Chapter 507: Brother
Guan Yu, Cao Cao's fateful opponent finally appeared on the battlefield of Pingyuanjin.
Cao Cao has an understanding of his people.
I know that he is a rare brave general, a general, and a heavy general. He specially found someone to draw a picture of Guan Yu and hung it next to his couch.
Whenever he saw his magnificent posture like a celestial man, and then thought about the majestic posture of his people on the battlefield from Xuzhou, Cao Cao often sighed:
"I hate that I can't get to know Guan Jun early, so that the two of us can't get along."
But when he got to the front of the hall, he changed his style again. He used to say to the left and right:
"Guan Yu is both civil and military, heroic, a master, and a disciple of Huang and Peng. He sits on the high ground and cuts off Qingxu, but he is really a thief on my side. Yun Chang doesn't die, I can't sleep at night. ”
Therefore, for Guan Yu, Cao Cao has really been friends for a long time.
But unfortunately, if they met in such a scene, it was not what Cao Cao wanted.
With the sentinel's report of Guan Yu's appearance in the southwest, the current situation is already very dangerous for Cao Cao.
In the dark, the situation on the battlefield is not clear. However, the shouts of killing from the center showed that the trial and matching department still failed to capture the surrounded Taishan army.
And now some of the Youzhou Turquoise cavalry have retreated to the periphery of the battlefield, while Na Ding Sheng's troops are still pressing forward step by step.
At this time, Cao Cao felt a little that he still underestimated Ding Sheng, but he didn't expect this person to still have something.
But not much.
If it weren't for Guan Yu coming to help at this time, he would definitely destroy this Ding Sheng here.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao sighed:
"Some people can't do it, but this luck is really good."
At this time, Cao Cao already knew that there was no need to fight this battle. But if you want to retreat, you can't just retreat by yourself, so he ordered two leopard cavalry soldiers to pass the news of Guan Yubu's arrival to the judge, and asked him to withdraw too.
After that, Cao Cao once again glanced hatefully at the Taishan army in the firelight on the opposite side.
"Don't be too happy, it's going to grow this one."
In this way, Cao Cao evacuated in the dark of night with the leopard cavalry and some Youzhou cavalry.
……
It was very dawning, and not long after Cao Cao withdrew with the leopard horse, the east began to blush his belly, and a red chicken jumped out of the sky.
Cao Cao was a little unrefreshed, and a big victory that should have been hearty was like this. But whether it was Xu Chu on the side or those Cao Jun leopard riders in their eyes, they couldn't hide their excitement.
In their opinion, they have won another brilliant victory, especially against the famous Taishan army.
Look at the battle from their point of view.
They first gloriously ambushed a large Tarzan army of cavalry, and then pursued them with victory. After that, they repeatedly rushed against the enemy's reinforcements in the dark, and although they couldn't figure out why they were retreating, who could say that it was not a victory?
Therefore, facing the rising sun, except for Cao Cao himself, everyone else in the Cao army returned to the division victoriously.
I don't know how far he retreated, but a sentry rode from behind, and he sent a message to Cao Cao.
The new Qinghe army that was judged was also withdrawn and is now returning to the camp, although there are losses in the process, but they are not large.
After the trial was withdrawn, a sentry was specially asked to chase Cao Cao and express his gratitude to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao nodded, and casually rode to the sentry:
"Let your handsome family look away, it's a good thing to be able to take it down. The road behind is long, this time we are out of the mood, and the Taishan army is not very scary, it is also a shoulder and a head. ”
But at this point, Cao Cao suddenly stopped talking. He was stunned.
The left and right generals are puzzled, and they don't know which one of their lords is coming.
But Cao Cao's white face turned red, and he suddenly ordered to the Xun cavalry behind:
"Blow the trumpet, let's kill back!"
Xun Qi was still stunned, Cao Cao had already taken the horn and began to blow.
The horn sounded, and the leopard riders scattered on the road wondered, but they still heard the horn.
After gathering about seven or eight hundred horsemen, Cao Cao asked Xu Chu to hold the big silk and shouted:
"The army will follow me to the west, let's kill it again!"
In this way, the eight hundred leopard horsemen stirred up the dust, and in the east and white, they returned to the battlefield again.
……
"What's going on!"
When Ding Sheng took his subordinates to move closer to the banner with the word "Guan", he saw that it was not Guan Yu standing under Daxu, but his own brother Ding Wu.
Facing Ding Sheng's doubts, Ding Wu smiled shyly:
"Marshal, I went to attack Cao Ying at night according to the military order, but Cao Ying was strong, and our army could not succeed. So I thought you would need my reinforcements here. So on the way, I asked people to put on the banner of Guan Shuai, pretending to be the main force of the Marshal of the Left Army coming north to help. ”
After speaking, Ding Wu suddenly knelt on one knee and pleaded:
"Marshal, the last general failed to complete the military order, and he is willing to be punished."
