What Deng Gui was worried about was that after Zheng Huaizhong's truce, Cao Shili and his elite guards prepared for battle in the stronghold but did not attack. They attacked the enemy camp and it was difficult to catch the enemy off guard.
It should be said that Deng Gui's judgment was accurate.
Xu Huaiqin led the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain to attack Qingquangou Village from the West Wall, which was only four or five feet high due to rain erosion and mud flow. There was no special tight defense deployment in the village, but Cao Shili was at the Beizhai Gate.
More than a thousand soldiers and horses have been gathered nearby.
Obviously Cao Shili was thinking that Zheng Huaizhong would not know when he would send troops to attack the fortress in the north of Gong County today, so he still had to be prepared to lead his troops to reinforce the flanks.
Xu Huai climbed up the earthen wall of the west wall of Qingquangou Village and looked down. When he saw Cao Shili, he reacted very quickly. There was a temporary watchtower more than four feet high inside the Beizhai Gate. Bugles and war drums were blaring in unison, and five-color flags were peeking out from the watchtower.
He came out and turned around quickly, quickly mobilizing the soldiers and horses in the camp.
On the watchtower of Beizhai Gate, in addition to many messenger soldiers and archers, there was another person wearing black armor. Looking from here, he was far away. Xu Huai could not see clearly the appearance of that person, but he was taller than the surrounding soldiers.
From his short stature, one can guess that it is Cao Shili himself.
"Cao Shili's reaction is not slow!" Guo Junpan said with a frown as he saw that there were several groups of people from various places in Qingquan Gou Village rushing towards the alley to the west of the ancestral hall.
Cao Shili's intention was clear, and he wanted to do everything possible to block them in the alley, so that he could mobilize more soldiers and horses, and use strong bows and crossbows to encircle and suppress them.
"What's the use of Cao Shili's quick reaction? He's just a rabbit that I've shaved off. I'm going to tell the Lanzhou rebels that after this battle, my teeth are chattering and I'm incontinent! It seems like Master Ya will use a lot of waste today.
A few bows!" The corner of Xu Huai's mouth twitched slightly, and he handed the Zhemu walking bow to Guo Junpan, and replaced it with a Mo Dao, full of murderous intent and looking ferocious.
Xu Huai never thought that he could completely kill Cao Shili by surprise.
That requires the right time, place, and people. Now that I think about it, Zheng Huaizhong, the generals of the Western Army, are still too timid, and they can't get enough of "harmony."
However, Xu Huai estimated that there seemed to be seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses in Qingquan Gou Village, but those who could rush into armor and form a formation may not be able to have two thousand soldiers. The others either had not yet experienced the tragic siege in Tiangong County a few days ago.
The injured who had recovered were either prisoners who had resentments and were forced into the army and surrendered.
In particular, these captured soldiers surrendered, either because they were greedy for life and afraid of death, or they surrendered to coerce officials.
Even if the surrendered soldiers were coerced all the way south from Xindai and other places, how much true obedience could they have to the Red Husbands deep down in their hearts?
If the two armies are fighting in formation, and these captured soldiers are coerced into the formation to participate in the battle, if they don't want to be killed by the supervising team at the rear, or if they don't want to be killed by the swords, guns, bows and crossbows from the opposite side, they can only grit their teeth and attack.
, participating in the fight can more or less exert some combat effectiveness.
However, at this juncture, it was difficult for Cao Shili to quickly gather these surrendered soldiers and captured soldiers, not to mention that Tang Pan was organizing people from two corners of Qingquan Gou Village to set fire to create more panic and chaos...
As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. They couldn't give Cao Shili too much time to organize the surrendered soldiers and captured soldiers.
In that case, even if there are too many ants, they can kill the elephant.
The space for maneuvering in the stronghold was limited, so they were too weak to kill, and there was no way to break through the tightly organized shield array layer by layer before enemy reinforcements arrived.
Therefore, they must immediately kill, defeat, and rout the groups of people who were encircling the alleyway, leaving Cao Shili with no more direct soldiers and horses to use. The remaining surrendered soldiers, old, weak, and disabled
, what's the point?
Whether it is a surprise attack or a strong attack, once a battle occurs, the most important thing is to attack quickly and kill quickly so that the opponent has no time to organize a defense.
If the opponent can be defeated within three minutes, everything will be fine.
