After being defeated like a mountain, Gao Qi's morale was not very high to begin with. After Cao Wei broke through the army, he no longer had the strength to fight back.
Under the great banner of Cao Wei, Cao Cao looked at the battlefield ahead and laughed.
The Qi army was defeated, especially the two generals Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong were eliminated by Ran Min, and Gao Qi lost all defenses.
kill!
In a chain reaction, Duan Shao, who was fighting with Xu Chu, saw the defeat of the army, and his fighting spirit suddenly dropped. He was killed by Xu Chu in a panic. He wanted to break out and escape, but was tightly entangled by Xu Chu.
Moreover, the other generals of Cao's army also sent out some thoughts from a distance to lock him in, making him unable to escape even if he wanted to.
"dash forward!"
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry commanded by Cao Zhen and Cao Chun automatically separated after Ran Min defeated the two strong men of the Qi army. Each led their cavalry into two groups, and took advantage of the collapse of the Qi army's formation to continue their attack.
Under the powerful charge of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, no soldiers in the army could stop it. All the Qi troops that showed signs of gathering were scattered. The collapse spread quickly, and the entire army collapsed.
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian and others also led their troops forward to divide and surround them.
Cao Wei's troops, whose military strength was far inferior to that of Qi's army, were suppressing a large number of defeated troops with a small number of elites.
At this time, Cao Cao personally waved the command flag. Except for the personal guards around him, all the soldiers and horses stepped forward and surrounded the nearly 300,000 Qi troops.
boom!
The purple lightning thunder gathered by Ran Min condensed in the void, and the thunder clouds almost gathered into a storm, but Ran Min had already solved his opponent at this time.
His aura withdrew, and the swelling and roaring lightning in the void slowly shrank, seeming to form a world-destroying purple lightning bolt. His aura began to drop continuously, and finally turned into an ordinary thunder cloud.
Katcha!
There was a flash of lightning, and fine rain fell, cleaning away the bloody aura that filled the air.
The rainwater gathered blood and gradually formed a stream. Then, a large number of flesh and blood corpses were soaked in the blood-red stream, which condensed with the soil and turned into a pale red land.
The water droplets seemed to extinguish the fire and fighting spirit on the battlefield, and the surrounded Qi soldiers did not resist anymore.
"Your Majesty, Gao Huan and his son were not found!"
Xiahou Dun was wearing heavy armor and looked like a burly black bear. He came with heavy steps and looked a little bad. He reported in a deep voice.
"Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, and Xia Houyuan... all lead people to search. We must find traces of Gao Huan and his son!"
The smile on Cao Cao's face faded and he immediately shouted.
Many generals of Cao Wei quickly took orders, and each led his own troops to search and hunt around the battlefield.
Gao Huan and his son are the core of Gao Qi.
Although Gao Qi's army was destroyed, but the other party's father and son were still there, there was still a chance of resurgence.
Cao Cao didn't want to give his opponent another chance.
At this time, Ran Min came slowly on a Zhulong horse. Cao Cao put a smile on his face again and stepped forward to greet him personally.
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Horse hooves trample the ground, and the dull roar carries far away.
More than two thousand people galloped on horseback, all without saying a word, running for dozens of miles in just half an hour.
Gao Huan clung to the war horse, his expression was bad and his mind was a little confused.
After a while, the war horse's physical strength was too much, and he staggered and almost knocked him to the ground.
"Let's rest for a while first!"
Gao Cheng said.
Gao Yang, Liu Gui and others slowed down one after another. Seeing that there were no pursuers behind them, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to take out dry food and drink water to regain their strength.
"Oh, it's my incompetence. I thought I could lead everyone to build great achievements, but I didn't expect that they were defeated one after another. With hundreds of thousands of troops, only this little force was left..."
Gao Huan managed to regain his composure, looked at the situation around him, and sighed deeply with a dark look on his face.
He was really discouraged at this time. There were only a few people in the world who could endure consecutive defeats. Gao Huan considered himself a determined overlord, but he was defeated miserably.
It was worse than the defeats he suffered in the Battle of Xiaoguan and the Battle of Yubi in history.
Although he was severely defeated in the Battle of Xiaoguan and the Battle of Yubi, the foundation of the Northern Qi Dynasty was still there. He ruled tens of millions of people and could restore his old outlook after a few years of cultivation.
It was precisely because of the solid foundation he laid that after Gao Yang succeeded to the throne in history, Northern Qi was able to suppress the Western Wei and Nanliang and become the most powerful country.
Now, he lost all his pants.
The 300,000 soldiers and horses who had spent a lot of effort to pull them together were all lost.
"There are also Duan Shao and Hu Luguang..."
Gao Huan thought of his kinsman Duan Shao and the loyal general Hu Luguang... He didn't know if they could break through and escape.
However, with Ran Min here, their chances of escaping are very slim.
