Chapter 306 Zhang Chao fainted
Before the gate of Gongxian County, the place was only so big, and it was indeed a suitable place for them to play, with the special heavy armor on their bodies, they could be invulnerable within a certain period of time. Their defenses are strong enough, and then it's time for them to attack and kill at will.
The shield soldiers are responsible for guarding everyone's safety and the Dark Arrow. The scythe-wielding soldier kept waving his arms, and then one by one his opponents were slashed in front of him.
It was just 800 soldiers who were forced to block in front of the city gate for half an hour, so that after Cao Jun threw down thousands of corpses, he still didn't have to move forward.
Half an hour passed, the soldiers who were trapped in the camp also appeared tired, and the constant high-intensity attacks made their shooting speed slower a lot, and the most important thing was that the heavy armor on their bodies had already been riddled with holes, and if they continued to fight, a large area of casualties would inevitably happen.
"Prepare to retreat." As the main general, Gao Shun saw that the task had been completed, so he made a plan to retreat.
As soon as Gao Shun's words fell behind, the formation that was originally still in a circle immediately changed. The scythe retreated as he shrunk his weapon, leaving a group of shield soldiers at the front, and then everyone's footsteps retreated very regularly.
Gao Shun is very strict about training, training like this is often done, in this way, practice makes perfect, that is, under the pressure of the army, you can retreat freely.
"They're going to retreat, they're going to catch up, and they can't let it run." After seeing that things had changed, Xiahoudun judged what might happen, and shouted at his soldiers.
With the new military order, hundreds of soldiers began to rush towards the broken bridge, and at this time, the soldiers who were retreating suddenly stopped, and then saw the long sickle coming out, stretched out from behind the tall shield, and fell in front of the Cao army who rushed forward.
Hundreds of Cao Jun dressed in gray who did not do anything to prevent were slashed by a long sickle without preparation, and then there was a terrible roar, and hundreds of soldiers were cut to the ground.
"Arrows, arrows." Seeing that the impact could not be achieved, Xiahoudun was angry and ordered the archers to release their arrows.
However, the trapped camp was already prepared, and after the scythe attacked once, they retreated, and changed to shield soldiers to defend the front. When the arrows crackled and fell, they all landed on the iron shield, but to no avail.
"Do it, cut the drawbridge." Taking advantage of the opportunity to dodge the bow and arrows, Gao Shun retreated to the city gate with the trapped camp, and then let out a shout. Then, the drawbridge fell with a bang, and several Cao soldiers who were a little slow to react were unfortunately shot and fell to the ground, and then pieces of blood flowed from the ground.
"Retreat!" Watching the drawbridge fall, Xiahoudun instinctively retreated, watching the drawbridge fall to the ground and smash dust and blood.
As soon as the drawbridge fell, everyone had to climb over a trench to enter the city. And after the front army crossed the deep ditch and entered the city, they only saw the horses that had been prepared by the soldiers of the trapped camp departing.
"If you want to run, chase after me." Xiahoudun had already jumped on his horse, and in a short time he had already made a wooden bridge with a ladder again, and what he wanted was to slash these soldiers who had severely damaged his army. Now that the other party wants to escape, where will they easily let it go.
Xiahoudun took the first batch of more than 5,000 soldiers who entered the city and chased them in the direction where the soldiers in the trapped camp fled, and when Cao Cao led the army into Gongcheng, everything was a step too late.
Hearing the report of his generals that the entire Gongxian County was already an empty city, and even the people had not seen a single person, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, "I have been planning for a long time, for the sake of this blow now, but I never thought that I would let them run away, this army under Zhang Chao is indeed heroic." ”
This time, it was able to break Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai's plan, which was completely the result of the soldier's life, but the loss was also huge. If it weren't for the final desperate resistance of Zhang Jiajun and the trapped camp, I am afraid that the losses would only be greater.
After saying that Xiahoudun was chased out of Gongxian, the trapping camp began to get closer and closer.
The soldiers in the camp were heavily armoured, which had the advantage of minimizing wartime casualties, but the disadvantage was that they were extremely slow to act. Xiahoudun saw this, so he led the army to chase after him, and now he could see that after chasing for more than ten miles, he could already see the background of the other party, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Kill." Without waiting for Xiahoudun to be happy, on both sides of them, a large number of cavalry suddenly poured out, and then they saw the high Zhangjiaqi fluttering in the wind, and all the black-armored heavy soldiers appeared.
"It's not good, it's Zhang Jiajun. There is an ambush here, retreat. Seeing these cavalry costumes appearing, Xiahoudun was a Geden in his heart. He will not forget that just now, it was the appearance of these people that severely damaged the tiger and leopard cavalry, this is the most elite army of his lord, but it is also difficult to be his opponent, not to mention that he only brought more than 5,000 infantry.
Under the bad situation, Xiahoudun took the lead and retreated, and when the Zhang Jiajun came over, only a few hundred soldiers who ran slowly became the souls of the sword.
