The shame of Yangqu made Xiahou Jun almost crazy at the moment, his eyes were red, and he roared and foamed, as if he was about to eat people the next moment, so that the guards beside him would not dare to persuade him again.
"Today we can only fight to the death! Either the enemy dies, or I die! But if you say you want to retreat, you will be killed!"
Xiahou Jun was almost crazy. He snatched a battle axe from his guard and rushed forward first.
The glory he had lost before was to be regained here.
If you miss such an opportunity, are you still looking for a bright future?
Xiahou Jun knew that Chen Rui's threat was not really big, and a bigger threat was still behind, so if he couldn't even solve Chen Rui, what else would he talk about continuing to fight in Hedong?
Only by defeating Chen Rui's part can the surrounding area of ​​Jinyang be loosened again. Otherwise, Chen Rui will not be loosened in other counties and townships in Taiyuan! This is like a rope around Jinyang's neck, tighter and tighter!
Although Xiahou Jun is not as good as those top military generals, he has at least no shortage of fish and meat every day, and can keep up with the nutrition. In addition, he is trained in the army intentionally or unintentionally, so his combat power will naturally be slightly stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.
Xiahou Jun rushed forward, and Cao's soldiers hurriedly followed behind.
If cavalry is the most powerful under the cavalry, then under the command of Cao's army, infantry is the most important.
Because the Central Plains of China entered the technology line of the city dock fort very early.
Cavalry who are good at field battles are indeed sharp, but if you consider them comprehensively, whether in terms of cost or actual combat effectiveness, during the feudal dynasty of the Chinese, cavalry was not as useful as infantry in the battlefields of cities and forts.
In the Central Plains, the infantry were very strong, especially many of these elite Cao troops survived the Central Plains War. After being tempered by Yuan Da and Yuan Er, they can be regarded as a hundred refined steel.
Xiahou Jun wore heavy armor and carried a battle axe, with his goal in order to break Chen Rui's shield wall.
Judging from the current situation, the shield wall is indeed the key to Chen Rui's defense. As long as the shield is broken and Cao's army rushed inside, even if they cannot suppress Chen Rui and others into Jiuze and drown, it will completely collapse Chen Rui's array!
Xiahou Jun roared, and the battle axe swept across, cutting the spear heads that were stabbed by the thorns. The battle axe smashed onto the shield, either breaking the shield, or even the people and the shield were swept down.
In a blink of an eye, several large and small gaps fell into Chen Rui's defense array. The brave and brave elite Cao's army following Xiahou Jun took this opportunity to wave his sword and shield and hold the gap, allowing more Cao's soldiers behind him to roar and slash around.
Xiahou Jun relied on his heavy armor to cover the vital points such as the door, and even ignored the rest of the swords and guns, and just slashed and killed wildly. The heavy battle axe roared down, and even if ordinary soldiers blocked the axe edge, they might not be able to withstand its impact.
Next to Xiahou Jung, two guards were specially equipped with shields and knives to cover their wings, so that Xiahou Jung could fight forward with confidence.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Rui's shield wall was torn out, and blood was flying.
Looking at the Cao army soldiers approaching him, Chen Rui was a little panicked, but his feet did not loosen.
Haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?
Then my life seems to be unable to be saved...
Chen Rui was thinking at this time whether his wife would remarry with the pension...
Just as Xiahou Jun was about to rush to Chen Rui's center, the sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out like muffled thunder!
Chen Rui was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Our reinforcements are here! Reinforcements are here! Hold on to victory!"
With Chen Rui's shouting, no matter inside and outside the formation, they seemed to be shouting, "Reinforcements have arrived! We have arrived!"
On the other hand, Xiahou Gang is like ice water coming.
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Huang Cheng took the lead.
Under the chaotic firelight, you could vaguely see Chen Rui's flag still standing beside Jiuze, and Huang Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But the problem is now that in the dark, no matter whether it is a war horse or a human, there is no way to clearly identify the edge of Jiuze, so Huang Cheng could not directly rush to the place where Chen Rui was, but could only rush to Xiahou Jun's back formation to avoid the embarrassing scene of accidentally rushing over and rushing directly into Jiuze.
