Taishi Ci spurred his horse to fight and beheaded him. The whole process was like an antelope hanging its horns, leaving no trace.
Guo Shu, who had been standing on his horse and arranging the battle formation, naturally saw this scene.
He recognized Tai Shici.
This official was You Yi from the Feijun Foreign Army. He had been ordered by him to deliver military reports to Pingyuanjin in the north. Unexpectedly, this person was still alive!
Yes, when Guo Shu encountered the ambush of the Han army here, he understood that most of the Youyi sent out before were dead.
I already regretted my wrong decision, but now that I was saved by Tai Shici, my guilt became even deeper.
Apart from feeling guilty, what Guo Shu didn't expect was that this man named Tai Shi Ci would be so brave.
Inspired by this bravery, Guo Shu held his whip and shouted to the crowd:
"Reinforcements have arrived, follow my lead and kill!"
Then the flag soldiers were ordered to wave the flag, and the leaders of each team followed the order and changed their formations.
Soon, Guo Shu's troops, who were originally arranged in a square formation, formed a pin-shaped attack formation. Among them, Tian Jin, a left-wing general under Guo Shu, was at the forefront and began to launch a counterattack against the Han army.
Over there, Guan Yu laughed heroically after seeing Taishi Ci successfully kill the general and seize the flag.
Then, he raised his fine iron horse high towards the sun, pulled up the reins with one hand, and the blood dragon horse stood upright under his crotch. Then, without waiting for prompting, he ran towards the chaotic battlefield.
Behind Guan Yu's single cavalry were hundreds of cavalry. Without saying a word, they began to gallop along with their commander.
There is no slow pace, just running at the highest speed.
Guan Yu held an iron horse spear between his arms and shouted loudly before stabbing into Cao He's 500 elite soldiers. With just the first blow, he killed the two veterans of Cao's army in front of him.
Then there was a bloody storm in the Han army formation.
But compared to Guan Yu's number of enemy kills, what demoralized the Han army even more was Guan Yu's appearance.
Although the Han army officials around him had never seen Guan Yu before, when Guan Yu's iconic attire appeared, everyone recognized him.
That blood dragon colt that is like a Pegasus, that green robe and armor, that face that is as heavy as a jujube, plus that majestic appearance that is as majestic as the sky.
Everyone knew that he was Guan Yu, the high-ranking official. This result immediately caused a deeper panic.
Since Guan Yu settled in Fenggao last year, he has been making frequent attacks in the central and southern Shandong area. Although he has not expanded his base area much, he has truly demonstrated the presence of the Taishan Army.
Previously, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, deceived Guan Yu and invaded the Taiyimeng area, but was severely defeated by Guan Yu and his cavalry.
Not only was the army of more than ten thousand defeated, but Tao Qian's elite Danyang soldiers lost three thousand and were captured by Guan Yu.
Since then, Guan Yu has been powerful in the east and effectively maintained his base in the Tailu area.
And now, seeing the commander-in-chief of the first army of the Taishan Army coming to the battlefield in person, how could these Han army officers not panic?
And here, the officers of Guo Shu's Taishan Army, who were counterattacking, saw this and shouted excitedly:
"Guan Shuai has personal support, let us kill him happily."
The nearby Taishan military officials also saw this, and their morale was high. They shouted without wiping away the blood:
"Kill, kill to bring out the majesty of our Taishan Army!"
Guo Shu's unit is affiliated to the Hou Military Academy and Wei Department. The commander under Jin Quan's command is the pillar of the Hou Army, and Guo Shu's unit is the elite of Jin Quan's Academy and Wei Department.
So they already had a sense of arrogance. But now they were forced to abandon the city and then were ambushed. They didn't know if this was Guo Shu's problem, but the frustration and anger had been building up until now.
And now, seeing that Guan Shuai actually came to his aid, what else do they have to fear? Now of course they have to take revenge! Blood debts must be paid with blood!
As a result, all the Taishan officials fought bravely and with high spirits. Some of them got angry and took off their armor and clothes, and howled loudly.
At this time, the Han army generals at the other battalion heads already knew that the defeat on the battlefield was inevitable.
These people were originally both snakes and rats. Cao He could have restrained them before, but now that Cao He is dead, these rabble have dispersed one after another.
At this time, the cavalry headquarters Qianqi, who had fallen behind Guan Yu's Baiqi, also rushed over and threw themselves into the battlefield as soon as they arrived.
This area belongs to the hills of the remaining mountains of Mount Tai, with dense jungles and complex terrain. It is quite beneficial to the fleeing Han army officials.
But those who chose to escape were still those outside Cao's army, while Cao He's 500 soldiers still stood guard on that hill.
It's not that these people don't know how to run, but even if they run back, they will be punished by Cao Cao's military law.
Although Cao Cao seems to have a dissolute style, his strict military management is worthy of being called a famous general in ancient times.
