In order to reduce the burden and speed up, the Cao army team abandoned all the baggage, threw down the seriously wounded who were difficult to move, took off the heavy armor on their bodies, and countless soldiers threw down the weapons and flags in their hands, and fled all over the mountains.

In order to eliminate the enemy's living force in the field as much as possible and reduce the pressure of the next siege, the Xuzhou army, from Deputy Director Tao to ordinary soldiers, also spread their footsteps and ran wildly to chase and kill, catching the Cao soldiers without saying a word, they cut them with a knife, cut them with a gun, and completely turned a blind eye to the Cao Army wounded lying on the ground and groaning and the Cao Army baggage everywhere, and only chased and killed the Cao soldiers who could run.

The Changfeng team, which suffered heavy casualties, was ordered by Jia Lao Poison to retreat to the camp to rest, and the three thousand new troops who guarded the camp were rotated out of the camp to pursue, and Jia Lao Poison also gave a death order to Fu Yang, a veteran general of Xuzhou who led this new force, to arrive in Xuchang before the Cao army at all costs, blocking the north gate of Xuchang, where the Cao army was most convenient to return to the city! If there is a bad pool, even if Fu Yang is a veteran of Xuzhou left by Tao Qian to Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison must ask Deputy Director Tao to punish the crime with military justice! However, Fu Yang sneered and told Jia Lao Poison, "You don't need to explain to the military advisor, although the old man is incompetent, he is also a witness to the Battle of Surabaya back then, if the old man misses this opportunity to avenge hundreds of thousands of Xuzhou soldiers and civilians, even if he dies in the future, he will not have the face to see the soldiers who died back then!" ”

The physical strength of the Xuzhou fresh army soon rushed to the forefront of the pursuit war, all the way not to kill people do not stop just desperately forward, gradually crossed the chaotic battlefield, the fierce battle of the huge physical consumption of Tao Cao's main force is panting you run away from me chase, completely mixed together, you have me, I have you, while fighting desperately forward, Xuzhou army wants to rush to the front to intercept, block the return of the Cao army's team, Cao Jun's team is to be blocked by the Xuzhou army before the way, escape back to Xuchang City to live, Tens of thousands of people on both sides seemed to have started a collective 5,000-meter race, and they all wanted to be the first to reach the end of the race in Xuchang City, which was a matter of life.

Boss Cao didn't think about arranging the army behind the palace, and Deputy Director Tao didn't think about letting the Junzi Army block it at any cost, but the terrain in this area of Xuchang was too open, and the Cao army behind the palace couldn't stop all the chasing soldiers, and the weak Junzi Army couldn't stop the Cao army from retreating, so Cao Boss could only order the army to withdraw to Xuchang City at full speed, and Deputy Director Tao could only order to kill under Xuchang City at full speed, blocking the way back to the city of Cao's army, and they all chose to take the lead to encourage the army to march at full speed. As a result, the Dawan Liang horse under Cao Laoda's crotch was almost whipped to death, and the Mongolian horse under Deputy Director Tao's crotch was almost kicked and broken by Deputy Director Tao's ribs.

Also because the terrain was too open, the pursuit was only five or six miles, and the whole battlefield was completely chaotic, Cao's army fled all over the mountains, the soldiers could not find the generals, the generals could not find the soldiers, and the army was defeated like the collapse of a river, and it was out of control. The Xuzhou army was also completely chaotic, and there were only three or four hundred people left around Deputy Director Tao, and the rest of the troops all acted on their own, either chasing and slashing the Cao soldiers, or searching for Cao Boss himself to find a God-given opportunity to make a miraculous achievement, or striding forward to block the road to the city gate.

The time does not allow Deputy Director Tao to re-team, the battlefield of the decisive battle is only ten miles away from Xuchang City, the terrain is still very open and flat, and it is very easy to march, even if it is a slow walk, it can easily complete the ten miles in half an hour, and the Xuzhou army can not reorganize the team in an instant, and a little waste of time may cause irreparable losses, so Deputy Director Tao simply gave up the plan to reorganize the team, and led the only three or four hundred soldiers around him to just run wildly and chase fiercely, Constantly passing the Cao army, which had slowed down because of the exhaustion of physical strength, he just rushed towards Xuchang with red eyes.

