Chunyu Qiong understood that Cao Zhi wanted to trap him to death, and used the terrain to prevent his attack and breakthrough. If their entire army protecting food was wiped out here, no matter whether the actual food route from the Guandu camp was smooth, the food and grass supply would be
It will be a painful blow psychologically.
Chunyu Qiong knew very well how important he was to this battle at this time. He usually slacked off a bit. But that didn't mean that he couldn't understand the situation. He must open up this road, even if he brought a hundred people back symbolically.
The Guandu Camp can also reassure the soldiers there that their food routes are still open and their logistical support can still be guaranteed.
"Drive, drive, you guys, charge at me!" Chunyu Qiong, whose face was wrapped in a thick white cloth, roared on horseback, holding his halberd high and pointing to the sky, leading the charge against Cao Jun's position.
When Chunyu Qiong and his cavalry and infantry rushed up the first slope of Cao's army in a swarm, the same war drums in Cao's formation shook the sky. Behind those artificial iron shields, arrows shot out like locusts.
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When Chun Yuqiong's troops withdrew from the flaming South Camp, all the horses were not necessarily equipped with "face curtains" and "chest curtains" to protect and block them. All were quickly fired by Cao Jun's first round of arrows.
Down, a large piece of the troops fell.
But the cavalry behind them still frantically overcame the shields and rushed into Cao's army. The terrain here was not conducive to the cavalry. This was true for Chun Yuqiong's troops, and it was also true for Cao Zhi's men. So Cao Cao
Zhi abandoned three thousand cavalry and asked them to dismount and fight on foot, acting as infantry to hold the position here. He wanted to use the terrain and infantry blockade to slow down Chunyu Qiong and facilitate his next counterattack.
When hundreds of hungry wolf-like Yuan Jun soldiers passed through Cao Jun's iron shield defense line, Cao Jun's sergeants who filled the sky like dark clouds also appeared in their sight. There were even Yuan Jun soldiers with men and horses who had not yet touched the ground.
, and he could clearly see the spears and javelins that looked like wingspan, shooting into their bodies and the bodies of their horses.
Blood splattered and screams filled the sky. A fierce fight began!
Chunyu Qiong's first breakthrough battle was repulsed due to unsatisfactory geographical and man-made conditions.
Cao Zhi also raised his sword on a mound at this time and encouraged his subordinates: "When the army is in danger, everyone who fears the dead will die. If you don't fear the dead, brothers, charge with me!"
Cao Zhi led the cavalry behind him and launched a swift attack when Chunyu Qiong failed to attack and retreated. Chunyu Qiong was retreating, but he did not expect that Cao Zhi would not only stop them, but also dare to counterattack them.
So he had to stop and turn around to fight again. When the two steel torrents collided fiercely again, the broken limbs and broken arms flew out, and blood was poured freely on the land of Wuchao.
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In the next morning, there were more than a dozen such back-and-forth attacks. No one was willing to give the other a little time to rest. After both sides lost more than 2,000 troops, all the remaining
People are also exhausted.
Both sides had to stop and lay on their respective positions a hundred meters apart, gasping for air.
At noon, when the light was becoming more and more vicious, Cao Zhi called Zhang Liao, Zhang Jia, Zhao Yun, Li Dian, and Xiahou Dun to hold an impromptu battlefield meeting.
"This battle will become more and more difficult in the future!" Cao Zhi, who could barely distinguish his original skin color and was covered in blood, first warned his capable subordinates.
"When we are too tired and have no strength, the same goes for Chunyu Qiong and his people!" The injured Zhang Jia said these words with a pale face under a busy and careless smile.
Then everyone laughed "hehe" a few times, expressing their contempt for the enemy.
After Cao Zhiqian laughed twice, he asked Xu You, the only one behind him who had intact clothes and was relatively clean: "What's the reaction from Yuan Shao in Guandu?"
"According to the report from the detectives, Jiang Qi and Meng Dai have led their troops to set off from the Guandu camp, and the direction is right here!" Xu You, who also turned pale when he saw Cao Zhi asking, hurriedly reported to Cao Zhihui. He couldn't help but say it.
He added worriedly: "Azhi, we have successfully destroyed Wuchao and Yuan's army's food and fodder. It's time for us to leave and return to Guandu! Otherwise, when Jiang Qi and Meng Dai encircle us, we... we're afraid...
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At this critical juncture, whether as a military advisor or considering his own safety, Xu You's words are correct, but for a group of exhausted warriors, they cannot tolerate such retreat at this time.
"Haha!" Cao Zhi, who paused for a moment, forced out a smile again, half-turned his body, smiled at Xu You, and then said softly: "If Chun Yuqiong appears in Guandu, it will explain our mission
If we fail, the soldiers of Yuan Army will not believe that their food and grass have been burned by us. Yuan Shao will even tell his soldiers that this is just a rumor we deliberately created, so we must stay, even if we fight to the last soldier.
I also want to keep Chunyu Qiong here!"
