Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 582 Cao Xiu's Defeat
Gao Lan in front had no choice but to turn his horse's head to face Liang Guang again, but he had lost the opportunity and was in a passive position.

In the rear, Xuanjia cavalry roared towards Cao Ying like a river bursting a dike. When Cao Xiu saw the Xuanjia cavalry armed to the teeth, he couldn't help but gasp. When did Zhou Cang build such a team?Urgently ordered the barricades to be pushed to the front of the formation, the shieldmen and spearmen went to block them, and the archers on both wings were ready to release arrows.

Not only Cao Xiu was shocked, but Cao Jun was not panicked.Wang Lang twirled his beard and said: "Although this army is strong, it is not enough to worry about. Digging more traps and laying more ropes is enough to break it!"

Cao Xiu didn't have the heart to argue with Wang Lang, how could I not know that?The question is, where did the trap come from, where did the tripping rope come from?Are you digging now?It can be used when laying an ambush, but when the two armies are fighting, how can these be used?
The hastily set up rejection horse was not buried in the soil, so it was destined to be of little use. Two or three heavy riders could be provoked by a horse, and naturally fell into Cao Jun's formation again, and Cao Jun dodged one after another.The shieldman flew away at the first impact; the spearman was timid, unable to pierce the heavy armor, so the gunman stabbed randomly, threw the gun and ran away.Two thousand archers kept bending their bows and setting arrows until their arms were weak, and the arrows could not penetrate the heavy armor at all. Only one or two arrows hit the eyes by chance, and the knights were shot down. Some knights lost control and fell off their horses like turtles. They huddled together and waited for rescue after the war.

Xuanjiaqi rolled over like a steamroller, with cold eyes under the cold and fierce mask, and the long lance in his hand only had two simple movements: stabbing and sweeping, without any pause.There were only a few hundred Cao Jun who died directly under the long lance, and less than a thousand who were knocked down and trampled to death, but Cao Jun was already frightened. Not only did no one dare to go up to block it, but they began to evade, which further led to collapse.

Xuanjiaqi moved forward all the way, penetrating Cao Xiu's army again like a fan, and gradually slowed down.The overwhelmed Cao Jun's camp was in chaos, the soldiers were frightened, and the defense system collapsed.

When Sun Li looked at it again, he had lost more than a hundred horses. Even though it was his first battle, he was still very dissatisfied with such a huge loss.Xuanjiaqi took a big circle and left the battlefield. No matter whether it was manpower or horsepower, he could not withstand another charge, so he could only keep his formation and watch.

Cao Xiu didn't know the reality of Xuanjiaqi, he just thought he was gaining momentum.However, his subordinates were in disarray and were about to reorganize their formation. Seeing that Gao Lan's situation was not optimistic, Wang Lang persuaded him, "General, the defeat is certain and we can't fight anymore. The best policy is to break through as soon as possible."

run?How could Cao Xiu be reconciled.

"General, don't forget Gan Ning from Wuyi..."

Let's run, if you don't run, you really can't run away.Cao Xiu didn't care about defense and counterattack, nor Gao Lan, so he summoned his men to flee in a hurry and joined Yan Rou and Yan Zhi.When Gan Ning saw Cao's army retreating at the top of the city, he knew that Zhang Jai's soldiers had arrived. He opened the city gate and Ding Feng came out to fight.

Cao Xiu left Yan Rou and Yan Zhi brothers to block Gan Ning, Gan Ning was blocked, how could his subordinates defeat Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu led hundreds of personal guards to protect Wang Lang and fled around the city.Fortunately, these hundreds of personal guards are all Cao Xiu's confidantes, extremely loyal and brave, and fortunately, there are also a hundred tiger and leopard riders left by Cao Cao. In fact, Cao Cao left him two hundred riders.

He ran for thirty miles in one breath, and there were no pursuers behind him, and he looked around, when he sent out 3 troops, now there are only [-] horses left; Instead, Wuyi was lost.How to go back to see my comrades, how to explain to Cao Cao!Cao Xiu was so ashamed that he drew his sword and wanted to kill himself. His confidant Chang Diao hurriedly hugged Cao Xiu, and Wang Lang took the sword.

