40, the defeated army kills the general
Dian Wei, who was fighting in blood, turned around and saw Yan Xing's figure cheering with drums. He was moved with a beard like a halberd. When he looked back, his eyes were already extremely firm.
"Two and three sons, we are always blessed with the kindness of the General of the Cavalry, but we cannot repay it. If you want to repay your kindness today, you can only fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death!!!"
The generals and guards around them shouted loudly. They were all veterans of the central army who had followed Yan Xing for a long time, and they were also the most prestigious soldiers in the army. The lives and deaths of countless people have long been closely tied to Yan Xing's victory or defeat.
At this moment, they were deeply inspired by Yan Xing's cheering drums. With the sound of the drums, their energy and blood surged, and they put life and death aside, and rushed to the Cao army soldiers in front of them.
Xu Chu, who was leading his troops to fight, secretly complained in his heart when he saw this scene.
After continuous breakthroughs, he fought hard as the generals of the Pojun fought to this time, and his physical strength was also consumed a lot. However, what was faster than the physical strength was his original firm and firm will.
He was rushing forward and had already noticed the fiction of his "ambattalion" than other Cao troops, but he had no choice. Once he led his army to charge, he had to kill the general and return, otherwise, no matter whether it was the enemy's weapons or the military law of Cao's army, he would not be spared.
After following Cao Cao for a long time, Xu Chu actually discovered a common phenomenon in the battle formation.
That is the confrontation between the two armies. No matter how difficult the combat process is, in fact, the proportion of the number of people killed in the battle formation is far less than that of the phenomenon. The biggest casualties are often in the pursuit process after the defeat of the entire army, with prisoners, fleeing and countless wounded soldiers who have no treatment, which constitutes the horrific number of casualties after every defeat.
In other words, this is a winner-takes all bet. The winning side can save the injured soldiers and screen the prisoners to lose their troops as soon as possible, while the loser will lose everything and become a prisoner with nothing.
Xu Chu did not want to follow him to have all the casualties, and Cao Cao did not want to destroy tens of thousands of main forces, so they knew that they were in danger and death, but they could not fear retreat.
Similarly, the same is true for Yan Xing.
Both sides will never retreat, but in the battle, there will be both losses and losses.
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Recently, Cao's army was in the middle of the army.
"Sikong, the enemy cavalry has defeated the rear army, Boda, he, died in battle!"
Liu Ye rushed over with a panic expression.
Ren Jun is Cao Cao's sister-in-law, and the marriage was matched by Cao Cao himself. He has always been highly trusted by Cao Cao. After hearing the news of Ren Jun's death, Cao Cao's face was finally moved. He was silent for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and persevered.
"The only one who broke through was a few enemy cavalry. At the end of his strength, don't mess up your own way and let Zi Lian draw troops back to rescue him. The command is to not panic. The central army's infantry and cavalry have already broken into the military formation where the bandits of Yan are, kill the generals and snatch the flag, and make contributions to the marquis. It's today!"
Cao Cao's voice was decisive, and Liu Ye's expression changed slightly, but in the end he hurriedly left with Cao Cao's unquestionable military order.
However, the military newspapers that came from various units of the Cao army were not the good news of defeat into victory, but the bad news of the defeat of the entire army.
"The two generals Sikong, Zhu and Deng were killed in battle one after another, and the right-wing high ground has all been lost. General Zi Lian lacks military strength and cannot use military laws to restrain the fleeing soldiers. Please send troops to reinforce quickly!"
"Sikong, the soldiers in front of the army were defeated again. Captain Le was seriously injured and unconscious. The enemy cavalry has come to kill the general!"
"Sikong, the left wing is in a tough battle, and the enemy infantry and cavalry breaks out of the formation. The Xiahou Captain cannot resist it. Please make a decision early!"
This time, Cao Hong's right-wing troops were the first to be defeated.
After the road was drawn to recruit a unit to return to the defense rear army, Cao Hongjun, whose defensive front had flaws, was unable to escape the fierce gaze of Tuo Yi. He asked the captain Wang Zhong to cooperate with the arrival of the central cavalry general Wulouji, Pugulu and others to launch another attack. Cao Hongjun, who was short of troops, could not resist it. Zhu Ling, who was guarding the high ground and Deng Zhan, were killed in battle one after another. The last high ground was also taken down by Wang Zhong, and the right-wing Cao army retreated step by step, and then there was a large-scale escape.
Cao Hong, who strictly enforced military laws, could not stop countless frightened soldiers. Seeing that something was wrong, he could only fight and retreat and quickly asked Cao Cao, who was in the central army, for help.
But at this time, Cao Cao's central army was also in a dangerous situation. The elite Cao army led by Xu Chu was blocked by Dian Wei and could not break through for a long time. However, Yang Feng and other generals first defeated the central infantry of Cao's army again, and shot down the injured general Le Jin with a powerful crossbow, and brought the central infantry and cavalry to attack Cao Cao's flag again.
Only Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun on the left wing were still leading their troops to fight hard, but under the attack of the infantry and cavalry under Ganling, the left wing of Cao's army could not last long. He realized that the ambush was weak. Xiahou Yuan, who had already decided to lose, was still discouraged, and he still sent knights to imply Cao Cao retreat as soon as possible to avoid being trapped in a heavy siege and causing greater losses.
