Chapter Ninety-Five: The Whole Army Strikes!
With the replenishment of troops, Li Huan had the confidence to continue to attack forward.
A large number of soldiers of the Xiliang Army continued to approach Cao Zhang's camp and rushed towards the camp.
At this time, in addition to the archers in the Cao army's camp, they also rushed out of the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers to defend, so that Li Huan's troops were blocked at the door of the camp and could not break through.
Li Huan did not expect to be met with stubborn resistance from Cao Zhangjun, and he was also inspired to fight, and he roared loudly and commanded the troops to rush and kill.
Under his onslaught, Cao Zhang's defenders never retreated in the slightest, and still stubbornly defended.
At this time, Li Huan had already seen clearly by the moonlight and the chaotic torches in the Cao army camp that the person who commanded the defense in the Cao army camp turned out to be Cao Zhang himself.
I saw Cao Zhang holding a sword in his hand, constantly raising his arms and shouting, dispatching the soldiers in the camp to constantly adjust the formation to resist the impact of the Xiliang army.
Li Huan carefully observed the situation in Cao Zhang's military camp and found some clues.
Although Cao Zhangjun's defense was very tenacious, it obviously only relied on the terrain and the fortifications in the camp, and the number of soldiers who actually participated in the defense was not large, which was also an important reason why the Xiliang army could continue to approach Cao's camp.
"Could it be that Cao Zhang only left a small number of troops for himself to defend, and the rest of the people were sent out?" Li Huan muttered secretly in his heart, thinking about what the situation was.
This is naturally Cao Zhang's strategy, he deliberately personally led a thousand soldiers to defend the camp, just to create the illusion of a lone army left behind and no ambush, to lure the Xiliang army into the ambush circle.
At this time, he saw that the pressure on the Xiliang Army was increasing, and he realized that his tactics had paid off.
"Pass my military order, give me all my strength to defend it, and I must not let a Xiliang army enter the camp!" Cao Zhang shouted loudly and gave orders.
The heralds around him shouted together to relay his orders downward, and the sound of stubbornness spread throughout the inside and outside of Cao's camp.
Although the soldiers of Cao Zhang's army were small in number, they were all elite soldiers who had been strictly trained by Xu Huang, and in the face of the impact of the Xiliang army, which was several times their size, they did not panic at all, and still maintained a stubborn defense to resist the enemy's attack.
Li Huan paid attention to the situation in Cao Zhang's camp, and his brows became tighter and tighter.
There are obviously not many soldiers in Cao Zhang's camp, but they can actually block the impact of his nearly 10,000 soldiers, and this combat effectiveness is really amazing.
Now that Cao Zhang is in front of him, he should immediately inform Li Shi to attack with his soldiers and horses to take Cao Zhang as soon as possible; It's better to wait for the situation and make a decision.
Li Huan hesitated here, but Cao Zhangjun had already shown their housekeeping skills.
The catapults and crossbow carts that were originally used to siege the city were also moved out and attacked the Xiliang army outside the camp gate together.
The number of the Xiliang army was large, and it was difficult to break through the position of the camp gate for a while, but it became the target of Cao Zhangjun's army, and many people were killed and injured by the flying stone bullets and strong crossbow arrows that came out of the air.
Li Huan, who was outside the camp, saw the change in the battle situation, and his heart beat a drum and began to feel that something was wrong.
The situation in front of him is obviously not that Cao Zhang has arranged an ambush in the camp and waited for him to enter the camp to launch an ambush, but is defending with all his might.
Now, although the Xiliang army has achieved a certain advantage, but Cao Zhangjun's defense is still very tight, in this case, if only rely on the soldiers and horses in his hand to attack step by step, it is not easy to break through Cao Zhangjun's defense.
A thought flashed through Li Huan's mind.
In the current battle situation, is there still a possibility that Cao Zhang did not ambush the troops in the camp at all, and he did not think that he would lead the troops to sneak attack, so he could only defend with all his might?
Thinking about it this way, Li Huan felt that everything was reasonable.
After all, Cao Zhang was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, and if he really used the messenger of the Son of Heaven as a decoy and sent most of his troops to ambush, it was entirely possible.
If this is the case, then the result now is that they overestimate Cao Zhang and complicate simple problems.
At this time, a thought flashed through his mind: send someone to give Li Shi an order, and transfer him to join the attack on Cao Zhang's camp, as long as he can break through the defense line and enter the camp, he can directly face Cao Zhang. At that time, no matter whether Cao Zhang had ambushes or not, as long as he was killed first, it didn't matter.
But this kind of behavior is still risky after all, Li Huan didn't dare to make a decision easily, and he didn't make a decision for a long time.
