Xiaoqi

Immediately, with the rain of "swish" arrows coming, the Xiliang army was massacred again.The tragic scene was exactly the same as the ambush in Nancheng that had just ended, even more tragic, with even greater casualties.However, seeing that tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers screamed and died three times in a row, the corpses piled up like a mountain forcibly blocked the gate, and no less than [-] soldiers were blocked behind the gate. The roaring sea of ​​flames engulfed it.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu, Xu Chu, Pang De, Ma Dai and other generals took advantage of the chaos to break out of the siege and rushed to the south gate in a panic.Behind them, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Jiang Qi, and Cao Zhen led an army to follow and chase them, and followed them straight to the south gate.

"It is reported that the camp on the south bank is on fire, the fire is soaring into the sky, and the smoke has spread to the north bank!"

In the camp on the north bank, the scouts in charge of inquiring about the military situation rushed into the military tent and reported urgently.

"The camp is on fire?" Gao Shun, who was staying at the camp on the north bank, was horrified when he heard the sound. He got up suddenly, ran out of the tent, and looked up at the sky above the camp on the south bank. Even the camp could feel the scorching heat waves in the air (the wind direction is southeast at this time).

Seeing this scene with his own eyes, Gao Shun's face changed again and again, his expression was extremely solemn, as if he had thought of something extremely terrible.After hesitating for a while, he sighed with a sense of loss: "The camp on the south bank is over. General Zhou Yu has always used his troops like a god. I didn't expect that he would be so negligent this time that he was plotted by the villains! The whole [-] army, after this fire, How many troops can be left behind? Zhou Yu, a [-] army is not a pity, but the lord must not have any accidents!" Apparently, Gao Shun had already guessed that there must be an unpredictable change at the south gate of Ye City, otherwise Zhou Yu's camp would not be able to survive. will burst into flames.From this, he instantly thought that the situation of the protagonist Li Li must be very dangerous at the moment, even more dangerous than good.

Immediately, Gao Shun was so worried that he couldn't do what he wanted. Even though he wanted to send troops to rescue him, he was full of worries.Right now, he only has [-] soldiers and horses under his tent, of which [-] are heavy armored infantry and [-] flying bear heavy cavalry. soldier.This is all the troops left behind in the camp.And these soldiers and horses are responsible for guarding the entire army's food and supplies, and no soldier or soldier is allowed to move without permission. This is a strict order that Li Li repeatedly ordered before leaving.

"Order Huan Lang and Huan Bao to lead the flying bear heavy cavalry to go out of the camp immediately and go to the south bank of the Zhang River to meet our soldiers. Don't forget not to cross the river!" After careful consideration, Gao Shun was still worried about the safety of his lord Li Li, so he resolutely decided to send troops out of the camp to meet him. Army of the North Shore.

After the soldiers left in response, Gao Shun sent the soldiers to inform the deputy commander Hu Che'er again, ordering him to lead the [-] soldiers to guard the food and supplies, while he himself led the rest of the troops to guard the gate of the camp.

However, what Gao Shun didn't expect was that soon after the brothers Huan Lang and Huan Bao led the troops out of the camp, the camp was attacked.Moreover, there were many enemy soldiers and horses who attacked the camp on the north shore. According to visual inspection, there should be no less than 5 horses.Until then, Gao Shun suddenly realized that the situation was more serious than he had expected. The South and North camps on both sides of the Zhang River were attacked at the same time, which meant that the situation of the lord Li Li was extremely dangerous and unpredictable.

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Chapter 074

The south gate of Yecheng.

The "swish" arrows raged and flew across the sky, the sound of clanging and loud fighting was endless, and the shrill and sharp screams went straight into the sky.

Inside the city gate, Dian Wei and Cao Ren fought against each other. So far, they have fought for more than 50 rounds, but they are still deadlocked.

At first, Dian Wei tried to lead the Huben camp into the city to rescue the besieged lord Li Li, but was fiercely blocked by Cao Jun. As a result, Dian Wei led his troops to charge repeatedly but ended in failure. It cost a lot of casualties.Immediately afterwards, when Li Lili's army broke through, Dian Wei wanted to lead his army to join Li Li's army; if possible, he would join Li Li and then turn back to the south gate and rush out of the city in one go.

For this reason, Dian Wei ordered his soldiers to tear down the south gate and smash it to pieces.In this way, even if the city gate falls into the hands of Cao Jun, it doesn't matter. When he returns with his army, he can still rush out directly from the south gate.

