76, Cao Baihu
The Zuo Army where Bao Xin was located was in a trap and could no longer extricate himself. He had to fight desperately to attack the Xiliang soldiers on the opposite side, trying to return to his brothers and some of the troops, retreat and form a formation again, and struggle to defend the Zuo Army's front.
The number of troops in the Left Army was far greater than that of the Xiliang soldiers commanded by Yan Xing, not to mention the two brothers Bao Xin and Bao Tao fought desperately in an emergency to survive. Yan Xing could not defeat the Cao army, but he also tried every means to stick to the troops of the Left Army, forcing them to retreat again.
Just in the deadlock, where you have me and I have you, Xu Kun's three hundred Xiliang cavalry arrived in time, like a tiger, pounced on it, overwhelmed the prey, then bit off the throat and broke the belly.
Bao Xin, who was tearfully penetrated by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, was in tears. He could only retreat after rescuing his brother who was already covered in blood and covered in bruises, and attempted to form a formation again to stabilize the formation.
But Bao Tao, who was as crazy as a tiger, was no longer willing to leave now. The trousers on his head were disheveled and had long been discarded and no one knew where they were thrown away on the battlefield. Blood was overflowing from his mouth, and he said to Bao Xin with a bitter face:
"Brother, I made a mistake in making the entire army. Now the army has collapsed and it is difficult to defend again. You can retreat quickly. I will lead people to block it for a while. If you don't leave, you will not be able to leave!"
Bao Xin knew that his brothers originally intended to use the method of assaulting the enemy's formation and threatening the main flanks of the Xiliang army to recover their own disadvantages and help the dangers, and also took the opportunity to promote the prestige of their Bao family.
However, things went against my wishes. Not only did Bao Tao not be able to recover his disadvantages, but instead dragged his left army into an abyss that was irreversible, and the army collapsed overall, and the disaster of defeat was imminent.
Bao Xin knew his brother's temperament. He was unwilling to be inferior to others. He was strong and wanted to compete with others. Now that the army was defeated, he was already in a state of tragic consequences. He was already in a state of silence. He said he wanted to cut off the rear, but in fact he wanted to fight to the death. He used the tragic ending of the death enemy formation to cleanse his guilt.
As a brother, Bao Xin could not watch his brother die, and he would be defeated if he was defeated. The responsibility was not entirely on Bao Tao alone. Therefore, Bao Xin grabbed Bao Tao's arm tightly and wanted to pull him out of the battlefield together.
"Brother, don't worry about me, go!"
At this time, Bao Tao, who was determined to die, was extremely powerful. He struggled hard and threw away his brother's hand, rode his horse again, and rushed into the dense formation of Xiliang soldiers. He shouted for battle and suddenly entered the chaotic soldiers.
Bao Xinhu had tears in his eyes, but he knew that the situation was irreversible. In the end, he could only take a look at the direction where his brothers disappeared, and then patted the horse and led a team of remaining personal soldiers to retreat.
The collapse of the left army where Bao Xin was located was like a domino effect, driving the arrival of the trend of Cao's army's complete collapse. Xu Kun took this opportunity to show his might and drilled through Bao Xin's left army formation in one fell swoop. He left the already chaotic enemy to the troops of Yan Xing who were taking advantage of the situation to attack. He directly followed Xu Rong's instructions to reorganize the army again, and then circled around and rushed over from behind the Cao's central army.
Cao's Central Army Formation
"Brother, the situation is irreversible. Let's retreat soon!"
Cao Hong saw that all the left army collapsed, and Cao Ren, who was in the central army, could no longer resist the general attack of the Xiliang soldiers in front of him. His soldiers were killed and injured, and he was also seriously injured. If it weren't for Cao Chun's escort and fighting and retreating, he would have lost his head on the spot.
Therefore, Cao Hong, who was still excited before, had his blood completely cooled down. Instead, he was filled with coldness. Facing the charge of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, he could only divide the few people to resist, while accelerating and urging Cao Cao to escape the battlefield as soon as possible.
Under the flag, Cao Cao's face became much haggard in an instant, and his chest kept fluctuating. He didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, and he turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's words.
The first battle was to fight Dong, and the treacherous heroes in troubled times.
These words emerged in Cao Cao's mind in an instant. If we talk about the crisis, the current crisis may not be as good as the soldiers who were captured in Zhongmu, fought at Lu Boshe's home, and recruited soldiers in Runan, but this was the most heartbreaking moment.
Will the first battle I commanded end in this way?
If you defeat the army and kill the general, I, Cao Mengde, will be defeated and killed on the bank of the Bian River today?
Cao Cao raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the left army. The Bao brothers had completely lost their information. The formation of the left army had also collapsed and fled. During the pursuit of the Western Liang soldiers, many people died tragically under horse hooves, swords and spears, bows and arrows, and more, they jumped into the Bian River behind them in panic.
The Bian River is in the spring flood, and these soldiers who jumped into the water escaped the first blow, but most of them will turn into food in the belly of fish and shrimps in the river.
In the direction of the central army, the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Chun fought and retreated, but did not dare to directly lead the defeated soldiers to the direction where Cao Cao was. Instead, they finally sent someone to ask Cao Cao to retreat quickly and preserve his strength in order to raise an army again to support the Han Dynasty.