"Uncle, what the hell is going on?" Li Huan was still hesitating, and Li Shi had already arrived with Pegasus.
Cao Zhang's shouting in front of the camp continued, but he didn't get the latest news for a long time, he was also anxious, and ordered the deputy general to bring the soldiers and horses, and he personally flew to check the situation.
"Cao Zhang personally led the troops to hold on, and it was difficult for our army to break through the defense of the Cao army for a while!" Li Huan responded to Li Shi.
"Cao Zhang?!" Li Shi's eyes widened instantly, and he tried to look in the direction of Cao Zhang's camp, and sure enough, he also saw Cao Zhang's figure in the noisy and chaotic crowd.
Li Shi's teeth immediately gritted, and he said angrily: "Uncle, Cao Zhang is right in front of you, why haven't you launched a general attack yet?" ”
"Don't you see that there are not many soldiers and horses in Cao Zhang's camp, I'm worried that this is his trick to lure the troops, just to lure my whole army to attack, and then launch an ambush!" Li Huan explained his concerns to Li Shi.
"What if there's an ambush? Cao Zhang is right in front of us, we will attack with all our strength and kill Cao Zhang, Cao Jun has no leader, what else can I do?! This is a great fighter, how can my uncle just sit back and wait to miss it!? Li Shi yelled in annoyance, urging Li Huan.
Li Shi's words stimulated Li Huan and made him make up his mind, which was originally hesitant.
He didn't hesitate any longer, drew the sword at his waist, pointed in the direction of Cao Zhang's camp, and ordered Li Shi loudly: "Mobilize the whole army, attack Cao Zhang's camp, and kill Cao Zhang!" ”
Li Shi was overjoyed when he received Li Huan's order, and immediately promised Pegasus to go back and mobilize the army to help in the battle.
In an instant, Li Shi led 20,000 soldiers and horses back, and the 30,000 elites of the Xiliang Army threw themselves into the battlefield together and launched an attack on Cao Zhang's camp.
"Kill me!" Li Shi took the lead and loudly commanded the troops to rush and kill!
Under Li Shi's order, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army shouted while fighting, and the momentum shook the sky, hitting the camp gate of Cao Zhang's camp like a tide.
Cao Zhang's change in the strength of the enemy army had already seen it really, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a shallow smile.
He knew that the Xiliang army had completely fallen for his strategy and dispatched all the main forces to attack.
The sudden increase in the enemy's strength also made Cao Zhangjun's defensive pressure become huge. Originally, there were only 1,000 soldiers, but they were barely supported by terrain, fortifications, and various defensive equipment, and now the onslaught of 30,000 troops was completely unable to withstand it.
"Pass the order, slowly retreat, and let the enemy army into the camp!" Cao Zhang decisively gave the order and began the second step of the operation.
Cao Zhangjun received instructions and began to slowly abandon some defensive offensives, retreated backwards, and gradually retreated to the interior of the camp, giving way to the gate of the camp and letting the Xiliang army enter.
Seeing that Cao Zhang's army began to retreat slowly, Li Shi, who commanded the attack, was even more excited, brandished the weapon in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Cao Zhang's army can't stand it, give me all my strength to rush and kill, enter the enemy camp and kill Cao Zhang!" Have you all forgotten the great reward that the general gave you!? ”
Li Shi's re-mention of the heavy reward offered by Li Dao at this time was a huge stimulus to the Xiliang army, which was already a little tired, and they regained their combat effectiveness as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and attacked frantically.
Cao Zhangjun was no longer completely retreating according to his orders at this time, but really couldn't resist it, showing a situation of rapid defeat.
Li Huan also saw that Cao Zhangjun could no longer support it at this time, and he even regretted why he didn't take action earlier, maybe he could kill Cao Zhangjun faster.
"Kill!" Li Huan's fighting spirit also broke out, he brandished his sword and personally led the troops to start the onslaught!
Cao Zhang's army had no fortifications to cover, so he could only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy troops coming from all directions in the camp of the large battalion, armed with weapons, and the number of casualties in the troops was rising.
In the dense forest outside the camp, Xu Huang and Duan Xuan were ambushed on both sides, and they had been inquiring about the battle situation in the camp.
In fact, there is no need for scouts to report at this time, just listening to the shouts and killing in the distance, you can also feel that the Xiliang army has launched a crazy onslaught and entered the camp of Cao Zhang's army.
Xu Huang was worried about Cao Zhang, but he remembered Cao Zhang's instructions and didn't see the red lantern rising, so he couldn't attack, so he could only continue to wait.
He held the big axe in his hand tightly, and the war horse under the seat also felt the nervousness of his master, and kept scratching the ground with his hooves.
Duan Xuan on the other side was also nervous at this time, anxiously waiting for Cao Zhang's signal......