Chapter 845: A Failed Ambush
Lead the army forward quickly along the road.
On the way, Lu Bu's eyes were always looking at the hillside beside the road.
He always felt that there seemed to be some uneasy factor on the hillside, but every time he looked over, there was only a verdant grass and trees in front of him, and he couldn't find any signs of enemy troops at all.
The ranks of the Qin army were getting closer and closer, and they saw that they had reached the front of the ambush point.
The general who led the 5,000 Cao army in the ambush slowly raised his arm.
Seeing that the partial general raised his arm, all the Cao troops in the mountains and forests put their arrows on the bowstring.
Every Cao army knew that once the arrows were fired, they would face a counterattack from 30,000 Qin troops.
The Qin army on the main road is getting closer and closer, and the Cao army who has tightened the bowstring is covered with beads of sweat on their foreheads, and they will shoot arrows at the Qin army when they wait for the general to give the order.
"Shoot the arrows!" The Qin army had already entered the firing range, and the general leading the army pressed his hand down and shouted.
With his shout, the five thousand Cao troops let go of the bowstring in their hands.
Countless arrows flew towards the Qin army on the road, with the sound of the wind.
The Qin army, which had already received Lu Bu's order and was on guard while the whole army was on the march, suddenly found a puff of arrows flying from the side, and many soldiers who reacted quickly hurriedly blocked their shields in front of them and moved closer to their companions.
Some of the soldiers were slower to react, and the arrows had already flown closer, and before they could react, they were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground.
The Qin army, which reacted quickly, held a shield and quickly formed a solid shield wall.
The cavalry that followed behind the team, because the horses were too tall and had nowhere to dodge, were shot over in a moment.
The Qin army went on an expedition and had never suffered such a big loss.
Suddenly attacked by the Cao army, Lu Bu drew his long sword, and while swinging his sword to slash the oncoming arrows, he turned over and jumped off the horse, shouting loudly: "Array, array!" Crossbowmen fight back! ”
Compared with strong crossbows, bows and arrows have the weakness of a slightly shorter range, but the Qin army is now within the range of Cao's bows and arrows, and this weakness is completely annihilated by the distance between the two sides.
The crossbowmen of the Qin army squatted behind the array of heavy infantry, and when they heard Lu Bu's order, they all set up arrows on the crossbows one by one.
The arrows flying in the sky gave the Qin army's strong crossbowmen no leisure to fight back, and occasionally a few strong crossbowmen stood up and fired arrows, and squatted down quickly.
Several crossbowmen, who were not very lucky, had just stood up before they pulled off the machine springs, and they were stabbed in the face by the oncoming arrows, and fell down with a muffled grunt.
However, the Qin army's strong crossbowmen's counterattack was still quite effective, and gradually, the arrows shot by the strong crossbowmen had suppressed the feathered arrows of the Cao army in the jungle.
The arrows of both sides flew each other, and many of them collided in mid-air and broke off on the ground.
After all, there were a few broken arrows, and many more were whistling towards the enemy.
Cao Jun in the mountains and forests also took out his shield to block in front of him, and they also had the advantage of growing trees all over them.
Many of the arrows fired by the Qin army were blocked by the trees and did not hit the Cao army.
A Cao army drew a strong bow and shot an arrow towards the Qin army.
As soon as he let go of the bowstring, the trees beside him made a "tuk" sound.
Turning his head to look at the tree trunk, Cao Jun couldn't help but be shocked by a white sweat.
If the arrow was three or five inches off, it would have been firmly nailed into his head.
Just as he was about to raise his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, the soldier of Cao Jun saw a black shadow growing bigger and bigger in front of his eyes.
Before he could come back to his senses, an arrow had already pierced his brow with a "poof".
Cao Jun is also wearing a helmet, but the part that the helmet can cover is just at the center of the eyebrows.
Coincidentally, the arrow happened to be slightly below his helmet and pierced into his brow.
The powerful impact of the arrow pushed the Cao soldiers back a few steps.
Although his body was still receding, life had slipped out of him.
When the momentum of the arrow was removed, the Cao soldier fell to the ground on his back, a cold corpse.
The strong crossbow had already suppressed Cao Jun's feather arrows, Lu Bu had a cold face, grabbed Fang Tian's painting halberd, and jumped out of the Qin army's array in a vertical stride, while using the painting halberd to pick up the oncoming arrows, while shouting to the Qin army behind him: "Kill with this general!" ”
After receiving Lu Bu's order, the heavy infantry of the Qin army holding large shields let out a shout in unison, and under the cover of strong crossbowmen, they launched a charge towards the hillside.
The cavalry remained dormant behind the large shield array that remained behind.
Under the rain of arrows, the cavalry charge could not have the effect of their rapid maneuver at all, and could only become a live target for the enemy!
The tide of the Qin army launched an attack, and when the general of the Cao army on the hillside saw this, he also shook the spear in his hand and shouted to the Cao army behind him: "Meet the enemy with General Ben!" ”
Although he was still a little afraid of the Qin army in his heart, after all, the Cao army was also a heroic division that had been fighting for several years, and as soon as the order of the partial general was given, he let out an angry roar and rushed towards the Qin army.
This Cao army is not a professional archer, and for them, bows and arrows are just temporary weapons.
