"Kill, kill, kill~~"

In the shouts of landslides and cracks, nearly 20,000 Liang troops crushed towards Cao's army like a mountain and a sea.

Cao Jun's main formation.

Tai Shuimeng's general Zangba rode his horse to Cao Ying, and said sharply: "It's urgent, the lord can go first with the two military divisions, and the last general will lead the elite troops of the headquarters to break off!" ”

Cao Yingqing knew that today's defeat was inevitable, and the most important thing to consider now was how to minimize the losses, and he did not refuse the Tibetan tyrant's invitation to fight at the moment, but just commanded sharply: "General Zangba, the prime minister and your two thousand elite soldiers, no matter what, you must block the Liangzhou army for half an hour!" ”

"Yes!" Zangba clenched his fists loudly, turned his horse back, and shouted, "Sons and daughters of Taishan County, come with so-and-so!" ”

"Ahh

Two thousand elite soldiers from Taishan thieves barely cheered up, followed behind the Tibetan Ba like a shadow, and greeted the surging Liang army, Guo Jia reminded behind the Tibetan Ba: "General Tibetan Ba, you can set up a Yuli array to defend to the death, and you must not change the arrow formation to attack~~"

Zangba turned back from the horse, glanced at Guo Jia deeply, and said in a condensed voice: "Don't worry, the military advisor, the last general will take care of it!" ”

After that, the Tibetan tyrant raised the long knife in his hand and flicked it into the air, and shouted again: "Change the fish array~~ Fight to the death and not retreat!" ”

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

Two thousand Taishan elite soldiers responded with three calls, quickly changed the Yuli array, and put on a posture of stubborn defense.

Cao Ying hurriedly turned his horse back and said to Yu Ban: "General Yu Ban, lead three thousand longbowmen to attack and advance, and the heavy infantry will protect the two wings, and you will definitely break the interception of the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry before the Liang army breaks through the Taishan army!" ”

"Yes!" Yu Ban agreed, rode his horse and shouted, "Archer, come with so-and-so!" ”

Almost at the same time that Cao Ying ordered the withdrawal of the army, the rear Cao army camp was also wide open, and Cheng Yu and Cao Ang, who stayed in the camp, led two thousand soldiers to surge out of the gate and came to meet Cao Ying's return to the camp, so that Xu Chu's three thousand cavalry immediately fell into an unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy.

But Cao Ying, who was leading the army to retreat, saw it, and said angrily: "What's the matter with Zhongde? Why did you abandon the camp? ”

Guo Jia said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that this is the son of the master, Zhongde can't stop it." ”

"Zixiu?" Cao Ying was anxious and angry, and said hatefully, "Shaft! Lack of success, failure is more than hear!! ”

……

The rear of the Liang army.

"Lord, Cao Apu is going to fight with our army!" Jia Xu's face changed, and he said to the horse, "I actually let the heavy infantry protect the two wings, and directly attack and advance with pikemen as the vanguard and the archers as the backbone!" If General Xu Chu's cavalry launched a surprise attack at the expense of casualties, the pikemen and archers of the Cao army would be wiped out! ”

"But Xu Chu's cavalry will also be left!" Ma Yue's eyes showed a gloomy color, and he said in a deep voice, "Now that our army has the advantage, there is no need to fight with Cao Jun!" ”

"Lord!" Jia Xu suddenly looked overjoyed, and said loudly, "The Cao army who stayed in the camp seems to have come out of the camp to answer it!" ”

"Oh? Hahaha, if you are as powerful as Cao Ying, you will inevitably make mistakes in your busyness, this is a rare opportunity! Ma Yue immediately made a decision, turned back and shouted to the herald behind him, "Order, let Xu Chu let go of the Cao army who came out of the camp to respond, and then go back to capture the Cao army camp with one blow, this time, this general wants Cao A to die without a place to be buried!" ”

"Yes!"

The herald agreed, and galloped away.

