Chapter 498 Anticlimactic
"Traitor, take your life1
Xiahou was stunned for a moment, at that moment just now, he was completing the fortieth or forty-first round with Taishi Zhaorong, after the two sides staggered, he was horrified to see the moment when his younger brother was cut off by Fang Zhiwen.
Xiahoudun's gaze seemed to slow down, and a feeling of extreme powerlessness arose in his heart, and then pain! Heart-rending pain! Watching his brother die in battle! Xiahoudun couldn't do anything, this pain quickly changed into a kind of anger, and then Xiahoudun's reason was overwhelmed by this angry flame, and only Fang Zhiwen who was sitting on a horse and smiling was left in his eyes!
This man is the murderer of his own brother! His devil-like smile was deeply imprinted in his heart, and now he was already crazy with anger and pain, and Xiahoudun pointed to tearing this hateful smile with his own hands, and there was no other thought!
Then, Xiahoudun turned the horse's head, threw down the stunned Taishi Zhaorong, and rushed towards Fang Zhiwen frantically!
"Woohoo 1
The sound of tearing the air was so sharp that it seemed to cut Xiahoudun's eardrums, and the terrifying cold stars instantly came to his eyes, even in his rage, Xiahoudun knew that these cold stars would kill him, and the spear in his hand swirled out a dazzling halo, like a shield made of light, trying to block those deadly arrows!
"Ding, ding, flutter 1
"Boom 1
"Sigh the law 1
In the presence of thousands of soldiers on both sides, the furious Xiahoudun blocked the feathered arrows that were fired at him. But he was not able to block the arrows that shot at the front joints of the horse's legs for his war horse, after all, Xiahoudun's mind was not very clear at that time, and it was already very good to be able to block the arrows that were shot at him.
The front hoof joint of the war horse was shot through, and a heel fell the mud, almost breaking Xiahoudun's neck, but he was still pressed a few times by the tumbling war horse and rolled into a clay man. Under the stunned gaze of everyone, he stood up from the mud ground tremblingly.
The weapon in his hand has long been lost, and the helmet has fallen off. The armor on his body was tattered, and he was covered in black and yellow mud, where did he still look like a general. It's just a beggar!
Xiahoudun touched the mud and blood mixture on his face hard, and looked at Fang Zhiwen with wide eyes, this fall woke Xiahoudun up!
After being stunned for a long time, Xiahoudun looked at Fang Zhiwen, who was still smiling disdainfully, turned around and walked back, although his steps were a little staggering, but he was extremely resolute, and it seemed that he didn't even want Xiahouyuan's corpse.
"Your brother isn't dead, he's just unconscious. Don't you see that my knives are broken? Sure enough, it's two fools, I really don't know what Cao Apu wants you two brothers to do1
Xiahoudun was stunned, slowly turned his body with difficulty, and looked at Fang Zhiwen with disbelief and deep hope in his eyes!
Fang Zhiwen pursed his lips impatiently. Pointing at Xiahou Yuan, he said: "Take him back, and by the way, bring a message to Cao Apu, let him come to Pingshou City to see me, what's the use of engaging in these little famous halls!" What's more, I'm still using fools like you to do things1
After speaking, Fang Zhiwen no longer paid attention to Xiahoudun, who was standing stupidly, and turned around and ran in the direction of Taishi Zhaorong. Taishi Zhaorong raised his face, revealing a happy and shy face, and ran back to his battle formation with Fang Zhiwen and his horse.
Then Fang Zhiwen's cavalry quickly changed formation, and continued to go southeast along the straight road, completely ignoring the four thousand cavalry standing on the side of the straight road.
In fact, these 4,000 cavalry really have no fighting spirit now, one of their main generals does not know whether he is alive or dead, and the other is also shot off his horse with an arrow, this battle is still a fart!
Fang Zhiwen's cavalry rushed past Cao Cao's cavalry with a calm expression, and they didn't even look at these enemies, this is the biggest contempt, although the soldiers of Cao Zhiwen's army were full of unwillingness, but they could only endure it alive, and even the powerlessness in their hearts was stronger than unwillingness.
Soon the black cavalry disappeared from the battlefield, and the thunderous sound of hooves finally disappeared.
"My lord, this defeat has ruined the reputation of my lord, and it is the fault of my two brothers, please punish my lord1
Although Cao Cao had received the battle report and knew that the two generals were defeated, he was still a little shocked to see the two Xiahou brothers in such an image, and he didn't expect the Xiahou brothers to kneel down on one knee in public to plead guilty.
Cao Cao jumped off his horse as if he had been pricked in the ass by a needle, ignoring the mud on the ground, rushed up a few steps and quickly helped the two of them up: "Why do you need to be like this, why do you need to be like this!" Hurry up, please get up, this is the fault of the enemy's mistakes, and the two of them have to do 1
Cao Cao's words were not to cover up the failure for the Xiahou brothers, but this operation was originally a tentative action, Cao Cao never expected this operation to be able to take down Fang Zhiwen, Cao Cao had already expected a possible failure, even if the consequences were more serious, Cao Cao was also psychologically prepared, as long as he could detect Fang Zhiwen's attitude towards himself from this process, then it would be worth it.
