, then throw the sword to the ground and continue running!

However, in the middle of the night, the Yan army was in hot pursuit, and since their formation was wide, they simply fired arrows at will. Cao Cao was hit by arrows in his side and died one after another!

At this time, Zhang Liao remembered the previous rumors and shouted again: "Cao Mengde is short in appearance and has a body like a monkey. Pick a short one to shoot the arrow first!"

Cao Mengde broke out in a cold sweat and was completely speechless. He replaced the inferior horse. The horse's speed gradually slowed down, but he felt almost despair in his heart!

But at this moment, a hole suddenly opened in the camp in the distance, and about a thousand cavalry rushed out. It was as if Shi Huanyao saw the situation here and guessed that Cao Cao must be in trouble, so he came out to greet him regardless!

Things seemed to have turned around, but Cao Cao looked back and saw the people behind him chasing after him, including Wu Huan. The Hun cavalry was on horseback with their bows and arrows ready. I was afraid that Shi Huan would die before he could reach him... He had no choice but to do so.

Cao Mengde gritted his teeth suddenly, and after crossing a small slope, he turned over and fell under the horse!

In the dark night, because the forest was set on fire in the distance, the soldiers did not use torches, and they were eager to pursue the enemy. When they reached the slope, they often jumped on their horses... Not only did no one notice Cao Cao on the ground, but no one stepped on him.

On to him!

Of course, the horseshoes rumbled, and Cao Mengde leaned down at the foot of the slope, but he almost experienced the longest and most thrilling half-quarter of an hour in his life!

In this half-quarter of an hour, if you were not careful, the dignified Cao Sikong might be trampled to death by a random knight of the Yan army, and no one would know.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Liao's seven or eight hundred cavalry and Shi Huan's thousands of cavalry fought fiercely in the southeast of Cao Jundu's camp. Cao Cao finally caught a good opportunity and killed him with a broken spear he picked up from the ground.

He killed a lone Yan Jun knight, then walked around the battlefield and galloped back to the camp!

"It's father!" Maybe it was because he hadn't spoken for a long time. When he saw his biological father running towards him, Cao Angfu, who was standing on the gate of the camp, opened his mouth and his lips were bloody, as if they had been worn out and dried up before.

"Open the door quickly!"

"Zixiu is not allowed to open the door!" Cao Cao said to him from a distance. "Put the rope down and I can climb up from the watchtower!"

Everyone in the camp did not dare to neglect, so they immediately followed the instructions and hung Cao Cao up on the gate tower... When father and son met, both sides were speechless for a moment, but neither of them dared to neglect.

"Zixiu, how many people are there in the camp?" Cao Cao, who was slumped on the gate tower, threw down his huge helmet, took out the water bag from the waist of a bow-wielding man on one side, took two sips, and immediately asked.

Cao Ang bent down and stood on the gate tower, facing his own father. Hearing these words, he choked up again. It took him a long time to look at him seriously: "Return to my father, there are 20,000 people here...and the two or three soldiers Shi Hujun just brought in."

Of the thousand cavalry, there are just over a thousand left at this time, plus the defeated troops gathered earlier, there are about four to five thousand remaining troops in the camp."

"How many tiger and leopard cavalry are left?" Cao Cao couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he heard the last total of four to five thousand soldiers. He quickly asked again before he could drink water.

"About two to three hundred..."

Cao Cao was completely shocked and lost his voice.

"My son, uncle, and Wen Lie all died in battle. This is what my son saw with his own eyes!" Cao Ang still dared not hide it, but finally couldn't help but burst into tears. "And according to reports from the defeated soldiers, General Chen died in battle, and Mr. Lu Fu

He committed suicide... It is said that Mr. Zhu Fu was knocked unconscious by his close guards and fled to the southwest. There may be hope of survival... As for General Huang, he is in the camp at this time, helping to prepare the defeated troops and arrange the defense of the camp! "

Cao Cao, who had no beard, eyebrows, and hair that had been burned by the fire, remained silent, but shook his hands and splashed the water bag all over his body... Although he had seen the tragic scene here before, he never expected it.

It is the point where the entire army is annihilated!

The entire army was truly annihilated!

The whole army of tiger and leopard cavalry plus four battalions totaled 21,000 people. Now there are only 3 to 4 thousand remnants left, which are probably useless! Four of the six generals are dead, and one is still alive or dead. Not the whole army.

What is annihilation?

