Chapter 394: Gao Shun withdraws
Hearing the sound of fighting not far away, Gao Shun's heart suddenly sank. At this time, he had no sleepiness at all, and hurriedly got up, put on his armor, and hurried away in the direction of the city wall.
And the closer he got to the city wall, the more intense the shouting and killing became, and Gao Shun's mood became more and more depressed. Judging from the current situation, the Cao army outside the city must have launched a total of total. Listening to the tragic sound of the battle, Gao Shun knew that Cao Jun had already climbed the city wall and started fighting with his soldiers.
When Gao Shun came to the city wall with his own soldiers, the situation in front of him almost made Gao Shun's eyes dark. Now the form is in jeopardy, the soldiers of the Cao army have occupied most of the city wall, and the soldiers defending the city are constantly retreating, and they know that the city wall is no longer protected.
Faced with such a situation, Gao Shun suddenly felt a little weak. Now that the general trend has gone, on the city wall, there is an endless Cao army. I'm afraid it won't be long before the walls change hands. And lost the protection of the city wall, and took the more powerful Cao army to fight.
But what if you don't fight, now that the gates of Pengcheng are surrounded by Cao's regiments, even if you have the heart to retreat, you can retreat in that direction.
And at this time, a scout suddenly ran to Gao Shun's side and said, "General, the Cao army at the east gate has retreated, let's retreat quickly." ”
Hearing what the scout said, Gao Shun's face changed, but Zhao Fei played really well in this plan. If they hadn't given the soldiers defending the city a way to survive, they might have fought to the death, but now that these soldiers are given a way to survive, their minds will change drastically.
And the news that reached his own ears also reached the ears of other soldiers in a very short time. It was only at this time that Gao Shun understood that it was obvious that Cao Jun had made complete preparations in order to attack Xuzhou. From just that point, we can know that Cao Jun must have planted a lot of fine works in Pengcheng.
But now is not the time to talk about this anymore, as the news spread throughout the city in a very short time, it immediately reduced the morale of the Lu Bu generals who defended the city. In the face of the Lu Bu army, which had no momentum, the Cao army became more and more courageous, which made the city wall quickly lost.
At this time, Gao Shun also knew that he had no power to return to the sky. Even if it is his trump card, the camp has not yet been dispatched. And according to the current situation, even if the camp is trapped and joins the battle, there is no way to fundamentally change the disadvantage of the war. So after taking all the things into account, Gao Shun still decided to withdraw the army.
His purpose in Pengcheng was to delay the speed of Cao's army's attack and help Lu Bu's main army successfully return to defend Xuzhou City. And judging from the current situation, he has already done a very good job in Wancheng, the task assigned by Chen Gong.
Peng Cheng has been dragging Cao Jun for about a month, and during this time, presumably Chen Gong has already prepared his defenses. When he retreated at this time, he naturally didn't have much pressure, even if he lost Peng Cheng, he would probably not be anything.
In the whole of Xuzhou, the most important thing is Xuzhou City. As long as Xuzhou City is still in his hands, he still has the ability to fight. Moreover, under the defense of the lord and Chen Gong's military division, Xuzhou must be as tight as an iron bucket. Therefore, even if the Cao army is overwhelming, I am afraid that it will not be able to break through Xuzhou.
Therefore, as long as he holds on to Xuzhou City, after Cao's army withdraws, he still has the ability to recover the lost territory.
Thinking of this, Gao Shun waved his hand, and then retreated towards the east gate with the remnants of the defenders. And his own trapping camp is the top priority, so Gao Shun specially ordered the 700 trapping camp to be at the forefront of the breakthrough, and he was the first to rush to the forefront.
With Gao Shun and the trapped camp rushing forward, coupled with the desire to win of the soldiers of Lu Bu's army, they easily broke through the very simple defense of the east gate. After breaking through the simple defense set up by Cao Jun, Gao Shun did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took his soldiers and fled towards the east.
The successful breakthrough made every soldier of Lu Bu's army feel very happy, and in any case, he finally escaped from the encirclement of Cao's army. But before they could laugh, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves suddenly cast a shadow on all Lu Bujun's hearts.
You know, you're on the plains of a flat river. Such terrain is most suitable for cavalry raids. And obviously, Cao Jun did not choose to let himself go easily. They arranged a large number of cavalry on their way to destroy themselves on this plain.
And in the face of such a cruel situation, in addition to scolding their mothers, the soldiers of Lu Bujun hated why they didn't have a few more legs. In this regard, Gao Shun's reaction was very ordinary, after all, he knew that Cao Jun had a very elite cavalry and archery class, and they were well-deserved good hunters.
However, what made Gao Shun feel uneasy was that it was rumored that Bai Ma Yi had never been more than a thousand soldiers, and now such a shaking from the ground is obviously not something that a thousand soldiers can break out, and if you want to make such a big move, you must have more than a few thousand cavalry.
