Chapter 235 Red Cliff (final chapter)
When he met the "tiger slut" Xu Chu, Ding Feng could not gain any advantage.
Seeing the enemy approaching, Xu Chu's face was full of murderous aura, and the sharp sword light flew over and knocked Ding Feng's sword away. After taking this move, Ding Feng's mouth was broken. His mind was shocked and he knew that he had met a strong enemy. He quickly twisted to the right. As soon as he turned around, he felt a chill on his shoulders and a blood mark instantly blooming.
"Be careful, General!" The Jinfan soldiers behind exclaimed in unison.
After experiencing this heavy blow, Ding Feng barely resisted the dizziness that came, but the strength of his knife was no longer in order.
"Save the general!" The soldiers of Jinfan Army, who saw that they were glaring, rushed forward and tried to win with more.
Facing the Jinfan soldiers who rushed up, Xu Chu, who had long envied Cao Hong for his glory and joy, pushed his sword into the chaos. The Jinfan soldiers who were running in front of him did not know that Xu Chuli was able to meet him. Before he could take action, they were knocked far away by Xu Chu's powerful rush. Seeing Xu Chuli, six soldiers gathered up their iron spears to aim at Qi's sting. Xu Chu roared and dodged away from the weapons on the right. He held the knife in his left hand, and the tip of the edge immediately cut the throat of the three soldiers. At the same time, the three spear holders on the right were also chopped over by the other Cao soldiers.
After the bloodthirsty Xu Chu became even more crazy. Under his big slash and killing, no one could go to the three-way undefeated.
"What are the elite Jiangdong, what kind of invincible troops? In Xu's eyes, there are a group of cowards--!" Xu Chu Yangdao laughed proudly.
The sun sets in the west, and the pale and weak sunlight shines on both sides of the Jiangling moat. There are countless soldiers who have lost their lives lying there quietly. Today's sunshine is the last light and heat they enjoy in the world.
Scattered sounds of fighting were vaguely heard in the city. Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, slowly approached the Jiangling city gate under the urging of the tiger and leopard cavalry. When victory came, there was no trace of joy on Cao Cao's face.
On the city wall, the red blood was mottled, the ground was covered with arrow stones and rolling wood, and more than a dozen broken cloud ladders leaning against the city wall. A black flag with only half of the word Cao was left lying in the middle of the corpse, which was already broken. Looking around, there were corpses that were like mountains falling everywhere. Although the armor of these corpses was mixed with blue, most of them were brown. This brown armor was the clothing worn by ordinary soldiers in the Cao army.
"Prime Minister, we have won, so let's go to the city soon!" Staff Officer Zhang Fan said respectfully with a flattering look on his face.
Cao Cao's eyes were staring at several busy figures not far away. A group of old and weak soldiers were sorting out the battlefield. He first counted the death toll, then buried them, and at the same time gathered the ladder, picked up the crossbow arrows and put them into a quiver pot.
"Is that so? Let's say this after safely spending tonight!" Although Cao Cao had a smile on his face, he showed a solemn look in his eyes. Such a victory could only be considered a tragic victory. Judging from the number of casualties he saw, he could also guess the tragic situation of the battle. What made Cao Cao even more worried was that Zhou Yu's main force was not eliminated, and the counterattack might come anytime and anywhere.
It can be predicted that it will be extremely uneasy tonight.
For Cao's army, as long as they stick to the morning of the next day, they can fully possess the supplies accumulated in the city, allowing the tired soldiers to regain their confidence. More importantly, Cao Cao obtained a stronghold that could reverse the passive situation.
It can echo the Wulin Camp in the east, go to Bashu in the west, and connect with Wuxi barbarians in the south. Jiangling's important strategic position is worth Cao Cao's adventure.
Cao Cao knew this, and Zhou Yu knew it, of course.
He had lost his chance and did not give up. A large-scale counterattack began after sunset-
After half an hour of competition, Xu Chu successfully forced Ding Feng to retreat to the foot of the city wall. As long as he tried to seize the water gate of the south city, this Jiangling City would completely belong to Cao Cao.
It is related to the overall situation. Although Ding Feng's army suffered heavy casualties, it still fought to the death without retreating.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, this day is destined to be remembered by all the children of Jiangdong. The fog locks in the Yangtze River, and a few rays of light white light barely pass through the fog and falls on the ground with a little moisture, making people feel extremely cold.
This feeling is not a good sign. After several days of dryness and coldness, God finally began to change his face.
At noon, a low and dull sound came from the river. Clouds gushed from somewhere in the sky to cover the already dim sun. The wind changed suddenly. The north wind that had been raging the land of Jingxiang stopped, replaced by the ocean trade wind blowing from the south.
The southeast wind is like a belated beauty. It finally appeared after all Jiangdong soldiers were lucky enough to be in the hope of being attacked for many days. This change gave Jiangdong soldiers, who had been attacked against the wind, the opportunity to breathe and counterattack. As we all know, the arrows shot in the downwind state are farther and more powerful than when they were against the wind. Not only that, the wind and fire are integrated, and the fire attack was originally controlled by the wind direction and could not play any role, but now it is different.
