Chapter 210: Desperate Survival
2. In all historical stories, anyone with the 'Mandate of Heaven', once they encounter danger, someone will definitely come to the rescue, and then turn the crisis into safety, and the same is true of Cao Cao!
The enemy cavalry was approaching, there was no way to escape, just when Cao Cao was about to kill himself with a horizontal sword to preserve his last trace of dignity, a group of ghostly black-armored warriors suddenly rushed out of the night, quickly came to the river bank, formed a half-moon formation, firmly protected Cao Cao in the middle, and fought fiercely with the approaching Xiliang Iron Cavalry!
The number of black-armored warriors is not large, but they are extremely good at fighting, their movements are as fast as ghosts, the cold light in their hands flashes, there must be a human head on the ground, the shot is extremely fierce, although it is to ride on foot, but the Xiliang soldiers who killed are defeated and retreated, leaving a corpse in a place, and escaped......
"Don't be alarmed, the prime minister, the last general will come to guard!" There were also black-armored soldiers looking for them from the river, and they were also driving many vehicles, for the man, eight feet tall, sturdy, armed with iron spears, it was the leader of the 'trapped camp' - Gao Shun!
After following Xiao Yi's order, Gao Shun led his subordinates to travel day and night, and rushed to the outskirts of Wancheng two days ago, but did not reveal his whereabouts, and has been secretly lurking, and then the camp is on fire, and Cao's army is defeated like a mountain, so he groped along the riverbank, but he didn't expect to save Cao Cao who was in a desperate situation!
Although the Xiliang soldiers temporarily retreated, they were just some vanguard rangers, and soon the large group of men and horses would roar in, so Gao Shun did not dare to be careless, and asked his subordinates to drive the vehicles over, surrounded the river as a camp, dug trenches, and formed a strong defense line, and then saluted Cao Cao with a fist!
"If it weren't for General Gao coming to the rescue, the old man would have almost died here!" Seeing that it was his own people, Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a burst of fear, his fate was really hanging by a thread, and he almost went to the Yin Cao Difu to be the prime minister of Lord Yama!
"The Prime Minister is deeply blessed, even if he encounters some danger, he will turn evil into good fortune and be lucky in trouble!" When he spoke, Gao Shun lowered his head slightly, and the sky was dark, so no one could see the expression on his face...... Doubt, shock, admiration!
The authorities are fascinated, the bystanders are clear, Gao Shunke knows very well that the reason why he appeared here and saved Cao Cao's life is neither a coincidence nor a providence, but a human conspiracy!
"The Metropolitan Governor is thousands of miles away, but he can expect that the army will suffer a crushing defeat under Wancheng, and he specially sent himself to the rescue, the prophet of the unknown, such a skill, if it is not a god, then it must be a demon, 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', it really deserves its name!"
"Capture the thief alive!"
"Capture the thief alive!"
As he was talking, the shouting and killing sound in the distance started again, and a thick fire dragon swooped towards the river bank, it turned out that Zhang Xiu's pro-unified army was chasing and killing!
"Please sit down, Prime Minister, and the last general will go to meet the enemy!" Gao Shun didn't dare to slack off, let his own soldiers protect Cao Cao, and then personally commanded his subordinates, put up an airtight defensive formation, and began to fight fiercely with the Xiliang army!
"Woohoo! ~~ Kill! ~~ Knock knock! ~~ Kill! ”
The Xiliang soldiers held torches high, and under the cover of the dense rain of arrows, they attacked in turn with elite iron cavalry, like a fire dragon with teeth and claws, and the momentum was amazing!
The 'trapped camp' took a defensive position, surrounded by chariots and horses, and the soldiers gathered together, like a solid turtle shell, no matter how you attacked, I will not move!
For a time, swords and guns were like a forest, arrows fell like rain, and the two sides collided fiercely, with horns, war drums, shouting and killing, war horses neighing, wounded soldiers wailing, and ...... countless voices gathered together to stage a magnificent war epic!
"Dare to die in battle, I am invincible!"
"Dare to die in battle, I am invincible!"
The establishment of the trapped camp is only less than 2,000 people, but there are tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers attacking, and the difference in strength between the two sides is huge.
This is not surprising, first of all, the trap camp is a hoplite, with strong armor and sharp weapons, which is already good at defense, and there is a defense line composed of chariots and horses to rely on.
Secondly, although the number is small, the soldiers who are 'trapped in the camp' are all elite warriors who have been pulled out and selected from hundreds of thousands of troops, and trained by Gao Shun himself.