In order to be faster, Xu Huai would also save some energy, took Mo Dao in his hand, and said to Niu Er: "Follow me to kill the enemy! If this heavy shield in your hand cannot smash twenty heads today, I will punish you."
No meat for three days!”
"As long as you don't fight for my head," Niu Erweng said in a loud voice.
Fan Zongqi led a group of armored soldiers to go down the wall and extend along the lane towards the ancestral hall. Seeing that they were about to come into contact with the Shuozhou rebels who were besieging them, Xu Huai, Niu Er, Wang Ju and others hurried towards the front line.
Guo Junpian led two teams of lightly armored archers and walked along the walls and roofs on both sides of the lane to suppress the enemy soldiers on both sides of the lane and prevent them from gathering and throwing obstacles into the lane.
Although the tunnel can be advanced at the fastest speed, it is narrow in the end, and the amount of troops that can be invested by both sides is limited. In addition to the two hundred armored soldiers who are divided into several teams to fill in, it is enough for the one hundred armored soldiers to stay on the earth wall as a reserve team.
Otherwise, all combat power cannot be released to the maximum extent in a very short period of time, and the purpose of a quick attack will not be achieved.
And they must have the courage and determination to attack the enemy camp with this few manpower.
The remaining men, Xu Sihu and Wei Daya, each led a team to climb down the wall from the side, break through the wall all the way through the house, and break through from west to east.
Although the assault speed of breaking through the wall and passing through the house is much slower, it still ensures that the enemy soldiers will not have the opportunity to outflank the side of the alleyway.
In short, Xu Huai wanted to turn the storming attack into an unstoppable torrent, and together with the fire set by the two corners, follow the terrain and press thousands of enemy soldiers downwards.
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"Xu Huai is a dog thief!"
Seeing the figure jumping down from the earth wall, at the moment of the battle, the Mo Dao in his hand turned into a dragon and rolled forward, breaking three heavy shields in succession. The person holding the shield was killed to pieces without any reaction. Cao Shili's teeth
They'll all be bitten off.
Except for Xu Huai, Cao Shili had never seen such a fierce sword force on anyone else before. He roared and shouted like thunder in the watchtower.
The attack of the attackers was too sharp. The soldiers who rushed into the alleyway fought for a while, and dozens of them were killed. The killing was so frightening that the only son, Cao Chengcheng, who rushed to the ancestral hall first to supervise the battle, wanted to go forward with a gun.
During the battle, Cao Shili roared like thunder again: "Cao Cheng, press the battle! Bring the horses!"
Cao Shili did not dare to show any hesitation, so he jumped directly from the four-foot-high watchtower, sat astride the saddle, grabbed the long stem from the attendant, and galloped towards the ancestral hall.
Cao Shili got off this horse. It was one of Yunshuo's best horses. It galloped in the narrow village and was as fast as lightning. If someone blocked someone, he would not need Cao Shili's instructions, so he would jump over easily, or maybe
Cao Shili sat directly on the saddle and used the saddle to push the people away.
As soon as he arrived in front of the small square on the west gable of the ancestral hall, Cao Shili pressed the pole on the shoulders of Cao Cheng, who was still eager to go directly to the battle, and shouted angrily: "You stay here to hold off the battle!"
"It's that thief Xu Huai. My mother and grandma were all shot by this thief!" Cao Cheng yelled through gritted teeth.
"I know. Stop!" Cao Shili said.
"Dad, none of you are capable of defeating this thief. If you don't suppress him, the casualties will be too tragic," Cao Cheng shouted.
"Xu Huai's martial arts prowess is even greater than that of his father. Wang Ju, who was close to him, dared to be called a master of spear skills when he was in Jingzhou. It was only because he became a martial arts fanatic in his youth and did not like military affairs that he was not famous. He is not as good as his brother.
Compared with Wang Xiaocheng, my father knew his reputation before you were born, and once wanted to sneak into Jingzhou to learn from him. That Guo Jun judged that his archery skills were unparalleled, not inferior to his father, and that one looked like a black cow
He is a reckless guy who only has the brute strength of a bison in the world, but this time he is advancing and retreating like a tiger and a wolf. He has become a master. If you and I, father and son, rush to the front line rashly, we will be defeated.
