Chapter 375

Under the cover of the soldiers, Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Xun you, Cheng Yu and others just rushed out of the camp and met the Jingzhou soldiers who had already lit the torch array.

Cao Cao's eyes cold Su, without any hesitation, directly ordered: "kill!"

Cao's soldiers rushed out of the camp.

Under the fire light in the camp, the neighborhood was as bright as day.

At this time, even if there is no torch, you can see clearly.

But when I came out of the camp, the terrain gradually slowed down, and the distance was about 15 Zhang. It was a swamp, full of water deep in my legs. After the soldiers under Cao Cao rushed in, they slipped one by one and fell to the ground one after another.

Before there was a war, there was no time for it.

Cao Cao rushed out of the camp, but also a deep foot shallow foot in the mud, walking very uncomfortable, very not used to.

The weather in the north is dry, although there is heavy rain, even this will happen. However, such a bog is rarely encountered, and it is only near the Yellow River at most.

Cheng Yu is old, and it's very difficult to walk in the mud.

Cheng Yu looked worried and said, "prime minister, in such a quagmire, our combat effectiveness is too low. Moreover, there is a big fire in the camp. If you fight outside the camp and can't break through, the soldiers in the rear will be blocked in the camp. On the contrary, it will lead to civil strife. Prime minister, we can't fall in love with war. We'll withdraw to Chaoyang County. "

Cao Cao took a deep breath, looked at the direction of Jingzhou army, no longer love war, ordered a rapid retreat.

"The man with the golden helmet is Cao Cao. Take Cao Cao alive."

All of a sudden, there was a roar from Liu Xiu's army.

Cao Cao was so scared that he took off his helmet and threw it to the ground.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Cao Cao, nervous, rushed out of the camp with a group of people, then left the camp, turned around and retreated to Chaoyang County.

Liu Xiu's soldiers, with slow pace, step by step forward.

The soldiers didn't go to battle with knives, because they couldn't move flexibly in the mud, so they all advanced with guns and lined up with long guns. Spearmen came forward bravely to stop Cao's soldiers from breaking through the encirclement.

Huang Hu, Zhang Ren and shamoko also led the army to fight.

However, they did not cover up or pursue Cao Cao. They only prevented Cao Cao's soldiers from leaving the camp. On the contrary, it was extremely difficult for Cao's soldiers, because they were blocked, which meant that the soldiers behind could not escape and could only fall into the sea of fire.

In the camp, it's completely chaotic.

The whole camp echoed the screams of countless soldiers.

One by one, Cao's soldiers were burning, and the flames were flashing, and the soldiers were constantly struggling. Countless firemen scurrying around, causing hundreds of thousands of Cao's troops to lose morale.

Liu xiuguang stopped the other party from rushing out of the camp, fighting from night to dawn.

At this point, the camp was completely burnt.

The sun is rising. Under the golden sun, the red earth is burning, and it also emits heat.

No more soldiers rushed out of Cao's camp.

Outside the camp, the corpses piled up, which had been stained red with water. It was completely bleeding and sculling. Liu Xiu looked at the soldiers under his command and ordered them to advance north to cover up Cao Cao who had retreated.

At this time, Cao Cao retreated all night, broke away from the mire of Deng County, and approached Chaoyang County.

There were no pursuers behind, so he could finally stop and have a rest.

The soldiers who followed Cao Cao were also exhausted.

In addition, Cao Cao's war horses suffered countless losses. The heavy rain and the muddy road made it difficult for the horses to move. The cavalry could not advance, but the soldiers retreated with their horses.

Cao Cao stood up and looked back. The soldiers under his command were all in a mess.

This war can be said to be crippled.

Cao Cao ordered: "Cao Ren, count the soldiers."

Cao Ren dragged his tired body and ordered the generals to count the soldiers. After counting all the soldiers, the expression on Cao Ren's face became extremely dignified.

Standing in front of Cao Cao, Cao Ren said, "prime minister, there are only 80000 soldiers left in the army."

Cao Cao was silent when he heard the speech.

There are only 80000 people left in the 200000 army, which is a great loss.

