At this time, it was the first moment of human determination, and a crescent moon hung high in the night sky, and the cool moonlight sprinkled down without any clouds, illuminating the entire blue-white sky, and even the edge of the dark earth was stained with a layer of hoarfrost.

On such a night, visibility is still very wide. At least within a hundred or two hundred meters around, even if you don't have a torch, you can see what the neighborhood is like.

Shen Chen's mood has fallen to the bottom now, and he really didn't expect Cao Cao's game to have a counter-game with him this time.

Zhang Xiu was Cao Cao who personally led the main force to break the queen, and after repelling Zhang Xiu, he left a force of soldiers and horses to block the pursuers. This time, Cao Cao first sent three weaker troops and horses to break off, and after Shen Chen had all the arrangements of Cao Jun, he finally came to control the big ones.

This strategy is called luring the enemy deeper, and even if you are careful, you will eventually be hit.

Thinking about it, the reason why Cao Cao arranged these three ambushes was most likely to consume the scouts that Shen Chen used for reconnaissance. The scouts were all killed and wounded, and when they arrived at the decisive battle, there was naturally no way to find out the specific situation.

However, even if it was a plan, Shen Chen did not panic, but calmly commanded tactically: "Order, give me the material vehicle of Cao Jun." ”

He planned to use the material vehicle to cover first, waiting for Gan Ning's reinforcements to come.

But their side had only just acted, and the soldiers driving the supply carts in Cao Cao's rear army had already begun to cut the ropes that pulled the carts, and then knocked over the torches on the vehicles, and fled on their horses.

These material carts were originally empty, and they were all empty wooden boxes for confusing Shen Chen, and of course Cao Cao would not give him the opportunity to seize the material carts.

It's just that Cao Cao also miscalculated.

The reason why the trees in the mountains and forests are easy to light up is that the dead grass accumulates and it is easy to silt up biogas. The second is that trees secrete oil. Once the fire starts, the weather is dry and dry, and with the flammable materials in the forest, it is easy to spread quickly.

However, even if a wooden chest is thrown with a torch, it is unlikely to burn quickly unless it is poured with fish paste grease.

But Cao Cao has now brought almost all the materials to Guandu, and there is even a pitiful amount of oil for living in Xudu City, where is the fish paste and grease for him to waste? Eight Chinese Net

Therefore, when the soldiers of Huangmenting rushed up, most of the baggage carts were not ignited, at most, the flames were just burst up, and they were immediately extinguished, and they quickly grabbed hundreds of baggage carts.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry."

"Line up the cars."

"Crossbowmen ready."

In the dark night, the original position of Cao Cao's rear army has been occupied by the soldiers of Huangmen Pavilion, and there are many people among the vehicles.

Trained, the soldiers quickly piled up vehicles for defense.

At this time, the ambush soldiers in the mountains had also rushed down and launched a fierce attack on the defensive ring surrounded by vehicles, which was already less than fifty meters away.

"Kill!"

With this thunderous sound of spring thunder, Cao Jun at the front heard a series of dense and urgent bowstring crossbow arms trembling, and dozens of arrows and crossbows smashed over their heads and faces.

Immediately after that, countless Shen Chenjun soldiers jumped out from behind the carriage, shouting and shouting in their mouths to cover up, arrows and knives, slashing and poking, and Cao Jun fell to the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Set fire!"

"No, the cart didn't burn that fast, their crossbows were too fast."

"Rush in, rush in. There is an order, who can get Shen Chen's head or capture him alive, promote him to a general, reward a hundred gold, and make a marquis! ”

"Kill!"

"Hurry up, act quickly, don't let them defend themselves."

In all directions, there are Cao soldiers and horses, and the sound of shouting, shouting, drumming, and even horses' hooves galloping on the ground in the night is continuous, as if the entire night sky is shaken and unrestful.

Shen Chen was now organizing a counterattack in the west, and there were at least two teams of hundreds of Cao Army soldiers in his direction, but he only had less than thirty guards by his side.

Deng Zhao and Shen Zhen were also in charge of their respective directions, and the sudden attack of the Cao army was obviously a big surprise to them, but between life and death, they still grabbed these vehicles and surrounded the city in a circle, which was used to defend against the enemies that appeared around them.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle around the defensive circle formed inside and outside the vehicle, and Shen Chen personally led the team to repel the hundreds of Cao troops who came to attack, leaving twenty or thirty corpses in place, full of arrows.

