Chapter 430: Miserable
However, he said that Cao Hong fought to the point of losing his strength, and he didn't want Gao Shun's strength to be on par with himself, so the two of them quit the battle and returned to their respective positions.
Gao Shun turned around, didn't look back, but forgot about the mine array, and only thought about whether to kill Cao Hong regardless of Xinyi.
As a result, Cao Hong's luck this time was no longer as good as before, and he stepped on the landmine solidly.
In Cao Cao's camp, everyone saw a loud bang on the spot, the earth shook, the dust splashed, Cao Hong and his people and horses were lifted two or three meters high, and fell to the ground without movement.
Not only Cao Cao, everyone was shocked, it was the Chenhe army on the city wall, and most of them didn't know how to get there, so there was a thunderclap on the ground.
Only Yang Xi breathed a long sigh of relief and muttered, "I thought I was asleep, but I was finally stepped on by you." ”
Cao Hong's four generals, seeing that Cao Hong was silent, came over to rob people, the four horses ran halfway, and there was another loud noise, this time killing two people on the spot, and two people fell to the ground and howled.
Cao Cao was not shocked this time, but stunned.
What's going on?
I didn't see any bombardment from the sky, could it be from the ground?
Looking at the situation, Yang Xi suspected that Cao Cao would not dare to attack, which was not good, so he ordered left and right: "Go!" Take the heads of Xiahou Yuan, Yin Shu, and Zhu Gai, and Chen Yu in front of the thunder array outside the city gate, and let Cao Cao take a look! ”
Immediately, three men each took a head, cut their hair, showed their faces, and displayed it outside the city.
When Cao Cao saw that it was Xiahou Yuan, he couldn't help but feel like his eyes were splitting, and his heart surged up, and he almost didn't vomit blood. Supporting Cao Cao left and right, Cao Cao shouted: "Give me the siege of the city, send signal flares, be sure to capture this city, and take Yang Xi's head to pay tribute to Zilian and Miaocai." ”
Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan died in the first battle, and Yang Xi also used his head to stimulate Cao Cao, which is a little shameless according to the people at this time.
But Yang Xicai didn't care, since he was leading the troops into battle, he would do whatever it took to win the battle with the minimum loss on his side.
The signal flare rose into the sky, and the two military horses of Gongsun Kang and Wei Gexing suddenly swarmed towards the city wall.
As a result, the surroundings of Daxianbei City were boiling, and all kinds of severed arms and stumps were flying all over the sky. Although the mine arrays are sparse, they cover an extremely wide area, and one explosion often kills or injures three or four people.
Of course, there were some people who were lucky enough to rush through the minefield, but there were not many of them. It was Cao Cao's sky-bombing cannon, but none of them could enter the firing range, and they were blown apart.
The people who walked through the minefield were greeted by a round of rifle fire, which was simply advancing with human flesh, and there was no point.
The siege team on three sides only shouted for more than 10 minutes, and 30,000 or 40,000 people died, and as for the wounded who were hit by mine shrapnel, the number naturally could only be more than the number of those who died on the spot.
Jia Xu looked anxious, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive, you have lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and you haven't entered the firing range yet, if you continue like this, you will be wiped out today!" ”
Just as he was hesitating, a spy suddenly came to report: "Report to the king, Gongsun Kang's army and horses have suffered heavy losses, the general Liu Yi was killed on the spot, and Gongsun Kang has withdrawn!" ”
Cao Cao's body trembled, looked at the civil officials, and Cheng Yu said: "The king can temporarily withdraw the army, and after resting, he will make a decision." ”
The others also reconsidered, and Cao Cao had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
Even if the troops were collected, two or three thousand soldiers and horses were also bombed.
Cao Cao retreated twenty miles to the village, and ordered people to get the battle situation of Gongsun Kang and Wei Gexing, and the spies reported that Gongsun Kang had 15,000 wounded and died, and more than 20,000 people were injured. As for Wei Gexing, because he did not intend to attack, the losses were slightly smaller, only five or six thousand dead, and more than 10,000 wounded.
