Cao Zhi was still quite far away from the actual battlefield. Unlike Yuan Shang, he could not see the actual battle. But he saw the black smoke rising repeatedly in the sky, and the flaming arrows and trebuchets.
The fire bombs were as dazzling as meteors, and the murderous shouts shook the sky, making Cao Zhi still feel as if he had experienced it himself.
At this time, as the enemy's defense line opened a gap, Cao Jun's two siege columns no longer hid in Tibet. Instead, they focused on throwing rocks and other firepower to madly suppress the defense forces on the two Yuan Jun camps. Everything started just to cover them.
A desperate charge.
In the smoke-filled wilderness, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, Li Dian and other forward generals of Cao's army were leading their respective troops to launch a desperate charge against Yuan Ying. Since it was a charge, there was no need to dodge like just breaking through the gap between the two Yuan Yings.
Let alone stop and shoot arrows. Shooting arrows to cover is a matter for the follow-up troops. Their current mission is just "charge!", rush up as fast as possible, rush into the enemy's position, and climb up the enemy's camp.
If you get involved with the enemy, you will either be killed or killed!
As for whether the enemy falls or whether you stand at the end, it all depends on everyone's luck and means! Anyway, there are two outcomes. If you can't rush forward, you will definitely die. If you rush forward, you may still have a way to survive and be rewarded with wealth!
After suffering a certain amount of casualties, Zhao Yun's team finally approached Yuan Jun's camp, which also caused a quick defeat for Yuan Jun.
"Brothers, kill!" Zhao Yun roared at the top of his lungs while running like flying. The soldiers and generals following him suddenly howled, and all of them grinned like wild wolves that had smelled the smell of blood.
The big mouth revealed cold fangs, and his expression was even more ferocious.
The early withdrawal of the main senior generals and most important officials of the Yuan Army from the battlefield will inevitably make it difficult for the remaining Yuan Army soldiers facing Cao Jun to remain calm and calm against the fierce and fierce Cao Army.
In addition, their camp had been violently destroyed by Cao's army's explosives, and their determination to persevere had long since disappeared. By the time they fired the last bow and arrow in their hands, Zhao Yun had taken the lead and jumped into Yuan's camp majestically, holding his silver spear high.
The Yuan soldiers who were half-kneeling on the ground and still raising their bows to shoot saw a general Cao Cao on a white horse and a silver spear entering the camp. They threw away their bows, arrows, spears and spears, then turned around and fled in all directions. Disintegration is a contagious disease.
, spread quickly after Yuanzhai.
Immediately, Zhao Yun, the commander of Cao's army, rushed forward and drew the silver spear in his hand forward. The soldiers who followed him immediately howled like wild beasts again, and fiercely pounced on Yuan's camp with their swords drawn.
Soon, Yuan Jun, who was still resisting, violently collided with Cao Jun, who was charging in. The sound of weapons clashing, bones breaking, sharp blades ripping flesh apart, and the roars of the soldiers of both armies,
There were also the cries of people dying before they died, and they immediately became one in this area.
It must be admitted that although Yuan Jun is in a period of unquestionable decline from top to bottom, it was once the most powerful military force in China. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. At this time, Yuan Jun is
Although the morale of the army was weakened because of Yuan Shang's early departure, there were still some brave men.
Zhao Yun followed the large group of men and horses to attack, and many Yuan soldiers fought hard to resist. Zhao Yun's forward was considered to be one of the most elite, and the force was obviously superior, but it could not gain the upper hand. Basically,
Three Yuan soldiers who were desperately resisting, placed back to back, could block the siege of at least six Cao soldiers! Zhao Yun's troops who broke into Yuan Village were temporarily blocked by this brave resistance and continued to drive deeper.
It takes precious time to hunt down or capture Yuan Shang in one fell swoop.
However, after all, Zhao Yun faced an overwhelming defeat and had an absolute advantage in strength, and the further back he was, the more obvious his numerical advantage became.
In some areas, at first there were more than 100 Cao's troops versus more than 60 Yuan's troops. However, in less than half a pack of cigarettes, although Cao's army had less than 90 men left, only less than 90 Yuan's troops were still able to resist.
There were twenty people. Moreover, Cao’s army continued to receive reinforcements that broke through Yuan’s defense line and poured into Yuan’s village. The situation on the entire battlefield immediately became a brutal massacre of five fighting one by one.
However, as we get to the end, the remaining masters are all difficult to deal with, and it will not be so easy to decide the winner.
However, at this time, the main follow-up force of Cao's army took advantage of the situation, and even the fleet of Cao Zhi himself was approaching the main battlefield filled with smoke.
Consciously, Zhao Yun did not rush into Yuan's camp with all his strength. Zhao Yun, whose face was dull, said nothing. He picked, stabbed, chopped, and poked with a spear like lightning. Amidst the pitiful howling, several Yuan's soldiers spun and fell away, not knowing whether they were alive or dead for a moment.
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Zhao Yun stabbed a Yuan Army sergeant with one shot. He wanted to pick up his body and throw it at the other enemy soldiers who had just jumped up. Unexpectedly, with one arm and a strong effort, he just picked up the man and fell away, but he didn't even think about it.
Pick it up and fly.
