Chapter 1245: Cao Ren's helplessness
More than 3,000 spearmen of the Wei army were domineering and ferocious, and their spears shimmered in the cold light of the fire.
"Poof! Poof! ”
The spear poked at the Shu soldiers one by one, easily penetrated the body, and then retracted suddenly, and one by one the Wei soldiers fell to the ground. The casualties of the Wei army made Huang Xu's heart even more sad, and he kept waving his long knife, trying to find a way out.
"Click! Click! ”
The sharp blade slashed, and a spear was cut off by the long knife in Huang Xu's hand.
In terms of martial arts, even if Huang Xu encountered twenty or thirty Wei soldiers, he was not afraid and was sure to kill all of them. But he was not faced with stragglers, but with spearmen as a group. These spearmen formed a phalanx, and even if Huang Xu cut off a few spears and killed a few soldiers, it was only a drop in the bucket and had no effect. When one dies, new soldiers immediately fill in, the spears are cut off, and new spears poke out.
Faced with such a situation, Huang Xu couldn't let go of his hands and feet at all.
What's more, Huang Xu is fighting alone, if Gan Ning is next to him, and Zhou Tai is helping, the three of them can form a triangular formation, protect each other, and can also lead troops to kill. But it can't be a forest alone, and Huang Xu alone can't influence the spearmen of the Wei army, so it has no effect.
"Poof!!"
A spear stabbed out of the air and stabbed the war horse under Huang Xu's crotch abruptly.
"Xi Yuyu!!"
The war horse screamed and instinctively threw out the horse's hooves, trying to fight back against the person who poked him.
However, two more spears followed, stabbing the horse in the neck. The spear was drawn, blood splattered from the neck of the war horse, and the war horse ran wildly, throwing Huang Xu off the horse's back. The war horse rushed towards the three thousand spearmen, and with a loud bang, the war horse crashed into the Wei soldiers. At this moment, it caused a certain amount of confusion to the Wei soldiers, but the war horse was also poked to death. Huang Xu fell off his horse and failed to organize an effective charge.
However, he quickly stood up and continued to fight.
Huang Xu's martial arts are strong and his sword skills are exquisite, but in the end it is useless and he can't kill a way.
He retreated with his soldiers, but there was a surge of heat behind him. The scorching smell was almost unpleasant in a furnace. Huang Xu's eyes looked at it, and seeing that there was still a gap on the left and right sides, there should be a chance to withdraw, so he was immediately ready to order to leave from both sides.
However, he thought that Cao Ren was waiting for him to take the bait, and he must have been ambushed.
Breaking through from the left and right sides of the camp is perhaps more dangerous.
If you want to get out of the predicament, you can only hold on and wait for the rest of the soldiers to come to the rescue.
Huang Xu's eyes rolled, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, we are the vanguard sent by Pang Junshi, Pang Junshi is behind with a large army, and we will arrive soon." Hold on, cheer up, reinforcements will arrive soon. ”
Actually, what Huang Xu said just now was not true.
He said such things in order to stabilize the morale of the army.
Although he deceived the soldiers in the army, as long as he could stabilize the morale of the army and wait for the army to arrive, he could do it. With Huang Xu's words, the panicked soldiers in the army rarely calmed down. The frightened hearts of these soldiers were much calmer, and they no longer felt helpless and isolated. Huang Xu saw that the army's heart was slightly stable, and shouted again: "We must hold on until the army arrives." At that time, it will be the end of the Wei army. Immediately form a circle formation and meet the enemy with a circle formation. ”
At the critical juncture, Huang Xu quickly stabilized the morale of the army and organized effective resistance.
According to Huang Xu's arrangement, the soldiers of the Shu army met the Wei army.
Although the casualties on the battlefield were large, at least they were not slaughtered by the Wei army as they had just now. The lethality of the three thousand spearmen was much reduced, and Huang Xu led the soldiers to resist, and these Shu troops fought desperately, dragging down the pace of the spearmen.
The situation on the battlefield has become stalemate.
Tao Mang stood next to Cao Ren and said, "Governor, that Huangkou child actually cheered up and didn't lead the army to escape, what should I do?" ”
Cao Ren glanced at Huang Xu's location, and a look of regret appeared on his face.
