In mid-July, Xiahou Yuan led his troops across the Yellow River and attacked Licheng, Luoyin, Zhuxian and other places under the rule of Jinan.
In the continuous autumn rain, a yellow horse under the crotch, holding a tiger-headed ink scale knife, led 8,000 men and horses to rush through the rain, and the target was directly aimed at Luoyin County.
I saw that this young military general was estimated to be sixteen or seventeen years old, his face was fierce, and a handful of red yellow beards grew under his chin at a young age, this person was none other than Cao Zhang, who was called by Cao Cao as a yellow beard.
After Cao Cao ascended the throne and became emperor, he was canonized as the king of Qi.
Compared to Cao Cao's other sons, Cao Zhang is simply an alternative.
Cao Cao's height is less than seven feet, which is relatively short, although he has been galloping on the battlefield for many years, he can be regarded as a skilled archer.
In his early years, he even carried a sword and a prancing horse, risking arrows and stones to fight against the Yellow Turban rebels.
But most of the time, Cao Cao's literati atmosphere is stronger, and he often recites poems and sings about wine.
And the level is quite high, even the civil officials Li Bai and Chen Lin under Liu Wei are full of praise, praising Cao Cao for "getting on the horse can be crossed, and getting off the horse can write poems".
Of course, in the eyes of the civil officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Cao Apu is all-round in civil and military affairs, he is still slightly inferior to the Han Emperor who "can write poems on horseback".
It's just that no one knows that Liu Bian's poems are all plagiarized except for a few limerick poems.
But Liu Wei doesn't care, didn't Kong Yiji say that stealing books is not stealing, so plagiarizing poetry by himself is not stealing, which is called carrying forward literature.
Perhaps Cao Cao is full of literary genes, and his sons Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Chong, and Cao Xueqin, who became his son, are all full of literati style.
Each of them has shown wisdom and wisdom since childhood, and they have become poems, and they are regarded as prodigies, which also makes Cao Cao quite proud.
But Cao Zhang has a unique appearance, more than eight feet five inches tall, and when he was thirteen or fourteen, he was powerful, and he could defeat the other four or five brothers alone, and even his brother Cao Ang was not an opponent.
The only one who can defeat him is Cao Ning, who was born out of the table; It's a pity that he died under Ran Min's double-edged spear, which made Cao Cao grit his teeth with hatred, and vowed to break Ran Min's body into thousands of pieces sooner or later, and crush his bones and scatter ashes.
Cao Zhang has followed Xiahou Yuan since he was fourteen years old to start his career as a horseman, but it is a pity that he has been focusing on defense for three consecutive years and has not fought several large-scale battles.
This made Cao Zhang's heart hold his breath, and now that the war was finally in full swing, Cao Zhang volunteered to ask Xiahou Yuan for 8,000 soldiers and horses, and attacked Luoyin County.
In the muddy autumn rain, the young Cao Zhang, riding his horse and whipping up, charged first, and swept towards Luoyin County like a hurricane.
Two and a half hours later, the Wei army came to the city, and the county order closed the door to defend it, leading 700 county soldiers, as well as more than 3,000 scholars and ordinary people from the poor to the city.
"Siege" With Cao Zhang's order, 8,000 Wei troops braved the autumn rain and carried the cloud ladder straight under the city wall.
The soldiers in the county town are almost just militia regiments, with backward equipment and a lack of rigorous training on weekdays, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of the regular army.
However, after half an hour of fighting, the Wei army was almost about to ascend to the top of the city, and at this moment, a support soldier arrived from the east, waving the banner of "Xin".
It turned out that the 8,000 soldiers led by Xin Qiji, the "soldier Cao" sent by Wang Meng, came to reinforce them.
"Haha, the king is hating that there is no use, how can more than a thousand county soldiers show lonely bravery, I didn't expect that there would be Han soldiers sent to the door to beg for death, see me kill him without leaving a piece of armor" Cao Zhang left the deputy general to lead 4,000 people to continue the siege, and he divided half of his troops and horses to meet Xin Qiji, and pointed at the big knife on the horse: "Come and report who is named, this king will not die under the sword and the nameless ghost" Xin Qiji scolded: "Traitorous thief, dare to call Wang Daogu, watch me capture you alive and tie you to the court to behead the sacrificial flag" When the words fell, Xin Qiji waved his double sword in his hand and ordered the whole army to assault.
"Kill" With Xin Qiji's order, the eight thousand county soldiers stepped on the mud under their feet, held their swords and guns, and pounced on the Wei army.
"I am the king of Qi, the son of the emperor of Great Wei, and those who stand in my way will die" Cao Zhang led more than 3,000 fully armored Cao troops to meet the battle, although they were outnumbered, but they had no fear.
In the earth-shattering sound of killing, Cao Zhang rushed left and right, a tiger-headed ink scale knife wielded by a tiger-headed tiger, almost every knife was harvested, and from time to time human heads flew in the rain.
Red blood spurted out of the cavity and splattered all over the ground, staining the dirt in a mottled stain.
Although the number of county soldiers is large, their combat effectiveness is slightly stronger than that of county soldiers, although they are more than twice that of Cao Bing, they still can't take advantage.
The two sides lined up to cut and kill each other, and it was difficult to solve for a while, showing a stalemate situation.
Cao Zhang's prancing horse charged, slashing back and forth, no one could stop him wherever he went, and after more than an hour, he slashed and killed more than 170 county soldiers, and the Qingzhou soldiers who killed were a little frightened.
As long as Cao Zhangchong came over, they all dodged one after another, resulting in chaos and gradually being suppressed by the Wei army on the opposite side.
