Chapter 244 Cao Mengde jumps into the water

The sky was filled with white light, which should be a beautiful and sunny day.

After Dong Qi ignited the Yanjin fire, he was unwilling to engage in too much entanglement with his opponents and led the trolls to evacuate quickly.

He was dizzy by the fire and was killed by the trolls.

The Yanjin coalition was nowhere to be chased by anyone, so he could only watch Dong Qi and others disappear on the horizon with a stream of dust.

In this battle, Yuan Shu was killed, Yu She, the general under his command, was killed, and the military advisor Yang Hong was trampled to death by the rioters in the fire. The other generals died and fled. Yuan Shu's troops, supported by the Kong family in Nanyang, disappeared completely overnight.

The Kong family was also annexed by the local gentry in Nanyang and gradually withdrew from the historical stage of the gentry.

Dong Qi was also very satisfied with the combat effectiveness shown by the trolls in this battle.

After half an hour of bloody battle, no one died except for a dozen people injured. The first use of armored cavalry in war showed great lethality. Solid armor, strong impact, and fierce killing were undoubtedly a nightmare experience for the princes of Kanto. As a result, the trolls also established a prominent reputation.

At the same time, Dong Qi did not know that due to the emergence of trolls, the heavy cavalry was at least two hundred years ahead of schedule.

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After the rapid evacuation of the battlefield, Dong Qi's troops entered the mountainous area and carried out a brief renovation, they rode one by one and quickly advanced towards the Huai River. They must dare to give the princes a heavy blow before the Guandong princes withdrew their troops.

This will be the last battle in the Jingzhao area.

Just as Dong Qi rushed to the Huai River, Cao Cao was also in a dilemma.

As the weather gets colder, the city of corpses Xingyang becomes stronger and stronger. If the princes of Guandong were still angry at the beginning, then as time goes by, the frozen corpses in the city of corpses can be seen day and night, and the anger gradually disappears, replaced by an inexplicable panic and an indescribable fear.

Just imagine, when you see those corpses every day, on a cold night, the cold wind is like the yin energy blowing from hell, which makes people shudder.

The most annoying thing was that music was actually played in the corpse city.

Most of them are sinister and terrifying melody. How can people not feel afraid of doing such things in the middle of the night?

This is quite similar to the reason why the King of Chu was besieged by Han Xin and Han Xin played Chu music.

Cao Cao tried to attack Xingyang several times, but in the end... it was a loss of troops and generals, which made morale even worse.

Advance or retreat?

This has become a problem that the princes of Kanto have to face.

A group of people gathered in the central army's tent, with sad faces and silent eyes looking at each other.

After a long time, Tao Qian said, "Meng De, let's withdraw..."

The old man was clamoring to fight earlier, but now he was the first to say retreating words, which made everyone blanch him.

But it is undeniable that Tao Qian's words expressed the voices of most people.

"withdraw?"

Cao Cao took a deep breath, "Even if we want to retreat now, we may suffer heavy losses. Do you think Dong Xiping will let us retreat? We retreated earlier, but his troops were not enough. But now, reinforcements have arrived. If we showed any intention of retreating, Dong Xiping would definitely attack us crazy."

Kong Rong whispered: "If you don't withdraw, this will not be a solution."

Cao Cao closed his eyes slightly, as if he was chanting to himself: "Retreat, you must fight!"

Guangling Prefect Zhang Chao was stunned and couldn't help asking: "Meng De, just say it if you have something to do. Everyone will listen to you now."

Cao Cao cursed all the ancestors of these people in his heart.

Now I've listened to me? What have you done earlier? I've said I'd retreat a long time ago. You'd refuse to see the real chapter.

Now, are you pushing it all at me?

When the marching Sima Weihong saw that Cao Cao did not speak, he also advised: "Meng De, it's time to do this. If you have any ideas, just say it out."

Cao Cao said: "We fight, and we must fight hard, which makes Dong Xiping scared. Only in this way can we evacuate safely. If the Dukes want to leave safely, please hand over the elite in their hands and attack Xingyang fiercely, and prepare to retreat and leave at the same time."

Wei Hong suddenly realized, "Imperfect, real, real, real, real, and virtual... Meng De's plan is very good."

Kong Rong was the first to say: "My general Taishi Ci still has eight hundred elite soldiers. He is my personal guard and is willing to hand it over to Meng De for command."

When he spoke, the princes were not willing to hide their own personalities, and they all expressed their willingness to hand over the most elite troops in the department.

Cao Cao couldn't help but lament: If it weren't for this time, these guys would have hidden themselves and preserved their strength.

