Chapter 142: The Battle of Qian County [5]
Li Dian's troops were almost defeated, although they fought desperately, they only brought more than a thousand casualties to the Yan reinforcements, after all, the battle of 8,000 blows and 3,000 was not a simple two-fist collision, but an all-round advantage. It's like three people fighting one against two, not that two people can kill one person, and one person can kill one of them. Instead, the two of them fought so that one of them couldn't fight back, and at most they just threw a few punches.
Being able to inflict more than 1,000 casualties on the Yan army, which is twice as large as itself, is already a remarkable achievement. It wasn't until Le Jin led the troops to kill that half of Li Dian's subordinates were pulled out, but it was still inevitable that the two armies would face each other.
However, at this time, the strength of the two sides is equal, even if it is a dignified confrontation, in the end, it is said that it is both victory and defeat, not to mention that there are long-experienced generals on the side of the Cao army, and the morale is much higher in the end.
In less than a moment of engagement, the reinforcements of the Yan army suffered eleven losses, and the battle array began to advance eastward.
On the other hand, Xiahou Yuan, who was left alone in the west, was besieged by tens of thousands of Yan soldiers and horses. And the cavalry led by Zhang Liao became more and more courageous, and in a blink of an eye, Xiahou Yuan's subordinates lost their armor...... Even if they lose their armor and abandon their armor, they can't escape, and many people can only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.
The main general has not yet surrendered, but most of his subordinates have surrendered.
This situation made Xiahou Yuan furious, fought for a moment from the rear, and then withdrew and led a team of guards to run west.
He couldn't help but go, accompanied by the sound of galloping hooves, the Yan army knights rushed out of the dense forest, the dust on the ground spewed up, the Zhangba spears protruded, and the horses' hooves trampled on the Cao army knelt on the ground, without any will to fight!
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people fell and hundreds died, panic spread in the army, the front was the enemy, the rear was also the enemy, and the enemy was surrounded everywhere in all directions!
There was only one thought in Xiahou Yuan's mind...... If you kill Zhang Liao, you must kill Zhang Liao!
"Stop them!"
Xiahou Yuan hadn't felt the slightest worry when Chen Gong waved his army to kill himself in the county town, he had already had the heart to guard against Chen Gong, but he never expected that Zhang Liao would actually appear behind him at this time!
Where did Zhang Liao come from?
Behind him should not be Zhang Liao, it should be Xiahoudun and Cao Hong!
Where would he have thought that Zhang Liao would lead the cavalry to gallop for more than ten miles in a moment for this ambush, just to block the retreat from behind him!
Xiahou Yuan wanted to kill Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao wanted to kill him even more.
Zhang Liao led more than 100 horsemen to rush left and right in the battle formation, and the long knife set off a rain of blood everywhere, and the stumps and broken arms crushed all the way. But whoever stands in front of him, whether he holds a weapon or does not hold a weapon, kneels on the ground or would rather die than surrender, all end up in the same place, that is a different place for the body.
He was searching for Xiahou Yuan's figure, how easy it was to search for a figure in thousands of battle formations, even if he knew what Xiahou Yuan looked like, it was difficult to recognize him, not to mention that it was late, and he couldn't see his five fingers everywhere, only the fire light of the previous camp could shine some light and shadow, Zhang Liao could only follow the sound of the golden drum to chase and kill.
The soldiers were all around, but Zhang Liao couldn't see anything clearly, so he could only follow the sound and slash all the way. But fortunately, Xiahou Yuan didn't know where Zhang Liao was, and the Yan army was everywhere wantonly squeezing the battle formation, and the dark night caused irreparable trouble to his subordinates, so he could only shout out on horseback to the left and right sergeants, "Don't panic!" Stop the enemy and reinforcements are coming! ”
He didn't lie, reinforcements were indeed on the way. There are Xiahoudun and Cao Hong at an interval of 20 miles, and Cao Cao's main army at an interval of 40 miles.
