When the sound of gold sounded, Wei Jun wanted to retreat at the moment, how difficult it was!

Fu Fang's surrender not only led to the exposure of the flanks, but even caused the hearts of all units of the Wei army to waver. In addition, Guan Yu ordered the sergeants under his tent to press the onslaught, bite the Wei army, and prevent it from withdrawing easily.

After a while, Niu Jin's formation quickly collapsed, and the rout fled to the rear, the banner fell, the armor was discarded, and Niu Jin and his generals were surrounded by the flow of people, and fled towards the narrow mouth of the river.

After Cao Ren ordered the withdrawal of the army, due to terrain factors, it was inconvenient for the rear units to retreat, and everyone rushed forward to take the lead, causing chaos. Now that they were attacked by the rout, coupled with the pursuit of the Han army, the Wei soldiers became more and more panicked, and they were pushed and fled backwards by the collapsed flow of people.

The crowd that fled in panic even included many grassroots commanders and army commanders, and without the cooperation of the grassroots generals and colonels, the officers wanted to prevent the rout of the non-commissioned officers with their hoarse shouts, which can be described as a fantasy.

In this chaotic situation, the generals of the Wei army were engulfed by the surging crowd. At this point, the rout was out of control, and the more unable to organize resistance, the more casualties became; The casualties increased, and the sergeants broke away from the army and fled for their lives in the mountains.

In just a few moments, the soldiers of the Wei army lost their armor and gave up their food, and the momentum was like a landslide!

On the banks of the mountains and waters, the Wei soldiers scrambled to flee first, trampling on each other, wailing and surrendering!

"Chase!"

Guan Yu held the reins, raised his lance to his finger, and shouted: "General Lu has set up an ambush in front to block the thief army, and today's battle will destroy Cao Ren's troops here." ”

When Guan Yu galloped on his horse, Fei Yi grabbed the reins and said: "The prince and the gods are powerful, but there are many thieves and soldiers, and now we need to leave troops to garrison the barbarian mouth to take care of the thieves and rescue the wounded." ”

"Order Zhan Yan's troops to stay, and the rest of the armies will pursue, and don't let go of the thief army."

"No!"

The generals were in high spirits and gave up.

At noon, the sun went west, and the mountains and rivers were mostly the figures of the defeated Wei army, and Cao Ren led the left and right guards to walk along the riverside in embarrassment.

Because of the abandonment of baggage and armor, the Wei army was defeated and fled lightly, and was able to quickly escape from the pursuit of most of the Han army. Only the infantry under the command of Zhou Cang and Guan Ping barely kept up with the rout of the Wei army, and anyone who tried to fight in a whole team was broken by the two of them.

After a long defeat, the sun set in the west.

Seeing that he was gradually moving away from the pursuers, Cao Ren slowed down his horse slightly, and looked at the Wei pawns who were fleeing in embarrassment.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of shame in his heart, both the anger of being deceived, and the humiliation of betraying Cao Cao's trust and being defeated by his lone soldier.

Suddenly, Cao Renle stopped fighting his horse, cried out in grief, and said: "Your Majesty entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, but a certain person was greedy for merit and was defeated by the feather thief's soldiers and horses. How can I see Your Majesty again? ”

As he spoke, Cao Ren galloped into the water, as if he had suicidal thoughts.

Seeing this, Niu Jin and the left and right servants hurriedly stopped Cao Ren and stopped him from thinking of self-determination.

"General, why is that?"

Niu Jin held Cao Ren's arm and hurriedly persuaded: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, although the army was defeated by the feather thieves, most of the sergeants are still there. Now the thieves are menacing, who can stop them except the general? ”

"Exactly!"

Hu Xiu wiped the sweat on his head and said: "The general is responsible for sitting in Jingxiang, if he goes to the water to cut himself today, the situation in Jingxiang will be very bad!" ”

"Hey!"

Cao Ren threw his sword into the river in anger, sighed in annoyance, and said: "If I don't have the responsibility to sit in Jingxiang, I will go to the water to judge myself to avenge the crime of losing the army." ”

Cao Ren's heart is complicated, and killing himself is an impossible thing for him.

Not long after Cao Cao became emperor, he, as his general, believed in Meng Da's surrender and was defeated. Isn't this a slap in the face of Cao Cao?

In order to alleviate his guilt, he himself could only show his remorse by judging himself.

Looking at the Zhushui flowing north, Cao Ren sighed and said, "If it weren't for the persuasion of the kings, it would be a dangerous event. The weight of Xiangfan cannot be lost, and now it is time to gather the defeated army and withdraw to Xiangfan. ”

"General, the feather thief is waiting for me, and the soldiers of our army are scattered. Now it is necessary to gather the defeated army, get out of the narrow area as soon as possible, and withdraw to the valley city. Hu Xiu suggested.

