Su Puyan and Wu Yan of the Three Kings Disaster Building all lowered their heads. As for Lou Ban, he had fallen into a coma after returning from his injuries and was unable to participate in such a meeting.
"If it really doesn't work, we can ask Gongsun Kang for help and let him lead the army to fight Cao Cao with us.”
Su Puyan suggested.
Tadun shook his head." Gongsun Kang won't send troops. If we defeat Cao Cao, he wouldn't mind adding flowers to the flowers. But now that we've lost, he won't help us."”
"Then why don't we flee north? There must be a place for us to stand in the vast northern grasslands.”
Wu Yan suggested.
In this battle, the Wuhuan people had lost all their courage. Otherwise, the proud Wuhuan people would not have thought of escaping from the place they had run for generations.
"Although we only have 40,000 soldiers left, we can command 300,000 civilians and more than 90 Tribes. Do you think we should be afraid of Cao Cao?”
The Three Kings of Disaster was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
Wu Yan couldn't help but sigh." Anyone who has seen Cao Zheng's Ghost Owl Army will probably lose their will to fight."”
"Alright, stop arguing! The warriors of the Wuhuan have no reason to retreat.”
Tadun's heart was in a mess. He waved his hand and was about to dismiss his subordinates when a clap of thunder suddenly sounded.
Then, a heavy downpour came.
As the rain fell, Tadun's eyes lit up.
"The rainy season has arrived, and the roads are muddy and difficult to travel. As long as we hold the throat, Cao Cao's troops will not be able to attack. After a few months, we can recover and fight Cao Cao again.”
Hearing Tadun's words, the faces of the Wuhuan people present all lit up.
At this moment, Cao Zheng, Cao Tai, and the other generals had already gathered together.
The generals had just won a battle. Although they were blocked by the heavy rain, they did not mind and celebrated.
However, when he woke up the next morning, he realized that it had started to rain again. It rained every day for seven consecutive days.
Zhang Liao and the others frowned.
In the tent, the generals gathered together again.
This time, everyone was dejected and sighed. They were about to defeat the Wuhuan and achieve great things, but they were met with such a thing. No one felt comfortable.
Only Cao Zheng was still smiling.
"General, why aren't you worried at all?" Zhang Liao couldn't help asking.”
"Yes, I am!"
The others were also curious.
The longer the rain lasted, the less beneficial it would be to them. If they could not break through the Wuhuan this time, then all their previous efforts would be wasted.
Yuan Xi colluded with the Wuhuan. If the Wuhuan recovered, the entire Youzhou Province would never have peace again.
"I already have a plan to defeat the enemy."
Cao Zheng smiled and ordered his subordinates,"Someone come! Go to Xu Wushan and find a person called Tian Chou. With him around, we will definitely be able to defeat the Wuhuan.”
Hearing Cao Zheng's words, everyone was even more surprised.
As far as they knew, Chen Xuan had never been to Xu Wushan when he set off from Wuzhong to Binhai Road. How did he know that there was a person called Tian Chou there? Moreover, even if Tian Chou really existed, how could he defeat the Wuhuan?
With Cao Zheng's order, a general immediately led his troops to Xu Wushan.
In the evening, he appeared with a middle-aged man.
Cao Zheng knew that this should be the secluded farmland that lived in seclusion on Mount Xu Wu.
Tian Chou was not put in an important position during Yuan Shao's time, so he simply led his entire clan to live a secluded life. However, he had always had the intention of becoming an official.
When he heard that the famous General of the Flying Cavalry wanted to see him, he knew that his chance had come.
Before they set off, they had already thought of a lot of analysis of the world's situation and the governance of the local area. They thought that whether it was to follow Cao Zheng and conquer the world, or to be appointed by Cao Cao to become a local officer, it was a good choice. They could display their ambitions.
"You must be Mr. Tian Chou, right?”
When Cao Zheng saw Tian Chou, he hurriedly went over to welcome him.
However, Cao Zheng smiled and said," Mr. Tian Chou, you should know of an abandoned road that leads to the abandoned frontier territory of the Western Han Dynasty. The Wuhuan people don't know that route, so they won't set up defenses there. It's just enough for my army to attack the Wuhuan soldiers.”
Tian Chou was stunned when he heard Cao Zheng's words.
Countless question marks appeared in his mind.
"How did he know that he knew of such a path?”
Beside them, Zhang Liao and the others were also dumbfounded.
Cao Zheng had been to Youzhou Province before; therefore, he knew the situation in Youzhou Province very well.
At this moment, Tadun was laughing loudly in the King of Wuhuan's tent."The heavens are on my side. As long as we hold the main road, even if Cao Cao has a million troops, he can forget about attacking.
