Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 424 The Battle of Tancheng

Facing Liu Bei's army who still dared to line up to fight against him, Cao Cao's interest was half vented immediately: in his opinion, Liu Bei has merit anyway.After all, starting as a grassroots in troubled times, even though he has been defeated repeatedly, the more frustrated he becomes, the more courageous he becomes, and his status has been improved step by step.This shows that this person has his own way of marching, deploying and making decisions.

However, when he sat on the hill and watched Liu Bei's soldiers, he wondered how Liu Bei survived in the troubled times.
Compared with the [-] elite soldiers he fought today, Liu Bei's army was nothing to look at, it was almost like a party of beggars.There are Danyang soldiers assigned by Tao Qian, and Youyan cavalry from Gongsun Zan, and there are a lot of Karasuma Zanhu among them.But there are more hungry people who can't even hold their spears.

Cao Cao predicted at a glance that Liu Bei would be defeated in this battle. In terms of his military quality, Liu Bei made at least three fatal mistakes.

First, these soldiers come from different sources, and they themselves are a motley crew assembled at will.I am afraid that the languages ​​​​are not even compatible between the regions, so how can it be possible to obey the command and fight in a unified way?
Second, the formations among the soldiers were also in disarray. The cavalry did not protect the infantry's wings, and the spearmen were also mixed according to regional differences.Most importantly, this army doesn't even have archers and sword and shield hands.Don't talk about charging, just talk about fighting in disorder, and you can only fight with blood and courage-of course, to put it nicely, it is fighting;

And the most terrible thing is that Liu Bei dared to line up outside the city!

The self-army only dispatched one-tenth of the best soldiers today, so it can be said that they are just testing the waters.Liu Bei allegedly said that there might be a glimmer of life in the defense, but he mobilized all his soldiers to resist!You know, this is a battle that determines the life and death of Tancheng, or the victory or defeat of the entire Xuzhou. Does Liu Bei think this is just a show?

Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei had won huge intangible resources morally, but as a hero, Cao Cao saw through Liu Bei's mind almost instantly: he didn't actually seek a victory or defeat, but only his own personal prestige.

Winning is sure to bring fame and fortune, but losing... Humph, what other tragedy, such as shattered jade and stones and generous resistance, can touch people's hearts more?
However, what is he going to do to put on a show to the point of destroying a city or even a state?Didn't he know that facing such a situation, he could pretend to be defeated first, and then set up an ambush to wipe out all of him?

It's also possible that with the record of a frequently defeated general like Liu Bei, you really don't know this, right?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly had a feeling of extreme hatred towards Liu Bei: This man is kind-hearted, cruel, and ruthless, and he is even more unforgivable than himself!
As a result, Cao Cao suddenly gave up the idea of ​​winning a beautiful battle last time, and said as if talking to himself: "Since you want to sacrifice your life for benevolence, then I don't need to bother, just let you lose without anything to say." ..." After saying this, Cao Cao's eyes turned cold, and he didn't say any more, just waved the command flag in his hand fiercely!
Pioneer Le Jin was brave and impatient, seeing Cao Cao wave his flag, he didn't even say hello, and killed him directly with five thousand soldiers under his command.Immediately, it was as if a group of wolves saw a group of sheep, and in just a moment of confrontation, Liu Bei's formation collapsed at the touch of a touch.Seeing that the situation was so optimistic, Xia Houyuan hurriedly mobilized his soldiers and horses to rush forward, fearing that Le Jin would monopolize the great achievements.

In fact, just at this moment, everyone in Cao Jun could see that this was not a war at all, but a massacre.

The first to collapse were those Danyang soldiers.These people were all from Yangzhou, and they were recruited by Tao Qian by relying on his old connections in his hometown. They had no intention of risking their lives for Xuzhou's survival.In the same way, those Youzhou iron cavalry and Karasuma seemed to be brave and good at fighting, but they were too few in number, and they could only resist for a while before they collapsed and left.

But then, a scene that moved Cao Cao's cold face appeared.In the face of Cao Jun's imposing and devastating killing, those who did not take half a step back were those Xuzhou people who seemed to be unable to hold their spears steadily.Cao Jun's sharp swords and guns fought with the people's crude wooden spears, and people continued to die, but even if some people spattered blood, screamed, and fell to the ground, they did not take half a step back!

