Chapter 373: Horse Emperor Cao Rui

At the same time that Sun Huan was forced to die by a fire in the south of Ma Tan, the battle situation on the front line of Yingchuan in the north of Nanyang was also going on.

At this time, the Han army retreated at a rate of more than ten miles a day, and it had basically retreated to the thorny water. And Cao Rui finally couldn't bear it anymore and personally led the army to pursue the Han army.

Because of the time difference, Cao Rui did not receive the news that Lu Xun in the south was beaten bald overnight. After all, it is still too rare to be able to win a war in a day or two in a fast war like Xiang Ma Yan.

At this moment, Cao Rui's intelligence showed that Xiangyang in the south had been occupied by Eastern Wu, and Fancheng was also surrounded by the Eastern Wu army. Even the army of Zhu Ran, the general of Eastern Wu, had reached the banks of the Danshui River, and the retreat of the Shu army had been cut off.

No matter how you look at it, this is a game where I have the advantage and the chance to win. This kind of flying dragon riding face advantage, unless Ma Tan can sprinkle beans into soldiers, otherwise theoretically he can't turn the tables.

Thinking about it, the people in the Shu army should be panicked and demoralized.

Thinking like this, Cao Rui absolutely drove the expedition in person and personally led the troops to pursue him. And it basically replicated the operation of Xu Huang to fight Guan Yu at the beginning, and the army went into battle lightly and pursued the Han army overnight.

Cao Rui basically let all the soldiers and horses in Yingchuan basically be dispatched at this moment. The 110,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three routes, and they marched in a hurry to beat the water dogs and kill the horses.

Not only that, Cao Rui also sent someone to Wancheng to send a message to Sun Li, asking him to give up Wancheng and find a way to come over and surround Ma Jian together. More than 100,000 troops were dispatched successively, intending to completely kill Ma Jian on the east bank of the thorny water.

There is no way, Ma Jian is putting too much pressure on Cao Wei now, even more pressure than Guan Yu back then. If this person doesn't die, then Guanzhong won't release his armor, and the Central Plains won't release the saddle, which is too scary.

After the deployment was completed, Cao Rui personally led an army of 50,000 to pursue from Xudu. Hurried all the way to the vicinity of Xiangcheng, and successfully caught up with several battalions of the Han army in charge of the palace.

After a tentative attack, the Han army's palace troops collapsed in an instant. The Wei army successfully uprooted the Han army's strongholds, and then pressed on Jianshui.

The main force of the Han army then retreated to the bank of the Thorn River and set up a strong camp as a defense.

All of this shows that Ma Jian is very weak at the moment and does not dare to fight at all. But if there is a slight chance of winning, Ma Yan's character has already rushed to Cao Rui's face at this moment.

In the end, Cao Rui believed everything in front of him, and Ma Jian must have reached the end of his rope.

"Zhu Aiqing, at this moment, Ma Jian is at the end of the road like Guan Yuzhi in Maicheng in the past." Cao Rui summoned the ministers and made his decision very excitedly,

"I have decided to attack the camp of the Shu army at night tonight, and the main force will do everything in their power to ensure that they will defeat Ma Jian in one battle! If you can district the head of the horse, I will seal the marquis of ten thousand households! ”

"If you can capture Ma Jian alive, add 10,000 households!"

Cao Rui was in the mood, and several safe old ministers hesitated for a while, but did not advise. Cao Rui's performance in the past few days is somewhat similar to his father's, and he obviously can't be persuaded anymore.

So without anyone advising him, Cao Rui quickly finalized the plan to attack the Han army at night.

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It was night, and at the time of the third watch, the Wei army had a full meal, and his spirit was at its best. Subsequently, under the leadership of General Cao Xi, the vanguard of 5,000 people rushed out of the Wei camp and went straight to the Han army camp.

Cao Rui is not completely ignorant of the art of war, but he is not proficient. In this night attack, he divided the soldiers and horses into three parts, in addition to the 5,000 regular soldiers led by Cao Xi, there were two lines of soldiers and horses to outflank them left and right, and besieged them on three sides.

And Cao Rui himself personally led the main force to sit in the Chinese army to see which way could not withstand the support.

The deployment was certain, and in addition to the few thousand people who stayed behind, the whole army poured out of the nest and rushed straight to the Han army camp.

