Chapter 241: Bad News
Cao Wenzhao's spear, the wielding dragon and phoenix dance, the Liukou on the side, either dead or wounded, there is no chance to escape, Cao Wenzhao, dressed in golden armor, came and went freely in the Liukou camp, killing the Liukou crying father and calling his mother, under the encouragement of Cao Wenzhao, three thousand soldiers with a magnificent momentum, swept the Liukou's camp, and occupied an absolute advantage for a while.
Cao Wenzhao, who had been killed, forgot one thing, that is, the number of rogues he faced reached more than 100,000 people, even if there were so many cattle and sheep in front of him, 3,000 people could not be killed, and there was always a time to get tired.
After many years of fighting with the Liukou, Cao Wenzhao has always won more with less, and he recognized that the Liukou only had the share of escaping, so that he didn't think carefully about why the Liukou was able to take Nanyang City. The more serious mistake actually appeared before the sneak attack, that is, the rogues who fled all the way, why did they not have the basic vigilance, so that Cao Wenzhao could succeed in such a light sneak attack, and the rogues in the camp did not have the slightest fighting spirit and did not think about resisting, wouldn't such a victory come too easily.
Liukou has achieved a real union, and his combat effectiveness has increased by several levels, if he does not have the slightest fighting spirit, how can he take Nanyang Mansion City, if Cao Wenzhao thinks about this issue a little, he will not make a serious mistake.
Cao Wenzhao is a fierce general, what he thinks of is fighting, as for strategy, he rarely considers it, and rarely analyzes the opponent's situation, as long as there is a fighter, it is a brain to rush into the fight, if you win, you will fight hard, and if you can't win, you will quickly evacuate, anyway, the movement speed of the Guanning Iron Cavalry is very fast, and the Liukou is thinking about pursuing, and it can't be done.
It's a pity that this time the situation is different.
The total number of rogues in the camp is not more than 10,000 people, and most of the rogues are ready to surround them, such an encirclement, if you want to stand out, there is basically no possibility, plus the rogues already know that it was Cao Wenzhao who led the cavalry to sneak attack, how could they let him go.
The sky was already slightly bright, a cannon sounded, and dense torches illuminated the camp all around.
The overwhelming bows and arrows even blocked the light, making it impossible to see the situation inside the camp for a while.
Cao Wenzhao, who was fighting, was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood that the rogue had begun to counterattack.
At this time, Cao Wenzhao still didn't care, he disdained the combat effectiveness of the Liukou, even if the Liukou carried out a counterattack, he was confident that he could lead the soldiers to kill it, and it was not easy to tear a gap.
Cao Wenzhao did not panic, and waved the spear in his hand to resist the constantly attacking bow and arrow.
Some of the soldiers under his command fell in the rain of arrows, but more avoided the attack of the rain of arrows, they either relied on tents, or relied on the corpses of the rogues, and the worst ones were the rogues who fled in all directions in the camp, and after being shot by the rain of arrows, they fell to the ground screaming.
Seeing this scene, Cao Wenzhao's heart faintly had an ominous feeling, he had never seen such a situation, and the rogues actually ignored their own brothers who had not yet evacuated.
At this time, it is definitely not possible to evacuate, and it is necessary to wait until the time when the rogues launch an attack, so that they can choose the weak place and tear a gap to evacuate, it should be said that Cao Wenzhao's goal has been achieved, at least it disrupts the evacuation plan of the rogues.
Until this time, Cao Wenzhao did not think that this was a counter-encirclement carefully arranged by the Liukou.
The old man who commanded the battle had no expression on his face, although he said that the rain of arrows had caused many of his own brothers to fall, but such losses had to be paid, and these brothers, in order to be able to attract officers and soldiers, should have to pay sacrifices.
Waving the red flag in his hand, 40,000 soldiers of the righteous army rushed towards the camp from four directions, south, south, west, and north.
Behind Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there are more than 40,000 people on standby, these people have also arranged a formation to prevent the officers and soldiers from escaping, the formation of the second layer is led by Lao Huihui, there are 10,000 people, the formation of the third layer is led by Zhang Xianzhong, there are 15,000 people, the formation of the fourth layer is led by Li Zicheng, there are 20,000 people, between each layer of formation, gather at a distance of about 500 meters, this way of encirclement is to completely kill Cao Wenzhao and the Guanning Iron Cavalry under his command.
The rebels are desperate this time, no matter how much sacrifice they pay, they can't let Cao Wenzhao escape, as long as they can kill Cao Wenzhao, then they will have time to take Dengzhou City, get some supplies, and evacuate towards Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang with peace of mind.
When the dense crowd rushed over from all directions, Cao Wenzhao's face was sneering, such a charge was nothing, there was no momentum, but it was piled up by relying on people.
With a roar, Cao Wenzhao brandished his spear and rushed towards the Liukou, and the soldiers who followed them rushed towards the Liukou without hesitation.
The fierce battle began again.
A quarter of an hour passed, Cao Wenzhao found that the situation was a little wrong, the combat effectiveness of these rogues suddenly changed, the formation they formed, in a short period of time, they could not be dispersed at all, if you want to tear the gap through guò killing, the difficulty is obviously very great, and the number of rogues is too large to kill.
