Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 134
At this time, it was the first moment of human determination, a crescent moon hung high in the night sky, and the cool moonlight shone down without any cover from the clouds, illuminating the entire blue-white sky, and even the dark edge of the earth. Also stained with a layer of hoarfrost.

On such a night, the visibility is still very wide.At least within 200 meters around, even if you don't light a torch, you can see what the nearby scene is like.

Shen Chen's mood fell to the bottom now, and he really didn't expect that Cao Cao's game this time would be an anti-game with him.

At that time, Cao Cao personally led the main force to cut off Zhang Xiu, and after repelling Zhang Xiu, he left a group of soldiers and horses to block the pursuers.This time, Cao Cao sent three weaker troops first, and after Shen Chen, this is all Cao Jun's arrangement, he came to the big ones last.

This strategy is called luring the enemy to go deep, even if you are careful, you will still be tricked in the end.

Thinking about it, the reason why Cao Cao arranged these three ambushes was most likely to consume Shen Chen's scouts for investigation.The scouts were all killed and injured, and naturally they couldn't find out the specific situation when they arrived at the decisive battle.

But even if it fell into the trap, Shen Chen did not panic, but calmly gave a tactical command: "Send me an order to seize Cao Jun's supply vehicle."

He planned to use supplies and vehicles to cover first, and wait for Gan Ning's reinforcements to arrive.

But they had just taken action here, and the soldiers driving the supply carts of Cao Cao's rear army had already begun to cut off the ropes pulling the carts, then knocked over the torches on the carts, and fled on horses by themselves.

These supplies carts were originally empty, with empty wooden boxes on them, which were used to confuse Shen Chen. Of course, Cao Cao would not give him a chance to seize the supplies cart.

It's just that Cao Cao sometimes miscalculated.

The reason why the trees in the forest are easy to light is that the accumulation of dead grass is easy to silt up methane.Second, trees secrete oil.Once the fire starts, the sky is dry and the things are dry, plus the combustibles in the forest, it is easy to spread quickly.

However, even if a torch is thrown on the wooden box, it is impossible to burn quickly unless fish paste is poured on it.

But now Cao Cao took almost all of his supplies to Guandu, Xudu City now has very little oil for daily use, where is the fish oil oil for him to waste?
Therefore, when the soldiers of Huangmenting swarmed up, most of the trucks were not ignited. At most, the flames were immediately extinguished as soon as they sprang up. They quickly grabbed hundreds of trucks.

"Hurry up."

"Line up the cars."

"Bowmen ready."

In the dark night, the original position of Cao Cao's rear army has been occupied by Huangmenting soldiers, and there are only a few figures among the vehicles.

Well-trained, the soldiers quickly piled up the vehicles for defense.

At this time, the ambushes in the mountains had already rushed down and launched a fierce attack on the defensive circle surrounded by vehicles, which was less than 50 meters away.

"kill!"

Following the sound of spring thunder, Cao Jun at the front heard a series of dense and urgent bow strings and crossbow arms trembling from far and near, and dozens of arrows and crossbows hit their heads and faces.

Immediately after, countless soldiers of Shen Chen's army jumped out from behind the carriage, shouting and shouting to cover them up, shooting arrows, knives and spears, Cao Jun fell to the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Set fire to fire!"

"No, that car doesn't burn that fast, and their crossbows are too fast."

"Rush in, charge in. Sikong has an order, whoever can take Shen Chen's head or capture him alive will be promoted to general, rewarded with a hundred gold, and named a marquis!"

"Kill!"

"Hurry up, move quickly, don't make them defensive."

There were Cao soldiers and horses in all directions. In the night, there were shouts, shouts, drums, and even the sound of horseshoes galloping on the ground. It seemed that the entire night sky was shaken and disturbed.

Shen Chen is now organizing a counterattack in the west. There are at least two teams of hundreds of Cao Jun soldiers in his direction, but he has less than thirty personal guards by his side.

Deng Zhao and Shen Zhen were also in charge of their own directions. Cao Jun's sudden attack was obviously beyond their expectations, but they still grabbed these vehicles to surround the city and used them to defend against the enemies that appeared around them.

The two sides fought fiercely around the defensive circle formed inside and outside the vehicle. Shen Chen personally led the team and repelled the hundreds of Cao troops who came in, leaving twenty or thirty corpses in place, with arrows stuck on their bodies.

But not long after, the arrows carried by Shen Chen's team ran out. There were only about one-fifth of the crossbowmen in the team of 3000 people, and the number of people assigned to each team was even smaller. There are only twenty or thirty sticks, and the consumption rate is very fast.

