Chapter 1249: Defeat with One Blow
Quiet nights always go by quickly.
The soldiers of the Cao Army in the city, only a small number of men and horses were left to monitor the Liaodong Army outside the city, and the rest of them rested early.
The eastern sky gradually turned white, and the Cao army in the city got up early in the morning.
The soldiers of the Cao army did not make a fire to make food as usual, but assembled near the city gate under the guidance of their respective officers.
Riding a war horse, Cao Cao walked twice in front of the soldiers of the Cao army who lined up in formation, and after holding the war horse, he shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the Liaodong army has been attacking the city for days, and our army has repelled it. In order to break through the city, they were unwilling to collect the dead bodies, intending to smoke us to death in the city. Do you sue sΓΉ, would you like to be smoked to death by the smell of corpses? β
"I don't want to!" As soon as Cao Cao's question was asked, all the soldiers of Cao Jun shouted in unison.
"Good!" Nodding, Cao Cao then shouted to the soldiers: "This morning, I will wait and not be busy making fires and cooking, and go out of the city to break the Liaodong army, and wait until this battle is won, and I will be drunk with the soldiers!" β
The soldiers of Cao Jun did not say anything more, but looked at Cao Cao silently, waiting for him to give the order to leave the city.
"Out of town!" Looking around at the soldiers, Cao Cao waved his arm and shouted.
With his order, the city gate slowly opened, and countless Cao soldiers poured out from the city gate.
At this time, the military camp of the Liaodong Army was still quiet.
Except for a few Liaodong troops who were in charge of vigilance, everyone else was immersed in dreams.
Cao Jun suddenly went out of the city, and a vigilant Liaodong army saw the black pressure Cao Jun pouring out of the city from a distance, and hurriedly shouted: "Oh no!" Cao Jun is here! β
After several days of siege, Cao's army never left the city.
Although the shouts of the vigilant soldiers reached the ears of many officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army in the camp, most of the sleepy officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army did not believe it very much.
In one of the tents, a soldier of the Liaodong Army was sleeping Zhengxiang, and when he heard the shout of "Cao Jun is coming" from outside, he thought he was dreaming, turned over, muttered twice, and fell asleep again.
He was just about to fall asleep, when more panicked shouts reached his ears.
The soldiers of the Liaodong Army who were in charge of the vigilance had already discovered that Cao's army was out of the city and was running around in the barracks, reminding the soldiers to get up quickly to meet the battle.
One person's shout failed to attract the attention of more Liaodong Army, but the shouting of many people meant something completely different.
Those officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army, who still didn't quite believe that Cao Jun was really coming, jumped up when they heard the chaos outside, and some of them didn't even have time to put on their armor, so they quickly jumped out of the camp.
The camp of the Liaodong Army was in a hurry, and the Cao army, which was out of the city, under the leadership of the generals, quickly advanced towards their barracks.
"Shoot the arrows!" Riding on horseback, Xiahoudun galloped on his horse and yelled at the soldiers of the Cao army who followed behind.
With a loud roar from him, the soldiers of the Cao Army behind him put their arrows on the bowstring, and at the same time charged, they released countless feathered arrows towards the military camp of the Liaodong Army.
Xiahoudun ordered his troops and horses to release arrows, and other Cao generals followed suit.
All of a sudden, arrows rained down in the barracks of the Liaodong Army, and many Liaodong troops were knocked to the ground by arrows as soon as they ran out of the camp.
Cao Jun suddenly launched an attack, and Gongsun Gong, who was sleeping, was awakened by his own soldiers, put on his armor, and just rushed out of the tent, he saw countless arrows covering him.
"General be careful!" Looking at the rain of arrows getting closer and closer with a stunned face, before Gongsun Gong could react, a group of pro-soldiers who protected him raised their big shields one after another to block him behind him.
The rain of arrows came down and landed on the big shield, making a "crackling" sound.
In the rain of arrows, the pro-soldiers beside Gongsun Gong fell several times in a row, and the rest of the pro-soldiers were still holding shields to shield him from the falling feather arrows.
The Cao army was getting closer and closer, and the camp of the Liaodong Army was in chaos, and the soldiers did not form a defensive force at all.
"Kill!" With countless bursts of applause, the generals and cavalry of the Cao Army, who rushed to the front, entered the military camp of the Liaodong Army.
The Liaodong Army, which already had little morale, was even more chaotic under the sudden attack of the Cao army, and countless people dragged their weapons and did not choose the direction, so they turned around and ran outside the barracks.
The Liaodong Army, which turned over on the war horse, left the barracks, and did not look back at all, and rode all the way to the distance.
Those Liaodong troops who were running around on two legs fell in the barracks one by one under the pursuit of the cavalry of the Cao army.
There was already chaos in the barracks, and Gongsun Gong was still thinking about organizing the soldiers to counterattack, and several personal soldiers had already surrounded him and ran towards the war horse.
"General, get on your horse!" The soldiers surrounding him held their blades, looked at Cao Jun who had already rushed into the barracks in horror, and led their officers to shout to Gongsun Gong.
There was already chaos in his heart, and Gongsun Gong, who was in a panic, couldn't care about organizing resistance anymore, and jumped on the horse with the support of the officer.
