Chapter 256: After sacrificing his life
The cavalry is on the plains, it is indeed a war machine, no one can stop it.
But in this woodland, the advantage of the cavalry is not so obvious, Sun Jian saw that after Xu Huang led people to rush into the woodland, the ruggedness of the road and the dense weeds made the cavalry's charge unable to play an advantage.
Sun Jian's men and horses rushed from both sides of the trees in an instant, wanting to surround and kill these cavalry.
However, the cavalry on Xu Huang's side did not only rely on war horses to fight, their own strength was not bad, and the spears in their hands were much longer than those of ordinary enemy troops.
In the instant battle, the situation was not one-sided, although Sun Jian's men and horses blocked the men and horses on Xu Huang's side, but Xu Huang's cavalry was still able to use the cooperation to fight with Sun Jian's men and horses, and use the height advantage of the war horses to be superior.
Three or five cavalry combined, at least eight or nine soldiers of Sun Jian's army who could be killed lost their armor.
Don't look at this woodland, Xu Huang only has 2,000 cavalry, but he is not afraid of Sun Jian's 9,000 men and horses, and it is difficult to fight with each other.
This is not a man under Sun Jian's command, and his strength is not good. It was a mountainous and forest area, and the soldiers and horses under his command could not be gathered at all, and the methods such as dealing with battle formations that had been trained in advance could not be implemented at this time.
Therefore, the soldiers and horses under Sun Jian's command were too scattered, and it was difficult to gather together to attack Xu Huang's men.
can only gather in groups of three or five and go up to fight Xu Huang's cavalry in the form of a small force, and the ability to fight alone and a small group of men and horses is obviously that the cavalry on Xu Huang's side is stronger.
As soon as the two sides made contact, they immediately made a decision, although the number of cavalry on Xu Huang's side was smaller, but they could faintly compete with the people on Sun Jian's side, and they held on for a while, although there were some losses in troops, but it was completely possible to delay the time.
Seeing that this battle cannot be resolved quickly. Sun Jian was not able to lead his men and horses, and when he killed Xu Huang's two thousand cavalry in a short period of time, he also began to panic.
However, at this time, there was no other way but to continue to order the surrounding soldiers to continue to stack up, hoping to kill these cavalry as soon as possible.
But the more you gather your men and horses to attack, the slower the soldiers will march on the mountain, and it will not be so easy to gather, but the longer the delay will be.
Liu Zheng on the other side is actually not lagging behind, Sun Jian has too many people.
When Sun Jian's people escaped from Shaoyang City, Liu Zheng and they had already broken through Shaoyang City, and because they knew which direction Sun Jian would escape from, as soon as the city was broken, Liu Zheng immediately organized his men to run in the direction of Changsha County, and quickly pursued the past.
If it weren't for the pursuit and containment of these cavalry under his command, even if Liu Zheng could finally break through the city and resolutely want to catch up with Sun Jian, it would not be a while, but now with the containment of these cavalry, Liu Zheng, who was in a hurry, was getting closer and closer to Sun Jian's escape position.
When Liu Zheng gradually approached the battlefield and could already faintly hear the sound of shouting and killing, he accelerated his pace. Rushing from the official road in the distance.
At the same time, the shouts of Liu Zheng and others approaching the battlefield also attracted the attention of Sun Jian's side.
At this time, more than half of the 2,000 cavalry under Xu Huang's command were killed or wounded. As soon as Sun Jian and the others saw Liu Zheng's pursuers coming, their faces immediately changed in fright.
Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses appeared here, which was tantamount to cutting off their retreat. A bloody battle is inevitable.
Huang Gai raised his head suddenly, looking at Liu Zheng's army rushing over from afar, his face sank. He withdrew the big knife in his hand, turned his head to look at Sun Jian, who was also fighting in the distance, walked a few steps, and after getting close to Sun Jian, he immediately shouted at Sun Jian.
"Lord, Liu Zheng's pursuers are here, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, leave as soon as possible!"
"Nope! I'm not leaving, I'm coming, I'm worried that I won't have a chance to compete with Liu Zheng, if I leave, I won't be able to face myself in this life. ”
"And even if you go, can you walk away?"
At this time, Sun Jian didn't want to continue to escape, he wanted to fight Liu Zheng to the death here, use the terrain, and maybe have the strength to fight, although this hope was extremely slim.
There was also little hope of escaping, so he would rather fight than flee.
Huang Gai immediately felt ruthless and yelled at Sun Jian again
"Lord, you lead a small team of men and horses to leave, I am here for you to break the back, stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, as long as you can return to Changsha, there must be a chance, when the time comes, the army of Liu Biaozhou Mu can make a comeback, if this time, die here, but really everything is over!"
Huang Gai is still a person who values love and righteousness, a character of this character, in the face of this desperate situation, he immediately decided to risk death alone and let Sun Jian leave first.
When Sun Jian heard Huang Gai's words, he didn't agree at all, and immediately retorted.
"What kind of are you talking about? Huang Gai, do I seem to be the one who will let go of my brother and escape alone? ”
"The lord is not letting go of his brother to escape, this is enduring humiliation, don't say it again, it's too late to say it!"
"No, I won't run away, I'm going to fight side by side with you and kill him without leaving a piece of armor!"
Sun Jian is also a master, he can envelop Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others naturally not without a little brain, it is precisely because of his righteousness and affection that Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others will die for the Sun family, and even assist several generations in a row.
At this time, as soon as Huang Gai saw that Sun Jian couldn't make sense, he knew that there was no need to talk nonsense with Sun Jian anymore, but turned around and shouted at Cheng Pu.
"Demou (Cheng Pu's expression), the lord will ask you, you immediately pull the lord to flee from here, and I will lead the rest of the men and horses to cut off the queen for you!"
Sun Jian didn't want to leave, and sometimes he was carried away by the anger of the battle, but Cheng Pu could see it, he knew that he had to go at this time, and someone had to break off, otherwise everyone wouldn't be able to leave.
Cheng Pu glanced at Huang Gai worriedly, the expression on his face was a little touched, and there was a trace of tears overflowing in his eyes, he knew that this glance might be the last time he saw Huang Gai again, but the tears never came out of his eyes.
Cheng Pu wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say the words in his mouth, but pulled Sun Jian and fled to the back of the jungle.
Sun Jian never left, he was already a little touched, he understood that Huang Gai had made up his mind to die, and he was cut off for himself.
But in the end, Cheng Pu still pulled him and fled from here.
Seeing that Sun Jian was evacuated from here by Cheng Pu and Zu Mao with a group of cronies, the worry on Huang Gai's face was finally alleviated, and then a smile appeared on his face.