"Master Fu, let's retreat!"
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Qiao Mao's soldiers quickly stepped forward to persuade him.
"Retreat? Retreat to where!" Qiao Mao shouted coldly, with a stubborn look on his face.
The soldier turned his head and glanced at the Xiliang army who was killing happily in the formation, and couldn't help but look anxious.
"The defense line has completely collapsed. If we don't retreat, it will be too late! Mr. Fu, please keep the green hills here. Don't worry about running out of firewood!"
Qiao Mao didn't understand the current situation, but he still shook his head firmly.
"No, I would rather die than retreat!"
He took the initiative to volunteer as a vanguard. He originally wanted to attack the bandit army, but he was beaten so miserably. How could he have the dignity to retreat?
I would rather die in battle and be buried in horse leather than go back with my tail between my legs and bear the mocking looks of the princes.
Qiao Mao has a strong temperament. Although he is eager to achieve success, he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. To use a more popular saying in later generations, it is to save face and suffer.
Keng!
Qiao Mao's eyes were full of determination, and he suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist and shouted: "We are defeated today, and we will only die. Don't be greedy for life and afraid of death!"
He is indeed not afraid of death, but his soldiers still want to live well.
Seeing that Qiao Mao refused to retreat, the surrounding soldiers immediately gritted their teeth, stepped forward, lifted Qiao Mao off his horse, and dragged him back.
"What are you doing? You're going to rebel!" Qiao Mao roared angrily.
While commanding the troops to retreat, the garrison commander comforted him: "Master Fu, our coalition still has more than 100,000 troops. This battle may not be defeated. We must not talk about life or death lightly!"
"No, I won't retreat, please stop immediately!"
Qiao Mao was still shouting, but none of the soldiers around him were willing to listen to him.
Behind, Liu Dai frowned when he saw Qiao Mao's defeat, and slapped his thigh bitterly.
"Brother Gongxu, please go quickly to support Yuan Wei."
Although Qiao Mao did not live up to expectations, Liu Dai could not ignore him. Yuan Shao was a prince and he could not command him, so he could only shout to Kong Niao.
If we do not send troops at this time, the defeated soldiers will inevitably attack the formation, and even cause a chain reaction, causing the morale of the army to collapse.
"good."
In the face of a formidable enemy, Kong Min also put away his vacillating personality and nodded solemnly.
Next to him, Cao Cao also shouted to Zhang Miao: "Meng Zhuo, Qiao Yuanwei is in danger, let's send troops to rescue him quickly."
But Zhang Miao still had doubts and glanced at Liu Dai not far away with a hesitant expression.
"Don't be anxious, Meng De. Kong Shijun has already sent out troops. Let's continue to wait and see for a while before making plans."
Still waiting and watching?
If you wait and see, Thief Dong will come and kill him.
Cao Cao was very anxious after hearing this, and quickly explained: "Meng Zhuo, if we don't send troops at this time, once Qiao Yuanwei's troops are wiped out, Dong's thieves will definitely press the entire army. By then, the situation will be over, and it will be too late to send troops!"
"No, how could Kong Shijun's 20,000 troops retreat so easily? Meng De, please be patient." Zhang Miao still shook his head, determined not to send troops at this time.
Hearing this, Cao Cao felt as if Wu Zetian had lost her husband - she had lost Li Zhi (sanity).
Wait, wait for your uncle!
Don't think that I don't know about your little calculation. You just want to wait for Liu Dai's small group to take action first, and when they fight with the Dong thief, both sides will lose, and then you can take the opportunity to reap the fruits of victory.
But the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and it's not like playing house, how can you get what you want!
Cao Cao took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, stared at Zhang Miao, and asked in a solemn voice: "Meng Zhuo, are you really not going to send troops?"
Seeing that Cao Cao was really angry, Zhang Miao quickly comforted him: "Mengde, you are too impatient. Now is not the best time to send troops. We might as well..."
"It's okay for you, uncle!"
Before Zhang Miao finished speaking, Cao Cao could no longer bear it and cursed on the spot.
"You idiot, if you are as stupid as you, we will be killed by the Dong thief!"
Zhang Miao's expression was stunned and his complexion was livid after a spat of words.
But Cao Cao did not wait for him to react at all, and immediately rushed forward with his troops to join the battle group.
On the other side, Kong Min also led an army of 20,000 to join the battlefield.
Although the combat effectiveness of the army was not as good as that of the Xiliang Army, Zhang Xiu had been fighting for a while before. Although it was not exhausted at this time, it was not as sharp as before.
Coupled with the large number of people under Kong Wan's command, the collapse was actually stopped.
"Yuan Wei, don't panic, I'm coming!"
