Xiaoguangong

Chapter 98
In this battle, Cao Jun was almost devastated.

The main force of Cao's army marching from Jiangling was scattered. Except for Cai Mao's department who fled before the battle, all other departments suffered heavy casualties. All the warships under their jurisdiction were either burned by the enemy or by their own people. Gangneung.

Cao's army was hungry and tired during this journey. Most of the Northern Army had to rely on the idea of ​​returning to the north to force their support to keep up with the team. Otherwise, they would have dispersed when they were attacked by Liu Bei's army.

Since going south, Fu Xun and Chen Qun surrendered to Liu Bei one after another. In this battle, they lost Xun You, Xu Chu, and Zhang Yun. The last time Cao Cao suffered such a big defeat was when he was raided by Zhang Xiu. At that time, he was still able to concentrate The troops quickly came to avenge their hatred, but this defeat, when will they fight back.

Jiangling was in sight, and Chang Diao's pioneering army finally knew to turn around to meet him. Cao Ren cried when he saw Chang Diao, and Cao Jun couldn't help crying.

Hearing the crying in his ears, he felt depressed and desolate.

"Prime Minister." Cheng Yu reported cautiously: "Zi Lian sent someone to report that Liu Bei's daughter is missing!"

"Oh."

"Prime Minister, Cai Mao brought a lot of military resources and fled back to Xiangyang."

"Ah."

"Prime Minister, there are many serious epidemics in Boran's army. This time... this time, it will be difficult for our army to advance eastward."

Cao Cao got up slowly and tore off the plain silk covering his face. Cheng Yu saw that the wrinkles on Cao Cao's face had covered his forehead. Incomparable people.

"Boran is such a wonderful person." Cao Cao murmured.

Zhao Yan should have known for a long time that the epidemic was raging, and his Seventh Army had almost lost its combat effectiveness, so he resolutely refused to send troops, and even did not want to go into the water, lest Sun Liu see the flaws and become the target of priority breakthroughs.

He disobeyed Cao Cao's order. Although he preserved the power of his armies and the retreat of Cao Jun, it seriously affected the relationship with Le Jin and Xu Huang. In addition, Cai Mao had fled to Xiangyang, and Cao Jun's situation in Jingzhou was even worse. Danger.

He had to hurry up and think of a way.

"Zhongde, is it okay to supervise the military forces in Jingzhou with Wenqian?"

Cheng Yu shook his head, smiled bitterly and said:
"Wen Qian is only afraid of embarrassing the heavy responsibility."

Although Cao Jun still controls most of the land in Jingzhou, they no longer have the strength and energy to prevent Sun Liu from advancing.

Cai Hao fled to Xiangyang, his old nest, with his sailors. Le Jin might not be able to defeat this person. If there is another mistake in the future, the consequences will be disastrous.

"The defeat in this battle has nothing to do with Degui, he is still Jingzhou Mu and General Zhennan, and he was ordered to go south to attack Sun Liu Jiangong.

Zixiao is stationed in Jiangling, Wenqian is stationed in Xiangyang, Boning is stationed in Dangyang, and Tanzhi! "

Cao Cao said categorically:

"Tanzhi must still be alive! Let Wen Qian quickly inquire about his whereabouts, and let him be the general of the peace thief. Let him occupy Jiangxia, and never let Sun Liu cross the river!"

He clenched his fists and said with hatred:

"Gu must come back, Gu must come back for revenge! Liu Bei, Zhou Lang, Guan Ping, Gu will kill all of you!"

When Guan Ping woke up, he found himself lying in a large military tent.

He just opened his eyes when Liu Dun's surprised voice came from beside him:

"Wake up, wake up, the little general is awake! Hurry up, let the generals know."

Guan Ping struggled to open his eyes, and felt an unspeakable pain and exhaustion again.

Apart from the pain all over his body, Guan Ping still couldn't believe the fact that he had let Cao Cao go.

"How long have I been asleep, how are the others?" Guan Ping asked quickly.

Lu Yi's sigh came from beside him. This Jiangdong Confucian general straightened the bedding and pillows for Guan, and said softly, "You slept for two days and two nights. Liu Shijun, Guan Gong, and Zhang Gong were always here to accompany you. I left this morning because of an emergency.

General Huang, Wen Chang and the sons who followed you to attack the Cao bandits are all safe and sound. They can eat and sleep now, much better than you. "

As he said that, he said enviously: "Brother Yu really admires you. You dared to lead such a small number of people to assassinate Cao in front of the bandit. If Mr. Liu hadn't arrived in time, your life would have been lost.

But Thief Cao was also terrified, and he would never dare to underestimate me in the future. "

Guan Ping murmured, "Then Cao thief has escaped?"

"Yes, beat him away!" Lu Yi said excitedly, "In this battle, you led the fireboat to take the lead, captured Zhang Yun and Xun You, and beheaded Xu Chu. The opportunity has come."

He patted Guan Ping's shoulder vigorously, his eyes full of sincerity:
"Frankly, brother Yu really regrets that he didn't raid Cao thief with you these few days. It is worthwhile to make such a feat even if he died in the chaos with his poor martial arts skills. Uh, what's wrong with you?"

Even though Lu Yi's words were absolutely sincere from the heart, Guan Ping still quickly languished.

In history, I was the hero who beheaded Cao Cao in Huarong Road. Now that he let Cao Cao go for nothing, he lost a great achievement, and he didn't know how many more lives he would have to pay. This made him feel no joy of victory at all, just like his body Hollowed out and generally depressed.