As the sound of horses' hooves gradually approached, a group of cavalry riding snow-white war horses appeared in front of Lu Bujun's eyes. Seeing this typical attire, Gao Shun could see at a glance that this cavalry must be a white horse.
When the soldiers of the White Horse Righteous Servants appeared in front of Lu Bu's rout, they quickly picked up the longbow they were carrying behind their backs, bent the bow and shot arrows, and their movements were very skillful, without a trace of mud and water. And before Lu Bujun was screened, Bai Mayi had already fallen from the first wave of arrow rain.
Because Lü Bu's army was a rout, it did not make any defensive measures at all, which made Lü Bu's army suffer heavy losses immediately. After a rain of arrows, at least 500 soldiers fell to the ground, and many of them were shot in the hands and feet by the soldiers of the tiger and leopard riders, so they lost their mobility.
Next, wave after wave of arrow rain caused Lu Bu to suffer extremely heavy losses. What shocked Gao Shun was that the soldiers of Cao Jun's White Horse Righteous Servants were really not worthy of Lang's name. Because every arrow they have is very accurate, if they don't have a defense, they will suffer heavy casualties.
But this was only the beginning of the nightmare, and with the louder sound of horses' hooves, Gao Shun's heart suddenly fell to the bottom. Especially when Gao Shun saw the terrifying equipment of the tiger and leopard riding, Gao Shun didn't know what to do.
If you want to talk about the equipment configuration of the tiger and leopard ride, it is definitely first-class. You must know that this set of equipment is Zhao Fei's dead face for the soldiers who rode the tiger and leopard. That's the whole of Yanzhou, and it belongs to the peerless treasure type. Even horses are daunting to the teeth.
Just looking at the tiger and leopard cavalry with such elite equipment, Gao Shun knew that the cavalry in front of him was definitely just a strong force. It is also important that he has never heard of this cavalry before, so it can be seen that this cavalry must be the first time to enter the battlefield.
If the ironclad cavalry in front of him had already appeared on the battlefield, it would definitely be a rumor about it. After all, the equipment of this cavalry is really formidable, just looking at the heavy armor, they become the intersection on the battlefield.
And after seeing the appearance of the tiger and leopard cavalry, all the soldiers of Lu Bujun were even more panicked. Especially watching the tiger and leopard ride gradually catch up with themselves, then these soldiers don't know what to do. They kept cursing, cursing Cao Jun for how he was.
But even if they scolded, they couldn't stop the tigers and leopards. The soldiers of the Lu Bujun appeared within the effective driving range of the tiger and leopard riding, and the soldiers of the tiger and leopard rode out their killing weapon, the Zhao crossbow.
Seeing the actions of the tiger and leopard riding, Gao Shun was somewhat overwhelmed. Because he saw that the tiger and leopard riders were equipped with such heavy armor, they thought that they should be specially used for surprise attacks. After all, such a powerful defense capability makes everyone sigh. But now they went and took out the crossbow arrows, which made Gao Shun scratch his head.
In particular, the crossbow arrows in the tiger and leopard riders are very weird, which makes Gao Shun even more suspicious.
But a moment later, Gao Shun was instantly stunned. He couldn't believe that the enemy army had such a powerful killing ability. With a whistling sound that broke through the air, the soldiers of Lu Bujun fell in an instant.
Watching his soldiers fall in pieces, Gao Shun felt that his heart was dripping blood. These soldiers are all elite teachers in Xuzhou, and they have been trained by themselves for a long time and have feelings behind them. And now that they are harvesting, how can Gao Shun be in a good mood.
In an instant, Gao Shun had an idea in his heart, that is, to turn the spear and rush towards the black-armored iron horseman. However, reason still prevailed over everything, and the situation in front of him was very clear, even if he led the trap camp to kill this group of cavalry, there would be only one outcome, and that was to choose from a thousand choices, and the trapped, long-trained camp would disappear in this short contact.
Although the trapping camp is strong, they are infantry after all. In the face of such a strong cavalry, especially in the favorable terrain for the cavalry, if an infantry attacks the cavalry, it is definitely like sending them to death. He has already sacrificed some of his soldiers, and he will definitely not let the soldiers trapped in the camp go to their deaths.
After the soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry looked at the soldiers of Lü Bu's army with their repeater crossbows, they put away their repeater crossbows, drew their weapons, and charged towards Lü Bu's rout.
At this time, Gao Shun already had some strange thoughts. After all, the appearance of this black-armored cavalry had already shocked him. Coupled with the extreme lethality that they had just burst out with their repeaters, it was normal to charge at this time.
The training of the tiger and leopard cavalry is still the same, and they are holding back and leaving just to wait for the performance of this war to play. Therefore, every soldier of the tiger and leopard riding is very hardworking, because they have to prove themselves and prove their strength in the second time.