Chapter 38: The Tragedy of Cao (2)
However, it was said that due to the power of General Xiahou's brother, the turning point of victory or defeat on the battlefield was about to appear.
Xu Rong saw that Xiahou's fierce brother had rushed in front of him, raised his gun and stabbed at him, and he also rose up and resisted desperately. To say that Xu Rong's martial arts are still good, although the emphasis is on domination, martial arts are not the foundation of his ability, but as a general who can block one side, his martial arts are not bad, although he cannot be said to be first-class in martial arts, but he is definitely a top player among second-rate generals.
If it were left in normal times, and Brother Xiahou Meng was not in a state of rage, then Xu Rong and Brother Xiahou Meng would not have any problem fighting for thirty or forty rounds. However, the current Xiahou Meng Brother is in a state of invincibility and rage, and his combat effectiveness has naturally improved a lot. So, after blocking more than a dozen moves left and right, Xu Rong felt that although he was barely supporting, he couldn't hold on, and it was estimated that he was going to hang in the hands of General Xiahou Meng today.
Just when Xu Rong was lonely and was about to die under the gun of General Xiahou's brother, he heard a loud shout not far away: "The thief will be rampant, and Xu Huang from Hedong will also come." ”
But it turned out that after Dong Bai arrived in Chang'an, he properly arranged everything, quickly returned to Hangu Pass, took Xu Huang and Huaxiong, two generals, and led 10,000 soldiers and horses to Luoyang to meet his cheap son Dong Zhuo.
After seeing Dong Zhuo, he heard that Xu Rong was ambushing Cao Cao, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to say to his cheap son Dong Zhuo: "Father, I heard that General Xu Rong was arranged to ambush and pursue the Kwantung rats in Xingyang this time?" ”
Dong Zhuo saw his precious son asking him about this, and he didn't hide it at the moment, and replied: "It is true, my father ordered General Xu Rong to snipe the Kwantung rats near Xingyang to see who dares to pursue me." ”
Dong Shouye said: "My father won a hundred battles, he used soldiers like a god, and the princes of Kwantung were all afraid of my father like a tiger, who dared to pursue my father lightly, but I couldn't keep one or two stunned young people, and I didn't know the prestige of my father." If someone leads troops to pursue, and now that the war is estimated to have begun, then General Xu Rong should have already exchanged hands with the pursuing men and horses among the Kwantung princes. The child was worried that there were many Kwantung coalition forces, which would be unfavorable to General Xu, and that if our army suffered losses at this time, it would be unfavorable to the army. The child wanted to lead the troops to meet General Xu Rong near Xingyang. Whether the father can accede to the child's request. ”
When Dong Zhuo heard his son's words, he thought for a while, shook his big head full of meat, and said to his precious son: "It's okay to take it, how many people do you have in your hands now, is it enough?" ”
Dong Shouye replied: "Most of the soldiers and horses under the child have stayed in Chang'an now, and there are still generals Xu Huang and Huaxiong and 10,000 elites by his side, so there should be no problem." Moreover, the focus of this dispatch of troops is to meet General Xu Rong, not to fight with people and what kind of results will be achieved. So the number of troops is not the most important issue. ”
After listening to his precious son's words, Dong Zhuo felt that Dong Bai had the general Xu Huang and 10,000 elite guards by his side, and there was no great danger, so he agreed to Dong Bai's request.
After Dong Bai got the approval of his cheap Lao Tzu, he immediately took his 10,000 horses and rushed to the direction of Xingyang. Dong Shouye has always been cautious, and on the way, he released his meteor scouts from far away, more than fifty miles. The meteor scout in front of him found that there was a fierce battle not far away, so he immediately turned around and reported to Dong Shouye.
Dong Shouye estimated that Xu Rong had already exchanged fire with the pursuing Cao Cao, so he immediately let his eldest brother Xu Huang lead five hundred light cavalry to quickly support Xu Rong to prevent Xu Rong, a veteran, from being able to defeat Cao Cao, a famous military strategist in history. Xu Huang followed the order, traveled lightly, and moved forward quickly.
But it was said that Cao Cao had the help of Zhang Miao, and the whole army fought Xu Rong again with Wei Zi and others, and when the war was stalemate, Dong Zhuojun's general Xu Huang led five hundred iron cavalry to kill, Xu Huang saw that Xu Rong was in danger, and without saying a word, he immediately stepped forward to fight the Xiahou Meng general who was almost crazy.
At this time, Xu Huang is a new force, and although General Xiahou is in a state of rage, Cheng Jin's three-plate axe has been used up. Originally, these three-plate axes were almost enough to turn out the fate of Xu Rong's goods, but Xu Huang was inserted into a lever and failed to do so. Here, Xu Huang then fought with Xiahou Meng's brother. At this time, Xiahou Meng's brother had lost his sharpness after a long battle, and he was hit by Xu Rong's arrow in his left arm, and his combat power was greatly reduced, so he was naturally not Xu Huang's opponent. But this Xiahou Meng brother is not in vain, even in this situation, Xu Huang can't do anything to him. It is precisely in response to that sentence that one general is desperate, and the three armies are easy. This Xiahou slammed his brother into Xu Huang's chest with a single shot, and he did not dodge Xu Huang's big axe, which seemed to be a trick that would end up together, and Xu Huang was naturally unwilling to exchange his life for his life, so he could only retreat. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Meng's brother also retreated, and it turned out that the move that ended up together was a false move, and he got this gap, jumped out of the battle circle, and ran calmly.
