Chapter 341: Plugging the Jaw
Chapter 341
This time it's careless. He was confident that Jiang Qin was no match for him, and when he found out that the scouts had lost contact, Jiang Qin happened to lead his troops out of the city. The repeated paralysis made Zhang Jaw forget behind him. When he led his troops to fight Jiang Qin, Guan Yu raided his large camp from behind and on the flanks!
The skylit fire illuminated the night sky, and it was clear within a radius of more than ten miles. It provides good lighting conditions for the fight between the two sides. However, at this time, Zhang Jaw had no intention of resisting. He only brought a total of 20,000 people, and he was injured in the battle with Gan Ning a few days ago. Now Guan Yu has added 10,000 infantry, and Zhao Yun's subordinates are estimated to have more than 3,000 warriors, plus Huang Zhong's cavalry and Jiang Qin in front. I can't resist it!
Especially Guan Yu is in the rear, and Zhao Yun is attacking on the flanks! No matter how powerful the general is, it is difficult to ensure that the battle formation is not chaotic at this time! And the reality was in the direction he expected. The fire in the barracks was uncontrollable. The Cao army, who was fighting in front, soon became a mess, and some people even wanted to run back to the barracks to put out the fire. But they were greeted by Guan Yu and more than 10,000 horses who suddenly appeared.
The infantry phalanx was focused on uniform attack and defense, and the sudden appearance of the situation and the enemy's attack on the rear quickly caused Cao's army to be in chaos. At this time, some smart people ran desperately in the direction of the flag. But soon they found that the flag was moving rapidly to the west, and they didn't need to look much to understand that this was the Lord about to break through. Or rather, preparing to evacuate the battlefield and fleeing!
There were also many people who ran east like headless flies, only to bump into Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong. Suddenly, Cao's army became even more chaotic, and there were cries and shouts in the army! The sound of clashing weapons made everyone smell death!
Zhang Jaw turned his head and ran west, Jiang Qin naturally refused to let go, and led the troops to live all the way. And Guan Yu at the rear of the barracks has also made contact with the Zhangjaw troops. The morale of the entire 10,000 people was high because of the hands that sneaked up on the barracks! Seeing the slightest change in the enemy's troops, Guan Yu immediately ordered the troops to be divided into two parts, one part continued to move south and squeezed the space of Zhangjaw's troops from the north and south with Jiang Qin, and the other part kept an eye on Zhangjaw's banner and pursued it all the way to the west.
In this way, the soldiers of the Cao army, which were originally on the east side, became the rear army, and while being attacked by the north and south, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong each led people to attack! Now Liu Cong's army is like a U-shaped formation, tightly surrounding the open jaw, and these Cao troops with a poor sense of orientation naturally fall into the bottom of the U-shape! What awaits them is killing.
It's a pity that it's night again, and you can still see a little road on the periphery, and the crowd in the middle is crowded, which is even more chaotic. In this way, it was originally a fierce battle, and Cao Jun was as convinced as Zhang Jaw that he could defeat the attacking enemy army.
But now it has evolved into a chase battle, and the person who ran was Cao Jun, and it was Liu Jun who was chased. The result of this chase game is to run slow or die!
Even their main general, Jaw Opening, was no better. Originally, he was attacked by Jiang Qin and Guan Yu from the north and south, and Guan Yu even sent someone to keep an eye on the general's banner with open jaws. It's as simple as this jaw trying to break through. At first, under the escort of the lieutenant general and his own soldiers, he rode a war horse and rushed forward, and then he opened his jaw and found that he didn't know when the enemy cavalry on the eastern battlefield appeared on his two flanks, and if he could look down from the air, he thought it was to escort Zhang Jaw. No matter which direction he opened his jaw to break through, he vaguely felt that there were enemy troops chasing him around him.
The northern suburbs of Deng County were originally an ordinary night, but because of the arrival of Guan Yu, it changed. The will to fight lasted for two hours, and the ground was full of corpses, and it was really a river of blood!
But the battle was far from over, and after the main battle of the main field, Jiang Qin, the defender of Deng County, led the sweep of the battlefield and then led the troops back to the city.
And Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong launched a pursuit of the remnants of the open jaw. From Deng County to the outskirts of Wancheng, on the road for hundreds of miles, there are sounds of fighting everywhere. There are corpses everywhere!
Zhang Jaw originally thought that he could lead a small number of soldiers to break through, but according to his ideas, if the retreat went smoothly, at least 15,000 people should be left, and no matter how bad it was, it should be enough for 5,000 people to flee to Wancheng.
But now there were only a few hundred people behind him, not even a thousand. Basically, everyone has different degrees of injuries on their bodies, and if they encounter the enemy again, they will only be able to fight with the strength of no more than five hundred. And this place is still nearly two hours away from Wancheng.
"General! Withdraw! "Deputy General Pan Lu has been desperately protecting the open jaw to break out of the encirclement, and he is exhausted at the moment, but he knows that now is not the time to rest. A hundred feet behind him, the enemy army is already killing the rout! The only way now is to leave these remnants behind.
Zhang Jaw couldn't bear to look at these remnants behind him, most of these people are very familiar with Zhang Jaw, and those who can follow Zhang Jaw to run here are not only particularly clever and strong in combat, but also Zhang Jaw's own soldiers, and only a small number of them still have war horses. It was these people who desperately guarded that Zhang Jaw was able to escape. Now if you want to get rid of the enemy army as soon as possible, you can only gallop on horseback, and these people will be quickly overwhelmed by the enemy army.
