Xiaoguangong

Chapter 89
Although Cai Hao fled the battle very disrespectfully, Cao Cao, who had obtained the battle report from the front line, could not blame him with the cheek.

What Cai Hao said before is absolutely correct. Chen Qun should have feigned a fire attack. Even if Cao Cao believed in his heart that Chen Qun was being coerced by Liu Bei, he would not be able to protect Chen Qun in public at this time. Let alone the Jingzhou Army. On the contrary, people who are not from the Yingchuan lineage under him should also have opinions.

In this battle, if Cao Jun hadn't suffered a major epidemic, it might have been another result.If the soldiers under him could persist in fighting when they were attacked, it would not be like this now.

After the failure of attacking Yuan Shang, Cao Cao reflected on his use of troops.He thought that he was too kind to the soldiers, and only rewarding but not punishing would lead to extremely disastrous consequences.He later issued an order that those who harbored deserters should be dealt with, but now the battle situation is still the same, Cao Cao feels that he is still not strict enough.

I want to order that the family members of all deserters must be killed!Let me see who dares to escape!
In his rage, Cao Cao looked back and saw that the people following him in the sky-high flames were all ashamed, although the number was still quite large, even more organized than Yuan Shao's army who was defeated at Guandu (there was no large-scale defection and a large number of leading generals) died in battle), but Cao Cao really felt the bitterness and helplessness of his old brother Yuan Shao.

He is not young anymore.

With this big defeat, the grand ambition of the veteran Cao Cao has disappeared. When he went south, he thought that in a few more years, he would be able to hold the world in his own hands before he closed his eyes. What, slowly repairing his already broken reputation.

Everyone will forgive the winner, as long as he wins, everything he has done before will be forgiven.

But now he didn't win...

Cao Cao was in a trance when he suddenly heard someone calling him:
"Prime Minister, the road ahead is becoming more and more muddy, and it is difficult for the horse to move. Please also ask the Prime Minister to dismount." This was Dong Zhao's voice.

Cao Cao, who is used to bumping horses, dismounted very clumsily this time. With the light of the fire, he could see the road ahead clearly.

After Guyunmengze disappeared, it turned into a large number of small lakes and swamps.Many local barbarians were pulling nets nearby to fish, and there were abandoned wooden boats and entangled fishing nets everywhere.Under the light of the fire, there were messy footprints everywhere in the ground, and there were many abandoned swords, which were obviously left by Chang Diao's pioneers.

Chang Diao didn't leave anyone behind to guide Cao Cao, so Cao Cao didn't blame him.He was just a personal guard under Cao Ren's command, so it was normal to not expect such a thing.

But this at least shows that there should be no big problems ahead.

For a while, Cao Jun fell into silence. After a long time, Cao Cao suddenly raised his head and laughed, which made Dong Zhao and Chen Lin jump up.

"Prime Minister, this?"

Cao Cao looked at the scene in front of him, and smiled with some emotion:

"Liu Bei, my wife too. But it's too late to plan; if you set fire to the envoy early, I will be innocent!"

The Wulin area they walked through before has a large dense forest. If the Sun Liu coalition army set fire early, Cao Jun's rear army would definitely suffer huge losses.

Now the southeast wind is still not stopping, and it is getting stronger and stronger. Cao Cao's smile made everyone worry that Liu Beijun would suddenly come to his senses and set fire.

But this area is too muddy, and people can barely pass through, but Cao Jun still has a large number of cavalry and camel beasts, and they can't all be thrown to the Sun Liu coalition behind.Among other things, just because the army rations were lost, they had to eat human flesh to get back to Jiangling.

Cao Cao thought about it again and again, regretting why he didn't run away with light clothes first. Now that the army is stuck here, he can only think of other ways.

"Let the sick soldiers hold thatch to fill these mud pits, hurry up!"

When Cao Cao gave an order, Cao Ren and Cheng Yu immediately started to drive the sick, old and weak soldiers to collect thatch to fill the surrounding mud and puddles.

This order did not sound human, Chen Lin and Dong Zhao frowned in embarrassment, but Cao Ren and Cheng Yu firmly carried out Cao Cao's order.

In a big defeat, these remnants are not only useless, but also consume food. Now is the time to make good use of them.

