"Wen Lie!" Heart-rending cries sounded in many places at the same time, and Cao **'s attention to the relatives and generals did have the effect of promoting cohesion to a certain extent. Seeing that Cao Xiu's banner was toppled and followed in the footsteps of Xiahou Shang, the generals surnamed Cao and Xiahou were all grief-stricken.

The cavalry's offensive and defensive transitions were too fast, and the battle was too fierce, and there was no difference between the front and the rear. In such a situation, it is normal to dump the flag, and it cannot represent the defeat of the army or the death of the commander.

However, judging from the current situation, Cao Xiu has been martyred.

His Chinese army was bumped into by the sharp edge of the wind cavalry, and after the collision, the Qingzhou army's front and arrow array was pulled a little open back and forth, and the queue became looser, but the overall formation was still intact. But the leopard rider was like a tide hitting a reef, smashed at once, and was pressed to diverge to both sides.

There is a basic habit in war, and the direction of progress is always easy to shift to the weaker side, and the old man said that the soldier is like water. To put it bluntly, if there are soft persimmons, who wants to hit them on a stone?

Previously, the leopard rider fought back with all his might, and it was led by Cao Xiu. Now that the bravest commander and his guards had been trampled under the horse's hooves by the enemy, the momentum suddenly stopped, and the uncontrollable fear suddenly spread. Although they did not lose their fighting spirit, the cavalrymen were unwilling to continue to hit Zhao Yun's spear blade, and they all counted on opening a gap from the rest of the battle line.

As everyone knows, this sprout soon changed its taste. At first, the cavalry just wanted to avoid strong and weak attacks, but they changed direction only to find that there was no suitable breakthrough in front of them.

The two wings of the Blade Array are two inclined planes, and if you rush through from the front, you will not only face the lance of the enemy rider on the opposite side, but also the flank.

Nearby, there were cavalry in front of the oblique front, and long swords and horses that came from the side; In the distance, there are waves of arrows!

If Cao Xiu was still there, there might be a way to make adjustments, but as soon as Cao Xiu died, the leopard riders who fought separately couldn't find a way to break the game. Even if there are some generals who have a vision above the level, they can't convey their views to everyone, so they can only be wrapped in the crowd and involuntarily pass by the enemy.

Cao Xiu also had two lieutenant generals, Xiahou Shang was dead, and his brother Xiahoude was still there, but at this time, he only ordered the army to maintain the status quo through the horn, and then reorganized the team after the enemy army, and came to chase and kill.

But it was clear that he had taken this order for granted.

It is not completely impossible to go around behind the enemy army and reverse the pursuit, but it has to be a very elite unit and have to be arranged in advance. In the Gaotang War that year, Zhao Yun used this trick to deal with the Hun cavalry, but the most lacking thing in the leopard cavalry was the tacit understanding between each other, and there was no way to complete such a difficult tactical cooperation.

Ignoring the orders from the Chinese army, some simply went on their own, trying to inspire their comrades with courage and continue to fight. But a few people looked so powerless in the face of the enemy who formed a formation, like a small pebble smashed into the vast Yellow River water, and they couldn't even see the splash.

Rows of long lances stretched out from the front array, from different angles, like jagged jagged teeth, but the lethality was undoubted, and the warriors who collided with it splattered blood and fell into the dust.

In addition, there were many people who had already directly killed Qin Feng and Fang Yue's flanks. The number of cavalry on the two routes was not large, only more than a thousand people each, but the damage caused was not small, and it could not be ignored.

As a result of their own battles, at the moment when Cao ** and others mourned the tragic death of Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shang, the entire formation of the leopard riders became chaotic and scattered.

The number of Storm Cavalry is about the same as that of the Leopard Cavalry, and even if the combat power is exceeded, it will not be able to directly kill the enemy army. But the formation of the leopard cavalry was so chaotic, and the wind cavalry opened up a road effortlessly!

Hearing the warning from the lookout, Cao ** couldn't hold back anymore, and personally climbed the enemy tower to overlook the battlefield.

I saw a bright white light, like an arrow from the string, tearing through your own defense line at high speed.

The opponent is coming quickly, as if the wind and thunder are moving, even though there are countless loopholes in the elongated front that can be attacked and cut off, but the scattered leopard cavalry is completely shocked by its desperate advance, and it is simply unable to organize an effective **. The terrified warriors scattered like a tidal wave split by a sharp blade.

