Chapter 534: Forcing the Yellow River
Yan Xing brandished his spear and roared into the enemy thicket. The heavy armored infantrymen who had previously been unable to do anything by the barbarians were knocked away by him one by one. The armored infantrymen of Lu Bu's army who followed him brandished their horse-killing knives and charged into the enemy thicket.
Beheading his head and cutting off his legs and feet, Cao's army was instantly killed and forced them to retreat.
Seeing this, Qu Yi was so anxious that he mobilized his reserves and 30,000 civilian troops to fight back together. Cao's army had too many people, and Lu Bu's army gradually couldn't resist it and retreated steadily. At the critical moment, thousands more Long Tao troops
The armored infantry of the army crossed the river and joined the battle group. The heavily armored and sharp soldiers managed to stabilize the front.
At the same time, Cao Jun's navy appeared at both the upstream and downstream locations, rushing towards the battlefield at full speed, intending to cut off Lu Bu's army's waterway.
Lu Bu's army was on guard for a long time. Countless crossbowmen surged out from the south bank and fired arrows desperately at Cao's army on the river. The arrows rained down and Cao's warship Sun Jian was nailed into a hedgehog. Cao's navy quickly moved away.
Nan'an
Navigating, upstream, Sergeant Lu Bu drove a bamboo raft dragging the bamboo raft that hit the sulfur firewood towards the north of the river. He intercepted the leader of Cao Jun's navy, immediately lit the sulfur firewood, and then cut off the dragging rope.
The soldiers of Lu Bu's army held the bamboo poles to stabilize the bamboo rafts, while the fire-laden rafts carried blazing flames and rushed downstream along with the momentum of the water flow. The entire river was illuminated brightly.
When Cao Jun's navy saw this, they were horrified. All the warships hurriedly discounted and tried to dodge. The flaming bamboo rafts and then the torrential water rushed into the middle of the navy, and hit the warships one after another, making loud bangs one after another.
When the sound was heard, the flames on the bamboo rafts instantly ignited the warships. One passed to two, two to three, three to four. The flames spread rapidly in Cao's fleet, and it took a moment to become a storm.
At this time, Sergeant Long Tao of Lu Bu's army rode a bamboo raft down the river and attacked Cao's navy. The bamboo raft passed through the middle of the fleet, and arrows were fired at the warships on both sides with all their strength. Cao's sailors were hit one by one and fell.
Entering the water; there is a bamboo raft and the raft cannot be controlled well, and it crashes into the enemy ship. The bamboo raft
It capsized instantly, and all the soldiers on the bamboo raft fell into the water, while the enemy ship slowly capsized sideways. The sailors jumped into the water with shouts, and those who had no time to escape were knocked upside down by the warship into the water. Only a few
One lucky man swam out and escaped, but the others drowned in the water.
Flames were billowing, arrows were flying in the air, soldiers from both sides were fighting for their lives in the water, and the entire river seemed to be boiling.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and Cao's navy was completely defeated. The remaining defeated soldiers fled downstream and upstream.
At this time, the frontal attack battle was in full swing. As more and more troops crossed the river, Cao's army gradually became unable to support them. At this time, a small force of Lu Bu's army crossed the river from the upper reaches.
Climb ashore from the cliffs,
Suddenly they launched an attack on a militia team of ten thousand people deployed by Qu Yi in the upstream direction. Several hundred Lu Bu troops, armed with armor and strong weapons, rushed into the middle of the civilian army and slashed at them with their swords, just like tigers entering a flock of sheep. The civilian army faced
There were only a few hundred enemy troops, but they were killed in a frightening manner.
At the beginning, the civilian army shouted and fought back. However, after witnessing the ferocity and bloodshed of the opponent, they became frightened and fled in all directions, abandoning their helmets and armor. Five hundred soldiers of Lu Bu's army defeated 10,000 civilian troops in one go, and then
He inserted himself from the flank to Qu Yi's flank and merged into Qu Yi's rear camp. He set fire to it and in an instant, the sky was filled with flames, roaring and roaring.
