Chapter 378: Howl, Cao Hong (asking for a monthly ticket)
Yes, the one hanging on the city gate is none other than Cao Hong.
This move was used once by Yan Liang during the Battle of Chaisang, but it was Han Dang who was on the attack at that time, and now it was replaced by Cao Hong.
Sun Quan could risk the life of Han Dang, a veteran of the three dynasties, in order to win, but Yan Liang wanted to see if Xiahou Dun was also such a person.
The siege team is approaching Wuguan. The elite Cao army has issued orders and prohibitions. They will never care about who is hanging on the city. As long as they have military orders, even if it is Cao Cao himself, they will show no mercy.
Open your bow and let go of arrows.
There was a rebellion in Xiahou Dun's camp and Xiahou Dun himself was taken hostage. Yu Jin used military orders as an excuse to launch an attack on the rebels, regardless of Xiahou Dun's life.
Afterwards, Cao Cao praised Yu Jin's approach and ordered the entire army to follow Yu Jin's approach whenever encountering such situations in the future.
Today's situation is so similar.
Xiahou Dun had a ferocious face and gritted his teeth. Looking at Cao Hong who was hanging on the city from a distance, he couldn't help but feel hateful and angry.
He was angry that Yan Liang, that thief, had resorted to such cruel methods, but he was angry that Cao Hong, an unlucky guy, had become Yan Liang's prisoner, putting Xiahou Dun and the entire Cao army in such a passive situation where it was difficult to make a choice.
Cao's army was still advancing, and it took only a blink of an eye to launch the attack.
Yan Liang, who was on the top of the city, had a relaxed look on his face, admiring the dilemma of his enemy with interest.
At the city gate, Cao Hong panicked after being hanged.
When he was originally escorted onto the battlefield, he was very surprised when he saw the vast army outside the city, but when he was hung rudely on the city gate by Yan Liang, he was dumbfounded.
Only then did he realize that Yan Liang had brought him to the city not to let him watch the fun, but to use him as a shield.
Seeing his own army approaching fiercely, Cao Hong suddenly became anxious. He struggled and twisted desperately, just like a fish on the hook. He instinctively struggled to break free from the restraints.
When Yan Liang from the top of the city saw this, he said coldly: "Zifeng, if he dares to mess with you again, I'll cut the rope."
When Zhou Cang heard this, he immediately pulled out his knife and put it on the rope. He shouted: "My surname is Cao. Did you hear that? My lord said that if you dare to move again, I will cut the rope and beat you to death, you son of a bitch."
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Cao Hong lowered his head and glanced down, and was immediately too frightened to dare to struggle any more.
Although Wuguan North City is not as tall as South City, it is still several feet high, and the bottom of his body is facing a deer antler. If he falls, he will be impaled by the antlers even if he does not fall to death.
Cao Hong lost his temper and did not dare to make any more troubles, but when he saw his army slowly approaching, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and his heart felt like needles pricking his heart.
In panic, he shouted anxiously: "I am Cao Hong, I am Cao Hong, don't hurt me——"
Cao Hong is a general of the Cao family. There are many Cao soldiers outside the city who know his face. Seeing Cao Hong being imprisoned at the top of the city, these Cao soldiers were all shocked.
But the shock turned into shock. The eight thousand Cao troops continued to march towards the city in an orderly manner.
More than a thousand crossbowmen who were behind the shield bearers had already begun to bend their bows and set arrows, aiming at the city head.
At such a distance, the archers had no way to aim directly at the target. They just raised their arrows at an angle, preparing to carry out a covering strike with a dense volley.
A random shot of arrows exposed Cao Hong. It would be strange not to be shot into a hedgehog.
The iron-like discipline that Cao Hong was originally proud of now caused Cao Hong great pain. He never thought that one day, he would become a victim of this iron-like discipline.
"I am Cao Hong, I am Cao Hong——"
Cao Hong was almost desperate. In panic, he no longer cared about honor and dignity, and just screamed hysterically.
When he thought about the mountains of money at home, and when he thought about the flowers and beautiful family members, who had to leave him so far away before they had time to enjoy them to their fullest, Cao Hong at this moment had never been so full of fear of death.
Yan Liang'er listened to Cao Hong's ghost howl, and a sneer flashed across his lips.
What he speculated was absolutely correct. Those who love money cannot become those who risk their lives.
The officers and soldiers of the Yan family on the top of the city all showed contempt when they heard Cao Hong's pitiful howl.
Yan Liang did not stop Cao Hong's howling, and he also hoped that Cao Hong's howling would be as loud as possible, so that Xiahou Dun who was further away could hear it clearly.
If not, how could Yan Liang implement his strategy of "conquering the enemy without fighting"?
The arrow is on the string and must be fired.
In the distance, Xiahou Dun's face was filled with anger, and his heart was extremely tangled.
If he attacks the city, Cao Hong will die.
If we don't attack the city, will we lose the military pass and let the world laugh at my incompetence, Xiahou?
Xiahou Dun's heart was as sharp as a knife.
Seeing that his army was approaching the city, and the crossbowmen had already cocked their arrows, the tragic scene of Cao Hong being pierced by thousands of arrows and turned into a hedgehog appeared in Xiahou Dun's mind.
In an instant, Xiahou Dun's heart was shaken violently, and all his anger and fighting spirit were shattered by the imaginary scene.
"Call the gold to retreat the troops, quickly call the gold to retreat the troops!" Xiahou Dun shouted sternly without caring much.
The messenger hurriedly passed down Xiahou Dun's order, and in the blink of an eye, the golden sound of "clang, clang, clang" rang out.
