Chapter 460: The End of the Road
I've never heard of a person pretending to be an inferior horse, but when have you ever seen someone deliberately pretending to be an inferior horse! If Guo Jia was next to him at this time, he would definitely explain to Xue Lan: the former is called pretending, and the latter is called low-key. And now, what's popular is low-key!
However, Xue Lan didn't have time to think about anything at this time, the strongest generals on his side were all killed by someone in one move, and they were not opponents in the first place, and now this battle is even more unfought! Now Xue Lan is only thinking about escaping back to the city!
Without any hesitation, Xue Lan immediately led the troops to retreat, and did not even say anything about the scene, just so as not to delay even a little time. It doesn't matter if he's afraid of death, or if he's cowardly, but this kind of unproclaimed reaction speed is enough to show Xue Lan's talent as a general. It is not without reason that Lu Bu sent Xue Lan to stay in the belly of Yanzhou.
It's a pity that Xue Lan met Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei this time...... Whether it is Wen or Wu, Xue Lan's side is not comparable, and it is far inferior to Cao Cao's side, so, under the premise that there is a huge disparity in strength and weakness, does Xue Lan still have any possibility of winning more with less and counterattacking? !
At the beginning, Xue Lan didn't expect that this was originally just a tentative battle, but it made him die directly; And now, Xue Lan didn't expect that on his short way back to the city from the suburbs, just before the city gate, there was a light cavalry force that rushed in front and blocked Xue Lan's way!
If it was before, Xue Lan would definitely shout with disdain: "It's really dead!" ”
Even now, of course. Xue Lan wanted to say, "It's really deadly!" "Who is it that person who doesn't understand the military has made such an action that directly kills the soldiers.
You know, under the walls is the most dangerous place. It was clear when attacking the city that it was not only necessary to face the bows and arrows of the enemy on the walls. stones, and even boiling oil attacks, there is still the possibility of enemy troops rushing out of the city gates at any time.
And now, the army blocking Xue Lan's way will not only face the above two intrusions, but also face Xue Lan's army attacking from behind, oh, to be precise, it should be the main army facing Xue Lan head-on. And the back side of the city wall is disturbed from both sides, in short, it is firmly surrounded in the middle, there is no way out, the time and place are favorable, and all are not occupied, this is simply putting yourself to death!
Think about it, since ancient times, how many people would be crazy enough to run in front of the enemy's wall to intercept the enemy army returning outside? This kind of behavior is tantamount to sending people to death directly, and not only no one will do it. And no one dared to do it!
But now, this most unlikely situation was found in front of Xue Lan, and it immediately made Xue Lan think of a name - Guo Jia! There are only cards that do not follow common sense. Guo Jia, who often makes unexpected moves, can do this kind of thing!
Now that Cao Cao is chasing after him with the so-called "tiger boy" Xu Chu (Xue Lan guessed that it is Dian Wei), and there are dead soldiers blocking the road in front of him, then the situation is already very obvious. Was it he, Xue Lan, who broke through the defense line first and fled into the city? Or did Cao Cao directly encircle him outside?
Either-or. But Xue Lan thought that he still had a chance, although the group of dead soldiers blocking the road in front of him was estimated to be difficult to deal with. Although the morale of the army is low now, at this time of life and death, it should be able to fight against the tide and boost morale! Then let the soldiers in the city open the city gate and rush out to fight him Xue Lan back and forth, and he will definitely find a glimmer of life!
"Rush!" Xue Lan led the troops to rush over, and those who didn't know saw it, and they would definitely think that Xue Lan was the one who besieged the city, and the other side was the one who defended the city.
Over there, a fierce and strong man, armed with dozens of halberds, appeared at the front of the team.
"Dian Wei is here! Who would dare to come?! The strong man shouted.
"What?! This is Dian Wei?! Xue Lan couldn't help but exclaim, as we all know, after Zhao Yun left, Dian Wei was the first fierce general under Cao Cao, if the person in front of him was really Dian Wei, and the person just now was not Dian Wei, wouldn't that mean that this real Dian Wei was stronger than that guy just now?!
Xue Lan's consciousness of fighting against the water that had just been stirred up suddenly disappeared most of it!
This is also an important reason why Guo Jia asked Xu Chu to fight quickly, Guo Jia is to hit the enemy's morale, so that the enemy has no intention of fighting, and can only think about escaping, only in this way can the pressure on Dian Wei's side be reduced. Because even Guo Jia knows very well that the task on Dian Wei's side is the most difficult, and at the same time, it is also the most dangerous. So we can only try to reduce the risk from other aspects!
As long as the enemy is scared and has no will to fight, then Dian Wei can easily hold on for a moment and a half, and he doesn't need Dian Wei to defeat the other party, just need Dian Wei to be able to drag the other party. As long as Xue Lan thought that he would not be able to break through Dian Wei's defense line for a while, and Cao Cao led the troops behind him to rush over, such a situation of being surrounded to death, it was impossible for Xue Lan to have the courage, and there was no morale to continue to fight to the death and attack the defense line.
Just like Guo Jia said, the enemy has no intention of fighting, and can only think about escaping, at that time, Xue Lan will definitely choose to escape again, and as long as Xue Lan fails to enter the city, then no matter whether he can run away or not, this time Guo Jia's strategy of "winning with one hit" is considered a success!
"Rush!" Xue Lan gritted her teeth and shouted.
Not to mention whether the person in front of you is Dian Wei or not, even if it is Dian Wei? The current situation is that as long as you don't enter the city, you will continue to face Cao Cao's endless pursuit. In that case, it may be possible to escape, but the probability is very small, the key is that Xue Lan has no food, even if he escapes for a while, it is entirely possible that Cao Cao will catch up and intercept again!
So, in comparison, it's better to have a higher success rate of attacking the interception line now, at least it will be a one-and-done thing, right? Besides, no matter how strong Dian Wei is, it is only one person who is strong. It's not a big deal to lose a little force, as long as he Xue Lan can successfully escape back to the city, it can be regarded as a victory!
So, Xue Lan chose to attack Dian Wei's defense line without hesitation!
"Rush !!"
The first row of cavalry, as soon as they approached Dian Wei, the short halberd in Dian Wei's hand came out in an instant, and all of them hit, and dozens of cavalry fell one after another. Seeing this, everyone was intimidated. Nonsense, even if it was Lu Bu's elite soldiers at the beginning, when they encountered this situation, they were all scared and hid far away, and no one dared to approach Dian Wei, let alone Xue Lan's miscellaneous soldiers now.
At this moment, the little fighting will left in the soldiers of Xue Lan's army has also disappeared.
If you can't win, you can't win, I think it's better to surrender! Almost all soldiers had this thought in their minds.
And seriously, many of these soldiers used to be the defenders of Yanzhou, that is, they were people under Cao Cao before. Before he defected to Lu Bu, it was all decided by the people above, and it had nothing to do with the soldiers below, they couldn't decide anything, and they couldn't change anything. (To be continued......)