Cao Cao did not know how many of the 120000 soldiers were burned to death and how many escaped. But now, there are only over 80000 soldiers in the army, and they are all disabled and defeated. Even the cavalry have lost their role and have no combat effectiveness at all.

How can such 80000 people fight?

Jia Xu's tone was dignified, and he said slowly: "prime minister, although the loss is heavy, we still have 80000 people. As long as we reorganize our army, we can fight again. "

Cheng Yu said: "prime minister, a temporary victory or defeat is nothing."

Xun you said, "prime minister, it's urgent. We will withdraw to Chaoyang County and stabilize the situation first. ""Ha ha ha..."

Suddenly, the silent Cao Cao burst out laughing.

The laughter made Cheng Yu, Xia Houyuan, Jia Xu and others feel strange.

Cheng Yu asked, "why does the prime minister laugh?"

Cao Cao said with a loud smile: "what I'm laughing at is that Liu Xiu is too conceited to put all his troops in Deng county. If the prime minister had set up a plan in advance, he would have set up an ambush on the road leading to Chaoyang County. Unfortunately, Liu Xiu is too young. If the prime minister withdraws today, he will surely be ashamed of today

When they heard this, they were relieved.

As long as Cao Cao has the will to fight, it's OK to say, otherwise the situation is really bad.

"Newspaper!"

All of a sudden, a sentry came running from the front.

Sentinel report loudly: "prime minister, Chaoyang County Magistrate led the army to kill."

"Ah..."

Cao Cao exclaimed in amazement. He stood up and ordered: "prepare for war! Prepare for war However, although the number of Cao Cao's soldiers was large, they were extremely tired and their combat effectiveness was very weak.

Soon, Chaoyang County Magistrate led the army to kill.

The magistrate of Chaoyang County was very high spirited and roared: "thief Cao, the magistrate surrendered before because Liu Jingzhou had already given orders. Now, take your life. "

"Kill, kill the thief Cao."

"If you catch the thief alive, you will be promoted to three levels and be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver."

"If you kill the thief Cao, you will be promoted to three levels, and you will be rewarded with silver."

Chaoyang County Magistrate ordered that his 5000 soldiers be killed immediately. Although it was only five thousand troops, each of them was full of spirit, which was different from Cao Cao's defeated generals.

Cao Cao didn't dare to delay. He ordered to fight, but instead of fighting, he chose to break through.

A fight, Cao Cao killed out, non-stop rapid retreat.

In the rear, the magistrate of Chaoyang County and his soldiers chased after each other and killed at the junction of Chaoyang County and Xinye county. Then the magistrate of Chaoyang County withdrew his troops.

Cao Cao was relieved when he entered Xinye county.

Finally back!

Entering Xinye County, Cao Cao's heart was steadfast.

Cao Cao ordered to count the soldiers. After a count, the soldiers around Cao Cao lost more than half of them, leaving less than 50000 troops. Although Cao Cao knew that many soldiers had surrendered, or that many of them had run away, tens of thousands of people had not been killed.

But such a miserable scene, Cao Cao heart incomparably uncomfortable.

Cao Cao laughed in front of his subordinates and said, "since Liu Xiu controls Chaoyang County, it's not difficult to ambush an army in Xinye county. If that's true, I really don't know what to do. Unfortunately, Liu Xiu missed it. When the prime minister returns to Xu county, he will make a comeback. "

When they heard this, they were not glad that Cao Cao still had fighting spirit, but they thought that Cao Cao's crow's mouth would never be right.

Otherwise, it's really going to run away.

"Newspaper!"

Suddenly, a sentinel came and said in a loud voice, "prime minister, it's not good. There is a Jingzhou army in front of us. It's coming at us now. "

"Today is the day to make contributions. Kill the thief Cao."

Powerful cry, from the front to kill out.

A brave army appeared in Cao Cao's sight.

"Yi Yang, Wei Yan is here. Cao thief, take life."

Wei Yan came to kill with a long knife. His eyes were murderous, and he had a proud smile at the corner of his mouth. From the beginning, Wei Yan was Liu Xiu's special ambush in Xinye.

The so-called attack on WAN county is just a gimmick.

The attack on Jiyang County is just a show.

The real purpose of Wei Yan was to find a reason to hide and wait for Cao Cao to withdraw.