Seeing that the Wei army was being brutally killed by the Tang army, thunderbolt chariots suddenly appeared in the Wei army camp. The Wei soldiers fled back to the camp. With the support of the generals, Cao Cao rushed back to the stronghold with lingering fear on his face. The shouts of killing were still coming from the rear, and the Tang troops from all departments were rushing towards them with murderous intent. At this moment, horns sounded from all over the village. Whenever a trumpet sounded suddenly, there would be bursts of thunderbolts nearby, but it was the thunderbolt chariots placed everywhere that fired flying stones. As countless flying stones burning with blazing flames were shot out, they landed in the crowd one after another. Although they were not as powerful as thunder cannons, they were still very powerful." Flying stones flew down one after another, and without exception, they all hit the formation of the Tang soldiers who were chasing after them.
At this time, I saw a young man on a high platform somewhere in Wei Jun's stronghold. He was wearing a yellow robe, his eyes were like shining stars, and he had a heroic appearance. If Wen Shun were here, he would definitely recognize this person immediately. He is Sima Zhaoye! Sima Zhao looked up from a high position, with several soldiers standing beside him. As Sima Zhao issued orders, the soldiers would place flags to signal the thunderbolt chariots from various companies in the village to launch attacks. Under the command of Sima Zhao, the thunder chariots showed great power, and the Tang army that was chasing and killing was in chaos. Many soldiers were hit by flying rocks and fell off their horses. When Cao Cao saw this, he looked overjoyed and shouted quickly.
"Hurry! Hurry!!! Send my order, the whole army will return and fight!!!"
As soon as Cao Cao's trumpet sounded, the generals shouted loudly and led their troops to counterattack. When the Wei soldiers saw that the Tang army was in chaos, they were all shocked and rushed to kill them one after another. Wen Han rode his horse to lead the army, and when he saw that the front army was in chaos, flying stones were flying, and many of the soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, he suddenly frowned. Pang Tong hurried over and said in a condensed voice.
"Your Majesty, this must be the Wei army's thunderbolt chariot. Now our army's vigor has been weakened. Fortunately, we are still far away from the Wei invaders. We can withdraw our troops quickly and fight again tomorrow!!"
When Wenhan heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he immediately shouted loudly to withdraw the troops, and the soldiers on the left and right hurriedly went to report. In an instant, the situation changed, and it was the turn of the Western Tang Dynasty formation to sound the trumpet call to withdraw troops. The officers and soldiers of the Tang army did not dare to neglect when they heard the sound of ringing gold, and ordered their subordinates to deploy and retreat. The thunderbolt chariots in the Wei army camp were still attacking continuously, but now the members of the Tang army showed good qualities and were not panicked or impatient. The army in the rear retreated quickly, and the soldiers and horses in the middle followed slowly. The soldiers in the front made preparations, and during the retreat they also made preparations to fight and break up the rear. As the Western Tang Army gradually withdrew from the range of the Pili Chariots, most of the Wei Army's troops and horses pressed forward, and Sima Zhao also stopped commanding. And in front of the retreating Tang army, Zhao Yun was guarding the front line. Seeing the Wei army rolling in overwhelmingly, he was fearless and had the momentum to go forward even if there were tens of thousands of people. , the silver-light divine dragon form suddenly appeared, his tongues clashed with Spring Thunder, and he shouted sternly.
"Zhao Zilong is here!! Who dares to fight me to the death!!"
Zhao Yun shouted, and like thunder exploding, the officers and soldiers of the Wei army who were chasing him were all timid. When Cao Ren saw this from behind, he was so angry that he shouted loudly to urge a fight. Anyone who dared not fight in fear would be executed. Therefore, although all the Wei generals had Zhao Yun's power, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead their troops to attack. Zhao Yun gave a sharp shout, and his flying horse rushed forward to meet the first group of people. He stabbed left and right with the bright silver spear of gentian. The shadow of the spear was like a thunderbolt, and suddenly a group of people fell on their backs. Several Wei generals were killed by Zhao Yun one after another. Zhao Yun broke through the crowd and immediately turned around to look at another group of troops coming towards them and kill them. Suddenly, blood splashed everywhere, and the dragon armor on Zhao Yun's body was dyed blood red, and he killed another group of people like a killing god. When the Wei generals who came to kill each other saw this, they were all frightened to death, and they dared not attack him. Zhao Yun turned around several times with overwhelming force, fighting out from the left, then from the left to the middle, and then from the right. Seeing that his troops had retreated dozens of feet away, he returned to the horse-watching formation to catch up. go. Cao Ren saw that Zhao Yun was so rampant and would not let him leave easily, so he rushed to shoot him with random arrows. Following Cao Ren's order, all the soldiers drew their bows and fired arrows. Zhao Yun galloped away on Pegasus, with arrows whizzing behind him, but they were all out of reach. At this time, two young generals, Jiang Wei and Hao Zhao, rushed out of the formation with galloping horses. One on the left and one on the right, each drew a carved bow, aimed at Zhao Yun's vest and shot. In an instant, as if he heard the cry of a roc, Zhao Yun felt his heart twitch, and he suddenly reined in his horse and turned around. He saw a golden roc bird on the left and a yellow oriole bird on the right.
"How dare you show off your skills even though you have a small skill!?"
Zhao Yun roared, his momentum burst out, and his bright silver spear danced suddenly, like a silver dragon leaping. When the gun moved, it seemed to merge with the silver dragon. Suddenly, it was like seeing a huge and long dragon, with its fangs and claws showing, first it defeated the big oriole bird, and then with its irresistible power, it broke through the other big golden roc bird. Then two loud "Peng Peng" sounds were heard, and the arrows fired by Jiang Wei and Hao Zhao with all their strength were all pierced by Zhao Yun. When Jiang Wei and Hao Zhao saw this, their faces changed with horror and astonishment.