But not long after, Shen Chen's team ran out of arrows, and the crossbowmen of the 3,000-person team were only about one-fifth, and the number of people assigned to each team was even less, and most of the arrows they carried with them were only twenty or thirty, and the consumption rate was very fast.

Before the second attack, Shen Tao said to Shen Chen, "General, I'll go collect some arrows." ”

"Be careful."

Shen Chen told him.

"Here's someone."

Shen Tao summoned ten people, quickly flipped out of the carriage, and touched the corpse of Cao Jun not far away.

But in an instant, Cao Jun also began to shoot arrows, and the arrow rain continued, except for Shen Tao and the other three soldiers who were quite agile, the rest of them fell in the rain of arrows.

I heard a "bang" around him, and as soon as Shen Chen turned around, Shen Tao had already turned over from the carriage, and when he landed, he didn't stand firm and fell to the ground, at this time he was quite embarrassed, covered in mud, and an arrow was inserted in the bun on the top of his head.

Before Shen Chen could ask, he suddenly heard the sound of "dong dong dong", which was a clanging sound on the wooden board of the baggage truck, and at this time it was probably full of arrows outside.

In order to deceive Shen Chen, Cao Cao can be regarded as having put in a lot of effort.

He was afraid that the cart would be too light, so he could see the way by looking at the rut marks, so he used wooden boxes and sacks on the cart to contain stones, and his bow and arrows were shot on them, and they clanged.

"How?"

Shen Chen asked.

Shen Tao grinned and got up from the ground and said, "It's okay." ”

"Put away the arrows from the wooden box."

Shen Chen saw that he was fine, so he immediately gave an order.

This time, you don't have to go out, just lie on the carriage or take it from the cracks in the carriage, which is much safer.

"The enemy is coming up again."

Someone shouted.

"Kill."

Shen Chen took the bow in his hand, took over more than a dozen arrows collected by a soldier, climbed to the carriage board, and looked out from the carriage with half of his body exposed, and saw that after several waves of arrow rain, the enemy attacked again.

When they got closer, the spears or halberds of the two sides were entangled with each other, and Shen Chen stood on the carriage and shot out at close range with his bow and arrow.

"Whew!"

An arrow was like a meteor in the night, knocking down a Cao soldier.

Just as he was about to pull the second bow, there was a sound of breaking the air in front of him, Shen Chen instinctively lowered his head and squatted down, and several arrows almost grazed his scalp.

This fear of facing death makes people's hearts beat unstoppable, but everyone around him can be afraid, but he can't show his cowardice, so he endured this discomfort and stood up again, drew his bow and shot arrows.

But soon a halberd stabbed at him again, and in a hurry, Shen Tao had already gotten up from the ground and came to him, and also used the halberd to fight back, hooking the enemy's halberd.

In addition to the ring head knife and bow and crossbow, the mainstream weapons of the Han Dynasty were spears and halberds, although guns appeared at this time, but because the guns and spear shafts and halberd shafts were different, so the soldiers did not use much.

At this time, the halberds are intertwined with each other and hooked together, so that the two sides begin to compete for strength. Shen Chen used a bow and arrow to shoot the Cao army to death, and then continued to shoot like a stake, and soon shot four or five Cao soldiers who attacked.

The two sides fought fiercely for nearly half an hour, and the bows and crossbows carried by the soldiers of Huangmenting were almost exhausted, so they could only resist around the carriage and fight with the enemy to the death, and in the end, the soldiers all fought bloodily.

"Dingding, dingding!"

At this time, the voice of Mingjin sounded in Cao Junjun's army.

After hearing this order, the Cao army, which was besieging around, immediately began to retreat like a tide.

Shen Chen had three wounds on his body, covered in blood, Han water and blood water were intertwined, and after Cao Jun retreated, he leaned on the carriage and gasped.

"Quick, let's collect arrows."

He stood up strongly, although he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he was half a man, but his physical strength was still weak, and he was almost tired and paralyzed.

The surrounding soldiers are slightly better, after all, they are raised by sufficient meat, eggs and milk, and a Huangmenting soldier is much greater than Cao Jun in terms of strength and strength, and his physical strength and endurance are also stronger than Cao Jun after years of training.

Although they were less than 3,000 men, the defensive line shrank into a circle, and each carriage was guarded by at least a dozen soldiers, taking turns to fight in turn, and cooperating closely, barely resisting the onslaught of Cao's army, which was several times their size.