Before the second attack, Shen Tao said to Shen Chen: "General, I'm going to collect some arrows."

"Be careful."

Shen Chen told him.

"Come here."

Chen Tao summoned ten people, quickly got out of the carriage, and touched Cao Jun's corpse not far away.

But in an instant, Cao Jun also started to shoot arrows, and the arrow rain continued, except for Shen Tao and three other soldiers who were fairly agile, the rest fell into the arrow rain.

A "bang" sound was heard beside Shen Chen. As soon as Shen Chen turned his head, Shen Tao had already rolled over from the carriage. When he landed, he couldn't stand firmly and fell to the ground. There is also an arrow stuck in the bun.

Before Shen Chen had time to ask questions, he suddenly heard the sound of "dong dong dong dong". It was the sound of jingling on the wooden boards of the luggage cart. At this time, the outside was probably full of arrows.

Cao Cao worked hard to deceive Shen Chen.

He was afraid that the baggage cart was too light, so he could tell the way by observing the rut marks, so the wooden boxes and sacks used on the cart were filled with stones, and bows and arrows were shot on them, making a tinkling sound.

"How about it?"

Shen Chen asked.

Shen Tao grinned and got up from the ground and said: "No problem."

"Put away the arrows on the wooden box."

Seeing that he was fine, Shen Chen immediately gave the order.

This time you don’t need to go out, just lie on the car or take it from the cracks in the car, which is much safer.

"The enemy is coming up again."

someone shouted.

"kill."

Shen Chen took the bow in his hand, took more than a dozen arrows collected by a soldier, climbed to the carriage board, exposed half of his body from the carriage to look out, and saw the enemy after a few waves of arrow rain, and again hit.

When they got closer, the spears or halberds of the two sides were fighting each other, while Shen Chen stood on the carriage and shot out with a bow and arrow at close range.

"call out!"

An arrow shot down a Cao Jun like a shooting star in the dark night.

Just as he was about to draw the second bow, there was a sound of piercing the air ahead, Shen Chen instinctively lowered his head and squatted down, several arrows almost brushed his scalp.

This kind of fear of facing death makes the heart beating non-stop, but everyone around can be afraid, but he can't show timidity, so he resisted the discomfort and stood up again to draw the bow and shoot the arrow.

But soon a long halberd stabbed at him again, in a hurry Shen Tao got up from the ground and came to his side, and also used the long halberd to fight back, hooking the enemy's long halberd.

The mainstream weapons in the Han Dynasty were spears and halberds in addition to ring-shoulders and crossbows. Although guns appeared at this time, soldiers did not use them much because the shafts of guns and spears were different from those of halberds.

At this time, the long halberds were interlaced and hooked together, so that the two sides began to compete for strength.Shen Chen shot that Cao Jun to death with a bow and arrow, and then continued to shoot like standing still, and soon killed four or five Cao Jun who attacked.

The two sides fought fiercely for nearly half an hour. The crossbows carried by the Huangmenting soldiers were almost exhausted, so they could only resist around the carriage and deal with the enemy desperately. In the end, all the soldiers fought bloody battles.

"Ding ding ding ding ding!"

At this time, the voice of Ming Jin sounded in Cao Jun's army.

After hearing this order, Cao Jun, who was besieged from all around, immediately began to retreat like a tide.

There were three wounds on Shen Chen's body, blood was all over his body, and the Han River was intertwined with the blood. After Cao Jun retreated, he leaned against the carriage and gasped for breath.

"Quick, let everyone collect arrows."

He forced himself to stand up. Although he was considered half a man at the age of fourteen or fifteen, his physical strength was still weak and he was almost paralyzed from exhaustion.

The surrounding soldiers are a little bit better. After all, they are raised by sufficient meat, eggs and milk. A Huangmenting soldier is much stronger and stronger than Cao Jun, and his physical strength and endurance have also been trained for many years. Stronger than Cao Jun.

Although they had less than 3000 people, their defensive line was shrunk to a circle, and each carriage was guarded by at least a dozen soldiers. They used the terrain to fight in turn, and they cooperated closely, barely resisting the attack of Cao's army several times their size.

At this time, Cao Jun's corpses were everywhere outside the carriage. Most of them were shot to death by bows and crossbows during the first two rounds of charge, but not many died in the close combat.The people in Huangmenting also suffered heavy casualties. In just half an hour, they lost another two or three hundred companions who lived together day and night.

