Chapter 1005 Breakout Battle
There are actually not many rolling logs and stones on the mountain, because there are not many stones on this mountain except for a little more wood.
These stones were dug out by soldiers in a few days.
Fortunately, they brought a lot of tools.
They don't need as much, though, because they're concentrated and slanted down all at once.
Like an avalanche in a mountain, it gives people the feeling that the Tianshan Mountains are overwhelming and the torrent is rolling.
This avalanche, this torrent, is hard to escape.
The tens of thousands of troops who went up the mountain ran hundreds of meters away, and the rocks behind them sloped down with the rolling logs. Even if they went ten times faster, they would not be able to run.
The despair, the fear, is indescribable.
The stone and the rolling log were prepared by the soldiers long ago on the mountain, tied up with rattan on the mountain, then cut off the rattan, and rolled down together.
Some were placed on slopes, waiting for soldiers to push them down.
Cao Ang was at the foot of the mountain, closing his eyes weakly.
This time tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will not come back.
It was hopeless to attack, even if there were no rocks and logs on the mountain, the soldiers had no morale to attack in such a scene.
The only way is to trap them and leave them without food.
Cao Ang didn't know how long they could hold on, but judging by the current situation, they could hold on for a while longer.
However, what the two sides are fighting for is time.
"kill."
After throwing the logs and stones, a few teenagers took the lead and started to charge.
Tens of thousands of troops on the mountain, carrying the momentum of victory, descended mightily.
That shout seemed to drag the sun that was about to set back up again.
The mountain was shaking, and the mountain was trembling by the sound.
The army killed the mountain, and the mountain was already in a mess. Most of the defensive formation Cao Jun had established there had been destroyed.
Zhang Yu's soldiers rushed out.
Divide into four groups, attack and kill outwards.
The mountain was relatively large and was attacked from all sides. Cao Ang didn't even know which side the opponent's main force was on.
When rushing down the mountain, the sky gradually darkened.
Zhang Yu's army is on the assault, and assaults in the predetermined direction.
Cao Ang and the others could only look at one side.
A bloody battle at the foot of the mountain.
Cao Jun's arrangement has been messed up. Tens of thousands of people were massacred by an avalanche attack, and there are loopholes everywhere.
Several teenagers broke through from several reverses.
More than 10,000 troops broke through in one direction originally planned, and they also killed many Cao troops along the way.
The other three routes, two routes are feint attacks, but there are also a large number of troops, like a strong attack, go out in a surprise attack.
It is said to be a feint attack, but from the soldiers to the generals, there is no consciousness of feint attack, and they just attack all the way.
Breakthrough all the way, but they are still fighting, but they are not worried about being surrounded.
On the other hand, you can't break through for a long time, and you will fight bloody with the enemy.
After more than half an hour of bloody battle, another feint attacking army came to help.
And there was an army that feinted all the way, trying not to be afraid of death, and kept attacking fiercely, but they were rushed out by them.
Although the army has been reduced by more than half, they fought bloody battles all the way, and I don't know how many enemies fell.
Of the four armies, two broke through.
The other two joined forces together, and then began to charge.
The armies that broke out from the two routes were still fighting. They turned back and fought the enemy to hold them back.
In this way, after several hours of killing in the dark, there are still troops fighting in the middle of the night.
The last army broke through, and they were stopped because there were a lot of troops here, and the surroundings also came to support them.
In the end, they fought off two-thirds of the people and rushed out.
After all rushed out, they headed towards the assembly point.
In the darkness, in the chaos, and blocked by the mountain environment, Cao Ang didn't even know how much the enemy had lost, how much he had rushed out, and how much he had lost.
Helpless, Cao Ang gave up pursuing.
Zhang Yu's army rushed out, and in the worst case, there were only more than 8,000 people along the way.
The three roads converged and headed towards Xuzhou. They were unable to continue to attack.
After merging, they didn't care about counting people and horses, and hurried towards Xuzhou.
At dawn, they stopped to organize the army.
"Only more than 30,000 people came out." A young general said solemnly.
"A few of our classmates failed to rush out."
The so-called classmates are those young generals that Zhang Yu focuses on training. They may be classmates in colleges of higher learning, or they may be classmates in military schools for a few months.
They didn't come out and basically died in battle.
Several people's hearts are heavy.
The 100,000 troops, no, after a fight, there were more than 30,000 left.
At this time, Cao Ang may not be in a better mood than them.
Tens of thousands of people were killed when they went up the mountain before, and they still lost a lot after half a night of rushing.
When attacking in the middle of the night, the two sides fought hard, and whoever was ruthless would win.
They are all desperate to kill.
Cao Ang and the others lost even more.
At this time, there were only less than 70,000 troops.
The hundreds of thousands of troops are here, and they still have an advantage in strength.
But no matter what, Cao Ang and the others also resolved the battle, which can be regarded as temporarily solving the crisis in this direction.
I thought it would be easier to solve it, but I didn't expect that they had a great advantage, but the result was not very satisfactory.
I didn't expect Zhang Yu's army to be stationed on the mountain, and I didn't expect that they would have so much food and grass with them.
The general army will not bring much food and grass for the sake of marching speed, but will let the transport team behind to keep up, or prepare in advance and transport the food and grass there first.
The army along this route was originally a feint attack, holding back Cao Jun's army and creating panic for Cao Jun's forces.
So they carry a lot of food, grass, and equipment, and move forward slowly, as long as they create momentum.
As a result, such a situation was created.
Cao Ang suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw.
Cao Ang retreated, and several young generals also retreated.
This battle is all about time, so it's hard to say who won or lost.
Xuchang was not threatened, and Xuzhou was not threatened either.
In this way, no one can say who will win and who will lose, and neither side will achieve their strategic goals.
But tactically, it was Cao Jun who suffered a little.
The two sides went back separately. Gao Shun had planned to send troops, but he got them to break out.
Gao Shun just sent 5,000 troops to meet them.
Cao Cao and the others had received news before and knew that this battle was not easy to fight, so Cao Cao made preparations.
Under the advice of his counselors, Cao Cao completely gave up Taishan County, and then concentrated his troops to defend the State of Lu, intending to block Zhang Yu's army here.
The army from Xuzhou has been broken, and the three-way army has become a two-way army.
In the northeast of Yuzhou, the armies of both sides are gathering.
In order to solve it at once, Zhang Yu even ordered a slow attack, so that more Cao troops could gather.
Zhang Yu's approach is quite crazy, because Cao Jun is defending the city, and if there are too many troops, it will be even more difficult to fight.
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