Chapter 55: The End of the Hero
Cao Cao's ability to command and strategy are not worse than Ye Zhao. Logically speaking, there should be a battle between the two sides.
However, this decisive battle did not last much. Although it was not long, the excitement and intensity of it were quite eye-catching.
When Hua Xiong led the cavalry into an archer phalanx, although it destroyed the archer phalanx, Hua Xiong's cavalry fell into pieces without warning at the moment when they rushed into the phalanx.
"Sleeping in the horse pit!" Several generals next to Ye Zhao showed strange expressions on their faces. This trapping in the horse pit was a powerful weapon that Ye Zhao used to deal with the Hu people, but he did not expect that it would be used on his own.
After a head-on battle with Cao Chun, Hua Xiong's five thousand cavalry could not escape and destroy. Hua Xiong fell off the horse and was trapped in the archer formation, and led the fallen cavalry to fight with the surrounding Cao's army.
And at this moment, the Cao army in front began to be defeated.
Needless to say, Ye Zhaojun's shield formation is strong. The average quality of Ye Zhaojun's soldiers was also developed through professional training and diet. The combat qualities and physical strength far exceeded that of the elite of this era. After a brief stalemate, Cao's shield formation was broken, and the archers behind also reorganized the attack.
After the strength of the Guanzhong soldiers and the loss of their own archers' suppression, the clusters of arrows of the Guanzhong soldiers fell down unscrupulously. Every moment, there were a large number of Cao troops harvested like leeks in the field. They were originally a group of miscellaneous troops who were temporarily pieced together and trained for a little. How could they block the fierce attack of the Guanzhong soldiers?
Some soldiers began to flee to all directions, while others began to flee to the city. When the commanders of both sides were of the same ability, the ability and quality of soldiers were taught on the battlefield. In this regard, Cao's army, who had lost their elites, was obviously unable to compare with the well-trained and experienced Guanzhong soldiers.
The cavalry on the battlefield fell on Huaxiong and completely collapsed.
"Lord, retreat!" Xun Yu looked at the battle situation in front of him, sighed weakly, bowed to Cao Cao and said, "I am willing to make the decision to rule the queen for the Lord!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he said in a stern voice: "Where can you remove it?"
"General Cao Hong!" Xun You looked at Cao Hong on the side.
Cao Hong nodded, pulled Cao Cao away without saying a word. Xun You glanced at Xun Yu and said nothing. Xun Yu nodded silently and turned around and walked towards the city. Xun You retreated into the city and organized layers of defense of the defeated army.
The entire Suiyang City has been in chaos. Suiyang was managed by Ye Zhao back then. Ye Zhao's official reputation in Suiyang was good. Both the gentry and the people in the city recognized Ye Zhao very well. Although it has been more than 20 years since then, if Ye Zhao had not been at the city, these things might have been chosen to be forgotten by these people. But now, Ye Zhao has come and brought the general trend. The gentry in the city will naturally quickly recall the friendship with Ye Zhao back then, and they have changed their flags and flags, took their servants to the streets, blocked the Cao army everywhere, and robbed the treasury, and some even went directly to the palace to kill Liu Xie, trying to capture Liu Xie and make a great contribution.
Someone saw Xun Yu coming back and led his troops to capture Xun Yu. However, although Cao's army was defeated, the Cao army's soldiers were definitely not allowed to be humiliated by these mobs and could not defeat Ye Zhao's army. However, it was still fine to deal with a group of servants who had never even been to the battlefield, and they just vented the resentment in their hearts.
Xun Yu ignored these people and did not go home, but went straight to the palace.
In the palace, Liu Xie had already heard the chaos outside the palace. When he was anxious, he saw Xun Yu coming in and hurried forward and pulled Xun Yu and said, "My dear, what is the battle situation?"
Xun Yu took a deep breath and sighed at Liu Xie, "I'm defeated."
Liu Xie was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then his face turned pale. He sat on the ground with a loud bang. After a while, he looked at Xun Yu and said in a stern voice: "Sikong...isn't it..."
