The total number of people assisted by Cao Cao's army and Zhang Miao is just over 6,000. Excluding those who did not follow the army along the way and those who escaped halfway, the number of people standing here now is only more than 5,000, and Dong Zhuo's army is here
, with Xu Rong as the chief general, the number is as many as 20,000. This means that one soldier of Cao Cao's army has to face at least four soldiers of Dong Zhuo's army. Unless all the soldiers of Cao Cao's army are martial arts masters, this battle will be useless.
A suspenseful fiasco.
But it was such a battle without any suspense that Cao Cao was delayed for two hours...
"Damn it!" Xu Rong, who was in Dong Zhuo's army camp, smashed the bow and arrow in his hand to the ground and cursed: "What a bunch of losers, our army is much larger than Cao Cao's. They fought for more than two hours, and you all
What are you doing, haven’t you eaten?"
All the subordinates rolled their eyes, and someone whispered: "I didn't eat at all."
"Pah!" Xu Rong went up and gave the subordinate a big slap in the face, "If you haven't eaten, eat after the beating!"
After Xu Rong finished speaking, he ordered: "Send an order for me to shoot Cao Cao to death. Who can bring Cao Cao's head to me? When the battle is over, I will definitely report it to the prime minister and reward you with thousands of gold and the title of ten thousand marquises."
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Someone interrupted: "Boss, are there any women?"
Xu Rong laughed and scolded: "As long as you still have the strength, you can choose any woman you want!"
All of his men burst out laughing.
On Cao Cao's side, the battle was fierce. After more than two hours, they still had not succeeded in breaking through. More than half of their 5,000 troops had been lost.
"My lord!" Xiahou Dun stepped forward and said with cupped hands, "My lord, how about I lead the way in front and be responsible for the charge, and my lord stays behind me to avoid these hidden arrows, and I will send you out."
Cao Cao said: "Where is Yuan Rang for you?"
Xiahou Dun said: "My life is tough and I can't die..."
Cao Cao was shocked, knowing that this was Xiahou Dun saying his last words in disguise, he quickly shouted: "Yuan Rang, you can't, you and I belong to the same lineage. Cao Cao's real name is Xiahou. If you don't know, you can Baidu, Xiao Jue won't say more here, you
If something happens, how can I bear it?"
Xiahou Dun smiled naively: "It's okay, it's okay, but if I die, I hope Meng De will take good care of my wife and children."
"Pa!" Cao Cao slapped Xiahou Dun and cursed, "Even if I die in battle today, Cao Cao will not abandon my men! If I die here today, I will accept it!"
Xiahou Dun was very moved and immediately knelt on the ground: "My lord, my lord, was so bloody that he died."
Just as he was talking, the war suddenly took a turn for the better.
It has been raining overnight in Xingyang in recent days. Although it is not heavy, it adds up. The roads are muddy and slippery. When Xu Rongjun ran out of the mountains, he injured many people. Fortunately, the army had a large base, and Xu Rong did not.
I took it to heart, but as the war dragged on, the number of people injured by falls for no apparent reason increased greatly.
Cao Hong had been observing the situation behind Cao's army. When he saw many soldiers of Xu Rong's army running towards him, limping, he understood immediately.
Cao Hong came forward and told Cao Cao about the situation. Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately summoned his generals and ordered: "The whole army will break out from the rear with me. We lost this battle because of numbers. Now I have only one request.
You must all get out alive for me."
The generals were deeply encouraged and drew their swords and spears one after another. Cao Cao nodded happily and shouted: "Break through!"
With Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan as the vanguard, they first entered the enemy's formation. The second generals started working on the left and right. Xiahou Dun killed a Dong Zhuo sergeant with one shot.
The human armor was stained red with blood, and the three of them were already red-eyed. They didn't care about the minor injuries on their bodies. As long as they didn't lose their heads, in the eyes of the three of them, it was totally wrong to suffer one more knife and one less arrow.
There was a problem; and Cao Cao took Cao Hong in charge of the rear...
The war lasted for more than half an hour, and the number of Cao Cao's soldiers was even smaller. On the other hand, Xu Rong, relying on the strength of their numbers, killed many of Cao Cao's sergeants.
"I surrender, I surrender, I still have an eighty-year-old mother at home..." A Cao Cao sergeant first raised his weapon to surrender, and then more of them raised their weapons.
Seeing that Cao Hong was furious, he killed a surrendering sergeant next to him with a knife, and shouted: "How can a man surrender casually in this world? Think about it, if you surrender, will your family still think highly of you?"
The remaining sergeants of Cao Cao originally had the mentality of surrendering if they couldn't defeat them, but after hearing Cao Hong's words, they suddenly reignited the war.
A sergeant said loudly: "Yes, we are born in this world, and we have no intention of going back alive. Brothers, if we work hard, we will be a good man again in eighteen years!"
All the sergeants responded one after another, and within a short time, the morale of Cao Cao's army was greatly boosted.
Cao Cao saw the opportunity and did not stop. He led his morale-boosted sergeants to forcefully break out of the encirclement.
Seeing that he was about to break out, suddenly, countless cold arrows were shot from both sides. Cao Cao was caught off guard. His horse neighed and he was hit by an arrow in the eye.
"My horse!"
