Cao Cao personally led 100,000 elite troops and marched out of Bowangpo to attack Wancheng, seeking revenge.
Yesterday, Cao Cao used a plan to defeat Liu Qi's left and right camps and captured Bowang. Cao Cao was very proud of himself. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lay down, he reported that Xiahou Dun's entire army had been wiped out. The whereabouts of several generals are still unknown.
This made Cao Cao furious. He wanted to send troops to take revenge that night, but Xun You persuaded him to stop him. He couldn't wait to send troops at dawn, but Baihe had already set up a defense line.
Xu Chu led three thousand armored troops to clear the way, with Cao Hong at the rear. They arrived at the Baihe River in a mighty manner and saw that the Jingzhou army had already camped along the bank and set up a defense line.
At this time, Cao Cao arrived in person and rode his horse to patrol the river. His face was gloomy and he sent troops to cross the river to attack without any explanation.
There was only a stone bridge here, and Cao's army gathered on it. The rest of the soldiers went down to the river to build a bridge and prepared to rush across. However, the other side was rained with arrows, and they were all killed before half time.
In the blink of an eye, more than 2,000 people were killed, corpses piled up like mountains on the bridge, blood flowed like water, and the water of Taotao River turned red. It was too tragic to watch.
Cao Xiu said: "Liu Qi has been prepared for a long time and has enough arrows. It is better to retreat temporarily and think about ways to defeat the enemy."
Cao Cao's face was as dark as water, and he sent an order to Han Hao: "Go to the upper reaches and block the river. Even if you fill up the river, you will kill it. If you don't take Wancheng, I will not be a human being!"
Although Han Hao felt embarrassed, he saw that Cao Cao was in a state of anger and did not dare to disobey. He led three thousand troops to the upper reaches to make preparations.
The sun was scorching like fire. Cao Cao dismounted and sat on a boulder. He drank a few sips of water and looked at the stone bridge in a daze.
Although he successfully entered Nanyang, Cao Cao was not happy.
Nanyang was a sad place for him. He had killed his eldest son Cao Ang and his close confidant Dian Wei when he conquered Zhangxiu. Even thinking about it still makes him feel a little pain in his heart.
Now we have lost Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, not to mention lieutenants such as Yu Jin and Li Dian. Ever since we took advantage of the emperor to command the princes, the army has been invincible. How has it ever suffered such a big loss?
This is not only related to Nanyang's overall threat to the Central Plains, but also related to his face. It is simply a shame and a great humiliation!
Now that Cao Cao is the prime minister and is powerful all over the world, Sun Quan does not dare to openly disobey.
Liu Qi was a coward who dared to publicly insult him, and he repeatedly fell into his trap and lost his troops and generals.
If we don't avenge our past humiliation, what will everyone in Cao's camp think?
What do you think of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty?
What does Bi Yaner think?
What do people in the world think?
What do those defeated generals like Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others think of them under Jiuquan?
While he was lost in thought, suddenly people and horses from the other side came swarming under the banner of Liu Qi. Cao Cao's eyes narrowed into a slit, with a cold light flashing.
Liu Qibing arrived at the shore and stepped forward on horseback. Huang Zhong was on the left and Zhuge Liang was sitting on a four-wheeled vehicle on the right, facing the river breeze, looking majestic.
Cao Cao also stepped forward, surrounded by Xu Chu and others, pointed at Liu Qi and cursed fiercely: "Young Liu Qi, you dare to attack our army with fire, I swear to avenge you!"
Before he finished speaking, soldiers took Xiahou Dun up. Cao's army suddenly became commotion. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Dun was also captured.
Liu Qi smiled slightly, clasped his fists and said: "Prime Minister Cao, General Xiahou did not know how to advance or retreat. He invaded our territory and has been captured by me. If the Prime Minister is willing to escort him back to Xuchang for trial, we will stop fighting and discuss how to honor the emperor and return to the old days. Du, revitalize the Han Dynasty, what do you think of the Prime Minister?"
Cao Cao couldn't help but become more and more angry when he saw Liu Qi's attitude that he actually wanted to sit on an equal footing with him and share the leadership of the court.
Pointing his finger, Liu Qi said in a deep voice: "Liu Qi, if you knew the current affairs, you would have let Xiahou Dun and other generals go earlier, dismounted and captured them without restraint. I thought that I would be friends with my father and spare your life. Otherwise, if we break through Jingzhou, there will be no bones left of your father and son." !”
