When Xu Rong was in Bianshui, he was thinking day and night about how to fight the enemy. He looked at Bian Canal and suddenly remembered the story of Xiang Guo's retreat with a dam during the Battle of Meiyang, and immediately decided to build a dike upstream of Bian Canal.
In order to make the plan successful, Xu Rong carefully selected the site and built the dike on the shady side of Aoshan. Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang on the other side cannot be seen, and it is even harder to know Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. While the coalition forces were wading through the water, Dong Yue followed his plan and destroyed the embankment, and then sent King Li Meng to lead an ambush force to fight out from Aoshan. When the coalition forces saw this, their morale collapsed in an instant.
The rough waves of the river rolled southward along the Bian Canal. The Liang people who were robbing and killing were still two miles away, but the waves had already surged in front of the coalition forces. The soldiers in the canal were like ants. They were constantly fighting and pulling, trying to escape from the canal before the tide came. The soldiers riding horses stepped on the soldiers climbing the wall in front, and those with armor were removing their armor as quickly as possible, hoping to be less burdensome when entering the water. However, it only took half a quarter of an hour. A wave covered the canal, and they were all drowned. They rolled like sand in the water, colliding with each other, until they disappeared at the end of Bian Canal, and almost ten thousand soldiers just floated in the river.
After the storm hit the shore, there were still some soldiers who were lucky enough not to float away in the water. They kept struggling to call for help on both sides of the shore, but most of them were wearing iron armor. After a while, they lost their strength and sank to the bottom of the water and drowned. Seeing this scene, both of them trembled, and their bile was frightened.
And the flood cut off things, and the coalition forces couldn't count on them. How could the cavalry on the west bank dare to fight? Regardless of Cao Cao's military order to kill him, they scattered in all directions and fled in panic. When Bao Tao led the vanguard, he was wearing black armor and a gold belt with spikes. He tried to pull his men back, but was targeted by Liang Qi.
A row of arrows flew over from the side, and one arrow shot into the right flank of Bao Tao's mount. The shaft of the arrow was completely gone, leaving only the feather ends stained red by the horse's blood. His horse tilted sideways to the left. , and threw him down.
Bao Taosui rolled on the ground a few times and was feeling dizzy. The Liang riders were already rushing towards him, and more than ten riders came at once, their horses' heads were crowded together. The people in front jumped off their horses one after another and rushed forward to cut off their heads. The person in front grabbed Bao Tao, who was still breathing, lifted his pocket, and cut back and forth along his neck with the short knife. Unexpectedly, another person grabbed Bao Tao's head from behind, swung his knife around and chopped it into pieces. Blood splattered everywhere, and he chopped off the head alive and took it away.
Bao Tao died so tragically, and the cavalry forward completely collapsed. There were no more coalition knights to resist Liang Ren.
Xu Rong rode to the vanguard and urged them not to care about the heads and to continue fighting forward. And a mile further ahead, there is Cao Cao's Fenwu flag.
At this time, Cao Cao was surrounded by his relatives and yelled at the fleeing knights, but no one listened. In the rain and fog, he felt that the armor on his body was damp, hot and boring, and his words had no strength. He could only lower his head and remain silent like a piece of loess soaked by rain.
Cao Ren advised him: "We have been defeated, so we should try to escape." Cao Cao said: "How can we escape in such a situation?" The knights rushed behind him and tried to swim across the river in the calm water, but the water There are many undercurrents in the water. The water quality of the northerners has always been poor. In addition, after riding their horses for a long time, many of them exhausted their strength. They walked two feet in the water, and most of them lost their accuracy. They were bouncing up and down in the waves, and soon they were gone. No sound.
This road is blocked, but Liang Qi is close. When the knights in front saw the Liang people, they opened a road like a piece of silk cloth passed by a knife. Cao Ang quickly threw the flag into the crowd, letting the flag cloth be trampled by the hoofs of horses. He said to Cao Cao: "You can't swim here. , so we headed north, where there are fewer people. Once the water has passed, we can just find a ford and ride our horses across."