Unexpectedly, Cao Ren led the army to arrive at the right time, stopped Dian Wei's troops head-on, and personally went into battle to entangle Dian Wei, making it impossible for him to escape.At the same time, soldiers and horses under Cao Ren's tent surrounded the soldiers of the Huben camp, shooting and killing the soldiers of the Huben camp with arrows and arrows flying like rain.Moreover, there are more than 1000 double-horse chariots and more than [-] crossbows outside the city, forming a pincer attack with the Cao army in the city. dilemma.

After going back and forth, an hour passed, and the Huben camp under Dianwei's tent was still trapped at the south gate, unable to rush into the city or break out of the encirclement.The war has reached a stalemate, but this kind of stalemate is exactly what Cao Ren wants to see the most, because the longer the stalemate between the two sides.The more beneficial it is to him and even the entire Cao army.On the contrary, the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable the situation of Dianwei and Hubenying would be.Every quarter of an hour.Hundreds of Huben battalion cavalry were shot and killed by Liu Ya. If this situation is allowed to continue, [-] Huben battalion soldiers will be shot and killed by Cao Jun sooner or later.

The reason why the battle situation is so passive is precisely because the space at the gate of the city is small, which is not conducive to cavalry combat.In addition, the Huben Camp was ordered to dismount and defend the city before, so that the fighting broke out suddenly, and the Huben Camp was caught off guard.It was chaotic at first.As a result, Cao Jun took advantage of the loopholes and fired random arrows, making the situation even more chaotic.Since then.The soldiers of the Huben Battalion were unable to organize an effective cavalry charge, and fell into a passive and beaten situation.One step behind, unable to keep up with every step, Cao Jun completely disrupted his position.Haste to fight.As a result, there is only power to parry but no power to fight back.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Xi Yu Yu!"

"General Dianwei, don't be alarmed, a certain Xu Chu is here, kill him!"

Following Xu Chuhong's bell-like roar of anger, the Xiliang army who escaped from the fire in the camp on the south bank finally rushed to the south gate and quickly launched an attack on the Cao army outside the city surrounding the south gate.And Xu Chu, who was full of anger, jumped on his horse and raised his sword, and rushed into Cao's army like lightning, swiping his sword like lightning, and slashed and killed the soldiers of Cao's army who were besieging the south gate.

Xu Chu charged forward.Pang De and Ma Dai followed closely behind, and led more than [-] Xiliang iron cavalry who had escaped from the sea of ​​fire to rush towards the more than [-] Cao Jun soldiers outside the city gate fiercely like a tide.

"Soldiers under Zhou Yu's tent?" Cao Ren, who was fighting with Dian Wei, heard the shouts of killing coming from outside the city.Suddenly paled in shock, he secretly blamed Zhang Xi, Gao Lan and others for their incompetence, allowing the Xiliang army in the camp on the south bank to rush out of the camp, and then disrupted the battle to encircle and wipe out the Huben camp.

"Cao Ren, son, die!" The moment Cao Ren lost his mind, Dian Wei suddenly shouted, pretending to ride his horse and charge towards Cao Ren, but in fact he pulled out a small halberd from his back and threw it at Cao Ren's left chest .

"Pfft!" Cao Ren came to his senses when he heard the sound, and was about to mount his horse and swing his sword to face Dian Wei, but he saw that Dian Wei didn't charge at all, instead he reined in his horse, turned around, and rushed out of the city.Suddenly, Cao Ren rode his horse and wanted to chase without even thinking about it, but at this moment, he suddenly found a cold light hitting his chest.In the blink of an eye, Cao Ren had no time to dodge, so he could only rely on his body to shift his body slightly, but seeing a flash of cold light piercing his left shoulder blade, he screamed out of pain, and turned his body backwards and fell off the horse.

Outside the city, with only one cavalry charging, Xu Chu, Pang De and others killed the more than [-] crossbowmen trapped in the Huben camp, and scattered in haste.As a result, the siege of the south gate was broken, but only outside the city, and the Cao army inside the city did not pursue and kill them for the time being because the leader Cao Ren was seriously injured and fell off his horse.

"General Zhou Yu, my lord has been trapped in the city by Cao's army and is in danger. Please, general, hurry up and enter the city to rescue my lord!" Dian Wei said urgently as he rode his horse to Zhou Yu.

However, to Dian Wei's surprise, Zhou Yu still reined in his horse after hearing the words. Instead of ordering to enter the city immediately, he turned his head and looked around with an extremely stern expression on his face, as if he hadn't heard Dian Wei's request at all.

In an instant, Dian Wei's black face suddenly darkened, and he looked at Zhou Yu with extremely unfriendly eyes, with a look of indignation.