But Xiahoudun hasn't come yet, Zhang Liao came first!
Compared with Zhang Liao, who fought hard, Chen Gong was obviously much more comfortable, hundreds of soldiers fought with open fire, and more than ten banners were especially conspicuous in the firelight, but he was not afraid of Xiahou Yuan attacking him at all...... No one can stare at the forces twice as large as their own, rushing past the incoming formation. Besides, it's useless to kill him, the real commander of the Yan army is trapped in the battle array!
"The Scouts from the East are back?"
Chen Gong heard the sound of horses' hooves exploding behind him, and hurriedly asked, and in a blink of an eye, he saw several cavalry sergeants arriving in front of him through the heavy army formation, and said in a loud voice: "The battle in the east is scorching, about more than 10,000 troops are wrapped in one place and strangled back and forth, and it is impossible to see who will be defeated for a while, but the battle array is advancing to the east, and the enemy army should have the advantage!" ”
"Command the three divisions, storm the enemy army, and fight quickly!"
With Chen Gong's order, Xiahou Yuan was even more distressed...... When the battle was fought to the death with the Yan army, Xiahou Yuan could finally see the full state of his subordinates, he had no soldiers, and only a few hundred people around him were left to maintain the battle formation. The figures around him couldn't see through, but there were shouts of killing everywhere, which made him feel powerless to return to the sky, and he couldn't hold back the arrival of reinforcements.
"Pass my military order, break through to the north, break through to the north!"
Even if Xiahou Yuan can't see the enemy army clearly, he can also know that the enemy army in the west is Zhang Liao's personal arrival, and the soldiers are unstoppable, and the other three sides are the soldiers and horses in the city of Qiaoxian County, at this time, according to the casualties on all sides, it is obvious that the enemy army besieging the north is slightly weaker, if it can break through from the north, maybe there is a glimmer of life!
His prediction was good, Zhang Liao's subordinates had 3,000 soldiers who had not been trained, and they learned how to control the stone cannon in the long winter, and the method of the battle formation was only superficial, not to mention that they did not have any weapons in the previous battles, and it was not until today that Chen Gong seized the city of Qian County before opening the arsenal, and the county soldiers seized the blades and distributed them to them, so the combat experience was extremely insufficient, far from being comparable to other sergeants.
After giving the order, Xiahou Yuan immediately led his troops to the north, and personally risked his sword and arrows to kill a bloody road, wanting to lead hundreds of remnants to withdraw from the battlefield to the north.
In the face of Xiahou Yuan's wolf-like might, his subordinates were like trapped beasts, and they all knew that there was only one way to die if they stayed here, and they were all brave. Where can the newly recruited soldiers of the Three Kingdoms in the north stop it? They all involuntarily gave way to a path, and in an instant, they rushed out dozens of steps for Xiahou Yuan.
But at this moment, there was a sudden loud shout behind him, like a thunderous explosion.
"Xiahou Yuanxiu run, come and fight me to the death! Yanmen Zhang Liao is here, who dares to stop me! ”
Zhang Liao is here!
The easiest way to hit the morale of Cao's army on the battlefield in Yanzhou is nothing more than this. The war that lasted for half a year was like a nightmare, everyone had done it but no one had ever seen it, because everyone who had seen it had died.
And now, they see it.
In the smoke and dust, a hundred and ten horsemen wearing flesh and blood clothes and armor with all kinds of blades and wolves rushed forward, the leader of the face is like a crescent moon and a long knife, and there is no way to stop in front of the horse, and the long knife is waved away to be crippled when touched, and it will be killed if it is cut to death.
Xiahou Yuan opened the way in front of him regardless of it, and was about to rush out of the enemy formation, but at this time, he heard Zhang Liao shouting his name one after another behind him, his power was incomparable, and his heart was immediately anxious, but he was not as fast as Zhang Liao's charge, and then he heard the heavy drinking at the end of the back, and hurriedly looked back only to see a snowy sword light!
"Xiahou Yuan, accept your life!"