……

Ma Yue's military order was quickly issued through the flag, Xu Chu's 3,000 cavalry heard the news and moved to get out of the way, and when the Cao army who came out of the camp to meet and the retreating Cao army were crowded together, they suddenly returned to their horses and killed back, swept before the Cao army returned to the camp, and attacked and occupied the Cao army camp in one fell swoop.

In the midst of the rebellion.

Cao Ang rode his horse in front of Cao Ying and shouted, "Father! ”

"Shaft!" Cao Ying was furious and scolded, "Who asked you to come out of the camp to answer, huh?" ”

"Uh~~" Cao Ang was stunned when he heard this, bowed his head and replied, "The child saw that my army was in danger, and he was afraid that his father would lose, so he led the army to meet him, is it wrong to do so?" ”

"Bastard!" Cao Ying became more and more angry and said, "It doesn't matter if you respond this way, but you lost the big camp, our army has lost the place where the cone stands, how can you resist the wolf-like Liang army in this vast wilderness!?" ”

Guo Jia looked back at the behind, the two thousand elite soldiers of the Tibetan tyrant have been crumbling under the tide of the Liang army's tidal offensive, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time, especially desperate, the horse butcher did not blindly attack the Taishan thieves of the Tibetan tyrant, but sent two elite soldiers from the south and north wings to outflank it, if they do not break through in time, these two elite soldiers can cooperate with the Liangzhou cavalry that occupies the Cao army's camp to completely surround the Cao army, and at that time, the Cao army is really difficult to fly!

This is the advantage of the Liang army's large number of soldiers. The Cao army left an army to intercept, and the Liang army could correspondingly leave an army to deal with it, and the rest of the army would bypass this blocking army and continue to pursue! In the absence of favorable terrain, it is absolutely impossible for a small army to intercept a large group of enemy troops.

No matter how the Cao army divided its troops to resist, the Liang army had enough troops to pursue it!

In the end, the first person who can't hold up and has no soldiers to use will definitely be Cao Ying, not the horse butcher.

"My lord, the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and now it's impossible to get out of it all!" Guo Jia said hurriedly, "Now that the matter is now, we can only break through separately, how much can we stand out!" However, the lord is the commander of the three armies and the prime minister of the country, so he cannot afford to lose, and he can exchange clothes and crowns with him, just in case. ”

"No!" Yu Ban hurriedly said, "Mr. Guo Jia is a weak scholar, and the difference between his body size and the lord is too great, and the Liang Army's pursuers may not be fooled!" ”

Guo Jia hurriedly said: "There's no time, just do it!" ”

"Father!" The young Cao Ang suddenly said excitedly, "The child is willing to atone for his guilt and lead away the Liang army's pursuers for his father!" ”

Guo Jia's expression moved when he heard this, he looked left and right at Cao Ang and Cao Ying, and found that although the age difference between the two was a little, the leopard was still quite similar in appearance, and Cao Ang came to pretend to be Cao Ying, as long as he did something to cover up, it was really not difficult to deceive the Liang Army's pursuers.

Cao Ying was still hesitating, but Guo Jia couldn't help but order his own soldiers to change clothes for Cao Ying and Cao Ang.

Cao's father and son had just changed their robes, and the Liang army's pursuers also shouted and killed, Cao Ang waved Cao Ying on horseback, and said solemnly: "Father cherishes, the child is gone." ”

After that, Cao Ang turned around and galloped around the north side of the camp, and the honor guards and pro-cavalry who originally followed Cao Ang's side also followed Cao Ang in a chaotic manner, and when Cao Ang ran dozens of steps away, Cao Ang sighed lonely, and Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xun Yu fled to the south side of Dazhai under the escort of the ban.

In order to divert the Liang army to pursue the soldiers, Yu Ban ordered dozens of Cao army generals to lead hundreds of soldiers and break through separately.

