Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Enemy attack!

Huo Jun, who was still in his armor, climbed out of bed in one fell swoop and rushed out of the camp without waiting for his soldiers to tell him.

After running to a high place in the camp and taking a look, Huo Jun immediately ordered:

Break camp, retreat to Xieyugu, and guard Xieyuguan!

Wei Yan, who came over a beat later, immediately turned back after hearing the words, and at the same time shouted Huo Jun's order loudly.

The correspondence between Wuzhangyuan Camp and Hanzhong has never been interrupted. Letters from Fa Zheng arrive almost every day, and personal letters from Pang Tong will arrive every few days.

Fazheng and Pang Tong had judged the possibility that Cao's army would attack in large numbers in advance.

Pang Tong had only one suggestion for this: withdraw!

Wuzhangyuan is certainly easy to defend and difficult to attack, but that is when the difference in military strength is not too big.

Relying on the tactics of attacking the enemy only to save them and attacking halfway across, the Wuzhangyuan camp was as stable as a rock.

But it would be different if a large army pressed forward. Cao Jun only had to cut off the connection between Baoxie Road and Wuzhangyuan Camp, and then the army would besiege him.

Now is the dry season, the easiest time to do it.

Pang Tong himself estimated that there were at least 30,000 Cao troops in Guanzhong and perhaps 4,000 cavalry. Their strength was several times that of the thousands of soldiers and horses originally in Wuzhang.

Having already made a plan, Huo Jun made this judgment without hesitation, and Wei Yan also conveyed the order without hesitation.

So when Cao's troops approached the Wugong River, they saw Han soldiers forming formations and slowly retreating to Xieyuguan, as well as the Wuzhangyuan camp with several flames rising.

Really...decisive.

Among Cao's troops, Du Xi, who was leading the front army, looked disappointed.

Liu Bei's troops behaved quite erratically. Last year, Cao's army was unable to mobilize due to lack of food and fodder. They were harassed and harassed repeatedly.

Therefore, many people speculated that Wei Yan, who was leading the army, was an arrogant and arrogant person.

As a result, now that they were able to escape in full force, how could the other generation escape so decisively? Even the military camp that had been repaired for several months was burned down without mercy.

General. The captain on the side reminded:

Now that they have retreated, our army should forcefully cross the martial arts river and pursue them one after another to disrupt their formation.

Otherwise, it would be quite troublesome if we let them guard the valley entrance.

Du Xi glanced at it appreciatively and said:

De Rong could live in Chang'an for Jing Zhaoyin, but he insisted on taking the post of captain to accompany the army to attack. His heart is commendable.

This suggestion is also well-founded.

Well... then send my military order to cross the river to pursue, seize the valley entrance and drive away the bandit army!

Zhang Ji was speechless. He just felt that Du Changshi was really not suitable for leading an army. He just gave the order. What kind of trouble was he going to make by speaking so long at such a critical moment?

Dang even tugged on the reins and planned to cross the river together to pursue, and at the same time shouted:

The general has orders, pursue!

But Du Xi suddenly remembered the letter he had received before, and hurriedly explained loudly:

If De Rong defeats the bandits, he should leave one or two alive and ask if the son of the Sima family in Hedong fell into the hands of the bandits!

Zhang was too lazy to look back, just waved his hand to show his knowledge, and then hurried to the river to direct the soldiers to cross the river.

Du Xi took a few personal guards to find a high place and watched Cao Jun's army pouring down like mercury. Although the martial arts water slowed down their pace, it could not completely stop them.

Prime Minister Cao's Han army soon encountered Liu Bei's rebel army.

On this chilly late winter morning, the sound of weapons clashing was not very noticeable, but the screams of death were particularly noticeable.

This scream reminded Du Xi of the people who died tragically when he resisted Liu Biao's army in Xi'e County.

And this Xi'e County is now occupied by thieves again, and I heard that Guan Yunchang killed the prime minister's brother Cao Zilian here during the Battle of Jingxiang.

Before the New Year, the prime minister sent someone to negotiate with Guan Yunchang, hoping to return Cao Zilian's body.

Guan Yunchang replied that Cao Zilian was beheaded by his own hands, and it would be unlucky to open the grave again. Please send his nephew to take care of the matter.

The matter ended up being settled, but now Du Xi understood that the prime minister wanted to fight back personally.

This year is the beginning of war, and Guanzhong will start first.

But... Du Xiwei is really not optimistic.

