When the blazing fire rose from the fog, even though the fog was thick, the remaining two iron rope camps could be seen. They hurriedly ordered their sergeants to place archers behind the antlers, and then sent soldiers to report the news to Puyang.
At this time, Yang Feng woke up and was drinking minced rice in the main room wearing a robe. Hearing the news that the Han army was attacking the camp, he couldn't help but be shocked. He quickly summoned his general Zuo and said to them: "It's urgent! It turns out that the thieves are aiming at the river lock! Once the river lock is broken, the river will be opened. When the time comes, the thieves will If we attack along the river, Yanzhou is in danger of overthrowing! Quickly mobilize your troops! At least one river lock must be preserved!"
All the generals also knew that this matter was important and did not dare to hesitate. However, some people still had doubts about bringing out all the soldiers in the city and asked Yang Feng: "Are some soldiers left to defend the city?" Yang Feng replied: "The thieves were cheating before, so the number of soldiers must not be many, but If we dare to attack Heying, we must have a lot of soldiers, so we should be lenient to the enemy! Besides, if we lose Heying, can we still defend Puyang?" From this, no one dared to criticize us again.
When they led the army out of the city, Yang Feng received another military report. It is said that the second river camp was also breached by the Han army, and the river lock was also broken. It was about to attack the last river camp. When Yang Feng heard this, he was surprised and said: "How fast!" So he ordered the entire army to march eastward at full speed.
The footsteps of 40,000 soldiers thundered, as if the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking, which could not be concealed at all. Only two moments after they left the city, Cao Cao's scouts received the news. At this moment, the sky has turned white, but there is no sun yet. There is still a slight mist floating between the sky and the earth, but people can already see through a hundred feet away. Cao Cao looked at the third river camp from a distance, and the generals behind him were waiting for his orders.
Army Sima Li Qian stepped forward and asked: "Ming Gong, what should we do next? Will we attack this camp again?" Cao's army had already prepared to attack the second camp, so it was not as smooth as the first attack on Heying. Fortunately, there was still heavy fog to cover it, and it was finally conquered with more than 300 casualties. But at this time, most of the fog has dissipated, and the fence of the river camp is full of people. It is obvious that they are fully prepared.
Cao Cao took a deep breath and said to his men: "I smell it, their army is coming. Now that the bandit camp is prepared, a hard attack is not the best strategy, but it will easily be flanked by the enemy. The top priority is We need to find a good place and wait for them to commit suicide!"
Hearing this, the accompanying military advisor Ji Xi Zhong also nodded and said with a smile: "What Ming Gong said is absolutely true. If you want to completely wipe out the bandit army, you really have to find a good place. I already have a place in mind?"
"where?"
"The gourd is north of the river, south of the river, and at the mouth of the river."
"Okay! What Zhicai said is very much what I want!"
So the cavalry bypassed the camp and headed west. I saw a surging river, and the Huzi River turned south from here. Between the meanders, there was a vast patch of reeds. People and horses passed by, and sparrows started to fly. Cao Cao sighed: "It's a good place to fight." The terrain here is narrow, and there are rivers blocking both places, so the enemy cannot outflank it, so Cao Cao said this.
At this time, someone asked: "If we take a detour here, can General Cao Ren make it in time?"
Cao Cao replied: "It's foggy today. Zixiao and the others can't see the fire, so they must be late." But he then sneered and said: "But what is the Black Mountain Army? A bunch of chickens and dogs. Five thousand people are too many!"
Finally, Cheng Yu suggested to Cao Cao: "Ambush the soldiers among the reeds to show weakness to the thieves, lure them deep, and then attack together."
The plan has been decided, and it is agreed that the drum will sound as the trumpet. Cao Ang led more than a hundred knights to select the knights who dared to die, raised their flags and said goodbye to everyone before leaving. The soldiers were all lined up among the reeds, waiting for the arrival of the Montenegrin army.
It was already time, there was still the last layer of mist between the sky and the earth, the sky was covered with clouds, and thunder gradually sounded. Forty thousand Montenegrin troops slowly appeared in sight from east to west. They were wearing black clothes and black armor, and the dense crowd seemed like dark clouds on the ground.