The Cao army's split breakthrough immediately triggered a chain reaction, and the Liang army's pursuers who were rounding around from both wings also hurriedly divided their troops to pursue, and Xu Chu, who attacked the big camp, also sent a small force of cavalry to intercept it, and in an instant, the entire battlefield became a pot of porridge, and the Liang army and the Cao army no longer had a formation or sequence to speak of, and there were staggered figures everywhere, and they were fighting everywhere.

……

The rear of the Liang army.

"It's messed up, it's all messed up!" Jia Xu said, "Our army and Cao Jun are already twisted together!" ”

"Hmm~~"

Ma Yue looked up at the sky with some concern, and found that the slanting sun had already hung down the hill in the west, and before he knew it, this battle had been fought for a whole day! In another moment, it will be dark, and once it is dark, it will not be so easy to catch Cao Ying from the chaotic army.

At this time, all the heralds around Ma Yue have been dispatched, in fact, even if there are heralds, Ma Yue's military orders cannot be effectively conveyed, because the entire battlefield has become a pot of porridge, and no one can tell who is wrong, and the soldiers of the Liang Army and the Cao Army are just fighting by instinct.

Ma Yue Huoran turned around and said quickly: "Where is Dian Wei?" ”

Dian Wei hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "The end will be here!" ”

Ma Yue said sharply: "Lead three hundred iron guards to charge into battle, you must hold Cao Ying, you must see people in life, and you must see corpses in death!" ”

Dian Wei hesitated: "But the lord's safety ......"

Ma Yue said coldly: "Do you think that the current Cao army can still pose a threat to the safety of this general?" Or do you think that General Ben can't even deal with a few Cao army routs? Go with confidence, General Ben and the military division are waiting here, and the rout of the Cao army will definitely not be able to rush here. ”

"Yes!"

Dian Wei agreed and led the army to leave, but Dian Wei still left a hundred iron guards to protect Ma Yue's safety.

When Dian Wei led two hundred iron guards to catch up with "Cao Ying", Cao Ying was rushing left and right in the Liang army formation under the escort of hundreds of personal guards, and when he was about to break out of the encirclement, Dian Wei's two hundred iron guards were killed!

"It's Cao Ying in a red robe!"

"It's Cao Ying in a red robe!"

"It's Cao Ying in a red robe!"

"Capture Cao Ying alive!"

"Capture Cao Ying alive!"

"Capture Cao Ying alive!"

The shouts of the Liangzhou army are higher and higher, and in the face of the temptation of huge merits, all the soldiers of the Liangzhou army are fighting bravely and fighting hard, and they all want to be the lucky ones who capture or kill Cao Ying! Liang military regulations, the one who kills the enemy's general is a general! Thousands of acres of good land, three houses, ten wives and concubines, and thousands of slaves!

As for what kind of reward you can get for killing Cao Ying, there is no clear provision in the military regulations, but it is certain that the reward for killing Cao Ying is only a lot more than killing the enemy general! The thought of obtaining a thousand acres of fertile land, three mansions, more than ten beautiful wives and concubines, and a thousand slaves made the eyes of these big-headed soldiers green.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way for Lao Tzu!"

Dian Wei rode forward, the heavy iron halberd in his hand danced up and down, and the Cao army in front of him fell off the horse one after another, even if it was the most powerful personal guard around Cao Ying, it was difficult to stop it for a moment, and suddenly, Dian Wei had rushed to the front of "Cao Ying", Cao Ying looked up in shock, only to see a horse coming evilly, like a galloping wind, and before he even had time to let out half an exclamation, the two heavy iron halberds had already carried the swarthy mans of death and slashed each other.

"Poof!"

Blood splattered, and heads were thrown away.

Dian Wei Ce immediately stepped forward, gently picked up Cao Ying's head with the tip of his halberd, and looked up to the sky and snorted: "Cao Ying's head is here, ah~~"

"Cao Ying has given the head~~"

"Cao Ying has given the head~~"

"Cao Ying has given the head~~"

Suddenly, the overwhelming cheers resounded throughout the battlefield, the morale of the Liang army was getting higher and higher, while the morale of the Cao army was even lower.

