The ambush is not just an ambush, but the beginning of a series of military operations.
The arrangement of the ambush circle is very particular. It is purely placed on both sides of the road without causing a frontal blockage.
The troops arranged for ambush were given special considerations. The one who undertakes this task was Xi Zhen's troops who were particularly familiar with the surrounding terrain, but the troops were not large, totaling less than 2,000.
The enemy troops attacked when the ambush was launched were also the result of several discussions. They did not attack the Cao army's vanguard, nor did they attack the back team where they were so popular. They launched a surprise attack on the last team of the front team.
Xi was a wealthy family in Jingzhou. His family had a manor and was attached to him. He was from the caravan. He went to the east to the sea and the west to the Longshang. Therefore, Xizhen was rich and had a private department with extremely elite equipment.
With the red flags on the mountain together, Xi Zhen's troops fired a large number of excellent bows and arrows.
The crossbow arrows were dense and fast, just like the heavy rain in summer hitting the loose and continuous lotus leaves in the pond. The sound of "puff" piercing through the armor came one after another, and were immediately overwhelmed by the screams.
The leader of this Cao army was the general and schoolmaster of Le Jin who had previously urged Man Chong to leave the city to pursue him, called Zhang Chong.
The Cao army in Jingxiang was able to fight against Guan Yu for many years. Although he suffered more losses, there were many brave and good warriors in the army, and they had rich experience in dealing with various situations. They were definitely not an ordinary weak army. Zhang Chong was a famous general in the Cao army in Xiangyang. He was good at using double swords and had fought with outstanding generals like Guan Ping and Zhou Cang, such as Jingzhou army.
At this time, the rain of arrows was covered, and in a blink of an eye, the soldiers around him fell to the ground one after another, and blood splashed all over the sky, making his head and face full of. He wiped the blood from his face, pulled out his sword in his hand, and shouted sternly: "Enemy attack! Fight! Fight!"
Before he finished speaking, an arrow shot slanted. Zhang Chong twisted his waist and dodged, dodging his vital points, but hit the back. This arrow was a heavy arrow with a shovel-shaped arrow, which immediately cut off a large number of muscle tendons and tendons where he passed. Zhang Chong gritted his teeth and exclaimed, unable to stand, and fell to the ground.
He was a ruthless man, and immediately waved his knife with his backhand and cut off the arrow shaft. When he looked up again, the ambushers of the Jingzhou army appeared from the weeds and mud ditches everywhere, and some people had already reached the nearest place.
Zhang Chong jumped up with one leg, shouted and slashed, and chopped over a Jingzhou soldier who rushed to his eyes. Looking around, he saw an enemy general wearing iron armor covering his face with his left arm and approaching quickly with his right knife.
Several Cao army archers rushed to shoot, and the arrows were shaking and inserted into his arm armor and chest armor, completely unable to penetrate, just like the thorns on the hedgehog's body, standing upright and trembling continuously.
Zhang Chong cursed and threw out the long sword in his hand, hitting the enemy general's shoulder.
The weight of the head sword was much larger than that of the arrow. The sharp blade cut through the armor leaves, penetrated into the flesh and blood, and pierced it all the way to the shoulder blades. The enemy general groaned and took a few steps back. At this time, several soldiers of Cao's army took the opportunity to pounce on him, and the swords and guns were raised, and his blood was splattered.
This enemy general is Xi Hong, the younger brother of Xi Zhen.
Among the Xi clans, Confucianism was originally more important. For example, the contemporary clan leader Xi Zhen was a famous scholar in Jingzhou. Now he is the deputy of the military advisor General Zhuge Liang with Ma Liang, and has great authority.
However, with the continuous cooperation between Xi and the Lujiang Lei family in business, Xi's economic interests spread throughout Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. At this time, there must be military preparations for literature and military affairs, so the clan members also had a lot of private sectors to fight and build a reputation for bravery. Xi Hong was one of the best.
Xi Hong had only participated in the military operation to wipe out the barbarians in Jing and the places where the enemy was in the intervening place. This was the first time he had participated in a real war. Although he was young and reckless, he was indeed brave. Relying on his fine armor, he still swept his sword and swept his sword before falling to the ground.
