Chapter 25: Despair (Part 3)

In Cao Xijin's field of vision, the wolf fangs were still in full formation, and the momentum was impressive. The power of their soldiers' battle formations is not much left, and they can no longer launch the power of "pouring tide" like Fang Cai, and the follow-up attack power will also decrease, but even so, it is still fundamentally different from ordinary battle formations.

Looking back at his own battle formation, it was scattered and chaotic, and the blanks were not filled in time, and the faces of the soldiers were all frightened and panicked, where was there any fighting spirit. Cao Xijin knew very well that he had been defeated, but he was not dead yet. But if you continue to fight, even if you don't die, you will definitely die.

"Retreat! return to Bozhou!" Cao Xijin roared and led the remnants of the army to flee the riverbank.

When he came, he was full of confidence, thinking that Wei Bo's army was the best in the world, and it would be easy to defeat the Lu army. But he didn't expect that after a round of rushing, he could only flee like a lost dog, where was there any confidence at this moment, only panic.

"Chase!" Shangguan Chengcheng saw that Wei Bojun was leaving, where would he just let the other party escape, and immediately led the wolf tooth to pursue. Hunting down this kind of thing, no matter what kind of army, will be happy to do it, because it is a good time to "pick up people's heads".

Li Ye did not stop Shangguan from chasing and killing Cao Xijin.

In his opinion, Cao Xijin was quite sensible, and he knew that he couldn't do anything, so he wanted to flee and save his military strength. However, the Pinglu army is going to attack Bozhou next, where can the other side preserve its military strength, and the pursuit is the only time to expand the results of the battle. Moreover, he also believed that Shangguan Allure knew that the other party would not fall into the trap.

There were 3,000 horsemen in the wolf's teeth, and the 10,000 Wei Bo army was broken, and the battle report was transmitted back to the Pinglu army, which made the soldiers of the three armies boil in war, and the action of crossing the pontoon bridge was much faster.

Zhao Poyu's department did not stop, and in accordance with the military order, after crossing the bridge, he went directly to Bozhou City as a pioneer. Its 30,000 soldiers, after arriving in Bozhou City, will directly start to attack the city.

A few hours later, the wolf's teeth returned, and on the way they also met Zhao Poyu's department, Shangguan poured into the city and returned to Li Ye, "The commander of the army, the last general led his troops to chase the enemy for thirty miles, and won nearly four thousand heads, please show the commander!"

"Well done. Li Ye smiled, and did not hesitate to praise, chasing and killing is always the easiest time to get the first level, "The wolf teeth are all remembered, and when Bozhou City is captured, I will personally set up a banquet for you to celebrate!"

Shangguan Allure's face was full of red light, and his eyes that looked directly at Li Ye were full of brilliance, as if there were peach blossoms falling on a lake of spring water. It was only when he led his troops to achieve a great victory that Shangguan Allure dared to look at Li Ye like this.

Bozhou is the northeast gateway of Weizhou, and if Bozhou is captured, the Pinglu army will be able to drive straight into Weizhou. Li Ye didn't mean to give Bozhou a chance to breathe, the riverbank was not far from Bozhou City, and it could be reached by marching in two days. It's just an army of more than 100,000 people, stretching for dozens of miles, and when the front army arrived in Bozhou City, the rear army was still on the road. It also took a lot of time to assemble and set up camp.

When Li Ye arrived outside Bozhou City, Zhao Poyu's troops were already attacking the city, and they were still in the way of encircling and scattering Que Yi. Zhao Poyu's department is the elite unit of the Pinglu Army, with 30,000 people taking turns to fight, and has already beaten Bozhou City to the point that it is not good, and it has also attacked the city several times.

After the follow-up troops of the Pinglu Army arrived, facing the sea of ironclad besieging the city and the large camp that could not be seen, the morale of the Bozhou defenders fell to the bottom.

On that day, the morning light was faint, and the Pinglu army launched a general attack on Bozhou City, and the ironclad soldiers like a tide spread to the city on three sides.

Cao Xijin sat at the head of the city, looking at the monks and armor soldiers who were constantly attacking the city, and his face was as white as paper. Even if he had a team of pro-soldier monks around him, there were twenty Qi cultivators, and he didn't have the slightest sense of security when he was surrounded in the middle.

There were too many monks in the Pinglu army, and they all died bravely. Even a master like the middle stage of Qi training, who can enjoy the glory and wealth casually, will take the lead in the charge. The defenders of Bozhou were unable to resist at all, and were killed and crushed.

Defending the city, every moment of the guard, countless people died. It's taking human lives.

Cao Xijin gradually trembled, and the trembling of his hands finally turned into a trembling of his whole body. He never thought that the Pinglu army would be so strong, even if there were many monks, ordinary armor soldiers were also brave and forgot to die, and they were not brutal, the soldiers cooperated with each other and the battle formation with each other, and they advanced and retreated to a certain extent.

That is a quality that can only be cultivated after going through the flames of war and through life and death, and training cannot be trained at all. Wei Bojun, who came from the proud army, faced with such a Pinglu army, finally understood what it meant to be a real elite!

Now it is clear that the enemy is attacking the city, and the Bozhou army has a defensive advantage, but the casualties are greater than the other side! Often, the opponent has to send two, three, or even more battle formations to drive the other side down. It's just to rush down, not to kill the other party!

In the face of such an army, Bozhou City could not be defended at all, and its morale was low to the bottom, and it could collapse at any time.

The muscles on Cao Xijin's face twitched, and he suddenly grabbed the little colonel next to him and roared into his face: "Why haven't the reinforcements from Weizhou arrived yet? When will they arrive?!"

