Chapter 30: Before Dawn
The people on the high platform only really showed a solemn look at this time. Although Wen Chou was brave, the damage that could be caused by the attack of 20,000 soldiers and horses was still limited. Cao Jun was elite, and he had been prepared for a long time, although the first walled gate was torn open several times by Yuan Jun, but the second walled gate is still safe and sound so far. But now it's different, Yuan Shao's 100,000 soldiers and horses are coming, which is really a test for Cao Cao's Dazhai.
Seeing that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses had been killed, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered to immediately abandon the position in front of him and retreat to the second gate. The drums rumbled, and the whole battlefield could be heard clearly. Han Hao and Shi Lian, who were facing the enemy, hurriedly commanded their soldiers and horses to retreat step by step, so as to retreat to the second gate.
Dian Weicai on the other side killed near Xu Chu, and saw that Xu Chu, like him, was besieged by a group of people, with a wound on his shoulder, and Fang Cai's anger surged up again in an instant. danced with a double halberd and shouted: "Zhongkang, don't panic, I'm here to help you!" "The shouting was as loud as thunder. The halberd followed the sound, and a halberd slapped straight at the person in front of him. The man heard an angry shout behind him, followed by the sound of breaking the sky, and his heart was already horrified, and he hurriedly turned over and rolled off the horse, and then escaped from Dian Wei's halberd. Although Dian Wei's halberd didn't hit the man, it smashed the horse to a broken bone, and it landed to the end with a bang, and pressed directly on the military general who had just fallen off the horse. Dian Wei didn't care about anything else, he let out another roar and killed directly into the crowd.
Xu Chu in the formation was also holding back his anger, and the seven people attacked in turn, which really made Xu Chu a little unbearable. If it weren't for this, Xu Chu would not have been stabbed by Yuan General Yan Chang on the shoulder. Suddenly, when I heard that Dian Wei had come to help in the battle, I was overjoyed. Deng Shi also shouted, two knives in a row, Han Xun was difficult to parry in front of the knife batch, and the third knife was about to be split, then Han Xun also raised his knife to block, how could he think that Xu Chu's move was a false move, don't look at the whereabouts of the blade, it only fell halfway, and suddenly turned, and swept Yan Chang behind him with a knife. Seeing Han Xun's crisis, Yan opened his eyes and came to the rescue, stabbing out with a shot, wanting to let Xu Chu stop. How do you know that all this was already in Xu Chu's calculations, and the blade turned suddenly, not only did Han Xun use too much force, but he almost flashed his waist. That Yan Chang was even more cut off by this sudden knife, and fell under the horse.
One will be Dian Wei down, the other will be Xu Chu cut in half, all this happened almost instantly, Han Xun and others saw this situation in front of them, their hearts were even more shocked, and they hurriedly withdrew, Xu Chu had to chase again, suddenly the drum sounded, Dian Wei hurriedly pulled Xu Chu and said: "Zhongkang, the lord has an order, go back immediately, don't chase anymore." ”
When Xu Chu heard this, he spat at the mouthful, and then said hatefully: "These bastards, don't let Lao Tzu meet a few of them again, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill them one by one!" Xu Chu's words were ruthless, but Dian Weiwen had the intention of meeting a confidant in his heart, when Cao Ang told him to retreat, didn't he think the same in his heart? But I can't care so much now, so go back first, take a rest, I'm afraid I'll have to fight for a while.
Dian Wei went to save Xu Chu, but Cao Ang and Lu Lingqi were going straight towards Wen Chou with soldiers and horses at the moment. Although Chen Dao's ability is extraordinary, it is unknown whether he can hold it in the face of a fierce general like Wen Chou. Therefore, Cao Ang, who was worried, was in a hurry to rescue him at this moment. Fortunately, Chen Zhi's martial arts are indeed not bad, when Cao Ang and the others arrived, although they were injured, fortunately, they were not serious, Chen Zhi was still inseparable from Wen Chou. Lu Lingqi saw that Chen Zhi was struggling to support, so she didn't say a word and went straight to Wen Chou. Wen Chou saw another little doll killed, but he was not afraid, and with a big gun, he pulled Chen Zhi and Lu Lingqi into the battle circle together. Although Lu Lingqi's martial arts are not bad, she is a little worse than Chen Zhi, and now Chen Zhi has injuries on her body, so the two of them stepped forward, but they could barely make a draw with Wen Chou.
Cao Ang saw that Chen Zhi was still fighting with Wen Chou, and he originally wanted to save Chen Zhi in his heart, but in an instant, he turned to relying on Chen Zhi and Lu Lingqi to join forces to put Wen Chou to death. But who would have thought that Wen Chou's ability was so clever! This battle has been fought until now, and the Yuan army wants to chisel through the camp with this Wen Chou general, as long as Wen Chou dies and the morale of the Yuan army drops greatly, it must not be possible to retreat. But now it seems that this idea is not realistic, although Chen Zhi and Lu Lingqi have a slight upper hand, but Wen Chou still seems to be at ease, but I am afraid that there will be some tricks to follow. Thinking of this, Cao Ang also shouted and joined the battle group, and for a while, three horses circled around one horse. Although Cao Ang's martial arts are not very clever, but under the siege, he does not attack, but focuses on defense.
