Chapter 1171: Fighting on both sides
The Qin army, which was holding a Mo knife flat, was like a row of huge harvesters, shouting and pushing forward, but the Cao army, which rushed up head-on, was overthrown.
Although Cao Jun fell in pieces in front of the Qin army, the people behind the array still pushed towards the Qin army one after another.
The two armies, like two retrograde torrents, collided violently in one place.
The soldiers on both sides let out a shout, waved the blades in their hands, and greeted the local soldiers without a head or a face.
The charge launched by the Qin army's Mo sword soldiers was soon hindered by the large number of Cao's troops.
The momentum of the charge slowed down for the time being, and the Qin army at the front slashed at the Cao army that was blocking them with a Mo knife.
A soldier of the Qin army held the hilt of the Mo knife with both hands, and slashed down on the top of the head of a Cao army.
Seeing the Mo knife slashing towards the top of his head, the Cao army hurriedly raised his shield to cover it, and the hand holding the short spear also slammed forward, trying to pierce the chest of the Qin army with the short spear while blocking the Mo knife.
His short spear had only pierced a little more than half a foot away, and with a crisp "click", the arm holding the shield felt a sharp pain.
The sharp Mo knife split the shield into two pieces, slashed down from the top of Cao Jun's head, and split his head in two with his helmet.
The Mo knife slashed through the head of Cao Jun's soldiers, and half of Cao Jun's head suddenly fell to the ground like a freshly cut water scoop.
The remaining half of the head was still on Cao Jun's neck, and the brain pulp in the skull slipped down the split section, and Cao Jun, who had been cut off half of his head, fell straight down.
The Mo sword soldiers rushed into the Cao army, and the Pu sword soldiers, who had given way to them earlier, followed up and killed, while the crossbowmen withdrew backwards, standing far away, and fired arrows at the Cao army from the side.
The Cao army, which collided with the Qin army, was mixed with heavy infantry and archers.
Because the archers did not have a shield, and the armor on their bodies was relatively thin, they did not have much melee ability on the battlefield at all.
The two armies fought outside the city of Liyang, and Yuan Tan, who was at the head of the city, watched from afar, and did not immediately give an order to lead the army out of the city.
The battle outside the city became more and more intense, Yuan Tan clenched his fists tightly and asked Guo Tu and Xin Ping on the side: "There is no doubt that it is the Qin army that is fighting with Cao Jun, can our army go out of the city?" β
"Yes!" Nodding his head, Guo Tu raised his hand and pointed to the left flank of the Cao army, and said to Yuan Tan: "The combat power of the Cao army is all on the left flank, and the battle with the Qin army is also dominated by the left flank. After our army leaves the city, we should attack from the left side of Cao's army! β
"Someone!" As soon as Guo Tu's words fell, Yuan Tan shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, the army is ready, leave a small number of soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the people will go out of the city with the general to fight!" β
"No!" The Qin army came to help, which undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Yuan army, and the soldiers responded, while running quickly along the city wall, while shouting: "The general has an order, leave a small number of men and horses to guard the city, and the rest of the people will go out of the city with the general to fight!" β
Not long after Yuan Tan's order was issued, a Yuan army of four or five thousand people gathered inside the city gate.
The soldiers of the Yuan army gathered at the city gate were covered with blood and their clothes and armor were also tattered.
After days of fighting, they were exhausted.
But the arrival of the Qin army made them see the hope of victory and the possibility of survival, and Yuan Tan gave an order, and many soldiers gathered in the city gate, waiting to follow him out of the city to fight.
Running down from the top of the city and halfway up the stairs, Yuan Tan stopped.
He first looked around at the soldiers of the Yuan army inside the city gate, and then shouted: "Soldiers, the King of Qin has sent reinforcements, and the Cao army is about to be killed by the Qin army!" I'm waiting for this time to be saved! β
"King Qin is mighty! The general is mighty! Yuan Tan's shout undoubtedly strengthened the belief that the soldiers of the Yuan army would live, and all the Yuan soldiers waiting in the city gate raised their swords high in their hands and let out a burst of shouts.
Looking at the soldiers of the Yuan army who were full of fatigue but high morale, Yuan Tan held the hand on the hilt of the sword and clenched it tightly, and then shouted: "Soldiers, the Qin army is about to defeat the Cao army when it sees it, why don't I wait in the city for the Qin army to come to the rescue?" If we stay at that time, the Qin army will definitely underestimate us. After days of fighting, the soldiers were all brave, could it be that at the last moment, they were laughed at by the Qin army? β
When Yuan Tan shouted this, the soldiers of the Yuan army were full of solemnity one by one.
Since the Battle of Guandu, they have never had a big victory against the Cao army, and the soldiers also have a deep fear of the Cao army in their hearts.
In the battle of Liyang, the soldiers of the Yuan army did not expect that under the fierce attack of the Cao army, they actually defended for several days in a row and never lost the city.
In this battle, thousands of Yuan troops fell forever on the head of Liyang City.
After experiencing one battle after another, no Yuan Jun was willing to be despised by the Qin army who came to the rescue at the most critical moment.
Listening to Yuan Tan's shouting, all the officers and soldiers of the Yuan Army were full of solemnity, and some of them even had beads of sweat on their hands holding the blades.
