The Nameless of the Common Clans

Yuan Shang naturally noticed Cao Cao's retreat.

"Why would Cao Mengde retreat at this time!" Yuan Shang stood up. For the past three days, the gates of Yecheng had been open, which made Yuan Shang a little hesitant. It was not only because of the news brought back by Han Meng, but also because of the news from the south of the city that Chen Mo had taken away 5,000 soldiers and horses and disappeared.

Chen Mo's reputation is beyond words. Since entering Luoyang that year, he pacified Gebei and blocked Yuan Shu, who was at the peak of his power. Later, he entered Hedong, pacified Bingzhou, pacified Hedong, and pacified Xiliang. Even his own father was defeated by Chen Mo with a small force.

Such a person suddenly disappeared with 5,000 troops at this time. Even if it was 5,000 surrendered troops, it would still make people feel quite stressed. If Chen Mo did not appear for a day, the pressure would be like a huge rock pressing on the heart, making people feel a little breathless.

At this time, Cao Cao, as a temporary ally, suddenly gave up, which made Yuan Shang feel a little isolated and helpless.

What was shown was anxiety.

Tian Feng and Ju Shou looked at each other with a solemn look.

Cao Cao came here naturally not with any good intentions, but for Jizhou. At this time, the two families joined forces, which was originally better than Chen Mo. Cao Cao had no reason to withdraw his troops, but now he suddenly withdrew, which meant that there was a reason for him to withdraw.

Although Cao Cao had not given them any news so far, Tian Feng and Ju Shou estimated that perhaps this was the real reason why Chen Mo disappeared. His purpose was not for his own side, but for Cao Cao.

As soon as Cao Cao retreated, only Yuan Shang's family was left, and the situation in Yecheng changed immediately.

In the past, Yuan Shang naturally wanted Cao Cao to get out quickly, so that his only enemy would be Chen Mo, but now that Yecheng was in Chen Mo's hands, the time and place were no longer in his hands. Facing Chen Mo, who had defeated his father with fewer troops, Yuan Shang found that he had no confidence to drive Chen Mo away alone.

He needed Cao Cao as an ally.

"My lord, the best plan now is to break Yecheng as soon as possible and occupy the advantageous position before fighting Chen Mo!" Tian Feng said solemnly.

Now Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops, and we have to fight Chen Mo alone. If we have Yecheng in our hands, we can still fight Chen Mo, otherwise it will be difficult to gain an advantage.

"Yes, notify Gao Lan and Han Meng, no matter what he has in the city today, rush in!" Yuan Shang stood up and slammed the table, saying fiercely.

"Yes!"

At that moment, Yuan Shang mobilized all his troops and prepared to attack Yecheng first. However, when the army was ready to enter the city regardless of everything, Gao Lan sent someone to bring news that the gate of Yecheng... was closed.

After hearing the news, Yuan Shang felt a blockage in his chest and did not speak for a long time.

It seemed that he had missed the best time to attack Yecheng.

Tian Feng and Ju Shou sighed. They had advised Yuan Shang before, but Yuan Shang was always wavering and worried that there was something wrong in Yecheng. This was clearly an empty city plan set up by Chen Mo to make them suspicious.

It is easy to imagine that Chen Mo's army was fighting Cao Cao. Even if there was some spare strength, it was impossible to have much.

But they were suspicious of the open city gate and the strange ambushes in the city, and missed the best opportunity to attack Yecheng.

Not to mention the inexperienced Yuan Shang, even Tian Feng and Ju Shou had wavered.

At this time, looking at the closed city gate and the retracted drawbridge, Yuan Shang, Tian Feng and others looked at each other in silence, and what was worse was that the horn belonging to the Guanzhong army sounded in the distance.

"Can we fight?" Yuan Shang looked at Tian Feng and Ju Shou. In the current situation, he was a little at a loss. Should he fight or retreat?

"My lord, we have no way out now." Tian Feng sighed and said leisurely.

In the current situation, Yuan Shang has nowhere to retreat. Changshan and Zhongshan have been captured by Taishi Ci. If they retreat at this time, Chen Mo will definitely continue to press forward. Julu, Anping and even Hejian counties will be invaded by Chen Mo. At that time, they can only retreat again and again and retreat to Youzhou.

Jizhou failed to stop Chen Mo. Only Youzhou is left. How can it resist Chen Mo with a vast land and sparse population?

This battle must be fought. They have nowhere to retreat.

Yuan Shang nodded and said nothing more. It is impossible to attack the city now. He ordered Gao Lan, Han Meng, Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin to change the formation and prepare to resist the Guanzhong army.

On the other side, Chen Mo, who had been deployed in Chen Mo's army, heard the horn sound that did not belong to his army in the distance. Standing on the carriage, looking at the direction of Guanzhong army from a distance, shook his head and laughed. Isn't it too late to resist at this time?

With the command flag waving and the horn sounding, the main army, led by Gao Shun and Xu Huang, began to approach the Zhang River.

There were not many pre-war declarations. This was the last large-scale military operation after Chen Mo entered Jizhou, but the enemy was the Jizhou Army, which had been defeated by the Cao Army and the Guanzhong Army.

Although there were not many opportunities to fight before, it can be clearly felt from the military appearance that the Jizhou Army seemed to be a level weaker than the Cao Army before.

