39. The first line of victory and defeat
Cao Cao's body was straight, he didn't look left and right, and his eyes on the dangerous situation in front of him were still firm and calm.
He believed that Guo Jia would appear with the Xuanwu banner and cooperate with him to order many Cao soldiers to launch a new counterattack.
Indeed, Guo Jia, who had been secretly observing the battle situation, appeared at this time with a team of cavalry, holding high the Xuanwu flag.
"There is an order, the temptation of the enemy has been deep, the ambush has reached the rear of the enemy, the armies quickly counterattack, and then there are those who retreat, establish a marching law!"
Every time Guo Jia ran to a military formation, he asked the knights around him to shout, and he didn't stop, riding his horse and flying past, just letting the soldiers of the Cao army in front of the formation see the Xuanwu banner that represented the military order of Cao Cao of the Chinese army.
Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and other troops who were originally shaken in their hearts were overjoyed when they saw Guo Jia's figure and Cao Cao's Xuanwu flag, they all remembered Cao Cao's confident advice last night, and knew that this feint could not be allowed to evolve into a real army rout step by step.
Although the formation of the Cao army was chaotic, but under the encouragement of the Cao army generals who took the lead, they even began to counterattack the Guanxi infantry that had continuously defeated the army formation and had broken through to the front of Cao Cao's formation.
Yang Feng led many Guanxi cavalry, at this time stunned to see the original defeated Cao soldiers and soldiers actually returned, one after another, fearlessly rushed towards their own side, what's more, the original left and right flanks of the enemy were defeated by the Ganling Army, the Lu Yi Army soldiers and horses also appeared around him, one after another joined the melee.
Although these defeated Cao soldiers no longer had the ability to command as strictly and orderly as before, in the melee, these continuous counterattacks still brought great interference to Yang Feng's infantry and cavalry, and the Guanxi infantry cavalry, which had originally routed the enemy formation and pursued the enemy army, seemed to be under siege and surrounded by the defeated enemy troops who were re-attacking from all sides.
What made the Kansai infantry even more apprehensive was that the slogan of the enemy's counterattack contained the words "The ambush has reached the enemy's rear", which made the stunned low-level soldiers begin to look left and right, and even tiptoe, wanting to look at the Chinese army in the rear.
The battle situation on the left and right flanks was once again stalemate, the Lu Yi Army and Cao Hong's army, which had already captured part of the high ground, were deadlocked, and the two roundabout cavalry sent by the Ganling Army, Yang Qiu and Quan Quevil, were also unable to open up the situation for a long time.
"Hahaha." Cao Cao saw the Guanxi infantry cavalry on the chariot that was caught in the charge and was surrounded by Cao's infantry in a blink of an eye, he immediately let out a loud laugh, pointed to the flaws exposed by the enemy's Chinese army and the Yan army Daxu, who had already moved forward with the army, and loudly ordered the soldiers around him.
"The ambush has reached the rear of the enemy, let Zhong Kang lead the infantry cavalry, break through the formation and take Yan Yan Daxu!"
Cao Cao knew that once the "ambush soldiers" believed by many counterattacking soldiers did not move for a long time, then when the morale of the Cao army generals who broke out and fought back bravely was exhausted, it would be an irreversible trend to be defeated again, so he must seize this opportunity to defeat the Chinese army of the Yan army and completely lay the foundation for the victory of this big war.
So he resolutely ordered Xu Chu to take the elite of Cao's army, break through the army, and directly take Yan Yan Daxu, who moved forward with the army.
"No!"
Xu Chu, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly received the order, he immediately turned around, stepped on the war horse, and ordered the four thousand elite infantry riders of the Chinese army to follow him out of the battle, and a group of Cao army soldiers were like tigers descending from the mountain, extremely fast, and rushed straight to the Chinese soldiers and horses of the Yan army.
"Kill, kill!"
Xu Chu and other Cao army soldiers brazenly killed into the enemy formation, set off a burst of people on their backs and horses, Xu Chu who took the lead was like a god of killing, he was wearing heavy armor, he did not avoid swords and arrows, everywhere he went, the men and horses were invincible, and he took Cao Jun to ride through the enemy formation, he also didn't care about the other Guanxi soldiers and horses around him, and strictly obeyed Cao Cao's military orders, and directly killed the Chinese army Daxu who moved forward by Yan Xing.
At this time, seeing the sudden change in the situation on the battle array, the Cao army, which had gone and returned, fought back bravely, and Yan Xing's Chinese army Daxu, who had moved forward with the army, also stopped.
He was surprised to receive a report that the defeated Cao soldiers were frantically shouting and charging, wanting to cooperate with the ambush soldiers who had gone behind the enemy to defeat his infantry together.
But in the direction behind him, where is there an ambush.
In the past few days, the military struggle between Yan and Cao has changed dizzyingly, it was originally a confrontation between the two armies, but in a blink of an eye, it became a pursuit and counter-pursuit, fighting and walking along the way, unless Cao Cao's strategy of attacking Henan at the beginning was fake, otherwise Cao Cao, who was on fire on the side and rear, would have time to deploy ambush troops here again, and painstakingly manage a major battle between the two armies that would probably not happen.
This was most likely Cao Cao's foolish strategy, which could not only avoid the rapid rout of his own soldiers, but also shake the morale of the Guanxi infantry cavalry, who had also been consumed for a long time and tired of men and horses.
"Order all armies, don't panic, the ambush is just a trick by the enemy, tighten the formation, and continue to attack!"