In this way, Cao Jun's team naturally has countless opportunities to turn defeat into victory, even if a team of five or six hundred people wakes up, a collective charge may break up the team around Deputy Director Tao, and then create a miracle of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and kill Deputy Director Tao as the culprit. But it's a pity that Deputy Director Tao, who snatched the Sword of Heaven Annihilation, seems to have inherited Boss Cao's consistent good luck on the battlefield, and none of the Cao army team that was panicked to the extreme thought of doing so, and even Dian Wei, when Deputy Director Tao's handsome flag appeared on the flank of Dian Wei's team, General Dian Wei, who had at least three hundred soldiers beside him, didn't think of the guards that attacked Deputy Director Tao at all, and was just looking for the whereabouts of Boss Cao in the chaotic army, wanting to protect Boss Cao who didn't know what the situation was now.

The towering city wall of Xuchang is finally in sight, and what makes Deputy Director Tao overjoyed is that although the brigade of Cao's army has fled to the north gate moat, the 3,000 troops led by Xuzhou veteran Fu Yang have also killed the moat, and also blocked the road to the city of Cao's defeated army, so scared that Xun Yu and Ren Jun, who stayed in Xuchang, did not even dare to open the city gate, but yelled and asked the defeated soldiers to take a detour to other city gates to return to the city - Xuchang City is already full of old and weak soldiers, if the city gate is opened, let the Xuzhou new army enter the city, The consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing this scene, Deputy Director Tao couldn't even take a breath, and immediately grabbed a guard on horseback, and shouted with red eyes: "Go and pass the order, whether it is Tai Shici, Xu Chu or Wei Yan, when you see them, send an order, let them take all the troops that can be organized, and block the other three gates of Xuchang!" ”

The guards rode their horses and galloped away, and Deputy Director Tao hurriedly gathered the team, ordered the soldiers to hold high their handsome flags, and sent people to drink around to make the surrounding Xuzhou team move closer to him, and soon, Deputy Director Tao gathered three or four thousand people around him, and Deputy Director Tao didn't care to distinguish whose team these were, holding the Yitian Annihilation Sword and pointing at the defeated brigade of the Cao Army just yelled, "Soldiers, fight bravely to kill the enemy and avenge the Xuzhou compatriots seven years ago!" Kill! ”

"Kill!" Hoarse shouting, Deputy Director Tao once again personally led the army to charge, with the team around him directly rushed to the Cao Army's largest defeated team, and the Cao Army was already without the heart of war, morale collapsed, and did not dare to resist the crazy impact of the Xuzhou army, one was just scattered to flee for their lives, looking for a way back to the city, you pushed me and trampled on each other, stepping on the dead and the living to flee, and the Xuzhou army took the opportunity to desperately slash and stab, harvesting the lives of Cao soldiers.

There were also some Cao soldiers who resisted stubbornly, and a few grassroots generals of the Cao Army tried to organize a counterattack, but these stubborn Cao soldiers were soon completely overwhelmed by the Xuzhou team that came like a tide, and the dozen or twenty people who were finally organized by the Cao army were either crushed by the Xuzhou army, or were scattered by their own defeated soldiers, and the defeat was like a mountain, not to mention these ordinary grassroots generals of the Cao army, even the Cao boss could no longer restrain the defeated army here.

The dense Xuzhou team drove straight in, chopping melons and chopping vegetables to disperse one after another Cao army's defeated troops, unstoppable, everywhere there was a sea of corpses and blood, wreckage and limbs, countless Cao soldiers were buried under the swords and guns of the Xuzhou army, and countless desperate Cao soldiers put down their weapons, knelt on the ground and shouted surrender. After receiving their reminder, Deputy Director Tao, who was red-eyed, finally remembered that there was still a trick to surrender, and hurriedly ordered the team to shout the slogan of surrender and not kill, and also arranged a team of about five or six hundred people to be responsible for collecting prisoners.

This day is definitely the most unlucky day in the history of Cao Boss, there is still hope for recovery of the last team was slaughtered by the Xuzhou army crazy, and finally escaped to Xuchang City, but because of the organization of the team after the palace missed the opportunity to return to the city, was quickly killed to the Xuzhou new force blocked the north gate, forced to transfer to the east gate, Xuzhou army in the strongest power of the gentleman army has already held the east gate of Xuchang, and as soon as he saw Cao Boss's handsome banner rushed up like chicken blood, forcing Cao Boss to run around the city of Xuchang for half a circle, ran to the south gate to barely enter the city, but when Cao Boss fled into Xuchang City with hundreds of remnants of the defeated general, Wei Yan led a part of the Danyang hooligan soldiers to chase under the south gate of Xuchang, blocking the entrance to the south gate of Xuchang, forcing the Xuchang defenders to close the city gate immediately, countless Cao soldiers who had no time to return to the city were blocked outside the city and let Wei Yan's team slaughter, there was no way to go to the sky, there was no door to the ground, and the terrible crying sound resounded under the city of Xuchang, and Boss Cao was in tears in the city, but he was helpless.