Cao Cao grabbed the reins tightly and tried to lift the horse up, but the horse was injured and exhausted. After several wails, the horse collapsed to the ground.
With a "pop" sound, Cao Cao fell from his horse.
Seeing this, Cao Hong quickly reined in the reins, jumped off his horse, helped Cao Cao up, and walked him to his horse.
"Zilian, what are you..."
Cao Hong's eyes were red and he didn't bother to explain. He only said one sentence: "The world can be free from floods, but it can't be without justice!"
Cao Cao thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, got on Cao Hong's horse and galloped away.
Cao Hong was worried and ran after Cao Cao with all his strength, waving the spear in his hand as he ran.
"Get out of the way, get out of my way!" At this time, Cao Hong was like a killing god, completely ignoring the cold arrows whizzing back and forth around him.
But what is very strange is that none of these cold arrows hit Cao Hong. Instead, they shot the horses of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan who were at the front into hedgehogs.
The Xiahou brothers were also calm. Without saying a word, they jumped off their horses. Xiahou Dun said to Xiahou Yuan: "Miaocai, you and I each take sides to cover the lord's breakout!"
Xia Houyuan nodded: "Okay!"
After finishing speaking, the two generals rushed into the enemy's formation and charged bravely to kill them.
Cao Cao rode Cao Hong's horse and was about to break through the encirclement. At this moment, Xu Rong personally led a team to intercept Cao Cao.
"Cao Cao, let me see where you are running?"
Cao Cao was frightened and could not move forward or retreat.
However, history is history after all. If Cao Cao dies at this time, how can history continue? Therefore, an even more bizarre scene appeared:
Xu Rong took the lead and shouted to kill Cao Cao, but when he was less than a hundred steps away from Cao Cao, Xu Rong's horse slipped and fell.
"Kill Cao." Before Xu Rong could finish his words, he flew out from the horse.
Cao Cao was a little surprised, but he reacted quickly and took advantage of this perfect opportunity to lead his troops and charge out.
Xu Rong, who fell in the mud, felt very unwilling to see Cao Cao and others leaving in the dust, but the fall just now had already injured his shoulder.
After being helped up by his men, Xu Rong kicked the war horse viciously. The horse hissed in pain, and Xu Rong cursed: "You useless beast, I really want to kill you and drink you!"
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On the way back, Cao Cao was still in shock. When he counted the number of people around him, Cao Cao felt disheartened.
"Where's Cao Hong? Where's Cao Hong?"
From the crowd, a man covered in mud and blood emerged. The man wiped his face with his hands, grinned his white teeth and said, "Master, Zi Lian is here!"
Cao Cao was surprised to see Cao Hong safe, but his beloved general was safe, and Cao Cao felt relieved.
After some reorganization, Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of his troops.
In this battle, Cao Cao initially led more than 6,000 troops. After eliminating those who fell behind and escaped secretly, the number was more than 5,000. However, after the breakout battle at Xingyang, Cao Cao's army was 70% eaten by Xu Rong. It was a disastrous defeat, an absolute defeat.
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At the same time that Cao Cao was chasing Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian led the remaining soldiers into Luoyang City. Seeing the thick smoke billowing all over the city, not even a fly could be seen in a radius of hundreds of miles, Sun Jian couldn't help but burst into tears.
When Sun Jian's soldiers saw their lord like this, they were also very sad.
The team entered the old palace site and saw the burned and devastated palace. Sun Jian felt sad. At this time, one of his subordinates came to report that the body of a maid was found in the dry well in the back garden. The body of the maid was in the hands of the maid.
Holding a baggage.
"Bundle?" Sun Jian was curious and ordered the primary school student to bring it up and have a look.
After unpacking the baggage, Sun Jian suddenly felt happy.
"Jade... Jade..." The eyes of all the officers and men under his command shone brightly, and for a while, no one could fully tell what they saw.
Sun Jian was still calm and nodded: "Yes, it is the national jade seal. Hmm? There is something else?"
It turned out that there was something as big as three palms pressed under the jade seal. If we describe this thing according to current terms, it would be something similar to a tablet computer.
Huang Gai and other generals also looked at it strangely and asked curiously: "Lord, what is this?"
Sun Jian shook his head and said: "The things that are with the Jade Seal of the Kingdom should also be very important, so put them away."
Huang Gai was a little worried and said: "What about my lord, the jade seal?"
Sun Jian glanced at it and said loudly: "Wait a minute, did you see anything when you entered Luoyang?"
The generals replied: "No!"
Sun Jian asked again: "Did you hear anything?"
The generals replied: "No!"
Sun Jian asked three times: "What if someone says he heard or saw it?"
All the generals said in unison: "He is talking nonsense!"
Sun Jian looked at Huang Gai with satisfaction. Huang Gai fell to the ground in admiration and knelt down in the tunnel: "My lord is wise!"
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When Cao Cao led the defeated army back to Suanzao, he found that the coalition troops were eating and drinking, and he was very angry.
Cao Cao stopped a soldier and asked, "Where is Yuan Shao?"
The soldier said disdainfully: "We have already returned to Yecheng!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he was very angry and rushed into the coalition camp with his sword in hand.
In the camp, except for Yuan Shao, all the princes present were staggering around after drinking. What's more, two by two hugged each other and looked at each other affectionately. It seemed to people that in this world, Apart from them, there is no one else.