Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 450 The Montenegrin Army intervenes and the war is suspended
Cao Ang gave an order and asked Xiahou Dun to withdraw his troops with gold.

Naturally, Xiahou Dun also saw the overwhelming Black Mountain Army, and he knew that if he continued to fight, the Black Mountain Army would reap the benefits.

So Xiahou Dun didn't hesitate at all and directly asked people to withdraw their troops with gold.

Cao Ang glanced at Yuan Shao from a distance and knew that he couldn't kill him this time, so he couldn't help but secretly screamed a pity.

Cao Chun on the other side, after defeating Baima Yicong, wanted to go one step further and kill Gongsun Zan.

But after hearing the sound of ringing gold, after hesitating for a moment, he still led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and started to retreat.

Cao Ang gave up chasing Yuan Shao and instead went to help Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong.

After Zhao Yun killed Yan Liang, he went to help Huang Zhong attack Wen Chou.

However, Wen Chou was so frightened that he galloped all the way. Even Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong could not catch up with each other.

Cao Ang looked at Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong who were about to fall into a tight siege, and led a group of light cavalry to charge towards them. At the same time, he shouted: "Zilong, Han Sheng, don't chase after the poor enemy, retreat first!"

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong had no intention of disobeying Cao Ang, so they directly grabbed the reins, turned the horses' heads, and joined Cao Ang.

Gradually, the two armies dispersed and retreated.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan had also reunited.

Looking at the corpses not far away, Gongsun Zan's face was ashen.

This white horse Yi Cong, who had worked so hard for the first half of his life, was directly defeated and the entire army was wiped out.

Now he wants territory but no territory, and wants money and food for soldiers, horses, and money. How can he be called a prince if he doesn't have soldiers, horses, money, and food?
Unlike him, Yuan Shao had just calmed down at this time. After all, the scene where Cao Ang chased him just now almost scared him out of his wits.

Now that he was lucky enough to escape with his life, he was still frightened and didn't pay any attention to the abnormality of Gongsun Zan beside him.

After Zhang Yan arrived at the battlefield with the Black Mountain Army, he was relieved to see the Cao family retreating.

In his heart, he still didn't want to fight Cao Jun.

After all, he had heard of Cao Jun's reputation for being brave and good at fighting. If he fought with him, he would probably suffer heavy losses.

As the leader of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan's most important consideration is naturally his own interests.

If he suffered heavy losses in this battle, even if he defeated Cao's army, he would probably lose his footing in the future.

So when Zhang Yan saw that Cao Jun had begun to retreat, he directly ordered the army to stop and not pursue Cao Jun.

On Cao Ang's side, the army retreated, and he personally led Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and more than [-] troops to cut off the rear.

Looking at the Montenegro Army stopped in the distance, Cao Ang frowned slightly: "This Montenegro Army is sensible and did not pursue us."

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong on the side nodded empathetically. They were already a little tired at this time. If they fought again, they might be injured or even die.

The Black Mountain Army stopped advancing, and Cao Ang's army retreated without any danger.

After returning to the military camp, Cao Ang began to ask people to count the soldiers and horses lost in this battle.

Not one of the three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry was lost, but the ordinary soldiers suffered a lot.

Although this battle was a decisive battle, both sides invested approximately [-] troops and horses on the battlefield.

Cao Ang's army suffered about [-] dead and nearly [-] wounded, which made Cao Ang frown.

This can be regarded as the most costly battle for the scornful Cao army.

"Record the soldiers who died in battle, and when they return, treat their families well and give them a generous pension."

Cao Ang gave the order lightly. He knew in his heart that even a generous pension would not avoid the grief of the families of the fallen soldiers.

But it is impossible to end this troubled world without fighting.

In this era where human life is regarded as nothing, Cao Ang can be called a wise master if he can treat soldiers and their families well. …

On the other side, Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao looked at the retreating Cao army and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

After Zhang Yan asked the Black Mountain Army to stop on the spot, he asked Yang Feng and others to stay, and he brought Yu Du to Yuan Shao.

"Zhang Yan has met Governor Yuan." Zhang Yan bowed her hands to Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Shao slowly came to his senses and returned the courtesy to Zhang Yan: "Please give me more help, General Zhang."

Later, Zhang Yan greeted Gongsun Zan again. After everyone exchanged greetings, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan led their troops back to Weijuncheng.

Zhang Yan, on the other hand, led his men and was stationed in the northwest of Weijun City.

After Yuan Shao returned to the city, he immediately asked people to count the losses in this battle.

It was learned that of the [-] troops thrown into the battlefield, nearly [-] were killed, [-] were seriously injured, and [-] were slightly injured.

After hearing the casualties, Yuan Shao was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

In this battle, he lost more than half of his army. In this case, how could he still fight this battle?
The strength of Cao's army was several times that of Yuan's army.

If the battle continues like this, Yuan Jun will be defeated in just a few times.

Looking at these casualties, Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh: "If the Black Mountain Army hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid our entire army would have been wiped out in this battle."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel scared when he thought of the scene where Cao Ang led people to chase him.

As for Gongsun Zan on the side, his face was even uglier than Yuan Shao's.

Although Gongsun Zan narrowly escaped death, he was caught off guard by the tiger and leopard cavalry with new equipment, and the entire Bai Ma Yi Cong army was annihilated.

There are only some remnants of infantry left, so why should he be called General White Horse?

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan hated Cao Ang so much that his teeth itched with hatred.

At this time, Zhang Yan settled his men and entered the city.

"Prefect Yuan, Grand Administrator Gongsun." Zhang Yan greeted the two people.

The two of them also returned the gift.

At this time, Yuan Shao couldn't help but think of Xu You, so he couldn't help but ask: "General Feiyan, I wonder where Xu You and Xu Ziyuan, who I sent to ask you to come out, have gone?"

Zhang Yan smiled and said: "Prefect Yuan, don't worry. I heard that your army is short of food and grass, so I asked Mr. Xu to lead the troops and escort the food and grass. We took another route. Calculating the time, he should be back soon."

While Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao were greeting each other, Gongsun Zan was silent.

……

At night, Zhang Yan left Wei Juncheng and returned to his military camp.

As for Cao Ang's army, after discussing merit and rewards, they began to discuss post-war matters.

Everyone was in the big tent, discussing how the battle should be fought next.

Xiahou Dun has a hot temper, and since he didn't do anything during the day, his hands were itchy at this time.

"Young General, the last general believes that today's victory was great during the day, so we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely wipe out Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan."

Xia Houyuan was also in the camp at this time, nodding silently to support his brother.

(End of this chapter)