At this time, Ding Sheng looked at his clan brother with very complicated eyes.
He felt a little sad that he had grown up from his younger brother to a responsible general.
He was not sad that he was saved by Ding Wu, because Ding Sheng never thought that he needed to be rescued. In fact, the ballista team that ambushed Gongsun Yue before was arranged by Ding Sheng.
Ding Sheng has his own plan, and his killer weapon is the Ballista Department, which is subordinate to the military headquarters.
It's just that now this killer weapon is useless, and the opposite side has already retreated.
What is Ding Sheng sad about?
In fact, it was difficult for him to be able to scare Cao Jun by relying on a banner of Guan Yu, which he Ding Sheng could not do.
At this point, he no longer had the heart to punish Ding Wu, and besides, he didn't do anything wrong.
He just asked Zhao Rong, Guo Liang and Huang Yong to reassemble the troops scattered on the battlefield again, and he wanted to abandon this place and withdraw to the Chinese army camp.
Faced with his brother's hurried retreat, Ding Wu couldn't understand it.
He asked:
"Marshal, the enemy army has retreated, our army might as well rest here. Last night's battle, the brothers were exhausted. ”
But Ding Sheng's words made Ding Wu understand that his brother is still his own brother, and he is indeed more experienced than him.
Just listen to Ding Shengdao:
"Yes, the enemy is retreating. But you have made a big mistake, that is, if it is really Yun Chang who comes to help, will you let go of the pursuit? Will it allow the trial army to evacuate safely? So the enemy forces are quick to react, and we are bluffing. ”
Ding Wu was taught it.
As a result, the captains of each school received Ding Sheng's military order, and the whole army assembled and retreated towards the Chinese army. The wounded go first, and the divisions follow in turn.
About two moments later, Cao Cao came back with a leopard horse, but those who remained on the battlefield were the new troops of the Qinghe Army who were abandoned on the battlefield and some Youzhou Turquoise cavalry who lost their horses.
Cao Cao breathed out of his nose in annoyance, and said hatefully:
"Ding Sheng is running fast."
In the end, he also decided not to pursue anymore and stayed behind to help the wounded.
……
The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the Taishan army has two more breastworks on the camp on the east slope.
This was urgently repaired by the Taishan army in the city by taking advantage of the night.
At this meeting, the camp surrounded by Dongpo was Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army.
He sat on a dirt slab, with his own pocket at his feet, and a dry cake in his hand to chew.
Because it was not heated, the cake was already cold and hard, and Cao Ren could only chew hard with his cheeks.
While he was chewing the cake, his younger brother Cao Chun would shout in a male duck's voice:
"I don't think the Taishan army is as mysterious as you say. What about them in this battle? Aren't you still being beaten back by us? ”
Cao Chun is Cao Ren's own brother, and this will be in the stage of voice change, and his words are sharp and thin.
Cao Chun wanted to say more, and then a cake smashed over, which was smashed by Cao Ren.
Cao Chun was angry at that time and scolded:
"Cao Ren, that's how you treated me?"
Cao Ren wiped the crumbs off his mouth and snorted:
"What did I do to you?"
Although Cao Ren and Cao Chun are brothers, they actually separated early. The year before last, when Cao Chun was fourteen years old, their father died.
At that time, Cao Ren followed Cao Cao in the army, and he didn't even come back to send the funeral, so he wrote a letter to Cao Chun, who was guarding filial piety. gave Cao Chun all the land and slaves in the family, and let him set up his own household.
Maybe Cao Ren does have feelings for his younger brother, but he doesn't express it well.
There was a sentence in the letter that deeply hurt Cao Chun. It probably means that your brother and I are a big bird with ambitions of thousands of miles, and we want to spread our wings and fly high outside. And you, Cao Chun, are a family sparrow, and you want to inherit the family name at home.
Cao Ren's words may have been to make his younger brother safer and not to get involved in Cao Cao's trip. But who knew that he thought Cao Chun was a family sparrow, but he was actually a thousand miles.
After keeping filial piety to his father, Cao Chun scattered all his family wealth in his hometown, recruited tribes, and then went to Jinan to join Cao Cao.
In order to take care of this young brother, Cao Cao subordinated him to Cao Ren.
But Cao Chun has long had an estrangement with his brother, and Cao Ren is a silent and unspeakable person, so this estrangement is getting deeper and deeper.
Seeing that Cao Chun was still jumping, Cao Ren's eyes narrowed, and his murderous aura overflowed, he pointed to the cake stained with soil on the ground, and said bluntly:
"Pick it up."
Cao Chun's neck stalked, and he turned his head and said:
"Don't pick it up."
Cao Ren repeated it again, this time in a more indifferent tone.
