Chapter 986 Failure to Attack Difficulties

As the saying goes, a thousand pieces of gold are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. And Zhang Fei is a fierce general among the fierce generals, with extraordinary fighting power. He roared loudly and brandished a snake spear eight feet eight feet long and rushed into Cao's army. It was really a thousand-strong army, and almost no one in Cao's army could do it. He could stop Zhang Fei's pace and force him to cut a bloody path.

"The three generals are really brave and invincible, there is nothing Cao Jun can do!"

"Hahaha, that's right. With the three generals here, what do our troops have to fear?"

"Everyone, follow the three generals and charge together to show these Cao soldiers some color!"

Under the fierce fighting of Generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, although the Yuzhou Army was on the defensive, its morale was boosted. On the other hand, the Cao Army's attack on the opposite side was unfavorable, but its morale dropped.

Xiahou Dun was even more furious and wanted to step forward personally to supervise the battle: "These losers are really incompetent, let me get out of the way!"

Xia Houjie on the side was startled, and hurriedly stretched out his arms to hug Xiahou Dun, and tried to persuade him: "Uncle, don't be anxious. My uncle is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. If something goes wrong, what should tens of thousands of soldiers do?"

Under Xia Houjie's persuasion, Xiahou Dun finally gave up the idea of ​​going into battle in person, and just ordered: "Give them all to me! If we can capture the enemy's camp today, everyone will be rewarded. If we can't, we will all be rewarded." Come and see me, huh!"

Xiahou Dun was known to have a violent temper. Hearing his threatening words, Cao Jun's soldiers were frightened and hurriedly launched a fierce attack on the Yuzhou military camp. However, although the Yuzhou army was not as large as Cao Jun, it still numbered 30,000. The difference is not big, and with fierce generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, even if the two armies confront each other head-on, they may not necessarily lose, let alone that they are only used for defense at the moment.

Relying on their vigor, Cao Jun still maintained a fierce offensive momentum, but he could feel more and more that Cao Jun's offensive was fading little by little, and the pressure on the Yuzhou Army defending the city was becoming more and more intense. The smaller.

"Haha, it seems that the vigor of this group of Cao's troops has been exhausted. Come here! Go and ask big brother if our army can attack Cao's army!" Zhang Fei looked after the guards excitedly.

After a while, the guard came back and reported: "General, my lord has an order. We are not allowed to attack the enemy for the time being. Please wait."

"Alas! I have no choice but to listen to my elder brother and wait a little longer." Zhang Fei sighed.

Although 40,000 Cao troops were mobilized by Xiahou Dun, they launched a fierce attack on the Yuzhou military camp, but after all, nearly half of them were temporarily mobilized field soldiers. Their physical strength and fighting will were far inferior to those of the regular Cao army soldiers. . During the offensive against the Yuzhou Army, this group of field soldiers were the first to be defeated. They saw Zhang Fei's majestic figure wielding a snake spear from a distance, as if he were a god. Naturally, they did not dare to face him and retreated one after another.

"Damn it!" When Xiahou Dun saw this, he couldn't help being furious. He immediately urged his horse forward, pulled out the sword from his waist, and said sternly to a group of retreating soldiers: "There is no sound of gold ringing in the army, who told you to retreat? "

When a group of field soldiers saw Xiahou Dun, they were so frightened that they lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

"Damn it!"

Buzz!

With a slash of the sword, a huge head rose into the sky and fell to the ground, eyes wide open in disbelief.

A group of surrounding field soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground, put their heads on the ground and said: "General, please spare your life, General, please spare your life!"

Xiahou Dun said coldly: "You guys rush up to me now and take down the enemy camp, so I can forget the past!"

Of course, this group of field soldiers didn't want to continue attacking the city, but Xiahou Dun's sharp sword was right in front of them. If they didn't charge upward, the fate of the man just now would be right in front of him.

The field soldiers turned around hurriedly and rushed towards the Yuzhou military camp again.

Cao's army's offensive battle was still going on. Xiahou Dun was naturally very anxious when he saw that the progress was not going well, so he personally stepped forward with a sword to supervise the army. Once Cao's soldiers retreated, he immediately killed them with one sword. Under Xiahou Dun's intimidation , Cao's soldiers naturally did not dare to retreat casually, but continued to charge and kill, but they were more like workmen and were unable to break through the Yuzhou military camp.

In particular, the performance of the 20,000 garrison troops was even worse. They had insufficient combat power and were always timid in the face of the Yuzhou Army. Moreover, their performance even affected the other 20,000 Cao troops, making the two The morale of Wan Cao's soldiers was affected.

This was the case in the Battle of Feishui in history. Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty claimed to have used 970,000 troops to cut off the flow of water. However, in fact, the only ones who really fought against the 80,000 Jin troops commanded by Xie Xuan were the front of the former Qin army. Just less than 200,000. Xie Xuan asked the former Qin army to retreat and give way to a gap. As soon as the former Qin army retreated, Liu Laozhi, the fierce general of the Beifu army, immediately attacked. News of the enemy's forward defeat spread to the rear, and the 970,000 Qin army thought they were defeated. , so there was a hasty retreat, that is, everything was in danger.

Similarly, the timidity of the field soldiers inevitably affected the 20,000 soldiers. Their morale and fighting will became increasingly fragile, and they became increasingly unable to attack the Yuzhou military camp.

This time, even Xiahou Dun's killing would have no effect. Once morale faded, killing could not be restored in a short period of time.

Cao Zhen on the side frowned and exhorted: "Uncle, our army seems to be exhausted, and I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat the enemy. If the enemy suddenly attacks at this time, our army will be in chaos, just like Chang'an." The Qi army in the Battle of Shao is just like the rest, so why not retreat temporarily and return to the city, and then make some good plans?"

After Xia Houyuan was killed, Cao Zhen took over as the commander-in-chief of Cao's army in the west. Before Zhuge Liang's second northern expedition, he expected that Zhuge Liang would attack Chencang, so his strategic vision was naturally extraordinary.

But Xiahou Dun shook his head: "Zidan, our army is almost running out of food and grass. If we can't defeat the enemy camp in one go today, we will have no chance in the future!"

After that, Xiahou Dun personally urged his horse forward and shouted with his guards: "The whole army attacks, we must capture the enemy camp!"

Xiahou Dun also has his own considerations. Nowadays, food and grass are the biggest flaw. If the battle cannot be successful, it will become more and more difficult in the future.

Cao Zhen sighed and just ordered: "The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are ready. If the enemy attacks later, be sure to stop them!"

Cao Xiu was the commander-in-chief of Cao's army on the eastern front before. He had attacked Soochow many times and had naval combat experience. Therefore, Cao Xiu was sent to Jiangdong to command the Chaisang Navy, while the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry troops were divided into two, with Cao Zhen and Cao Chun commanding one part each.

Cao Chun naturally followed Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was worried that Xiahou Dun had no cavalry. So Cao Zhen was sent to Xiahou Dun's side.