Chapter 919: A Great Victory
The Shouchun guards had been killed by the Qin army, and the Cao army in the city was scurrying around like headless flies.
Some Cao troops rushed to several other city gates, trying to get out of the city while the main force of the Qin army had not yet arrived, and some Cao troops, led by leading officers, intended to recapture the city gates, and launched a fierce pounce on the one hundred and ten Qin troops at the city gates.
The main force of the Qin army that rushed down from the mountain of Xiangling, the cavalry was the first to reach the gate of Shouchun City.
In the cave of the city gate, more than 100 Qin soldiers who successfully deceived the city gate were fighting with a Cao army.
Tai Shici rode a war horse, holding a halberd in each hand, and led the cavalry straight into the city gate cave.
In the city gate cave, more than 100 Qin soldiers wearing Cao army's clothes and armor were struggling to resist the counterattack of the Cao army.
The heavy infantry of the Qin army on foot, although the speed was much slower than that of the cavalry, but it did not delay for long, after the cavalry rushed into the city gate, but half a pillar of incense, the tide of Qin heavy infantry poured into the city gate.
The Cao army guarding Shouchun was already small in number, and in addition, there was no main general, and each department fought separately, and was soon divided by the Qin army, which was far outnumbered by them.
The battle didn't last long, and in less than half an hour, Shouchun City's shouting and killing stopped.
Shouchun was broken by Tai Shi Ci, and the main force of the Cao army, which was only twenty miles away, had also been defeated by the Qin army led by Lu Bu at this time.
Due to the rush of Lu Bu's army, Cao's army rushed to the battle, and the fire that burned the military food became more and more prosperous.
The defeated Cao army fled in all directions in the night, many of them burrowed into the tomb and disappeared into the vast jungle, and more Cao troops flocked to the direction of Shouchun like a tide, followed by the Qin soldiers who followed closely behind.
The cavalry of the Qin army followed behind Cao Jun, brandishing the Pu knife in his hand, and constantly slashing at the Cao army that they were chasing.
One by one, Cao Jun was smashed to the ground, although the Cao Jun in front heard the miserable howl of his companions behind him, but they didn't dare to turn back at all, they just blindly ran for their lives.
Cao Ren didn't expect that he had taken advantage of the Qin army in Shouchun earlier, and not long after, the Qin army was on him, washing away the humiliation of the day.
Riding a war horse, running at the front of the rout army, Cao Ren's helmet was a little crooked due to panic.
Just as he was leading the rout to flee towards Shouchun, a torch suddenly lit up in front of him.
There weren't many torches blocking their way, and from a distance, there were only five or six thousand people.
But now that the army is scattered, there is no way to organize an effective counterattack, and five or six thousand people to intercept the way is already very fatal for Cao's army.
Appearing in front of the rout of Cao's army was Yu Linwei, who had burned their rations earlier and then withdrawn from the mountain road.
Gao Shun led Yu Linwei to retreat into the mountains, and did not go too far to return to the main road.
Yu Linwei is a cavalry, although they do not necessarily follow the tactics of cavalry when fighting, and sometimes they will fight on foot, but they always ride war horses when they march.
Taking advantage of the rapid maneuver, Yu Linwei quickly copied Cao Jun's retreat.
At first, Gao Shun did not expect LΓΌ Bu to seize the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack on Cao's army, so he did not leave Yu Linwei at the scene of the arson and LΓΌ Bu to attack Cao Ren on both sides.
Not long after he withdrew, and there was still a short distance from Shouchun, Gao Shun learned the news of Lu Bu's attack on Cao's army from the scouts who had fallen behind.
Knowing that Lu Bu had launched an attack, Gao Shun did not delay, and hurriedly ordered Yu Linwei to light torches and turn back to intercept Cao Jun.
What Gao Shun didn't expect was that when he ordered to turn back, he didn't go far before they met the rout of Cao's army.
Seeing from a distance that the Yulin guard led by Gao Shun blocked the way, the flustered Cao Ren hurriedly reined in his war horse and looked around with frightened eyes.
"General, fast into the mountains!" He was still looking around, looking for a way to escape, when a general, rode his horse behind him, and shouted at the side hill.
Following the direction of the general's finger, Cao Ren found that the slope on the left side was quite gentle, so he clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rushed towards the hillside surrounded by the general and more than a dozen soldiers.
The tidal wave of Cao's army broke out, and while Cao Ren retreated to the hillside, he rushed straight forward.
Although there was an army in front of them, the Cao army, who only wanted to escape from the battlefield, could not take care of so much, but they just ran for their lives, and they didn't have the heart to think about what kind of disaster the army in front would bring to them.
The sky was very dark, and the fleeing Cao army was like a tide with no end in sight, and Cao Ren fled surrounded by more than a dozen people, not attracting the attention of the Qin army at all.
Riding a yellow horse, Lu Bu brandished Fang Tian's halberd and led the Qin army to cover all the way behind his back.
Where they rushed through, there were many corpses of Cao Jun lying in all directions, and in front of them were Cao Jun who was chaotic and just trying to escape.
Led Yu Linwei to meet Cao Jun slowly, seeing that the Cao Jun at the front had reached a place only fifty or sixty steps away from them, Gao Shun raised his arm and shouted loudly: "The array is scattered!" β
Five thousand feathers of Lin Wei, with Gao Shun's order, immediately dispersed.
