Chapter 56: The tiger enters the deer and the jackal cuts it off
The infantry battle between the Eastern and Western armies gradually became more intense. With the full input of troops from both sides, the war entered an extremely bloody stage. Relying on the strength of their numbers, the Eastern Army tried to break through the Western Army's front line again and again.
, and the Western Army relied on the geographical location and the quality of its soldiers to defeat the Eastern Army's counterattacks time and time again.
Although people kept falling down and wailing between the blades, the generals on both sides seemed to be evenly matched, showing a stalemate situation where no one could do anything to the other. Because of excessive physical exertion, many soldiers were replaced.
The back row rested, so that everyone had time to retrieve the wounded and cut off their heads. However, like wild beasts biting each other, no one in the two armies could escape from the opposite side, and the fighting in front continued.
Even though the battle between the Westerners and the Easterners was bloody and bloody, it did not slow down in any way. The Eastern Army realized that it had seen the weakness of its opponents, and in order to seek a breakthrough, it continued to increase its attack intensity on the left wing. The Easterners continued to attack one after another.
The waves continued to attack and ravage like waves, so that the right wing of the Western Army gradually showed signs of being unsustainable.
After Zhao Yun's troops were replaced, it was Chen Deng's troops who came in to fight fiercely with Dongren. The fierce battles soon began. Dongren could replace them with new forces every time. After several rounds, Chen Deng's personal troops gradually became stronger.
They couldn't stand it any longer. Corpses were piled up like a fortress in front of both armies. Xia Houyuan, the governor of Youzhou in the East, personally led dozens of soldiers to mount the corpses and shoot at them. The arrows flew like locusts, killing many Westerners in the front row. The Easterners took advantage of this moment and
Pounce forward into the formation.
Chen Deng's younger brother, Chen Ying, was wounded in the face. Before he could retreat, several Dongmen rushed forward and stabbed him randomly. The needles came out of his chest and died immediately. However, Chen Deng, the governor, and Chen Ying were only a few people apart.
After a while, he watched his brother die at the hands of Dongren. The cronies around him had followed Chen Deng for many years. Seeing this situation, they were furious. They rushed forward to avenge Chen Ying with a knife, but were stopped by Chen Deng. Chen Deng was slow.
Said slowly: "The thieves climb mountains to fight, so we will first exhaust their energy."
After Chen Deng finished speaking, he divided his men into three teams. One team shot arrows in front to stop the Dong people, one team formed an arrow team in the back and waited, and the other team withdrew to the end. The three teams took turns and alternated in slow waves.
Retreat. When the people from the East saw that the people from the West had let go of their front, they led more people in. However, the road in the mountain was narrow and there were many people from the East, so the speed of climbing the mountain slowed down unconsciously. This kind of
The deceleration gradually passed backwards, and the huge waves attacked by the East seemed to have encountered an embankment and piled up turbulently. The armors and weapons of the soldiers collided with each other, making a continuous sound.
During the pursuit, as the front team moved forward, the originally dense formation of the Dong people was pulled forward and became slightly sparse in the middle. Chen Deng led the men to shoot arrows from a high position, and they also tried to launch a counterattack with bows, but in the end
The Westerners were not as orderly as the Westerners, so the casualties gradually increased. But what pleased the Easterners was that, after paying the tolerable casualties, they gradually approached the mountain crest and could see the dome behind it. As long as they could occupy
Mountain crest, the geographical advantage of Westerners will no longer exist.
What they didn't notice was that some Western infantrymen had quietly crawled into the rocks and hid on the other side of the mountain ridge. They were holding long knives and waiting for the right opportunity. By then, the Eastern troops' formation was already stretched.
When the dough not only became sparse, but also the large and small holes were in danger of breaking off the front and rear. About a thousand Western infantry stood up from the mountain, and then rushed down from west to east, directly crashing into
Eastern Army formation.
The two armies were fighting, and both sides were actually a little exhausted. But at this time, the Westerners were diving down, while the Easterners were thrusting upwards. The victory of the two sides was almost instantly clear. In addition, the Eastern Army
The formation was loose, making the Western Army in columns like a sharp bayonet, cutting into the soft neck of the Eastern Army's formation, and continuously extending eastward, threatening to cut and surround the Eastern Army's front line.
Almost at the same time, the Western troops on both sides also beat the drums, and the Western soldiers who had not yet entered the battlefield rushed over. It was like rain hiding from an ant nest. The Eastern forwards knew that they were no match after a little resistance.
, and the miscellaneous soldiers behind them were even more frightened when they saw this situation for the first time. Even though the governor shouted repeatedly, they were still confused and didn't know what to do. This made the Dongren infantry who went up the mountain panic and choose their way, and finally fell from the mountain road one after another like falling rocks.
They fell accidentally, and those who were lucky only suffered minor injuries, while those who were unlucky fell to death on the spot. And many more people broke their bones, but still endured the pain and returned to the team.
Seeing this, the Westerners did not take advantage of the situation to pursue them. Instead, they reorganized their ranks, occupied the surrounding favorable terrain covered by flat land and trees, and regained a foothold at the foot of the mountain. This time the counterattack also made the Easterners
All the efforts just now have been in vain.
Cao Cao saw this situation in his eyes and felt secretly dissatisfied in his heart. If they could hold on for a while longer, he would send cavalry troops to help them and break through the most important period. However, it was all in vain now. He called Dian Wei and said: "
If you can't wait any longer, lead a hundred tiger soldiers to go up in person and fight your way out!"
Dian Wei was about to take the order, but at this moment, a sound like thousands of apes roaring together came from the north. The sound was so melodious and broad that everyone fighting on the battlefield couldn't help but pause.