This also allowed Xiahou Jun's troops to get a little chance to breathe, and would not be defeated by the cavalry on the spot.
But there is only one chance.
At this moment, anyone could see that even if Xiahou Jun attacked Chen Rui's middle formation, he could not escape the fate of being surrounded and suppressed by Huang Cheng's cavalry!
Xiahou Jun looked at the Huang Cheng horse who suddenly appeared dumbly, and a strong sense of powerlessness surged into his heart.
Looking at the trusted guards under his command, fighting with the soldiers in Chen Rui's array, either slashing the other party or being slashed by the other party, watching the hussar cavalry rushing towards the place in the darkness, the guards beside him seemed to open their mouths and shouting at him...
Xiahou Jun couldn't hear any sound.
Did you just return without success?
I can only lose face again, bear it again, or more humiliation?
No!
At this moment, he would rather die on the spot than turn back and endure that humiliation!
Now he still has a chance. With the last impact, he might be able to cut off Chen Rui's head, and Chen Rui's array will collapse at that time!
He can turn back wholeheartedly to deal with Huang Cheng's cavalry, and perhaps even fight for a bloody path!
After his thoughts settled, it seemed that the sound of disappearing around him was pouring into Xiahou Jun's ears again. He heard the guards beside him shouting anxiously, asking him to retreat. Xiahou Jun stretched out his hand and grabbed the shoulders of the guards beside him, "You can't retreat! If you retreat, we will be finished! Rush up! Only by fighting to the death can you seek survival!"
This Xiahou second generation, who had never suffered any setbacks in Shandong, finally grew up on the battlefield.
But……
Not all growth will definitely be rewarded.
Although Xiahou Jun’s impact was crazy, Chen Rui and others who had arrived at reinforcements also gritted their teeth to support them!
As long as you wait until dawn and your vision is clear, Huang Cheng can easily defeat these Cao troops and kill them, and drive these Cao troops into Jiuze like driving cattle and sheep!
The reason why Cao's army can still attack now is just because it is dark and the vision is unclear, and the cavalry dare not rush too hard, and accidentally rush into Jiuze by themselves.
So Cao's side wanted to solve Chen Rui as soon as possible, while Chen Rui and others understood that as long as they persisted until dawn, they would win, and both sides were fighting desperately!
Under such a situation, it was not Chen Rui or the elite Cao army led by Xiahou Jun, but the surrendered troops from Jinyang, Taiyuan...
When these surrendered troops were arrogant, they were like the best in the world, no one else but me, but when they encountered such a difficult situation, they were the first to collapse.
Some surrendered soldiers were crying loudly, howling something. I would have understood it if I had known it before, and then they were lost and ran around like a corpse, being hacked to death or falling into the Jiuze. Some people also went towards Huang Cheng and others, leaving their weapons behind and trying to surrender again to survive...
Falling seems to be a foregone conclusion.
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Xiahou Dun stood on the earthen mountain with a knife.
Behind him, there were many people standing.
After the Jinyang conquered, Xiahou Dun used the Fukou Xing to continuously gather Cao's troops in Jinyang, but it was not realistic to transport troops on a large scale through the Taihang Mountains during this season.
So in order to gain more time, Xiahou Dun must show a strong attitude.
This is very important.
If Xiahou Jun can defeat Chen Rui, then Xiahou Dun can free up his hands to do more.
But now Xiahou Dun is very disappointed with Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Jun failed to meet Xiahou Dun's requirements and failed to achieve tactical goals. How could he take on more responsibilities if he had difficulty dealing with Chen Rui?
The cold wind blew, bringing the sound of fighting in the distance.
The scouts ran back and forth and gathered the battle situation little by little to Xiahou Dun.
For Xiahou Dun, it is time to make a choice again.
Life or death.
This is a problem.
And now, Xiahou Dun also has to face this problem.
His life and death, and Xiahou Jun's life and death.
Even more people's life and death.
Originally, Xiahou Dun hoped that Xiahou Dun could cut off Chen Rui's head smoothly and lure out the ambush hidden behind him, and then attacked him together to completely open the road to Pingyang.
