his hand and said: "Back to my lord, there is really no good way to do it." ”

Tao Qian snorted coldly, and was about to get angry, when he heard a person in the hall say loudly: "Lord Qiqi, there is a plan below to solve the current chaos. ”