The 80,000 troops stationed outside Xuchang City came out in full force!
Among them, 60,000 troops went to Wancheng to support Jia Xu and counterattack Pang Tong; while the other 20,000 troops were directed towards Xinye and even Fancheng!
Sixty thousand troops, led by Wei Yan and Xu Huang, went to support the defenders of Wancheng.
Le Jin and Li Dian, on the other hand, led an army of 20,000 people from Zuolu City all the way south, preparing to seize the small county of Xinye first.
Le Jin led an army of 10,000 men in the front, and Li Dian led another 10,000 men in the rear, approaching Xinye.
On this day, just before dawn, Le Jin came to a hilly area with dense forests.
After reining in his horse, Le Jin looked at the mountains and terrain in the distance, and then asked the guard next to him, "Where is this?"
A guard who knew this place immediately replied: "Back to the general, this place is called Bowangpo, and there is a county town nearby called Bowang City. After Bowangpo, not far south is Xinye."
Bowang Slope faces Funiu Mountain to the north, Yinshan Mountain to the south, and Baihe River to the west. It is a hilly area where Funiu Mountain extends. The terrain is dangerous and it is the thoroughfare of the ancient "Xianghan Pass" and has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Le Jin was also a veteran of the battlefield. He saw that the terrain ahead was extremely dangerous, so he ordered: "Send the order, all armies should speed up and pass Bowang Slope as quickly as possible!"
There was only a partial division of several thousand men stationed in Xinye, and it was obvious that Le Jin had never thought that there would be an ambush by the Jingzhou Army here.
After the order was conveyed, Le Jin's 10,000 troops began to advance at full speed.
Looking down from a high altitude, the team stretched like a winding and crawling snake, quickly passing through the dense forest of Bowang Slope.
However, just as the team was halfway through the journey, the rugged roads were approaching in all directions, and they suddenly remembered the thunderous sound of war drums!
Le Jin was suddenly startled. He immediately reined in his horse, raised his sword and shouted: "Stop the entire army! Retract your formation on the spot and wait for reinforcements!"
This is the advantage of marching separately from Li Dian.
Le Jin was brave but not reckless. He and Li Dian marched separately. Even if he and his ten thousand people were ambushed first, Li Dian who came from behind could rescue him as support or even stage a counter-ambush.
Cao Jun had practiced the situation when he was ambushed countless times.
At this moment, although there were shouts of enemies from all directions, Le Jin's 10,000 elites still stood still and quickly shrank to form dozens of small circular formations.
The circular formation is blocked by shields and holding shields on the outside, while pikemen and crossbowmen are protected in the circle, ready to attack distant and approaching enemies at any time.
Zhuge Jin, who was standing on a high mountain in the distance, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but nodded slightly in admiration, "Cao Jun was able to change from a marching state to a combat state in such a short period of time. It has to be said that Cao Jun's
Elites are truly rare in the world!"
After hearing Zhuge Jin's emotion and praise, Wenpin, who was standing next to him, replied with a smile: "So what if they are elite? If they were ambushed by Commander Pang, their entire army would be annihilated no matter what today!"
Zhuge Jin nodded and then ordered: "Start attacking!"
After receiving the order, Wenpin's eyes suddenly flashed with light and he suddenly shouted: "Light the fire!!"
"ignition!"
"attack!!!"
As the order was issued, the mountain forest on the high side suddenly lit up with countless flames!
Immediately afterwards, these flames began to rush down from the high side of the hillside!
When the fire approached, Le Jin saw clearly that it was a ball of firewood bundled together and filled with kerosene!
The fireball roared down all the way, igniting vegetation along the way. The scene was very scary!
Although the soldiers under Le Jin's command were all veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time, they could not help but show panic when they suddenly saw the scene in front of them!
Should you hide or not?
If you don't dodge, you will be hit by the fireball, and then be swallowed up by the fire; if you dodge, the formation will be scattered, and the enemy's crossbowmen and ambushes are not vegetarians!
The moment Le Jin hesitated, countless fireballs slammed into Cao Jun's formation!
The fireball carried a powerful impact and knocked Sergeant Cao's soldiers away. At the same time, after the fireball exploded, it also ignited everything around him!
As more fireballs fell and exploded, the fire spread quickly, turning the only road Cao Jun was on into a sea of fire!
Le Jin's army fell into a sea of fire, and the soldiers were burned to the point of crying and howling... For a time, the narrow road was full of burning soldiers running away. Cao Jun's military formation had completely collapsed at this moment!
No matter how elite your soldiers are, they are still made of flesh and blood! Who can withstand such power of fire and sea!
Le Jin quickly reacted after the initial shock. He immediately ordered: "Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"
The surrounding fire has not yet formed a complete encirclement, and they still have a chance to retreat from the way they came.
However, when Le Jin felt a little desperate, the only place behind them without flames had been blocked by an ambush led by Cong Wenpin.
Seeing Cao Jun retreating in embarrassment, Wenpin showed a sneer on his lips and ordered: "Fire arrows!!"
"Boohoo!"
Suddenly, another arrow fell from the surrounding high ground, shooting down another group of Sergeant Cao's soldiers who were fleeing for their lives.
When Le Jin saw that his soldiers were either burned to death or shot to death by arrows, he suddenly became furious and rushed to a nearby high ground on horseback!
"General!"
"General, there must be an ambush on the high ground, don't go forward!" Fortunately, Le Jin's personal guards stopped him in time.
The Jingzhou Army on the hillside saw that Le Jin was still trying to charge up, and they all fired another shower of arrows in his direction!
A hail of arrows roared in, and the guards instantly formed a formation and raised their shields.
“Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk!!!”
After a dense sound of gold and iron, the shields and armor of the guards were shot like hedgehogs.
Fortunately, Cao Cao's soldiers all wore iron armor, and the armor of his personal guards was even better in defense.
Except for a few who were injured by being shot into the gaps in the armor or in the joints, basically no one was killed.
While Le Jin was struggling to hold on, Li Dian sent scouts who had been following Le Jin's army to report in a hurry: "The general is in trouble! General Le Jin was ambushed at Bowangpo, and his entire army was about to be annihilated.
Got it!"
Li Dian was shocked when he heard this, and then immediately ordered: "Send the order, and the whole army will advance at full speed!"
"go ahead!"
The forest fire is out of control!
After the fire spread, it was a fatal blow to Cao's army, but it also posed a considerable threat to the Jingzhou ambush.
Wherever the wildfire passed, the dense forest turned into a piece of charred bad soil, and the air was still filled with a pungent smell and some kind of meaty aroma.
Li Dian led his troops and horses quickly arrived at the place where Le Jin was ambushed.
From a distance, they saw a square formation of more than a thousand Jingzhou soldiers in front.
Li Dian raised his long sword and shouted: "Charge! Charge with me! Rescue General Le!"
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
Wenpin was shocked to hear the loud shouting of killing coming from behind him, and immediately shouted: "Cao's army has reinforcements!"
Fu Tong repelled a wave of Cao Jun's attack, and came to Wenpin covered in blood and asked: "General, what should we do?"
Wenpin quickly weighed the current situation and made a decisive decision: "I'm afraid there are many reinforcements from Cao's army. We can't stop them. Let's withdraw!"
"Le Jin could hardly hold on any longer, so we just withdrew..."
Wenpin glared at Fu Tong, "If you don't want to die, just retreat with me!"
People, sometimes they sacrifice their best people just to gain a military line... Being able to advance and retreat like Wenpin is the style of a general.