Chapter 1099: Ambush on all sides

Cao Jun retreated quickly all the way, but Yuan Jun followed behind but was unhurried, and always maintained a certain distance between the two sides.

Hearing the roaring sound of the Yellow River waves in the distance, Yuan Tan raised his arm and stopped the march of the team.

Running all the way, Cao's army reached the bank of the Yellow River, immediately stopped the momentum of rout, turned his back to the Yellow River, and formed a large array to confront Yuan's army.

Seeing Cao Jun lining up with the Yellow River on his back from a distance, Yuan Tan raised his hand and pointed forward, and said to Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang beside him with a smile: "Cao Cao thought that he was frightened by our army, and he would choose to line up with his back to the Yellow River!" There is a cloud in the art of war, and if you die against the water, isn't this move asking for your own death? ”

Looking at Cao Jun who was arrayed with his back to the Yellow River, Yuan Xi's face was always solemn.

Although Cao Jun was arrayed with the Yellow River on his back, Yuan Xi always felt that this situation was caused by Cao Jun, and they seemed to have some behind.

"Attack!" As soon as Cao Jun's array was neatly arranged, Yuan Tan raised his arm and shouted.

The enemy lined up with the Yellow River on his back, and in Yuan Tan's opinion, it was the best time to attack.

At this time, the morale of the Cao army must be very low, once they are driven into the Yellow River, the rushing river will wipe out this army that has survived in Yuan Tan's opinion.

With Yuan Tan's order, Yuan Jun's array immediately changed.

The heavy infantry with large shields in their hands was the first to go out of battle, marching in a neat step towards Cao's army.

The heavy infantry was followed by longbowmen with longbows.

At the time of Yecheng, the soldiers of the Yuan army lacked training, and the arrangement of the battle array was also very uneven, but after several days of fighting, the soldiers grew rapidly on the battlefield, and now the array is also very good.

With their chests straight, the soldiers of the Yuan army approached the Cao army with neat steps, and as they marched, the Cao army's array also began to change.

The heavy infantry of the Cao army, holding large shields and short spears, stepped forward in unison, and like the Yuan army, the longbowmen of the Cao army also walked out of the array with the heavy infantry.

The two phalanxes gradually advanced on each other, and when they reached a distance of only forty or fifty paces from each other, they both stopped.

Although the soldiers on both sides stopped advancing, the pace under their feet did not stop, and they both stepped on the spot, creating a roar of feet stepping on the ground.

Countless feet stepped on the ground, raising thick patches of smoke and dust.

Smoke and dust spread through the arrays of both sides, enveloping the soldiers on both sides in a haze.

While the heavy infantry stood still, the longbowmen on both sides also entered the array of the heavy infantry one after another, and under the cover of the heavy infantry, they were mixed in the large array.

"Roar!" Almost at the same time, both the Yuan and Cao soldiers let out a neat shout, and the heavy infantry on both sides blocked their shields in front of them, and the neat array suddenly turned into rows of solid shield walls.

Hiding behind the shield wall, the longbowmen set up their feathered arrows on their longbows, their arrows pointing diagonally downward, waiting for the Chinese army to give orders, and then fired arrows at the enemy.

The arrays on both sides were waiting, and Cao Cao, who led the army to the back of the array, looked at the array of Yuan's army and slowly raised his arm.

At the same time that Cao Cao raised his arm, Yuan Tan also raised his arm high under Yuan Junshuai.

The Chinese armies on both sides were far apart, Cao Cao couldn't see Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan couldn't see Cao Cao clearly, but they both knew that the other party must have been ready to attack.

Pressing his arm down, Yuan Tan had a cold face and was speechless, and at the same time, Cao Cao also gave the order to release the arrow.

As the two pressed their arms respectively, the flag of the Chinese army flew over, and the flag bearer sent a signal to the large array to release arrows.

The heavy infantry in the arrays on both sides, when they saw the signal of the commanding flag, raised their large shields one after another, and arranged the shield walls more closely.

The longbowmen hiding in the shield array also raised their longbows one after another, pointing their arrows diagonally upwards and pointing them at the sky.

"Shoot the arrows!" As the officers commanding the longbowmen on both sides gave the order, the longbowmen, who were already ready, let go of the bowstring holders.

The sound of bowstrings flicking sounded, and countless arrows flew out of the arrays of both sides, heading towards each other's large array.

The arrows that flew into the air formed two thick clouds that flew rapidly in opposite directions, enveloping each other in a large array.

The two thick clouds staggered, and when they met, there was a sound of "crackling" arrows colliding in mid-air.

The arrows that struck one place lost their strength and fell to the ground before they could reach the enemy array.

After all, there were only a few arrows that collided with each other, and many more arrows were still wrapped in strong wind, flying towards the enemy's array.

The feathered arrows that rained down fell into the arrays of both sides.

The heavy infantry held large shields to shield the feathered arrows, and the sound of the feathered arrows striking the shield was as close as the sound of a rainstorm crashing on a canopy in summer.

Most of the arrows were blocked by the shields of the heavy infantry, and a small number of feathered arrows with tricky angles passed through the gaps in the shield wall and shot at the soldiers on both sides hiding behind the shield wall.