In the direction of the Right Army, the situation was slightly better, but it was already surrounded. The Xiahou brothers and Wei Zi had already fought to the point of exhaustion, but the collapse of the Right Army was irreversible.
The soldiers had no intention of fighting, and the overall situation collapsed. A large number of Xiliang soldiers were rushing towards the central army. The great defeat of the Bian River was already a foregone conclusion.
"Only in the 22nd generation of the Han Dynasty, the sincerity of the people was not good.
Being a monkey and leading the leader, knowing the small but planning the boundaries.
He hesitated and dared not to stop, because he held the king.
The white rainbow is the sun, and he will suffer first.
The thief minister holds the country's responsibility and kills the Lord and destroys Yujing.
The emperor's foundation was destroyed, and the ancestral temple was burned.
The Boyue migrated westward, and the crying and running.
Looking at the city of Pilo, Weizi was sad."
This is "The Legend of the Dew" written by Cao Cao before. Now that the Bian River is defeated, there is no hope of restoring Luoyang. Cao Cao can only look at the former imperial capital like a wicked son, feeling sad, and the shouts of killing in his ears are getting closer and closer. The personal guards sent out can no longer resist it. Cao Cao said with difficulty:
"Retreat!"
After giving the order, Cao Cao drove away his horse and stopped looking at the Xiliang soldiers who were rushing in front of him and the defeated Cao soldiers. He led his personal guards, led by Cao Hong, and walked along the bank of the Bian River. He then searched for the shallows between the rivers, trying to cross the Bian River and avoid the pursuit.
Although some defeated Cao soldiers joined along the way, more were shouting for the soldiers chasing Xiliang.
The team behind Cao Cao was soon caught up by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry led by Xu Kun. The Western Liang soldiers only launched a round of attacks from behind. The soldiers who followed Cao Cao to retreat were instantly killed in battle, and the fled and even Cao Hong lost his figure. Fortunately, Cao Cao had several personal soldiers who were guarding each other desperately. Taking advantage of this round of charge by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, they were delayed by other defeated soldiers, and they protected Cao Cao and escaped for a distance.
However, Cao Cao's head was specially ordered to get it. This head was a dazzling first achievement for the soldiers of the Xiliang Army at the bottom. Many Xiliang cavalry were not willing to give up and continued to chase along the Bian River, vowing to let Cao Cao's head fall.
"Xilulu-—"
Suddenly, the war horse under Cao Cao's seat was fleeing to death, and it turned out that the horse's buttocks had been shot by several waves. Now it was struggling to run for a while. With too much blood loss, the horse could no longer hold on. After the mount was neighing for a long time, it bent its front hooves, held the last little force, and rushed forward with Cao Cao on the horse. This momentum directly overturned Cao Cao.
Several personal soldiers rode forward, and just about to dismount and rescue Cao Cao who was caught in the dead body, but before he could take action, the pursuers of Xiliang soldiers behind him had arrived. The personal soldiers turned around and fought to the death, but the few people could not have the power to turn the world back. In a short while, they were all killed by the pursuers one by one.
The pursuers did not notice that Cao Cao, who had fallen off his horse and fell among the dead bodies, because there were also soldiers who were running away in front of him, and it was very likely that the enemy general Cao Cao was among them. Therefore, they slapped the horse and chased forward, which made Cao Cao, who was so confused, escape by chance.
When Cao Cao stood up again, he had abandoned all his cap, battle robe and armor. He looked like an ordinary defeated soldier, but now he was in the battlefield and had no mounts. He ran on foot and ran back and forth. He might rush over to make up for him anytime and anywhere, and his situation was still in danger.
Just as Cao Cao was looking back and forth, thinking about the plan to escape, a sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out, and a white horse rushed to Cao Cao from the slant. Before Cao Cao could react, he could already hear Cao Hong's excited voice.
"Brother, it turns out you are here, hurry up, get on the horse, let's rush out together!"
The person coming was Cao Hong. When Xu Kun's Xiliang cavalry was caught up with, there was a melee. Cao Hong was in chaos and killed two Xiliang soldiers who were chasing with horse speed. He took the lead in front and rushed out.
But when he got rid of the pursuit, he stopped his horse and slowed down. When he turned around and looked back, he found that Cao Cao did not follow him under the escort of his personal guards. So Cao Hong's blood surged into his head and rushed back again.
Fortunately, Cao Hong, who rushed back again, actually saw the alive Cao Cao again. He didn't have time to think too much, so he dismounted and wanted to give his white swan to Cao Cao.
At this moment, Cao Hong, who was stained with blood in his blood, his tender face was stained with blood. I don’t know if it was his face injured or someone else’s blood, but I guess this was the first time he was so close to the dead and blood.
Cao Cao's heartstrings were instantly touched by Cao Hong, who was covered in blood. Seeing him wanting to give his beloved war horse to him, Cao Cao did not get on the horse, he hesitated, his blood was thicker than water, this was his cousin, his heart had not completely turned into iron stone, and he hesitated between the choice of life and death.
"But if you lose your mount on the battle formation, how can you rush out?"
When Cao Hong heard this, he immediately understood the reason why his cousin refused to get on the horse. He choked up, but he said firmly again:
Chapter completed!