Xiaoqi

Since ancient times, how many invincible generals galloping on the battlefield did not die on the way of charging, but died at the hands of Xiao Xiao, under the hands of the black hands behind them.Among the generals who died in humiliation tonight, a newcomer was added. This is Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang Cao Zixiu, who was 16 years old at the time.

"Zixiu, wake up, my son!"

In the Gourd Valley, five hundred steps away from the plank road at the mouth of the valley, under the cover of hundreds of giant shield soldiers, Cao Cao saw the eldest son Cao Ang who was carried back by Cao Hong. To be precise, it should be the body of Cao Ang.

Just now, after Cao Ang fell off the horse, he vomited blood, and died in less than thirty breaths, without even saying a word before he died.However, Cao Hong, who shared the same horse with Cao Ang, narrowly escaped the catastrophe because he sat in front of Cao Ang. Except for the injuries to his hands and the outside of his right abdomen, he was in a very embarrassing appearance, and his physical strength was exhausted. no problem.

At this moment, seeing Cao Cao holding the uncooled Cao Ang sadly and crying, Cao Hong's face was full of shame. He wanted to open his mouth to persuade him a few times but couldn't speak, and swallowed the words stuck in his throat. .

Chapter 658 Blood and Fire Flying across the Clouds ([-])

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After a long while, Cao Hong consoled with sobs: "My lord, please express my condolences. It's all because of the incompetence of the general, which caused Zixiu to lose his life. It's just that our life and death are uncertain at the moment. I beg my lord not to be too sad. The overall situation is the most important thing!"

Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's persuasion. At this moment, he was holding his son who was getting cold and hard, and wanted to cry but had no tears.

After a while, he murmured to himself sadly: "Zixiu is sixteen years old, but he has just turned 15. I took him with me for this meeting in Hanoi and gave him the word 'Zixiu'. Like Li Li, the villain, he became familiar with the battlefield as soon as possible, and he became a talent at a young age, and he will be able to achieve great fame in the future. Unexpectedly, in the end, it will harm you. If you were left in Dong'a City, how wonderful it would be! Ang'er, it's all because of your father's incompetence, which caused you to lose your life when you first entered the battlefield!"

Having said this, Cao Cao had tears in his eyes, choked up and couldn't speak.

This is Cao Cao's countless true feelings in his life, and Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Cao Anmin and others saw Cao Cao cry for the first time in their lives.

In the old days when Cao Song was killed by Zhang Kai, Cao Cao cried bitterly for a long time, did not eat or drink for two whole days and nights, and kept vigil day and night.However, when Cao Cao cried bitterly, no one was there, only a mournful howl was heard, and no one saw him cry.

But now, Cao Cao was indeed in tears. He didn't cry, only tears flickered in his eyes, but no tears slipped out of his eyes.

There are two misfortunes in life: one is not going well in career, and the other is not going well in life.Among them, the unsatisfactory life has three major misfortunes: losing a father in early years, losing a wife in middle age, and losing a son in old age.

Now, these two major misfortunes have fallen on Cao Cao, and how it feels is inhumane.only the guy drinking water knows it's cold or hot.

A few months ago, Cao Cao led the army to conquer Xuzhou twice, and each time they were successful.In June of this year, the foundation of Yanzhou was captured by Lu Bu, forcing Cao Cao to lead an army to retreat to the three small cities in Dong'e.Like a bereaved dog, struggling to support, terrified all day long.

This is because Cao Cao's career is not going well. The counties of Yanzhou that have been painstakingly managed for several years have been lost. 10,000+ troops are squeezed into three small cities, and they are trying their best to raise food and grass supplies every day.It was like a mountain was pressing on him, making him unable to breathe.Thinking hard.Don't relax for a moment.

Whether the [-] Cao troops who stayed in Dong'e City can survive this winter depends entirely on the results of the Hanoi League.If the Allied forces win, Cao Cao will be able to breathe a sigh of relief, relying on the food and grass seized from the Sili states to provide enough for his [-] troops, so that he can survive the most difficult period of time; when the spring is warm next year, he will be able to Lead the army to counterattack Lu Bu.In one fell swoop, he regained the lost land in Yanzhou.

The calculation was very good, almost impeccable, and the chances of winning were sure, so Cao Cao had high hopes for the Hanoi alliance.It can be said that the life and death of himself and the more than [-] troops under his command are all entrusted to the allies, and only success is not allowed to fail.Because he can't afford to lose, if he loses again, it means that Cao Cao will completely lose his chance to make a comeback. As a result, he will either die or become a vassal of other princes.

Therefore, Cao Cao devoted great enthusiasm to this alliance, put himself in the position to plan and plan for Yuan Shaoyun, and put all his bargaining chips, wealth and life on the allied army and Yuan Shao to stand up again, success or failure depended on it.

For this reason, he brought almost all the generals of the Cao clan with him on this expedition. After all, the life and death of the Cao clan was at stake.So he brought Cao Ang, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Cao Anmin and other nephews who had not yet reached the crown with him at all times, so that he could teach them carefully while fighting, and strive to train them into the rising stars of the Cao clan as soon as possible, talents that can be used to great advantage.

