Jia Xu obeyed the order and waved the flag immediately.
When the Chu army's front troops received the order, the originally tightly closed military formation suddenly opened wide, and the soldiers retreated hurriedly.
When the formation was opened, what emerged were thousands of wooden cages, and those wooden cages contained more than a thousand oxen.
The horns of these oxen are all equipped with sharp knives, their tails are coated with grease, and each oxen's eyes are blindfolded.
This is Jia Xu's plan, this poisonous warrior, he wants to use the fire ox strategy against Cao Jun.
During the Warring States period, Yan general Le Yi attacked Qi and led his troops to more than 70 cities of Qi State, almost destroying Qi State. Under the fierce attack of Yan State, Qi State only had two cities left. Qi General Tian Danzheng
Using the Fire Ox Formation, he defeated the powerful Yan State in one fell swoop and restored the lost territory of Qi State.
When Jia Xu proposed to Yan Liang that day, Yan Liang thought of this allusion immediately.
"Wen He, although this fire bull formation is fierce, cattle are not like humans. Once these beasts are caught in the fire, they become violent and lose control. What if they run around and kill their own people?"
At that time, as soon as Jia Xu proposed using the Fire Ox Formation, Yan Liang raised such doubts.
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have my own precautions."
The preventive strategy mentioned by Jia Xu is to encircle the cattle in a wooden cage, only open one side when setting fire, and then cover the eyes of the cattle with a cloth. In this way, the pained and frightened cattle can only rely on their instincts.
, running towards the front of the wooden cage opening.
For this reason, after some thinking, Yan Liang decided to adopt Jia Xu's plan.
So, within a few days, Yan Liang secretly issued a royal order to nearby counties, ordering them to requisition thousands of cattle and send them to the front line with the purpose of delivering grain.
Now, these thousands of cattle have been arrayed in front of the cattle array according to Jia Xu's method.
At this moment, the Huns' cavalry were like a tide, swarming two hundred steps away. At this time, Yan Liang had no choice but to fight.
After taking a deep breath, Yan Liang raised his whip and shouted: "Light the fire and herd the cows——"
After the order was passed, the soldiers who had already held up their torches quickly lit the grease on the tails of the cattle.
"Moo moo!" The ox, whose tail was on fire and in pain, neighed miserably and hit the wooden cage like crazy.
As the war drums sounded, the soldiers on the left and right quickly opened the wooden cage.
Thunder boomed and fire blazed.
More than a thousand fire bulls roared out and ran like crazy towards the oncoming Huns' cavalry.
The charging Xiongnu heavy cavalry were stunned when they saw the vast "sea of oxen" coming towards them.
In the distance, Cao Cao was also shocked and dumbfounded.
When he saw the Chu army suddenly split their formation, he instinctively realized that the situation might be bad.
When Cao Cao saw the Chu army split the formation and saw numerous scalpers appearing in the formation, he immediately realized that Yan Liang was actually planning to use the fire ox strategy.
Fell into the trap again!
Like lightning and thunder, these four big words flashed across Cao Cao's mind.
Cao Cao, who was frightened and ashamed, didn't have time to think too much, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Send the troops with gold, withdraw the troops with gold quickly -"
Cao Cao's troops on the left and right were dumbfounded by the herd of cattle that appeared among Chu's troops. They were stunned for a long time before they understood what Cao Cao meant, and hurriedly sent the order to pay gold.
However, just as the sound of gold sounded in the Cao army's formation, the fire oxen in the Chu army's formation were already roaring towards them.
Cao Cao's eyes were wide open and his face was full of shock. He could only watch the Chu army's fire oxen, like a rushing red tide, slamming into the Huns cavalry formation.
The roars of cattle, the cries of men, and the neighing of horses were all heard in an instant, and the mixed screams even overshadowed the trampling of the horses' hooves.
The pained fire bull was blindfolded and just rushed forward like crazy. The sharp knife tied to the horn of the bull ruthlessly penetrated everything in front of it.
The Huns, who originally came with great force and thought they could easily tear the Chu army to pieces, never expected that they would encounter such an incredible attack method.
Hundreds of frightened Huns were overthrown by the flaming oxen, including men and horses. Even if someone was not stabbed to death in the first place, they would be trampled to pulp by countless oxen hooves.
Bulls of fire galloped, blood filled the sky, and the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.
Most of the 25,000 Huns cavalry were killed in the blink of an eye under the impact of the flaming bulls.
Huchuquan, who was among the troops, had all his arrogance destroyed by the irresistible impact. Only then did he realize in horror that Yan Liang was really as difficult to deal with as rumored.
Huchuquan felt so regretful that he reined in his horse and turned around, looking to the west.
The remaining Huns cavalry disintegrated in an instant, scattered like frightened birds and beasts, discarded their helmets and armor, turned around and fled.
However, tens of thousands of cavalry had already begun to charge, so how could they turn around in a moment?
Instead of retreating in time, the frightened Huns crowded into each other, causing even greater chaos.
The galloping fire bulls ignored everything and still roared in pain and ran forward.
In just a moment, in the wilderness that was a few miles apart from the Chu army's formation to the Cao army's formation, the fire oxen had already trodden a bloody marsh road covered with flesh and mud.
Seeing the Huns being ravaged in this way, Cao Cao was so shocked that he almost couldn't breathe.
"Prime Minister, leave quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late." Xu Chu urged anxiously next to him.
