The Nameless of the Common Clans

The camp seemed to be heavily guarded, but when Cao Chun led his troops to charge in, he encountered no decent resistance. After realizing that something was wrong, the soldiers in the camp actually ran away! !

"Retreat!" Looking at the empty camp, Cao Chun felt a chill on his back. He didn't even rush in to see if there was any food or grass. He made a quick decision and turned his horse's head immediately, ready to retreat.

Although he didn't know when the enemy discovered it, Cao Chun was sure that even if he burned the camp here, there would probably not be much food or grass inside. He had fought with the Guanzhong army more than once or twice, and had never encountered a Guanzhong army that fled before fighting.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry didn't know what happened, but the military order was as strong as a mountain. As soon as Cao Chun gave the order, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry immediately began to change their formation, first stopping the war horses, and then turning their horses' heads to prepare for retreat.

Whether it was Cao Chun's reaction or the speed at which the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry executed the order, it was still too late. At the moment when the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry turned around, a row of crossbow arrows broke through the air in the darkness. Behind them, dozens of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were shot off their horses by the powerful crossbow arrows. Behind them, a large number of torches lit up, and rows of soldiers holding powerful crossbows quickly advanced forward.

Rows of crossbow arrows were still shooting towards this side. The crossbows were very large, and the crossbow arrows were much more powerful than ordinary large yellow crossbows. They were new crossbows made by Ma Jun and Liu Yi after some adjustments based on the large yellow crossbows, and could shoot through plate armor from a hundred steps away.

Behind these crossbowmen were spearmen holding spears, and further behind them were shieldmen holding shields in one hand and torches in the other. Looking further back, all you could see were a large number of torches spreading towards this side in the darkness like fire dragons.

"Follow me!" Cao Chun's expression remained unchanged, and he turned his horse's head and went east.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are all cavalrymen, and this place is not a dead end. If they want to leave, the enemy cannot stop them.

"Boom~" At this moment, with a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds, a cavalry rushed towards this side. Behind the cavalry, a large number of soldiers holding torches appeared. The leader rushed to the front, wearing a beast-faced gold armor, a white robe on his shoulders, sitting on an extremely handsome BMW, holding a silver spear, quite eye-catching, and came directly to the front of the formation, laughing loudly: "Thief general, do you know Xiliang Ma Chao!?"

Cao Chun clenched the sword in his hand, and the light in his eyes was cold and fierce. He naturally knew Ma Chao. Two months ago, he killed Cao Cao and cut off his beard and threw away his robe. In the end, he successfully killed tens of thousands of troops. I didn't expect him to appear here at this moment!

Counting it up, this Ma Chao hasn't appeared for a long time. Could it be that he has been waiting here?

Cao Chun was in doubt. For a moment, he didn't know how many troops the other side had arranged to ambush him. To the west of the camp was a forest, and to the north was a surging river. Now both the southeast and east directions were blocked. This time, it was really a dead end.

"General, let's fight!" The deputy general rushed to Cao Chun and gritted his teeth.

"Retreat to the camp and make plans at dawn!" Cao Chun turned his head and glanced at the camp behind him. At this time, as the commander, it was better not to act rashly without knowing the enemy.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry began to retreat to the camp, quickly blocked the gate, and began to investigate the situation in the camp.

On the other side, Zhang He, who was standing behind the shieldman and commanding the army, looked at Xu Shu beside him with some surprise: "Sir, you really got it right?"

It is good to gather heavy troops here, but if the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is determined to break through, it is not necessarily possible to keep all of them. After all, they are the elite of Cao's army. On our side, it looks very powerful, but in fact, those holding torches behind are civilians carrying food and grass.

Now that Cao Chun hides in the military camp, it is different. It is easy to get in, but it is difficult to get out.

"Cao Chun is a man of courage and strategy. He is calm in battle and can be a great general!" Xu Shu heard this and smiled, twirling his beard, "But it is precisely because of this that our army is now so powerful. Cao Chun does not know our military situation and will not charge recklessly. He retreated into the camp at this time because he wanted to wait until dawn to see our military situation clearly before making a decision."

If it were someone else, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong or Le Jin, they might have directly led their troops to charge at this time. In that case, it would be difficult for both Ma Chao and Zhang He to stop Cao Hong. In order to keep the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Xu Shu also set up an ambush in the mountains and forests. If Cao Hong rushed in that direction, he could also scare the opponent away. But because of this, although Chen Mo gave Xu Shu more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, it would be difficult to completely stop the opponent if they were dispersed.

Fortunately, Cao Chun was not the kind of person who would fight blindly when he encountered a desperate situation, which also gave Xu Shu the opportunity to trap Cao Chun to death.

