When Xiahou Shang ordered his troops to attack, he was quite hasty, all of them were lightly armed, and he definitely did not carry Ren's grain and grass, as for the troops of logistics support, Xiahou Shang also arranged it, but it was impossible for the baggage battalion to go out with the main force, at least two or three hours behind, and now it is estimated that it is still lagging behind, and there will be at least dozens of miles away. ~Top Novel,

Now the main force is besieged in the narrow area between the Broken Tiger Ridge and the Hidden Dragon Mountain, it stands to reason that the pursuit has been carried all night, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, now it is time for the Wei army to have breakfast, but Xiahou Shang does not have a handful of grain and grass in his hands, and it is difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, and these hundreds of thousands of people eat a meal, which is not a small number.

Xiahou Shang knew that if he couldn't break through the encirclement now and couldn't hold out for two days, hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers would collapse because of hunger, so if he didn't want to die here, he had to stand out, and he would do whatever it took to stand out.

However, the blockade line of the Jing army was quite tight, and the Wei soldiers fought a day's charge and paid a very heavy price of casualties, but they could not break through the blockade line of the Jing army.

Night fell, and hunger and exhaustion spread rapidly among the Wei army like a plague, and despair was written on the faces of every Wei soldier.

Xiahou Shang had to order the horses to be killed, and thousands of war horses were slaughtered, but for the hungry 100,000 Wei soldiers, it was just to be able to talk about the hunger, and now Xiahou Shang's only hope was that Li Tong learned the news that he was trapped and would send troops to rescue, so that maybe they still had a chance to get out of trouble.

But what Xiahou didn't know was that when he was trapped in Broken Tiger Mountain, Zhang Ren had already sent Li Yan's new Second Army to raid the Shangdang Cottage guarded by Li Tong. Li Tong only had two horses in his hands, and he couldn't withstand the strong attack of the Jing army, and the cottage soon fell. Li Tong only fled to Yecheng with a small number of remnants of the army, and the entire Shangdang County had fallen into the hands of the Jing army.

At dawn. Xiahou Shang was also desperate, he knew that he couldn't wait for Li Tong's reinforcements, and the last bit of hope was completely shattered.

Born to die, Xiahou Shang was determined to fight to the death and personally led a death squad to open a gap. But when he rushed to the mountain pass, he found that the Jing army was flying with thousands of crossbows. He didn't even have a chance, the death squad was all exhausted, and Xiahou Shang was also shot all over the body by dozens of eight-inch-long crossbow arrows.

This is probably the most powerful Yuanrong repeater of the Jing army, if the Wei army can also have such a powerful weapon, it is impossible to be trapped here - this is Xiahou Shang's last consciousness, a crossbow arrow shot through his chest, this is undoubtedly the most deadly.

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Kohiratsu.

The prisoner car escorting Xu Huang arrived at the crossing of the Yellow River in a leisurely manner, but it was just in time for the spring flood of the Yellow River, so it was naturally intercepted on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The one in charge of escorting Xu Huang was a team of forbidden soldiers. Headed by a Dubo surnamed Lin, a native of Yang County, Hedong, he is the same township as Xu Huang, and he admires Xu Huang very much. Although he is a humble position, it does not prevent Xu Huang from providing some convenience, and in terms of food and accommodation, he naturally takes care of him all the way. Xu Huang didn't suffer much.

After a few days in Xiaopingjin, I finally waited for a boat to cross. Xu Huang walked out of the inn and was about to board the prisoner car, when Lin Dubo trotted all the way over, with a happy face and panting, "Congratulations to the general, congratulations to the general." ”

Xu Huang was stunned. said: "I'm in prison, why should I be happy? ”

Lin Dubo said: "There has just been news from the Shangdang side that the governor of Xiahou dared to send troops, fell into Zhang Ren's ambush, and was shot by random arrows in Broken Tiger Mountain. The 130,000 army was annihilated, Li Tong was defeated and left Yecheng, and Shangdang was occupied by the Jing army. ”

Xu Huang's face changed greatly when he heard the news, and he immediately sighed and said, "Our army has been defeated, how can you be happy?" ”