The four of them were still fighting, and suddenly they heard the drums beating, and Cao Ang hurriedly shouted: "Lingqi, Shuzhi, it is difficult for us to win against Wen Chou, so we should retreat quickly!" ”
Lu Lingqi didn't know what this drum meant, how could Chen Zhi not know, the two of them heard Cao Ang's words, they both nodded, Chen Zhi shouted: "You two go first, I'll break the back!" ”
When Cao Ang heard this, he also knew that his martial arts, if he didn't go first, he would inevitably become a drag on Chen Zhi and Lu Lingqi, so when he heard Chen Dao's words, he took the lead in shaking a shot and left. That Lu Lingqi and Chen Zhi fought against Wen Chou a few more times, and then they found the right time and hurriedly retreated. Na Wen Chou has been fighting for a long time, and his strength is already a little insufficient, and when he saw the three of them retreating, he no longer chased them, but hurriedly looked at the battlefield. I saw that the Cao army on the battlefield was retreating step by step, and when I looked behind me, I saw that the mountains were full of Yuan army, and Yuan Shao's banner was waving in the wind.
Cao Cao, who was on the high platform, naturally also saw Yuan Shao's banner, and from a distance, he could even see Yuan Shao's frame umbrella cover, and he could see how proud Yuan Shao was at this moment. Cao Cao saw that Cao Ang, Dian Wei and the others had all retreated into the second gate, and then looked at both sides and asked, "Have our troops all retreated?" ”
Xun You on the side nodded and said: "It's all back, the two generals Han Hao and Shi Jian have already started the defense of the second walled gate, and the two generals Dian Wei and Xu Chu have already entered the walled gate, and it won't be long before they come here." The eldest prince's subordinates have just come in, and there are no more soldiers of our army outside the second gate. ”
Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, then looked into the distance and said, "That's good, now Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses have also come in, give the order to go down and prepare the rocket." After Cao Cao's words were finished, he didn't say much, just looked at the battle situation in the distance in a daze. The battle had already begun at the second walled gate, bows and crossbows were fired in unison, arrows rained down, and countless Yuan soldiers were killed by arrows. It's just that behind them, there are countless soldiers and horses, and they have entered the camp.
Seeing that the Yuan army was pouring in more and more, Cao Cao suddenly smiled and said, "Order, release the rocket!" ”
The sound of the drum changed suddenly, and Han Hao and Shi Jian at the Erdaomen hurriedly gave the order to release rockets to meet the enemy. This was Cao Jun's strategy, and a lot of fire-igniting things were laid between the first gate and the second gate. Whether it is Dian Wei and Xu Chu's attack, or Han Hao and Shi Yan's defense, it is all for this matter. Above the chaotic military array, where would Yuan Jun notice the extra hay and grease? Now there are no less than 20,000 Yuan troops gathered outside the second gate, and Han Hao gave an order, and the entire camp on the outside of the north was in flames in an instant. There is a dug fire ditch outside the second gate, and on the wall of the second gate, there are countless soldiers running at this moment, washing the cold water from top to bottom, all of which is to prevent the fire from spreading to the second gate.
Yuan Shao, who was outside Dazhai, saw from a distance that all his soldiers and horses had entered the Cao army camp, and he was rejoicing in his heart. Who knew that all of a sudden, Cao Ying would be able to burn a raging fire. Tens of thousands of troops were in the camp, and suddenly there was a fire, and the Yuan army was in chaos, and Yuan Shao, who was supervising the battle outside Dazhai, was even more furious and said: "What a Cao Cao, it's really tricky!" ”
Guo Tu, who was beside Yuan Shao, said with a smile: "Don't worry, the lord is just a fire plan, order all the soldiers to dig the soil immediately, carry the soil forward, and extinguish this fire." Our army has 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers are mighty, how can such a trick stop it? ”
Cao Cao, who was on the high platform, saw that Yuan Shao's army outside the second gate was burned by the fire, and his heart was even more happy. Yuan Shaojun already had a large number of soldiers and horses, and now he can use a fire to harvest the lives of nearly 10,000 Yuan soldiers, which can be described as a big victory for his side! It's just that Cao Cao was happy for a long time, only to see countless Yuan troops covered with soil and extinguishing fires, and for a while the battlefield was dusty, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh: "The original is worthy of the beginning, and he can still think of such a method in an instant, it is really difficult for him." ”
Guo Jia, who was beside Cao Cao, didn't have so much emotion, just looked at the front solemnly and said, "Although this fire is big, it won't take long for Yuan Jun to extinguish it." When they reach the second gate, it will be the most difficult time for this battle, can the lord be ready? ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said, "Fengxiao, you look so serious, you really don't look like you!" What if Yuan Jun hits the second gate? The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, and that's it. ”
Yuan Shaojun really has a lot of soldiers and horses, and the work of covering the earth and extinguishing the fire is only the time of a meal. The fire was extinguished, and although there were still sporadic fires in the camp, they were no longer significant. Seeing this, Yuan Shao immediately ordered the whole army to enter the Cao camp, as for Wen Chou, he was burned by the fire and hurriedly withdrew from the camp, and then immediately took the soldiers and horses and went straight into the camp.
Han Hao and Shi Jian on the second door were already feeling a little exhausted at the moment. After guarding for a while, another fire was set out, although it firmly blocked Yuan Jun from the second gate. But now that the Yuan army is attacking on a large scale, it is really time to use swords, guns and courage to fight the Yuan army. The battle was almost imminent, and the fight was even more tragic, even Cao Cao on the high platform put away his self-confidence, but instead observed the battle situation in front of him with a solemn face, thinking about how to fight next.
While thinking about it, I only heard Dong Zhao next to him shouting: "Lord, look, there seems to be a commotion in the rear of Yuan Shaojun!" That person, that person is wearing silver armor, it can't be General Zilong who killed him! ”