Cao's army was defeated, 5,000 soldiers and horses were first shot by a burst of arrows, and then burned by fire, and it was not easy to escape all the way, even if Cao Cao's generals and colonels boosted morale, the defeated army was still demoralized and had no intention of fighting.

Many defeated troops rushed to flee, for fear of being killed by the Xiliang army that was covering up, Cao Cao fled in embarrassment under the cover of Xiahoudun and others, and the disaster was not a single line, but he did not expect to suddenly kill Lu Bu who came from the volley from the retreat.

Cao Cao led the army to rush all the way to kill, although the offensive was amazing, but most of the troops led by him were infantry, in fact, when Xu Rong learned of Lu Bu's arrival, he was already unhappy, and he divided the infantry into Lu Bu, so that he blocked Cao Jun's retreat and could not pursue.

It's just that Lu Bu couldn't hear Xu Rong's words, and he didn't care about his orders, he left the infantry far away, and only rushed towards the Cao army with more than ten horsemen around him.

Lu Bu led more than ten cavalry to rush all the way, as if entering a no-man's land, until Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan led the army forward, even if Lu Bu was still fierce, but was soon surrounded by a larger number of cavalry.

The fierce battle was half paid, and more than ten cavalry around him were wiped out, Lu Bu was outnumbered, and secretly hated Xu Rong for not dividing the cavalry into him, seeing that the cavalry of the Cao army was gathering more and more, and in desperation, he could only rush out on horseback.

Xiahoudun led the army to chase and kill, but he couldn't catch up with the red rabbit horse at all, and seeing that Xu Rong led the army to chase and kill, he could only immediately collect his troops and return.

In fact, the Xiliang army that the Xiliang army set up an ambush here is not a large number, and the two armies of Lu Bu and Xu Rong are only 8,000 when combined, but these sergeants are all elites drawn from the Xiliang army, and they are not at the same level as Cao Cao's recruits from Chen Liu.

Dong Zhuo's original intention was not just to block the pursuing princes, but to let Xu Rong lead the army to sneak attack the headquarters of the Kwantung Righteous Army, mainly for the purpose of burning the grain and grass of the Kwantung Righteous Army.

It's just that Xu Rong led the troops here, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to lead the troops to chase after him, and it happened that the road that must be passed here is narrow, which is very suitable for ambush, and Xu Rong immediately decided to lead the troops to set up an ambush here.

At the same time that Xu Rong and Chen soldiers were arranged, there was no news that Cao Jun was chasing, and it was spread that the hundreds of Xiliang Army soldiers who were escorted by the rear army to the people were not deliberately pretended to be killed and defeated by Cao Jun, and the sacrifice of hundreds of people led Cao Cao into a narrow road and created a fighter plane to break Cao Jun's army in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao suddenly reined in his war horse, looked around and said in a deep voice: "If you flee like this, it won't be long before our army will be defeated, and we will immediately retreat to Bianshui. ”

Cao Cao was also helpless, although he repelled Lu Bu, but the real threat Xu Rong was still in hot pursuit, thinking of the overlord Xiang Yu who broke the cauldron to resist Qin, Han Xin defeated the enemy several times in a battle.

Cao Cao knew very well that today he led the defeated army to retreat sharply, once he was caught up by Xu Rong, the soldiers and horses of the headquarters who had no will to fight, where was the opponent of the strong Xiliang army, and it was slaughtered by him, it was better to fight to the death against the river, at least it could stimulate the will of the soldiers to survive, and maybe there was a glimmer of life.

Xiahoudun and others led the cavalry hall, Cao Ren and Cao Hong sat firmly in the middle army, and called on the armor soldiers to slowly retreat, and the original panicked mood was finally eased a lot.

In addition, Xiahoudun led the army to temporarily block Xu Rong's army, and the Cao army, under the leadership of the officer, gradually recovered their morale, and they were no longer as panicked as before, and they could only flee in confusion.

Cao Cao looked into the distance, and in the distance, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan led the cavalry to constantly fight with Xu Rong's army, and constantly pinned down the main force of the Xiliang army with salvos, winning time for Cao Cao's retreat.

Despite this, the cavalry of the Cao army still had small units from time to time that were divided and surrounded and annihilated by the Xiliang army led by Xu Rong, and the cavalry on both sides continued to fall from their horses, and the ownerless war horses galloped back and forth in panic on the battlefield.

Xiahoudun was heartbroken, this cavalry was the elite he had trained single-handedly, to be precise, the strongest combat power of the five thousand troops, but now it was used as a bait for containment, and it was constantly wiped out by the Xiliang army, and he died too aggrieved.

Xiahoudun had the urge to lead the army into the Xiliang army several times, but finally endured it, seeing that Cao Cao had retreated safely, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan led the only remaining more than 300 horsemen to ride away.

Xu Rong was not in a hurry, and did not order the whole army to rush after him, and when the rear army came to the army, they all rushed towards Cao Cao's headquarters, which was regrouped by Bian Shui.

Cao Cao rode his horse to the front of the military formation, looked around and said in a deep voice: "We are all volunteers, and we sent troops in accordance with the mandate of heaven, wanting to kill Dong thieves and save Your Majesty Kuangfu Han Family, but the thieves are strong, and our army has been defeated so far, and the only way to fight to the death is to tell the world!" ”

"Please fight me to the death!" Cao Cao looked at the sky from afar and shouted.

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!"

A group of soldiers with Cao Cao Chen retained the army shouted in unison, the momentum was huge and resounded in the sky, the morale was high for a while, the original fear of the blank swept away, there was a turbulent river behind, and there was a wolf-like tiger in front of the strong army in the northwest, anyway, it was better to die, it was better to fight to the death.