"The soldiers in Guanzhong are too strong, and the lord is also difficult to resist." Xun Yu said with a wry smile.
"My dear, what should I do? I don't want to go to Chang'an!" Liu Xie pulled Xun Yu's sleeve and said anxiously.
"I dare to ask Your Majesty to change into these clothes." Xun Yu sent someone to bring up the armor of soldiers who had prepared in advance and said: "For the sake of this plan, Your Majesty will change into ordinary soldiers' clothes. I have sent confidants to send Your Majesty to a safe place, as for the others..."
Xun Yu had no idea about what happened in the future, so he could only hope that Liu Xie could spend the rest of his life safely.
"The Empress Dowager and the Empress have ordered people to come and invite each other. After Your Majesty leaves Suiyang, you can hide your identity and do not reveal your identity. Otherwise, you will be killed at that time!" Xun Yu looked at Liu Xie and said seriously.
"Okay, everything depends on my dear." Liu Xie nodded quickly, changed his robe, and under the escort of his family arranged by Xun Yu, he and Empress Tang left the palace and went out of Suiyang City.
Xun Yu looked at the empty palace and sighed, ordered people to block the palace, and then poured the turd oil prepared in advance on various buildings in the palace. After dispersing the palace servants and soldiers, he changed into Liu Xie's robe and came to the temple worshipping the ancestors of the Han Dynasty with some hunchback. He knelt down at the ranking of the 24-generation emperors of the Han Dynasty, bowed three times, then lit a torch and began to burn the palace.
When Ye Zhao led his people into the city, he saw that the palace was covered with a fire.
"Lord, these are all eunuchs and palace maids who have just escaped from the palace. According to these people, a quarter of an hour ago, Xun Yu covered the palace with tinder oil, and then dispersed the palace servants and guards..." Guan Hai brought a group of people and horses to suppress a group of prisoners, bowed to Ye Zhao and said.
When Ye Zhao heard this, he looked at the direction of the palace and shook his head and sighed: "Why do you have to?"
Although Xun Yu and Ye Zhao were not in close relationship, Ye Zhao was quite impressed by Xun Yu's character and ability. He turned his head to look at Xun You, with a pale face, and said in a deep voice: "The fake emperor Liu Xie is unwilling to fail, so he burned himself to the palace and reported this letter to Chang'an to Chang'an, so that His Majesty can know."
This is probably Xun Yu's last wish. As for Liu Xie, as long as this news spreads, even if Liu Xie wants to make a comeback in the future, he will have no chance. Let him go this time. I hope this kid is more tactful.
"Thank you, lord." Xun You knelt down and bowed to Ye Zhao.
After Xun You confirmed that Cao Cao had escaped, he completely gave up his resistance and surrendered to Ye Zhao, and helped Ye Zhao persuade Yu Jin to surrender.
Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and helped Xun You up and said with a smile: "This is Wen Ruo's wish. Gu and Wen Ruo also have some friendship. Wen Ruo's character and talent. Gu is deeply admired. It's a pity... not being able to obtain Wen Ruo is a loss of me, a loss of the country!"
"Order people to put out the fire as soon as possible and post a bill to safeguard the people!" With Xun You and Yu Jin's surrender, Sui Yang's resistance was not too fierce. As for Cao Cao and Xun Yu's family, Ye Zhao did not make any embarrassment, and the person who lost his life was imprisoned.
As soon as Sui Yang was broken, Ye Zhao did not mean to let Cao Cao go. After a little calm, he gathered his troops and continued to pursue Cao Cao. This was the last battle. My old friend was leaving. Ye Zhao wanted to send Cao Cao for the last time!
However, before Ye Zhao left the city, a Cao army came in. When he saw Ye Zhao, he hurriedly bowed and surrendered, and said that he had a great gift to him.
