Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 626
Previously, Xiahou Dun personally visited the battle formation and attacked Yuan Xi's central army several times, but was blocked by the trapped camp and finally returned without success.

The two sides fought for most of the day, and they were already red-blooded. Xiahou Dun encountered dangerous situations several times, but he was extremely brave and would not retreat until he was exhausted.

When the Jizhou army made a sneak attack on Xiahou Dun's rear, Xiahou Dun had just retreated from the front line. Even though he was extremely brave and had fought for such a long time, he felt extremely tired. At this time, when he saw the chaos of the rear army, he forced his sore body and hands and feet to mount his horse. Go and resist.

When he saw that the one coming was Gao Lan, one of the Four Court Pillars, he couldn't help but secretly scream in pain.

Seeing the opponent's spear coming towards him, Xiahou Dun bravely raised his spear and fought back. However, during the fight, he found that the force from Gao Lan's spear was not as powerful as he had imagined.

Xiahou Dun thought for a moment and immediately understood that the other party must have experienced a fierce battle, otherwise the offensive would definitely be more fierce!
He immediately pointed his gun and shouted: "The other side is exhausted, try your best, we still have a glimmer of hope!"

After hearing this, the soldiers under his command roared loudly and rushed towards the Jizhou army.

Gao Lan and Xiahou Dun fought for more than ten moves, and neither side could do anything to the other. Gao Lan was about to call the generals to surround him, but he heard the sound of wind behind his head. Gao Lan subconsciously shrank his head, and a cold arrow grazed his head. The helmet flew past.

Gao Lan broke into a cold sweat and turned around to curse, but found that the one who shot the arrow was Yuan Shang, so he had to swallow his words immediately.

Yuan Shang put down his bow and arrow. He missed the shot just now and almost killed his general!

He understood that the arrow that shot Shi Huan before had a lot of luck involved, so if he relied on it again and again, something would happen sooner or later. If he really shot Gao Lan to death this time under the advantage of the situation, he would be in big trouble. !
As a result of his conservative behavior, the Jizhou army and Cao's army faced off. No one could defeat the other in a short period of time, and the situation fell into a stalemate.

Yuan Xi saw it from the watchtower and couldn't help but sigh that Yuan Shang was still inexperienced.

At this time, you should rush into the battle with all your strength without giving up anything. Even if there will be more casualties, if you defeat the enemy as early as possible, you can save a lot of lives.

Now the raid had turned into a war of attrition, which Yuan Xi obviously didn't want to see. He immediately seized the fleeting opportunity of Xiahou Dun not being on the front line and decisively said to Lu Xun: "Send the signal and the whole army will attack!"

After hearing this, Lu Xun leaned out from the watchtower and shouted a few words to the sergeant at the top. The sergeant above immediately lit an extremely thick firework.

Huge sparks exploded in the sky. General Youzhou Army saw this and immediately formed a formation and began to attack Xiahou Dun's front army in waves.

At this time, Li Dian was already miserable. Xu Chu had approached Zhao Yun earlier, so Li Dian had no choice but to fight Xu Huang, and then he was entangled by Xu Huang and could not escape.

Li Dian was young and energetic and started to fight with all his strength, but he didn't expect that Xu Huang was specially designed to restrain him who was so careless in attacking, so he used a long ax to stop Li Dian's iron spear lightly and skillfully.

After hundreds of moves on both sides, Li Dian's strength was about to be exhausted. He found that he seemed to be trapped in a huge spider web. If he continued like this, he would be trapped to death sooner or later!

To make matters worse, Gao Shun led the trapped camp to surround him. When Li Dian saw it, he secretly complained in his heart, until once he was surrounded, all his troops would be destroyed!
He made a decisive decision, roared, and shot Xu Huang three times, forcing Xu Huang back. However, Li Dian took the opportunity to jump on his horse and escape from the circle before Xu Huang and Gao Shun could encircle him.

But when he looked up, he saw Xu Chu resisting Zhao Yun's faster and faster spears. The spearheads kept breaking through Xu Chu's defense and hitting his armor, making a ding-ding sound.

