Xu You's gloomy words appeared in Cao Zhi's ears at the right time. After saying that, he bowed slightly, put down his hands, and stepped away.
As a combination of counselor and general, Xu You plays the most critical role at this time. As the saying goes, "The insidiousness of the literati is called insidious!" Sometimes a word or an idea at a critical moment can defeat thousands of armies.
Horses can also determine the life and death of many people.
Xu You's viciousness was revealed at this time. Cao Zhi had always thought that only Jia Xu in his team was such a person. Unexpectedly, Xu You, who was greedy for life and fearful of death, should not be underestimated.
Cao Zhi, who had been silently examining Xu You for a long time, finally looked away from Xu You and said to the general who was waiting for orders: "War is cruel. We have to end the war as soon as possible. This is the only way!"
"Xu Chu, Li Dian listens to the order!"
"exist!"
"Kill them all, cut off the noses of all the prisoners and the lips and tongues of all the captured cattle and horses, and demonstrate to Yuan Yuan's troops!"
"yes!"
Jiang Qi and Meng Dai, who were responsible for blocking Cao Zhi, finally waited until Yuan Shao changed his mind. When they received the order to approach Wuchao, Cao Zhi had already defeated Chunyu Qiong's camp, killed Chunyu Qiong, and removed all the food and grass he had accumulated.
They and their vehicles and baggage were burned, and all the surrendered prisoners were killed.
Wuchao has become a Shura hell, and Cao Zhi soon made this area synonymous with mobile terror.
After Jiang Qi and others hurriedly left the camp, they saw an army armed with enemy corpses and mouths and noses before they had traveled ten miles.
This is Cao Zhi and others who destroyed Chunyu Qiong and won a complete victory over Wuchao. They nailed the enemy's head to the top of their weapons and flags, and allowed the blood and brains to flow down the weapons. They used the enemy's blood to make makeup
He clicked on his horse and loaded all the headless corpses of Yuan Jun into his own baggage cart. They walked slowly and with great fanfare, dripping with blood and terror.
This was not a troop from the human world. When Jiang Qi and others met this troop from a distance, they smelled the strong smell of blood. When they entered and saw the enemy troops clearly, they also suspected that this was a troop.
An army from hell.
Although Cao Zhi's troops only had more than 2,000 people, the atmosphere of terror they created was unprecedented. And their aura of not intending to stop at all brought fear to Jiang Qi and other Yuan Jun soldiers that they had never felt before.
Soon Jiang Qi and others did not fight, but were defeated by the momentum of Cao Zhi and others. Without firing a single shot, they turned around and fled back to Guandu.
After driving away the last obstacle, Cao Zhi led the remaining troops to take advantage of the victory and return to Guandu.
News of the burning of Wuchao's grain and grass reached the Guandu front line. The senior Yuan army officials who were the first to receive the news began to waver in morale, and internal opinions on what to do next split into several factions.
However, the offensive and defensive battle outside Yuan Jun's stronghold in Guandu became more and more intense. Cao Ren and the generals who stayed behind in Cao Ying did not stop attacking for a moment when Wuchao did not send back any definite news.
Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others led their troops to attack Yuan Ying respectively, but Yuan Ying was strong and difficult to conquer. If it didn't work once, try two, three, or four times. As more and more news and battle results came back from Wuchao, Cao Jun's
The number of attacks is increasing and the intensity of the attacks is increasing.
Special siege weapons such as cloud ladders, trench-filling vehicles, and overhead vehicles were used in turn. The brave men in Cao's army repeatedly crossed the trenches outside Yuanzhai and climbed up the wall of the village again and again.
Ordinarily, the Yuan Walled City here is not high and not strong. It is far different from the cities they usually capture, but every time they face countless arrows, wood, rolling stones, wolf fangs, and even
There were also fire pots filled with caltrops. Countless soldiers of Cao's army fell forever under the Yuan Ying's walled city, but they still did not stop fighting and attacking.
Soon, Cao Ying was also attacked by Yuan's army. The person responsible for attacking Cao Ying was Gao Lan. This comrade who once had Zhang Jiao. Although he was good at fighting, Cao Ying was stronger than Yuan Ying. Although he was the same as Cao Ren and others.
, regardless of the cost, they violently attacked Cao Ying from the left, but failed to capture it in the past two days.
The war in Guandu once fell into a brutal fight regardless of the cost and without any knowledge of military skills. Soon the news that Wuchao's entire army had been wiped out was sent back to Guandu. Gao Lan, who was fighting hard on the front line, was caught up in the party struggle in the Yangwu Camp behind him.
In order to divert Yuan Shao's grief over Wuchao's loss and defeat, Guo Tu immediately falsely accused Gao Lan of intending to rebel before the battle. Yuan Shao temporarily sent the chief secretary to recall him and put him on another side.
When the order was conveyed to the front line, Gao Lan looked up to the sky and cried out sadly, "Why did God let these dogs command us!" Then he burned all his ordnance and surrendered to Cao's army behind Cao's camp.
Cao Hong, Le Jin, Yu Jin and others initially suspected that Gao Lan was pretending to surrender and refused to open the village gate. However, after hearing about this incident, Xun You and Jia Xu rushed to the village gate and ordered Gao Lan to open the gate.
