Seeing that the situation was critical, Yuan Xi took out an ox-horn bow to shoot at the opponent, but found that the two generals on the opponent's side kept shaking and could not aim at all.
Yuan Xi knew that this was due to the opponent's rich experience in battle, and felt a headache. He had no choice but to deflect his bow and shoot dead a Cao soldier who wanted to attack in a sneak attack.
His personal guards also shot arrows, and Cao Jun's soldiers who came up were shot to death. At this time, they heard shouts and shouts, and several Cao Jun generals had already rushed in with their men brandishing swords!
Yuan Xi's personal guards saw this. He had no choice but to take back his bow and arrows, draw his sword and go up to fight. The two sides fought in a melee. Seeing that the opponent had a large number of people, Yuan Xi also drew out his sword. He thought to himself, how long had it been since he had killed someone with a sword?
Lu Lingqi heard a noise behind her and glanced over, surrounded by enemies. She was suddenly distracted. Seeing this, Xia Houyuan rushed over and slashed with the long knife in his hand, forcing Lu Lingqi to retreat.
Yuan Xi shouted: "Take care of yourself first!"
He shouted loudly, stabbed the knife directly into the abdomen of Cao Jun who fell in front of him, and then stirred, the man screamed and fell to the ground, his body was bent into a shrimp, and he kept twitching.
Just as Yuan Xi was about to put away the knife, he was hit by a knife on his back. He staggered two steps, thrust the knife out from his armpit with his backhand, and stabbed it into the chest of Cao Jun who was rushing towards him. He turned around, kicked the opponent's abdomen hard, and knocked him down. Kicked to the ground.
These attacks were quite dangerous, and Yuan Xi was gasping for air. He looked around, and saw Cao Jun coming over like a tide, with a cruel light flashing in his eyes. It was obvious that the reward offered by the feudal lord had made them completely crazy, and they all wanted to take it. Yuan Xi’s head!
Seeing that the time had almost arrived, Yuan Xi shouted: "Form up!"
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi and Sun Li made a few quick attacks, forcing Xiahou Yuan and Li Dian to retreat. They took the opportunity to retreat back, and hundreds of Yuan Xi's personal guards took the opportunity to set up dozens of shield formations all around.
This is the five-man formation practiced before the Battle of Black Mountain. The sword and shield are in front, the spear is in the middle, and the hand crossbow is in the back. At this time, relying on the terrain of these abandoned houses, everyone will completely block the incoming Cao army. But Cao Jun still relied on his numerical advantage and pressed forward in a dark way!
They are also very thief, under the command of Xia Houyuan, they also follow the same pattern, with sword and shield soldiers in the front and spear soldiers in the middle, focusing on one consumption.
Xia Houyuan was very proud. Regarding the Battle of Black Mountain, as a general of an army, how could he not study the Youzhou Army's combat methods in advance?
Now that both sides have the same formation, if they fight for consumption, they won't lose if they exchange one for the other!
The sword and shield soldiers from both sides collided with each other. Both sides roared and exerted their strength. No one refused to retreat. The situation was frozen for a while, but everyone could see that the one who was exhausted must be the Youzhou Army because they were small in number. !
Yuan Xi didn't waste any time and shouted: "Light the fire!"
The last person in the five-person formation is Shi Chang. What they are holding now is a bamboo pole, and what is tied to the front end is a bamboo tube that has been lit on fire!
With a shout, the two spearmen moved out of the way, Shi Chang stepped into the position, and stabbed the bamboo tube directly towards the opponent's door!
The sword and shield soldier on the opposite side was startled and subconsciously avoided the bamboo tube, letting it pass over his shoulder.
If Yang Feng had been present, he would have understood what this was, but Cao Jun didn't know!
The next moment, dozens of bamboo tubes exploded in front of Cao Jun.
Although the Youzhou Army was well prepared, they were still shaken back by the blast, and their ears that had been plugged in advance were buzzing.