Ye Zhao didn't care much at first, but now Suiyang has fallen, and surrendered Cao troops are everywhere. However, when he saw Cao's army holding the bloody package above his head, Ye Zhao stopped for a moment and asked someone to present the head.
When the bloody package opened, what appeared in front of Ye Zhao was a bloody head, with anger and crazy look on his eyes. None of these matters. What is important is that this head belongs to Liu Xie.
"Your Majesty!" Xun You's expression changed drastically when he saw this. He knelt on the ground with a loud bang, looking at the head tremblingly.
Ye Zhao's face turned pale in an instant. Looking at these people, he said in a cold voice: "Where are the Empress Dowager and Concubine Tang!"
The leading Cao army was so scared that they didn't dare to speak when they saw Ye Zhao's expression was wrong. However, Cao army, who wanted to seek credit, did not know how to observe the words and expressions, so they hurriedly took Ye Zhao to the outside of the city. In a deserted village outside the city, Ye Zhao saw the messy corpses of He Hou and Concubine Tang. They were obviously treated inhumanely before their death.
"Lord!" Xun You looked at Ye Zhao and cried bitterly.
"Wen Ruo's life was defeated by these villains!" Ye Zhao turned around and looked at the pale Cao Jun. His eyes were filled with coldness, and he said sternly: "Kill the royal family, insult the queen mother, and the princess, kill me!"
"Prime Minister, we have made contributions!" Several Cao troops, who were unknown, struggled wildly, but they were no match for the Guanzhong soldiers. In an instant, more than 20 heads fell to the ground.
Ye Zhao took a deep breath, took off his cloak from his shoulder, covered the body of He Hou and Concubine Tang, ordered people to bury him, and comforted Xun You for a while, and asked Xun You to go back to the city to rest first, and then led his own troops to continue chasing Cao Cao.
On the other side, Cao Cao escaped from Liang State under the escort of Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun and others, and headed all the way to Shanyang, traveling day and night. However, when Cao Cao arrived at Shanyang, he saw Ye Zhao's banner. It turned out that Shanyang had been captured by Xu Rong and Ji Ling.
Cao Cao now has only more than 500 people left by his side. Not to mention big cities, even some small cities are difficult to break through. Ye Zhao's pursuers are pressing forward step by step, and Cao Cao can only escape again. Along the way, bad news kept coming, Jibei was destroyed, and Taishan County was also obtained by Guo Jia. Suddenly, Cao Cao was under the jurisdiction of Ye Zhao's army from all directions.
"Don't run!" Five days later, when Cao Cao arrived at Fuyang Pavilion, he finally sighed. At this time, there were only more than 300 people left by his side, and everyone was injured. Ye Zhao's pursuers were pressing forward step by step. Someone who was proficient in tracking tracking the traces of Cao Cao, and cities on all sides were also surrounded. In this case, Cao Cao had no way to escape. Cao Cao was preparing to settle with Ye Zhao in this Fuyang Pavilion.
"Lord!" Xu Chu helped Cao Cao down from his horse and looked at Cao Cao and said, "We still have a chance. Qingzhou is now a wasteland. As long as we escape into Qingzhou and throw it from the sea to Jiangdong, there may not be no way out."
"What can I do if I escape to Jiangdong?" Cao Cao licked his cracked lips and looked at the horizon with smoke and dust in the distance. Ye Zhao's pursuers had arrived. Cao Cao said in a stern voice: "Zhongkang, I'm tired."
When Xu Chu heard this, he remained silent. He was a rough man and could not understand Cao Cao's heart at this moment.
A moment later, the dark Guanzhong army appeared outside the Fuyang Pavilion and surrounded the Fuyang Pavilion.
Just as the first time, a group of people came out and came to Cao Cao's army. He was the leader of the general, and he sat on the dark clouds and stepped on the moon horse, wearing a sword on his waist, and laughed at Cao Cao, "Brother Meng De, don't be fine."
"I'm very bad. You thief, you are really cruel and you don't have any chance!" Cao Cao looked at Ye Zhao and cursed.