"I have always heard that Zhao Zilong, the ever-victorious general of the Western Tang Dynasty, was invincible in the world. Seeing him today, this statement is true!"??
Jiang Wei exclaimed in his heart. Hao Zhao from Pangbian also sighed.
"Such an outstanding person is beyond the reach of my generation!"
Seeing Zhao Yun riding his horse back to the formation, he led his troops to retreat. Jiang Wei and Hao Zhao had no intention of pursuing them. Soon, the sound of Ming Jin's trumpet to withdraw troops was heard again in Wei Jun's stronghold. Cao Ren was very angry, but now that the situation was over, he could only withdraw his troops and return to the stronghold first, and then draw pictures. So the Wei soldiers also withdrew and returned to the Dazhai company camp. It was dusk, and in front of Hulao Pass, there were corpses everywhere, and the dim light fell, glowing with bursts of red light. The corpses around were all soldiers killed in the Wei and Tang armies, but six or seven out of ten of them were from the Wei army.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Now all the generals have completed their statistics and come to report one after another. Cao Cao heard that in this battle, nearly 8,000 troops and horses were lost, and nearly dozens of soldiers were killed or wounded. Among them, Zhu Ran was executed, and Zhang Xiong, the son of Zhang Jia, was captured. After Cao Cao heard this, his eyes suddenly seemed to spit fire. If Sima Zhao had not responded and counterattacked with his thunder chariot in time at that time, I am afraid that nearly tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would have been lost in this battle!
Although Cao Cao has nearly a million troops under his command, these are living human lives, with wives, children, brothers and sisters at home!
"The thunder cannon produced by the traitors of the Western Tang Dynasty is extraordinary. If we don't use some plan to deal with it, it may be difficult to carry out a war!!"
Cao Cao¡¯s eyes shone brightly and he shouted in a condensed voice. In today's battle, although Zhu Ran's death caused his army to be in chaos, what really broke the battle and caused chaos to his army was the sudden thunder cannon attack. If not, Cao Cao believes that it is not impossible to turn the tide with the vast number of heroes under his command and equal the Western Tang Army!
When Jia Xu heard this, his snake-like eyes glowed with cold light and he said in a deep voice.
"What your Majesty said is true. What we saw today is that the thunder cannons used by the thief army are so powerful that they cannot be resisted by human power. If we meet them head on, we will probably be shattered to pieces. What's more, we don't know how many thunder cannons the thief army has. Cannons. If the rebel army has a thousand cannons and fires them all together, I am afraid that in less than half a day, our army will suffer more than half of the casualties and be defeated, leaving the enemy to slaughter!"
As soon as Jia Xu said these words, all the generals in the tent changed their faces, with a look of lingering fear on their faces. Thinking of the bright flames and flying sand and stones today, they all believed Jia Xu's words. Cao Cao's face hardened, and when he thought of this, his brain began to throb. Cao Cao grinned in pain and suddenly overturned the memorial table, and the decorations on the table fell to the ground. When all the civil and military officials saw this, their expressions changed with fright, and they hurried to visit.
After a moment of panic, Cao Cao's face turned red and his face seemed much better. He ordered everyone to return to their positions and several soldiers had finished cleaning up the situation. Cao Cao looked around at everyone and said coldly.
"My old illness will relapse from time to time, but it won't be a problem. My dear friends, don't worry about it. Also, this matter must not be spread among the army, so as to avoid chaos in the army. If I learn of it, I will not spare it lightly, and all nine clans will be punished. !¡±
Cao Cao was filled with murderous aura. As soon as he said this, all the civil and military officials couldn't help but tremble. After they realized what he was doing, they all understood the seriousness of this, so they all handed over their hands and promised. Cao Cao suppressed his headache, turned to look at the young man at the bottom of the stairs, smiled slightly, and said in a condensed voice.
"Zhao'er has made great achievements today. If you hadn't mobilized him in time, the consequences would have been disastrous. He should be heavily rewarded!"
That young man is Sima Zhao. When Sima Zhao heard this, he immediately acted in panic and refused to accept the offer. Cao Cao waved his hand and named Sima Zhao the title of Ruiyong Zhonglang General with a thousand taels of gold. Sima Zhao thanked him again and again before returning to the table. Let us say that a year ago, after Sima Zhao fled back to the Wei Dynasty, he came to Luoyang to meet Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard that Sima Zhao had brought back a lot of confidential information. He also saw that Sima Zhao was quick in thinking and resourceful. He was a child prodigy with the art of divination in the Book of Changes. He didn't know what his plans were. He ignored the objections of all his ministers and insisted on going his own way. He accepted Sima Zhao for it. Adopted son. At that time, Sima Zhao was also frightened and naturally did not dare to refuse. After today's battle, Sima Zhao's activity also won the appreciation of many civil and military officials.
After Cao Cao finished awarding the reward, he pondered for a while, then suddenly his expression darkened and he asked Sima Zhao.
"Zhao'er, according to the divination you made earlier, there will be changes in the near future that will affect the general trend of the world. I wonder if you can confirm the date!? In this way, I can make timely arrangements and seize the opportunity!!"
Hearing this, Sima Zhao nodded heavily, then took out the sixty hexagrams to divine them. All the civil and military officials looked at it one after another, and they all had strange looks. After a moment, Sima Zhao hurriedly stood up and held his hands in front of him.
"Reporting to your majesty, according to this hexagram, Mo Yue will have a period of time, as short as seven or eight days, as soon as half a month later. When will he come? Zhao Cai is a little learned, so he can't be sure yet!"
"Well! Numerology is inherently elusive and unpredictable. If this is the case, what should we do according to the Prime Minister's opinion?"