Lin Dubo said: "The general was unjustly wronged because of the party's affairs, and was dismissed from office and convicted, and now Xiahou Shangfang has suffered a miserable defeat as soon as he takes over the position of general, doesn't this prove the correctness of the general's use of soldiers?" Presumably, after King Wei learned this news, he would also think twice, and maybe he would use the general again. ”

Xu Huang shook his head gloomily and said: "You don't know King Wei, in the eyes of the world, King Wei is so wise, the sages are capable, magnanimous and elegant, but who knows the weight of King Wei's suspicions." I once heard that the king of Wei once warned the servants on the left and right: 'It is good to kill people in a lonely dream, and after you fall asleep alone, you must not come closer.' Later, because the king of Wei was killed by the king of Wei with a sword, everyone thought that the king of Wei really killed in his dream. Only the Lord Bo Yang Xiu saw through it and sighed; 'The non-prime minister is in a dream, and the princes are in a dream. Later, Yang Xiu also killed the King of Wei for an excuse. If I don't lose the party this time, my life can be saved, and if the party loses, my life will not survive. ”

Lin Dubo was suspicious, and while he was talking, Cao Cao sent an envoy to arrive quickly, and the envoy did not say a word, but was ordered by Cao Cao to give Xu Huang a sword.

Xu Huang was a guilty body, and Cao Cao gave a sword, the meaning couldn't be clearer, and everyone including Lin Dubo was shocked.

Only Xu Huang looked calm, standing on the bank of the Yellow River, facing the direction of Xu Du, and killed himself with a horizontal sword.

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When the news of Xiahou Shang's defeat and death in the Shangdang soldiers reached Xudu, Cao Cao's headache suddenly attacked, and he was in pain, and Cao Cao's strategists and generals were also in a panic.

The loss of Shangdang is of great significance, Shangdang is the last barrier between Jizhou and Sili, and without Shangdang, the entire Yecheng and Hanoi are exposed to the scope of the direct attack of the Jing army, and the battle of Xu Du has been carried out to the last moment, and the loss of Shangdang has become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

If the Jing army launched an attack from Shangdang, the empty Yecheng and Hanoi would be difficult to resist the Jing army's offensive, and once the whole of Hebei fell, Xudu would become a source of water and a tree without roots, and it would not be able to support it at all.

Cao Cao's tense nerves completely collapsed at this moment.

The strategists led by Cheng Yu advocated an immediate retreat and abandonment of Xudu, and if they defended Xudu again at this time, it would become meaningless. Now, if the Wei army withdraws in time, it can still preserve its strength and hold Hebei.

Most of the advisers agreed with Cheng Yu's proposal, but the generals expressed different opinions, filled with righteous indignation, and vowed to live and die together with Xu Du and fight the Jing army to the end.

Cao Cao weighed it again and again, and finally gave the order to retreat.

But it was definitely not an easy task to retreat from the battle of the million-strong army, but since Cao Cao was determined to retreat, he had to cut through the chaos quickly.

In order to defend Xudu, Cao Cao mobilized an army of 830,000, and after more than three months of fierce fighting, the Wei army lost nearly half of its men and horses, but the loss of the Jing army was not small.

In order to ensure the success of the withdrawal, Cao Cao decided to launch a full-scale counterattack to relieve the pressure around Xudu and create conditions for the withdrawal.

The troops of Cao Ren, Lejin, and Xu Chu participated in the counterattack, attacking simultaneously on the west, south, and east sides of Xudu.

The counterattack of the Wei army did catch the Jing army by surprise, and many of the Jing army's troops were broken by the Wei army before they could switch from offensive to defensive, and the Wei army achieved the desired results to a certain extent, winning some precious time for the retreat.

The whole Xudu was in chaos, the dignitaries were busy packing up their valuables, and the road from Xudu to Baima was crowded with people and vehicles.

At this time, Xu Huang's head was also sent to Xu Du, and Cao Cao's consistent policy towards those who opposed him was to suppress him with iron and blood, so when he gave the sword to Xu Huang, Cao Cao did not have a trace of soft-heartedness. But at this time, seeing Xu Huang's head, Cao Cao was still embarrassed, after all, Xu Huang was also his favorite general, and Cao Cao had high hopes for him, fought in the south and the north, and also made great achievements.

Cao Cao had him buried thickly, and gave Xu Huang the nickname of Marquis Zhuang, so that his son was in the shadow of his lord. (To be continued......)