Cao Cao looked at this scene and sighed, "I will die too."
On the top of the city, after Liu Jun retreated, there were injured Cao Jun everywhere. The floods hit them and the heavy rain fell on their heads. They looked so embarrassed. The water beside the city wall had already been dyed blood red.
"Everyone, today is the day I, Cao Mengde, die. Please surrender." Cao Cao waved to everyone.
Xu Chu drew the sword from his waist and said, "Whoever dares to surrender today, I will kill him."
"Prime Minister, we will not surrender until we die!"
"I am willing to follow the Prime Minister!"
"Follow the Prime Minister to the death!"
First the generals, then Cao Cao's staff and counselors, and then all the generals.
"Haha, alas, I, Cao Mengde, am so lucky to have the help of you." Cao Cao smiled sadly, picked up a sword from the ground, put it across his neck, and was about to commit suicide.
"Prime Minister, you can't do that!" Xu Chu directly grasped the edge of the sword, not caring about his bleeding hand.
"Zhongkang, let go, we are in deep trouble. I, Cao Mengde, would rather die than be captured by Liu Cong's son!"
"Prime Minister, you can't do that."
"Prime Minister, look what that is?"
"Kill, kill!" "Kill! Rescue the prime minister!"
At the rear of Gan Ning's fleet, Le Jin and Li Dian led more than 300 ships and rushed into the fleet to kill everyone.
"Prime Minister, reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived."
"Soldiers, follow me to attack!" Xia Houyuan took the lead and attacked Gan Ning's ship against the city wall!
Cao Jun was like a man falling into the water, grabbing onto the board, and his morale was greatly boosted for a moment! Cao Jun had so many powerful generals that Gan Ning was unable to stop him for a while.
"General, the enemy forces are attacking us from both front and rear. It is difficult for our army to resist!"
Gan Ning brutally hacked to death an oncoming Cao Jun soldier and said, "Retreat!"
After a fight, Cao Cao and others used the boat as a way to board Le Jin's building boat.
"Wen Qian, if it weren't for you and Mancheng, I would have died here." Cao Cao, who had survived the disaster, sat on the deck panting, "What about Wen Ze? (Yu Jin)"
Le Jin and Li Dian lowered their heads and said nothing. Cao Cao seemed to understand something and immediately burst into tears, "Wen Ze, lonely Wen Ze..."
"Prime Minister, Gan Ning is still chasing after you, let's retreat first."
"Withdraw first."
Fancheng is like a big pond at the moment. Cao's fleet, sixty miles north, finally ran aground. An army is waiting on the shore in the distance!
The heavy rain gradually stopped, the sun dispersed the dark clouds, the light penetrated the clouds, and the sky and earth became bright again.
"Prime Minister, Prime Minister." As soon as Cao Cao and others got off the boat, they saw the one-eyed Xiahou Dun wearing a raincoat, pulling his horse that was stuck in the mud and waving to them.
After Yu Jin and several others trained the navy, Xinye was garrisoned by generals such as Xiahou Dun, Xia Houjie, Xia Houlan, and Yan Ming.
Cao Cao's lower body was soaked in the water. He was supported by Xu Chu and ran towards Xiahou Dun with difficulty.
"Yuan Rang, why are you here?" Cao Cao staggered and almost fell in front of Xiahou Dun. Fortunately, Xiahou Dun quickly caught him with his quick eyes and hands.
Xiahou Dun knelt on the ground and said, "Prime Minister, the scouts have found out that a large flood has flooded Fancheng. The general is worried about the Prime Minister. Since there are no ships, we can only lead our troops and wait here."
In the distance, Gan Ning saw Cao Cao and his troops coming ashore. There were also Cao troops on the shore waiting in full formation. He punched the wooden railing and said, "Withdraw!"
"Prime Minister, the enemy troops have withdrawn. Are we going to the new wilderness?" Xiahou Dun asked Cao Cao when he saw Gan Ning's troops withdrawing.
Cao Cao shook his head, "Let's go to Wancheng first. Xinye can't defend it."
At night, Cao Cao and his men finally retreated to Wancheng. Man Chong, who was guarding Wancheng, saw Cao Cao returning from leading the defeated army. While welcoming Cao Cao and others into the city, he summoned the generals of Wancheng and ordered martial law.
The next day, the sky was not as dense with clouds and heavy rain as yesterday. The sun shone on the earth without stopping from early morning to afternoon.
Cao Cao's staff and counselors finally calculated and compiled detailed loss data.
"Prime Minister? Prime Minister?" Cheng Yu approached Cao Cao, who was lying in the sun, and called softly.