"Sue General SΓΉben, are you willing to be despised by the Qin army?" Standing on the stairs, Yuan Tan yelled at the soldiers of the Yuan army who were arrayed in the city.
"I don't want to!" The soldiers of the Yuan Army, who were waiting in the city gate, looked up at Yuan Tan one by one, and let out a shout in unison.
"Good!" Obviously very satisfied with the momentum of the soldiers, Yuan Tan drew his long sword and shouted to them: "Go out of the city with General Ben!" β
After shouting this, he quickly ran down the stairs, turned over and stepped onto the war horse that his own soldiers had brought for him, waved the long sword in his hand, and shouted: "Open the city gate!" β
With Yuan Tan's shout, a group of Yuan soldiers guarding the city gate immediately opened the city gate.
As soon as the city gate opened a gap, Yuan Tan clamped his legs towards the horse's belly and rode out of Liyang City.
As soon as Yuan Tan rushed out of the city gate, the soldiers of the Yuan army lined up in the city also followed closely and killed them.
Pieces of Yuan's army rushed out of the city gate and followed Yuan Tan to kill the left flank of Cao's army.
Cao Cao, who was watching the fight between the Cao army and the Qin army, heard a shout of killing behind him, and turned his head to look back.
When he found that Yuan Jun rushed out of Liyang City, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his head to look at Xun You on the side.
Glancing at Cao Cao, Xun Yu nodded at him.
Seeing Xun Yu nodding, Cao Cao said to the soldiers behind him: "Order Xiahou Yuan, lead the army from behind the Yuan army, and defeat it, and then the army will pursue the Yuan army with all its might!" β
"No!" The soldiers answered, turned around and ran to convey Cao Cao's order.
Yuan Tan, who led the Yuan army out of Liyang, waved the long sword in his hand and rushed towards the Cao army on the left flank like a bolt of lightning.
The thousands of Yuan troops who followed him, holding shields and short spears, also rushed towards Cao Jun like a wave.
Just when Yuan Tan led the Yuan army to kill Liyang and was still some distance away from the Cao army on the left flank, the tail of the right flank of the Cao army suddenly killed a detachment of men.
The number of this Cao army was not very large, only two or three thousand people.
In terms of numbers alone, they are better than Yuan's army, but the leader of this Cao army is Xiahou Yuan, a fierce general under Cao Cao.
If it comes to bravery, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan can be said to be on par, wielding a big knife and riding a northern war horse, Xiahou Yuan took the lead and attacked Yuan's army.
The two or three thousand soldiers of the Cao Army who followed him were also running quickly, for fear of being thrown far away by him.
The soldiers of the Yuan Army, who were charging towards the left flank of the Cao army, heard the sound of shouting and killing behind them, and many of them hurriedly turned their heads and looked back.
When they found out that a Cao army had been killed behind them, the soldiers of the Yuan army, who were full of morale, were shaken at this moment.
For a large army, it is undoubtedly a disaster for the soldiers to waver on the battlefield.
Yuan Tan, who rushed to the front, had not yet reached the end of the Cao army on the left flank, and the Yuan army in the back had already fought with the Cao army led by Xiahou Yuan.
Yuan Jun, who was at the end of the team, found that Cao Jun was rushing up, and quickly turned around and fought with Cao Jun in one place.
Xiahou Yuan, who was the first to enter the Yuan army, brandished the big knife in his hand, slashed left and slashed, and slashed Yuan Jun to the ground one by one.
But all the Yuan soldiers who stood in front of him were chopped off and fell into their intestines, but in an instant, there were dozens of corpses of Yuan soldiers lying around him.
Cao Jun, who was following behind Xiahou Yuan, blocked the big shield in front of him, and while shouting, he slammed into the soldiers of the Yuan army.
Only a few hundred steps away from the Yuan army led by Yuan Tan, the Qin army swept over the Cao army that stood in front of them like a huge wave on the sea.
And the thousands of Yuan troops led by Yuan Tan, after rushing out of Liyang, were almost counterattacked by Cao's army.
Xiahou Yuan led the army to kill from behind, Yuan Tan was about to lead the army to counterattack, the left flank of the Cao army suddenly changed, and a Cao army, under the leadership of Cao Ren, launched a fierce attack on the Yuan army.
The Cao army on the left and right flanks sandwiched the Yuan army in the middle, and Yuan Tan, who originally planned to launch a surprise attack on them from behind, was also a little stunned for a while.
The soldiers of the Cao army who flocked to Yuan's army were obviously the elite under Cao Cao.
collided with Yuan Jun in one place, these Cao Jun were all like tigers out of the Sheng, pounced on Yuan Jun, and each Cao Jun used a deadly fighting style.
They held shields and pushed Yuan Jun hard, and the short spears in their hands kept stabbing at Yuan Jun.
The soldiers of the Yuan army, who collided with Cao Jun, also used their shields to resist the opponent's slamming, and pierced their short spears towards Cao Jun who rushed towards them.
The soldiers on both sides shouted and pushed each other, although the number of each other was not very large, the battle was no less tragic than the battle between the Qin army and the Cao army in the front.
"Kill!" Just when Yuan Tan led the soldiers of the Yuan army to resist the Cao army that was rushing towards them, in the main formation of the Cao army, there was a sudden sound of shouting and killing, and more Cao troops withdrew from the battlefield where they were fighting with the Qin army and swooped down on the Yuan army.