The formation was neatly arranged, and Yu Linwei was divided into twenty-five columns in a column of two hundred people, blocking the road in front of him.
Some Cao Jun, who reacted quickly, saw that the road ahead was blocked, and knew that if they ran further, they would definitely become the ghosts of Yu Linwei's sword, so they hurriedly scattered and ran towards the mountains and forests on both sides.
There were also some relatively sluggish Cao Jun, and the others were running to both sides, but they were in a mess, shouting chaotically, and ran straight to the Yulin Guard Array waiting to harvest their lives.
On the road between Shouchun and Xia Cai, a massacre was going on.
The soldiers of the Qin army brandished their weapons and slashed at the fleeing Cao army, and the Cao army, who had completely lost their will to fight, fell to the ground one by one under the chopping of the Qin army.
The dirty ground was covered with crimson blood, dead bodies everywhere, and the air was filled with lingering heavy blood.
Two days later, a large army from Xuzhou reached the boundary of Huainan.
The leader of this army was a man with a red face and a green robe.
The man's physique is not particularly burly, but he gives people a feeling of being fierce and brave, a pair of Danfeng eyes are always half-squinted as if they can't be opened, and there is no expression on his face, which makes him a little more majestic.
"General Guan!" It was Guan Yu who led this team, and he was leading the team to march, and a fast horse came in front, and when he arrived at a place where Guan Yu was still five or six steps away, the knight on horseback pulled the reins and shouted to Guan Yu: "Shouchun fights again, and the Qin army has won a complete victory!" β
Led the army to Xia Cai Chi to help, Guan Yu was planning to start a battle with the Cao army, but he didn't expect that the Qin army had already won a big victory before the army arrived.
He was stunned for a moment, looked at the cavalry who reported the news and asked, "Is there any news?" β
"The news is conclusive!" With both hands clenched into fists, the cavalry said to Guan Yu: "Cao Ren's 70,000 army left Shouchun, the army food was burned by Qin Junyu Linwei, Lu Bu took advantage of the situation to wave his troops to pursue, and Cao's army was defeated. Cao Ren was defeated, and Tai Shici captured Shouchun! β
I thought that when I entered Huainan, there would be a big battle, but the army was still far away from Xia Cai and Shouchun, and the Qin army had already solved the battle, which really made Guan Yu a little stunned.
Standing on the spot, Guan Yu hesitated for a moment, turned his head and said to a personal soldier behind him: "You immediately go to Xia Cai, inform Xia Cai that the defenders of Xia Cai are coming to help, and I heard that the Qin army has won a great victory, and Guan has already led the army back!" β
"No!" The soldiers responded, shook the reins, and galloped away in the direction of Xia Cai.
The reason why Guan Yu made a special trip to Xia Cai was because the Qin army guards in Xia Cai City knew that Liu Bei in Xuzhou did not sit back and watch the Qin army and Cao army fight, but sent reinforcements.
Looking at the back of the departing pro-soldiers, until the pro-soldiers were far away, Guan Yu turned his horse and shouted to the army led by him: "Turn back to Xuzhou!" β
Shouchun fought again, and the news of the Qin army's victory soon spread to Luoyang.
With his hands behind his back, Liu Wei stood by the lake in the back garden of the palace, staring at the sparkling lake, and was speechless for a long time.
Sisters Wang Liu and Wang Zhen stood a little farther away, while Xu Shu and Chen Gong stood behind Liu Wei.
"Your Highness!" After Liu Wei learned that the Qin army had won, he didn't say anything for a long time, and he didn't have any expression on his face, just stared at the lake silently, Chen Gong clasped his fists and whispered to him: "Our army has recaptured Shouchun, and Huainan will have an additional barrier, I don't know why His Highness doesn't like it?" β
"This king is not displeased, but he has a lot of feelings!" Looking at the lake, Liu Wei took a deep breath and said to Chen Gong behind him: "Back then, this king fled from Dong Zhuo's hands and led his troops to fight with the Xiliang army, and I still remember that many soldiers at that time had night blindness. And now, our army is defeating Cao's army at night......"
"Blessed by His Highness!" Liu Wei only said half of his words, and then sighed lightly with emotion, and Xu Shu said on the side: "The Great Qin soldiers have meat for their meals, and vegetables and fruits are even more allowed to eat, but where will there be night blindness now?" β
"It's not just that my Great Qin soldiers have no night blindness!" Turning to face Xu Shu and Pang Tong, Liu Wei's brows furrowed slightly, looked at the two and said: "Cao Jun also has no night blindness, and I am afraid that there are no night blind soldiers under the command of all the heroes!" Thinking about it this way, when the second emperor Huan Ling was in the past, how miserable should the people of the world be? This troubled world may not be a good thing for the people! β
When Liu Wei suddenly said such a thing, Xu Shu and Chen Gong were stunned, glanced at each other, and did not speak.
After all, what Liu Wei commented at this time was not a major event in the world, but a mediocrity of the Second Emperor Huan Ling.
This kind of thing, born as a descendant of the Han Dynasty and Miao, Liu Wei can say it, but if Xu Shu and Chen Gong say it, it will be disrespectful!