There is a Cao Cao in the army, and the thieves will be frightened when they hear about it.
Cao Wenzhao's bad reputation is well known to everyone in the Northwest Rebels.
Everyone under Li Zicheng felt strange when they heard that they were going to deal with him.
"General Chuang, Cao Wenzhao is as powerful as a vicious tiger and invincible. He is no match for him!"
Someone spoke their mind.
Li Guo also followed: "I think it would be better to tell King Chuang and let him fly away. There is no need to compete with that madman Cao Wenzhao."
"Yes, yes, I think we have to leave quickly. We must not let Cao Wenzhao bite us."
There were a lot of discussions up and down, and there was only one attitude, that is, they didn't want to confront Cao Wenzhao.
I am really scared of being beaten by Cao Wenzhao these years.
Li Zicheng sat in the middle, silent. But listening to the discussions of the people below, I still feel depressed.
He is ambitious.
But now Cao Wenzhao has demoralized everyone.
Can this battle still be fought?
Although Li Zicheng had never studied the art of war, he also knew that it would be more dangerous to rashly confront a strong enemy when his morale was low.
Just when he was about to order the entire army to retreat, someone spoke.
"The general feels that Cao Wenzhao has sent this to his door, so he should be killed in order to destroy the morale of the officers and soldiers."
Li Zicheng's heart skipped a beat, and he looked intently and found that the person speaking was Jiang Chaoyun, Liang Yue's general.
He was still very impressed with this young man.
During the several battles of the Chuang Army, Jiang Chaoyun fought bravely to take the lead. Not only was Liang Yue's capable general, he also made many great achievements.
In the past, Jiang Chaoyun was not qualified to speak at such meetings. But today, when everyone is saying to quit, he holds the opposite opinion.
"You idiot, you don't know how high the sky is after you have fought a few battles."
Hearing that Jiang Chaoyun actually wanted to kill Cao Wenzhao, Li Guo was very angry and reprimanded him on the spot.
Another general sneered: "This kid has never fought with Cao Wenzhao, so he doesn't know how powerful Cao Laohu is. Even if he wants to make meritorious deeds, there is no reason to seek death."
Jiang Chaoyun was still young, and his face turned red after being squeezed by several generals, and he defended himself angrily.
"The general is not ignorant of the heights of the sky and the earth."
Li Zicheng waved his hand to stop the others and gave Jiang Chaoyun an encouraging look.
"Then tell me, how can we defeat Cao Wenzhao?"
His words gave Jiang Chaoyun the confidence.
"General Chuang, it is true that Cao Wenzhao can fight. But this man has no brains and acts recklessly. Furthermore, Cao Wenzhao does not have many soldiers, only more than 6,000 people. We have an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people, even if we only use men If you pile him up, you can pile him to death. If you use some more tactics, you will definitely make it impossible for him to come back."
Li Zicheng grinned bitterly when he heard Jiang Chaoyun say that Cao Wenzhao had no brains.
In their minds, Cao Wenzhao was like the devil, the number one enemy, more intimidating than Hong Chengchou.
But if you think about it carefully, Cao Wenzhao really took the lead in fighting bravely, and it seems that he did not use any tactics.
Another sentence from Jiang Chaoyun gave Li Zicheng confidence.
That is, Cao Wenzhao's army only has 6,000 people.
Never mind that Cao Wenzhao was more capable of fighting, but it was a fact that he had few people.
Is there really a chance to kill this natural enemy of the rebels?
Li Zicheng didn't even notice that his blood was boiling.
"If you have any plans, tell me."
Jiang Chaoyun quickly cheered up.
"Currently, Cao Wenzhao doesn't know that our army is nearby, and he is attacking King Chuang with all his strength. If he can tell King Chuang that Yang is pretending to be defeated, Cao Wenzhao will undoubtedly pursue it, and he will pursue it without any doubt. Cao Wenzhao's men can fight There are only heavy armored cavalry, all led by his nephew Cao Bianjiao. This man is also brave and foolhardy. Once the pursuit is fierce, he will definitely distance himself from the infantry of Cao Wenzhao's personal commander. At that time, all he needs to do is to drag Cao Bianjiao and besiege him. Cao Wenzhao will definitely be able to defeat him in battle."