"Cao thief, don't be rampant" Xin Qiji attacked more and attacked less, but he still couldn't take any advantage, and he was angry in his heart.
After slashing and killing thirty or forty Wei soldiers with the double swords in his hands, he met Cao Zhang's narrow road, and with a shout, he pounced.
"How dare you use dual swords" Cao Zhang snorted coldly, and the sixty-pound knife in his hand slashed at Xin Qi, like a stormy wave, and the momentum was terrifying.
Xin Qiji used all his strength, barely parried for seven or eight rounds, the swords intersected, only to feel his fingers numb, the long sword flew out of his hand several zhang, and suddenly inserted into the back of one of his soldiers, and instantly fell to the ground and died.
In a hurry, Xin Qiji threw the other sword in his hand as a hidden weapon towards Cao Zhang, and when Cao Zhang waved his knife to block, he turned the horse's head and left.
Seeing the defeat of the main general, these Qingzhou County soldiers, whose military discipline was not strong, were in a big mess, and they were attacked by the Cao army, killing more than 1,000 people, and the rest followed Xin Qiji's pace and fled.
Cao Zhang led his troops to chase after him, and he quietly bent his bow and arrows on the horse, pulling the bowstring like a full moon, shooting a cold arrow like a meteor, hitting Cao Zhang's arm.
"Little thief, dare to hurt me with a secret arrow" Cao Zhang was furious, raised his other hand and pulled out the crossbow arrow, although it was not a big problem, but for a while, he could no longer use his strength.
Although Xin Qiji was lucky enough to shoot and wound Cao Zhang, he was unable to restrain the defeated county soldiers, that is, he was able to delay Cao Zhang's pursuit, gather the defeated soldiers and go east to Tai County.
Cao Zhang led his troops to chase after seven or eight miles, Mingjin collected his troops, counted the number of people, lost more than 800 people on his side, and killed more than 3,000 Qingzhou county soldiers, which was a small victory.
But Cao Zhang was annoyed because he was hit by Xin Qiji's cold arrow, and he kept cursing along the way: "The revenge of this arrow will be avenged sooner or later."
By the time Cao Zhang led his troops back, the deputy general had already led his troops to break through the city gate, captured all the county commander Deng Bao and others, and captured more than 9,000 elderly and weak women and children in Luoyin City, blocked the four gates, and never escaped.
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Cao Zhang bandaged the wound, and angrily came to the city tower to ask Deng Bao: "Lone personally led the troops to arrive, and An dared to close the door and guard" Deng Bao scolded: "You Cao family, these chaotic ministers and thieves, when His Majesty's army arrives, you will definitely be punished by the nine clans."
Cao Zhang was furious, drew his sword, and split Deng Bao's head in half from the middle.
He glared at the captives and civilians under the city wall, and roared loudly: "In the future, who dares to say that our Cao family is a chaotic minister and thief, and we will not be forgiven."
"Cao thief, Cao thief" The captives under the city wall deeply felt the grace of the county commander Deng Bao, and at this moment they saw that they were split in half by Cao Zhang, and they were all filled with righteous indignation, and they raised their arms and scolded.
"Kill me, behead them all" Cao Zhangqi was a little frustrated, coupled with the faint pain of the injury on his shoulder, he suddenly had a strong sense of revenge, "Kill the people too, slaughter the city for me, slaughter the city, slaughter the city, and say important things three times" When the Wei army attacked the city, it was strongly resisted by the people of Luoyin, and at least more than 1,000 people died under the rolling stones and trees of the people.
For a while, this quiet and peaceful county town was like a purgatory on earth, the sound of women struggling, the screams of the people when they were slashed and killed, and the crying fathers and mothers of children, soaring into the sky, which made people unbearable to hear.
After two and a half hours of slaughter, by the time it was dark, more than 9,000 old and weak women and children had all fallen in a pool of blood, and none of them had escaped.
The autumn wind and rain are bitter, and there is a haze between the heavens and the earth, and Luoyin City is like a cemetery at this moment.
Cao Zhang's anger did not subside, and he ordered a fire, even if the autumn rain continued, it could not extinguish the gradually burning houses, and the raging flames rose into the sky, almost reflecting the sky red.
Witnessing the raging fire, Cao Zhang led his troops to the south to aid Xiahou Yuan, where Xiahou Yuan was leading more than 30,000 horses and horses, and Li Dian, Le Jin, Pang De, and Da Xi Changru stormed the city of Jinan Guozhi, and fought a decisive battle with the 30,000 defenders led by Wei Yan, Xu Sheng, and Wei Wuji.
As long as they can defeat Wei Yan's army, they can drive straight into Linzi.
Just when Cao Zhang stormed Luoyin, Lu Zhishen, who was called "General Monk" by Cao Jun, was leading 8,000 men and horses to besiege the county, and was also resisted by the county order and the people in the city.
Just when the city was in danger, Lian Po, who was ordered by Wang Meng to divide his troops with Xin Qiji to come to the rescue, led 10,000 county soldiers to kill, braved the muddy autumn rain, and launched a counterattack against Cao's army with a shout.
Among the thousands of troops, the veteran Lian Po, who is more than 60 years old, galloped on his horse, while holding his bow and galloping, the bowstring sounded, and there was no false hair, and more than ten people were shot down in a blink of an eye, and the confidence of the county soldiers behind him was greatly boosted.
Compared with Xin Qijilai, the county soldiers under Lian Po were in order, with three thousand crossbowmen in front, and when the two armies met, a wave of angry fire shot down at least three or four hundred Cao troops, so that Lu Zhishen could only give up the siege with hatred and turn around to fight with the county soldiers led by Lian Po. t1706231537: