Xia Houyuan was directing the battle on horseback. Cao Hong suddenly ran up to him. He hurriedly asked: "What is Zilian doing here?"
Cao Hong first bowed his hand, and then said: "Miaocai, the king ordered you to lead the Shen March to set off now. You must rush into the county town of Juan County ahead of Zhang He, and try to find the Yan army's food storage place. If you can't find it,
, but also to make the place full of chaos."
Xia Houyuan chuckled and said, "I understand. Zi Lian will come and direct the battle. I'm leaving."
After saying that, Xia Houyuan raised the sword in his hand high and shouted loudly: "God Marching Army, follow me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, three thousand soldiers of the Divine March, who had been well prepared, followed Xia Houyuan and left the army.
Cao Hong took over from Xia Houyuan to direct the siege battle. Once he took over, he rushed over and shouted loudly: "Charge the whole army!"
At the command, the soldiers who were originally just watching the battle began to rush forward. They rushed to the bottom of the city wall, set up ladders and climbed up. The archers shot at the city wall, suppressing Pan Xiang who was guarding the city.
Cao Hong rode his horse to the bottom of the city wall, jumped off his horse, grabbed a shield from a soldier, and at the same time drew out his sword and shouted to the densely packed soldiers under the city wall: "Stack the human dragon!"
With an order, the originally disorganized soldiers instantly gathered together to form a trapezoidal human wall from low to high.
Without saying a word, Cao Hong jumped up, stepped on the back of the soldiers who had been formed, and rushed forward. Halfway through the rush, he jumped up again and stood on the high ladder. Then he used the elasticity of the ladder to climb back up.
He jumped up to the top of the city, brandished the waist knife in his hand, and hacked to death several Yan soldiers who came to attack, becoming the first person in the Wei army to scale the city wall and occupy a place.
Pan Xiang saw Cao Hong ascending the city wall and fighting his way there. Without saying a word, Pan Xiang went straight towards Cao Hong and killed him.
Cao Hong had superb swordsmanship, waving his shield to block, demonstrating the perfect combination between sword and shield. When he saw Pan Xiang attacking, he immediately changed the direction of the attack and quickly slashed towards Pan Xiang.
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Pan Xiang's kung fu was not weak, but the battle lasted too long and consumed too much physical energy. In addition, Cao Hong's kung fu was far superior to his. Under Cao Hong's fast attack, he failed to block in time, and one of his arms was cut off by Cao Hong.
, blood spurted out.
Cao Hong couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw that Pan Xiang had broken his arm and didn't even scream. But the enemy was the enemy, not to mention Pan Xiang was the leader of the enemy army. Instead of reducing the force of his attack, he intensified it, striving to achieve the best of the three moves.
The result was Pan Xiang.
"Bang!"
Cao Hong struck hard with his sword, but the force was too great. As soon as the sword in his hand collided with Pan Xiang's sword, it immediately broke into two pieces.
Under the sudden situation, Cao Hong did not appear panicked. He knew very well that the Yan army's weapons and equipment were very sophisticated, so the sword was broken. He still wielded the broken sword and used three quick attacks. Seeing Pan
Xiang moved slowly, and with the right timing, he hit Pan Xiang's head with one strike. The head flew up, and at the same time, he took the steel knife from Pan Xiang's hand and continued to fight.
As Cao Hong carved out a small area on the city wall, the Wei soldiers who climbed up gradually joined the battle circle, making the occupied area larger and larger. Finally, the Wei soldiers gradually climbed onto the city wall, relying on the sea of people.
The tactics were to slaughter all the Yan army soldiers who were exhausted from fighting.
Cao Mengde looked at the battle in Yuanyong City from a distance. When he saw Cao Hong leading the way on the city wall and seizing the city wall, he smiled and said: "Zi Lian is so brave and brave. It is really a blessing for me."
Not long after, the gate of Yuanyong City was opened by Cao Hong, and a large number of Wei troops poured into the city, but Zhang He and his men had already left.
Cao Mengde rode his horse and arrived at the city wall under the protection of Dian Wei. Before entering the city, he saw fire rising into the sky from the northwest and thick smoke billowing. Coupled with the strength of the wind, he was worried that the fire would spread to the city, so he directly ordered:
"The order is passed, no one is allowed to enter the city, and another 10,000 soldiers are selected to follow me to pursue the enemy army and go straight to the place where the Yan army stores food."
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Zhang He, Chen Dao, Wei Yan, Chu Yan, and Xu You led the army that had retreated from Yuanyong City and used horses to pull grain in front. Zhang He and Wei Yan led a thousand soldiers to the rear. Since the road was not very smooth, they loaded up the food.
Food vehicles did not move so quickly, which greatly hindered the soldiers' retreat speed.
"General Zhang, if this continues, it will be very bad. The enemy will catch up soon. Why don't we leave the food temporarily and let's move forward lightly?" Seeing the slow retreat, Chu Yan came to the rear army and said to Zhang He.