Thinking of this, Gao Huan felt even more inexplicably sad and wanted to cry loudly.
"Dad, now is not the time to be sad. If Cao Cao can't find us, he will definitely send troops to hunt us down. We must hurry up and get on our way..."
Gao Cheng was very calm. Even if his son Gao Changgong encountered misfortune, he was not moved at all.
In terms of mentality alone, he is much better than Gao Huan.
"Oh, my father is in a state of confusion right now. What direction do you think we should go next?"
Gao Huan said.
Gao Cheng thought for a while and said: "Let's rest for a while, then return to Qingzhou as quickly as possible, take Jiajuan and the remaining men and leave. The army will be defeated, and Qingzhou will definitely be in danger. We must either go south to join the Xia army, or go north." Go to Yan State!"
"If you walk slowly, you will definitely be blocked by Cao Cao!"
Gao Yang nodded in agreement and said: "Brother is right, but we'd better go to the Yan Kingdom. Although the Xia Army is powerful, after joining the Xia Army, our father and son will only be able to enjoy wealth and not be able to build achievements."
"The remaining Xianbei elites we have are all Hu cavalry. The main force of the Xia army is Han soldiers. Hu cavalry can't accommodate Han soldiers. However, the Murong clan of Yan State founded the country with Xianbei, which is more suitable for us!"
While he was speaking, several generals who had escaped with their father and son also nodded. These generals, including Liu Gui, were all from Xianbei.
They had no objection at all to defecting to the Murong clan of Yan State.
"Just do what your brothers say!"
Gao Huan gave up thinking and prepared to listen to his two sons' decisions in the future. After bringing Beiqi to its current situation, he really had no shame in making the decision anymore.
After discussion, the group mounted their horses again and ran towards Qingzhou at high speed.
News of the Qi army's defeat began to spread to the outside world over time.
Xuzhou Xingying is very concerned about the situation in the north.
When there were signs of troops gathering in Cao Wei's territory, Chen Gong, who was very familiar with Cao Cao and paid great attention to Cao Wei, reacted.
It's just that Cao Wei moved too fast.
The Xia army camped in Xuzhou must be prepared to mobilize troops if they want to send troops. This process will take at least two or three days, and will also require Wang Jing's personal decision.
When the envoy of the Qi army rushed to Xuzhou.
Chen Gong and Yang Kan had just summoned troops and conveyed urgent military information to Jinling.
But before Jin Ling could react, Chen Gong and Yang Kan saw a different phase appear in the void. Three big stars turned into meteors, first swaying and then crashing down in the depths of the infinite void.
"Stars fall during the day, and another general falls!"
Chen Gong raised his head and looked at the alien appearance in the void, frowning slightly as he felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Could it be that something happened to Qi Jun?"
Yang Kan also felt a little uneasy.
The two looked at each other and could tell something was wrong. Cao Wei moved too fast this time. Both the speed of gathering troops and the speed of dispatching troops were too fast for people to react.
Of course, Cao Wei took the initiative by sending troops, and it took time for Daxia to react.
Cao Cao counted Xia Jun's reaction time very carefully.
At this time, outside Xuzhou City, the soldiers and horses of the Xuzhou camp had gathered, and they could march north with just one order.
Half a day later.
Yang Kan and Chen Gong received the order from Jinling, and Wang Jing had agreed to send troops to Xuzhou camp, making a gesture of going north to threaten Cao Wei to assist Gao Qi. Prevent Gao Qi from being eliminated.
"Report...emergency military information!"
When the two were preparing to send troops, another urgent military situation came.
Cao Wei gathered more than 100,000 elites and 300,000 Qi troops to fight against each other. In just two or three hours, the Qi troops were completely defeated. Qi army generals Duan Shao, Hu Luguang and Lanling King Gao Changgong were lost in the formation.
Yang Kan and Chen Gong looked a little stiff when they heard the news.
The order to dispatch troops was frozen in his mouth and could not be issued.
"All three of Gao Qi's famous generals have fallen? It's those three big stars!"
Yang Kan reacted.
What he and Chen Gong were worried about had come true. Gao Qi had indeed had an accident, and all three famous generals of the Qi army had died in battle. Now Gao Qi had no hope at all.
Without those three famous generals, what foothold would Gao Qi have?
"It's over. It seems that Cao Cao is going to take Qingzhou and destroy Gao Qi this time! Our actions were too slow, allowing Cao Cao to seize the opportunity!"
Chen Gong sighed with emotion.
"It's just that Duan Shao, Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong are all top-notch generals. How could they die so easily?"
He was a little confused.
Yang Kan was silent for a moment. As a contemporary of the three famous generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he knew very well the abilities of Duan Shao and the others. Even though he was known as a famous general, he was nothing compared to the three famous generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
In particular, Hu Luguang was the only famous general in the Northern Qi Dynasty who entered the martial arts temple. There are very few in the entire history.
