The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 873

A total of more than [-] Han troops retreated into the mountainous area south of Yuquan Pavilion. Of course, not all of these [-] people were stationed in the first battalion.

Except for the big camp of the Han army in Anshan, the rest of the Han army camped and defended in the main mountain roads around Anshan according to the trilogy.

When Chen Gong set up camp, the camps were stacked on top of each other, and they were all connected to each other, which could ensure that they had something to rely on when they were attacked, and they would not be isolated and helpless.

Naturally, there was no problem with such an arrangement in the past, but together with the wildfire, all of these became an important driving force leading to its downfall.

These camps are like the warships connected by iron chains in the Battle of Chibi in later generations. Under the action of the fierce northwest wind, they were all ignited by fire.

Thick smoke and fire almost covered the sky and the sun.

The fire burns the clouds, just like the flames of the earth burn the sky.

Even the stars in the sky above the sky were eclipsed by the monstrous flames.

"Da da da----"

Trick's hooves echoed on the mountain road.

A group of tiger guards disguised as scout cavalry guarded Cao Cao in the center.

At this time, the tiger guards guarding Cao Cao still maintained their sanity.

"If there are rebels attacking the cavalry formation and those who want to snatch the horses, they will all be killed. Don't show mercy!"

Dian Wei's tiger's eyes widened, and he ordered angrily, and all the tiger guards responded loudly.

They are very clear that these rioters have completely lost their minds now, and they must not show any mercy. This is the time to fight for their lives.

Le Jin was holding a horse spear at this time, and led several tiger guards to the front, clearing the way for the cavalry.

Xiahou Dun and Cao Xiu guarded Cao Cao's left and right flanks, one on the left and one on the right, while Dian Wei led the tiger guards to protect Cao Cao's near side.

Although Xiahou Dun has the highest official position here besides Cao Cao, it is Dian Wei who is calling the shots at this time.

As a close guard, Dian Wei often served by Cao Cao's side, and he knew how to protect himself to the greatest extent.

This kind of melee is what Dian Wei is best at.

"Keep riding, don't spread too much."

Even with the raging fire behind him, it still didn't make Dian Wei panic.

Dian Wei issued orders calmly, and orders came out of his mouth one after another.

As several teams of tiger guards disguised as scout cavalry dispersed, the originally bloated cavalry formation became much thinner and more streamlined.

The scattered tiger guard cavalry speeded up their horses one step at a time, galloping towards the mountain road ahead.

Their task is to first check whether the road ahead is safe. If someone blocks the way, then their task is to break through its encirclement and be the pioneer for the follow-up troops.

Under the night, the sound of the bowstring vibrating came from time to time, and the sound of the arrow piercing through the air was still extremely harsh amidst the crackling of the fire.

The screams rang out along with the vibration of the bowstring, and those chaotic troops who wanted to attack the cavalry formation were all shot to death without mercy.

The few rebels who broke through the arrow net were also killed one by one by You Ge's Tiger Guard cavalry.

A group of tiger guards protected Cao Cao and ran out of the camp, and then quickly
In the dark night, Cao Cao didn't know how far he had traveled.

The horse was undulating, and he turned his head to look behind him. At this time, the mountain fire had covered the entire Anshan and the surrounding Han army camps, but they were far behind them.

Along the way, they didn't have any enemies, and the Ming army who originally guarded the mountain road disappeared.

The moonlight is cold and the mountain wind howls.

"Woo——————"

The horn sounded for a long time, and the low and desolate sound of the horn reached Cao Cao's ears.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely noisy voice came to his ears.

Cao Cao looked to the right from behind, and just under the foot of the mountain, countless dense black spots appeared on the official road of Yuquan Pavilion.

A fiery red flag fluttered on it, and a lot of flames gathered around that fiery red flag. The direction that the fiery red flag was heading was exactly where the Ming army phalanx at Yuquan Pavilion was located. place.

"mighty!!!"

Chen Gong was standing in front of the horse with a horizontal spear, and behind him were a large number of tiger guards wearing heavy armor and holding swords and shields.

The fire broke out suddenly, if they hadn't been preparing to launch an attack at the fifth watch, when the fire hit, most of the people were already wearing armor, and they might have been burned to death in the fire wearing kudzu clothes.

When the mountain fire hit, Chen Gong made a prompt decision, took the remaining tiger guards, summoned a group of generals, brought the remaining Danyang soldiers and Han army elite soldiers, and said that the fire had not spread far to the eastern camp. The army soldiers walked down the mountain directly along the mountain road.

