Chapter 25 Despair
In Cao Xijin's vision, Langya is still in uniform and powerful. Their military formations are almost completely left, and they can no longer launch the power of "Tide" like before, and their subsequent attack power will decrease. But even so, it is still fundamentally different from ordinary battle formations.
He looked back at his own battle formation, scattered and the blanks were not filled in time. The soldiers' faces were filled with horror and panic, and there was no fighting spirit. Cao Xijin knew very well that he had already been defeated, but he was not dead yet. But if he continued to fight, even if he did not die, he would definitely die.
"Retreat! Return to Bozhou!" Cao Xijin roared and led the remaining troops to escape from the river bank.
When he came, he was full of confidence, thinking that the Wei Bo army was the most powerful in the world, and it was easy to defeat the Lu army. However, he did not expect that after a round of storm, he could only escape like a dog that was a broken family. At this moment, there was no confidence, only fear and anxiety.
"Chasing!" Shangguan Qingcheng saw that Wei Bojun was about to leave, so he would not let the other party escape. He immediately led Langya to pursue him. No matter what kind of army pursued him, he would be happy to do it, because it was a great opportunity to "pick the head".
Li Ye did not stop Shangguan Qingcheng from chasing Cao Xijin.
In his opinion, Cao Xijin was still rational and knew that things were not possible, so he wanted to escape and wanted to preserve his military power. But the Pinglu Army was going to attack Bozhou next, so where could the other party preserve his military power? The pursuit was the only time to expand the results of the battle. Moreover, he also believed in Shangguan Qingcheng and knew that the other party would not fall into the trap.
The Langya was three thousand cavalry, and the Wei Bo army was defeated by 10,000. The battle report was sent back to the Pinglu army, which made the soldiers of the three armies feel excited, and the movements of crossing the floating bridge became much faster.
Zhao Polu's troops did not stop. According to military orders, they went directly to Bozhou City after crossing the bridge as a vanguard. After arriving at Bozhou City, their troops would directly start siege.
Several hours later, Langya returned and met Zhao Polu's troops on the road. Shangguan Qingcheng came to Li Ye to report to Li Ye, "Report to the military commander, the last general led his troops to chase the enemy for 30 miles, and won nearly 4,000 heads. Please tell us!"
"Well done." Li Ye smiled and praised him. Chasing is always the easiest time to win the head. "Wolf Teeth remembers the first merits. When I capture Bozhou City, I will hold a banquet to celebrate you!"
Shangguan Qingcheng's face was blushed, and his eyes were full of brilliance when he looked directly at Li Ye, as if peach blossoms were falling in a lake of spring water. Only when he led his troops to win a great victory did Shangguan Qingcheng dare to look at Li Ye like this.
Bozhou is the gateway to the northeast of Weizhou. If Bozhou is captured, Pinglu Army will be able to drive straight into Weizhou. Li Ye did not mean to give Bozhou a chance to breathe. The river bank is not far from Bozhou City, and it can be reached in two days of march. However, an army of more than 100,000 people stretched for dozens of miles. When the front army arrived at Bozhou City, the rear army was still on the road. It took a lot of time to gather and camp.
When Li Ye arrived outside Bozhou City, Zhao Polu's troops were already attacking the city, and they were still sieging Sanqueyi. Zhao Polu's troops were elite troops of Pinglu Army. Thirty thousand people took turns to fight, and they had already defeated Bozhou City to an extreme appearance and had also attacked the city several times.
After the subsequent troops of the Pinglu Army arrived, facing the iron-armored ocean of besieged cities and the camp that could not be seen, the morale of the Bozhou defenders fell to the bottom.
On that day, the morning light was dim, and the Pinglu army launched a general attack on Bozhou City. The tide of iron-armored soldiers spread across the city on three sides.
Cao Xijin sat at the top of the city, looking at the monks and soldiers who were constantly attacking the city, his face pale as paper. Even if he had a team of personal soldiers and monks around him, there was no sense of security in the slightest part of the qi-training monks who surrounded him in the middle.
There were too many monks in the Pinglu army, and they were all brave and seldom killed. Even masters like the middle stage of Qi training could enjoy wealth and prosperity at will, and they took the lead in charging without any chance. The Bozhou defenders could not resist at all and were killed and defeated.
When defending the city, countless people die every moment. This is to fill in the lives of people.
Cao Xijin gradually trembled, and the trembling hands eventually turned into trembling all over his body. He never thought that the Pinglu Army would be so strong that there were so many monks, but ordinary soldiers were brave and forgot about death, and they were not reckless. The soldiers and battle formations cooperated very well, and they advanced and retreated in moderation.
That is the quality that can only be cultivated after war and life and death, and it cannot be trained at all. Facing such a strong army, Wei Bojun, facing such a Pinglu army, he finally understood what a true elite is!
Now it is clearly the opponent's attack. The Bozhou Army has a defensive advantage, but the casualties are greater than the opponent! Often, one of the five-man small battle formations attacking the top of the city, the Bozhou Army has to send two, three or even more battle formations to drive the opponent down. It is just to drive down, not to kill the opponent!
Faced with such an army, Bozhou City could not defend at all, and its morale was sluggish to the bottom and could collapse at any time.
Cao Xijin's muscles twitched, and he suddenly grabbed the school beside him and roared at his face: "Why haven't the reinforcements from Weizhou arrived yet? When will they arrive?!"
Cao Xijin came to Bozhou and brought a lot of troops, plus the original defenders in Bozhou, with a total of 50,000. However, he was killed by Wolf Teeth in the first battle. Now facing the Pinglu army, which is like a wolf and a tiger, it is not enough to defend the city. Once the opponent captures the city and kills it into the city, the general situation will be lost, and no matter how many people there are, it will be useless.
