The remaining guards Gu and Fan Xian.

The former is the younger brother of the Wei Qi clan, who has long commanded the tribe of his own family, and the latter has commanded the county soldiers for several years. But when it comes to the real skills, not to mention the comparison of the dreadnought army, even the generals of the Tuntian army are far from each other.

But don't panic at this time.

He ordered the front army to fire a volley at Cao's army, and the rear team was ready to turn, fighting and retreating in an orderly manner.

Cao Cao carefully observed Wei Qi's reaction, and was secretly surprised in his heart.

"Don't mess up when you're in danger, don't panic when you're in trouble. In the event of an ambush, you can immediately adjust the formation in a few words. When he heard that the rear was attacked, he could also fight and retreat to stabilize the morale of the army. ”

"I don't know if he can withstand this last blow."

He said aloud, "Beat the drums and trumpets, and ambush the soldiers!" ”

Suddenly, the silence of the night was completely broken.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the Tiger Guards to appear on both flanks of Wei Qi, and a large number of horse hooves and horse whistles revealed that the retreat had also been blocked by a cavalry.

Cao Cao said in his heart: "This time, our army is 5,000 people to deal with Huang Yu's 1,500 people, and Yu Ban 3,000 people to attack the camp guarded by Wei Gu and Fan Xian. And here, it's 10,000 around 5,000. ”

Not to mention that Wei Qi's 5,000 soldiers and horses were surrounded, it was the strongest tiger guards and tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army who besieged him!

"Knock knock!"

Cao Hong led the Qingzhou soldiers in front of him to take the lead in attacking to the sound of war drums. The infantry on both sides quickly approached under the rain of arrows, and the piercing sound of weapons colliding resounded throughout the night.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu on both wings charged ahead, pushed away the arrows, and led the army to break through from the two ribs.

Wei Qi didn't have half of the fierce generals around him who could resist, and they all relied on the Tuntian army to take their lives, but fortunately, the formation was still there, and they could kill a lot of enemy soldiers, so that the other party could not deploy all their forces.

Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to not engage in hand-to-hand combat for the time being, but they were eyeing the tiger not far away, and once Wei Qi broke through or was defeated, they could kill and quickly end the battle.

However, Wei Qi commanded calmly, and even if he was besieged from three sides, he was able to maintain the formation of the large army without any tendency to rout.

And they extinguished all the torches, making it difficult for Cao Jun to aim and distinguish. On the contrary, the soldiers of Cao were beaten with torches and became a live target for the archers of the Tuntian army.

The Tuntian army was lined up in a three-layer hollow circle, with melee infantry in the first and second tiers, and archers in the second and third tiers.

Each team is commanded in an orderly manner according to the password, and can be suppressed temporarily, somewhat similar, but very bad at night fighting Qingzhou soldiers.

Cao Hong fought bravely and had good martial arts, but his command level was not first-class.

He neither resolutely commanded the hand-to-hand combat of his men and horses, nor did he order the extinguishing of the fire to reduce the losses in the shots.

As a result, the front row of the Qingzhou soldiers could not open the situation, and the back row was at a complete disadvantage, and the exchange ratio reached about 1 to 5.

The Tiger Guards led by Dian Wei and Xu Chu are physically strong and well-trained, and they can also extinguish their torches and break into the crowd to fight.

But they were also blocked by the first and second floors, and with enemies on both flanks and in front of them, it would take some time to threaten the center where Wei Qi was located.

Cao Cao looked at the battlefield situation and admired Tong Yuan and Wei Qi very much.

A commander is really the soul of an army, this army can be surrounded without being defeated, and make full use of the advantages of night battles, which is indispensable for strict training and unity of soldiers on weekdays.

His Cao Jun can't do that now.

The last time Xiahou Dun, who won the hearts of the army, led the Qingzhou soldiers and the various tribes to fight with Gao Shun, there was a situation of ineffective scheduling and incomplete efforts.

"Looks like the army needs me to motivate it!"

Cao Mengde flicked his cloak and strode under the illustrious banner, ordering the whole army to follow him in the onslaught.

"Ahh

A faint feeling suddenly flashed through his mind, as if something was missing.

Cao Cao paced quickly, his face becoming more and more serious and nervous. Xun You, Dong Zhao, Yang Jun, Sima Yi and others all stayed in Yewang and did not bring them out for night battles.

He had to find the hidden omission himself.

"Whew!"

The northwest wind rushed out abruptly from the southern foot of Taihang, rolling up countless colds that made people shiver slightly. Especially the northwesterly wind at night was even more terrible, and even some torches were blown out.

"The combat power that the enemy is currently showing in night battles in the wind and late night must not be underestimated!"

Cao Cao's eyes widened, and he ordered, "Quickly send someone to investigate the situation of Yu Ban, Shi Lian, and Zhu Ling." ”

"No!"

The scout set out on horseback, but a strong wind blew out the torch that the scout was carrying. A few more people followed, and they brought more torches before they could set off.

This sudden situation made Cao Cao even more vigilant, he thought about it a little, and felt that Shi Jian and Zhu Ling might not be able to engage in any dreadnought army that was good at night battles and had stronger combat power.

Grab the bull by the horns!

He immediately ordered the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun to let go of Wei Qi's retreat and support Shi Jian and Zhu Ling.

I have to say that a truly powerful commander will make an open-eyed response in the fog of war with limited information.

Cao Cao made a correct judgment on the battlefield situation.

He had just sent scouts in the direction of Shi Jian and Zhu Ling, and encountered the defeated Shi Jian and Zhu Ling's two troops and horses. When the routs saw that they had horses, they killed them directly, snatched the horses and fled.

The rout in the dark was panicked, and there was no discipline at all. Doing this, and no one outside of the two of them saw it, it could only be regarded as the bad luck of those scouts.

The tiger and leopard rode over, and it took a lot of time just to disperse and kill the router.

However, this is also necessary, cavalry fighting at night is already more risky than infantry, if you can't ensure the formation of cavalry, it is to send away the elite of one in a hundred miles in vain.

Huang Yu borrowed the other party's torch and found the tiger and leopard riding from a distance.

Chen Gou suggested that with the advantage of bows and crossbows and night battles, shooting directly at close range, even if the tiger and leopard were riding, it was estimated that there would be heavy losses.

Huang Yu calmly analyzed, thinking that they had lost more than 300 people in the encounter just now, and it was entirely by relying on the general's martial arts to stabilize the battle line, covering the crossbowmen and using the enemy's firelight to out, so that the generals could defeat the enemy army.

It is possible to gain some advantage by sneaking up on the night, but the opponent can also immediately regroup after being attacked, and then charge in formation to destroy their spearless troops in one fell swoop.

He thought that the enemy army should be rounded up and retreated in an orderly manner.

Under the leadership of Huang Yu, the 12th Brigade was very resourceful to bow down, forbidding to talk to each other, carefully bypassing the terrifying opponents on the plain road, and retreating back through the hills.

Soon, they were ten miles apart, and they found a large number of Cao Jun torches. A little probing revealed that Wei Qi was being besieged by Cao's army.

Huang Yu saw that there were less than 3,000 people left in Wei Qi, and they were besieged from three sides, and the situation was extremely critical.

He couldn't care much more, and ordered the crossbowmen to shoot at close range, and he and Chen Gou and others raided the enemy in close combat, and assisted Wei Qi to break through.

"Ahh

"There's an ambush!"

Cao Jun's back was attacked by a dense range of bows and crossbows, and the invisible arrows in the dark night intensified the panic of the soldiers and the confusion of the queue, and there were heavy casualties for a while.