His original plan was to attack the Shu army with rockets, which was the first wave of attacks prepared by Cao Ren, with the aim of causing the Shu army to be in chaos. When the Shu army escaped from the barracks, they immediately sent spearmen to brutally disperse the Shu army and force the Shu army to flee. Regardless of whether the Shu army escaped from the left or right side of the barracks, they would enter the trap laid by Cao Ren. As long as Huang Xu led the army forward, he would be ambushed, but unfortunately Huang Xu stood on his feet, which made it difficult for Cao Ren.
Cao Fei said: "Governor Dadu, hurry up and transfer back the troops that laid the ambush, besiege Huang Xu, and solve Huang Xu first." ”
Cao Ren nodded and said, "This is the only way to do it now, transfer back the soldiers who are in ambush, and encircle and suppress Huang Xu." However, time is a little short, once the reinforcements led by Pang Tong arrive, it will be difficult for us to exterminate Huang Xu, and we cannot miss the opportunity. ”
Tao Mang hugged his fists and said: "The Metropolitan Governor, the last general will send someone to deliver the message." ”
Cao Ren glanced at the situation on the battlefield, and the camp became a sea of fire, and he was caught in the fire.
In the camp, heart-rending screams were still heard, many soldiers were already charred, and even the smell of meat came out. This smell entered Cao Ren's nose, and instead of arousing Cao Ren's appetite, it made Cao Ren feel disgusted and sad. He was responsible for the deaths of the people, but he was forced to do so. The Wei army is at a disadvantage, and if he wants to save the situation, he can only do whatever it takes, as long as he can fight the Shu army, he can do it.
Cao Ren instructed: "Order the archers, aim at the Shu army and shoot, and do not use rockets, so as not to injure your own people by mistake." ”
The Shu army was grouped, not scattered, and could attack with bows and arrows.
With an order, hundreds of archers took longbows, mounted bows and arrows, aimed at the position of the Shu army, and shot out without hurry. Because I couldn't hurt my own people by mistake, this time I didn't shoot randomly, but aimed in the direction.
"Whew! Shout!! ”
Bows and arrows were shot one after another, cutting a parabola in the fiery night sky and falling among the soldiers of the Shu army.
This round of shooting resulted in the killing of more than 300 soldiers.
After repeated battles, more than half of the 8,000 soldiers around Huang Xu were killed and wounded, and only more than 3,000 remained. Of the more than 4,000 people who died, more than 2,000 soldiers were killed by bows and arrows, hundreds died in the flames, and more than 1,000 died under spears, and the number of soldiers who died under spears is still increasing. The attack of spears and the shooting of bows and arrows made the formation of the Shu army, which had just stabilized, loose and difficult to gather strength, causing the Wei army's offensive to become stronger and stronger.
Huang Xu looked at the Shu army that had been killed, and sighed in his heart.
In this battle, there were really heavy casualties.
All because he was too underestimating the enemy, otherwise the situation in front of him would not have arisen. Facing the suppression of archers and spearmen, Huang Xu was ready to be killed, but the reinforcements did not come, and the resistance of the soldiers under his command continued to decline, and he could not support it for long.
The smaller the number, the lower the resistance.
Cao Ren looked at the soldiers of the Shu Army whose formation had collapsed again, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
After taking Huang Xu and reporting the victory, Cao Cao should be relieved. When Cao Ren was happy in his heart, a scout quickly ran to Cao Fei and whispered a few words, Cao Fei's face changed greatly, he walked next to Cao Ren, and said in a low voice: "Metropolitan Governor, the reinforcements of the Shu army are here." Zhang Liao and Pang Tong led the army and approached the camp. If we don't leave, we will definitely have to fight with the Shu army, please think twice. ”
"Damn!"
Cao Ren scolded secretly, with an indignant look on his face.
finally laid a trap to lure Huang Xu to take the bait, and he was about to win. But just when he was happy, Pang Tong and Zhang Liao appeared again, which made Cao Ren very aggrieved. No matter how unhappy Cao Ren was, he had to withdraw, he didn't dare to fight the Shu army.
PS: Three more completed;