Chapter 3473 He is retreating
Dong Zhao was on the watchtower, looking at the Hussars and Cavalry that were shaking up the dust in the sky, his heart was sank.
All he wanted was Xu Chu, just the cavalry front army, but he also hoped that Fei Qian would come as soon as possible. This contradictory mentality mixed with him.
If you just look at the appearance, there seems to be no decadent posture in Cao Jun’s camp.
The flags are like clouds, and the armor, swords and guns are colder than snow.
It seems that there is still no difference from before...
But if you look carefully at the Cao army soldiers in the array, you will find that although these Cao army soldiers are in the array, they have tense expressions and flustered expressions.
『Is General Lu finished?!"
"Didn't General Lu go to attack the former military camp of the cavalry?"
"The cavalry army is coming now, but General Lu is gone!"
『We are dead...』
"No, didn't Mr. Dong say that General Lu was in danger before, was a false report? What should I say now?"
"What do you mean now, is it still important?"
"This...that's true..."
The soldiers of Cao's army were talking, and the more they talked about it, the more they felt depressed.
The soldiers' thoughts also flowed in the military academy, and some non-commissioned officers in the military academy couldn't help but run to ask Dong Zhao.
And this time, Dong Zhao finally stopped looking for any excuses.
"Victory and defeat are common affairs in military affairs."
Although Dong Zhao still didn't say it clearly, at least he said it.
This time, Cao Cao and others were not only defeated by Fei Qian's hands, but also by the "nameless little soldiers" under Fei Qian's command.
The land of Shandong starts with the Yuedan review, no, maybe earlier, from the storm of the school students commenting on this or that, the criterion for judging whether a person has the ability is whether a person has a good review and a good reputation...
These people under the command of the cavalry have neither any praise nor any reputation.
The cavalry army is getting closer and closer.
Fortunately, the plan did work. The cavalry army came in a hurry and came without siege equipment.
He still has more than 7,000 people, plus the traps in the mountain road. As long as Cao Cao can defeat the Tongguan troops, he can get support, and there is no chance to turn defeat into victory!
『Beat the drum! Fight!』
But whether it is the battle here in Zhongtiao Mountain or the battle at Tongguan, can it really be as Dong Zhao expected?
...
...
Guxiang.
『The front door is broken!』
When this desperate howl came, Cao Zhang was holding his bowl to prepare for dinner.
He had just retreated from the front line, and before he could breathe for a moment, he heard such a shout. His hands shook, his bowl of rice fell off, and the grains and rice fell all over the floor.
Even in this tense and desperate situation, the places where the sergeant officers and soldiers of the Cao army were still not together.
Ordinary soldiers eat mixed soup, but the generals can still receive a bowl of rice in the military academy.
Clearly divided.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard the news, and the people on both sides looked dumb and looked at each other in a daze.
The next moment, Cao Zhang kicked the bowl away, grabbed the sword beside him, and rushed out.
At this moment, Cao Zhang seemed to be trapped in a nightmare, always feeling unreal, but full of fear.
He has just stepped down. How long has it been? How could he just say it?
When he retreated, didn’t the Cavalry Army retreat and rest?
Even if the Cavalry Army attacked again, the guards and soldiers at the front gate would not be unable to hold on for such a short time, right?
He took a deep breath and tried to calm his mind, but he was soon staggered by the shouts of killing sweeping from the front door!
Is it true?
The weapons collided and screamed in a row, and the sound of war drums was scattered, and they could not tell the nodes.
Where is Liu Fu?
What about the damn Liu Fu?
But in a blink of an eye, the other side of Yanxiang was also filled with murderous sounds...
Cao Zhang's heart immediately shrank into a ball!
No matter what happened at the front gate, or how the cavalry broke through the city gate, Yanxiang is in danger now!
Cao Zhang's guards also rushed over in a hurry, looking flustered, "Master! What should I do? What should I do?"
"What are you panic?" Cao Zhang shouted, "Immediately, the team is full! Check the equipment! Wait for the order!"
