Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323
"Tian Yu, you bastard!"

A swear word came out of Cao Hong's mouth, but it could not restore the current passive situation.After being stabbed in the back by Tian Yu, Cao Hong's situation suddenly became more passive.Originally it was just a disadvantage, but now even with the support of Cao Zhang, the more than 6 Cao Jun infantry with weak combat effectiveness are almost too muddy to support the wall.

In fact, it is not that these Cao soldiers lack training.In fact, they were all recruited after Liu Bei escaped from the second Northern Expedition last time, and they have been training for more than two years.Generally, soldiers can go into battle after half a year of training, and after two years of training, they are already quite capable in terms of combat effectiveness.It's just experience on the battlefield, which cannot be brought by any training.

Just like Zhao Feng's first Northern Expedition to defend Jieting, with more than 2 infantry, he was almost defeated by Xia Houyuan with considerable troops.But later, the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Army has been significantly improved.In a word, the troops are fought out.

It's a pity that these pawns under Cao Hong's command don't have much actual combat experience.In order to increase their actual combat experience, Cao Cao sent them to attack Sanhan and other places at the beginning, but fighting against the mob in Sanhan can only be regarded as trivial.Now that he meets a really strong opponent, he can't bear it immediately.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Cao Zhang's face was ferocious, and he almost used all his strength in the face of Zhang Ren's cocoon-like attack.The wound on the lower abdomen has already been bandaged briefly, but under the fierce battle, there are still blood oozing there, and the previous bandaging is almost useless.At the same time, Cao Hong obviously couldn't hold on any longer, so Cao Zhang immediately made a decisive decision and led all the tiger and leopard cavalry back to help Cao Hong, making a final resistance.But even so, Cao Hong's fragile rear army was already showing signs of collapse under Tian Yu's encroachment.

"Zhao Botao, you are going to die!" Cao Hong roared angrily, and slashed at Zhao Feng who was facing him with all his strength.Zhao Feng gritted his teeth and raised the spear in his hand with one hand, blocking this move to the left, and then grabbed the opponent's saber with his left hand.

"This is?" Cao Hong was surprised at the meaning of his opponent's actions, but saw that Zhao Feng had already thrown down his spear, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and aimed at Cao Hong's saber with a desperate strike. With a soft "chuckle", Cao Hong's broadsword was cut in two.

"Green Sword!" Cao Hong couldn't help blurting out.This sword is too familiar, it is the Qingzhi sword worn by his nephew Xia Houen.In fact, it has been several years since Zhao Feng got this sword from Xia Houen.But the long sword is not a weapon suitable for immediate combat, so I haven't used it much these years.I just had a whim today and wanted to try to see if the sword was really that sharp.As a result, after a try, it really cut iron like mud.Cao Hong fought with only one move, and his weapon was already destroyed. He knew that there would be no good results if he continued to fight, so he made a feint and threw the half of the saber in his hand to block it. While commanding the army to retreat.

"Want to leave?" Zhao Feng was about to chase after him, but he saw a familiar figure approaching from the east, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Isn't this Mencius Du, brother Zidu, why don't you be your prefect in Wancheng?" Did you come here?" Seeing that Cao Hong was surrounded by a group of people and it was difficult to get close, Zhao Feng simply charged at Meng Da. "But I can explain, even if you want to surrender again today, I will not take you in again!"

"Zhao Feng?" Meng Da saw the playful Zhao Feng coming towards him, and his teeth clenched.But then he noticed that Zhao Feng didn't hold a spear in his hand, but a long sword, and he gritted his teeth and rallied to fight.

"Hehe, you're quite courageous!" Zhao Feng was taken aback. "General, take the gun!" At this moment, Niu Jin hacked an enemy infantry to death, grabbed his spear and threw it to Zhao Feng.Zhao Feng caught it easily. This kind of ordinary wooden handle spear has not been used for many years since he became a general. Although it is a little lighter than his own Hun iron spear, it can still be used to make do with it.But Zhao Feng knew the details of Meng Da, so he simply played with him immediately.

With a convenient shot, Meng Da's knife was thrown in front of him, and Zhao Feng immediately stabbed Meng Da in the face with a convenient shot.Unexpectedly, Meng Da was really afraid of Zhao Feng, seeing this situation, he dropped the sword and grabbed the gun with both hands.Zhao Feng was slightly taken aback, but his hands were not slow at all, and he punched the barrel of the gun.

With a "click", the barrel of the gun was broken, and under Meng Da's astonished gaze, Zhao Feng grabbed the second half of the stick and stabbed him directly at the neck.The spear full of spikes pierced his throat, but it pressed Meng Da back into his stomach before he let out his miserable cry.

"Who says you can't stab someone without a gun?" Looking at Meng Da, who was dying in peace, Zhao Feng curled his lips and said, then grabbed a long gun from a pawn on the other side and continued to fight.At this time, Cao Jun had already begun to retreat one after another under the leadership of Cao Hong.But how could Zhao Feng agree to let them retreat so calmly? Seeing that the opponent wanted to flee, he quickly started the old trick, sending cavalry to harass the retreating enemy army, trying to slow down the opponent's withdrawal speed as much as possible, and killing the opponent's vital forces.Of course, Cao Jun is not inexperienced in dealing with this kind of thing. As long as the cavalry protects the two wings, even if the enemy can bite his own tail, the loss will be extremely limited.But Cao Hong gave orders again and again, but he did not see Qian Shaoyi coming to help in the battle.

"What is Qianzijing doing? Why didn't Hu Qiying come to cover the retreat of the army?" Cao Hong asked repeatedly in a rage.Beside him, Cao Zhang, who had just narrowly escaped from death, had sharp eyes. Looking from a distance, he found that Qian Shao's Hu Qi battalion had dispersed.Everyone scattered and fled in all directions, and few people came over at all.

