Chapter 50: Confrontation with the White River
Cao Cao personally led 100,000 elite soldiers, went out of Bowangpo and approached Wancheng, and came to Xingshi to take revenge.
Yesterday, he used a plan to break through Liu Qi's left and right camps and capture Bowang, Cao Cao was complacent, who knew that as soon as he lay down, he reported that Xiahou Dun's entire army was annihilated, and the whereabouts of several generals are still unknown.
This made Cao Cao furious, and he was going to send troops to take revenge that night, but he was persuaded by Xun You, and Hou Zhitianming couldn't wait to send troops, who knew that Baihe had already laid a defensive line.
Xu Chu led 3,000 ironclad troops to open the way, and Cao Hong was the rear team, and came to the Baihe River, seeing that the Jingzhou army had already camped along the shore and laid down a defensive line.
When Cao Cao arrived in person, he went to the river to inspect the horse, his face was gloomy, and he sent troops to cross the river to attack without saying anything.
There is only one stone bridge here, Cao Jun surrounded it, and the rest of the soldiers went down to the river to build a bridge to prepare to rush to cross, and the other bank was like a rain of arrows, and all of them died before half of it.
In the blink of an eye, more than 2,000 people were damaged, the corpses on the bridge were piled up, the blood flowed like an infusion, and the water of the Taotao River turned red, which was unbearable to see.
Cao Xiuyan said: "Liu Qi has already prepared, and there are enough arrows, so it is better to retreat temporarily and think about how to break the enemy." ”
Cao Cao's face sank like water, and he gave Han Hao an order: "Go upstream to block the river, even if you fill up the river, you have to kill it, don't take Wancheng, and swear not to be a person!" ”
Although Han Hao felt embarrassed, he saw that Cao Cao was on top of his anger, so he did not dare to disobey his orders, and led 3,000 troops to the upstream to make preparations.
The sun was blazing, Cao Cao dismounted and sat on a boulder, drank a few sips of water, and looked at the stone bridge in a daze.
Although he successfully entered Nanyang, Cao Cao was not happy.
Nanyang is the place of his sadness, before the expedition to Zhang Xiu, the eldest son Cao Ang, the cronies Dian Wei, still think about it in the heart of the faint pain.
Now that Cao Ren and Xiahou have been lost, not to mention the lieutenant generals such as Yu Ban and Li Dian, since the Son of Heaven ordered the princes, the army has been invincible, how could he have suffered such a big loss?
This is not only about the overall situation of Nanyang's threat to the Central Plains, but also about his face, which is simply a great shame!
Now Cao Cao is the prime minister, and Sun Quan does not dare to openly disobey.
Liu Qi is a coward, he dared to openly insult him, and he repeatedly fell for his tricks, losing his troops and losing his generals.
If it weren't for the shame of the snow, what would Cao Yingzhong think?
What do you think of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs?
What do you think of the blue eye?
What do people in the world think?
Those defeated generals, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others, what do they think of Jiuquan?
Just as he was in a trance, suddenly people and horses on the other side of the strait flocked to him, waving the banner of Liu Qi, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed into a slit, and the cold light flickered.
Liu Qibing went to the shore and rode forward, Huang Zhong on the left, and Zhuge Liang on the right who was sitting on a four-wheeled vehicle, facing the river breeze, and his air was magnificent.
Cao Cao also stepped forward surrounded by Xu Chu and others, pointed at Liu Qi and scolded sharply: "Liu Qi, Xiao'er, dare to use fire to break our army, and swear to avenge this!" ”
Before the words fell, a soldier escorted Xiahoudun up, and Cao Jun was suddenly in a commotion, but he didn't expect Xiahoudun to be captured.
Liu Qi smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said: "Prime Minister Cao, General Xiahou doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he has invaded my territory, and he has been captured by me." If the prime minister is willing to escort him back to Xuchang for trial, we will stop the soldiers, discuss respecting the Son of Heaven, return to the old capital, and revitalize the Han family. ”
Cao Cao couldn't help but become more and more annoyed when he saw Liu Qi looking like this, and he wanted to sit on an equal footing with him and take charge of the court together.