The group of people went north, but Cao Cao's team was really conspicuous among the skirmishers, and Cao Cao wore a layer of crimson robes inlaid with gold over his armor, showing his extraordinary status. Many Liangqi recognized him as a nobleman, and many Fortunately, Cao Cao's soldiers were all wearing iron armor. Even if Liangqi came, they could not break through the cavalry encirclement for a while.
Three hours ago, Cao Cao was chasing the Liang people, and three hours later, the Liang people were chasing Cao Cao. How quickly the world has changed! Several Liang cavalry were on the side, and they circled in a semi-arc circle, finally intercepting Cao Cao and his party in front. The cavalry in front could not force the Liang cavalry back. After a while, more than thirty Liang cavalry behind them also caught up and drove them Cao Cao and his party were surrounded by the river.
At this time, a Liang man in the front row planted the bow on the ground, took out the bow with his right hand, and drew a heavy arrow from the quiver with his left hand. Although this kind of heavy-headed arrow has a pointed head, its wings are very wide and the arrowhead is thick. It is much heavier in the hand than ordinary armor-piercing arrows. He clamped the horse's belly, drew the bow string, aimed at Cao Cao's lower abdomen on the right front side, snapped the string, and let the heavy arrow whistle away.
The arrow was too heavy, so it was shot slightly lower and failed to hit Cao Cao's armor. Instead, it hit the horse beneath him. The heavy arrow easily penetrated the horse's forehead, shattering the horse's skull, and then penetrated the brain. Go out and wear it in front of Cao Cao's skirt and armor. It took the horse four hooves a while to react, and fell to the ground with a crash. Cao Cao was buried on the ground by the horse's body, and his face was covered with blood from the mount. The knights beside him made a noise, and they didn't know what to do.
At this time, Cao Cao shouted Cao Ren's name loudly: "Zi Xiao! Zi Xiao!", but Cao Ren was fighting with Liang Qi who was following him, and he had changed his sword handle, so how could he care about Cao Cao? At this time, Cao Hong rode over and ordered his own soldiers to go to the front to stop the enemy. He dismounted and dragged Cao Cao out of the horse's body. He handed his horse's bridle to Cao Cao and said, "My war horse is a green horse from Liangzhou. Meng De You ride on it first!"
Cao Cao was very moved and was about to push his hand to give in. Cao Hong decisively helped Cao Cao to the horse and said: "The world cannot be without Hong, but it cannot be without a king." Then he helped Cao Cao onto the horse with his own hands.
Cao Hong was the richest among the Cao family in Qiao County, so his soldiers had powerful crossbows. At this time, they fired crossbows at the Liangqi blocking the road, and all of them were shot through armor. Only then did Cao Cao and his entourage continue to go north along the water. Inside, he saw an ownerless boat floating on the water. Cao Ang hooked the boat to the river with the tip of a hook, and Cao Cao was able to cross the Bianshui River.
Seeing that Liang Qi could not catch the high official, Liang Qi, who was following them, was not interested in the rest of the fight, and instead went to kill the scattered knights on the east bank.
When Cao Cao and his party set foot on the east bank again, Dong Yue and others on the east bank were also chasing Yuan Shao's tribe. The defeated troops in front were just as Liang people expected, completely disrupting the formation of the entire army. Yuan Shao was not familiar with military matters, and the princes behind him lost their fighting spirit after seeing such a scene. They just wanted to retreat and retreat again, and no one could stop them. The army was defeated.
Li Meng, who was in the vanguard, shouted: "Capture Yuan Shao alive! Cut Liu Dai alive!" The infantry and cavalry under his command continued to drive back the defeated soldiers in front of them. The defeated soldiers screamed loudly, their steps were faster than when they came, and they stepped on the ground. Fog, smoke and dust spread everywhere, and the warriors recruited from all walks of life in the army, such as Pei Guo Zhou Jing, Xia Pi Yong Wu, Ji Yin Pan Liang and others were all killed. After the defeated soldiers fled for a while, the sound of swords clashing became smaller. What was more heard was the sound of swords piercing flesh, and the sighs of the dead as their souls dispersed.
They suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching each other from their side, and in the mist, a group of horseback figures passed by. The horses were strong and the knights were tall. The foot soldiers on the edge shouted: "It's the Bingzhou knights!"
Before the chasing Liang people could react, they saw a knight break out of the broken troops on the left wing. He rode through the smoke and dust. He was wearing two pieces of armor and a dark green robe. His headband could not be covered even by a hood. His eyes were like daggers, and the knights at the front felt a chill in their necks when they saw him, and couldn't help but raise their knives to guard the center line in front of them. But the man ignored them, and rode alone through the gap between the horses, like a strong wind. Li Meng didn't know what had happened, but the man had already galloped towards him, and his followers were chasing him too deeply. , the formation is no longer tight, and there is no one around to protect him.
Li Menggao shouted and drew out his sword, but it was already three minutes too late. The blade of the knife was raised to his chest, and the knight's blade slashed along the back of his sword towards his neck, barely cutting between the gap between the pocket and the armor. Quickly and accurately, Li Meng finally felt someone tugging at the end of his hair, and the knight took his head and buckle in his hands and rode his horse out of the cold man.
Only then did Xu Huang and the others rush to Liang Ren. The appearance of the knights caught Liang Ren off guard. What made them even more frightened was that the body of Li Meng, the captain of the Xuanmen School, fell under the horse. They had not yet seen clearly the knight's body. figure. The knight walked slowly in front of the gradually gathering horsemen. Behind him were most of the fleeing coalition forces. He was holding a bloody head in his hand and a bloody knife in his other hand. He stood out among the crowd. , but seeing him calmly said: "Guan Yunchang is here, he is a hero, so he will fight with me."
Many people in Liangqi had participated in the Hebei War. They all recognized him at this time and couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's a tiger! Ten thousand enemies!"
The cavalrymen shouted loudly to build up the momentum: "Ten thousand enemies! Ten thousand enemies!"
Xu Rong and others had already reached the Bian River and drove the remnants of the coalition forces on the west bank into the Bian River. They were satisfied with their ambitions. However, he saw that the smoke and dust on the east bank gradually subsided. This was due to the reduction of chaos. He was surprised and asked himself Said: "Why doesn't Li Meng chase?"
After a while, the smoke and dust completely dimmed, and he saw the Liang people on the east bank forming a neat formation, standing and confronting the unknown cavalry. The defeated troops further away began to stop the rout. This was not conducive to pursuit. situation.
When Liangqi from the other side took the initiative to report the situation to him, when he mentioned that Li Meng was killed by Guan Yu, Xu Rong frowned and said, "Dragon Head has already taken action? I don't know the news. This is a mistake." So he ordered Liangqi from the other side to be killed. The horse retreated to the west bank, and he crossed the Bian River. He went to the opposite side of Guan Yu in person and asked, "Is it the intention of Liu and Chen that Guan Jun came here from afar?"
Guan Yu also recognized Xu Rong. He looked at him with raised eyebrows and replied: "Brother, I just want to do justice for heaven."
Xu Rong smiled and said: "When the two armies are facing each other, there is no way to do justice for heaven. If Yuan Shao has his way, how can he explain today's battle?" He did not wait for Guan Yu to get angry, and said: "Li Meng is a filial son in the family. He has more than ten dependents. , I fully expect him to survive, and he died under Guan Jun’s knife today, which is not unjust, but I want to return his head to his family, and I hope Guan Jun will keep his head.”
Guan Yu was silent after hearing this. He threw Li Meng's head to Xu Rong, who took it and evacuated with his men across the water.
At this time, Cao Cao and his entourage returned and joined Guan Yu's tribe, withdrawing the jujubes with him. Cao Cao was soaked by the drizzle for a day. He said to Guan Yu in a confused and decadent manner: "Yun Chang, after this battle, I think there is no hope of asking Dong Dong."
Guan Yu took out the water bag containing wine from the saddle and handed it to Cao Cao. He smiled and said: "It's just a temporary setback. We still have to survive, how can we just give up?" He decided to take a rest after the war and went immediately. Nanyang.
The real warriors who are good at fighting are just about to appear now.
