Chapter 288: How is it possible
"Dangdangdang" gong sounded, the Han army recruits on the bridge began to retreat, but the more than 2,000 soldiers who rushed in front of the enemy had already followed Dian Wei to the enemy formation, too late to retreat, and fell into the Cao army's heavy encirclement, at this time, the Cao army's long-term battle array advantage was reflected, skilled formation, familiar cooperation, familiar comrades-in-arms, plus the huge difference between the numbers of the two sides, these two thousand Han army recruits were like a pebble thrown into the sea, and disappeared without a trace in an instant,
Dian Wei rose up bravely, the two big iron halberds danced like windmills, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere they passed, and the corpses were everywhere, but the Cao soldiers seemed to never be able to finish killing, killing layer after layer, but they still couldn't see the end of the black pressure.
Seeing this, Xu Chu, who had been guarding the city gate, clamped his war horse between his legs, rushed to the empty bridge, turned back to the city and shouted: "Evil is in danger with me, I am in danger, how can I see death and not save me, sister-in-law, take care, I will help evil." β
After speaking, Xu Chu waved the big knife in his hand without looking back, and smashed into the Cao army array.
Cao Ying saw another black-faced man killed in the distance, and the knife flew up and down among thousands of troops, as if entering a no-man's land, he couldn't help but love talents, and ordered: "Order the three armies, do not cast cold arrows, and must capture these two people alive." β
As he spoke, Xu Chu rushed more than ten steps forward, and shouted at Dian Wei who was trapped in the formation: "Evil, get on the horse quickly, you and I will kill side by side." β
Dian Wei roared angrily when he heard this, and the big iron halberd in his left hand picked it up according to the cavalry of the Cao army beside him, and fell out of the distance of six or seven zhang, and the iron halberd in his right hand opened the four or five spears that pierced it, and with a leap, he grabbed the war horse, and turned back to Xu Chu's side and killed it.
The formation of the Cao army was scattered by Xu Chu just now, and it was only a moment before it was reassembled, and even Xu Chu was surrounded in the heart, but with Cao Chu's order, the soldiers did not dare to cast cold guns and arrows, but just surrounded the two of them with their lives, and used their lives to consume the physical strength of the two of them.
Ma Yun can see it clearly on the city tower, Cao Ying's posture is clearly to capture Dian Wei and Xu Chu alive, Ma Yun knows better, no matter how powerful you are, when you are always exhausted, if it is really at that time, Dian Wei and Xu Chu can only be captured, although in history Dian Wei and Xu Chu are all fierce generals under Cao Ying, but now it is different, she and Liu Xin's arrival, many things have changed, she is not worried that Dian Wei and Xu Chu will surrender to Cao Ying, but Cao Ying, this insidious guy, even if he can't subdue them, will not let them become a threat to themselves, in this way, Dian Wei and Xu Chu will be really dangerous,
Ma Yun didn't have a heart of stone, she couldn't watch Dian Wei and Xu Chu besieged and ignore it, gritted her teeth, and ordered: "Order the Flying Tiger guards to take the lead, all the recruits will press up, and at all costs, we must also rescue General Dian and General Xu." β
Frustratedly, he said, "Mrs. Qiyu, if you send all the people out, if you fail, the east gate will be in danger. β
Ma Yun said undoubtedly: "It's too late to delay any longer, don't think about it, if you can't do it, close the east gate too, the other three city gates have been closed, and I don't care about closing this place, give the order to go." β
Without waiting for the frustration to walk down the city tower, Ma Yun strode forward, threw off the red brocade robe on his body, picked up two drumsticks, and beat the war drums with "dong dong dong", the soldiers under the city, especially those flying tiger guards, saw that their commander was surrounded by the Cao army inside and outside three layers, they had long been red-eyed, but they didn't get the order, and they didn't dare to move, now, not only did they have the order to attack, but also the respected state pastor personally beat the war drums, and the morale of the three armies has skyrocketed to the extreme, under the leadership of Yan Yan, They roared angrily and rushed towards the bridge, which was too crowded, and more soldiers jumped directly into the moat, holding steel knives in their mouths, and swam to the opposite bank.
Cao Ying was taken aback by this sudden scene, he had never encountered such a dare to fight for his life opponent, and when he reacted, many Han soldiers had rushed to the front, rushing to the front was more than 2,000 strong men, they were wearing black brocade robes embroidered with tiger heads, holding sharp snow bright long knives, facing the surging Cao army soldiers, slashing left and right, all of them were ten with one, under the impact of this group of new forces, the encirclement of Cao Jun was loosened, The two sides finally began a melee on the east bank of the moat,
Although the formation of the Cao army is a little chaotic, but such a scene is actually what Cao Ying wants to see, Cao Ying ordered not to cast cold arrows on Dian Wei and Xu Chu, in addition to cherishing their martial arts, there is also a deeper conspiracy, that is, to use Dian Wei and Xu Chu as bait to transfer the defenders of Xiangyang City, his Qingzhou Army is also an elite division, and has an advantage in numbers, he is confident that all the Xiangyang defenders who rushed across the moat will be eaten, as long as this force is eliminated, it will also be a major blow to the morale of the remaining defenders in the cityAt that time, it may be much easier to raise troops to attack the city.
