For ten days, the entire Chenliu offensive and defensive battle lasted for ten days. During these ten days, Chenliu almost turned into a flesh and blood mill. Every day, countless lives were wiped out by this bloody mill. s life.
In these ten days, Zhao Kuangyin lost a total of 20,000 troops!
You know, even in the previous siege of the city, his total losses were just like this!
But on the contrary, in this last battle, in which the enemy seemed to be unable to resist and their momentum was determined, such casualties actually occurred.
Although the hearts of the Cao family group were already unstable, the wallflowers almost broke out when they were fighting outside the city. After that, Cao Cao ordered people to withdraw their troops.
After that, there was a street battle between the two sides. In the street battle, the Xuzhou Army's numerical advantage could not be used. In addition, Cao Cao was prepared and the people who had been affected by the war joined in. Various factors such as these Combined, it can be said that Xuzhou Army suffered a big setback.
When the people first joined, there was actually no room for recovery at that time.
But it is a pity that Zhao Kuangyin is not on the front line, but is commanding remotely from the Chinese army camp in the rear. Although there is only an insignificant time difference, it is such an insignificant time difference that ultimately makes the loss room for redemption.
When the people first joined, killing blindly was obviously not the best way. But in the eyes of these soldiers, the common people have never been taken seriously, especially during the war. Maybe they want to make a little fortune from the common people!
A group of common people who were not taken seriously by them came out with knives and wanted to chop them. Naturally, these soldiers wanted to chop them down with their knives.
Killing will indeed arouse people's fear and make them dare not resist, but if it reaches a certain point, it will turn against them and make them want to risk their lives. Anyway, they will all end up dead. If you try hard, you might still have some chance. No matter what happens, your death will not be worthless.
But when these common people came to deal with these Xuzhou soldiers and horses with knives, it was obvious that the first stage had passed, and they were now in the latter stage.
The killing at this time will only further detonate this state of affairs. Therefore, the killings at this time not only did not scare these people, but made them even more crazy, although the madness seemed a bit hysterical.
But no matter what, by the time Zhao Kuangyin of the Chinese Army Camp received the news, it was already irreversible.
If it is irreversible, then you can only kill them forcefully, killing them all the way, killing heads and making them fear again.
Ten people kill one person. This is called killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. Of course, the remaining nine people will be afraid.
Ten people kill three people, or even have the attitude of killing all the others, and the remaining people will go crazy!
But ten people have killed seven or eight people. At this time, the remaining two or three people should wake up from the madness and fall into fear again. It is the fear of despair after resisting but finding no hope.
This path does sound feasible, but it is indeed a bloody journey.
In these short ten days, not only did the Xuzhou Army fall one soldier after another, but even Chenliu almost became a dead city.
Especially after Tian Zhuoju's soldiers and horses came back, the cruelty of this battle was pushed to a climax.
Marshal Tian Ruju led Xuzhou's cavalry to chase and kill the fleeing Hubao Cavalry. Although the Hubao Cavalry was powerful, this was not the time for them to fight desperately, but when they were escaping, not to mention that they were still protecting a large number of Cao's troops. The general's family members did not dare to stop and fight with the Xuzhou cavalry at this time.
Furthermore, Xuzhou's cavalry is several times greater than that of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. If a fight breaks out, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will lose the most.
Tian Ranju chased all the way and finally caught up with Cao Wenzhao and the Hubao Cavalry at Suanzao. However, just when he thought he could wipe out Cao Wenzhao's troops, Zhang Liao led 3,000 cavalry and appeared ten miles away from Suanzao. outside.
Zhang Liao appeared, euphemistically claiming that they were the relatives of the Cao family who had come to pick up Li Xiang for his concubine ceremony. This reason was very reasonable. The three daughters of the Cao family had already arrived in Sizhou. This was no secret. Although Li Xiang has already eaten them up, he has not withdrawn them yet, and has not even connected them to the palace. He is just waiting here!
We, Lao Li, give you Zhao Kuangzi face, do not interfere in the war in the Central Plains, and have not sent a single soldier. After all, although your actions before, Zhao Kuangzi, were not authentic, you are still our uncle, Lao Li.
But we, Lao Li, are also out to hang out. We are about to marry a few younger ones. The relatives over there sent a few people over to make a fuss. If you, Zhao Kuangzi, want to get involved in all this, wouldn't it be just a slap in the face? Our Lao Li’s face?
If this was the case, even if Lao Li tried his best to take back all the soldiers and horses on the grassland battlefield, he would still have to dispatch one of them to have a good talk with Zhao Kuangzi.
For a little person, his face is certainly not important! But for an emperor, his face is as big as the sky! If there is an emperor who doesn't even want majesty, that in itself is shaking the foundation of his rule.
Therefore, despite the fact that Zhang Liao only had 3,000 cavalry with him, not even a strong general, Tian Ruoju did not dare to fight Zhang Liao at this time!
If Tian Ranju really dares to fight this battle, even if Li Xiang really doesn't care about the grassland, he will definitely mobilize a group of high-quality cavalry to fight Zhao Kuangzi.
He's already done it, what do his men think? What do people in the world think of him?
And does Zhao Kuangyin have the confidence to fight the Jin army at this time?
Of course this is impossible!
Although the Jin army at this time was also trying its best to recuperate and did not even have enough strength to intervene in the Central Plains, Zhao Kuangyin's situation would only get worse!
If Zhao Kuangyin was not really forced to do anything, why would Zhao Kuangyin want to fight the already crippled Chi You and the already crippled Cao Cao? He would have to bring Liu Bei and Dou Jiande in first.
Two big cakes, if he had had enough confidence before, he would have eaten them all. Do you think he is really so kind that he would give one of the cakes to Liu Bei and Dou Jiande?
Therefore, when Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses appeared, although Tian Ruoju felt unwilling to do so, he chose to retreat!
Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses are only ten miles away from them. How long will it take to run over at the speed of the cavalry? At this time, Tian Ruoju had no chance even if he wanted to do something.
(End of chapter)
