Chapter 702: Occupy Qingzhou
There were about 20,000 soldiers and horses in the Cao army's barracks, and only thousands of people were patrolling the streets, which could not stop the advance of Lu Xun's army. However, the Cao army in the barracks was not prepared enough and had no general commander. When they encountered a sudden attack, they were in chaos and became a group of headless flies.
The chief general Cao Ren in Beihai City had his own official residence, and the deputy generals Song Xian and Hou Cheng also had their own official residence. Because there was no war for many years, the generals relaxed. Especially Song Xian and Hou Cheng, who were originally under Lu Bu, did not attach much importance to military discipline, and would bully men and women wherever they went, and the soldiers they led were not much better.
The crossbows in the hands of the soldiers under Lu Xun roared out and shot Cao's soldiers unscrupulously. Rows of crossbow arrows shot into the darkness, making a puff sound. This was the sound of crossbow arrows shooting into the body of Cao's soldiers. This sound became denser and more intense. With such a sound, Cao's soldiers fell down one after another.
The Lu Xun army shot dense crossbow arrows and threw thousands of spears, which indeed caused the Cao army soldiers in the chaos to suffer a large casualties. The hundreds of Cao army soldiers in the front fell under the horse's hooves of Lu Xun's army and were directly crushed into minced meat. After the Lu Xun army threw the spear, it immediately drew out its saber and slashed the Cao army.
In the chaos, I don’t know how many Cao army soldiers died in vain, I don’t know how many Cao army soldiers wade on the ground in pain and groaned, and countless Cao army corpses were trampled into minced meat by war horses; while in the chaos, Cao army soldiers ran around, and had long lost their courage and belief in resistance.
The Cao army camp was shining in the sky, and the Cao army soldiers who could not escape surrendered one after another amid the loud shouts of Lu Xun soldiers; and some of the Cao army soldiers who were running around would face the baptism of crossbows, and only by kneeling down and surrendering obediently could they have life guaranteed; Lu Xun's army attacked the depths of the Cao army camp in a row, and took over the Cao army soldiers who kneeled down and surrendered.
The infantry of the Brutal Bear Army led by Wang Ji encountered the resistance of thousands of Cao troops organized by Cao Ren. Although Cao Ren was sleeping, he could immediately lead his personal soldiers to rush out to observe when a sound occurred in the city and immediately organize his soldiers to counterattack. This reaction speed was fast enough, but when facing the powerful Lu Ning, he was still too hastily and the formation was developed and unable to be organized intact. And Lu Ning's army had been through the battlefield for a long time, how could it be possible to miss the opportunity to break the enemy?
Seeing that Cao's army was blocking it, Wang Ji immediately led the army to kill him. The spearmen kept stabbing out the spears in his hands, and the soldiers behind him shot and killed them with the crossbows in their hands. The formation was the Six Flower Formation, which cooperated with tacit understanding and was very coordinated with each other, with attacks, defenses, and both offense and defense, crushing them like snowballs.
Facing the Liuhua attack formation of the Lu Ning formation, even trained soldiers could not resist, let alone the Cao army soldiers who were frightened and in chaos; plus the armor on the body of the Lu Ning army soldiers, the helmets are good and the defense ability is very strong. Even if the Cao army soldiers hit the slash, they cannot fall down in one go unless they cut several times in a row, but the soldiers of the Lu Ning army are not idiots, they will resist and will fight back, and what about the soldiers defending next to them?
Each sword of the Lu Ning army will bring out blood from the body of the Cao army soldiers, and every shot will make the Cao army soldiers splatter blood everywhere. These are veterans who have fought for a long time. The skills of killing are very proficient and perfect. They do not need to use too much power, nor do they need to cut off the opponent's body. They only pursue one sword to kill. This is the highest level of killing.
With just a scent of incense, Cao's army completely collapsed. No matter how Cao Ren shouted, it would be useless. This really caused a defeat. Cao Ren hurriedly escaped under the forced pull of his personal soldiers. Although Cao Ren was unwilling to accept it, the reality was that. He had to accept it, otherwise he would pay a greater price.
Seeing Cao Ren running away, Wang Ji immediately led his subordinates to chase him, hoping to keep Cao Ren. This is a big deal. Killing Cao Ren or capturing Cao Ren is of great significance. It can better damage the morale of Cao's army and also put huge pressure on Cao Cao's heart.
After Song Xian and Hou Cheng arrived at the barracks one after another, the situation they saw shocked the world. The 20,000 army was over. Although some Cao army soldiers were organized to resist unnecessary, the resistance was insignificant in the face of the extremely powerful Feixiong Iron Cavalry.
Although Song Xian and Hou Cheng were only third-rate generals, they had been through the battlefield for a long time, especially when they followed Lu Bu, they participated in countless battles and had rich practical experience. Of course, the two of them had not weak skills in escaping, and they immediately fled when they saw that resistance was useless. However, the two were very lucky and met Wang Ji and led their troops to chase Cao Ren.
Seeing that he could not catch up with Cao Ren, Wang Ji met Song Xian and Hou Cheng and could not let him go, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to cover and shoot with crossbow arrows; Song Xian and Hou Cheng were only hundreds of soldiers, but they faced thousands of crossbow arrows, all of which were continuous arrows. In just a moment, they were all shot into hornet's nests, and dozens of crossbow arrows were nailed on each of them.
After Song Xian and Hou Cheng died, Cao Ren fled to the point of nowhere, which made the Cao army soldiers in Beihai City lose their backbone. No one organized resistance anymore. They all knelt down and surrendered, waiting for the acceptance of Lu Ning's army. This is also the wisest thing, otherwise they would only die.
Two hours later, there was no resistance from Cao army soldiers in Beihai City. The battle was over. More than 3,000 Cao army soldiers were killed and more than 16,000 were captured. The rest of Cao army soldiers did not know where to escape, but one thing is certain that the escaped soldiers would never return to the Cao army's system.
The elimination of the Cao army in Beihai means that the Qingzhou problem is completely solved; the Cao army is mainly in Qingzhou, and there are heavy troops stationed in Beihai, and there are basically no soldiers in other counties, at most hundreds of county magistrates. The soldiers of the county magistrates have no combat effectiveness. To put it bluntly, it is the people who put down their hoes, which is just to maintain local public order.
After Beihai was captured, Lu Xun immediately divided his troops into two groups. One was led by Wang Shuang to attack Le'an, Jinan and Taishan County, and advanced towards Yanzhou; the other was led by Wang Ji to advance towards Chengyang and Langya County, and followed the trend to Xuzhou.
After Linzi and Beihai were captured, Lu Xun's army advanced very smoothly to other places such as Le'an, Jinan, Chengyang, and Taishan. He fled wherever he went. Many county towns took the initiative to open the city gates to welcome Lu Ning's army into the city, and many people even automatically welcomed the arrival of the army along the street.
This is not surprising. After all, Donglai County belongs to Qingzhou. Over the years, Donglai County has developed very rapidly under the rule of Lu Ning, and the production and life of the people have undergone qualitative changes. The people under Cao Cao's rule next to him are really different from those of Donglai County, and there are two situations. The people in Qingzhou have long hoped that Lu Ning will send a large army to come quickly, and the people all hope to return to Lu Ning's rule as soon as possible. This is well-known.
Chapter completed!