Situation

Originally, Cao Peng was full of confidence that he could hold off Guan Yu for ten days with Xia Jun.

But now, he found that he had underestimated Guan Yu, or underestimated Guan Yu's madness. After a short rest...about two hours, Guan Yu gave the order to fight at night and continue to attack Dongguan Bridge. When it was ugly, the night was dark.

.Under the Dongguan Bridge, the shouts of killing shook the sky. Jiang Xia soldiers launched a desperate attack on the Dongguan Bridge, with a desperate attitude of vowing to capture the Dongguan Bridge.

Guan Yu had to fight!

On top of the Windy City, there was a mess.

Bodies lay scattered in a pool of blood.

Ma Su disappeared without a trace, and the ordnance on the top of Fengcheng was completely destroyed.

"At nightfall, I don't know where Cao's army came from to climb the mountain. Suddenly they appeared on the top of Fengcheng. Master Ma rushed to fight, but those Cao's soldiers were extremely fierce. I'm afraid they were the elite of Cao's army. The brothers on the top of Fengcheng were almost massacred.

After all, the general saw that Master Ma was captured alive by a general of Cao's army in the chaos... Although the general wanted to rescue, Cao's army was too fierce. After defeating us, he quickly evacuated and escaped into the wind.

In the city ridge, the last general sent people to pursue him, but no one returned."

A military commander who had retreated from Fengcheng Peak cried to Guan Yu.

In normal times, Guan Yu would have sent people to rescue him without saying a word. But now, he no longer had the energy to care about Ma Su's life or death.

In fact, an unprecedented sense of crisis made Guan Yu feel extremely nervous.

It doesn't matter that Ma Su was captured!

The most important thing is to speed up and conquer Dongguan Bridge.

Although thousands of lives were lost, it was not important... At this moment, Guan Yu no longer thought about relying on Xia Jun to stop Cao Jun's progress.

What he wanted to do was to lead his men to break through the Dongguan Bridge defense line as soon as possible and join Liu Bei.

Therefore, after a short rest, Guan Yu launched an attack on Dongguan Bridge again. Jiang Xia soldiers even formed a death squad. Under Guan Yu's command, they attacked Dongguan Bridge crazily, which doubled the pressure on Cao's army on Dongguan Bridge, and even fainted.

There are signs of being irresistible.

One mile, five hundred meters.

For car collisions, the shorter the collision distance, the smaller the power.

As daybreak approached, nearly 200 vehicles rushed to Dongguan Bridge, killing and injuring more than 500 people.

Although Cao Peng still behaved extremely calmly, the tension inside was getting stronger and stronger. One day and one night was just one day and one night!

With more than a thousand men, Guan Yu almost exhausted Cao Jun's charge.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Guan Yu would not give up. At this time, he could only find a way out by attacking fiercely. And as time went by, Jiang Xiabing gradually discovered the weakness of charging the car, and even focused on the grooves on the ground.

track and began to destroy it.

Fortunately, there are still more than 400 meters of grooved track.

Otherwise, the pressure on Cao Jun will inevitably be even greater...

Mao hour has passed, and Jiang Xia's offensive has slowed down and they are resting again.

Cao Peng's lips were chapped and bleeding, his throat was hoarse, and he couldn't even speak. Liu Cong handed him a water bag, and Cao Peng pulled out the stopper. He drank a lot of cow drink, which finally relieved the dryness in his throat.

Thirsty. He took a breath and walked to the horse wall at the head of Dongguan Bridge. The temporary horse wall had become dilapidated by this time and could no longer function as a shelter.

"Grand Governor, we don't have much time left to rush the car!"

"There are many?"

"Ninety-seven vehicles..."

Liu Cong immediately reported an accurate number, which made Cao Peng frown.

Ninety-seven vehicles, just one day and one night... If this consumption rate is maintained, it is estimated that the rush vehicles will be used up before noon.

However, Jiang Xia's soldiers continued to advance forward, greatly weakening the power of the charge.

Originally, a charging car could kill at least dozens of people. But now, a charging car can only kill a few people, and it is not as powerful as before. In this case, it is not easy to persist. I don’t know.

, how is the entry from Cao Cao's side? Has he crossed the river?

Thinking of this, Cao Peng sighed in his heart.

After pondering for a moment, he told Liu Cong: "Please come over Xiaozhi."

After a while, Fazheng dragged his exhausted body to the head of Dongguan Bridge.