But now Cao Cao is extremely distressed, and regrets very much. He regrets that he should not have led Cao Ang, Cao Zhen and others to go deep alone, personally commit danger, and then lose their lives for it.

Cao Cao is now nearly 40 years old, and will enter his twilight years in more than ten years. Although he has many children, the person who makes him most satisfied and who resembles him most is his eldest son Cao Ang.

But now Cao Ang is dead, in the hands of Hu Che'er, the general of Xiliang, and died under a short halberd.

This was the greatest misfortune of Cao Cao's life. A white-haired man gave away a black-haired man. His career was not going well and at the same time he encountered such a disaster. The foundation of Yanzhou was gone, and his most proud son died.

All the misery of life fell on Cao Cao, and there is nothing worse than this.

"My lord, my condolences. It's all because of the incompetence of the last general, which caused Zixiu to lose his life. It's just that my life and death are uncertain at the moment. I implore my lord not to be too sad. The overall situation is the most important thing!"

Just when Cao Cao hugged the dead Cao Ang and lost his mind, Cao Hong couldn't help persuading him again.He hoped that Cao Cao could cheer up from his grief, because now is really not the time to be sad, time is running out, and every moment of delay, hundreds of soldiers will lose their lives, dying from the arrows and rocks of the Xiliang Army on the cliffs on both sides under.

This time Cao Cao heard Cao Hong's words clearly, and his sad eyes quickly recovered their original expressions. He slowly raised his head and gave Cao Hong a sharp look, and then squinted his eyes to look at the situation on the cliffs on both sides and the plank road at the entrance of the valley.

After a while, Cao Cao gently put down Cao Ang, sorted out the broken battle armor on the corpse with pity, and put the red tasseled eagle helmet on his son again.

After doing this, he stood up slowly, took another look at the eldest son Cao Ang, who was dying with regret, took a deep breath of air-conditioning mixed with thick smoke, and forced himself to calm down.

"Ang'er died in battle here. My Cao Cao's son was not a coward. He died heroically and deservedly. Cao Zhen obeyed the order and carried your elder brother to the sea of ​​fire. Let him rest in peace."

"Ah! This..." Cao Zhen was shocked when he heard the sound, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "Father, my son is willing to take the body of the eldest brother and rush out of the siege, so that the fallen leaves can return to the roots and be buried in Cao's mausoleum. I beg father to think twice!"

Cao Cao shook his head slightly indifferently, turned his head to look at the terrain around Calabash Valley, and said in a deep voice: "As a father, I also want to take Ang'er's body out, but can't you see the situation in front of me? Ang'er just left first." It's just one step, if we can't get out of the Taniguchi, then we will follow in the footsteps of Ang'er. We will all be buried here. Therefore, Zhen'er needs no more words, and executes the order immediately!"

"No, my son obeys orders!" Seeing Cao Cao's expression was absolutely determined, and his mind was determined, Cao Zhen could not bear it in every possible way, but he had to follow the order.

Watching Cao Zhen and four soldiers carrying Cao Ang's body towards the wild grass and fire in the east of the stream, Cao Cao wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes without a trace, turned to look at the plank road at the entrance of the valley, his eyes were filled with a murderous intent that was as strong as it was real.

He said in a low and gloomy voice: "I didn't realize it for a while, but I was blinded by Thief Li's bluffing attack, thinking that the Xiliang army in Hangu Pass was dispatched to besiege us. It has already cut off all of us. A way to survive. Until Ang’er was killed by a sneak attack from the back just now, I suddenly realized that my previous judgments were all wrong, and we were all deceived by the treacherous thief Li!”

"Hmph, the Xiliang army besieging Taniguchi at this moment is far less powerful than we imagined! On the contrary, Thief Li has limited soldiers and horses, far less than our army. Our army is even several times larger than the enemy's. If I hadn't guessed If I'm wrong, the reason why thief Li was able to discover our army's whereabouts is not that we leaked the trace. It's because Li thief happened to withdraw his troops from the east of the river to cross the river today, and met our army in the same mountain stream by mistake. It's just that After all, this is the territory of the Xiliang Army. Li Thief's scouts were the first to discover our whereabouts, but we were unaware of it, so Li Thief took the lead and led the army to besiege us in the mountain stream. Dilemma .”

"This..." Cao Hong was astonished when he heard the words, and turned his head to look at the surrounding situation with a face full of astonishment: "My lord, why did you say this, why are you so sure that the troops under Li Thief's army are inferior to our army?"

"Why? Humph!" Cao Cao sneered coldly with disdain: "Since the fight, Li Bandit has clearly gained an absolute advantage. But we are in a desperate situation and cannot escape. If Li Bandit has enough soldiers and horses If so, you can completely block the exits at both ends of Feiyundu, and then shoot random arrows from the cliff, smashing stones, rolling logs, and kerosene, and you can kill us all here in less than an hour. If that's the case , Why is there such a chaotic situation in front of you? Do you know what the current situation means?"