No time to hesitate, no time to think.

Chen Gong didn't know the situation on Cao Cao's side, but no matter what the situation was, he could only lead the undisturbed army down the mountain, otherwise he would be burned alive in the mountain.

"mighty!"

On the official road, there was a deafening mighty sound.

The last formed unit of the Han army was cornered.

A trapped beast is still fighting, let alone a human?

The way of life is cut off, even if there are thousands of soldiers blocking the way ahead, they have to move forward.

In the end, the remaining thousands of Han troops, under the leadership of Chen Gong, rushed forward frantically.

"Raise the crossbow."

In the formation of the Ming army, the officers of the military camp gave orders ruthlessly.

"call out----"

The soldiers of the Ming army in the army formation mechanically carried out the orders, all raised their crossbows and formed a shooting queue.

Every step they take is flawless, even the movements are precise to size.

Thousands of repetitions of training have allowed them to develop muscle memory, and they know what to do when they hear whistles and orders.

"kill!!"

The shouts of the Han army were deafening, and the eyes of those Han soldiers were full of madness and desire for survival.

And behind those Han troops are burning mountains.

But none of this could change the mood of the soldiers of the Ming army in any way.

As the whistle sounded, a large number of arrows rained suddenly from the formation of Ming soldiers.

Wails, cries of pain, yelling, and the sound of arrows piercing the flesh all burst out in an instant. The massive rain of arrows made the place forty steps in front of the Ming army's military formation almost a restricted area for life.

But crossbows are not muskets after all, and most of the tiger guards rushing to the front are wearing heavy armor and equipped with swords and shields.

Against the heavy rain of arrows from the Ming army, they abruptly rushed to the front of the formation of the Ming army's soldiers.

An extremely tragic hand-to-hand battle kicked off.

Xu An frowned slightly, looking at the official road of Yuquan Pavilion not far away where the fierce battle was taking place.

He saw Cao Cao's extremely conspicuous fiery red flag.

The fiery red flag has been flying at the forefront of the Han army formation.

Xu An felt something was wrong in his heart. It was indeed inappropriate for Cao Cao to lead the way at this time.

The son of a daughter can't sit down.

Even if it was to boost morale, it shouldn't be. If Cao Cao really died in battle, then as long as Cao Cao had a normal head, he would know what the final outcome of Qingzhou would be.

There is no shortage of fierce generals in the Ming army who will kill the generals and capture the flag.

Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others are all first-class fighters.

Even taking the head of an enemy general out of thousands of troops is not a false statement.

In the battle in the northern part of Hedong County, Lü Bu beheaded the Huns in battle, and Zhang Liao beheaded Wuhuan King under his horse in the battle of Rushui.

Xu An took off the binoculars in the leather bag on the side of the saddle, and looked in the direction of Cao Cao's banner.

In the camera, the flames were extremely dazzling, but soon, Xu An saw Cao Cao's big banner. .

He saw a long-bearded, white-faced general in gold and silver armor standing under the banner, surrounded by a group of Han cavalry guarding the central area.

Xu An frowned slightly. Although he had never met Cao Cao, when he saw this person, he subconsciously felt that it was not Cao Cao. The armor and attire looked rather awkward.

"Look, under the big banner, that person is Cao Cao?"

Xu An handed the binoculars in his hand to Qu Yi who was standing beside him.

Qu Yi once met Cao Cao when he was under the command of Mu Han Fu in Jizhou.

Qu Yi made a promise, took the binoculars, and also looked at the place Xu An had just seen not far away.

"Reporting to Taoist Lord, this person is not Cao Cao."

After a while, Qu Yi put down the binoculars and said solemnly.

"I also know this person. This person's name is Chen Gong. When I first met him, he was still an official in Dongjun County, and he was a minister of the Dongjun County Shogunate."

"Chen Gong?"

Hearing a familiar name, Xu An's heart sank slightly at this moment.

"Is the golden cicada shedding its shell?"

Xu An's eyes narrowed slightly. Since the Cao Cao here is pretended by Chen Gong, it proves that the real Cao Cao is definitely not here.

Could it be...

Xu An turned his head to look at the dense forest on the west side.

"The order is that Yan Liang and Wen Chou will each take a hundred riders around to the Dongshan camp."

Qu Yi's eyes moved slightly, without hesitation, he bowed to Xu An and asked for his life.

"The roads in the mountainous area are complicated. The last general once stationed troops at Yuquan Pavilion. Why don't you let me lead the way?"

