Chapter 391: Who Ambushes Whom】
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The Huainan area, with undulating hills, dense jungles, and steep mountains, is indeed a good place to set up an ambush. Cao Cao was also forced to be anxious - rabbits bite people in a hurry, let alone fierce dogs?
In the past few days, Cao Cao has been attacked by dragon and wolf horsemen, and the wolf is unbearable, and he has not thought of setting up an ambush, but the terrain of the reeds is the same for both sides, and it is impossible to say who is ambushed. Coupled with the elusive dragon and wolf horsemanship, Cao Cao finally failed to put it into practice. This time, though, was different.
Cao Cao set up the ambush site this time in a dense hill and jungle, two hundred steps ahead, there was a valley road, the road was tortuous, but fortunately it was flat, and it was the most convenient passage for cavalry to pass and quickly lead to Anfeng.
Cao Cao couldn't help but fight back, he only had more than a hundred horses, but there were more than two hundred people. The foot soldier has an advantage in the reeds and can be well concealed, but once ashore, how can two legs outrun four legs? Well, it's eight-legged -- these damn dragon-wolf horsemen, all of them are one-man and two-rider.
It is not difficult to imagine that if they are chased like this, there is no danger to hide, there is no city to defend, and those who are waiting for them will die sooner or later.
He Cao Mengde is not a vegetarian, and he must fight back! Must be ambushed!
Xiahou Yuan first led more than 100 horsemen to gallop quickly from the valley road, leaving clear horseshoe prints, and then went around a large circle, climbed the hillside from the other side, and joined Cao Cao's followers. The human title, the horse binding, quietly lurked.
At this time, Cao Cao's troops at hand can be described as pitiful, except for Xiahou Yuan's more than 130 horsemen. There are only more than 70 people with him, and together, 200 people have just made their heads. This is the strongest force in the Central Plains in the past, and the only remaining troops of the great warlord who had more than 25,000 soldiers and horses a few days ago.
Regret it? Cao Cao never thought about this kind of thing, he did it, and if he failed, he was defeated, so what good would it do to regret it? It's a big deal. The only thing that made him regret was that he had been defeated many times when he was begging Dong, but he was still able to get up again and again. That's because there are many elite generals and strategists behind him, especially the generals of the kinship, but now by his side, there is only one Xiahou Yuan left......
The three armies are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find! What's more, how many generals did he lose before and after?
Ambush is the most tormenting, and for a long time of lurking, people are also most likely to be in a trance and fall into reminiscence. Cao Cao was in a daze right now. One will think about the past, and the other will think about the future. Yuzhou can't be saved, and Jiujiang is not a place to stand, next. Where will he go from here?
Xiahou Yuan seemed to see something, and whispered closely: "Meng De, we still have a chance, and there are two hundred of the most loyal disciples of the Kingdom of Qiu. There is also Wen Ruo, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Huaibei. It's all our money, and that's all there is. Even when he arrived in Jingzhou, Liu Jingsheng did not dare to underestimate him, let alone worry that there was no chance to rise. ”
Cao Cao gently patted the back of Xiahou Yuan's hand and sighed: "If there is no talent, I really don't know how to support it." ”
Xiahou Yuan said: "This is Yuan's responsibility. ”
Cao Pi was full of worries: "If Yuzhou is lost, the country will be destroyed, I don't know if my mother, aunt and brother will ......."
Cao Cao said indifferently: "Le Wenqian will settle them well, so there is no need to worry." Yes, Zhongkang, you don't have to worry, your clansmen in the country of Qian will probably not be implicated. ”
Xu Chu stared at the bull's eye and gritted his teeth: "Chu is only worried, he won't be able to meet Ma Han......"
"No!" Cao Cao categorically vetoed, "The doctor's order is not to be used within 100 days, have you forgotten?" Ma Han is our great enemy in the future, don't you still have a chance to fight him? And why rush? ”
Cao Pi also said urgently: "Zhongkang, don't be rash, because of the small loss of the big." ”
Xu Chu still wanted to fight, but at this time, Hu Cong's team leader suddenly pointed out: "It's coming." ”
Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, and Cao Pi turned around together, but saw that on the top of the hill in front of them, a striking red flag stretched out, shaking hard. This is a flag signal, indicating that the enemy army is in ambush.
A moment later, the red-pupiled white wolf banner and the red dragon Daxu appeared in front of the valley, and after the front flag knight, the figure of the horse man appeared.
Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, and Cao Pi's hearts were raised, staring at the slowly approaching riding shadow, and shouted in their hearts: "Come on!" Come on! There are rolling stones and sasswoods, triggering crossbows, tripping horses, trapping pits, and 200 dead soldiers. Ma Han, let's take a lesson. ”
Ma Han seemed to hear the voices of the generals of the Cao family, and his speed increased a little, followed by nearly a hundred horsemen. Due to the twists and turns of the valley road and the cover of the trees, Cao Cao and the others could only see the hundred horses, and the further ones could not be seen.
When there were still more than 100 steps away from Cao's ambush circle, Ma Han stopped, and then beckoned the dragon and wolf to ride off his horse, drink water, eat and drink the horse.
As soon as Cao Cao and the others raised their heads, the sun shadow was in the middle, and it was on time at noon. Everyone scolded in their stomachs, these guys are too punctual to eat, right?
At this time, the dragon and wolf rode out of the four horses, and explored the mountain roads on both sides respectively, which was also a regular move.
Just as Cao Cao and his soldiers were all focused on the horses and the dragon and wolf warriors, no one noticed that behind them, there was an astonishing change.
First of all, the war horse behind the forest was restless, constantly snorting and shaking its head, walking around the tree, no matter how much it was appeased, it was useless.
Immediately afterwards, the young Cao Pi shrugged his nose and muttered, "What's the smell of burnt?" I didn't see the dragon and wolf riding on the fire to eat......"
Before the words fell, suddenly the latent Cao pawn ignored the strict order of "the one who spoke up", took out the title in his mouth, and exclaimed in shock: "Oh no! Rise...... It's on fire! ”
Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, and Xu Chu looked back in shock.
Sure enough, the smoke in the mountains and forests behind him was billowing out, and a faint sound of peeling could be heard, no wonder it was so hot, and I thought it was because the noon sun was blazing...... The more than 100 war horses tied to the edge of the woods had already kicked and scurried around, and if they hadn't been tied to the horses' mouths, they would have neighed.
Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan looked at each other miserably, and the fools all understood that this was an ambush and was ambushed! Ma Han's hand was so ruthless that he even set fire to cut off their back road, and now they don't talk about ambushes, and even escape is a problem.
August and autumn are high, the weather is dry, the fire is merciless, and the spread is rapid. From Cao Cao's discovery of the smoke, to seeing the fire, to the scorching fire, it never disappeared for a moment.
Many of Cao's cavalry soldiers ran to the edge of the woods a hundred paces away, but they had no time to untie the ropes, so they had to cut the ropes with their halberds and let their horses escape. But after such a delay, even the men and horses were swallowed by the flames. The figures dancing wildly in the flames, and the sorrowful roar of the war horses, made Cao Jun want to cry without tears (the tears have been dried by the heat before they come out).
There is no road in the rear, only in the front. The remaining hundreds of Cao pawns ran wildly all the way, panicking. As a result, some stepped on their own traps, some accidentally touched their own crossbows, and some tripped over their own ropes...... Screaming, falling, and tumbling all the way. The saddest thing is that when the last surviving dozens of Cao pawns finally fled to the valley road, they also had to face hundreds of dragon and wolf fierce horses.
No matter how loyal an army is, it is impossible to resist stubbornly at this point. One by one, Cao pawns, whose faces were blackened, abandoned their weapons and knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and being bound.
Ma Han saw that among these people, there were no Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, Cao Pi and other leaders as the leaders, where did they go?
This wildfire was set by Chen Zhi with two hundred dragons and wolves. Ma Han led a hundred horsemen to attract Cao's army, while Chen Zhi and others quietly went around the mountains and forests, first dug out an arc-shaped isolation zone, and then set fire to the forest, destroying Cao Cao's last 200 elites in one fell swoop.
Looking at the skyrocketing fire, Asu said to Chen Zhi with satisfaction: "Brother Chen, now Cao Cao has to kneel in front of the general......
Before the words fell, a large black mass rolled out of the sea of fire, almost knocking Aso and a few fierce horsemen over.
Asu scolded while dodging: "What the hell ......" A strong smell of meat entered his nose, and Aso saw clearly that it was actually a burned horse corpse. Strangely, the horse had its limbs cut off, so it was no wonder that it could tumble down the hill.
Aso and the other horsemen were thinking that today's dinner was over, and seven or eight charred horse corpses rolled out of the fire, all of which had their limbs cut off and even disemboweled......
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!
Chen Zhi quickly copied the lance and raised the lance to stab.
The horse's corpse suddenly exploded, and a steaming bloody man covered in disgusting mucus jumped out, and a bloody long sword stabbed at Chen Dao.
Chen Zhi held it with a horizontal lance, flipped his wrist, and overturned two somersaults with a bloody man and a sword. Before he could kill the killer, another horse corpse exploded, and a bloody man swung out with a halberd, blocked Chen Zhi Changlance, jumped out with his strength, and fled with the bloody man with the sword.
This person is very familiar, wait, isn't it......
Chen Zhi was about to catch up, when a horse corpse that rolled to his feet exploded again, and one person jumped out, pulled out the knife from the sheath, and slashed ten knives. forced Chen Zhi to take ten steps back, almost stepping into the sea of fire.
Chen Zhi resisted the mountain with the tail of the lance, stabilized his body, the cold light flashed in front of him, and the opponent slashed down again. Chen Zhi pulled out his waist knife with his backhand and struggled to cross the frame. Zheng! Sparks flew everywhere, and his opponent's knife was cracked into a finger-sized gap, and was bitten by Chen's sharp knife.
The two knives are in harmony, the sound of metal friction is sour, Chen Zhiqiang endured the burning of his back, glared angrily, and suddenly blurted out: "It's you-Xiahou Yuan!" ”
The bloody man with a naked face laughed: "The first guard of the dragon and wolf Chen arrived, and there were really two hits." Pushing the knife hard, with the help of Chen Zhi's counterthrust, he turned over and rushed into the crowd, and the knife flew over, injuring several people. Before the dragon wolf horsemen who set fire elsewhere did not return in time to help, they caught up with a few bloody people in front, broke off the cover, fought and walked, and soon disappeared into the mountains and forests.
By the time Ma Han heard the news and galloped to the back mountain, Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan and others had already flown into the dark.
Ma Han's heat source scanning is only effective when there are many people, and it is difficult to scan and identify a few fish that have slipped through the net, not to mention the raging fire, and the video screen looks like a red light......
Chen Zhi was full of shame, and stepped forward to ask Ma Han for guilt: "The lord ......"
Ma Han waved his hand: "Uncle Zhi did his best, it's not your fault." The horse corpse is hiding, and it's really thanks to him that he can figure it out...... Hehe, if he can escape, I can chase after him-Cao Apu, Cao Agui, you better pray that you won't be intercepted by me again! (To be continued......)