Chapter 453: Defeat Cao Zhen
However, in the wilderness five or six miles south of Anling City, more than 100 Wuhan Iron and Steel Cartels surrounded the camp, thousands of Wei troops were lined up inside, spearmen in front, swords and shields were followed, and archers were behind, and they had all their strength to resist the attack of the Han army.
Although Zhao Yun was stationed in front of the horse formation and commanded the Han army archers to continuously shoot arrows at the Wei army, most of his thoughts were placed on the east side, and the shouts there were shocking the sky, which was far more intense than the battle here.
"Mingzhi, Mingzhi, it depends on you in the battle tonight. Just drag it for a while and wait for the Prime Minister and the others to arrive, you will be able to defeat the Wei army." Zhao Yun thought secretly.
Not long ago, Yang Qing led the cavalry to gallop, and indeed met Guo Huai's army on the southern avenue.
Seeing that the Wei army was full of infantry, he wanted to immediately order the entire army to charge. However, the Wei army seemed to be prepared. Without waiting for the Han cavalry to get closer, he quickly pushed out more than a hundred Wuhan-steel vehicles from the back of the queue and formed a circular formation.
The Wei army's formation has been established and its troops are similar to that of our own. Yang Qing will not be so stupid that he uses light cavalry to attack the strong formations arranged by the infantry. Fortunately, his mission is to prevent Guo Huai and others from meeting with Cao Zhen. Now that they have been stopped, Yang Qing simply ordered the troops to stay in place and stand by, be on guard and monitor, and prevent Guo Huai and others from slipping away.
After a while, Zhao Yun led his army to arrive, and Yang Qing then gave the front position to his infantry, leading the cavalry to detour to the flank of the Wei army, preparing to give the infantry to face the Wei army's strong formation. The cavalry looked for aircraft from the flank and tear the openings, and the infantry and cavalry worked together to break the formation.
Guo Huai had seen Han cavalry coming to fight in large numbers before, but he could still remain calm. At this moment, he saw that thousands of infantrymen of the Han army arrived, and finally panicked.
He knew in his heart that the Han army had seen through its intentions, so he sent large groups of troops to go south to intercept them in advance. Cao Zhen and others had not yet broken through the siege and came to meet. The situation was extremely bad for their side.
Just as Guo Huai was about to order the troops to fight to the death to resist the Han army's infantry and cavalry's joint attack, a sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the northeast direction, and the horn was blowing, and it was his own army that arrived.
"Okay, the general and the others finally rushed out! Fortunately, they hid their hands and ordered the cavalry to go to the outside of Anling City to pick up the response first, otherwise it would be a big deal tonight." Guo Huai was overjoyed.
Yang Qing turned his head and looked at the thousands of Wei troops who were rushing toward him, and suddenly realized it and said to himself: "I said why didn't I meet the Wei army's cavalry? It turned out that he had detoured from the east early. Guo Huai is indeed a difficult opponent and it is really difficult to deal with. Humph, but it is not so easy for Cao Zhen to come over and meet you."
Thinking of this, Yang Qing gave an order and led the cavalry to meet the thousands of Wei troops rushing towards him. Zhao Yun understood it and immediately dispatched troops to fill the space left by the cavalry, not giving Guo Huai's army the opportunity to move the formation to Cao Zhen's army.
Without the help of the cavalry, Zhao Yun's army alone would not be able to eat Guo Huai's thousands of troops. He simply ordered the archers to shoot, restrain Guo Huai's army, and waited for Zhuge Liang and the others to come to break the deadlock.
Unlike the slightly gentle battle here, Yang Qing and the others were killing Cao Zhen and others who broke out of the siege. Fortunately, the bright moon was hanging high tonight, so the two sides could not be able to distinguish between the enemy and us.
One wanted to rush over and meet his own army, and the other wanted to stop and drag the reinforcements to arrive. The two sides confronted each other. It was really incompatible with water and fire, and they all acted ruthlessly, all fighting for life. As soon as they fought, hundreds of people on both sides lost their lives.
