Chapter 181: Able to Sho Xu Huang
Gan Ning, Hu Xiong, and Han Guan attacked from the left, center and right wings, and the Han army ran quickly in small steps, trying their best to maintain a neat formation, and the Han archers kept shooting arrows at the Cao army, but the accuracy was not good.
Xu Huang watched the Han army take the initiative to attack, his heart was ecstatic, and his face was still calm: "Beat the drum and give the order, Wen Lie, I will lead the cavalry to block the thief army, and you will lead the rest of the generals to pretend to escape and form a formation."
I will attack Gan Ning, pretend that I can't block the two wings, let them chase you, you retreat as you go, and lead the thief army into the mountain! Cao Xiu agreed.
Xu Huang turned his head to the herald and said, "Send someone to order Zhang He to lead his foot soldiers to join the battle and keep pressure on the thief army!" The herald departed.
Xu Huang concentrated more than 1,000 cavalry to turn over and form a formation, rushing towards the Han army, Gan Ning saw this and ordered: "It is difficult for us to attack the cavalry on foot, and now it is the Cao army that has lost its courage and failed to come back to its senses, Xu Huang is known as a prestige, and wants to attract our army with Wu Yong and Cao Jiang's identity, and give the cavalry time to regroup, so you can't be fooled."
I led the troops to resist Xu Huang, and Hu Xiong and Han Guan continued to pursue the cavalry of the Cao army, forcing the enemy to have no time to line up! "Hu Xiong and Han Guan received the order.
Xu Huang came straight to Ganning, and the guerrillas fired arrows around the Han army, but unfortunately there were too few soldiers and horses, and they were forced back by the Han army with bows and arrows too close, and the arrows shot too far were powerless.
Gan Ning wanted to surround Xu Huang twice in a row, but he was cleverly got rid of it, Gan Ning saw that it was not easy to get it, so he didn't bother to concentrate on moving forward to meet Hu Xiong and Han Guan.
Han Guan and Hu Xiong on both wings rushed to the Cao cavalry who were far away, and coordinated the attack from the left and right, and the Cao cavalry was constantly shot or fell off the horse, making it seem that the Cao army was panicked.
Xu Huang looked at Chen Su beside him, Chen Su understood, Xu Huang was injured by arrows in the pull with Gan Ning, and after losing half of the cavalry, he left the battle.
Cao Jun pretended to panic and slowed down, and the Han army saw that the arrows kept shooting, and the startled Cao army scattered and fled.
Xu Huang led two hundred cavalry to retreat, and at this time, many of Cao's troops fell off their horses, and the Han army caught up. Cao Jun Captain Chen Su led the Cao cavalry to lay down their weapons, take off their armor, dismount and pretend to surrender.
Gan Ning did not have any doubts when he saw Cao Jun's appearance, the Han army had an absolute advantage in terms of strength and battlefield situation, and it was impossible for other Cao army reinforcements to appear nearby.
Gan Ning sent people to surrender, the time was urgent, and there was no way to send it to Zhao Lei, so Gan Ning detained Chen Su and others in the army and led the army to continue to advance.
The surrender of the Cao army increased Gan Ning's confidence, which proved that the Cao army was demoralized, and he was determined to solve the battle in the fastest way. Now he is worried that the attack will be too slow, so that Cao Jun can slip away.
Hu Xiong and Han Guan chased after Cao Jun and gradually moved in the direction of Shashan, Cao Xiu glanced at the Han Jun behind him and said: "If a swarm of bees flock into Shashan and Puya Mountain, I am afraid it will arouse the suspicion of the thief army!" ”
After thinking about it, Cao Xiu said to Zhong Lian and other generals: "A few of you lead hundreds of cavalry to retreat in all directions, Zhong Lian, you lead five hundred people to flash aside and shout, 'Don't retreat to the mountain, the mountains are dense with trees, the cavalry can't be used, go around quickly' and then you pretend to block the thief army, and retreat twice!" Zhong Lian and the others took the order.
