Chapter 350: Rout
After Cao Cao repelled Liu Bei, he quickly went north, and after joining up with the Chinese army, he hurried towards Juancheng. His Yanzhou pastor in the past few years has not been in vain, although there are many scholars and Haoqiang who have launched a rebellion with him, but there are still people who are secretly communicating with him.
Therefore, he was able to clearly know that Chen Cheng and Zang Ba's coalition forces stopped near Xiao Pei, waiting for him to collide headlong.
But Cao Cao is not stupid, how could he fight a decisive battle near Xiaopei as the enemy wants?
He led his troops to the north in a hurry, and soon reached the vicinity of Pengcheng. Pengcheng is a famous city in Xuzhou, with a long history, and can even be traced back to the time of primitive society. However, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, because Pengcheng had resisted for a long time, after capturing the city, he ordered the people in the city to be slaughtered.
As the army passed, some people outside the city who looked like lonely ghosts were wandering. Seeing the Cao army driving on the main road, these people, who had escaped under the butcher's knife, fled in panic into the ruined Pengcheng, or escaped into the woods and grass outside.
In normal times, Cao soldiers would probably have chased and killed these displaced people. But now that the situation was urgent, Cao Cao ordered the army not to stop, and the people escaped.
The soldiers and horses of Cao's army attacking Xuzhou are claimed to be 100,000, and with the people who are transported, in fact, there are more than 100,000. There were 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses on the front line alone. With such a huge army, it can pull a distance of dozens of miles when marching. The mighty army marched across the land like a long snake that snaggled its way.
Cao Cao reined in his war horse near Pengcheng and said with a smile: "It is said that Chen Cheng is a unique hero in the world, and he can make strange plans in the battle array, and he is the first-class general today. But in my opinion, Chen Wenzheng will not use troops after all. ”
Left and right asked, "Why did the lord say this?" ”
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Sitting on an army of 100,000 people, but instead of deep ditches and high bases, waiting for us to attack, where is there such a reason to use troops?" The terrain of Yanzhou is flat, which is suitable for large armies. He set up camp near Xiaopei, will we be stupid enough to fall into the net? ”
Both left and right said: "After all, the people of Xiliang are not resourceful enough, so they can be strong in the border land, and when they meet the lord, there is naturally only one ending!" ”
"Hahaha! Hahahaha! Cao Cao laughed, raised his horsewhip and pointed to the north, and said in high spirits: "When we return to Dongjun, we will fight with Chen Cheng again!" ”
The army continued to advance, and soon left Peng Cheng behind. Cao Cao was riding on horseback when he suddenly heard muffled thunder coming from a distance. He looked up at the sky, where the setting sun was still hanging in the sky. Although it is the season of thunderstorms, there are no dark clouds in the sky at all, so how can there be sudden thunder?
But soon, he realized that this was not thunder, but a large-scale cavalry galloping across the land! Only thousands of horses running together can make such a thunderous sound! Then the situation is already obvious, what appears here is not someone else, but the Xiliang Army, which has the most cavalry today!
"Oops!"
Cao Cao's face was a little pale, of course he knew that the cavalry cluster that suddenly appeared was definitely not his own troops, nor was it his own friendly army. Although he had many soldiers and horses, he was not capable of forming a large-scale cavalry force. The total number of war horses in the entire army is about 10,000.
In the process of attacking Xuzhou, the war horses lost a lot, and most of the people who did not die lost fat, and the dispatch efficiency and impact power dropped by more than half compared with the strongest time.
Cao's army was numerous and experienced in combat, but he had never had any experience in fighting an opponent with a large cavalry, so he had no idea how the Xiliang Iron Cavalry fought. Yesterday there was also news that Chen Cheng and Zang Ba's coalition forces were stationed near Xiaopei, but today the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already appeared north of Pengcheng.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the enemy, the army that marched in a long snake formation panicked. Many generals loudly ordered their soldiers to stop advancing and set up defensive formations on the spot. Cao Cao also woke up from a momentary distraction and issued orders to his soldiers and horses one after another.
But before Cao Jun could set up his formation, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry that suddenly appeared had already launched an attack. They stretched out a wide impact surface, and then launched a decisive charge towards the center of Cao's army. The sound of hooves is like thunder, spears are like forests, and in the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the cavalry all over the mountains seems to cover the entire plain.
The fiery sunset burned behind them, as if the cavalry had rushed out of the sun. The soldiers of the Cao Army who saw this kind of big scene for the first time were all so frightened that their faces turned pale, and many of them were even in two wars.
Looking at the surging Xiliang Iron Horse, Cao Cao remembered a lot of other things in his mind. This is near Pengcheng, when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony at the end of Qin, wasn't it here that Xiang Yu suddenly appeared with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and then broke Liu Bang's 560,000 coalition army?
He smiled bitterly and said, "Xiliang Overlord, hey, it's really exactly the same as the style of the Overlord!" ”
A hasty horn sounded in the rear of Cao's army, and Xiahou Yuan rushed out with more than 2,000 cavalry, ready to buy a little time for his own infantry. Cao Cao saw Xiahou Yuan leading his troops to rush up, and said with a pause: "Miaocai, how can this little cavalry stop so many Xiliang people?" ”
The sound of horses' hooves around them roared like thunder, and the scene in front of them quickly drew closer and swiftly towards the rear. Chen Cheng rode a tall horse as usual, at the forefront of the charge. In this era of cold weapons, morale is a very important factor in battle.
