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- Chapter 405 Escape!
The wall of Cao Jun's western camp, as well as the antlers and horses piled outside, were ignited by the oil bombs thrown by Dawu Kingdom, and turned into a sea of ????fire.
The north wind roared in the sky, and the fire took advantage of the wind and swept across all directions, forming a prairie fire. At this time, not to mention the defensive Cao army, even the soldiers of the Dawu Kingdom also stopped their offensive and were blocked by the raging fire.
This was the case with Cao Jun¡¯s western camp. Cao Jun¡¯s northeast camp and southeast camp were also attacked by fire from Ma Teng¡¯s Bao Xiong Camp and Tai Shi Ci¡¯s Ninth Camp, and the two walls of the camp also burned. Suddenly, thick smoke billowed over Cao Jun's camp, and flames filled the sky.
"What should I do?" As the commander-in-chief of Cao's army in the West Camp, Xu Chu grinned and asked Liu Ye, the counselor next to him, at a loss.
"What to do?" Liu Ye also wanted to know. But in the face of the overwhelming fire, he was not strong enough, and he didn't know what to do. So Liu Ye thought for a long time and didn't know how to answer Xu Chu's question.
Xu Chu and Liu Ye are at their wits' end here.
On the high platform of the Chinese army, Cao Cao was also dumbfounded! He never expected that the camp would burst into flames before the defense even started. Cao Cao also asked the plotter Xun Yu the same question as Xu Chu, but Xun Yu, who was extremely intelligent, could not answer it.
On the high platform, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Tian Kai and others all looked at each other, their expressions getting increasingly ugly. The billowing smoke made their throats hoarse and they coughed from time to time. Originally, they wanted to defend with the main camp, but now the camp is in flames. If they continue to defend, they may be burned to death in the camp without the help of Huangfu Jian's army.
"Break through and escape!" In an instant, without Cao Cao opening his mouth, everyone had this idea at the same time. After all, no one wanted to stay here and be burned alive by this fire.
"For the current plan, we can only withdraw from the camp and retreat to Xingyang City. Xingyang City has high walls and is well equipped for both offense and defense. In the northeast, there is the natural danger of Guangwu Mountain to rely on, which can be used to block the pursuit of the bandits. Moreover, Xingyang is bordered by the Yellow River to the north. It borders Hulao Pass to the west, Chenliu County to the east, and Songshan Mountain to the south. To the east is the Huaihe River, to the north is Youyan, to the west is Taihang, and to the south is the Two Lakes. The lord can occupy Xingyang and fight to the death with the bandits, and there is still a slight chance of victory. ! If that doesn't work, you can forcefully cross the Yellow River and go north to join forces with Yuan Shao!" At this time, only a wise man like Xun Yu could remain so calm and come up with a countermeasure in the shortest possible time.
"Withdraw!" Cao Cao didn't say much, but nodded helplessly. Now that Cao Cao's army is at the end of the road, there is no room for choice. Before Cao Cao wants to escape, he must first escape from this fire scene.
Tao Qian, Tian Kai and others are even more confused. Cao Cao will do whatever he says, and there will be no opinions. The top leadership of the coalition forces made the decision to withdraw within a very short period of time. Cao Cao led the crowd down quickly from the high platform and conveyed orders one after another. After receiving the order, the four armies quickly converged on Cao Jun's North Camp.
In the face of the raging fire, without shouting or urging, Cao Jun's soldiers instinctively ran away as fast as possible. However, at this time, no army could maintain a complete formation, and the entire camp was in chaos as they yelled at each other for their fathers and mothers.
Fortunately, the fire in the camp was burning brightly, and the soldiers of Dawu Kingdom could not enter the camp in a short period of time. Invisibly, it bought time for Cao Jun to retreat. Otherwise, he would be chased by the Dawu Army, and Cao Jun would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.
There were fires on three sides, so Cao Cao chose to retreat from the north. Beidaying was also the closest to Xingyang City. Cao Cao led an army of 30,000 troops under Xiahou Dun and Chen Gong as the front army, and an army of 40,000 troops under Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu as the rear army. Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 troops under Xu Chu and Liu Ye and the 40,000 troops under his own command, a total of nine Ten thousand people are the Chinese army. The former generals Xiahou Dun and Chen Gong received orders to rush to Guangwu Mountain as quickly as possible to guard the army's retreat.
Huangfu Jian sat quietly on the huge metal chair of the Ares Chariot, expressionlessly looking at the blazing flames of Cao Jun's camp. Although Huangfu Jian handed over the command to his generals, he still paid close attention to everything in Cao's camp. After all, this war is of great importance, and it is the only way to end the war in the Central Plains.
Cao Cao didn¡¯t know that Huangfu Sword still had a pair of eyes in the sky. A pair of golden eagle kings were flying over Cao Jun¡¯s camp, monitoring every move of Cao Jun. When Cao Cao ordered the army to gather, Huangfu Jian was keenly aware of it. When Cao Cao decided to flee from the northern camp, Huangfu Jian had already judged where Cao Cao's army was going to flee.
"It's too late to escape to Xingyang now!" Huangfu Jian said coldly to himself after discovering Cao Cao's intention.
"Send orders to Xu Huang's troops to immediately lead the army north and gather in the Guangwu Mountain area!"
"Instruct Ma Teng and his troops to rush to Guangwu Mountain immediately and set up an ambush in Guangwu Mountain to cut off Cao's army's retreat!"
