Hit the snake seven inches, capture the thief first and capture the king first. It is said that Zhang Liao intended to attack Cao Chun inadvertently, in order to kill him inadvertently, in order to repel the tiger and leopard cavalry with minimal losses.
Unexpectedly, someone had been observing his every move. Sumeru deciphered his intention in a flash. He rushed out and blocked Zhang Liao from the battle circle with one move, causing his plan to fail. He could not Succeed.
The person who came was none other than Gao Shun, the general of Cao's army. It turned out that Cao Cao was afraid of Lu Bu, who had made great achievements, so he seconded Gao Shun for this battle. He was also an old acquaintance of Zhang Liao who had known him since the war.
It was okay to forget it if it was someone else, but it was this colleague of the old master Ding Yuan who blocked his intention. Zhang Liao suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart!
From some objective reasons, Zhang Liao's hatred for Lu Bu and Gao Shun even far exceeded his hatred for Cao Cao.
Ever since, the flame in Zhang Liao's chest began to be slowly ignited.
"Shameless villain, how can you show your face in front of me? Why don't you get out of the way!" Zhang Liao raised his sickle and hook knife, pointed at Gao Shun from a distance and yelled angrily.
An indescribable look of shame flashed across Gao Shun's face for an instant, but he was very human in the end. After calming his mind, he still showed a surprisingly calm attitude.
"Wenyuan, don't be stupid. Although Cao Chun is weak in martial arts, he is powerful in the tiger and leopard cavalry. Even if it is a sneak attack, you can't kill him and can only trap yourself!" Gao Shun didn't seem to hear Zhang Liao's question. He just tried to dissuade her with earnest words.
Zhang Liao's eyes were blazing, and he said angrily: "You have blocked my good deeds, and you still dare to pretend to be a good person here? Do you think that I, Yuan Jun, are all vegetarians? I will replace Ding Bingzhou today to accept you, this rebellious person!"
After that, Zhang Liao rode up on his horse and fought Gao Shun with his sickle and hook knife. For a while, you and I were going back and forth, and the battle was inextricable.
Gao Shun defended with his sword, but was almost taken advantage of by Zhang Liao, and the tie was restored within several rounds.
He sighed bitterly, shook his head and said: "Wen Yuan, if I wanted to kill you, my trap could have surrounded your troops at the moment you attacked Cao Chun, so why would I have to face you face to face at this moment? Fighting, it took a lot of effort."
Zhang Liao was stunned after hearing this.
Although he was not ashamed of Gao Shun's betrayal of the emperor and surrendered to Dong, Zhang Liao had almost been friends with Gao Shun since he was a child. He knew Gao Shun's ability well. With his ability, he focused on attacking Cao Chun just now. At that time, it was not impossible to kill him with one blow, but he just intended to force himself back, but he did not do so when he shot.
Thinking of this, Zhang Liao suddenly felt hesitant.
The two fought for fifteen or six more rounds, but Zhang Liao put away his weapons and horses and jumped out of the circle, while Gao Shun did not rush and just stood quietly in front of Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Then why did you surrender to Dong Zhuo along with Lu Bu?"
Gao Shun's face showed an indescribable pain, but he still said harshly: "A man was born in troubled times, and his fame has not yet been established, how can he die?"
Zhang Liao nodded and said: "Okay, I believe you. If you want to make a name for yourself, you can! I will show you a clear path. You can follow me to join General Yuan Xi. This man is the hero of the world, and he is Cao Cao's mortal enemy, if you join his army, you can avenge your original master, and conquer the world, show off your talents, and get the best of both worlds, how about that?"
Gao Shun shook his head resolutely and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan's words really look down on me, Gao Shun. Although I am not a loyal and righteous general, I am also a person with a bottom line. I am definitely not a person like Chao Qin, Mu Chu, etc." ! Today I surrender to Cao Cao, and tomorrow I betray Cao Cao, how will the world view me? Please forgive me for this, I absolutely cannot do it, and I hope Wenyuan can forgive me!"
Hearing this, Zhang Liao's eyes suddenly became piercingly cold, and he said sternly: "In this case, I can only kill you! To eliminate future troubles!"
Gao Shun took a deep breath and said, "In that case, please let Wen Yuan do what he wants..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a sharp arrow coming from the air, almost without warning, and hit Zhang Liao's chest on the right side with a "pop" sound. Zhang Liao's head was dizzy and he almost fell down.
Zhang Liao screamed in pain, glanced angrily at the surprised Gao Shun, turned his horse's head with all his strength, and ran quickly towards the safety circle of his own protective formation.
