Chapter 270: Cao Zhen is bait, luring the snake out of the hole
Outside Wuhuan City, Huang Xu led the white cavalry to charge back and forth in Cao Zhen's army and strafed no less than ten times, directly killing most of the enemies.
But at this time, Cao Chun, who escaped the catastrophe, didn't know when he also came here.
However, seeing that the drawbridge had been lowered in Wuhuan City, his face became more and more solemn.
thought that the opening of the city gate was his only hope for survival, but who would have thought that he would encounter Huang Xu's group of evil stars again.
Not only did he cut the rope of the drawbridge god, but even the soldiers who came out to support it were all slaughtered by the evil star.
At this moment, Cao Chun and Cao Zhen with the only remaining three or four hundred people were all in deep despair.
Speaking of which, this is the first time that the two have fought side by side since the estrangement by the river, and Cao Zhen's heart is full of resentment.
If Cao Chun had followed his advice earlier, the armies of the two sides would have watched each other, and I am afraid that the 30,000 army would not have ended up today.
Not to mention, at least in the first confrontation with Huang Xu, he would not lose so miserably.
"I said, nephew, it looks like we can't run away right now."
Cao Chun straddled the horse, panting, looking very tired, and even the long sword in his hand was faintly likely to fall.
But the most exhausting thing was the war horse under him, even if it was just standing, and its limbs were trembling slightly.
"Alright, let's say a few words!"
Cao Zhen was angry when he heard him speak, what situation did he not know at the moment?
But ······ Looking at the shattered soldiers who came out of the city gate to support but were killed in an instant, he really didn't know how to answer the other party.
Now, no matter how stupid he is, he can see that the plan that he originally thought was to hit Huang Xu and others hard was a joke at all.
Right now, on the contrary, his army was killed by Huang Xu, leaving no armor behind.
Obviously, Wuhuan City is close at hand, although there are not many cavalry in the city, but there are thousands of people, but no one can walk in front of him.
Huang Xu, this kid is really ruthless.
surrounded himself and Cao Chun without killing, just to attract the soldiers in the city to come out.
The lives of the two generals, how dare they neglect to defend the city in the city?
But if they wanted to save people, they would have to pay a lot of soldiers' lives.
I don't know who is responsible for such a treacherous way of playing.
He didn't think badly, this kind of encirclement strategy was specially prepared by Xi Yu for these black and white horsemen who were good at attacking from afar.
"Damn, there's not even a way out!"
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't find a way out, Cao Zhen sighed deeply, and he was almost exhausted at the moment.
Looking at Cao Zhen, who was not much better than himself, Cao Chun's face became more and more ugly.
He looked into the distance, and then said softly, "Actually······ We still have hope, you look east. ”
"East?"
Cao Zhen turned his head when he heard this, but he was stunned when he saw a sheep intestine trail that could become a road, and this path seemed to only pass one person at a time!
"You······ What do you mean by that? ”
"You get out!"
Cao Chun said lightly: "Although I am a generation older than you, but the army is literacy, and I am inferior to you, you are the future of my Cao Army, and the responsibility of the general of his clan will definitely fall on you!" ”
"So······ Tear off your armor! ”
"Drop your armor? I? This ······ Why is that? ”
Cao Zhen was a little confused, he couldn't guess the other party's thoughts at all.
"If I tell you to fade, you will fade, what kind of nonsense? Fast! ”
Seeing that he was still hesitating, Cao Chun couldn't control his emotions anymore, and roared in a low voice: "I don't have the strength to escape anymore, and you still have a little strength left, although this move is dangerous, it is your only chance to escape!" ”
"What happens in the future, it's up to you to make it!"
Cao Zhen trembled at this sentence, but he also understood the other party's intentions.
"What do you mean—"
"Alright, hurry up, it's better than everyone dying!"
Cao Chun said lightly, his eyes full of grief and indignation.
Seeing this, Cao Zhen no longer hesitated, immediately dropped his weapon, took off his battle armor, and dismounted his war horse when everyone was not paying attention.