Kong Niao roared and rushed to Qiao Mao's side.
When Qiao Mao's soldiers saw the reinforcements coming, they stopped retreating and let Qiao Mao down.
"Thank you so much for your help!" Qiao Mao cupped her hands to Kong Ni, with a trace of emotion in her eyes.
"Since we are allies, we should help each other. What's the point of thanking you!" Kong Min waved his hand and said with a careless smile.
On the other side, seeing that Kong Niao had stabilized the situation, Cao Cao did not rush in from behind. Instead, he led his troops out from the flanks in an attempt to surround and annihilate Zhang Ji's army of 10,000 people.
When Zhang Ji saw a large enemy force coming for reinforcements, he followed his old habit and observed it first. After seeing that no generals under Liu Bei's command appeared, he nodded in relief.
"Quick, send an order to Boyuan to quickly return to defend the formation, stop rushing forward, and ask the Prime Minister for help at the same time!" Zhang Ji ordered.
There are already more than 30,000 enemy troops in the field. In a head-on confrontation, Zhang Ji is naturally no match.
In fact, there was no need for him to ask for help. Dong Zhuo was always observing the situation on the field.
When Zhang Ji defeated Qiao Mao, a smile appeared on Dong Zhuo's face, which then turned into disdain.
Later, when he saw Kong Min and Cao Cao coming to help, Dong Zhuo, instead of panicking, actually laughed even louder.
"Well done, Wen Cheng is brave and worthy of being our brave general of Xiliang!"
Dong Huang on the side clasped his fists nervously and said, "Uncle, the enemy has too many reinforcements. If things go on like this, General Zhang will definitely be defeated. We'd better send troops to rescue him quickly!"
"My son, don't be impatient. The Prime Minister will naturally send troops, so don't be impatient for a while." Dong Zhuo smiled and pointed to the battlefield ahead, and said to Dong Huang, "Ahuang, you see, the Prime Minister only used 10,000 troops to lead the troops out of Guandong. There are tens of thousands of bandits. As long as Wencheng persists for a while longer, when the bandit army breaks into chaos, it will be time for us to take action."
Hearing this, Dong Huang immediately understood and said with a smile: "Uncle is wise, we will win this battle!"
"This is natural. The Guandong bandits don't know how to fight. Even if they have more soldiers and horses under their command, they will destroy themselves."
Dong Zhuo nodded and sneered, then waved his sleeves and summoned Fan Chou and Wang Fang.
"You two each command 10,000 troops, and when I give the order, you will immediately rush out to support Wencheng!"
Hearing this, Fan Chou and Wang Fang looked happy and quickly clasped their fists and said, "Yes!"
On the field, the Kwantung Allied Forces are about to complete the encirclement of Zhang Ji.
After Zhang Xiu received the military order, he had already killed him and stayed by Zhang Ji's side.
Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable, but there was still no movement from the rear, Zhang Ji couldn't help but frown and said, "Why hasn't the Prime Minister come to help?"
"Uncle, let's retreat before the enemy troops are completely encircled. I will lead the army in front, and there will be no problem in fighting a bloody path!" Zhang Xiu persuaded loudly.
"No, you can't retreat!"
Zhang Ji, who was always cautious, shook his head firmly at this time.
Although he didn't understand what Dong Zhuo was planning, he understood that he could never retreat at this time.
Dong Zhuo didn't win the gold, and even if he fought to the last soldier, he could never retreat, otherwise the end would be extremely miserable.
"Shrink the array and wait for reinforcements!"
Zhang Ji thought for a moment and gave the decisive order.
"This..." Zhang Xiu said in confusion, "Uncle, even if we shrink our formation, we will never be able to defeat tens of thousands of enemy troops! If Dong Xiangruo never comes, what should we do?"
"No, Prime Minister Dong will definitely rescue us." Zhang Ji said firmly, "Even if our uncle and nephew are insignificant, there is no way that Prime Minister Dong will abandon this army of 10,000 people. Go quickly!"
"As you command!"
Zhang Xiu cupped his fists and rode back to the front of the formation, commanding his soldiers to resist tenaciously.
At this time, the Kwantung Allied Forces had completely completed the encirclement.
Seeing this, Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Zixiao, Miaocai, you two rush to the front of the formation and lead the charge yourself. You must annihilate this enemy army as quickly as possible!"
"As you command!"
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan responded with fists in hand and rushed forward with sharp blades in hand.
"Yuan Rang and Zi Lian, you and your two thousand troops will form a formation behind us to prevent enemy reinforcements."
Cao Cao knew that Dong Zhuo would definitely rescue Zhang Ji, so he sent people to set up defense lines in advance.
"As you command!"
Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong also clasped their fists in response and turned around.
At the other end of the battlefield, Kong Niao and Qiao Mao joined forces and launched a fierce attack on Zhang Ji in the encirclement.
It's a pity that the Xiliang army not only knows how to charge, but also is solid in its defense. No matter how hard the two men try, they can't break through for a while.
After the war lasted for about half an hour, the battle on the field had reached a fever pitch.
No matter how neat the formation was before, it was now a mess. The soldiers also fought independently, with only the enemy in front of them in their eyes, fighting in blood all the time.
At this time, Dong Zhuo from behind suddenly laughed, and a light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"The time has come, send troops!"
Dong Zhuo roared and ordered.
Hearing this, Fan Chou and Wang Fang quickly responded with clasped fists, and led the Xiliang elite who were already ready to attack to kill.
Previously, Zhang Ji had only 10,000 Xiliang troops under his command, and the charging posture was scary enough. But this time, 20,000 Xiliang cavalry charged together. The momentum was so huge that everyone who heard it was frightened.
"Brother, reinforcements from the bandits have arrived!"
When Cao Hong saw this, he quickly shouted at Cao Cao.
"How many people came?"
Before Cao Cao finished speaking, his voice was drowned in the thunderous sound of horse hooves.
When he looked up, he saw nothing but darkness covering the sky and sun behind him. Everywhere he could see, there were figures of the Xiliang cavalry.
"This... quickly, retreat quickly!"
There are so many people, why don't you keep it safe, it would be great if you can run away!
The moment he saw this Xiliang cavalry, Cao Cao understood that the defense line he had arranged was a joke.
Just the two thousand men of Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong were not enough to put a gap in the teeth of this wave of enemy troops.
At the rear of the battlefield, Liu Dai saw that Dong Zhuo had sent out large-scale reinforcements and hurriedly looked at Zhang Miao who was standing aside.
Most of my troops have been dispatched, now it's your turn to send troops!
But Zhang Miao remained unmoved and pretended not to see Liu Dai's hint.
Helpless, Liu Dai had no choice but to hold back the anger in his heart and said loudly: "Meng Zhuo, Dong's reinforcements are coming. Should we send troops to fight?"
"This is natural." Zhang Miao nodded and said, "In that case, please lead the army first and I will arrive later."
I'll go first, uncle!
Liu Dai couldn't hold himself any longer.
At this time, his mood was similar to that of Cao Cao just now. He just wanted to have negative contact with Zhang Miao's eighteenth generation female ancestor.
"Meng Zhuo, it's better to send troops." The good old man Bao Xin also advised, "Now that we have surrounded the enemy troops, it is only a matter of time before they are annihilated. If we really let this wave of enemy reinforcements enter the battlefield, we will definitely rescue those who were surrounded before. of enemy troops.”
Bao Xin was too lazy to care about the lives of Qiao Mao and Kong Niao. He only spoke because he was worried about Cao Cao's safety.
But Zhang Miao was a bastard and was determined to wait for Liu Dai to send troops first.
And he also believed that Liu Dai would never be able to defeat him. After all, those who were fighting with the enemy in the field were all Liu Dai's men.
Sure enough, Liu Dai saw that Zhang Miao refused to send troops and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He immediately gritted his teeth and rushed out with all his troops, hoping to intercept Fan Chou and Wang Fang halfway.
But how could his speed compare to the Xiliang cavalry? By the time he arrived, Fan Chou had already broken through the encirclement and entered the battle formation to join forces with Zhang Ji.
As for the outermost Cao Cao, seeing that the situation was not going well, he withdrew part of the siege and led his troops to join Qiao Mao in the rear.
In an instant, the situation on the field changed drastically, from 30,000 Kwantung Allied Forces versus 10,000 Xiliang Army to 30,000 Xiliang Army versus 60,000 Kwantung Allied Forces.
Although the number of the Kwantung Allied Forces was still twice that of the enemy, the impact of the 30,000 Xiliang Cavalry could not be stopped even by a hundred thousand troops.
After Fan Chou led his army to tear apart the encirclement of the Kwantung Allied Forces, he did not stay to fight with the Allied Forces. Instead, he took a look at Liu Dai, who had just joined the battlefield, and rushed over.
If Liu Dai followed Qiao Mao's example and formed a defensive formation honestly, he might be able to block this charge, but he was so eager to rescue him at this time that he just wanted to join forces with Qiao Mao and others, so he couldn't care less about that.
When they were attacked by the Xiliang cavalry while on the march, the fate was obvious. Fan Chong split a large part of his 30,000 troops in an instant, and the entire army fell into chaos.
Liu Dai just led his army into the battlefield and suffered a devastating blow.
