Chapter 82
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It should be said that this time, Cao's ambushing the grain convoy was just a coincidence. This Cao army was sent by Li Dian, the general confronting Liu Bei's army in Bowangpo. Their goal was to attack Xinye City and force Liu Bei's army to retreat in panic. Unexpectedly, they encountered the Jingzhou army's grain convoy by chance.
The general of Cao's army responsible for the sneak attack on Xinye was named Han Zhi. He was originally a general who surrendered by Yuan Shao. He is now a general under Li Dian. The Jingzhou army's grain delivery convoy disrupted Cao's army's plan to attack Xinye County. Han Zhi believed that Xinye might get news and prevent them from sneak attacking.
But when Han Zhi withdrew his troops like this, he was worried about being beaten by Li Dian. After repeated consideration, Han Zhi made a bold decision to turn the sneak attack on Xinye City into an ambush grain team.
The first wave of offensive was launched, and more than a thousand Cao's army entered the grain convoy and interrupted. The main general Han Zhi was in the back section of the grain car one mile away. He led more than a thousand ambush troops to wait patiently, waiting for the success of the plan to lure the tiger out of the mountain...
"Start fire and destroy the grain truck"
Cao Junya, who was responsible for the middle section of the attack, shouted loudly, and Yu Ming's soldiers rushed towards the grain truck with torches in their hands. The forest road was in chaos, and the two armies fought in the dark.
The number of soldiers in Jingzhou was originally smaller than that of the other party, and they were lengthened to a mile, and the soldiers were scattered, but the Cao army concentrated in the middle section of the attack. There were less than five soldiers in Jingzhou in this section, but they had to withstand the charge of nearly a thousand Cao troops. They were killed in a row and retreated step by step, with heavy casualties.
Dozens of grain trucks were ignited and the flames soared into the sky. Junhou Luoji led several Jingzhou soldiers to resist hard, but gradually could not support them. The situation was extremely critical.
At this moment, Deng Wu led his soldiers to help and joined the battle, eased the pressure to interrupt the army.
Junhou Luo Ji rushed forward and shouted angrily at Deng Wu: "General Deng, I asked Liu Junhou for help for a while, and he did not pay any attention. Did he just want to sit back and see us completely wiped out?"
Deng Wu was stunned and looked at the back team. It was pitch black and extremely quiet. Deng Wu was also a little surprised. Why did Liu Jing stop moving? Is he really scared?
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Although Liu Jing experienced the thrilling battle of Runan, that time he was a fugitive, struggling his life in the chaos of the army. After only less than half a year, he faced war again. This time, he participated in the war as a low-level officer in Jingzhou and was baptized by blood and fire.
Although Liu Jing also lacks practical experience and skills to command the army to fight, he has an advantage that ordinary low-level generals cannot have, that is, a calm mind and keen judgment.
Now the enemy is secret and we are clear. He doesn't know how many Cao's ambushed soldiers are, but he knows one thing very well that the rear army was also attacked by rockets. Although the number is not large, it means that there are also Cao's ambushed soldiers on the rear army.
It is precisely for this reason that Junhou Luo Jici sent someone to ask for help from him, but Liu Jing remained silent and did not go to rescue him, and ordered his soldiers to stay in the rear team.
The central army more than a mile away shouted and killed the sky, and the fire was raging. The screams of soldiers kept coming, but they were extremely quiet. Liu Hu rushed forward and shouted: "Mr. Junhou, let me lead my brothers to help. Luo Junhou sent someone to ask for help. I'm afraid he can't support it."
Liu Jing bit his lips tightly and stared at the depths of the dense forest not far away. He could not see anything in the darkness, but he seemed to see countless Cao army soldiers lying in the dense forest with spears waiting. If he was a general of Cao army, he would have lured the tiger away from the mountain like this. Liu Jing believed in his judgment.
At this time, a cavalry rushed over and shouted: "Marquis Liu Jun, General Deng asked you to send troops to help."
Liu Jing was still silent, and Liu Hu could no longer help shouting: "Mr. Jun, let me go."
"Shut up"
Liu Jing shouted loudly, his voice and expression were stern, which scared Liu Hu so much that he trembled all over and did not dare to say anything anymore. He had never seen Liu Jing so fiercely.
Liu Jing calmed down a little and said to the cavalry: "Please tell General Deng that the ambush of Cao's army is not that simple, and I cannot leave my post without permission."
The cavalry saluted and turned his horse's head and galloped away. Wei Yan, who had been silent, asked: "Does the Junhou think there are ambushers here?"
Liu Jing nodded, and suddenly, a sound of bang came from the dense forest, and a row of dense rain of arrows shot towards the woods, enough to be as many as several.
