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It was a night of chaos, and the entire city of Shouchun had been plunged into a whirlpool of pursuit and flight, blood and fire, life and death.

Just like Cao Ang, who died in battle, had a hunch before, although the whole city was fighting, the real decisive battle was the duel between the two bosses in front of Miyagi.

Five hundred PK six thousand, Cao Cao was defeated.

For Cao Cao, the war he started was a big gamble, gambling on money, food, soldiers' lives, future prospects, or even his own lives. And this time, he lost the bet.

Ten years of hard work, ruined in one fell swoop, success and defeat, since ancient times.

This night, Ma Han stayed awake all night. Guo Jia and Xun You's two major military divisions also stayed up late and were busy. Chen Zhi and the general's guards also ignored the fatigue after the battle, and insisted on guarding the main hall of Shouchun Palace - the more chaotic the situation, the more careless they could be.

From the beginning of his childhood, Ma Han continued to receive battle reports from all sides.

Gao Shun led the camp and the Shouchun palace guards to chase and kill Cao Cao, Cao Cao packed up the remnants of the army, got 2,000 people, and retreated to the east gate. Due to the darkness of the night, poor vision, and Cao Jun's previous defense at the east gate, it was impossible to attack it for a while. However, as time went on, the situation became more and more unfavorable for Cao Jun, and it was believed that after dawn, the balance of victory would tilt in favor of Gao Shun.

Gan Ning, Zhang He, and Gao Lan will attack Han Hao from the front and back respectively. Han Hao, who had 4,000 soldiers and horses, struggled to support it, and it was not until the news of the defeat of the Chinese army came that Han Hao finally gave up resistance. Due to being cut off by Gan Ning to the east gate, Han Hao was unable to rendezvous with Cao Cao, and after several rushes to no avail, he had no choice but to take advantage of the night to escape from the siege with dozens of troops and escape into the house. Nowhere to be found.

Of the 4,000 Cao troops, nearly 1,000 were annihilated, more than 1,000 were scattered, and finally nearly 2,000 were captured.

Subsequently, Gan Ning and Zhang He divided their troops to sweep the whole city; Gao Ran led 300 trap camp armor soldiers and 400 palace guards, went out of the city from the south gate, and went around to the post station twenty miles east of the east gate, cutting off Cao Cao's retreat.

The battle inside the city was clear, and the battle outside the city was not until after dawn. Only then came the eagle letter. Li Dian successfully contained Xiahou Yuan and Zhu Ling. Mao Jue of Xiquyang and Cao Pi of Dangtu were reluctant to defend the city because they had too few troops at hand, and they could not divide troops to support.

At dawn, Ma Han finally raised his head from the map, rubbed his face vigorously, threw the charcoal, and leaned back on the general's chair: "The overall situation is decided." ”

Xun You rubbed his red eyes: "Cao Cao has not been captured, and the general has not been careless." ”

Guo Jia patted the case and shouted to the attendant outside the door: "Send food quickly, the general can't send hungry soldiers." ”

Ma Han laughed: "Exactly. If you are negligent, you should be punished, and you should be punished for eating two more bowls. ”

But Ma Han was destined not to have the opportunity to eat two more bowls, when he had just finished eating one. When the second bowl was being served, Chen Xing hurriedly sent an urgent message: in the early hours of the morning, hundreds of Cao army cavalry appeared at the east gate, violently attacking the Gao Shun army formation. Almost clicked. Cao Cao was accepted and fled to Quyang in the west.

Ma Han paused the bowl heavily, and shot the case: "What a Xiahou Yuan." The cavalry is playing smoothly - give me armor, and I will catch the thief with my own hands! ”

Soon, follow-up news followed. It turned out that Xiahou Yuan asked Zhu Ling to use his own banner to lead three hundred cavalry soldiers to break into Bagong Mountain at night, and then suddenly killed from Donggu Road and attacked the Gaolan Department stationed at the post station. Gao Ran hurriedly met the enemy, only the trapping camp was quite high, and before the cavalry rushed closer, he completed the formation with little loss; And the Shouchun palace guards were slaughtered because they couldn't line up in time. More than 200 of the 400 palace guards were killed at once, the rest were scattered, and the entire army was defeated.

Xiahou Yuan personally charged, and rushed three times in a row, but he failed to break the trapped camp that had been fighting for most of the night, but caused dozens of cavalry losses. Then he decisively gave up the plan to annihilate the Gao Lan Department, and rushed into the city according to the original plan to meet Cao Cao.

The situation was urgent, and Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong both persuaded Cao Cao to withdraw with the cavalry, leaving the infantry behind, and Cao Hong cut off.