"Uncle, the Huqiying camp is disbanded!" Cao Zhang said in disbelief, he never thought that the Huqiying camp would be so defeated.If there is no cover from the elite soldiers of the Huqi Battalion who are good at riding and shooting, relying on their own tiger and leopard cavalry alone is definitely not enough to cover their own army to retreat calmly.What he didn't know was that these barbarians didn't have any sense of identity with them, and the opponent was so brave and fearless, and his own troops were not strong enough. Now that the situation is not right, they simply disperse.Qian Shao kept yelling to stop, but it had no effect.

"Qian Shao, die!" Just as Qian Shao was in a hurry to command, a thunderous roar sounded from behind.Qian Shao turned around in astonishment, only to see that it was Zhang Fei who came to kill him aggressively.Even if someone tried to stop them along the way, they were stabbed or chopped by Zhang Fei's Zhangba Snake Spear, and Zhang Fei's pace was not slowed down at all.

"Damn it!" Qian Shao knew that he was not Zhang Fei's opponent, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and stab at him with his long spear, but Zhang Fei stabbed him face to face.

But the sound of "boring" was heard endlessly, the iron gun in Qianshao's hand came into close contact with Zhang Fei's spear face to face, but Zhang Fei forcibly broke it open from the middle, and then stabbed it into Qianshao's chest .Glancing at Qian Shao who was slowly falling in front of him, Zhang Fei snorted coldly, and then ordered all the cavalry to catch up and pursue.

The joining of Zhang Fei made Cao Hong feel the already heavy pressure, which more than doubled in an instant.The speed at which the army moved forward could simply be described as the speed of a turtle.With almost every step, someone is killed or surrenders to the opponent.

"Damn it, it's like this, how long will it take to withdraw from the Shangdang!" Cao Hong couldn't help cursing angrily.It has been an hour since the troops have been withdrawn, but the army has only traveled less than ten miles.Even Cao Hong had to admit that the harassment tactics of Zhang Fei and others were extremely effective.This trapped wolf tactic invented by the grassland people is to drag down the other party to death, and finally annihilate the other party in one fell swoop.

"I can't go on like this, Uncle, I'll lead the troops to the rear, Uncle, you should withdraw to Shangdang first!" Cao Tai, who was fighting with the army, gritted his teeth.

"How can this be done?" Cao Hong objected involuntarily, at this moment Cao Zhang suggested: "Uncle, look there is a dirt mountain over there, why don't I hold on to the mountain for a while, and then take advantage of the darkness at night to suddenly withdraw the troops to surprise Woolen cloth?"

"Alright!" Cao Hong couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he simply agreed to Cao Zhang's suggestion.So under the command of Cao Hong and others, the army continued to climb up this big earth mountain one after another, and then dispatched crossbowmen to guard the four sides and dig trenches to prevent the enemy from attacking the mountain.Zhang Fei and others chased down the mountain. Seeing that the mountain was quite steep and it was not easy to attack it for a while, they set up camp for the time being and prepared to besiege.Of course, it wasn't just a siege. Zhang Fei, Zhao Feng and others also gathered to discuss what to do next.

"Justice, how is it?" Zhao Feng also asked after seeing Zhang Ren who had just returned from counting the number of people.Zhang Ren nodded, and then said: "Our army suffered more than 8000 casualties, including more than [-] cavalry; the enemy army was killed more than [-], including nearly [-] tiger and leopard cavalry. About [-] people were captured or surrendered, while the Huqi battalion dispersed. It is conservatively estimated that the combined strength of Cao Hong and Cao Zhang on the mountain is still about [-]."

"Including the troops of Guorang, we still have no less than [-] elite soldiers. Cao Hong will definitely be defeated!" Zhang Fei also nodded.Zhao Feng thought for a while, then asked Zhang Rendao: "How much rations does Cao Jun carry?"

"According to the prisoners who interrogated Cao Jun, Cao Jun came here in light clothes, and the individual soldiers only carried three days' rations!" Zhang Ren nodded.Zhao Feng immediately understood when he heard the words, and immediately said: "Cao Jun's rations are insufficient, and he must break through as soon as possible. If this is the case, I have a plan right now, or I can calm down this place as soon as possible!"

"Bo Tao, do you want to take this opportunity to raid Shangdang?" Zhang Fei thought for a while.Unexpectedly, Zhao Feng shook his head, just smiled and said: "It's not Shangdang, but Huguan!"

"Huguan?" Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard the words.Zhao Feng nodded, and then explained: "Huguan is the main road connecting Jizhou and Bingzhou. Before Cao Hong was in Shangdang, taking care of Huguan. Now that Cao Hong is trapped here, if we send a surprise soldier You can take Huguan in one fell swoop. In this way, you can stop the reinforcements from Jizhou, and you can also intervene in the battle of Jizhou as soon as possible after Cao Hong is dealt with, and directly attack the capital of Cao Wei!"

"It's reasonable!" Zhang Fei nodded again and again when he heard the words, Huguan is not far from Shangdang, and it was because Cao Hong's army was here before that they couldn't attack Huguan.Now that Cao Hong is trapped here by himself, even if the Shangdang still has a certain number of troops left behind, the defense at Huguan should be relatively empty.Thinking of this, Zhang Fei immediately decided to let Zhang Ren lead [-] elite soldiers, put on Cao Jun's armor, and go to swindle Huguan.He and Zhao Feng stayed here, preparing to prevent the enemy from retreating in the middle of the night.

Just when Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei were about to stop, a huge fleet composed of dozens of large ships quietly arrived at a beach on the Bohai Sea in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)