Taking advantage of this breathing space, Shen Chen immediately ordered the soldiers to collect arrows, and at the same time closely observed Cao Jun's movements.Their position is not large, only two-thirds the size of a playground, and it is easier to support each other.

"Ah Chen, Ah Chen."

At this moment, Deng Zhao rushed over and shouted to him, "Come here."

Shen Chen immediately ran over to the east line of defense.

There are not many Cao troops on the eastern defense line, and the main pressure is on the north and west, that is, the post road and the mountainous ambush on the left.

And Cao Cao's cavalry was in the east. They came at a gallop before, but they didn't dare to charge because they were afraid of the carriage camp. Deng Zhao also led hundreds of people to watch them. Now there seemed to be some changes here.

"Shen Chen!"

In the dark night, some people from the cavalry formation came out more and more, and shouted loudly towards this side from a stone's throw away, that is, about 30 meters away.

"Cao Cao!"

Shen Chen's eyes turned red immediately, he will never forget this person in his life.

That person is Cao Cao.

The second time the two sides met, it was still on the battlefield.

It's as if two people will never meet on other occasions.

Cao Cao rode on his horse and shouted loudly: "If you are willing to surrender, the past will not be blamed!"

"You are dreaming!"

Shen Chen also responded: "The blood debts of hundreds of relatives gathered in Zhuangyang, I still want to recover from you, and the blood debts of hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, you still can't escape."

"Foolishness!"

Cao Cao said coldly: "You know what will happen to you if you are alone to please the emperor and against you?"

Shen Chen said indifferently: "What do you mean by flattering the Son of Heaven, you are just coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. How can anyone who achieves great things in the world be without righteousness? You have no virtue, the sky will not punish you, I will punish you!"

"I have no virtue?"

Cao Cao said, "Why am I so immoral?"

Shen Chen shouted: "I heard that the emperor taught that the people can be close but not under. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is stable! You are in Yanzhou, gluttonous, cruel and abused the people, and killed hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou. Is it true? ?”

Cao Cao remained silent.

Shen Chen said again: "Gai heard that the master of the Ming Dynasty wanted to control change in danger, and the loyal ministers were worried that it would be difficult to establish power! You are in Xuchang, coercing the emperor to order the princes, manipulating power, invading officials and oppressing the country, pretending to be in control; attracting the emperor's hair." With an edict, is this true?"

Cao Cao didn't speak again.

Shen Chen continued: "I also heard that you set up Faqiu Zhonglang General and Mojin Xiaowei, and you encountered all kinds of accidents, and all the bones were exposed. You are in the position of the three princes, and you act like a captive, polluting the country and abusing the people. , poisoning people and ghosts, is this called virtuous?"

Cao Cao just watched quietly, unable to refute.

Shen Chen finally laughed and said: "I heard that you wrote a new poem last year, in which there was a saying that "the bones of the dead are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for a thousand miles". Aren't these all caused by you? Your heart is so ruthless, The arrogance of people, the extremeness of things, and the stench of writing style. You, who have no father or mother, no ruler or minister, and no family, country and people in your eyes, are you worthy of being called a virtuous person?"

"Beat the drums and shoot the arrows!"

Cao Cao just said the last sentence flatly.

These things were indeed done by him, and there is no room for rebuttal.

But Cao Cao never believed in morality and benevolence, he only believed in power and soldiers in his hands.

Even if the means are cruel and immoral, so what?
Those who win are the strong ones!
An order was issued, and the beating drum sounded again.

Before, Cao Jun and Shen Chen's army were at a disadvantage because Shen Chen had a bunker, but they didn't.

But now Shen Chenjun's arrows were almost used up, and countless arrows rained down on them, attacking Shen Chenjun overwhelmingly.

There were screams in an instant, and the casualties of Shen Chenjun increased rapidly.

Soon the outer bunkers were densely filled with arrows. Shen Chen had swords and shields in the inner circle, but even shields couldn't cover up such a dense rain of arrows.

Although Cao Cao transferred most of them to Guandu, he still had tens of thousands of arrows with him. If all of them were thrown out, it would be enough to turn all 3000 people into hedgehogs.

Guan Yu, who was in the distance, was now throbbing with blue veins. He was not by Cao Cao's side at this time, but as a general, he led a part of the cavalry to watch from a distance.

The reason why Cao Cao wanted to persuade Shen Chen to surrender just now was that Cao Jun had spent a lot of money on Shen Chen's arrows, and second, he actually hoped that Shen Chen would surrender, so as to avoid Nanyang's worry-free future.

