Chapter 453: The Battle of Guandu VIII
Three rounds of fighting will come down, one draw and two losses, and Cao Ren has been seriously injured after being cut off an arm. Under such circumstances, Cao Cao naturally had no mind to fight, and depressedly collected his troops and returned to the camp.
The Youzhou army won, morale was high, and seeing the Cao army return to the camp, Huo Yu not only did not take advantage of the danger, but took the lead in singing the military song of Youzhou.
"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rolls up and the horse grows and the sword qi is like frost..."
With Huo Yu's beginning, the 30,000 Youzhou soldiers who were in high morale sang loudly, and even Ma Chao, who was injured internally, sang along regardless of his injury.
Cao Cao, who heard the sound, paused and fell silent in this blood-boiling song. Once upon a time, he had the same ambition.
"Am I wrong?" Cao Cao suddenly began to doubt his life purpose.
Shaking his head, Cao Cao strengthened his confidence. Whether it's right or wrong or let future generations evaluate it, at the moment, only by competing with Huo Yu can we live up to this life.
The fighting generals failed, and the morale of Cao's army was extremely low. However, Huo Yu got bad news here. Xiahoudun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to attack one of his own grain transport teams.
"Ben Hou has been wondering why the fighting generals didn't see Brother Xiahou fighting, but I never thought that Brother Meng De was waiting for me here!" Huo Yu, who got the news, not only did not get angry, but sneered.
"Lord, it's better to send troops to encircle and suppress it quickly!" Xi Zhicai reminded him.
"Well, encirclement and suppression is one aspect, Ben Hou plans to make a fuss with the black nest!"
"Isn't the lord...", saying this, Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up, he had thought of it before, but this plan was too dangerous.
"Zilong, immediately lead the white horse to find the traces of the tiger and leopard!"
"No!"
"Wait, don't kill them all after you find them, keep them alive and go back to Cao Cao to report the good news!" Saying this, Huo Yu showed a lewd smile.
The drama on the side shivered coldly, and said in his heart: "Is this the lord affecting Fengxiao, or is Fengxiao affecting the lord!" ”
"Zhicai, you are personally responsible for the affairs of the black nest!" After finishing speaking, Huo Yu turned his head to look at Gao Shun.
It's been so long, and the trapped camp hasn't participated in the battle, it's time for them to reappear in the world's field of vision.
"Gao Shun!"
"The last general!"
"You lead the trapping camp, stationed in Wuchao, and all actions are arranged by the military division!"
"No!"
The order was issued, and Huo Yu once again became the shopkeeper. Although a transportation team and some grain and grass were lost, for Youzhou, which had plenty of grain and grass, this loss was a drop in the bucket.
After three days of clearance, when the sun had just risen on the fourth day, the White Horse Yicong led by Zhao Yun finally cleaned up the tiger and leopard riders in the rear.
Of course, the definition of "clean" is discounted, at least the team led by Xiahoudun was intentionally or unintentionally missed by Zhao Yun. In the past three days, Xi Zhicai has made all the arrangements in Wuchao, and the trap camp led by Gao Shun has also quietly entered it.
On the main battlefield of Guandu, after everything was arranged, Huo Yu began to attack Cao's army with great fanfare. The exhilarating sound of war drums spread far away, and the men and horses of all the departments quickly gathered when they heard the sound, and the bright armor and sharp swords and guns of the hundred refining swords and guns sparkled in the sunlight, reflecting on the resolute faces of the Youzhou soldiers.
For his subordinates, Huo Yu didn't need to say much, just pointed the silver spear in his hand in the direction of Cao Jun's camp, which represented the beginning of the war.
30,000 tiger troops are the vanguard, and 20,000 Youzhou cavalry are separated from each other to suppress the formation! Huo Yu led three thousand flying feather horsemen and five thousand white horse Yicong followed closely.
A total of 68,000 troops in front and behind, neatly and orderly raised their weapons in their hands, mighty and terrifying, approaching the Cao army camp!
With such a big movement of the Youzhou army, it was naturally impossible to hide from Cao Jun's scouts. In fact, these scouts of the Cao army didn't even need to investigate at all, just the shouting and killing all day was enough to explain everything, and countless birds and beasts rushed to flee in all directions.
"Knock knock! Woooooo The sound of war drums and horns suddenly spread throughout the entire Guandu battlefield.
Facing the Youzhou army, Cao Cao frowned and issued a general order prohibiting him from fighting, and at the same time hung up the exemption card. Even if Cao Cao did not arrange it this way, the Cao army, which was demoralized at this time, would not choose to confront the Youzhou army in real terms.
"My lord, just huddle in the camp like this?" Although Cao Ren broke his left arm, his pride did not diminish.
"Zixiao is good to recuperate, and Benhou is free to arrange!" Cao Cao comforted Cao Ren a few words, then turned around and went back to the camp.
A day ago, Xiahoudun led the remaining more than 100 tigers and leopards back to the camp. Except for the hand that attacked the grain road on the day of the fight, there was no result in the remaining three days, but the white horse who was chased and killed was arrested.
Both in terms of quality and quantity, Haw Par Riders are at a disadvantage. After a few days of hard fighting, there were heavy losses. Of the more than 1,000 tigers and leopards brought this time, only more than 100 people remained.
The loss was still acceptable, but another piece of information brought back by Xiahoudun made Cao Cao overjoyed.
"My lord, during the period when the last general was hiding from Bai Ma Yicong, he accidentally discovered the place where the Youzhou army was stockpiled!" Thinking back to Xiahoudun's words, Cao Cao was suddenly full of energy.
But then again, according to Xiahoudun, the black nest is heavily guarded on the surface, but in fact it is like an undefended place.
"Xiahoulan?" Cao Cao repeated this name, but this person never appeared among the famous generals in Youzhou.
Cao Cao, who is suspicious, didn't make decisions so hastily, all this may be a trap. However, Cao Cao didn't have much time to think about it at the moment, just because Huo Yu had already led his troops to attack the front of the camp.
"Shrunken turtle! Shrinking turtle! Looking at the hanging free battle card, the Youzhou army scolded outside the camp.
However, what made the soldiers of Cao Jun strange was that they would scold it, why did the Youzhou Army still practice the formation in front of them.
"Lord Qiqi, the archers are ready!" Zhou Cang came to Huo Yu with a big grin to report.
"Let's start, don't let Brother Meng De live too comfortably!" Huo Yu casually gave an order, and then turned around and found a high ground to prepare to watch the play.
With the sound of the order, waves of arrows roared towards the Cao army camp.
"Raise your shield! Be careful to dodge! A lieutenant shouted the order, and he himself was shot like a hedgehog in an instant.
Such scenes can be seen everywhere in Cao Ying. Some of the panicked soldiers lost their lives. Cao Cao in the camp was angry and hateful, and at the same time let his archers fight back, but Cao Jun was surprised to find that the archers of the Youzhou army were completely out of the range of his bow and arrows.
"Lord, let the last general lead the cavalry to attack!" Cao Hong watched the soldiers wailing endlessly, and pleaded with Cao Cao.
"Exactly! Zilian must not fall in love with the battle, and return immediately after expelling the archers! Cao Cao, who had no choice but to order the cavalry to attack and drive away.
"Zhongde, how is the stone thrower prepared?" After Cao Hong left, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Cheng Yu.
"It'll take half an hour to use!"
"That's great!"