Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 497 Shoot Cao Rui

"Kill, kill!"

In the rain, the Han army and the Wei army had a tragic confrontation.

From the beginning of the afternoon to the beginning of the evening, both sides were in a bitter battle.

The pattering rain continued to sway down, covering the earth.

And it's not just them, a steady stream of reinforcements from the Cao army and the Han army are still on their way.

Before Cao Wei, nearly 2 people scattered in the north and south of the Yellow River looking for Huchu Spring. Cao Rui immediately sent people to summon them, and they all arrived one after another.

But the Han army was not a vegetarian either. Zhuge Liang's army was already larger than Sima Yi's. Not only did he let Gan Ning lead the cavalry to help, but he also sent Huangmen soldiers over on foot to the battlefield.

At night, the most elite Huangmen soldiers of the three thousand Han army arrived.

Shen Tao, the original commander of the Huangmen pawns, has become General Anbei, with a high position and authority, and no longer serves as the commander of the Huangmen pawns. Now the Chongjun general Zhou Tai is in charge.

After Zhoutai arrived, he saw only a messy battlefield. In the wilderness, [-] to [-] soldiers of the enemy and us were fighting together. Rain, sweat, and blood were intertwined. endlessly.

He immediately participated in the battle without any hesitation. The pouring rain was still falling, the sky was getting darker, and the visibility in the night became lower and lower. Soon the soldiers broke up, and they slowly searched for their own people to fight together.

In the middle of the night, the sudden rainstorm subsided a lot, and the dark clouds in the sky slowly drifted away, revealing the bright silvery white moonlight, illuminating the earth, and the situation on the battlefield gradually became clearer.

I saw that the originally chaotic battlefield was full of enemy and enemy soldiers who had been cut into countless small groups. The chaotic people did not kill a few, and the speed of grouping was quite fast.Many people didn't find the team immediately, so they simply played dead or hid in the corner.

Among the grass, in the woods, and beside the stream, people can emerge everywhere.The groups with the largest number of people were naturally Xiahoushang and Zhoutai's Huangmen soldiers. Zhoutai led people to shout all the way, recruited them when they encountered the Han army, asked where the governor was, and killed Cao army when they met.

Although the visibility has improved, the chaotic scene has not changed much.Cao Jun was shouting: "Kill Shen Chen, kill Shen Chen." "Come save me, I'll be damned." "There's a team of Han soldiers over there, brothers, come with me and kill them!"

The Han army was also shouting: "Our reinforcements have arrived, kill them." "Capture Cao Rui alive, capture Cao Rui alive!" , form an array."

All kinds of voices came and went on the battlefield. Shen Chen's position was relatively to the northwest, outside a forest beside the small stream, and the inner and outer three floors were protected by a hundred or so personal guards.

Xia Houshang had already launched a few rounds of offensive just now, but Gan Ning suddenly rushed from the flanks and dispersed his team, which eased the offensive and relieved the crisis on Shen Chen's side.

He swept towards the battlefield by the moonlight, and in the vagueness, there seemed to be hundreds of dark shadows looking at him on a hillside in the distance.

It must be at least two miles away from his position.

Shen Chen estimated that it wasn't Cao Rui, but probably the person Cao Rui sent to monitor the battlefield.

This time it is more dangerous.

As the coach of one side, except for the last battle of Leishou Mountain, Shen Chen rarely went to the battlefield in person, and he always commanded from the rear.

But now is a rare opportunity.

Originally, they only wanted to take Luoyang. After taking over Pang De, they either went north to destroy Guanqiu Jian first, and then went south to cooperate with Zhuge Liang to attack Sima Yi.

Either go south to attack Sima Yi's rear first, and then go north to attack Hanoi County.

I didn't expect Cao Rui to be here.

Capture the thief first, capture the king first, and the opportunity to unify the country in World War I is right in front of you, and you should not miss it.So he immediately dispatched troops and searched for Cao Rui along the south bank of the Yellow River.

In the end, he found it, and almost put himself in danger because the reinforcements were one step late.

But the ending was good. A heavy rain and darker sky helped Cao's army to defeat them quickly, and they survived until the reinforcements arrived.

After the visibility was a little higher, Zhou Tai led the Huangmen soldiers on a rampage on the chaotic battlefield, asking all the way, and finally found the direction where Shen Chen was, and came to help in a mighty way with an order.

With the arrival of more and more reinforcements from both sides, the number of soldiers fighting between the enemy and us on the battlefield is also increasing, and the scope of the battlefield is also increasing. The surrounding area is at least one square kilometer, and the Han army and the Cao army are fighting each other. Killing battlefield.

