Seeing Xiang Ji and his Canglongqi retreating away, Cao Jun's generals immediately began to complain dissatisfiedly about his back.
Who is it?
So arrogant? Don’t you save any face for others?
Yes, you are the King of Chu and you are an ally, but what happened to Li Dian?
Our lord kindly gives you reinforcements, but if you still don’t want them, can you prevent others from misunderstanding them?
Looking at Li Dian who turned red and remained speechless after being ridiculed by Xiang Ji, all the generals in Cao's army felt the same way.
I'm afraid this book doesn't take us into consideration at all!
Cao Cao was helpless about the situation in front of him.
What can I say about Xiang Ji being arrogant? He is not one of my subordinates.
Even if they become in-laws later, they will only have equal status.
I'm afraid that if I dare to act like my father-in-law with him, this guy can't even beat Cao.
Cao Cao had a rough understanding of Xiang Ji's character through these days.
After all, this guy is still a warrior.
Although they are scheming and resourceful, when encountering problems, they mostly choose to use violence to solve problems.
Of course, this is also because of their strength.
Therefore, Cao Cao could tolerate Xiang Ji as much as he could.
After all, Xiang Ji respects Cao Cao. From the perspective of an ally, Xiang Ji's performance is fully qualified.
As for his attitude towards his generals? Cao Cao could only treat it as invisible.
Who makes me feel uncomfortable when I always look for Xiang Yu?
Xiang Ji, who had already led his army away, could also guess that Cao Jun generals were dissatisfied with him.
But, is that important?
If it weren't for Yuan Shao, I would have sent my troops to attack you, okay?
Regarding the relationship between the two parties, both Xiang Ji and Cao Cao were actually very clear in their hearts.
They are just using each other.
Cao Cao relied on marrying a girl to maintain his alliance with Xiang Ji, so that he could use the help of Chu to fight against Yuan Shao.
Similarly, Xiang Ji also used Cao Cao as a barrier for himself.
After all, it was just a front in Qingzhou to resist Yuan Shao's partial attack on Chu, which was not under much pressure.
But if Cao Cao was destroyed by Yuan Shao, Chu State would have to face Yuan Shao's armies coming from Qingzhou and Yanzhou at the same time.
This is simply impossible to resist.
And because of historical changes, Cao Cao is far less powerful than he was in the Battle of Guandu in history, so the chance of being defeated by Yuan Shao is quite high.
After marching for several days, Xiang Ji arrived at Cangtingjin on the eastern front.
Looking at the empty bank of the Yellow River, Xiang Ji felt helpless.
It seems that although history has changed, the inertia of this general direction will not change.
That guy Yuan Shao should still attack Yanjin.
At this time, in Yanjin, as Xiang Ji expected, Cao Jun had already started a war with the Hebei branch led by Wen Chou.
"The whole army is crossing the river, but don't worry about Cao's army. They don't have many archers and can't stop our army!"
When Wen Chou led the army to the other side of Yanjin, he found that Yanjin had already been defended by Cao's army.
Looking at the Xiahou flag flying on the banner, Wen Chou knew that this must be Cao Jun's general Xiahou Dun defending again.
Although he was surprised that Cao Jun would defend here, Wen Chou didn't pay much attention.
There are only 30,000 Cao Cao's troops and not many archers. How can they stop my army from crossing the river?
Yes, because of the pressure brought by Yuan Shao in Liyang, Cao Cao only gave Xiahou Dun three thousand archers.
There is no way, in this era, archers are not so easy to train.
Although it is said that the Qin Dynasty once had such a sharp weapon as the crossbow, with the demise of the Qin Dynasty, the manufacturing technology of the crossbow has long disappeared in the long river of history.
Nowadays, there are only some large siege crossbows, and defensive crossbows can still be seen occasionally. Crossbows used by individual soldiers? Haha, don’t even think about it.
But no one knows that far in the south in Jingzhou, a young man named Zhuge and a young girl named Huang are studying how to make individual crossbows.
And that young girl is Zhuge Liang and his wife Huang Yueying who have not yet left the mountain.
"Quick! The spearmen will form a formation and attack as soon as the Hebei army crosses the river. Don't let them occupy the river bank.
Archers, load your arrows, aim at the Hebei Army in the middle of the river, and shoot hard!"
Because Yanjin Ferry belongs to the shoal area of the Yellow River, there is no need for ships to cross the river.
The water in the river can only affect the speed of the Hebei army crossing the river.
But even so, this was considered a natural line of defense for Cao Jun.
At the very least, when the Hebei Army crossed the river, it was impossible to launch a cavalry charge.
"Kill!"
Although there was nothing wrong with the arrangement made by Xiahou Dun, it was limited by the fact that there were too few archers. Facing an army of 50,000 people crossing the river, the lethality caused by 3,000 archers was still slightly insufficient.
When the first batch of Hebei troops successfully landed on the south bank, the formal showdown between the two armies began.
Because the formation was prepared in advance, Cao Jun's spearmen caused great damage to the Hebei Army. Hebei Army who had just crossed the river and had not yet made adjustments were stabbed to death on the river bank by Cao Jun's spearmen.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. With the successful landing of the second batch of Hebei Army troops, the pressure on Cao Jun suddenly increased dramatically.
Everyone was fighting hard, and no one was willing to take a step back. Facing the bank of the Yanjin River, the Yuan and Cao armies launched the bloodiest hand-to-hand battle.
Soldiers and armor kept falling on the river bank, but when they fell, there would be subsequent soldiers and armor to fill the vacancy left by them.
Arrows are flying and warriors are roaring.
As a large number of soldiers from both armies were killed, the water in this section of the Yellow River was even dyed bright red.
Although the soldiers of Cao's army fought bravely, they never retreated a step in the face of the powerful Hebei army.
However, due to the limitation of numbers, Cao's army, which was outnumbered by 20,000 people, was gradually unable to resist at the flat Yanjin Ferry.
More and more Hebei troops successfully crossed the river, and more and more Cao Jun died in the battle at the hands of Hebei troops.
Xiahou Dun, who was commanding the rear formation, saw this scene and his eyes were filled with jealousy.
"Soldiers of Cao Jun! Follow me and drive these Hebei veterans down the river!"
Seeing that Cao's army was defeated, Xiahou Dun could no longer bear it.
He clamped his legs together and urged the horse to gallop towards the river bank.
Behind him were the only two hundred cavalrymen guarding Yanjin Ferry.
"Boom!"
Although the number of cavalry is small, when the horses gallop together, the sound created is also full of shock.
"Kill! General Xiahou is here, brothers, kill!"
Xiahou Dun's personal visit to the front line immediately reinvigorated Cao's army's declining morale.
The Hebei Army that had just gained the upper hand was driven back to the river bank again under Xiahou Dun's charge.
But just when Xiahou Dun was concentrating on dealing with the Hebei army in front of him, a general was killed in the diagonal stab.
"My dear Xiahou, how can you bully a pawn? How dare you fight against a certain family!"