Chapter 787: Fierce Battle at Hangu Pass
In front of Hangu Pass, within a radius of several miles, thick smoke billowed and the sound of killing shook the sky.
In front of the wall of the Qin army, the sword light and sword shadow, the drum and horn contend, the meteor fire shower, covering the sky and the sun.
In the sky, arrows and arrows slammed into the enemy's formation like cannonballs in the future.
On the ground, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on both sides were completely strangled together.
The knives saw blood, the guns entered the flesh, the stumps and broken arms flew together, and the blood rain and bloody wind were pervasive. Those with severed arms are still wielding knives and guns; Some of them drew arrows and plunged them into the chest of the enemy; There was the last cry of the dying man, his fingers digging deep into the enemy's body. It was the huge murderous aura of the battlefield, which made them feel no pain and have nothing to fear.
The brutal hand-to-hand combat of the Cold Weapon Era was interpreted at this moment.
One meter ......
Two meters ......
One Zhang......
In front of the wall of the Qin army, the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy continued to pile up. The mountain of corpses, hence the origin.
One inch ......
Two-inch ......
Three-inch ......
The blood on the ground converges, the sea of blood, hence the name.
The soldiers of the Qin army stubbornly resisted the frantic attack of twice the enemy, and the sharp spears would be stabbed out in a row, and the shining and cold broadsword would fall, and there would be a crisp sound of cutting bones and bones immediately. In the bloody rain, their eyes were only tenacious. When their comrades fell, they swore that they would make the enemy pay for it with blood.
After the Cao army.
Cao Cao looked at the front not far away, the corpses of his own soldiers seemed to exude a sky-high black aura, and the hideous faces of the Qin soldiers seemed to be mocking.
Xiahoudun. Xiahou Yuan and other generals have experienced a hundred battles, but at this moment, when they saw this rare fierce battle, they couldn't help but secretly wipe their sweat.
Cao Cao saw this. "Our army has suffered 30,000 casualties. The enemy's front did not even take a step back. You keep saying that you have trained elite soldiers, this is your elite soldiers? This is your best soldier? β
Cao Hong and the others sweated even more.
Cao Cao pulled out the Qinghong Sword with a sigh. Connect Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Lu Qian, Hou Cheng, Yang Feng and others, "You, you, you, you, you ......, the front line supervises the battle, if you can't capture the Qin army, don't come back!" β
"Whoa!" Cao Jun's generals were also angry. Pegasus came out and joined the battlefield.
Cao Cao's more than 100,000 infantry were all thrown into the battlefield.
With the passage of time, and with the attrition of the Qin army, the Qin army began to face a siege of three or four times the enemy.
With the continuous accumulation of corpse mountains and gradually surpassing the wall, Cao Bing jumped down from the one-zhang high corpse mountain and jumped into the Qin army's village.
"Beat the drums!" Zhang He suddenly jumped on the high platform and shouted: "The time has come to be loyal to the Lord, even if it is death." Never take a step back! β
The first time the Qin army beat the drums, the rumbling drums echoed in the sky, and also resounded in the hearts of the soldiers of the Qin army.
Zhang He, Chen Zhi and other Qin army generals. personally went to the front line, took the lead, and led the soldiers of the Qin army not to retreat.
And a civil official like Tian Feng. He drew his sword as well.
When the soldiers of the Cao Army, like African wildebeests, jumped from the mountain of corpses into the sea of blood. They were greeted by sharp knives and guns. The soldiers of the Qin army turned into huge beasts in the sea of blood, opening their mouths with sharp teeth. Tearing at the prey. The weapon held high, like a forest of swords, spears and swords, glowed with bloodthirsty light.
The rear of the Cao army is in this formation.