When Cao Xijin came to Bozhou, he also brought a lot of troops, plus the original defenders of Bozhou, there were 50,000 people. But in the first battle, thousands of wolf teeth were beheaded, and now facing the wolf-like Pinglu army, it is not enough to hold the city. Once the other party captures the city and enters the city, the general trend is lost, and many people are in vain.

Xiao Xiao looked frightened and stammered, "Still ...... Three more days!"

"Three days? It will take three more days?! Bozhou can't hold out for three days at all!" Cao Xijin threw the little colonel to the ground, and he was so anxious that he turned around.

The distance between Weizhou and Bozhou was three or four times the distance between Bozhou and the place where the Pinglu army crossed the river, and Cao Zhongming and Cao Xijin never thought that the battle situation would festering so quickly, so they did not make targeted preparations. Cao Zhongming received Cao Xijin's letter of request for help, and he always had to prepare grain and straw to come again, how could it be so fast.

"General, look, the Pinglu army has retreated!"

"The Pinglu army has retreated!"

Cao Xijin was shocked, looked out of the city in disbelief, and saw that the Pinglu army had retreated like a tide.

"What's going on? They are clearly about to capture the city, how can they suddenly retreat?!" Cao Xijin was terrified, lest Li Ye had some conspiracy, with the offensive of the Pinglu army, he would be able to capture the city before sunset today, but now he suddenly retreated, which made Cao Xijin and the second monk puzzled.

"It's good to retreat, it's good to retreat, Bozhou has one more day, maybe we can wait until the reinforcements arrive!" said one of the generals, his eyes lit up with hope.

Cao Xijin doesn't think so, there must be a demon when things go wrong, he is not stupid, and he doesn't think Li Ye will do stupid things.

Zhao Poyu came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and after getting permission to enter, he couldn't wait to ask Li Ye: "Marshal, the city can be captured today, why do you suddenly stop attacking?"

He attacked the city for several days, and his troops were also killed and wounded, and he was about to make a contribution, but Li Ye suddenly ordered a retreat, and Zhao Poyu was naturally puzzled.

Li Ye was discussing with Li Zhen, when he heard this, he raised his head, asked Zhao Poyu to sit, and asked someone to bring him a bowl of water, so he didn't hurry and said: "Weizhou has sent reinforcements over, and it will be there in two or three days." ”

Zhao Poyu didn't have the heart to drink water, although he was really thirsty, he held the tea bowl and said loudly: "What if the reinforcements come from Weizhou, we are still afraid that they will not succeed, just fight it......"

Speaking of this, he was suddenly stunned, as a general in the army, he quickly understood what Li Ye meant, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "What does the commander mean, he wants to eat this support army?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Wei Bo's army is 200,000, and there are 100,000 in Weizhou. This time, Cao Zhongming sent 50,000 troops to rescue Bozhou, and if he could annihilate it in the wild, it would be much easier to attack Weizhou in the future. ”

"The commander is wise!" Zhao Poyu immediately praised, the reinforcements are here to save Bozhou, if they haven't arrived, Bozhou will fall, they naturally don't use, they will definitely turn back the same way. Li Ye let Bozhou not conquer in order to attract the other party to come, which is the same as fishing.

Li Ye looked at Liu Dazheng: "General Liu, you go and personally explore the terrain in the southeast of Bozhou and find a favorable place to set up an ambush." When the reinforcements from Weizhou come, don't let them go. When your side fights, General Zhao's side will be able to launch the final battle against Bozhou accordingly. ”

Liu Dazheng immediately got up: "The last general will take the order!"

Two days later.

The Pinglu army launched the final battle against the city of Bozhou.

Li Ye rose into the air and looked at it, taking in the whole picture of Bozhou City.

In the past two days, the army has not given up the offensive, but has only maintained a level of attack but not breakdown. This is to put pressure on Bozhou City, so that they can keep urging reinforcements to come. The reinforcements are eager to save people, and Liu Dazheng's ambush is more likely to be successful.

With Li Ye's cultivation, he could go directly to Weizhou with the Holy Son and pick Cao Zhongming's head, but that was meaningless, and it would not directly decide the outcome of the war. Cao Zhongming is dead, Wei Bo is still Wei Bo, and Wei Bo's army will have a new leader to lead the state and county to resist the Pinglu army. The feudal town is the root of the feudal town army, and they have their family's land and wealth, which is different from the border army guarding the border passes.

Only when the Pinglu army captured the prefecture and county was a real victory.

Cao Xijin saw that the Pinglu army began to attack the city again, and his face gradually turned white again. Unlike the soft offensive of the previous two days, this time the Pinglu Army resumed its wolf-like offensive - the first two days, it was all the Tianping Army that was fighting.

"It's over, Bozhou City is over......" Cao Xijin's face was like ashes.

A general said: "Don't worry, general, reinforcements will arrive soon, and Bozhou City will be defended!"

Cao Xijin said in despair: "Reinforcements will not arrive. ”

The general was shocked and puzzled: "Why? They are obviously almost there." ”

Cao Xijin gritted his teeth and said: "The Pinglu army has been suspending its offensive for the past two days, why? Xiang Zhuang is just dancing his sword, intending to ambush my Bozhou reinforcements!"

The general couldn't help but take two steps back: "Isn't that reinforcement...... But in the past two days, hasn't the general been urging reinforcements to come? Isn't that ......" He couldn't say the latter words, which was to push the other side into the fire pit.

Cao Xijin glanced at the general and didn't say much.

Li Ye's intentions, he only thought of today. Besides, even if he had thought about it a long time ago, he could let the reinforcements not come to save him and go back the way he came?

Now that the Pinglu army has begun to attack, it means that the reinforcements have been defeated...... If the reinforcements win, Li Ye's troops will definitely go to block the reinforcements, and they will not dare to attack the city at the worst, and they will be combined with Cao Xijin and the reinforcements......