Cao Chun's footsteps moved back, but he still said stiffly:
"If you don't pick it up, why should we pick up the cake you lost."
Cao Ren didn't speak, but stood up directly and walked towards Cao Chun.
Cao Chun immediately bent down to pick up the cake on the ground, and was about to retreat.
But his belt was directly grabbed by Cao Ren, and then as soon as his body was light, Cao Chun was picked up. Before Cao Chun could resist, his brother's fan-like hand slammed down on his ass.
Cao Chun wanted to see it, but when he saw that the robes and subordinates on the side were there, he stood up.
He said majestically:
"Cao Ren, you are also a young man. You wait a few more years to see if you dare to do this to me? No, I'll beat you in the ass in a few years. ”
Cao Ren wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help it, he beat Cao Chun's ass again, and reprimanded:
"Who are you? Don't you know that the eldest brother is like a father? When my father is gone, I am your father-in-law, and you deserve to beat you. ”
Hearing Cao Ren mention his father, Cao Chun's waist was so hard that he had to break free.
Cao Ren didn't prepare, so he forced Cao Chun to smash on the ground, and was about to feel distressed, when he saw Cao Chun get up, he yelled at himself:
"You are not allowed to mention your father, why should you mention him? When you and your uncle were on the side of the Qing monarch in Hanoi, did you think about the clan in Bo County? My father was so angry that he had a stroke, and he lay on the bed like a wasted man, and he survived for a spring and autumn before dying in pain. And what about you? But enjoy it happily in Kyoto. ”
Cao Ren wanted to explain, but in the end he was still muffled and didn't speak.
Sitting on the ground, Cao Chun wanted to cry aggrievedly.
Back then, Cao Cao and a group of doctors from Henan Qingliushi were on the side of the Qing monarch in Hanoi, which not only turned the political situation upside down, but also the entire Cao family.
The Cao family is a family of eunuchs, and the fate of the entire family is closely related to the eunuch group. But there was a betrayer in the family, and Cao Cao, who originally belonged to the eunuch party, took the lead in attacking the eunuchs.
What's even worse is that Cao Cao's so-called Qingjun side was actually a rebellion at that time.
So when the news reached Qiaodi, the government came down to arrest the Cao family.
Cao Song, who was directly related to Cao Cao, went to Xuzhou with his five younger brothers for refuge. And Cao Ren's father, Cao Chi, was even more humiliated by the knife and pen officer, and when he came back, he was so angry that he had a stroke.
Later, it was not until the Henan rebels successfully entered Luo that the Cao family and the Xiahou family were a little more peaceful. But Cao Song, who was disappointed in his son, refused to return to his hometown and stubbornly stayed in Xuzhou.
But Cao Chun actually had no objection to what Cao Cao did, and even admired this cousin in his heart. This is also the reason why he gave up his family wealth to defect to Cao Cao.
In the hearts of these Han men, the eunuchs are really the culprits of this last days.
And what Cao Cao did was the feat of righteous annihilation.
But it's one thing to identify with Cao Cao, and it's another thing to identify with his brother Cao Ren.
Cao Ren didn't know that his younger brother had so many ideas, he saw Cao Chun sitting on the ground wronged, and sighed:
"You go back."
Cao Chun was stunned for a moment, tilted his head and asked:
"Where?"
"Go back to your hometown, the battlefield doesn't belong to you."
Cao Chun was too unconvinced, he stood up, and he was still open, tilted his head on Cao Ren's chin, and asked:
"Why don't you belong to me, you can, why can't I?"
Cao Ren pointed to the Taishan army on the opposite side that was still in a strong fortress, and asked:
"You know that two years ago, I attacked them with your Uncle Xiahou, and in that battle, fourteen Cao family troops of your size died. Before the battle, they thought that those Tarzan thieves were nothing more than you, and now they are gone. ”
Speaking of this, Cao Ren paused, and finally opened his mouth to say the sentence:
"I don't want to collect your body like this one day. So go back and give us the Cao family the inheritance of incense. ”
Cao Chun's eyes flickered, he looked at his brother Gao Wei, and replied seriously:
"Brother, I can't go back. The way of the world has changed, and so has my Cao family. Now that the majesty of the court is gone, the court is gone, are there still eunuchs? The eunuchs are gone, and the former upper-level relationship of my Cao family is naturally gone. And even if you farm in your hometown, can you live in peace? Qian is located in the land of four wars, can there be a safe life? So if you can't go back, it's better to follow your uncle and them to lay a foundation. Not to mention......"
At this point, Cao Chun didn't speak, but looked at his brother.
Cao Ren was uncomfortable, and replied sullenly:
"Don't say anything?"
At this time, Cao Chun smiled:
"Not to mention we're brothers."
Cao Chun's smile made Cao Ren stunned, and after a long time, he said:
"Hmm!"
If it's a brother, vote for Xiao Chen.