In Jiangling South City, the good news of the arrival of the southeast wind made Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Xu Sheng, the troops who had been landing all landed on the shore. They led their main forces to quickly approach the battle circle.
"Why not to promote it-!" Gan Ning's thunderous voice swept across the solemn sky, accompanied by the falling drum beats, which became denser and denser, causing the ground under the city wall to tremble.
"Governor Gan is here!" Ding Feng was surprised.
Xu Chu, who was in a strong murderous intent, heard Ding Feng’s shouting and shouted in the battle circle: “Taishi Ci has been killed by a certain family, so what if it were Gan Xingba? I, Xu Chu, are not afraid!”
As soon as Xu Chu finished speaking, he suddenly felt a powerful murderous aura coming! Then he saw a lightning strike, which was the black light emitted by Gan Ning's violent and unrestrained crescent halberd. Where the lightning passed, blood light rose into the sky.
"Boom!" The swords and halberds met and immediately made a loud noise that shook the sky!
This lack of tricks and fancy meeting made Xu Chu's heart full of blood, and Gan Ning's mouth also had red.
"You kill Ziyi, I swear to take your head!" Gan Ning shouted loudly, without any fear on his face, and he swung his halberd and pounced on him again.
At this time, Xu Chu's chest was filled with fierce fighting spirit. Only opponents like Gan Ning were worthy of attacking. When the Crescent Spherre came, Xu Chu did not retreat but advanced. He held the long sword in his hands, jumped up from the city steps, and slashed down in the air!
"Clang—!" With the full force of Xu Churen's sword Heyi, Gan Ning's body was shaking, and his inner organ was severely damaged for the first time in his life.
"The tiger silly is indeed a hero!" Gan Ning coughed lightly and laughed. Just now, the sharpness of Xu Chu's sword lifted his chest from top to bottom, and a long thorn mark was drawn, and blood was flowing out.
A purple and black appeared on Xu Chu's red face. He shook his face slowly and sat down on the ground, shouting: "Okay, great. I, Xu Zhongkang, can fight against Gan Xingba in Jiangdong in this life, I, Xu Zhongkang, are satisfied!"
After this shout, a few hot blood spurted out of Xu Chu's mouth, and his chest turned red. Then Xu Chu stared at Gan Ning with his eyes and said nothing.
After this competition, although Gan Ning fell to the ground seriously injured, Xu Chu was not spared. He just stood by the force of a sword pillar.
When the troops behind him surrounded him for rescue, they were shocked to find that Xu Chu was already dead.
This is a cruel battle!
This competition was killed and injured.
Although Xu Chu won the battle with Taishi Ci, Taishi Ci's combat power was extraordinary after all. Xu Chu's internal organs were also seriously injured, but under his strong suppression, he was temporarily unhindered. Now he met his strong enemy Gan Ning. The two of them fought hard and finally affected Xu Chu's injuries. If Xu Chu retreated after the first move, he could still save his life, but he refused to admit defeat. In this way, when the blood in his throat surged, everything could no longer be changed.
The subordinates behind Xu Chu were shocked by the sudden change. Then they cried loudly. Most of these relatives followed Xu Chu to join the army from his hometown Runanwu Fort, and they had been together for countless years. The deep feelings were beyond words. In their hearts, they always thought that Xu Chu's martial arts were invincible in the world and no one could beat him. Therefore, this time, Xu Chu suddenly encountered an unexpected accident, which made his subordinate psychologically unable to accept this fact. However, no matter how much they cried, Xu Chu would not wake up.
"Brothers, rush up and kill the person in the brocade robe to avenge the castle lord!" Revenge——the two words, on the battlefield of life and death, have little meaning.
In the face of more and more enemies, the individual blood and courage cannot change the entire battle situation. The fight between Gan Ning and Xu Chu is a good example. This cruel competition marked the most eye-catching symbol for the whole night. As the battlefield continues to expand, the forces of both sides invested in the battlefield are becoming more and more. The two armies entangled in Jiangling City finally divided the levels at dusk.
"It's a pity! Although Cao was determined to kill the enemy, he was unable to make the world come true!" After learning about the loss of Wulin Camp, Cao Cao sighed and ordered the entire line to retreat.
It is said to be retreating, but it is actually a defeat.
The news that Gao Chong captured Wulin Camp quickly spread throughout the army like wings. Panic spread rapidly. Even the brave soldiers were no longer interested in fighting at this time!
Escape north———This thought arises in every Cao soldier’s mind.
Now, they only regret that their parents gave birth to two less legs.
Under the close protection of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Cao Cao retreated north along the post roads between Jiangling and Xiangyang. Now the only thing he felt glad that his horse was faster than that of the boat. Even so, on the way north, Cao's army was still attacked by Jiangdong troops such as Huang Gai, Jiang Qin, Ling Tong, etc. Fortunately, the generals such as Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Cao Chun fought to the death, which prevented Cao Cao from falling to the point of being surrounded and annihilated by Gao Chong.
