Chapter 41: Defeated
Cao Cao saw that Lu Bu was killing Zhang Miao's army, and knew that Zhang Miao's army was definitely not an opponent, so he hurriedly led the army down the mountain to support.
Zhang Miao just wanted to lead the army against Lü Bu in order to attract Lü Bu's forces so that Cao Cao could lead the army to break through the siege and descend the mountain, and then the two armies would converge and wait for the arrival of the army. After all, Cao Cao's army has been trapped in the mountains for more than a day, and the dry food is sufficient, but drinking water will become a problem, and if he is really trapped on the mountain, he is afraid that there will be a danger of bombing the camp.
Zhang Miao saw Lu Bu's leading army rushing and commanded the soldiers to meet the enemy, the cavalry guarded the two wings, the sword and shield were in front of the spear in the back, and the archers threw and attacked, which was indeed the best way for the infantry to deal with the cavalry, but it also depended on how many cavalry there were on the opposite side, in the face of 20,000 cavalry and the charge of the famous wolf cavalry in Bingzhou, Zhang Miao's 30,000 soldiers were too few.
Zhang Miaojun came all the way, the state was naturally not very good, and the wolf rider of Bingzhou was also like Lu Bu who held back the fire in his belly, they were like a real group of wolves under the leadership of Lu Bu and pounced into Zhang Miao's army fiercely, Lu Bu's wolf was even more in the lead, and there was no enemy under him, such as entering a no-man's land, and soon Zhang Miaojun's formation was torn out of a hole. Zhang Miao didn't expect the enemy army to be so brave, and his 30,000 troops couldn't even delay.
Cao Cao guessed that Zhang Miao's army might be defeated, but he didn't expect the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang army to be so terrifying, and almost a single charge would cripple the friendly army. But now knowing that the enemy army is invincible, Cao Cao has to grit his teeth and rush forward, because Zhang Miao is here to rescue him, regardless of this friendship for the time being, even the abandonment of friendly troops on the battlefield does not allow him to sit idly by, otherwise who would dare to ally with him Cao Cao in the future?
At this time, Lu Bu had already led the wolf cavalry to penetrate Zhang Miao's formation, Zhang Miao's army was already on the verge of rout, and Lu Bu was also the rise of killing, so he led the army to turn back and prepare to rush and kill again.
At this time, Cao Cao's army arrived, and when he saw Lü Bu returning, he asked Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan to take the five hundred cavalry to resist Lü Bu. With this short buffer time, Cao Cao led the infantry army to join Zhang Miao's army, and with the addition of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, the defense line that was about to collapse was stabilized.
But the situation of Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan is not good, there are too few soldiers and horses around them, and although the two of them are at the level of first-class generals, they are a grade worse than Lu Bu, and the two of them can't resist Lu Bu.
How could Lu Bu stop there, wave his army and continue to charge.
The line of defense that had just been firmly established had broken down again, no, this time it was not the line that had broken down, the troops had already broken and fled after two enemy charges.
Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly said to Zhang Miao: "Meng Zhuo, you can't do it, let's withdraw." Zhang Miao naturally knew the current situation and nodded.
Lu Bu saw that the two wanted to go, so he naturally refused to let go, but although the two armies fled, the battlefield was still chaotic, Lu Bu could not organize too many military horses to chase and kill, but only led the guards around him to come, although Lu Bu was brave but after all, he was a human being, and he was a little tired of rushing back and forth to kill two formations, and the two were able to flee in embarrassment under the desperate protection of his generals and personal guards.
After that, the two gathered the defeated army, and only gathered more than 4,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were nowhere to be found.
"Meng Zhuo, this time it's you." Cao Cao felt a little guilty.
"It doesn't matter, you and I are friends, I can't see death without help." Zhang Miao waved his hand. I have to say that although Zhang Miao doesn't have much ability, he really does a good job as a friend.
"Where is the majority of my allied army now, why did Meng Zhuo come to my rescue alone?"