In fact, Dian Wei just now saw the thick smoke billowing over the camp on the South Bank, together with the dirty faces of Zhou Yu, Xu Chu, Pang De and Ma Dai, and the fact that there were only [-] soldiers and horses behind Zhou Yu .He didn't even need to think about it to know that Zhou Yu's army was ambushed and burned by Cao Jun's camp. The casualties were heavy, and more than half of the [-] army was lost.

However, no matter what happened in the camp on the South Bank, the most important thing right now is to rescue the lord Li Li.Even if the [-] troops are all collapsed in the city, they still have to rescue the lord and get out of the city.In other words, as long as the protagonist Li Li can be rescued, no matter how much the price is paid, it is worth it.This is Dian Wei's true thoughts at the moment, and it is also the direct reason why he is extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu looked very embarrassed at the moment, his handsome face was covered with black dirt, but he didn't care about these, he just raised his eyes and looked around the south gate.The sudden upheaval caused him to be in turmoil, until now he is still in shock, with lingering fears in his heart.But the current situation is critical. As the former general of the army, he is currently the highest military commander of all the Xiliang Army outside the city. He must calm down and deal with it calmly. No matter what, he must bring the [-]-odd cavalry in front of him back to the camp on the north shore. Otherwise, Zhou Yu is dereliction of duty and incompetent.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Yu's flustered eyes gradually became firmer.Immediately, he ignored Dian Wei's questioning expression, and answered the wrong question: "General Dian Wei, don't be impatient. I heard that the military division is in the army at the moment and has been seriously injured. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Dian Wei stared at Zhou Yu coldly, and said sullenly, "It is true. The military commander blocked the lord's crossbow arrow and was seriously injured. Before that, Commander Li Zhi escorted the military division out of the siege regardless of his own safety, so he handed over the general division to the last general. Two hours ago, the military doctor applied medicine to bandage the wound and took antidote pills for the military commander, and his life is not in danger for the time being.” When talking about the military adviser Guo Jia, Dian Wei looked at Zhou Yu with admiration on his face.It seems to imply that Zhou Yu, as a commanding general, is timid before the battle. He is not as responsible as the military adviser Guo Jia. Although he is a scribe, he sacrificed his life to defend the lord at the critical moment.

Seeing Dian Wei's contemptuous look, Zhou Yu didn't care, and immediately rode to the place Dian Wei pointed out, only to see Guo Jia sitting on the back of the King of Beasts, with a personal soldier behind him protecting him.

"The last general has seen the military advisor." Riding his horse to Guo Jia, Zhou Yu saluted, but Guo Jia slowly opened his eyes and nodded lightly with a pale face.

"The current situation is critical. Cao Ren's army is approaching in the city in no time, and behind the last general are Zhang Yun, Gao Lan, Cao Zhen and other enemy generals leading an army of [-] to chase and kill. Therefore, our army is now at a critical juncture of life and death. If the whole army enters the city, it is still unknown whether the lord can be rescued, but tens of thousands of soldiers of our army will probably be buried in it. Therefore, for the present plan, the general suggests that the army be withdrawn to the north bank camp immediately and reorganize Soldiers and horses, and then come back to rescue the lord. I don’t know what the military commander wants?” Zhou Yu confessed his decision, obviously hoping to get Guo Jia’s affirmation and support.

It goes without saying that Guo Jia has always been deeply trusted by Li Li, and this time he has sacrificed his life to be the savior. In addition, he was quite prestigious in the army before and served as a military adviser for many years.Therefore, whether it is seniority or prestige, Guo Jia is above Zhou Yu, and can even issue military orders on behalf of the lord Li Li at certain times.

Because of this, Zhou Yu urgently needs Guo Jia's support now, otherwise even if he gave the order to withdraw troops, the generals would not execute it.Anyway, at this moment the lord Li Li is still trapped in the city, and based on this, the generals will not carry out his order to withdraw troops.What's more, the generals would suspect that Zhou Yu had ulterior motives and schemes against the law, and he actually disregarded the life and death of the lord Li Li and blatantly ordered the withdrawal of the army.If this is the case, the consequences will be unimaginable. Maybe he, Zhou Yu, is the first former army leader in history to be accused and beheaded by his generals.

It is not difficult to see from this that the planning of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is extremely precise.Just as they thought, once something happened to Li Li, the Xiliang Army, which was once powerful, would fall apart, and internal strife would continue, which would cause the entire Xiliang Army to fall apart.This is because Li Li is too young, even though he has many heirs, they are still children. If the world is peaceful, it would be fine, but it is a time of troubled times.Therefore, once Li Li died, his son was young and unable to control the situation. As a result, the Xiliang Army must have constant disputes and internal strife. Over time, it will be wiped out by other princes and completely lost in the dust of history.