As long as Cao Cao can be captured, it can more or less make up for part of the previous image of defeat.

Xu An pondered for a moment, then nodded, agreeing.

Qu Yi looked overjoyed, and immediately he, Yan Liang and Wen Chou received the military order and left together.

Xu An watched Qu Yiyuan go away, and his gaze returned to the fierce battle not far away.

"The Cao Cao under the banner of the Dazhu is just a stand-in, don't waste any more time, kill him directly, and defeat the navy above the officialdom."

"Surround all exits, and those who kneel and surrender will not die."

"All the rest will be beheaded!"

……

"Ugh——"

A short horn sounded suddenly ahead,

Dian Wei's expression changed slightly, it was the sound of the vanguard's scouts meeting the enemy's horn.

Hearing the sound of the warning horn, everyone was tense.

"really……"

Dian Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, staring ahead.

The Ming army set fire to the mountain, the water and fire were ruthless, and it was impossible to distinguish the enemy from ourselves. It was impossible to stop the flames just because it was the Ming army, so the Ming army withdrew the soldiers blocking the mountain road ahead of time.

Because the northwest wind was blowing, most of the routs had to rush to the southeast mountain road.

As a result, the Ming army retreated to farther and more dangerous places.

Excessive distance can weaken the physical strength of the Han army fleeing all the way and break up the formation. Most of the people will drop their heavy armor and weapons and run blindly, which can greatly reduce the pressure on the defending soldiers.

Dian Wei did not issue orders again, everyone knew what to do at this time.

On the mountain road.

The cold moonlight shone on Tai Shici's iron armor, casting a gloomy cold light, which was reflected on the ground.

Tai Shici stood behind the formation with a bow and a spear.

Right in front of him, more than a thousand soldiers of the Ming army were already fighting, ready to fight.

If the Han army wants to escape for their lives, there are only two ways to survive.

One is the official road of Yuquan Pavilion, and the other is Dongshan Mountain Road.

Other than that, there is no other way out, only to go to the dead end in the southern primeval forest.

The area deep in the mountain is a place that veteran hunters with decades of experience dare not set foot in.

At this time, the front of the battle has subsided.

The fleeing Han soldiers were already terrified and terrified. When they suddenly encountered the Ming army guarding the mountain road, they had no power to fight back, and there was no way to break through the mountain road.

On the mountain road, there were bloodstains, a large number of corpses piled up on the road, among the forests and on the road, a large number of unkempt Han soldiers knelt on the ground, some Ming soldiers with helmets and yellow scarves walked out of the army formation, tied with ropes and knelt down man of.

All of this was seen by Dian Wei who was hiding in the dark.

The previous fierce fighting was over, and the battlefield was just a one-sided massacre by the Ming army.

More than a thousand Ming troops were distributed throughout the mountain road, and there were even guard soldiers in the forest.

Dian Wei looked around at the people around him, and finally his eyes stayed on Le Jin.

Le Jin nodded slightly, he understood what Dian Wei meant.

"kill!!"

Soon, on the mountain road, shouts of killing sounded again.

This time, one is on the left side of the mountain road, and the other is between the dense forests on the right.

The Ming army's defensive center of gravity also naturally shifted to the two sides. The battle on the left side was fierce, so Tai Shici led his guards closer to the left side, ready to rush to help at any time.

But at this moment, the sound of horseshoes on the mountain road suddenly swept along with the gust of wind.

Sound East and West!

Tai Shici's eyes sharpened sharply, and he suddenly looked at Shandao.

The rapid sound of horseshoes was as loud as a surging river, and dozens of short soldiers pierced the dark night sky and smashed into the formation of Ming soldiers.

Although the soldiers of the Ming army wore heavy armor, wearing heavy armor did not mean that they were invincible. There was still a big gap in the army formation.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Han army pierced fiercely into the formation formed by the soldiers of the Ming army from the gap like a sharp knife.

Holding a horse spear, Le Jin took the lead and rushed into the formation.

A soldier of the Ming army who couldn't dodge in time was pierced through the chest by Ma Qiang.

The muscles in Le Jin's hands swelled up, and the veins on his forehead were exposed, and he roared while holding the lance in both hands, and suddenly exerted force.

The Ming soldier who had been pierced through his chest was picked up high by the horse in Le Jin's hand, thrown several meters away, and fell into the crowd of the army formation.

A dozen cavalrymen of the Han army followed closely behind, and instantly pierced through the weak formation of the Ming army on the mountain road.

It's just that this is just the first battle set up by the soldiers of the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)