Xu Rong sneered, although he could see that Cao Cao intended to emulate the ancients, he was neither the overlord Xiang Yu nor the soldier immortal Han Xin, and the sergeants led by him were just a group of farmers who had just put down their hoes, and most of the more than 1,000 cavalry with their main combat strength had been wiped out.

With an order, the Xiliang army poured down from the hillside, and the Cao army soldiers breathed more and more heavily, and their eyes were staring at the Xiliang army that was approaching in the distance, only to hold the blades and shields in their hands, and gently move their wrists from time to time, in order to slash and kill the enemy at the first time.

The two groups of people crashed together, and the Xiliang cavalry, who was the first to rush into the military formation, was pierced by sharp spears and fell from their horses, and more Xiliang cavalry took advantage of the situation to break through the Cao army's military formation, and the blades in their hands were slashed and killed.

Soon the infantry of the Xiliang Army also rushed together, and the two armies fought fiercely on the edge of the boiling water, and on the extremely chaotic battlefield, the new army that Cao Cao had just recruited from Chen Liu, under the resolute will, broke out with unimaginable combat effectiveness.

The fierce knife rushed violently, and even the sword and shield soldiers had already thrown their shields aside, raising the war knife in their hands and slashing violently, even if they were seriously injured and their whole body was bloodied, they still roared and slashed, and the surrounding Xiliang troops were afraid of their momentum, and they were reluctant to step forward, until the sword and shield soldiers fell to the ground after fighting for a long time, and they were out of breath.

The war knife rolled the blade, and smashed it with a shield, and the Cao army, who lost the shield, punched and kicked, bit and collided, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Xiliang army at close range, and even many Cao army armor soldiers dragged the Xiliang army into the boiling river.

Although the Cao army was unexpectedly brave, it actually blocked the Xiliang army of the elite division of a hundred battles for a while, but it was already a small number of people, and most of the Cao army was only new recruits, and the battlefield experience was seriously insufficient, so they were quickly killed by the well-coordinated Xiliang army.

Although the fighting spirit was high and did not retreat, as time went by, there were fewer and fewer Cao troops on the battlefield, and there were corpses of the two armies everywhere, broken ordnance, battle flags, and blood continued to gather, and even formed a dark red blood stream into Bian Shui.

Cao Cao brandished his sword and slashed a Xiliang army armor soldier next to him, the arrow wound covering his arm looked around blankly, and there were only a few Cao army armor soldiers who were still struggling around, and those Cao soldiers who had fought to the point of surrendering on their knees were all beheaded on the spot by the Xiliang army.

In the distance, Xiahoudun and others have already been scattered, Cao Cao's side guards have been killed, not long ago was injured by the arrow, the eyes were dark, seeing that the defeat is a foregone conclusion, Cao Cao hated in his heart, accidentally caused this defeat for a while, and hated the princes every day singing and drinking, and the high base garrison did not want to enter the army.

"It looks like I'm going to die today!" Cao Cao was disheartened and clenched the sword in his hand, and suddenly Cao Cao's eyes were cold, and he glanced at the surrounding Xiliang army.

Seeing that this person was dressed as a general, there must be no doubt that he was a general, and several Xiliang soldiers wanted to catch the reward alive, so they cautiously leaned over from all sides.

Suddenly, a horse rushed into the battle formation, the war knife in his hand opened and closed, several Xiliang soldiers focused on Cao Cao, and did not notice the horse general, it was too late to react, and several people were immediately cut down.

"Zilian!" Seeing Cao Hong rushing to his side, Cao Cao was overjoyed and couldn't help but shout excitedly, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw when he was drowning.

Cao Hong held a war knife and cut another person, jumped down and cut the horse and said eagerly: "Lord, please get on the horse, I will lead you across the river!" ”

Cao Cao did not hesitate, immediately turned over and got on the horse, Cao Hong led the war horse with his left hand, and advanced all the way with the war knife in his right hand, and finally came to the Bian Shui River.

Seeing that the generals on the horse wanted to escape, the Xiliang army left Cao Jun around them to chase and kill, and the Cao army fought bravely without scruples, and temporarily blocked Xiliang in front of the battle and could not advance.

Cao Hong jumped into the icy river, only to feel that the whole body seemed to be in an ice cave, endured the stinging pain brought by the river, and pulled the war horse slowly, I don't know how long it took, finally luckily passed through Bian Shui, Cao Hong was paralyzed on the ground panting, only to feel that both legs had lost consciousness.

Cao Cao was moved in his heart, and hurriedly let Cao Hong get on the horse, and the two rode together, riding towards the Kwantung Righteous Army station.

The night was approaching, Xu Rong ordered the troops to be collected, the battlefield was full of corpses, at a glance, the strong wind was coming, the air was full of strong smells of blood, the leader Xu Rong stood on horseback, and said lightly to his subordinate generals: "Lead the army to Chang'an, there is no need to go to the Kwantung thief garrison." ”

A partial general clenched his fists and said: "General, the Taishi has an order to order me to sneak attack the thieves!" ”

"In the first battle of Bian Shui, the fighter plane has been lost, and it is no intention to sneak attack, so the order is to go down and withdraw the army!" Xu Rong's tone was flat, but his breath was deep and non-negotiable.

In fact, Xu Rong's goal of commanding the army has been achieved, in the Kwantung Righteous Army, Sun Jian, who really led the troops to fight, has withdrawn to Changsha, Cao Cao was defeated here, and most of his subordinates were lost, which is equivalent to thwarting the spirit of the Kwantung Righteous Army, and there is no need to take risks to attack the base camp of the Kwantung Righteous Army.

The Xiliang army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and soon the whole army disappeared into the night, the night wind howled, the cold wind gusted, but on the battlefield, it seemed that there were still endless cries of fighting.