Cao Zhi secretly sighed in his heart, knowing that Lu Bu had no plans left. He had already ordered the Wuwan people in the forest to set up a heavy siege, hoping to capture and kill him and his team in one fell swoop.
At this time, everyone knew that the situation was over, and without Cao Zhi's orders, most of the people began to disperse and flee in all directions.
Cao Zhi was unable to stop him, but he knew that the enemy was deliberately forcing him to escape to the south. Suddenly, he knew clearly that as long as he could rush to the top of the hill, he would have a chance to escape into the mountains.
At this time, there were only more than fifty people left around him, and he immediately shouted: "If you want to escape, come with me!"
Cao Zhi inserted the Qinhuang Sword back into his waist with his backhand, pulled out the crossbow arrow from the horse's belly, cradled the horse and charged forward, shooting arrows in succession with both hands. The enemies in front fell to the ground after being struck by the arrows.
During the crisis, Cao Zhi shot at least ten arrows along the way. By the time his arms were numb, he had finished shooting. Immediately behind his horse, there were ten more dead bodies, which was unbearable to see.
"Cao Zhi is here. If you want my head on my head, just come!"
When Cao Zhi was shouting wildly, there were only a dozen people left around him, but they had successfully reached the top of the hill.
Hundreds of enemy soldiers were attacking them fiercely like wolves and tigers. At this time, Cao Zhi had no fear. He pulled out the Qinhuang Sword again and swung it out. He screamed, and the corpses of the enemies on the right lay everywhere.
land.
Without even looking, Cao Zhi swung his sword and slashed back, killing another enemy who was attacking from the rear. An enemy soldier in the front took the opportunity to hold a spear on foot and stab the "Rogue Rabbit" in the neck. In desperation, Cao Zhi
He threw the Emperor Qin Sword out of his hand, and the sword passed through the man's chest and nailed him to the ground.
At this time, Cao Zhi's body was bleeding from multiple wounds, large and small, but he couldn't feel any pain. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder blade, and he didn't know what was stabbing him.
When Cao Zhi collapsed on his horse in pain, the remaining dozen or so guards rushed over desperately to cover him.
Cao Zhixin finished shouting, "I'm going to call you fanciful again. With your little ability, you still want to be able to compete with these tycoons of the Three Kingdoms. Bingzhou seems to be unreachable!" At this moment, he thought of his two beloved wives far away in Danyang.
, and also thought of countless people and things such as Cai Wenji, the Big and Little Qiao sisters, Chen Ling, and even the resentful Liu Youchong. Cao Zhi didn't understand why he still thought of Liu Youchong at such a critical moment. This person should have nothing to do with him, but at this time he
How could he think carefully about the reason? At this critical moment of life and death, he felt the "Rogue Rabbit" rushing left and right, accelerating continuously. The shouts of killing were gradually left behind in the distance, and the "Rogue Rabbit" led him into a forest.
In the middle of the night, Cao Zhi felt that all around him was darkness.
He hugged "Rogue Rabbit"'s horse's neck tightly, feeling that the flesh and blood of the horse and man merged into one, his consciousness gradually blurred, and finally he lost consciousness.
####### The dazzling sunshine and dry air blew into the throat, making it a little uncomfortable. When Cao Zhi woke up, he was already in his own army formation, and he had already passed the Great Wall pass and set foot on the land of Bingzhou.
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The person who finally rescued him was Zhang He. After confirming that Lu Bu and the Karasuma people were not Yuan Shao's allies, Zhang He finally found a reason to take action. After snatching a halberd from an enemy general, Zhang He headed east
Zhang He broke out of the encirclement on a hillside. Because he was not the enemy's main target and was highly skilled in martial arts, Zhang He could easily break out of the encirclement by riding alone. Coincidentally, Cao Zhi made a circle and ran across the hill.
He unexpectedly met up with Zhang He. At that time, Cao Zhi was already unconscious, and the "Rogue Rabbit" underneath him had lost too much blood and was staggering when he walked.
After Zhang He took over Cao Zhi, he heard the sound of horse hooves from the pursuers behind him. At this time, Zhang He could not think too much. He could only hurriedly change the direction of his horse and rush towards the vast deep mountains.
After Zhang He got rid of his pursuers, he had time to look at Cao Zhi, who was lying unconscious on the saddle, and suddenly he was filled with excitement, "You are finally in my hands!"
Zhang He looked at Cao Zhi evilly for a while, and struggled in his heart for a while. Finally, after sighing, he galloped on his horse and ran all the way to the official road to the west. He soon learned that the troops behind the palace had been attacked and came to the rescue.
A cavalry team of several hundred people from the rear of Cao's army met.
When Cao Zhi saw the unconscious Cao Zhi, those Cao soldiers did not say a word and did not go about the rescue. They directly embraced Cao Zhi and Zhang He and rushed to the central army. They hurriedly reported to Li Ru, the military advisor who was now in the army, "My lord has been found."
Got it!"
The recovery of Cao Zhi made Li Ru feel reassured. When he received the news that the rear troops were attacked, his first reaction was that the enemy had a premeditated plan to find Cao Zhi. At that time, he could not figure out where the enemy troops were.
The horse was gone, and he urgently ordered the central army to stop. The rear army turned around in a fan shape to rescue him. But before the battle report came from the rear army, Zhang He had rescued Cao Zhi and came back. This made Li Ru feel relieved and checked
After checking Cao Zhi's injury and confirming that Cao Zhi was not in danger for the time being, Li Ru personally expressed his gratitude to Zhang He.
When he heard that Zhang He had rescued Cao Zhi and returned, Xun Chen was the happiest person. He secretly thought that they, the newcomers who had joined Cao Zhi's camp, had a bright future.
