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- Chapter 424: The second general of the Cao family was arrested
"Zixiao, the only plan for now is that you can lead a heavy army to break through, while Ye and Zilian stay in the camp to stop the enemy." Liu Ye looked worried and said, "Tonight, the two of us have the main camp to fight. If you go to lure the enemy, you can lead your troops and rush to Changyi."
Cao Hong and Cao Ren looked at each other, and the latter nodded seriously. Now is not the time to be humble. He must save some of his soldiers, otherwise if the entire army is annihilated, his lord's situation will be even more critical.
However, Cao Hong put forward a different opinion, believing that he alone was enough to act as a bait to block the enemy, and Liu Ye should march northward with his troops. Cao Ren also agreed with this. After all, with Liu Ye's talents, living would be more useful.
With the plan in mind, Cao Hong's camp was quickly set up. It wasn't until midnight that Cao Hong said goodbye to Cao Ren, led eight thousand soldiers out of the camp, and went straight to Zhang Liao's camp five miles away.
"General, a small group of soldiers and horses from Cao's camp have left the camp and are heading towards our military camp." Not long after Cao Hong left the camp, news of the mobilization of troops and horses was spread to the mountains and forests to the west of the camp. In the forest, the Chang'an soldiers led by Zhang Fei were stationed.
"Huh?" Zhang Fei frowned slightly, waved his hand and said, "Let's explore again."
Zhang Fei was not in the camp, but his appearance here was naturally Zhang Liao's arrangement. There was no way to hide the lack of food in Cao's camp, and Zhang Liao knew it. In order to prevent Cao's army from taking action due to lack of food, Zhang Fei would go around the mountain road and quietly ambush here from the west.
According to Zhang Liao¡¯s vision, Cao Jun must either retreat decisively or fight with his back to the enemy. In this case, Zhang Fei can make great achievements by ambushing here, either by making a surprise attack when the enemy is retreating, or by outflanking the enemy's troops with Zhang Liao's main formation.
But it clearly does not fall into these two categories at the moment. Zhang Fei does not dare to use troops easily and can only ask the sentry to strengthen the investigation. And he also squatted on the wooden stake, thinking about the intentions of Cao Ying's soldiers, what they wanted to do.
The professional and swift secret whistle showed his importance at this moment. Within half an hour, the news that Cao Ren led his troops to leave the rear camp reached Zhang Fei's ears.
"What a Cao Ren, he actually used such tactics." Zhang Fei reacted quickly, and also knew that Cao Hong's troops who had led the troops away were just bait, so he immediately clapped his hands and said: "My sons, follow me to capture Cao Ren!"
Zhang Fei immediately moved, and Cao Hong, who had left the camp for half an hour, also came to Zhang Liao's camp. Zhang Liao's camp was still heavily protected, and he had no chance of a sneak attack. He could only spread his troops outside his camp and try to attack by force.
When Zhang Liao first heard that soldiers and horses were coming to capture the camp, he thought it was Cao's soldiers and horses who were about to engage in a decisive battle. However, when he led his troops and waited at the entrance of the camp for a while, he found that the opponent did not have many troops, no more than 10,000 soldiers.
"Hmph, since you are here to die, how can I not let you get your wish!" Zhang Liao sneered, waved his hand and ordered the city gate to be opened, followed by his wolf cavalry and Nanyang infantry.
Cao Hong knew that he would have no chance of surviving this battle, but the situation of his soldiers and horses was like this, how could he not make sacrifices. The long sword in his hand pointed directly at Zhang Liao, who was pointing at the camp, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Wenyuan, today I will teach you how powerful a certain family is."
"Don't talk nonsense, all the wolf riders, follow me to kill!" With an order, Zhang Liao pulled his war horse and rode out alone. Since he broke into Sanwei Mountain, Zhang Liao also understood the essence of wolf riders. The current momentum is different from the past. Same language.
"I'm afraid you won't succeed." Compared with courage, Cao Hong knew very well that he couldn't suppress his own momentum. Even if the infantry faced the cavalry, they would always suffer a lot, but this battle must be fought, and there was no retreat for him.
"Drink!" Knives and spears collided in mid-air. Cao Hong was able to draw a tie with Zhang Liao because of his desire to die. The two knights passed each other and had already entered the formation of the other side's soldiers.
Such is the case in wild battles. Even Cao Hong could only barely protect himself when he fell into the wolf cavalry formation. After finally turning the horse's head, he rushed out from the side to meet the soldiers, and the helmet on his head was also cut off.
There was a stampede of war horses, and since it was nighttime, it was difficult to see clearly both the enemy and ourselves. Zhang Liao simply moved all his soldiers back to the rear formation, leaving only three thousand wolf cavalry, who charged and killed them repeatedly in the battle formation.