Xu Chu had just joined Cao's army not long ago, and his battle experience was not as good as that of Zhao Yun. He spent a lot of energy rushing into the battle, and was suppressed by Zhao Yun's gun style for a while. Although he fought back several times, Zhao Yun also used his breathing method at the expense of his body. Time simply cannot find the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

At this moment, there was the sound of horse hooves behind Zhao Yun, but it was Li Dian who galloped over with all his strength. Zhao Yun was afraid of making a mistake, so he turned the horse's head slightly, but he heard Li Dian say to Xu Chu: "Hurry up!"

Xu Chu understood and quickly joined forces with Li Dian to force Zhao Yun back. Both sides retreated into the Chinese army. However, the two men escaped, but the soldiers could not retreat. The Youzhou army took the opportunity to press forward, and Cao's army's formation suddenly showed signs of instability.

Li Dian saw that the Youzhou army was trapped in the front, with Zhao Yun and Xu Huang on the two wings, compressing his formation to the point where it was full of flaws. In addition, Cao's army was exhausted, and people kept falling to the ground from exhaustion, so he said anxiously to Xu Chu: " Zhong Kang, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand it anymore!”

Xu Chu said with a stern face, "Mancheng, you saw it too, the soldiers don't even have the strength to run!"

"General Xiahou is still cutting off the rear. If we retreat, won't we kill him?"

After hearing this, Li Dian gritted his teeth and said, "Something can be done or not. If we don't break out of the current situation in time, everyone will die here!"

"I'll send someone to talk to General Xiahou!"

While they were talking, they heard a shout from the rear army, and then there was the sound of horns and drums. The two of them listened carefully. This was Xiahou Dun's signal to break out and retreat to the west!
They knew that the rear army could not stop them, so Xu Chu immediately blocked the front army, and Li Dian led his men to attack the west road.

It was Xu Huang who was on the west road. There were not many troops left under his command. Suddenly, he saw Cao Jun, who was several times his own, rushing towards him crazily. He had to temporarily withdraw from the formation. However, at this moment, Cao Jun's rear army also Rolled over.

Xiahou Dun's face was gloomy, and blood continued to flow from his shoulders. He and Gao Lan exchanged shots, and both sides were stabbed by the other side. It can be said that it was extremely tragic.

But Xiahou Dun also took the opportunity to temporarily push back the Jizhou army. After learning that the situation of the former army was not good, what he had to do now was to fight with Yu Jin and Cao Xiu to save as many soldiers as possible and retreat quickly!

With the three generals Xiahou Dun desperately trying to cover up and kill them, Cao Jun's army fled to the west. Yuan Xi's army and Yuan Shang's army were behind them to cover up and kill them. Cao Jun's soldiers continued to fall to the ground and died along the way.

By the time Xiahou Dun and the other three escaped from the encirclement, their bodies were all scarred, and they had less than half of the troops they had brought with them.

Yuan Xi felt much more relaxed when he saw his side's pursuit. Even if Xiahou Dun fled to Cao Xiu's side, he was still at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. As long as he and Yuan Shang caught each other from behind, they would eat them up sooner or later!He took Lu Xun down to the watchtower and joined the pursuit.

More than half an hour later, Xiahou Dun and Cao Xiu met.

After he saw the situation on the battlefield, his first thought was that it was better not to come.

Because Cao Xiu's army was worse than his own!
Cao Xiuyu banned this army, but it was defeated alive by Taishi Ci and Yan Rouxian Yufu.

Although Yu Jin tried his best to protect the front line with shield soldiers, after the Youzhou army poured out a large number of arrows, almost all Cao Jun's shields were filled with at least a dozen arrows.

These arrows were heavy and penetrated deeply into the shield, making it impossible for Cao's shield soldiers to hold the shield firmly. The soldiers also needed more strength to support them, and it was even more inconvenient to turn around.

Many people tried to cut off the arrows with knives, but as soon as they put down their shields, the arrows from the opposite side flew over again, and people kept falling to the ground after being hit by arrows.