Hu Xiong and Han Guan followed closely, and many Han soldiers had begun to gasp for breath because of the long run.
The Cao army drilled into the mountain, Zhong Lian and the five hundred cavalry deliberately shouted, the Han army Cao army heard all the words, and many Cao cavalry did not stop after hearing it.
Cao Xiu immediately ordered the guards to shout back: "Zhong Lian, are you bullying the general and not knowing the soldiers?" The dense forest in the mountains just stopped the thief army, so that the thief army could not play the advantage of numbers, and I could turn defeat into victory with my horsepower and the thief! ”
Hu Xiong was overjoyed when he heard this: "General Cao is really confused, the cavalry can only exert its combat power when galloping in the wilderness, and the horses entering the mountains are useless, they will be stumped by trees, and they can't be used, and the cavalry will become infantry."
Our army is superior in numbers to General Cao, and we can't help but win if we go around, and the horses are all ours! ”
Hu Xiong ordered to stop for the time being, reorganize the slightly scattered formation, and leave time for Cao's army to go as far as possible into the mountains.
Hu Xiong saw from a distance that there were many trees on the mountain, and the cavalry would definitely have to suffer, so he didn't have to worry about the cavalry of Cao's army running away, so he would take a break for now, and wait for the cavalry to follow up after all the cavalry entered the mountain.
The Han army rested for a while, but Cao Xiu became nervous, and it was not because he drew a snake to attract the suspicion of the Han army, but for now he could only move forward.
Hu Xiong lined up tightly and began to enter the mountain, Cao Xiu's hanging heart was only put down, Hu Xiong did not let down his guard, and arranged a large number of soldiers and horses in the jungle on both sides to investigate, observing whether there were gentle slopes around that could allow the cavalry to gallop.
The Shashan and Puya Mountains in front of him made Hu Xiong feel very relieved, there were all trees on the mountain, but they were sparse and different, but they were not in the way! Gan Ning got rid of Xu Huang and then rushed over.
Hu Xiong sent someone to report, Gan Ning did not doubt him, and the whole team led the troops to enter later.
After entering the narrow terrain in the mountains, he killed hundreds of backward Cao troops along the way and captured horses.
The morale of the Han army was high, everyone wanted to kill a Cao army to get a battle feat, the Han army marched forward bravely, and went deep into the middle section of the mountain, the terrain in the middle section was wider than the entrance, and it could accommodate more than ten people side by side.
The soldiers and horses on the mountain reported that the cavalry of Cao's army had assembled on the mountain, as if they were about to charge down. Hu Xiong laughed and said: "The mountain is full of trees, how can the cavalry rush down?" ”
Hu Xiong commanded the Han army to take advantage of the terrain and forest cover to occupy both sides of the mountain and Puya Mountain, and gradually approached the mountain.
When the Han army tried to use the trees to enclose the fence, something surprising happened, and the trees that had been standing suddenly fell down in unison, and the Cao army cut off the ropes supporting the trees, put all the trees down, and cleared the roads leading to the bottom of the mountain.
Hu Xiong broke out in a cold sweat, and roared and shouted: "Formation, formation!" Stand back, Mingjin, don't rush into the mountains in the back, this is a trap! ”
It's a pity that it's late, and the long-awaited cost rate of troops rushed out of the hills on both sides violently, and the condescending environment increased the impact of the cavalry.
In the pursuit, the terrain made it impossible for the Han army to ensure its integrity, and after the cavalry lined up on the hill broke down the two hastily arranged shield walls, the Han army was unable to resist and was in chaos.
The cost divided the cavalry attack band on the mountain into several arrays, and killed them in batches according to the arranged formation, and launched a general attack on the Han army, which was becoming more and more chaotic under the continuous impact.
When the Han army unconsciously introduced the trap, Xu Huang on the outside of the mountain had already begun to gather all the scattered cavalry, detoured back to the back of the Han army to attack, and completed the initial encirclement.