Guo Jia took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat on his head, looked back at the 20,000 tiger and leopard riders standing coldly and solemnly behind him, and said: "Lord, the Qin army has reached the end of the strong crossbow, just rely on one breath to block a line, let the cavalry rush." As long as it is broken a little, the Qin army will be completely wiped out. β
Cao Cao carried the Qinghong sword, with a black face, looking into the distance, the city of Hangu Pass collapsed more, and he only needed to break through the Qin army in front of the pass, and he could directly smash the Yellow Dragon to occupy Hangu Pass. His sword gradually raised, and he shouted, "Xiahou ......." β
However, no one responded.
Cao Cao was furious, looking left and right, "Xiahou Yuanrang, Miaocai? β
Guo Jia wiped his sweat again, and said in his heart that the lord was confused. He thought about it, the original alliance was in vain, and when he encountered such a vicious battle, it was inevitable that he would be confused. Qin Zijin's power was really huge, and in less than half a year, he defeated Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Lu Bu.
Thinking of this, Guo Jia hurriedly reminded: "Lord, the generals have been sent out by you, so that they can enter the Qin army village." Guo Jia finally said a good word for everyone.
Cao Cao's left eye narrowed, his right eye widened, and he glanced at Guo Jia. He called the three generals of the tiger and leopard cavalry and gave the order for the cavalry to assault. On the other hand, the horn cornet was released, and then the flag was shaken.
Xiahoudun on the front line heard the sound of the horn, saw the order flag, raised his hand and stabbed a Qin soldier to death, and ordered the soldiers on his side to make way for the assault of the cavalry in his own formation.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the most elite tiger and leopard riders of the Cao army threw themselves into the battlefield.
At this time, there were still more than 20,000 soldiers in the Qin army, and under the leadership of officers at all levels headed by generals Zhang He and Chen Zhi, they were stubbornly guarding the nearly three-mile-long defense line in front of Hangu Pass. Even though the number of enemies was already six times their own, they did not take a step back.
However, when the powerful Tiger and Leopard Cavalry joined the battlefield, the Tiger Cavalry Heavy Cavalry dealt a fatal blow to the Qin army.
The defensive line was quickly broken through by these centaur tanks, and it was already within reach.
Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, LΓΌ Qian, Hou Cheng, Yang Feng and other Cao generals each led their own troops and took the opportunity to divide and surround the remaining 20,000 Qin troops.
Tens of thousands of enemy and enemy soldiers died, but the fighting entered its most tragic moment, and the sound of fighting increased even more.
In the sound of killing, the soldiers of the Qin army worked hard. However, the enemy often besieged one person with four or five people, and the pleasure of piercing the bodies of the Qin soldiers with sharp spears made them smile hideously.
Xiahoudun and the other generals were all full of fighting spirit, and in their opinion, the annihilation of this Qin army was already something that would be completed in the next moment.
"Zhang He! Go there! Xiahoudun laughed and ran with a big knife.
Zhang He, the general of the Qin army, had already been killed covered in blood, seeing that the defeat had been achieved, he hurriedly retreated to the front of the Chinese military tent, and sure enough, when he saw that Tian Feng was still there, he immediately shouted: "Tian Feng's military division, you go quickly!" β
Tian Feng's body was also stained with blood. It was caused by blood drifting in the air, looking around at the already red surroundings. Our soldiers are constantly being surrounded and suppressed. Tian Feng's upright face showed absolute certainty, and he clenched the sword in his hand tightly. Said: "Hangu Pass is really a military location, if it is taken by Cao Cao, my king's strategic deployment will immediately appear to be a loophole." I will never leave, the general will gather the remaining soldiers and retreat into Hangu Pass, even if I die, I will hold on until the arrival of the king's reinforcements! β
On the other side, the rear of Cao's army.
Cao Cao saw that the Qin army's battle line was compressed to the limit, and he should have been very happy. However, his face was extremely ugly. He fought all his life, and no army was still fighting to the death with a loss of more than seventy percent, which made his soldiers and horses pay a greater price.
"Why, why? Why hasn't the Qin army broken up yet? Cao Cao glared at his scarlet eyes and shouted.
