Jiang Yiqu led his troops to attack Cao's defense line.
At this time, Cao Jun opened the gap and let the enemy in. He immediately pretended to be defeated and retreated towards the central army. He retreated while resisting the need. According to Chen Zhou's arrangement, the enemy must not be allowed to enter the central army.
The rear army gave up temporarily, but the Chinese army had to hold on.
"kill!"
Jiang Yiqu shouted loudly to boost morale.
When the soldiers of Yuan's army saw that Cao's army was beginning to retreat, they felt that their opportunity had come. They attacked one after another, and finally allowed them to break into the rear. Seeing that Cao's army continued to retreat, they roared and chased after him to kill.
"Half the men, pursue Cao's army."
"Come with the other half and set fire to me!"
After Jiang Yiqu came in, he saw various tents used by Cao Jun's rear army to store grain and grass, as well as straw piled on the ground.
They didn't know whether those were grains and grasses. The light was not good at night and the scene was too chaotic. However, in their inherent knowledge, the only grains that could be stored here must be grains and grasses. After receiving Jiang Yiqu's order, they immediately Some soldiers set fire to dry grass and tents.
Fire began to appear in the rear army and spread.
The tongues of fire rolled wildly, seeming to devour everything.
Seeing Cao's camp on fire, Jiang Yiqu's eyes flashed with excitement. The great success of burning Cao's army's food and grass fell on him. They could finally turn defeat into victory and shouted: "Keep killing, don't give Cao's army a chance to put out the fire."
The fighting continues.
The killing became more and more intense.
Chen Zhou had already retreated to the edge of the central army. At this time, he looked outside and saw the light of fire starting to appear. As he thought, Yuan Shao would not let go of Cao Cao's food and grass. He would do the same to Cao Cao and shouted: "Let people pretend to put out the fire, and then wait until the fire is almost burned out, then counterattack in full force, kill them out, use bed crossbows to kill them, and gather other bed crossbows in the Chinese army."
The soldiers received orders and followed Chen Zhou's orders in an orderly manner.
They pretended to put out the fire, and then pretended to be killed by Yuan's army and retreated, but they could not put out the fire.
As the fire spread, it burned more and more intensely, and half of the tents of the rear army gradually fell into the sea of flames. A fire of this level was basically impossible to extinguish in ancient times.
"Full counterattack, take action!"
Chen Zhou shouted again.
The pressure of commanding such a battle is actually quite high. I am afraid that if there is an accident, even the Chinese army will be burned.
The bed crossbows that were now usable were quickly gathered by them, pushed out from the Central Army, and shot at Yuan Jun together.
With the loud sound of bow strings, the crossbow broke through the air and broke into the enemy. Cao Jun's soldiers had already retreated, and Yuan Jun's soldiers were about to pursue them. They happened to meet the crossbow's arrow head-on, and the people fell into pieces.
The sound of wailing was continuous.
After the crossbow was fired, the soldiers quickly loaded the arrows.
"Archer!"
Chen Zhou shouted.
The archers stepped forward, drew their bows, and shot at Yuan Jun's soldiers.
Another group of people fell among Yuan Jun.
Jiang Yiqu also thought about taking advantage of the situation to break into the central army and attack Cao's camp back and forth. When he saw this, he mistakenly thought that Cao's army was coming to support the rear camp. He did not dare to fight inside anymore, fearing that he would never be able to leave. The camp was in flames, and the plan was completed perfectly. He shouted: "Retreat!"
Yuan Jun quickly retreated under his order.
It is indeed difficult to extinguish a sea of fire of this magnitude. Jiang Yiqu was confident that Cao Jun's food and grass had been burned, but he did not know that Chen Zhou had predicted their prediction and transferred the food and grass in advance. At this time, he decisively retreated and went back to the north. .
"Sir, the enemy has retreated!"
Wang Ge said with a dismayed face: "Fortunately, sir, you had the foresight to move the food and grass in advance."
When Chen Zhou saw Yuan Jun retreating, he ordered again: "Half of us will continue to defend to prevent the enemy from coming back, and half of us will be ready to find ways to put out the fire. We will count as many as we can."
"yes!"
They took action immediately.
No one paid attention to Jiang Yiqu who retreated outside, and Chen Zhou did not intend to pursue him.
Jiang Yiqu left in a hurry, returned to Yuan Shao's army, and said excitedly: "My lord, it was a success."
"real?"
Yuan Shao said, looking in the direction of Cao's camp, and sure enough he could see the rising fire. He laughed and said, "Well done! Haha...Cao Cao, let me see how you can beat me this time!"
In his opinion, Cao Cao is very fast and will definitely lose.
What else can you use to fight against yourself?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and then he burst into laughter, very unrestrained and arrogant.
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Cao Ying, former army.
Cao Cao was directing the counterattack, pushing back Yuan Shao's attacking soldiers again and again.
Yuan Jun's attack on the camp tonight was unexpected. No one expected it. Fortunately, the quality of Cao Jun's soldiers was good enough. Even at night, their defense and vigilance were very high. The moment they were attacked, they immediately got up to fight back without causing too much damage. Big question.
However, the stalemate between the two sides has entered its most intense moment.
"Lord, it's not good!"
Liu Ye exclaimed: "The rear army is on fire!"
The rear army is where their food and grass are.
Cao Cao immediately looked back, and when he saw the fire burning brightly, he exclaimed: "No, cross it..."
Chen Zhou had been staying in the rear army, but a fire broke out at this time. He was worried that Chen Zhou was in danger and would be caught in the sea of fire, so he quickly shouted: "Youwei, take five thousand people back, find Du, and protect Du."
Youwei is Zhang Xiu's nickname. After receiving the order, he immediately led his troops to the rear.
"Damn Yuan Shao!"
Cao Cao roared angrily. It was actually not bad if the camp was on fire. The worst thing would be that the food and grass would be burned.
But nothing could happen to Chen Zhou, not at all.
"Army attack!"
Cao Cao roared angrily: "Zilian, you are in command here. I am not at ease, so I will go to the rear army to have a look."
"yes!"
Cao Hong responded.
Xun You and others were also worried about Chen Zhou and followed Cao Cao back to the rear.
When the food and grass are gone, they can collect more.
But Chen Zhou was gone, and the loss was serious.
The focus of Cao Cao and others was not on food and grass, but on Chen Zhou.
"kill!"
Cao Hong took over the command and led his troops to attack the enemy fiercely and charge out. Yuan Shao's soldiers saw Cao's army counterattack in an all-out way and were quickly suppressed and retreated continuously.
When Yuan Shao received the news of Cao Jun's counterattack, he sneered: "Cao Ah Man must have known that his camp was on fire, so he hurriedly went back to put out the fire, and wanted to concentrate his troops to repel us first."
Guo Tu suggested: "My lord, we might as well retreat first. Cao Cao will be desperate when he has no food and grass. The next step is to retreat. Let's come back and have enough energy. We will pursue Cao Cao when he retreats, and then kill Cao Cao by surprise!"
"This plan works!"
Yuan Shao vented his breath fiercely. Now he was extremely confident and in a happy mood. He gave the order: "Ming Jin! I will slowly play with Cao Ah and torture him until he regrets being my enemy, haha..."
He smiled arrogantly again.
I feel like I can do it again.
When Yuan Jun heard Ming Jin's voice, he retreated completely and stopped attacking.
When Cao Hong saw this, he did not chase him out. Instead, he asked his soldiers to strengthen the protection of the camp, and then sent out scouts constantly to keep an eye on Yuan Jun's movements.