Yang Feng and his subordinates observed the enemy's situation. When they saw this, they stroked their beards and said with a smile: "The enemy troops are mostly cavalry, but this place is surrounded by water on three sides. It is like living in a cage! I will win this battle!" After that, he Let his subordinates rest for a moment, and then order the charge.
The Black Mountain Army stretches across the east and west of the Taihang Mountains, so horses are naturally indispensable. And Zhang Yan became famous all over the world because of the Black Mountain Horse. Therefore, it was the Black Mountain Cavalry that charged at the forefront. According to the previous strategy, Cao Cao first took a defensive position and allowed the Black Mountain Cavalry to advance in front of the central army, and then ordered his men to counterattack. For a time, crossbows were lost like rain, and the battle was tragic.
The Black Mountain cavalry are very good at riding and shooting, so everyone is an archer on a horse. They take turns changing horses and shooting arrows in front of Cao Cao's formation, like a torrential rain. Cao Cao saw that the opponent's infantry had not yet fully entered the battle line, so he allowed them to shoot arrows. No matter how tough a warrior is, he cannot withstand such a situation where he only defends but does not attack. For a while, the front line loosened.
The leader of the Black Mountain Cavalry was Army Sima Zhang Baiqi. He was keenly aware of this and then personally led his elite troops into battle. These elite armored riders are all tall horses over eight feet tall, with long legs and bulging muscles. They are grouped in groups of three and two, connected by ropes. The knights on horseback, all wearing thick armor masks and carrying long spears, rushed straight towards Cao Jun without caring about life or death.
The Montenegrin Army gathered all its strength, but it only had these hundred elite cavalry. At this time, the iron beast ran wildly, seemingly full of anger, and entered the formation in an instant. The cavalry behind followed the gap and rushed into the formation, slashing left and right, and fought with Cao's army. The situation of the Chinese army became critical for a while, and the guards supported Cao Cao and retreated. However, many of Cao's army's elite troops were here, and they did not use force temporarily just to lure the enemy back. Therefore, they did not collapse even though they were at a disadvantage. Cao Cao's trusted generals such as Dian Wei, Qin Shao and others all held long swords and fought with the Black Mountain Army on horseback. Although blood and flesh flew everywhere, no one could hurt Cao Cao.
Seeing that the Montenegrin cavalry was about to penetrate the central army, Cao Cao stood on a small hill and looked at the situation in the distance, and found that he had finally arrived at the moment he wanted: most of the Montenegrin army had already entered the scope of the double-team! He shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Drumming! Drumming!"
The rapid sound of drums suddenly sounded like thunder above the river mouth, and the thunderclouds in the sky also responded. A lightning flashed between the clouds, and then echoed with the sound of rolling thunder like waves. Everyone on the battlefield was stunned for a moment, and then they saw soldiers rising from the reeds and riding towards them on horseback.
But what's even more deadly is Zhang Baiqi who is at the forefront. When he almost penetrated the center of Cao's army, Cao Ang immediately led two hundred cavalry to launch a sudden countercharge. These are the knights who have fought with Cao Cao for many years since he raised his army, and are more than one in a hundred knights. In terms of riding and shooting skills, one is equivalent to ten. It is extraordinary and has the power of a tiger and a leopard, so it was named the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry by Cao Cao.
As the two sides were approaching, the tiger and leopard cavalry took out three arrows from their quivers, held two of them between their fingers, took one, strung the bow, and shot. They immediately strung the second arrow and shot it, and then strung the third arrow and shot. Before the two horses could get close, they had already fired three arrows. Such a shooting method, although not as powerful as a thousand riders, seems to have the effect of a thousand riders. When the Montenegrin cavalry was hit by arrows and fell from their horses, they fell down like falling leaves. The scene was very spectacular.
The tiger and leopard cavalry all wore iron armor, and their horses were also armored. Their bodies were covered with arrows from the Montenegrin cavalry. They rushed to the front, then reined in their horses and trotted, fighting the enemy as a group. They held long swords and thorns. Stab someone when you see someone, stab a horse when you see a horse. Most of the Black Mountain cavalry are light cavalry, and they are famous for their bow-mounted shooting. After a close combat with the tiger and leopard cavalry, they were instantly overturned and the army was completely defeated.