Even if Xiahou Jun cannot successfully achieve the goal of defeating and killing Chen Rui, then returning to the army in time when the opponent's ambush appears and pulling the opponent's ambush here will make Xiahou Dun have a more comfortable attack position.
The reason why Xiahou Dun did not tell the plan to Xiahou Dun and gave it in detail was because Xiahou Dun hoped that Xiahou Dun could truly realize that everything could happen on the battlefield, and it was impossible to rely on superiors' orders or pre-plans at all times.
Just like when Xiahou Dun followed Cao Cao to recruit troops, who would have thought that the camp would roar in the middle of the night? Who would have thought that Cao Cao led his army into Xuzhou and ended up making trouble behind? Unexpectedly, it could be a reason, but he didn't expect that what to do afterwards was the key. The last time Xiahou Jun was in Yangqu, what about this time?
Xiahou Dun regretted to find out that Xiahou Dun still didn't expect it.
Perhaps it was because Xiahou Jun woke up too late, or perhaps it was because Xiahou Jun did not fight hard enough at the beginning, but Xiahou Dun waited until Huang Cheng appeared, but Xiahou Jun still failed to take Chen Rui, but instead had the possibility of being surrounded.
When Huang Cheng led his troops to appear, Xiahou Dun couldn't sit still and his heart was beating violently.
But Xiahou Dun was a long-time general after all, and he still had some unique experience in the battlefield. He did not do anything immediately, but instead sent scouts to investigate carefully and found that Huang Cheng had not many people.
Xiahou Dun judged that this was the cavalry in Hedong or the north.
He once again confirmed that the possibility of Fei Qian leading the army was not without, but it was not very large.
Because Xiahou Dun himself commanded the army for many years and was responsible for the logistics support of Cao Cao's army for a long time, he knew quite well how huge and cumbersome the supplies required by a large army were. So if Fei Qian led the army to Guanzhong, Xiahou Dun believed it, but when it came to Hedong, Xiahou Dun was not very convinced.
No matter what the perspective is, Hedong cannot accommodate large-scale soldiers. Even if it does nothing, the assembly of more than 50,000 people can easily cause Hedong to be riddled with holes.
Even if it was transporting supplies from Chang'an Sanfu to Hedong, it was unrealistic. Xiahou Dun tried every means to dispatch troops from Fukou Xing, but the road was difficult. Even if he tried his best, he would only increase one or two thousand people. Fei Qian wanted to move the army from Guanzhong to Hedong. Even if Longmen Ferry was frozen, how many people could come?
More importantly, it is useless to come alone. Without military supplies and grass, it is impossible to have any combat effectiveness.
Just like Xiahou Dun himself, if he had not obtained Jinyang's supplies, he would not dare to stay in Taiyuan for a long time now!
Therefore, Xiahou Dun analyzed that only in a large area like the Sanfu of Chang'an can a large army be gathered, so Fei Qian's army is unlikely to march into Hedong and arrive at the current battlefield.
Since this is the case, the ones who appear here must be the partial army in Hedong or the north.
Therefore, if Xiahou Jun can defeat Chen Rui according to the original plan and then attract the opponent's ambush, Xiahou Dun can suddenly explode while the opponent's formation is scattered, and then the probability of defeating the opponent is very high.
It’s a pity that Xiahou Jun was stunned. This time, he refused to retreat.
Xiahou Dun originally thought Xiahou Jun would retreat again.
Failure is not a terrible thing, what is terrible is that you don’t know how to face failure.
Xiahou Jun retreated once, which does not mean that he cannot retreat in the future.
Knowing when to advance and when to retreat is the most critical growth.
But now, if Xiahou Dun sits aside, then Xiahou Jun, who is surrounded by the cavalry, will be completely helpless.
Time is passing and the night is about to pass, so there is not much time to provide Xiahou Dun with the choice...
『Come!』 Xiahou Dun's voice sounded dullly, 『Rise the fire!』
The torch was lit.
Then more torches were lit, forming a wide and huge light belt.
The light and fire were like an endless net, or like a big open mouth, trying to swallow Jiuze in one mouth.
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Huang Cheng, who was organizing troops to encircle Xiahou Jun, suddenly heard the noise of soldiers and looked into the distance according to the sound, and was shocked.
