Guan Yu, Cao Cao's fateful opponent finally appeared on the battlefield of Pingyuanjin.
Cao Cao knew about this person.
Know that he is a rare brave general, a great general, and an important general. He specially found someone to draw a picture of Guan Yu, and hung it next to his couch.
Whenever he saw his majestic appearance, which was as majestic as a celestial being, and thought about the stories about his majestic appearance on the battlefield that came from Xuzhou, Cao Cao would often lie on his couch and sigh:
"I wish I had known Mr. Guan earlier so that we could not get along with each other."
But when he got to the front of the hall, he changed his demeanor again. He often said to his left and right:
"Guan Yu had both civil and military talents. He was a hero and a hero. He was a disciple of Ting and Peng. He was sitting high and cutting off Qing Xu. He was actually a thief on my bed beside me. The clouds are immortal, and I cannot sleep on my bed at night. ”
Therefore, Cao Cao has really been a close friend of Guan Yu for a long time.
But unfortunately, meeting in such a scene is not what Cao Cao wanted.
With the sentry reporting the appearance of Guan Yu's tribe in the southwest, the current situation has become very dangerous for Cao Cao.
In the darkness, the battlefield situation was unclear. However, the shouts of killing coming from the center showed that the trial and distribution department still failed to capture the surrounded Taishan Army.
Now some of Youzhou's assault cavalry have retreated to the periphery of the battlefield, but Ding Sheng's troops are still pressing forward step by step.
At this time, Cao Cao felt that he had underestimated Ding Sheng, but he didn't expect that this man still had something.
But not much.
If Guan Yu had not come to help at this time, he would definitely destroy Ding Sheng here.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao sighed:
"Some people may not have the ability, but their luck is really good."
At this time, Cao Cao already knew that there was no need to fight this battle. But if he wanted to retreat, he couldn't just retreat by himself, so he ordered two Leopard Cavalry soldiers to pass the news of Guan Yu's arrival to Shen Pei, asking him to retreat too.
After that, Cao Cao once again glanced bitterly at the Taishan Army's strong formation in the firelight opposite.
"Don't be too happy too early, it's still growing."
In this way, Cao Cao took the Leopard Cavalry and some Youzhou Cavalry and evacuated in the dark.
……
Daybreak came very quickly, and not long after Cao Cao withdrew his leopard cavalry, Dongfang began to show its belly, and a red chicken jumped out from the horizon.
Cao Cao felt a little lethargic, and what should have been a hearty victory ended in an anticlimactic manner. But whether it was Xu Chu next to him or the leopard cavalry of Cao Jun who caught his eye, they couldn't hide their excitement.
In their view, they had won another brilliant victory, especially when their opponent was the famous Taishan Army.
See the battle from their perspective.
They first brilliantly ambushed a huge Taishan army's assault cavalry, and then pursued the victory. After that, they repeatedly charged at the enemy's reinforcements in the darkness. Although they couldn't figure out why they had to retreat, who can say that this was not a victory?
Therefore, facing the rising sun, everyone in Cao's army returned victoriously except Cao Cao himself.
I don't know how far I retreated, but a sentry rider came from behind and sent a message to Cao Cao.
The Qinghe New Army that had been assigned to the trial had also withdrawn and was now returning to camp. Although there were losses in the process, they were not major.
After Shen Pei withdrew, he sent a sentry to chase Cao Cao and express his gratitude to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao nodded and said casually to the sentry:
"Let your commander keep an eye on it. It will be a good thing if we can withdraw. There is a long road ahead. This time we are more confident. The Taishan Army is not terrible. It is also a head-on shoulder."
But at this point, Cao Cao suddenly stopped talking. His whole body was stunned.
The generals on the left and right were puzzled, wondering where their lord was coming from.
But Cao Cao's Junbai face turned red, and he suddenly ordered Xunqi behind him:
"Blow the trumpet, let's fight back!"
Xunqi was still stunned, but Cao Cao had already taken the horn and started to blow it.
The rallying horn sounded, and the leopard riders scattered on the road were puzzled, but they still came after hearing the horn.
After gathering about seven or eight hundred riders, Cao Cao asked Xu Chu to hold up a large banner and shout:
"All the troops follow me to the west, let's fight back!"
In this way, the eight hundred leopard riders stirred up the dust and fought back to the battlefield in the white of the east.
……
"What's going on!"
When Ding Sheng led his troops closer to the flag with the word "Guan", he saw that the person standing under the banner was not Guan Yu, but his younger brother Ding Wu.
Facing Ding Sheng's doubts, Ding Wu smiled shyly:
"Commander, I followed military orders to attack Cao Ying at night, but Cao Ying's stronghold was strong and our army could not succeed. So I thought that you would need my reinforcements. So on the way, I asked someone to replace Guan Shuai. The flag was used as an illusion that the main force of the Left Army Marshal was coming north for reinforcements.”