Beating drums to advance and calling gold to retreat. This is the most basic discipline. How could these Cao family soldiers not understand it?
However, now they are only more than fifty steps away from Guancheng, and they are already riding a tiger with difficulty. It is really taboo for military strategists to withdraw their troops at such a moment.
Cao Cao's army of eight thousand hesitated for a moment, then had to suppress their fighting spirit, draw back their bows, unload their crossbows, and begin to retreat.
"Lord, Cao's army has retreated." Huang Zhong shouted excitedly.
Yan Liang only nodded slightly. Although his strategy worked, his face was not only proud, but also secretly filled with admiration.
"Xiahou Dun is not as heartless as Bi Yan'er. Cao Hong, Cao Hong, you fell in love with a good brother and saved your life..." Yan Liang murmured with emotion.
"Lord, what should we do next?" Huang Zhong asked.
Yan Liang observed the formation of Cao's army from a distance. Although it was in retreat, the eight thousand Cao's troops were in order and showed no disorder at all. This shows that Xiahou Dun has indeed organized his troops well.
For such a well-trained and disciplined army, it is obvious that there will not be much gain if troops are sent out hastily to pursue them.
However, even so, Yan Liang could not allow Xiahou Dun to come in so arrogantly and retreat so easily.
Murderous intent suddenly gathered in his eyes, and Yan Liang sneered, "What else can we do? Of course, we can use a rain of arrows to send off our General Xiahou properly."
"The general understands.
Huang Zhong also sneered, then waved his sword and shouted: "The whole army listens to the order and fires arrows——"
The order was passed, the rumble of war drums rose to the sky, and the horn of attack was sounded.
The more than a thousand crossbowmen who had already been in position relaxed their fingers after hearing the order, and more than a thousand sharp arrows shot out from their strings. Amidst the buzzing of thousands of birds flapping their wings, they roared towards the enemy formation like locusts.
Arrows rained down, and screams suddenly arose. Except for the sword-shield-hand formation, Cao's troops in other formations were swept down in an instant like straw.
The Yan army's crossbowmen below the city did not need to bear the enemy's crossbows. They took advantage of their condescending position and fired at Cao's army who was slowly retreating.
One of Cao's soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and in a blink of an eye there were nearly hundreds of casualties.
In the distance, Xiahou Dun's face was distorted and his heart was as painful as a knife, but he could only watch helplessly as his soldiers were picked off by random arrows from the enemy.
Attacking is different from retreating. When you are attacked by enemy arrows, you can rush to the blind corner of the city wall to avoid the enemy's arrows.
The retreat was different. In order not to cause any flaw in the military formation and give Yan Jun a chance to go out and pursue him, Cao Jun could only retreat slowly. Even in the face of a rain of arrows, he did not dare to speed up his retreat.
Step forward, because that may cause the entire army to collapse.
Therefore, those eight thousand Cao troops could only bear Yan Jun's "farewell gift" in pain, praying for better luck and not being hit by arrows.
The price Xiahou Dun had to pay was to withdraw his troops when facing the enemy.
Cao Hong, who was hanging on the top of the city, forgot to howl at this time, and only stared at his own soldiers in stunned silence. Because he was concerned about his life, Cao Hong died in vain under Yan Jun's arrows.
At this moment, although Cao Hong had saved his life, there was no trace of happiness in his heart. Instead, he felt a sense of self-blame.
Finally, under a hail of bullets and leaving more than 800 corpses behind, Cao Jun finally withdrew from the range of Yan Jun's crossbows.
Yan Liang was also very thrifty. Once he saw Cao's army withdrawing from the shooting range, he immediately ordered to stop firing arrows and would not waste every arrow that the working people of Jingxiang had worked hard to produce.
At this time, Xiahou Dun breathed a long sigh of relief. Looking at the corpses left in the field in front of Wuguan, the hatred on Xiahou Dun's face was already like a gushing volcano.
"Yan Liang, the dog thief, if I, Xiahou Dun, don't repay you twice as much for today's revenge, I will never be a human being!"
Xiahou Dun gritted his teeth and swore a strong oath, but he could only lead his entire army to retreat with hatred in his heart, towards Shang County in the north.
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Liangzhou, Wuwei County.
Under Guzang City, companies and camps were spread out, flags covered the sky, and 30,000 Cao Cao troops surrounded the city where the Liangzhou Governor's Department was located.
In the Chinese army's tent, Cao Cao and his civil and military men were planning a plan to break the city in high spirits.
Since the Western Expedition, Cao Cao defeated the allied forces of Ma and Han, recaptured the counties in Longxi, and drove the Ma and Teng clan to Qishan to seek help from Zhang Lu. He then went north to Liangzhou, defeated Han Sui, and surrounded Han Sui and his final defeated troops.
In this Guzang city.
The destruction of the city is just around the corner. As long as Han Sui is eliminated, the entire Liangzhou will be merged into the imperial court, or in other words, Cao Cao's territory.
With the two prefectures of Yongliang and Yongliang under his control, he would no longer have to worry about anything. He could gather all the horses from Xiliang and fight eastward for the Central Plains.
At this time, Cao Cao was already planning the next step in his heart. He was even planning how to enter Nanyang again and take revenge on Yan Liang.
At this moment, the curtain was lifted, and Liu Ye hurried inside with a solemn look on his face.
"Prime Minister, something bad has happened. Chang'an urgently reports that Yan Liang has attacked Wuguan and captured General Zilian."
The high-spirited look on Cao Cao's face disappeared in an instant.
