"Huh? Go and see what's going on!"
Trebuchets have been around since the Spring and Autumn Period, and Cao's army was also equipped with them. Zhang Xi was no stranger to this, but he had never seen such a big thing equipped by the Youzhou Army, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy. Very worried that these Thirty West Fighters would cause huge losses to their own side, but they did not expect that after the Youzhou Army had been tinkering for a long time, what they launched were actually some water bags. Zhang Xi was surprised and curious. It got bigger.
"Report, General, the water bags thrown by the bandits are full of oil."
The sixty-eight large water bags landed at different locations, and several exploded near the watchtower where Zhang Xi was. The personal guards sent to investigate the truth easily figured out the contents of the water bags.
"What? No! Quick, send the order to the whole army..."
Although Zhang Xi's martial arts skills are mediocre, he is not stupid. He is extremely experienced in battles. As soon as he heard that the water bag was full of oil, he immediately guessed the plot of the Youzhou Army and was shocked. Then, he hurriedly ordered all the ministries to cover the oil stains with sand as soon as possible. Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, the thing that worried him the most happened - with Zhang He's order, thirty-eight fighters The ballistae roared together, launching thirty-eight rockets into the Niushan military stronghold.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the grass and trees have all turned yellow. Cao Jun's stronghold is located halfway up the mountain, where the vegetation is the most luxuriant. In addition, both the wooden fences and cloth tents in the stronghold are flammable, and there are sixty With the help of eight oil bombs and the thirty-eight rockets projected by the Youzhou Army, the fire in Niushan Dazhai instantly reached an uncontrollable level.
"Don't mess up, come with me, go out of the stronghold and kill the thieves, charge!"
As early as when the thirty-eight rockets of the Youzhou Army were launched, Zhang Xi knew that Niushan Dazhai was hopeless. Therefore, he never considered putting out the fire and led his guards to rush down to the lookout. Tower, strode to the gate of the village, roared and issued the Taoist order.
Although Zhang Xi's order was issued in a timely manner, it was a pity that the fire was rising in Niushan Dazhai and the morale of the army was in chaos. Not many people could hear his order and still have the determination to fight with him. There were even fewer soldiers. At this time, most of the soldiers were running around like headless flies in the military camp. In the end, less than two thousand soldiers followed Zhang Xi and killed them down the mountain.
"Archers, get ready, shoot for me!"
Is there a way to survive by breaking out of the military camp? The answer is obviously no. No, Zhang Xi's troops had just rushed halfway when they heard Zhang Heji shouting loudly. In an instant, the five thousand archers who had been prepared immediately released their clasps. With his fingers on the string, he heard a violent whistle of arrows, and five thousand carved-feather arrows were densely packed like locusts and covered Zhang Xi's men.
"Charge, don't stop, keep charging, kill!"
Zhang Xi was lucky. He who was the first to charge was actually unscathed by such a dense rain of arrows. However, the soldiers of Cao's army who followed him were in bad luck. As the screams started in the west, a large number of soldiers He rolled and fell to the ground, and he was still standing. When he saw this, Zhang Xi's heart went cold, but he refused to wait for death, and kept shouting for courage and ran down the mountain.
"The archers retreat, and the shield swordsmen step forward to meet the enemy!"
Although Zhang Xi was as fierce as a demon, Zhang He didn't take it seriously at all. After giving the order, the five thousand archers quickly shrank back after hearing the order and retreated to the formation through the passage deliberately left by the shield swordsmen. Then, immediately after, Xi Qiandun Swordsman quickly advanced forward, and once the big shield was closed, it formed a solid shield wall.
"boom……"
Zhang Xi's troops, who were going down the mountain, finally reached the shield formation and collided with it firmly. Even though there was a loud bang, several places were successfully broken through. They broke into the shield formation of the Youzhou Army, but what could they do? The soldiers who broke into the formation were quickly chopped to the ground by the shield swordsmen of the Youzhou Army. As for those Cao Army soldiers who were knocked unconscious by the shield formation. They also failed to get a good result - just as the shield formation swirled, a large number of Youzhou shield swordsmen surged out from the rear formation, slashing them down unceremoniously, including Zhang Xi and Cao Jun. None of the officers and soldiers were spared, and they were all chopped into corpses on the ground.
The fire in the military camp was out of control as soon as it broke out. The panicked officers and soldiers of Cao Jun quickly escaped from the gate of the camp. However, seeing that Zhang Xi and others failed to rush into the battle and turned back to death, they did not dare to go back for a while. Rushing down the mountain, everyone gathered in despair at the front of the military camp where the fire was raging, and they were forced by the heat wave to move to the foot of the mountain. The situation was so miserable that it was really unbearable to witness.
"Send the order and shout to the whole army. Those who surrender will not be killed."
With the overall situation decided, Gongsun Ming obviously did not intend to cause unnecessary killings. He raised his hand and issued an order to persuade them to surrender.
"Don't kill those who surrender, don't kill those who surrender..."
Gongsun Ming's general gave the order, and tens of thousands of troops roared almost at the same time. Amidst the roaring and tsunami-like voices urging them to surrender, Cao's soldiers, who had no fighting spirit at all, soon dropped their weapons and raised their hands high. He walked down the hillside cautiously and became a prisoner of war of the Youzhou Army. In this battle, the Youzhou Army annihilated more than 9,000 Cao Jun soldiers at the cost of 29 casualties, including 1,500 killed in formation. More than one hundred and eighty, more than six thousand two hundred were captured alive, and more than a thousand soldiers of Cao's army were buried in the sea of fire...
In the Linzi City Guards' Mansion, Xiahou Dun, who had a depressed look on his face, was discussing the matter of guarding the city with Cheng Yu. Suddenly, he saw a horseman rushing up from the hall, and then he kneeled on the ground, extremely anxious. Di Zhen reported.
"What? How could this be? Make it clear!"
Upon hearing what the newspaper horse said, Xiahou Dun immediately became anxious. He jumped up suddenly, grabbed the horse's chest, and started asking questions angrily.
"Fire attack, it's a fire attack. The bandit army rectified a lot of strange equipment, threw a large number of oil bags into the stronghold, and used ballistas to fire rockets to ignite the fire..."
Seeing that Xiahou Dun was so furious, the reporter who came to report the incident was so frightened that his face turned pale. Without any delay, he hurriedly reported the news he had found out.
"Damn Gongsun, I am incompatible with you!"
Before the horseman could finish his words, Xiahou Dun was completely furious. He threw the unlucky horseman down the hall and roared in the sky, with a face full of flesh and blood. It's as ferocious as an evil ghost...
