As night fell, the rain became heavier and heavier.

"Grand Duke, they have withdrawn from the battlefield!"

"Governor, are we going to pursue?"

"Metropolitan Governor, if you don't give the order to pursue, it's too late!"

In the Jingzhou military camp on the shore, a group of captains knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to Cai Mao.

The battle came quickly.

But also go fast.

From the attack of the herdsman army to the retreat, it was only an hour before and after, and an hour was a matter of moments for the confrontation of tens of thousands of troops, so the generals of the Jingzhou army were a little confused, and they didn't know whether to pursue at this time.

"We can't defeat them yet, and now we want to pursue them?"

Cai Mao was wearing battle armor, his body was straight, letting the heavy raindrops hit his face, a pair of fists were clenched tightly, his face was gloomy and he could come out of the water beads, it didn't matter if he lost, but this feeling of being led by the nose burned his heart all the time.

From the very beginning of the war, he seemed to be controlled by the rhythm of the other party, the news on both sides was asymmetrical, this was an ambush and an encounter, but the opponent's firm combat intention changed the battlefield, and he relaxed a little, from the beginning of his undetermined choice to divide the troops, he had already lost half of it.

There is one more reason.

He greatly underestimated the fighting power of the herdsmen.

The defeat of Xiangyang, in his opinion, was due to the incompetence of Wenpin, the inability of Huang Zu to work, the lack of war of the lord, and the good governance of Kuai, for many reasons, but he would not think that the pastoral army had a combat effectiveness far beyond that of the Jingzhou army.

In the end, the herdsmen only attacked Xiangyang City.

Playing brightly, they must not be opponents.

So......

He insisted on going north and sniping at the herdsmen.

However, after this battle, he clearly recognized the combat effectiveness of the herdsmen.

The battle of Xiangyang may not be because the Jingzhou army is incompetent, but because the pastoral army is too fierce.

Under such a situation of heavy rain, the herdsmen were still able to exert such a strong combat effectiveness, and they could not stop the long-distance rush to the tired herdsmen in the rain, which has already shown the strong combat effectiveness of the herdsmen.

On the battlefield, talk about strategy, ordnance, and rhythm...... But everything can't escape the three words combat effectiveness, and strong combat power can crush everything.

"No need to chase!"

Cai Mao took a deep breath, he was calm, an ambush battle, he had seen clearly the combat effectiveness of the herdsman, he couldn't help the herdsmen when he invited you into the urn, it was useless to chase after him, he said in a low voice: "Wait to clean up the battlefield, and then board the ship immediately!" ”

If you can't hit it, give up immediately.

He can't let the main force confront the pastoral army in Dangyang, after all, Jingzhou City is the most important, they stick to Jingzhou City, and the scope of activity is not large, but the Yizhou army as an attacker, they can move at will, if they suddenly give up the attack on Jingzhou City and lead the army north, then they will lose the innate advantage of defense and will definitely lose.

"General, the news from Dangyang's side has besieged the first battalion of the herdsmen!"

"Order the two captains, Zuo Heng and Yu Yang, to annihilate them immediately, and then quickly return, board the ship and evacuate!"

Cai Mao said coldly.

If you can't fight a wolf, you can hug a rabbit, which is also a victory.

……………………………………

At the gate of Dangyang, the night gradually covered, and in the darkness, the heavy rain was pouring down, and the battle became more and more intense.

"Withdraw!"

"Uphill to the west!"

"Into the woods!"

Huo Du commanded the soldiers, shouting with all his might.

The Xiangyang battalion attacked Dangyang Beicheng, and the fight was very smooth at the beginning, seeing that they were about to break through the city, and the casualties were very small, this was a very easy task, but unexpectedly, suddenly a Jingzhou army was killed from the east, and the strength was twice as much as his.

Suddenly, he was crushed on his east flank.

Fortunately, when he attacked the Dangyang City Wall, in order to cross and demolish the bridge, he deliberately left his younger brother Huo Jun behind.