"No! Now the world is full of wars, thieves are rampant, people are displaced, and many fertile fields are deserted. Although the food is small, it is cultivated by the people's hard work. In addition to the food prices in Yan State are relatively stable, the food prices in the Central Plains and Guanzhong are still stable.
The price of food has reached a very high price. We cannot abandon the food and must bring it all back. You know, this food can save thousands of people!" Zhang He said with a serious face.
Wei Yan suggested: "General, if this continues, the Wei army will catch up before we can return to Juan County. The Wei army is so numerous that once we are overtaken, we will not be able to transport the food back."
Zhang He didn't know this, but food was very important to the Yan army. If it was just thrown away to the Wei army, wouldn't it be a gift?
While Zhang He was thinking, Chen Dao came to Zhang He from the front army. He happened to hear the conversation just now and said to Zhang He: "General Zhang, why don't you hide the food in a secret place for the time being and wait for our army to counterattack? Then we can find it again."
Late."
"Kala!"
A loud noise came from the front army, and then the food transport convoys stopped. A soldier hurriedly ran over, cupping his fists and saying: "For the information, generals, a food truck suddenly broke and the food was scattered on the ground.
The broken grain truck blocks the road behind, please let the general decide."
"It's true that misfortunes never come singly!" Zhang He said bitterly, "Send the order and ask all the cavalry to dismount and quickly put the grain on their horses. A cavalryman leads a horse and evacuates quickly with the grain on his back. The remaining grain is left to each soldier.
Carry a bag. Chang Wen, you and I will lead a thousand troops to stay behind."
"promise!"
Chen Da said: "General Zhang, the army we brought back is only more than 5,000 people. Even if one person carries a bag of grain, he can't carry it all. There will be some grain left. What will happen to the remaining grain?"
"I can only throw it away, but I have to use it in the right place. Uncle Zhi, you and General Chu will leave with the troops first, and leave the remaining food to me."
Chen Dao thought for a moment and asked: "General Zhang, could it be that you want to use food to ambush the Wei army?"
Zhang He said: "If we can resist the Wei army for some time, it will also create more time for you. Uncle Zhi, please take the people away quickly. It won't be delayed."
Chu Yan said: "In that case, I will stay. One more person will give you more strength."
Zhang He said: "Okay then."
As a result, the army was divided into two. Zhang He led Wei Yan, Chu Yan and a thousand infantry to stay, while Chen Dao led the remaining soldiers back with food.
Sure enough, the amount of food Chen Dao could take away was limited, and there were still a few hundred bags of food left.
Zhang He looked at the grain and felt it was a pity, but in order to hinder the progress of the Wei army, he had no choice but to make this move. So, he ordered people to pile up the grain and the vehicles that were no longer in use, filling the entire road.
, stretching back and forth for more than a mile.
Wei Yan and Chu Yan each led 300 people to find some flammable objects from the nearby woods and placed them beside them. They also prepared fire sticks and were ready to light a fire at any time.
Zhang He led 400 men scattered in the middle of the road, pretending to be carrying grain and grass to attract the enemy's targets.
"General Zhang, what you did is too obvious to fool the Wei army." Xu You suddenly appeared from behind Zhang He and said suddenly.
Zhang He was startled, turned his head and asked, "Commander Xu, why didn't you leave?"
Xu You said: "I will stay to help you. Your arrangement is so obvious that anyone with a discerning eye can see what you want to do at a glance."
Zhang He asked: "What does the military advisor say we should do?"
"It's still too late. Please ask General Zhang to lead the soldiers to pick up the food and move back two miles, and then let people set the vehicles here on fire. The enemy will definitely think that we are deliberately hindering their progress. Therefore, after putting out the fire, there will inevitably be
They chased them relentlessly. Then, they let the soldiers cut them off.
Open a few bags of grain and spread it all over the ground, extending from here to the ambush area behind. Then place the grain in the middle of the road, with flammable branches and grass as cushions underneath. All the troops will ambush on both sides of the road, and so on.
Only then can we snipe the front line of the Wei army's pursuit." Xu You said.
Zhang He thought for a while and felt that what Xu You said made sense, so he said: "Okay, let's do it like this."
So Zhang He asked the soldiers to do as Xu You said, lighting the vehicle, and a fire dragon appeared on the road. Zhang He and others all evacuated to an ambush two miles behind, first placing flammable objects on the ground.
On the road, grain is sprinkled on it, and finally bags of grain are piled up to create a messy appearance that is scattered all over the floor.
When everything was ready, Wei Yan led 400 people to hide on the left side of the road, Chu Yan led 400 people to hide on the right side of the road, Zhang He and Xu You led 200 people to hide a little farther away from Wei Yan and Chu Yan, just waiting
The arrival of the Wei army.
Cao Hong rode on horseback, leading 500 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, and quickly chased after him. Suddenly he saw the road ahead was on fire, and grain was sprinkled on the ground. He immediately understood that this was a grain transport truck, and said with a smile: "
At this juncture, the Yan army has not forgotten to take away the food? Put out the fire quickly, the Yan army must not have gone far, we will catch up and kill them! There is no way to use this method to stop my progress.