"Call Tai Shizi to lead his troops."?Go north immediately and gather in the Guangwu Mountain area! "
"Instruct Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry to follow Cao Jun's rear and conduct raids along the way to slow down Cao Jun's progress and gain time for our army to set up an ambush in Guangwu Mountain."
Guangwu Mountain is located northeast of Xingyang and was one of the main battlefields of the Chu-Han War. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had a confrontation here for several months. In the end, Xiang Yu's Chu army made peace with Liu Bang due to lack of food, which directly led to the defeat of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. The terrain of Guangwu Mountain is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is the only way for Cao's army to retreat to Xingyang. If Cao Jun can successfully pass through Guangwu Mountain and send troops to defend it, even Huangfu Jian will not be able to capture it for a while, so Huangfu Jiancai immediately made a plan to set up an ambush in Guangwu Mountain.
Ma Teng¡¯s headquarters was in the northeast camp of Cao Jun, not far from Guangwu Mountain, so Huangfu Jian ordered Ma Teng to set up an ambush at Wenwu Mountain. Based on the distance between the two armies from Guangwu Mountain, Huangfu Jian believed that Ma Teng's army would be able to reach Guangwu Mountain before Cao's army. Now the two sides are rushing, rushing for time, rushing to see who can occupy Guangwu Mountain first.
Orders were issued one after another by Huangfu Jian and spread to all directions. After passing the order, Huangfu Jian took two thousand personal guards and cavalry to Guangwu Mountain. He wanted to see if Cao Cao could pass Guangwu Mountain smoothly, and he even wanted to see Cao Cao perish with his own eyes.
Suddenly, several Dawu troops were advancing rapidly around the burning camp of Cao Jun, rushing north towards Guangwu Mountain. The armies were winding like giant dragons, undulating in the cold wind
easy to say, hard to do! Cao Cao said a word, and Cao Cao's army of nearly 160,000 men began their retreat northward. But this is 160,000 people? How could it be possible to withdraw immediately?
The relatively thick wall of Cao Jun¡¯s camp did not block Dawu¡¯s troops, but it blocked Cao Jun¡¯s own retreat. At the gate of Beidaying, the gate that usually looks tall and majestic has been fully opened, but now it is not enough at all, and it is filled to the brim with the crowded Cao army. Inside the village gate, you squeezed and pushed, which seriously affected the speed of Cao Jun's departure from the camp.
Xiahou Dun, the former general of the army, led his troops out of the village gate and was very anxious when he saw such a situation. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the camp. How long will it take to withdraw if this continues? So slow, when will his front army arrive at Guangwu Mountain!
"Don't crowd, move forward in order!" Xiahou Dun was riding on his horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and drank hoarsely.
But at this time, everyone was busy running for their lives. Not to mention Xiahou Dun, even if his parents came, it would not work. With a loud "Boom", the solid village gate could not withstand the squeeze of so many people, and finally collapsed under the pressure. Dozens of sergeants were injured and killed, falling to the ground, crying and screaming.
"Come here, let me knock down these walls of the village! The personal barracks will maintain order. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Seeing that the village gates were all pushed down, Xiahou Dun had an idea and ordered his men to knock down the north wall of the village. He also ordered the personal barracks to maintain order. Army order.
In order to escape faster, Xiahou Dun's orders were faithfully carried out. "Boom, boom, boom" Tens of thousands of people exerted their strength together, and a large section of the northern wall was quickly knocked down, and a very wide avenue was cleared.
"Those who disobey orders will be killed!" the guards around Xiahou Dun shouted loudly while shooting sharp arrows in their hands. One by one, the soldiers who rushed and rushed out of order were shot down in a pool of blood.
After a large section of the village wall was knocked down, and Xiahou Dun's guard battalion shot to death hundreds of soldiers who disobeyed orders, Cao Jun's retreat accelerated greatly. Xiahou Dun's front army quickly left the camp.
After leaving the camp, Xiahou Dun did not dare to delay at all and led 30,000 front troops towards Guangwu Mountain. But before his front army had gone far, they heard the rumble of horse hooves not far away, and one after another cavalry rushed towards them.
"Get ready to fight!" Xiahou Dun reined in his horse and shouted loudly.
For Xiahou Dun, the purpose of both the front army and the rear army was to cover the retreat of Cao Cao's central army. No matter how high the price they paid, they still had to escort Cao Cao to escape safely.
When the 30,000 former troops heard the order, they quickly stopped and stood in position to meet the enemy.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" To Xiahou Dun's surprise, these cavalrymen came to Cao Jun and only fired a shower of arrows before running away again. He did not engage in battle with Cao's army, but continued to harass him, leaving Xiahou Dun in a dilemma.
The Chinese army led by Cao Cao also encountered the same situation. After traveling a short distance, Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry galloped over. When Cao Jun stopped fighting, he shot another round of arrows and then fled.
"Go forward at full speed! Don't stop!" Cao Cao, who was in the middle of the army, frowned deeply and ordered loudly when he saw it.
Cao Cao could not have imagined that the Dawu Kingdom's cavalry would discover their whereabouts so quickly and bite them so quickly. At this time, Cao Cao felt very unhappy in his heart.He felt like he was afraid that he would not be able to escape Xingyang.
Hundreds of thousands of troops are advancing at full speed, and those who cannot keep up will have to fend for themselves. Now Cao Cao doesn't care about so much. Even if he is attacked by Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry, Cao Cao's army will not stop. You shoot yours, and I will go my way.
After receiving Cao Cao's order, Xiahou Dun also rushed to Guangwu Mountain with all his strength.
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