As soon as he jumped on the horse's back, he heard a loud shout from behind him: "Gongsun Gong! Where to go! β
Hearing the shouting behind him, he hurriedly turned around, only to see a member of the Cao General carrying a big knife and rushing towards him on horseback.
Cao Jiang, who rushed over, Gongsun Gong also recognized it.
He is none other than Cao Cao's own sect, Cao Hong.
Cao Hong rode alone towards Gongsun Gong, and several of his own soldiers hurriedly greeted him.
Wielding a big knife, when the few Gongsun Gong's personal soldiers rushed to the front, Cao Hong slashed the big knife, and the blade first swept to the ground, and then slammed upward, slashing at a personal soldier.
The pro-soldier who rushed up against the big knife saw the flash of the knife, and just wanted to avoid it sideways, the blade had already slashed to his body.
The sharp big knife slashed into the Liaodong soldier's body, and in an instant, a long cut opened in his chest.
In the gushing blood, a lump of internal organs gushed out from the severed abdomen of the Liaodong soldier, and he fell down.
Splitting over a Liaodong army, Cao Hong did not stop the war horse, and while slashing the broadsword around again, forcing back several other Liaodong soldiers, he rushed to the front of Gongsun Gong.
"Dismount!" With a loud shout, Cao Hong's fingers reached Gongsun Gong's collar and pulled him off the horse.
Gongsun Gong fell off his horse, and his own soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to rescue, and the nearby Cao army also rushed up quickly.
Cao Hong flipped the big knife, the tip of the knife was pressed against Gongsun Gong's chest, and he glared angrily at the few Liaodong soldiers who were about to rush up and shouted: "Who dares to step forward!" β
was stopped by Cao Hong, and the Liaodong army was still in a daze, and a group of Cao soldiers had already rushed up.
Cao Jun, who rushed up, did not have the slightest intention of stopping his pace, waved the blade in his hand, and bumped into a few Liaodong troops.
In the barracks of the Liaodong Army, a one-sided massacre was carried out, but it was only half an hour, and the barracks were full of dead bodies and blood.
The corpses were piled up everywhere, and the blood gathered into small channels, and condensed into small blood gulls in the low-lying places.
After a one-sided massacre, the soldiers of the Cao army cleaned up the bodies of the Liaodong army in the barracks and threw the dead Liaodong soldiers into their newly dug pit.
The corpses of the Liaodong army, which had been piled up at the foot of the city wall for several days, were also buried on the spot by the Cao army.
Riding a horse on the battlefield where the battle had just taken place, Cao Cao looked around at the ground covered in blood, and asked Xun You, who was following behind him: "Gongda, Gongsun Gong has been defeated, will our army defend here or march immediately?" β
Following behind Cao Cao, Xun You rode on horseback, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said to Cao Cao: "You should enter the army immediately." Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Lanxin recently repelled the Goryeo army, and although they were victorious, they never completely defeated the Goryeo. Our army attacked from behind, and the Koreans were depressed for many days, and they would come to help! β
"Qi Cao Gong, General Cao Hong captured Gongsun Gong!" As soon as he nodded, before Cao Cao could speak, an officer of Cao Jun ran to the front, bowed down with his fists, and reported to him.
Knowing that Cao Hong had captured Gongsun Gong, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly opened, and he hurriedly said, "Bring Gongsun Gong here!" β
"No!" With a fist clench, the officer took two steps back before turning away.
After a while, Cao Cao saw Cao Hong personally escorting Gongsun Gong, who had been bound like a dumpling, and walked towards him.
Seeing that Gongsun Gong was really captured by Cao Hong, Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at Xun You.
After glancing at him, Xun You didn't speak, but the smugness on his face was a little heavier than before.
"Hurry up!" was about to reach Cao Cao's approach, Cao Hong pushed Gongsun Gong's back shoulder fiercely and shouted at him.
Pushed forward and staggered a few steps, Gongsun Gong turned around and glared at Cao Hong angrily after stabilizing his figure.
Two Cao soldiers stepped forward and pressed his shoulders one left and one right, and one of them raised his foot and kicked him in the crook of the leg, shouting, "Kneel!" β
The leg was kicked in the crook, and Gongsun Gong knelt down on one leg.
He was about to stand up, when another Cao Jun also kicked hard at the crook of his leg on the other side.
was kicked again, and before he could stand up, Gongsun Gong knelt down.
As soon as his knees fell to the ground, the two Cao soldiers who twisted him pressed his shoulders down, so that he couldn't move at all.
Twisting his body a few times, Gongsun Gong struggled, raised his head and glared angrily at Cao Cao on horseback, his face was pale, and he didn't say a word.
Looking down at Gongsun Gong kneeling in front of the war horse, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked coldly: "Knowing that he is not an opponent of our army, but he has repeatedly forcibly attacked the city, what does the general want?" β
"The general of the defeated army, there is nothing to say!" Tilting his head to the side, Gongsun Gong said angrily: "If you want to kill, you will kill, why do you need to make noise? β
His eyes stared coldly at Gongsun Gong, and after a while, Cao Cao waved his hand to the two Cao Jun who were pressing on his shoulders.
It wasn't until the two Cao Jun let go of their hands that he said to Gongsun Gong: "If I don't kill you today, let's go!" β