"Grab some more dirt, cover your face, roll around on the ground, and then leave with the defectors!"
The position of the two of them right now happened to be hidden by the dense mountain, so that no one noticed when they were doing these actions.
After a few more brief conversations, they made an escape plan.
After a while, there was a shouting from the side of the forest, and the two seemed to have an argument over something, and then the soldiers of both sides also fought.
"Hey, this is the beginning of infighting?"
Huang Xu, who was not far away, looked at all this, his eyes were full of playfulness.
His white cavalry has not lost many people recently, and the overall number is still above 1,000, but it has taken advantage of the battlefield and is out of the limelight.
Now looking at the infighting inside the enemy like a turtle in an urn, it really makes him happy to watch.
However······
What is the cause of their confusion at such a critical juncture?
"There's a problem!"
"It's not hard to guess."
Seeing Huang Xu's curiosity, Wang Long took the initiative to step forward and said, "When I inquired about the news earlier, I learned that when Cao Zhen and Cao Chun were camping near Jinghe, they didn't deal with each other. ”
"At that time, Cao Zhen sent someone to Cao Chun and said that if he wanted the two armies to get closer to each other, it was best for the two sides to jointly strengthen the defense system to prevent our sneak attack, but who would have thought that Cao Chun not only didn't listen, but also beat up the person sent by Cao Zhen to spread the word."
"Oh? And this one? ”
Huang Xu, who was still a little skeptical, suddenly smiled when he heard this, and he was in a good mood.
Although the life and death of these people were already in his own hands, he was naturally happy to see the enemy fighting among himself at such a critical juncture.
"Since it's an infighting, then let's not rush forward, just rest here for a while, and watch the play by the way."
"But you must always be vigilant about the movements on the side of Wuhuan City, their soldiers have been partially eliminated by us, if anyone comes out again, decisively attack the city!"
"No!"
······
Wrapped in a layer of mud and changed into a soldier's armor, Cao Zhen, who made himself unkempt, is really just like an ordinary soldier.
At this time, I'm afraid that Cao Zhen and his mother may not be able to recognize their own son.
After all, his son is a majestic general, how could he be so embarrassed that he was abused like this?
Yes, abuse!
Because behind him, Cao Chun was riding a tall horse and kept waving his whip at him.
The two sides are obviously in the same camp, but they are chased by the other party and hide in Tibet, such scenes are really heart-wrenching to watch.
Of course, the only ones who have this feeling are the guards stationed in the guards in Wuhuan City.
Seeing this scene, an anxious soldier guarding the city couldn't help but speak: "Look, general, there must be a rebellion in the army outside the city, if we don't send troops again, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of the soldiers!" ”
"Do you still have to say that? General Ben knows, everyone, please come with me on the expedition, at least bring those two generals back! ”
"No!"
Although there are white horsemen waiting for them below, whether they are sincere or not, they can't really watch the fire from the other side and sit idly by.
After all, the two generals in the mountains and forests were both from the Cao family.
And the current Cao Wei has long become a principality with Yecheng as the capital, if they don't save their clan generals when they see death, I am afraid that they will be severely punished in the future, and it is not impossible to lose their lives, and even worse, they may even implicate their families.
Therefore, even if everyone risked being slaughtered by the white horsemen, they could only rush forward.
"The shield soldiers quickly stepped forward to resist the white horsemen, and the others came with me to rescue the general, brothers, rush!"
As soon as the young defender finished speaking, he was shot through his armor by several sudden cold arrows, and blood splattered everywhere.
Sou! Sou! Sou!
Then three more arrows struck him in the heart, forehead, and neck.
The young general, who was still a little confused in his eyes, fell off his horse like this, and lost his breath.
Huang Xu led another wave of white horsemen, galloping from a slope.
The white horse that was blocked between Cao Zhen and Wu Huan City before was only a small half of his thousands of people.
Long before Cao Zhen came, he divided the white horseman into two, and the white horsemen behind him who were waiting for work were waiting for this moment.
Because some of the defenders had been killed before, once these defenders rushed out, they were afraid that there would be little strength left in the defenders of Wuhuan City.
