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Volume 1 Chapter 176 Cavalry Counterattack

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    Seeing the smoke and dust rising in the distance, it was clear that Cao Cao's cavalry was charging towards him. Guo Daxian shouted loudly: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you quickly enter the city?! Stay here and wait to die!"

    While shouting, Guo Daxian ran towards the city.  After he personally demonstrated it, the guards quickly followed him into the city.  However, not everyone was as agile as them. A hundred or ten people fell behind and were quickly carried outside the city by Cao Jun's cavalry.

    Guo Daxian rushed up to the city wall without taking a breath, and lay down on the edge of the battlements. Looking carefully, he saw about 500 Cao Jun cavalry under the city, wearing full leather armor, and the weapons in their hands were shining with cold light.  The smoke and dust in the distance did not fall. It was clear that someone in the smoke and dust was still on their way. It may be that Cao's army was pressing down behind.

    Guo Daxian couldn't help but frown. He only had so few people around him, what should he do?

    Seeing Cao Jun¡¯s cavalry rushing near the north gate, more than a hundred Montenegrin soldiers outside the city spontaneously formed a small circular formation, raised their spears, and set up a defensive formation.  A general in the circular formation shouted in a trembling voice: "This is Huang San, a subordinate of Huang Long of the Black Mountain Army. May I ask who the enemy general is?"

    I saw a young general coming out of the cavalry formation. Before he could speak, the guard next to him shouted loudly: "General Fenwu of the Han Dynasty is here. If the enemy general doesn't surrender, when will he wait?!"

    General Fenwu, Cao Ang?  !

    Huang San was so frightened that he took two steps back. Oh my god, is this young general Cao Ang, the supreme commander of Cao Jun?  How could he be so young and so heroic?  !

    Seeing the cavalry surrounding them, Huang San knew that there was no possibility of him breaking through.  He frowned and said tremblingly: "You want to recruit us? Stop dreaming!"

    Cao Ang shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Recruitment? Are you a martial arts expert or a master of strategy? What qualifications do you have to be recruited by me? Surrender quickly, or I will kill them all!"

    There are no preferential terms, why should I surrender?  Huang San said angrily: "I, Huang San, am loyal to the commander-in-chief and would rather die than surrender!"

    Cao Ang didn't speak any more, he just raised his right hand and waved it towards Huang San.  Immediately, more than a hundred cavalrymen took off their short bows from their backs and aimed at them.

    Huang San¡¯s expression changed drastically, but before he could say anything to beg for mercy, Cao Jun¡¯s archers had already started shooting with all their strength.  Although the training time of Cao Jun's archers is still short, and their flying shooting skills are extremely poor, it is still relatively easy to shoot relatively fixed targets on the spot.

    Seeing Cao Jun slaughtering more than a hundred Black Mountain Army soldiers without changing his expression, and cutting Huang San into several pieces, Guo Daxian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.  He had just attacked the city wall, but he had not yet cleared out the remaining enemies in the city. Even on top of the city, there were more than ten people fighting stubbornly. It was simply an impossible task to rely on the city to resist the enemy cavalry!  However, if you abandon the city and flee, you will lose even more of your chance of survival!

    At this time, Guo Gang whispered: "General, how about we escape by boat from Qinshui River!"

    Guo Daxian was still hesitant and said in a low voice: "We finally took Qinshui County with great difficulty. If we give up now, wouldn't it be a failure? What a pity! Now our large army is besieging Yujun Mountain. As long as we persist, we will wait until the army arrives.  This is the time for us to turn around!"

    Guo Gang shook his head, "General, I don't know any big principles. I only know one thing. The food in the big pot looks delicious, but what you eat in the bowl is yours! Besides, even if Huang Shuai and the others are now  We have already conquered Yujun Mountain, but by the time the army rushes to Qinshui City, we will have been completely wiped out by Cao¡¯s army! General, keep the green hills here, don¡¯t worry about running out of firewood!"

    Guo Daxian nodded, "What you said makes sense! Pass my order and the entire army will stick to the city wall and wait for reinforcements! In addition, Guo Gang, please select more than a hundred people to search the remaining soldiers in the city with me to prevent  The enemy forces should cooperate inside and outside!"

    Guo Gang understood the idea and immediately went to gather his close soldiers.

    Soon the soldiers learned the news. They were relatively simple and did not realize what Guo Daxian meant. They also felt that the commander was very loyal when he used more than a hundred men to deal with hundreds of Cao Jun's remnants.

    It wasn¡¯t until Cao Ang¡¯s troops began to attack the city and there was no news from Guo Daxian and others that the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army knew that they had been abandoned by Guo Daxian!

    They lost their fighting spirit and quickly surrendered. Even Cao Ang did not expect that he only used 500 cavalry to successfully regain Qinshui City!

    Xu Lie was lucky and persisted until the end. He stumbled to Cao Ang, knelt down and saluted, and said in a trembling voice: "The thief Cao Xu Lie, who belongs to the general's sect, has met my lord. In this battle, more than 500 people under Zhou Dao of the county were killed, and the injured were not counted.  , but until the enemy broke through the city wall, we were still resisting vigorously! It¡¯s just that we were incompetent and allowed the enemy to easily break through the city. What a crime.Damn it!  "

    Cao Ang helped him up with his own hands and said in a deep voice: "Although you are defeated in this battle, it is an honor. You are only five hundred auxiliary soldiers, and the opponent is an elite selected from the main force of the Montenegrin Army. If you can persist until we come to help, you have already established a  Great work!"

