The first wave of Wei soldiers retreated with numb faces.

The team of 1,000 people returned with less than 400 people.

One by one, it was as if they had snatched their lives back from the hands of death, and before they had time to rejoice that they had escaped again, they were attracted by the screams of the robes beside them.

also Gu mended the blood on his face and the wound on his leg, and hurriedly lifted the injured robe body to the back in a chaotic shout.

After the second wave of 1,000 Shu soldiers were replenished with blood and blood, the morale of the Shu army was slightly improved, and the Wei army was stuck at the mouth of the camp.

Cao Jun couldn't hold it anymore and rushed straight to the front with a spear in hand.

"Laha ......"

With a wave of his spear, he cut the throat of a Wei soldier holding a knife, and then avoided the crowding of the Shu army around him, jumped hard, and rushed into the encirclement of the Wei soldier.

"Drink!"

After a loud shout, the spear in his hand swept and overturned the three more.

"Kill all the Wei dogs, in order to live, kill ......"

Cao Jun's personal soldiers struggled to follow behind Cao Jun, and in this short period of time, more than 50 people have been reduced to 40 people.

The red sun, which was obscured by the clouds, finally broke through the shackles and struggled to squeeze out of the sky.

It was surrounded by a red-hot glow, staining the clouds that clustered around it into patches of blood-red like fish scales, and then silently looked down at what was happening below.

In a short distance of a few meters, the two sides are constantly pulling with their lives, and it has become a cruel critical point like grinding meat.

At the forefront of the battle between the two armies, a thick layer of corpses had been piled on the ground.

There are those of the Wei army and those of the Shu army.

At this moment, it seemed that all words had become pale and weak, and only the screams and the snorting of knives slashing into the bones of the other party reminded him that he was still alive.

Due to the topography, the entrance to the camp happens to be in the shape of an inverted triangle.

The Wei army could not invest all its troops at one time, so it could only replenish its troops from the rear continuously, and launched the bloodiest tug-of-war with the Shu army.

With the layers of corpses in the robe, push forward a meter, even if it is half a meter.

The clouds on the horizon finally darkened.

The blood-red remnant sun also fell silently under the ground level.

It's finally getting dark.

Many Shu soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I thought that the first round of tentative attacks of the Wei army was coming to an end.

Unexpectedly, from the rear of the Wei army, there was a rapid sound of snare drums, followed by torches lit one after another.

"Do you want to fight at night?"

Cao Jun's heart trembled.

He glanced around at the front of the camp, where the antlers and ditches had been almost filled with corpses from both sides.

Only the edges and corners of the 1,000 shields buried in the ground in advance are still stubbornly standing on the outermost.

At this time, the first layer of the Shu army's camp was almost undefended and exposed in front of the Wei army.

The Shu soldiers holding shields and spears in layers became the only obstacle between the two sides.

If you retreat at this time, when tomorrow comes, you will have to face a newly repaired camp.

Cao Jun can think of this.

As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, Xu Huang naturally thought of these.

However, if you fight at night, the casualties will increase a lot.

At this time, most of the ordinary soldiers had night blindness because of their bad effects.

The dim light greatly increases the difficulty for both sides of the offensive and defensive sides.

"It's just the first wave of tentative attacks, and they started to play with their lives directly, how much does this guy hate me?"

Cao Jun regretted it a little.

You shouldn't have been so irritated in front of the camp before.

The Wei army on the front line retreated briefly after dropping a corpse,

The Wei army in the rear, pressing the black pressure formation, surrounded by torches, gradually appeared in Cao Jun's sight.

He looked back at the Shu soldiers who were still at the forefront of the line, and the 1,000 new soldiers who came up in the second wave were now also disabled.

There are still more than 600 people who can stand, almost all of them are injured.

"General, news has come from the rear that the second camp has been completed."

"Oh!"

Cao Jun's eyes lit up, this is the best news he can receive so far.

"Order, the whole army withdrew from the first camp and fortified at the entrance of the second camp."

"Order the third wave of sergeants to prepare for the later offensive and defensive battles, light more torches, and the second wave of sergeants retreat to the rear to rest, seize the time to bury the pot and cook, and replenish their strength."

Before the main force of the next wave of Wei attacks came up, the Shu soldiers, under the orders of the Cao army, were hurrying to carry the wounded Shu soldiers and retreat to the second camp.

Cao Jun was directing the team to retreat slowly, when suddenly a wounded Shu soldier rushed out from the crowd next to him, grabbed Cao Jun's arm and asked, "General, do you think we can wait for reinforcements alive?" ”

Cao Jun's heart tightened, and then he tried his best to squeeze out a calm smile on his face, and replied firmly: "Yes!" ”

"I have sent someone to the prime minister for a letter of help, I believe that the reinforcements will arrive soon, and before that, we will definitely hold on."

As if Cao Jun's answer brought him some hope, the soldier couldn't control his demeanor, and cried in front of Cao Jun.

"The dog who joined the army with me is dead."

"The commander who taught me how to save my life on the battlefield also died under the opponent's horse, and now ...... I'm the only one left in our team. ”

"General......

The soldier wanted to ask, but was dragged behind by an old soldier behind him with his arm on his shoulder.