The little school stammered with fear, "It will take another three days!"
"Three days? It's still three days?! Bozhou can't hold on for three days!" Cao Xijin threw the school to the ground, and was so anxious that he was running around.
The distance between Weizhou and Bozhou is three or four times that between Bozhou and Pinglu Army crossing the river. In advance, Cao Zhongming and Cao Xijin did not expect that the battle would be so fast, so they did not prepare targetedly. Cao Zhongming received a letter of help from Cao Xijin and always had to prepare food and fodder and then come, so it was not so fast.
"Look at General, Pinglu Army retreated!"
"Pinglu Army retreated!"
Cao Xijin was shocked and looked out of the city in disbelief, and saw that Pinglu army had indeed retreated like a tide.
"What's going on? They are clearly going to capture the city, why did they suddenly retreat?!" Cao Xijin was frightened, afraid that Li Ye would have any conspiracy. With the offensive of the Lu army, they could capture the city before sunset today, but now they suddenly retreated, which made Cao Xijin's second monk confused.
"It's good to retreat, it's good to retreat. Bozhou has another day, and we might be able to wait for reinforcements to come!" A general said excitedly, with a light of hope igniting in his eyes.
Cao Xijin didn't think so. If something goes wrong, there will be a demon. He is not stupid and doesn't think Li Ye can do stupid things.
Zhao Polu came to the central army tent and got permission to enter, he couldn't wait to ask Li Ye: "Military Commander, the city can be captured today, why did he suddenly stop attacking?"
He attacked the city for several days, and his troops were killed and injured. He was about to make a contribution, but Li Ye suddenly ordered a retreat, and Zhao Polu was naturally puzzled.
Li Ye was discussing matters with Li Zhen. Upon hearing this, he looked up and asked Zhao Polu to sit down. He asked someone to bring him a bowl of water. Then he said without any haste: "Weizhou sent reinforcements here, and we will arrive in two or three days."
Zhao Polu had no intention of drinking water. Although he was really thirsty, he held the tea bowl and said loudly: "So what if reinforcements come to Weizhou? We are still afraid that they will not succeed, just fight..."
Speaking of this, he was suddenly stunned. As a general in the army, he quickly understood what Li Ye meant, and his eyes suddenly shone: "What does military commander mean is to eat this reinforcement army?"
Li Ye smiled and said, "Wei Bo's army is 200,000, and there are 100,000 in Weizhou. If they are defended by the city, the army will suffer too much casualties. This time, Cao Zhongming sent 50,000 troops to rescue Bozhou. If they can annihilate it in the wild, it will be much easier to attack Weizhou in the future."
"The military commander is wise!" Zhao Polu immediately exclaimed that reinforcements were coming to rescue Bozhou. If they had not arrived, Bozhou would fall before they could arrive. They would definitely not use it. They would definitely turn back the same way. Li Ye could only attract the other party if he didn't conquer Bozhou. This principle is the same as fishing.
Li Ye looked at Liu Dazheng: "General Liu, you go and explore the terrain in the southeast of Bozhou and find a favorable place to set up an ambush. When the reinforcements from Weizhou come, don't let them go. When will you fight, General Zhao will launch the last battle against Bozhou accordingly."
Liu Dazheng immediately stood up and said, "The last general will take the order!"
Two days later.
The Pinglu army launched the last battle against Bozhou City.
Li Ye took the air and looked at it, taking the whole picture of Bozhou City into his eyes.
In the past two days, the army has not given up on the offensive, but has only maintained it to the extent of attack without breaking. This is to put pressure on Bozhou City so that they can constantly urge reinforcements to come. The reinforcements are eager to save people, so the possibility of Liu Dazheng's ambush is greater.
With Li Ye's cultivation level, he could go directly to Weizhou with the Holy Son and remove Cao Zhongming's head, but that was meaningless and would not directly decide the outcome of the war. When Cao Zhongming died, Wei Bo was still Wei Bo, and the Wei Bo army would have a new leader to lead the prefectures and counties to resist the Pinglu army. The vassal states are the roots of the vassal states and have their families, land and wealth, which is different from the border army guarding the border.
Only when the Pinglu army captured the prefectures and counties was the real victory.
Cao Xijin's face gradually turned pale when he saw the Pinglu army start to attack the city again. Unlike the soft attacks two days ago, this time the Pinglu army resumed its attack like a wolf and a tiger - the two days ago, the Tianping Army was fighting.
"It's over, Bozhou City is over..." Cao Xi's face was ashamed.
A general said: "General, don't worry, reinforcements will arrive soon, Bozhou City will be defended!"
Cao Xijin said desperately: "Reinforcements will not arrive."
The general was shocked and puzzled: "Why? They are obviously coming."
Cao Xijin gritted his teeth and said, "The Pinglu army has suspended its offensive in the past two days. Why? Xiang Zhuang just dances with swords, intending to ambush our Bozhou reinforcements!"
The general couldn't help but take two steps back: "Why are the reinforcements... But for the past two days, the general has been urging the reinforcements to come? Isn't that..." He couldn't say what happened later, and it was pushing the other party into the fire pit.
Cao Xijin glanced at the general without saying anything.
Li Ye's intention was just what he thought of today. Besides, even though he had thought about it for a long time, he could not let reinforcements come to save him and go back the same way? Then wouldn't he be dead?
Now that the Pinglu army has begun to attack fiercely, it means that the reinforcements have been defeated... If the reinforcements win, Li Ye's troops will definitely block the reinforcements. In the least, they will not dare to attack the city. Then Cao Xijin and the reinforcements will cooperate with each other...
Chapter completed!