Chapter 364
The intense and long sound of horns mixed with the powerful and fierce sound of war drums, rolling up endless smoke and dust and rushing straight into the sky.
"Kill!" Amid the violent roars that filled the battlefield, tens of thousands of soldiers from Cao and Liu fought in one place without fear of life and death.
On the plain, swords and guns danced, arrows and feathers flew everywhere, broken limbs, broken flags, and various blood-stained weapons could be seen everywhere. The bright red blood gradually penetrated into the soil from the surface.
"A bunch of waste!" Xiahou Dun's face turned pale on a small mound at the northern end of the battlefield, and an angry light shot out from his single eyes. He scolded sternly, "It's been half an hour, but he doesn't have any advantage."
He turned his head and shouted, "Tell me the cavalry of Sun Li (named Deda, a native of Rongcheng, Zhuo County. Historically, the governor of Bingzhou and General Zhenwu of Wei) immediately attacked, bypassed the front and attacked from the side!"
The horn soldiers did not dare to neglect them, and immediately sounded the horn of the horn, and the sound of the horn broke through the clouds and the sky.
The 3,000 cavalry, who had already been ready to go, slowly started under the leadership of Sun Li, the captain of the cavalry, and accelerated. The rumbling sound of horse hooves hitting the ground was like a burst of thunder.
Several war horses suddenly rushed from the north. Xiahou Dun turned his head and glanced at it and found that the first horse was Liu Ye, who should have stayed in the camp.
"Zi Yang, what's wrong?" Xiahou Dun raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.
As he approached Xiahou Dun's side, Liu Ye lowered his voice and said, "General Xiahou, the baggage team was attacked. Zhu Ling sent a quick horse to ask for urgent help!"
"What?" After hearing the news, even though Xiahou Dun was mentally stable, he couldn't help but become anxious and annoyed, "When did it happen?"
"The quick horse who asked for help just resisted the camp. Ye knew that this was urgent, so he came to make a message!"
"How many enemy troops attacking the baggage team?" Xiahou Dun asked calmly, restrained his anger.
"There are about 45,000 people!" Liu Ye said in a heavy voice, "And according to the description of the soldiers, Ye suspected that this enemy army was the elite Wudang Fei Army under Guan Yu."
"Is that little boy Guan Ping?" Xiahou Dun's eyes tightened and he said with hatred. Xiahou Dun is far more familiar with the Wudang Fei Army than other Cao's generals.
When he fought with Guan Yu in Xia Cai, the Wudang Flying Army led by Guan Ping caused a lot of trouble to Xiahou Dun.
Liu Ye nodded not optimistically.
"Damn!" Finally, the evil fire in his heart could not be stopped. Xiahou Dun punched the horse on the back of the mount, causing the war horse to neigh in a sad voice, "It's already in Langya, but I can still be caught up by Guan Ping. What is the baggage team doing?
What does Zhu Ling eat?"
In fact, when the news of Linji's fallen land came from the fast horse, the baggage team had already reached the central part of Langya County, only 120 miles away from Fei County, but they were less than 150 miles away from Linji.
Xiahou Dun had never expected that the enemy troops who attacked Linji would really (or be able to) go at least 150 miles (the baggage team was also traveling southward. But the speed was a little slower) and catch up with the baggage team.
I sent Zhu Ling to pick her up just to be careful. Who would have thought that something would really happen?
"General Xiahou. No matter how you scold the baggage team at this moment, it will be useless. It is better to send troops to help you and rescue them as soon as possible.
If there is a problem with this batch of food and grass, our army will really not be able to hold on for a few days!" Liu Ye advised anxiously, "Once the food and grass are cut off, the morale of the army will be in chaos. At that time, we can only allow Guan Yu's fish and meat!"
Clenched his fists, Xiahou Dun said hatefully: "Guan Ping's little boy Wudang Feijun is not a good fighter, and the general infantry may not be an opponent. He can only send the cavalry!"
"Send the order, let Sun Li withdraw immediately!" Xiahou Dun stared at the battlefield ahead with helpless and hatred, almost scolding the horn soldiers and shouting.
Hearing the sound of the horn from the north, Sun Li, who had already guerrillaly reached the flank of the battlefield, stopped the cavalry's Mercedes in shock. Although he didn't understand why the order suddenly changed, he still led the army back.
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The Cao army's baggage team, which fled south, felt that life was worse than death. The Wudang Flying Army followed them closely like a maggot with bones. Several times, the baggage team was almost wrapped up.
Fortunately, the guards fought hard to delay the crisis again and again. But it was only a relief!
On the way in a hurry, many carts carrying grain turned over because of haste and carelessness. The grain was scattered everywhere, but there was no time to clean up. If you pause, you might be caught up.
Seeing that the number of guards was getting fewer and fewer, Wudang Feijun chased after him again, and many soldiers and civilians who were pushing carts had already shown a desperate expression.