The soldiers on both sides fell one by one among the feathered arrows, and the longbowmen who shot the arrows continued to put their feathered arrows on the bowstrings, firing sharp feathered arrows towards each other's arrays.

Standing in the middle army, Yuan Tan looked at the two armies that were attacking each other with arrows.

The Yuan army was far outnumbered by the Cao army, and every time an arrow flew by, the Cao army would fall.

On the other hand, due to the small number of arrows fired in the array, the casualties of the Yuan army were few.

If it continues like this for a long time, Cao Jun will definitely support it for a short time.

"Brother, I always feel that something is wrong!" Turning his head to look around, Yuan Xi whispered to Yuan Tan, "Why is the number of Cao's troops suddenly so small? ”

Looking at the two phalanxes that were attacking each other with arrows in the distance, Yuan Tan's face was full of pride, and he was stunned when he suddenly heard Yuan Xi say this.

Looking around, Yuan Tan suddenly shouted: "Not good! Hit the trick! ”

At the same time as Yuan Tan shouted, the soldiers of the Yuan Army of the Chinese army heard the sound of horns from all directions.

The sound of the trumpet did not come from one direction, but seemed to come from more than a dozen directions at the same time.

As the horn sounded, countless Cao troops appeared in the rear and flanks of Yuan's army.

The Cao army, which had just appeared, lined up in a neat formation, advanced towards the Yuan army from all directions, surrounding the Yuan army in it.

Cao Jun appeared in all directions, and the Yuan army in the large array was suddenly panicked, and the soldiers all turned their heads nervously to look around.

Even Yuan Jun, who had already engaged Cao Jun in front, looked flustered, and invisibly, the array was much looser.

The array of Yuan Jun was loose, and the arrows shot by Cao Jun immediately found a gap.

Pieces of feather arrows fell into the array of the Yuan army, and rows of Yuan soldiers fell down in the feather arrows.

"Kill!" Seeing that the array of the Yuan army was already in chaos, he knew very well in his heart that if the Yuan army knew that although the Cao army was coming from all directions, the total number of people had not increased, and this battle would be very difficult, Cao Cao hurriedly gave the order to charge the army.

With Cao Cao's order, the soldiers of the Cao army who were confronting the Yuan army let out a shout in unison, holding their shields, and rushed forward in the face of the arrows that the Yuan army had already sparsely sparsed.

The Cao army, which was backed by the Yellow River, launched a charge, and the Cao army, which was surging from all directions, also accelerated the speed of the charge.

Seeing the black pressed Cao army rushing towards them, the soldiers of the Yuan army couldn't tell how many enemies were coming, and they were in chaos for a while.

"Array! Meet the enemy! Yuan Tan was born in Jiangmen after all, and knew that once the army was in chaos at this time, it would be impossible to clean up the situation, so he hurriedly issued an order to the soldiers of the Yuan army to meet the enemy.

His order was timely, but the soldiers of the Yuan army who went out with him were all newly recruited soldiers, and the small battle was enough to deal with, and when he really faced a big battle, especially when he was surrounded by enemy troops, where would he be at ease.

Many Yuan troops saw that Cao's army was killing from all directions, and before the enemy army could get close, they were already panicking.

Some of the Yuan troops on the periphery, seeing that this Cao army was getting closer and closer, their courage was already frightened, and dozens of them screamed and dropped their weapons and ran in the direction they thought there was no Cao army.

Some people were the first to flee, and the rest of the Yuan army immediately seemed to be infected by the plague, and more people followed closely and also dropped their weapons and ran in the direction where Cao Jun could not be seen.

Just when these people had just run out, those directions that originally did not have Cao Jun also appeared in the direction of Cao Jun, who had no end in sight.

More and more Cao troops appeared, and those Yuan troops who had already left the array and fled, seeing that the road in front of them was blocked, they ran to the other side in a panic.

The soldiers of the Yuan army who fled were busy scurrying back and forth on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Yuan army who did not flee watched them jump back and forth, and they lost the slightest sense of war.

The Cao army, which took the lead in the charge, had already rushed into the vanguard array of the Yuan army, and the soldiers of the two sides collided in one place, and the Cao army shouted, waving the short spear in his hand, and constantly stabbed at the Yuan army.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Yuan Army, who saw that the back road was completely cut off by the Cao army and their morale had fallen to the bottom point, only raised their shields and passively withstood the onslaught of the Cao army.

A soldier of the Yuan army held a shield, and it was difficult to block the short spear that Cao Jun stabbed at him.

Although he also carried a short spear in his hand, under the fierce attack of the Cao army, he could not find the slightest chance to fight back.

Just as he was holding his shield and retreating while covering it, a Cao Jun raised his foot and kicked at his shield.

The force of this kick was extremely strong, and Yuan Jun, who was holding the shield, only felt that his wrist was numb, and the shield subconsciously flashed to the side.

As soon as the shield in his hand flashed to the side, the soldier of the Yuan army saw a huge black shadow smashing towards him, and Cao Jun, who kicked his shield away, actually grabbed the big shield and covered his head.