The lengthened and heavier bamboo blade was as sharp as lightning. From left to right, it cut open the chest and abdomen of a Cao army soldier, and divided the layers of leather armor, military uniforms, and flesh into two upper and lower sections.
The Cao army soldiers abandoned their swords and retreated, shouting repeatedly. Every time they took a step back, colorful internal organs poured down from the wounds between their chest and abdomen.
After three or four steps, he stretched out his hands and tried to cover the wound, but he used too much force and suddenly pulled into his stomach. He didn't know what internal organs he had grasped, feeling warm. He lowered his head and looked at it, showing an incredible look, and fell to the ground and was so angry.
Xi Hong lost too much blood and suddenly turned black in front of him. He lay on the ground and could no longer move.
Once the two armies contacted each other, hundreds of casualties had occurred. The war was so tragic.
The Jingzhou Army headquarters stationed in Jiangling has been killed in battle for a long time, and the number of soldiers who have been disabled in the broken arm is no less than a few thousand.
Therefore, Guan Yu would respond to Lei Yuan and try his best to arrange a retreat for the soldiers. This is because the soldiers have witnessed their comrades' death in battle for years. If they find that their injured companions are not well placed, they really cannot maintain their fighting spirit.
Fortunately, Xi Zhen's troops were in the south for more than a few years and rarely directly participated in large-scale operations, so they didn't feel deeply about this. His subordinates recruited barbarians mainly from Wuxi and other places. These barbarians believed that witches and ghosts were killed and died easily, as if they were not affected by death and injuries, and rushed and killed like waves.
While commanding the fight, Xi Zhen heard footsteps rumbling in the distance.
He took the time to turn his head to look, and saw that Cao's army had just passed through the ambushed front team, and the back team led by Man Chong himself had all come to the ground.
Xi Zhen was startled and then happy.
He raised his knife and shouted, "The enemy is powerful and cannot stop it! Retreat quickly!"
After hearing his order, the officers said, "The enemy is powerful and cannot stop it! Run quickly!"
Some people shouted in barbarian language to inform some barbarian soldiers who had become stubborn.
Xi Zhen's troops rolled and retreated to the mountains to the west. Their shouting words fell into Man Chong's ears with the wind.
"What are they calling?"
Man Chong is old and has poor hearing.
A general from Jingzhou, who was born in a local area, quickly said, "It seems that he is shouting something, the enemy is powerful. He also said that he can't stop us, so he should run away quickly."
Man Chong urged his troops to move forward and listened for a while.
He, the prefect of Runan, has been stationed in Xiangyang for many years and has also learned some local accents from Xiangyang. After listening for a while, it was true.
Although Man Chong left the city, the marching speed was not very fast, and the distance between the front and rear teams was very wide. His entangled mind was very obvious, and he had made the idea of ​​withdrawing the troops and returning to Xiangyang immediately. For this reason, he also checked clues along the way, fearing that his family would not lose rice.
However, the rear of the front team was attacked, so he had no choice but to urge troops to rescue him. Once he arrived on the battlefield, he saw a small army of only two thousand people left behind by the Jingzhou army to block the attack. He heard that these blocking troops failed to do anything, so he retreated.
Man Chong's hesitation went here 700 to 80% of the time. He shouted in a deep voice: "Don't delay, don't clean up the battlefield, continue to pursue!"
When Man Chong's troops gradually moved away from Xiangyang City, thousands of defenders in Xiangyang City, plus the temporary gathering of strong men and others, were all guarded by the city. There were originally six Beijing platforms in the city, but after being soaked in the flood, two collapsed, and two were shaking and unbearable. The remaining two were now arranged to explore the enemy situation from all directions.
Man Chong's son, the school captain Man Wei, dressed in armor and patrolled the city heads, urging the soldiers along the way to avoid any slack.
At this time, the sky was filled with gloomy clouds and the sun was dim. When Man Wei patrolled the north gate of Xiangyang, which was facing the Han River, he saw that the wide water surface was covered with gray.
The soldiers on the Beijing platform suddenly shook the flag and blew the whistle.
Chapter completed!