Cao Xiu, who lured the Han army in, gathered troops and horses, he mobilized the cavalry of the Cao army, turned over and attacked from the front, and cooperated with the Cao army to ambush the Han army on the mountain, and stunned the Han army in the mountains in one fell swoop.
Of course, not all cavalry participated in the battle, after all, the terrain in the mountains was limited, in order to ensure that the cavalry could maneuver enough, many Cao cavalry dismounted, occupied high places to shoot arrows and throw spears.
Cao Jun's drums beat violently, the sun reflected the cold light of the blades, and Cao Jun shouted and fought with the rushing Han soldiers and horses!
The sharp slash and assassination of the blades, the flesh and bones were scattered, the blood was splashed, the eyes were red, and the sound of the blades clashing was mixed with the sound of a miserable howl and roar, and the Cao army hunted and killed the Han army that was huddled together.
Under the leadership of Cao Xiu, Xu Huang, Fei and others, the cavalry of the Cao army launched a fierce attack on the Han army in batches, and at the same time exerted pressure on both flanks of the Han army, stirring up the chaos of the Han army.
Hu Xiong and Han Guan commanded the Han army to retreat, but instead collided with the infantry reinforced by Gan Ning, trampled on each other, and huddled together.
The portrait of the melee has completely lost its rationality, Cao Jun's face is floating, his heart is jumping, and all he thinks about in his mind is kill, kill, kill! The Han army in front of you is official positions and gold and silver.
The Han generals Hu Xiong, Han Guan, and the Han army beside them desperately resisted the Cao army, but most of the Han soldiers showed a trembling expression of panic on their faces, and their fighting spirit gradually lost, obviously showing an extremely frightened look. They scrambled around, panicked, and some even slipped out quietly.
Xu Huang led the gathered 2,000 cavalry to launch a charge, attacking the Han army from the flank and rear in two ways.
Xu Huang attacked the Han army scouts had already found out the report, and Gan Ning immediately reacted and ordered the Han army to stop and turn over and line up to resist.
It's a pity that when the shield wall of the Han army's array gradually took shape, the front army was attacked by the Cao army and rushed to retreat, and the rear army wanted to line up to block the Cao army, so it slowly withdrew.
Gan Ning rode back and forth in the formation, loudly reprimanding the Han army to calm down, and ordered the captains, captains and other generals to gather the soldiers under their command, but unfortunately Xu Huang did not give the Han army enough time.
The cavalry of the Cao army roared again and again, rushing swiftly like a wave, the horse's hooves raised behind him and set off billowing smoke and dust, the battle flag hunting and flying, and Xu Huang took the lead in cutting into the Han army formation.
Cao Jun was very sensible, and in order to prevent the army from completely disorganized due to the selfless charge, he finally fell into the siege of the Han army, which was numerous.
Xu Huang made people raise the flag high, and the cavalry of the Cao army desperately beat the horses, so that the horses did not stop, and the two Cao cavalry did not blindly charge towards the center of the Han army, but looked for the weak point of the Han army to cooperate with the cross attack.
After sprinting through the Han army on the edge, the formation was regrouped, and the process of charging - penetrating the formation - forming a whole team - charging was repeated, and the Han army was completely disrupted by the repeated attacks.
At the critical moment of the confrontation between the two armies, Chen Su and other Cao troops who had surrendered suddenly took advantage of the chaos to suddenly grab the blades and attack and kill the Han army.
Seeing that Chen Su and the others had no armor and blades, the Han army thought that Cao Jun was no threat, and he didn't care about it in the army, but now he suddenly attacked, which made the chaotic situation even worse, Chen Su and Cao Jun shouted while chopping and chopping: "Defeated, defeated, flee!" "Many people in the Han army don't know why, there are really people who keep retreating.
At the critical moment of the battle, Gan Ning led his guards to kill Chen Su's and other Cao troops who caused chaos, but they were unable to reverse the situation, and the Han army was still in chaos.