Guo Jia wiped his sweat and said, "Perhaps, something is supporting their ......." β
"What's there?" Cao Cao asked.
At this moment, the Qin army only had more than 10,000 people left, but it was facing the encirclement and suppression of nearly 100,000 enemies. The shape shì has reached the most critical time.
Cao Cao, who was watching the battle from the rear, suddenly mocked: "No matter what is supporting them, they are about to defeat ......." β
At this time, a horse came to the dust. Rolling off the saddle and dismounting with horror and uneasiness, in the midst of the earth-shattering fighting, he shouted loudly: "My lord." Big things are not good, a cavalry appeared in the rear of our army. It's less than five miles away! β
"What!" Cao Cao instantly changed color and said, "Cavalry? Less than five miles? How many people? β
"Countless," exclaimed. Probably...... Maybe 70,000 or 80,000 people. β
"Ahh Cao Cao's face turned green suddenly, he suddenly looked back at the soldiers and horses in front of Hangu Pass, if tens of thousands of cavalry appeared behind him at this moment, then the soldiers and horses of his side would face the danger of annihilation, "This is impossible, impossible!" β
Guo Jia was also frightened and said: "We have laid a lot of scouts around, why is there news now?" β
Tanma hurriedly said: "We found it fifty miles away, but the other side ...... all the cavalry. β
"Sound from east to west!" Guo Jia's face suddenly changed greatly, "Quick, lord, quickly order the army to retreat and lay out a defensive formation, if not, it will be all over." β
Cao Cao, who was known for his strategy, also reacted and shouted: "Trick, Qin Zijin's trick." I'll just say why Zhang He of Hangu Pass suddenly jumped out, it turned out that he wanted to tempt our army to ...... decisive battle. β
In fact, Cao Cao was also lucky, if he hadn't taken the initiative to attack in an all-out way. The Zhang He Department of the Qin Army in Hangu Pass would not have fought a decisive battle too soon, and there would have been no heavy losses now.
There was a fire in the distance, it was the direction of Cao Cao's rear camp, and it was obvious that his unarmed camp had been broken by the arriving cavalry.
Immediately, the ground trembled beneath his feet, a sign of the arrival of the Endless Iron Horseman.
Cao Cao was heartbroken, and screamed: "Quick, Mingjin retreat, retreat from the northwest to Tongguan." Cao Cao didn't expect that when victory was in sight, his shape took a sharp turn. However, he made the wise choice of retreating immediately.
However, Qin Feng arrived with the full cavalry, and even if he was discovered by Cao Bing's scouting horses outside the battlefield, when Cao Cao got the news, he didn't have time to react in time.
The sound of gold sounded, and the soldiers of the Cao Army who had high morale on the front line of the battlefield were all stunned. They didn't understand why victory was in sight and Mingjin was suddenly in sight, but the military order was like a mountain, and Mingjin was about to retreat.
Cao's army of more than 100,000 people began to retreat like a tide.
On the battle line three miles before Hangu Pass, the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers of the Qin army seemed to have been fished out of blood. They were a little confused, and did not know why the enemy had retreated in a hurry.
Zhang He ran a few steps, jumped up, and went to the corpse platform in front of the wall, and saw that a black line appeared on the horizon in the distance. The corpse platform built by the corpses of the enemy beneath his feet began to tremble rhythmically, and his eyes showed ecstasy, and he raised the war knife in his hand and exclaimed: "The king's reinforcements have arrived!" β
Suddenly, the soldiers of the Qin army burst into cheers.
"Our sacrifices have paid off!" Zhang He raised his arms and shouted, "When the time comes to counterattack, use the enemy's life to pay tribute to the deceased comrades, blood for blood, tooth for tooth!" Assault of the whole army! β
"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!" The earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded again, and the surviving Qin army soldiers, full of anger, began to hunt down and kill an enemy ten times their size. (To be continued......)