Chapter 454: Nine

After several rounds of fire, Cao's archers suffered heavy casualties. Not long after, the door of Cao's camp was opened, and Cao Hong led Cao's cavalry to rush out, aiming directly at the archers of the Youzhou army.

Of course, the archers in Youzhou are not fools, so in this case, they naturally have to change formations. Compared with the cavalry of Youzhou, the cavalry of the Cao army in front of him is not enough to see at all.

"Sons, kill with me!" The cavalry that rushed out of the camp, under the leadership of Cao Hong, rushed towards the Youzhou archers with great momentum.

"Order, send out cavalry, play with them!" Seeing the cavalry of the Cao army killed, Huo Yu ordered on a whim.

"Woooooooooooo A low horn sounded, and the cavalry on both flanks divided into small parts of the battle and rushed forward.

Today's Youzhou cavalry, in addition to Huo Yu's personal guard Feiyu cavalry, Zhao Yun's white horse righteous servants, there are Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu and Han mixed wolf cavalry.

After conquering the three clans at the beginning, under the instructions of Huo Yu, the systematic Sinicization project of foreign tribes began, of course, this is not something that can be completed in a short time.

The nomads of the steppes have always been brave and fierce, and worship the strong. After being conquered by the Youzhou Army led by Huo Yu, it was not surprising that he was obedient in the face of powerful force, and he was conscripted as a soldier.

With such a good source of cavalry, Huo Yu was reluctant to waste it. Of course, conscription and fighting always have to kill people, on the one hand, it can consume the strength of all ethnic groups, and on the other hand, give generous and equal treatment, over time, this group of former grassland wolves has been used by Huo Yu.

The collision of the cavalry was always so tragic, as soon as the two sides fought to the death, for a time the entire combat area was overturned on their backs, and the battle was quite a drum in a short time.

"Kill! Death to those who stand in my way! Cao Hong, who rushed to the forefront, was extremely brave, and many Youzhou cavalry died tragically under his sword.

However, the disadvantage of numbers and the disparity in equipment gradually became apparent. Rao is Cao Hong, no matter how brave he is, he can't stop the ubiquitous attacks around him, and slowly the cavalry of Cao's army begins to retreat.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" Avoiding the three Youzhou cavalry in front of him with a sword, Cao Ren turned his horse's head and ordered loudly.

The two sides fought fiercely for nearly half an hour, and more than half of the cavalry of the Cao army had been killed, if they did not retreat, I am afraid that all the cavalry in front of them would be lost here.

Beat the water dogs, this is the strength of the Youzhou cavalry, and they followed and chased all the way to the gate of Cao's camp, only to be blocked by the rain of arrows shot from the camp.

"Zhou Cang, order the archers to continue attacking!"

"No!"

The cavalry of the Cao army was repulsed, and Huo Yu once again ordered the archers to start attacking from the new formation. Attacking the enemy's shortcomings with one's own strengths, and the way to see what cannot be fought is the most demoralizing.

"Huh~" Suddenly, several black dots flew out of Cao Jun's camp.

Huo Yuning looked at it and immediately scolded: "It's not good, trebuchet!" ”

Huge stones, with the sound of the wind, only the first round of throwing, three boulders accurately fell into the array of Youzhou archers.

"Ahh ...”

The stone fell to the ground and rolled forward several meters by inertia, and all the soldiers who were hit were killed. Occasionally, a few people who were lucky enough not to die let out a miserable cry.

"Withdraw, the whole army withdraws!" Huo Yu hurriedly issued an order.

But it was too late, and it would take time for the army of more than 60,000 people to retreat. It didn't take long for the boulder thrown in the second round to come with a chilling wind, although only one-third of the boulder hit the target, it also made Huo Yu's heart bleed.

In the camp of the Cao army, Cao Cao stood on a high platform and looked at the results of the stone throwing cart with joy. There is a sharp weapon, and I can finally vent the stuffiness in my chest.