There is no other way out than death. And this is what the traitor Xu Huai is looking forward to. He just wants to lure our generals to come forward and fight in order to disrupt our position as quickly as possible - if you can't be calm, it will be difficult to achieve great success.
Weapon," Cao Shili shouted, "Xu Huai, a thief, is trying to deceive my father and son into thinking they are brave and foolhardy. Are you willing to follow his way so easily?"
"Then how to deal with this thief?" Cao Cheng asked through gritted teeth.
"Assemble a shield formation. The lane is narrow and one shield formation is not enough. Just form three, ten, or a hundred shield formations. Block the lane for me. I don't believe how many heavy shields this thief can break through in a row!"
Cao Shili said, "When the shield chariots at the Beizhai Gate are blocked by horses, they will be blocked on the left and right until reinforcements arrive. These dog thieves will definitely hate this!"
"..." Cao Cheng still wanted to argue.
"Shut up. I am the commander-in-chief. Even if you are my only son, if you violate the military order, you must first receive thirty military sticks," Cao Shili shouted to the left and right, "This thief Xu Huai is right in front of you. Today we are
If you kill a thief, your pension will be increased tenfold, and you will be my son; and whoever can kill this thief will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold by the person who kills the thief first. He will join my Cao family clan and share the blessings and hardships - I, Cao Shili
I make this oath, if I violate it, I will be punished by this arrow!"
Cao Shili took out an arrow from his quiver, blocked the crowd and broke it, and ordered his armored soldiers to advance toward the entrance of the alley with heavy shields.
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"It's not easy for a thief like Cao Shili to keep his composure!" Wang Ju shouted with a frown when he saw that no one from Cao Shili, Cao Cheng and his son, as well as several captains around him came to the battle, but kept filling the alley with shield soldiers.
"Then today it's up to Uncle Qi and me, who can break through more heavy shields!"
Xu Huai threw aside the broken Mo Dao in his hand, replaced it with a new one from the guard beside him, and said to Wang Ju,
"I have been practicing the python sword these days. I have slightly changed the dragging sword posture, the reverse slashing posture, and the six-flowering flower posture. The power has been greatly improved, and it is also suitable for the current battlefield. I will show it to Uncle Qi and see what I have done today.
With this sword power, how far ahead can I be ahead of Uncle Qi!"
Xu Huai stepped forward and buckled, standing like a giant python. His body was obviously still, but it gave people the illusion of being constantly twisting. Wang Ju knew that this was due to tight muscles and bones.
The next moment, Xu Huai rolled the Mo Dao that was dragging beside him and slashed forward. Looking at the trajectory of the knife, it was a straight lone light, but there was an unusual sense of strangulation.
This subtle and subtle change makes the power of the Mo Dao in Xu Huai's hand much stronger than the simple turning and slashing power.
The sword's power was like a dragon's, breaking through a heavy shield. The next moment, the blade was slanted, and the sword's power was not stagnant at all. It cut off the arm of the enemy soldier on the left who had not had time to raise the shield to block it. The blade was like a poisonous dragon, drilling forward and piercing through the enemy's arm.
Then there is a heavy shield in the hands of another enemy soldier.
This was also a fierce soldier. Even though his chest was pierced by the blade that broke through the shield, he still grabbed the shield and pressed down, crushing the long blade of the Mo Dao in Xu Huai's hand.
At this time, Xu Huai broke a small gap in the opponent's shield formation and created chaos. Niu Er, Fan Zongqi and others led the soldiers on the left and right to fight hard, pushing forward more than ten feet and the enemy soldiers were once again able to stabilize their position.
Blocked by shield array.
"Now it's up to me to break the shield! To deal with this kind of turtle shell, Mo Dao is still a little inferior. It depends on my invincible iron gun!" In order to avoid the gun blade getting stuck, Wang Ju used the iron gun as a knife.
Slash towards the enemy's shield.
The reason why the gun in Wang Ju's hand is called the iron gun is because the gun barrel is actually made of fine iron and weighs more than fifty kilograms. It is difficult for ordinary people to carry it, let alone dance like a flower.
This spear is in Wang Ju's hand, using the spear as a sword, its power is much more powerful than the Mo Dao.
Ordinary generals lift shields in their hands, and their defensive power is quite strong. But the problem is that the opponent lifts a long iron rod weighing fifty or sixty kilograms and slashes it with thunderous force. How can he resist it?