With eight thousand soldiers, it is impossible to resist the impact of three thousand cavalry in the wild for a long time. Just when the soldiers led by Cao Hong were smashed to pieces by a group of wolf cavalry and could no longer organize a large-scale defense, the outcome of this battle was already predetermined.
At this moment, the soldiers of Cao Ren's department, who had just left the camp and had not yet fully picked up their foot speed, heard waves of shouts coming from behind. When Cao Ren stood on his horse and looked back, he saw nothing but darkness, filled with enemy soldiers holding weapons.
"Cao Renxiu, please leave, your Grandpa Zhang is here!" Zhang Fei shouted alone, drowning out the shouts of his soldiers. He had just led the troops out and caught up with Cao Ren, and he seemed extremely excited.
"Zhang Fei!" This voice was very familiar to Cao Ren. He had many dealings with it.For a period of time, I could still hear it often, but I couldn't tell it apart. In shock, he neither asked the soldiers to change their formations to meet the enemy, nor urged his soldiers to leave quickly.
"Capture Cao Ren alive~~Capture Cao Ren alive~~" Zhang Fei's shouts were followed by the roar of Chang'an soldiers. The slogans were loud and neat. Many of the soldiers walking at the back were too frightened to move.
Zhang Fei's snake spear pierced through, already bringing up pieces of blood, and the soldiers who followed him were more like a pack of wolves rushing into a sheep's nest, each one with a ferocious look, and they could kill Cao Cao with a sword in his hand. soldiers' lives.
The soldiers on both sides were already in contact, and it was too late to change formations now. Cao Ren's eyes flickered with hesitation, and finally he said coldly: "The front and middle formations move quickly, and the rear formations must hold back the enemy troops and retreat!"
Cao Ren wanted to evacuate before Zhang Fei broke into the center of the army, and completely abandoned the soldiers and horses in the rear array as abandoned ones. Although this approach made the soldiers in the rear array feel cold, it was also the most reasonable way to escape.
"You, you, follow me and catch up!" How could Zhang Fei make Cao Ren fulfill his wish? His idea was to keep Cao Ren completely. He immediately nodded at the hundreds of riders around him, then reined in his horse and rushed forward, no longer caring. Cao soldiers all around.
Zhang Fei's entanglement forced Cao Ren to turn his horse's head again, and told several lieutenants around him: "You must move quickly, I will personally cut off the rear." After saying this, he immediately drew his sword to face Zhang Fei.
"This is exactly what your Grandpa Zhang wants." Seeing that Cao Ren refused to escape and counterattacked, Zhang Fei ran and laughed: "Cao Ren will be handed over to a certain family. When you go to pursue those soldiers, be sure to keep them all!"
"Crazy, watch the sword!" Cao Ren had already come to Zhang Fei at this moment. Seeing that he looked down upon him so much, he couldn't help but screamed and struck with all his strength.
"Ding" Although Zhang Fei didn't take Cao Ren seriously, he still had enough room for it. As soon as he raised his spear, he blocked Cao Ren's sword, and then sneered: "With this ability, I think It¡¯s better for you to stand up and surrender!¡±
"Hmph!" The war horse staggered. Cao Ren didn't wait for the momentum of the mount under his crotch to weaken, and turned the horse's head abruptly, turning around again to face Zhang Fei, and it was another round of fighting.
"I'll capture you first before we talk about anything else." Zhang Fei said secretly in his heart and stabbed him with the spear in his hand. When Cao Ren's broadsword came, he dodged to the right. When he stretched out his left hand, he grabbed the front end of the handle of the broadsword.
"Get down here!" Zhang Fei thrust his spear straight with his right hand and twisted the handle of his long knife with his left hand. He shouted angrily and concentrated his arms with all his strength. He was bound to knock Cao Ren to the ground with one blow.
"You go down too!" When Zhang Fei grabbed the weapon, Cao Ren knew something bad was going to happen. Seeing Zhang Fei using all his strength, he simply gave up the long sword, threw himself, and his right arm was scratched by the spear. At the same time, his whole body They all pressed towards Zhang Fei.
"Bang~~Bang~~" Two sounds, Cao Ren and Zhang Fei fell off their horses at the same time. The only difference was that Cao Ren's left arm was injured and looked even more embarrassed, while Zhang Fei still held two weapons in his hands.
¡°Get up~~¡± As soon as Zhang Fei landed, he jumped up on his legs, threw the big knife in his hand to Cao Ren, and said coldly.
Cao Ren is not a rookie who has not been injured. The blood on his arm will not make him surrender. He grabbed the big knife, half-kneeling on the ground and swept towards Zhang Fei's legs.
Zhang Fei would not be hit so easily. He did not jump or hide. The spear in his hand dropped heavily in front of him, and he blocked the long knife. Then he stepped straight forward and raised his right foot. He lifted up and kicked out, sending Cao Ren flying backwards as he tried to get up.