The soldiers in Jingzhou raised their shields to greet each other, but more than a dozen soldiers were caught off guard and screamed and were shot overturned. More than a dozen livestock were also shot to the ground. Liu Jing also raised his shield to welcome the arrows, and several arrows were shot on his shield.
Immediately afterwards, a shout of killing erupted in the woods, and groups of Cao soldiers came from the woods to the west, with as many as thousands of people. Liu Jing was secretly grateful that he had indeed guessed that the main force of the enemy was to attack the food truck in the back section.
"Don't be confused, line up to fight"
Liu Jing shouted loudly, he was ready to gather all the five subordinates together. The five soldiers held the conflict cards in their hands and lined up in five rows, abandoned the grain convoy, and fought against the Cao army enemy group that was pounced on.
It was like a stormy wave slamming on the solid reefs, and the waves shattered in an instant. The Cao army soldiers who came densely and collided with the Jingzhou soldiers. A scream suddenly sounded. The shield array like a copper wall blocked the impact of the Cao army soldiers. A sharp spear stabbed out, and dozens of Cao army soldiers were stabbed to the ground.
More and more Cao's soldiers came and continued to rush violently from all directions. The remaining large chariots were overturned or ignited, and the flames swept into the sky and the smoke filled the sky.
"Don't control the carriage, keep the formation"
Liu Jing's voice was hoarse and his heart was extremely anxious. Beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead. This was his first time to command the army to fight. He had no experience and was judged entirely by his reason. At this time, he was facing a dilemma, either to save the army from defeat or to give up the food truck.
Liu Jing finally chose the army, and he could not have food, but his soldiers must not suffer heavy casualties. He made up his mind and waved his sword to command the battle.
At this time, a Cao army commander led more than 20 Cao army cavalry to rush over, and the huge impact force hit the Jingzhou military formation, instantly knocking over seven or eight soldiers.
More than twenty Cao army cavalry rushed into the square formation, and the formation foot on the west side of the square formation was chaotic. The originally neat formation was broken open with a huge gap, causing chaos in the Jingzhou army on the west side.
Liu Jing was anxious and angry, although he had read a lot of military books this month, and although he had learned a lot of other things in later generations, he knew a lot of strategies.
But theory does not mean reality. When this critical situation suddenly came, the anxiety in his heart made Liu Jing unable to think of any way to deal with this crisis. He didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Military Marquis"
This was Wei Yan's voice. His voice was a few steps away. The stick wound on his leg made him unable to ride a horse or run. He hid in a big cart, holding a spear and a pair of bows and arrows in his hand.
Wei Yan had killed five or six Cao's soldiers who were trying to burn the car. He had a rich practical experience and knew how to deal with the crisis in front of him. He couldn't help but remind Liu Jing, "Mr. Marquis, kill the cavalry leader first, and the rest of the cavalry can be eliminated by using spearmen to attack front and back."
Wei Yan's suggestion gave Liu Jing a countermeasure. He rode his horse and rushed as fast as thunder. He raised his spear in his hand and stabbed him towards the commander of Cao's army. The shot seemed unfast, but in the blink of an eye he stabbed him in front of Cao's army.
Cao Juntun was shocked when he grew up and raised his spear to break it open, but it was too late. Liu Jing's spear tip had pierced his throat, and the sharp spear tip pierced out from the back of his neck.
The Cao army camp leader was killed, which made the Cao army's cavalry's sharp offensive stumble. Liu Jing seized this opportunity and waved his gun and shouted loudly in the team: "Chen Huan's troops surround from the left wing, and Liu Hu's troops attacked from the right."
More than 70 Jingzhou soldiers came from the left wing, and more than Jingzhou soldiers on the right arrived, surrounding more than 20 Cao army cavalry who rushed into the phalanx, stabbed the spears in front and back, killing all the enemy in a moment, stabbing the storm.
"Military Marquis, you must maintain your formation," Wei Yan shouted again.
This did not require Wei Yan's reminder. Liu Jing knew in his heart that the neat formation could stimulate powerful collective power. He immediately ordered loudly, "Each army is in place and restore the formation."
The broken gap quickly closed and the formation began to recover.
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In the dark night, the two sides fought fiercely, and the Jingzhou military formation was scattered again and again, but under the command of Liu Jing, it gathered again and again.
Although Cao's army had more than twice the strength, they encountered tenacious resistance from the Jingzhou military formation, and the two armies were hard to separate. The Jingzhou army relied on the tacit cooperation of the formation and never fell under the disadvantage.
Liu Hu's eyes were red. He roared and swung the mountain-slashing kitchen knife to chop and slash among the Cao army. He was extremely powerful and like a black tower. He had long forgotten the tricks of Fenglei change, and fought desperately in the Cao army like a mad tiger.
