Three days later, 5,000 Cao soldiers from Yuzhou, led by deputy general Cao Ba, rushed over.

Cao Ba came to the back of Xia Houyuan's camp in Wuwei River and came to report to Xia Houyuan. Xia Houyuan ordered: "Cao Ba, you live here. You are not allowed to leave the camp without my order. I personally led the troops to camp at Quewei Slope.

Then conquer the Queweipo Pass. As soon as the pass is broken, I will send people over to inform you immediately, and you lead troops to guard the Queweipo Pass. Do you remember this?"

Cao Ba agreed and said: "General, if we charge into battle and the two armies are fighting, it will be enough for our lieutenant to take action. You are the commander-in-chief of the three armies and should be in charge of the battle. Why should you risk your own life and go to conquer a magpie tail slope?"

Xia Houyuan said angrily: "According to the scout report, the guards at Quewei Slope are Zhou Cang and a man named Xing Daorong.

I know that Zhou Cang is just a warrior in front of Guan Yu's tent. He is a moth thief and doesn't have much ability.

As for Xing Daorong, I don't know where he is from.

Generally speaking, both of them are unknown soldiers. It seems that Liu Cong has no good generals to mobilize, so he has to use these two warriors to guard Magpiewei Slope.

Actually, I don't need to take action. I can just send a few of you over to collect them.

However, our army lost the first battle at Mushroom Ridge. In order to restore morale, I had to personally attack Quewei Slope.

Well, besides, the battle at Quewei Slope is of great importance. We can only win, not fail.

As long as Quewei Slope is conquered, our army will take advantage of the momentum and go straight to Xinye.

In this way, the battle to rescue Fancheng can begin.

Otherwise, we have no choice but to withdraw our troops and return to Yuzhou. If this is the case, Fancheng will be destroyed, and the war situation arranged by Wei Gong will be disrupted.

No, we must be cautious in the battle at Quewei Slope.

Okay, just listen to my order. You lead five thousand troops to station here as a support. I have my own arrangements for the front line."

After hearing this, Cao Ba sang and took orders and stopped talking.

Early the next morning, all 10,000 Cao soldiers were mobilized under Xia Houyuan's command and came to the Queweipo Pass to set up their formation.

Xia Houyuan ordered 8,000 men and horses to form an array, and selected 2,000 men to stand in four teams. Under Xia Houyuan's command, they prepared to attack Queweipo Pass.

The first group of 500 people was composed of the following types of troops: shield soldiers in the vanguard, and crossbowmen following closely behind. These two types of troops totaled 100 people. The remaining 400 people were all strong men armed with spears and swords.

According to Xia Houyuan's arrangement, prepare to attack like this: the shield soldier holds a shield in one hand and a machete in the other, using the shield to protect himself and the crossbowman and charge forward.

If the Jingzhou soldiers in front fire arrows, they should use their shields to hold them back. When they reach the enemy, they will first use their machetes to engage the enemy, leaving a gap for their own crossbowmen to shoot arrows.

After these two steps are completed, the forward Jingzhou soldiers will generally lose their fighting spirit. The Cao soldiers behind with spears and swords will exert their power and immediately charge forward to fight with the Jingzhou soldiers until the Jingzhou soldiers guarding the pass are defeated.

Jingzhou soldiers have a chance to breathe.

Also, because the battlefield situation changes rapidly, as a general, no one dares to pin the hope of victory on a vanguard.

Therefore, Xia Houyuan prepared four vanguard stormtroopers and prepared them to take turns to attack.

According to Xia Houyuan's own expectations, the four stormtroopers would always capture the Quewei Slope, and then ordered the eight thousand elite soldiers behind them to attack up to the top of the slope and occupy the Quewei Slope regardless of their formation.

Based on the report from the envoy, Xia Houyuan had already estimated that there would not be many guards on the top of Quewei Slope. "The entire Xinye City has less than 10,000 troops. Liu Cong still has to dedicate a part to support Zhao Yun of Deng County and a part to guard Xinye."

In the county seat, the maximum number of people who came here to defend themselves was two thousand people."

Now that the scheduled attack time has arrived, Xia Houyuan stood astride his horse on a high place below the slope, fully clothed, holding the horse's reins with one hand and holding the command sword with the other. He winked at Lu Qian, the general who led the first team, and Lu Qian walked on foot.

He came to the back of his team, holding a machete in his hand, looking towards the top of Quewei Slope, waiting for Xia Houyuan to give the order to attack.

Xia Houyuan waved the sword in his hand and shouted sharply: "Start!"

A drum beat sounded, shaking the mountains in the canyon. Lu Qian shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, rush up to Quewei Slope and capture Zhou Cangxing Daorong alive. The general will reward you!"

Encouraged by the drums and shouts, the five hundred Cao soldiers shouted and rushed up to the top of Magpiewei Slope with strange cries.

The terrain of Quewei Slope is like a dustpan, with a slope in the middle and baffles on both sides. There are Jingzhou soldiers guarding the top of the slope and the baffles on both sides.

So when the first wave of Cao soldiers rushed halfway, stones and logs rolled down from the top of Quewei Slope and on both sides of the baffles. If these stones and logs rolled straight down, Cao soldiers might have escaped.

, but no, these things are all in the air.

This is a big trouble, not only trouble but life-threatening.

In the first wave of rocks and wood falling, a dozen soldiers were killed on the spot, and dozens more were injured.

Cao Bing, who was injured, lay on the rock slope and cried bitterly, calling his father and mother.

However, the companions were busy charging and no one stopped to rescue him.

According to military orders, when charging, you must charge desperately, so no one dared to stop and rescue.

Seeing that the first group of Cao soldiers were approaching Luchai at the top, the logs and stones on the top of the slope and on both sides were smashed down again, and the sharp arrows also kept shooting, "swish, swish" and came over.

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Because of the short distance, the arrow shot was quite accurate. Although Cao's soldiers in front were holding shields, it was not easy to defend three directions with a shield.

It is difficult for Cao's soldiers holding shields to guard against random arrows. As for those Cao's soldiers who did not hold shields to defend themselves, they were simply dead meat.

The Jingzhou soldiers on the three sides can shoot as they like, ensuring that every arrow is accurate.

Okay, now the first stormtrooper seems to have been defeated. However, because the fierce general Lu Qian is supervising the army, none of Cao's soldiers can retreat.

There is no way to move forward without retreating. In front of us is the top of Magpiewei Slope. On the top of the slope is a fortress made of wood and stone. The head-high fortress is filled with deer firewood. There are gun holes and arrow paths all over the wall below the deer firewood.

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As soon as Cao Bing came closer, the red-tasseled spear in the gun hole spit out like a snake's letter, and immediately got into Cao Bing's chest. Before the spearhead could be pulled out, Cao Bing's life had already escaped.

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Can Cao Bing continue to fight?

Besides, even if the spears couldn't kill them, the arrowheads in the arrow paths would fly out immediately.

At such a close distance, even one stone of bow power could shoot through Cao's soldiers without using three stones of bow power.

While the fighting here was inextricably linked, Xia Houyuan saw him from below. He immediately waved his sword and ordered the second group of Cao soldiers to come up and kill them again.

The original situation was that the two battles were tied, Cao's soldiers could not attack, and Jingzhou's soldiers could not defeat them. When they were in a stalemate, the second team of Cao's soldiers rushed forward again.

This gave momentum to the busy Jingzhou soldiers.

Zhou Cang stared at the top of the slope with wide eyes. Seeing the tense situation, he sneered a few times and whispered: "Second team, come on."
Chapter completed!