"I dare not stay." Ye Zhao turned over and got off the horse and walked straight towards Cao Cao. Xu Chu next to him wanted to stop him, but Cao Cao waved his hand and walked straight towards Ye Zhao.
"I know you can, over the years, start to imitate my Guanzhong system, develop work and farming. If you give you time to solve internal problems, it will be difficult for you to destroy you." Ye Zhao and Cao Cao sat on the ground, looked at the soldiers behind Cao Cao, turned to look at Cao Cao and said, "Liu Xie is dead, Wen Ruo is dead, Gongda voted for me."
"You are killing the lord, be careful to be attacked by the people of the world." Cao Cao's eyes flashed with sadness and then said casually.
"It's not me who killed him. In order to protect Liu Xie, Wen Ruo asked him to disguise himself as a soldier and escape from Suiyang. He burned the palace to commit suicide. As for Liu Xie, it was yours. I was going to let him live, but I blame him for his bad life." Ye Zhao shook his head: "I won't take the blame."
"Take the blame?" Cao Cao said curiously: "What is the explanation?"
"I have been blamed for others, for short." Ye Zhao smiled and said: "I took the blame for you a lot in Luoyang back then."
"Nonsense, don't insult my innocence." Cao Cao rolled his eyes and said.
"Innocence?" Ye Zhao looked up and down at Cao Cao, and laughed: "Every time I go to Zuixianlou without bringing money, I pay it for you. I dare to order the most expensive wine and the best woman. Do you have any misunderstandings about these two words?"
"Just, don't think I don't know, that the Zuixian Tower was clearly opened by you." Cao Cao glared at Ye Zhao and retorted: "Since you regard me as a chess piece, you should spend some money to serve me, so that you can work hard for you."
"Do you still remember this sentence?" Ye Zhao was slightly stunned when he heard this and looked at Cao Cao.
"I will never forget you in my next life. I regard you as a friend, but you regard me as a pawn. Yuan Benchu's fourth generation three dukes did not breathe such a big tone!" Cao Cao said angrily.
"Benchu?" Ye Zhao sighed: "So you killed him?"
"He was so angry that he had to death, what did he have to do with me?" Cao Cao said disdainfully: "I was arrogant and arrogant. How could I accept being defeated by me?"
"What about you?" Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao and said, "Have you ever thought about mingling with me and seizing you as the general of the Western Expedition? Isn't this your long-cherished wish?"
"It's useless. The Xiongnu, the Xianbei is gone by you, and the Western Regions are ruined. What's the use of me wanting this general in the Western Expedition? Besides, I really can't imagine how humble I am at you." Cao Cao glared at Ye Zhao fiercely: "My biggest wish now is to defeat you."
"This life is impossible." Ye Zhao looked at Cao Jun who was remaining in the distance and said, "Surrender now, let me hang out with me. In the next life, how about I hang out with you?"
"Fao never believes in this trick. If you lose, you will lose. What's the point of saying? It's just that my wife and children are young..."
"I will raise your wife!" Ye Zhao said directly: "If these people are willing to surrender, I can reuse them!"
"Thank you." Cao Cao nodded: "With your words, I can feel at ease after I die."
"I really don't think about it?" Ye Zhao couldn't help but shout as he looked at Cao Cao who stood up and walked back and forth.
"Ye Xiuming is a hero of the world. When did he become such a mother-in-law?" Cao Cao waved his hand in a daze: "After I die, I will be buried in Qiao County."
"Okay!" Ye Zhao stood up, watched Cao Cao return to the formation, slowly drew his sword, then committed suicide by slashing his sword, and said to the remaining Xu Chu and others: "I have promised Meng De that as long as you are willing to surrender, the official title will remain unchanged!"
Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun, and Cao Hong silently turned over the horse, tidied up the armor, raised the weapons in his hand high, and roared: "My sons, let me kill!"
"Kill~"
Three hundred soldiers launched a final charge towards Ye Zhaojun frantically.
Chapter completed!