The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 447
At this critical moment, a group of soldiers and horses came from the grove outside Xianyang City and rushed straight to Cao Hong.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, Zhang Xiu is here!"

A loud roar came to Chen Ziming's ears like the sound of nature, which made Chen Ziming so excited that he didn't even think about why Zhang Xiu appeared here.

"clang!"

"kill!"

The sudden attack caused considerable confusion to Cao Hong's army. In order to stabilize the situation, Cao Hong had no choice but to give up Chen Ziming, who was close at hand, and turned around to face Zhang Xiu.Otherwise, if Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses are allowed to charge at will, his [-] soldiers and horses will not be able to withstand Zhang Xiu's charge.

"kill!"

Cao Hong and Zhang Xiu fought together, and the five thousand soldiers brought by Zhang Xiu inserted into Cao Jun's formation, making Cao Jun unable to continue chasing Chen Ziming.

And a group of imperial guards who rushed out from Xianyang City quickly joined Chen Ziming and escorted Chen Ziming into Xianyang City. After getting the news, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao and others also brought people back to protect Chen Ziming. Take a breath.

"Prime Minister atones..."

Dian Wei knelt down to plead guilty. It was his duty to protect Chen Ziming. Today, such a big mistake made Chen Ziming almost fall into Cao Hong's hands. Dian Wei cannot absolve himself of the blame.

"Get up, what is your fault?" Chen Ziming was rarely polite to Dian Wei, and it was indeed his mistake today, which had nothing to do with Dian Wei.Today Dian Wei has done nothing wrong.

"Prime Minister, the defenders of Xianyang are still continuing to resist in the city. General Zhang Fei and General Ma Chao are still leading people to clean up the remnants of the enemy." Zhang Liao immediately reported the current situation to Chen Ziming.

"Immediately send someone to send an order to let Zhang Fei and Ma Chao quickly drive Cao Jun out of Xianyang."

"Wen Yuan, immediately organize troops to meet General Zhang Xiu."

Now the city tower of Xianyang is full of dead bodies, and the smell of blood is overwhelming, but the people here are all battle-tested people, and they don't care about it. Chen Ziming looked at Zhang Xiubu who was fighting with Cao Hong outside the city, and ordered Zhang Liao to be rescued.

Zhang Xiu only brought [-] soldiers and horses, while Cao Hong had [-]. Continuing to fight would be very disadvantageous to Zhang Xiu.

Soon, Zhang Liao organized 2000 people to fight out of Xianyang City. Seeing this, Cao Hong thought that Xianyang had been completely lost, and that Chen Ziming had been protected layer by layer. Continuing to fight would be very unfavorable to him, and it didn't make much sense, although he felt unwilling , but there was no other way, and before Zhang Liao rushed to him, he retreated with his soldiers and horses.

Zhang Xiu retreated into Xianyang City under the support of Zhang Liao, and then closed the city gate tightly. Chi Yin, the guard of Xianyang City, was also driven out by Zhang Fei and others. create a threat.

Since then, the siege of Xianyang City has ended. Chen Ziming's side captured Xianyang City. Cao's army retreated and suffered [-] losses in battle. Deputy General Wang Xiang died in battle, which can be described as a heavy loss.

On Chen Ziming's side, the [-] elite imperial guards lost [-] after this battle, and the rest of the troops also suffered considerable losses. If it weren't for Dian Wei, Zhang Fei and other super generals who led the team to kill, the number would be less than [-]. Even if the soldiers and horses are all elite troops, it is impossible to break through Xianyang City. This battle can be said to be a miserable victory for Chen Ziming's side.

There are many defenders in Xianyang, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The defender is the brave and strategic general Chi Yin. Fortunately, Zhang Fei and others are very powerful, and they are all the elites of the world. Everyone is desperate. This is a miracle. Like breaking through Xianyang City.

"The last general ordered the army to lead five thousand soldiers secretly from the Weishui River to attack Xianyang, and then break Chang'an and cut off the food road of the forbidden army." The greatest hero in this battle is Zhang Xiu, who descended from the sky. If he hadn't suddenly thrown soldiers to kill him, not only Chen Ziming would have fallen into Cao Hong's hands, but even Zhang Fei and others who had invaded Xianyang would have been defeated by Cao Hong and Chiyin Liyingwaihe.

"It's really a tiger general."

Dare to accept such an order, it is not ordinary courage. Both Xianyang and Chang'an are big cities, and there must be a lot of defenders. Zhang Xiu dared to attack with [-] soldiers and horses, and he was alone in the enemy's rear. The courage is admirable.

"Cao Hong came suddenly with his cavalry, and his army is not far from here. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, and all the ministries are preparing to leave here." After breaking through Xianyang, a large number of ferries were obtained. The most important thing is that Cao Jun was powerless to stop them from crossing the river. This is the best chance to escape. .

As for the merits, write them down one by one. After the war is over, Liu Bei will reward them. All the generals here have military merits. As long as they can live to the end of the war, they can live comfortably all their lives.

"Now that Cao Cao's army has arrived in the Wugong area, and Yu Jin's army is stationed in Fufeng, we can only go up the Wei River, and then go ashore from the Tianshui area to Qinchuan to join General Zhao Yun's army."

After drawing up the marching route, the army immediately left by boat. With Zhang Xiu leading the way, it was much easier.

"Twenty thousand elites came with me, and now most of them are dead..."

Statistics after the war made Chen Ziming feel distressed for a long time. There were only [-] soldiers left from the [-] imperial guards, only [-] soldiers from the [-] Xiliang cavalry, only [-] soldiers from the [-] heavy cavalry, and all the heavy armor was lost. Of the [-] elite cavalry of the Liao Army, there are only a thousand left.

In other words, of the 5000 elite cavalry, there are now only more than [-] left, and many of them are wounded, and their combat effectiveness has reached the lowest period.

The 1000 soldiers brought by Zhang Xiu also lost more than [-] people in the battle outside Xianyang City. Fortunately, they got rid of Cao Hong's pursuers, and now Chen Ziming can be regarded as a real escape.

Chen Ziming created a miracle in this battle. With [-] troops, he stirred up the entire battlefield in the north and burned Cao Cao's Shouyang Mountain granary, which forced Cao Cao to slow down his plan to attack Liangzhou.

Rampage at Cao Cao's home, mobilized the Cao army in the entire Sili Prefecture to run around, causing the entire Sili Prefecture to be in chaos, and threatened Cao Cao's base camp Luoyang many times, causing Cao Cao's morale to drop.

You must know that Sili Prefecture is not only Cao Cao's base camp, but also the backing of the northern battlefield. With Chen Ziming's interference, Sili Prefecture cannot effectively support Cao Cao's northern battle.

Moreover, forcing Yu Jin's army to return to encircle and suppress Chen Ziming, the price he paid was very high.

Because Chen Ziming came to Silizhou for a visit, he held back Cao Cao's pace. Cao Cao's main goals were originally Liangzhou and Hanzhong, and he was absolutely sure to win these two places, but he was disturbed by Chen Ziming and lost the ability to continue to attack. Liangzhou Zhao Yunbu got a respite.

Cao Cao's [-] army, plus Yu Jin's [-] army, had no ability to continue to attack before Nanyang's grain and grass arrived. It is not so easy to transport grain and grass from Nanyang. The consumption along the way is a very scary figure. .

What's more, the food road is too far away, there are too many uncertain factors, and the army needs too much food and grass. If you don't pay attention, the food will run out, which will bring a lot of trouble to Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)