Qu Yi, who was standing in the front and fighting fiercely with Lu Bu's army, suddenly saw a fire burning in the rear camp and couldn't help but turn pale with fright. Everyone in Cao's army was also panicked. Those who ordered the civilian army fled in all directions without receiving orders, and the scene was chaotic.
Yan Xing took the opportunity to lead his army to attack fiercely, but Cao's army could not resist and retreated steadily. Lu Bu's army drove Cao's army through the dense trenches and horse-restricting areas in one fell swoop, and came to the open space. The soldiers of both sides got together and fought in a melee.
Cao Jun is unwilling to fight
, and was quickly defeated. Yan Xing led more than ten thousand soldiers in pursuit. Cao's army encountered a camp that was already in flames, so they did not dare to return to the camp and retreated directly towards Liyang County. They abandoned their helmets and armor along the way and were in panic.
Like a frightened bird!
At this time, Lu Bu's army had already set up a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, and the main force rolled across the Yellow River.
After crossing the Yellow River, Zhang Lang immediately sent three cavalry groups to attack Hanoi County, Chaoge County and Wei County respectively. He himself led the main army directly towards Jizhou City.
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Cao Pi and others were discussing matters in the hall. A scout rushed in anxiously and shouted: "Oh no, my lord, Lu Bu, Lu Bu has crossed the Yellow River!"
Cao Pi was shocked, stood up suddenly, glared and shouted: "What did you say?"
The scout swallowed his saliva and said, "Lü Bu, Lu Bu broke through the White Horse Pass and crossed the Yellow River one day ago!"
Everyone present turned pale. What does it mean for Lu Bu to cross the Yellow River? Everyone present knew it very well!
Xu You looked at Sima Yi and said angrily: "It's all because of your so-called clever trick!" Sima Yi was flustered for the first time and didn't bother to refute Xu You. He asked the scout urgently: "Where are our navy troops? Don't they have any?"
Can we cut off the ferry?" The scout said, "The navy attacked, but Lu Bu's army made arrangements in advance on both sides of the river.
The crossbowmen suppressed it, then lit the bamboo rafts loaded with sulfur and firewood and pushed them into the river. The flames of those bamboo rafts rushed down from the sky, and our fleet was burned to pieces in the blink of an eye! Then the death squads of Lu Bu's army
Riding bamboo rafts, we rushed into the middle of the fleet and attacked fiercely! Although our army fought fiercely, we were ultimately defeated and completely collapsed!"
Sima Yi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and said angrily: "Jia Xu! What a Jia Xu!" Cao Pi was shocked when he saw Sima Yi vomiting blood. He quickly left his seat and came down to support Sima Yi, saying urgently: "Sir, take care of yourself!"
Sima Yi shook his head and asked the scout: "Where is Qu Yi? How are Qu Yi and the others doing?"
The scout said: "General Qu Yi could not withstand the fierce attack of Lu Bu's army. He completely collapsed and had already retreated to Liyang. Lu Bu's three cavalry troops attacked Hedong, Chaoge and Wei troops respectively. Lu Bu himself personally commanded the main army and rushed to Jizhou City.
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Sima Yi began to think about it, and Cao Pi did not dare to disturb him.
Xu You clasped his fists towards Cao Pi and said: "My lord, for this plan, we should immediately gather the army to attack Lu Bu's camp head-on! If we can defeat it in one fell swoop, we can turn defeat into victory!"
Sima Yi shouted hurriedly: "No!"
Xu You sneered: "Does Mr. Sima have any clever ideas?"
Sima Yi ignored Xu You, clasped his fists at Cao Pi and said: "My lord, you can't win if you put all your efforts in! Although our army is far more numerous than Lu Bu's army, its combat power is not as good as theirs. Now the news that Lu Bu's army has broken into Jizhou must have spread among the army.
If it is opened, the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable. Rushing out of the city for a decisive battle will only lead to a big defeat!"
Chapter completed!