Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C402
Just as Cao Cao was about to leave, Jibei phase Bao Xin brought his men and hurried over. Tears streamed down Cao Cao’s face as he pulled on Bao Xin’s hand, wishing he could kiss it a few times. Actually, Bao Xin was a person with good eyesight. He was the same as Wei Zi and felt that Cao Cao was a good person.
“The Duke of Guandong is a group of sour dates, but you are the only one who is truly knowledgeable, capable of calming down the chaos. If it wasn’t for this kind of talent, even though he was powerful, he would have definitely failed. You must be sent by the heavens, the big man will depend on you! ”
“Reporting…” Lord General came from nowhere, and went against the Yellow River, but right now, he is almost at aqua bioremedians, and wants to ambush Cheng Gao. ” That night, Xu Rong was in the camp accompanying the Zhang Banxian as he counted through the imperial library when he suddenly received a report from the exorcism.
“Oh …” How many people were there in the Guandong Allied Army? “Who is the leader of the troops?” Xu Rong could not help but be shocked, and immediately asked in detail. Guandong Allied Army had been together for a few months, Xu Rong had been paying attention to their movements and it seemed that they could no longer sit still.
“Reporting to the Lord General, there is only one ten thousand people. The leader is Cao Cao.” exorcism took a breath and replied quickly.
“Cao Cao?” Zhang Banxian raised her head, her face revealing a trace of pleasant surprise. Back then, when the Nanyang did not get rid of Cao Cao, the Zhang Banxian had always kept it in her heart. Because of Yang Lin’s reminder, Zhang Banxian had been paying attention to Cao Cao for all these years.
“What is it? “You know him?” Seeing Zhang Banxian’s expression, Xu Rong hurriedly turned his head and looked at him.
“Haha …” The Zhang Banxian laughed and waved at the exorcism. Only after the exorcism left did he finally speak to Xu Rong: “We were once at Nanyang to pacify Zhang Mancheng. This guy is quite troublesome, so you should be careful.”
“He only brought a ten thousand people and dares to sneak attack Cheng Hao. He’s underestimating me too much!” The corner of Xu Rong’s mouth revealed a sneer, and said coldly: “Regardless of whether he is using a dangerous tactic or looking down on others, I want him to remember, that I, Xu Rong am not someone to be trifled with!”
“Lord General must not be impulsive, this is the first battle between West Cold Army and yourself, if you win, you will definitely receive a huge prize from Dong Zhuo, but if you lose, I am afraid you will never have the chance to lead your troops.” Zhang Banxian did not want anything to happen to Xu Rong, so she quickly reminded Xu Rong.
“Hehe …” Do you think I’m an emotional person? ” Xu Rong laughed and said confidently: “Ever since I guarded the Ying Yang, I have carefully checked the terrain. If Guandong Allied Army wanted to enter the west side, he had to enter the aqua bioremedians. Thus, I have already set up an inescapable trap in the vicinity of aqua bioremedians. This time, I will make sure that Cao Cao won’t be able to return. ”
Xu Rong immediately called over the herald, bringing all the generals to his Big Account. Leaving behind one general to lead ten thousand people to defend the Ying Yang camp, he ordered four generals to lead forty thousand men to surround the aqua bioremedians, in hopes of annihilating Cao Cao in one fell swoop.
“Generals, Cao Cao is a wanted criminal in the Prime Minister, if anyone of you were to cut his head, it would definitely be a great merit, the Prime Minister will definitely reward you heavily.” Just as the high-ranking officer was about to leave, Zhang Banxian stood up and said to everyone.
Generals looked at each other and couldn’t help but to reveal a happy expression. When Cao Cao had escaped the Luoyang, his wanted posters were all over the entire country, of course these Generals knew about it. Now that they were going to fight with Cao Cao, they had the chance to cut off Cao Cao’s head.
Amongst the gathered sour dates in the Guandong Allied Army, the only ones who had fought before were Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei. As for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they had only fought with the xanthopanax before, and with the tens of thousands of government officials, they brought down hundreds of thousands of xanthopanax.
With Cao Cao’s intelligence, he shouldn’t be using his five thousand soldiers to attack Xu Rong’s fifty thousand soldiers. After all, Dong Zhuo’s group was not the xanthopanax, but rather the battle-hardened West Cold Army and the imperial army that had annihilated the xanthopanax with fewer victories. As for the soldiers under Xu Rong’s command, they were basically the integrated northern troop, or the West Garden Army.
But the truth was right, Cao Cao volunteered himself and led five thousand of his soldiers to lead the charge, allowing Wei Zi and his five thousand men to support him, while Bao Xin led his five thousand men to support him from behind.
Cao Cao was originally a general of the West Garden Army, so he should be very familiar with the combat abilities of the northern troop and the West Garden Army. From the arrangement of his troops, it could be seen that he was not prepared to fight a big battle with Xu Rong. Instead, he was prepared to sneak in an ambush on Xu Rong at night. Once he succeeded in his sneak attack and took over Cheng Hao, the armies of the dukes gathered in the Jujube would lead their troops to come and form an alliance with the Luoyang.
Although Cao Cao’s army was small, he was still split into three, preparing for a sneak attack and a quick retreat. Once he missed, Wei Zi would be able to block him from the back, and Bao Xin would also be able to reinforce him from the back.
Along the way, Cao Cao was extremely careful, and tried his best not to expose his goal. Especially after entering Henan Province, the team had entered the mountainous region. He had made the team raise the flag, leave behind the baggage, and give up the main road so that the team could march in the dark and raid Chenggao City.