"It's better to postpone the siege of the city, and first concentrate the elite troops to resist the Qingzhou soldiers and horses in the future, right?"

"Then how can I do it, I only need the last strength to take down Lu Bu, and giving up at this time is not just as simple as giving up all my previous efforts. With Lu Bu's surname of the tiger wolf, I don't know if he will be bitten back! ”

"What then? Generals Wen Lie and Boren were killed one after another, and the leopard cavalry had been ...... In short, now the deployment of brave generals to return to reinforcements can be regarded as a remedy, if the Qingzhou army breaks through a few more lines of defense, it will be ......"

"Brother Gongren is cautious, cautious!"

There was a low and fierce whisper from the staff downstairs from the enemy, but Cao ** didn't even have the strength to be angry.

At this moment, he couldn't stop regretting it, he knew that this was the case, he shouldn't have transferred Xu Chu and Dian Wei, the two fierce generals, to attack the city. Xu Chu is also the deputy general of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and he often leads the army to fight, if it is Xu Chu who is facing Zhao Yun-for-tat, maybe the situation will not become so bad, right?

But it seems a little too late to say that now. The military information from the city shows that Xu Chu and Dian Wei have already attacked the North City Tower and are leading their troops to besiege Lü Bu. Wei Yan and Gao Shun's men and horses were blocked under the city by Xiahoudun, and Lu Bu only had the surname Cao and less than two hundred remnants of soldiers around him.

Is it to suspend dealing with Lu Bu and concentrate on dealing with the Qingzhou Army? Or do you want to clear your body first, catch a few live mouths or something, and turn around and threaten Wang Yu? Cao ** couldn't figure it out for a while. At this time, of course, the only one who can relieve his worries is Guo Jia.

"Bonghyo, what do you think?"

"My lord, the minister thinks that the remnants of the army in the city are no longer enough to trouble, and the battle is already in full swing, even if he catches one or two alive, I am afraid it will be useless, not to mention that with Lu Bu's surname, since he has fought so far, I am afraid it will not be possible to ......"

Guo Jia paused slightly, leaving Cao ** time to digest and understand, and then said seriously: "It's better to send elite soldiers to help as soon as possible, so as not to happen!" ”

Battlefield planning is not Guo Jia's forte, but it is not a big problem to analyze the battle situation. The situation ahead is not good, but the most capable generals in Cao Ying's camp are still in the city, and they have put the cart before the horse.

"......" Cao ** bowed his head and was silent, hesitating, and after a long while, he suddenly raised his head, and his eyes flashed: "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, just do it!" ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

Hearing the sound of the horn from outside the city, Xiahoudun and the others were stunned at first, and then they were all surprised!

"This is the lord's order to suspend the offensive of the besieging troops and withdraw their troops to help?" Hou Cheng looked uncertainly at the new master, Xiahou Dun.

"That's right, if it weren't for that, the horn wouldn't have sounded so quickly!" Xiahoudun's face sank like water, nodded, and gave an affirmative answer.

"However, didn't Wang Yu's reinforcements just arrive, that is, the time of a meal, and the 50,000 troops outside the city were overwhelmed? This, how is this possible? Hou Cheng had palpitations and shortness of breath, his heart was beating like a drum, and he couldn't breathe.

"At the beginning, he only entered Puyang for hundreds of rides, what was the result?" Hou Cheng panicked, but for a while he ignored Xiahou Dun's feelings, which made the latter very dissatisfied.

"The end ...... That's not what the last will mean, it's just, it's just ......"

Xiahoudun snorted coldly and interrupted Hou Cheng: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, you take 3,000 people to surround Gao Shun and Wei Yan, and personally take action, go to meet him Lu Bu, and let Zhongkang and them come back to help first...... Just reply to the lord! After a few words, Xiahoudun took more than 100 personal guards, carried some steel guns, and went to the city tower.

Prior to this, Xiahoudun's attention had been on Gao Shun and Wei Yan, and the troops and horses in the camp were too difficult to bite, and they were like fish in water in the street battle. If it weren't for the trick of indiscriminate shooting, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to surround them now.

