Chapter 497: Collapse like a dam bursting
Early the next morning, Xia Houyuan hurried back to Yangzhai, only to find that the city's flag had changed. He was shocked and angry. However, looking at the four-foot-high city wall, he could do nothing but curse outside the city. He could only continue.
He went to pursue Zhang Fei's troops and tried to flank the Tang army with Cao Cao.
At this time, Zhang Fei had joined forces with Ma Chao and surrounded Cao's army by the Yingshui River.
"The military advisor said that Yangzhai has been defeated. Let's deal with Xiahou Yuan's men first, and then take Cao Mengde!" Ma Chao said to Zhang Fei after reading the news sent by the interrogator, "Just in time, Xia Houyuan ran out of the city by himself, and we two
One for each, go and chop him, leave Cao Mengde to me, and don’t rob anyone else.”
Zhang Fei curled his lips somewhat unhappily, "Is Xia Houyuan worth more than Cao Cao?"
"Anyway, you just need to repay the favor, Xia Houyuan's head is enough!" Ma Chao urged, "Hurry up, stop talking nonsense, you can go to your big brother after cutting it off!"
Zhang Fei knew that this guy was determined to get Cao Cao's head, so he would miss A Mo's business due to the fight, so he said no more and went back to deal with Xia Houyuan with 5,000 men.
In Cao Camp, Cao Cao stood on a small slope and looked at Zhang Fei's retreating team. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said to himself, "What are those people doing back there?"
Then he asked and answered himself, "Are we going to deal with Miaocai? According to the time, the person who sent the message last night must have brought the message to Yangzhai by now..."
At this point, his expression suddenly changed and he asked Xun You, "Do you think Yang Zhai has been lost? Are these people going back to deal with Miaocai?"
"This... can't be true?!" Xun You said with some hesitation, "Even if it is really lost, it is impossible for the Tang army here to get the news so quickly."
Cao Cao frowned deeply and was silent, as if he had thought of something but had no clue. After a long time, he suddenly asked, "Do you feel that the Tang army seems to be particularly well-informed about information. Once something happens, they seem to respond very quickly. Every time
Being able to make arrangements in advance, and when A Mo was assassinated, Lu Bu was far away in Qingzhou, but he came back in two days. If it was a coincidence, why did he come back alone as the king of Tang? It seems that he got the news.
Travel day and night and return quickly."
Xun You said, "There is a folk legend in the Tang Dynasty that both his husband and wife are reincarnations of immortals and have telepathy!"
Cao Cao sneered, "Do you believe these ridiculous words that fool the people? I said that I am the reincarnation of the Yellow Emperor. Do you believe it? As for telepathy, twin brothers and sisters may really be able to do this. No matter how loving a couple is, they are not related by blood.
It’s also impossible.”
"What do you suspect, my lord?"
"I always feel that the Tang State has a way to deliver messages faster than the Eight Hundred Mile Express. If those people really attack Miaocai and his party who cannot enter the city, then we will be in a very bad situation."
Xun You's face darkened slightly, "If this is the case, we should have taken countermeasures early!"
"What other countermeasures can we take?" Cao Cao sighed, "Once Yangzhai is lost, Yingchuan is also lost. The Tang army has no worries about its future. Apart from breaking out and leaving, is there any other way to deal with it? While those people have just left,
Breakout!"
"Where to go?"
Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, turned around and walked down the slope, "Retreat to Runan!"
"Lord..."
Xun You shouted after him, but he hesitated. Cao Cao seemed to know what he was going to say, and said without looking back, "She doesn't know how to surrender, and neither do I. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. This has been the case since ancient times, but you are the one who succeeds."
Wait, if you want, you can return to the Tang Dynasty!"
Xun You caught up with him and said, "I don't want to abandon my lord. It's just that Yanzhou was defeated and Yingchuan was lost again. There is no way to recover. Yuan Benchu could surrender back then, so why can't my lord?"
Cao Cao stopped and recalled the first time he met Zhang Mo in Yingchuan that year. At that time, he almost killed her with an arrow. Perhaps this hostile grudge was forged at that time!