Lu Yi thought that Guan Ping was not in good spirits just recovering from a serious injury, so it was inconvenient to disturb him, so he placed fresh meat and pickled vegetables in front of Guan Ping's bed, and asked someone to take care of him, and then he left in a hurry.

Lu Yi let Guan Ping go, but it doesn't mean others let him go too.

Hearing that Guan Ping woke up, Xu Shenghuan happily rushed in with the wine jar in his arms. He insisted on finding Guan Ping to drink. He was so heroic that General Jiang Qin of the Wu Army also came to visit Guan Ping on behalf of Sun Quan. He presented rare fresh fruits and vegetables, and kept praising Guan Ping for his heroic fighting skills.

Guan Ping managed to coax them away, and the tent door opened again. This time it was Liu Bei and Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lu Su and others who came to visit, and the small tent was suddenly full of people.

"A Ping, don't get up." Liu Bei hurried over to stop Guan Ping from getting up. He was sitting in front of Guan Ping's couch. Liu Dun dodged away like a mouse seeing a cat, and hid in a corner shivering.

Liu Bei didn't notice Liu Dun's abnormality. He gently lifted a corner of the brocade quilt to check Guan Ping's injury.

"The last general is incompetent, the lord and all the uncles laughed at me." Guan Ping said weakly.

He looked up with a guilty conscience, and saw that everyone behind Liu Bei, including his father Guan Yu, had proud smiles on their faces, which made him less embarrassed.

"If you are incompetent, aren't we all like pigs and dogs?" Liu Bei also looked proud. He looked at Guan Ping's rather weak appearance, and there was a trace of shame on his face.

"Ah Ping, uncle is incompetent.

I have been defeated by Cao Cao many times in my life. When the fire started this time, I only hoped that I could drive Cao Cao away and destroy his navy.

I heard that you dared to go deep into the army to hunt down Cao Cao, so I came to my senses and hurried on with Zilong, but unfortunately I was a step too late to let Cao Cao escape, otherwise... otherwise..."

Liu Bei actually took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself-you must know that after the war it was time to grab credit and share benefits, and he said this in front of the general of the Wu army, which is tantamount to offsetting part of his own credit in future negotiations.But Liu Bei still confessed his mistakes in using troops, which moved Guan Ping.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also looked ashamed.

Although they are brave, they have basically driven high and low since the battle with Cao Cao. After a little victory, as long as Cao Cao came in person, he was immediately beaten into the air.

Although Cao's army was defeated this time, Cao Cao still had time to set fire to his own warships, which shows that their army is still in good order.

At that time, neither Liu Bei nor Zhou Yu had the idea of ​​chasing and destroying Cao Cao. Cao Jun's navy was not good, but no one doubted the combat power of their infantry and cavalry.

It wasn't until Cao Cao was repelled that Liu Bei realized that the Northern Army had been attacked by the God of Plague and had lost most of its combat power. Then he regretted again and again, feeling that he had deeply failed Guan Ping's efforts.

"Brother, don't talk about it, it's my fault." Zhang Fei had a rare self-criticism, "I, I have a lot of self-confidence, but I only care about fighting, and I don't care about where my brother has gone. If I go, I will definitely be able to win killed Cao Cao."

Guan Yu also sighed heavily.

He has always been strict with his son, but father and son have a heart-to-heart bond. How can Guan Yu feel at ease when he sees his son's scars all over his body like knives.Especially in the battle at night, his son led the crowd to raid Cao's army, but he leisurely drove and surrendered the Jingzhou navy in Cao's army on the edge of the battlefield.

If I'm... If I'm...

Zhou Yu and Lu Su looked at each other, wondering what Liu Beijun and the others were doing.

In this battle, the Sun-Liu Allied Forces attacked with an absolutely inferior force and brought the harmony of the right time, place and people to the extreme. Only then did the weak defeat the strong and crush Cao Cao's army.

As far as the results are concerned, it was already a shocking victory for them to wipe out Cao Jun and the navy, and Guan Ping's surprise attack captured Zhang Yun and Xun You, and beheaded the fierce general Xu Chu.

Why are these people doing it like a big defeat.

Zhou Yu couldn't stand it anymore, so he coughed in a low voice, and said softly:
"Little Guan Gong's big victory over Huaxia is shocking, we are tolerant and share, Yu came here this time, one is to celebrate..."

"My son is seriously injured and needs to rest. If the governor has anything to say, let's talk about it another day." Guan Yu was in a bad mood, and finally seized the opportunity to scold Zhou Yu. He even put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, making Zhou Yu Suddenly his face turned cold.

"Father, the child is fine." Guan Ping reluctantly sat up, and said with a wry smile, "It is the child's incompetence that allowed Cao Cao to escape. If Zhou Dudu still has state affairs, he must naturally put the big things first."

Zhou Yu didn't expect Guan Ping, a martial artist, to be so enlightened, and he nodded approvingly.

"The Cao bandits were defeated this time, and the navy was gone, so they had to retreat to Jiangling in a hurry. This is a great opportunity for us to counterattack and recover Jingzhou.

I want to attack Yiling with Xingba and surround Cao Jun in Jiangling on all sides.It's just that there are more than [-] Cao troops in Jiangling, and there is still a strong city to defend. Xiao Guan Gong attacked Jiangling several times, and he knew the truth.

I also ask Xiao Guan Gong to teach me how to break through Jiangling! "

(End of this chapter)