"The rainy season will last until September. In three months, Cao Cao will definitely be defeated. Men, send a letter to Gongsun Kang and Gao Gan and ask them to form an alliance with us.”
"Cao Cao caused me to lose tens of thousands of soldiers, so I'm going to teach him a harsh lesson. Haha!"
Tadun was very proud. 60,000 soldiers were wiped out by Cao Zheng and 30,000 soldiers were defeated by Cao Tai.
This made him, who had always been filled with hatred, unable to sleep or eat in peace. Now, he could finally take revenge for this great humiliation.
"The rainy season is here, and Cao Cao consumes an astronomical amount of rations every day. He will definitely force them to retreat. As soon as Cao Cao retreats, we will immediately attack Youzhou.”
"I will plunder people and burn houses. I will turn Youzhou into a barren land and a sheep farm for the Wuhuan.”
Tadun's eyes flashed with a vicious light.
"Also, immediately train soldiers and horses from the population we control and incorporate them into the army. I want all 300,000 people to be soldiers.”
The Wuhuan were originally a people who rode on horses. They herded livestock in their spare time and were warriors when they wore armor during wartime. Therefore, even though they had suffered heavy losses, they could immediately produce an army of hundreds of thousands in a few months. They were cockroaches that could not be killed.
The only way was to annihilate him in one fell swoop, otherwise, he would become alive and kicking again.
"It's a pity that I won't have the chance to kill Cao Zheng this time. When the time comes, I can only kill a few more Han people to vent my hatred.”
Tadun was extremely proud as he raised his wine cup.
Today, Lou Ban also woke up. "Your Majesty, I feel that if the Cao army has retreated, we should not provoke them anymore. Your Majesty now has over three hundred thousand people under your command. Half of these people can be converted into soldiers, which is a huge force.”
"I believe that Cao Cao wouldn't dare to attack us so easily. Wouldn't it be better for us to live in peace?”
"That Cao Zheng is the reincarnation of the War God. His soldiers are all messengers of death, and he is a butcher. If we anger him, our Wuhuan tribe will be exterminated.”
Lou Ban's face was pale. He was still very weak after recovering from a serious illness, but he was more afraid when he mentioned the word "Cao Zheng".
"Yes, I am!"
Wu Yan also nodded." Cao Zheng is unpredictable. He's a godlike soldier. He's too terrifying. We don't need to provoke him."”
Only he and Lou Ban had witnessed the horror of the Ghost Owl Army. The scene of heads exploding had become his nightmare.
The Wuhuan people were brutal, but Cao Zheng's army was just like their names, devils.
"Raising the morale of others and weakening your own prestige! Lou Ban, Wu Yan, what's wrong with you two? How can we Wuhuan people be afraid of that two-legged sheep?”
The Three Kings of Disaster said coldly.
"That's right! Our Wuhuan Cavalry have dominated the world and have never been afraid of the Han. Only the Han have trembled under our iron hooves.”
Su Puyan nodded in agreement. The reason why he lost to Cao Tai this time was because he fell into Cao Tai's trap, unlike Wu Yan, who Lou Ban had beaten until he lost his courage.
"Wu Yan, Louban, I think you two are getting more and more cowardly. You are scared out of your wits by a mere Cao Zheng. I will personally twist Cao Zheng's head off and let you two see that under the Wuhuan cavalry, the Han people are just two-legged sheep.”
After Tadun finished speaking, the two of them wanted to say something, but Tadun waved his hand and interrupted them. It was obvious that he was very disappointed in the two of them.
Wu Yan was once his most trusted person, and Lou Ban was his younger brother. They were both warriors of the Wuhuan, but now they were so afraid of the Han people.
At this moment, a subordinate came in to report.
"Your Majesty, the Cao army has disappeared."
"Disappear? What happened?"
Tadun suddenly stood up.
"Could it be that Cao Zheng is playing some tricks again? Let's go out and take a look."
Tadun came out of the tent and looked up the mountain. The plains stretched as far as the eye could see. The place where Cao Zheng's army was stationed was empty.
"Let's go and take a look."
Because it was a plain, it was impossible to hide soldiers, so there was no need to worry about an ambush.
Ta Dun brought his subordinates to the front and only saw traces left behind by the retreat. As expected, the troops had all left.
"Great King, we found a sign over there.”
A soldier walked over and reported.
Tadun followed the soldier to a road junction and saw a wooden sign with the words: "It's summer now, and the roads are impassable. We'll wait until autumn and winter before we march again.”
Tadun couldn't help but laugh.
"It seems that Cao Zheng has already retreated. I originally thought that he would wait a few more days and would attack me again in autumn and winter. During autumn and winter, I have nearly 200,000 troops.”
Ta Dun was very pleased and immediately led his soldiers back to the tent to continue drinking.
At this moment, Cao Zheng and the others had already arrived at Xu Wushan under Tian Chou's lead.