This more pessimistic expectation is not because Cao Cao lacks confidence, but because since Fang Zhiwen dares to go south, he is obviously confident in the combat strength of his troops, if Fang Zhiwen did not predict that he would encounter Cao Cao's provocation at all, then Fang Zhiwen is not worthy of Cao Cao's attention.
The fact is obviously that Cao Cao guessed correctly!
Seeing that the morale of Xiahou Yuan's troops was low, Cao Cao simply did not leave, and set up camp on the spot, on the other hand, Cao Cao also needed to know the details of this encounter, so as to set the tone for the trip to Pingshou in the coming day.
Kneeling in the tent, the Xiahou brothers had already sorted out their clothes and armor, and they looked a little sluggish, but there was nothing wrong with it.
"You're saying he shot the messenger without saying a word?"
Cao Cao listened carefully to Xiahou Yuan's description, and frowned slightly. Filtering and imagining the scene bit by bit, even Fang Zhiwen's expression with a disdainful smile, Cao Cao seemed to be able to see it with his own eyes.
"Yes, not a word."
"And then he scolded you two?"
Even the lord and even the eldest brother scolded 1
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, narrowed his eyes, straightened his waist, and asked, "What are you scolding for your brother?" ”
"Scolding the eldest brother for being stupid and incompetent1
Xiahou Yuan hesitated. Still answered truthfully.
"Hehe, Fang Zhiwen, I understand. It's a long time coming, is it so quick to close the coffin and make a final decision1
Cao Cao's eyes flickered, and his mouth was smiling. But the expression is very serious, Cao Cao is serious, and the consequences are very serious!
"Supposedly, Fang Zhiwen and his second lady should not have as much force as the two of you, right? Why?"
"The force value is not high enough, but the two of them are very rich in combat experience and combat awareness, especially Fang Zhiwen, who is treacherous and insidious in battle, and can even set up an ambush in the midst of rapid changes. It's a tricky enemy1
Since Xiahou Yuan woke up from the battlefield, he kept thinking back to the short two rounds of fighting with Fang Zhiwen, and he found that he had lost not in strength and speed, but in his head, Fang Zhiwen's fighting skills were too nonsense. Or it's called whimsical, anyway, it's hard to predict, if you're not careful, you'll get hit, which will mess up your rhythm, and then you will be ruthlessly pursued by Fang Zhiwen until you fail.
Xiahou Yuan had never encountered such a tricky opponent since he became an adult. Fang Zhiwen gives people the feeling that he is like a phantom, and he is simply unpredictable.
"Oh! Interesting, so if you meet it again next time, is Yuan Rang sure? ”
"If he doesn't use a bow and arrow, it should be no problem to fight on horseback, if he wants to win, he can't be sure, if he fights on foot, after the pace slows down, he has some confidence."
Xiahoudun replied briefly and accurately, in fact, he had been thinking about the entire battle process, Xiahoudun felt that Fang Zhiwen certainly needed to pay close attention, and his second lady could not be taken lightly, that woman was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp, and in today's battle, that woman was already on the verge of a breakthrough, and it was likely that she would be able to advance in a short time, and it might be difficult to gain the upper hand next time she fought against her.
"Big brother, Fang Zhiwen's second lady can't be ignored, she must be a strong enemy1
"Okay, good, it's really a strong enemy, with such an enemy, maybe it's also an interesting thing, at least, the two of you don't lack whetstones."
"Big brother 1
Brother Xiahou looked at Cao Cao in surprise, seeing Cao Cao's confident smile, obviously Cao Cao's words were not like casual words, but really planned to do so, what did this mean?
"Husband, why did you let them go so easily?" Taishi Zhaorong thought about it for a long time, but she didn't understand what Fang Zhiwen meant by lifting it high and falling gently, this curiosity made her not even sort out the battle gains just now, but kept thinking about this problem, but she never found an answer that could satisfy her, and finally asked her husband.
"Huh? Oh, this, in fact, Cao Cao just thinks about our attitude this time, even if it is us who is defeated today, he will not do anything to us, because Youzhou still needs our existence, the Han also needs our existence, and Cao Cao needs our existence even more. In the same way, we also need Cao Cao's presence, so the slap can be beaten, but his right arm must not be chopped off1
Fang Zhiwen let go of the reins and let Xue Ye run in small steps like a dance, tilting his head sideways and carefully explaining to Taishi Zhaorong the deep roots behind the promotion of this 'encounter'.
"Need his presence?" Taishi Zhaorong's brows furrowed.
"Yes, he needs his existence, he is in Qingzhou, he can make the traditional clans of Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Jizhou have scruples, he is in Qingzhou, he can suppress the rapid expansion of Qingzhou's alien forces, and similarly, he is in Qingzhou, and we have the opportunity to intervene in Qingzhou."
"Is it politics again?" Taishi Zhaorong sighed softly, those things, I really don't understand!
"Hehe, yes."
Taishi Zhaorong blinked her eyes and smiled playfully: "Then I'd better think about the battle gains just now." ”! ~!