At this time, there were corpses of Cao Jun everywhere outside the carriage, most of them were killed by bows and crossbows during the first two rounds of charge, and there were not many people killed in melee battles in the back. And the people of Huangmen Pavilion also suffered heavy casualties, and in just half an hour, they lost two or three hundred companions who got along day and night.

Taking advantage of this respite, Shen Chen immediately commanded the soldiers to collect arrows while closely observing the movements of Cao's army. Their position is not large, only two-thirds the size of a playground, and it is easier to support each other.

"Ah Chen, Ah Chen."

At this moment, Deng Zhao hurriedly ran over and shouted to him, "Come here." ”

Shen Chen immediately ran over and came to the eastern defense line.

There were not many Cao troops on the eastern defensive line, and the main pressure was on the north and west, that is, the post road and the mountain ambush on the left.

And Cao Cao's cavalry was in the east, galloping before, because of the fear of the carriage camp and did not dare to rush into battle, Deng Zhao also led hundreds of people to watch them, and now there seems to be something unusual here.

"Shen Chen!"

In the darkness of the night, someone in the cavalry formation came out of the crowd, a stone's throw away, that is, one hundred and twenty or thirty meters, and shouted loudly to this side.

"Cao Cao!"

Shen Chen's eyes were red, he would never forget this person in his life.

That person was Cao Cao.

The second time the two sides met, it was still on the battlefield.

It's as if two people would never see each other on any other occasion.

Cao Cao rode on horseback and shouted: "If you are willing to surrender, you will not be to blame for the past!" ”

"You're dreaming!"

Shen Chen also responded: "The blood debts of hundreds of relatives gathered in Zhangyang, I still have to recover from you, the blood debts of hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, you still can't escape." ”

"Ignorance!"

Cao Cao said coldly: "Lone Feng welcomes the Son of Heaven, and goes against Lonely, do you know what will happen?" ”

Shen Chen said indifferently: "What kind of flattery do you have to welcome the Son of Heaven, but you are just coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes." How can those who have achieved great things in the world not have great righteousness? You have no virtue, the sky will not punish you, I will punish you! ”

"I have no virtue?"

Cao Cao said: "Why am I not virtuous? ”

Shen Chen shouted: "I heard that the emperor has a training, and the people can not be approached. The people are only Bangben, Bengu Bangning! Is it true that you are in Yanzhou, gluttonous and unrestrained, hurting and abusing the people, and killing hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou? ”

Cao Cao was silent.

Shen Chen said again: "Gai Wenming's main plan is to control the change, and the loyal ministers are worried that it will be difficult to establish power!" You are in Xuchang, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, manipulating power, invading officials and tyrannizing the country, and pretending to be a ruler; Attracted the edict of the Son of Heaven, is this true? ”

Cao Cao didn't speak again.

Shen Chen continued: "I also heard that you set up the commander of the Qiu Zhonglang and the captain of the golden school, and the stumps you encountered, all the remains were exposed. Being in the position of the Three Princes, and acting in a state of recklessness, polluting the country and abusing the people, and poisoning people and ghosts, what is this called virtuous? ”

Cao Cao just watched quietly, unable to refute.

Shen Chen finally smiled and said: "I heard that you wrote a new poem last year, which is moderately said that "white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles". Aren't you the cause of all this? The ruthlessness of your heart, the arrogance of others, the extremism of your handling of things, and the stench of your literary style. Thou art a man who has no father, no mother, no king, no minister, and no family and country in his eyes, and is worthy of being called a virtuous person? ”

"Beat the drums, fire the arrows!"

Cao Cao just said the last sentence flatly.

These things are indeed what he did, and there is little room for refutation.

But Cao Cao never believed in any morality and righteousness, he only believed in the power and soldiers in his hands.

Even if the means are ruthless and unscrupulous, so what?

The one who wins is the strongest!

An order was given, and the drums rang out again.

Cao Jun and Shen Chenjun suffered a loss in the previous shooting because Shen Chen had cover, but they didn't.

But now Shen Chenjun's arrows were almost used, and countless arrows rained down, overwhelmingly attacking Shen Chenjun.

In an instant, the screams were repeated, and Shen Chenjun's casualties increased rapidly.

Soon those bunkers used for cover on the outside were densely packed with arrows, and Shen Chen in the inner circle had a sword and shield hand, but even the shield could not hide such a dense rain of arrows.

Although Cao Cao transferred most of them to Guandu, he still had tens of thousands of arrows with him, and if they were all swayed, it would be enough to turn all these 3,000 people into hedgehogs.