"Herald! Set up camp safely, you must beware of Yang Xi's sneak attack in the middle of the night! ”
Cao Cao knew that Yang Xi's arrangement was strange and deceitful, so he had to do so.
However, it was said that the news that Wei Gexing helped Cao Jun to attack Daxianbei City was transmitted to the Buyeo Kingdom, and the Fuyu King Wei was shocked and hurriedly gathered Liujia and the eldest prince Wei Gechi to discuss the matter.
When everyone heard the news, they were all at a loss, and Wei Qiutai said angrily: "How can Ge Xing be so reckless, the strength of Chenhe Country is so strong, how can the success or failure of a city and a place be shaken, and now that this incident has happened, what should I do?" ”
Niu Jia said: "King, the second prince has made a big mistake today, it is better to take advantage of the situation, so he really voted for the court and broke with the Chenhe Kingdom." Today, there are 100,000 soldiers in our country, and if we help the imperial court, we still have an eighty percent chance of winning this battle. ”
"Eighty percent odds? Niu Ga, I don't think you understand what's going on in Chenhe Country! The population of Chenhe Kingdom has exceeded 60 million, which is the peak of the 500-year-old Han Dynasty, and it is only this kind of strength. With my little Fuyu, if he really abandons the Wei State and comes to take Fuyu, I'm afraid that it will be in the snap of my fingers! It only took a few days for you to see the loss of Liaodong, and Heilong County didn't even organize resistance! Now that the Liaodong and Liaoxi fleets are all wiped out, Yang Xi only needs to transfer the troops and horses of the Qingzhou Theater to the north, I am afraid that even the King of Wei will not return! Maccalypse objected.
There were two factions of opinion in the country, and Wei Qiutai could not make a decision, so he temporarily stood still and looked at the battle situation.
After three days, Yang Xi did not send troops and horses to attack, but only nested in the city of Daxianbei, I don't know what it means.
On Cao Cao's side, he began to mess up on his own.
It turned out that tens of thousands of wounded, most of them were hit by mine shrapnel, and did not die on the spot, and some were hit by bullets.
Cao Cao specially used a small semi-military tent for the wounded to be stationed, and there were people wailing in it every night, and the dead were constantly sent out, which was unbearable.
The situation of the military horses on both sides of Gongsun Kang and Wei Gexing is also similar, not to mention continuing to fight, even internal things are already exhausted.
Wound infections usually occur six hours after the injury and reach the peak of infection on the third day. In the entire battlefield, at this moment, almost more than 20,000 wounded people were red, swollen, hot and painful, with high fever, and in severe cases, even the wounds were purulent and festering.
Cao Cao was originally a ruthless person, but he couldn't help but feel a little chilled when he saw so many people follow him north and become what he is now.
Jia Xu asked a question: "Your Majesty, the loss of horses and horses is serious, and I am afraid that there are less than 80,000 capable fighters in my camp. Wei Gexing's side, since it is known to the king of Buyeo, there may be changes. Gongsun Kang's back road was robbed, and it is very likely that he will retreat to Liaodong to rescue, in case he withdraws, our army will need to face Yang Xi's soldiers and horses alone, and there will be no way to retreat outside this fortress at that time. ”
"So, but what can I do?" Cao Cao also really had a headache.
Jia Xu whispered: "In fact, after the war so far, I can only retreat." At this time, Gongsun Kang did not know about the retreat, and Yang Xi naturally did not dare to chase after him. ”
"What do you mean is to keep Gongsun Kang here and let him live and die on his own?"
"It can only be like this, the king, Gongsun Kang has no way back, his life and death are only in the future, this is his final use value. It's time to decide, and if it's too late, things will change! ”
Cao Cao couldn't make a decision, and gathered civil and military to discuss, how do you know that Cheng Yu and others are all in favor of quickly withdrawing to Liaoxi County, leaving Gongsun Kang to break off.
Cao Cao also knew that he could not do anything, so he abandoned more than 10,000 infected wounded that night and secretly withdrew. [End of Chapter]