Cao Ying was about to further transfer troops and send generals to encircle the Xiangyang defenders who rushed out, but his own rear army was in chaos first, Cao Ying himself was surrounded by the rear army, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a young general, wearing a white robe, a white horse under his crotch, and a bright silver gun in his hand.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan were commanding men and horses to besiege Dian Wei and Xu Chu in front, and Cao Ying's side only had Le Jin and Yu Ban, who had just withdrawn from the south and north gates, Le Jin had just bandaged the arrow wound on his cheek, and he grinned in pain.
This young general is Zhao Yun, he was on the way back to Xiangyang, got a report from the horse, Cao Ying led 100,000 Qingzhou troops are besieging Xiangyang, he couldn't help but be scared out of a cold sweat, suddenly couldn't take care of rest, the horse galloped over to this side, when the first to kill Cao Ying's rear team, Zhao Yun saw people along the way and stabbed, tricks to kill him, where he passed the horse turned over, suddenly bumped into a knife from the oblique stab, he didn't want to think about it, the bright silver gun shook, from an incredible angle and stabbed back,
Yu Ban was startled, if this knife is cut down, even if he can hurt the other party, his surname will be explained here, the other party is clearly a desperate way of fighting, the movements in his hands are not slow, he hesitated, Zhao Yun's silver spear has been pierced, like a poisonous snake straight to Yu Ban's throat, Yu Ban flashed to the side in a hurry, this shot hit his right shoulder, Yu Ban screamed in pain, abandoned the big knife in his hand, and walked away, Zhao Yun ignored him, urged the horse to go straight to Cao Ying,
Cao Ying saw that Zhao Yun was injured in only one round, and he was so frightened that his soul did not possess his body, and he turned his horse and left, Zhao Yun did not chase, and went straight to the direction of Xiangyang to kill all the way over, Cao Yun ran out more than half a mile in one breath, wheezing and fixed, and was about to command the army to kill back, and surrounded Zhao Yun, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and countless cavalry came from behind, Cao Ying knew that the opponent's reinforcements had arrived, he was not as reckless as Lu Bu, he was not only suspicious, but also very cautious, I am afraid that if I don't go at this time, I will never be able to go again,
Looking at Xiangyang City in front of him, Cao Ying said hatefully: "Order, withdraw the army." β
The Qingzhou army may not be as brave as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but it is definitely stronger than them by more than one grade in terms of military discipline, with Cao Ying's order, the Qingzhou army fought and retreated, the formation was not chaotic at all, Yan Yan led the troops to take Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and killed them from behind, but they didn't take much advantage.
Zhao Yun was concerned about the safety of Xiangyang City, rushed all the way to the moat, saw the Han flag fluttering on the city tower, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and killed back, and joined the cavalry under his command who was chasing over, and rushed straight to Cao Ying's rear army.
The rear army is actually the front army just now, after a fierce battle for most of the day, and some exhaustion, the recruits of the Han army led by Yan Yan can still be competent, but how can they stop the cavalry of the Fourth Legion, only one charge, they were killed in pieces, these Han cavalry will never be soft on the enemy who dares to sneak attack Xiangyang, where the saber is waved, it is a bloody light bursting out,
Cao Ying didn't dare to delay at all, he beat the war horse with all his might, and galloped in the direction of Yanzhou, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan followed him closely, Yu Ban and Le Jin didn't know where to run, but Zhao Yun led the cavalry to chase after him.
Yan Yan chased after a while and then collected his troops and turned back to Xiangyang, the recruits of the Han army under his command have become the most powerful force in Xiangyang City now, he can be said to be walking on thin ice in terms of using soldiers, plus Dian Wei and Xu Chu are also injured in many places, Yan Yan also has the responsibility to protect them, and he dare not let them have any mistakes.
Cao Ying ran all the way, and escaped thirty miles away before he stopped the team, just wanted to take a breather, Zhao Yun's cavalry chased after him again, Cao Ying bullied Zhao Yun with few soldiers, Suo surnamed ordered to turn over and kill back, there were more than 10,000 cavalry in Cao's army, they rushed to the front when they withdrew just now, and did not suffer much loss, and now they are killing back, and the opponent is all cavalry, these Cao army cavalry naturally became the vanguard,
The main means of combat of Cao's cavalry is still mainly cavalry, but at such a close distance, cavalry is obviously not a good choice, using the impact of the war horse and the other party to collide face-to-face is the correct way to fight, these cavalry almost did not hesitate to turn the horse, lined up, galloped towards Zhao Yun's pursuers, Zhao Yun sneered, pointed at the silver spear, rushed head-on, the torrent of the two cavalry collided together, the Cao cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and most of Zhao Yun's cavalry were unscathed,
Cao Ying couldn't believe his eyes, his cavalry was selected from 200,000 people, these people themselves are superb in riding, and have undergone long-term rigorous training, how can they be so vulnerable, soon, Cao Ying found the difference between the two sides, his cavalry is using war horses to collide with the other party, even if they use knives to cut, they have to wait for the war horses to stop, and the other party's cavalry is in the process of galloping quickly, swinging knives and slashing, these cavalry under him are not knocked off the horse, but directly cut off the horse by the opponentοΌ
This discovery surprised Cao Ying, being able to make stabbing and slashing movements on a galloping horse, the requirements for riding skills are very high, and the skilled generals such as Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan under him can naturally do it, but Zhao Yun's cavalry can do this, how is this possible,
Without waiting for Cao Ying to think about it, Zhao Yun had already rushed and killed two back and forth in his cavalry team, killing and wounding most of his cavalry, Cao Ying was about to let the infantry surround him, when suddenly there was a shout of killing from their flank,