Even with the more than 10,000 cavalry he brought with him, there are only more than 1,000 in the camp now, and I don’t know how many of the rest can survive. Based on this calculation, in fact, all my reinforcements can be considered wiped out!

In one afternoon of fighting, the Yan army almost caused the attrition of as many as 30,000 backbone troops of the Central Plains Allied Forces, not to mention two strategic cavalry units among them!

This kind of defeat is enough to break your muscles and bones!

If Gongsun Xun kills Cao Cao in this battle, he can declare victory in the Central Plains War in advance. Seizing the Guandu Camp means a three-point chance of victory. Now, even if there is no more bad news, he can still seize two

The odds of winning are 50%!

Because this was a complete war of annihilation... nearly 30,000 troops, from generals to soldiers, completely disappeared!

Moreover, it seems that these casualties have no intention of stopping here. Outside the camp, countless Yan army cavalry are still wandering around and hunting under the light of distant fire, and there is no news about Xu Chu and Wang Bi.

Of course, there was no time to wait for the news about Xu Chu and Wang Bi, and something that almost made Cao Cao numb happened first... Outside the camp gate, Zhang Liao killed Shi Huan in the battle formation without counting, and then drove the defeated troops to attack the camp!

"Let them leave the camp and leave..." Cao Cao did not get up at all, but sat directly on the gate tower and ordered. "Let the civilians prepare. After the three gongs are fired, if there is anyone in front of the gate, no matter who it is, they must shoot arrows together!"

At this point, he thought of his son's character again, but he was ready to give an extra warning to his son. If it weren't for this, so many people who had died before would have died in vain! However, to Cao Mengde's expectation, he usually had a gentle personality.

, so much so that Cao Zixiu, who was kind-hearted as a woman, had no doubts at all and stood up to give the order!

His words are crisp and clear, and he is completely different from usual!

Cao Cao knew clearly in his heart that his son had grown somewhat after this battle... But no one would want such growth!

After a while, something even worse happened.

"Is Cao Cao in the camp?!"

Zhang Liao came to the camp and shouted: "Why don't you come to see me?! I just met on the road. There was a short-looking horse with a big helmet and a small head, like a monkey riding a horse. You still smiled flatteringly at me, was it you?!"

By the way, Zhang Wenyuan already knew what happened from Xu Si, who was working next to Cao Cao. He still didn't understand that Cao Cao actually escaped into the camp under his nose, so he was naturally devastated!

Cao Cao sat behind the wooden gate of the gate with his head bowed, neither getting up nor responding.

"Cao Mengde!" Zhang Liaofu reined in his horse and yelled. "The head of your army guard Shi Huan is here. In order to save you, he forced himself out of the camp to rescue you even though he was already in the camp. Such a loyal minister... If you show up, I will

Throw the head back! How dare you show up?!"

There was still silence in the camp. Only the sound of civilians shooting arrows overwhelmed Zhang Liao for a moment. It was as if Zhang Wenyuan was trying to approach the camp with just a few hundred soldiers and horses, and then provoke a counterattack.

"If that's not enough, how about adding the head of your brother Cao Chun?!" Zhang Liao continued to gallop outside the camp, as if he was furious. "As long as you show your head, I will give you the heads of Cao Chun and Shi Huan!"

Cao Cao opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.

But Cao Ang angrily stood up with his sword in hand and faced each other on the gate tower from a distance: "Zhang Liao, give back my uncle's head!"

Zhang Liao laughed endlessly: "I didn't expect that his father was as timid as a chicken, but his son was a bit heroic...Come, come, is it Cao Zixiu? The one who showed up to surrender is your father. If you want to ask for Cao Chun's head, you must have it."

Come out of camp to get it! Do you dare to come? I am the one who killed two of your uncles and a clan brother!"

Without saying a word, Cao Ang actually hung directly from the gate tower along the suspension rope that Cao Cao used to go upstairs!

Cao Cao watched his son disappear behind the wooden partition in front of him and remained silent, while Zhang Liao was solemn for a moment... Both of them just let Cao Ang come outside the camp and went straight to Zhang Liao.

"With me!" Cao Ang was in a state of embarrassment, with dried blood on his face, like a wild ghost. He even fell down once during the journey, but he stood in front of Zhang Liao's horse, fearless.

"With him!" Zhang Wenyuan, who was standing on the horse, looked at it for a long time, but suddenly laughed, and then he kept his word. "Does a dog father also have tiger cubs?"

A knight of the Yan army handed Cao Ang two leather bags nearby. Cao Ang wanted to return to the camp after getting the leather bag, but unexpectedly several prisoners around him knelt down and begged for help.

