Chapter 554: Extinguishing Cao (11)
In the tent.
Cao Cao put away the map and said to the people present: "Xiang Yu is worthy of the courage of ten thousand invincibles. With the destruction of the barracks, we have hit the Chinese army, and we must evacuate immediately. ”
"King Wei, let's go..."
Xu Chu stepped forward to protect Cao Cao.
"Let's go..." Liu Bei and Pang Tong also wanted to leave a long time ago.
Sima Yi followed.
A group of senior generals, all escorting Liu Bei and Cao Cao, left the Chinese army camp.
Xu Chu led more than a thousand dragon guards to protect and walked towards the west.
To the west is the place where the soldiers of the broken barracks are the least. Moreover, Xiang Yu was avoided.
Shortly after Cao Cao left.
Xiang Yu led the soldiers who broke the barracks and completely occupied the Chinese army. When he arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, he did not find Cao Cao, so he asked some enemy soldiers on the battlefield and learned that Cao Cao had moved west.
"It's pretty fast..."
Xiang Yu sat in the tent and rested for a while.
Several lieutenants came in to report: "General, after Cao Cao left, the Shenji Battalion, the Divine Shooting Battalion, and the Tiger Guards have all evacuated the Chinese army one after another. When they got to the perimeter, they had surrounded us. ”
"Expected."
Xiang Yu said: "It's been a whole day of fighting, and people are tired of horses and horses." Arrange our soldiers to be stationed in the Chinese army first, and use half of the troops to defend in a crossbow formation. After dinner, it's not too late to fight again. ”
"No."
The lieutenants went to prepare.
Xiang Yu was also a little tired, lying on the couch to rest, thinking about the next battle.
After Cao Cao left, he went to a high ground outside the battlefield and looked down on the battlefield.
"Xiang Yu's broken military camp is stationed in the Chinese army, lined up for defense. Probably wanting to wait until after dinner before continuing the battle. Pang Tong said.
"Hmm."
"It's been a whole day of fighting, and it's time to rest." Cao Cao said to Cao Hong on the side: "Tell me to go down, and our troops will also line up to confront Xiang Yu and bury the pot to cook." By the way, let's take a look at Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan's troops, how far away they are from here. ”
"No."
Cao Hong conveyed Cao Cao's orders.
Soon after.
Xiahou Yuan led more than 30,000 light horsemen of the Longxiang battalion to the flank of the camp and joined Cao Cao.
Cao Cao sent someone to find him: "Miaocai." ”
"King Wei is fine, right?"
"Unharmed.... Cao Cao said happily: "I'm relieved that you're here." ”
Xiahou Yuan said: "The Longxiang camp has been running for a day, and it is also exhausting. The last general suggested that he rest for one night and wait for tomorrow morning, and then fight Xiang Yu. ”
"Good, good." Cao Cao nodded and said, "Tonight, I will arrange the Qingzhou Army to guard against Xiang Yu." Just wait for tomorrow morning, and your Longxiang battalion will go to battle. Oh yes, and what about the Tiger Camp? Didn't the Tiger Camp come? ”
Xiahou Yuan told Cao Cao about Bai Qijun's arrival.
Cao Cao frowned when he heard this.
Pang Tong said: "The 2nd Group Army of Bai Qi is a rare elite. Liu Bowen's Thousand Banners Army is also not easy to deal with. We must eliminate Xiang Yu as soon as possible and prepare to fight Bai Qi. ”
"Hmm."
Cao Cao thought the same in his heart.
However, when he looked at Sima Yi, he found that Sima Yi was worried.
Cao Cao asked, "What does Zhongda think?" ”
Sima Yi said: "King Wei, the minister thinks ...... After eliminating Xiang Yu, it is not appropriate to fight with Bai Qi again. It's time to think about retreating. ”
"What do you say? Fall back?! ”
Cao Cao's face twitched.
Sima Yi said: "The 2nd Group Army of Bai Qi now has more than 400,000 people. Among them was Liu Bowen's Thousand Banners Army, which was extremely difficult to deal with. With our troops, even if we can win, we will lose a lot of troops. And in our rear, Lu Bu will also quickly surround us. He still has 300,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he is also an invincible Li Yuanba, which should not be underestimated. In the southwest, there are 150,000 troops of Yue Fei and Lu Xun, who have already occupied Runan, and it is estimated that the next step is to attack Xuanyuan Pass. If the King of Wei does not return to Guannai as soon as possible and prepare his troops for battle, I am afraid that Sili Luoyang will lose faster than the Central Plains. And also.... ”
Sima Yi paused as he spoke.
"What else?" Cao Cao asked.
"There is also Xu Shu's 1st Army, which is heading towards Guangcheng Pass, and it should have reached Guangcheng Pass by now. I don't know if General Cao Ren fought with him. Chen was still worried that Xu Shu's 1st Army had a certain number of artillery. If General Cao Ren is defeated again, then we will lose even more troops. At that time, there will not even be enough troops to guard the division. Therefore, the minister still suggested that after the king of Wei eliminated Xiang Yu, he immediately transferred his troops to the west, joined forces with General Cao Ren, repelled Xu Shu, and retreated to Guangcheng Pass to set up defenses. ”
Pang Tong and Liu Bei glanced at each other...
Liu Bei also said: "What Mr. Zhongda said is right. Si Li is our big rear, more important than Yingchuan. King Wei still needs to be cautious. ”
Cao Cao didn't reply....
He felt very aggrieved now.
Obviously, there is a huge territory, hundreds of thousands of troops, but they can't hold it. Before the enemy arrived, they had to be forced to withdraw. If Si Li can't hold it anymore, is it going to retreat to Hebei?
Cao Cao didn't dare to imagine what his situation would be when that time came.
Midnight.
After Xiang Yu's army had eaten dinner and rested, it took the initiative to attack Cao Cao's army.
He personally led his troops, specializing in attacking the enemy's shield men and spearmen. Try to avoid the enemy's three-bowed crossbow to reduce casualties. If you find that there are not many enemies around, quickly change the battlefield to avoid being bombarded by the enemy's Divine Machine Battalion.
That's it...
He killed all night!
At dawn.
More than half of the casualties in the broken barracks were killed.
Xiang Yu was also covered in blood, and an arrow was shot on his back.
"Kill it..."
Xiang Yu noticed the heavy casualties in the broken military camp under his command, so he changed his initial mind. He can ignore his own life and death, but he can't ignore the destruction of the barracks.
These are elites, and they can't be compromised here.
He decided to break out of the encirclement first, jump to the outside line, and maneuver the battle.
Da Da...
Just then, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance.
Xiang Yu looked up and saw an overwhelming light horse, rushing towards him.
"Long Xiang Battalion?"
Xiang Yu's vision is not bad, and he recognized it at a glance.
"Kill it!" Xiang Yu knew his situation, and only by defeating the enemy's cavalry could he break out of the encirclement. Therefore, he led the broken military camp and faced the Longxiang camp from the front.
After a night of fighting, there were less than 7,000 soldiers left, all of them exhausted.
Although they were heavily armored and could restrain light armored horses, the soldiers of the Longxiang battalion rested all night, and they killed all night. The Longxiang battalion is a new force, they are a tired army.
When the two armies are compared, the judgment is made.
At the beginning of the battle...
Xiahou Yuan deliberately bypassed Xiang Yu and attacked the flank of the barracks.
With the advantage of their light rides, they move quickly and change positions. Shooting with bows and arrows inflicted a large number of casualties on the soldiers of the broken barracks.
"Damn...!"
Xiang Yu glanced around the battlefield, waved his dragon halberd and said, "Brothers, rush to the south and kill..." ”