Guo Jia's face was pale, his mouth trembled, and he said bitterly to Cao Cao:
"Sikong, our army has been defeated. It's better to retreat as soon as possible!"
"Retreat? No, Yanming's child is still in trouble and will never retreat. He has been alone and has been through many battles. Are you still afraid that he, a child, will not retreat alone!"
Cao Cao became stubborn at this time, and even his confidant counselor Guo Jia couldn't listen to the words of his confidant adviser. He knew in his heart that if he was defeated in the Bianshui battle, he still had a chance to make a comeback. However, if he lost the battle of the Su family, he would probably never have the chance to lead his army to the land of Henan County in his life.
Guo Jia's advice was fruitless, so he could only signal Cao Ang to take action. Seeing this, Cao Ang quickly ordered the soldiers to pull Jaw Huang Feidian to Cao Cao, and at the same time he knelt down and advised hard:
"Sir, Emperor Gaozu encountered Xiang Yu in the past and was defeated repeatedly. But once Gaixia wins, he will win the whole world. Today's defeat is just a temporary victory. Yu and Yan train their land and soldiers, and they can get 100,000 people. Xu and Yang are well-off and can be the granary in the rear. As long as the adults are safe and sound, they will be revenge in the future. Please retreat quickly. The child is willing to gather the defeated soldiers, cut off the rear for the adults, and stop the pursuers!"
"Crazy, crazy!"
Cao Cao looked at the many civil and military officials who were kneeling on the ground with Cao Ang, and his personal guards sighed, jumped off the chariot, turned over and rode on his claws Huang Feidian.
After getting on the horse, he cheered up and ordered Guo Jia, Cao Ang and others to follow him to retreat. At the same time, he ordered Cao Hong and Cao Chun to quickly retreat with the remaining cavalry of their troops, and the central army, which had severely insufficient guards, retreated to the Pass. Xiahou Yuan was ordered to take over the command power of the commander, gather the defeated soldiers from the left, center and right, and retreated to the battle for Cao Cao to cut off the rear and stop the pursuit of the Guanxi infantry and cavalry.
After the military order, Cao Cao hurriedly rode his horse to retreat under the chaotic crowd. However, in the chaotic crowd, he couldn't help but look back again and look at the battlefield that had been defeated on the entire line and was irreversible. His eyes were confused and penetrated the battlefield. He saw familiar figures in the chaotic enemy and us armies. He seemed to see the tiger silly Xu Chu, the Xiahou Yuan, who he regarded as his brothers and feet, and the tens of thousands of Cao army soldiers wearing strong and holding sharp edges and following the army to fight before the war.
Yes, they did not let themselves down, but they did not let them down, but they did not let the world down, and the world would never let themselves down.
Cao Cao's mind was firmly determined after a lot of twists and turns. He resolutely withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and looked at the vast future, just like the vast river when the Bian River was defeated many years ago. But this time, Cao Cao was not too confused. He quickly rushed and led the remaining troops to retreat, under the escort of Cao Hong and Cao Chun, he repelled a few enemy cavalry that were wandering around and flew away from the battlefield like a flying.
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Yan's army.
Yan Xing stopped his arms, and he received the good news of victory from both the left and right wings and Yang Feng, and turned his gaze back to the battlefield further away.
At this time, there were no more Cao's soldiers who were evenly matched. Wherever they could see, they were all fleeing and surrendering in a hurry. The infantry and cavalry under their command were as powerful as the victory, and only a few Cao's troops were still fighting to trap beasts, but they were already surrounded and it would be a short time before they perish.
Yan Xing turned his gaze to Dian Wei nearby, and he presented the head of the enemy general Xu Chu.
Just now, this fierce enemy general who was as fierce as a tiger charged to the death and almost rushed to Yan Xing.
But he failed in the end. The war horse under his crotch was stabbed by multiple spears. He fell to the ground and was soon trapped in a siege. Although he was suffering from many traumas and bleeding, he was still fighting. But Dian Wei's subsequent halberd pierced his entire thigh.
He wanted to use the broken spear to support him to stand up, but his physical strength was too strong. His thighs were broken and he still knelt heavily on the ground after trying many times.
Yan Xing sent someone to persuade him to surrender, but he smiled contemptuously, turned his head to the east, raised a long sword he had snatched, and shouted proudly:
"Ming Gong, Zhongkang is gone!"
Then, he cut off his neck without hesitation, letting blood gush out from his body, washing away the shame of defeat, and witnessing the loyalty of the warriors with the death that ordinary people fear.
Yan Xing looked at the body of the enemy general who fell to the ground with a bang, sighed and asked the sergeant to step forward and chop off his head.
Yes, when Yan Xing saw Xu Chu commit suicide with his own eyes, he just sighed lightly.
Because such a scene continues to appear on the battlefield where the outcome has been decided.
In addition to pursuing the fleeing Cao Cao, the winning soldiers also competed for the corpses of important enemy generals.
Among them, the most sought-after was undoubtedly Xiahou Yuan, who rushed to the central army and took over the central army's flag and the commander's power.
He gathered up three defeated soldiers and fought and retreated, but he was unable to escape unscathed and was shot to death by the arrows of the Guanxi infantry and cavalry.
Chapter completed!