"Stand up!" Zhang Fei was also a strong-willed guy. He dragged his spear forward and strode forward. He came to Cao Ren again and used his spear as a stick to swing at the opponent. There was another 'bang' sound. Knock him to the ground.
After venting vigorously several times in a row, Zhang Fei was slightly out of breath, but Cao Ren finally took advantage of the opportunity and rolled on the ground, standing on his feet and stabilizing his body. But he didn't look good at this time. Mud, weeds, and blood were all covered in his body.
"Pfft~" A mouthful of scarlet spurted out from Cao Ren's mouth, and as the blood rolled down, there was also a bloodshot tooth. It can be seen that Zhang Fei was very ruthless. He could make Cao Ren's teeth fall out even before he slapped him in the face.
"Roar~~" Cao Ren's eyes were already bloodshot at this time. He completely ignored the injury on his arm and raised the long knife like crazy. He roared and rushed towards Zhang Fei, the blade flying. Cao Ren would definitely not be able to do it normally. Such coherent sword skills.
"Kill!" Zhang Fei also responded with ease. He who originally thought Cao Ren was not qualified, used his full strength even more. In a short period of time, all I could hear was the constant sound of iron being struck, the clanging sound, and the grass under my feet was trampled into disarray.
Zhang Fei is dueling with Cao Ren, but now Zhang Liao and Cao Hong have already decided the winner. Cao Hong's infantry can hardly resist the cavalry attack. When all the soldiers can only focus on their own affairs and cannot unite together, the gap in the combat power of the soldiers on both sides will be even wider.?Even if Cao Hong wants to save it, it will be difficult to change the outcome.
"Cao Hong, do you surrender?" A long spear was placed at the neck of the general of the Cao family. Zhang Liao sat on the horse and lowered his head and asked: "With the current situation of the war, what else can you do? If we continue to fight, it will only increase casualties!" "
Cao Hong did not speak, but looked angrily at Zhang Liao. During the battle just now, he had the idea of ??seeking death when he saw that there was no chance of winning. But Zhang Liao stopped him from seeking death several times, otherwise there would be no need to make such a decision now.
"All your men, give up your weapons." The two looked at each other for a moment. Cao Hong turned his head to avoid Zhang Liao's sight, looked around at the soldiers struggling to support him, and said in a deep voice: "Surrender!"
Hearing this, Zhang Liao nodded and said with a smile: "Surrender and take General Cao back to the camp!" As he said this, he looked towards the distance of the mountain road. He didn't know what happened to Yide now. I hope he won't miss it. .
Zhang Liao thought so, and Zhang Fei himself did not miss. After a short moment of madness, Cao Ren's energy was exhausted, and he fell first without Zhang Fei taking action. But when Zhang Fei kidnapped Cao Ren and was about to chase the Cao family's troops, he found that his frontline soldiers had fled back in embarrassment.
"What's going on? Where are the Cao family's troops?" Zhang Fei frowned, feeling unhappy in his heart.
The soldier walked up to Zhang Fei in a state of embarrassment, clasped his fists and said: "Report to the general, Cao's soldiers who were in chaos in front suddenly fired a volley of bows and arrows. We were unable to evade and suffered a lot of damage. After that, the enemy soldiers swarmed up. Only in this way can we Defeat."
"Can you still shoot a volley of bows and arrows?" Zhang Fei's eyebrows flashed. He originally wanted to punish the person, but he held back and did not say it. He waved his hands and signaled the soldiers to leave, then said in a deep voice: "Go back, the enemy soldiers are in the rear, don't let any of them escape!"
Zhang Fei also had some concerns about Cao's soldiers who were leaving north, so he had to temporarily stop his troops. And those who can organize the archers to defeat the enemy in times of crisis are naturally Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang. If the troops in the front line were not commanded by him, they would have surrendered long ago under the weapons of the Chang'an soldiers. How could they defeat the enemy? go.
Although this battle failed to achieve full success, it was still a fruitful victory, as it defeated Cao Ren's rear formation, captured Cao Ren alive, and captured a Cao family camp. Thinking like this, a slight smile appeared on Zhang Fei's face.
"By the way, the Cao family soldiers and horses who left the camp and went south, I wonder if they have made contact with Wen Yuan, so they have to go back quickly." With this in mind, Zhang Fei only made some arrangements in the Cao family camp, and then left with a thousand soldiers. , went straight to his own camp.
When Zhang Fei met Zhang Liao outside his camp, the field battlefield had been almost cleared, but Zhang Fei and other veterans could still see the tragedy here, with at least four to five thousand people dying. here.