He reacted quickly, immediately organized troops, and blocked for a while, which gave Huo Du time to react, retreat from the city wall, and form a military formation to defend, otherwise they would have been defeated like a mountain.

But even so, the Xiangyang battalion was defeated under the attack of the other party.

The gates of the city cannot be entered.

The back was blocked again.

They had to fight while withdrawing from the gap in the west.

After a big battle, the Xiangyang battalion has lost more than 300 soldiers, and nearly one-tenth of the damage can already shake the hearts of the army.

Seeing that the soldiers and horses were about to get out of control, Huo Du was also anxious.

"Big brother, they are approaching very quickly, and they have advanced another twenty steps, the front part has been completely defeated, and all of them have withdrawn, at most half an hour, they can pounce directly, we can't stop their attack for half an hour, and the army will be defeated like a mountain, and completely collapse!"

Huo Jun walked up and said to Huo Du.

"Retreat!"

Huo Du led the car to the road.

"There's no way back, there's no way behind us!" Huo Jun looked at the cliff behind him and said in a low voice: "Behind this is a hill, a two-zhang high cliff, you can't go up at all, there are roads on the left and right, there is no forest, there is no way!" ”

"Archer!"

Huo Du shouted: "Let the archers stand in the way, snipe them closer, and give us time to line up!" ”

"Captain, we're out of arrows!"

The military marquis of the bow and arrow department said with a wry smile.

All of a sudden, Huo Du's place was silent, and a bleak and desolate atmosphere arose.

"Looks like we're going to die here today!"

Huo Du looked up to the sky and roared, and said self-deprecating in the heavy rain: "It's okay, we should have died in Xiangyang City at the beginning, but we survived secretly, and if we die here today, it should be retribution!" ”

"Brother, the shepherd army is simply using us as bait to attract troops for them and create opportunities, and they never pay attention to our life or death, which is really hateful!"

Huo Jun's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"Even if we knew he was using us, so what?" Huo Du asked lightly: "What can we change, can we kill back, can we fight with them to the death?" ”

Originally, the Xiangyang battalion was composed of soldiers.

These soldiers are the meaning of losing the battle, cornered, and the meat is on the chopping board, and they are at their disposal.

"Brother Huo, the shepherd army is not benevolent, why should we guard our righteousness, or should we surrender to the other side?" Junhou Ye Yu said in a low voice: "The other side must be the Jingzhou army, and we were originally Jingzhou soldiers, and we were forced to surrender helplessly, and now it is natural to put things in order!" ”

"You can try it and see if the other party is willing?"

Huo Du sneered: "Ye Yu, no matter what the reason is, since the day we surrendered to the herdsman, there is no turning back, if you don't believe it, I won't stop you, you can try it, but if you die, don't blame me!" ”

When the military marquis Ye Yu heard this, he was really ready to move, he didn't want to die, in this case, he would definitely not be able to escape when he was surrounded and killed, so he tore off a piece of white cloth, raised it as a banner, and led more than ten soldiers close to him, rushed out, and shouted at the military formation of the Jingzhou army opposite: "The general opposite, don't let go of the arrows, it is a subordinate of General Liu Pan of Jingzhou.................."

Woohoo!!!!

Under a burst of chaotic arrows, Ye Yu was pierced through the heart by several arrows and died, his eyes widened, and he couldn't blink to death, and more than ten of his guards also fell.

This scene made a sad heart suddenly rise in the hearts of the generals of the Xiangyang camp.

If they were more or less lucky before, hoping that by virtue of their identity as Jingzhou pawns, they could make the other party soft, then at this moment, they were completely desperate, and from now on, they were mourning soldiers.

The mourning soldiers in despair can exert a desire to survive.

"Sons, if you work hard, you will die, if you don't fight hard, you will die, I am willing to fight for my life!"

Huo Du connived at the military marquis Ye Yu to find death, that is, to tell everyone that now, they have no way to go, arousing this sorrow, he raised his long knife and pointed ahead: "Even if we want to die in battle, I would rather die on this battlefield with dignity, not insulting the character of our Jingzhou people, you are willing to fight with me!" ”

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

The hope sent out by the mourning soldiers is a powerful and different combat force, and it is this combat power that has been perfectly used by Huo Du, and the Xiangyang battalion has burst out with the last brilliance.

