Chapter 67: The Battle of Zhili IX

"Peng Tuo, you take 20,000 soldiers to continue to chase and kill these scattered officers and soldiers, and the rest will follow me to the West Camp!" Bo knew that now was the best time to defeat Yuan Shao, and if Yuan Shao was allowed to completely complete the assembly, it would undoubtedly be very difficult to defeat him at that time, and even if it was not good, it would become Yuan Shao defeating the Yellow Turban Army.

"The last general obeys!" Peng Tuo said.

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In the western camp, nearly 20,000 people have gathered around Yuan Shao, and there are still thousands of people in the camp who are scattered to resist, mainly because the main direction of attack of the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army is not here, giving Yuan Shao and Chun Yuqiong a certain amount of time to react and gather a certain size of army, otherwise I am afraid that the performance of the Yuan army will not be much better than that of Zhao Rong and others who were defeated.

"Lord, the number of the Yellow Turban Army is too much, at present, there are more than 30,000 people attacking our army alone, and the remaining 100,000 Yellow Turban Army may have already defeated Zhao Rong, Feng Fang and others, it is better to choose the opportunity to retreat and regroup!" Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao seemed to be in a better mood because the situation in the West Camp had improved somewhat, and he was afraid that he would be arrogant again, so he immediately stepped forward to admonish.

"This ......" Obviously, Yuan Shao's old mistake has been committed again, and in this case, the scheming Yuan Benchu has no courage to make up his mind.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was still hesitating, Guo Tu on the side also stepped forward anxiously and said: "Lord, Zhao Rong and others will never be able to stop the more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army, please make a decision quickly, otherwise I am afraid of change!" ”

Just when Yuan Shao was still hesitating, Cao Cao finally led nearly a thousand soldiers to retreat to the Western Camp, and his arrival also made Yuan Shao finally make up his mind to retreat.

"Brother Benchu, Zhao Rong, Feng Fang and others have already taken advantage of the chaos to escape, and their soldiers and horses have also been defeated, and soon Bo Cai will lead the main force of the Yellow Turban to come, and please make a quick decision to preserve his strength in order to plan for the future!" Cao Cao saw that the situation on Yuan Shao's side was relatively good, and immediately stepped forward to persuade Yuan Shao to withdraw his army, most of the main forces of the Han army in Zhili were here, if they were all wiped out, I am afraid that Bo Cai was really expected to come to Luoyang City, and then the Han Dynasty might become a joke for the ages.

"Give the order quickly, and the whole army is ready to retreat!" Listening to Cao Cao's words, Yuan Shao nodded and said.

As soon as the order was given, the soldiers who were still fighting hard immediately turned around and retreated, although some Yellow Turban generals wanted to stop them, but they were quickly killed by these soldiers with a strong desire to survive.

"Report to Qu Shuai, just now, Yuan Shao has led more than 20,000 Han troops to retreat to the northwest! At present, there are only a few thousand Han troops in the Western Battalion who are entangled by our army and cannot get out! "Bo had just entered the West Camp when a Yellow Turban Colonel came to report.

"Pass the order, quickly eliminate these thousands of Han troops, and the others will follow Ben Shuai to pursue Yuan Shao!" Bocai has been carried away by this huge result, the Han army has only more than 50,000 people in total, and only more than 20,000 people have escaped, which means that they have already lost the version, plus all the grain and grass have been lost, and they have lost their combat effectiveness.

"Brother Benchu, our army can't just retreat like this, the Yellow Turban Army still has thousands of cavalry, in case a wave of cavalry is ordered to pursue, and our army suffers a big defeat, I'm afraid the whole army will collapse!" Cao Cao found Yuan Shaodao, who was retreating.

Yuan Shao was not stupid, he immediately understood what Cao Cao meant, and ordered: "There is a small hill ahead, give the order to go down, and the whole army will enter the hill and prepare for an ambush!" ”

About ten minutes later, Bo Cai led 30,000 Yellow Turban troops with better physical strength to arrive on this hill first, and about 80,000 people were on the road behind, and the team dragged for several miles.

"Qu Shuai, there is a hill ahead, and our army scouts haven't had time to enter to investigate!" A yellow turban scout came to report to the chief.

"There's no need to waste time, this big defeat, the officers and soldiers have become frightened birds, and now I'm afraid they have fled!" Bocai waved his hand.

Entering the path between the hills, there were indeed many chaotic footprints in it, Bo Cai laughed secretly in his heart, the officers and soldiers really had no desire to fight, and fled all the way.

In the middle of the line, Bo Cai suddenly had a bad feeling, and just wanted to give an order, countless rolling stones fell into the Yellow Turban Army on the march, killing and wounding one another, and countless wounded soldiers lay on the ground and kept wailing.

"It's not good, there is an ambush, retreat quickly!" At this time, Bocai was also carried away by the sudden change, he had 30,000 people, and the officers and troops were at most 20,000, plus he had just been defeated, his morale was low, and he did not carry bows and arrows and other equipment, as long as he blocked these officers and soldiers, and when the main force of the Yellow Turban Army arrived one after another, he could easily eliminate these officers and soldiers.

But in the panic, Bo Cai didn't have time to think so much, and immediately hurriedly ordered a retreat! As a result, the Yellow Turban Army, which retreated in a hurry, suffered countless casualties due to a stampede due to insufficient training, and the rest of the people collapsed directly, and it was Bo's turn to be dumbfounded.

On the other hand, the Han army, because of the hasty escape, although most of them carried weapons, but there were no bows and arrows, and even the rolling stones were just hurriedly searched from the hills, but they did not expect to receive miraculous results.

"Assault the whole army and kill all these Yellow Turban thieves!" Yuan Shao drew his sword, pointed down and shouted.

More than 20,000 Han troops charged down from the hill like a flood, in the battle just now, half of the Han army was killed, watching those comrades who got along day and night die in front of them one by one, and they were also driven out in a hurry, the resentment in the hearts of these soldiers can be imagined, and now these Yellow Turban Army are easily defeated, these soldiers will naturally not let go of this great opportunity.

"Kill!" These Han soldiers roared angrily and rushed towards the hastily defeated Yellow Turban Army, and the Yellow Turban Army that was in a mess fell like wheat in front of the Han Army.

The others even fled directly, the Yellow Turban Army who was rushing behind did not know what was happening in front of them, just blocked the road, and collided with the Yellow Turban Army who was fleeing for their lives, and scolded countless people for a while, and the Han Army was relentless, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others took the lead in the charge, and suddenly knocked the group of constantly crowded Yellow Turban Army into a scattered group, and the infantry behind took the opportunity to follow, and there were bursts of blood mist floating in the air, and one by one the Yellow Turban Army screamed and fell.

These victors, who had just brandished their weapons and chased the Han army around, were now also slaughtered.

The situation was chaotic, some people came to their senses and took up arms to resist, but they were quickly killed and dispersed by the hordes of Han troops, others kept fleeing backwards, and some people simply knelt on the ground, raised their weapons, and wanted to surrender.

But the Han soldiers who had already killed the red-eyed soldiers didn't care about this, directly ignored the pleas of these Yellow Turban soldiers, and killed these people who tried to surrender with their swords, and the other Yellow Turban soldiers didn't even let go of the surrender when they saw the officers and soldiers, and they didn't have the courage to turn back and continue to fight, and then kept running back.