Even a few commanders who had paid great attention in advance were still injured by the explosion and their hands were dripping with blood.
Cao Jun's sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side were in dire straits. Some had their ears blown to pieces, with blood pouring from the ear holes. Some had their necks blown open, with blood spurting out from their arteries. Some had their faces smashed and their facial features... Can't tell the difference.
Because there are many impurities in the gunpowder, the power of the explosion is not the same, but even so, the mild ones fall to the ground with their ears covered and twitching, while the severe ones are beyond recognition and die on the spot.
Yuan Xi was also shocked. He didn't expect that some gunpowder could be so powerful if accidentally hit. Think about it, firecrackers in later generations can also kill people, let alone this kind of one with dozens of times the dosage?
Seeing that the opponent's front line was in chaos, he shouted: "Kill!"
The Youzhou army took the opportunity to charge forward with their swords, and with this explosion, more than half of the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of Cao's army were killed or wounded. The spear soldiers behind were like undefended lambs, and were killed in an instant.
The forward collapsed, and the people in the back rows immediately panicked and crowded together.
When Xia Houyuan saw this, he sternly scolded Cao Jun to maintain their formation. As a result, when he looked up, he saw a dozen bamboo tubes more than one foot long thrown out from Yuan Xi's formation.
If the bamboo tube that exploded just now was only as thick as a wine glass, then the current bamboo tube was as big as a bowl. Even a fool like Xia Houyuan knew something was wrong, so he immediately yelled: "Get away!"
However, it was already too late. This time was calculated. As soon as it landed in the crowd, the explosion sounded loudly.
This sound reached the ears of Cao Jun soldiers who were close to Chi Chi, and it was like a thunder explosion at close range. Cao Jun soldiers all roared in pain, couldn't help but throw away their weapons and cover their ears.
When the bamboo tube exploded, all the surrounding soldiers were knocked to the ground, dead and injured. In this encounter, hundreds of soldiers were killed and injured!
This is also because of the dense formation of Cao's army, because no one thought that the Youzhou army would have such weapons!
Xia Houyuan staggered a few steps and saw the Youzhou Army rushing over. His own formation was completely broken, so he had to shout: "Back off!"
With a bang, his thigh was hit by a stray arrow. He raised his head in horror and found that the ferocious tiger opposite began to bend his bow and arrow again, and looked at him with extremely cold eyes.
With a pop, his other thigh was also shot, and the arrow even penetrated the other side. It turned out that Lu Lingqi had also taken action.
Xia Houyuan fell to the ground. Li Dian quickly grabbed him and walked away with Xia Houyuan on his back. Seeing this, the soldiers around him became even more panicked and collapsed completely with a crash.
Yuan Xi thought to himself that Lu Lingqi knew what she was thinking. It would be better to shoot to death than to injure. In order to save the enemy's general, he had to depose a general. Now the enemy had no one to command him!
He yelled: "Kill him!"
The Youzhou army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. Thousands of Cao's troops were killed, and most of them were killed in a short time.
Yuan Xi knew that he could not be reluctant to fight at this time, so he quickly called for troops to withdraw, took Liu Bei's wife, daughter and Mi Zhen, and returned along the way.
Everyone walked back for more than ten miles in the dark. When they were about to return to the camp where they came from, the loud shouts of killing had already sounded.
Yuan Xi used the telescope to see densely packed Cao Cao's troops attacking the camp several miles away. Apparently Cao Cao's troops had arrived in advance!
Yuan Xi knew that Lu Xun, who was guarding the camp without a general, must be in a difficult situation, so he was about to rush over to support him. At this time, soldiers from behind came to report, and Cao's army, which had just been defeated, gathered again and followed.
Yuan Xi sneered after hearing this and shouted: "Turn around and form an array and kill everyone who is following you!"
Li Dian led the army to follow him at this time. He had only joined Cao Cao in the past six months.