Going south to reach Hanzhong, we could only take Baoxie Road and Chencang Road. If Liu Bei was in a hurry, he would burn the plank road directly.

Fighting to the west is Yongliang. Ma Chao and Han Sui's command are almost all Han cavalry and Qiang cavalry, coming and going like the wind.

At this time... Du Xi made a decision and shouted:

The road is full of Zhu Ling, you two will lead a group of troops, find a gap to the south to cross the river, and attack the enemy's retreat!

Last year, Lu Zhao and Zhu Ling led the army to attack Yongliang, but were disgraced by Ma Chao. Now is the time to make meritorious deeds.

The two former generals bowed to accept the order, shouted to mobilize their troops, and headed south.

After splitting into two groups, Du Xi had no troops to mobilize for the time being, so he could only ride on horseback and watch the battle unfold from a high place.

The leader of this bandit army is actually a general.

Seeing that Zhang Ji's pursuit had no effect and that the rebels' retreating formation was not slow and disorderly, Du Xi sincerely praised him.

What also made Du Xi's eyes shine was the tactics of this bandit army.

Even though they were retreating, it was not a traditional phalanx formation but a slow retreat. Instead, two groups separated from the rear and fought while retreating.

The two groups seemed to have a unique attack rhythm, crossing each other to cover each other. Du Xi watched for a while but could not see what Zhang Ji had achieved.

We can only hope that Zhu Ling... turned his head and looked in another direction. Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao also reached the southern end of Wugong Water and began to cross the river.

Huo Jun naturally also saw the second Cao army trying to cross the river on the right rear of the military formation, and he also made an immediate judgment:

Chang Wen leads the troops to retreat, don't mess up the formation!

Wei Yan nodded. The original battalion of Wuzhang had always been in charge of the two men in a complementary state, so the messengers were naturally aware of the change and immediately began to loudly convey Wei Yan's orders.

Then Huo Jun shouted again:

Zhijiang Erlang goes out into battle, follow me to defeat the enemy!

So Huo Jun's seven hundred troops rushed out from the rear of the military formation and followed Huo Jun into Xieyuguan.

Zhu Ling didn't know what happened, but thought it was an internal strife among the bandits. He was overjoyed and immediately urged his men to cross the river quickly.

Although it was the dry season, the Wugong Water on this side had just flowed out of the Qinling Mountains. It was so urgent that it was more difficult to cross than on the north side, so Zhu Ling became even more anxious.

But soon, Zhu Ling saw the more than a thousand people who had escaped from the formation running out of the valley mouth again, and the direction was facing him.

Are you trying to stop me from crossing the river?

Zhu Ling frowned: Everyone knows the principle of half-crossing and attacking, but you dare to attack half-way even if you only have a few people!

Lu Zhao on the side had a better look and exclaimed:

Brother, they all have crossbows!

Both of them are surrendered generals, so they are quite close to each other on Prime Minister Cao's side, and they usually treat each other as brothers.

Why panic! Zhu Ling scolded:

More than a thousand crossbows can only shoot three or four rounds. What are you afraid of!

There are also crossbows in Hebei. Zhu Ling is no stranger to this and he can easily judge it.

Lu Zhao's face looked a little bitter. Everyone knew the weakness of the crossbow, but in exchange it was powerful.

Even if it is an elite master, it is inevitable that there will be casualties when defeating a crossbowman. He does not want to become a dead soul under the crossbow arrows.

Zhu Ling watched with cold eyes, watching the crossbowman rush to the shore, then raised his hand, and the crossbow arrows were sprayed at them.

This is also one of the differences between a crossbowman and an archer. It is difficult for an archer to shoot an arrow after running like this, because his accuracy will be greatly compromised if his breath is unstable.

But none of this matters! Zhu Ling silently counted the time in his heart, not even looking at the soldiers who were carrying crossbows and losing their vitality as they went down the river.

The second round... the third round... Seeing the enemy soldier raise his hand again, Zhu Ling felt that he had grasped the opportunity to win.

Another round of crossbow arrows came over, and Zhu Ling shouted:

The enemy has no crossbows, attack!

Luzhao was so happy that he immediately set off and stepped onto the simple pontoon bridge to launch a charge.

The response to Zhu Ling's order was the fifth round of shooting, and then the sixth and seventh rounds without stopping...

Lu Zhao fell headlong into the cold river water, and a crossbow bolt passed through his neck.