Initially, Fazheng commanded the battle. However, as Cao Peng took over, Fazheng began to take charge of logistics and ensured the transportation of baggage. He also did not rest for a day and a night, and Fazheng looked extremely haggard. When he came to Cao Peng, he also had a look on his face.

With a bitter smile, he bowed his hands.

"How is the morale of the men?"

"Morale is good, but the large number of casualties really scares some people."

"How many soldiers and horses do we have now?"

"There are about 800 people at Dongguan Qiaotou... Master, if it doesn't work, we can transfer them from Xiguan.

If Dongguan Bridge is lost, the significance of defending Xiguan will be lost. Now that it has reached this point, it is simply necessary to fight to the death with Guan Yu. Liu Bei cannot send reinforcements now anyway, so the significance of defending Xiguan is actually not that big. Let's

The ordnance and baggage are sufficient, but the troops are obviously lacking. If the Xiguan garrison is not deployed, it may be difficult to persist."

Cao Peng had a total of 3,200 people in his hands.

Xiajun still had 800 soldiers, but they could not be reused.

It is impossible for those people to persist in the face of such a tragic battle. If they are transferred to Dongguan Bridge, they may not have much effect, but will disrupt their own camp. Therefore, from the beginning of the Battle of Xiajun, Cao Peng

Those soldiers who were demoted will not be allowed to go into battle.

He ordered Liao Zhong's uncle and nephew to select 300 capable soldiers from the 800 soldiers to be responsible for maintaining public order in the residences on the west bank of Xiajun.

Previously, he led his troops to defend Dongguan with a thousand soldiers and horses. After a day and a half of fierce fighting, more than 60% of the soldiers and horses were killed or injured. The remaining soldiers and horses were difficult to use for a while and needed to be adjusted; while the defenders of Dongguan Bridge

, there are also a thousand, and now the casualties are more than 20%.

This is due to the terrain of Laidongguan Bridge and the power of the shuttle-shaped rush car.

As Jiang Xia's soldiers get closer and closer to Dongguan Bridge, the advantage of the terrain will gradually decrease, and the power of the shuttle charge will also gradually weaken.

Hand-to-hand combat will inevitably happen again.

With only 800 people guarding Dongguan Bridge, the force is really weak.

Fa Zheng's words make sense... At this time, there is no need to worry about the safety of Xiguan. If Dongguan Bridge is lost, the whole of Xiajun will be unsafe.

After pondering for a moment, Cao Peng made up his mind.

"Order Liao Zhong to take charge of Xiguan and mobilize all the troops and horses from Xiguan.

The arsenal is opened, and everyone is equipped with bows, arrows and long knives... Once the charge of the car fails, it will inevitably be a fierce hand-to-hand fight... Tell the men, hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon. At this time, we can only fight to the death, except

There is no other way."

Reinforcements, where are they?

Cao Peng himself couldn't explain clearly.

But at this point, we can only say this, otherwise morale will be low.

We must give Cao's soldiers a hope, otherwise it will be difficult to persevere. Of course Fazheng understood this truth, nodded, bowed and retreated.

Standing at the head of Dongguan Bridge, Cao Peng had a bird's eye view of the red banner at the end of the long street.

Han Shoutinghou, Guan?

No matter what, someone will die here today.

Either you, Guan Yu, or I, Cao Peng!

Thinking of this, Cao Peng subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife. He took a deep breath, turned around and ordered: "Order all the archers to gather on the west bank of Dongguan Bridge and wait for orders."

"Here!"

Wenwu took the order and left.

His internal injuries have not yet healed, and he cannot participate in the battle.

But as a general, commanding is not a problem.

By handing over the archers to civil and military command, Cao Peng can rest assured...

"Grand Governor, can we withstand it?"

Luo Meng still felt a little uneasy in his heart. After all, he was not the Luo Meng who had become the prefect of the county in history, but now he was just a vigorous young man. The battle of Xiajun was the first time he participated in the war in his life, and it was also his first time to participate in the war.

Growing up, I saw the most brutal battle.

Facing the crazy Jiang Xiabing, Luo Meng felt a little unsure.

Cao Peng turned around and glanced at him, suddenly showing a bright smile: "What can a bunch of chickens and dogs do to me?"

Just this sentence suddenly gave Luo Meng a lot of confidence. He couldn't explain what was going on, but seeing Cao Peng's bright smile made him feel much more at ease. He nodded vigorously, said no more words, and turned around.

He left. Cao Peng looked at his back and sighed softly after a while.
To be continued...