"Win!"

In the darkness, I don't know who shouted first, in an instant, the cheers of the soldiers of the Liang army were like the waves of the long river, resounding in the sky, in the cheers of the soldiers of the three armies, Ma Yue and Jia Xu rode their horses forward slowly, but saw the battlefield was full of corpses, broken halberds like a forest, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the Chinese wanted to vomit.

War, this is war!

Either you die or I die, there will never be a third possibility!

"Lord, Cao Ying's head is here!"

Dian Wei Ce immediately stepped forward and handed the bloody head in his hand to Ma Yue, Ma Yue couldn't help but be stunned, and Jia Xu even lost his voice: "Why doesn't Cao Ying have a beard?" This is not Cao Ying! ”

"Ah, not Cao Ying?" Dian Wei was stunned and said, "Grandma's, you actually let this old boy Cao Ying deceive!" ”

"Please forgive the lord, and then chase this again!"

Dian Wei said, and then he wanted to lead the army to chase and kill.

"Forget it, I don't have to." Ma Yue waved his hand to stop Dian Wei, and said indifferently, "It's dark, it's too late to chase, let's wait for General Jutu to come back." ”

"Lord!"

Ma Yue's voice fell, and a sudden sound sounded under the night sky in front of him, and even a dozen wolf riders rushed in front of Ma Yue, and stopped the horse rhythmically.

"Lord, there are three Cao armies that stand out from the encirclement and flee to Luoyang, Wancheng and Champion respectively."

"Well, Cao Apu must be in these three remnants!" Ma Yue said this, looked back at Jia Xu, and asked in a deep voice, "Wenhe, in your opinion, in which direction will Cao Apu flee, Luoyang?" Wancheng? Or a champion? ”

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and then replied: "The Cao army was defeated in the first battle of Danshui, and the 10,000 elites were wiped out, and Cao Ying fled back to the championship and there were no soldiers available. Only by escaping back to Wancheng or Luoyang can Cao Ying have a chance to regroup. ”

Li Su said: "Does the military advisor mean that Cao Ying will only flee to Wancheng or Luoyang? ”

"No!" A sly smile suddenly appeared at the corner of Jia Xu's mouth, and he shook his head and said, "If it were someone else, he would definitely not run away to the championship, but if it was Cao Ying, who was suspicious, the result would be the opposite!" The lord, Cao Apu is likely to flee to the champion, but he can quickly punish the elite cavalry and chase it overnight! In addition, just in case, the major general can be ordered to intercept the Cao army in the direction of Wancheng and Luoyang. ”

"Hmm!" Ma Yue nodded and said in a deep voice, "Xu Chu listens to orders!" ”

Xu Chu hurriedly stepped forward and said sharply: "The last will be." ”

Ma Yue said: "Select five hundred elite horsemen, take a short rest and eat some dry food, and then set off, and attack the Champion City!" ”

"Yes!"

Xu Chu suddenly agreed and took the order.

Ma Yue said to Ju Tu again: "Ju Tu, immediately send Ma to the area of Sui County and Wancheng to find the young general, and order the young general to lead the army to intercept the Cao army that fled to Wancheng and Luoyang!" ”

"Yes!"

Jutu received the order, and also beat the horse and left.

……

On the path of Danshui to the champion, Cao Ying, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu were fleeing in a panic towards the southeast under the escort of the forbidden and hundreds of defeated soldiers.

"Lord, the last general thinks that he should still move towards Wancheng." Yu Ban thought for a long time, and couldn't help but ride his horse to Cao Ying, and then persuaded, "It's too dangerous to go to the championship, you must know that the champion is only a small county town, and the defenders in the city are only a few hundred people. ”

"It's more dangerous to move towards Wancheng!" Cao Ying said coldly, "Wen Ze, don't forget that the horse butcher has thousands of cavalry under him, but what about us? They were all foot soldiers, and they couldn't outrun four legs on two legs, and before we could retreat to Wancheng, they were intercepted halfway by the Liangzhou cavalry, and the situation could only be worse at that time. ”

Yu Bandao: "But ......"