"Let's go!"

With the steps given by the two, Cao Ren gathered his mind and said: "Now that the various departments are scattered, when Lao Erjun gathers the defeated army and retreats to Gucheng Tunza." ”

"No!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the Han army's pursuers were at a distance from themselves, Cao Ren and the generals gathered the defeated army along the way and retreated to Gucheng as soon as possible.

Gucheng is located in the place where the water is built and injected into the Han River, which belongs to the place where Fangling must pass through to enter and exit Nanyang, and its terrain is flat, and the place with its back to Nanyang is enough to temporarily garrison troops.

Chased by Wei Fuhan, the two sides ran for a long time. As the sun set in the west, the sky gradually darkened, and it was dusk.

All the way to collect the rout, Cao Ren, Niu Jin, Hu Xiu and others gathered nearly 10,000 people. At this time, Cao Ren took the reins and led the elite of two or three thousand cavalry to lead the way.

The endurance of the war horse was not good, Cao Ren had already dismounted and walked, running and tired, and sweat had already soaked his clothes. The scarf on his head was also taken off due to the heat, and his hair was loose and greasy.

"General, it's not good!"

The scout rode his war horse, galloped in front of Cao Ren, and shouted: "There are thousands of ambush soldiers in front of the water thieves, wearing armor and holding crossbows, and the military formation is rigorous, which is to recuperate and recuperate. ”

"Enemy attack!"

As soon as the scout's words fell, the Wei soldiers in front found the Han army, and their faces were panicked, shouting that the enemy was attacking.

But I saw a long horn sound between the narrow valley road in front of me, a 'Lu' flag fluttered in front of me, and three thousand Han soldiers lined up in several columns, pressing towards Wei pawns, and its sound shook the heavens and the earth, and it was very terrifying!

"The thief will be destroyed here!"

In the military array, Lu Meng looked at the defeated Wei army and fled here, stroking his sword and smiling.

Guan Yu defeated the Wei army at the barbarian mouth and drove them into the narrow valley road, while he led the elite to intercept the Wei army behind him and intercept the defeated Wei soldiers in front and back, in order to strive to completely annihilate the Wei soldiers led by Cao Ren.

Drawing his sword sonorously, Lu Meng shouted: "Attack the thief!" ”

"Strike the thief!"

The long-awaited soldiers of the Han army raised their spears and spears, shouted slogans, and marched forward. In the frightened eyes of the Wei army, the Han army marched in a neat phalanx, with guns and spears as dense as a forest, and every sound and step stepped on the hearts of everyone, and the momentum was terrifying.

Such a scene not only frightened the Wei soldiers pale, but also made Cao Ren panic. They were originally defeated soldiers, and after being on the run for so long, where did they still have the strength to fight.

"Whoosh!"

In the middle of the steps, the Han army shot arrows like locusts in the array, and after the sharp whistling, the tragic cries of Wei soldiers sounded in the valley road.

Immediately afterward, another wave of arrows burst through the air, followed by the wails of the rout.

The greetings of three waves of arrows made the defeated Wei pawn lose the heart to fight. Seeing the Han soldiers in front of them lined up to intercept, they fled into the mountains and waters, trying to bypass the resistance of the Han army's formation, so as to escape.

"General, what should I do now?" Someone asked.

Under the critical situation, Cao Ren forced himself to calm down. With the current situation, there is a great enemy in front and a pursuit in the rear, and it is destined that it will not be able to stay and fight, so it can only be left behind.

"Go among the mountains and see if you can sneak through the woods."

Saying that, Cao Ren did not forget Niu Jin and Hu Xiu, and ordered: "Let Hu Jianshi and General Niu scatter and flee and assemble in Gucheng." ”

"No!"

Cao Ren turned over and got on his horse, and just wanted to flee into the mountains and forests, but he heard a scream in the forest, followed by the sound of drums. Ma Zhong led hundreds of horsemen out of the forest, and the sound of his galloping horses' hooves resounded through the battlefield.

The cavalry joined the battle, and the Wei army on the battlefield scattered and fled, and the situation became more and more chaotic.

"Where is Cao Ren!"

Ma Zhong rushed towards 'Cao' Daxu and stabbed a Wei pawn to death, shouting loudly.

Cao Ren was so frightened that he didn't dare to respond, so he rode his horse towards the Zhushui River Beach, for fear that he would be targeted by Ma Zhong. After discarding the skull, Cao Ren lay on horseback, hid in Wei's cavalry, and fled by trekking through the shallows of Zhushui.