But the three top players died immediately.
Yang Kan felt that if he rashly led his troops northward, he would most likely follow in the footsteps of these three people.
"Keep inquiring, I want to know more details!"
Yang Kan gave the order in a deep voice and sent out a large number of spies.
Now that the battle between Cao Wei and Gao Qi has ended, a large number of defeated troops fled. The spies in Xuzhou camp did not waste too long and easily figured out the detailed information of this battle.
When Yang Kan and Chen Gong learned that Cao Cao and Ran Wei had joined forces and that King Ran Min personally went south to assist Cao's army in defeating Gao Qi, they were shocked. They quickly passed the news to Jinling.
Cao Cao and Ran Wei joining forces is not a trivial matter.
Cao Wei was strong, with well-equipped soldiers and food, and the people under its rule were relatively stable. The only shortcoming was that there were not many strong men at the top, and they also lacked the talent of a marshal who could act alone.
If Ran Min truly joins forces with Cao Wei, then Cao Cao will make up for the final flaw.
In the history of the original world, Lu Bu had a very good saying. When he was captured at Baimen Tower, he said to Cao Cao, I command the cavalry, and Ming Gong commands the infantry. Together, the two of them are invincible.
Cao Cao and Lu Bu are really unparalleled in the world, but Lu Bu has a history of continuous betrayal, which is really worrying.
Now that Lu Bu has been replaced by Ran Min, Cao Wei and Ran Wei have joined forces, and even Wang Jing has to deal with it.
After Wang Jing knew all the situation in the north, another day or two passed.
Inside the Qinzheng Hall of the Royal Palace.
Wang Jing summoned Gao Xi, Bu Zhi, Zhang Juzheng, Liu Bowen, Xie An, Xie Hui, Shen Yi and other civil servants,
There are also generals such as Fu Youde, Xie Xuan, and Wei Rui.
He first handed over the intelligence sent from the north to everyone, and after letting everyone read it, he said: "Now that Gao Qi's fall is a foregone conclusion, Cao Wei will soon occupy Qingzhou and his power will increase greatly!"
"If the land of Qingqi can be digested, Cao Wei can suddenly become a dynasty on par with our dynasty, Qin, and Han! What do you think our dynasty should do?"
Bu Zhao frowned, the situation in the north was too sudden. But this team is also an opportunity for Daxia.
"Your Majesty, Gao Qi's Qingzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places are vast in area. If they can be brought under his rule, our foundation in Daxia can be doubled... Our army has an alliance with Gao Qi, so why not take advantage of this opportunity? , send troops to the north, with the strength of our army, Cao Wei is no match for our army..."
Bu Zhi wanted to let Da Xia go north to the Central Plains and take advantage of Gao Qi's collapse to seize the prey from Cao Cao's mouth.
What he said makes sense.
Now is indeed an opportunity to send troops north.
Fu Youde and Xie Xuan both nodded slightly to express their approval.
However, the others had different expressions and did not agree verbally, especially Gao Xi and Liu Bowen, who shook their heads.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, since our army has decided to march westward to capture Jiangling, we should not change it halfway. Although the Central Plains is a good place, it is a place of chaos!"
"Our army goes north to capture Qingzhou, Denglai and other places. It will require a bloody battle with Cao Wei, and it will inevitably lead to a deadly feud with Cao Wei. Moreover, there is no danger to defend in the north, and we will face threats from the princes of Hebei..."
"The Central Plains is a quagmire. It's easy to get in, but hard to get out! Even if Cao Cao can get Qingzhou, he will have strong enemies in the north, south and west, and the future will not be easy!"
Gao Xi said.
Liu Bowen also added: "Master Gao is right. It doesn't matter if Cao Cao captures Qingzhou. Cao Wei will definitely choose to attack Hebei in the future. Our army doesn't need to pay attention to the north for now!"
Xie An and Xie Hui then said, "I agree with Privy Gao and Mr. Liu!"
When Bu Zhi saw that only a few people agreed with his opinion, he stopped talking. What Gao Xi and Liu Bowen said makes sense, no matter which path Daxia chooses.
Wang Jing sat at the top, listening to the words of his important ministers, his thoughts kept spinning in his mind.
After everyone finished speaking, he suddenly said: "I understand what you all mean, so based on what Gao Xi and Liu Bowen said, I will ignore Cao Wei for the time being... However, I feel that now is an opportunity to send troops!"
"Opportunity to send troops to raid Jiangling!"
"The news of Cao Wei's capture of Gaoqi will surely shake the world. Our army can send some troops and horses to bluff and station in Xuzhou to make Jiangling Huanwen think that our army intends to go north."
"In fact, our army mobilized elite soldiers and horses to gather in Jiangxia, find the right opportunity to invade Jiangling along the river, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and break the city as quickly as possible..."