After inspecting the training of the 'trapped camp', Xiao Yi once said to the people around him: "Solid as a turtle, as smart as a snake, fierce as a wolf, brave as a tiger, and fighting with such an opponent, it is difficult to defeat it if it is not ten times the strength, and more than half of the casualties are lost!" ”
Without ten times the number of troops, if you want to break through the defense of the 'trapped camp', even if you attack it hard, you will have to lose half of your men, this is Xiao Yi's final evaluation of the trapped camp - the king of defense!
The fierce fighting lasted for half the night, the corpses on the bank of the river were piled up like mountains, even the rushing river water was dyed red, the Xiliang soldiers still failed to attack, even Zhang Xiu felt a burst of toothache, this 'hard bone' is too difficult to gnaw, and if he continues to fight so hard, he will have to break a few big teeth and withdraw, he is really a little unwilling!
While attacking hard and defending hard, the two sides are deadlocked!
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At dawn, the battle situation finally took a turn, a neat Cao army array slowly pressed along the riverbank, a general flag in front of the formation was high, and in the middle was a big 'Yu' word, responsible for commanding this military array, it was the general - Yu Ban!
It turned out that Yu Banzhi army was well-organized, and very cautious, last night there was a fierce battle, and all the military camps were broken by Xiliang soldiers one by one, but his soldiers and horses were not alarmed, and they fought steadily, and finally held the camp!
After dawn, the situation was clear, Yu Ban led the troops out of the camp, on the one hand to fight with the Xiliang army, on the other hand on the battlefield to gather scattered soldiers, the generals of the various departments saw his banner, they also came closer, and then there was a 'trapped camp' is fighting hard by the river, so they rushed over to support!
Zhang Xiu couldn't attack for a long time, and his subordinates were also very badly killed, and now the reinforcements of the Cao army rushed over, in order to prevent being flanked by the front and rear, the Xiliang soldiers finally retreated like a tide......
"Your Excellency Prime Minister is well!"
"The Prime Minister is frightened!"
By the river, after the generals met Cao Cao, they immediately stepped forward to say hello, all of them were gray-faced, but fortunately, they came back, Cao Cao immediately ordered to re-establish the camp by the river, and then sent out rangers to gather the defeated soldiers everywhere and gather the men and horses again!
In the morning, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu ran back first, and they were unharmed, don't look at these two have no martial arts, but they have a high IQ, when the camp caught fire last night, they didn't choose to break through, and they couldn't rush out anyway, but found a remote corner, got some blood, wiped it on their faces, and lay directly on the ground and pretended to be dead!
Although it is a little ugly, it is absolutely practical, you fight your battle, I pretend to be my death, these two have a good mentality, and finally fell asleep in the pile of dead people, and when they woke up, the sky was bright, and the battle situation was stable, so they ran out to find Cao Cao's traces, and finally came to the river safely!
Therefore, charging depends on bravery, escaping depends on wisdom, and fighting is always a game for smart people, because stupid people die early and are eliminated!
Immediately afterwards, the three brothers Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi also came back, and after rushing out of the camp, they did not continue to escape, because the two legs could not outrun the enemy's four hooves, so the three brothers were very smart and hid in a grass hole, and the Xiliang soldiers were busy chasing and killing Cao Jun everywhere, and no one expected that there were three live treasures hidden under their noses, so they were also safe!
When father and son saw each other, they naturally hugged their heads and cried, Cao Cao almost lost his old life last night, and he could take care of his three young sons there, in the army of ten thousand horses, people stepped on horses, and thought that the three of them were dead, but he didn't expect to run back without damage, so that Cao Cao's hanging heart finally let go of half of it, God bless!
It's not terrible to lose the battle, it's nothing to lose some soldiers and horses, as long as the military generals are still there, and the sons are safe and sound, Cao Cao has the confidence to regroup and fight again in the future, and he will win!
Subsequently, the various departments also gathered back one by one, although the loss was not small, but did not hurt the bones, even Xu Chu also returned to the camp with a body of war injuries, this 'tiger idiot' fought all night, with his own extraordinary bravery, he fought a bloody way from the army of ten thousand horses, and returned safely!
At the last checkpoint, everyone came back, but the eldest prince Cao Ang was missing, which made everyone's hearts hang again, Cao Cao's face was even more iron-blue, as the heir of Cao Ying Group, if the eldest prince had any accident, it would be a shaking of the earth!
"Quick, get Zixiu back, you have to see people alive, and you have to see corpses when you die!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth and gave the order, he had a hunch that his eldest son might be more than lucky, but as long as there was one in ten thousand hopes, he would never give up!
"No!"
The generals did not dare to slack off, and each led his men and horses to search the battlefield repeatedly, every camp, every grass hole, carefully searching......
However, last night's battle was too tragic, Cao's army lost at least 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and the wilderness was full of corpses, some were burned into charcoal by the fire, and some were trampled into pulp by the war horses.
"Eldest Prince, where the hell are you?"