Chapter 1075 - Not to occupy the tidal flats
The Yuan army retreated, and Zhao Yun led his troops and horses to kill him.
As Zhao Yun charged, on the shore, the arrows shot by Cao Jun became more and more sparse, and no feathered arrows flew towards Yuan Jun later.
On the pontoon bridge on the river, carrying a spear, Zhao Yun rushed to the front.
The Cao army, which followed closely behind him, also rolled towards the retreating Yuan army like a tide.
The morale was originally not high, and rushing to the opposite side of the river bank could not even have a decent impact on the defense of the Cao army, and the fighting spirit of the Yuan army had fallen to the bottom.
Because the pontoon bridge was so wide, Yuan Jun, who was running behind, wanted to catch up to the front, but was blocked by the crowd in front of him.
Behind them, it was Zhao Yun who caught up with him and I don't know how much Cao Jun was.
Spears flew, and Zhao Yun kept stabbing the fleeing Yuan Jun.
The soldiers of the Cao army who followed him in the charge also wielded weapons and slashed the enemy like driving away pigs.
Some Yuan soldiers saw that they could not escape, so they could only turn around and fight.
But after all, they are not like the soldiers of the Cao army, and they still maintain a neat queue in the charge.
Yuan Jun, who turned back to kill him, was cut down on the pontoon bridge in an instant.
On the north side of the riverbank, Yuan Shang, who was watching the battle, saw this scene and hurriedly ordered the captain on the side: "Transfer the soldiers over to assist the second brother in defending the tidal flats!" ”
The lieutenant departed.
Yuan Xi's face was very ugly and said to Yuan Shang: "Thanks to Xianfu's presence, otherwise I might even lose the tidal flats." ”
Looking at the battlefield where he was fighting, Yuan Shang's face was not very good-looking and said, "Hasn't the second brother seen who led the soldiers to kill?" ”
When watching the battlefield, Yuan Xi only cared about the retreating soldiers, and really didn't pay attention to who led the troops to chase and kill his soldiers and horses.
As soon as Yuan Shang said this, Yuan Xi hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”
"Cao Zirong's fierce general Zhao Yun." Yuan Shang said: "Although I transfer the soldiers and horses, whether I can hold it depends on you and my brother's creation." ”
Glancing at Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi's face became even more solemn.
He had heard of Zhao Yun's reputation.
Cao Shuo has many fierce generals, but Zhao Yun is the best among them.
He led his troops to rush and kill, not to mention that Yuan Jun wanted to rush across the river, even if he could successfully resist the attack of Cao's army, it was still unknown.
Yuan Shang gave the order, and after a while, his soldiers and horses were mobilized to the shore of the pontoon bridge.
The archers of the Yuan army who were transferred here opened their bows and arrows and aimed at the soldiers on both sides on the pontoon bridge.
But because the two sides had already been in a mess, the archers of the Yuan army didn't know where to shoot their arrows.
The soldiers on the pontoon bridge are getting closer and closer to the shore.
When Cao Jun ran past at the back, the people on the shore could clearly see that the pontoon bridge was already full of corpses.
The river flowed by, taking away the blood stains from the pontoon, and not far from the pontoon, the river had turned a faint red.
Yuan Jun, who was running in the front, jumped off the pontoon bridge, and Yuan Jun, who was waiting on the shore, shouted and marched forward in formation.
"Kill!" Zhao Yun, who had killed two Yuan Jun and jumped off the pontoon bridge, swung his spear forward and let out a shout.
Cao's soldiers followed him and rushed to the north bank of the Yellow River.
The soldiers under Yuan Xi's command scattered in all directions, and Yuan Shang's command, who was waiting for the battle, rushed towards Zhao Yun and them under the leadership of several partial generals.
Sima Yi looked at the battle on the other side of the river, without the slightest expression on his face.
"General Sima, it's really dangerous for Zilong to fight alone, do you want to assign a team of troops to rush forward immediately?" Lu Bu said to Sima Yi: "With one blow, our army may be able to cross the river on all fronts, and there will be no enemy troops facing each other on the riverbank." ”
"Our army is less than 20,000, but on the other side is 70,000 enemy troops." Sima Yi said: "What General Zhao has to do is only to dampen the morale of Yuan's army. As for stationing across the riverbank, it is simply not feasible. ”
Pointing to the opposite side of the riverbank, Sima Yi said: "Did General Lu see it, Yuan Shang first gathered his troops and horses to fight with General Zhao, and Yuan Tan's subordinates in the distance were also gathering on the shore. Yuan Shao's side also made moves, and what General Zhao could do this time was just to let Yuan Jun know that our army could climb to the north bank of the Yellow River, and they had no place to stand on the south bank of the Yellow River. ”
Looking in the direction pointed by Sima Yi, Lu Bu really saw that on the opposite side of the riverbank, Yuan Jun was gathering towards the opening that Zhao Yun had broken through.
Zhao Yunzheng, who led his soldiers to kill on the north shore, was killing refreshingly.
His armor had been stained red and black by the blood of the enemy.
A lieutenant came up to him after cutting down a Yuan army and shouted, "General, there are too many enemy troops, and there are more people rushing here." ”
Hearing the captain's shout, Zhao Yun noticed that they had rushed to a distance from the river bank.
"Soldiers, retreat to the shore!" With a snap of the spear, Zhao Yun shouted: "It's fun to kill and kill, it's time to go back!" ”
The officers and men of Cao's army who had received the order gathered one after another, and retreated to the pontoon bridge in a tight formation.
More and more Yuan troops gathered from all directions.
When Cao Jun retreated onto the pontoon bridge, the chasing Yuan Jun stopped one after another.
The archers of the Yuan army shot feathered arrows at Zhao Yun's soldiers on the shore.
The soldiers held their shields and retreated little by little under the cover of the shields.
The Cao army on both sides swung their shields to the side, and the soldiers facing Yuan's army stood upright with their shields, forming a dense shield wall.
Cao Jun at the back of the line held his shield high above the top, shielding it from the arrows flying from above.
The formations they laid out were more like the tortoiseshell formations of ancient Rome.
Looking at the retreating Cao Jun, Yuan Xi said with a pale face: "When did Cao Zirong's soldiers learn such an array?" ”
"If someone else led the troops, I would feel a little strange to put on such an array." Yuan Shang, who was standing beside him, said: "Since it is Cao Zirong's soldiers, no matter what unexpected things they do, I will not be surprised. ”
Looking at Yuan Shang in surprise, Yuan Xi asked: "According to what Xianfu said, no one knows what Cao Zirong will do and what he can come up with?" ”
"I heard that Cao Zirong's march was slow this time because he had a lot of strange weapons in his army drawn by horse-drawn carriages." Yuan Xi said: "Some of them look like the catapults he used earlier, but they are much smaller. It's not like a thunderbolt used on the battlefield of Guandu......"
"No matter what Cao Zirong brings with him, we can't underestimate him." Interrupting Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang said: "In Guandu, our army has already suffered the loss of the thunderbolt car. This time, since he went on the expedition with those weapons along the way, it must be of great use. ”
"I know that he brought those killing weapons, if we don't take a countermeasure, our army will definitely suffer a big loss." Yuan Xi said: "No wonder Xianfu proposed to let the eldest brother ......"
"Eldest brother?" Yuan Shang interrupted him again: "Don't talk about the eldest brother, even if I go with the eldest brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to melt Cao Zi like this." ”