"I was afraid that Meng De would lose, so I led the army to come alone. The leader of the alliance was afraid that Lu Bu would lead the army to attack suddenly, so he ordered the army to move slowly, and asked me to wait for three days, and Lu Bu would retreat when the army arrived, but I didn't expect that I would not hold on for a day. ”
"Meng Zhuo has ever offended Ben Yuan?"
How could Mende say that? I have never offended him, and if I insist on offending him, it is just that I have seen that he has been a little arrogant since he became the leader of the alliance, and I have accused him several times. ”
"Sure enough." Cao Cao sneered.
Cao Cao was suspicious when he saw Zhang Miao coming alone, he didn't believe that Yuan Shao would only send Zhang Miao alone when he knew that Lu Bu had such a large number of cavalry, so it must have been Zhang Miao himself who came to his rescue. Knowing that he was invincible, he let Zhang Miao lead the army alone, what if he didn't let him come to death, Yuan Shao was a person who was wide on the outside and narrow-minded on the inside, so Cao Cao guessed that Zhang Miao must have offended him.
Yuan Shao not only did not come to the rescue but ordered the army to move slowly, at first glance it sounded because of caution, but if you think about it, there are loopholes, and the allies are not without cavalry, thinking that the cavalry under Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zan and Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng are all elite and numerous, why not send them to support? In this way, Cao Cao also understood why Yuan Shao would send him as a pioneer, thinking that Yuan Shao's plan was to consume his Cao Cao's strength, as for why Yuan Shao was like this, Cao Cao still couldn't figure it out for the time being, but the reason was not important, the important thing was that Yuan Shao designed him Cao Cao.
"You and I were both designed by Yuan Shao." Cao Cao told Zhang Miao what he thought.
"Yuan Shao dares to do this, how can such a person become the leader of the alliance to achieve great things, and when he goes back, he will definitely be exposed to him before the princes of all walks of life." Zhang Miao was angry after hearing this, it would be uncomfortable for anyone to be yin.
"Don't be impulsive, now that you and I have few soldiers and no evidence, we should be patient and talk about it later." Cao Cao stopped.
Zhang Miao also knew that what Cao Cao said was true, so he forced himself to nod angrily.
"Yuan Benchu, since you ignore the past friendship, don't blame me Cao Cao for being ruthless when I rise." At this point, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao completely formed a mortal enmity.
Cao Cao and Zhang Miao led the defeated army back to the Allied army, although there had already been a report that the two were defeated by Lu Bu, but now Yuan Shao saw the embarrassed appearance of the two of them, and there was still an indescribable joy in his heart.
"How could Meng De and Zhang Taishou be like this?" Yuan Shao pretended to be surprised.
"Lu Bu is brave and the thief army is strong, and the two of us can't resist it and are defeated." The two replied.
"The two of you have a good life to recuperate, and I will definitely take revenge on the two of you."
Looking at Yuan Shao's clumsy acting skills, the two of them snorted coldly in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces, they just hugged their fists and said: "Thank you to the alliance leader, I will retire." ”
After the two went down, they probed the Malay newspaper, "Report, the enemy camp was found twenty miles ahead, and the size of it is likely to be nearly 200,000 people. ”
"Hiss" The princes from all walks of life all gasped, they all knew that Dong Zhuo was powerful, but they never thought that it would be so huge, Yuan Shao, who had the largest number of men among them, only had 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Dong Zhuo alone had 200,000 soldiers and horses, this is just the number, and did not consider the combat effectiveness of the troops and soldiers, this gap is too huge, if any of them face Dong Zhuo alone and win, no one will definitely have this strength, but this also strengthens their mind to eradicate Dong Zhuo, Otherwise, after Dong Zhuo's power grows stronger, they will not be spared one by one.
Yuan Shao ordered: "Order the army to camp on the spot, and tomorrow you will meet the enemy with me." ”