Cao Xi led the vanguard Wei military ranks, picked the bell, and quietly touched the Han army camp. Quietly moved the antlers, and pushed open the camp gate of the Han army very smoothly.

"Great Wei soldiers, charge with me!" After pushing open the camp gate, Cao Xi rushed out first, leading thousands of pioneers to suddenly rush into the camp.

"Kill!!"

"Kill!!"

"Kill!!"

The Wei army suddenly attacked the camp with a shout, knocked down a large number of braziers, lit the barracks, and attacked from all sides. And Cao Xi rode his horse out, rushed all the way to the Chinese army's tent, and stabbed at that figure.

"Death to the horse!"

A shot was stabbed, and Cao Xi suddenly felt that something was wrong.

It doesn't feel right!

When I looked closely, I saw a wooden man lying on the couch, not Ma Jian at all!

"It's broken! Ambush! Cao Xi understood almost instantly that the Shu army had been prepared, and they were ambushed.

"The whole army retreats!"

However, it was already a little late to give the order at this moment, and before Cao Xi could lead the troops to escape, countless arrows had already rained in from outside the camp. In just an instant, the Han army camp fell into a sea of fire, and thousands of people including Cao Xi were forcibly blocked in the camp.

Seeing the fire in the Han camp, the Wei army, which was responding in a roundabout way on both sides, immediately took advantage of the situation to cover up and prepare to raid the Shu army on three sides with Cao Xi.

As a result, the two Wei troops came out and crashed into the ambush circle of the Han army. The crossbowmen and archers of the Han army, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately appeared, and endless arrows quickly poured down.

The Wei army, which was caught off guard, was in chaos and was forced to flee by arrows.

"Soldiers, make meritorious contributions, in one fell swoop! Follow me to chase and kill, and the chance to capture Lord Wei alive is at this moment! At this moment, Liu Yin, the supreme commander of the Han army, quickly stood up and personally went into battle to lead the troops to rush forward.

The Han army waited for a long time, and countless Han troops rushed out and pursued the defeated Wei army.

At this moment, Cao Rui led the Chinese army without realizing the seriousness of the problem, and still led the troops forward. As a result, when I walked to a narrow place, I suddenly beat drums in the jungle and shook the sky!

"What?"

"There is an ambush?"

"There is an ambush by the Shu army here? We've been tricked! ”

Suddenly attacked, the Wei army was suddenly a little confused, and Cao Rui was even more shocked.

"Could it be that Ma Jian has been prepared for a long time?"

Before the words fell, a white-robed general in the jungle took the lead in rushing out, followed by more than a thousand cavalry that were almost iconic.

"Cao Rui child! Can you recognize the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the north? ”

A shout almost made Cao Rui, who was driving the royal expedition, fall from the car in fright. Fortunately, a close minister stopped him in time, so that Cao Rui did not become the first emperor to fall to his death in a carriage.

However, Ma Jian suddenly came out, and Wei Junjun's heart shook for a while.

However, after all, the Central Army had strict military discipline and countless capable people, and soon the officers of various departments restrained their troops to stabilize their positions. And that Ma Jian rushed over and did not break through, but entangled with the Wei army's front army, which made the Wei army seem to have a chance to breathe.

However, before Cao Rui could catch his breath, the front army was met by the rout of the Han army. Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers who fled from their own homes rushed all the way, replacing Ma Jian to disrupt the Chinese army's military formation!

Then the main force of the Han army joined forces and came unstoppably. The Wei army could not resist and was quickly crushed by the Han army, and the shouts of the Han army to arrest Cao Rui sounded everywhere in the chaotic army.

"The red-robed one is Cao Rui! Catch him! ”

"Capture Cao Rui alive, just today!"

"Catch Cao Rui, the official will be promoted to the third level, and Your Majesty will personally seal the county marquis!"

"Holy! Am I worth a county marquis? When Cao Rui, who was panicked, heard this, he couldn't help but scold angrily.

TNND Liu Chan is really picking!

"Your Majesty, please get on board! Take this path and escape! The left and right ministers did not hesitate, and immediately took Cao Rui off the carriage, and protected him from a horse without saying anything.

Subsequently, Cao Rui, under the protection of the Yulin Army, took the small road and fled to the camp in embarrassment.

After tonight, the Pima Emperor Cao Rui is estimated to be famous all over the world.

(End of chapter)