Seeing that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were forced to retreat, Xia Houyuan did not order to stop archery, but changed the target to Danyang soldiers in Xuzhou.
The fighting power of the Danyang soldiers is indeed impressive. In other places on the battlefield, when one Cao soldier falls, he has often taken the lives of two Xuzhou soldiers. But in front of the Danyang soldiers, it is completely the opposite. It almost costs two Cao soldiers to sacrifice their lives.
A price of 100,000 yuan can be exchanged for the head of a Danyang soldier.
Arrows rained from the sky like locusts and swarmed towards the Danyang soldiers. Every moment someone was hit by an arrow and fell down. Cao Jun, who was originally fighting with the Danyang soldiers, took advantage of the situation and retreated a short distance to avoid being accidentally injured by his own archers.
Seeing the fierce arrow formation of Cao Jun, the Xuzhou army also began to draw their bows and shoot back under the command of general Cao Bao. However, the Xuzhou archers were usually lax in their training, and their shooting skills were not as good as those of the archers behind Xia Houyuan. In addition, at this time, it was unlucky to
It was against the wind, so the damage caused to Cao's army was minimal.
"Trapped in the camp, attack!" Seeing that nearly half of Danyang's soldiers had been lost one after another, Xia Houyuan also sacrificed the one thousand trapped sergeants who were Cao's army's last trump card.
"With the ambition to trap the enemy, I am invincible!" Under the scream of Wang Zhong, the captain of the enemy camp, a thousand soldiers trapped in the enemy camp instantly exuded a fierce murderous aura and high-spirited fighting spirit.
"I am invincible if I am determined to capture the enemy!" A thousand soldiers shouted in unison, the force of which was enough to frighten the Xuzhou Army on the battlefield.
"Humph, this is just a bunch of wild dogs that only know how to bark!" Tao Qian's nephew Tao Yi, the captain of Tao Qian's tent, saw that his army was frightened by the opponent's army of only a thousand men. He couldn't help but feel angry.
Shouted loudly.
But the facts proved that he was the wild dog that only knew how to bark. As soon as the trapped sergeant entered the Danyang army formation, he immediately showed his unparalleled fighting power.
If the Danyang soldiers were at the height of their morale, they might still be able to contend with the trapped camp for a while. However, the previous bursts of arrow rain caused the Danyang soldiers' fighting spirit to drop sharply. Although the Danyang soldiers were already quite large in number, they had suffered many losses so far.
, but the troops still had a great advantage compared to the trapped camp. However, at this time, under the point of a thousand trapped spears, the discouraged Danyang soldiers could not resist even for a moment. They fought and retreated, and everyone along the way
All that was left behind was his own body.
"Kill!" Wang Zhong, the captain of the trapped camp, took the lead. He swung his spear from left to right and killed several Danyang sergeants one after another.
Wang Zhong's martial arts is not bad. Perhaps for those fierce generals, his marksmanship can only be regarded as second-rate, but for ordinary soldiers, his marksmanship is already very powerful. Gao Shun admired his bravery, so he specially reported it to Cao Cao and awarded him
The position of captain.
"Thieves, please accept your orders!" Tao Yi galloped towards Wang Zhong and shouted loudly.
Tao Yi couldn't help but panic when he saw the situation change several times before. Although he was usually uneducated and incompetent, he still had the most basic common sense. He knew very well that once this battle was defeated, Xuzhou would probably be destroyed in a few days.
It's about to change ownership.
No matter what, this battle cannot be defeated! Only by first narrowly defeating Cao's army in the field battle, the Xuzhou army can gain more advantages in future city defense battles, and at least maintain the excitement of its own army's morale.
Now that the morale of the Danyang soldiers has been reduced, and the fighting spirit of the trapped camp is strong, even if the whole army is not wiped out if the fight continues, the vitality of the Danyang soldiers will probably be difficult to recover. There is only one way now, and that is to reduce the morale of the trapped camp.
Also suffering a big setback, the best way is to kill the general. If possible, killing Xia Houyuan is naturally the best outcome, but this is not an ordinary difficulty. The opponent is a heavy general of Cao's army and surrounded by layers of personal guards.