Earlier, while Cao Cao was marching, he lost control of his horse and accidentally trampled the green seedlings on the roadside. Cao Cao cut off his long beard without saying a word.
Lao Cao had his hair cut off in Qishui before, but it has not grown yet, so now he has his long beard cut off.
Your skin and hair is from your parents.
Now that Lao Cao has been doing these things like cutting off his beard and hair one after another, some members of the Cao family and the Xiahou family are very dissatisfied. Cao Cao has done this kind of unethical thing several times. Do you want to cut off from the Cao family?
Of course, the core Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others still support Cao Cao. It can be said that it is the support of these relatives that makes Cao Cao what he is today.
Therefore, it is natural that in Cao's army, these close generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family are naturally the most important.
But now Cao Cao and his core subordinate generals have their heads taken away directly. With the harsh military laws of Cao's army, these people will die if they go back.
Since they are all dead, why should they be driven away like birds and beasts?
So, when the friendly troops fled, these veterans of Cao's army performed a heroic scene.
On this unknown hill, Cao He's headless body had been placed on the chariot, and his troops once again raised a military flag, which was the military flag of Cai Yang, the deputy general of our army.
On the outskirts of the hill, corpses were scattered everywhere, and flags and weapons were thrown everywhere.
There are still some horses lying in a pool of blood that are not completely dead, and they are screaming and chirping, adding another color to the tragedy of this battlefield.
Cai Yang stood where Cao He had just been and shouted to the officials:
"The matter has come to this. Whether you choose to live on your knees or die standing, you will decide for yourself. Those who are willing to die in battle with me, Cai Yang, please hold your weapons high!"
As soon as these words were said, the old soldiers below all clamored to raise their troops. They shouted and beat their banners or armor.
Seeing this scene, Cai Yang burst into tears without words.
These are all the brave men and women of Cao Cao's army, but now they are going to die here.
But Cai Yang had no choice.
He looked at the battlefield ahead. Except for a few of the large number of foreign soldiers who escaped, most of them were chased into the circle by the enemy's cavalry.
Those poor foreign soldiers wanted to kneel down and surrender at this moment, but the officials of Guo Shu's tribe had already become red-eyed and didn't care at all, and just stabbed them to death.
There are not so many reasons on the battlefield. Whoever drops his weapon will have his fate decided by others.
Looking at these miserable scenes, Cai Yang couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed:
"Why is this happening?"
Two-quarters of an hour later, Cai Yang's head was chopped off by Lu Dai and sent to Guan Yu's tent. When his strength was exhausted, the veterans of Cao's army were easily slaughtered by the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry.
Nearly four thousand Cao's troops were gathered and annihilated in this hilly area.
After the war, Taishi Ci's hands, sleeve armor, and military uniform were all covered in blood, and there were several wounds from swords on the back of his hands. After seeing this, Lu Dai hurriedly asked someone to bandage him.
But Taishi Ci didn't care and went directly to the battlefield to find his brothers from Paoze.
Today, six of them, You Yi, set off together, and now only Tai Shi Ci and Sun Wang, who was seriously injured and unconscious, were left.
Taishi Ci could not accept that his brothers died without intact bodies, so the first thing he did after the war was to find their bodies.
But unfortunately, this is a very difficult thing.
Now the battlefield is full of corpses, pushed one layer at a time, and they can't be found anywhere.
When the heads of the four brothers who died in the battle were found by Taishi Ci, they were placed on Cao He's chariot.
Near the chariot, Taishi Ci also found the armbands and military badges of the four You Yi, as well as their armor.
As for their remains, there is still no trace.
In the end, Taishi Ci could only bury the four Paoze's heads, military uniforms, military badges and other items, and then placed all the twelve heads he had beheaded in this battle in front of Si Paoze's grave.
Then Taishi Ci jumped on his horse and returned to the army, where Guan Shuai had already commanded Guo Shu to set off again, this time they wanted to capture Zhu'a again.
As a result, the army poured into the south like a tide.
…
At the same time, Jinan Guotai County.
An army of several thousand men is gathering here, preparing to march north from here to Jishui to support the plains.
General Xue Zhouzheng of the Tiger Infantry Army lined up with his troops on the side of the road, letting the baggage trains behind them cross the river first.
Xue Zhou was not a stranger, he was the former gatekeeper of Dongpingling. Because he was excluded by his superiors and saw clearly the false morality of the team leaders Gao Jin and Gao Yu, he wandered away and threw himself into the rivers and lakes.
As expected later on, the two brothers Gao Jin and Gao Yu, who were ambitious but not talented, thought they had the destiny of Xiao Jie, but they were killed just when they entered Mount Tai to encircle and suppress Zhang Chong.
Those who looked down on Xue Zhou and wanted to take advantage of him all died in the end, but he was the only one who was still alive and well.