"I'm awake alone. I heard that this recliner was made by Liu Cong?" Cao Cao closed his eyes and patted the recliner under him.
Cheng Yu didn't expect Cao Cao to suddenly ask this, "Yes."
"Liu Biao, you gave birth to a good son. Tell me, what are our losses?"
Cheng Yu unfolded the bamboo slips and said, "Last night, our army returned to Wancheng with less than 70,000 soldiers and horses, including 30,000 people from Xinye. All the war horses were lost, and all the food, grass and baggage were lost. Two officers at all levels died in the battle.
More than a thousand people were captured, and Xu Huang was captured. In addition, it is said that Yu Jin committed suicide!"
There are 30,000 garrison troops in Xinye, 10,000 troops in Wancheng, and more than 60,000 wounded soldiers sent back to Wancheng last time, as well as nearly 40,000 troops in this battle at Fancheng.
Half of the 280,000 troops heading south were lost!
What was even more difficult for Cao Cao to accept was that Xu Huang was captured and Yu Jin committed suicide!
"Hey, send someone to negotiate with Liu Cong. Wen Ze's body needs to be recovered. Wen Ze is from Taishan. Wen Ze is a native of Mount Tai. We should petition the emperor to grant him the title of Marquis of Lu. He will be kind to the younger members of his family. Anyone who neglects will be killed without mercy. Look at Liu Cong.
What conditions are required to redeem Xu Gongming?"
"promise."
"Gu will return to Xuchang as soon as possible. Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Yongliang princes will be even more energetic after learning about Gu's defeat. There is no room for loss in Guanzhong."
"Prime Minister, how many troops and horses are left in Wancheng?"
"Leave 30,000 men for Cao Ren. I don't have any extra troops left for him now. Wait until we return to Yecheng and then mobilize our troops. If Wancheng cannot hold it, forget it."
"In addition, keep an eye on Jiangdong's movements at all times to prevent them from invading Huainan."
"promise."
On the streets of Xiangyang City, after the heavy rain, people came out to work again. The land exuded a fresh smell after the rain.
"Kuding, dinging..."
On the bluestone floor, there was the sound of horse hooves galloping.
"A great victory! A great victory for our army! Cao's army was defeated! A great victory! A great victory!"
The knight rode in from the city gate and ran quickly towards the prefect's mansion!
The people in Xiangyang smiled when they heard the news. No matter what, the war was over and they could live a better life again.
In the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, Liu Cong was receiving Ma Liang and Yi Ji who had just returned.
Yi Ji came back late because he was planning for Ma Teng and other princes. Ma Liang, on the other hand, noticed some strange movements in Jiangdong.
Ma Liang took a boat to Jiangdong, and saw that grain and grass from Jiangdong were continuously transported to Yuzhang County in the west. Ma Liang stayed in Jiangdong to investigate for a while. Sun Quan claimed that it was used by Zhou Yu to train troops in Poyang Lake.
"Why is there so much noise outside?" Liu Cong asked when he heard the noise outside.
Because Xu Feng followed Pang Tong, the guards outside the door were Duan Kun and Xing Daorong who had just returned.
Duan Kun came in and reported: "My lord, the streets are reporting a great victory for our army and a great defeat for Cao's army. The messengers have just arrived at the house."
"Pass it in quickly!" Liu Cong said, but he got up and hurried out.
"Lord."
Liu Cong took the bamboo slip from the messenger's hand and opened it to read carefully.
"Hahaha, okay, Pang Tong did a good job."
Ma Liang came over and asked, "My lord, did Pang Shiyuan defeat Cao's army?"
Liu Cong threw the battle report to Ma Liang, "Ji Chang, Uncle Ji, take a look for yourselves." Then he pointed at the messenger and said, "Take him down, he will be rewarded generously!"
"Thank you, Lord!" The messenger followed Xing Daorong with a happy face.
Ma Liang and Yi Ji were browsing the battle reports.
The military advisor offered wine, and General Anbei and Governor Pang Tong paid homage to the lord from afar.
On July 28, our army dug the Han River, flooded Fancheng, and overran Cao Jun's water stronghold. Gan Ning led 40,000 troops to attack Fancheng. His subordinates led 50,000 troops to attack Cao Jun's water stronghold. Our army defeated the enemy and killed two enemies.
There were more than 30,000 prisoners, and more than 30,000 were taken prisoner.
More than 12,000 war horses and more than 2,000 warships were captured.
Gan Ning captured Xu Huang alive, and General Cao Jun committed suicide! Our army suffered less than 5,000 casualties!