The two of them walked back to the tent together and talked to each other about last night's battle. When they learned that Zhang Liao had wiped out all the invading enemies and captured Cao Hong, they couldn't help but look embarrassed. After all, he had 'let go'. A soldier from the Shao Cao family.
Zhang Liao was very optimistic about this. He patted Zhang Fei on the arm and said: "It doesn't matter. Since the two generals of the Cao family are in your hands and I have lost nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, let them escape." It doesn¡¯t matter.¡±
"When will you and I go north to meet our lord?" Zhang Fei was just a little depressed because he didn't do as well as Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao said this. He happened to borrow the donkey from the slope and asked.
Zhang Liao touched his chin, as if he was calculating something, and after a while he raised his head and replied: "The second batch of grain and grass should arrive in three days if there is no accident. When the grain and grass arrive, you and I will go north to Changyi immediately. "
"Okay, let's take advantage of these few days to have a good rest!" Zhang Fei got the answer and no longer stayed in the tent. Zhang Liao had other things to do as a general, and he could go back to the camp to enjoy Enjoy, I have several jars of fine wine hidden away.
With the outcome of the war in Chen State, Zhang Liao naturally wanted to write a letter to inform his lord. Within half an hour, a messenger rushed out of the camp on horseback and headed towards Changyi. After the messengers left, Zhang Liao had to busy arranging prisoners and sending edicts to the counties of Chen State.
The messenger soldier riding alone was naturally much faster than the large group of soldiers and horses led by Liu Ye. In addition, they occasionally crossed the mountain trails, but they had already arrived at the Zhen family camp in three days. At this moment, Cao Cao was still firmly guarding the city. He met with various war equipment of the Zhen family every day. The shock in his heart gradually faded away, and the city's protection also improved.
"Captured Cao Ren and Cao Hong? Congratulations, my lord, the battle is settled." After reporting the war in Chen State to Wen Wu, Xu You's eyes flashed, and he bowed and smiled.
As soon as Xu You finished speaking, Fazheng also said: "Cao Cao's only reliance now is the city of Changyi. This battle will be more and more beneficial to the lord."
Hearing this, Zhen Yao nodded heavily, the excitement on his face was indescribable. He had been attacking Changyi City continuously for several days, but with little effect. The advantage of the battle formation is getting weaker day by day.The ongoing stalemate made him upset for a while, but now it's better. Cao Ren and Cao Hong outside have been defeated. Cao Cao is the only target now. I believe the war will not drag on for too long.
"My lord, if Cao Cao is not captured, how can we say victory?" Zhen Yao wanted to praise his subordinates, but Guo Jia stood up and said, "Besides, Yide failed to kill all the Cao family's troops. Didn't there still be 20,000 people who escaped?" Come out?" "Fengxiao said, Xu also means the same." The old man Jia Xu, who never talked much, also bowed and said: "My lord, the first thing is to cut off most of the troops and horses, and only Leave a small group behind and let them enter the city."
"What do Wen He mean by this?" Although the two scribes were a little disappointed, Zhen Yao also knew that he could not completely relax. If he really got carried away, he might face Cao Cao's crazy counterattack in the next moment.
"Changyi City is the place where Cao Cao lives and lives. The city is strong and the city is strong. If the general leads by example, the soldiers will do their best." Jia Xu, who had been silent for the past few days, rarely came out of the queue and said: "A city like this cannot be left alone." It is a delusion to conquer the city without an enemy ten times stronger with external force. If you want to break the city, you must attack it from within."
"The wooden beasts and thunder under my lord's tent have already frightened the Cao family's soldiers. If we can add some of the Cao family's defeated troops, the originally united morale in the city will definitely be in chaos. No matter what Cao Cao does, it will be difficult to make up for it, my lord. What do you think?"
"What Wen He said is a plan to attack the enemy's heart, a great good!" Zhen Yao also knew that he wanted to undermine the opponent's morale, but he also thought that the Cao family's soldiers and horses could also be used, so he immediately touched his palms and said: "What do you think of this plan?"
"A good strategy can be implemented quickly." Guo Jia was smiling. Of course he knew this, but since Jia Xu said it, there was no need for him to repeat it. Xu You and Fazheng beside them also nodded. While praising this plan, they couldn't help but laugh at themselves. They were still a step below old man Jia Xu.
Zhen Yao looked at his subordinate Wen Wu, suddenly raised the corner of his mouth, and ordered: "Wen He, since this plan is yours, you will be responsible for the deployment of troops and generals. All generals must obey the orders of Wen He's military advisor from now on. , until Changyi City is captured."
"Xu, I have an order." Jia Xu frowned, and then regretted that he had talked so much when he had nothing to do. It was not easy to hide behind and take a nap to maintain his health. It's fine now. Let's not talk about rest. How to fight the current war and what kind of effect we have to show to the lord are all troublesome.
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