Xiahoudun ran all the way back to Gongxian, and after seeing Cao Cao, he knelt down and bowed, telling about his incompetence.
"That's it, Yuan Rang, the other party has advisers like Guo Jia and Li Ru, how can they be defenseless, fortunately, you don't have anything to do, get up." As Cao Cao spoke, he stepped down from the chairman and stretched out his hand to help Xiahoudun up.
Listening to Cao Cao's words of concern, Xiahoudun said with an excited expression: "Thank you for the lord's forgiveness, and please rest assured, when the next day attacks Luoyang City, I will be the vanguard, the first to rush to the city tower, and share the worries of the lord." ”
"Youyuan makes it brave, I can rest assured, hahaha." Cao Cao said happily after hearing this. I have to say that he is indeed very good at buying people's hearts.
Gongxian was lost, but fortunately, Luoyang City was defended, and the grain, grass and baggage were also there. Guo Jia and Li Ru arranged for the soldiers to make various preparations to defend the city, and at the same time ordered people to pass on what happened here to Zhang Chao in the way of flying eagles. The seriously injured general Huang Zhong was also arranged to be sent to Jinyang City.
In the first battle of Gongxian, Cao Cao hit more than 100,000 people in Zhang Chao's army by suddenly dispatching reinforcements, and for a time the news spread to the princes, which made these people become a little excited.
Zhang Chao didn't know these things at this time, he was taking Zhao Yun and the Dragon and Tiger Army towards Hongnong County. He had already obtained the exact place where Guan Yu was, and now was the time to hurry there.
After leaving Gongxian County to the designated place, Zhang Chao and the cavalry also took nine days to come to Luhun City.
Lu Hun City is the resting place where Guan Yu rested with an army of 50,000 troops, here is Hongnong City, the seat of Hongnong County, Luoyang is in the east, and the retreat road in the south is Tianxi Mountain, through which you can retreat to Jingzhou. It can be described as an excellent place to attack, retreat and defend.
According to the request of the military advisor Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu stayed here with 50,000 sergeants, quietly waiting for the news from all sides.
When Zhang Chao appeared five miles northeast of Luhun City with the cavalry corps of the Dragon and Tiger Army, it was dark time, and he could already see the lights above the city tower from a distance.
"Lord, what should I do? Are we going to rest for the night or just rush over. Zhao Yun said energetically.
Zhao Yun had heard of Guan Yu's name for a long time, and he had heard Zhang Chao say that he was powerful more than once, and this time he finally had the opportunity, and he had the intention of having a good competition.
"What does the intelligence say?" Zhang Chao didn't make a decision right away, but asked Dian Wei, the chief of the guard who followed him.
Dian Wei didn't dare to slack off, handed a bamboo slip to the road, and said, "My lord, the members of Tianyan said that only 10,000 people brought by Guan Yu were his own people, and the others were all the original Jingzhou soldiers. These soldiers have not experienced any major battles, and their combat strength is average. ”
"yes, got it." Zhang Chao took the bamboo slip and handed it back to Dian Wei's hand, and then a sneer appeared in his eyes: "This Zhuge Kongming, he wants to borrow my hand to solve the internal trouble." ”
In order to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang launched this battle against Zhang Chao, in order to put everyone's attraction on Zhang Chao, so that he could free up his hands to solve internal problems. And 40,000 of these 50,000 people, they are probably soldiers who don't obey orders, arrange for them to come, and fight to the death with themselves, so that even if they are all killed in battle, they must not have the slightest distress.
After knowing Zhuge Liang's intentions, Zhang Chao had to sigh that in order for the generals to win the war, the necessary ruthlessness must be obtained.
"Lord, what are we going to do next?" Zhao Yun was still thinking about the battle with Guan Yu, so he said a little anxiously.
"Report!" As soon as Zhao Yun's words fell, an iron guard came to Zhang Chao, knelt on one leg and handed over a cotton silk with handwriting.
"Flying Eagle Story!" After seeing the cotton silk, Zhang Chao's eyes tightened, and he didn't know why, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
Stretched out his hand to take the book, opened it gently, and the small words came into view. Looking at this latest battle report, Zhang Chao felt a little dizzy, and his whole body involuntarily fell backwards.
"My lord." Dian Wei's hands were quick, and he helped Zhang Chao as soon as he stretched out his hand. Zhao Yun on the side also hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Zhang Chao's right arm, and then said nervously, "Lord, are you okay?" Come on, get water. ”
Soon a water bottle was handed over, and the mouth of the bottle was sent to Zhang Chao's red lips.
After drinking some water, Zhang Chao's somewhat excited mood was calmed down to a certain extent, and slowly his mental state returned to normal, and then his expression became much darker and said: "Cao Cao suddenly dispatched 200,000 reinforcements and launched a decisive battle with our army in Gong County. The Sixth Army Corps was completely annihilated, 30,000 people of the Second Army Corps were killed, the Hedong Army was almost wiped out, and even the Zhangjia Army also lost about 1,000 people. ”