The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 429
When Cao Hong saw Ma Chao retreating, he thought that Ma Chao was playing the old trick of luring the enemy to attack again, and he thought complacently: "The same trick won't work again! I just won't go out this time. Let me see what you can do. Come attack the city if you can!"

But when Cao Hong received the news that Xia Houyuan had died in battle and Dingjun Mountain had been captured, he not only felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, but also understood why Ma Chao had to withdraw his troops, because he was going to attack Nanzheng.

"It's over! It's over! It's over!" Cao Hong sat down on the ground and said in a daze.

Even Cao Hong, who has no brains, knows the importance of Dingjunshan Fortress, and understands how Xiahouyuan's death will change the situation in Hanzhong.Xia Houyuan's death not only opened the door for the opponent to enter Hanzhong, but also dealt a heavy blow to the morale of Cao Jun. More importantly, there is no commander-in-chief on the entire western front.

After Yang Fu was shocked, he was the first to come back to his senses and said, "The general quickly led his troops back to Nanzheng and stood firm, waiting for the reinforcements from the king of Wei. If Hanzhong is lost, not only Liangzhou will not be safe, but Guanzhong will also be unstable!"

Cao Xiu also agreed with Yang Fu's statement that the most important thing at this time is to defend Nanzheng, and after Xia Houyuan's death, only Cao Hong is qualified to be the commander-in-chief on the entire western front. enough.With a new commander-in-chief, the generals and soldiers below can calm down and conduct unified command and dispatch on the entire western front battlefield. As for how to meet the enemy, don't you still have yourself and Du Xi?
Originally, if Xia Houyuan hadn't died and Dingjun Mountain hadn't been lost, the whole of Hanzhong could be said to be as solid as gold. As long as Yangping Pass and Dingjun Mountain were guarded, the Chu army would not be able to enter Hanzhong.Don't look at Xu Shu and Ma Chao flaunting their might in Xiabian and Yangping Pass, but as long as Cao Hong and Zhang Xi don't fight, Xu Shu's army will have to retreat due to lack of food in at most three months.

But who would have thought that Xia Houyuan, a generation of famous generals who have ruled the world for 20 years, would capsize in the gutter, not only fell into the tricks of a scholar, but also beheaded to death by an unknown young general.

Before this, who in the ranks of Cao's army knew who Fazheng, Zhang Ren and Li Yan were?What's their record?Only senior officials like Cao Hong and Xia Houyuan knew that Fazheng and Li Yan were two young men who had long betrayed their masters and defected to Zhang Wu, and Zhang Ren, who claimed to be a famous general in Shu, had never won a single battle. Just surrendered.

So let alone Xia Houyuan, even Cao Hong and Zhang He didn't pay much attention to Fazheng's army and horses at all. They always thought that they were a partial division to contain Xia Houyuan, and Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Pang De, who were familiar with Cao Jun, were following Cao Hong insisted.

On the battlefield, you have to pay a heavy price for underestimating the enemy. The fact that your opponent is not famous does not mean that he is incapable, and that he has not led troops to fight before does not mean that he will not lead troops to fight.Because Xiahou Dun looked down on the scholar Zhuge Liang, 40 troops were burned in Bowangpo; Liu Bei looked down on Lu Xun, a scholar, and [-] troops were burned in Yiling.

Now because Xia Houyuan looked down on Fazheng, a scholar, he ended up getting his head given away.

Throughout the ages, how many long-established masters have become stepping stones for others to become famous because of their underestimation of the enemy.

Cao Hong and Cao Xiu knew that Hanzhong was empty at this time. Since Fazheng planned to kill Xia Houyuan, it must have been planned for a long time. Maybe there is someone behind him. If they don't return to Nanzheng in time, they will be afraid of Du Xi and Guo Huaiding. Can't live.Now that Ma Chao has retreated, he must have gone to Dingjun Mountain to join Fazheng, and Xu Shu from Ju County will definitely rush there to concentrate his forces to attack Nanzheng.