"Fengshi Formation!" Gao Shun looked at the Jizhou Army slowly approaching in front, waved the command flag, and his troops quickly formed a cone formation with the Xianzhen Camp as the tip, and began to attack the left wing of the Jizhou Army.

On the other side, Xu Huang used the most regular square formation to slowly press towards the right wing of the Jizhou Army.

Chen Mo commanded the central army and pressed forward unhurriedly. The two armies faced each other and soon entered each other's shooting range. The archers on both sides stopped advancing almost at the same time. Under the command of generals at all levels, they bent their bows and set arrows. , the arrow clusters briefly intertwined in the air, and then fell towards the local camp.

People in the army kept getting hit by arrows and fell to the ground, but the people beside them didn't care. On the battlefield, casualties are inevitable. Disregarding life and death is the foundation that every soldier must learn. Otherwise, even if you are brave enough to win the three armies, it will be very difficult. Beliefs are easily shaken.

The spearmen and shieldmen in the front row approached under the rain of arrows, and the real fighting began at this moment.

Chen Mo stood on the shaft of the carriage, issuing orders one after another, controlling the changes in the battle situation, and at the same time observing the enemy's weaknesses.

Compared to Cao Cao, Yuan Shang is obviously much immature in this aspect. Although he has read a lot of war books, what the books say and the actual battle are two different things. He can't even see the changes in the opponent's formation without knowing it. Tian Feng and Jushou were constantly giving advice, and sometimes they would directly replace Yuan Shang in delivering orders.

Although he was a little dissatisfied, he had no choice. At this moment, Yuan Shang could clearly feel the feeling of powerlessness. He could not control such an army at all. Then Chen Mo was not much different in age from himself. How did he achieve this level? of?

The battle gradually became more intense, but it was Gao Shun's side that experienced large-scale changes first. The trapped camp's ability to break formations was too strong. Almost at the moment of collision with the opponent's left wing, a hole was opened in the opponent's left wing, and As the results of the battle continued to expand, soldiers and horses from the rear poured in like a tide from the torn gap. Sui Yuanjin tried to make up for it several times, but was trapped and killed in embarrassment and retreated steadily.

Chen Mo naturally noticed this, and immediately waved his command flag, ordering his right wing to break through to the central army, and cooperated with the main force of the Guanzhong Army to defeat the enemy's central army.

Tian Feng's face turned a little pale. For the first time, he felt the bravery of the Guanzhong Army. It was not just Gao Shun's side. Although Xu Huang's side was not as sharp as Gao Shun's, it was like a mountain crossing, pressing down on the right wing. Although Jiang Yiqu was not defeated, he was gritting his teeth and holding on.

When the central army of the Guanzhong Army pressed down under Chen Mo's command, the left and right wings were almost crushed.

The result of this is that the Chinese army has also been affected. Before the battle, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese army have begun to show signs of instability!

"Soldiers in the front row must not retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Gao Lan directed the Chinese army to advance, but his heart kept sinking. Before the battle, his own Chinese army began to show signs of collapse.

It's not that the Jizhou army is incompetent, but that the pressure brought by the Guanzhong army is too heavy. In Gao Lan's feeling, the opponent's Chinese army is pressing down like a mountain. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Gao Lan feels suppressed. Feeling out of breath.

The Chinese armies of both sides finally collided against each other's arrows.

"Bang~bang~bang~"

Heavy shields collided, and dull sounds continued to echo on the battlefield.

"Kill!" In the collision of forces, the enemy's shield hand was knocked down, and the shield hand of the other side quickly grabbed it, and the spear behind him quickly thrust out to prevent the opponent from rejoining the formation.

The originally strict formation began to become chaotic, and the troops from both sides began to stagger and fight.

The smell of blood began to spread to the entire battlefield, and the fallen corpses were trampled in the muddy ground.

This situation did not last long. As the trapped camp broke through to the central army and directly attacked the opponent's archer camp, Yuan Jun's military formation began to become chaotic, and the front army and the rear formation began to become disconnected.

"Sui Yuan comes in!" Gao Lan cursed angrily when he saw this, and quickly ordered Han Meng to lead his troops to rush forward to block the enemy troops coming from the flanks.

The trapped camp was like a dagger stabbing the enemy's chest and ribs, causing chaos in Yuan Jun's entire Chinese camp.

Although Han Meng rushed forward in time to block the trapped camp, Chen Mo grasped the chaotic formation due to the charge of the trapped camp in time. The front army took advantage of the situation and attacked fiercely. At the moment when the enemy's front and rear troops were disconnected, he seized the opportunity to attack the front troops. The army was completely crushed and drove the front army to attack Gao Lan's rear array.

"Hold still! Those who retreat will be killed!" Gao Lan galloped back and forth on his horse and personally beheaded several retreating soldiers of the former army. At the same time, he ordered the supervising team to come forward, thus stabilizing the situation that was almost collapsing.

But even so, chaos had arisen. No matter how powerful Gao Lan was, the defeat of the former army had appeared, but Chen Mo refused to give in. After gaining a slight advantage, he quickly ordered Zhang Ji, Bao Geng and others from the former army. Expand the results of the battle without giving the opponent a chance to breathe or a chance to counterattack.

Gao Lan tried his best to stabilize the situation, but looking at the scene in front of him, he felt a little sad. Even if he could stop the Guanzhong Army today, what about tomorrow? The gap between the two sides is not only in the army, but more importantly in the coach. This gap cannot be made up in a short time. How long can they sustain it?