"General, go! We're broken! Hearing Pan Lu whispering in front of Zhang Jaw, most of the soldiers understood the situation they were facing. Only let Zhang Jaw escape with dozens of cavalry, and the rest of the people organized an interception on the spot. Only by blocking the pursuers behind him could it be possible for Zhang Jaw to escape back to Wancheng.
If you stay some, everyone will die, they don't blame Pan Lu for being ruthless at this time, this is the battlefield, and the generals should quickly make the most correct choice.
"General, let's go!" Some of the older soldiers saw that Zhang Jaw was still hesitating, and they all bowed down: "General, if you don't leave, it's too late!" ”
"Yes, General......"
"General!"
"Haha...... Ha ha...... It seems that the famous Hebei general Zhang Junyi really deserves his reputation. It can really be said that generals love soldiers, and soldiers love generals. What a soldier's affection. It's just a pity that no one can leave tonight! I've been following you all night, if I let you run away, how will our Jinyi Guard and the Espionage Division mix in Jingzhou in the future? ”
When the soldiers heard the laughter, they hurriedly got their weapons up and prepared for battle! Zhang Jaw also followed the sound, and people came out of the darkness one after another, and soon someone lit a torch.
"Do you really deceive our army and no one? Brothers, take up your weapons and fight them off! Pan Lu picked up the torch and quickly saw the enemy troops blocking the way. It's just that the thirty-year-old people dare to block the road? Cao Jun, who was already exhausted, saw that there were enemy troops blocking the way, and they also cheered up and stood beside Zhang Jaw.
Zhang Jaw looked behind him, and then looked at the people in front of him, although there were only thirty people, but in the dark night, it was obvious that although they were thin, they were all very energetic. Zhang Jaw is a person who has been in battle for a long time, and he knows that these people are only afraid that they are stronger than the warriors led by Zhao Yun that Pan Lu said.
After pondering for a moment, he took a few steps forward with his jaw open: "Heroes, although our army is exhausted, if you really hunt and kill to the death, you will definitely not be an opponent." Please get out of the way and let our troops pass. ”
"General?" Pan Lu was very puzzled, the enemy was more than 30 people, what reason did he have to tell them. No matter how bad your side is, there are still five or six hundred people who can fight, right?
"Do you still remember what General Xu Chu said about the suburbs of Xuchang?" Jaw Chang reminded.
"Huh?" Pan Lu quickly understood why Zhang Jaw was like this, and when he first arrived in Xuchang, Xu Chang reminded everyone to be careful in the future, whether they encountered this person on the battlefield or in the market. Because of that time, Huang Quan took six Jinyi guards and a few servants from Xun Yu's mansion to block the five hundred cavalry for nearly half an hour. These people are very good at hand-to-hand combat. Once entangled, it's hard to play to the numerical advantage.
Obviously, of course, these thirty people could not stop Zhang Jaw and the thousands of soldiers behind him. But now the chasing soldiers behind him are very close, once the battle starts here, these thirty people will definitely be able to entangle the Cao army for a while, and once they make a noise, the enemy army behind them will definitely follow immediately.
"Haha, Su asked General Zhang's prestige, it's rare to see it today, how can you miss it without a discussion? Brothers, you will disperse later, and I will have a discussion with General Zhang. "The one who took the lead in speaking was really the leader of the Espionage Division, and temporarily replaced Huang Quan as the commander of Jinyiwei.
Once upon a time, Huang Quan was his idol. Later, he finally had the opportunity to be in charge of a division like Huang Quan. Huang Quan went to Xuchang in person, although he did not personally send the emperor and Xun Yu back to Xinye, but he fully blocked the pursuit of the enemy's 500 cavalry, allowing Xun Zhen to escape far away with the emperor and Xun Yu.
This time, Liu Yin originally led people to follow Fa Zheng to do intelligence work in the camp, and constantly infiltrated into Cao's army. Before the war, Liu Cong found him and hoped that he would quickly lead people to the direction of Wancheng. If Guan Yu can intercept Zhang Jaw, it is the best, and if he can't rob Liu Yin, he will take the opportunity to mess up Wancheng.
Liu Yin gathered his brothers and hurried to Wancheng. Dozens of miles away from Wancheng, you can hear the sound of killing in the west. Liu Yin naturally knew that he had met him, so he thought about preparing to make up and pretend to be defeated Cao Jun to infiltrate Wancheng. Unexpectedly, I ran into a jaw that was temporarily resting!
It was obvious that Zhang Jaw had already escaped from Guan Yu's pursuit, and after listening to their conversation just now, he knew that Zhang Jaw was ready to run away with the cavalry. Liu Yin quietly went to report the news. I showed up to block my jaw!
"Kill!" Since the enemy refused to give way, Zhang Jaw was no longer polite, and with a wave of his spear, the prancing horse rushed out. The soldiers of the Cao Army behind him also rushed towards Liu Yin and the others.
If they were just shocked by the troops with open jaws, Liu Yin and other thirty people would probably die on the spot in less than half a pillar of incense!
But in the end, they are from military backgrounds, and they are the elite of the elite! Seeing the enemy charge, the thirtyth, immediately took advantage of the night to scatter and began to look for obstacles that could be hidden!
And Liu Yin, who said that he wanted to have a discussion with Zhang Jaw, has long since disappeared!