Guan Yu in the distance was now jumping violently, he was not by Cao Cao's side at this time, but as a general, he led a part of the cavalry to watch from a distance.

The reason why Cao Cao wanted to persuade Shen Chen to surrender just now was that Cao Jun had already consumed Shen Chen's arrows at a great cost, and second, he actually hoped that Shen Chen would surrender, so as to avoid Nanyang's worries.

But now that Shen Chen refused, then today is your life and death. After the rain of arrows is over, the Cao army will definitely launch a new offensive, but when the time comes, Shen Chen's army will inevitably be annihilated.

Guan Yu now knew that Cao Cao was deceiving him, and now seeing that Shen Chen's condition was critical, he wanted to rush over and cut Cao Cao with a knife.

What made him hesitate was that Xu Chu and Xiahou Yuan were by Cao Cao's side, and he might not be able to succeed.

What's more, even if Cao Cao is chopped, he relies on the red rabbit horse, and it is easy to get out. But Shen Chen still couldn't run away, Li Tong, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, and they wouldn't let Shen Chen go, and the two sisters-in-law were still in Xudu......

For a while, Guan Yu was extremely entangled.

And just when he hesitated, Cao Cao's bow and arrow were almost used, and a new round of attacks began.

Cao's army, which was on all sides, began to launch a final onslaught against Shen Chen's army.

At this moment, the open space occupied by Shen Chenjun was densely packed with arrows, as well as a large number of soldiers' corpses.

However, everyone relied on the carriage, and barely dodged the arrows with the help of the angle formed by the carriage, and even if there was no position, it was the sword and shield holding the shield and curled up.

Therefore, although there were countless rains of arrows, the losses caused were only five or six hundred, and two thousand soldiers survived with great difficulty.

The Cao army attacked again, and they also got into the carriage with their swords one after another, and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Cao army.

The fierce battle continued for another half hour.

And at this moment, on the road in the distance, there was a sudden rumbling sound of a large number of wheels rolling.

Shen Chen was hit by an arrow in the shoulder of his left arm at this moment, and he endured the severe pain and used his right arm to hold the ring head knife to assist Shen Tao in the battle, and slashed and killed a Cao army who rushed to the carriage with difficulty.

Fortunately, while they occupied the geographical advantage, Cao Cao also helped, because there were too many arrows on the carriage, which caused Cao Jun to be difficult to climb, but it was difficult to capture, so he could only use halberds and spears to stab the carriage, but the carriage was full of stones, and the stabbing could not be broken, so the two sides fell into a stalemate.

When they heard the sound of wheels rolling, everyone instinctively looked south.

I saw that in the darkness of the night, there were 800 people dressed in brocade clothes, rushing towards the battlefield quickly, and the leader rode on horseback, and shouted angrily: "Bajun Ganning is here, Ah Chen, you hold on for a while, I'm coming!" ”

Behind him were more than 2,000 chariots, and more than 6,000 soldiers and horses.

The battle has been fought so far, in fact, more than two hours have passed, because Shen Chen has been killed through three blocking battles, and he has been killed for another half an hour when he arrives here, and before Shen Chen ordered Gan Ning to rush to the aid after half an hour, but now it is an hour late.

It was because after Gan Ning followed, the scout cavalry sent to discover this situation, which caused Gan Ning, who had only led 5,000 people, to return to Kunyang again, take the chariot, and gather all the soldiers and horses in the city to come to the rescue.

That's why it's late.

But the good news is that the combat efficiency in the era of cold weapons is not high, and it is possible to fight for a day in a fierce battle, so even if he is an hour late, he came just right.

The rumbling chariot rushed towards the formation on the periphery of the Cao army, and the Cao army had to choose to disperse.

There were torches everywhere in the night, and Cao Jun didn't know how many people came, and they were charged by 2,000 chariots, which caused the original formation to be scattered, and it was difficult to organize a new offensive in a short time.

Seeing that Gan Ning was finally here, Shen Chen immediately cheered up and shouted, "Reinforcements are coming, kill!" ”

"Kill!"

Huangmen Pavilion puffed up Yu Yong, and actually rushed out of the carriage camp and killed outside.

The front and back attacks were flanked all at once, causing chaos in the outer Cao army.

Cao Cao thought it was too late to command the battle, so he could only ring the golden cymbals and let the soldiers retreat first, and then make plans when the formation was organized.

But Gan Ning did not relent, and continued to attack the Cao army's array, Cao Cao commanded the cavalry to shoot arrows, and killed a part of Gan Ning's soldiers.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.