The strongest Marquis in history

"Withdraw!"

After hearing this, Cao Xuan gave the order to retreat.

"Clang! Clang!!!"

The sound of the gong sounding to withdraw the soldiers resounded throughout the camp.

After the order was issued, Cao Xuan led Cen Wen, Cheng Lin, Wang Ben, and the rest of the generals to retreat first.And the army under his command also retreated.

To say that the army under Cao Xuan is all brave soldiers who are good at fighting. Originally, they had been trained for the evacuation of the army, and they would not evacuate casually. sequential retreat.

The current army has been crushed all the way.Wang Qi's side was very tight. Under this premise, although Cao Xuan's soldiers retreated, they could not guarantee an orderly retreat.

It is impossible to guarantee the formation even when fighting, let alone retreating now.After retreating, the army quickly collapsed, and the army was directly defeated.

Wang Qi led the army to hide and kill. Seeing that Cao Jun began to retreat, he knew that the battle had been won.Now is the time to start harvesting the lives of the enemy and reaping the fruits of victory.

Wang Qi gave the order to pursue.

The army is chasing and fighting fiercely.

Chase it all the way.

But after Wang Qi gave the order, he stopped and stopped charging with Xia Houhu.The enemy began to withdraw, and he no longer needed to lead the way to chase after him, so Wang Qi steadily covered and killed the resisting Cao army and the captive Cao army soldiers who surrendered.

Wang Qi led his men, and chased after him in a leisurely manner.

Time passed little by little, about half an hour later, when Wang Qi and his soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield and taking in the captives who surrendered along the way, Xiao Qingzhi and Yang Shanjun came back with the team on the official road ahead.

There were bright smiles on everyone's faces.

A look of joy on his face.

This battle was a complete victory.

Xiao Qingzhi came to Wang Qi's side and reported: "My lord, we won this battle. It's just that Cao Xuan led people to sneak away quickly, but failed to catch Cao Xuan. The number of prisoners in this battle is not yet clear. Wait until we return." Once you arrive at the camp, you can count them and you will know.”

Wang Qi ordered: "Let's go, go back to Cao Cao's previous camp first, let's rest overnight."

"Yes!"

Xiao Qingzhi replied immediately.

A group of people set off immediately, escorting the prisoners and began to retreat.

Chapter 608 Great Zen Temple

After noon, the sun shone on the person's body, adding a touch of heat.After all, it is already April and summer is about to enter.But in this weather, hiding in the shade of trees is still cool.An army stopped on the official road, resting in twos and threes under the shade of the trees by the side of the road, and many of them were gasping for breath.

This is Cao Xuan's army.

The army retreated all the way for almost two hours before stopping to rest.

Cao Xuan rested with Cen Wen and Cheng Lin, and they rode on horseback relatively easily.However, the loss in this battle was huge, and the expression on Cao Xuan's face was extremely cold and serious, even frosty.

It was not easy for Cao Xuan to establish a foothold in Yanzhou, and it was not easy to pull up the current army, which has the current scale.But in the current battle, his army suffered heavy losses, even Xiang Peng and others were damaged, so he felt very sad.

Cao Xuan, Cen Wenwen and Chen Lin all looked solemn, and none of them spoke for a while.

After a long time, Wang Ben came.

Wang Ben reported in a low voice, "My lord, there are only [-] soldiers who have withdrawn with us. This time, more than half of our [-]-odd army has been lost. Although there are still a group of soldiers who have fled, we will continue to join them one after another. Escape back. But we still have a huge loss."

Cao Xuan clenched his fists, his eyes were fierce, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Wang Qi and I are at odds."

His official career in the first half of his life was relatively smooth.It's just that he didn't get his way at a young age, compared to too many people, it's also very good.But in the past few years, Da Zhou was gone, and after he got the assistance of Cen Wen and others, he soared into the sky like a carp leaping over a dragon's gate.

This battle destroyed Cao Xuan's arrogance and his fighting spirit.

Cao Xuan really saw Wang Qi's strength.

It is too strong.

You know, Cao Xuan sent four great masters to deal with Wang Qi and Xia Houhu, but only one came back, and the other three were all broken.And after this battle, his army was defeated and lost more than half.