Browse in.
At this point, Yuan Jun lost Gao Lan's troops and horses, and rumors about the defeat of Wuchao and the burning of grain and grass had begun to spread. Under the angry rebuke of the generals in charge, they could no longer suppress the whispers of many ordinary soldiers.
Panic spread in Yuan Camp from unknown time, and the entire camp was filled with an atmosphere of hesitation.
Finally, a group of soldiers could not bear the constant nightmare of the battlefield every day. After discussing with each other, they wanted to follow Gao Lan's example and escape and surrender to Cao Ying. Under the influence of these people, in the walled city under Yuan Tan's direct control and command today, ten people around him
Several soldiers also followed the defectors and fled down the wall.
"Buzz!" There was a sound of bowstrings, and dozens of feather arrows suddenly roared from the left, killing the dozen or so fleeing soldiers on the spot, and then a thick smell of blood spread everywhere.
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The timid comments of "Si Xi Suo Suo" arose one after another at the scene where more than a dozen soldiers were shot and killed. Although there are few people here who have not experienced this kind of bloody scene. But dying under the arrows of one's own men is a huge blow to Yuan Ying.
This group of soldiers on the wall had very few experiences. This also gave them more to think about in such a situation where the morale of the army was unstable.
"Anyone who escapes from the battlefield will be killed without mercy!" A very elegant and pleasant voice sounded from a high platform on the walled city on the left. Although this voice was calm, it was forced to convey an unquestionable majesty.
The speaker was Yuan Tan, who had been ordered to take over the command of Gao Lan's left wing. Yuan Tan was very satisfied with his current performance. In a few words, he imitated Yuan Shao's usual words, deeds and handling methods, thus quelling the defection.
The wind is very satisfying.
However, he did not take the death of those who were sentenced to escape seriously. Looking at the dozens of corpses that fell under his wall, he just smiled contemptuously, then waved his hand to let all the ministries continue to take their places, and then turned around
In a flash, the whole person disappeared behind the high platform and disappeared.
As for the vacant area outside the left city that had been vacated by Gao Lan's rebellion, Yuan Tan immediately issued an order to send a force out of the stronghold to guard the area and continue to confront and attack Cao Jun.
As cannon fodder, they naturally cannot have the same barrier as the army behind Gaozhai. But at this time, Yuan's army was at the highest level of war weariness. The method was thought up by people. They could not have the protection of the wall, and they did not want to
They rushed forward and attacked the strong camp of Cao Jun. So they could only rely on fighting on the edge of the wall behind them. Moreover, they could only rely on their experience and judgment to dodge Cao Jun who was constantly flying in the air and throwing stones.
Indiscriminate bombardment of stone bullets with terrifying impact.
"Woo..."
A strange long blast of a horn interrupted the warring parties. For a time, everyone in the Guandu War Zone was attracted by the long blast of the horn.
The first thing that appeared in Yuan Jun's sight on the walled city was a somewhat dilapidated flag. The color of that flag was quite special. It was once red. It should not be the original color. It seemed to have been soaked in some liquid. The original color on it was
The huge Chinese character "CAO" is set off by the bright red, and when fluttering in the wind, it looks even more eye-catching and weird. The most surprising thing is not the red flag, but the human head hanging on the top of the flag.
Yuan Jun's officers could not clearly see whose head it was from a distance, but then the knight holding it appeared, and they gradually saw the outline clearly.
This knight came slowly holding a strange flag. He was dressed in bright armor. He was handsome, tall, and strong. The white horse under him showed his tall and straight figure. A silver spear was inserted diagonally near the saddle.
The movement of the war horse was filled with bursts of dazzling silver light.
The white war horses, silver armor and weapons, and red flags form an absolutely eye-catching image.
"Isn't that Zhao Zilong?
"Whose head is on his flag?"
"That's Chunyu Qiong, General Chunyu's head! That flag is also painted in this color with blood!"
"It turns out that Wuchao was really captured by Cao's army. The burning of our food and grass is true. We are finished..."
In just a moment, those who clearly saw Zhao Yun's figure and Chun Yuqiong's head began to spread rumors about Wuchao in the northwest Yuan Village.
It was as if all the original rumors were confirmed in an instant, and the generals at the camp could not stop it no matter how hard they tried.
The sergeants on both sides began to stop fighting and made way for Zhao Yun, who was leading the way.
The reason that made them stop automatically was the shocking scene that appeared behind Zhao Yun. A troop with everyone holding red flags and banners slowly marched into Guandu behind Zhao Yun.
Needless to say, this is Cao Zhi and others who returned victoriously from Wuchao. This battle was also carefully planned and prepared by him. After experiencing the shocking scene to force Jiang Qi and Meng Dai back, Cao Zhi is now ready to use it again.
This method frightened Yuan Jun, who was more in Guandu, and was full of confidence.
Indeed, more than two thousand brutally severed heads were placed on more than two thousand flags and flags of Cao's army. The flags and flags in their hands were all red, needless to say, they were all dyed red with the blood of Wuchao and Yuan's army.
And those heads belonged to the Wuchao defenders. They were different from Zhao Yun's dazzling white horses and silver clothes. Their whole bodies, including the horses, exuded a strong smell of blood.