Chapter 77
The 10,000 Yuan army who met the camp continued to retreat. The group of Cao soldiers wearing red armor was simply not human. Obviously, there were more people on their side than them, but between advance and retreat, one Yuan soldier was surrounded and killed by three or four Cao soldiers, as if his opponent was not 3,000 but 30,000. Each Yuan soldier who was cut down to the ground by them did not understand what happened in a while until his death.
However, there are still people who understand that Zhang He, who was originally supervising the battle after the Iron Armor Army, felt a strong uneasy when he first saw the camp, so he always paid attention to the army blocking his way of victory. He noticed that these Cao troops holding broad swords, either in groups of three or five, were tolerant of each other. Whenever they encountered an enemy, they were responsible for protecting the enemy, and when the team changed, the ones killed the enemy became responsible for protecting the enemy, and the ones who protected the enemy became the ones who were responsible for protecting the enemy, and when the teams were moving, they became like a red flood rolling in to swallow all the lives that blocked their advance. Seeing that more than half of the ten thousand Iron Armor Army were killed and injured, they were very anxious. These Iron Armor Army were all the sharpest people of Yuan Shao. If they were unable to win, they were afraid that they would not be able to explain after returning to the army.
He led his personal soldier Zhang He to the front line, rode on the war horse and raised his spear in his hand and stabbed Cao soldiers in front of the horse. The man was not panicked when he saw Zhang He coming in a fierce manner. He used his left arm shield to protect the upper three routes and then lowered his body and came to Zhang He's horse's legs. Zhang He was shocked and only squeezed the horse's belly with his legs. The two front hooves of the war horse rose up in the air and let the sword step towards the Cao army. Seeing that this person was about to be stepped into meat paste, the two Cao soldiers in the same team roared and blocked the man in front of the man and used two shields to hold the two front hooves of the war horse to save the partner. However, the human strength was limited after all, and the so-called holding was only slowed down. Although he saved the partner, the two men were shocked and vomited blood and fell in front of the horse.
Zhang He took advantage of the situation and raised his gun to kill the two of them. Unexpectedly, the Cao Bing, who escaped from the murder, was not at all sad, and rushed towards the two people who were lying on the ground. He used his own body to block them.
Zhang He admired the three of them for being loyal and did not take the opportunity to kill them. He lowered the spear he raised and shouted, "Rao is not dead!"
Seeing his three brothers fall down, several nearby groups of soldiers from the camp rushed to rescue him. Two teams were protecting him in front and someone carried the unconscious soldiers back to the back formation.
Gao Shun looked at the ground clearly from behind. When the three of them fell, he felt so uncomfortable. Although he knew that there were no one who could not die in the war, there was one of these soldiers in the camp who had been trapped by himself. For many years, Gao Shun had regarded these children who had grown up as brothers, parents and nephews. Since the war started, he has always been paying attention to the dynamics in front of him. When Zhang He came, Gao Shun had noticed him, and the land where he came on horseback.
People are clearly a general in Yuan Shao's army. If it is a soldier against a soldier, these well-trained little guys don't have to worry about themselves, but when they meet a general who has been through the battle formation for a long time, these little guys are afraid of losing in experience. So Gao Shun was already coming here, but before he even arrived, three little guys fell in front of Zhang He's horse. Gao Shun was so angry, why are these three little guys so unstoppable? Even if they can't beat people, they shouldn't lose so quickly and they shouldn't lose so badly! Did the dogs eat everything they learned before?
The eyes of the ten people surrounding Zhang He were red. Although many brothers were injured and evacuated from the battlefield since the war started, there was no one who was carried down yet. In just one blink of an eye, three fell down. Two of them were not sure whether they were life or death. Ten people roared at the same time, showing their ability to siege Zhang He.
Knowing that these Cao soldiers were extraordinary, Zhang He waving his spear in his hand was not afraid. Both sides were coming and going. With their rich experience and the power of war horses, Zhang He relied on his blood and courage and strong martial arts to tie the camp.
Zhang He's personal soldiers saw that the main general was surrounded and came to rescue him. When the other soldiers in the camp heard the whistling sound, they knew that there were strong enemies in front of them and some people were trapped in a hard battle. When they thought that there might be brothers who died there, they left many of their daily requests behind them and stopped cooperating with each other. They all rushed towards the whistling place. The closest groups who were closest to the group could not get in, they intercepted Zhang He's personal soldiers outside, while the others were still swarming towards here.
Seeing that his soldiers were in a mess, Gao Shun was now angry, but fortunately, Yuan Jun was even more inconsistent. While he was greeting, he came to Zhang He and threw ten boys with red eyes behind him. The ten boys were slapped in the face while being thrown out. When they saw clearly that Gao Shun was so scared that they closed their mouths and did not dare to shout. When they thought of themselves, they were slapped.