Not far away, Cao Chun put away his long bow and put on his sword. He smiled evilly and licked the edge of his sword. He clamped his legs together and led the crowd to fly in the direction of Zhang Liao's escape.
"Stop!" A sharp shout interrupted Cao Chun's thoughts, but he saw Gao Shun riding a horse in front of him with a frosty face, his eyes spitting fire, and thrust the knife in front of him, his tone was cool and cold. He spoke slowly with an unquestionable tone.
“No, let’s, go, go—!”
"What the hell?" Cao Chun was stunned when he heard this, looked at Gao Shun up and down in disbelief, and said angrily: "Gao Shun, are you sick? That general is Yuan Xi's confidant, commanding the elite of Yuan's army. It’s troublesome, if you don’t kill it, there will be trouble later, get out of my way quickly!”
Gao Shun looked at Cao Chun steadily, seeming to hesitate for a moment, but still spoke firmly: "You can kill anyone, but you can't kill him!"
"Hey!" Cao Chun immediately became angry when he heard this: "Look at my bad temper. I gave you three thin noodles, and you slapped your face on your nose? Who do you think you are? You even dare to block my way! I love killing. If you kill whoever you want, if you don’t get out, I’ll kill you too!”
"Then you just give it a try." Gao Shun said calmly, but the sword in his hand was already raised above his chest unconsciously.
Cao Chun threw up his head and laughed heartily three times, and his tone gradually became frosty: "Okay, really okay, you have the guts, you have the guts to grow like a bird!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two people flying up at almost the same time and rushing toward each other. Suddenly, the two generals of Cao's army started fighting among themselves and killed each other. However, Cao's soldiers at the scene were dumbfounded and confused. So, I don't know who to help.
"………………."
As Zhao Yun's Xiaoqi battalion and Xu Chu's Guards battalion returned, the battle lasted for nearly two hours. Both sides suffered countless casualties in terms of generals and soldiers and horses, and rivers of blood flowed. Said vitality was severely damaged.
As time went by, Cao Jun's senior officials began to lose their patience.
"Lord, the situation is not conducive to our army. It's better... to retreat." Led by Cao Cao's Xun You, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao and others came forward to advise Cao Cao and asked Cao Cao to withdraw quickly.
Cao Cao's eyes stayed on the bloody hell-like battlefield for a long time, and finally he said helplessly: "Do you want to retreat? Haha, could it be said that our army's Northern Expedition will end in vain because of such a battle? No. I am willing, not willing! Gu is really not willing to give in... Since God allowed me to defeat Yuan Shao, why did he leave you such a powerful son behind his death? Could it be that it is God's will that never ends Yuan Shao?... .... How sad it is to be able to defeat his father but not his son - how sad! Yuan Benchu died in peace."
Zhu Wen probably felt the same way when he attacked Li Cunxu in the Northern Expedition.
After Cao Cao's death, Dong Zhao spoke silently: "Prime Minister, I don't know whether it is God's will or not. I just know that the Central Plains of Yanzhou belongs to the land of the Four Wars. Not only the Yuan family of Hebei, but also Liu Biao and Liu Bei Intimidating Xuchang, Sun Jian of the Eastern Wu Dynasty sat with six counties and looked at Xujun, and now the land of Guanzhong is not peaceful because of a great battle. Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses are exhausted. He only needs to defend us, but our soldiers and horses If we don’t fight, how will we defend the four sides? Besides………….”
Dong Zhao raised his head and glanced at the battlefield ahead, and said slowly: "Besides, the war ahead is still not conducive to our army. Does the Prime Minister think he can afford it?"
At this moment, Cao Cao wished he could raise his hand and block Dong Zhao's mouth with his fist, but what he said were all wise words that were related to interests. He had to continue listening even if he didn't want to hear it.
After all, people cannot deceive themselves, or ordinary people can deceive themselves, but if a strong man in the dominant position just muddles along and does not consider the future, then the only way waiting for him is death.
"Withdraw troops!" After thinking about it for a long time, Cao Cao decisively issued this order that made him miserable.
With a loud shout, he ordered all Cao's soldiers to quickly shout gold. Cao's army, which was already jealous, did not retreat immediately after hearing the sound of gold. This would only lead to a situation that would fall thousands of miles. Without further entanglement with Yuan's army, Cao's army began to retreat slowly. withdraw.
Seeing that Cao Cao's soldiers were still maintaining a measured pace of advance and retreat and strict discipline after fighting in this situation, Yuan Xi couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, Cao Cao was really a military genius.
Although the losses were heavy, this battle was finally won. However, General Jiang Yiqu was defeated in this battle, and General Zhang Liao was also injured and was treated by Zhang Ji. But from a political perspective, it is a reversal of the strategic situation.
