Chapter 337: Counterattack
Seeing that the soldiers had finally captured the city, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh out loud. The siege lasted more than 40 days, and many soldiers were killed and wounded, so that this result was achieved. He lifted the horsewhip, pointed to the head of the city and said: "Guan Yu, the guard general in the city, is Liu Bei's henchman, if he is caught alive, don't kill him first, send it to me, I want to ask him, me and that Liu Xuande, who is the real hero!" ”
With that, he burst out laughing again. In the midst of laughter, someone suddenly walked over, but it was the military advisor Xi Zhicai.
Xi Zhicai handed over a letter and said: "Lord, Wen Ruo sent a letter, saying that Jiujiang was too guarded to let the population be hidden, and he colluded with the county officials to tamper with the atlas and conceal the number of fields. Now that the evidence is conclusive, ask the lord what to do? ”
Cao Cao Fang broke the Pi, and when he was in high spirits, he was furious when he heard the words: "I have ordered five times, but these people have repeatedly violated the law, what else is there to say?" Ordered Wen Ruo to immediately kill Bian Rang, accept his parents, wives and children, and confiscate him into the official mansion! ”
"No!"
Cao Cao, whether he was governing the army or the people, was extremely harsh. He fought every year, without stopping, and needed to consume countless grains and grasses. Now the war with Xuzhou is in full swing, even he himself has changed from three meals a day to two meals a day, and the soldiers below are even more hungry and fighting with the enemy, and they have raided Bian Rang's home, and the food obtained can probably make the soldiers on the front line eat a full meal for a day.
Casually dealt with the matter of Bian Rang, Cao Cao laughed again, he looked left and right and said: "Although Liu Bei is related to Yu, Zhang Fei, and Gao Shun are wings, how can he compare to the talent under my account?" ”
As he spoke, the gates of the city burst open, and the soldiers outside the city poured in. Xiapi is an important town in Xuzhou, and has accumulated countless money, food, and materials, so rush in first, in addition to being able to kill freely, you can also grab some more things. These soldiers endured cruel military laws, stayed away from their parents, wives and children, and fought abroad for a long time, and if they were not allowed to vent their resentment and anger in their hearts, they were afraid that they would turn around and devour the lord.
More than 100 Cao soldiers howled and rushed into the city cave and rushed to the streets of the city, but they were suddenly stunned. In front of their eyes, countless soldiers were pouring out of the houses on both sides. "Da Da Da", the sound of horses' hooves was crisp, and Guan Yu, who was holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, also appeared at the end of the street with hundreds of cavalry.
In this era, as soon as the walls were breached, the defenders would collapse immediately. The soldiers of the Cao army have been fighting all year round, and the enemies they have fought are like this. Xiapi City has been attacked for dozens of days, and the city walls are damaged in many places. If the enemy rushes in, the soldiers who suddenly fall are likely to collapse directly.
But Guan Yu knew that if he couldn't burn the construction machinery outside, he would definitely not be able to hold the city wall. Therefore, this deliberately let Cao Jun go to the city.
"Whew!" "Whew!"
The white-eared soldiers were adept at javelins and hand-to-hand combat, and generally carried ring-headed knives and shields, as well as two javelins. After they rushed out of the houses, they threw a wave of javelins when they met. Hundreds of javelins fell, killing and wounding more than 200 Cao soldiers who rushed in.
Then, Chen Zhi raised his arms and shouted: "The white-eared soldiers come with me!" ”
Hundreds of armor soldiers followed behind Chen and launched a counter-charge towards the city gate. The soldiers of the Cao army were several times more than the defenders in the city, but at this time, at this point at the city gate, their strength was at a disadvantage. The white-eared soldiers rushed out fiercely and scattered the Cao army outside the city gate, and the follow-up soldiers and horses poured fire oil on the siege tower, and then set fire to it.
At the moment when the city gate changed, Cao Cao's laughter suddenly stopped. His eyes flickered, and he stretched out his hand to point at the Xuzhou soldiers with white feathers on their heads, and said, "This is Liu Bei's white-eared soldiers, how can they be here?" Could it be that when did Liu Bei sneak into the city again? ”
Xiapi is close to Surabaya, and it is difficult to completely surround it. If Liu Bei took advantage of the night to sneak into the city, it would be completely possible. But sneaking into the city can only be a small group of soldiers and horses, do you want to rely on the thousands of elite soldiers of the white ear soldiers to turn around?
When he was in doubt, more than 3,000 infantry who rushed out had already moved out of the way to both sides, and hundreds of iron horsemen rushed out. The person in front of him, nine feet long, with a face like a heavy jujube, riding a tall Xiliang war horse, holding a green dragon glaive knife weighing dozens of catties, such a mighty person, except for Guan Yu, who else?
Cao Cao had fought against Guan Yu, and knew that this was Liu Bei's number one general, and almost no one under his command could beat him. He immediately shouted: "Oops, I fell for Liu Bei's plan!" ”
With that, he immediately jumped out of the carriage, snatched a horse, and fled to the rear.
When Guan Yu was in the city. It has long been found out that the person under Huang Luo's umbrella is Cao Cao. He didn't care about others, and rushed towards Cao Cao with the Qinglong Glaive Knife. His body is quite large, and ordinary war horses can't drag it at all. Later, Chen Cheng sent him an extremely divine Xiliang war horse, which was able to carry him on the battlefield.