The same is true of the west gate of Xuchang, when Tai Shici led the army to block the west gate of Xuchang, the Cao soldiers who did not enter the city completely lost the last hope of entering the city, the desperate beat their chests and screamed, the wavering kneeling surrendered, and those who did not want to surrender scattered and fled for their lives, trying in vain to get rid of the pursuit of the Xuzhou army first, and then find a way to return to the city and return to the warm embrace of Cao Boss, there were also some brave people who attacked the Xuzhou army that blocked the road, but all of them were grasshoppers shaking the trees, and they were basically cut into pieces by the red-eyed Xuzhou soldiers - And even if they rushed to the edge of the moat, the Xuchang defenders did not dare to open the city gate.

Under the despair and pain, the Cao army team in Xuchang City was crying, and Cao Boss himself also cried with his son Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and others, and kept blaming himself in his mouth, "I hurt the soldiers, I hurt the soldiers, if I didn't insist on making a desperate bet, how could I have today?" How could there be today?! ”

Deputy Director Tao is not easy outside the city, although the order has been issued to accept the surrender, but there are still many loyal to Cao Boss Cao elite Cao army elite refused to surrender, in the hopeless hope of breaking through, these more than 1,000 Cao army loyal and brave soldiers chose to fight to the death, spontaneously formed a circle of different sizes to resist stubbornly, no matter how the Xuzhou army shouted to surrender, it was unwavering, and also killed a lot of Xuzhou soldiers who came forward to surrender, forcing the Xuzhou army to choose to attack with all their might, Deal with these stubborn enemies with knives, guns, and crossbows.

One by one, the round formation of the Cao army was scattered by the Xuzhou army, and one after another Cao soldiers who were already covered in blood and were still fighting endlessly fell in front of the Xuzhou army, but these Cao soldiers were still stubbornly resisting, fighting until their heads fell to the ground, and the blood flowed out, before they slowly fell, and shaped an invisible monument with blood and life, and the tragic military songs also echoed in these Cao army ranks that were surrounded by heavy surrounds.

"The vast sea, kiss my home. Rolling dust, leisurely my garden. Lang Lang Qiankun, men are hot-blooded! The vast sky, bless my big man! The vast sky, bless my prime minister! The vast sky, bless me to win forever! The vast sky, bless me forever——! Lang Lang Qiankun, men are hot-blooded! The vast sky, bless my big man! The vast sky, bless my prime minister! The vast sky, bless me to win forever! The vast sky, bless me forever————! ”

Seeing such a team and hearing such a tragic military song, Deputy Director Tao was moved, but he was inevitably secretly glad that his tactics were successful, and lured the Cao army out of the decisive battle of Xuchang at any cost, otherwise, even if the Xuzhou army was exhausted, it would be difficult to break through the city guarded by these troops even if the elite of the Xuzhou army attacked at any cost.

The Xuzhou soldiers were also moved, and finally understood why hundreds of thousands of Jizhou troops would be repeatedly defeated by tens of thousands of Cao troops, and at the same time, Xuzhou soldiers were also very proud, after all, they defeated these enemies, defeated these admirable enemies, although the means were a little not glorious, and the timing of the shot was even more despicable, but to be able to defeat such a strong and tenacious enemy on the battlefield, it was enough to make every Xuzhou soldier proud.

Boss Cao on the city wall was in a complicated mood, not only proud of having these loyal and loyal soldiers, but also weeping for the tragic sacrifice of these loyal and brave soldiers, until he couldn't cry, suddenly, Boss Cao suddenly stopped crying, grabbed a guard, and ordered: "You, fight the city under the white flag, go to the surrounded soldiers of our army to give orders, and order them to lay down their arms and surrender!" Just say it's my order, order them to surrender! ”

"Prime Minister!" The guard cried out, but Boss Cao shouted: "This is an order, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

The guards wept and sang promises, played a white flag and asked their companions to put themselves down the city wall with hanging baskets, and then walked to the Xuzhou army to negotiate, although Fu Yang, who was guarding the city gate, did not dare to call the shots, but he also immediately sent someone to escort this Cao Lao Davidshi to Deputy Director Tao, and let Deputy Director Tao decide whether to allow Cao Lao Davids to come to the front of the battle to give orders.

