Chapter 405 Escape!

The walls of Cao's army's Xiying Village, together with the deer-anted horse-repelling piled outside, were ignited by the oil bombs thrown by the Dawu Kingdom, and turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The north wind roared in the sky, and the fire took advantage of the wind to rush around and became a prairie fire. At this time, let alone the defending Cao army, even the soldiers of the Dawu Kingdom stopped the offensive and were blocked by the burning fire.

This is true for Cao's Western Camp. Cao's army's camp in the northeast and southeast camps were also subjected to Ma Teng's Explosive Bear Camp. Taishici's ninth camp fire attacked, and the two walls of the village also burned. For a moment, thick smoke rolled over Cao's camp and flames were smoky.

"What should I do?" As the chief general of the Cao army in Xidaying, Xu Chu opened his mouth wide and asked Liu Ye, the counselor beside him at a loss.

"What should I do?" Liu Ye also wanted to know. But in the face of the overwhelming fire, he was willing but lacked enough, and he didn't know what to do. So Liu Ye thought for a long time, but didn't know how to answer Xu Chu's question.

Here, Xu Chu and Liu Ye have no choice but to do anything.

Cao Cao was also stunned on the high platform of the central army! He never expected that the camp would burn before the defense even started. Cao Cao also asked the planner Xun Yu the same question as Xu Chu, and the extremely talented Xun Yu could not answer it.

On the high platform, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Tian Kai and others looked at each other, their faces getting ugly. The rolling smoke made their throats hoarse and they coughed from time to time. They originally wanted to defend themselves by the camp, but now the camp is in a sea of ​​fire. If they continue to defend, they may be burned to death in this camp without Huangfu Jian's army.

"Break through and run away!" In an instant, without Cao Cao's words, everyone had this idea at the same time. After all, no one wanted to stay here and be burned to death by this fire.

"For the current plan, we can only withdraw from the Daying and retreat into Xingyang City. Xingyang City is high and has both high walls and both offensive and defense. There is Guangwu Mountain in the northeast to rely on natural dangers, so we can block the pursuit of the bandits. Moreover, Xingyang is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, Hulao Pass in the west, Chenliu County in the east, and Songshan in the south. In the east, we go to Lianghuai, the north, and the north, and the west, and Taihang in the west, and the south, and the south, and the lord can seize Xingyang and fight the bandits to the death, and there is still a chance of victory! If it really doesn't work, you can force the Yellow River to go north and merge with Yuan Shao's troops!" At this time, only a wise man like Xun Yu can keep so calm and come up with a countermeasure in the shortest time.

"Retreat!" Cao Cao didn't say much, but nodded helplessly. Now Cao's army is at the end of its journey, and there is no room for choice. When Cao Cao wants to escape for a while, he will escape from the fire first.

Tao Qian, Tian Kai and others were even more indifferent. What Cao Cao said was what he said, and where would he have any opinions. The senior coalition leaders made the decision to retreat in a very short time. Cao Cao led everyone to quickly get off the high platform and conveyed one order after another. After receiving the order, the four armies quickly gathered at the North Camp of Cao's army.

In the face of the huge fire, without shouting or urging, the Cao army soldiers instinctively fled as quickly as possible. However, at this time, no army could still maintain a complete formation, and the entire camp was full of chaos.

Fortunately, the fire in the camp was burning very strongly, and even the soldiers of the Dawu Kingdom could not enter the camp in a short period of time. Invisibly, they won time for Cao's army to retreat, otherwise they would be chased by the Dawu *** team and Cao's army would not be able to escape even if they wanted to.

There was fire on three sides, and Cao Cao chose to retreat from the north. Beidaying was also closest to Xingyang City. Cao Cao used Xiahou Dun and Chen Gong's 30,000 troops as the front army, Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu's 40,000 troops as the rear army, Cao Cao led Xu Chu and Liu Ye's 50,000 troops and the 40,000 troops as the central army. The order received by the former general Xiahou Dun and Chen Gong was to rush to Guangwu Mountain as fast as possible and defend the retreat route of the army.

Huangfu Jian sat quietly on the huge metal chair of the God of War Cart, looking at the Cao army camp with expressionless expression. Although Huangfu Jian handed over the command power to his generals, he still closely watched everything in Cao camp. After all, this war is of great importance, and ending the war in the Central Plains is a strike.

Cao Cao didn't know that Huangfu Jian had a pair of eyes in the sky, and a pair of golden eagle kings were swimming over the Cao army's camp, monitoring Cao's every move. When Cao Cao ordered the army to gather, Huangfu Jian keenly discovered it. When Cao Cao decided to escape from the northern camp, Huangfu Jian had already determined where Cao's army was about to escape.

"It's too late to escape to Xingyang now!" Huangfu Jian murmured to himself coldly after discovering Cao Cao's intention.

"The command of Xu Huang's troops to lead the army north to gather in Guangwu Mountain!"

"The message ordered Ma Teng to lead his troops to Guangwu Mountain immediately, set up an ambush in Guangwu Mountain, and cut off the retreat of Cao's army!"

"The command of Tai Shiz to lead his troops to go north immediately and gather in Guangwu Mountain!"

"The message was to order the dragon cavalry of Zhao Yun's army to follow Cao's army and harass the army along the way, blocking the speed of Cao's army's advance, and winning time for our army to set up an ambush in Guangwu Mountain."

