Chapter 915 (2/2)
But unexpectedly, Liu Ye secretly led the Xiliang army to the east to fight for hegemony with the Cao army. As a result, the two armies met halfway. Now that the strategic intention has been exposed, it's just a hard fight to go on. With the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang army, the tens of thousands of Cao troops have to be accounted for here.
It's better to withdraw and turn around and rescue Xia Houdun for a long-term plan.
Therefore, Cao Cao made the plan and ordered Cao chun to lead the tigers and leopards to advance into the Xiliang military array to attract the attention of the Xiliang army, while he led most of the Cao troops to retreat eastward.
When Cao Chun sees that Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen are entangled by Ma Chao, he immediately leads his troops to rush over and shoots Ma Chao.
”Wenlie, Zidan, don't get entangled with the enemy and lead the army to retreat immediately!”
Although Cao Chun's martial arts are not so high-level, they are not mediocre. Ma Chao naturally can't resist the joint efforts of the three. Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu take advantage of the situation to break away from each other, and then quickly lead tiger riding and leopard riding to turn away.
”Hateful, the enemy will not leave!” When Ma Chao saw that Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu both ran away, he couldn't help but get angry and sprinkled all his anger on Cao Chun.
”Hum, how could Ben entangle with you, such a rude man?” Cao Chun looks at Ma Chao with disdain. After a false shot, he no longer wrestles with Ma Chao, but turns around and walks away.
Under the orders of Cao Chun and other three people, nearly 900 tigers and leopards immediately separated from the battle and also headed east, closely following the rear of Cao Jun.
The grass roots of tigers and leopards are all generals of 100 people, so when they give an order, they naturally have strict military orders. When Cao Chun points to the East, they run to the East in one breath.
Ma Chao angrily said: ”Xiliang iron horse, pursue the enemy for me, don't go away Cao Cao!”
”Don't go, Cao Cao!”
More than 4000 Xiliang cavalry immediately followed Cao Jun and pursued them all the way.
”General, if you don't chase the enemy, you will go far away. Please order the pursuit.” One side of Pound's arch.
Liu Ye nods. ”He pulls out his sword and shouts,” the whole army will attack! ”
”Kill!”The sound of the Xiliang army's killing was shocking. More than 30000 Xiliang troops rushed out like a tide, spreading out on the plain and chasing after Cao's army. The two armies, one in front of the other, are chasing each other.
Although Cao's army retreated, it was not the defeat of abandoning troops and dragging armor, but an orderly retreat. These Cao troops also followed Cao's army, and their fighting quality was extraordinary. Therefore, even if they retreated, they did not show the trend of defeat. Instead, they formed into small formations, which were combined with each other. If they were attacked, they might not be able to win.
In addition, although there are not a few cavalry in the Xiliang army, there are also many cavalry in the Cao army. Yuan Shao and gongsundu fought for hegemony in Youzhou, so they both tried to please Cao Cao. Both of them were horse producing areas in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Cao Cao exchanged grain with them for many horses.
In addition to selecting fat steeds to build tiger and leopard horses, the rest formed more than 3000 light cavalry of Cao army.
These light cavalry and tiger leopard rode in the rear of Cao army as a cover to resist the invasion of Xiliang iron cavalry. As soon as Cao Tieliang's cavalry moved forward, he was able to continue fighting with the cavalry of Xi'an from time to time.
”Get out of here
Rao Shi Ma Chao was so powerful that he killed more than ten cavalry of Cao army with a spear of tiger's head. However, the cavalry of Xiliang was still blocked by the cavalry of Cao army. After all, the bravery of one person could not be equal to ten million troops.
The two armies pursued each other one after the other. On the same day, they ran out of more than 100 Li, ran out of sour jujube, and kept approaching in the direction of Mengjin.