Chapter 123: The Yellow River is Rolling
Cao Cao was suddenly ambushed and suffered heavy casualties for a while, but after all, it was the elite of Cao's army that was invincible across the Central Plains.
Dian Wei saw that the army was ambushed, and it was difficult to advance an inch, at this time, the rocks and trees fell one after another, stirring between the mountain cols, his heart burned like a raging fire, and shouted: "Tiger camp, raise the shield, form a formation"
The Tiger Ben camp is famous, the fierce crown of killing is ancient and modern, the city is broken, but there are those who resist, will slaughter the city afterwards, it is the edge of the Cao army everywhere, the defenders of the city will either flee from the wind, or defend to the end, but whether they are fleeing or defending, they are all terrified of the Tiger Ben camp.
In the col, countless giant shields were lifted high, stretching one after another, like a giant sea formed by a solid shield, under the boundless chaos of rocks and trees, ups and downs, like a huge wave rolling.
Zhang Jaw, who commanded the attack of the army on the top of the mountain, couldn't help but admire in his heart, he and the former lord Yuan Shao had also encountered the same situation back then, and was deceived by Lu Bu and lured into the valley, but Cao Jun's performance was really different from himself at that time.
Cao's army was defeated but not chaotic, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, forming formations with each other, raising shields, although there were still sporadic casualties, but compared with before, the situation had been greatly improved.
At that time, Yuan Shao's army was like a headless fly, running in all directions, trampled and the dead did not know how to go.
Zhang Jaw couldn't help but look at Cao Cao's army in the mountain col, smiled strangely, and said, "Then let you taste the taste of fire oil." β
The order went down, the flag waved, and countless barrels and tile altars rolled down from the top of the mountain and sprinkled on the strong shield of the mountain pass, in which the fire oil sprayed and splashed in all directions, and flowed down from the gaps in the huge shield like a downpour.
Cao Cao has been fighting for many years, there are many tricks, smelling a strange fragrance, and the tentacles are greasy and abnormal, so he knows what this thing is, and he is shocked and calls left and right: "It's fire oil, and the army is advancing rapidly." β
As soon as Cao Cao's general order came out, Dian Wei knew how to deal with it, and called out to the army: "Sprinkle lime, don't leave the shield, and move forward quickly." β
Before the words fell, the army covered its mouth and nose with ear protection in an orderly manner, raised its shields in formation, thought it was a barrier, and marched towards the exit of the mountain col at great speed. Countless auxiliaries also threw lime powder on the ground all over the place during the passage.
In order to facilitate the march, Cao Cao often prepared lime powder in the army, and when the road encountered wet and slippery ice and snow, it was sprinkled on the ground, which could be anti-slip for a while, which greatly improved the marching speed of the infantry in the snow, and was invincible.
At this time, the fire oil splashes around, and it can be covered with lime powder to block the fire source. For a time, in the formation of Cao Cao's army, dust rose everywhere, like clouds driving fog, lime powder flew in all directions, like fog and haze, falling on the uneven pit ground of the mountain col, falling on the oil-stained armor of Cao Jun, and falling on the strong shield raised high.
Countless rockets were projectile down, burrowing into the smoky miasma of Cao Jun's army array, bringing only sporadic sources of fire, which were effortlessly extinguished by a group of Cao Jun.
Zhang Jaw looked at Cao Cao's army in the mist, and was stunned for a moment, there was still this kind of operation? If he had this method that day, why would he have been annihilated by most of the main force in the first battle, and since then it has been easy to change the offensive and defensive situation, which is really a loss step by step. Seeing that Cao Cao's army was in formation with shields, moving forward at great speed, and was about to break out of the mountain col, he had no other way for a while, shook his head and smiled: "Cao Cao really lives up to his reputation, but my ambush is just an appetizer, and the show has just begun." β
Cao Cao's army broke through the mountain col ambush, and they were excited, and the world-famous Bingzhou elite soldiers in the secret road were nothing more than that. For a while, the pride emerged, the morale shook the mountains, the shouts and shouts soared into the sky, and then looked at their gray faces, looked at each other and laughed, and the jungle outside the col was shocked.
Cao Cao frowned, stared at the mountains and forests in front of him with a solemn expression, and said in his heart: The silence in the forest is unusual, and there are even more frightened birds, could there be ambushes hiding in it. It's better to believe what you have than what you don't have!
Then he called to the left and right: "The crossbowmen will release arrows into the forest to test the enemy's situation." β
The generals on the left and right are reasonable, and there is a general Li Dian who ordered to release arrows into the forest, and the arrow rain swarmed and flew into the forest.
Cao Cao then put his mind at ease, and ordered the general Le Jin to say: "The attack power of the ambush on the top of the mountain is not strong, and the number seems to be only between thousands and 10,000, I order you to lead 10,000 cavalry to guard at the bottom of the mountain, and when the enemy army goes down the mountain, break its army formation, so as to prevent future troubles." β
Le Jin received the order, the ambush soldiers in the mountains were mostly archers, once they went down the mountain, they had nothing to rely on, they were not slaughtered by themselves, and they were happy to take the order.