"This general is stupid, please show me, my lord!" Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Anmin and other generals answered in unison with their heads bowed in shame.

After hearing the sound, Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged, he was still as cold as frost, his eyes were dark and murderous, and his voice was gloomy, ruthless like the voice of hell.

"Li Thief's soldiers defended but did not attack, indicating that he did not have the confidence to win, or he did not have the confidence to wipe out our army. And he sent cavalry to intercept the plank road at the entrance of the valley, and fought bloody battles with our army, which in itself is stupid. This extremely decision exposed the huge flaws of Li Thief's external strength and internal strength. As we all know, cavalry can only exert their maximum lethality on the open plains, galloping vertically and horizontally, and invincible; but on such a narrow plank road, the cavalry has lost all advantages At most, [-]% of the combat power is displayed, and the horses under the crotch will not help the cavalry to kill the enemy, but will become a drag, slowing down their turning and fighting speed, far less flexible than the infantry, and their combat power is almost the same as that of our soldiers."

"Li Thief has been in battle for a long time, and he has rich experience in fighting on the battlefield. Could it be that he didn't notice such a huge and obvious command error? Absolutely not! He must know that it is a big mistake to use cavalry to fight our army on the plank road. However, he has limited soldiers and horses, and if he doesn't need cavalry to intercept our army's breakout, he will have no soldiers to use, or he knows very well that his infantry is useless and can't resist our army's attack to break through.

Therefore, he knew that he could not do it.Use cavalry to intercept our army, and then send infantry with limited combat power to the cliffs on both sides to massacre our army with arrows, stones and a small amount of kerosene, trying to make us mess up, trample each other, and eventually collapse Our army's fighting spirit thus lost the courage to fight to the death.

Only in this way is it in line with Li Thief's reputation of being invincible, and it is also his usual tactic of defeating the enemy in his battles; showing that he is strong, but in fact he is strong on the outside, bluffing! "

Chapter 659 Blood and Fire Flying across the Clouds ([-])

"what!"

Cao Cao's words made the generals around him startled in an uproar, all of them showed surprise, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

Immediately, Cao Hong asked suspiciously in amazement: "If it is true what the lord said, how can the enemy troops on the cliffs on both sides explain it? In less than half an hour, our army lost tens of thousands of soldiers. It was given by the ambush of the army. Is this also Li Thief's bluff?"

"Hmph, this is Li Thief's trick that he thinks he's got his way, but in my eyes, it's full of flaws!"

Cao Cao snorted coldly with a gloomy face, and raised his head murderously through the gap in the shield to look at the Xiliang soldiers on the cliffs on both sides.

"The Xiliang army on the cliffs on both sides poses the greatest threat to our army. If Thief Li has enough soldiers and horses, just by firing random arrows, beating stones and rolling logs, and kerosene smashing into the valley, we can all be buried in the flying sky." In the cloud crossing, there are no dead bodies, violent corpses in the wilderness. But have you noticed that the number of enemy troops on the cliff is not many, only a few thousand, and they are rushing up the mountain, with limited arrows and kerosene. Not even many stones.

Just now they fired arrows and smashed rocks randomly, among which nearly a hundred fire pots fell, but now they seem to be running out of arrows, throwing all available rocks on the top of the mountain, and running out of kerosene.So now they can only shoot accurately with a few arrows, instead of firing random arrows like before. After the stones are used up, what they throw is sand.

All this indicates that the enemy troops on the cliff no longer pose a threat to our army, and their number has not increased, and there is no arrow reinforcement.In other words, after Thief Li discovered our army's whereabouts, he had no time to prepare, let alone mobilize the Hanguguan army to encircle and suppress, and only relied on the little troops he brought from Hedong to stop our army from breaking through. "

Speaking of which.Cao Cao's eyes widened suddenly, he slid past Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and other generals, and his voice changed abruptly: "At this point in the battle, Bandit Li's intention to besiege us has been completely exposed. Trapped in the mountain stream of Feiyundu, our army cannot break out and fight trapped beasts. At the same time, Thief Li must send fast horses to Hangu Pass to mobilize an army to support, and then annihilate us in one fell swoop. Therefore, Time is running out now. No matter what, we must rush out of the valley entrance before the Hangu Pass army arrives, and we must escape Feiyundu before dawn, so as to have a chance of survival. If not, we will die here tonight , there is no place to die!"

"All the generals listen to my orders. Immediately regroup the army and tell the soldiers. Don't panic. Don't be afraid. Li's army is outnumbered. Right now, it's just a bluff. Whoever wants to survive can rush out of the valley with me, Cao Cao, and kill him back to the river east !"

"No. I will obey!" All the generals responded in unison.

Cao Cao waved his hand to signal the generals to regroup immediately, but Cao Hong did not leave immediately, but approached Cao Cao lightly: "It is too dangerous for the lord to lead the army in person. Let the last general lead the army to open the way?"