There are villages and fields nearby. Many people hid at home, trembling when they heard the shouts of killing and various voices outside. Sometimes when the broken soldiers who fled in panic and evaded smashed the door outside, Hu Ting was even more shocked. The surrounding people were terrified and fearful.

Zhoutai ordered the soldiers B, D, E, and Ji to rush to the aid of other soldiers, and he personally took 1000 people with A and B to go to Shen Chen's side. Too much is not a good thing, especially when it is so chaotic like now, sometimes a team of dozens of people can play a miraculous effect.

With 1000 people running fast, the distance of four or five hundred steps is reached in an instant.As the battlefield got closer and closer, the 2000 outside skirmishers that Xia Houshang had brought at the beginning all gathered around, but facing the two neatly formed Han soldiers, they did not dare to come up to intercept them, and only shot symbolically from a distance. Take a few arrows and watch them go.

The main reason is that the soldiers of the Yellow Gate are equipped with hand crossbows. Cao Jun, who blocked the road, was almost not even qualified to come up to touch porcelain. He was shot into a hornet's nest within a few dozen steps. In such a scattered situation, the number of people is too small to dare to come over.

Soon he approached the battlefield, Xia Houshang's soldiers and horses gathered around him not far away, the reinforcements entered the camp here, and the Cao army attacking Shen Chen's direction retreated in an orderly manner. In the blink of an eye, the densely woven battlefield became strangely quiet, with only the sound of fighting in the distance continuing.

"Great governor, the future is late."

After Zhou Tai revealed his identity, he was brought in front of Shen Chen by the guards of the governor.

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "It's just in time, you follow me to kill."

As he spoke, he pointed to the direction of the hillside in the distance.

Zhou Tai looked over and saw the figures of people on the hillside in the distance, and asked, "Great Governor, is there anyone over there?"

"It's Cao Rui."

Shen Chen said: "If he can be captured alive, the whole Cao Wei will surely collapse, and the world will be at peace."

When Zhou Tai heard this, his breath became short of breath, and he cupped his hands and said, "The last general will go through fire and water to capture Cao Rui alive!"

"Kill! Capture Cao Rui!"

"Capture Cao Rui!"

"whole team!"

Seeing the terrifying roar of the Han army not far away, Xia Houshang immediately shouted and wanted to intercept it.

For a while, the sound of shouting and fighting, the sound of weapons fighting, the groaning and hissing of people when knives and guns were piercing flesh, all kinds of sounds filled the battlefield instantly, making the battlefield that had just subsided become extremely lively again.

"Two people to the right! Go!"

"Don't let the Han army rush over, quickly blow the horn to summon the men."

"Kill kill kill."

Xia Houshang kept roaring.

With the sound of the melodious horn, Cao Jun, who was fighting fiercely or resting nearby, gathered together one after another.

The Han army did not dare to show weakness, and soon Gan Ning personally led the team to support.

The originally scattered battlefield of 3 or [-] people quickly became concentrated again, but everyone no longer lined up like a frontal battle, but criss-crossed and fought fiercely in dense terrain.

The fight lasted for nearly two hours, until the sky was gray and bright, and at sunrise, the battlefield situation became more and more chaotic as before.

Shen Chen wiped off his sweat, reined in the horse and looked around.

The Cao army and the Han army were dispersed again, corpses and scattered weapons and equipment were everywhere on the chaotic battlefield. Blood flowed into creeks, fields, and ditches with the previous rain. figure.

Xiahou still didn't know where he went, and Gan Ning didn't know where he went either. There were only one or two hundred guards around Shen Chen and three or four hundred people from Zhoutai, adding up to about five or six hundred people.

It's not that he suffered a lot of casualties here, the main reason is that the people were scattered during the chaotic battle last night, so it's good that so many people can gather now.

At this moment, Shen Chen led the soldiers forward and moved forward. Half of his body was already exposed in the eastern Chaoyang, but the sky was still very dark, and the dark clouds above his head had not dissipated. Obviously, there would be another rainstorm during the day today.

The figure on the hillside in the distance turned his horse and turned his head to leave, and the Han army shouted and launched a charge to catch up.

The two sides soon arrived at Huting again.

This time Cao Jun had no troops to defend the pavilion, and the Han army easily occupied the pavilion and marched towards the pier.

When we got to the pier, we saw a large ship slowly sailing away, and the wreckage of the sunken ship was everywhere near the pier. Huting Ferry is a medium-sized ferry, and there are many ships, but it is clear that Cao’s army was ruined, and only one was left to guarantee Cao Rui’s departure. vessel.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Cao Rui watched the pursuers of the Han army approach the shore from a distance. The distance between the two sides was about a hundred feet. He could even see a black horse standing on the shore, and the man on the horse was staring at him coldly. , which made him very uncomfortable.

