The narrow mountain path was sprinkled with blood, and the air was filled with the smell of bloody death. The earth's ability to absorb water was already saturated, and the blood flowed out much faster than the speed at which the soil sucked blood, so the bright red blood mixed with the black-gray soil to form a layer of crimson plasma on the surface.

In the recess of the ground on the side of the road, a small pool of blood exudes heat, and if someone steps on it, blood will splash and make a "pop~" sound. However, few people can step into the pool of blood, and few people can step on the bloody mud, because there is also a layer of human corpses on the blood-paved road.

Cao Jun's corpses were already piled up on the mountain road, and the antlers on both sides of the road were also lying on Cao Jun's corpse. Most of these Cao soldiers who fell on the rejected deer were killed by the vine armor army, but some of them were squeezed by their own lives on the side of the road, and they were killed by the antlers of the rejection through the chest and abdomen. After the antlers pierced the human body, they became the best bloodletting tool, and the blood stained the deer red, and then flowed down the antlers to the ground, converging into pools of blood.

Cao Zhang, who had experienced several battles, no longer considered himself a rookie on the battlefield, but the tragic battle in front of him still made him feel shocked and frightened. The things that could be vomited in the stomach had already been vomited clean, and Cao Zhang was still bursting with acid reflux. He had the illusion that he had fallen from the human world into the Shura Hell, with dead bodies and blood everywhere, and at least tens of thousands of corpses in different postures as far as the eye could see.

Dian Wei had already killed the red eye, and the blood stained him into a bloody man, like a demon in hell. And the vine armor army beside him is also bloody, wielding steel knives to harvest lives. The half-human-high low wall was already full of Cao Jun's corpses, and the follow-up Cao Jun stepped into the low wall on the stairs made of the corpses of the robes, and fought with the vine armor army.

The invulnerable vine armor army has a great advantage in the face of the Cao army, and often one vine armor army can kill more than ten Cao soldiers. However, this does not mean that the vine armor army does not have weaknesses, the face and limbs are parts that the vine armor cannot cover, and once it is hit by the Cao army, the vine armor army will also suffer casualties.

In the initial battle, the Vine Armor Army did achieve zero casualties with the use of low walls and ample physical strength. However, as the physical strength was exhausted, the low wall lost its effect, and more and more vine armor troops fell on the front line. The dense formation made it impossible for the soldiers on both sides to retreat at all, and the only option for the soldiers on both sides was to die and let the friendly troops behind them step on their corpses.

The limited width of the mountain road made the contact between the two armies extremely narrow, but this did not prevent the soldiers of the rear team from raining down on the opposing army's formation. Whether it was the Jiaozhou army behind the Tengjia army or the crossbowmen of the Cao army, none of them stopped firing arrows when the front army clashed. In order not to hurt their own people, both sides could only choose to shoot from their backs, and tens of thousands of arrows staggered in the air, forming another battlefield. The soldiers who died under the bow and arrow even had more soldiers who fought head-on.

Cao Jun's arrows did limited damage to the rattan armor army equipped with rattan helmets, rattan armor, and rattan shields, but the strong bows and crossbows of the Jiaozhou army were fatal to Cao Jun. It can be said that whether it is an air confrontation or a ground battle, the Jiaozhou army has the advantage. However, even so, nearly 1,000 Jiaozhou soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and the casualties of Cao's army were as high as 15,000.

Dian Wei's arms wielding the iron halberd had already begun to become numb, and the Cao army that died under his hands was not a thousand, but eight hundred, even if Dian Wei's strength was outstanding, it was a little unbearable. He didn't understand when Cao Jun's will had become so strong, and the 30,000 vanguard army had never fought to the death despite losing half of them. In Dian Wei's impression, except for the Jiaozhou army, which could have such a will, the armies of the other princes often suffered more than two casualties and should be defeated.

The reason why Cao Jun did not retreat is unknown, but Cao Zhang knows it very well. At this time, it was not only the front of the 30,000 Cao army that was fighting with Dian Wei, but also the Chinese army led by Li Ru and Xiahou Shang who had joined in. The vanguard of the Cao army did not want to retreat, but could not retreat at all, and was completely pushed forward by the rear team, and could only fight desperately when there was no way to escape.

Li Ru was very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Jiaozhou army, and he had long expected that this would be a bitter battle, otherwise he would not have pulled out 230,000 horses. In Li Ru's heart, even if these 230,000 horses lose 100,000, as long as they can defeat Nan Ye, it is worth it. At the same time, Li Ru also knew that the Cao army, which had the majority of the people's strength, was afraid that if the casualties exceeded one-tenth, it would be completely defeated.

Of course, Li Ru couldn't do it in a short period of time to improve the will of the soldiers and the people, but he had a plan to make the soldiers have no way out. The long and narrow terrain can be conducive to the defense of the Jiaozhou army, and it can also be conducive to the offensive of the Cao army, depending on whether the commanders of both sides will grasp it. Li Ru was also an expert in the use of terrain, and he ordered the army of 100,000 people to be strong in the front, and 50,000 regular troops to act as a supervising team. Only one order was given: "Those who advance live, and those who retreat die!" ”

The 100,000 people could hear the fighting in front of them, but they didn't know how tragic the battle was, and Cao Zhang's vanguard blocked the hellish scene in front of them. It is human nature to be afraid of immediate danger while ignoring unseen dangers. In Minzhuang's heart, the Jiaozhou army on the battlefield in front was far less terrifying than the warlord team holding a butcher's knife behind them, so they all flocked forward and blocked the retreat of the Cao army in front of them at once.

Since there was no way to retreat, the 30,000 pioneers of Cao's army could only choose to fight to the death. At least those who died on the battlefield can still be famous, and their families can also get pensions. If you are trampled to death by 100,000 people, there will be nothing left but grievances.

The 30,000 Cao army led by Cao Zhang hurried for two days and stayed awake all night, and there was little physical strength left, but once they were desperate, they still caused a lot of trouble to the Jiaozhou army. Even if the Cao army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, exchanged the lives of ten people for the lives of one Jiaozhou army, it could kill all the Jiaozhou troops on the battlefield.

Cao Jun's morale exceeded Dian Wei's expectations, he felt that he was about to lose his hold, and the double halberd in his hand became heavy. The vine armor army around him has changed more than a dozen batches, but Dian Wei has not retreated a step. It's not that he can't retreat, it's that he doesn't want to. Dian Wei knew in his heart that the result of his retreat was that there were more casualties, and compared with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Cao's army, the number of Jiaozhou troops was too small, and Dian Wei could not afford to lose.

Two more Cao soldiers climbed the low wall one after another, and they appeared right in front of Dian Wei. At this time, whether it was Cao Bing or the Tengjia Army, attacking had become an instinct. The two Cao soldiers didn't look at who was in front of them at all, and the mechanical spears stabbed. Dian Wei's double halberd slashed horizontally, and the double halberd smashed two Cao soldiers. At this moment, the third Cao soldier climbed the low wall, took advantage of Dian Wei's time to collect his halberd, and stabbed Dian Wei in the chest with a shot.