"Rush!"

The Xiangyang battalion did not retreat and recoiled, but killed one of the two battalions of the Jingzhou Army by surprise, but they lined up neatly and did not rush forward, step by step, even if they were killed suddenly, they did not lose much of their troops, and they quickly stabilized their positions.

At this time, the Jingzhou army began to counterattack.

Bow and arrow!

Crossbow bolts!

Woohoo!!!!

Countless arrows were sprayed, and one by one the soldiers of the Xiangyang battalion fell.

"Heaven is wrong!"

Huo Du looked up to the sky and roared angrily.

"Brother, so-and-so lives and dies with you!" Huo Jun killed several generals in a row, covered in blood, and shouted loudly.

At this moment, the battlefield suddenly changed.

"Nanyang Huang Zhong is here, eat me with an arrow!"

A cold arrow came out of the void in the north, penetrating the heavy rain curtain, and then an arrow pierced through the bodies of the three soldiers, and finally fell into the middle of the Jingzhou army, inserted in front of the two captains.

It made them gasp.

What strength, what archery attainments, to penetrate the military formation, from a thousand kilometers away to reach the Chinese army.

Amazing archery.

"Kill!"

A force of troops followed closely from the north and attacked the Jingzhou army, first breaking through the defense of their northern flank, breaking through the military formation on their northern flank, and then entering the Chinese army.

This force is not much, only more than a thousand people.

But fierce.

Led by Huang Zhong, under the command of Huo Ping, among the more than 1,000 soldiers, the elite only 200 Modao soldiers, the back 800, is a combination of baggage and logistics soldiers, but with the Modao soldiers to open the way, the charge is very fierce, like an arrow rushed in.

"Ambush?"

"Damn it!"

The faces of the two captains of the Jingzhou Army changed color in an instant, the northern flank was empty, and they were broken at once, and the battle formation of the Chinese army was suddenly chaotic, if they were cut off by laziness, they would be in danger.

"Nanyang Huang Zhong, that should be the world-famous Nanyang Sword King, this is the fierce general in the world, unstoppable, withdraw!"

A lieutenant spoke.

"Withdraw!"

Although the Jingzhou army still had combat effectiveness, but in the face of Huang Zhong's prestige, they did not dare to stop, so they chose to retreat, and when they slowly withdrew, the Xiangyang battalion breathed a sigh of relief and came out of the desperate situation.

"Can you still fight?"

Huang Zhong pulled the horse, his eyes staring at Huo Du.

"Yes!"

Huo Du had an inexplicable emotion in his heart, looking at Huang Zhong's figure, he suddenly felt very confident and safe, as if following this figure, he was not afraid of the sword mountain and the sea of fire.

"Let's go!"

Huang Zhong drank loudly.

"Wait!" Huo Du suddenly stopped Huang Zhong: "Didn't you deliberately let us come to death, why did you send troops to save us!" ”

He was unsure of the question.

"Someone will take on the offensive person in the strategic deployment, someone will take on the task of defense, and some people will take on the task of decoy, the tasks are different, not the same language, however, our herdsman army has never let his soldiers go to death, there will be no before, and there will be no in the future!"

Huang Zhong reined in the horse, hunting with tiger eyes, his injuries are not good now, and he is not able to fight head-on, but this reinforcement task, but he can do it well, he looked at Huo Du calmly: "Your Xiangyang battalion is under the command of the first army of Jingping, no matter what the past is, if you enter, you will enter, you will be on the roster, you will make a military card, you will be Jingping's pawn, and you will be Jingping's ghost when you die, you will not rebel, we will not abandon it, this is the Minghou Mansion!" ”

After speaking, he rode out.

"Let's go!"

Huo Du's eyes were faint, hiding a touch of emotion, he took a deep breath, held down this emotion, and took the remnants of the army under his command, followed Huang Zhong's figure, withdrew from the battlefield, and went north.