Chapter 2968 captured Jiangling, Cao Ren withdrew his troops
The charge of the Huben Army had a huge impact on the Jin army. Under such circumstances, it was difficult for them to stop the attack of the Huben Army. A barbarian soldier rushed forward without fear of death, even in the face of the charge of the Huben Army.
Even if they die, they must teach the enemy a lesson before dying.
This is a barbarian soldier, a barbarian soldier who will not flinch in the face of war.
The barbarian soldiers were not afraid of death and played a big role. Once the speed of the heavy cavalry slowed down on the battlefield, what would greet these heavy cavalry would be the revenge of the Jin army.
At this moment, more than fifty crossbow vehicles appeared in the city, and they aimed their crossbow arrows at the Tiger Army.
After receiving the order, the barbarian soldiers in front immediately rushed to both sides of the road. The complacent Huben army was exposed in front of the crossbow chariot. What the Huben army did not expect was that the army outside the city would so quickly attack them.
The ballistas were transported to the army.
The crossbow arrows flew. Even though the Tiger Army was brave, they seemed so fragile in front of the crossbow chariot. The powerful penetrating ability of the crossbow arrows made the Tiger Army pay a heavy price.
Turning their horses' heads, the Tiger and Ben troops began to retreat.
Cao Jun has a powerful force like the Tiger and Ben Army, and is in a stalemate with the Jin army in the city. However, after all, the Yizhou Army has an absolute advantage in numbers. When more and more Yizhou troops enter the city, the survival of Cao Jun's officers and soldiers will be at stake.
Space is greatly compressed.
Two hours later, more than half of Jiangling City was occupied by the Yizhou Army. What depressed Cao Ren the most was that after the Yizhou Army entered the city, they immediately seized the place where grain and grass were stored. There was a lot of this grain and grass.
Being in the hands of the Yizhou Army will encourage the Yizhou Army's arrogance, so that the Yizhou Army does not need to worry too much about food and grass when facing war.
Cao Ren ordered the heavy cavalry to charge several times in order to seize the place where grain and grass were stored from the hands of the Yizhou Army. It was easy to lose it, but it was not a simple matter to take it from the hands of the Yizhou Army.
Zhao Yun has led troops in battles for many years. How could he not understand the importance of food and grass to the army? As long as the enemy's place where they store food, grass and baggage is occupied, Zhao Yun will not have the slightest worry even if the war is in a stalemate for a long time.
Food and grass are the foundation of an army. Without food and grass, Cao's army can only fail.
"I regret that I didn't listen to General Zhao's previous advice, but let the food and grass fall into the hands of the enemy." Cao Ren looked ashamed.
"General Cao, the most important thing at the moment is to allow the army to leave the city calmly. It is extremely difficult for the general to lead the army to block Yizhou for eight months and prevent the Yizhou army from bringing turmoil to Jingzhou." Zhao Yan said with relief.
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After being stationed in Jiangling for such a long time, now that the Yizhou Army entered the city, they could only leave in despair. Zhao Yan also had a lot of unwillingness in his heart. He was also a well-known general among Cao Jun, and he actually served as a member of the Yizhou Army.
This method of siege will defeat the city.
The Yizhou Army that invaded Jiangling this time was actually not that outstanding in terms of strength, but in the process of attacking the city to block Cao Jun's attack, the soldiers in the army were greatly improved. It seems that the Yizhou Army soldiers
In front of the generals, this is where they train their troops
This was what made Cao Ren most dissatisfied. The elite of Cao Ren's army actually became the target of the Yizhou Army to train elite soldiers. However, Cao Ren had to admit that in such a battle, the speed of the Yizhou Army's progress was indeed jaw-dropping.
, especially the barbarian soldiers in the Yizhou Army, during the battle, they showed far more madness than ordinary troops.
From the barbarian soldiers, Cao Ren felt a madness that was no less than that of the Qingzhou Army.
"Send an order for the army to retreat. The cavalry will inquire about news outside the city. Be careful of the enemy. Pang Tong is very cunning." Cao Ren said.
"General, are our troops returning to Xiangyang?" Zhao Yan asked.
Cao Ren nodded, "If you go to the southern counties, it doesn't mean much. Xiangyang is the prefecture of Jingzhou, and it is the key road for the Yizhou army to enter Yuzhou. And the city of Xiangyang is high and deep, and no general can compare it.
If a large army is stationed in Xiangyang, it will be more convenient to block the enemy's attack."
Zhao Yan heard this and did not object. Cao's army retreated, but Wuling, Lingling, Changsha County and Deyi Yang's army in the southern counties of Jingzhou were handed over to the Yizhou army.
In order to obtain the four counties in Jingnan, Cao Jun paid a high price, but now he wants to give up the southern counties to the Yizhou Army, and Cao Jun's generals are not willing to do so.
All in all, in the battle between the generals, Cao Jun has failed. He has lost in the duel of military strength. If the gap in numbers between Cao Jun and the Yizhou Army was not so large, it would not be said to have failed. If at the beginning
, if Cao Ren has enough troops, he will definitely go out of the city and fight to the death with the Yizhou Army. Under the circumstances at that time, once a decisive battle begins and the difference in numbers is not big, it is likely that Cao Ren will win.
But now in a decisive battle with the Yizhou Army, it is not an easy matter to win even with the same number of people. The Yizhou Army has made too rapid progress on the battlefield, and their progress is accompanied by the death of Cao's soldiers.
No matter how dissatisfied Cao's generals were with the outcome of the current war, it was inevitable that they would lose Jiangling. Only by retreating could they deal with the enemy for a longer period of time on the battlefield in Jingzhou.
After Cao Jun retreated from the east gate and headed towards Xiangyang, the Yizhou Army would definitely not let Cao Jun's soldiers go so easily and risk their lives in pursuit. However, Cao Jun had elite soldiers like the Huben Jun among Cao Jun. If they wanted to defeat Cao Jun,
It is not a simple matter to cause greater damage to Cao's army during the retreat.
Cao Jun and Yizhou Army started a series of battles on the way Cao Jun retreated to Xiangyang. Although the strength displayed by the Huben Army was strong, Yizhou Army did not give up easily and would never defeat Cao Jun in one fell swoop.
The posture of giving up.
Zhao Yan was confused. Normally, at this point in the war, the Yizhou Army should focus on stabilizing the generals. After all, there were many unstable factors in Jiangling City, but the Yizhou Army followed closely behind them, constantly causing trouble for Cao's army.
"General, the actions of the Yizhou Army are somewhat puzzling." Zhao Yan said.
Cao Rendao: "It must be that the Yizhou Army wants to wipe out all our troops on the way to retreat. It's out of good intentions. Could it be that the Yizhou Army thinks that our army is so easy to bully?"
"The general only needs to order the Tiger Army to follow the rear of the army, then the enemy will not dare to advance easily. In this case, our army's retreat will be out of the question," Zhao Yan said.
Chapter completed!