The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 528 A wave of blood loss

The war horses galloped, and Xiahou Yuan was extremely anxious.

"General, the baggage train is just ahead," the scout guided.

Xiahou Yuan nodded, but he did not show any joy, only a vague sense of uneasiness.

Soon, after passing through a small path, I heard a lot of knocking sounds.

Xiahou Yuan frowned and looked towards the direction of the sound as he was standing on the hillside.

At a glance, there was a baggage train of about 3,000 people. A one-meter-high wall had been built around it, and there was also a huge beacon tower in the middle.

Still too late!
Xiahou Yuan let out a long sigh.

When the baggage train that was repairing and reinforcing the city wall saw Xiahou Yuan's army, they immediately retreated back into the wall and lit the beacon tower.

This was the third time Xiahou Yuan had seen the scene before him, and he felt extremely powerless.

"General, what should we do?" the deputy general beside him asked carefully, holding the reins tightly in his hands, and the horse pawed its hooves nervously.

Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes: "Now that we are here, we can't just retreat like this. Pass the order down, all the troops dismount and prepare to attack the city!"

After saying this, Xiahou Yuan dismounted from his horse, drew the ring-handled knife from his waist, took the shield from his personal guard, and strode towards the wall.

Seeing this, the Cao army soldiers followed suit, quickly dismounted and formed a siege formation.

The city wall on the opposite side had obviously not been repaired yet and was only one person high.

Although it is more than enough to stop cavalry, it is still not enough to hinder sieges.

"kill!"

Led by Xiahou Yuan, Cao's soldiers shouted and rushed towards the wall, launching an attack.

However, the baggage soldiers inside the wall were not afraid at all. They stood on the wall, holding strong shields and crossbows, and launched an attack before Cao's army.

The artisan soldiers are Tian Ze's most valued treasures, and their sophisticated equipment is unique in the army.

After all, they themselves are a group of skilled craftsmen, and hand crossbows, powerful crossbows, etc. are just common equipment for them. Most of them who have the conditions will carry a repeating crossbow with them.

Before the Cao army archers reached the range, they saw a torrential rain of arrows falling from the sky.

Xiahou Yuan was shocked when he saw this.

"Raise your shield!"

The archers who were originally in the front ready to harass quickly retreated, and the shield soldiers in the second echelon took over.

However, their movements were still a little slow.

A large number of crossbow arrows shot down, piercing one archer after another.

Xiahou Yuan felt as if his eyes were about to burst.

The archers in the army are all elite, and they are cavalry archers who can ride on horses and shoot.

A huge loss.

Although he realized that the enemy in front of him was not easy to provoke.

However, our side suffered such a huge loss right at the start. If we retreat in such a disgraceful manner, our morale will surely collapse.

"Charge!" Xiahou Yuan roared.

After saying that, the shield soldiers formed a formation and rushed towards the city wall desperately.

However, when they entered about thirty steps outside the city wall, they found that the front was covered with caltrops.

At the same time, a slightly pungent smell made Xiahou Yuan feel a little alert.

"Is this? Not good!"

Just as Xiahou Yuan was about to give the order, he saw a large number of flaming arrows flying towards him.

After landing on the ground, walls of fire rose into the air.

It turned out that the Qi army had already hidden a large amount of kerosene on the ground.

The fire separated Cao's army, and the Cao army at the front became an isolated force. Wearing cloth boots and flesh and blood, they faced the dilemma of caltrops in front and a wall of fire behind, and they could not help but despair.

The overwhelming barrage of arrows never stopped.

They were slaughtered one by one.

Who designed this?

Xiahou Yuan watched helplessly as his personal guards were shot to death, his eyes bloodshot.

Just a few steps and even he would be trapped in it.

The personal guards around him held shields in front of Xiahou Yuan.

"General, retreat!"

Water and fire are merciless. With a wall of fire blocking their way, no matter how brave they are, it will be useless.

The successive blows caused the morale of Xiahou Yuan's soldiers to plummet.

"Bypass the wall of fire! Keep charging!"

Xiahou Yuan's eyes were red as he stared at the city wall in the distance, roaring in a low voice, like a gambler who had lost all his money.

The guards saw Xiahou Yuan being held tightly and said, "General, you will be in charge of the command, and the brothers will just follow your orders."

The joints of Xiahou Yuan's clenched fists turned white, and his knuckles trembled slightly from excessive force.

"let me go!"

He roared, his voice a little hoarse, but the guards showed no intention of letting go.

They knew very well that Xiahou Yuan was blinded by anger at the moment. If they allowed him to act impulsively, not only would the situation be irreversible, but it might even lead to even greater losses.

The most important thing is that Xiahou Yuan must not get into trouble. Otherwise, they and their families in the rear will face cruel punishment.

To them, it's nothing more than death, but they still have wives, children and elderly relatives at home.

Cao Cao was not a good man. After learning from Tian Ze, he still did not give up his own way of commanding the army.

The families of all soldiers were managed centrally, and if anything happened, they would be implicated.

Although it was inhumane, it did effectively enhance the fighting spirit of Cao's soldiers.

The deputy general rushed over from the central army and said anxiously: "General, the enemy's cavalry has appeared in the north and will arrive soon. We can't delay any longer!"

When Xiahou Yuan heard this, his body shook violently, and his rationality returned a little at this moment.

Gritting his teeth and glaring fiercely at the rock-solid baggage camp, Xiahou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Send the order, withdraw the troops!"

As soon as the order to retreat was given, Cao's soldiers rushed back like a tide, and the originally neat formation became chaotic.

Xiahou Yuan suppressed his inner anger and commanded the soldiers to evacuate in an orderly manner, while looking back at the low city wall from time to time.

The Qi army on the city wall was still not satisfied.

"What a pity! It would have been better if the reinforcements arrived later." The captain guarding the city said with a little regret.

Although he was only a colonel, in the Great Qi Army, basic military tactics had already been popularized to the military marquis level.

He had just clearly seen that the enemy general had lost his temper.

When the siege is unfavorable, it is undoubtedly fatal to continue attacking instead of retreating slightly to reorganize the formation and take reasonable countermeasures against the defense method.

If the enemy's scouts had not noticed the arrival of their reinforcements and poured a basin of cold water on the enemy general, he might have been able to capture the enemy general today and make a great contribution.

Looking at the Cao army fleeing in panic, the captain was somewhat tempted, but still did not dare to take the initiative to attack.

Military orders are as heavy as mountains, and his duty is to guard the fortress and protect the food.

Although chasing and killing at this time may achieve great success, it is not safe. It would be bad if the enemy sets an ambush.

Xu Rong's previous order stopped his impulse at this moment.

(End of this chapter)