Seeing the increase in the number of casualties of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, Cao Wenzhao became sober, he knew very well that he could not indulge in the fight at this time, and he must tear a gap at any cost, otherwise as time continued, the shape would become more and more unfavorable to him and the soldiers under his command.
Cao Wenzhao waved the spear in his hand, gathered more than a thousand people around him, and rushed towards the southwest direction, he noticed that the strength of the Liukou in this direction was slightly weaker.
This time, the focus is not to fight, but to tear a hole so that the soldiers can evacuate.
Half an hour passed, the sky was already bright, and the surrounding situation could be seen very clearly.
The Liukou suffered heavy casualties, but the soldiers under Cao Wenzhao's command were not much better, there were constantly casualties, and even some soldiers were captured by the Liukou.
Cao Wenzhao was a little anxious, he had to tear up the gap, and he couldn't continue to fight with the rogue.
Roaring again, Cao Wenzhao brandished his spear and rushed towards the southwest.
The arc of the spear swing made the rogue around him let out a burst of screams, and the rogue who already knew how powerful it was, dodged one after another, and a gap finally appeared.
The rest of the soldiers would never miss such a good opportunity, they came towards this gap, regardless of the pursuing rogues behind them, the rogues in the southwest, and finally couldn't stop the brave Cao Wenzhao, and they dodged away one after another.
The gap was finally torn open.
Cao Wenzhao led the soldiers under his command to rush out from the gap.
The gallop of the war horse was less than a minute, and the overwhelming rain of arrows hit again.
Cao Wenzhao dodged the rain of arrows, but many soldiers behind him were not able to dodge, and they also fell down screaming.
The rogue led by Lao Huihui launched a charge.
Cao Wenzhao's eyes shot a trace of coldness, he will not be afraid, it is nothing more than to fight again, tear a gap and evacuate, what is the great thing in it, this battle will definitely pay heavy casualties, but it is impossible for three thousand soldiers to block more than 100,000 rogues without sacrifice.
An hour passed, and Cao Wenzhao, who was covered in blood, finally tore open a gap, and rushed out along the gap with the soldiers under his command.
When the third round of arrow rain hit, Cao Wenzhao was already full of anger and a faint chill, after dodging the arrow rain, he rushed towards the swarming rogues and continued to fight......
Breaking through the formation of the second layer, the time was already past noon.
The number of soldiers around Cao Wenzhao is not much, looking at it, there are only a few hundred people left, three thousand iron horsemen, and most of the losses are heavy, but at this time I can't think of these, the most important task is to evacuate and return to Dengzhou.
The fourth round of arrow rain was even more ferocious.
They knew that after a long period of fighting, even if the officers and soldiers were iron-clad, there were times when they were tired, and the results were self-evident with the most elite sergeants against the tired officers and soldiers.
There is no rest, no adjustment, from Yin Shi to Wei Shi, Cao Wenzhao is really a little tired, this time the siege of the Liukou is even more ferocious, seeing the soldiers around him continue to fall, the fight has entered the white-hot Cheng Dù.
Cao Wenzhao lifted his spirit and started the fight again.
But this time his luck was not so good, there were fewer and fewer sergeants around him, but there were more and more rogues around.
A quarter of an hour passed, and there were less than 500 soldiers around Cao Wenzhao.
Half an hour passed, and the soldiers lost more than 100 people, and Cao Wenzhao had less than 400 people around him.
An hour passed, and there were less than 200 soldiers around Cao Wenzhao.
Cao Wenzhao's face became calm, he knew very well that this time he was surrounded by the rogues, the sneak attack became a sneak attack, and it was very difficult to kill it, at this moment, Cao Wenzhao thought of Zheng Xunrui's reminder, he didn't have time to be annoyed, why didn't he pay attention to Zheng Xunrui's reminder, the matter has come to this point, and it is difficult to recover.
At the end of the day, the battlefield gradually fell silent, and the swarming rogues began to besiege the last dozens of people in the encirclement.
Cao Wenzhao brandished a spear, he didn't know how many rogues he had killed, and he didn't count the number, but there were more and more rogues pouring up, and he couldn't finish killing them at all, and if he wanted to tear open the gap, there was no possibility, and there were less than 100 soldiers around him, so he couldn't tear the gap at all.
Cao Wenzhao was already seriously injured, and he didn't have much strength to fight, seeing the sergeant around him fall, or being captured, a tear flowed from the corner of his eye, the most elite Guanning Iron Cavalry in the Ming Dynasty, three thousand of them, were killed by the Liukou in this way, such a fact, I'm afraid no one believes.
Wielding a spear and assassinating the two rogues who were close to him, Cao Wenzhao roared angrily into the sky.
The surroundings fell silent, and the rogues temporarily stopped attacking.
Cao Wenzhao looked at the dozen or so people around him, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Brothers, I, Cao Wenzhao, am ashamed of you, and after you go underground, you are still my brothers."
After saying this, Cao Wenzhao pulled out his sword and wiped it towards his neck