When the guards sent by Boss Cao saw Deputy Director Tao, Deputy Director Tao was sitting on the ground resting with great grace, and his face was still stained with blood that had not only been splashed on time, but after listening to the guard's request, Deputy Director Tao laughed heartlessly, "Order to surrender?" It's to encourage your team to resist to the end, right? If those diehards were willing to surrender, they would have surrendered a long time ago, right? Will he hear his Cao thief's order to surrender again, and he will not have to die to carry the last soldier? ”

Hearing Deputy Director Tao's insults, the guards sent by Boss Cao suddenly turned pale and clenched their fists, but Deputy Director Tao shouted: "Go back and tell Cao Thief, just say that I won't be fooled, my troops will stay in the siege city, and I won't let my soldiers be bitten by these urns catching turtles and dogs jumping over the wall in vain!" ”

Boss Cao's guard turned black and was about to leave, but at this moment, the voice of Jia Lao's poison came from behind Deputy Director Tao, shouting: "Slow, you can tell Cao Mengde that our army can let go of these surrounded warriors, but our army has one condition, that is, he Cao Ying will immediately lead the army to leave Xuchang, and our army promises not to chase and kill!" ”

Cao Jun's guards widened their eyes, Deputy Director Tao's eyes also widened, and Jia Lao's poison, who came on a fast horse, turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly to Deputy Director Tao and said: "Lord, I know that you don't want to let the tiger return to the mountain, but I want to ask you a question now, if our army breaks through Xuchang and kills Cao Ying at this time, can our army quickly annex the land and city controlled by Cao Jun?" ”

"I can't." Deputy Director Tao honestly admitted.

"Yes, our army's battle line is too long, and the troops are stretched, it is difficult to swallow such a vast land and city, Liang Chen still has some hope, and Runan is very reluctant." Jia Lao Poison analyzed the enemy situation uncharacteristically, and then asked: "Then I would like to ask the lord again, after our army kills Cao Ying, who will get these places in Guanzhong, Sili, Runan and Nanyang?" ”

"Master Yue, Liu Biao, Ma Teng." Deputy Director Tao replied without thinking about it.

"In that case, why should the lord make a wedding dress for someone else?" Jia Lao Poison asked.

Deputy Director Tao was a little puzzled, I don't know what medicine is sold in Jia Lao's poison gourd, but Jia Lao Poison said: "If the lord doesn't want to make a wedding dress for others, then he should seize the time to reconcile with Cao Mengde, I just received the news that the lord's father-in-law Benchugong has returned to Shiguandu, and quickly took the Guandu Pass that is only guarded by the old and weak, and can arrive in Xuchang in two days at the earliest, three to four days late." ”

"Therefore, I believe that the lord should give Meng Degong a chance, first order a suspension of the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the Cao army who refused to surrender, and then negotiate with Meng Degong in public, as long as Meng Degong promises to withdraw from Xuchang immediately, and return the brother of the Son of Heaven and the lord to our army, our army can make a way, let the Cao army team out of the city, and also release these loyal and brave men of the Cao army surrounded by our army, so as to ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven and the lord's brother, and by the way, repay Meng Degong for his life in Xuzhou City."

Saying that, Jia Lao's poison, who had his back to Cao Lao David, gave a look, Deputy Director Tao suddenly understood, and after pretending to hesitate, he immediately clapped his hand and said: "Mr. Wenhe is reasonable, we can't suffer our own hardships and suffer the stupid things of others, pass my order, immediately suspend the attack on the remnants of the Cao thieves, and then send someone to tell those stubborn remnants of the Cao thieves, just say that I am negotiating with the Cao thieves, as long as they don't play tricks, before the negotiation is over, our army will not attack!" If the negotiation is reached, I will also release them back to the city immediately! ”

The herald left, and Deputy Director Tao turned to the guards sent by Boss Cao again, and shouted, "Did you hear clearly?" Go back immediately and tell Cao Thief that he will come forward to negotiate with me in person! ”

Cao Jun's guards happily agreed, and quickly turned around, but Jia Lao Poison shouted again: "Slow, tell Meng Degong, in view of his reputation for annihilation, we will only give him a quarter of an hour to think about it, and if he does not agree within a quarter of an hour, our army will immediately launch an attack, first annihilate his besieged remnants, and then launch an attack on the city!" Moreover, by the way, I invited the Son of Heaven to come to the city and asked the Son of Heaven to personally come forward to witness this negotiation. ”