"No!" When the guards saw that Cao Zhang had his own opinions, they were somewhat more at peace and took orders to gather the soldiers in the city.
At this moment, there was already a mess in Yanxiang City.
Especially the minor officials in charge of the back camp's supplies, most of them did not go to the battlefield with real swords and guns. The news that the front door was broken came here, and the camp was blown up in an instant. Some people saw the house, some knelt on the ground, some were crying and howling, some were running around like headless flies, some were just in a daze, some followed others behind others' butts, and of course some people were circled around on the spot, as if they wanted to find a handy thing to defend themselves, and then they found that no matter what kind of swords and guns it was, they seemed not to be able to...
The soldiers around Cao Zhang were also in chaos for a while, and after being shouted by the guards for a while, they were barely restrained.
However, when the minor officials in the back camp rushed, they seemed a little confused. Many soldiers couldn't help but follow them. Several military academies and scolding were useless. They could only draw their swords and kill a few people, and the smell of blood spread, which made the soldiers feel a little more awake.
Cao Zhang didn't have time to pay attention to these things, and he was eagerly looking for Liu Fu.
He stood at the intersection of the street and saw that there seemed to be fleeing soldiers everywhere at the city gate. Cao's military flag was falling and collapsing...
The defeat was like a mountain of defeat, and the army was already in chaos. At this time, it was useless to say anything. The first thing was to find a favorable terrain to stabilize the team, and then talk about other things...
Cao Zhang looked up at the sky, "When is it now?"
The guard beside him said: "It's probably Xu hour..."
Cao Zhang was silent.
It was the next evening!
They can't hold on for even three days!
Damn it!
Before Cao Zhang and others could walk to the front door, they saw a small team of Hussars rushing towards the street!
There are fire everywhere at the city gate.
I don’t know if it was ignited by Cao’s army or by the Cavalry army, but there were messy fire and blood everywhere.
It is precisely because of this that the Cavalry Army did not have complete control over the front gate, but the Cao army soldiers were already panicked and ran around.
There were originally a place where Cao Zhang had accumulated congested stones and squats in the city gate. On the one hand, it was convenient to defend the city wall, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent the cavalry from using gunpowder to bomb the city gate. However, now I don’t know when a narrow passage was moved out, and some Hussars were rushing into the city along this passage!
Because of the flames and debris, these Hussars did not come in smoothly, and the number was not as high as that of climbing onto the city walls. However, these Hussars were far more intimidating to the soldiers of the Cao army than their number. More than a dozen cavalry, or even a few cavalry, could trample across the streets and alleys, chop people when they saw them, and burn them when they saw them!
In a panic, the soldiers of the Cao army could not rely on each other for support. They could only fight in groups east and west. When they were rushed by the cavalry, they fell like a piece of wheat. They either collapsed here or escaped there. The flesh and blood of broken arms and legs flew across the ground, and the broken limbs were kicked by human legs and horse hooves.
There were also a very few Cao army soldiers who were fearless and rushed forward to the Hussar cavalry and fought with their lives to rush the Hussar cavalry soldiers off the horse and wrestled into a group. Even if they died, they would drag a Hussar cavalry soldiers to the back...
But such brave soldiers from Cao's army were a minority after all.
These Hussar Cavalry rushed in. When they saw Cao Zhang coming with their large troops, they did not fight to the death, but instead shouted and rushed along the street...
"Don't worry about them! Find the military advisor first!"
Cao Zhang shouted, he had to find Liu Fu first to understand the situation.
Cao Zhang saw Liu Fu.
Liu Fu and others were surrounded by the cavalry army near the watchtower tower in the city.
The soldiers led by Liu Fu formed a double-layer array with the watchtower as the core. The outer layer was covered with shields, spears and halberds. The cavalrymen raised their shields when they shot with arrows. If they dared to get close, they would cut the spear and poke the hook. If they were injured, they retreated into the inner circle. Naturally, someone stood up inside to pick him up. Twenty or thirty archers climbed to the top of the watchtower and fired wildly towards the outside.
"Save the military advisor out!"