Cao Ang couldn't bear it and turned back to see Zhang Liao again.

Zhang Wenyuan simply said: "Ask your father to come over and let me see if he is the man with the big helmet and the small head... As long as he comes to the gate and shows his face, I will put them all back! Otherwise, I will be here ten times."

Kill with one stroke!"

Cao Ang said nothing and returned to the camp with the two leather bags in his arms. However, after being hoisted up the gatehouse by a rope, he found that Cao Cao was still sitting there with his head bowed. Cao Zixiu did not dare to say anything, so he had to put down the two leather bags, and then

He was just sitting with his father. Outside the camp gate, Zhang Liao was still shouting and cursing, and even started killing people, but Cao Cao still turned a deaf ear. During this period, Zhang Liao tried to reach out several times to open the leather bag in front of him, but failed several times.

If you succeed, you can only give up in despair in the end!

After a while, Zhang Liao was probably tired, and the shouting and cursing gradually disappeared, but the Yan Army cavalry general who had been aggressive in killing today still lingered outside the camp gate. Instead, he kept gathering scattered soldiers and horses.

It was as if they wanted to gather more troops to accomplish great feats! This inevitably made Cao Jun in the camp a little anxious.

"Tell them not to be afraid!" Cao Cao remained speechless, but it was Cao Ang who spoke. "There are more than 20,000 people in our camp, with all supplies of food, grass, bows and crossbows, as well as ditches and fortresses... As for the Yan army, it is already dark and they have gathered together.

Not to mention the small number of troops, they are already extremely exhausted and it is impossible to attack the camp! And by the middle of the night, the main force of our army will definitely arrive!"

The surrounding attendants understood it one after another, and then immediately went to inspect the camp and relayed Cao Ang's words to reassure the civilians in the camp and the defeated troops.

In response, Cao Cao, who was still sitting behind the wooden barrier at the door, just nodded slightly and remained speechless.

In this way, although Zhang Liao knew that Cao Cao might be not far in front of him, he still couldn't get anything, but he was reluctant to leave. On the other hand, Cao Cao never responded at all, but he never had the intention to get up and leave the camp gate.

The two sides were in a stalemate for who knows how long. Suddenly, there was a noise outside the camp, and then a voice that finally moved Cao Cao suddenly sounded: "Mengde is really lucky today! But the defeat is like this, what's the point of your hard work? Like this

If we fight this battle twice more, you will be exhausted, right? Why not surrender as soon as possible?"

Cao Cao remained silent... In the fight for world supremacy, he had to put everything above all else. Cao Mengde knew this truth. In fact, until now, even for Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun and Shi Huan in front of him, he

It’s impossible to give up easily. How can you be moved by what words you say?

"Forget it!" After a while, Gongsun Xun's voice came again outside the camp gate. "It's understandable that Meng De doesn't want to meet alone... Here are the heads of Xu Zhongkang (Xu Chu) and Wang Zixing (Wang Bi)

, Gu was placed in front of the camp. Among them, Xu Zhongkang's body was at the intersection where the fire was lit before, and Wang Zi's body was fifteen miles east. Meng De could have someone retrieve it and sew it up for burial. Both of them were

Loyal man, I hope you will have a good time to pay homage... Only your general flag will be taken away to show the victory in this battle, but I can't give it back to you!"

Cao Cao was finally moved and turned his head, but he still could not stand up.

After waiting for a while, seeing no movement in the camp, Gongsun Xun outside the camp finally ordered the bugle to be blown. The sound of the bugle continued, echoing everywhere, and instantly resounded for dozens of miles. Then, knights from Youzhou carried their wounded and corpses everywhere.

, the enemy's leaders and soldiers were marching north one after another... In front of the camp, there was also the constant sound of horse hooves, and together with the constant sound of horns, they were returning north around the camp.

At this point, it seems that the war may be finally over.

Someone in the camp retrieved the leather bags containing the heads of Wang Bi and Xu Chu. However, Cao Mengde faced the four leather bags and still sat still, in a daze.

Not counting this, only half an hour later, there was a sudden noise outside the camp gate, and Cao Cao's army finally realized why Gongsun Xun did not try to storm the camp, but retreated directly - it turned out that Cao Cao's main force had not yet arrived, but his son-in-law Sun Ce had

He actually led 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush in from Yingchuan on a starry night for reinforcements. Gongsun Xun had retreated earlier because the sentinels learned about this.
To be continued...