Chapter 358 Xu Yuanzhi became famous in one battle
I saw a large army attacking the camp. Xiahoudun naturally did not dare to hold it up, and immediately commanded his subordinates to resist. Seeing that the situation was critical, the deputy general Cao Hong hurriedly urged Xiahoudun and the military advisor Xi Zhicai to lead the army to break through the siege, and he stayed behind to break the rear.
Between Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun, the gate of the camp in front had been broken, and a group of murderous Zhenbei soldiers in black armor had already killed in. Xiahoudun then made a long big knife and stepped forward to intercept and kill the Zhao soldiers who rushed into the camp gate, and he was very brave, and no one could touch his edge for a while.
Suddenly, a tall black shadow rushed over in the night, and shouted: "I'm here to fight you!" and then stopped in front of Xiahoudun, and the two halberds waved impenetrable, forcing Xiahoudun to retreat from time to time. The person who came was naturally the fierce general Dian Wei, and when he saw that the charging soldiers were blocked, he hurried over to help.
With Dian Wei's help, Xiong Zhen's army immediately boosted their morale, and the soldiers rushed to the camp more enthusiastically, fighting with the exhausted and panicked Cao army in the dark. Seeing that the Zhao army that came to attack the camp was very brave and numerous, the adjutant general Cao Hong no longer hesitated, and shouted at Xiahoudun: "Doesn't the general see that the soldiers have no heart to fight?
Xiahoudun saw Cao Hong's resolute attitude, so he no longer shirked, took advantage of the time to withdraw, turned around and hurriedly walked towards the back camp gate, shouting as he walked: "Zilian is righteous today, and he will be rewarded in the future!" In a hurry, Xiahoudun only found a few soldiers, and walked away in a panic on an inferior old horse, and when he arrived at the back camp gate, he happened to meet Xi Zhicai, so he gave up his horse and let the military division ride. The two of them fled and gathered the remnants of the defeated generals, until the sky was bright and far away from the camping place, and then they dared to stop and breathe.
After counting the number of people, Xiahoudun couldn't help but feel cramping in his heart, when he came, there were 10,000 soldiers and horses, only four or five percent escaped, and more than half of the Taishan soldiers either became Zhao Jun's sword ghosts, or became prisoners in cages.
When Xiahoudun was grieving, he suddenly shouted behind him, but a group of cavalry followed, and the number was no more than five hundred horsemen. I saw that one of the generals at the front of this team of cavalry was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his air was magnificent, and he was dressed like a swordsman, but his face was very raw.
Xu Shu stopped his horse from a distance beyond the range of the arrows, and shouted to Xiahoudun from afar: "I am Xu Shu under the command of General Zhenbei, and today I will use a little trick to break the Ru camp, and I might as well tell Cao Mengde after I go back, and it is better to wade in this muddy water in the state, otherwise there will be a backhand in the future!" Xiahoudun hated in his heart, so he replied angrily: "Today's teaching, a certain family has written it down!"
As the saying goes: don't chase after the poor. Xu Shu naturally didn't come here to pursue Xiahoudun, but just wanted Xiahoudun to help bring a message to Lu Zhi, suggesting that Lu Zhi's plot to attack Zhongyang from the area of Xiliuzhuang had been seen through by him. Now that the intention has been achieved, Xu Shu no longer quarrels with Xiahou Dun, and returned with five hundred light cavalry.
Over there, Xiahoudun and Xi Zhicai dragged their heavy steps away from the battlefield, and the battle in Cao's camp here gradually subsided. The Cao soldiers who dared to resist were all shot by the crossbow arrow troops of the Xiong Zhen army in the first time, and the rest either shrank together and hugged their heads to ask for mercy, or they were trampled on the ground and took their lives. Cao Hong, with his own bravery, resisted several rounds of onslaught by Dian Wei, but finally lost his strength, was injured by Dian Wei's double halberd, and finally became a prisoner.