Cao Cao resolutely refused, and wept: "Zilian fought hard all night, covered with several wounds, and bled several times, and now he is still in danger after the break, why should he abandon it and flee alone?" ”

Cao Hong finally said the sentence he said when he failed to win over Dong ten years ago, was besieged, and sacrificed a horse to make Cao Cao cross the water and get out: "There can be no flood in the world, and there can be no king." ”

Cao Cao held Cao Hong's hand and said movingly: "Zilian has rescued him several times, and he will live up to you." ”

Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan finally broke through, and in the face of the cavalry coming and going, although Gao Ran had first-class heavy infantry, he could only watch, and he couldn't even eat the dust swept out of the horse's tail.

Ma Han left all the heavy armor guards to rest and recuperate, and guarded the Shouchun Palace, anyway, chasing and killing the cavalry, the speed of the heavy armor cavalry did not have an advantage. He led all the light horsemen and archers and galloped to the east gate.

At this time, Gao Shun had strengthened the offensive, and at the same time, Gan Ning and Zhang He had also taken control of the whole city, basically wiped out the remnants of the enemy, and began to assemble towards the east gate.

At the beginning of the hour, Ma Han, Gan Ning, and Zhang Heju appeared at the east gate. The area was filled with barricades, some of which were still burning and smoke curling. On the deer, on the side of the road, on the roofs of houses, arrows were stuck everywhere, and corpses were everywhere. There are Cao pawns, dragon and wolf sergeants, and civilians who have been affected.

Two hundred steps away, at the head of the East Gate City, the figure of Cao Hong appeared, surrounded by a triple shield-wielding warrior in front of him, revealing only one face. Looking at the red-pupiled wolf-headed Daxu who represented Ma Han's proximity, Cao Hong shouted: "Ma Jinglong, how is my nephew Cao Zixiu?" ”

Last night was too chaotic, although many Cao soldiers claimed that Cao Ang had died in battle, but they did not see it with their own eyes, and it was not confirmed, Cao Hong still did not give up, and there were no rumors before that he was not in the chaos?

Two hundred steps away, the voice was not easy to hear, Ma Han and a group of fierce horses galloped nearly a hundred steps, Fang raised his head and said indifferently: "It's a pity that I failed to capture the eldest prince Cao for the second time, he has been killed by my warrior Asu." ”

Even who was killed has a name and a surname, and this will not be wrong. Cao Hong raised his head and closed his eyes, his throat rolled, and after a while, he calmed down and said in a dumb voice: "Ma Jinglong, you won this time, but you have to be complacent too early, as long as Meng De is there in the world, you will be taught to sleep and eat." ”

Ma Han actually bowed his head: "That's right, in today's battle, I, Ma Han and Cao Cao are no longer together, Cao Cao will survive for a day, and I will not be safe; So. Cao Cao will not die for a day, and I will not return to Luoyang for a day - now, it starts with you. ”

Cao Hong laughed: "Ma Jinglong, you can't kill me with one arrow, do you want to have the opportunity to shoot a second arrow?" I sue you, don't think! ”

Ma Han was unmoved, and asked in a loud voice: "Cao Hong, what time is it now?" ”

Cao Hong didn't know why, but he still asked Hu Cong, and then replied: "The first moment of the hour." How is it? ”

Ma Han raised his hand and pointed at it from afar, and said loudly: "Before the time, I will kill you!" Cao Hong, suffer death! ”

Cao Hong looked up to the sky and burst into laughter, out of breath, panting: "Okay...... Good...... I, I, Cao Hong, are standing here, come on! Let's shoot through the top three with one arrow! ”

Ma Han pointed his finger at Cao Hong, and returned the horse when he passed by Gao Shun. Nod to him.

Gao Shun waved the flag: "Go to the city." ”

Three hundred fallen soldiers and three hundred Shanyue soldiers came out of the battle, followed by the auxiliary soldiers carrying the ladder, and rushed towards the east gate.

The inner city of the East Gate originally had two stairs to transport troops to the city, but they had been destroyed by Cao's army. Therefore, the only way to get to the city is to build a ladder. Gao Shun had led his army to charge the city many times before, but was repeatedly repelled by Cao Cao and Cao Hong with strong defensive advantages.

This time, the way to ascend the city is still the same, but there are many differences: the reinforcements of the Dragon Wolf Army have arrived, and the morale of the Cao soldiers is low. On top of that, Ma Han and his dragon wolf bow guards arrived.

