Chapter 237: Cao Ren is captured

In this inexplicable battle, the Wei army only ran out of more than 20,000 people, less than 5,000 were captured, and the remaining more than 200,000 were all killed by the Hong army in the great escape. And the Hong army also lost a lot of people, a full 2,000 people are buried in this land, and as many as thousands of people are injured.

Such a result made Liu Hou hate Cao Ren so much. He was not only heartbroken for the nearly 10,000 casualties of the Hong army, but also for the more than 200,000 dead in the Wei army, after all, these people are also Han, and they are all young and middle-aged Han, and there are more than 200,000 all of a sudden, how can this make Liu Hou not heartbroken?

If it weren't for Cao Ren driving these soldiers to break through frantically, these people might not have died so much, even if Cao Ren refused to lead the army to surrender, if the two armies fought normally, tens of thousands of people might die, and these Wei soldiers would collapse and surrender, how could it not be like this time, the Hong army was forced to kill more than 200,000 people.

Cao Ren, whom Liu Hou hated very much, did not die, and in the process of breaking out, he was very unlucky to encounter a firearms unit, and all his own soldiers were killed, and he himself was shot twice, one in the shoulder and one in the thigh. These two shots deprived him of most of his mobility, and he was eventually captured.

When Cao Ren was escorted to Liu Hou's tent, Liu Hou was still in a rage, and he scolded Cao Ren fiercely, but Cao Ren was not convinced, and said, "Hmph! Cao is loyal and patriotic, brave in battle, and would rather die than give in, what is the fault of this? His Majesty wants to kill and chop, and he is as he pleases, but it seems very unfair for His Majesty to scold Cao like this. ”

Liu Hou was furious and shouted, "Do you think it's unfair? Do you still have the face to feel unfair? Then I ask, who can complain about the more than 200,000 soldiers who died? What are their faults? But is it fair to them that you drive them to death for the sake of your own merits and for your own selfishness?

Besides, what kind of monarch are you loyal to, what kind of country do you love, your Cao Wei monarch is just a usurper and a traitor, you are loyal to such a traitor, you are rebellious, and you are embarrassed to say what kind of loyal and patriotic guy is shameless. ”

Cao Ren said angrily: "The Han Emperor is unreasonable, corrupt and incompetent, the government is corrupt, and the dictatorship of relatives and eunuchs has made the people miserable and the world is in chaos, so what else does the court do?" The world is based on the virtuous, and since the Han family has no virtue, it is natural to give way to the virtuous Cao. ”

"Haha, this is the consistent excuse of rebellious ministers and thieves, you say that your Cao family is virtuous, what is the basis? I can also say that our Liu family is virtuous, and your Cao family has no way. Who can evaluate who is right and who is wrong? My father, the emperor, has always been famous for his benevolence, and I inherited his unification and continued his benevolent style.

Okay, if you really say that the virtuous can be the king, then should you be loyal to me, the virtuous king, now? According to you, you should switch to me right now, how about it? Do you swear allegiance to me now? ”

"I, you are really good at talking nonsense and whimsical, thinking that I Cao, the younger brother of Taizu and the ancestor of Wei, how can I stoop down to serve you, a hypocritical villain who is full of benevolence and morality, but is actually a bad stomach. People say that the little emperor of Shu is clever and good at strong words. But just because you, a stinky kid, say that you want to accept Cao's surrender, I'm afraid you can't do enough. ”

"Haha, you see, just now I said that you killed more than 200,000 people, you said that you were loyal to the monarch and patriotic, I said that you were loyal to the wrong king, and loved the wrong country, and you said that there are virtuous people in the world, and I said that our Liu family is virtuous, and you told me that you are a relative of Cao Wei, and you are unwilling to give in.

So why did you bother to make so many turns in the first place? In the final analysis, it is because you are surnamed Cao, so you are dead set on the Cao family, completely because you want to protect the interests of your family, and it has nothing to do with righteousness and morality. I also say that I am hypocritical, and I see you as an out-and-out hypocrite. ”

"Humph! Huangkou Xiaoer, it is useless to talk more, Cao is just begging for death. Cao Ren was already disheartened by the defeat, he didn't expect that he would fight all his life, but in the end he fell into the hands of a hairy boy, and in discouragement, he lost his interest in continuing to fight with Liu Hou, and begged for death directly.

"Hehe, do you think I am reluctant to kill you, or dare not kill you? Do you think I'll keep you and find a way to persuade you to surrender? Or will I keep you as a bargaining chip to threaten Cao Pi? Don't think too much of yourself, your time is over, and it is useless to keep you. ”

Liu Hou saw that Cao Ren's age was not young, although he couldn't remember exactly what year Cao Ren died, but he also knew that his lifespan could not be too long, no matter how powerful a fierce general was, after all, he could not defeat the great enemy of time. The generals who followed Cao Cao to the east and west to fight back then have basically gone almost, and the remaining few don't have many years to live.

Therefore, even if he can recruit this Cao Ren, he doesn't have much value to use, maybe he will have to go to see King Yama after working for himself for a year or two, and before he has time to squeeze his surplus value, he will have to pay a large amount of pension, so Liu Hou is unwilling to do it at a loss.

What's more, Cao Ren belongs to the Cao clan and is Cao Pi's uncle, and the loyalty brought by this blood relationship is the strongest, and others may surrender to Shu Han, but he will never betray the Cao Wei regime. Therefore, Liu Hou had no intention of wasting his efforts to recruit him in vain.

"The reason why I still left you alive is because you and my second uncle can be described as a pair of old enemies, when Xiangfan fought the war, because of your perseverance, in the end, when the reinforcements came, the second uncle of the guide zhì I failed, I thought, the second uncle must hate you very much, and he is also unwilling to lose to you like this. He must be eager to see you, so it would be fitting that I would like to send you to my second uncle so that he can deal with you. ”

"Hahahaha, there are not many people who Cao Mou admires in his life, Guan Gong happens to be one of them, and it is also a good destination to die under Guan Gong's knife. Okay, Cao Mou will go with you to meet this 'old friend', if you can learn martial arts with him before you die, then Cao Mou will have no regrets in this life. Cao Ren laughed, although he was covered in blood and his armor was messy, but under the laughter, he could also show a bit of heroism, which actually gave Liu Hou a feeling of looking down on the world and looking forward to his self-pride.

Liu Hou looked at his down-and-out and heroic appearance, and the saying "the tiger is still there" appeared in his heart, this Cao Ren was obviously seriously injured and was captured, but he can still be majestic, and he is really a figure that should not be underestimated.

Liu Hou didn't say much, called a personal soldier, asked him to select a team of people to come out, sent Cao Ren back to Jingzhou overnight, and handed it over to Guan Gong for disposal, he believed that Guan Gong would be very happy to see Cao Ren, and he must have thought that he would be ashamed.