Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 378 suffered a big loss

Guandu, three miles south of the ferry.

"Quick, quicker!"

Without stopping, Xiahou Dun led an army of [-] and marched rapidly all the way.

Yuan Shao's food and grass were completely burned by a fire, and he had to withdraw to Hebei. Such a great opportunity should be pursued by victory.

Seeing Yuan Jun in sight ahead, rushing to cross the river, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"The whole army has an order, kill!"

Xiahou Dun gave a shout, and took advantage of the momentum to wave his army to cover up the kill.

The Hebei army was caught off guard, and the rear army was immediately killed in chaos. The soldiers were rushed away before they could resist. In the panic, they could only leave their luggage and run around. Looking around, there were thrown away weapons, armor and luggage everywhere. vehicle.

Even the Chinese army was disrupted by the rout of the rear army, and killed by Cao Jun in one go.

"Kill, whoever captures Yuan Shao alive will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

Xiahoudun took the lead, and the killing sprang up, shouting loudly.

"Kill kill kill..."

Cao Jun's morale was high, and he responded with three shouts, each of them bravely rushed forward to kill.

Yuan Jun was defeated, threw away his helmet and armor, and scattered in panic.

Xiahou Dun quickly reached the edge of the ferry, and saw Yuan Shao who was fleeing to the other side in a panic in a small boat. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly shouted: "Quick, get the boat, Hugh called Yuan Shao away!"

"General, something is wrong!"

A lieutenant chased after him out of breath, and hurriedly said: "The mountains on both sides of this ferry are undulating, and it is very easy to lay an ambush here. If Yuan Jun sets up an ambush here, it may be very bad for our army to go deep alone. General, please withdraw quickly. "

"Ok?"

Xiahou Dun quickly looked around, his expression changed immediately, "Hurry up, withdraw the troops!"

Just as he finished speaking, there were already loud shouts of killing on both sides of the ferry.

Xiahou Dun looked intently, and saw that an ambush had already been killed in the valleys on both sides, tens of thousands of horses. He was shocked and yelled that it was not good. go!"

More than ten thousand Cao Cao immediately changed from the rear army to the front army, trying to escape.

Xiahou Dun had just rushed from the front to the rear with his flying horse, and Yuan Jun who was in ambush had already arrived.

At this time, the [-] Cao troops had no formation at all, and could only fight on their own, rushing forward.However, the tens of thousands of Yuan Jun had already cut off their way, and under the difficult situation, the army's morale was already in disarray, so how could they rush out.

Xiahou Dun's eyes were about to burst, and he regretted not listening to Cheng Yu and others, so that he was ambushed by Yuan Jun.

However, it was too late to say anything at this time, only by rushing forward, could there be a chance of survival.

Xiahou Dun was also considered to be outstanding in martial arts and bravery. He led the army to break through the encirclement desperately, fought forward, and quickly defeated Yuan Jun's siege.However, when he looked back, his eyes almost went dark, and he fell off the horse.

Of the [-] troops who came, there were less than [-] remnants left who could still follow.

"Qisha!"

Xiahoudun let out a roar and spewed out a mouthful of old blood.

This loss is too great, even if they go back, they will be ashamed to see Cheng Yu and others again.

"General, Cao Jun is catching up."

The lieutenant urged the horse to arrive, and said with a pale face.

"go!"

Xiahou Dun roared angrily, leading hundreds of remnant soldiers to flee for their lives.

Guandu, Cao Jun camp.

As soon as Cao Cao led five thousand fine riders outside the camp, he ran into Xiahou Dun.

"Yuan Rang, why is this?"

Looking at the hundreds of defeated soldiers behind Xiahoudun, Cao Cao was a little dumbfounded, and quickly reined in his horse and asked.

Without saying a word, Xiahou Dun rolled over from his horse and knelt down in front of Cao Cao's horse.

"What happened?"

Cao Cao's eyelids twitched, he dismounted quickly, and stepped forward to help Xiahou Dun up.

At this time, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Xun You and others had already heard the news and came out to welcome them. Seeing Xiahou Dun's appearance, they were all startled. The fifteen thousand army only came back with hundreds of remnants and defeated soldiers. Where are the rest of the army going? went?

Xiahou Dun showed shame, and said with a dull face: "Yuan Shao led the army to retreat, and he did not listen to the advice of Zhongde, Gongda and others, and led his army to pursue Yuan Jun. Unexpectedly, Yuan Jun was ambushed, and the [-] army was lost!"

"What, you..."

Cao Cao was shocked and almost fell over out of breath.

This is really, what can I say to myself!
Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Xun You and others sighed secretly.

The [-] army had already suffered nearly half of the casualties, but now another [-] troops were lost, and the casualties were too heavy.Even if there are still [-] to [-] soldiers and horses in the battalion, plus Cao Cao's [-] elite cavalry, it is only [-] soldiers and horses.

Luo Zheng from Xiliang is attacking with all his strength. Without soldiers and horses, how can he defend against the enemy.

Cao Cao's face was livid with anger, and he could not speak for a while.

If it wasn't for Xiahou Dun, another person would have ordered his soldiers to pull him down and behead him in public.

"Please ask Meng De to kill someone to show the public, so as to make an example to others!"

Xiahoudun knew that this crime was too much to tolerate, and he had nothing to say, so he pleaded guilty.

"Hey!"

Cao Cao was silent for a while, then heaved a long sigh, helped Xiahou Dun up and said, "Yuan Rang, get up!"

"Mend..."

Xiahou Dun was stunned and stood up.

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Yuan Rang is the chief general of our army. There are more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the district. If you break it, you will break it. How can you kill Yuan Rang again? However, the military law is hard to tolerate. !"

"As ordered!"

Xiahou Dun was so ashamed that he didn't dare to say anything, so he hurried away.

"Lord!"

Cheng Yu, Xun You, Liu Ye and others came up to greet them and bowed their hands in salute.

"Zhongde, Gongda, and Ziyang are exempt!"

Cao Cao waved his hand, and as he followed the crowd into the camp, he asked, "How is the situation in Xuchang? Where is Luo Zheng's army now? Have they left Hulao Pass and entered the east?"

Cheng Yu replied: "There is no news yet."

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Where's Yuan Shao's army?"

Cheng Yu said: "My lord set fire to Yuan Jun's food and grass, and Yuan Shao has led his army back to Hebei!"

Xun You sighed: "It's a pity that such a good opportunity can't take advantage of the victory and pursue it, hey..."

The following words were not spoken, but everyone understood in their hearts.

Xiahou Dun chased Yuan's army and lost [-] soldiers and horses. Now there are only more than [-] soldiers and horses left in the camp, and all of them are tired.What's more terrible is that Luo Zheng came out in full force, and the situation in the Central Plains was even more precarious. Even if Cao Cao had [-] soldiers and horses in his hands, he could not take advantage of the victory and pursue it. He had to deal with Luo Zheng's large-scale invasion first.

The crowd surrounded Cao Cao into the camp and went straight to the tent of the Chinese army.

The five thousand elite riders returned to their respective battalions and went to rest.

Cao Cao had just entered the tent of the Chinese army, and before he had time to drink his saliva, a small school rushed in.

"My lord, something is wrong!"

The little principal said in panic, "Xuchang has been compromised."

"what?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, jumped up, and said sharply: "Xuchang City is strong and thick, and there are still [-] soldiers and horses. Even if the Xiliang Army has [-] troops, it will not be a problem to defend it for ten and a half months. How could it be so? Soon to be breached?"

(End of this chapter)