"Whoosh!"

The crossbowmen of the Han army on the shore saw Wei riding in the Zhushui and fled, so they turned around one after another, and the crossbows shot towards Hanoi.

Arrows rained down, or Wei rode and wailed when he was injured by an arrow, or there was a war horse that was injured and an arrow wailed. Fortunately, Cao Ren's armor was thick, and the arrows were stuck on the armor, making it difficult to enter the body.

Seeing another wave of arrows coming, Cao Ren whipped the horse's buttocks sharply, allowing the war horse to gallop faster in the water. In order to prevent being shot by the arrows, Cao Ren whipped a few more whips and let the war horse run as far as possible towards the Zhushui River.

"Pounce!"

However, the puddles on the outer side of the Zhushui River were of different depths, and the war horses galloped and suddenly fell into the deep pits. The water level flooded the saddle, exposing only the horses above their necks. Cao Ren's sleeves and hem were soaked by the river, which frightened him.

The water is turbulent, and the war horse is limited by the current, and it is difficult to carry the load!

"Cao Ren is in the river!"

Lü Meng saw Cao Ren and Wei Qi struggling in the water, and shouted, "Get into the water quickly and capture Cao Ren!" ”

Seeing that dozens of Han soldiers had gone into the water to arrest him, Cao Ren was so frightened that he dared to ride a war horse and flutter in the river.

Cao Ren, who knew how to water, directly abandoned his war horse, untied the armor rope on his body, broke free of his armor, and struggled to flow to the other side of the water.

Cao Ren was in the middle of the river, and the Han pawn was chasing after him. However, Cao Ren's water nature could not be compared to that of the southerners, and gradually the Han soldiers were about to catch up with Cao Ren.

Just when Cao Ren was nervous and desperate, he was unlucky for so long and finally got God's favor. Out of nowhere, a dead tree floated down the water and appeared not far in front of Cao Ren.

Cao Ren was overjoyed and went crazy and swam to the dead wood.

"Smack!"

Cao Ren clasped the dead wood tightly with both hands, and with the buoyancy of the dead wood, his body slowly climbed onto the dead wood, panting and resting.

The dead wood traveled north along the current, which made it impossible for the pursuing Han soldiers to pursue them at all.

Looking at the Han pawn who was gradually moving away from the diagonal behind, Cao Ren spit out turbid air, and he was glad that he had escaped.

Looking at the figure of a single person holding a wood on the water, Lu Meng sighed and said: "There is no endless road to heaven, Cao Ren was born from wood, it is for the will of heaven!" ”

With Cao Tianren hugging the wood, the Wei army that was attacked from front to back had already scattered and fled, fighting separately.

Niu Jin took advantage of the encirclement and suppression of Cao Ren by Lü Meng and Ma Zhong, and led his soldiers to fight their way out of the encirclement, and fled over the mountains. With the arrival of night, Niu Jin led the remnants of the army to sneak into the mountains and forests with more than 1,000 people, making it difficult for the Han soldiers to pursue.

Hu Xiu felt that he had no way to live, and as a civil official, he led 3,000 people to surrender to the pursuing Zhou Cang and Guan Ping.

It was a battle, the general Cao Ren of the chariot cavalry was born alone with a tree, Hu Xiu, the assassin of Jingzhou, led his troops to surrender, Nanxiang Taishou Fu Fang defected, the Han army captured more than 12,000 people, and Jingxiang was empty.

Cao Ren led more than 16,000 people, except for Niu Jin, who led more than 1,000 cavalry to flee, and the Wei soldiers of the department surrendered to death, and the four counties of Jingzhou were in turmoil.

"Han Ji Guan Yu Lu Xun Biography": "Twenty-three years, autumn, Cao Cao usurped the throne. The emperor made Fang Ling guard Meng Da and the thief rode the general Cao Ren, and Renguo raised the crowd into the water. Yu is the left general, false festival, hit Ren.

Benevolence and wisdom, fear of the land of the barbarian, easy to advance and difficult to retreat, so they fought with each other. Yu Ming Liuzan, Zhao Lei, and Zhou Cang counterattacked, and Ren was defeated and left. When Lü Meng lay down at the mouth of the gorge, he pursued the north in the south, and the division of the people covered him, and captured more than 10,000 people. Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Xiu, Nanxiang Taishou Fu Fang surrendered.

Renfu was born by hugging wood, and Niu Jin led more than 1,000 people to retreat to Gucheng. The thieves scattered, and Jing Xiang was in turmoil.

In winter, Yu led 30,000 people out of Hanshui and surrounded Xiangfan......

(End of chapter)