Seeing Huo Yu lead the army away, Cao Cao let out a long sigh. I finally survived the day, and I don't know how long I can last if I go on like this. If I hadn't prepared myself, I'm afraid today's battle would have been difficult!

"Zhongde, how long will it take to assemble all twenty stone throwers?"

"Back to the lord, assemble it overnight, and it will be completed tomorrow."

Hearing Cheng Yu's answer, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, so that he could hold on for a few days. Although his catapult technique was copied from Youzhou, the few days he won were enough for him to complete the plan in his heart, and the victory or defeat of the decisive battle of Guandu was in one fell swoop.

After being overshadowed by Cao Cao, the Youzhou army returned disappointed. The bitterness that the enemy tasted in the past has actually happened to him today.

"Damn it, Ben Hou was negligent!" As soon as he entered the big tent, Huo Yu muttered to himself.

"Lord, do you want to mobilize craftsmen nearby?" asked Xi Zhicai.

"Order Zhang He, mobilize the stone-throwing trucks stored in Jizhou to come to Guandu, and by the way, mobilize the Mo craftsmen to come to help in the battle!"

"No!" The guards took the order and left, and Huo Yu turned his head to look at the sand table in the big tent.

Early in the morning of the rising sun, Huo Yu continued to send Zhao Yun to lead his troops to challenge.

After the drums of the three-way war sounded, Zhao Yun led 3,000 white horses and 10,000 wolves to ride out of the camp.

"Cao Jun listened, helpless Changshan Zhao Zilong, who dares to fight?" Before coming to the camp of the Cao army, Zhao Yun ordered the army to stay outside the five hundred and call the battle road alone.

However, the answer that Zhao Yun was waiting for was the war-free card that Cao Jun hung up again!

"Humph! Look at the arrows! Enraged, Zhao Yun hung up the gentian bright silver spear, took out his bow and arrows and shot towards the battle-free card.

I just listened, and with a bang, the war-free card that had just been hung fell to the ground and cracked. An arrow was stuck in the girder of the camp gate, and it was three points into the wood, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling.

The power of this arrow made the frightened Cao sergeant crawl and hid.

"Hahaha! Can Cao Jun dare to fight? Zhao Yun continued to shout.

After a day's call, Cao's army closed the door without fighting, and Zhao Yun had to lead the army back to resume his life. However, Huo Yu is not good.

"Behind closed doors? Then Benhou will make your life unsafe! Thinking of this, Huo Yu ordered someone to find Guan Yu.

After sunset, the Youzhou army, which was full of wine and food, under the leadership of Guan Yu, headed towards the Cao army camp with great fanfare, without the slightest intention of concealment.

When Cao Cao got the report, the word night battle popped up in his mind. Of course, he was just thinking about it, Huo Yu's move must have other intentions.

"Knock knock!" The war drums outside the camp gate shook the sky, and the Youzhou army began to call for battle.

A moment later, Cheng Yu appeared in front of Cao Cao's eyes.

"Lord, the Youzhou army called for battle, but did not raise fire. It's harassment! Cheng Yu bowed to Cao Cao.

"Tired of soldiers?" Cao Cao asked.

"Yes!"

Cao Cao pondered, and it seemed that there was no good countermeasure. Under the cover of night, it was impossible to see the opponent clearly, and the stone thrower lost its target.

If you go out of the camp to face the battle, how many Youzhou troops are lurking in the vast night? Cao Cao wasn't sure. However, Cao Cao knew that the Youzhou army was good at night fighting.

In such a situation, can we still not bear it? Yang Mou, this is an upright Yang Mou. Huo Yu calculated that Cao Jun would not dare to fight, so he arranged it like this.

"Xu Huang, Xu Huang, I hope you don't disappoint Ben Hou!" Cao Cao, who was helpless, sighed to himself, and had to endure it for the time being.