Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 950: Cao Cao's Fire Attack
"The enemy actually sent three armies to attack at the same time. Now our army is surrounded on three sides. It's really troublesome."

Xizhong's face was full of anxiety.

Cheng Yu said: "My lord, our army is retreating as fast as possible. Before the enemy can completely attack us, we should quickly retreat to Pingyu County. There are still 20,000 defenders in this city, and the food and grass are enough for our army to spend for three months. The city walls are tall and strong, so we can protect ourselves."

Cao Cao's eyes were stern, but he said firmly: "No, continue to fight. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy."

Everyone was stunned: "My lord, this..."

"No need to say more." Cao Cao's eyes were extremely firm. "The other party could set up such a big plan and conceal it from the world. There is no other person except Xun You. He must have deliberately used the fact that his wife gave birth to a child to pretend that he returned to his hometown to take care of her, so that I could let my guard down. In fact, he had already contacted the generals in secret and set up a secret plan. With this man's wisdom, how could he not have thought that under such circumstances, our army would choose to retreat to Pingyu?"

Cheng Yu and the others suddenly realized: "My Lord, what you mean is... there must be an ambush on the way back to Pingyu?"

Cao Cao nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Attack with all your strength and make sure to capture Zhu Ye and Gao Shun alive. Only then will our army survive."

At his command, the soldiers who were originally armed with spears and swords retreated one after another, and replaced them with nooses and large nets, and moved forward in groups.

Xiahou Dun, Dian Wei and others also retreated temporarily to rest for a while and recover some strength.

After several hours of fighting, the surrounding grass and trees had already been trampled to the ground. Many trees that were not very thick could not withstand the repeated chopping and fell down. The originally dense forest had now become a little sparse, making it easier for the soldiers to move.

"call……"

"Shh..."

Big nets and nooses came flying towards Zhu Ye.

"What the hell is this..."

Zhu Ye swung his two hammers impatiently, but the big net and the noose were very tough and soft, which was the nemesis of his two hammers.

Soon, his two hammers were entangled in a large net and he could no longer swing them.

At this time, another net fell from the sky. Zhu Ye drew out his sword with a "clang" and split the net with one sword. However, he was already seriously injured. After several consecutive violent movements, he could no longer bear it and spurted out another mouthful of blood.

On Gao Shun's side, the situation was much better because of the resistance of the Han soldiers who had just rushed in. These 15,000 Han soldiers were full of energy and anger. Not only did they protect Gao Shun well, they also launched a counterattack, forcing Cao's cavalry and infantry to retreat step by step.

Cao Cao became angry and shouted, "Surround them and shoot!"

After all, Cao's army had the upper hand in terms of manpower. At this moment, they surrounded the area within a radius of several miles. Zhu Ye, Gao Shun and others were all surrounded without exception.

"Draw the bow..."

Huang Zhong and Xiahou Yuan stood on both sides and gave orders in unison.

"Quick, Han Wu soldiers form a formation..." Gao Shun also gave the order at the same time.

The Han Wu soldiers were originally divided into groups of dozens of people, forming a square formation. At this moment, they quickly combined two square formations together. One of the square formations raised its heavy shield above its head. In a blink of an eye, these square formations turned into a tightly fitted square iron barrel.

"put……"

As Xiahou Yuan and Huang Zhong issued military orders, tens of thousands of sharp arrows flew into the sky at the same time and then quickly fell down.

"Ding ding ding..."

"Dong dong dong..."

The rain of arrows hit the heavy shields, making all kinds of noises, but they were still unable to penetrate the shields and injure the Han soldiers hiding inside.

After several rounds of arrow rain, Gao Shun and others were still not hurt at all, which made Cao Cao a little impatient.

"My lord..." Guo Jia stepped forward and said, "This place is overgrown with vegetation. The enemy's heavy shields can block arrows, but they can't block fire attacks..." Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That's right. Pass the order down, throw lots of dry grass and branches around at the enemy formation, and then throw torches. I want to burn them alive."

There is nothing missing in this forest except dead branches and withered grass.

Cao's soldiers picked up the surrounding branches, broken leaves and bushes and threw them at the "iron box squares" in the middle of the encirclement.

Before long, countless dry branches and leaves piled up in the encirclement.

"Throw the torches."

Cao Cao shouted loudly, and thousands of torches were thrown out at the same time.

"boom……"

When these dead branches and leaves saw the torches, they instantly caught fire. The flames that shot up into the sky soon engulfed the Han army.

"Ah...it's on fire..."

"Quickly put out the fire..."

Faced with such a fire attack, even the well-trained and disciplined Han soldiers could no longer endure it. They withdrew from their formations, patted the fire off their bodies, and fled in all directions, some even rolling on the ground.

Cao Cao's expression relaxed. "It was Feng Xiao's brilliant plan that defeated the enemy. Pass the order down, hold the encirclement tightly, and everyone should wet their bodies with water. At the same time, prepare more buckets of water. As long as the fire burns near the encirclement, it will be put out immediately. If the enemy tries to break through, they will be killed immediately."

“Ahem… Damn it… This time I… ahem… I’m going to be turned into a roasted pig…”

Zhu Ye was completely exhausted and half-knelt on the ground, constantly inhaling smoke and dust, which made him cough incessantly and become increasingly exhausted.

Many Han soldiers, no longer caring about anything else, tried to break out of the encirclement and jump into the stream to put out the fire on their bodies, but they all died at the hands of Cao's army and no one was able to break out.

"General... I... cough cough... I will escort you out even at the risk of my life..."

Several generals lifted Gao Shun and prepared to break out.

Gao Shun weakly reached out and patted them: "It's useless..."

At this moment, a loud shout resounded through the heavens and the earth: "Cao thief, how dare you hurt my brothers?"

Afterwards, everyone only felt a golden light flashing before their eyes. Cao Cao's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Zhang Yong has arrived so quickly. Quick, hurry up and intercept him..."

Cheng Yu said bitterly: "The fire was really too big. Although it destroyed the enemy's morale, it also blocked our sight and hearing. We didn't even know that Zhang Yong's army was approaching."

Xiahou Dun reacted the fastest. He picked up his weapons and prepared to lead the cavalry to intercept them.

However, just as he turned around and had not had time to run a few steps, he saw a golden light appear before his eyes.

"not good……"

He shouted secretly, and instinctively raised his weapon and swung it forward.

"Ding ding ding..."

After a few consecutive crisp sounds, Xiahou Dun suddenly discovered that there were several shallow gaps on the tip of the spear in his hand.

"It's a good knife indeed."

As he was marveling at this, several figures rushed towards him again.

(End of this chapter)