The critical signal is that I am afraid that it will be a small scolding after going back. If Master Gao kicked out of the camp of the camp, it will be over. They all cried and lost their sharpness as before. The soldiers of the camp who heard the whistling sound coming here could not hear the whistling sound. Some people heard that Master Gao Shun was very angry. Thinking about what he did just now, they all regretted it. After restoring order, they could only vent their resentment on Yuan Bing.
Zhang He, who had already struggled, saw a group of lieutenants joining the battle group from Cao's army. He was worried that it would be worse. However, he did not expect that this Cao General did not surround him, but instead threw away the Cao soldiers who besieged him for him. With doubts in his heart, Zhang He wanted to ask what was going on.
After sending off a few naughty young men, Gao Shun clasped his fists at Zhang He and said, "Thank you, General!" After that, he pulled out his sword and stabbed Zhang He.
Zhang He didn't know what Gao Shun thanked him, but the murderous aura that came to his face made him stop the sword without even thinking about swinging his gun. The two of them showed their strength. Gao Shun's sword was strong and Zhang He was tall and long. The sound of the sword and gun collision shocked Yunxiao. On the surface, it seemed that he met a chess opponent and met a good talent, but Zhang He knew very well. The sword skills of this general Cao were exactly the same as those Cao soldiers who had just fought with him, but the same sword skills were doubled from then on. If it weren't for his condescending power, he would have been defeated long ago. Zhang He felt very struggling and sweated down in just over a dozen rounds.
I realized that he was not his opponent, Zhang He had a fake shot and wanted to retreat, but unexpectedly, Gao Shun had already seen his plan. He saw Gao Shun reaching out to grab Zhang He's spear while Zhang He turned his horse's head and flew up with force to fly over Zhang He's head. From a distance, it was Zhang He who picked Gao Shun, and Gao Shun was aiming Zhang He's back in the air with a sword.
Although Zhang He felt bad about it, he felt that he was hit by the sword without any pain. After the war horse jumped out several feet, Zhang He turned around and saw the general standing with his fists and shouting: "General, please spare my son and nephew, I will give you my life!"
Zhang He was shocked. He looked at the countless deaths in the surrounding Yuan soldiers, while Cao's army was very powerful. He knew that it was difficult to win and dared to fight and lead people to defeat him. Youdao was the general and the bravery of the soldiers. Once the commander retreated, the Yuan army was in chaos and followed Zhang He and ran away desperately.
When Cao Hong saw that Yuan's army was defeated, he was not in a hurry to chase him. He just asked someone to order the three armies to adjust their formation and then move forward slowly.
Gao Lan's battle was less and less confident. It felt really bad to be driven into a sheep. The 100,000 new force behind had been ravaged by the 20,000 iron cavalry of the Cao army's tiger and leopard cavalry. Although they had experience in dealing with white horse cavalry, they knew that as long as they could sacrifice a group of people to offset the impact of the cavalry and horses, they could rush up and chop them over to the ground. But the problem was that Cao Chun and Zhang Xiu did not go deeper, but just walked around the Yuan army, just like two fruit-cutting knives surrounding the periphery and took away the lives of countless Yuan soldiers. Faced with such a rogue tactic of Cao army, the 100,000 infantry could only passively defend and did not dare to launch a team to counterattack. At this time, seeing Zhang He, who was defeated in the front army, knew that the situation was hopeless, they gathered Zhang He's defeated army and retreated.
The 50,000 troops who came from Yuan Shao's camp arrived at the battlefield at this time, but unfortunately they were no longer useful. The only purpose was to give the retreating Yuan army a place to join.
When Xiahou Yuan saw Yuan's army retreating, he was about to order a pursuit. Xiahou Dun stopped him and said, "No, the task book is written clearly. Yuan's army retreats and cannot chase after it. It is only necessary to violate the military order."
Xiahou Yuan said with some depression: "This is a great opportunity to annihilate Yuan Shao's elite troops in one fell swoop. It's a pity to let it go!"
"Military orders are like a mountain. You and I will do whatever you want." Xiahou Dun said: "Don't forget that the plan for this battle was made by Mr. Fengxiao and Mr. Wenhe. How could these two people let go of such an opportunity in vain? Even if the elite Yuan army is really let go, there must be a future."
Actually, Xiahou Dun didn't know that when he was formulating the combat plan, Jia Xu had a great opinion on me that he insisted on letting the army not chase after Yuan's army retreated. But after I took the identity of the head of the family, Jia Wenhe had to agree. Hehe! Who told you to make a bet with God at the beginning? Although neither of us took this seriously, I could still threaten him at a critical moment.