Huang Xu chose to rush out at this time, just to take Wuhuan City!
Soon, he took the lead in taking the lead and occupied the drawbridge.
Finally, it's time to go on the offensive!
As the guards poured out, the corners of his mouth raised again.
"Kill! Take Wuhuan City! ”
At the sound of an order, the white horsemen from the top of the hill like a torrent of steel decisively ignored the defense of the city, and instead walked towards the city.
To put it bluntly, he fought Wu Huancheng's idea from the beginning.
As for Cao Chun and Cao Zhen, they were just bait wires for him to lure the snake out of the hole.
Wuhuan City is an important pass, although there are no roads on the left and right, but there are many cities that are fortified before and after.
As long as you enter the city by yourself, depending on the terrain here, the army only needs to take care of the enemy troops who come to support you on the front and back roads, and there is no need to worry about the left and right at all.
In addition, since this place is a city, there must be people, so that military rations, grass, and equipment for defending the city must also be readily available.
There are still thousands of people under his hands, and the soldiers are divided into two routes, one in front and one behind, as long as they can hold on for seven days, the war on the front line should almost be over.
With the ability of his father-in-law, this battle will be won, and at that time, he will lead the white horse to retreat.
"This ······ General, this is a lonely city! ”
As the No. 1 white horseman, Wang Lung naturally has some opinions about the battle situation, but he naturally knows what it means to enter the city.
He didn't understand why Huang Xu insisted on going his own way with such a clear situation.
If you go in like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come out again.
"Once we get in, we'll be surrounded by enemy legions—"
"Enter!"
Huang Xu took this problem seriously at all, and with a decisive wave of his hand, he took the lead in rushing towards the suspension bridge, followed by a series of crossbows that fired wildly, and wiped out the surrounding soldiers in a short time.
The white riders who followed ran to the edge of the drawbridge, re-tied and strengthened the ropes that had been cut before, and then put the drawbridge away after all the white riders had entered the city.
The whole process didn't take a cup of tea, and Cao Chun and Cao Zhen in the distance were directly stunned.
Their heads really can't turn right now.
The two of them worked hard to act in such a big scene, just to be able to send Cao Zhen out safely from under Huang Xu's hands.
After all, in terms of Cao Zhen's military talent, as long as he returned to the camp in the rear of Jizhou, he would definitely lead the army to fight again.
Therefore, in order to play more realistically, Cao Chun really whipped Cao Zhen with a whip, and even slapped him several times on his face in order to prevent him from being recognized by the enemy.
But the two of them have played this part, but the other party is ······ Letting yourself go?
What do you mean? This is?
"Shhh Uncle, you are really ruthless, can you tell me what kind of grudge we have? ”
Before Cao Zhen could react, the hot pain on his face awakened his consciousness, and his heart suddenly became angry.
Cao Chun blinked, carefully hid the whip behind him, and sneered: "No, this ······ Nephew, this was an accident, I meant to get you back alive! ”
"Do you want me to go back? You're afraid that I'm not miserable enough, right? ”
Cao Zhen's handsome face was flushed.
Oh no!
Right now, his face was muddy, stained with blood and swollen whip marks.
The little admiration that Fang had just raised for Cao Chun dissipated like smoke in an instant.
Damn, people didn't want to kill themselves at all, it was all Cao Chun who thought too much, and the harmful Lao Tzu was beaten in vain!
However······ Then again.
This Huang Xu has been chasing himself all the way, how could he suddenly let himself go?
Could it be ······ His purpose from beginning to end was not an army of 30,000 at all, but the city of Wuhuan?
"Now that Wuhuan City has been captured by them, and even the drawbridge has been put away, we just want to attack with the current manpower, which is tantamount to a fool's dream!"
"Shall we go back? Go to Quanzhou, see if you can meet the army, if you do, then report to General Yuanrang, let him lead everyone to come! ”
Cao Zhentie's face was blue, his heart was full of sourness, but he couldn't say anything.