In addition to her, Lu Bu's fellow seemed to be particularly hostile to him. In the Suanzao camp, he could kill her, but he said that he would cut off his hair and take his place as the leader, so that the hatred would be offset.
Cao Cao has never figured out what grudge he has with Lu Bu. If he covets Amo, there are not many people in the world who covet her. It's that guy Qu Yi. Lu Bu doesn't care about it, but he only cares about himself.
Hostile.
Cao Cao did not answer Xun You's question and went to order Cao Ang to break out of the encirclement.
"Father, this is just your guess. What if the opponent deliberately retreats to mislead us? Yangzhai is a fortified city, and the opponent's 20,000 and three people are here. How can there be so many people to attack the city? I'll wait and retreat.
On the one hand, we have abandoned our talented people, and on the other hand, it is not easy to form formations during the march, which just gives the opponent a chance to break our army."
Hearing what he said, Cao Cao hesitated again. In the year of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yangzhai was accidentally occupied by the thieves. He, Huangfu Song, Wang Yun and others attacked outside for several days. At that time, if Amo hadn't spread rumors in the city to disrupt the enemy,
The morale of the army is still unclear as to when the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans will be annihilated.
Although the number of defenders in the city today is not as large as that of the Yellow Turbans back then, the Tang army did not have much strength. In addition, the Tang army that attacked Yingchuan were all lightly armed and without any siege equipment. How could they seize the city?
"Then...wait a little longer and send out a few more scouts to see what's going on over there in Yangzhai?"
The next day, the scouts came to report that yesterday Zhang Fei and Xia Houyuan had an encounter near Yingyin City. Xia Houyuan was defeated, and almost all of his five thousand men were wiped out. Xia Houyuan was also beheaded.
This news confirmed the fact that Yangzhai had been conquered. Cao Cao hurriedly broke camp and left. Ma Chao used 5,000 infantry to deal with Cao Jun's rear troops. He took his own cavalry to detour and pursue.
Cao Cao also risked his life at this time and left all the few hundred remaining cavalry to deal with Ma Chao. However, this decision he made in desperation accelerated the defeat of the entire army.
These Jiangdong cavalrymen had only been following Cao Cao for a few days. Seeing the overwhelming number of Tang soldiers, they were not willing to fight for him. Before Ma Chao could launch a charge, hundreds of them broke up and fled.
The cavalry's flight without fighting further damaged the already low morale of Cao's army. The 20,000 infantry were crushed by Ma Chao in two rounds and collapsed.
"Father, go first!"
Seeing that the situation was completely uncontrollable, Cao Ang drove his horse in front of Cao Cao and urged him to leave.
Cao Cao's hand holding the reins trembled slightly but he did not run away immediately. Although he had expected this, but when he saw the soldiers fleeing around him, he felt frustrated again. After so many years, as long as he faced the enemy
Tang Jun, he had never won once, and this time he lost even more thoroughly.
Seeing that he didn't move, Cao Ang shot the yellow-maned horse directly on the hip. The horse neighed and immediately galloped dozens of steps away. Cao Ang shouted to Dian Wei, who was still standing there, "Follow up quickly.
Protect my father!"
"Young master, let's go first. I will come down and deal with the horse!" Dian Wei turned the horse's head and came to Cao Ang. He weighed the two halberds in his hands and glared fiercely at Ma Chao who was not far away.
"There are too many enemy troops, and no one can defeat them with their integrity and bravery. My father's safety needs to be entrusted to you. Ang is deeply grateful!" Cao Ang said and rode his horse directly across Dian Wei towards Ma Chao. Dozens of guards followed him automatically.
His side.
"Sir!" Dian Wei shouted from behind. He looked in front and behind, and saw that many Tang troops had already chased Cao Cao. At this time, he only had about a hundred personal guards around him, and almost all the other soldiers were busy.
Run for your life.
Dian Wei was in a dilemma, hesitated for a moment, and finally rode his horse to chase Cao Cao.
Surrounded by his personal guards, Cao Cao fled along the lower reaches of Yingshui River. When he heard the sound of fierce fighting behind him, he looked back and saw Cao Ang being stabbed in the chest by Ma Chao.
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