The Cao army on both wings and the central army led by Cao Hong slowly surrounded the Yuan army, and Zhang Xiu and Cao Chun also decisively left the battlefield. After meeting not far from the Yuan army, they compared each other with more contributions.
Seeing that Cao's army had no intention of killing them all, Gao Lan and Zhang He ordered the rest and recruited Yuan soldiers who had scattered ten miles away. The counting number of people was almost dumbfounded. Zhang He led 100,000 troops and Gao Lan 200,000 troops, and there were less than 160,000 troops left in total. Moreover, this was because although the 100,000 troops were restrained by Cao's cavalry, there were no major casualties. If calculated separately, the 200,000 people used for charges actually suffered more than 140,000 casualties, which can be said to be heavy casualties.
After looking at each other, Gao Lan and Zhang He smiled bitterly. If they go back like this, can they still be better? But can they go there if they don’t go back? The two brothers who couldn’t think of a solution for a while saw that Cao’s army was coming slowly towards them. Although there were still three or four miles, God knew whether Cao’s army would suddenly attack. Anyway, if he was the commander of Cao’s army, he would definitely not miss such an opportunity. However, with the 50,000 reinforcements that had just arrived, he still had more than 200,000 troops on his side. I guess the Cao army would not do it easily. Therefore, the two ordered the army to set off, but they walked away. The speed of the march was deliberately suppressed very slowly by the two, which was basically the same as the Cao army who came slowly. Those who didn’t know thought that Cao’s army and Yuan army were on a voyage in the wild.
Not far away, suddenly a horse came from the direction of the camp. Someone came up to him and asked him when he asked him, but he was here to look for Gao Lan.
Gao Lan heard someone coming to the camp, and hurriedly urging his horse to go over. The man whispered to Gao Lan for a few more times and left. The person who came to look for Gao Lan was Guo Tu's family. It turned out that Yuan Jun Generals from Wuchao were not all captured. One general escaped after seeing the opportunity. This man was an old acquaintance. He was ordered by Chen Gong to come to serve Yuan Shao's Cao Xing. Since he came to Jizhou, he has defected to his old friend Chunyu Qiong. He avenged Lu Bu's revenge.
Although he tried to make suggestions many times, he had never even seen Yuan Shao. This time he followed Chunyu Qiong to protect the food and grass in Wuchao, and he was very careful. At night, he took people out when he heard something was wrong. Later, after hearing that the slaughtered Yuan Jun said that Cao Cao had left, Cao Xing took people back to the big village to rescue Chunyu Qiong. Chunyu Qiong, who had lost the food and grass, briefly bandaged him and asked the remaining troops to protect him to meet Yuan Shao.
After seeing Chunyu Qiong, Yuan Shao was shocked. At this time, Chunyu Qiong had no ears and noses, and his hands and feet were all gone.
Yuan Shao asked: "How did you lose Wuchao?"
Cao Xing was about to defend Chunyu Qiong, but someone said first: "General Chunyu Qiong was drunk and could not resist the enemy."
Yuan Shao was furious and asked someone to kill Chunyu Qiong. Seeing that Yuan Shao was so heartless, Cao Xing believed that Yuan Shao would not be the opponent of Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others. He had no hope of relying on him to avenge the general, so he left Yuan's army and fled privately.
At this time, Guo Tu was in a state of great turmoil. Judging from the situation he already knew, the fact that he had proposed to attack Cao's camp was obviously defeated, and Zhang He and Gao Lan's suggestions were correct. Afraid that Zhang He would go back to the village to verify the right and wrong, so he slandered before Yuan Shao and said, "Zhang He, Gao Lan will be happy when he saw the lord's defeat."
Yuan Shao, who was already upset, asked, "Why do you say this?"
Guo Tu replied: "The two of them have always wanted to surrender to Cao. Now they are sent to attack the camp, but they deliberately refuse to use force, which will damage the soldiers."
Yuan Shao was furious and sent an envoy to summon the two of them to the village to question the crime.
In order to prevent an accident, Guo Tu sent his family to come and send them a letter first and said, "The lord will kill you."
When Shao arrived, Gao Lan asked, "Why did the lord call us?"
The messenger said, "I don't know why." Gao Lan was furious, so he drew his sword and slashed the envoy. Zhang He was shocked.
Gao Lan said: "Yuan Shao will be captured by Cao Cao when he listens to slander. How can we sit and wait for death? It is better to go to Cao Cao."
Zhang He said: "I have also had this heart for a long time."
At this time, someone suddenly came to report that a team of Cao troops were coming to the northeast, but Cao Cao personally led the team according to the banner.
Chapter completed!