Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 434: Cutting off the rear! (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friends 2024…4135~)

As Taishi Ci divided his troops into four groups, Gao Shun roughly guessed that the enemy's strength should be around 50,000 to 60,000.

As a result, he had to let Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and himself guard one side of the village gate respectively.

Although the enemy's forces were dispersed, it did not affect the intensity of the attack.

But the gunpowder bottles on their side had to be divided into four parts to be used for guarding each side.

Once the gunpowder bottles are used up, I'm afraid the village gate will be breached!
Faced with this situation, Gao Shun asked Xun You beside him for a solution.

However, Xun You was not omnipotent after all, and could only frown and reply:
"Please give me some time to think about it."

Gao Shun did not expect to rely on Xun You for everything, so he immediately responded:
“This general will try his best to buy you some time.

"If it doesn't work, we won't be far behind even if we fight hand-to-hand!"

Having said that, Gao Shun began to concentrate on commanding the soldiers to defend.

In addition to gunpowder cans, they also have enhanced rockets that can also cause considerable damage to the enemy.

Seeing that it would take some time for the battering ram to get close to the gate, Taishi Ci immediately waved to the thousand Iron Pagodas behind him.

Zang Ba, who led the Iron Pagoda, understood what was going on and immediately led the Iron Pagoda soldiers forward, personally escorting the battering ram towards the camp.

However, under the resistance of the full body armor of Iron Pagoda.

The enhanced rockets only left a black mark after exploding on the surface of their armor.

It has no obvious impact on the soldiers in the armor.

Only when the gunpowder cans fall on them can they have a significant killing effect.

With the help of Iron Pagoda, the battering ram finally reached the gate of the village.

As the huge wooden stake was pulled backwards, under the action of inertia, the sharpened siege wood immediately smashed towards the gate of the village!

Even though there were many soldiers behind the gate holding their shields against it.

However, this one blow still broke several pieces of wood in the middle of the village gate.

I’m afraid that if it hits me one or two more times, the gate of the village will be broken open immediately!

But what Gao Shun didn't expect was that while the gate on his side had not been broken yet, the east side of the camp suddenly became chaotic!

It turned out that the East Gate guarded by Cao Hong was breached first!

Seeing that the enemy army was rushing towards the camp, Gao Shun immediately ordered the soldiers guarding the camp to gather inside.

Since the village gate is no longer defensible, there is no need to defend it any more.

At this time, Xun You suddenly said to Gao Shun:

“Right now the enemy’s forces are divided into four groups and their strength is dispersed.

"Our troops are gathered together and concentrated. Why not take this opportunity to break out to the east?

“If we can successfully break out, we can evacuate to Xia Pi County.

"Once we join forces with our soldiers at the Xia Pi border, the enemy will not dare to pursue us any further!
"Our army's current mission is no longer to capture Pengcheng State, but to evacuate safely!"

After hearing this, although Gao Shun was unwilling, he also knew that he should not act on impulse at this time.

The enemy had almost twice as many troops as them, although the soldiers on their side were no worse than the enemy.

However, it is difficult to gain an advantage in a head-on confrontation with a smaller force.

So Gao Shun immediately adopted Xun You's suggestion, personally led the Xianzhen Camp as the vanguard, and rushed towards the enemy troops that had already entered the camp!

As the Xianzhen Camp charged forward, the soldiers led by Fu Shiren seemed to have hit a black wall! The black shields raised by the Xianzhen Camp soldiers were lined up in a row.

No matter how Fu Shiren's soldiers attacked with their weapons, they never retreated even a single step!
Just as the attacking soldiers were about to run out of energy, Gao Shun in the rear suddenly shouted:
"kill--!!"

The soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp, who had been as still as a mountain just now, now moved as fast as tigers!

It was as if a group of silent assassins suddenly attacked the enemy's vital points with the weapons in their hands!
In an instant, hundreds of soldiers were attacked and killed by them!

When Fu Shiren in the rear saw this scene, his face suddenly changed and he quickly ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the camp!

They planned to wait for the armies from the other three sides to enter the camp together, and then attack the enemy together.

But what Fu Shiren didn't expect was that after the Xianzhen Camp took action, they had no intention of retreating.

It was under Gao Shun's command that they continued to kill them!
Fu Shiren was immediately shocked, and at the same time he realized that the enemy was trying to break through from his side.

If we let them break out, we will be held responsible!
Thinking of this, Fu Shiren immediately ordered the Wudang Flying Army behind him to charge forward!

The reason why they were able to break through the gate of the village first was not because of his good command.

Instead, these Wu Dang flying soldiers, equipped with Zhuge crossbows and poison arrows, easily shot and killed the enemy soldiers who threw gunpowder cans.

Only their battering ram can reach the gate of the village in the first time and break it open.

As the Wu Dang flying army came up, crossbow arrows flew towards the Xianzhen Camp.

The soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp immediately raised their shields to block!
However, the shields in their hands were not large shields and could not cover the whole body.

This group of Wu Dang flying soldiers were also very smart. They used Zhuge Crossbows to attack places that were not covered by their shields.

As the powerful crossbow arrow penetrated the armor and pierced into the flesh and bones.

Even the well-trained soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp still showed painful expressions.

They tried to maintain their formation, but the poison from the arrows quickly spread throughout their bodies.

Although their wills were as strong as steel, they soon collapsed due to exhaustion under the ravages of the poison!

Although Gao Shun felt sad when he saw the soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp fall down, there was no time to treat them in the current situation.

The soldiers in the rear could only pull these poisoned brothers onto horses and lead them to continue breaking out!

Seeing that the poisonous arrows shot by Zhuge Crossbow were unable to stop the Xianzhen Camp from advancing.

The thousand soldiers of the Wu Dang Flying Army immediately put away the Zhuge Crossbows, took off the axes on their backs, and charged directly towards the Xianzhen Camp.

As the two elite troops fought each other, Gao Shun's progress in breaking out suddenly slowed down.

At this moment, a fierce general suddenly led 500 troops and attacked from the left side of the Wudang Flying Army!
Gao Shun looked over there and found that it was the five hundred soldiers led by Xiahou Yuan!
At the same time, another team rushed out from the right side, it was the one-armed Cao Ren!
Suddenly, two fierce troops appeared from both sides. Even though the soldiers of Wu Dang Flying Army were highly skilled, they could not withstand the attack from both sides.

They were forced to retreat to the rear.

A trace of admiration welled up in Gao Shun's heart.

No wonder Duke Chu was so happy about the arrival of these six Cao family generals.

These people really have some skills!
Gao Shun also seized the opportunity and ordered the Xianzhen Camp to continue charging forward!
He saw that his vanguard was about to break out of the camp.

At this moment, enemy troops from the other three gates also rushed over!
The gate on one side of the village is narrow, and it will definitely take a lot of time for all our soldiers to retreat!

Just when Gao Shun was in a dilemma, Cao Hong suddenly volunteered:

"General Gao, please allow me to cover the retreat of the army!"

(End of this chapter)