"General, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. My lord is not invincible in every battle, let alone general. General, return to Julu as soon as possible to regain strength, in case Xu Shu goes south! Who can take over Jizhou if the general is not here?"

Cao Xiu let out a long sigh, Wang Lang was right, death can't solve the problem, so he took a short rest and ran towards Julu.

Cao Xiu fled, Gan Ning was so angry that he slapped Yan Zhi off his horse, and Yan Rou escaped to Zaoqiang and was rescued by Qiang Zhao.

Liang Guang took advantage of the first-mover advantage to face Gao Lan's army, which had low morale, disorganized formation, and poor orders. One round of pike darts shot down more than a hundred cavalrymen of Cao's army, and immediately cut Cao's army in half.It was more difficult for Gao Lan to gather the scattered Qingqi than climbing to the sky. He had to fight to the end, with an iron gun whistling and picking up several cavalry one after another.Liang Guang slapped his sword to meet Gao Lan. When the two approached, Liang Guang crossed his left hand with his sword, and his right hand pulled out the hand crossbow from his waist and pressed the spring. Gao Lan felt bad and hurried to dodge. With a cry, Haoxuan did not fall.

The two horses missed, Liang Guang ignored Gao Lan, and killed Cao Jun all the way, Cao Jun collapsed.Gao Lan's left arm was already weak, only his right hand was holding a gun, and his legs were guarding the horse. The Hejian army spontaneously avoided Gao Lan and only attacked Cao Jun. Gradually, there were only a dozen or so riders left around Gao Lan.Liang Guang ordered to stop the pursuit and turn to Cao Xiu's army.

Zhang Jai, Zhuge Dan, and Deng Ai led the army to attack. Seeing Gao Lan's brutality, he knew that Gao Lan was determined to die, so he sighed softly: "Shoot the arrow!"

The arrows rained down, instantly shooting Gao Lanji's dozen or so guards into hedgehogs.

"It makes people calm down and look at the corpse, so that it can be buried alive."

Cao's army was leaderless, a few escaped, and the rest threw away their weapons and surrendered.Zhang Ja and Gan Ning met, they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, they were very affectionate.Not long after, the statistics of casualties and surrenders of soldiers came up. Xuanjiaqi killed 56 people, seriously injured 78 people, and slightly injured 31 people.Zhang Jalu recorded Sun Li as the first meritorious service, and promoted Sun Li from whistle chief to standard chief, that is, Xiaowei Xuanjia.This is the rule set by Zhou Cang and Xu Shu after discussion. From now on, new recruits will all start as soldiers, excellent ones can start as corps leaders, and very few will be broken into post chiefs, and Sun Li can be broken by Xu Shu by virtue of his ability. He was promoted to be the head of the post, that is, a general of hundreds of people, and he was temporarily appointed as the head of the post to act as Xuan Jiaqi, and Zhang Jaw made him a regular.

With such a big loss, Sun Li was very sad. Zhang Jaikuan explained that he said that the results of the first expedition had exceeded his expectations, and he urged Sun Li to continue to strengthen the training of Xuanjia cavalry and expand the establishment. In the future, he will return a thousand cavalry to Pei Yuanshao. Whether this one thousand is another one thousand is a tacit understanding.

Qingqi casualties were six hundred, and infantry casualties were negligible.Take in 8000 surrendered soldiers, throw away the old, weak, and wounded and still have [-], open the jaws and send the old, weak, and wounded to Liaodong to enrich the population, and distribute the [-] surrendered soldiers to Gan Ning and [-].

"Xingba, General Boyan is estimated to have arrived at Qinghe. You and Ding Feng lead the headquarters to join him. After Hebei is recovered, we will have a drink together again."

"It's a deal!" Gan Ning and Ding Feng led their soldiers to Qinghe County and joined forces with Lu Xun in Guangchuan.

"Deda, the Xuanjiaqi has shown its sharpness, and it is not suitable to fight again. You are stationed in Wuyi to rest, train and surrender troops, and ensure the supply of food and grass for the army. There is no room for loss in Wuyi!"

Sun Li led the order.

"Liang Guang, Zhuge Dan, the whole army rests for a day, and the soldiers of the seventh day enter Zaoqiang!"

(End of this chapter)