Zhang He nodded. So, being smart and calm is not necessarily a good thing on the battlefield. Xu Shu had obviously studied all the generals of Cao's army before this. As the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Cao Chun was naturally also among those studied by Xu Shu. It was just unknown whether Cao Chun would be happy or disappointed if he knew Xu Shu's plan.

Watching the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry enter the camp in an orderly manner, Xu Shu smiled and said, "The rest depends on the general."

"Don't worry, sir!" Zhang He nodded. If the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were determined to break through, it would be difficult to stop the other side in the dark. After all, although he looked powerful, most of them were civilians. But if he retreated into the camp now, he would tie his hands.

Zhang He ordered people to blow the horn and began to gather in the direction of the camp.

At the same time, in the camp, Cao Chun noticed something was wrong as soon as he entered the camp. There was a pungent smell in the air. After a while, the soldiers who went to investigate the camp came back one after another, but the news they brought made Cao Chun regretful: "General, there is no food in the camp. Those granaries are full of hay and other igniters covered with tung oil."

Not only those granaries, but also the tents were smeared with oil, and there was hay everywhere under the feet.

This is not a camp, it is clearly a pit dug by the other party for himself. He had already jumped out, but now he broke in again. Cao Chun suddenly regretted it. If he had known this, he should have broken through directly just now.

But it's too late to say anything now.

"Quick, clear all the igniters around!" Cao Chun said to the soldiers.

"Yes!"

Although it was not very meaningful, it was better than doing nothing. But at this moment, rows of rockets were fired from outside the camp. The rockets landed on the tents and immediately ignited the tents. They fell to the ground and began to spread around. It was too late to clean up now. The whole camp was in chaos.

People can control it, but horses can't. Animals are afraid of fire. At this moment, there were flames everywhere, and more flames kept shooting in from outside the camp. The horses in the camp were like headless flies. Many soldiers were knocked away. Cao Chun could only lead his men and horses to retreat to the rear camp, all the way to the river, and cleared a lot of open space around to avoid the disaster of fire.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, as if even the sky was dyed red. A group of people stood by the surging river, feeling the heat waves that kept spreading in the air. Even the elites like the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry felt waves of despair at this moment.

The horses were gone, and many people didn't even have time to take their weapons off their horses. In the military camp, many out-of-control war horses rushed over from time to time, and they had to work together to kill them.

Before the battle, the horses of their own cavalry were gone. Now it was a luxury to break through. One wrong step, all wrong steps. Cao Chun looked at this scene and clenched the sword in his hand. Who could have thought that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which dominated the world, would be defeated in such a way?

A fish belly white appeared on the horizon, and the fire gradually stopped. Cao Chun quickly ordered people to collect the war horses that were not burned to death and collect weapons. In any case, even if the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry died, they should not die so cowardly.

Outside the camp, Zhang He raised his hand, and the soldiers who had been prepared quickly hooked the claws on the wall of the camp. Dozens of people pulled the rope together, and a section of the wall was pulled down. This camp looked solid, but it was actually used to trap people. It fell down with a pull.

Xu Shu sat on his warhorse, looking far in the direction of the camp. He could see Cao Jun hurriedly packing up his weapons and warhorses, but he didn't feel too nervous. Things had come to this point, the outcome had been decided, and this battle should be over. He should stay away from it.

As the sky gradually brightened, the fire was finally completely extinguished, and there were traces of burning everywhere. Zhang He and Ma Chao each commanded their troops to step on the collapsed city wall and began to encircle Cao Chun.

Cao Chun led his troops to break out. He saw that the enemy was not as numerous as it seemed last night. He was deceived. The anger and unwillingness in his heart drove Cao Chun to lead his troops to break out. However, facing the Guanzhong soldiers who had been completely surrounded, Cao Chun was hit by three arrows in the cold crossbow arrows and was dragged back by his subordinates. In the camp, a large number of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

"Thieves, you have no way to retreat. If you don't surrender now, when will you surrender?" Zhang He rode his horse in front of the formation and shouted loudly.

Behind him was the surging river, and in front of him was the encirclement of countless Guanzhong troops. At this time, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had fallen into a desperate situation. There were only two options left for Cao Chun, either surrender or jump into the river.

Cao Chun looked at the remaining Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers around him, smiled bitterly, and bowed to everyone and said: "Everyone, Cao Chun is incompetent. I have tired all the soldiers to suffer this great disaster. I really have no face to see the lord again. I will leave first!"

After saying that, without saying anything, he turned around and jumped into the surging river without hesitation, and disappeared in an instant.

Zhang He opened his mouth, but finally did not speak. He just sighed, looked at the remaining Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "Surrender, or die!"

Some people silently put down their weapons, and some turned around and jumped into the river. Although it was early spring, the river water was still cold. If they jumped in like this, even if they were saved, they would probably not live long.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were elite troops, but the last battle of this elite force was not heroic. As the surrendering Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers were tied up, the battle came to an end.