However, the other Cao soldiers were not so lucky. Among the 50,000 Cao soldiers who attacked Jiangling, about 15,000 people were killed in battle, and more than 30,000 infantrymen were surrounded and annihilated. Only about 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry arrived in Xiangyang quickly. The post road from Jiangling to Xiangyang became the place where Cao soldiers buried their bodies. Just a month ago, they held up butcher knives, hung their heads on the horse's back, and went south with their might.
God is like a joke.
It is as if the dog is a loser. It is more appropriate to use such an adjective to describe the defeat of Cao's army. Wulin camp was lost, Jiangling lost again, and Cao Cao, who suffered the defeat, fell ill again!
Defending Xiangyang became his most realistic goal at the moment. Although he lost many generals such as Xu Huang and Xu Chu, Cao Cao still had 50,000 troops. More importantly, the tiger and leopard cavalry were basically complete. Fighting in the Xiangyi Plain, the excellent mobility of the cavalry allowed Cao's army to make up for the low morale and lack of military strength after the defeat.
"I hope you have good luck." Cao Cao, who lying in the carriage and listening to the sound of the wheels rolling, was also secretly praying to the sky.
But luck, luck never patronizes unprepared people.
Gao Chong, who won the decisive victory, would not give Cao Cao a chance to breathe. Not only in the Xiangyi mid-line battlefield, but also in Xu Yu on the eastern front and Guanzhong on the western front, Gao Chong's counterattack was fully launched.
In Shouchun, Zhang Liao led the reorganized Yanbei Cavalry to penetrate into Xu Yu's hinterland from time to time. Although Le Jin and Sima Yi, who were short of soldiers, tried their best to make up for the defense, they could only run away. In Chang'an City in Guanzhong, even if Zhong Yao and Jia Xu had all kinds of plans, they could not be able to siege tens of thousands of Xiliang Jingqi outside the city.
Chang'an has become an isolated city!
There is only one fate waiting for it - surrender.
At the same time, just when Gao Chong and Cao Cao were fighting on the Yangtze River, Ziwu Valley, on this important road leading to Chang'an in Hanzhong, a bunch of people were running wildly. Although it was late winter in the first month, it was still chilly and the wilderness was rarely alive.
The yellow mountains and blue sky are set against the navy blue flag of this army!
"Governor Xia-Lu!" This is Lu Xun's army.
The troops came out of Ziwu and attacked Chang'an in surprise. This bold plan suddenly broke the stalemate situation of Yongzhou. Zhong Yao and Jia Xu struggled to support the defensive situation for nearly half a year and completely collapsed after being occupied by Lu Xun in Tongguan!
The city was trapped and surrounded, and the troops were in desperate situation. After repeated discussions, Zhong Yao, Jia Xu and Zhang He had to choose to surrender!
On the first day of February of the 12th year of Jian'an, when the Han Prime Minister Cao Cao finally broke through the pursuit of Gao Chong's army and came outside Xiangyang City, what was greeted was not a long welcome team, but a bad deed brought by the new Xiangyang prefect Chen Qun.
"Prime Minister, Chang'an--, Chang'an is lost!" Footsteps sounded, and Chen Qun's trembling voice came from outside the car. He hurriedly came all the way from Xiangyang, and reported in panic as soon as he saw Cao Cao.
The loss of Chang'an is like thunder in the sky to Cao Cao. Losing Chang'an is not only related to the gains and losses of Yongzhou, but more importantly, the gateway to the Central Plains was opened. Cao Cao could even immediately imagine the sabers of countless Western Liang cavalry roaring through the undefensive cities and villages.
"Kill me too hard!" Cao Cao pressed the wet wipes on his head hard, and the intense pain almost fainted.
"Lord, take care of lord!" Chen Qun and his generals saw Cao Cao's face pale, quickly stepped forward to comfort him.
"Child Gao Chong, I, Cao Cao, lost!" Another severe pain came. Cao Cao, who was already fifty-six, sighed dejectedly, and a pair of eagle eyes flashing with bright lights were overshadowed.
The river is surging, and the waves of the back overlap and the waves of the front;
The world is competing for hegemony, and heroes have emerged since ancient times.
A story belonging to Cao Cao is about to end, and the one who succeeds him in writing history is a Jiangdong son named "Gao Chong".
Attached:
New Xia Dynasty's annual unification table:
On February 21, 2016, Cao Cao was on his way back to Xudu, and he was furious and had an attack of illness and died.
In March 1, the third year of Xinxia, after Lu Xun, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao won the Chang'an victory, they joined forces to advance eastward. Then they encountered Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other troops who were defeated here in the Zhongmu area. They killed more than a thousand enemies in one battle, and Cao Hong was also defeated and killed.
In April of the third year of Xinxia, Gao Chong personally led a large army northward and was invincible all the way. The county officials in Sili, Bingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou surrendered one after another. Cao Cao's foundation that had been working hard for more than ten years collapsed in an instant.
On May 18, the third year of Xinxia, Sima Yi, the military advisor who guarded the last city, Xia Pi City, was killed by the rebellious soldiers, and all the flags of the Han Dynasty fell.
A new dynasty begins immediately-.
Chapter completed!