Liu Qi's face darkened and he said slowly: "The Prime Minister is so determined to have his own way, isn't he afraid that Xiahou Dun will be killed?"
When Cao Cao saw the two soldiers raising their swords, his face changed drastically and he shouted: "Liu Qi, how dare you act so presumptuously?"
Liu Qi looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and chuckled: "As the son of a shepherd in Jingzhou, I have to protect the territory. If the prime minister wants to conquer Jingzhou, the worst he can do is fight to the death..."
"Prime Minister, don't worry, just come over and avenge me!"
At this moment, Xiahou Dun on the side roared loudly, as if he was crazy.
Cao Cao's army was shocked. Cao Cao was heartbroken when he saw this and advised: "Yuan Rang, don't worry, I will definitely save you!"
"Gongming, shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow at me quickly..."
Xiahou Dun was also a staunch man. He was so generous when he drew his arrows and ate his eyes. How could he suffer such humiliation?
Xu Huang was so frightened that he put away his bow and arrows and held the ax in his hand, thinking that so many people knew how to use arrows, why would you point at me?
"Wen Lie, shoot your arrow!" Xiahou Dun's single eye was red, as if it was about to bulge out, "Give uncle a happy one, remember to avenge me, shoot quickly -"
In front of the three armies, he was held hostage and suffered two defeats. He felt ashamed to see Cao Cao again. He was so ashamed and angry that he wanted to die.
Cao Cao took a deep breath, finally clasped his fist towards Liu Qi and said, "Bring Yuan Rang back first and guard him carefully. You have your own reasons."
Liu Qi waved his hand, and the soldiers took away the violent Xiahou Dun. There were roars down the wind, as shrill as a pig about to be slaughtered, which was horrifying to hear.
Liu Qi looked at Cao Jun, who was wearing bright armor, and said with a smile, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Cao Cao took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, and said slowly: "Liu Qi, since I served the emperor to fight against rebellion, all the heroes have been like grass and grass. The army is everywhere, invincible in battle, and conquering everything. Those who obey me live, and those who rebel against me die." , do you understand?"
Liu Qi seemed to turn a deaf ear to Cao Cao's threat, and laughed and said: "Prime Minister Hu Wei, I have heard a little bit about it. In the past, when Luoyang was chasing Dong Zhuo, when Puyang attacked Lu Bu, and when Wancheng fought against Zhang Xiu, people were applauded. I think it will happen again in the future. If you wait for the battle, you will win, and if you attack, you will achieve great feats.”
When Cao Cao heard this, he was furious and said, "How could it be that Shuzi exposed my shortcomings? Where is Xu Chu?"
Xu Chu heard the order, urged his horse to rush directly onto the stone bridge, and raised his sword to kill Liu Qi.
Cao Cao observed on the other side for a long time and saw that Guan, Zhang and Zhao were not there, and Liu Qi was only surrounded by a veteran guard. Suddenly he had an idea and asked Xu Chu, who was heavily armored, to launch a surprise attack.
If Liu Qi could be killed by surprise, the Jingzhou soldiers would be defeated and the enemy would be defeated and the people saved.
At this time, Xu Chu was fully armed, wearing heavy armor on the inside and iron armor on the outside. Even his mount was wrapped in iron armor, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
People and horses, like moving iron blocks, stepped on the stone bridge, making a dull thumping sound, and the broadsword flashed with cold light.
The Jingzhou troops on the shore fired arrows one after another, and the arrows swarmed towards Xu Chu like locusts. However, they only heard a dense sound like raindrops, and the arrows fell one after another, unable to hurt him at all.
At this time, Xu Chu was like an armored vehicle, staggering across the bridge. Guns and artillery posed no threat to him.
Such a ferocious momentum made the defenders panic. Even Zhuge Liang looked alert and pressed his hand on the mechanism of the four-wheeled vehicle.
Liu Qi looked calm. Although Guan, Zhang and Zhao were not here, the Five Tigers still had Old Huang Zhong holding the battle, and Gan Ning next to him was no less impressive. Xu Chu was here to kill someone.
"Huh, are you trying to bully me into being uninhabited by people in Jingzhou?" Huang Zhong spread his beard and hair, took off his bow and arrow, and aimed at Xu Chu and fired three arrows in a row.
Whoosh whoosh——
In an instant, three arrows shot out of the air in almost no particular order, mixed with those random arrows, and shot towards Xu Chu.