It's just that Cao Hong and Cao Xiu could have imagined that Xu Shu would definitely take advantage of the victory and go straight to Hanzhong, but they didn't expect Xu Shu to ambush them halfway. .Just like the gap in consciousness between kings and diamonds, diamond players often rush over to fight team battles wherever they fight, only to retreat when they get there, and the tower falls when they come back.

Whether the king player is playing a team or opening a dragon, his ultimate goal is to demolish towers and crystals.

In the eyes of a top military strategist like Xu Shu, although the capture of Nanzheng City was the most important part of the Hanzhong campaign and the ultimate goal, he also saw that if Cao Hong's [-] Cao troops were not dealt with, Nanzheng City would not be able to survive. It's not easy to fight.Now in the entire Hanzhong and even the Guanlong area, Cao Jun only has [-] soldiers in Cao Hong's hands who can support Nanzheng in time, and the rest are either too far away or can't draw troops at all.

As long as Cao Hong's [-] troops are killed or maimed, it can not only further damage the morale of Cao's army, but also buy time for himself to mobilize troops from Yizhou. Then Nanzheng City is like a rabbit that has fallen into a trap. to catch.

Diamond player Cao Hong and Xingyao player Cao Xiu guard the top tower to face the king Ma Chao, and Xingyao player Zhang He guards the middle tower to face the strongest king Xu Shu.

But Xia Houyuan, the Xingyao player in the lower road tower, mistakenly thought that there were three bronzes on the opposite side, and wanted to get a triple kill, but was killed by the king player Fazheng who led the defense tower, and even the lower road tower was demolished.Cao Hong and Cao Xiu saw that the other party was about to bring the line of soldiers to the high ground, and thought they were going to gather to prepare for a wave, so they asked Yang Fu to clear the line of troops under the tower so that there would be no waves. Guard the crystal.

But this is not a game after all, there is no teleportation, Cao Hong and Cao Xiu can only run back all the way, these two people ran in a hurry, but forgot to explore the grass, did not expect that Xu Shu and Ma Chao were not in a hurry to go to the high ground, but in the grass Squat them a wave.

As a result, when Cao Hong led his troops across the Qingni River and came to Maming Pavilion Road, they were ambushed by Xu Shu's army who had ambushed in advance.

It was already summer at this time, and there were many mountains and dense forests in Hanzhong. After hearing the sound of a cannon, dense arrows were shot from the forests on both sides of the road. Cao Jun was shot in a large area, and then panicked and ran around.Then two soldiers and horses rushed forward, Huang Zhong in front and Ma Chao in the back. Cao Jun dared not resist.

Cao Hong saw that it was broken, so he hurried on his way, but he was ambushed. In his panic, he didn't know how many troops the opponent had, and he didn't know whether to continue to charge forward or retreat.

Although Cao Xiu is young, he is a rank higher than Cao Hong. After all, he is the one who can grow into a king in the later stage, and the melancholy youths are relatively calm. He said to Cao Hong: "Second Uncle, I can't go back again. The forests and mountains on both sides are steep. , I will lead the cavalry forward to make a gap, and you will lead the troops to rush out of the encirclement!"

Although Cao Jun was ambushed, Cao Xiu saw that the opponent's front army did not have many cavalry, so he wanted to rely on his elite cavalry to rush out of a gap.

Cao Hong had no other choice but to do what Cao Xiu said.

So Cao Xiu assembled two thousand elite cavalry and rushed forward. He didn't dare to fight Huang Zhong, so he only led the cavalry to the opponent's weak point.

I have to say that this is also the best choice for Cao Jun. In the mountains on both sides, there are Lei Tong and Wu Lan arranged by Xu Shu with [-] crossbowmen each, and they have to climb the slope. If Cao Jun wants to break through from both sides, he will only be shot. Died on the hillside.If they choose to retreat to Xiabian, they don't know when they will come out again. Du Xi is in Nanzheng, but he is looking forward to reinforcements day and night.

The Cao army in Hanzhong is just that much, but the Chu army can mobilize more troops in Yizhou. It is hard to say if there are more troops, but it is no problem to mobilize another [-] troops.When Xu Shu transferred troops from Yizhou, Nanzheng couldn't hold it anymore.

(End of this chapter)