Since he charged, he naturally did not carry bows and arrows, and for a while, Cao Jun's longbow was thrown everywhere on the hillside.
With a shield and a short spear in hand, Cao Jun rushed up against the Qin army.
Because the Qin army was charging on its back, it collided with the Cao army, which had a geographical advantage, and many people were hit with unstable feet and fell down the hillside.
Many of the Qin troops who fell down the hillside were hit by stones and their faces were covered with blood, but they did not lie on the ground and did not get up, but turned over and jumped up again, and pounced on the Cao army on the hillside.
The two sides collided together, and the short spear in Cao Jun's hand kept stabbing at the Qin soldiers, and the Qin soldiers kept slashing at Cao Jun.
Soldiers from both sides lay in pools of blood, and more swarmed at their enemies.
The equipment of the Cao army is also considered to be excellent among the various heroic armies, but compared with the Qin army, their equipment is much simpler.
However, the Cao army occupied a geographical advantage, and under the slashing of both sides, the casualties of the Qin army were slightly higher than those of the Cao army.
After all, the Qin army had the advantage of being outnumbered, and although the Cao army was holding the mountain, they were still pushed back step by step by the Qin army.
Just when the battle between the two sides was at a stalemate, the cavalry of the Qin army, which no longer had to worry about Cao's arrows, also launched an attack at this time.
Holding Fang Tian's painting halberd, Lu Bu roared angrily as he slashed the painting halberd towards Cao Jun's head.
The partial general who led the soldiers of the Cao army to intercept and kill the Qin army knew that Lu Bu was powerful, not only did he not dare to come forward to face the battle, but he also deliberately avoided Lu Bu when he was fighting.
The general deliberately avoided Lu Bu, but Lu Bu would not avoid him.
Killed in the Cao army, Lu Bu painted a halberd to stab left and right, and Cao Jun was picked out by him one by one.
While fighting with Cao Jun, Lu Bu's eyes were still looking around.
What he is looking for is the chief general who leads this Cao army.
Seeing the commander of the Cao army who was still dozens of steps away from him, Lu Bu roared and rushed over.
Although the Cao army in front of him was quite numerous, how could he stop him.
On the way to kill, all that was left was the corpse of Cao Jun, and at first some Cao Jun dared to step forward to stop him, but after a while, no one dared to block Lu Bu's way.
The Cao army in front of him intentionally or unintentionally gave up a path, and Lu Bu didn't care whether the Qin army behind him followed or not, roared, and rushed towards the general of Cao Jun.
Holding a spear, he was fighting with the Qin army, and when he saw Lu Bu rushing towards him, his heart suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly clenched his spear and prepared to fight.
"Kill!" rushed to the front, and the general had just lifted his spear to stab Lu Bu, but Lu Bu had already roared, and the halberd in his hand was handed forward, piercing his heart.
It's not Lu Bu's general at all, Cao Jun will be pierced by Lu Bu's halberd!
Lu Bu didn't delay much, and shouted: "The enemy general is dead!" Then he slammed the halberd upward.
Seeing that the Lord was about to be killed, the morale of Cao's army suddenly collapsed, and many people turned around and ran up the hillside.
Choosing the hillside as the ambush site, Guo Jia also had a very detailed consideration.
In this ambush, the defeat of the Cao army was inevitable, but the 5,000 army was filled in to feed the Qin army, and Guo Jia was still reluctant.
Above the Xiangling, the mountains and forests are dense, and as long as the defeated Cao army escapes into the mountains and forests, the Qin army will not dare to pursue deeply.
In this way, the Cao army could return to the army, and the loss was only a small number of men.
The Cao army retreated into the mountains and forests, and the Qin army followed behind to fight.
The hillside was full of corpses of soldiers from both sides, but the higher they went, the fewer corpses of the Qin army became, and in the end, all that could be seen was the corpse of Cao Jun, whose legs and feet were slower and could not escape in time.
"Stop the pursuit!" After leading the army and chasing after a hundred and ten paces, Lu Bu raised the Fang Tian Painting Halberd and gave a loud order to stop the pursuit.
After a fight with Cao Jun, the soldiers of the Qin Army were enjoying themselves, and when they heard Lu Bu's shout, they all stopped unwillingly.
"General, the mountains are high and the forests are dangerous! It is better for our army to leave here earlier! Looking at the dense mountains and forests around him, Pei Yuanshao reminded Lu Bu in a whisper.
Lu Bu didn't say a word, carrying Fang Tian's halberd, and took the lead in walking towards the path they had marched before.
"Leave some people behind and clean up the battlefield!" Lu Bu had already left, and Pei Yuanshao shouted to the soldiers of the Qin army who were present.
Many Qin troops responded, looking for corpses everywhere and burying them on the spot.
The battlefield after the battle is often left to the victorious side to clean up.
Cleaning up the battlefield is a good thing for the heroes of all walks of life.
From the battlefield cleaning, the soldiers were able to find some valuable things on the corpses, which could be used to supplement the family in the future.
But for Qin Jun, this was purely a chore.
The soldiers of the Qin army are not short of money, and cleaning the battlefield is just an order given by Liu Wei.
No matter which side of the soldiers died in the wilderness, the corpses would be trampled by the beasts, since the people were dead, helping them to settle in the earth was also regarded as the merit accumulated by him, the king of Qin!