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Guo Jia turned his head to look at the city behind him with great difficulty, and Li Li was trapped in it at the moment.Suddenly, a trace of unspeakable pain flashed in Guo Jia's eyes, and then he turned his head to look at Zhou Yu and Dian Wei and other generals, and ordered in a low but firm tone: "My lord is not here, so I, Guo Jia, will give orders on my behalf. Dian Wei, Xu Chu , Ma Dai, and Pang De listened to the order and immediately withdrew the troops without any mistakes!" After speaking, Guo Jia slowly closed his eyes and remained silent.

Chapter 075

"A certain Zhang is here, and Zhou Yu, the child, will leave!"

Just as Zhou Yu led the army to evacuate from the south gate in a hurry, there was a shout from the east of the army, and suddenly Zhang He, Gao Lan and other enemy generals who were chasing after him came to catch up.

"Soldiers, don't panic! Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the cavalry to open the way and escorted the army division to retreat first. After the general led the infantry, General Ma Dai guarded the left flank, and General Cheng Gongying led the troops to resist the enemy from the right flank. The soldiers should not hesitate, Quickly withdraw troops!"

Zhou Yu ignored the clamor of Zhang He, Gao Lan and other enemy generals, resolutely ordered the withdrawal of the army, and stayed in the rear army to cover the retreat of the army.

"Zhou Yu, don't leave, Cao Xiu is coming!" Immediately after Zhang He and Gao Lan's army in the east, there was the sound of chasing and killing from behind the Xiliang army again, and this army was Cao Ren, who had previously fought against Dianwei's Huben camp. army.After Cao Ren was wounded by Dian Wei, he could not continue to lead the army to pursue and kill him, so Cao Xiu temporarily took charge of the army, leading the tens of thousands of troops in the city to rush out of the city, chasing the Xiliang army that had not yet gone far.

Behind the Xiliang army, Ma Dai and Cheng Gongying led their troops to face the enemy on both sides; Ma Dai was in charge of Zhang He and Gao Lan's army rushing from the east, and Cheng Gongying was in charge of fighting Cao Xiu's army chasing up from the rear.When the two troops of Cao Jun approached, the two of them chose the same strategy to defend against the enemy: "The giant shield soldiers are in front, and the pikemen are behind. The archers are ready, three rounds of scattering, let go!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Bang bang bang!"

As a rain of arrows rushed into the sky, the cavalry of Cao Jun who were chasing them were caught off guard and fell off their horses one after another, throwing people on their backs and stirring up dust all over the sky.

At this moment, Cao Jun, who was chasing after him, had lost his previous dominant position.There is no favorable terrain to use, no traps and hidden arrows prepared in advance, and it is completely a frontal confrontation with the Xiliang army.And it's in the wilderness.The reason why Cao Jun was able to succeed many times before, and even massacred the Xiliang army easily, was because they had the right time, place and people, and they had ambushed soldiers and horses and hidden arrows in advance, trapping the Xiliang cavalry in an extremely narrow area. Then massacre.But at this moment, they were fighting against the Xiliang army outside the city.They had to show their true strength, otherwise the scene where they slaughtered the Xiliang army before would now fall on them.

Obviously, face-to-face warfare.Cao Jun is no match for the Xiliang Army.Whether it is the range and power of the crossbow, or the bravery of the war cavalry, or even the catching and killing in hand-to-hand combat, they are all at a disadvantage.Obviously much inferior to the Xiliang Army.So the only thing they can rely on is.The victorious division has a strong morale and a high morale, rushing forward with a lot of vigor.

However, Cao Jun didn't realize at all that after repeated heavy setbacks, the Xiliang Army was not defeated by lack of combat power, but by unsuspecting plots.Witnessing the tragic death of former comrades under the arrows and the fire, every surviving Xiliang soldier was filled with anger, and there was a bad breath in his throat, and he was worried that he would not have a chance to vent it.Unexpectedly, Cao Jun came to the door on his own initiative.

Head-to-head confrontation, fighting in the wilderness, who is the Xiliang army afraid of?If they don't have the courage and strength to confront the enemy head-on.How can there be great victories again and again, how can the Xiliang army be as strong as it is today?

"Kill!"

Amidst hissing and roaring, Ma Dai led more than [-] cavalry from his headquarters to brazenly rush to the [-] former army led by Zhang He and Gao Lan, and fought with them in close quarters.And Jiang Qi and Cao Zhen led an army of [-] to follow behind, still two or three miles away from the battlefield.Therefore, Ma Dai resolutely decided to face Zhang He and Gao Lan head-on, and was confident that he could defeat the enemy army before Cao Zhen's army arrived, thus completely getting rid of the pursuit of Cao Jun in the east.