Only then did Cao Cao wake up from the shock. Seeing such a situation, if he did not leave, he and his tens of thousands of Cao's troops would be easily trampled by Yan Liang's fire oxen like the Huns.
"Yan thief, Yan thief -" Cao Cao gritted his teeth and was unwilling to give in, but he could only swallow his bitterness and ordered the entire army to retreat.
Cao Cao ordered his horse to go first, and tens of thousands of panicked Cao Cao troops immediately retreated in a hurry, exiting the battlefield before the Fire Bull Formation collided.
At this time, the Xiongnu soldiers who had originally harassed the Chu army's flanks and rear saw that their own army had suffered heavy losses. They were all frightened and dared not attack again. They collapsed and fled in all directions.
Looking at the enemies scattered in the distance, Yan Liang felt so happy that he couldn't help laughing wildly.
Amidst the wild laughter, Yan Liang raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Attack on all fronts and kill all these Huns wild dogs for me -"
The king's order was issued, and the red flag wavered like the wind.
Amidst the rumbling war drums, more than 100,000 Chu troops on foot and cavalry rose into the sky and attacked across the board.
The passionate men, holding on to their hatred for the Huns, moved forward indomitably. With the swords and guns in their hands, they mercilessly slashed at the fleeing enemies.
More than 100,000 troops charged across the field, what a spectacular scene.
The defeated enemies, whether they were Xiongnu soldiers or Cao Jun, did not even dare to look back and just ran away without their lives.
Yan Liang sent out his troops to cover up the attack and pursued them relentlessly.
Cao Cao did not dare to stop for a moment, so he abandoned Hongnong City and headed straight for Tongguan.
Commander Yan Liang led more than 100,000 troops and pursued them from Shaanxian to Hongnong, from Hongnong to Huxian, and from Huxian to Tongguan. It was not until he learned that Cao's army had retreated to Guancheng that he ordered to stop the pursuit.
Set up camp twenty li east of Tongguan.
Because he was only focused on the pursuit along the way, he forgot to count the gains from the victory. After setting up camp, Yan Liang ordered to count the battlefield, and found out that in this battle, he actually killed 20,000 to 30,000 Huns cavalry, seized horses, flags and drums, etc.
There are countless.
Although Cao Cao's main army escaped in time and did not suffer too many losses, the Southern Huns army in Huchuquan suffered heavy losses and was almost wiped out.
After an unprecedented victory, Yan Liang knew that Cao Cao could no longer resist, so he ordered his army to camp at Tongguan. Only after the grain and grass transportation could catch up, he would launch a more violent attack on Tongguan.
Outside Tongguan, more than 100,000 Chu troops showed off their power.
Inside Tongguan, the morale of Cao's army was extremely low.
Cao Cao, who was in the Chinese army's tent, had a pale face and a look of shock in his eyes, as if he had not yet recovered from the shock of the Fire Bull Formation.
Cao Cao slapped the case fiercely, and said bitterly: "I know the truth. That Yan thief is full of tricks. He dares to fight with us, so he must be relying on something."
Cao Cao's tone was full of regret, and even contained a bit of resentment, as if he was complaining that his subordinate Wen Wu should not take him lightly to fight Yan Liang.
In front of the case, Guo Jia, Liu Ye and others all lowered their heads silently, with a look of shame on their faces.
When Cao Cao was angry, the soldiers outside his tent came to report that it was the Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan who had escaped from outside the pass and was seeking to see him outside.
"Hu Chuquan, he still has the nerve to see his true colors, bring him in." Cao Cao gritted his teeth.
A moment later, a disgraced Huchuquan walked into the tent. Instead of feeling guilty about the defeat, this Xiongnu Chanyu had an angry look on his face.
"Prime Minister Cao, you are so unkind. This Shanyu fought as a vanguard for you, but you fled before the battle, resulting in the defeat of 40,000 cavalry and almost total loss. How can you explain now!"
Hu Chuquan actually placed the responsibility for the defeat on Cao Cao.
At this time, Cao Cao was filled with hatred and shouted: "Come here, take down this hateful leader."
After giving the order, Xu Chu, who had been angry for a long time, strode forward and knocked Huchuquan to the ground with one punch. The soldiers on the left and right swarmed up and tied the captive chief tightly.
"Cao Cao, this Shanyu is helping you fight, how dare you do this to me." Huchuquan shouted angrily.
Cao Cao glared at him and reprimanded: "Damn Chief Hu, I thought I would not lend you a helping hand if I were not desperate. You don't know how to be proud of me. You dare to ask for a high price from me, and allow your soldiers to be in the truth."
You burned, killed, and looted on the territory of the Prime Minister, and now you are brave enough to go to war, which made the Prime Minister’s grand plan fail. You don’t know how to regret yourself, and you dare to be rampant with the Prime Minister. You are really an unforgivable sin!”
After some rebuke, Cao Cao poured out all the anger he had suppressed in his heart.
Na Huchuquan was so scolded that he didn't know how to respond.
"Come here, drag this captive chief out and kill him." Cao Cao, furious, shouted sternly.
Xu Chu rolled up his sleeves, picked up the screaming Huchuquan and walked out.
Liu Ye and others wanted to persuade him, but seeing Cao Cao's angry look, no one dared to speak.
After a while, Xu Chu lifted Huchuquan's head in and presented it to Cao Cao with great relief.
Cao Cao looked at the bloody head, but his mood did not get better at all, but became even heavier.
"The Xiongnu soldiers have been wiped out, what else can I use to compete with the Yan thief..." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)