Cao Cao also gave an order: "Order Li Dian to be the vanguard, lead 5,000 cavalry, march into the forest to investigate the enemy's situation, if there is nothing abnormal, send an arrow as a trumpet." β
Li Dian received the order, led the cavalry, and galloped into the mountains and forests.
Cao Cao led tens of thousands of tiger camp elites to wait outside, and sure enough, after the tea, the arrows sounded from the forest.
Cao Cao sent Li Dian into the forest to investigate, just in case, as the saying goes, be careful to sail a ship for ten thousand years, at this time he heard the sound of arrows, and immediately relieved, and called the army: "Listen to my orders, the whole army will set off, pass through the mountains and forests quickly, and there will be no delay." β
As soon as the army entered the mountains and forests, he saw Li Dianzheng leading his soldiers and horses waiting, saw Cao Cao coming, and stepped forward and said: "The last general investigated in the forest and did not find the enemy. β
Cao Cao approving: "Very good, General Li has worked hard, you continue to investigate forward, and report back as soon as there is an enemy situation." β
Seeing Li Dian lead the army away, Cao Cao said left and right: "Lu Bu is extremely cunning, he can set up an ambush on the top of the mountain, how can he let this place go, everyone be careful." β
As soon as the words fell, there was a whining sound, like a terrible ghost whining, and like a vicious wind cry!
Cao Cao's face changed greatly, and before he could react, countless arrows rained down with a little flame and rushed into the mountains and forests, the mountains and forests were dense, blocking eight or nine out of ten, and only a few fell in the forest, which was also blocked by the army armor.
But the rain of arrows carried flames, attached to the mountains and forests, and suddenly set the trees on fire, and for a time thick smoke billowed and fires flared up.
Cao Cao reacted at this time, no wonder Lu Bu did not set up an ambush in the forest, it turned out that he deliberately led himself into the mountains and forests, and then he shot arrows from outside, wanting to burn himself to death in the forest, how vicious his intentions were!
Cao Cao didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, I don't know how many enemy troops there were outside the forest, but judging from the number of bows and arrows, it was definitely several times more than the ambush soldiers on the top of the mountain, and I was afraid that there were tens of thousands of people, and hurriedly ordered the army not to stay and accelerate through the dense forest.
The march of the army in the mountains and forests was not as flat as the ground, during which the trees were obscured and the thorns and vines blocked the way, and the march was unusually slow.
The rocket salvo stopped after two rounds, but the fire in the forest was even more vigorous, only because the rain and snow had just melted in the forest, and the trees were damp, so there was no tendency to spread. Even so, thick smoke still filled the mountains and forests, making Cao Cao and others suffer from smoke and fire.
The army braved the smoke and fire, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, it finally came out of the dense forest.
Originally, Cao Cao ordered the sword and axe army to open the way, and the cavalry covered behind, and after preparing to leave the forest, he fought with Lu Bu's ambush soldiers, but after walking out of the dense forest, there was no trace of Lu Bu's ambush, and even Li Dian's 5,000 cavalry who were exploring the road in front of him also lost their traces, as if they had evaporated from the world.
Cao Cao was shocked, what was Lu Bu going to do, set up an ambush but did not face the enemy, and disappeared in a hurry, and Li Dian suddenly lost his trace at this time, I am afraid that he has been more than lucky.
Out of the mountains and forests, Cao Cao ordered the army to march step by step, slowly advancing, gathering all the troops, so that the troops would not be dispersed again, and they were broken by Lu Bu.
Guo Jia admonished: "Lu Bu first used the strategy of the suspicious soldiers, and at this time, he used the strategy of ambushing on all sides, interlocking, leading us here, and consuming the strength of our army layer by layer, I am afraid that there will be countless ambushes behind after that, and the Ming Duke should strengthen his defense again to prevent it from taking advantage of it." β
Cao Cao's expression was also extremely cold, and he nodded: "That's right, our army has encountered ambushes several times along the way, and has lost many horses. β
After finding out what the enemy was planning, Cao Cao ordered the army to only take the main road, not pass by the small road or dangerous road, even if he walked a little longer, he could not give Lu Bu a chance to take advantage of it.
At this time, Lu Bu was drinking tea with Tian Feng, Fengji and others in the military tent.
Lu Bu admired Tian Feng's plan, and said with a smile: "Mr. is really clever, several times he used tricks to make Cao Cao tired, easily defeated Le Jin, killed Li Dian, and made Cao Cao have to march according to the route planned by Mr., which is really high." β
Tian Feng said with a smile: "It's just a little trick, although Cao Cao lost his troops and generals, but he didn't hurt the roots, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus the defenders defending Luoyang, there are still more than 100,000 people, once the enemy is facing off, it is difficult to determine the victory or defeat." Now he can only let him step by step into the trap of our army, consume his troops layer by layer, and then give him a fatal blow at the right time, so that he can get rid of the big trouble in the heart of the prince once and for all. β
Lu Bu praised Tian Feng's strategy, but he was terrified, but fortunately, when he conquered Yuan Shao, this person was killed by his colleagues and was in prison, unable to give advice to Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao reuses this person, he is afraid that his own expedition to Jizhou will never be so smooth!