Cao Zhi's insistence on destroying Chun Yuqiong's men in front of him, in order to cut off his own destination, shocked Xu You who was about to persuade Cao Zhi to retreat. He staggered and fell to the dirt, looking at him with blank eyes and the same contempt.
Looking at his group of fierce warriors.
At present, the strength of the two sides is almost equal, but after all, Chunyu Qiong has reinforcements coming from behind, and they will not have one soldier and one reinforcement to rush to their aid.
Everyone here knew this very well, and they just deliberately ignored the presence of enemy reinforcements behind their backs. Cao Zhi and others can have this kind of Ah Q spirit, Xu You can't, and he can't accept waiting here.
He could only wait for the fate of dying in battle. For a moment, he couldn't help but think that the ending of his choice would be such a fate and result, and he burst into tears.
Cao Zhi and other generals looked at Xu You who was crying bitterly. No one made any sound except curling their lips.
"Let's go! Thanks to you for this battle, your mission has been completed..." Cao Zhi suddenly whispered to the crying Xu You.
Then he stood on a higher mound again and shouted to the soldiers near or far away: "I know you are all exhausted, but the same is true for the enemies on the opposite side. The ordnance they snatched from the military camp that was burned by us
It's already limited. I just saw that many enemy soldiers had only the last arrow left in their quivers. The warriors held back their last breath and prepared to attack. If we defeat this last wave of enemies, we will win!
"
"Ah, kill all these Northern troops!"
"Kill them all!"
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Cao Zhi's motivation can explode with amazing instigation power no matter what the situation.
After Cao Zhi said his words of encouragement, he walked down the mound and began to take off his armor. He was shirtless, dragged an enemy corpse at his feet, and spat on himself with their blood.
Strong momentum.
When the soldiers below saw Cao Zhi doing this, they also began to strip off their clothes and use the blood from the enemy's corpse to smear their chests, arms, and even their horses, and some even painted on them. He created his own ghost-drawing talisman, shouting that he would be invulnerable and other talismanic words.
"What about me?" Just when Cao Zhi and others were preparing to launch a death-defying charge, a thunderous voice sounded from the hillside behind Cao Zhi and others.
Then I saw two figures, one rough and majestic, the other slender and weak, rushing down the hillside.
The rough man ran forward, obviously pulling the slender figure behind him. Cao Zhi looked back at the two people running down the hillside and smiled. He said to Zhao Yun who was also shaking his head and smiling: "How can I Forget about these two people!"
The visitors were none other than Xu Chu and Zhen Mi, who were forced to "watch the fire" on the mountain by Cao Zhi.
Xu Chu strictly followed Cao Zhi's orders this time. When Cao Zhi and others rushed to kill Chun Yuqiong and set fire to Chun Yuqiong's northern and southern camps, he resolutely let Zhen Mi stay on the mountain to "watch", and Zhen Mi was not allowed to leave again.
After Zhen Mi was excited most of the night to watch the famous "Wuchao Fire" in history, when the battle started in the early morning, she proposed to Xu Chu her plan to truly experience battlefield life.
She asked Xu Chu to take her down the mountain to have a closer look, but our comrade Xu Chu ruthlessly refused, and also laughed at Zhen Mi's allergy to blood, nausea, fainting and other common female problems. She also boasted about herself. Having seen scenes of human flesh, intestines, internal organs and rivers of blood countless times, she advised her to forget it and not experience real war.
Although Xu Chu's alarmist words indeed caused Zhen Mi to vomit out her overnight meal on the mountain where the cool breeze was caressing her, she still insisted on going to take a look.
When the battle progressed to noon, Xu Chu, who had not yet waited for his replacement, couldn't help but become anxious. After frequently looking down the mountain and watching more than a dozen charges and counterattacks, Xu Chu suddenly had an enlightenment and realized that "Cao I might have forgotten him and this Nine Auntie!"
But the fact is that Cao Zhi, who was busy fighting, forgot about Xu Chu and Zhen Mi who had been watching the scenery on the mountain.
Xu Chu, who finally couldn't stand Zhen Mi's instigation, came at the right time. Just when Cao Zhi was about to launch a death-defying charge, they came to the foot of the mountain. When they heard Cao Zhi's oath of encouragement and saw countless soldiers smearing blood on their bodies and drawing ghosts and talismans, , the fighting spirit in Xu Chu's body had already burned to the extreme.
When he was still dozens of meters away from where Cao Zhi's troops were gathering, he grabbed Zhen Mi, who was dragging an oil bottle behind him, and ran screaming all the way. He also started to take off his clothes along the way, and quickly joined Cao Zhi and others. Procession of people.
"Oh, you rude nigga, oh, you knocked me to death..." Zhen Mi complained angrily to Xu Chu while getting up on her own, causing her to fall heavily.
Although Zhen Mi is now wearing men's clothes and a set of rattan armor specially designed for soldiers, it is unlikely that she would be injured if she fell like this. But for a beauty with both talent and virtue like Zhen Mi, it is still very degrading and disgraceful. figurative.