"What then?" The entourage leader came up and snatched Cao Zhang's reins and continued to rush with him.
Cao Zhang grabbed the saddle bridge with one hand, shaking on the horse's back, and held a long spear in the other hand. The tip of the long spear was hanging down, and the bright little flag originally used to mark the advance and retreat of the iron cavalry was also dragged in the dust.
"What should I do then?" he murmured: "What should I do then? Should I come up with an idea?"
The soldiers around him only felt that Cao Zhang's expression was a little dazed, which was very different from his usual strong and decisive expression. But everyone was busy running away, who had time to persuade him?
The entourage leader urged the horse and thought for a few words. When he was about to open his mouth, he heard the sound of breaking the wind behind him, and a group of crossbow arrows like black clouds attacked again.
The iron cavalry of Cao's army was wearing iron armor, and the horses had horse armor, but the defense range of the horse armor was limited, mainly concentrated on the front and side. At this time, Cao Zhang and others were rushing and retreating, they exposed their backs under arrows. Many soldiers were immediately caught off guard, and dozens of war horses were shot hard, jumping and neighing in a mess.
Many cavalry simply jumped off their horses, took off their armor and ran wildly. With the shield of some shrubs on the edge of the plateau, it seemed to be safer than riding a horse.
The infantry of the Han army was split into small arrays and slowly flipped over from the team, obviously intending to encircle along the edge of the plateau, completely cut off the road for Cao's army to escape, and trap them into the death area of ​​terrible weapons. So, not long ago, the soldiers who were the top elite main force of the Cao army are now running away with all their might, and no one is willing to fall behind.
Cao Zhang's eyes followed the running soldiers, his lips trembled slightly, and he felt a stream of depression in his chest that could not be suppressed, almost spurting out of the door, but there was no expression on his face.
The leader of the escort was an old member of the Cao clan in Qiao State. He served the Cao clan for several generations and was loyal to Cao Zhang. Seeing Cao Zhang's appearance, he shouted sternly: "King, our army is just a small vanguard, and there are still tens of thousands of cavalry behind it. Let's retreat to our own formation and fight again!"
Seeing that Cao Zhang had no reaction, he said again: "Didn't the king say that those strange weapons are fixed on the cart and are inconvenient to turn? We can definitely break it with iron cavalry!"
At this time, the group was passing through Cao Hong, Zhang Liao and others and rushing into the southern slope of the plateau and running rapidly.
The slope was trampled by too many war horses, and the soil was loose. As the group passed, large and small pieces of soil rolled downwards.
Cao Zhang carefully controlled the horse to prevent the horse from losing its hooves. Until the horse stepped on the solid ground at the bottom of the ravine, he sighed deeply: "You don't understand! The front team has such a big setback, and the morale of the back team has been in chaos. Who dares to intersperse the challenges? What's more, even if the morale can be revitalized, how can we find a brave and powerful man like Zhang Wenyuan?"
Just as he was talking about this, a group of cavalry turned around the winding gully and saw a group of defeated soldiers surrounding a corpse and crying. Because there were many people surrounding them, they blocked the path at the bottom of the gully.
The battle situation was as anxious as sparks, so how could it be delayed? The leader of the entourage hurried forward and waved his whip to disperse the defeated soldiers.
When the horse whip was raised into the air, he suddenly found a lot of acquaintances in the crowd. He asked quickly, "What's going on? Who are you crying?"
Without waiting for him to ask, Cao Zhang had already urged his horse to come and rushed into the crowd. The defeated soldiers did not dare to stop him, so Cao Zhang ran to the center of the crowd and saw the body of Cao Hong being caught in several arrows.
It turned out that Cao Hong and Zhang Liao were both killed in battle.
Cao Ren died in Jiangling, Xiahou Yuan died in Hanzhong, Xiahou Dun was sick for a long time after defeating Runan, and died a year ago in Yecheng. Now Cao Hong died in battle again... Several relatives who had accompanied his father to fight in troubled times had all withered by this time!