"That's Shen Chen."

Cao Rui said.

Next to him is Hu Zun, the general of Cao Wei, who led people to garrison Hu Ting.

Hearing Cao Rui's question, Hu Zun replied: "Your Majesty, I have never seen Shen Chen, but it is said that his horse, the Yuluo horse, is all black, except for the white mane. That horse looks like this, so it must be him."

"Sima Yi is really incompetent!"

Cao Rui gritted his teeth and said: "I asked him to rush to help immediately, but the reinforcements not only arrived late, but also failed to destroy Shen Chen. If I can kill Shen Chen here, why can't I beat the enemy back?"

Hu Zun said: "After all, the general of chariots and riders has fewer troops than Zhuge Liang. He is facing a stalemate with 20 Han troops. His burden is not light."

In Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the actual number of troops was 15, but it was claimed to be 40, and Cao Wei estimated that it was 20.

Cao Rui said: "Even so, it's not a reason for him to delay the battle."

Hu Zun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Shen Chen is now in the hinterland of Henan, and our soldiers and horses are everywhere. And we are not defeated, but we are still in the middle of a fierce battle. Your Majesty can send people to Yecheng in the north, and send people to Yecheng in the south." If someone asks General Chariots to increase his troops, Shen Chen will definitely be wiped out here."

In fact, they still have tens of thousands of people in Yecheng. The aristocratic family contributed nearly 5 new troops. Cao Rui only asked Guan Qiujian to bring 5 people, and the remaining 5 people continued to train. High, but after all, it is [-] people.

Shen Chen's side is only more than 1 in total. If Cao Rui dispatches troops immediately, he may be able to stop Shen Chen.After all, Shen Chen is an infantry, and in the hinterland of Cao Wei, it is still not so easy to evacuate in a short time.

"Ah."

Cao Rui pursed his lips and nodded slightly.

The boat slowly left the shore and sailed on the rolling river waves.

They wanted to go to the ferry on the other side of the river. When they got to the other side, Cao Rui planned to send people to Taihangxing in the north immediately to transfer the defenders there.

He intends to keep Shen Chen in Henan at all costs. It doesn't matter whether Luoyang is there or not, Shen Chen's life is more important.

Without Shen Chen, the pressure on Cao Wei's western front would have been greatly reduced. As long as Sima Yi and Xia Houyuan could resist the southern front, then with Cao Wei's background and population, they would eventually recover slowly and regain Guanzhong step by step.

At three quarters before sunrise, around six o'clock in the morning, a faint mist rose on the Yellow River. The Yellow River is not wide, about one mile or so, and soon they approached the opposite bank.

On the opposite bank of Huting Ferry is Wude Ferry, located in the southeast of Wude County, at the junction of Qinshui River and the Yellow River.

I saw the ferry slowly revealed in the fog. Rows of docks for mooring boats are beside the ferry. There are many boats tied there. There are many kinds of pergolas for rest, warehouses for storing items, and market houses on the ferry. It seems quite For prosperity.

However, what is strange is that there is no one at this time.

This is not surprising if it is wartime.

The problem is that Henan Yin is in the hinterland, and if Shen Chen hadn't made a surprise attack, it is unlikely that the war would affect this place, Hu Ting is an example.

So it stands to reason that there should be talents here, and the boatman's ferry should be lively at this point.

Cao Rui frowned.

It's so quiet, it's like there's no sound at all.

"Why is it so quiet here?"

Cao Rui asked.

Hu Zun said: "When I took over Hu Ting, many boatmen fled. Maybe they told about the war at the ferry on the other side, so everyone fled."

"Well"

Cao Rui was noncommittal, maybe because of this, but it always made people feel uneasy.

The boat was getting closer and closer to the shore, and when it was less than [-] feet away from the shore, Cao Rui suddenly said: "Let the boatman stop the boat, don't touch the shore, go down the river, and cross the river at Yanjin Ferry!"

"Yes!"

Hu Zun immediately shouted: "If you don't dock, go to Yanjin Ferry!"

The voice was very loud, and the boatman was notified.

At this moment, countless figures appeared in the originally quiet ferry.

Someone jumped onto the roof, raised the crossbow in his hand, and shouted angrily: "It's late, let the arrows go!"

After saying that, he let go of the arrow in his hand, and a sharp arrow suddenly cut through the void and shot towards Cao Rui.

Almost at the same time, countless arrow rains covered the sky and the sun, covering the entire ship.

Cao Rui opened his eyes angrily, and at the critical moment, he pulled Hu Zun next to him to block the arrow, and heard Hu Zun moaning continuously, and was shot like a hedgehog. He risked his life and was dragged into the cabin.

(End of this chapter)