They are being closely guarded. In this case, we can only settle for the next best thing. If we can kill the captain trapped in the camp, we should be able to achieve a certain effect.
Tao Yi lacked a lot of things, but he did not lack confidence. When he usually competed with several generals under Tao Qian's command, was there any time when he did not win the final victory steadily? Therefore, this gave him unparalleled self-confidence, thinking that he
His martial arts skills are among the best in the world, but he has never thought that the reason why he can win easily every time is not because others deliberately give in to him because he is the lord's nephew.
"It's you who deserve to die!" When Wang Zhong saw the enemy general charging towards him, he was not afraid at all and faced him with his gun.
The two spears intersected, and within a few seconds, Wang Zhong was surprised. It was not that the opponent was too strong, but that he was too weak. Wang Zhong was different from Tao Yi. He was very self-aware and knew how much he weighed.
He knew very well that his little strength was nothing compared to the real masters. Before the fight with Tao Yi, although he had a fearless look on his face, there was still a trace of uneasiness in his heart. After all,
Looking at the armor the opponent was wearing, it seemed that he had a high status. He was afraid that the opponent was a talented general in the Xuzhou Army and that he would have difficulty dealing with it. However, when he put the numbers together, he found that was not the case at all. He never expected that the opponent's martial arts would be so inferior.
A bad situation.
In the fifth round, Wang Zhong stabbed Tao Yi with a spear in his hand, knocking Tao Yi off his horse.
Although Tao Yi usually does not have much prestige in the army, he is Tao Qian's nephew after all. Now that he suddenly died on the battlefield, the impact cannot be underestimated. Although the original Danyang soldiers gradually retreated under the pressure of the trapped camp,
, but at least it still retains certain rules and regulations, and there is no big chaos. But now that Tao Yi is dead, the army is defeated like a mountain, and it is really out of control.
"Ming Jin! Ming Jin!" On the Xiapi City Tower, Tao Qian could no longer bear to grieve for his nephew's death in battle, and hurriedly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. The Xuzhou Army had been defeated, and all he could think about now was to let as many soldiers as possible
The soldiers can escape back to Xiapi City. After all, one more person means more strength to defend the city.
——————————————————————————————————Cao’s army won a complete victory in this battle, with a total loss of less than 3,000, and annihilated them.
There were more than 4,500 enemies and nearly 2,000 prisoners, which greatly reduced the effective strength of Xuzhou Army.
"You are truly my good general!" Cao Cao led his Chinese army to join Xia Houyuan two hours after the battle ended, and he was full of praise for the result.
"Let the old thief Tao Qian be free for one more day, and attack the city tomorrow!" It was already night, and Cao Cao was confident that victory was imminent, so he had no plans to attack the city overnight.
When he was about to rest, a sergeant suddenly came to report that there was a man outside the tent who called himself Liu Bei and asked to see him.
Liu Bei? Cao Cao knew very well that the other party was here as a lobbyist. From the moment when Cao Jun reached the border of Xuzhou, envoys seeking peace came one after another, which can be said to be an endless stream. As for those envoys, Cao Cao
Always adopt a closed-door strategy.
But for Liu Bei, it was different. Not to mention other things, Cao Cao couldn't easily leave him out because of the old friendship of sending troops to pursue Dong Zhuo together.
Liu Bei faced Cao Cao and bowed his head, while Guan Yu stood aside. Liu Bei entered Cao Cao's camp to make peace. He originally wanted to come alone, but Tao Qian urged him to be on guard, so he brought Guan Yu along with him.
Even if Cao Cao wanted to make trouble, he had to be cautious. Originally, Zhang Fei insisted on accompanying him, but considering that his third brother was too grumpy, what if Cao Cao had no unfavorable intentions towards him, but was disturbed by Zhang Fei?
It was not impossible that he had murderous intentions after that, and Liu Bei finally let him stay in Xiapi City.
———————————————————————————————— ps: Wang Zhong, a Fufeng family, has a martial arts background. He served as the pavilion chief earlier.
Later, he led his fellow villagers to defect to Cao Cao and became the official Zhonglang General. When Wang Zhong was young, he had eaten dead human flesh due to the rebellion and famine in Guanzhong. Later, his cannibalism was known to Cao Pi. Cao Pi made fun of him and found him specially.