After saying that, Ding Wu suddenly knelt down on one knee and apologized:
"Commander, this general failed to fulfill his military orders and is willing to be punished."
At this time, Ding Sheng looked at his clan brother with very complicated eyes.
He felt that his younger brother had grown into a responsible general, but he was also a little sad.
He was not sad that he was rescued by Ding Wu, because Ding Sheng never thought that he needed to be rescued. In fact, the ballista team that ambushed Gongsun Yue before was arranged by Ding Sheng.
Ding Sheng has his own plan, and his trump card is the Ballista Department affiliated with the military headquarters.
But now this trump card is useless, the opponent has already retreated.
So why is Ding Sheng sad?
In fact, he was sad that Ding Wu could frighten Cao Jun with just one Guan Yu flag, which he, Ding Sheng, could not do.
At this moment, he no longer had any intention to punish Ding Wu, and besides, he had done nothing wrong.
He just asked Zhao Rong, Guo Liang and Huang Yong to assemble the scattered troops on the battlefield again. He wanted to abandon this place and withdraw to the Chinese camp.
Ding Wu couldn't understand his brother's hasty retreat.
He asked:
"Commander, the enemy has retreated. It's better for our army to take a rest here. The brothers are exhausted from the battle last night."
But Ding Sheng's words made Ding Wu understand that his brother was still his brother and was indeed more experienced than him.
Just listen to Ding Shengdao:
"Yes, the enemy troops have retreated. But you have made a big flaw, that is, if Yun Chang really comes to help, will he let go of the pursuit? Will he let the trial troops evacuate safely? So the enemy troops will soon be able to In retrospect, we were bluffing.”
Ding Wu was stunned and learned a lesson.
As a result, each school captain received Ding Sheng's military order, assembled the entire army, and retreated towards the Chinese army. The wounded go first, and all the troops move to the rear.
In less than two quarters, Cao Cao came back with his Leopard Cavalry, but the only ones left on the battlefield were the new troops of the Qinghe Army who had been abandoned on the battlefield, and some Youzhou Cavalry who had lost their horses.
Cao Cao snorted from his nose angrily and said bitterly:
"Ding Sheng can run fast."
In the end, he decided not to pursue the pursuit and stayed to rescue the wounded.
……
The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the Taishan Army built two more parapets on the Dongpo camp.
This was urgently repaired by the Taishan Army in the village during the night. At this time, surrounding the Dongpo camp was Cao Ren, a veteran of Cao's army.
He was sitting on a pile of dirt, with his bag at his feet and a dry biscuit in his hand.
Because there was no heating, the pancake was already cold and hard, so Cao Ren could only chew it with his cheeks puffed out.
While he was chewing the cake, his younger brother Cao Chun was shouting with a drake voice:
"I think Taishan's army is mediocre, not as mysterious as you said. How are they doing in this battle? Aren't they still beaten by us?"
Cao Chun is Cao Ren's younger brother. He is currently in the stage of changing his voice, and his words are sharp and thin.
Cao Chun wanted to say more, and then a pancake was smashed over, and it was Cao Ren who smashed it.
Cao Chun was furious at that time and cursed:
"Cao Ren, is this how you treat me?"
Cao Ren wiped the crumbs from his mouth and hummed:
"What did I do to you?"
Although Cao Ren and Cao Chun are brothers, they actually separated their families long ago. The year before last, when Cao Chun was fourteen, their father died.
At that time, Cao Ren was following Cao Cao in the army. He didn't even come back to pay tribute, so he wrote a letter home to the filial piety Cao Chun. He gave Cao Chun all the land and slaves in his family and asked him to establish his own household.
Maybe Cao Ren did have feelings for his younger brother, but he didn't express it well.
There was one sentence in the letter that deeply hurt Cao Chun. It probably means that your brother and I are a swan with great ambitions, and I want to spread my wings and soar outside. And you, Cao Chun, are a house bird, and you want to inherit the family name at home.
Cao Ren's words may have been to keep his brother safe and not get involved in Cao Cao's matter. But who knew that he thought Cao Chun was a house bird, but he was actually a thousand-mile horse.
After observing his filial piety to his father, Cao Chun dispersed his family wealth in his hometown, recruited followers, and then went to Jinan to defect to Cao Cao.
In order to take care of this young clan brother, Cao Cao subordinated him to Cao Ren.
However, Cao Chun had long been estranged from his brother, and Cao Ren was silent and uncommunicative, so the estrangement became deeper and deeper.
Seeing that Cao Chun was still dancing, Cao Ren narrowed his eyes and filled with murderous intent. He pointed at the cake stained with dirt on the ground and said stiffly:
"Pick it up."
Cao Chun stiffened his neck, turned around and said:
"Don't pick it up."
