Chapter 405: Night Attack (Page 1/1)

It was night, and the sky was dark. The fierce battle had long since ended, and there was silence in the Cao Liu army camp outside Tongguan City. Perhaps due to the continuous days of travel and the fatigue of the day, even the soldiers who patrolled the guards were a little napping, and the whole camp was loose.

In this silent night, the gate of Tongguan City quietly opened, and there was a sound of Suo Suo from behind the door. Countless soldiers and horses walked out of the city gate, with people and horses, strict discipline and neat ranks.

Xu Rong, who was in the front, turned his head and glanced at the city gate of Tongguan, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. He only felt that he might be unlucky to go, but the situation forced him to fight.

Three thousand were lost, and ten thousand were destroyed. This record is indeed okay, but the total number of soldiers in Tongguan is only one out of ten, and thousands of soldiers are slightly injured, which makes Xu Rong extremely worried.

Originally, he thought that there was a danger of Tongguan, and coupled with his own ability, even in the face of 200,000 troops, he would not want to pass. But he underestimated the bravery of Cao Liu's soldiers, and the most important thing was that he didn't expect Cao Cao to have such a sharp weapon as a catapult in his hands.

Don't look at the disdain he said about the catapult in the daytime, it was just to appease the army, and he knew very well the horror of the catapult. Had it not been for the initial salvo of catapults, his men would never have lost so much. There weren't many soldiers killed by the continuous stone-throwing, but the blow to morale was indeed immeasurable.

Back then, the state of Chu relied on a large number of catapults to defeat the 200,000 elites of the Qin army and fled, which is enough to see the horror of this thing. No matter how brave the soldier is, he has been thrown a stone for half an hour in a row, and his courage should be gone, on the contrary, the great power of the catapult is also very great for the improvement of Cao Liu's morale. This increase and decrease instantly rewrote the combat power of both sides. If it weren't for the existence of the catapult, Xu Rong felt that his battle losses yesterday would definitely be reduced by more than half.

Xu Rong is a very cautious person, and after thinking about it for a while, he understands that it is not enough to stick to Tongguan, and he must deal with the catapult, otherwise he will not be able to support it with his troops.

"General, why are we attacking at night today? What if the enemy is on guard? ”

Xu Rong said with a solemn expression: "The enemy army has the existence of catapults, and holding on to Tongguan is the way to death, and we can only win by sneaking attack and burning the catapults when they are unprepared." The enemy's march for days, and the fact that he is exhausted from the great battle he has endured today, is the best opportunity to fight for us. ”

When it is broken, it is broken, Xu Rong understands that if it drags on like this, the situation will only get worse and worse, and at this time, he can have a chance of winning by sneaking up on the other party when his foothold is not stable.

Xu Rong led the army and quietly touched the surroundings of Cao Cao's camp. Looking at the sporadic fires in Cao Cao's camp and the tired patrol soldiers around him, Xu Rong was overjoyed. However, he did not rush to send troops, but gave orders to his scouts.

"Zhang Song, you lead two hundred scouts to visit the enemy camp to see if the other party is ambushed." Xu Rong said cautiously.

"No!"

"General, there's no need for this! The other party is obviously defenseless! The adjutant general was a little puzzled.

"There is nothing wrong with being careful, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are not easy people, who knows if they will have an ambush." Xu Rong's face was serious, and he had always been strict for the first time to make a sneak attack.

Half an hour later, the two hundred scouts returned unharmed.

"General, there is nothing unusual around, there are no ambushes."

"Good!" Xu Rong was happy in his heart: "Wait a minute, remember, after rushing in and burning the other party's catapult, retreat immediately, don't hesitate." Liu Beijun is not far away, don't waste time! ”

"Understood!" All the lieutenants and lieutenants nodded and said.

"Kill!" Xu Rong's long knife pointed into the distance and shouted in a low voice.

All the soldiers instantly mounted their horses and charged towards Cao Cao's camp. Xiliang Iron Cavalry is invincible, this is Xu Rong's confidence in tonight's sneak attack.

"Enemy attack!" After hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the scouts of the Cao army looked into the distance, and hurriedly shouted when they found the Xiliang cavalry charging towards their camp.

"Kill!" Hearing this shout, Xu Rong shouted.

"Kill!"

Countless Xiliang troops formed a sharp array, the clouds and qi in the sky were stacked, and everyone was shrouded in a faintly visible streamer, rushing straight towards the center of Cao Jun's camp. The horses and antlers used by the guards were all crushed to the ground, and the whole army rushed into the center of the camp and came to the instrument covered with black cloth.

However, at this time, Xu Rong was not happy and worried, and the weakness of Cao Jun's resistance made him a little suspicious, but seeing that his target was not far away, he was in his heart and rushed in directly.

Xu Rong removed the black cloth and saw what was under it under the light of the torch, and his pupils instantly contracted.

"Oh no, I've been tricked! Evacuate! ”

Under the black cloth was not the catapult that Xu Rong wanted to destroy, but a pile of boulders. Xu Rong immediately raised his head to the sky and shouted.

"Hehe, do you want to leave after you've come?" There was a sneer from behind the boulder, and Cao Cao stood in the center of the armor, looking at Xu Rong with a smile.

"Xu Rong, you didn't think there would be today! At the beginning, you forced me to have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and now I can be regarded as returning it to you. If you want to surrender, it's not too late, I promise not to blame the past, and reuse it with you! Cao Cao said sincerely.

"Cao Mengde, I have received your wishes. But loyal ministers don't care about the two masters, and it is impossible to vote for you. What's more, do you think you're going to eat me? Xu Rong said calmly.

"A good loyal minister is not a second master, Dong Zhuo is dead, who are you loyal to? Li Dao? Is it still possible for you to turn the tables now? Cao Cao's tone was slightly angry.

"Li Zhiran is also worthy?" Xu Rong said disdainfully: "There is only one person who is loyal." ”

"Who?"

Xu Rong looked at Cao Cao and smiled weirdly: "Cao Mengde, don't think I don't know that you are delaying time. But I'll tell you, you're not alone! Aren't you curious how I turn the tables? I'm going to show you now. ”

"Kill!" As soon as Xu Rong's words fell, there was a shout of killing from the northwest.

"Withdraw!" After Xu Rong heard this voice, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he didn't pay any attention to Cao Cao, who was close at hand, and directly led the army to the northwest to kill.

The charge of the Xiliang cavalry Cao Cao's foot soldiers couldn't catch up at all, and after a few waves of arrow rain, only the corpses of dozens of Xiliang soldiers were left, and Xu Rong's Xiliang iron cavalry quickly disappeared from Cao Cao's sight.

"Xu Rong! Sure enough, it's a good general! Looking at Xu Rong, who was in danger and had been prepared, Cao Cao sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that such a good talent can't be used by me." ”

"We should have won the battle tonight!"

Xi Zhicai, who was behind Cao Cao, smiled when he heard this: "Naturally! Xu Rong's caution did not make us fully effective, but Xu Rong's night attack had failed, and morale was even more demoralized. Tongguan can't be held anymore! ”

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