Chapter 670: Cao Cao's plan, Yang Zhao's counterattack
Cao Cao's temporary change of formation was unexpected by all of them.
Seeing that a large number of Cao troops were killed again, cooperating with Cao Cao to change the formation, preparing to strangle Yang Zhao's thousands of people in the array, they were all a little anxious.
A long snake formation, the beginning and the end rolled to the middle at the same time, Yang Zhao and the others were surrounded in an instant, the original advantage turned into a disadvantage at this time, and the pressure increased greatly.
"Block!"
Yang Zhao shouted, waving a spear in his hand.
The Cao soldiers who were close to him were killed a lot by him.
Dian Wei's strength is not weak, and they can be blocked with troops.
They knew very well that they didn't have to resist for too long, their army was outside, and seeing the changes here, Jia Xu and they would definitely react to the rescue.
"Heavy, go to the Savior."
"Another 50,000 people will attack Cao Ying."
"Do it!"
It was Jia Xu who passed down the order first.
The soldiers in the army took direct action.
More than a dozen machine gunners set up the machine gun on the ground, aimed the muzzle of the gun at Cao Jun in front, pulled the trigger to shoot, and the bullets swept wildly, and the Cao soldiers on the periphery of the long snake formation fell down in response.
"Get down, shieldman, protect above!"
The moment Yang Zhao heard the machine gun go off, he understood that the people outside had come to save them.
Fearing that they would be injured by mistake, they had to lie on the ground.
Everyone understood and threw themselves on the ground.
The shield bearer got the order, raised the shield, lay on top of Yang Zhao and them, and used the shield to resist the attack of the Cao army's soldiers, and the swords and guns all fell on the shield.
Gunfire continued to ring out on the periphery.
The Cao soldiers who were about to strangle Yang Zhao fell one after another, and the remaining Cao soldiers finally discovered the situation on the periphery, and when they saw that the people around them were constantly being shot down, they were a little panicked, afraid of those bullets, and saw that Cao Cao had run away, so they ran around.
As soon as Cao's army was in chaos, the soldiers outside stopped the gunfire, worried that they would accidentally injure Yang Zhao and them.
Yang Zhao listened to the movement for a while, understood that the opportunity to counterattack had come, and shouted: "Get up all and fight back!" ”
The shield-bearers quickly separated.
Yang Zhao and the others below jumped up as soon as possible, killed the chaotic Cao Jun soldiers, and directly counterattacked.
"Five more thousand people to assist the lord." Xun Yu ordered.
Five thousand soldiers left the camp and went to Yang Zhao's side to kill them, and pressed the Cao army soldiers who had just formed a long snake formation to the ground and rubbed them.
Cao Cao, who fled back to the camp first, saw the formation outside, and was so easily broken by violence, and understood that the war with Yang Zhao was about to start directly, and it could no longer be delayed.
"Defense!"
Cao Cao shouted.
The whole army of the Cao army was defending in the Cao camp, but their defense, in Yang Zhao's opinion, was vulnerable, and they directly bombarded it with artillery and mortars, and all the defenses were shattered between a collision.
The firepower covered for a while, and the 50,000 troops behind were killed from the collapsed defense of the Cao army, and the Cao army resisted with difficulty, but after resisting for a while, another mortar shell fell from the sky, blowing up the Cao soldiers who were about to resist.
In Cao's army, there was chaos.
Junxin was quickly blown up by firearms, where could Cao Cao have thought that the collapse would come so quickly, before Yang Zhao didn't attack directly, it was regarded as giving him face as an old friend, and wanted to play with him.
Now attacking in earnest, Cao Cao's defense, directly collapsed.
"Come into town!"
Cao Cao eagerly led the people around him to escape to Wancheng not far away.
The army all retreated, and they didn't want to fight Yang Zhao, and they didn't dare to fight again, especially when they saw that Cao Cao had run away, and if they continued to fight, it was not much different from sending them to death.
They had to retreat all to the city to avoid the bombardment of firearms.
After retreating into the city, Cao Cao ordered all the city gates to be closed, but before it was too late to close the city, a burst of artillery appeared, and the city gates were blasted open like paper.
"Into town!"
Yang Zhao said loudly.
The soldiers around him, defended with shields, and then used gunmen to suppress the enemy as cover, and successfully entered the city, with the assistance of powerful weapons, Cao Cao's side could not stop it at all.
"Zhicai, what should I do?"
Cao Cao asked anxiously.
Xi Zhong hurriedly said: "Lord, Wancheng can't be defended, let's run away!" ”
Cao Cao had long wanted to escape, and when he reached such a situation, he could only escape, and after listening to Xi Zhong's words, he hurriedly said: "Withdraw from Wancheng and go back to Xinye, go quickly!" ”
Cao Jun could only abandon Wancheng and no longer defend.
As soon as they retreated, Yang Zhao's march was smoother, and he quickly controlled the entire city, and then chased him out of the city directly, chasing and killing Cao Cao who had escaped.
Cao Cao sat on his war horse, running and looking behind him.
I saw Yang Zhao leading the troops, chasing very quickly, but he kept urging him to run away.
"Cao Cao, the one in the red robe!"
Yang Zhao shouted and ordered the soldiers to kill in Cao Cao's direction, and if possible, take Cao Cao down.
Cao Cao heard this shout, and quickly took off his red robe and threw it aside.
Yang Zhao said again: "Cao Cao, the long-haired one!" ”
Cao Cao had no choice but to draw his sword from its sheath and cut off the beard on his chin.
"Cao Cao, the short-haired man!"
Just after cutting his beard, Yang Zhao's voice came from behind him.
Cao Cao: "......"
You're meowing, and there's no end to it?
Cao Cao could only pull a flag, wrap his chin, and continue to escape.
Wei Yan was behind Cao Cao, and when he saw Yang Zhao and them, he rode his horse and chased after them very quickly.
There is also the Xuanjia Elite Rider, who shoots while chasing and killing in the rear.
Not only the cavalry chased after them, but even the infantry were chasing after them in the rear, biting their rear troops tightly, Wei Yan shouted loudly: "Light our explosives and throw them back!" ”
The Cao soldiers in the back row quickly got this order, lit the fuse of the explosive bag in their hands, and threw it at the pursuers in the rear.
This method of breaking off the rear was learned by them from Yang Zhao, and the effect seemed to be quite good, as soon as the explosive bag was thrown out, the soldiers chasing after saw this and dodged one after another.
If you can't dodge, you will be blown up directly.
Several times like this, Yang Zhao and the others didn't dare to chase too closely, and they were soon escaped by Cao Cao.
"Stop!"
Yang Zhao waved his hand.
The army chasing behind him all stopped and looked in the direction of Cao's army fleeing to the south.
"This can't kill Cao Cao."
Tai Shici said with some pity: "Maybe it's him, and his life shouldn't be extinguished." ”
Yang Zhao said: "It is true that our fate should not be extinguished, let's go back to Wancheng first, and then consider whether to continue to Jingzhou." ”
Wancheng was like this, and it was easily taken down by Yang Zhao and them.
After fighting with Cao Cao for a few days, Cao Cao was given enough opportunities, but he was not able to defend the city.
After entering the city, they immediately took control of the military equipment and the warehouse, and then appeased the people.
Yang Zhao also sent the shadow out to find out Cao Cao's current movements, and prepared to carry out the next plan, if possible, to directly attack Xinye, defeat all the defense lines north of Xiangyang, and reach the city of Xiangyang.