The head of Cao Jun soldiers was chopped off by his big kitchen knife, and their bodies were cut off. There were bloody dead bodies everywhere, which was terrible. Even Liu Hu became a bloody man.
The chief general of Cao army, Han Zhi, was furious when he saw Liu Hu's fierceness, and kept staring at him. At this time, Han Zhi discovered Liu Hu's defense loophole, urged the horse to run, holding a long halberd in his hand and stabbed Liu Hu's back. The empty door behind Liu Hu was wide open, without any defense. Seeing the halberd piercing Liu Hu's back, Liu Jing's eyes were red and hissing, "Tiger, behind."
But in the chaos, Liu Hu heard nothing. Han Zhi smiled grimly and thrust his arms. Liu Jing closed his eyes in pain. Is Liu Hu dead like this?
Wei Yan has been paying attention to Liu Hu's battle and is worried about him. Wei Yan found that although Liu Hu is extremely powerful and brave in combat, he has no practical experience.
Especially he does not have some basic self-defense martial arts, and one-on-one combat may be fine. When fighting in the crowd, his caress of his head and tail is dangerous.
Wei Yan had seen the danger of Liu Hu. A Cao army general attacked Liu Hu from behind, but Liu Hu was unaware of it. Wei Yan was very anxious and knelt on the cart with both knees, pulled the bow and arrow, pulled the bow like a full moon, aimed at the head of the enemy general, and shot an arrow...
At this time, Liu Hu also felt the danger behind him. When Han Zhi stabbed him with a halberd, he suddenly turned around and saw a sharp long halberd stabbing towards his throat. He had nowhere to hide, and he was so scared that he grinned and shouted, "His grandma, I'm going to die."
At this critical moment, a wolf-toothed arrow shot like lightning, and an arrow shot through Han Zhi's neck. Han Zhi's long halberd tilted and stabbed Liu Hu's ear.
Liu Hu's ears were cut by the small thorn on the long halberd, and it hurts. Liu Hu had not shed a drop of blood since he was a child. Now his ears have been pierced. How can he find his mother in the future?
He was immediately furious. Before Han Zhi could fall, Liu Hu jumped up and swung his kitchen knife and slashed his neck. A cold light flashed, and Cao Jiang Han Zhi's head suddenly flew more than ten feet high, and blood spurted out of his neck.
When Liu Jing saw a thrilling scene, Liu Hu actually walked back from the gate of hell. He turned around and looked at Wei Yan. Seeing him holding a bow and arrow in his hand, he smiled and nodded to him.
Liu Jing sighed softly, if he had a bow and arrow, he wouldn't have to look at Liu Hu in danger helplessly. Thanks to Wei Yan today, this was also an unexpected result when he saved him.
At this time, Liu Hu found a spear with special length, used the tip of the spear to lift Han Zhi's head, held it high in the air and shouted loudly: "The chief general of Cao's army is dead, Cao's army is dead."
Liu Jing didn't expect that Liu Hu was so smart. He was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "My sons, the chief general of Cao's army is dead, and it will be today to kill the enemy and make contributions."
The morale of the Jingzhou army was greatly boosted and its momentum was like a rainbow. He killed the Cao army soldiers and retreated step by step. Han Zhi was dead. The Cao army had no command. The morale of the army began to disintegrate. After only a moment of persistence, it finally collapsed. The Cao army soldiers shouted and fled in all directions. The Jingzhou army took advantage of the victory and chased the enemy, killing the enemy troops everywhere, and countless surrenders.
In the central army, the Jingzhou army suffered heavy casualties, with nearly four casualties. Even the army Hou Luo Ji was unfortunately killed by a cold arrow. Deng Wu led more than six Jingzhou army and nearly eight Cao troops to fight fiercely. It was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us in the dark. They fought together in a group. Both sides lost their rules and each formed their own formation.
At this moment, the four Jingzhou troops of the rear army were led by Liu Jing to fight. Because the Cao army in the rear army had been defeated, the Cao army in the middle section was unable to hold the enemy alone. Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao's general shouted, "withdrawal"
Cao's army retreated like a tide. Deng Wu sat on the ground weakly, breathing a sigh of relief. The soldiers in Jingzhou suddenly burst into thunderous cheers.
This was just a small-scale ambush. Two thousand Cao troops ambushed the convoy transporting food and grass in Jingzhou. Although the Cao army ended in failure, both sides suffered heavy losses. More than five people were killed and injured by the Jingzhou army. Jun Hou Luoji was killed. More than two grain trucks were burned and destroyed. More than two livestock were killed. In addition, 150 coachmen were killed.
But similarly, more than eight people were killed or injured in the two thousand Cao troops, and they were captured and nearby. The chief general Han Zhi was killed. In the end, only the soldiers of the eight Cao troops were successfully evacuated.
Chapter completed!