Cao's army withdrew and Yuan's army won, but in fact it was severely damaged. There were many casualties among the troops and horses. Even the middle-level generals in Hebei Province whom Yuan Shao left to Yuan Xi lost nearly half of their lives due to this battle. Both sides were exhausted, and it was impossible to continue the pursuit.
Yuan Xi had no idea and continued to organize a decent attack to pursue. He just ordered to stick to the ground, gather troops and horses, count the wounded, and clean the battlefield.
Directly south of Liyang, Cao Jun is in command.
"How's the casualty situation? How's the inventory?" Cao Cao asked, half dozing with his eyes half-drowsing, tapping the table gently.
Below Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, who was ordered to count the casualties and baggage, heard this and presented a detailed list to Cao Cao's desk.
Cao Cao gently pulled it with his hand, looked around it, and whispered: "The loss...is this big?"
Cheng Yu sighed, nodded and said nothing.
To the left of Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun stepped forward, raised his hands and admonished: "My lord, don't worry, our army has suffered heavy losses, and Yuan Xi is not much better. We still have the ability to fight again. If we fight to the end, who will win, it's still worth it." It’s still unknown.”
Cao Cao sighed and said in a low voice: "If we continue to fight hard, I am confident that I can defeat Yuan Xi. However, we cannot afford it at the moment. There are threats everywhere in the four war areas of the Central Plains. Even if I can The ultimate result of defeating Yuan Xi is that others will take advantage of him due to insufficient troops, which is really not advisable. The most urgent thing is to temporarily withdraw the troops, which is the best policy."
Xiahou Dun opened his mouth when he heard this, but saw Cao Cao raising his hand to block his words. He changed the topic and led the matter elsewhere.
"During this battle, I heard that you were injured by Yuan Rang?" Cao Cao asked calmly with a calm expression on his face.
When Xiahou Dun heard this, his face turned red, he nodded and said, "Yes!"
"How are you injured? Is it serious?" Cao Cao continued to ask.
"I'm sorry to see you, my lord. Although I was hit by an arrow, it was only a scratch in my armpit. It's not serious." Xiahou Dun hurriedly responded with his hands.
"Oh..." Cao Cao nodded slightly and said, "I heard that Yuan Rang was wounded by an arrow when you attacked Yuan Xi?"
"yes!"
"Yuan Xi is the commander-in-chief of the enemy army. He must be surrounded by guards. How can he be easily attacked? Yuan Rang's move is too frivolous."
Xiahou Dun cupped his hands and said, "I just want to share my worries for my lord."
Cao Cao nodded lightly and suddenly said: "I heard someone reported that on the battlefield, Yuan Xi seemed to care about Yuan Rang's uncle?"
Xiahou Dun trembled when he heard this and said hurriedly: "My lord, where are you thinking! That is clearly a plan by the boy from the Yuan family to provoke the general. My lord must not doubt me."
"Where are you thinking?" Cao Cao shook his head and said: "I just care about Yuan Rang. Yuan Rang is Gu's ally. He started in times of trouble. His loyalty to Gu can be learned from heaven and earth. How can I doubt you?" .... Yuan Rang, just relax."
"Thank you, my lord!"
Cao Cao nodded, suddenly changed the subject, and asked rather coldly: "How is Gao Shun? But he has calmed down a bit?"
Xiahou Dun was shocked and said hurriedly: "Gao Shun injured Zihe, and he has been captured and imprisoned by Dian Wei and Yu Jin. My lord, how should I deal with him? Do you want me to make it clear?"
Cao Cao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Bring him here, I want to ask him personally!"
Cao Cao sat in the commander's tent with a gloomy face. No one could figure out what he was thinking right now, or what his current attitude towards Gao Shun was.
Frankly speaking, Gao Shun is a talented person. In terms of martial arts, commanding ability, and troop formation, Gao Shun can be regarded as the top master in the entire Cao camp. Taken together, in the entire Cao camp, there is only Cao Ren, Yu Jin and other few people can compare with him. This fact is quite clear to both Cao Cao and his counselors.
However, after all, the current Gao Shun has been under Cao Cao for less than two years. Although he has made great achievements in battle, he cannot be completely regarded as Cao Cao's confidant, and he is still a general of Lu Bu. Cao Cao felt an indescribable feeling of estrangement from the few requests he made when he was under his command.
Especially in recent years, Yuan Jun suddenly had an old acquaintance of Gao Shun. Although he knew that it would not affect Gao Shun's loyalty to Cao Jun, Cao Cao was always worried. Every time he thought about it, there was always a feeling. I can't explain the unexplained feeling of hesitation.
This is the suspicious nature of the hero!