The generals of the intruding army were all silent this time.
In fact, Jiang Chaoyun's plan was so clear that just by listening to it, he could picture the battlefield in his mind.
If he succeeds, he may really be able to kill Cao Wenzhao.
At the critical moment, Li Zicheng was the most decisive.
"I have made up my mind to kill Cao Wenzhao and then hurry up."
Now that the military order has been issued, others do not dare to disobey even if they are frightened.
After gathering people's hearts, Li Zicheng immediately sent someone to inform Gao Yingxiang of the battle plan.
Gao Yingxiang was even more happy to know what Li Zicheng thought.
During this period, he was beaten by Cao Wenzhao to the point where he was left in a state of embarrassment, which really damaged the reputation of King Chuang, and he had long wanted to take revenge.
The plan was drawn up and Gao Yingxiang took action immediately.
He first called Zhang Xianzhong for help.
When he heard that Cao Wenzhao was going to be killed, Zhang Xianzhong temporarily put aside his suspicion and cooperated hard.
Gao Yingxiang sent people to spread the news of Ai Wannian's defeat, and as expected, Cao Wenzhao learned of it.
When Cao Wenzhao heard that Ai Wannian had been defeated and killed, he was immediately furious.
Because according to the plan, the troops he led were going to attack Ai Wannian from east to west to eliminate Gao Yingxiang.
Now that Ai Wannian's entire army has been wiped out, doesn't that mean Gao Yingxiang will be able to escape again?
Thinking of Chongzhen's strict order to suppress the bandits within six months, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but feel numb.
At this moment, he couldn't care less and immediately urged the entire army to speed up, hoping to defeat Gao Yingxiang as soon as possible.
Cao Bianjiao understood his uncle's worries and hurried forward even more.
Three days later, Cao Bianjiao rushed to Qiutou Town.
There are only a few rebel troops stationed here.
Cao Bianjiao was not polite and immediately launched his army to attack.
The rebels could not resist and abandoned the city and fled.
Cao Bianjiao knew that these people would definitely go to find Gao Yingxiang's main force. He didn't care about the city and did not wait for Cao Wenzhao to arrive. He immediately led the heavy armored cavalry to follow and kill them.
Neither Cao Wenzhao nor Cao Bianjiao knew that their every move was under the prying eyes of the rebels.
There was a gap of more than thirty miles between Cao Bianjiao's heavy armored cavalry and Cao Wenzhao's light infantry.
The place where Qiutou Town is located is in the canyon. The roads in the valley are winding and there are caves, and the army led by Li Zicheng has long been hidden in them.
Just as Cao Bianjiao was chasing him to the Dongling area, there were sudden killing cries in the valleys behind him, and countless peasant troops poured out, completely cutting off his retreat.
Cao Bianjiao was shocked, thinking that the Northwest Rebels wanted to ambush him.
However, he was not too worried. He was leading elite heavy armored cavalry. If he really wanted to run away, it would be impossible for these two-legged farmers to catch up.
However, when he saw that the northwest rebels were only blocking his rear and that there was nothing in front of him, Cao Bianjiao finally reacted.
"The Sword Comes"
"No! Return to the army quickly to save uncle."
Cao Bianjiao's scalp was numb and he turned his horse's head to fight back to Qiutou Town.
Unfortunately, he couldn't do it.
There were hundreds of thousands of northwest rebels blocking him in front of him, and they were arrayed in an overwhelming array, one layer after another.
Not to mention that he only has 3,000 cavalry. Even if there are 30,000 cavalry who want to break through the infantry phalanx head-on, it would be fanciful.
Before Cao Bianjiao's troops could rush forward, they were beaten by the rebels' long-range weapons and suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing that the momentum of the cavalry's charge was gone and looking at the far east, Cao Bianjiao burst into tears.
At this time, after a long journey, the three thousand infantrymen led by Cao Wenzhao finally faintly saw the shadow of Qiutou Town.