Cao Hong and Zhang Liao tried their best to attack the flanks of the Han army, which gave the opportunity to break through the enemy's formation. But what was the result?
If this battle ends like this, there is no chance of victory!
It turns out that this battle is not about tens of thousands of people rushing to attack the enemy's confidants, but the enemy really doesn't take us seriously! It turns out that 5,000 Han soldiers can really beat tens of thousands of cavalry head-on! It turns out that Zhuge Kongming can fight, but his methods of fighting are different from those of us warriors wearing armor and holding sharp edges!
Since this battle was lost, the best chance for the next battle was nothing more than to retreat with the remaining troops. But what's the use? Even if tens of thousands of elite soldiers are still there, can they still be able to defeat the Han army? Since the Han army has such strength, the day they go out to the east will definitely be ten times stronger than this moment... That is when the Cao family's country collapses!
Since this is the case, how can I face Cao Zilian? How can I face Zhang Wenyuan? How can I face the soldiers who followed me to drive away the enemy? How can I face those people in Yecheng who were full of hope of defeating? How can I face my father who was on the Qingshui boat and repeatedly told me to wait patiently for the opportunity to rise again?
Cao Zhang moaned and pulled the horse hard, causing the war horse to stagger back and leave Cao Hong's body.
He didn't dare to look again, and just urged the horse with all his strength, but the depressed aura accumulated in his chest became stronger and stronger, as if he was about to suffocate him to death. He pounded his chest hard, and his fist hit the iron armor, making a clanging sound, and the five fingers that clenched into his fist began to burst into blood.
The people around rushed over to persuade him, but Cao Zhang raised his long spear and shouted repeatedly: "I'm better than dead! I'm going back to fight Zhuge Liang!"
Everyone was shocked, and several entourages came up to support Cao Zhang regardless of their concern, and took him away half-pulled.
At this time, dense footsteps were heard from the high ground of the ravines, and a team of Han soldiers were chasing them around the plateau. The leader saw that Cao Zhang's armor was extremely exquisite and knew that this person must be a major general of the Cao army. He hurriedly waved his sword and pointed directly at Cao Zhang, and loudly directed the crossbowmen to shoot at him.
Several entourages blocked each other and fell to the ground by arrows.
Cao Zhang instinctively leaned on the ground, feeling a stinging pain in his crotch, and he was inevitably hit by an arrow. He rarely visited the battle formation in recent years, and he was injured less often. The crossbow arrow entered his body. At the same time, the pain was unstoppable, and his fear overwhelmed his anger.
He urged the horse to run wildly.
Several brave Han soldiers slid from the slope into the gully with swords and shields in their hands, trying to block Cao Zhang's way. Only the sound of a long spear flying sound was heard, and the blood of several soldiers splattered like a spring, and they all fell to the ground.
Cao Zhang took this opportunity to rush into a fork in front of the gully and ran away with all his might.
All the soldiers of the Han army shouted behind his ears: "Cao Zhang, Cao Hong, and Zhang Liao have all been given the title! The remaining troops of the Cao army have unarmed their armor and knelt on the ground. Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
From one person shouting to a hundred people shouting; from a hundred people shouting to thousands of people cheering in unison, the cheers floated in the open fields, making more and more Cao army soldiers restless. Cao Zhang rode wildly on his horse, and saw that Cao army soldiers scattered in the ravines began to untidy the armor and throw down their weapons.
He couldn't help but wonder, what would happen to his own army? If the general is not there, can the soldiers stabilize? The more they think about it, the more anxious they are, and tears are almost shedding in their eyes.
About two miles away from the plateau, before Cao's army's original formation, Yan Xing and Zhang He, who were supposed to break into the Han army's ranks at the same time as Cao Zhang, were looking at each other coldly.
These two men are old generals, each with a group of loyal and warlike subordinates who have been on the battlefield for a long time. At this time, Cao Wei, the headquarters of these two men are all forces that cannot be ignored. Therefore, Cao Pi specially dispatched these two people to participate in the raid, and Cao Zhang was at the time of decisive battle and victory, so he also led them to join in the battle to kill the enemy.
Chapter completed!