This Xu Rong saw that Xu Huang helped him fight Xiahoudun, and he immediately organized the army to kill Cao Cao's army with all his might.
As a result, Cao Cao was defeated, and the rebellious army ran frantically and fled. At this time, Cao Cao had the experience of being chased and killed twice last time, and his heart was weak, and he didn't care about others, so he ran desperately. And the good man Wei Zi moved a beat slower, but Xu Rong caught up from behind, and a shot stabbed out, right in the throat of Wei Zi, ending the life of this good man, and Cao Cao's cadres and horses were left in this battle, basically it can be said that the whole army was wiped out.
And Xu Rong was also exhausted after defeating Cao Cao, and he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue him, and come to a play of "It is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery". But he was persuaded by Xu Huang, worried that Cao Cao's army would be ambushed because of the reinforcements, and said that the son Dong Bai led most of the men and horses to arrive immediately, so it was better to discuss with him later. In fact, Xu Rong also knew that this was a good opportunity to hunt down Cao Cao and kill Cao Cao, but his combat mission was only to ambush the Kwantung princes, and after Dong Zhuo broke off, he did not force him to achieve any results. Moreover, since the Kwantung princes have already been marched into pursuit, they must have backup. If you rush to pursue, there is also a risk of annihilation.
Xu Rong and Xu Huang guessed well, there was Zhang Miao leading 5,000 military horses to camp there and wait for Cao Cao.
So he stopped the troops and stationed the horses, cleaned the battlefield, rescued the wounded, and waited for Dong Bai to lead the army. Xu Rong led the soldiers to count the casualties, bury the pot and cook, and prepared meals for Dong Bai's army. Xu Rong led a total of 9,000 men and horses to participate in this battle, and the two sides fought fiercely, Xu Rongjun can also be said to have suffered nearly one-third of the casualties, more than 1,000 killed, nearly 2,000 lightly wounded, and two or three hundred seriously wounded. It can be said to be a crushing victory, and the only consolation is that Cao Cao's main force was basically annihilated, and Cao Cao's army fled with only four or five hundred people, and nearly two thousand people were captured.
In about an hour or so, Dong Bai led 10,000 horses and finally arrived.
Dong Bai saw Xu Rong and inquired in detail about the specific situation of the war, and was immediately overjoyed when he heard that Xu Rong had defeated Cao Cao twice, and said to Vain: "General Xu, using soldiers like a god, defeating Cao Cao twice is really a great achievement." The younger generation once heard my father say that Cao Cao is also a general who can recruit and fight, and he also shines in the Battle of the Yellow Turban, with countless achievements. General Xu was able to defeat such a person twice, which is enough to show General Xu's strong skills. ”
Xu Rong naturally knew that although he had gone to these extraordinary results, his own son said this, it was his own son who gave him face and raised himself, so he said modestly: "Although the veteran has achieved some military exploits, how can he compare with his son, I heard that the son set up a strange plot in the Hedong War, attacked the Baibo army three times in one night, and broke the main force of the 100,000 Baibo army with less than 40,000 men and horses, and he can really be called a young hero." ”
Dong Shouye said: "General Xu, you and I don't have to praise each other again, our teeth are going to be sore." This time our army won a great victory, General Xu made outstanding achievements, and the younger generation would ask his father for General Xu's credit. ”
Xu Rong said loudly: "Thank you, young master, Xu Rong is grateful." ”
Dong Shouye praised Xu Rong's achievements and Xu Rong's great achievements, and said that he would definitely ask his father for Xu Rong's credit. Xu Rong also felt that although his son was young, he was approachable, and after hearing his son's deeds in the Hedong battle against Baibo, he felt that his son's art of war strategy was also very good, and he took his two righteous brothers to make a big splash in the Tiger Prison Pass, and he was famous all over the world, and he also admired it.
Perhaps in Xu Rong's eyes, these two battles with Cao Cao were just ordinary battles that were a little difficult and the opponent was a bit strong. But Dong Bai would never think so, at this time, his heart was absolutely shocked, excited and speechless, Xu Rong defeated not the ordinary role of a cat and a dog, it was Cao Cao.
After learning about the whole battle, he worshiped Xu Rong as a celestial and worshipped him. There are not many people who can defeat Cao Cao in the entire Three Kingdoms, and only the old poison Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu who can defeat Cao Cao twice have done it, but they also rely on conspiracy and tricks, relying on sneak attacks, and those who have defeated Cao Cao in a frontal battle, there is only Xu Rong in the entire history of the Three Kingdoms (of course, the Battle of Chibi belongs to the water war, and Boss Cao doesn't know how to fight a water war at all, so it doesn't count).
This Xu Rong really did not disappoint himself, and he deserved to be one of the few people in history who abused Boss Cao. Dong Shouye really admired Xu Rong so much.
Dong Bai discussed with Xu Rong, Xu Huang, Hua Xiong and others about the next further action, whether to continue the pursuit, or withdraw the troops, everyone thinks that now the morale is flourishing, and there are now more than 18,000 soldiers who can fight, and they can lead the troops to pursue and try to see if they can achieve greater results, Xu Rong wanted to be cautious, but he saw that his son was on the rise, and he was afraid of sweeping away his son-in-law's interest, and his son-in-law had just let his sworn brother save his life, and he could be regarded as owing his son-in-law a big favorAt this time, it is somewhat difficult to speak out against it.
And then Dong Shouye's approach made the battlefield veteran completely convinced.
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