After a night of marching, when the sky was about to brighten, Cao Cao’s group finally arrived at the aqua bioremedians’s side. He was already very close to Cheng Hao, and Cao Cao’s heart was beating even faster. But as he looked at the mountain ridge that undulated up and down, Cao Cao couldn’t help but frown.
“Kill …”
Suddenly, the sounds of killing shook the sky above the mountain ridge, and waves of Arrows s shot out from the shrubbery, shooting towards Cao Cao’s soldiers from all directions. Before the soldiers in the front could even regain their senses, the Arrows had already reached them and they were all instantly shot down.
The soldiers were thrown into chaos as they turned around and headed back. Some threw down their shields, some threw down their flags, and some even threw down their weapons. They were, after all, untrained, and their instinct to escape drove them to the point where they couldn’t care less.
“We’ve been ambushed!” This was Cao Cao’s first thought, and his migraine immediately followed. However, Cao Cao had personally led the battle before after all. He knew that if he ran like this, he would definitely be defeated like a landslide and would be chased down and killed by Dong Zhuo’s troops.
“Array… Face the enemy! Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed without mercy! ” Cao Cao roared, and then he took out his own longsword and pointed fiercely at the retreating soldiers. When the soldiers saw this, they hurriedly stopped and ran back.
In this kind of crucial moment, it was even Xiahou Tun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Li Dian and the other generals that played a big role. Not only were they skilled in martial arts, but they were also very calm. Especially so for the soldiers of their families who surrounded them tightly and quickly stabilized their stance.
The ones lying in ambush here were the commander Chen Yang and his ten thousand northern soldiers. Although many of Cao Cao’s troops were killed, they did not escape and instead formed a formation, so Chen Yang did not dare delay any further. As he ordered his men to report to Xu Rong, he led his men to charge forward.
‘s northern troop was well-trained, well-equipped, and also ready for battle. There were many of them, their morale was high, their fighting strength was high and they almost had the upper hand.
However, Cao Cao’s team did not show any sign of weakness. Although the quality of the soldiers were low and there were fewer soldiers, but he had Xia Hou ton, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin and Li Dian under his command.
At noon, Xu Rong’s other commander, Li Gu, brought ten thousand soldiers to the edge of the aqua bioremedians’s river and joined the battle against Cao Cao. In order to ambush Cao Cao, Xu Rong’s group of four were lying in ambush at four places. Chen Yang picked up a cheap item, and the other three groups of people came over.
To an untrained soldier, the role of a general was obvious, but to a trained elite, the role of a general was greatly reduced. No matter how heroic the generals under Cao Cao were, it would still be difficult for them to block the attacks of the wolves under Xu Rong’s command. After fighting for a long while, the remaining troops that were sent over by Cao Cao were finally defeated by Xu Rong’s elite troops and scattered in all directions.
Cao Cao had originally been waiting for Wei Zi to lend him a hand, but after fighting for a long time, he still didn’t see any signs of Wei Zi. Cao Cao finally started to panic, the generals and soldiers under his command started to run away. Those soldiers, seeing that their master had escaped, all left like a swarm of bees, each fleeing for their lives.
Xu Rong had just arrived when he saw Cao Cao running away. Without saying more than a few words, he had already led his soldiers to chase him. Cao Cao did not have many soldiers in the first place, plus, he was tired from the journey and was ambushed, now that he was running away, he no longer had any will to fight, he was practically being chased and killed by Xu Rong’s army.
In the process of escaping, Cao Cao shot an arrow at an unknown person, hitting him squarely in the arm, causing him to grimace in pain. But he couldn’t care less, he continued to flee, in the end, his horse got hit by another arrow, the warhorse roared and fell on the ground, knocking Cao Cao down onto the ground.
“We’re finished …” Cao Cao’s eyes darkened, he thought that he was going to die. When he thought about how he would die in the wilderness if he could not succeed in his apprenticeship and his ambition failed, Cao Cao felt unreconciled in his heart. All of a sudden, the memories of the past came back to him, and he could not help but feel heartbroken.
Just at this time, Wei Zi brought his team over. Cao Cao could not help but be overjoyed, he did not know where he got the strength from, but he clenched his teeth and crawled up from the ground with difficulty. Just as he was about to run towards Wei Zi’s group, he accidentally turned his head to look, and could not help but be scared to the point of breaking out in cold sweat.
“Capture Cao Cao…”
“Capture Cao Cao…”
“Capture Cao Cao…”
Xu Rong’s troops covered the sky, shouting from the back that they wanted to capture Cao Cao alive, and from the back, they encircled them. He suddenly understood that it was no wonder that Xu Rong’s soldiers were following closely behind him, it was his flag bearer who was carrying the “Cao” word Banner, following closely behind.
“Quick… Hurry up and run into their team! ” Cao Cao pointed to the soldier and ordered him to quickly run to Wei Zi’s side. The soldier holding the flag was baffled, but he did not dare to disobey Cao Cao’s orders, and immediately ran towards Wei Zi’s group.
With the support of a few soldiers, Cao Cao ran towards the other side. It just so happened that at this time, Xiahou Tun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Li Dian and the others also ran over.
Wei Zi originally followed behind Cao Cao, and they were only four hours away. However, Cao Cao had given all his supplies to Wei Zi, causing the pace of his journey to be much slower, to the point that when Cao Cao was defeated in front of him, he arrived much later.