Zhao Yun picked up the reins of his horse and rushed forward again. But at this moment, he heard a collapse-like sound of soldiers rout. Zhao Yun hurriedly stopped his horse and looked to the right, only to see countless rats scurrying around the battlefield in the distance on the right.
The soldiers of the Yuan army retreated towards this place like a tide in a panic.
"Alas, it is not easy to spread out among the chaotic army. Our army is no longer pursuing us, so retreat!" Zhao Yun gave an order to his subordinates helplessly.
After a quick glance, he realized that Yuan Tan had lost his defense line and camp, and still collapsed and retreated.
"Xu Chu is faster than me again..."
Although Zhao Yun's sigh was full of reluctance, his good military literacy and overall concept made him still understand the danger of being trapped by the remnants of the two sides in such a chaotic scene.
Therefore, he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, annihilated the remaining remaining enemies on the spot, consolidated the position in the occupied area, and stopped advancing rashly.
The archers of Cao's army who had just rushed in from behind fired several arrows at the retreating Yuan soldiers. In the twilight of the black smoke, it was unclear whether they were hit or not. Because the gap through Yuan's camp was not wide, the first two waves of Cao's soldiers would be killed.
After waiting for a while, those who caught up behind them, before they could open their doors and make some gains, were ordered by Zhao Yun's generals to stop their advance, and saw countless Yuan troops disappearing into the smoke.
At this time, the highest instructions from Cao Zhi also arrived in time. Cao Zhi's order was very consistent with Zhao Yun's temporary judgment. Cao Zhi also requested that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang be merged into one place and let them escape!
Cao Zhi's goal is not to eliminate them here, his goal is to go to Yecheng. Yuan's army, which has been defeated again and again, is an army that will never improve again. How much more can they have left?
Cao Zhi didn't care about military strength or combat effectiveness at this time.
"Why do they still have so many firearms? Didn't you say that Cao's army has exhausted all these sharp weapons?"
Yuan Shang, who had truly thrown away his armor and was in a state of embarrassment, was escorted by his sergeants and retreated for more than thirty miles in one breath before he stood still and took a breather.
"I don't know, maybe... maybe it's a new one..." Guo Tu, who was also furious, replied breathlessly.
"Well, if it weren't for the fact that our army's firearms are difficult to transport, we would have given Cao Zhi a few more, and the momentum would not stop there... I wonder where Yuan Tan is..."
As soon as Yuan Shang finished speaking, he heard and saw Yuan Tan's rout on the right. Yuan Shang, who was originally obliged to reinforce Yuan Tan, completely lost the need for reinforcements on the front line.
At this moment, a messenger from the rear rushed to the side of Guo Tu, who was still in shock, and whispered.
Guo Tu then reported a completely desperate news to Yuan Shang: at dawn today, there was news that Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's supply team had been attacked by Cao's army, and now they have lost contact with their base camp and are missing.
The battle situation was unfavorable just now, and they lost food and fodder. Seeing that the situation was over and Yuan Shang, who could not do much in this battle, immediately ordered the entire army to return to the division and retreat to Yecheng.
#######When Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fled back to Yecheng overnight, Cao Zhi was still following them.
Yecheng, which borders Zhangshui to the north, is still as majestic as ever. Cao Zhi finally arrived at Yecheng. Just like when he crossed the high hill a few years ago, Cao Zhi saw a gust of breeze blowing in front of him. He took a long breath and was very interested.
I once again looked at this majestic city famous for its history.
After many years of management by Yuan Shao, the capital city looked majestic and majestic. Although the city under Cao Zhi's rule also had many prosperous places, it was still very different from here.
The moat is ten feet wide, and the river is slowly floating past with white lagoons. It looks like an endless picture scroll. On the inside of the moat, there is a towering ten-meter-high city wall made of earth and stone.
Soldiers with bright armor patrolled back and forth, hunting in the wind with flags painted with various patterns.
This is the third time Cao Zhi has come to this refreshing city. The first time he was shocked was that Cao Zhi accepted the invitation of Yuan Shao and came to Jizhou to participate in countering the rebellion and dealing with Gongsun Zan. The second time he was secretly happy, Cao Zhi was delighted.
After leading his troops into Jizhou, helping Yuan Shao defeat Gongsun Zan, and then teaming up with the Black Mountain Army, Cao Zhi once owned this big city for a short time. Every time he saw it, he couldn't help but feel excited and imagine it.
He felt as if he had replaced Cao Cao and became the King of Wei, standing on the Bronze Bird Platform with high spirits and looking out at all the people in the world.
But of course there is no Tongque Tower now, and Cao Zhi cannot become the King of Wei. If he wants to, he will only become the King of Wu!
Yecheng now has eleven city gates, three gates on each of the east, west, and north sides, and two gates on the south. There is a pheasant gate outside each city gate. The city gate is more than ten meters wide and three feet high.
Neither Wudi in Yangzhou nor several major cities in Yanzhou have tall buildings of this scale.
After Cao Zhi surrounded Yecheng, he prepared to capture Yecheng in one go. However, although Guo Jia, who was now a lieutenant of the Han Empire, was still the first military advisor beside Cao Zhi, he still put forward his own opinions.