If it weren't for the fact that he was thinking about catching a live mouth for the military advisor, Dian Wei's double halberd could directly dismantle Cao Hong into eight pieces. Although Dian Wei knew in his heart that the one who had just escaped was the big fish, he was not so angry that he was angry with Cao Hong, and for this kind of deputy general who dared to sacrifice his life to save the Lord, psychologically, Dian Wei still admired and admired it.
Admiration is admiration, but Dian Wei's stomach is always more or less spilled, so the unlucky Cao Hong was seriously injured by evil, and he couldn't stand up directly, and it is estimated that there will be no recuperation for a year and a half, but I am afraid that he will not be able to participate in the battlefield in the future.
When Xu Shu returned to Cao's camp with the cavalry, the battlefield had basically been cleared, in addition to capturing about 2,000 prisoners, the remaining 3,000 men and horses died under the thunder and crossbow arrows, which could be regarded as a severe blow to the morale of Cao Cao's allied army, and became the second partial victory won by the Zhenbei Army fighting on the Western Front. According to statistics, the casualties of the Xiong Zheng soldiers who came to attack the camp were only a few hundred, and most of them were wounded, and there were not many real casualties, which can be described as a big victory.
Xu Shu was not immersed in joy, but immediately ordered his subordinates to set off fireworks signals, beckoning the more than 4,000 Xiong Zhen troops on the other side of the river to hurry up and cross the river, and this Cao camp will be the second camp of Xiong Zhenjun in the future. As for the side of Xiliuzhuang, Xu Shu did not completely abandon it, but left two hundred special combat soldiers to garrison, and laid a lot of traps and traps, if the one who didn't know whether he was alive or dead dared to break into the camp, he was afraid that the earth-shattering thunder that bombarded repeatedly would kill him.
Xu Shu also ordered more than 2,000 Cao army prisoners who had surrendered their weapons to be divided into several teams and imprisoned in different camps, only waiting for the rear base camp to send men and horses to escort these prisoners back to Shangdang. In particular, the deputy general Cao Hong and Xu Shu asked Lang Zhong of the medical team to hurriedly treat the disease to prevent the root of the disease from falling into the root of the disease and causing a military general to regret it for the rest of his life.
Xu Shu had also heard of Zhao Xing, who could squeeze oil out of the stone, and knew that Zhao Xing would definitely extort a lot of benefits from Cao Cao from Cao Hong and more than 2,000 captives, so he was naturally very attentive and careful about the custody of the captives.
It turned out later that Xu Shu's treatment of Cao Hong and Cao Cao's troops did have a positive demonstration effect, so that in the future, when all forces fought against each other, they deliberately avoided the brutality of killing and surrendering troops, saving the lives of many innocent soldiers.
It is said that when Xiahou Dun, who lost his soul and was depressed, came to Cao Cao with less than 5,000 defeated soldiers, four days had passed. Cao Cao heard that Xiahoudun's camp was attacked, and his younger brother Cao Hong's life and death were unknown, and he was also heartbroken, but he did not scold Xiahoudun, but persuaded him with good words: "Yuan Rang does not need to blame himself, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and today he lost to the Zhao army for a while, but it was only a small defeat." The main force of our army is still there, and we will take revenge on it in the future!"
After pacifying Xiahoudun and his soldiers, Cao Cao immediately went to Lu Zhi's big tent to report on the battle. Hearing that the Xiahoudun Army, which was acting as a feint force, had suffered a major setback, the camp was attacked, and now it had fallen into the hands of Xiong Zhenjun, Lu Zhi had to smile bitterly, and then immediately raised the account to discuss the matter of a decisive battle with the Zhenbei Army.
Lu Zhi naturally understood Xu Shu's intention to occupy Cao's military camp, and now that the strategic intention of crossing the river south to attack Zhongyang had been discovered by the Zhao army, Lu Zhi had no choice but to focus his troops on the west of Lin County, where Zhang Fei and Sun Jian were stationed.
After the battle report of Xiong Zhenjun's defeat of Cao's army on the other side of Xiliuzhuang reached Zhao Xing's hands, Zhao Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now that he had been worried about the breakthrough, now that he had eyebrows, everyone could finally concentrate on studying the battle plan for intercepting Lu Zhi's army in the area of Lin County.