In the upstream direction, a huge stream of water was seen rushing toward the Xiliang Army in the river.
Li Ying and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army had no time to escape and react before they were directly hit by the huge wave.
Most of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army are good at fighting on the horse. They have no access to water all year round. Most of them don't know the nature of water at all. They are suddenly submerged by the flood and have no ability to resist. They can only struggle desperately for help and become chaotic in an instant...
Many people didn't even have time to shout before they were swept away by the huge waves and buried in the flood.
When Zhong Yao, Xia Houshang and others heard the loud noise behind them, they all turned around and saw the Xiliang army being hit by the flood in the river. Their eyes widened in shock.
They obviously didn't expect that the situation would change like this, and that they, who were originally on the line of life and death, could escape in this way.
After all, Li Ying was riding on a war horse. The war horse carried him and swam hard toward the east bank. As he moved forward hard, he shouted: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Some Xiliang soldiers who could swim also tried their best to follow him to the east bank. At this time, they just wanted to escape and had no other thoughts.
"Kill!" A cry of kill came from the upstream direction, but it was Xiahou Ba who led five hundred soldiers on a temporary raft and went down the river. They stood on the raft, raised their bows and arrows, and barely escaped into the water. The Xiliang army started shooting.
According to Cao Zhang's arrangement, he rushed to the upper reaches of the Feng River in advance and built a simple dam to block the river water. This caused the water downstream to become significantly shallower.
When the Xiliang army led by Li Ying was halfway across the river, Xiahou Ba ordered the embankment to be breached and released the stored water, causing great damage to the Xiliang army.
Under the double impact of the flood and Xiahou Ba's troops, the Xiliang army suffered heavy casualties. In the end, only Li Ying escaped to the east bank with hundreds of people.
Li Ying did not dare to fight anymore, and fled in panic towards Chang'an with his remaining soldiers.
When Xiahou Shang and others saw Xiahou Ba's troops on the raft in the Feng River, they understood everything. It was Cao Zhang who made arrangements in advance and rescued them at the critical moment and defeated the enemy...
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The moonlight shines on the earth.
Although it was already late at night, Cao Zhangjun's camp was still brightly lit, and soldiers patrolled from time to time.
It is precisely because the lights in the camp are bright and the soldiers have clear vision, but they cannot see the crisis in the darkness outside the camp so clearly.
Li Huan and Li Shi quietly arrived outside the camp of Cao Zhangjun with 30,000 troops and horses.
Li Huan secretly observed the situation in Cao Zhang's camp. He clearly felt that the camp in front of him had hidden murderous intentions. It was obvious that an ambush had been set up, waiting for his entry.
"Cao Zhang is indeed powerful enough, but this time my father has predicted your prediction. I will definitely defeat you!" Li Shi muttered in a low voice.
After all, he has 30,000 elite soldiers on his side. He believes that even if Cao Zhang is ambushed, he will not be afraid. They can definitely kill Cao Zhang and avenge him!
"Uncle, fight in!" Li Shi suggested to Li Huan.
Li Huan thought for a while and said to Li Shi: "Shi'er, don't be impatient. Cao Zhang cannot be unprepared. If we rush in rashly, we will definitely fall into his ambush!"
"We have 30,000 people, which is twice his strength. So what if he has an ambush? Uncle, you must be too careful. If you are afraid, you can wait outside with half of the troops. I will lead the troops in first. If there is no Question, come and answer me again!" Li Shi said to Li Huan with a bit of contempt.
When Li Huan heard that Li Shi was actually taunting him, he scolded angrily: "Bold, who do you think you are afraid of? Your injury is just right, and I am thinking of you. Now that both of your cousins have died in the battle, our three brothers will You are the only one left, and I am afraid that you are in danger, so I want to protect you!"
When Li Shi heard Li Huan's words, he knew that there was something wrong with his attitude just now. He quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "Uncle, don't be angry. It was my nephew who was rude with his words and misunderstood your good intentions. But now that our army has arrived in front of Cao Zhang's camp, we also We can’t just stand still like this!”
Li Huan also understood what Li Shi meant. He thought for a moment and made a decision: "You lead 20,000 troops and wait outside the camp. I will lead the troops in first. If it is sure that there is no ambush, you can charge in again!"
Li Shi knew that Li Huan was sincerely protecting him, so he did not argue anymore and nodded in agreement: "I will let my uncle arrange everything!"
Li Shi no longer hesitated, waved his hand, pointed at Cao Zhang's camp in front and gave the order to attack: "Follow me and kill!"
Following his order, the 10,000 soldiers of the Xiliang Army roared towards Cao Zhang's camp.
According to Li Huan's idea, Cao Zhang's camp should be an empty camp, that is, he would have to wait until all his troops entered the camp, and then Cao Zhang's ambush troops would rush out to ambush, so their impact at this time should not be received too much resistance.
What Li Huan didn't expect was that as soon as his soldiers and horses rushed to the entrance of the camp, shouts of killing came from the darkness. The archers of Cao Zhangjun who were lurking at the entrance of the camp rushed out and faced the surging The soldiers from the Xiliang Army who came quickly drew their bows and arrows and started shooting wildly.
Accompanied by the "whooshing" sound of arrows piercing the air, the arrow rain fell on the soldiers of the Xiliang Army who were rushing in front.
Screams sounded continuously. Although the accuracy of the bows and arrows was affected to a certain extent in the darkness, because they were too dense, many soldiers of the Xiliang Army who were rushing forward were hit by arrows, and they all let out wailing screams.
Seeing this situation, Li Huan immediately issued an order: "Fight back!"
The archers of the Xiliang Army had already been prepared to attack the enemy. After hearing his order, they immediately opened their bows and started firing arrows into the camp. The two sides quickly entered a battle mode of bow and arrow shooting.
Seeing this situation, Li Huan was slightly surprised. Why were things different from what he expected?
Why does Cao Zhang's camp have such a strong defense? This is because he clearly doesn't want his troops to enter the camp! ? Could it be that their previous judgment was wrong and that Cao Zhang did not set an ambush in the camp? !
Li Shi's troops were still not dispatched outside the camp. Cao Zhang dispatched archers to block the attack, and they came menacingly, completely in a defensive posture.
This situation put Li Huan's troops rushing in front into a bitter fighting mode.
Li Huan quickly calmed down. Soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable.
After all, they only predicted that Cao Zhang might set up an ambush in the camp, and this was not necessarily the result.
Cao Zhangjun is now fully engaged in defense, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
Li Huan no longer struggled and immediately adjusted his mentality.
"Attack with all strength!" Li Huan decisively gave the order to attack.
The Xiliang army beside him rushed out another group of troops and continued to strengthen the attack on Cao Zhang's camp.