Cao Zhang shouted and rushed to the place where he looked at the building.
The Hussar soldiers surrounded the tower, without a general, could not stop them under Cao Zhang's charge. Seeing that the bones here were difficult to chew, they retreated with a whistle.
Before Cao Zhang and Liu Fu could say something, and before they could breathe for a moment, they heard another trembling shout outside!
Cao Zhang and Liu Fu turned their heads and saw a "Zhang" battle flag slowly coming!
Zhang Liao is coming up!
Cao Zhang's face suddenly became dismal.
Yanxiang, I can’t save it anymore!
Although the battle surrounding Yanxiang has never stopped since yesterday morning, sometimes a group of Hussar cavalry came up to harass and test it out, sometimes the soldiers who were pushing some siege equipment came over to fight twice, and sometimes the two or three cavalrymen and horses at the same time took action at the same time. The situation was extremely critical several times. The city was broken and the people were killed in the moment. It was Cao Zhang, Liu Fu, and the soldiers from Huben Camp running around, like firefighters, extinguishing the fire of destruction again and again...
But now...
"There are...spy!"
Liu Fu held one arm and looked pale, obviously injured in the battle just now.
"spy?!"
When Cao Zhang heard what Liu Fu said, he refused to believe it at first, but reality was in front of him, so he couldn't help but disbelieve it!
The cavalry outside the city was whistling, and the shouts of "Carry Victory" were like being able to push down the mountains and make the river flow backwards!
Looking at the approaching "Zhang" battle flag, Cao Zhang clenched his teeth angrily.
Why can't he hold on?
Why can't those Cao's soldiers hold on?
But no matter how many reasons are, they cannot change the current situation.
Although the flames and filled stones at the city gate will more or less affect the speed of the cavalry rushing into the city, the soldiers of the Cao army already knew that the city gate was lost and the whole city collapsed next, which was imminent...
Although Cao Zhang is determined to continue to stick to it, how can he defend it?
Liu Fu also looked tired, as if he had grown ten years older in these two days.
Who would have thought that Yanxiang’s final defeat was because of such a thing?
He still hasn't reacted yet, why did someone suddenly surrender to the Cavalry?
He remembered that when he replaced Cao Zhang just now, he went to patrol the city gates, but he did not see any special situation.
The collapse of the defense of the front gate has now triggered riots throughout the city. Now Cao Zhang and Liu Fu have only two choices left, either to immediately take their people to the front gate of Yanxiang, which is blazing with them to fight Zhang Liao, survive in the fire, or live forever in the fire...
Another road is the old road they are familiar with.
『Retreat…』
Liu Fu said.
There was a problem when he was on duty at the front door. Whether it was Liu Fu's problem or not, it has become his problem now, so Liu Fu was very depressed. But no matter how depressed he was, he had to do his job and propose the most suitable strategy for the moment. Even if Liu Fu knew that he proposed such a strategy and said this, he would probably not be able to escape the title of "fear of war" in the future.
After the war, Cao Zhang must be brave and brave, but cowardly and always dragged Cao Zhang down. The main culprit that caused Cao Zhang to retreat was Liu Fu himself...
In addition, the loss of the front door this time is simply indisputable!
But even if Liu Fu knows this, what can he do?
"We are retreating now and we can stop for another time when we go to Wangdianzi Village," Liu Fu said helplessly, "This can be considered to be blocking for three days..."
Cao Zhang was helpless and had to order, "burn the fire-induced object! Let's withdraw!"
When the soldiers of Cao's army heard the order to retreat, they hurriedly ran away. While running, they threw torches and other objects on the fire-induced objects to stop the pursuit of the cavalry.
Even so, there were still Hussar cavalry who bypassed the line of fire and chased Cao Zhang and others.
However, Cao Zhang, Liu Fu and others retreated from Tongguan Daying to Yanxiang. Whether it was soldiers or military academy, they were quite experienced. They would not shoot flags when they escaped. The cavalry and cavalry rushed for a while and could not find important military academy generals such as Cao Zhang and Liu Fu. They were worried that the flames were too big and that Yanxiang would be burned and lost the place to rest. So after chasing for a while, they slowly retreated back to extinguish the flames and clean up the mess.