Cao Xuan took a deep breath, calmed down his anger, and ordered: "Wang Ben, you need to rectify the soldiers and stabilize the morale of the army. Although we lost this battle, we may not be really afraid of Wang Qi. war."

"Yes!"

Wang Ben nodded and answered.

He turned to comfort the soldiers and boost morale.

Cao Xuan looked at Cen Wen and Cheng Lin, and said, "Military advisor, Master Cheng, what should we do now?"

Cen Wen's unrestrained face was more serious, and he said slowly: "My lord, Wang Qi is extremely powerful. After this battle, at least we can no longer be enemies with Wang Qi. There is still a little bit in my heart." idea."

Cao Xuan said: "What small idea?"

Cen Wen said: "My minister's thinking is that after this battle, even though we lost, we still have a chance of revenge. Because Wang Qi's focus is not on my Yanzhou. He defeated us this time, and he should turn to Jizhou next time. Start a war with Zhang Shiqi."

"So we took it by surprise and waited for Wang Qi and Zhang Shiqi to start a war, and then we sent a group of soldiers to raid Qi's rear and enter Pingyuan County. When the time comes, we will naturally retaliate and get back everything we lost."

After Cao Xuan heard it, he pondered carefully in his heart, thinking that it was feasible.

As long as Wang Qi's army leaves, there will be an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Cheng Lin said: "Master, I'm afraid things are not that simple."

Cao Xuan asked, "What does Master Cheng mean?"

Cheng Lin replied: "Originally, I was in Yanzhou, because my lord invaded Qi, even though I hadn't violated it in fact, but my lord's actions caused many people to oppose, and some people even propagated that the lord was killing himself by hitting a pebble with a stone. "

"In addition to the defeat of this battle, it will lead to turbulent sentiment in the state and county, and more people will participate to disrupt the situation and exert pressure. Therefore, in the current situation, I am afraid that we must first stabilize the internal situation."

"This step can't be done. It will be very difficult to raid Qi. Even after losing this battle, I'm afraid there will be an uproar in the officialdom."

Cheng Lin said: "We need to stabilize the domestic situation, and we need to stabilize the domestic situation first, and then consider other things."

Cao Xuan narrowed his eyes, and he admitted that Cheng Lin's analysis made sense.

If you win the attack on Qi, everything will be fine.

The key is to lose.

Even Xiang Peng, Xi Qing, and Zhao Yu fell on the battlefield, and now they are going to war with Qi. People in Yanzhou must be panicked, which is extremely inappropriate.

Cao Xuan took a deep breath and fell into hesitation for a while.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Cen Wen still said: "Even so, I believe that Jia Changshi should be able to stabilize the domestic situation and not be unable to control the situation. In addition, it is not necessary to send a large army to the next raid, as long as the dispatch A part of the soldiers can do a surprise attack. Now, it is not suitable for us to confront Wang Qi head-on, but a small part of the surprise attack is fine."

Cheng Lin said: "Military Master, your suggestion is based on Jia Changshi's ability to stabilize the situation. But in my opinion, this is not an easy task. People's hearts are not stable, and the master's time in Yanzhou is short, the entire Yanzhou The situation in the territory is not easy to suppress. Especially for these businessmen, once they get the news of the defeat of the lord, the public opinion will be even more clamorous."

Cheng Lin spoke sharply, and said: "Military adviser, your suggestion should also consider the domestic situation, and consider the worst situation. My lord, I don't think we need to continue to compete with Qi. We should stabilize the situation in Yanzhou first."

Cen Wen said: "I still hold my own opinion, and I will take action when it is time to do so. We cannot withdraw the army just because of defeat or the unstable domestic situation. We raided Qi State for no other reason, as long as we can rob money, food, or even go further. It's great to coerce the population."

Cheng Lin continued to object: "Military Master, it is the most unwise for you to continue to provoke Wang Qi. When you are weak, you can't make enemies on all sides. It is true that Wang Qi is the future enemy of the lord, and he will definitely face him in the future." But right now there is no need to completely offend Wang Qi now. Our strength in Yanzhou is far from enough. Now, if you should pretend to be a grandson, you have to pretend to be a grandson."