Yu Jin stared at the seven or eight quivers beside the saddle of the horse archers on the opposite side, and said helplessly to Cao Xiu: "General, the arrows on the opposite side are too many!"

"They haven't fired half yet, and we can hardly support it any longer. As long as there are more than a dozen rounds of volleys, our side will be completely finished!"

Cao Xiu was also depressed and wanted to vomit blood. Who knew that the Youzhou bow cavalry on the ground came out with so many arrows!

Generally, a cavalryman carrying two or three barrels of arrows is considered too much. After shooting more than half of them, the battle is over. How can a cavalry carry ten barrels of arrows?

He could also guess that the Youzhou army on the opposite side was rushing for reinforcements over a long distance. It was probably because these horse archers brought their own logistics supplies and the latest armaments from Youzhou that they were so extravagant.

But I am overwhelmed by this kind of tactics, and I still can't deal with it!
Cao Xiu and Yu Jinyi combined, this battle is unwinnable. Now they can only reverse the disadvantage by finding a way to break out of the encirclement and join other roads!

After discussing it, the two decided to break through to the east and find Xiahou Dun.

The reason for this choice is that Xiahou Dun's route should have the greatest advantage. If the two of them ask for reinforcements and join forces, it should not affect the overall situation of the battlefield, right?
Under the bows and arrows of the Youzhou Army, the two of them paid a high price to break out of the encirclement, but fortunately, with the help of the cover of the terrain, the two of them escaped in embarrassment, temporarily putting some distance between themselves and Taishi Ci's army.

But then they met Xiahou Dun head-on, and after understanding each other's situation, they couldn't laugh anymore.

Both sides were forced to break out, and now there are pursuers behind both sides. They were deliberately released to surround them!
Cao Xiu felt bitter in his mouth. No wonder the Youzhou archers on the opposite side didn't rush to chase him. It turned out that he was just waiting for there to be more people on his side, and the tail would not be lost, so it would be easier to take care of him!

Xiahou Dun felt heavy, and he decisively told everyone: "We can't delay any longer, retreat south immediately, and be ready to retreat to Dongwuyang and Cangtingjin areas at any time!"

Cao Xiu said in a hesitant voice: "Which way can the talented person enter?"

Xiahou Dun said aloud: "We cannot protect ourselves and cannot respond to them. We can only send people to notify them to retreat."

"Withdraw to the edge of the Yellow River so that we can join forces and resist the opponent's offensive."

Yu Jin couldn't help but said: "Why don't you retreat to the Houjun camp?"

Xiahou Dun sighed: "On the way to help, the rear army was attacked by the Jizhou army in a sneak attack, and Shi Huan died in the battle."

"The whereabouts of Gongda Changwen's two counselors are unknown. They must have escaped, but almost all the soldiers in the rear army were wiped out."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Although everyone was only defeated temporarily, the losses to the rear army were irreparable!

At this moment, Cao Jun did not dare to delay anymore and rushed south with all his strength. Yuan Xi saw it in the telescope and thought that this was good. If he chased the enemy and fought, his own losses would be smaller.

Otherwise, if the enemy persists in resisting, the Youzhou Army will have to spend a huge price to annihilate the opponent, which is obviously not cost-effective.

Now not only himself, but also the Jizhou Army is also chasing and killing on the flanks. This time, Cao Jun is afraid that most of his lives will be left on this battlefield!
When he was in a good mood, the news from the spies made him look unhappy.

Yuan Shang sent an urgent letter, saying that he must rush back to Yecheng now, and asked Wen Chou and Zhang He to follow him back!

After Lu Xun heard the news, a look of anger appeared on his face, "The battle has reached this point, why should we give up the victory that is so close to us?"

It is enough for Yuan Shang to go one way. If Wen Chou and Zhang He retreat, Yuan Xi's pursuit will become a lone army and will be surrounded by the other two groups at any time.

Yuan Xi and Lu Xun were extremely puzzled by Yuan Shang's actions, but the news that followed made them understand the reason why Yuan Shang did what he did.

Yuan Tan's troops are rushing to Yecheng.

(End of this chapter)