Seeing Guan Yu killed, the soldiers of the Cao army all became in an uproar. They originally thought that the enemy would put up a stubborn resistance in the city, but how did they expect that the enemy general would rush out with cavalry? From last year to this year, Cao Jun and Guan Yu have fought many times, and more than a dozen generals have been killed by this person. If it weren't for the fact that there were more soldiers and horses, I was afraid that no one would be able to stop this tiger general.
Originally, they were prepared outside the city to prevent the defenders from going out of the city to counterattack. But when the city was occupied, the generals of Cao's army wanted to enter the city and plunder, and the original preparations became empty talk. When Guan Yu killed Cao Cao's location, Cao Jun actually fell into a panic for a short time.
"Protect the lord!"
Cao Hong did not ride a horse, but shouted at the infantry around him, "Follow me!" Stop the bearded thief! ”
Cao Hong, whose name is Lian, is Cao Cao's younger brother, not only strong in martial arts, but also proficient in the art of war, and is a senior general in Cao's camp. He was originally guarding Cao Cao's left and right, but now that Cao Cao jumped out of the carriage and ran, he stopped behind with his infantry.
Seeing that the Cao soldiers had stopped him, Guan Yu snorted coldly and controlled his mount to go around from the side. A few hundred infantry is nothing, but it's not worth wasting time on these people. There is only one chance, even if you can't kill Cao Cao now, you will destroy the two catapults.
Guan Yu didn't have the intention of killing Cao Cao, he had fought with Cao Jun many times, and knew that the other party's combat strength was by no means comparable to the Yellow Turban Army. It can even be said that the combat effectiveness of Cao's army is still above that of Gongsun Zhan's army and Yuan Shao's army. The generals around Cao Cao are not fuel-efficient lamps. He was not afraid of fighting alone, but the other party Cao Jun never gave him the opportunity to fight alone.
With the same strength, Guan Yu was confident that he would defeat any of the generals in Cao's camp. It's a pity that the soldiers under Cao Cao's command are not only strong in combat, but also much more in number than Xuzhou, so that when they besieged Xiapi, they could also divide their troops to come to the aid of Liu Bei.
Seeing Cao Cao fleeing backwards, Guan Yu chased after him. Cao Hong saw that Guan Yu did not come to charge the battle, but bypassed and continued to pursue, and couldn't help but tear his eyes. He shouted, "Protect your lord!" ”
The surrounding soldiers also shouted together, "Protect the lord!" ”
Li Dian, who was closest to him, threw away the infantry and led more than a hundred cavalry to rush up. Guan Yu stepped forward to engage him. After a round of fighting, the Qinglong Glaive cut off the spear in Li Dian's hand, and cut through the iron armor on Li Dian's chest, severely injuring him. Li Dian's subordinates are all clan guests, and the cohesion is very strong. Seeing that the main general was seriously injured, the subordinates rushed up like crazy and snatched Li Dian back.
Their livelihood is tied to Li Dian's body, they don't worry about Cao Cao's death, but if Li Dian dies, they will all become other people's slaves.
Guan Yu chased behind Cao Cao, and successively broke Li Dian, Xiahou Xuan, Yu Ban, Xiahou Yuan and other famous generals of the Cao army, and he was about to chase after Cao Cao. But the large army of Cao's army had already caught up and received Cao Cao's entry into battle. The pikemen lined up in front, and the crossbowmen stood behind the line.
Seeing that nothing could be done, Guan Yu didn't force it, he turned his head and saw that most of Cao Jun's siege machinery had been burned. The siege towers, the catapults, all turned into ashes in the raging flames.
Cao Cao was heavily protected by the army, and his heart was settled, he laughed and said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, don't come unharmed!" ”
Guan Yu turned around and sneered: "Cao thief, today is your fate!" ”
Cao Cao smiled: "Why is Yun Chang so ruthless? I know you didn't mean to kill me today, you just wanted to burn those cars. ”
"Hmph, if you know, why do you want to run away?" Guan Yu pointed his knife in Cao Cao's direction and said disdainfully: "It's just that I saw the fire in front of me, so I remembered it temporarily." People say that Cao Mengde is a traitor in troubled times, and when I saw it today, it was really so! ”
Cao Cao laughed loudly, "Just because I just remembered it, Yun Chang, if you don't leave, it's too late!" ”
The surrounding Cao army has already pounced from all directions, just like Cao Cao said, if he doesn't leave. Then it would be too late. The cavalry under Guan Yu's department rode all Xiliang war horses brought from Guanzhong, and they were extremely good at charging into battle, but it was impossible to beat more than ten times the enemy around.
Guan Yu sneered, "How can you hide it from me?" Cao Mengde, for the time being, I will put the head of your item around my neck today, and I will take it again in the next day! ”
With that, he shook his horse's head and shouted, "Kill me back!" ”
Before, Cao Cao was frightened, beat his horse and fled backwards, leaving Xu Chu, Dian Wei and others in place with the infantry, and now these people have been outflanked. They were extremely angry about what had just happened, and vowed to leave a fanatic like Guan Yu here.
Coincidentally, Guan Yu chose the direction of breakthrough and was on Cao Hong's side. Xu Chu and Dian Wei shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to stretch the battle line and block the enemy's way.
Seeing that there were infantry blocking the way in front of him, Guan Yu couldn't help but squint his eyes and shouted, "What a boldness!" ”
His physique was majestic, and his voice was much louder than that of ordinary people, and it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day when he shouted loudly.
With the sound of thunder, the Green Dragon Glaive Knife brought a terrible light and slashed towards the enemy general in front of him.