Cao Jun felt a pain in his heart, and tried his best to pretend to be calm, and looked around hard, hoping to bring some encouragement and hope to the Shu soldiers.

Unexpectedly, he was greeted with a pair of numb eyes and a silent and gloomy atmosphere.

Cao Jun's heart moved, and his heart was far from showing the calmness.

The letter for help has indeed been sent, but it will reach Zhuge Liang's hands at least three days later, and it will take another 3-4 days to send reinforcements.

The delay of going back and forth is seven or eight days.

Will their 5,000 sergeants (now only 4,000 remain) wait for reinforcements to arrive?

Judging by today's casualty rate, it is certainly not possible.

For today's plan, the only thing that can be counted on is Gao Xiang's headquarters stationed in a small city more than ten miles away.

The soldiers who delivered the letter were also sent out by Cao Jun, and they could receive the news as soon as tomorrow morning.

And now, in the face of the Wei army's pressing offensive, it can only be carried hard.

Fortunately, there is a second camp to rely on.

Both sides tacitly set aside some time.

The Wei army was hurrying to mobilize the sergeants, if it weren't for the veteran Xu Huang to supervise the formation, and any young general would not dare to take such a big risk and order a night battle.

On the side of the Shu army, they are also silently retreating to consolidate the second camp.

Compared to the first camp, the second camp is much more rudimentary.

The shields buried in the ground were gone, the trenches were too late to be dug, and the arrow towers were not there.

There is only a thin layer of antler railings, which can bring a sense of security to the Shu soldiers stationed in the rear.

The Shu soldiers who retreated to rest were burying the pot and cooking.

The third wave of 1,000 Shu soldiers who had just been replenished, after hastily using some dry food, lay nervously behind the camp, watching the Wei soldiers who were constantly approaching.

But the heart is surprisingly calm.

What I saw before, the heart-rending screams of the wounded robes who retreated from the front line, are still vivid.

And Cao Jun's figure standing firmly in the front row was also constantly shaking in the eyes of all the Shu soldiers.

"We've changed three waves of people in turn, and the general has been standing at the front, I'm afraid I'm tired, right?"

It is natural for a soldier to eat food.

If you go to war, you have to play with your life.

Being able to retire alive has become everyone's greatest wish.

As for being promoted to an official rank and a knighthood, and being crowned a wife and son, it was just an unattainable dream.

The general is the first soldier, he is not afraid of death, we are cheap, and we are afraid of an egg?

Cao Jun himself didn't know that his figure, which was always as straight as a pine tree, became a reason for many soldiers to encourage him.

All he could see in his eyes at this time was the approaching Wei soldiers.

Through the torches around me, I could vaguely see groups of swarthy figures, lined up in a neat lineup, slowly approaching this side.

It was only when he got closer that Cao Jun discovered that the Wei army's forward at this time was different from before.

But it consisted of rows of tall infantry in armor.

After the armored infantry, it is the other infantry that is not fully armored.

It seems that all the armor is gathered on the Wei soldiers in the front row, and the hope of breaking through the Shu army camp and attracting most of the firepower is also placed on them.

This is a three-row enemy army made up of the Grim Reaper.

Compared with the previous cavalry death squad, Cao Jun did not dare to be sloppy.

If these three rows of hard-armored infantry cannot be stopped, this second camp will definitely not be able to hold it.

As Wei Jun continued to approach slowly, Cao Jun's eyes gradually widened, and for the first time, the ominous thought of 'Lao Tzu, as a traverser, will not die here' surged in his heart.

"Wine, go find me wine."

Cao Jun suddenly turned around and shouted at the soldiers behind him.

In general, there should be no alcohol in the barracks.

But before Sun Quan was on the way to the Northern Expedition, he specially sent hundreds of jars of old wine to reward the soldiers of the Shu army, and was later rewarded by Zhuge Liang to the generals of the Shu army.

Almost everyone had a few altars.

But as a new general, he usually doesn't pay attention to these things.

Unexpectedly, this trivial matter became his hope for life and death.

"Oh...... The general waits. ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers quickly ran backwards.

Soon, the soldiers on both sides came into contact.

The archers of the Shu army in the back row, without waiting for Cao Jun's order, shot out a row of arrows.

Unfortunately, after the rain of arrows hit the heavily armored front row of daredevils, it only made a tinkling sound.

"Hey...... Ha ......"

Wei Jun roared, and his figure continued to approach unaffected.

It didn't even take time to stop Wei Jun a few times.

The Shu soldiers on the front line saw that they were all frightened by this row of heavy armored infantry, and the little courage they had before was constantly disappearing.

Cao Jun saw it in his eyes, and his heart became more anxious.

It seems to have seen the scene of the destruction of the Shu military village not long after.

"What about wine? Wine ......"

Cao Jun shouted back desperately.

"General, here you are, and found a few jars of wine."

The soldiers in the rear stumbled with a jar of wine in their hands and quickly rushed towards Cao Jun.

Cao Jun couldn't wait.

Turning back two steps, he caught the wine jar, stabbed directly with the head of the gun, pierced through the wine seal, held it above his head, opened his mouth wide and drank wildly.