The sunset is set.
Looking at the west direction, there were no more cavalrymen appearing. Even if a few Hussars were showing their heads, they would always look around for a while, and then turn around and leave.
Cao Zhang then let out a long breath, knowing that the catastrophe has come to an end for the time being. He felt his heart relaxed, and when he breathed in his chest, he felt sore all over his body. His arms and legs were as heavy as lead, and he could no longer hold the heavy sword in his hand. He sat slowly on the ground with the knife rod, wide open his mouth and panting.
There was a sound of weapons falling to the ground around them, and heavy breathing was everywhere.
No one was talking, just breathing.
It’s like a drowning person who comes back to life and feels the beauty of breathing and the existence of life.
Cao Zhang took a few breaths, feeling that his body had recovered a little, and his arms and legs were not trembling so much, so he looked at both sides and did not see Liu Fu.
"Where is the military advisor?" Cao Zhang asked.
"I don't know, I'm still behind just now..." Cao Zhang's guard replied.
Cao Zhang's face changed suddenly, and his eyes turned twice.
This old man, could he surrender to the enemy when he saw that the situation was not good?
No wonder Cao Zhanghui became suspicious. After all, when Yanxiang City Gate was broken, it was just the time when he and Liu Fu changed defense.
Liu Fu came for him and asked Cao Zhang to go back to rest, but something happened...
Liu Fu said it was done by the spy, but where did the spy come from? Did he sneak in or was it originally in the queue?
Cao Zhang couldn't help but turn his head, stand up his eyebrows, and patrolled around him.
"General?" The guards beside Cao Zhang were frightened when they saw that Cao Zhang's eyes were a little cruel, and they couldn't help but feel frightened, "General, you... you... are you..."
Cao Zhang came to his senses and reached out to rub his face, "It's okay."
In fact, he was also a little scared by this incident.
The ones around him were basically the most core soldiers of the Cao army, that is, veterans who followed Cao Cao all the way out of Chenliu, and some were members of the Cao family, or people from fellow villagers. If there were traitors among these people, then Cao family would be completely finished, and Cao Zhang would not be able to distinguish and verify it until this time?
After a while, Liu Fu came from another direction.
Cao Zhang suddenly remembered that Liu Fu was injured, so it must be as fast as Cao Zhang and others. It is normal for him to fall behind...
It seemed to be to hide his thoughts just now, Cao Zhang stood up and greeted him, "The military advisor... can he hold on?"
Liu Fu's face was pale, and his arms were wrapped with a tie, and blood still penetrated, "It's okay... I can't die for the time being..."
Cao Zhang seemed to ask Sanqian to support Liu Fu and sit down, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. When he touched the wound on Liu Fu's arm, Liu Fu shivered because of pain, "Ah, sorry! I was too careless! Hurry up, you get out of here and let the military advisor sit in!"
Liu Fu glanced at Cao Zhang and sighed slightly in his heart, but said nothing.
The two sat down and then talked about the previous incident at the Qianmen of Yanxiang.
When talking about this, Liu Fu couldn't help but feel a little confused.
He found no signs.
It seemed like it happened suddenly.
But Liu Fu's words tasted a little different from Cao Zhang's ears.
What does it mean to happen suddenly and what does it mean to be "no warning"?
At that time, the soldiers on duty at the military academy in the front gate were all under Liu Fu's command. Why did they say they didn't know anything?
But looking at Liu Fu's expression, Cao Zhang swallowed the questions that were rising up again.
『Send someone to contact your lord first...』
Fortunately, Cao Cao made the arrangements in advance. Although the time has not met Cao Cao's requirements, it is a barely enough to meet the standards, right?
perhaps……
Cao Zhang stood up and stopped asking what happened in Qianmen City, Yanxiang.
Now that things have come to this point, even if you ask what is going on, how much meaning does it have?
Chapter completed!