Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 89 Retirement (four more, please subscribe)

Above the wilderness, the spring breeze blows.

On the left bank of the turbulent water, Cao's army stood ready and lined up to meet the enemy.

After Gan Ning and Shen Chen met, they also organized the team and formed several square formations.

The two sides were less than one mile apart, and the soldiers standing at the front of the line could even see the appearance of the opposing soldiers.

However, neither side made any moves. They just watched and confronted each other, and neither of them intended to take a step forward.

Cao Cao was because they had just finished a battle, and the soldiers were all gasping for breath, their physical strength was exhausted, and they were taking the time to rest.

Gan Ning's army is slightly stronger than Cao's, but he also needs to rest for a while. At the same time, he is waiting for Zhang Xiu to gather the rout.

Zhang Xiu's defeat must have been a huge blow to the coalition forces, and their strength was directly weakened by nearly half.

And Cao Cao did this with only 8000 men on this side of the river, and he has three to 4000 men on the other side of the river, and now they are coming one after another.

So at this time, neither side dared to act rashly. After a while, the horns in the distance blared.

Although it was a disastrous defeat, Cao Jun did not continue to pursue. Zhang Xiu's army fled for several miles, and began to gather the rout through the horn, and gradually gathered 5000 to [-] troops, and lined up again.

Seeing this situation, both sides actually knew that it would be impossible to fight, because if the fight continued, when the number of troops and morale of the two sides were similar, there was a high probability that they would lose both sides, so they could only choose to stop the fight.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao has already begun to retreat.

When he came to Nanyang before, Zhang Xiu had already surrendered before the people arrived. Liu Biao knew that Nanyang was lost, so he dared not send troops over.

But now that Zhang Xiu rebelled, when he saw Gan Ning's army, he knew that Liu Biao's army had joined the battle.

If all the [-] elites going south were present, he would not be afraid.

Ke Dianwei, Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, Cao Ren, and Le Jin died in battle one after another, losing more than [-] soldiers and horses, and there was no way to continue tossing around in Nanyang.

So retreat is inevitable.

Now that he has successfully disabled Zhang Xiujun, and he is not afraid of the opponent's pursuit, he can naturally choose to withdraw his troops calmly.

Soon the soldiers of Cao Jun on the river bank began to move. The three or 4000 troops coming from the other side of the river had not participated in the battle before. At this moment, most of the troops were sent to the hill on the left, which was the hill that Shen Chen occupied before.

The rest of Cao's soldiers began to cross the river one after another. Except for the troops still in formation on the periphery, they began to retreat in an orderly manner on the bridge.

And farther away, Yu Jin's remnant soldiers had also come to meet him.

Everyone continued to watch like this, Gan Ning turned his head and asked Shen Chen, "Aren't we going to fight?"

Shen Chen pointed to the hill and said, "Just now we shot people with arrows, if we take the initiative to attack now, they will shoot us with arrows."

"pity."

Gan Ning licked his dry and cracked lips. As a low-level military officer, he was more eager than anyone else to be promoted in the military.

of course.

In fact, he also understands that under the command of someone like Liu Biao, no amount of military merit is of any use.

Because people trust relatives more.

Except for Huang Zu, most of the top officials in Jingzhou are relatives of Liu Biao, so military merit is meaningless.

But now he is different.

There is a backing.

Deng Hong has also entered Liu Biao's family circle now, and he is still a celebrity under his command, so he can talk.

If he has made military exploits, with Deng Hong's help, maybe he can raise his rank.

Even if it is not as good as Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and Huang Zu, he can enter the second gear and become a general.

So Gan Ning's hands were itchy and he was eager to fight.

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "It's nothing to be sorry about. In fact, if we continue to fight, we will most likely lose."

Gan Ning refused to accept it and said, "Our soldiers and horses are almost the same, why should we lose?"

Shen Chen whispered to Zhang Xiu, "The morale of the Xiliang army is very low. If we continue to fight, Cao Cao will definitely break them through. If they collapse, we will be the ones who are unlucky."

Gan Ning spat on the ground: "Hey, Cao Cao is so cheap, I wanted to chop him up with my own hands."

Shen Chen glanced at Gan Ning, thinking, Uncle Xingba, you are really ignorant and fearless, if you know his later achievements... Oh, you robbed Cao Ying with a hundred riders, then it will be fine.

At this moment, Cao Jun slowly came out to ride in front of the formation.

Cao Cao still stood at a relatively high place on the bank of the river and watched from a distance. The distance between the two sides was about one mile, but he just watched quietly.

The knight galloped up to Gan Ning's army and shouted, "Who is Shen Chen?"

"I."

Shen Chen patted his horses and more people came out. In the past three years in Jingzhou, the biggest gain is nothing else, but a stable place for him to grow.

Among them, the necessary skills such as equestrianism and archery were gradually mastered during this period.

The knight said: "Sikong said that one day he will take your life."

Speak harshly, right?
"Ok?"

Gan Ning raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want to die?"

The knight was young, about eighteen or nineteen years old, and he said proudly, "What fear is there in death?"

hum!
Gan Ning drew out the steel knife, the shining blade could reflect light in the sun.

Shen Chen rode his horse and stopped in front of him, looked at the cavalrymen of Cao Jun who were only a few meters away, and praised: "You are a man, but it is a pity that you followed Cao Cao. But everyone has his own ambitions. You choose your path, and others can't force it. What's your name?" "

"Li Dian."

The young Li Dian said so.