The Li family was wealthy and had thousands of diners. The patriarch, Li Zheng, led everyone to repel the invading Yellow Turban bandits several times. When Lu Bu started an uprising in Yanzhou, he led his servants to successfully block Lu Bu's army.
Li Dian was among them, and he was appreciated by Cao Cao, so he followed Xia Houyuan on the march. Cao Cao happened to make a surprise attack on Xuzhou, so Li Dian followed.
He had been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and was good at strategy and martial arts. He and Xia Houyuan complemented each other very well. The two worked together to surround the Youzhou army. They thought they were sure of success, but they did not expect that the Youzhou army used strange things, causing the army to collapse, and even Xia Houyuan was hit. The arrow was injured, which made Li Dian quite unwilling.
He originally wanted to take Xia Houyuan away, but he didn't expect that Xia Houyuan grabbed his collar and shouted sternly: "Mancheng, if we retreat, what about the other two routes?"
"Don't worry about me, you take them and crucify the fierce tiger so that he can't look at each other from head to tail!"
After hearing this, Li Dian immediately took the order and had Xia Houyuan taken away, saying: "General, my subordinates will avenge this arrow for you!"
Xia Houyuan thought to himself, "Two arrows, two arrows, it hurts me to death, this vicious tiger is really insidious!"
Counting the time he was in Huaicheng, how many arrows had he been hit by the Youzhou Army?
Li Dian rushed over with the remaining soldiers, and was about to attack Yuan Xi's rear formation when he heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
When he took a look under the moonlight, his expression suddenly changed.
It is most taboo to use cavalry in the dark. If the horse stumbles, the people on top will be thrown to death, which will have the opposite effect.
But now, the Youzhou Army used cavalry to attack, and they were attacking their own harassing team?
Li Dian wanted to cry but had no tears. Wasn't your camp being beaten? Why didn't you go and save it?
The next moment, the thousands of soldiers he had managed to gather were smashed to pieces by the cavalry.
Seeing that the enemy had finally collapsed, Yuan Xi gave the order to withdraw his troops. Everyone rushed to the walled city and fought in a melee with the two armies of Lejin and Cao Chun who were besieging the camp.
The dark night obscured the tragedy of the battlefield, but gave the soldiers on both sides inexplicable courage. Both sides seemed to be red-eyed, but no one was willing to retreat. The dead gradually piled up, and they continued to fight from midnight until they reached the eastern horizon. After a while, both sides were exhausted and temporarily stopped.
Yuan Xi counted his soldiers and found that the number of casualties was not a small number. Although he understood that Cao's casualties were several times that, it still made Yuan Xi extremely heartbroken.
However, the reality did not give him any extra time, because dense figures appeared on the horizon.
When Yuan Xi saw the color of the opponent's flag, his heart sank. The main reinforcements of Cao's army arrived so quickly, one day faster than he predicted!
On the other side of the battlefield, the exhausted Cao Chunlejin looked at each other and laughed. They tried their best to hold back the Youzhou Army. Now that their goal had been achieved, the fierce tiger could not escape!
Northeast of Xiapi City, a defeated army was marching in embarrassment towards Guangling.
Zhang Fei angrily grabbed a commoner lying on the roadside and interrogated him for a long time before throwing him on the roadside again. He ran over and said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, the eldest brother was attacked by Cao's thieves. It is said that the whole army collapsed, and the eldest brother also His whereabouts are unknown!”
"What should we do now?"
Guan Yu was also shocked and confused. After they evacuated Xiapi, they followed Liu Bei's route. On the way, they learned that Liu Bei was attacked by Cao Cao's army and Liu Bei's whereabouts were unknown.
Liu Bei was also a general who knew the army, and he led ten thousand soldiers. Why was he still beaten like this?
Guan Yu hesitated, what if Liu Bei really died, what would he and Zhang Fei do?
(End of chapter)