Hope always appears in despair.
Accompanied by the rumbling sound of horse hooves, dust rose from the horizon to the south, and a cavalry was racing towards the sky.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements are here!" One of the commanders in the guards shouted loudly in ecstasy, "Bailway team, hurry up and go south, others, follow me to block the enemy."
"Our cavalry will arrive, and hold on for the last time!"
When he noticed the arrival of Cao's cavalry, Wudang Feijun launched an extremely fierce attack, as if he was preparing for his last attempt.
The food protection soldiers who saw hope also burst out with amazing potential and fought with the flying troops several times more than them.
When Sun Li's cavalry was still 7,800 steps away from the battlefield, the Wudang Flying Army finally gave up. After a few sharp whistles, they all left the battle one after another.
On the plains, no one would be happy to use infantry to fight against the cavalry.
After passing the baggage vehicles retreating south, Sun Li's cavalry was like a torrent of obstacles. Qi Zhengzhong split into two and continued to move forward whistling.
Xiahou Dun's order to Sun Li was to protect food, grass and supplies. In addition, if possible, seek opportunities to attack the undestined flying army.
However. It was not until Chi approached that Sun Li discovered that the second task could not be completed.
The Wudang Flying Army had more than 4,000 soldiers divided into two parts, each with a fish scale formation that could attack or defend, supporting each other, retreating to the north without giving Sun Li any chance.
If you want to attack forcibly, thousands of crossbows are already on the verge of the ground. It is enough for the Cao army cavalry to drink a pot of land.
In desperation, in addition to sending several scouts to keep an eye on the enemy's movements, Sun Li could only watch the other party go away with his eyes open.
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"Go to the three people and find a way to deal with the enemy's cavalry scouts!" Although he failed to destroy the enemy's baggage team, Guan Ping was not depressed at all.
"The first song, put away all the food thrown by the enemy along the way!"
"Two, three, four songs, find a place with me to have a rest!"
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After several orders were issued in a row, Guan Ping had a smile on his handsome face. He looked south.
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Due to the cloudy sky, the sky became dark early. Piles of bonfires emerged in the camp, and the aroma of food drifted into the air with the warm and humid south wind. After being tired for a long time, Cao's soldiers began to bury pots and cook rice.
After Sun Li's cavalry rushed north to assist the baggage team, Xiahou Dun saw that the war could not make progress for the time being. He simply stopped the attack and withdrew from the camp.
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After counting the newly shipped food and grass, Liu Ye let out a breath of luck. Due to the death battle of the guards and Sun Li's cavalry arrived in time, the loss of food and grass was not too great. 4,000 stones of food and grass were preserved, 3,000 stones were preserved.
If you save a little, you can maintain military use for 10 days.
Although it is only 10 days, it may determine the direction of the battle.
After instructing the grain officials to take care of the food and grass carefully, Liu Ye was ready to report the situation to Xiahou Dun.
In the military camp, some soldiers had already entered the tent to rest, while others were waiting for dinner by the stove, but more people gathered together in groups and were talking about something.
As he walked, Liu Ye's pace suddenly slowed down, and he listened to the group of soldiers talking.
"What happened in Qingzhou, do you know? I heard that Linji was captured by Yangzhou soldiers..."
"No!" another man said in a slightly hoarse voice, "It seems that our army's food and grass are coming from Linji. If Linji is lost, will the food and grass be cut off?"
"I'm afraid it's almost broken!" Another voice said, "I heard from the brothers guarding the camp that the baggage team that came next night (dunday) was chased by the enemy and almost wiped out the entire army. If it weren't for the cavalry's rescue, this batch of food and grass would not have arrived at all.
And don't count on it in the future..."
"It turns out that the cavalry suddenly left on the battlefield today. It was to rescue the baggage team..."
"So, if the land, food and grass in the camp are eaten up, we will go hungry? If you are empty, how can you fight?" Another terrified voice was heard.
The discussion suddenly came to an end, as if someone had seen Liu Ye who stopped and listened in the dark.
The soldiers looked at each other, and their hearts suddenly felt chill, and the people on the edge even wanted to sneak away.
Xiahou Dun was strict in his military administration, and spreading rumors in the army was the most taboo thing he was. Once the content he had just discussed was reported, the crowd here would have to peel off even if they were not dead.
But Liu Ye had no time to take care of these soldiers. He stood on the spot like a puppet.
"I've been trapped!" Liu Ye raised his head mechanically and murmured in dismay. Suddenly, he rushed to Xiahou Dun's military tent.
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"What? Have you been trapped?" Xiahou Dun looked at Liu Ye with a gray face in shock, and said in confusion, "What have you been trapped?"
"Zhuge Liang must be Zhuge Liang's trick!" Liu Ye shook his head in pain and said with regret.
Chapter completed!