After a day and night of fighting.
At this time, Cao Kang only had more than 20,000 horses left, while Ma Yaohan also lost tens of thousands of horses due to the continuous charging of Cao Kang and his men.
Although both sides are currently exhausted, no one dares to stop.
Cao Kang's men and horses wanted to survive, and Ma Yaohan's men and horses could not fail.
Now this is a golden opportunity to eliminate Cao Kang.
If Cao Kang escapes from here, it will be difficult for them to have such a good opportunity again in the future.
"Your Majesty, we are almost at a desperate situation now. How about we surrender?"
"Maybe surrendering can save your life temporarily."
A following general said to Cao Kang.
"What did you say?"
"surrender?"
Cao Kang gritted his teeth and looked at the man in front of him.
"right!"
"Your Majesty, don't be so tough——"
Before the man finished speaking, Cao Kang pierced the heart with his sword, shocking everyone around him.
Everyone did not expect that this Cao Kang, under such circumstances, would take action as soon as he said so.
As everyone knows, losing a general on their side is naturally more advantageous for Ma Yaohan and the others.
"Listen to me!"
"If we surrendered from the beginning, we might still have a chance of survival, but if we surrender now, Ma Yaohan will never let us go!"
"Surrender is death!"
"If anyone dares to say surrender again, this is what will happen!"
Cao Kang said coldly.
Everyone was silent for a while.
"Everyone, get out!"
"Retreat towards Fan Hanzhong!"
"I don't believe that Fan Hanzhong can retreat so honestly. He must be waiting to reap the benefits!"
"We can't just hold on like this, we must fight out as soon as possible."
"Diverting trouble to the east!"
Cao Kang said with some annoyance.
I was so focused on having a head-on confrontation with Ma Yaohan that I actually forgot about this issue.
If it had been thought of earlier, maybe there wouldn't be so many people left.
As long as he rushes back, Ma Yaohan's men will definitely pursue him. When the time comes, Fan Hanzhong's men won't be able to just pick on their men.
After hearing the arrangement, Cao Kang's men quickly ran towards the back.
For them, saving their lives is the most important thing now.
Ma Yaohan and his men were preparing to eliminate Cao Kang and his men in one go, but they found that Cao Kang and his men had retreated towards the back.
He quickly led people to surround him from behind.
But just as Ma Yaohan was giving the order, he suddenly heard the scouts running in in a panic.
"Oh no!"
"There is a large group of people moving around us!"
"It seems that we have been surrounded!"
The scout said to Ma Yaohan.
"What?!"
"There are a large number of people outside?"
"How is this possible? Could it be Fan Hanzhong and the others? But aren't they attacking the capital?"
As Ma Yaohan himself spoke, his heart sank.
Before, I was just busy besieging Cao Kang, but I ignored why Cao Kang appeared here.
The capital must have been breached, so Cao Kang led his men to escape, and they have been fighting here for so long. It would be completely dangerous if Fan Hanzhong's men surrounded them after they finished attacking the capital.
But before Ma Yaohan had time to issue an order, he heard many voices shouting for death coming from their periphery.
Along with these shouts of killing, countless bows, arrows and boulders attacked their chaotic crowd.
at this time.
Ma Yaohan fought with Cao Kang's troops.
But these arrows and boulders were all struck without distinction.
At this time, Ma Yaohan realized that he was finished. The mantis was chasing the cicada, and the oriole was behind it. After a long time, he was not that bird.
He immediately took his troops and prepared to rush out.
Unexpectedly, a trench was dug around them.
Because it was far enough away, they didn't notice it at all.
But this circle of trenches completely enclosed them and Cao Kang's men.
If you want to rush out, you have to rush through this trench, but this trench is as tall as a person and nearly a foot wide. It is basically impossible to jump over.
The men and horses from Hezhou outside were shooting arrows towards this side with bows and arrows on the other side of the trench.
And once they get close to this trench, if they fall in, they will be stabbed to death with spears by the people above.
Tens of thousands of people were trapped inside.
"moat?!"
"Where did the trench come from?!"
"How long did it take for them to dig a trench outside? Why didn't we notice it at all?!"
When Ma Yaohan heard the news, his eyes darkened.
If you are not careful this time, you will lose everything.
Even if they have tens of thousands of troops, judging from the speed of digging this trench, there are at least hundreds of thousands of them!
These hundreds of thousands of people surrounded them, and now that they were exhausted, it was difficult to fight anymore. It was completely over now.
Cao Kang on the other side also fought desperately to get to the trench behind. When they saw the trench and were forced back by bows and arrows, Cao Kang also panicked.
Now there is really no door to heaven and no hole to the earth.
"Don't panic!"
"There is a forest ahead. Let's hide in it temporarily. As long as we hide in it, at least the bow and arrow will be useless."
"Ma Yaohan and his men have more people than us, so they must be able to attract their attention more."
"We just wait like this. Zhang Bao and his men will definitely come in. When they come in, it will be our chance."
Cao Kang said to the people around him, and hurriedly hid in the woods on the side with his men.
I have to say that Cao Kang is finally starting to use his brain.
But although Cao Kang regained his senses, everyone under him was completely panicked at this time. After all, for them, the current situation was that they could not advance and retreat.
Compared to Ma Yaohan who wants to kill them all, it is undoubtedly better to join Zhang Bao.
Therefore, many people did not follow Cao Kang into the woods at all. Instead, they threw away their weapons and ran toward the trench outside.
They want to surrender.
They want to stay alive.
After seeing Cao Kang's men kneeling in front of the trench, the people on the opposite side did not continue shooting arrows.
These men and horses under Cao Kang were also very smart. They did not jump directly into the trench to escape, but knelt down beside the trench.
They knew that if they tried to rush out, they would be strangled.
But if they lie here now, the people on the opposite side may not kill them, and if the people behind them want to attack them, the people outside the trench will not sit idly by.
At this time, outside the trench, Fan Hanzhong was also looking at the situation inside.
"General, thousands of people on Cao Kang's side have surrendered. They are lying in the trench without any weapons."
A soldier hurriedly reported the situation there to Fan Hanzhong.