Xu Huang noticed Gan Ning, the so-called capture of the thief and the king, Xu Huang immediately gave an order, and the two Cao cavalry killed in the direction of Gan Ning, and Gan Ning also noticed the Cao cavalry, but he was not timid.
Gan Ning stepped forward with a big sword, encouraging the Han army to meet the battle, the two armies were separated by a stone's throw away, Xu Huang raised the command flag, and the Cao army took out the prepared bow and arrows, and shot them in the direction of Gan Ning.
Gan Ning danced the knife to block or was hit by several arrows in his body, Gan Ning endured the pain and broke the feather arrow with force to avoid secondary injury.
Xu Huang continued to look at Gan Ning's place to kill, and Gan Ning attacked him, and his personal guards were scattered.
The Han army of the former army was even more defeated, and Cao Xiu was extremely brave, charging and slashing the Han army from all directions on his horse, and almost no one could stop its ferocious attack.
Cao Xiu waved his long knife to open the way, and the Cao army followed, and the big sword Changge cut down the Han army one by one like a sickle harvesting wheat, and those who were alive saw the fierce light of the blade, and they dodged and retreated, running and scattering.
The 20,000 Han troops were in chaos - fleeing - breaking up - and finally escaped in disorder, trampling on each other, between lightning and fire.
Cao Xiu and Xu Huang knew that the time had come to complete their final plan, and the two tacitly gave an order: the cavalry immediately formed a team and launched the final blow against the defeated Han army.
The front army completely collapsed, the situation was out of control, Hu Xiong and Han Guan rode and ran, desperately fleeing to the mountain pass, and the two saw Gan Ning in a hurry to meet in the confusion.
At this time, there were only seventeen people left around Gan Ning and some overwhelmed standard-bearers. Gan Ning was stabbed several times in his body, and he was bleeding too much, and he couldn't support it.
Gan Ning's courageous character made Gan Ning reject the suggestion of his own guards to abandon the army and leave, and insisted on standing up the general flag to continue the battle.
Fortunately, the Han army was crowded together to block the road, and Xu Huang did not have many cavalry, so he couldn't rush in for a while.
Hu Xiong looked around and knew that staying here would be useless, Hu Xiong said to Han Guan: "Han Guan, you lead General Gan to retreat in ordinary soldiers' clothes and armor, and I will stay here to hold Cao Jun!" ”
Han Guan shook his head and pointed to the three arrows in his body and said: "I have been injured, I'm afraid I can't support the withdrawal, it's better to stay here and kill Cao Jun more, if I'm lucky, I can retreat, General Hu, you quickly withdraw with the general!" ”
Hu Xiong pulled the war horse and said: "You are just a captain, why do you gather troops and horses to resist in such a situation, don't be verbose, my banner is more useful than yours, you go first, I will retreat later!" ”
Han Guan couldn't resist Hu Xiong, so he immediately changed the drowsy Gan Ning into clothes and armor and blended into the Han army.
When Xu Huang launched another surprise attack into the formation, Han Guan led more than 30 people to quickly break away with Gan Ning.
Xu Huang paid attention to the surroundings of the battlefield, and suddenly saw the thirty horsemen leaving, and he was suspicious, and circled the horse to catch up to see what was going on.
Hu Xiong had already gathered more than 300 people and tried his best to stop them.
When Han Guan retreated, Cao Jun's rangers approached, and they were all picked off.
Everyone ran non-stop, Han Guan suddenly rushed to the back of a chill, and when he looked back, he happened to see Xu Huang slashing Hu Xiong to death, and he couldn't help crying.
Xu Huang saw that more than 30 horses were far away, so he ignored them and continued to besiege the Han army.
The war stopped, and the corpses on the mountains and Puya Mountains covered the mountains and fields, blocked the dense forests, and connected them for more than ten miles. There were also a large number of Han troops who could not escape and became prisoners of Cao's army.
The Battle of Shashan ended in a complete victory for Cao's army.