"How is Li Hei? How are the three thousand sergeants at the rear?"
This was the first thing Cao Zhi asked when he woke up from lying in the carriage.
The generals and officials of Cao Zhi's army were all cheered up when they learned that Cao Zhi had awakened, and the news was quickly passed on as great news.
Li Ru also rushed to Cao Zhi's side as soon as possible, and the camping time for that day was advanced by half a day because of Cao Zhi's awakening.
Cao Zhi was lying weakly on a reed mat, and there was no longer his big leather tent above his head. The current temporary tent was just an ordinary soldier's military tent, which was cut and stretched with four slightly thick poles.
It was supported by wooden sticks and made into a tool to block the sun. It was almost a pergola, not even a military tent. Fortunately, this section of the road to Bingzhou was not far from the desert, and the weather at this time was not bad either.
It's getting cooler, so it's cool and comfortable to sit in this simple pergola.
On the way out of Jizhou, Cao Zhi's tent was deemed unnecessary by Cao Zhi and was discarded. In fact, Cao Zhi's tent was not the only thing he threw away during his escape.
Soon this simple pavilion was crowded with Cao Jun generals and officials, and even Li Ru arranged a seat for Zhang He. So many people sat in a semicircle around Cao Zhi's reed mat, but so many people were not interested in it.
When Cao Zhi asked, everyone had gloomy faces, lowered their heads and remained silent.
Cao Zhi had a premonition that something bad had happened. He wanted to stand up and ask again. At this time, Li Ru quickly stepped forward, supported Cao Zhi, and choked with sobs: "My lord, please pay attention to your health... follow... my lord, follow me from the rear."
All three thousand soldiers...the whole army was wiped out, and Governor Limen...also died for his country..."
"Ah..." As soon as Li Ru finished speaking, Cao Zhi let out a sad cry. His body, which he had just managed to stand steady with Li Ru's support, fell down again.
"Lord...brother..."
When Xu Chu, Le Jin, Cao Xiu, Zhao Yun and others saw Cao Zhi fall, they all rushed out and stretched out their hands to help Cao Zhi. But when they walked in, they found that Cao Zhi was not injured. He fell unconscious. He was lying on the reed mat with tears in his eyes.
Face full of fluids.
The pavilion was temporarily infected by Cao Zhi's sadness, and everyone was immersed in grief.
"People cannot be resurrected after death, so please show your condolences, Lord!" Xun Chen stood up and consoled him at the right time.
"Li Hei and those three thousand soldiers did not die for the country, they died for me... for me, Cao Zhi... Wuwu... Where is Lu Bu's ambush?"
It’s my, Cao Zhi’s life, hateful...I didn’t die, but so many good brothers died..."
While Cao Zhi blamed himself, the generals in the pavilion were moved again. However, Xun Chen and Li Ru, who had keen political consciousness, had other thoughts when they heard the same words.
Next, Li Ru, Cao Xiu and others tried to comfort Cao Zhi. Many people in the pavilion followed Cao Zhi and shed tears for a while before everyone regained their consciousness.
Taking advantage of Cao Zhi's mood gradually stabilizing, Xun Chen reminded him again: "My lord, please pay attention to your health. Life cannot be resurrected. My lord still has to decide where to go for these 30,000 brothers who are still alive!" At this point, Xun Chen paused.
He paused and checked Cao Zhi's condition before continuing: "My lord has been unconscious for three days. During this period, Military Advisor Li and the generals tried their best to suppress the army. With the insistence of Military Advisor Li, our goal has not changed. Finally,
We entered the boundary of Bingzhou. However, we suffered heavy losses on this trip, losing two generals and more than 10,000 troops along the way. Although we have now entered Bingzhou, the morale of the army is very low and the morale of the army has been lost due to repeated setbacks.
Signs of instability. As a matter of urgency, my lord, please come up with a firm idea and stabilize the morale of the army before arriving at Yanmen."
Cao Zhi knew very well what Xun Chen meant by reminding him. It is not difficult to imagine that the capture of Ye City only cost more than a thousand men and horses. Unexpectedly, in order to get out of Jizhou later, Cao Zhi lost nearly a quarter of his army.
I also had to pay Du Damu and Li Hei to go in. It has to be said that the price was heavy. Most of this army is now Cao Zhi's disciples brought from Danyang, but there are also quite a few soldiers from Yanzhou. They are Cao Zhi's soldiers.
After listening to Xun Chen's suggestion, they were temporarily robbed and stayed in Cao Zhi's army. At first, they thought that Cao Zhi was Cao Cao's biological brother, and it was normal for him to control him. However, due to the continuous losses of troops and generals, they essentially belonged to the two armies.
It is inevitable that people's hearts will fluctuate. Especially when Cao Zhi was in coma, some people even questioned that Cao Zhi's westward expansion plan was wrong and suggested changing the direction and heading towards Yanzhou. Fortunately, although Cao Zhi could not come out to take charge of the affairs for these three days,
At this time, the senior generals in this army were all Cao Zhi's men, and Li Ru stepped forward to take charge of military affairs, so those who had objections did not raise any objections.
But as Xun Chen said, doubts are everywhere, which will inevitably shake the morale of the army, and the morale is low. These are things that Cao Zhi needs to solve urgently. Otherwise, if something happens again after arriving at Yanmen, the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable.
There will be trouble.
After hearing Xun Chen's reminder, Cao Zhi, regardless of the pain on his body, got up from the reed mat with a "Oops!", clenched his fists, and suddenly became like an angry leopard, shaking his long hair and sternly
He said: "Lü Bu, Yanmen Wuhuan, Chunyu Qiong, these people will all be my sworn enemies in this life. I, Cao Zhi, swear here that I will use my whole life to cut these people into pieces!"