When they see their own generals standing on the front line, the soldiers can always burst out with more enthusiasm for fighting. Therefore, generals who can take the lead can always win battles more easily.
This raid was an action that Chen Cheng had been planning for a long time. Whether it is asking Chen Gong and others for a month's food and grass, or pulling Zang Ba to form a coalition army, or garrisoning Xiaopei, and then holding back. All of this was to paralyze Cao Cao, and to cover for this unexpected raid.
Chen Chengke never thought of fighting a long-lasting war of attrition with Cao Cao, with an absolute advantage in cavalry in hand, of course, to give full play to the advantage of his strong mobility!
As far as it seems, it worked well, very well, unexpectedly good. Cao's army, which was marching, encountered superior cavalry in the wilderness, and was already in confusion before the battle began. These soldiers who were on an expedition had been fighting hard for a long time and were already exhausted, and the fact that they suddenly encountered such a huge cavalry and did not collapse directly showed that the generals of the Cao army had an extraordinary level.
However, even if they have elite soldiers, they can't change their fate of imminent defeat!
A group of Cao cavalry bravely pounced, and was immediately crushed into powder by the surging Xiliang iron cavalry. Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, and rushed into the cavalry of the Cao army to slash and slash. Xiahou Yuanbu collided head-on with the Flying Bear Hussar, like a wave crashing on a rock, and he was smashed to pieces.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry dispersed the cavalry of the Cao army, continued to advance, and soon entered the infantry of the Cao army. The hastily formed infantry simply could not compete with the cavalry, let alone at this distance, they were not numerically superior. The resistance lasted only a short time before the Cao infantry had already collapsed.
Countless soldiers howled loudly and fled in all directions, but on the plains, how did the infantry outrun the cavalry?
The light cavalry of the Western Liang Army cut down the fleeing infantry from behind as if they were chasing their prey. Seeing that the enemy was so ferocious, the soldiers of the nearby left and right Cao army were unable to continue to resist, and all joined the ranks of the fleeing.
Cao Cao looked at his soldiers and horses fleeing in all directions with a pale face, and did not go to save the situation. He knew it would be futile. The defeat of the army is like a mountain, and the collapse of the army can not be reversed by manpower? Thousands of Xiliang Iron Riders rode back and forth, and I didn't know how many there were.
The Cao soldiers obviously had an absolute advantage in numbers, but they had been divided into several sections, and then they were broken up again. In the eyes of Cao's soldiers, they were surrounded by an absolute number of enemies. No matter which direction you look at, all you can see are countless Western Liang cavalry.
Seeing that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was about to be killed, Cao Cao ordered loudly: "Quick, throw all the baggage to the ground!" ”
The soldiers hesitated for a moment, then threw the cloth and gold and silver to the ground under the reprimand of the officers and the education of the whips, and then retreated some distance south with Cao Cao.
A group of more than 1,000 Xiliang cavalry rushed over, ignoring the gold, silver and cloth on the ground, and rushed over with their weapons. The horses' hooves trampled on the cloth that had been thrown to the ground, and they raised a lot of dust. The cavalry didn't seem to see half of it, ignoring what was on the ground, as if it was not money that had been thrown on the ground, but just weeds.
"The Xiliang Army is so elite?"
Cao Cao, who looked back to observe, was so shocked that he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he kept galloping towards the south while beating his horse. Xu Chu followed behind him with more than 100 cavalrymen, while Dian Wei brandished a double iron halberd and stayed behind. This is the Great Plains, and the war horses of the Xiliang people are even better, if no one stops the pursuers, I am afraid that they will soon be caught up.
Dian Wei ordered the soldiers to cross the wagons across the avenue, and then had them guard behind the wagons with bows and spears. He himself put on double iron armor and jumped onto the cart. He put the twin halberds down first, then spat into his palm, and then rubbed them vigorously.
"Come on!" Dian Wei picked up the twin iron halberds and shouted at the enemy to the north, "Look who can take off the head of a certain family!" ”
The surging cavalry crashed in, and Dian Wei roared and shouted in battle, his iron halberd knocking down one enemy after another.
The fiery red red rabbit horse neighed, holding the Fang Tian painting halberd, and Lu Bu, whose eyes were bloodshot, appeared on the road not far away, he looked at Dian Wei, who was constantly roaring, and showed a cruel sneer. A strange sensation spread through his body, and a cold, fiery murderous intent boiled in his chest.
He could clearly feel that his martial arts continued to grow stronger as he killed.
Lu Bu stared at Dian Wei deadly, and said in a metallic trembling voice: "It's a warrior, then your life will be accepted by me Lu Feng first!" ”
The red rabbit horse galloped over, and Fang Tian's halberd swept out. Shot like a hedgehog, Dian Wei let out an unyielding roar and smashed forward with an iron halberd in both hands. He had been fighting for a long time, and all the halberds had been thrown, and the iron halberd in his left hand had been lost in the melee.
Facing Lu Bu who rushed over, he had no room to dodge, so he could only hold the iron halberd with both hands and smash it forward. Before, he was cut down by Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and just after recovering from his injuries, he ran into Lu Bu again.
The wind whistled in front of him, and the huge crescent moon brought a snowy light. At this moment, Dian Wei gave birth to a trace of enlightenment.
This time, I'm afraid it's ...... Suffer!
The red rabbit horse rushed out of the distance before stopping. Lu Bu turned around and saw that Fang Cai's enemy general had fallen in the splattered blood. Some cavalrymen dismounted, cut off the heads of the enemy generals who had been knocked down, and then picked them on the tips of their spears.
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