Guangwu Mountain is in the northeast of Xingyang and is one of the main battlefields of the Chu-Han War. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had confronted each other for several months. In the end, Xiang Yu's Chu army was in harmony with Liu Bang due to lack of food, which directly led to the defeat of Xiang Yu, the king of Chu. Guangwu Mountain was steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack, and was the only way for Cao's army to retreat to Xingyang. If Cao's army could pass through Guangwu Mountain smoothly and then send troops to defend, even Huangfu Jian could not capture it for a while, so Huangfu Jian immediately decided on the plan to set up an ambush in Guangwu Mountain.

Ma Teng's troops were in the northeast camp of Cao's army, not far from Guangwu Mountain, so Huangfu Jian ordered Ma Teng to set up an ambush in Wenwu Mountain. According to the distance between the two armies from Guangwu Mountain, Huangfu Jian believed that Ma Teng's army could definitely reach Guangwu Mountain before Cao's army. Now both sides are rushing, rushing to speed to see who occupied Guangwu Mountain first.

The orders were issued by Huangfu Jian and passed to all directions. After passing the orders, Huangfu Jian took two thousand cavalry of his personal guards to Guangwu Mountain. He wanted to see if Cao Cao could pass through Guangwu Mountain smoothly, and he wanted to watch Cao Cao's demise with his own eyes.

For a moment, several Dawu teams were advancing rapidly around the Cao army camp, rushing northward and towards Guangwu Mountain. The army was like giant dragons winding, rising and falling in the cold wind...

It is easier said than done! In one sentence, Cao Cao, the nearly 160,000 Cao army began their retreat north. But these are 160,000 people? How could it be possible to retreat in an instant?

The thick wall of the Cao army camp did not block the Dawu team, but blocked the Cao army's own retreat. At the gate of Beida camp, the village gate that seemed tall and majestic on weekdays had been completely opened, but it was not enough now. It was stuffed by the crowded Cao army. Inside the gate, you squeezed and pushed it seriously affected the speed of Cao army leaving the camp.

The former general Xiahou Dun led his personal soldiers out of the camp. Seeing this, he was very anxious. There are more than 100,000 troops in the camp. When will he retreat like this? So slowly, when will his former army arrive at Guangwu Mountain?

"Don't crowd, move forward in turn!" Xiahou Dun rode on the war horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and drinking hoarsely.

But at this time, everyone was busy running for life. Not to mention Xiahou Dun, even his parents came, it didn't work. With a loud "boom...", the solid village gate could not resist the squeeze of so many people, and finally could not bear the pressure and collapsed. Dozens of soldiers were injured and killed, fell to the ground, crying in chaos.

"The person who came here pushed down these village walls by me! The personal military camp maintained order, and those who did not obey the orders were killed!" Seeing that the village gates were squeezed down, Xiahou Dun had an idea and ordered people to push down the north village wall, and ordered the personal military camp to maintain order in the army.

In order to escape faster, Xiahou Dun's order was faithfully executed. "Boom, boom, boom..." Tens of thousands of people tried their best, and a large area of ​​the northern village wall was almost knocked down, and a very wide avenue was cleared out.

"If you don't follow the order, you will be killed!" Xiahou Dun's personal guards shot out sharp arrows in their hands, shouting loudly. One by one, the soldiers who were rushing around were shot in a pool of blood.

After a large area of ​​village walls were pushed down, and Xiahou Dun's personal guard camp shot hundreds of soldiers who did not obey the orders, the speed of Cao's retreat greatly accelerated. Xiahou Dun's front army quickly left the camp.

After leaving the camp, Xiahou Dun did not dare to delay at all and led 30,000 forward troops to drive towards Guangwu Mountain. But before his front troops could go far, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from not far away, and one iron cavalry after another ran towards them.

"Prepare for battle!" Xiahou Dun yelled with his horse and shouted loudly.

For Xiahou Dun, whether it is the front or the rear, the purpose is to cover Cao Cao's central army's retreat. No matter how much they pay, they will escort Cao Cao to escape safely.

When the 30,000 front troops heard the order, they stopped and stood in front to meet the enemy.

"Swish, swish, swish..." To Xiahou Dun's surprise, these iron cavalry came to Cao's army and ran away after shooting a rain of arrows. They did not fight with Cao's army, but kept harassing Xiahou Dun, which made Xiahou Dun in a dilemma.

The central army led by Cao Cao also encountered the same situation. After traveling not far, Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry rushed over. When Cao's army stopped to fight, it shot another round of arrows and left as soon as it swept.

"Go forward at full speed! Don't stop!" Cao Cao, who was located in the central army, frowned deeply and ordered loudly.

Cao Cao could not have imagined that the cavalry of the Dawu Kingdom had discovered their whereabouts so quickly and bit them so quickly. At this time, Cao Cao felt a very bad feeling in his heart, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape Xingyang.

More than 100,000 troops are advancing at full speed, and those who cannot keep up with the team will only die. Now Cao Cao doesn't care about so much. Even if he is attacked by Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry, Cao's army will not stop. If you shoot yours, I will drive my way.

After receiving Cao Cao's order, Xiahou Dun also rushed to Guangwu Mountain with all his might.

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