But now that Shen Chen refuses, then today is life and death.After the arrow rain is over, Cao Jun will definitely launch a new offensive, but Shen Chen's army will definitely be wiped out by then.

Guan Yu now knew that Cao Cao was deceiving him, and seeing that Shen Chen was in critical condition, he really wanted to rush over and chop Cao Cao with a knife.

But what made him hesitate was that Xu Chu and Xia Houyuan were by Cao Cao's side, so he might not succeed.

More importantly, even if Cao Cao was killed, he could get away easily with the help of Chituma.But Shen Chen still couldn't escape, Li Tong, Xia Houyuan, Xu Chu and the others would not let Shen Chen go, and the two wives were still in Xudu.

For a moment, Guan Yu was extremely entangled.

And just when he was hesitating, Cao Cao's bow and arrows were almost used, and a new round of attack began.

Cao's army from all directions began to launch a final fierce attack on Shen Chen's army.

At this moment, the open space occupied by Shen Chen's army was densely packed with arrows, and there were also a large number of dead soldiers.

However, everyone leaned on the carriage, and barely avoided the arrows with the help of the angle formed by the carriage. Even if they had no place, they curled up with swords and shields in their hands.

Therefore, although there were countless arrows raining, the losses caused were only 600 people, and [-] soldiers survived with difficulty.

Cao Jun launched an attack again, and they also raised their knives and got into the carriage one after another, and began to fight Cao Jun hand-to-hand.

The fierce fighting continued for another half an hour.

And at this moment, on the road in the distance, there was suddenly the sound of a lot of wheels rolling.

At this moment, Shen Chen was hit by an arrow on the shoulder of his left arm. Enduring the severe pain, he held the ring knife in his right arm, assisted Shen Tao in fighting, and slashed and killed a Cao Jun who rushed to the carriage with difficulty.

Fortunately, Cao Cao also helped them when they occupied a favorable location. Because there were too many arrows on the carriages, it was difficult for Cao Jun to climb, but it was difficult to attack. The carriage, but the carriage is full of stones, which cannot be pierced, so the two sides are in a stalemate.

After hearing the sound of the wheels rolling, everyone instinctively looked south.

I saw 800 people wearing brocade clothes rushing towards the battlefield in the middle of the night. The leader rode on horseback and shouted angrily: "Bajun Ganning is here, Ah Chen, hold on for a while, I'm coming !"

Behind him are more than 2000 chariots and more than 6000 soldiers and horses.

The battle has been fought up to now, in fact, more than two hours have passed, because Shen Chen came here through three blocking battles, and he killed another half an hour here, and before Shen Chen ordered Gan Ning to rush to help after half an hour, It's an hour late now.

It was because after Gan Ning followed, the scout cavalry sent to discover this situation, so Gan Ning, who originally only led 5000 people, went back to Kunyang, took the chariot, and summoned all the soldiers and horses in the city rescue.

So it's late.

But the good news is that the combat efficiency in the era of cold weapons is not high, and it is possible to fight for a day during fierce battles, so even if he was an hour late, he came just in time.

The rumbling chariot rushed towards Cao Jun's outer formation, and Cao Jun had to choose to disperse.

There were torches everywhere in the night, and Cao Jun didn't know how many people came. They were charged by two thousand chariots one at a time. On the contrary, the original formation was scattered, and it was difficult to organize a new offensive in a short time.

Seeing that Gan Ning finally came, Shen Chen cheered up immediately and shouted: "The reinforcements are here, kill them!"

"Kill!"

Huang Menting summoned up his courage and rushed out of the carriage barracks to kill outside.

All of a sudden, they attacked back and forth, causing chaos in the surrounding Cao army.

It was too late for Cao Cao to take command before the battle, so he could only ring the golden gong to tell the soldiers to retreat first, and then make plans after the formation was organized.

But Gan Ning refused to let go, and continued to attack Cao's formation. Cao Cao commanded the cavalry to shoot arrows and killed some of Gan Ning's soldiers. , ordered the cavalry to flee north.

　Don't say that the protagonist fell into the pit on purpose, Zhang Xiu also chased Cao Cao, and he also lost the psychological game. The protagonist's resourcefulness is not as good as the protagonist Chen Mu in the previous book. When it comes to psychological games, Guo Jia and Jia Xu are masters , the protagonist is an all-around talent, but he is not considered a top-notch type in everything, and there is still a growth process, so it is normal to fail occasionally, not to mention that the protagonist also has backup preparations, and Gan Ning is sent to respond.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)