When the arm was cut off with a knife, he used the gun in the other hand, and the shoulder was pierced by the iron scorpion, gritted his teeth and rushed forward as usual.Even if they were dead, they wanted to hug the horse's legs, trying to stop Cao Jun's pace.There are waving weapons everywhere, and angry faces everywhere.Of course, people are still dying everywhere...

Under Cao Jun's butcher's knife, courage can't change anything.In other words, in a situation where they were doomed to perish, they were left with nothing but tragedy.After all, although the common people are extremely brave and risk their lives, they also have the most fatal flaws: lack of combat experience, lack of drills, and lack of discipline... If you rush forward indiscriminately, you will die indiscriminately.

At this time, Cao Cao also saw that Liu Bei, who was in the rear, did not take any action at all.There was neither a charge forward, a life-and-death battle set an example, nor a strong man cut off his wrist and retreated to the city... Such silence even made Cao Cao on the side a little incomprehensible.

However, looking at the scene of those skinny Xuzhou people on the battlefield, who would rather die on the battlefield than retreat.Cao Cao still closed his eyes slightly. After all, he is a human, not a demon, and he also knows what this is: since he will be slaughtered if he does not resist, it is better to fight to the death to defend his homeland!
Cao Cao now has some doubts, whether what he did before was wrong: was he so cruel and ruthless when he stepped on the stage of this troubled world?No, on the contrary, he would use his relatives to help the world for the sake of the whole world.

"Ganqi" means weapons, soldiers, and killing.This idea has been born in Cao Cao's mind for a long time. After being disappointed with the Han Dynasty and the Kwantung heroes one after another, Cao Cao realized that only he can break the world and stand up.Han Dynasty? ... There has indeed been a change, but he does not think that the Han Dynasty can be brought back to life.

In Cao Cao's view, the new emperor is indeed extraordinary, enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.However, after all, he appeared too late. If ten years ago...no, even if Liu Xie came to the throne five years ago, Cao Cao would not be so desperate.But the reality is... the reality is that there is no room for assumptions.

Objectively speaking, Cao Cao admired Liu Xie for cutting off the two malignant tumors that plagued the world, the foreign relatives and the eunuchs.But these are far from enough. Under the toss of these two cancers, the Han Dynasty has turned into a chaotic world full of princes and dark.The common people are miserable, and there are countless examples of family ruin and death...In today's era, apart from relying on "relatives", how can we change all this?
The only way is to restore order by force.

But the people who achieved this goal did not necessarily have to be the Han Dynasty.In Cao Cao's view, Liu Xie did not come up with a set of solutions once and for all, and all his actions were just political perfunctory such as tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall.He can only find a balance point in the confrontation and conflict of power. There is no doubt that this will be a very long and painful process.And my own way of long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, obviously can end this troubled world as soon as possible.

Then, just continue to kill like this, and keep it cool!Those who achieve great things do not care about small details, and it is completely worthwhile to pay the price of Xuzhou for the future peace of the fourteen states of the Han Dynasty!
History has always been written by the successful.I am ready to bear these infamy!
Therefore, at this moment, "I would rather let the people of the world bear me than let the world bear me" is what I should do and accomplish most!
At this point in his thoughts, Cao Cao looked at the tragic battlefield again, and his ordinary eyes were ignited with raging flames.He saw that those Xuzhou people had been killed and their corpses were scattered all over the field, but the corpses had been burned to ashes in the flames of his eyes: the battlefield does not believe in kindness, and victory will only yield to a cold heart and strong strength!

Soon, Cao Cao saw that his two brave and impatient generals, Le Jin and Xia Houyuan, had already started to attack Liu Bei's personal guards, intending to capture Liu Bei.

As a result, Cao Cao slightly raised the command flag in his hand: as long as he gently waved it down, the surprise soldiers who had been ambushing before him would rush to kill him, and he could leave...

But at this time, Cao Cao, who has a keen sense of the battlefield, suddenly saw Liu Bei's abnormal death and non-retreat at this time, and he faintly felt something wrong.So, because of this hesitation, the order flag in his hand did not waver.

It was almost at this moment that Cao Cao turned his head inadvertently, and felt a murderous aura rising from behind his hill!
(End of this chapter)