"My mind has been decided, and General Yu Ban doesn't need to persuade me again." Cao Ying couldn't help but say that he had stopped drinking, sighed lightly for a while, and said in a low voice, "The defeat of Danshui this time is miserable, and it is unprecedented in my life!" 10,000 elites have been lost, and there is no face to return to Xu to see the Son of Heaven, alas~~"

Guo Jia sighed softly, stepped forward and said to Cao Ying: "Lord, Jia has a word that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

Cao Ying said: "Feng Xiao but it doesn't hurt to say. ”

Guo Jiadao: "With Jia Xu's strategy and the horse butcher's decision, it may be expected that the main guild will retreat to defend the champion, if the lord is resting in the champion city, the Liangzhou army will suddenly arrive, the consequences will be unimaginable." In view of this, Jia thought that the main public should be lightly dressed Jane from Xinye, wading in white water, and returning directly to Xudu through Runan. ”

Xun You's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said thoughtfully: "Yes, no matter how insightful Jia Poison Shi is, he would never have expected that the main guild would directly abandon Nanyang and retreat to Xudu, so that he would be able to escape from the pursuit of the Liang army safely!" As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, the safety of the lord is the most important thing. ”

"Do you want to give up Nanyang like this?" Cao Ying was a little worried, "But the city defenses of Tiger Prison Pass and Yangzhai have not yet been repaired, and the defense of Yanyingshui has not yet been completed. ”

Guo Jia sighed and said: "Lord, Danshui has failed miserably, and Nanyang is no longer defensible." ”

"Lord, it's not good!" Guo Jia's voice fell, and suddenly a small colonel fled back from the front in a panic, and said sharply, "Oh no, there is a large group of Liangzhou cavalry coming here." ”

"!" Cao Ying shouted, "At this time, it is dark, the road is not clear, the situation is unknown, and our army has no open fire to fight, how can the Liangzhou cavalry catch up so quickly?" ”

"It's true~~ It's true." The junior colonel said in a trembling voice, "There are so many cavalry, there are more than a thousand cavalry!" ”

"Boom~~"

The colonel's voice fell, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the dark night ahead, and then there were dots of fire lighting up from under the night sky, like a winding dragon, sweeping towards the valley where the remnants of the Cao army stopped. Cao Ying, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Yu Ban and others couldn't help but gasp when they saw it.

Cao Ying even lamented: "This surname is dead! ”

"The lord should be alarmed!" Yu Ban took a deep breath of cold air, and immediately stepped forward and shouted, "The lord can go first with the military advisor and the two gentlemen, and then break off!" ”

Waiting for Cao Ying and the others to avoid the path, Yu Bancai shouted: "Raise torches, line up, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

Hundreds of remnants of the defeated soldiers barely bothered to gather their spirits, and they set up a position behind the ban.

In less than a moment, the sparkling firelight had already surged, and when the ban thought that he would not be lucky tonight, a loud shout suddenly sounded in front of him: "Is it General Yu Ban ahead?" ”

"Huh~~" Yu Ban was shocked, and found a young and familiar face in the shining firelight, and immediately overjoyed, "Isn't it Major General Cao Chun in front?" ”

"It's the last general." Cao Chun hurriedly rode forward and asked Yu Bandao, "Where is the main public security?" ”

"The major general led the cavalry to arrive, and the lord thought that the Liangzhou cavalry had arrived, and he had already gone to the path with the military division." Yu Bansu pointed to the path behind him and said to Cao Chun, "Young General, wait a minute, and the last general will go to chase back the lord and the military division." ”

Cao Chun hugged his fists and said, "There is General Lao." ”

(To be continued)