Well, in this way, we can also give Dong Xiping some warnings.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly felt his heart moving and felt something was wrong.

"Donalds, who has ever seen Dong Xiping fight in the past few days?"

Tao Qian shook his head gently, "I have never seen it before!"

The rest of the people also said that they had never seen Dong Qi appear. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel more suspicious and seemed worried.

Everyone dispersed, and Wei Hong couldn't help but say, "Why is Meng De worried?"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "I always feel something is wrong. Logically speaking, Xiping is warlike and likes to be brave in everything, why are there no trace of these days? Even if the most difficult time in Xingyang has passed, he always has to supervise the war. Why hasn't anyone ever shown him? No, this is a bit abnormal, it's not Dong Qi's style of doing things."

Wei Hong couldn't help but feel strange.

The gentleman is not here, so he really has less planning. It seems that if he can get out of here, he will really have to visit Guo Jia.

Cao Cao was thinking, suddenly a burst of rapid footsteps came outside the tent.

Cheng Yu rushed into the tent like a wind. When he saw Cao Cao, he hurried over to salute and said, "Lord, it's not good!"

Cheng Yu was originally managing the things in the manor for Cao Cao in Qiao County, but when he heard that the battle ahead was not good, he immediately rushed to Xingyang with Wei Hong. However, he came one step late, and he arrived in Xingyang the day after Xi Zhicai died.

To be honest, Cheng Yu didn't expect this battle to be so difficult.

After hearing the situation, he couldn't help but be surprised. Especially the death of Xi Zhicai and the corpse city in Xingyang, he was even more unexpected. Cheng Yu was not as indignant as Yi Ji for Jia Xu's methods. On the contrary, he thought this was normal. In war, isn't it just a life-and-death way, and all kinds of methods are used forever? It's nothing.

This person who used human flesh as military rations in history has the same view as Jia Xu in some aspects.

However, Cao Cao never saw Cheng Yu so panic.

He hurriedly asked, "Zhongde, why are you so panicked? Let's talk about it slowly?"

Cheng Yu lowered his voice and said, "I just inspected the camp and caught a person. This person claimed to be the person who came to report the news. He said that Yanjin was attacked and the food and supplies stored in Yanjin were burned clean by someone, and Yuan Shu was killed."

At the beginning, Cao Cao tried hard to make a calm smile, but later on, his face turned pale.

"How much food is still stored in the army?"

"I just asked, only three days left."

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment!

The burning of food and grass means that in three days, more than 100,000 troops will face the dilemma of being out of food.

The already low morale, coupled with the lack of food... My god, if you don’t need to send troops to Xingyang, the 100,000 troops will definitely be defeated without attacking.

By then, the princes would have to wait for death.

"Has the news spread?"

Cheng Yu shook his head, "Before the spread, I will kill the man after he finished speaking... I asked the lord to punish him."

Crime?

Not only can this not be punished, but it also requires great rewards.

Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu with admiration, "What is Zhongde's fault? If Zhongde hadn't been decisive, I'm afraid our morale will have been shaken."

At this time, Wei Hong no longer shouted to break through Xingyang, and sat quietly aside without saying a word.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, "Ji Bo, you immediately secretly pass this news to the Lords, and then order the Later Army to withdraw first."

Yiji was stunned, "What does Meng De mean?"

"I plan to personally recruit elite troops, attack Xingyang, and cover the evacuation of all the dukes... At this time, if one can be gone, just one will be considered one."

"Lord, noble!"

Yiji couldn't help but praise him and turned around and left in a hurry.

Wei Hong looked at Cao Cao and said guiltily: "Meng De, it was me who harmed you! If I hadn't been determined to force you to attack, maybe... I had suspected that you had two hearts earlier, but now I know that Meng De's mind is so big and his affection is so important."

Cao Cao grabbed Wei Hong, "You and I know each other, why bother to say these useless words?"

"Meng De, when the war tomorrow is over, you will lead the headquarters to evacuate. I am willing to cover up for Meng De and block Dong Zhe's troops to the death."

stop?

Can it really be stopped?

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He finally understood why Dong Qi was missing a few days ago, it turned out...

Xiping, your move is really vicious, I underestimated you!

If Cao Cao admired Dong Qi earlier, it was his courage and his troops.

But now, he has to add two more: courage and courage.

Dare to hand over the city that is related to life and death to his subordinates is undoubtedly a kind of trust and importance for the division. I believe his division will definitely be effective. This is courage, at least Cao Cao may not be able to do it if he believes himself.

He led his troops deep into the rear and attacked Yanjin without any reinforcements.

This is Dong Qi's courage.
To be continued...