On the other hand, Guan Yu's domineering and mighty slash had directly slashed Cao Zhi's shoulder armor away without any obstruction. However, to everyone's surprise, the seemingly domineering slash did not sever Cao Zhi's entire arm! Instead, it only cut the bones.
Guan Yu didn't expect Cao Zhi to be so crazy. He dodged to the side in a moment of desperation and slightly weakened the accuracy of the knife. However, the strength of the knife didn't decrease at all!
In other words, Cao Zhi's body was too hard!
This was discovered when Guan Yu's saber slashed at Cao Zhi's body.
Guan Yu felt as if Cao Zhi's entire body was made of copper and iron. It was extremely hard and could even pierce through his flesh. However, once it hit the bone, it was as if it had encountered an unbreakable barrier. It was simply unbreakable!
This person! How could this be!
Guan Yu couldn't understand it at all. He felt that his saber couldn't cut down at all. He endured the pain from his shoulder and gritted his teeth. He pulled the reins of the Red Hare and retreated!
Although Guan Yu was confident and arrogant, he wasn't really so arrogant that he thought he was invincible. Therefore, when he felt that the situation wasn't right, he immediately planned to retreat. After all, no matter what, although the troops he brought were all elites among elites, Cao Zhi's troops were all elite cavalry. The two were not much different.
Furthermore, Guan Yu's 500 swordsmen were vastly different from Cao Zhi's 300. Most importantly, Cao Zhi's 3,000 elite cavalry were waiting for Cao Cao's arrival.
Guan Yu had only rushed over after receiving Zhuge Liang's order in the morning. Although the quality of the army was good and they were not tired, it was enough to offset the difference in strength between the two armies.
In this way, Guan Yu had no advantage at all, while Cao Zhi's side had six times the strength of Guan Yu!
Although Guan Yu wanted to kill Cao Zhi, and he was even stabbed by Cao Zhi, Guan Yu was not a reckless person. On the contrary, he was meticulous and righteous. He understood that the reason why he charged into the formation alone was to capture the thief and capture the king. He wanted to capture Cao Cao to intimidate the Cao army.
However, he never expected that he would actually be stopped by Cao Zhi who had charged out halfway, and he even suffered a loss! So even though Guan Yu was very curious about Cao Zhi and wanted to kill him, he knew that this was definitely not the time!
If they were entangled by Cao Zhi now, the five hundred machetemen would probably all die at the hands of the Cao army!
Although his defeat was a great humiliation, if his troops were completely wiped out, then he would be even more ashamed to meet the people of the world again. As a general, being wiped out was even more shameful than losing a one-on-one battle.
Therefore, Guan Yu had no choice but to retreat!
In fact, while Guan Yu and Cao Zhi were fighting, Guan Yu's machetemen had already started fighting with Cao Zhi's 3,000 elite cavalry.
By the time Guan Yu started to retreat, half of the five hundred swordsmen had already died!
Of course, after they saw their commander run away, they no longer had the mood to continue fighting. They hurriedly turned around and followed Guan Yu.
Xu Huang and Li Dian saw Guan Yu's army retreating and wanted to give chase, but they were stopped by Cao Zhi.
"General Gongming and General Mancheng, please don't be rash. Guan Yu's army only has a few hundred men, and after this battle, we've already killed more than half of them. The remaining defeated army only has about two hundred men.”
"Putting aside the pursuers behind us, it's hard to guarantee that Liu Bei still has an army elsewhere. Once we chase after them, we'll be led by the nose, and it's very likely that we'll be led into a trap by Guan Yu. Moreover, although Guan Yu was defeated, he still had the strength to fight. If we push him too hard, Guan Yu will turn around and risk his life. We might not be able to kill him before his reinforcements arrive. Therefore, after considering all of this, chasing Guan Yu down is the worst plan.”
Cao Zhi's explanation was thorough and logical. When Xu Huang and Li Dian heard it, they understood that they had been too impulsive and had not considered things properly.
However, after Cao Zhi's words, their original impression of Cao Zhi had deepened. Not only was his literary talent outstanding, but his analysis and vision of the battlefield had also far surpassed theirs!
When the surrounding people heard Cao Zhi's words, they could not help but nod their heads. Their gazes when they looked at Cao Zhi were even more dazzling.
This was a f * cking standard general talent!
After this incident, Xu Huang and the others were completely convinced by Cao Zhi!
Cao Cao saw Cao Zhi stopping Xu Huang and Li Dian. Cao Cao's eyes shone with a dazzling light!
Today, the shock that his son Cao Zhi brought to him was really too great!
It was so much that he did not know how to treat his son!
First, he had predicted the enemy's arrival at Huarong Road, and then he had displayed extraordinary martial strength to fight Guan Yu alone. After that, he had actually defeated Guan Yu! Furthermore, he had managed to kill off Guan Yu's famous 500 bodyguards and swordsmen! In the end, he stopped Xu Huang and Li Dian from pursuing Guan Yu and explained the situation to them. He even displayed an extraordinary strategic vision!
Was this still the son of the scholar who only knew how to write?
Cao Cao kept asking himself.
In all fairness, Cao Cao liked Cao Zhi very much. Cao Cao himself was also a literary giant and liked to recite poems. Cao Zhi, who was born with outstanding literary talent, was deeply liked by Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao had always regarded him as a literary genius.
But today, Cao Zhi's performance had far exceeded Cao Cao's expectations!
He would never have thought that his son, Cao Zhi, was actually such a rare all-rounded general in the world!
"Zijian is my son! It's really God's help. It's really my luck!”Cao Cao couldn't help but praise.
Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Zhi was delighted. He knew that he had begun to change Cao Zhi's position in Cao Cao's heart. Moreover, from Cao Cao's performance, he was already very satisfied and gratified with him. He even said that giving birth to a son like him was a gift from the heavens.
Cao Zhi originally wanted to be polite and thank Cao Cao for his praise, but before he could bow, he felt an intense pain in his left arm and could not raise his hand!
Immediately after, the armor on his left shoulder fell off, exposing his left arm to everyone's sight. Instantly, everyone present sucked in a cold breath.
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