Finger Liu Qi said in a deep voice: "Liu Qi, if you know the current affairs, you let go of Xiahoudun and the generals earlier, get off the horse and tie your hands and capture, a certain thought is in the old friendship with Er's father, leave you a life, if not, step through Jingzhou, your father and son's bones will be gone!" ”
Liu Qi's face sank, and he said slowly: "The prime minister is so bent on going his own way, isn't he afraid that Xiahoudun's head will fall to the ground?" ”
Cao Cao saw the two soldiers raising their swords, his face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Liu Qi, dare you be presumptuous? ”
Liu Qi looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and chuckled: "As the son of Jingzhou Mu, he should protect the territory, and the prime minister wants to set foot in Jingzhou, but it is a big deal to ......fight for a fish to break the net."
"Prime Minister, don't worry, just let the horse kill and avenge me!"
At this moment, Xiahou Tang on the side hissed and roared, like crazy.
Cao Jun was shocked, Cao Cao was heartbroken when he saw this, and persuaded: "Don't worry about Yuanrang, I will definitely save you!" ”
"Gongming, release the arrows, quickly shoot the arrows at me......"
Xiahoudun is also a strong person, how generous he was back then, how could he suffer such humiliation?
Xu Huang was so frightened that he put away his bow and arrows, and held the big axe in his hand, thinking that so many people can use arrows, do you just point at me?
"Wen Lie, you release the arrow!" Xiahoudun's eyes were red, as if he was about to bulge, "Give your uncle a good time, remember to avenge me, shoot quickly-"
In front of the three armies, he was used as a hostage, coupled with two defeats, he felt shameless to see Cao Cao again, ashamed and angry, and bent on death.
Cao Cao took a deep breath, and finally hugged his fist to Liu Qi and said, "Bring Yuan Rang back first, guard carefully, it makes sense." ”
As soon as Liu Qi waved his hand, the soldiers took the furious Xiahou Dun away, and there were bursts of roars in the wind, as terrible as a pig-like pig about to be slaughtered, which sounded creepy.
Liu Qi leaned at Cao Jun, who was in distinct armor, and said with a smile: "What does the prime minister want?" ”
Cao Cao took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, and said slowly: "Liu Qi, since I rebelled against the Son of Heaven, all the heroes are like mustard, the army is everywhere, invincible, invincible, attacking, those who obey me live, and those who oppose me die, do you understand?" ”
Liu Qi seemed to turn a deaf ear to Cao Cao's threat, and laughed and said: "Prime Minister Huwei, I have heard a little about it, in the past, when Luoyang chased Dong Zhuo, when Puyang attacked Lu Bu, and when Wancheng fought Zhang Xiu, it was amazing, presumably there will be such battles in the future, and the feat of attacking will be won." ”
Cao Cao was furious when he heard this: "How can it be reasonable to expose my shortcomings, where is Xu Chu?" ”
When Xu Chu heard the order, he urged the horse to rush directly onto the stone bridge and raise his knife to behead Liu Qi.
Cao Cao observed on the other side for a long time, and saw that Guan Zhang and Zhao were not there, and Liu Qi had only a veteran guard beside him.
If Liu Qi can be killed by surprise, the Jingzhou soldiers will definitely be scattered, and they can break the enemy and save people.
At this time, Xu Chu was fully armed, covered with heavy armor inside, wearing iron armor outside, and even the mount was wrapped in iron armor, revealing only a pair of eyes.
Even men and horses, like moving pieces of iron, stepped on the stone bridge, making a muffled sound of thumping, and the big knife flashed with cold light.
The Jingzhou army on the shore released arrows one after another, and the arrows surged towards Xu Chu like flying locusts, but they only heard a dense sound like raindrops, and the arrows fell one after another, and they could not hurt a single bit.
At this time, Xu Chu, like an armored car, staggered and rushed across the bridge, and the guns were no threat to him.
Such a ferocious momentum made the defenders panic, and even Zhuge Liang looked vigilant and pressed his hand on the mechanism of the four-wheeled vehicle.
Liu Qi looked calm, although Guan Zhang Zhao was not there, but the Five Tigers and Lao Huang Zhong pressed the formation, and Gan Ning next to him was not inferior, Xu Chu was completely here to give away people's heads.
"Hmph, no one cares about deceiving me in Jingzhou?" Huang Zhong had all his hair, took off his bow and arrows, and also aimed at Xu Chu and released three arrows in a row.
Whoosh –
In an instant, the three arrows burst out of the air in almost no particular order, mixed with those random arrows, and shot towards Xu Chu.