The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 296: Defeat is Imminent
Guo Tu beside him also showed a look of worry on his face.

But he knew even more that the 5,000 men around him could not move. These men were all heavily armored infantry. Although they were strong and invulnerable to swords and spears, they could only fight for a short period of time. It was impossible for them to sprint, and even fighting for a long time was impossible.

If they rushed out at this time, they would only send these 5,000 people to the enemy's cavalry and be dragged to death, so they could only watch the enemy rush towards the camp.

"My lord, Mr. Ju Shou is still in the camp, so I believe he will be fine."

Guo Tu said quickly.

At the moment, Yuan Shao can only let Ju Su resist the enemy's attack. He has no available soldiers around him, and all his troops are in the Guandu camp. Now it depends on who can break through the enemy's defense line first.

On the Yellow River, blood had dyed the water red, countless corpses were floating on the river, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

This was probably the largest battle since the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the late Han Dynasty. Both sides deployed as many as 400,000 troops and the battle was brutal and thrilling.

This was a war that would determine the fate of the Central Plains.

Dian Wei led the cavalry towards Yuan Shao's camp. Since he could not kill Yuan Shao, he attacked his camp and burned the enemy's camp. This would also shake the enemy's morale.

When he saw Yuan Shao ordering the halberd soldiers to retreat, he knew that Yuan Shao was not fooled and he knew his plan very clearly.

Yuan's main camp was only a hundred steps away from the bank of the Yellow River. When Dian Wei led his army to attack Yuan Shao's central army, Ju Su got the news and gathered the 3,000 men around him to prepare to defend the camp.

Sure enough, after Dian Wei failed in his attack on Yuan Shao’s central army, he turned around and headed towards the main camp.

Thousands of sharp arrows flew through the air and attacked Dian Wei's cavalry. Some unlucky Huben cavalry were shot down, but more soldiers had already rushed towards the gate.

The ferocious Dian Wei was not afraid of the sharp arrows in front of him. He drove his mount towards the gate. The horse hit the gate, and he leaped and appeared in front of the gate. He swung his double halberds, split the gate, and then crashed into it.

He was seen flying, slashing forward with the double halberds in his hands, chopping off the opponent's weapons together with his weapons. Then he let out a fierce roar, and like a tiger descending from the mountain, he cut a bloody path through the chaotic army.

The Huben cavalry behind him took the opportunity to charge in.

In front of the central army tent, Ju Su looked at the wolf-like and tiger-like cavalry, and the extremely ferocious Dian Wei, with a look of horror on his face. What kind of vicious people were these to be so powerful?

"Military advisor, there are enemies coming to the rear camp."

At this moment, a cry of surprise came from beside me.

He turned around and saw a group of people coming towards him. There were not many of them, less than two thousand cavalrymen, and their bodies were covered in blood. The leader was holding two swords, as if he had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The cavalrymen behind him all had their armor broken, were covered in blood, and were all injured.

But Ju Shou felt terrified. The evil spirit on the other party was so strong that he could sense it even from a long distance.

"Qin Shou, how is it possible?"

Ju Shou looked at the other party holding two swords and immediately let out a cry of surprise.

He knew that Qin Shou did not have many men around him, only a few thousand. In his opinion, Lu Kuang could not save the Wuchao camp, but he could still stop Qin Shou. But now it seems that Lu Kuang, this waste, was defeated by the other side, let alone resisting Qin Shou's thousands of men.

Moreover, under such circumstances, Qin Shou actually led the remaining troops to attack Yuan Shao's camp?

"Soldiers, do you see that big camp? That is Yuan Shao's lair."

"Now that his food supplies have been burned by us, defeat is imminent."

"Now, let's destroy them completely and push them into the abyss." Qin Shou looked at the 1,300 cavalrymen behind him, waving his double swords and roaring.

Five thousand men and horses fought Chunyu Qiong in the first battle and burned Wuchao; in the second battle, they fought Lu Kuang and defeated an army of 20,000. The third battle is coming.

In one day, after three bloodbaths, most of the 5,000 elite soldiers were lost, and almost all the remaining ones were injured. If Qin Shou had not led the army in person and charged in front, and if the Tiger Guards were not the elite of the elite, this army would have collapsed long ago. How could they have charged forward?

The eyes of the Huben cavalry were bloodshot as they looked at the commander in front of them. They killed their way forward, charging ahead, with their two swords pointing to where their opponents were. No one could match them. Following behind this invincible general was a symbol of achievement.

"kill!"

One thousand three hundred and twenty-five cavalrymen turned into sharp swords, with Qin Shou as the sword tip, and charged towards the rear camp of Yuan Shao's army.

There were relatively few soldiers in the rear camp, only a dozen or so. When they saw the thousand-plus cavalrymen charging at them, they were all covered in blood, their faces were grim, and they were terrified. They dared not resist, but just hastily shot a few sharp arrows and fled, allowing Qin Shou to charge into the camp.

"Gao Lan, burn all the food and grass. The rest of you, follow me and kill them."

Qin Shou looked at the food and grass piled up in the rear camp, and without hesitation asked Gao Lan to burn them, while he led the remaining troops to attack the front army.

"Qin Shou."

Ju Su looked at the cavalry coming towards him with a stern voice and angry light flashing in his eyes.

"Who are you? Never mind. It doesn't matter."

Qin Shou came on horseback, with two swords waving in his hands, killing all the enemies around him. He came to Ju Shou and slapped him with the blade of his sword. Ju Shou didn't even have a chance to resist and was knocked to the ground unconscious.

"The lord is coming, the lord is coming."

When Dian Wei saw Qin Shou, a look of ecstasy suddenly appeared on his face, and the cavalrymen around him also cheered. The reinforcements in the camp discovered that Ju Shou had been captured, and the enemy reinforcements had already burned the food and grass. They had no will to fight anymore, so they had no intention of counterattacking Qin Shou.

Many people have already fled in all directions. Seeing that Yuan Shao is about to be defeated, these people have no intention of staying here. If they don't escape, they will become prisoners of the Cavalry Army.

Qin Shou ignored these people. These deserters had already played no role. The next time they met, they would be defeated first because they were afraid of the cavalry.

He just wanted to meet Yuan Shao now, so it would be better to let these soldiers escape and reduce the losses of the Cavalry Army.

"Lord."

Dian Wei came forward.

"Let's go meet Yuan Shao."

Qin Shou said with a smile: "Now that his food and grass have been burned and his camp has been breached, what qualifications does he have to be my enemy?"

Yuan Shao no longer had any chance; his defeat was inevitable.

The confrontation lasted for half a year and the fighting has continued until now. Both Yuan Shao and Qin Shou suffered heavy casualties in this war. In the Battle of Guandu, facing Yuan Shao's crazy attack, the Cavalry also suffered a lot of losses.

Moreover, a lot of food and fodder were lost. After this battle, the Cavalry Army will rest for a while before launching another northern expedition.

As for Yuan Shao, he was severely injured, suffered heavy losses, and was on the verge of defeat.

(End of this chapter)