Yan Xing saw through Cao's trick and quickly ordered the whole army to reorganize their ranks and continue the attack. However, at the same time that the Chinese army ordered the cavalry to rush to the front of the formation, the infantry cavalry of the Cao army led by the enemy general Xu Chu also broke through the formation of the Chinese army in front of the formation, and went straight to the Chinese army of Yan Xing.
"Newspaper!! The enemy's infantry broke through our army formation, and Jiang Sima and Pang Jun were killed! ”
Even if there was no report of being wounded by an arrow, Yan Xing, who was in the chariot, also saw the Cao Junzhong army cavalry rushing wildly.
Cao Cao did not choose to keep this elite army by his side to repel the attack of Yang Feng and other generals, but did the opposite, taking advantage of the changing situation of the battle, he sent all of them to the front of the battle, intending to capture the thief and capture the king first, and directly capture the heart of Yan Xing's army.
At this time, Yang Feng, Lu Ying, Lu Guang and other generals in the front of the Chinese army were still in the bloody battle, and the small group of soldiers and horses could not contain the elite breakthrough of the Cao army, and a new army in Guanxi between the front and the Chinese army was also broken by the Cao army led by Xu Chu.
When Yan Xing broke the formation before, he had already sent out the elite infantry of the Chinese army, and at this time, the elite who remained by his side were only Dian Wei's 3,000 personal guards and a cadre of advisers and officials, even if they added the defeated soldiers who gathered back and a small number of foot soldiers who caught up with the rear army, they did not have much advantage in numbers.
Seeing that the new army in Kansai in front of the battle was defeated one after another, the Cao army's infantry and cavalry were gradually approaching, and the arrows on the battlefield were shot under Yan Xing's cover, and occasionally the general's personal guards were hit by arrows to the ground, even if the civil and military forces around Yan Xing had experienced a hundred battles, they couldn't help but have a sudden change in their faces, and the backbone captain Dian Wei personally came to Yan Xing's chariot and said loudly:
"General, the enemy has arrived, please retreat to avoid the arrows for the time being!"
"Nonsense! When this time of survival, death is life, survival is death, how can there be a reason to retreat, pass the order, everyone, no matter how martial arts, are holding troops to resist the enemy, there are those who dare to retreat, behead! ”
Yan Xing scolded his beloved general loudly, if it was at the beginning of the battle, the order was strict, then it was not a problem to dispatch the battle and return after the Chinese army moved forward, but at present, after a series of Yan army traps, Cao army's counterattacks, charges and counter-charges, many troops have fallen into a melee, if the Chinese army retreats at this time, it will inevitably be a complete rout.
The two armies were in a stalemate in the cold winter, and the soldiers were nervous and their strength was close to exhaustion, and the final competition was whose will was tough.
Whoever can make it to the end will be able to win the event.
After Yan Xing gave the order, he didn't say a word, he looked at the enemy army, and stood still like the Chinese army commander and the commander of the army.
Dian Wei, whose face was hot, also blew his beard, he turned around and raised his halberd, and shouted:
"The hussar general has an order, no matter how strong he is, he holds troops to resist the enemy, and those who are afraid of the enemy and retreat will be killed!"
Under his command, the Chinese soldiers and horses with the three thousand generals' personal guards as the core formed a dense formation, the big trees were raised, the sharp spears and halberds were unanimously outward, the crossbowmen kept firing arrows, and even some civil officials and officials were also holding swords, and they were deployed by Dian Wei to the general's personal guards, preparing for war intensively, ready to serve as a short soldier to supplement the formation.
And at the same time that Dian Wei commanded the Chinese army to form a strong formation, Xu Chu also rushed to kill with the Cao army's infantry cavalry, and the Cao army's cavalry fell into battle, and suddenly set off a burst of people on their backs, and the big and spear halberds of the Yan army's Chinese army were also broken a lot.
"General, why don't you call back the cavalry of the two generals!"
Peng Shi Yan Wen looked at the Cao army's infantry cavalry that broke into the formation in one fell swoop, worried, and anxiously proposed to Yan Xing to recall the cavalry led by Wulou Thorn and Servant Gulu.
This cavalry of the Chinese army was not long ago sent by Yan Xing to the left flank to cooperate with the Lu Yi army to seize the high ground to attack the Cao army, the combat power is strong, Yan Wen knew that at this moment when the battle situation is unclear and may turn victory into defeat at any time, the hussar general will never retreat, let alone transfer any army on the left and right flanks, so he proposed that it is better to recall the cavalry of the Chinese army again.
Hearing this, Yan Xing glanced at Yan Wen and shook his head without hesitation.
Yan Wen still needed to be persuaded again, but Yan Xing no longer looked at him, but set his eyes on the military advisor Xun You.
Although Yan Xing ordered that all the people in the Chinese army, regardless of martial arts, all held troops to resist the enemy, but a few civil servants such as Xun You were indeed not suitable to go to the front of the battle, so they took over the military affairs of the Chinese army such as drumming, issuing orders, and waving flags, while Xun You took over the military affairs of beating drums.
Xun You nodded, handed over the drumstick in his hand to Yan Xing's hand, pulled out his sword, took over a shield, and guarded Yan Xing's side with a solemn face, looking at this military advisor who had passed the age of confusion, Yan Xing smiled, turned around and took a deep breath, raised the drumstick, and personally beat the war drums of the Chinese army on the chariot.
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