Seeing this, the people behind them all moved their horses to retreat, but the infantrymen who followed were still rushing forward. As a result, they were all crowded together. The left and right wings were surrounded by Cao's army. They could neither retreat nor advance. No. Cao Cao's central army also took advantage of the situation and came from behind. Arrows fell like rain on the heads of the Black Mountain Army. Such a dense position caused immediate casualties.
Zhang Baiqi was extremely anxious when he saw this. He shouted: "Spread out quickly, spread out quickly! Shoot arrows forward and spread out to the left and right!"
But it was too late. At this time, the Montenegrin army had no room to disperse. They could only bump around like a wild boar that fell into a cave. However, the fiercer they struggled, the faster they lost. Sure enough, the morale of many soldiers collapsed and they began to shoot arrows indiscriminately forward and backward, but most of them could not hit Cao Jun, but instead shot their comrades around them. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry went one step further, breaking through the entire cavalry army and entering the infantry. The situation had become one-sided, and Cao Jun gradually began to massacre,
Liu Shi, who was in the Central Army of Montenegro, saw that the Montenegro Army was in a state of defeat, while the coach Yang Feng behind him had a pale face and seemed helpless. He expected that the battle was already lost. Once this battle is defeated, the entire Yanzhou defense line will collapse, and the Black Mountain Army will be destroyed in an instant. He ventilated his troops and said: "Rather than just sit back and wait for death, it is better to take the opportunity to save yourself!" Then he and his men untied their armor and stomach, lowered the military flag, rushed to Cao Cao's army and surrendered.
At that time, there were sounds of killing on the battlefield, and the Black Mountain cavalry was still fighting with trapped animals. When Yang Feng and others saw Liu Shi and others surrendering, they were heartbroken. They abandoned their infantry and fled towards Mount Tai with their cavalry.
At the end of the war, the thunderclouds in the sky finally started to rain, and the generals of the Black Mountain Army, such as Zhang Baiqi, Wu Juqi, Guo Daxian, etc., were all killed in battle, and their heads were cut off and hung on long silk. Cao Jun killed nearly 10,000 people at the cost of more than 1,000 men and captured more than 20,000 people.
After another two-quarters of an hour, Cao Ren finally led his troops to the battlefield and saw a horrifying scene: Cao's army was driving the Wuyangyang prisoners to the river and executing them one by one. If the knife is sharp, the prisoner's head will be cut off, and the body will be thrown into the river. If the knife is not good, the prisoner's ears will be cut off, and the prisoner's throat will be cut, and the body will be thrown into the river. With a popping sound, Cao Jun put the bloody head and ears into cloth bags. The cloth bags were soaked with rain and blood, exuding a disgusting smell.
When Cao Ren saw Cao Cao, Cao Cao was taking off his helmet and closing his eyes in the rain. His hair and clothes were soaked, but he looked extremely happy. Cao Cao pointed to the river, which was already three-thirds scarlet, and asked, "Zixiao, what do you think of the ancient people as heroes?"
Without waiting for Cao Ren to answer, Cao Cao wiped the blood from his face and said with a smile: "I think that a true hero must have an extraordinary reputation, be very powerful, and do unpredictable things. Then ordinary people look at him in fear, and feel humbled when they see mediocrity. , the people are confused and fearful! Wherever your words and deeds go, no one dares to disobey them."
Speaking of this, Cao Cao's smile gradually faded, and finally turned into an expression as cold as iron. He said to Yuyun: "From now on, anyone in the world who dares to resist me will raise their troops to kill them!"
After Cao's army killed the prisoners, they entered Puyang. There were nearly 60,000 Heishan soldiers in the city, who were also killed by Cao's army. Afterwards, it was calculated that the heads of the soldiers were missing, and Cao's army killed nearly 100,000 people before and after.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Jun took his head south and built a Jingguan in Shanyang, Jiyin. The Black Mountain Army either fled or surrendered. Within twenty days, Cao's army recovered the three counties of Jiyin, Shanyang and Rencheng.
Yanzhou is afraid, and the whole world is shocked.