Until Cao Cao came, Xue Zhou observed the behavior of the new prince and decided that he was a hero who could rebuild the country.
So Xuezhou went to the Qiuxian Hall and was appreciated by Cao Ren, so he joined the Tiger Infantry Army as a General. Later, when he went south to attack Qi State and other places, he accumulated three levels of merit and became a Tiger Infantry Army General.
The Tiger Infantry Army and the Leopard Cavalry Army are the two elites of Cao's army. Among them, the Colonel of the Tiger Infantry Army is Cao Ren, and the Colonel of the Leopard Cavalry Army is Shi Huan.
Qingzhou is a populous state. After pacifying Jinan, Le'an, and Qi, it began to invade the plains. It can be said that it almost occupies most of the most densely populated area in Qingzhou.
With this solid foundation, it also absorbed a large number of surrendered troops.
Today, Cao Cao's army already has 20,000 central guards and ten captains; and 30,000 external troops with different formations. If he can absorb more than 10,000 Hebei elite troops from Liu Yu in Pingyuan County, then Cao Cao will have wings.
Really plump.
Especially the Youzhou Tuqi in Gai Tong's hands, if he can successfully take it under his command, the last shortcoming of Cao's army will be made up for.
So this time Cao Cao attached great importance to supporting Pingyuan.
As long as he succeeds in showing his ability and strength to Liu Yu in this Pingyuanjin conflict, Gaitong will naturally be there, Shenpei will advise him, and let Pingyuan and Jinan merge into one family.
But the premise is that Cao Cao must show his own value in this battle.
Let the exiled nobles in Pingyuan and Hebei see hope in Cao Cao. That is, only I, Cao Cao, can protect you and fight with the Taishan Army on the battlefield. In this case, are you still worried that the hearts of the Hebei scholars will not rush south to join him, Cao Cao?
It was precisely because this campaign was raised to such a strategic height that Cao Cao put so much effort into it.
…
Just when Xuezhou Huanhou was on the left side of the road, he received new military orders.
Their departure time was set, which was at three quarters to noon.
Xuezhou is not satisfied with this time arrangement. Because the weather is the hottest at this time, it is already mid-June, and the temperature is already very high.
We are marching at this time, and our brothers have to carry their luggage again. The heat is unbearable. How can we bear it?
But military orders are military orders, and Xue Zhou is just a general and can only obey orders.
However, Xuezhou, noting that the brothers were working hard behind him, let them sit on the side of the road and chew dry food. He went to talk to his superiors first to see if he could get some supplies from the brothers.
After crossing Jishui later, it will be difficult to obtain sufficient supplies.
Following Xue Zhou's order, the fifty people in his team reflexively took out the dry food and began to wolf it down.
It is obvious that Xue Zhou has a very high prestige for his subordinates. If he can obey orders and prohibitions, he is already a strong army.
Xue Zhou's subordinates didn't need to say much, they were also aware of the difficulties they might encounter later, so they ate the reserves of the past two meals in one go.
Xue Zhou looked at his subordinates and nodded with satisfaction:
"That's it. Let's eat more here. Only if we eat it till we get it into our stomachs, we won't panic later."
After that, Xue Zhou left.
The team waited on the left side of the road for another two hours, and it became increasingly hot.
The scorching sun in June is not very powerful. The officers and soldiers of this team are a little shaky standing under the sun. But even so, without Xue Zhou's military order, this team is still standing here, and no one wants to escape.
Take shelter from the heat in the shade.
For example, Xue Zhou's team was not just one or two, but the entire Tiger Infantry Army was like this. From this, it can be seen that this elite of Cao's army is really extraordinary.
While the officers in the rear team were drinking water, they also took the time to look at the baggage convoy on the road.
These carts loaded with military supplies and grain were constantly passing through the straight road, making this relatively open road extremely congested.
Those shouts, the sparkling sound of wheels, and the neighing of cattle and horses were mixed together, majestic and vital, showing the powerful power of the military system.
Some large carts accidentally fell under the roadbed, and military supplies fell to the ground. The cart drivers frightened and called to Xuezhou's team, hoping that they would come to help them.
But unfortunately, Xue Zhou and his team just watched the excitement indifferently. After all, without military orders, they couldn't go anywhere.
Soon, the coachman's prayers gradually became desperate. He had already seen officials from the baggage camp approaching.
As a result, the coachman's despair turned into resistance. He no longer cared about the military resources on the ground and fled towards the dense forest beside the road.
But does it work?
Soon, he was dragged to the spot. The military officer who came over drew his sword and beheaded the coachman without saying a word.
Blood was splashed all over the ground, hot.
No one cares.
Today is really thrilling. First, heavy snow blocked the village, and then in the afternoon, it fell under the roadbed again, and tourists' cars pulled it up from behind. Hey, the snow today is the biggest I have ever seen. It was completely white.