Is this Cao's army coming out in full swing?
Are there so many Cao soldiers in Jinyang, Taiyuan?
Normally, there are so many torches, and after a rough calculation, there are at least nearly 10,000 people!
Are there so many people in the Cao army in Jinyang?
Most generals, including Huang Cheng, knew that Xiahou Dun had captured Jinyang, and Cui Jun surrendered without fighting, but there was no very accurate value for the number of Cao's army.
In order to maintain his dominance in Taiyuan, Xiahou Dun played with what Dong Zhuo did back then. He secretly left the city at night and waited until dawn came back openly...
You should know that in the great man, those who can calculate addition and subtraction within ten are all talents. Many people cannot calculate the values ​​of hundreds or thousands at all, and have no idea, otherwise they would not have made a joke about the Persian army of 5.28 million.
Now that Huang Cheng said he would have many Cao troops in Jinyang, he really couldn't say.
Although Huang Cheng suspected that Cao's army was a suspicious plan, he could not find a reason for him to fight with the other party immediately.
In the dark night, if it is not a suspicious soldier, the other party is waiting for it, and they know what preparations have been made in advance. And if the people on his side are not sure whether the other party has dug a trap or a tripping horse rope, rushing up rashly is equivalent to dying.
Secondly, if the cavalry on his side were ruined in the other party's trap for nothing, not only would he not be able to save Chen Rui, but he might also be implicated in Fei Qian behind him.
The only countermeasure is to gather the team for the time being and send scouts to investigate the virtual and real soldiers of Cao's army, but in this way, it may lead to Xiahou Jun finding an opportunity to escape...
Huang Cheng thought for a moment and soon decided to focus on stability.
In the favorable situation of your own side, there is no need to choose an uncertain project.
Although withdrawing troops would allow some Cao's army to escape, where can they escape?
Escape to Jinyang?
That doesn't matter at all.
If he could fly into the sky, Huang Cheng would be worried for a while, but if he just asked Xiahou Jun to retreat back to Jinyang, it would not be a big deal at all.
So Huang Cheng gathered his troops to guard against Cao's attack on the other hand, and led Chen Rui and others to retreat.
After dawn, Fei sneaked to the scene.
After checking the traces left by Cao's army, Huang Cheng's face became stinky.
Fei Qian laughed and patted Huang Cheng on the shoulder, "I would have made the same choice if it were me. Don't worry, now you and I don't have to take risks. Why do you and I have to fight with the right soldiers?
That's true.
Only when you are relatively weak will you try to make a big difference with small things, but after you really have a certain strength, the importance of strategy begins to decline. The so-called strategies are more of the trend. Under this trend, even if you make some waves, you cannot change the fundamentals.
Just like although Xiahou Dun of Cao's army deceived Huang Cheng, what complete changes can be made?
Judging from the traces left on the scene, Cao's army pretended to be nearly 10,000 with 3,000 people, which was indeed good, but after all, they pretended to be pretended. When they saw it at dawn, they understood everything.
Huang Cheng still felt a little unhappy and gritted his teeth and said, "Lord, I am willing to issue a military order. If I don't defeat Jinyang, I will never give up!"
Fei Qian smiled, then looked up at the sky, "Haha, you can look at this sky first..."
Huang Cheng looked up and looked up.
The sky is gloomy. Even though it is already midnight at this time, there is still not much sunshine that can penetrate the clouds.
"The lord's intention is...there is a change in the weather?" Huang Cheng asked.
Fei Qian nodded and said, "The warmth of spring has not arrived. If you march into Jinyang... Not to mention that the time is uncertain, just say that in the battle yesterday, the surrendered soldiers still obeyed the orders of Cao's army. If the war is too much, they will depend on each other..."
This battle cannot be just a stare at the number of heads captured on the surface, but also needs to look at what is extended behind the battle...
Xiahou Dun had Xiahou Dun's judgment, and Fei Qian could also judge that Xiahou Dun's troops were actually not much based on the current situation.
『What's more...』 Fei Qian smiled, his eyes turned to the south, as if he was looking at Tongguan, 『Prime Minister Cao... I'm afraid he can't wait...』
Chapter completed!