Chapter 550: Desperate Survival
Cao Jun blocked the mouth of the valley, and his head and head were full of weeds and shrubs, and because the climate was dry and there was no rain for many days, they were so dry that they seemed to be about to burst into fire. Suddenly, someone saw a fire in the valley, and a shout rang out. The soldiers of Cao Jun raised their eyes one after another, and there were many discussions. At first, the soldiers of Cao Jun didn't care, but when they saw the flames like wild beasts climbing over the mountains and cliffs towards the valley, they couldn't help but panic.
The soldiers of the Cao army retreated one after another to avoid the flames, and the originally heavy formation was immediately loosened; At the same time, the Cao army ambushed on the mountains on both sides of the valley mouth fell into the sea of fire, and in the sky-high firelight, only the figures on the cliff were longing, and one by one the burning human bodies jumped down from the cliff.
Cao Jun's soldiers couldn't help but panic.
Suddenly, Taniguchi thundered. The soldiers of Cao's army hurriedly looked towards the mouth of the valley, and saw thousands of cavalry wearing wet cloaks and wet towels wrapped in their faces, galloping out of their horses, like a black torrent suddenly rushing out of the valley.
Cao Jun was shocked! The leading general hurriedly shouted at the Chinese army under his command to line up to meet the battle! However, the scene was chaotic, and Cao Jun couldn't line up for a while! Silala's arrows were fired at the oncoming Turkasers, doing little damage.
The iron hooves of the turquoise cavalry surged, and the momentum was like a tide, all of them were like tigers descending from the mountains. Cao Jun's color changed drastically, and the slightly less courageous bodies involuntarily retreated one after another, which made the already chaotic formation seem sparse and disjointed!
In the blink of an eye, the iron cavalry torrent crashed heavily into the middle of Cao Jun, as if Lang was slaying on the sand bank, and Cao Jun was washed away in a blink of an eye! The brave soldiers tried their best to resist, but they fell to the ground with blood splashed in the fierce iron hoof blades; More threw away their armor and wolves ran for their lives.
Cao's army fled like a frightened flock of sheep, and the cavalry pursued like wolves. One by one, the soldiers of the Cao army rolled down the hillside, and often a group of cavalry swept by, and dozens or even more of the soldiers of the Cao army were killed on the spot. Cao's army was completely slaughtered, firstly, because their combat strength was indeed inferior to that of the cavalry, and secondly, the infantry army could not compete with the cavalry under the condition of losing its geographical advantage and formation, so the one-sided situation in front of him was not surprising.
The turkat cavalry fought for more than ten miles, killing the Cao army and losing their souls, and the corpses were all over the wilderness for more than ten miles.
Ma Chao was worried that he would fall for Xun Yu's tricks like before, so he ordered all departments to collect troops and stop chasing and killing.
Ma Daizhong rode his horse to Ma Chao, and all of them hugged their fists excitedly and said: "Big (General), we won!" ”
Ma Chao nodded, feeling the pain of a sword stabbing in his chest, he couldn't help frowning and taking a deep breath. Ma Dai found out that Ma Chao was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, is the wound bad?" ”
Although Ma Chao was in pain, he shook his head, "It's okay." Glancing at the generals, he ordered: "Pass the order, and all the armies will immediately return to Dingfengjin." The generals clenched their fists and turned their horses and ran down.
After everyone left, Ma Chao pressed his chest, his handsome face showed pain, frowned, and used his willpower to suppress the pain that almost numbed his body.
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The rout retreated to Huainan. The defeated general pleaded guilty to Xun Yu in horror. Xun Yu asked about the situation and said with emotion: "What a Ma Chao! is worthy of being a peerless warrior second only to Lu Bu! Dare to risk the threat of being destroyed by fire to set fire to the assault! The defeated general knelt on the ground and said with a depressed face: "Originally, we prepared firewood and grass and set fire to the valley just waiting for the wind to be right, but I didn't expect them to set fire first!" ”
Xun Yu glanced at the night sky full of stars and moons, frowned and muttered, "God, do you care for Lu Bu like this?" There was a hint of resentment in his tone.
It turned out that Xun Yu had made an extremely detailed plan. He has already arranged, as long as he forces Ma Chao's troops and horses into the valley, he will burn him with fire! However, since the retreat of the Ma Chao Department into the valley, the heavenly prince has not been beautiful, the wind direction is always blowing outside the valley, in this case, you can't use the strategy of fire attack at all, if you use fire attack, the flame will not burn the enemy but will burn yourself first. In the end, Ma Chao took advantage of the wind direction and successfully broke through with a fire attack. Isn't this God's help to Ma Chao?
Xun Yu sighed and ordered all the departments in the city to strictly guard against it, and at the same time sent someone to report the situation to the lord.
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Ma Chao led nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses to the south bank of the Huai River, and saw that his tens of thousands of troops had crossed the Huai River and were coming. I saw the banner of the word 'Cao' and the flag of the Tiger Wing Army, and knew that it was Cao Xing who led the soldiers and horses to come to respond.
The army went up, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides faced each other on the bank of the Huai River. Cao Xing came out of the horse and came to Ma Chaoma, hugged his fists and said: "The last general was about to lead the army to rescue the general, but I didn't expect the general to be out of danger, it's really lucky!" ”
Ma Chao said coldly: "What is Cao Jun's rat generation worthwhile?" ”
Cao Xuan responded with a few 'yes'.
Ma Chao was about to speak, when he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his body involuntarily fell down the horse to one side. Seeing this, Ma Dai and the others were shocked, and hurriedly jumped off and stepped forward to help them up. Ma Dai tore open Ma Chao's breastplate and placket, only to see a piece of blood the size of a sea bowl, black blood in the middle, and blood constantly bubbling out. Ma Dai was startled, and quickly ordered the army to camp on the spot, and then called the medical officer to come over for treatment.
Seeing this scene, Cao Xing was secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, but instead came over and said attentively: "The brothers of the Blue Wolf Army are camped here, and my Tiger Wing Legion will camp several miles in front of it as a wing!" Ma Dai stood up and clenched his fists and said, "Thank you, General." Cao Xuan nodded, glanced at the unconscious Ma Chao, and led his 50,000 Tiger Wing Army soldiers to the southeast.
Ma Chao's own soldiers pulled up the tent with all their hands and feet, and then carried Ma Chao into it and placed it on a temporary wooden shelf. The medical officer followed Ma Dai into the big tent, carefully examined Ma Chao's wounds, and exclaimed, "The arrow is poisonous!" Damn it! I didn't find it before! Ma Dai and the others were nervous when they heard this.
The medical officer took out a small silver knife from the medicine bag he was carrying and carefully cut the skin of the bruising area, and black blood immediately came out, mixed with a fishy smell......
Zhang Lang led the army to Dingfengjin. As soon as he arrived, a scout came to report: "General Ma Chao, the general of Qiqi, led his troops and horses to attack Huainan directly, and encountered an ambush by the enemy, our army lost 10,000 people, and General Ma Chao was unconscious with poisoned arrows!" ”
Zhang Lang was shocked and asked urgently, "Where is Ma Chao now?" ”
"Healing in the barracks on the other side!"
Zhang Lang turned his head and said to the generals around him: "You lead the army into Dingfengjin and camp. The generals clenched their fists and promised. Zhang Lang led Dong Ying, Wang Yi and other personal guard generals and all the tiger guards to ride their horses towards the opposite bank.