    Having said this, Xu Lie quickly suggested to Cao Ang: "My lord, Magistrate Xu is leading his troops to defend the enemy on the front line of Yujun Mountain. I hope that my lord will lead the main force to reinforce immediately."

    Cao Ang smiled bitterly, "Where is the main force? The smoke in the distance is just an illusion created by more than a hundred cavalry who tied branches to their horses' tails. Our army has just repelled the Huns and is confronting them; I heard that  After hearing the news about Qinshui's crisis, I quickly dispatched 600 cavalry to come for reinforcements."

    "Ah?!" Xu Lie exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't there still fighting with the enemy over at Zhiguan? In such a two-front battle, our army does not have enough troops!"

    Cao Ang smiled slightly: "It's good that you can realize this. Don't worry, Luan Tihu Chuquan only wants to annex Qubei's tribe this time, and has no determination to fight us to the end. Plus our army  The raid burned the heavy siege equipment in the Huns' army. Even if they rushed to Zhiguan again, they would not pose much threat to Zhiguan!

    What¡¯s more, the Huns are not united within themselves. Starting yesterday, the Huns have been withdrawing their troops one after another.

    I have ordered the mobile troops assembled near Zhiguan to march towards Qinshui starting today.  I believe that the main force of our army will reach Qinshui within three days!  "

    "That's good, that's good!" Xu Lie said repeatedly.

    Cao Ang patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Xu Lie, I can't stay here for long, and then I will set off to reinforce Xu Rong and the others. I will give you a task. After a while, the hundreds of cavalry arrived in Qinshui.  , it is all under your command. I have only one request, and that is to guard Qinshui. Are you confident?"

    Xu Lie said in a deep voice: "Lord, don't worry. With the support of these more than a hundred cavalry, even if the enemy troops come across again, I can guarantee that the city will not be lost. In order to prevent Guo Daxian from returning with his carbine again, I have ordered martial law at the dock and arranged  Scouts and arson boats will never give them a chance to attack along the Qinshui River!"

    Cao Ang nodded and said in a deep voice: "Considering the urgency of the war, I will now directly appoint you as Qinshui County Lieutenant, responsible for the defense of Qinshui City! Please!"

    Xu Lie did not expect that he would be promoted to the county captain. He quickly bowed and said: "General, don't worry, even if I die in battle here, I will try my best to ensure that Qinshui City is safe!"

    "I trust you!"

    After arranging the defense of Qinshui, Cao Ang immediately led his cavalry towards Yujun Mountain. However, before they could reach the foot of the mountain, they encountered the remaining soldiers led by Xu Rong.

    When Xu Rong saw Cao Ang, he immediately knelt down and said, "The general is incompetent. This Yujun Mountain has been taken away by the enemy!"

    Xu Rong is nearly fifty years old, but he still feels very shy when he says this.  Our side occupies strong fortifications and sufficient material reserves, but we are beaten so badly by the enemy!  Especially this time, in order to escape the enemy's pursuit, he actually abandoned the seriously wounded in the army.  Although they were lucky enough to escape the enemy's pursuit, the morale of the army dropped sharply, and some of them lost more than they gained.

    Looking at Xu Rong, who was covered in blood, and at the remnants of Cao's army who were all injured in front of them, Cao Ang did not say any words of blame. They had done their best.

    Cao Ang just jumped off his horse, patted Xu Rong's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "It's my incompetence, my lord, that failed to get the intelligence of the Black Mountain Army going south in time. You were caught off guard in Qinshui, but you were able to intercept the enemy."  On the front line of Yujun Mountain, you are all heroes of our army!"

    Xu Rong frowned and said: "This time the Black Mountain Army mobilized more than 30,000 troops, and they also abducted many innocent people along the way. The momentum was huge. Its leaders are Huang Long, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Li Damu, and Yu Digen, but  Guo Daxian¡¯s flag was not found today, and during the retreat, our army found someone climbing over Yujun Mountain, and it is very likely that they will attack Qinshui City!"

    Cao Ang nodded, "Guo Daxian's troops made a sneak attack on Qinshui and almost succeeded. The county prime minister Zhou Dao was martyred and the thief Cao Xulie was injured! However, now Guo Daxian has been beaten by us and fled from the Qinshui River in embarrassment. Qinshui City is still under our army's control  Under control!¡±

    Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly hurried along the way. He was most afraid of learning about the loss of Qinshui. Now that he had learned that Qinshui was stable and received reinforcements from Cao Ang, he finally felt relieved.  But the death of his old friend Zhou Dao made this tough-minded man burst into tears!

    Xu Rong bowed his hands to Cao Ang and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the main force of the Black Mountain Army is still crossing Yujun Mountain, and its vanguard is chasing our army. Since they have not received the news that you personally led the cavalry to reinforce  , then he will suggest that we kill him to get revenge!"

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???, "That's what I mean too!"

    Before the pursuers arrived, Cao Ang immediately commanded his troops to provide emergency relief to Xu Rong's remaining soldiers, wrap up their wounds and provide them with some drinking water and food.  After a short rest, the morale of Xu Rong's troops finally recovered. In addition, the lord personally went into battle and the cavalry came to help. Xu Rong's troops once again mustered up the courage to fight the enemy decisively!  What's more, it was unjust to lose the level before, and it was humiliating to abandon the companions. Now that we finally have a chance for revenge, we must not give up easily.

    A quarter of an hour later, the Black Mountain Army¡¯s pursuit force finally caught up with Xu Rong.  Just as they were fighting fiercely, Cao's cavalry suddenly rushed out. The Black Mountain Army was defeated, and the leader of the pursuing army, Li Damu, was killed on the spot!
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