Although there are only three thousand cavalry among the more than 6,000 people of the Wei army, they are all good at riding and shooting. Although Yang Qing has a little more cavalry, a considerable number of people are just engaging in cavalry battles, so when it comes to overall combat power, they are not as good as the other party.
In addition, there were more than 2,000 infantry under Cao Zhen's command, and he followed the cavalry to rush hard, which put Yang Qing and the others at a disadvantage for a moment.
Fei Yao personally led the army as the pioneer and rushed to the front. He used a long sword to fly left and right, up and down, and all the Han troops he encountered were invincible.
Liu Yin, who was also rushing forward on the front side, saw him showing off his fierceness, shouted angrily and led his personal guards to kill him. After a while, the two brave generals fought together, with guns and swords, and their moves were fierce. After more than twenty rounds, they were not sure of victory or defeat.
Seeing that the Wei army's offensive was blocked, Yang Qing was still moving forward slowly, and he felt a little anxious. He didn't know what the situation was in Anling, why did Zhuge Liang and the others come yet? Although he could barely resist it, the four or five thousand cavalrymen in his hands after the battle were probably not even half of them.
However, at this point the situation developed, he could no longer retreat. He waved his sword and shouted loudly, taking the lead in charge under the escort of Zhou Xing, Wu Que and others, constantly encouraging the morale of the troops.
These soldiers won consecutive victories under Yang Qing's leadership, and they could almost be said to be invincible. Therefore, Yang Qing had a high prestige in the hearts of the soldiers. Even though he was at a disadvantage at this time, the troops were still very confident in him. Not only did they not feel timid and lower their morale, but they became more and more brave as they fought with the Wei army.
On the other hand, Guo Huai saw that although Cao Zhen and others had the upper hand, they could not break through the Han army's obstacles and had not been able to come to meet him for a long time. He was worried that if the Han army would come, he ordered the army to move slowly eastward, intending to take the initiative to move closer to Cao Zhen.
When Zhao Yun saw the Wei army's formation shift, he knew Guo Huai's intention and immediately ordered the troops to suppress them and block the Wei army.
Guo Huai knew that it was time to fight to the death, and no longer cared about the casualties of the soldiers, and commanded the army to rush eastward to the death.
At this moment, the two battlefields in the east and south are fierce fighting. The soldiers of both sides are the most powerful soldiers in the world, and their troops are basically the same. The command of the main general is difficult to distinguish. At present, the two armies are fighting willpower. Which side cannot withstand the pressure first, which side will lose this battle.
However, the Wei army seemed to have used all its backs, but the Han army still had spare energy. Zhuge Liang, Guan Xing, Jiang Wei and others had led tens of thousands of troops to rush over after defeating Wang Shuang's cavalry.
"Report to the general, General Wang Shuang has been killed by the Shu army, and Zhuge Liang personally led his troops to kill him." While the two armies were fighting in full swing, the defeated soldiers who remained at Anling City finally fled back. A lieutenant from the rear army who learned the reason quickly rushed to Cao Zhen to report.
Cao Zhen was shocked when he heard this. Wang Shuang was the most powerful general in the army, but he was killed by the Han army in such a short time. It was incredible.
However, he had no extra time to digest the bad news. Since Zhuge Liang's army had broken through the obstacles of the cavalry after the broken rear, if he and others did not retreat, they would be wiped out by the entire army.
"Sent all the troops to break south at all costs."
Cao Zhen did not seek to meet with Guo Huai, so he immediately recalled Fei Yao and ordered a captain to lead the infantry to cut off the rear and lead the cavalry to run south. After Guo Huai received Cao Zhen's message, he quickly left a side general to resist Zhao Yun and led the troops to retreat quickly.
Yang Qing and Zhao Yun were determined to pursue, but were blocked by the Wei army in the rear. They could only watch them escape. They had no choice but to urge the troops to quickly annihilate the enemy in front of them. If they move faster, they still had a chance to catch up with Cao Zhen and others.
At this time, Zhuge Liang and others had already led their troops to resist the battlefield. When they heard that Cao Zhen, Fei Yao and Guo Huai led thousands of Wei troops to escape, they hurriedly joined forces with Yang Qing and others to annihilate the enemy.
Chapter completed!