As soon as the drums of the offensive war sounded, a hundred dragon wolf archers jumped off their horses. Armed with bows and arrows, they are looking for sniper positions. Some went up to the roof, some climbed the branches, and some boarded the grain cart. Once you've chosen a location, draw your bow and aim your arrows at the head of the city.

When the trapped soldiers and Shanyue soldiers rushed to the city and began to climb, Cao soldiers counterattacked one after another, some opened their bows and arrows, some lifted the boiling cauldron, some carried the rolling logs, and some lifted the stones......

Woooo

Hundreds of arrows were fired in unison, arrows and arrows killed people, blood splashed on the city, and screamed in amazement. The arrows of the archers shoot into the sky; The boiling kettle was overturned and hot, and it screamed; The log was freed, and instead of hitting the enemy, he rolled himself from head to toe; And the lifted stones...... How do you say that sentence - lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot.

Cao was shot badly, and he was even more stupid. Historically, when attacking a city, the attacker's bow and arrow support could only be maintained until the battle was carried out, otherwise it was easy to cause accidental injury. Because the archers are covered shots, there is no accurate head to speak of, which is the norm in regular sieges. Who knows where to drill out these perverted guys, all of them are sharpshooters with hundreds of paces, there are hundreds of people, and they actually kill and snipe accurately, completely block the city, kill the enemy, and do not hurt themselves.

Suppression, complete suppression! From the charge of the dead soldiers and Shanyue soldiers, to the ladder, to the city, for dozens of breaths, the Cao army at the head of the city was unable to counterattack a single arrow and a stone, but was put down a large area, and even the servants and medical workers who rescued the wounded became the targets of rescue.

"Kill—"

The trapped dead and Shanyue soldiers climbed to the top one after another, and the momentum was bursting. Cao pawn couldn't fight back at all, and ran all over the city.

Cao Hong, who has seen the dragon wolf bow and archery skills twice, finally understands where Ma Han's confidence is, what else can he do? Escape, anyway, as long as you escape back to Xiquyang, don't let Ma Han catch it.

At two o'clock, on the official road from Shouchun to Xiquyang, two teams of men and horses fled and chased, several miles apart. There are only a few or so of escapees, and there are hundreds of chasers, and there is such a huge disparity in strength, there is no doubt that once they are caught up, they will definitely die.

Fortunately, a few miles ahead, it is Xiquyang.

Among the pursuers, a fiery dragon horse flew with four hooves, as fast as the wind, leaving his companion far behind.

The red cavalry chased closer and closer, and when Xiquyang City was close in front of him, the red cavalry had chased a hundred steps.

Pick the bow, lead the string, shoot quickly, and connect the beads.

One by one, the fleeing horses fell off their horses, tumbling and rolling, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust.

At the head of Xiquyang City, Mao Jue hurriedly roared and ordered: "It's Captain Cao, quickly release the suspension bridge and open the city gate!" ”

When the last knight was shot out of the saddle by an arrow and fell into the moat, Cao Hong had already saddled across the drawbridge and rushed into the city gate, which was immediately slammed shut.

As soon as he rushed into the city gate, the war horse foamed at the mouth and fell down with a wail.

Cao Hong leaped down, his whole body swelled with the ecstasy of immortality, his hand pressed on his chest, turned around and pointed to the closed thick iron-clad city gate, and laughed wildly: "Ma Han, Ma Han, what if you have a red rabbit horse?" What about the Thousand Steps Marksmanship? Didn't you let Cao Ye escape? The hour has come, what can you do? Hahaha! Hysterical laughter echoed through the gates.

Before the laughter stopped, the city gate suddenly rumbled, and the iron-clad city gate was sunken inward, as if it had been hit by a rhinoceros.

Cao Hong was stunned, and the Cao pawns at the city gate were stunned, what is the situation?

If Cao Hong stood at the head of the city, and looked down at the head of the city with Mao Jue, the quasi-guarantee was scared - Ma Han rushed to the drawbridge alone, leaped off the horse, raised his right arm, and struck the city gate with his palm like a knife. With each blow, the gates dented and cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye. After only a few breaths, a circle was carved out that could accommodate one person standing upright.

Ma Han raised his hand and pulled, and a huge round iron sheet fell to the ground, and then retracted his arms, clenched his fists, and slammed out—

Rumble! It was torn apart, the wood flew up, and a large hole was broken in the city gate.

A male figure appeared, completely shrouding Cao Hong in the shadows, and his voice was so calm that it didn't look like he was chasing for dozens of miles: "Cao Hong, I said that I would kill you when I was in the morning, and I won't leave you until the time!" (To be continued......)