Cao Ren repeated it again, this time with a more cold tone.
Cao Chun moved back a little, but still said firmly:
"If you don't pick it up, why should we pick up the pancakes you threw?"
Cao Ren did not speak, but stood up directly and walked towards Cao Chun.
Cao Chun immediately bent down to pick up the pancakes on the ground and was about to retreat.
But his belt was directly grabbed by Cao Ren, and with a slight movement, Cao Chun was lifted up. Before Cao Chun could resist, his brother's giant fan-like hand hit him hard on the butt.
Cao Chun wanted to see him, but when he saw the robes and subordinates beside him, he stood firm.
He said heroically:
"Cao Ren, you are just bullying Naigong because he is young. Wait a few more years and see if you still dare to do this to me? No, I will kick your butt in a few years."
Cao Ren wanted to laugh, but held it back. He spanked Cao Chun again and scolded:
"Whose father-in-law are you? Don't you know that an elder brother is like a father? After my father is gone, I am your father-in-law, and you deserve to be beaten."
Hearing Cao Ren mention his father, Cao Chun strained his waist and was able to break free.
Cao Ren was not prepared, so he forced Cao Chun to hit him on the ground. Just as he was about to feel distressed, he saw Cao Chun get up and yell at him:
"You are not allowed to mention your father. Why should you mention him? When you and your uncle were at the side of Qingjun in Hanoi, did you ever think about the clan in Bo County? My father was so angry that he had a stroke. He lay in bed like a cripple and died in pain after a spring and autumn. And you are enjoying yourself in Kyoto?”
Cao Ren wanted to explain, but in the end he remained silent.
Sitting on the ground, Cao Chun felt aggrieved and wanted to cry.
Back then, Cao Cao and a group of Henan Qingliu scholar-bureaucrats came to Hanoi to Qingjun, which not only turned the political situation upside down, but also the entire Cao family.
As a family of eunuchs, the Cao family shares weal and woe with the eunuch group. But there happened to be a traitor in the family. Cao Cao, who originally belonged to the eunuch party, took the lead in launching an attack on the eunuchs.
What's even more terrible is that what Cao Cao called the Qing Dynasty at that time was actually a rebellion.
So when the news reached Qiao Di, the government came down to arrest Cao's party.
Cao Song, who was directly related to Cao Cao, took his five younger brothers and took refuge in Xuzhou. Cao Ren's father, Cao Chi, was humiliated by the swordsman and was so angry that he had a stroke when he came back.
It was not until the Henan rebels successfully entered Luo that the Cao family and Xiahou family became a little more peaceful. However, Cao Song, who was deeply disappointed with his son, refused to return to his hometown and stubbornly stayed in Xuzhou.
But Cao Chun actually had no objection to what Cao Cao did, and even admired his uncle in his heart. This is also the reason why he gave up his family wealth and joined Cao Cao.
In the minds of these Han men, the eunuchs are really the culprits of this apocalypse.
And what Cao Cao did was to kill relatives for righteousness.
But recognition of Cao Cao is one thing, and recognition of his brother Cao Ren is another matter.
Cao Ren didn't know that his younger brother had so many thoughts. When he saw Cao Chun sitting on the ground feeling aggrieved, he sighed:
"You go back."
Cao Chun was stunned for a moment, raised his head and asked:
"Go back to where?"
"Go back home, the battlefield does not belong to you."
Cao Chun was so unconvinced that he stood up quickly. In order to be open-minded, he raised his head to Cao Ren's chin and asked:
"Why doesn't it belong to me? If you can, why can't I?"
Cao Ren pointed to the Taishan Army who was still on the strong barrier opposite and asked:
"You know that two years ago, your uncle Xiahou and I attacked them together. In that battle, fourteen members of the Cao family as big as you died. Before the battle, like you, they all felt that those Taishan thieves were nothing. Now they are dead."
Having said this, Cao Ren paused, and finally opened his mouth and said:
"I don't want to collect your body like this one day. So go back and inherit the incense for our Cao family."
Cao Chun's eyes flickered. He looked at his brother Gao Wei and replied seriously:
"Brother, I can't go back. The world has changed, and my Cao family has also changed. Now that the majesty of the imperial court has been lost, and the court is gone, are there still eunuchs? The eunuchs are all gone, and the upper-level relationships of my Cao family used to be Of course it’s not possible. And how can we live in peace even if we farm in our hometown? If we can’t go back, we might as well settle down with my uncle and others, let alone..."
At this point, Cao Chun stopped talking and looked at his brother.
Cao Ren felt uncomfortable and said dullly:
"No need to say anything?"
At this time, Cao Chun smiled:
"Not to mention we are brothers."
Cao Chun's smile made Cao Ren stunned. After a long time, he said:
"Yeah!"
If you are a brother, vote for Xiao Chen.