Cao Jun's guards agreed again, and then hurriedly returned to the city to report under the surveillance of the Xuzhou soldiers, and it was at this time that Deputy Director Tao turned to Jia Lao Poison and said with a smile: "Mr. Wenhe, it's time to tell me why, right?" ”

The calm smile on Jia Lao's poisonous face suddenly disappeared, and he didn't dare to report it in public, and after obtaining the consent of Deputy Director Tao, Jia Lao Poison was attached to Deputy Director Tao's ear, and said in a low voice: "I just received an urgent report from the division, General Xu Huang suffered a defeat in Xiangcheng, General Lu Yi was killed, and the three thousand soldiers of our army, including the first camp, were wiped out!" ”

Deputy Director Tao's triangular eyes suddenly widened wider than a bull's eye, and he finally suppressed the angry impulse in his heart, and then thought for a while, and then asked slowly: "The hand of the big-eared thief and Liu Biaolian?" ”

"Exactly." Jia Lao Poison nodded, and whispered in Deputy Director Tao's ear: "There is also Cao Mengde's Yexian team has also participated in the battle, and the total number of troops is more than 30,000, and at present, General Xu Huang has retreated to Fenqiu, if nothing else, the messenger who contacted Cao Mengde is already on the way to Xuchang, and has even arrived at the city of Xuchang, but he has not had time to enter the city for the time being." If Cao Ying knew about this, he would inevitably hold on to Xuchang and wait for reinforcements, and once our army could not take Xuchang immediately, it would be possible to lose all the previous achievements. ”

Deputy Director Tao nodded slowly, although the casualties in this battle have not been counted, but the casualties of the Xuzhou army are definitely not small there, and the soldiers are also quite tired, the partial division has suffered a defeat again, if he withdraws the partial division, then Uncle Liu Huang and Jingzhou's team will definitely rush to Xuchang City, if he leads the army to reinforce the partial division, he will give the desperate Cao Boss a good chance to break through, rather than let Cao Boss run away on his own, it is better to take Xuchang City at the minimum cost, and then you can be invincible.

Deputy Director Tao is more worried, if he kills Boss Cao at this time, then the territorial interests of the Xuzhou army will not be Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and Ma Teng, and Uncle Liu Huang, who is the best at fishing in troubled waters, can also use the excuse of the alliance with Boss Cao to give full play to his characteristics and specialties!

After quickly calculating these powerful relationships, Deputy Director Tao asked Jia Lao Poison: "Our army is biased, how did you lose the battle?" ”

"The night before yesterday, it was nearly two watches, and after General Xu Huang arrived in Xiangcheng, he opened the bag and was ordered to rest for a while, and immediately led the cavalry back to help, leaving the old general Qiyi behind." Jia Lao Poison quickly introduced: "Then in the early morning of yesterday, the defenders of Xiangcheng opened the city gate and surrendered, luring the old general into the city, and the old general was counted in the city, and the city immediately fell a thousand catties of iron gates, cutting off our army, and then Liu Bei in Xiangcheng ambushed the soldiers, and the Liu Biao brigade in the west of Xiangcheng also took the opportunity to kill, Zhang Fei stabbed the old general to death, and our army was leaderless, and suffered a heavy defeat. Fortunately, General Xu Huang received the alarm and immediately returned to help, otherwise the loss would have been greater. ”

"Lost on the unknown enemy's situation, and there are some obvious underestimation of the enemy." Deputy Director Tao was expressionless, and he couldn't help asking, "The big-eared thief's tricks are so vicious, Xu Huang and them, have you ever found out who gave the big-eared thief the bad idea?" ”

"It should be a young man with a feather fan in his hand." Jia Lao Poison replied: "In the middle of the old general, he and Liu Bei appeared at the head of Xiangcheng at the same time, shocking the soldiers of our army who did not enter the city, and then he raised his feather fan, and the iron gate of Xiangcheng fell immediately, cutting off the ...... of the old general's return. ”

“…… Hey? Lord, what's wrong with you? How do you drop a helmet to the ground? Who is Zhuge Villager? Is it still famous? Why wasn't Zhuge Xuan's bastard killed by thunder? What kind of thing is Zhuge Xuan, a sour Confucian who can't even sit in Yuzhang's position, what is it? Is it worth your lord's scolding ......? Scolding his nephew? Who is his nephew? ”

(To be continued)