Cen Wen snorted and said no more.

When Cao Xuan heard the dispute between the two, he was also thinking carefully in his heart.The two had a dispute, and the next situation had to be handled by him, otherwise it would be difficult to reach a conclusion.

Cao Xuan is not someone who is willing to admit defeat, he said in a deep voice: "Master Cheng, I also believe that the strategy of the military division is feasible. Wang Qi went to Jizhou to fight Zhang Shiqi. If we don't make trouble, won't Wang Qi target us? As long as Wang Qi Qi recovers a little bit, and will definitely target us. At the moment, I think it is still necessary to send troops to fight. It is naturally best if the sneak attack succeeds."

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her, Cheng Lin sighed and said, "Since the lord has made a decision, I won't say any more."

Cao Xuandao: "Military Master, let's not arrange a sneak attack for the time being. We will keep a close eye on Wang Qi's actions after retreating. When we return to the town to rest, we will dispatch a small number of soldiers to lurk quietly at the border for subsequent sneak attacks. .”

"Yes!"

Cen Wen replied immediately.

There was a smile on his face, because of the defeat in this battle, Cen Wen was also suffocating in his heart.

Want to beat Wang Qi.

Cao Xuan fell silent and rested quietly.After a while, Cao Xuan suddenly said: "Military Adviser, Master Cheng, now that we are defeated, do you think Zhang Shiqi can win against Wang Qi?"

When Cen Wenwen and Cheng Lin heard this, they all looked solemn. It was not easy to resist Wang Qi.

After a while, Cen Wen said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Cheng Lin echoed: "Wang Qi's army is very powerful! Of course, the strongest is not Wang Qi's army, but on the battlefield. When Wang Qi and his generals lead troops into battle, almost no one can withstand."

"Several Grandmasters rushing together, this offensive is too strong. Unless, the number of soldiers far exceeds Wang Qi's soldiers. Even if Wang Qi's people are powerful, they can completely crush Wang Qi in terms of numbers, and can defeat Wang Qi on a large scale. If we don’t have strange soldiers, then even if there are masters at the guru level rushing into the battle, they won’t be able to save the situation.”

Cheng Lin said: "Otherwise, the situation of defeat cannot be changed."

Cao Xuan sighed, "Wang Qi's reputation is well-deserved!"

Cheng Lin said: "My lord, we are not weak. The reason why we were defeated was because of the Grandmaster Wang Qi. In this world, there are people who are more powerful than the Grandmaster. So we can also invite the Great Grandmaster to come out of the mountain right now. "

Cao Xuan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Where can I invite you?"

Cheng Lin said: "As far as I know, there are great masters in the Sanqing Temple of Zhongnan Mountain in the world, and there are also great masters in the Buddhist Songshan Dazen Temple. It just so happens that Songshan is in Taishan County. There is no war for the time being. My lord will go there personally. If we can invite Zen Master Songshan to come out of the mountain, we Yanzhou will have a foothold."

Cao Xuan's heart became even hotter.

Grandmaster, he had heard of it, but never knew it.

Cao Xuandao: "Master Cheng, how do you know that Grandmaster is in Songshan?"

Cheng Lin stroked her beard and smiled, and said: "My lord, the old minister's grandfather was fond of practicing martial arts when he was young, and he once worshiped at the Great Zen Temple to practice martial arts. He is only a disciple of a layman, and he has also stepped into the realm of a master. With his grandfather's ability, The Zen temple is nothing more than mediocre. According to my grandfather’s explanation in his later years, I realized that there are great masters in the Dachan Temple, but it’s not easy to recruit the masters of the Dachan Temple.”

Cao Xuan said: "No matter what, we have to give it a try. What if we succeed? Once we succeed, we will truly gain a foothold in Yanzhou. The great master's deterrent power is by no means ordinary."

Cen Wen said: "My lord, when it comes to the Great Master, we will adjust our plan a little bit. Those who should be sent to the border to lurk, we should still send soldiers to lurk in order to wait for the opportunity. But before we visit the Great Chan Temple, we will not send troops to attack .It will not be too late to make a decision after we return from our trip to the Great Zen Temple.”