Weapons, eyes looked towards the north. They could all hear it, it was the sound of the trumpet when the soldiers gathered.
The sound of the horn comes from Cailiang Mountain, a few miles northeast of Baideng Mountain. Cailiang Mountain is shaped like a tiger crouching and has many trees. The top of the mountain plunges straight down, giving people an awe-inspiring murderous aura. It is said that it is blessed by gods and men, so in winter
The remaining snow can be seen in this mountain in May, so it was named Cailiang, and its wonder is also called "Xiyan Snow". However, no one paid attention to the wonder at this time.
He was closely watching the changes in the movements of the figures in the mountains. At this time, a red three-foot-long banner with Chinese characters was hung up, and then a three-foot-long and wide flag with a red background and green edges and a cloud-patterned flying tiger was hung on one side.
The flag, followed by countless red flags, seemed to have an extra red maple forest in Cailiang Mountain.
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How could the eastern and western armies present not know that the Western cavalry in the north had defeated the Xianbei army and led their troops back to the battlefield! The morale of the Westerners, who had been slightly depressed due to the hard battle, suddenly boosted, and they were deeply depressed because of the difficulty in breaking through the front.
The tired Easterners felt even more disappointed at this time. The Eastern governors repeatedly urged the deployers to launch the offensive again, but both the effectiveness and order were not as good as before, which was also visible to the naked eye.
Cao Cao stared at the flying tiger flag in the north and cursed Ke Bi in his heart for his incompetence, but his face remained calm. He turned to Xia Houshang beside him and sneered: "Liu Xuande is really not overbearing. I knew he would come from the north."
For an encirclement attack, the elite infantry and cavalrymen currently under the tent are specially prepared for him!"
Having said that, he immediately mobilized the four troops of the Chinese army, Cao Chun, Wen Chou, Han Hao, and Xian Yufu, who had not yet entered the battlefield, and the first army of Qu Yi as a reserve team. After the five troops gathered together, he also mobilized the horses that had been collected before, so that
Suddenly there were more than 30,000 cavalry in the army.
While the troops were being mobilized, Cao Cao immediately summoned Qu Yi, took Qu Yi's hand and said, "Da Sima was awarded a special honor last time, which shows that he is very brave. Now Liu Bei is coming around the north, trying to attack my flank, but he doesn't know that I am also very brave."
I want to use him as a barrier to defeat the Western bandits in one fell swoop! Now I want to hand over this responsibility to the Grand Sima. Does the Grand Sima dare to make meritorious deeds?"
Qu Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed his head and said: "If I win, I would like to be appointed governor of Bingzhou, and I hope the marshal will not forget it!"
Cao Cao nodded and smiled, and said to Cao Chun on the side: "As the deputy general of Da Sima, all ministries must obey orders!"
Having said that, the generals immediately turned their horses back to the army and galloped away towards Cailiang Mountain with their subordinates.
At this time, the people in the north were the high-ranking cadres of General Guangwu. The soldiers here did not know that Cao Cao had sent reinforcements, but they clearly saw the swaggering red flag forest on Cailiang Mountain two miles away, and they suddenly
Knowing that he was flanked by the Westerners, he was panicked for a while, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. When the senior officials saw this situation, they knew that it was impossible to attack again, but once they retreated, it would easily cause the entire army to collapse, so he ordered his soldiers to
As a unit, form a circular formation of hundreds of people to defend on the spot.
Before the formation change could be completed, the Western troops from Cailiang Mountain were already rushing down. Just like the embankment was broken by the torrent, and only the high ground could be spared from being submerged, the small circular formation formed by the Easterners soon joined the influx of troops.
The Westerners formed an intertwined fighting situation. This was because the senior cadres, from deputy generals to corps commanders, were all Bohai veterans assigned by Yuan Shao. They had enough experience and prestige to control the new recruits and break them into small units.
Fight, so they are defeated but not broken, scattered but not in chaos.
Although the Westerners broke through the position of the high-ranking cadres and wedged themselves into the right wing of the Eastern Army, they did not continue to expand it, nor were they able to completely tear open the gap. This was because they saw the Eastern cavalry mobilizing in the distance.
If the army continues to penetrate deeper, the formation will become loose and the pressure on the flanks will increase. Therefore, they only launch the offensive in the high-level cadre formation, while running back and forth in the rain of arrows, while trying to get between the passing circular formations.
, using the steel blade to scrape off some flesh and blood, trying to cause some rout, but unfortunately the effect was not significant.
Zhang Fei was among the Westerners who were going back and forth to kill the enemy at this time. However, he had been fighting for too long in the Xianbei camp and was a little tired. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to kill the enemy at this time. Instead, he was conserving his strength and looking for a suitable target for him.
The prey. But I was unlucky. After running for four or five small battles, I still didn’t see any high-ranking officials.
Just when he was a little discouraged, the knight in front came to report to him: "Your Majesty, the Eastern Army coming from the south is carrying a red crow flag, and it seems to be Qu Yi's Qiang cavalry!" Zhang Fei suddenly froze when he heard this, and his eyes were fierce.
With a round stare, he raised the horse's horse high, and then sneered to the south: "The traitor came at a good time. He broke my brother's hand a few days ago. Today I will cut him into pieces!"
After that, he led about 4,000 of his men to run eastward, broke away from the eastern circle, and then reorganized into the formation. At this time, he could see the black rushing water to the south, carrying smoke and dust like sea waves.
He rolled back and was shocked to the reef. But Zhang Fei showed no sign of timidity. He roared to the sky, like a tiger rising from the wind, and rushed in without hesitation.