The Li family in Shanyang is also considered a powerful and prominent family in the local area. Li Dian's uncle, Li Qian, had thousands of followers. After Cao Cao came to Yanzhou, Li Qian defected to him. Since then, the Li family has served Cao Cao.

The year before last, Cao Cao fought with Lu Bu, and Li Gan died in battle. Li Gan's army was led by his son Li Zheng.

Li Dian followed his cousin and is currently serving as a junior officer in Cao Jun.He will take over Li Zheng's army after Li Zheng's death in the battle of Guandu in the future, and from then on he will follow Cao Cao to fight in the north and south and become a mighty general.

Seeing this later famous Cao Wei general, Shen Chen also gave enough respect, nodded and said: "General Li, please go back and tell Cao Cao a word."

"Please say."

Li Dian looked at him and said.

"I never doubted his ability, but don't forget, this big man is the world of the big man after all, not his Cao Mengde's world."

Shen Chen said earnestly: "He is cruel and inhumane, and everyone in the world will remember him! It goes without saying that he came to take my life. Sooner or later, I will go to him personally to avenge the people of Xuzhou and my hundreds of relatives! "

Li Dian heard that there were no swear words in this sentence, but only warning and cruel words, so he also nodded and said: "I see, I will go back and tell Sikong the original words."

"This is a poem I wrote."

Shen Chen took out a bamboo slip from his bosom, tied it up and threw it over, and said, "It was specially written for Cao Cao, let him take a good look at it."

Li Dian took the bamboo slips, took a deep look at Shen Chen, turned his horse around, and ran towards the bridge.

At this moment, most of Cao's army had retreated to the other side, and Cao Cao was already in the team, riding in the middle of the bridge, watching the situation here from a distance, and he didn't go to the other side of the river until Li Dian took the bamboo slips and walked back.

After a while, Li Dian came back, went to the right bank of the Turbulent River, came to Cao Cao, got off his horse and folded his hands on one knee to report: "Sikong."

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Then what are you talking about?"

Li Dian put Shen Chen's original words aside, then raised the bamboo slip in his hand and said, "Shen Chen said this is a poem written for Sikong."

Poems for me?
Cao Cao looked unhappy, what good poems can a child write?

Probably scolding him for his vulgar poems.

However, he did not throw it away directly, but opened the bamboo slip in his hand and began to scan.

If it is really some vulgar poem made by a child, then there is nothing to worry about, it can only be regarded as a joke.

But after a while, Cao Cao's face became serious.

Appreciating it with his level, it can be seen that this "Seven Lamentations Poem" is considered to be the top grade among contemporary poems.

Not only is the content sincere and easy to read, but it also has high literary value. After reading it, people can immediately sigh at the brutality of Cao Jun and the sadness of the troubled times.

And this is what Cao Cao is most upset about.

Because the poem is a good poem, it is a pity that the content condemns his cruelty.

Speaking of which, Cao Cao has not yet completed many of his well-known poems in later generations.

For example, "Guan Canghai" was written after he conquered Wuhuan, "Gui Shi Shou" was written when he pacified the north and went south to fight against Liu Biao, and "Duan Ge Xing" was written by him on the eve of the Battle of Chibi.

Even "Haoli Xing" will not be written until the second half of this year, or before the Battle of Guandu, because the sentence "the title of Huainan brother" in it refers to Yuan Shu's proclaiming emperor.

Yuan Shu had just proclaimed himself emperor this year, and the news had only recently spread to Jingzhou, Henan and other places. It is impossible for him to write "Hao Li Xing" just after learning about it.

Therefore, the poems written by Cao Cao can be regarded as relatively well-known poems at present. The only poem written by Cao Cao when he welcomed Liu Xie into Xuchang at the end of last year, lamenting the death of the emperor, was the companion poem "Xielu Xing" written with a big pen.

However, the literary value and verse level of "Xie Lu Xing" are far inferior to "Seven Sorrows Poems", because the description content and macro narrative of "Seven Sorrows Poems" are larger than "Xie Lu Xing".

"Xie Lu Xing" writes about the failure of the Han Dynasty. Basically, it simply writes about the destruction of the Han Dynasty by He Jin, Zhang Rang and Dong Zhuo.

The "Poem of Seven Sorrows" is about the harm of warlords to the world and the pain and disaster caused by the melee of the princes to the people of the Han Dynasty.

One only writes about the royal family and dignitaries, and the other writes about the people of the world and their reflections on the war.

Depth and intention are naturally different.

Even if "Haoli Xing" is taken out, it is probably at the same level as "Poems of Seven Sorrows", and it can be ranked in the top five among all poems written by Cao Cao.

And Cao Cao has not written his first five poems yet..

So to a certain extent, all the poems he has written so far are inferior to Shen Chen's "Poem of Seven Lamentations".

This is what hurts him the most.

"Humph."

Cao Cao snorted coldly, rolled up the bamboo slips again, and said to the left and right: "It's just the arrogant words of an ignorant child."

None of the surrounding generals noticed the arrogant words on his lips, but they rolled up this bamboo slip and put it in their arms, obviously intending to take it back and savor it carefully.

Yu Jin had already arrived at this moment, and asked, "Sikong, what should we do now?"

Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Retire and return to the court!"

"only!"

All the soldiers responded feebly.

They went to Nanyang in this battle, and they suffered a great loss.

Dian Wei, Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, Cao Ren, and Le Jin died in battle, and the soldiers also lost a lot.

At least after going back, I am afraid that he will have to rest for a long time before he can continue to use troops abroad.

　The rest of the day is more

　　
　
(End of this chapter)