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The pursuit speed of the Sun Liu coalition army was indeed not fast. To be precise, neither Liu Bei nor Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu thought that they could wipe out Cao Cao's army directly here.

This time Cao Cao's naval forces were all finished, and even if they returned to Jiangling, they still couldn't get together a warship. They had to choose tens of thousands of people to continue to lie in Jiangling and wait for the Sun Liu coalition forces to surround them, or they could only choose to withdraw most of the soldiers and horses to Xiangyang.No matter how you choose, the key point will be the fortified battle in Jiangling. Chasing Cao Jun's army in the dark is a very dangerous thing.

After all, most soldiers these days are seriously deficient in vitamins, and night blindness is very common. If they are ambushed by Cao Jun's rear in the cold night, they will have to pay a lot of losses.

But Guan Ping was unwilling to give up.

He clearly remembered that Yun Shanshan said that he had made unprecedented contributions in beheading Cao Cao with Huarong Dao in history, and that he had succeeded in the previous verbal battle against the Confucians and borrowing the east wind, and he must welcome himself in history today. The huge reputation on the Internet proves that the little devil's book is a fake.

Under Zhang Yun's leadership, Guan Ping, Wei Yan, and Huang Zhong only led 300 people, ignoring the numerous defeated Cao troops, and marched directly along the defeated Cao army's line.

There were too many defeated troops of Cao Jun. The team of more than 300 soldiers was like a trickle among the many fleeing soldiers. Most of Cao Jun's soldiers were on their way, and they didn't realize that Guan Ping's soldiers and horses were mixed into the crowd.

Zhang Yun, who was leading the way, felt sorry for him, and was afraid that something might go wrong—Cao Cao was very polite to the Jingzhou army before, and did not use their family members as hostages, but if he was found in Guan Ping's army, waiting for him and his family The consequences are naturally conceivable.

He wanted to flee into Cao Jun's defeated army several times while he was on his way, but he quickly dismissed the idea after seeing Wei Yan who was always staring at him not far behind.

"Little general, forget it. There are old thieves who lead the way, and there are people who are in the back. We have too few people. We just chase and kill their remnants. If we go forward, when we are discovered at dawn, we will end up being surrounded." gone."

Guan Ping didn't say a word and didn't stop on his feet.

Not only him, but even the elderly Huang Zhong adjusted his breathing and followed behind unhurriedly.

Everyone in Liu Beijun was silent and afraid of others, without the cheering and joy in the pursuit of a big battle, nor the decadence and helplessness of being driven away by the Shangguan. Zhang Yun led the army for a long time, and this was the first time he saw such a scene.

No, nor is it.

He had seen the barbarians fighting to death in the Jingxiang area before. The barbarians in several villages broke into battle, and everyone regarded death as home.Liu Biao was envious of these barbarians' combat prowess and incorporated them into the army, but after joining the army, they quickly acquired the habits of most soldiers. They did not fight without food and money, and the team urged them not to fight without a supervisor. you.

Guan Ping's army didn't kill people to vent their anger, and didn't pick up trophies. They actually braved the cold and long night with hundreds of people marching forward like one. What kind of vigor is this?
Not only Zhang Yun didn't want to understand, even Guan Ping didn't expect his soldiers to have such vigor.

If it weren't for the fate, he would hardly know how to describe why this army, which is almost entirely composed of Jingzhou people, is suddenly so brave and resolute, even without too much mobilization.

Whoever dares to stop us tonight, we will make him pay the price!

After a night of fierce fighting, Cao Jun gradually recovered from the initial panic, and there were constant generals riding horses to the back of the formation and ordering the scattered soldiers to stop.

These rout soldiers were afraid of the authority of the superior, and they didn't have much food, so they could only obediently obey orders. Soon, Cao Jun's aimless rout began to improve, which made Guan Ping's rapid march even more abrupt.

"Hold on, gentlemen!" A gray-faced Confucian scholar said wearily, "Stop, stop, follow me in formation, and don't cause chaos."

The voice was steady with a bit of elegance, Guan Ping instantly heard that the enemy was extraordinary.

"Who is this?" He asked Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun's lips trembled a few times, and he said in disbelief:
"Yes, it's Xun You!"

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