The swollen whip marks on his face made him feel like a monkey being watched by everyone, beaten badly, but he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, no one could say it, and no one dared to say it.
Now he really felt that he was extremely uncomfortable all over his body.
Nonsense, he rolled on the ground several times, he was already covered in mud and didn't say anything, and he was beaten violently, and his heart was not very comfortable, he can hold back and not curse now, he is already sensible, where is the heart to fight again?
As for Cao Chun, he is also a little empty now.
He didn't have much strength before, and in order to let Cao Zhen escape, he didn't have any strength left when he swung the whip, and he was completely exhausted at the moment.
The most important thing is that looking at Cao Zhen's colorful face, he is really worried in his heart.
In such a situation, it is natural that Cao Zhen says what he listens to.
Besides, Huang Xu has already entered the city, and he doesn't know what kind of defense it is, just with this little manpower in his hands, I'm afraid it won't be enough for the other party to stuff his teeth.
"Hey! At the moment, we can only do this, we will definitely not be able to attack Wuhuan City, the entire 30,000 army is called Huang Xu to play crippled, not to mention now, there are still more than 1,000 people in Baiqi, according to the degree of casualties on both sides, we have suffered heavy losses! ”
"It's okay to go back, maybe you can meet other armies on the way, let's integrate with them, and it's also a good choice to go back to the front line, after all, a Huang Xu is nothing, if Xi Yu breaks the defense of the front line, we will really be finished."
"Let's go, everyone, in order to prevent the entire Hejian County from falling into the hands of Xi Yu, let's go back!"
After the two of them said that, they ordered the adjutant general to go and gather the troops and horses, and then the two armies were combined into one, plus some of the surviving soldiers of the original Wuhuan City, a total of less than 500 people turned around and began to return the same way.
As long as you can keep up with the large troops on the front line, you can find Xiahou Chun, and maybe there will be a chance to repay Huang Xu's humiliation today!
It's a pity······
When they saw the army, a sense of fear went deep into their hearts.
Tens of thousands of people, wearing heavy armor, holding spears, and stepping on war horses were chasing Xiahou Chun in the direction where he was.
The tens of thousands of troops of Xi Yu were fully armed, galloping on horses, and the neighing of war horses echoed in their ears.
Xiahou Chun's army was like a headless fly, scurrying around in an orderly manner.
After running for so long, after resisting for a few days, they are not only tired, but also tired.
Looking at the fear in everyone's eyes, Cao Chun and Cao Zhen realized that they really had no way to retreat.
If you want to survive, it seems that the only way to evacuate from both sides is not very workable.
It's just that in this way, he may not be able to avoid the pursuit, not to mention, I am afraid that the entire Hejian County will fall into the hands of Xi Yu, which means that they have completely lost this battle!
Once they lost Hejian County, they would not be able to make up for it no matter how many military horses or even wealth they took, but in the end, looking at the murderous and dramatic army, they still chose to disperse on both sides.
Just like the one-ten-thousandth luck they brought, Xi Yu ignored them, but led the army all the way to stop.
"Phew!"
I saw him pull the reins heavily, leaned back with the war horse, and his body stood directly in the air, then looked at the city gate, and scolded angrily: "What about Huang Xu's bastard thing? Why don't you put the drawbridge down soon? ”
As soon as he heard his father-in-law's voice, Huang Xu, who was still napping, was so frightened that a spirit sat up, hurriedly asked someone to lower the drawbridge, and then walked quickly down the city gate to greet him.
As the drawbridge slowly lowered, the white horsemen were already standing on both sides of the city gate, ready to go, and behind them were the kneeling people.
But looking at the happy looks of the people, it seems that they have been waiting for the drama for a long time.
Xi Yu didn't pay attention to this, he got off his horse and walked straight towards Huang Xu.
"Smack!"
A heavy slap was thrown on Huang Xu's face, and Xi Yu glared angrily, with a posture of hating iron but not steel.
"Bastard, are you immortal? Who taught you to dare to go deep alone? If something happens to you on the battlefield, what will you tell me to tell your father? ”
(End of chapter)