Cheng Lin didn't agree to send troops again, because Yanzhou's internal instability, now hearing Cen Wen's words, she immediately said: "My lord, Cen's suggestion is feasible, and I second it."

Cao Xuandao: "It can be arranged like this. Our army will continue to retreat first, and stationed in the town to rest. Then, we will go directly to the Great Chan Temple."

Speaking of this, Cao Xuan couldn't hold back his thoughts anymore, and became urgent, so he stopped resting and ordered to set off on his way, so as to find a place to rest earlier.

Chapter 609 Loyalty

Cao Jun's camp, Wang Qi's army is stationed.

After Xiao Qingzhi and Yang Shanjun returned with the soldiers, Xiao Qingzhi was in charge of counting the results of the battle, while Yang Shanjun was in charge of counting the supplies in the camp.After all, Cao Jun's camp has a lot of supplies and weapons.

Having broken Cao Jun's camp earlier, Cao Xuan led his troops to retreat hastily.All the supplies hoarded in the camp were left behind, even the Chinese army's tent with Cao Xuan was left behind.

Towards evening, everything was counted.

When Xiao Qingzhi and Yang Shanjun came to the big tent of the Chinese army, the expressions on their faces were very excited.

Wang Qi looked at the expressions of the two, and said with a smile: "Tell me, how about the harvest? Look at the two of you, after this battle, the harvest is huge."

Xiao Qingzhi took the lead and said, "Your Highness, in today's battle, we roughly estimated that nearly 7000 people were killed. The number of soldiers captured by Cao Jun was as many as [-]."

"Of course, after this battle, our own casualties are not small. We have killed more than [-] soldiers in this battle. You must know that we have concealed the killing for a long time, and we should have killed many of them. Compared with the death of Cao Jun, we died a lot."

"The general speculates carefully, and believes that the reason for the casualties is that when the two armies fought against each other, the ratio of casualties between the two soldiers. Although we are less, the Cao army will not be too many."

"It can be seen from this that Cao Jun's soldiers are very elite and brave, and their combat effectiveness is very strong."

"The reason why we were able to win this time was that our army had more generals, many grand masters led the troops to the battle, and also His Highness and Xia Houhu personally participated in the battle, beheading Cao Jun's tiger generals, defeated the opponent's offensive, and won the victory. victory."

When Xiao Qingzhi said this, he changed the subject: "The other member of the Cao army who was captured alive by His Highness was named Xiang Peng. I learned about it a little bit. This person is Cao Xuan's personal guard and the number one expert under Cao Xuan's command."

Wang Qi nodded.

Xiang Peng's strength is not weak, although he can't compare with Xia Houhu, in terms of strength, he is at least stronger than Xiao Qingzhi.

Wang Qi said in a deep voice: "This battle, as you said, the reason why we can win is not that Cao Jun is weak, but Cao Jun's soldiers are very elite and have full combat effectiveness. This battle is a grand master A contest of masters."

Xiao Qingzhi said: "Your Highness is wise!"

After a pause, Xiao Qingzhi said: "Your Highness, more than 1 captives are involved, how should we deal with it? After all, we are about to move to Jizhou, and we can't change it immediately, because there are too many unstable factors in such a change."

Wang Qidao: "Arrange a team of soldiers to escort all the captives to Linzi and hand them over to Zhu Shanchang for arrangement. After everyone is dispersed, they will be distributed to local places. There are more than 1 people, but a lot of people can enrich the relatively barren places. .”

Xiao Qingzhi said: "The final arrangement will be made later."

Yang Shanjun took the conversation and reported: "Your Highness, after cleaning up the rations, grass, equipment, etc. in the camp, I found that there are still [-] shi of food in the army, which is at least enough for [-] troops. The rations for more than a month, and even a little saving, can last for two months." Persevere. In addition, there are tens of thousands of sets of armor, and countless weapons. This time breaking Cao Xuan's camp, the harvest is extremely huge."

Wang Qidao: "All the supplies are collected. In addition, tonight, the soldiers will be rewarded, and the meat will be eaten openly. Don't worry about it."

"Yes!"