This was a very long road. Cao Zheng ordered his men to throw away their baggage and only brought enough dry rations to move forward.
As most of his subordinates were infantrymen, Cao Zheng had them stationed in Yizhou and only brought 6,000 Ghost Owl Army and 14,000 cavalry.
Last time, they had defeated Wu Yan and Lou Ban's 60,000 soldiers. Although the Wuhuan army had been utterly defeated and it had been a one-sided massacre, the Ghost Owl Army had still lost more than 1,000 soldiers. Chen Xuan had chosen another 1,000 soldiers from Cao Tai's army to replace them, allowing the Ghost Owl Army to maintain a number of 6,000 soldiers.
Most of Cao Zheng's troops lived in the plains. When they climbed Mount Xu Wu, many of them were panting from exhaustion because they were not used to the climate.
However, everyone still persevered.
Five days had passed since they climbed the Xu Wu Mountain Range.
Cao Zheng told the soldiers to rest on the spot.
Zhang Liao and the others surrounded Chen Xuan. Although climbing Xu Wushan made everyone a little tired, their eyes were filled with excitement.
As long as they followed Tian Chou's route, they would be able to bypass the Wuhuan's defensive camp and split the enemy's territory into two. At that time, they would descend from the sky like heavenly soldiers, catching the Wuhuan by surprise.
In this battle, everyone present was destined to be famous and recorded in history. No matter how hard they worked, it was nothing.
After passing through Xu Wu Mountain, they entered the plains. Further ahead was the grassland. A gust of wind blew, and the yellow sand was scattered. The road was rugged.
Many of the soldiers 'lips had already cracked, and their skin had become rough.
After leaving Lulong Sai, they passed by White Sandalwood and entered the upper valley of the Luan River under Tian Chou's lead. At this point, they had walked for nearly half a month and 500 miles.
He turned east at Pinggang. After walking for dozens of miles, he saw shouts coming from ahead. A group of soldiers came and looked at Chen Xuan and the others warily.
Tian Chou hurriedly rode his horse to Chen Xuan's side and said,"We're currently at the Xianbei clan's farm. They must be Xianbei people.”
As they spoke, they heard the sound of hooves coming from the front. There were about three thousand people.
Under the command of a general, the 3,000-odd soldiers charged at Cao Zheng's army.
When they were a hundred steps away, they all drew their bows and shot arrows, taking the initiative to attack Cao Zheng's men.
Cao Zheng's expression instantly turned cold as he ordered the Ghost Owl Army to fight.
The Ghost Owl Army under his command had long been unable to endure the hunger and thirst. Upon hearing the order, they immediately rushed out. First, they used their composite bows to suppress the enemy's arrows, killing half of the three thousand men. Then, with Cao Zhen as the arrowhead, they formed an awl shape and spread out their wings, ruthlessly stabbing into the enemy's formation.
The other party didn't have as many men as the Ghost Owl Army, and they didn't have as many elites as them. Thus, under their charge, they were killed in disorder.
In less than half an incense stick's time, a total of more than three thousand people had turned into corpses on the ground. Only two hundred or so people had escaped.
"What about brother?"
Cao Zhen asked Cao Zheng. "Since the battle has already begun, there's nothing more to say. Chase after these remnants and kill them all in one fell swoop.”
The tribes in the north often attacked Youzhou, and the Xianbei also participated. Although Cao Zheng's target was the Wuhuan, he did not mind taking care of the Xianbei as well.
In Cao Zheng's opinion, it was enough to defeat one Ghost Owl Army of the Wuhuan. Now, there were twenty thousand of them. As long as Cao Zheng was willing, he could sweep through the entire northern region.
"Let's continue forward."
"Giddyup."
Three days later, at night, Cao Zheng suddenly attacked the Wuhuan camp outside Liu City.
"Enemy attack."
"Enemy attack."
"Chanyu, leave quickly."
Before Tatun could react, he was killed by Zhang Liao.
When Yuan Xi learned that Ta Dun was dead, he wanted to escape. Unfortunately, the moment Yuan Xi came out, Cao Zheng chopped off his head.
"Kill them."
"Leave no one alive."
Cao Zheng ordered.
"Yes."
"Charge!"
Willow City turned into a living hell. The massacre continued until dawn. In the end, only a large number of women and children were left of the 200,000 Wuhuan people.
Almost all the men who were as tall as wheels were killed. The remaining men were forced to castrate and became slaves. They were escorted to Youzhou together with the Wuhuan women.
At this point, the Wuhuan no longer existed in the northern region. After Cao Zheng's victory, he decided to follow up the victory and attack Liaodong to eliminate the old fox Gongsun Kang.
This was to prevent Gongsun Kang from causing trouble behind his back in the future.
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