In his mind, such a rebellious force trapped in the camp should be a special case, the main force of Lu Bu's army is cavalry, and it should not be able to be used in street battles, Lu Bu has been holding on to Beichenglou for so long, it should be the end of the strong crossbow. Knowing that the reinforcements were coming, Lu Bu would definitely take the remnants of the army to hold on in a group to delay time and wait for the results outside the city, so Dian and Xu Cai couldn't attack it for a long time.

Xiahoudun would not be arrogant to think that he could accomplish what Dian Wei and Xu Chu had not completed together. He just planned to send troops to at least trap Lu Bu in the city and not let the lord worry.

Who knew that as soon as he showed his head, the defenders whistled, and more than 20 people rushed up with a hulala, some of them shouted, the war knife pointed forward, and everyone raised their swords and guns at the same time, and pounced.

Although Xiahoudun was not shocked, he led a team of personal soldiers to meet him, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle.

The group of defenders who pounced on them were all in broken armor, and even the weapons in their hands were selected, looking embarrassed, but they were all like wolves and tigers, and they were completely fighting for their lives. With his superb martial arts, Xiahoudun quickly stabbed two opponents to death with his spear, and two of the guards around him fell at the same time.

The formation suddenly revealed a gap, and these soldiers immediately seized this fleeting fighter, rushed forward regardless of life and death, and rushed to the front behind Xiahoudun and the guards who were still trying to climb up on the road.

"Archers up!" Xiahoudun was shocked and angry, he didn't expect that the enemy army still had the strength to counterattack, but he didn't even climb the head of the city, and his marksmanship could not be used on the road, and he was beaten back step by step, so he could only summon the archers under the city to help.

The archers quickly stepped forward, and at the sound of the bowstring, hundreds of feathered arrows rose into the sky, and it seemed to rain on the sloping road.

Someone was shot by a cold arrow, and actually pounced on Xiahoudun's personal guards at the moment of falling, and planted the city wall with the other party in his arms. There are people who have several arrows in their bodies, and their blood is flowing all over their bodies, but they are still waving their weapons and shouting for a fierce battle, and they will not be defeated by several people...... This wave of counterattack actually cut off the Yongdao like this!

Although Xiahoudun was surprised by the fierceness of these pawns, he was self-conscious, of course he would not turn around and fight with a group of pawns, but just glanced back, then turned around and climbed to the top of the city.

is very different from the expected situation, what is going on at the head of the city is an attack, Dian Wei and Xu Chu side by side against Lu Bu's halberd. The defenders and the besiegers are also-for-tat, and on the head of the three-hundred-step city, you can see the figures of catching and fighting everywhere, and the sound of weapons clashing is endless, no matter how you look at it, it is an even posture.

But Xiahou clearly understood that it was impossible for the Lu Bu army at the head of the city to exceed three hundred, and on his own side, there were more than three hundred guards brought by Xu Chu alone!

What surprised him even more was that he was still behind, seeing Xiahoudun's figure, Xu Chu actually showed joy and greeted loudly: "General Yuan Rang came just in time, come and help the war!" ”

Xiahoudun was almost stunned, he couldn't understand what was going on at the head of the city, Lu Bu didn't adopt the tactics of defending to the death at this time, but launched a counterattack, and the offensive was so fierce.

This daze almost killed him.

"Be careful!" A cold arrow seemed to appear out of thin air, and it arrived in front of him almost at the same time as Xu Chu's warning. The arrow came from the concealment, and the angle was extremely tricky, and when Xiahoudun came to his senses, there was no room to dodge, and he barely took a **, but after all, he couldn't avoid it......

"Ahh Xia Houdun let out an earth-shattering scream, he covered his left eye with his hand, the shaft of the arrow was caught between his fingers, and blood trickled down!

……

After half a pillar of incense, Cao ** got the news that it couldn't be worse.

After Xiahou was injured, he still refused to retreat, his spirit was commendable, but he definitely couldn't suppress Lu Bu. The three fierce generals were firmly restrained by Lu Bu, even with Cao **'s old scheming, Guo Jia's supreme resourcefulness was speechless for a while.

"Zihe, Zihe, don't disappoint Lone!" In the end, Cao ** could only look north and cry out, pinning his hopes on another nephew. (To be continued.) )