It is also fortunate that the legend Tian Feng has the talent of Zhou Yu, who is a man who is good at scheming and fighting, and has not been able to shine in history only because he is in prison.
Lu Bu received a report from Zhang Jaw that Lejin's 10,000 cavalry had been ambushed at the foot of the mountain and stood by Wei Yuehe to break the siege, Lejin's soldiers and horses were killed and wounded countless times, and fled in defeat, and more than half of the 10,000 cavalry were killed.
The 5,000 cavalry led by Li Dian were lured by Wei Xu's archers and fell into the heavy encirclement that Lu Bu had already arranged, Zhao Yun took the opportunity to lead the heavy cavalry to kill and beheaded Li Dian with his own hands, and Cao Cao's pathfinder cavalry had no way to escape, and they all surrendered.
And on the way of Cao Cao's march, there are Zhang Liao and Yan Liang waiting for him, Cao Cao does not come, if he comes, he will be unable to escape.
Cao Cao didn't dare to take the small road anymore, marched on the official road, and marched day and night all the way, for fear of delaying the appointment with Xiahoudun, Xu Chu and other generals.
Xiahoudun defended Luoyang, Xu Chu garrisoned the Tiger Pass, each with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus tens of thousands of horses and horses from Cao Cao's headquarters, the three armies had more than 100,000, forming a siege of LΓΌ Bu.
Cao Cao originally planned to attract LΓΌ Bu's attention with his own troops and horses, and then ordered Xiahoudun and Xu Chu to lead the army to copy LΓΌ Bu's back.
Who knew that Lu Bu was indeed fooled and was indeed attracted to himself, but this Lu Bu was really impermanent in his use of soldiers, and he made treacherous schemes several times, which hindered his actions.
This change in the route of the march was really a last resort, and the time it took increased dramatically, and even if the army traveled day and night, I am afraid that it would be difficult to reach the agreed place in time.
Cao Cao couldn't help but be irritable, his own march was not smooth, but he knew that Xiahou and Xu Chu were not intercepted by Lu Bu? Now that the troops are divided into three ways, and they cannot help each other, they are at risk of being broken by each other. Only by speeding up the march of the army and striving for an early rendezvous can we have the strength to fight.
Originally, it was an absolute superiority of troops to encircle Lu Bu, but now it has become surrounded by Lu Bu, which is really a nest.
Three days later, Cao Cao finally arrived at the northern outskirts of Luoyang, only a day's journey from Lu Bu's army camp, Cao Cao camped on the spot, sent cavalry scouts of more than 1,000 people, and explored the traces of Xiahoudun and Xu Chu everywhere.
Who knew that no trace of the second general was detected, but it was found that there were two armies attacking from the northwest and northeast, and the leading troops were Zhang Liao and Yan Liang, who were powerful under Lu Bu!
Cao Cao didn't dare to be careless, and immediately formed a defensive formation, and the two armies fought several times, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, and each injured thousands of soldiers and horses. After a few days of fighting, Cao Cao was already tired of soldiers and horses, and then there were signs of collapse, and the soldiers and generals were all fighting day after day, and were attacked by Zhang Liao and Yan Liang in turn, day and night, and they were already overwhelmed.
Cao Cao was furious, so he had the heart to retreat, and after LΓΌ Qian led the army to break off, he led the army to retreat to Luoyang.
But Zhang Liao and Yan Liang had already seen through his intentions, how could they let him get his wish? The leading soldiers were reluctant to give up, and you chased after me, causing the casualties of Cao Cao's army to gradually expand.
On this day, Cao Cao was fighting fiercely with Zhang Liao, and suddenly saw a pennant flying on one side, and countless soldiers and horses swept over, as many as 100,000!
Cao Cao was shocked, why did Lu Bu have so many soldiers and horses? In this battle, once surrounded, I am afraid that it will be impossible to escape!
I was thinking of abandoning the army to escape alone, and suddenly saw the attacking army approaching, but it was my own Yanzhou soldiers and horses, and the person who led the troops was the clan relative Xiahou Dun!
Cao Cao hesitated several times, and finally waited for reinforcements to appear, and suddenly became arrogant and called on the soldiers to counterattack Zhang Liao's army.
Zhang Liao was attacked by two ways, and the number of soldiers and horses was at an absolute disadvantage, and he was defeated for a while, and fled towards the way he came.
Cao Cao won for a while, his morale was greatly boosted, and the heralds would chase and kill him, and at this time, he had tens of thousands of troops, which was enough to open the world, so why not be afraid of Lu Bu!
The army pursued and killed for dozens of miles, and finally approached the Yellow River, forming a joint encirclement of Lu Bu's base camp, and almost heard the sound of rushing and noisy after the Yellow River melted.
Cao Cao has been on the Yellow River countless times, only this time he felt that it was strange and majestic, but when he heard the sound of galloping eastward, he proudly said: "Lu Bu is a life, and he will die here today, and he should be congratulated with a glass of floating wine!" β
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