Chapter 95: Collect money along the way

At this time, it would be all nonsense to say anything. The only thing left is to be able to fight your way to the death. Every soldier of the Zhou army rushed in the direction of the east. Even if he fell, he had to roll to the side of the road with a soldier of the Southern Han Army in his arms, and break a way for his comrade-in-arms behind him.

"Kill!"

Roars, shouts of killing resounded through the heavens and the earth.

'Boom! With an explosion, signs of chaos began to appear in the rear of the Southern Han Army, which had originally surrounded Tian Kuo and the others.

"It's the explosion of a grenade." After Fang Dali slashed the Southern Han soldiers on the opposite side with a single sword, he shouted towards Tian Guang on his left: "Lord Tian, listen. It was the explosion of a grenade. Someone broke through from the outside to rescue us. ”

Tian Kuo's subordinates were not idle, blocking the big knife that the other party looked at, and then the guards around him stabbed the other party to death with a short gun, and he took a breath and replied: "I heard it." I'm not deaf. However, the sound movement is not large, and the number of people may be limited. And our field army is not equipped with many grenades. Before we left the city, most of the grenades were left for the king of Chu to defend the city. As he spoke, Tian Kuo returned to slash at a Southern Han soldier not far in front of him, and the guard next to him cooperated tacitly, and when he took out the knife, he quietly turned to the other side, and stabbed the other party with a shot.

"Everyone listened to the order and approached me to break out in the direction of the explosion. We've got someone from us to pick it up. Tian Da shouted loudly. Then he killed the other party again. And the personal guard and Fang Dali followed him closely.

After fighting hard to have a cup of tea, Tian Kuo felt that his arm was no longer his own at this time. The inertia of waving and slashing at the other party one by one, but it may not be able to achieve too good results, but fortunately, there are guards and Fang vigorously guarding by him. So although there were a few more wounds on the body, it was not in the way. The soldiers around him followed him to his left and right, and they desperately broke through in the direction where the explosion came from. And the enemy army is aware of this situation and tries to stop them by all means. There were soldiers all around.

Followed by another dense explosion, a voice was heard.

"Lao Tian, are you still alive? Move closer to Lao Tzu's side. ”

Tian Kuo didn't need to guess to know that it was Wei Meng's voice, and Gongsun Jian would basically be there where Wei Meng was. But at this time, Tian Kuo's voice was already hoarse. I had the heart to answer the other party, but I couldn't make any sound. Seeing this, Fang Dali suddenly rushed out, waving his sword at the Han army that was blocking him, and responded loudly.

"In! We're here. The brethren had little left, and they did not have the strength to rush out. I also hope that the adult on the other side will throw some more grenades. ”

"Your grandmother, do you need to be so troublesome if you want so many grenades?" Not far away, Wei scolded fiercely, but then there were several explosions. After a short while, the teams on both sides that had only heard their voices and could not see their people converged.

"Lord Wang, why are you here?" Tian Kuo looked at Gongsun Jian in surprise who had blood staining half of his robe.

"Lao Tian, I didn't calculate this time. You and your brothers have suffered and suffered. Gongsun Jian said apologetically: "Don't talk nonsense now." I want to break out and talk about it. I only have about 200 people here. If the movement is slow, everyone will be surrounded by the enemy again. ”

"Oops. My lord!. It's okay if my Lao Tian dies in battle. What are you doing here? And what about Lao Ma and his men? Wouldn't it be your death to save me with 200 men? Tian Kuo said bitterly.

"Shut up." Gongsun Jian glared at Tian Kuo viciously. Then he shouted, "Dismount the whole army, let the wounded brothers get on their horses and carry them to break through the siege, and the others will guard the left and right with the king." Brothers, kill the enemy! With that, Gongsun Jian turned over the saddle and dismounted, and gave up his mount to Tian Kuo, who was not lightly injured. He holds a spear and stabs left and right.

"Lord ......"

"Get out. There is no prince here. Only their own robes. The brothers of the guards followed me to open a bloody road to cover the retreat of the brothers of the second division and break through the siege. ”

Gongsun Jian was the first to get off his horse and helped a soldier with a wounded leg not far away onto the horse. The warrior, who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, was already in tears.

"Lord, I can go by myself. You should ride this horse. ”

Gongsun Jian turned his head and glanced at it and said with a smile: "Actually, my horseback riding level is very poor, Lord Wang. Little brother, you ride and follow everyone away. In the future, remember to learn to ride a horse, but don't be like me. Hahaha......" As he spoke, Gongsun Jian picked up a spear from the ground and handed it to the other party.

"Take it, whoever dares to stop you will stab him to death. Come on. ”

With the Gongsun Sword in his hand, he gave a scabbard to the horse's buttocks, and the horse ran away in pain and died. The warrior on the horse cried and roared loudly, "Lord, my life will be yours after the king is rich." ”

Gongsun Jian didn't hear what the other party shouted clearly, at this time he had already joined the battle, and the horizontal knife in his hand slashed towards an oncoming Southern Han army.

Cutting down the other party, Gongsun Jian shouted loudly again: "Lao Tian and his brothers quickly retreat, if we take one step slower, we will be surrounded again." ”

At this moment, Tian Kuo didn't care about the injuries on his body, and shouted desperately around.

"Brothers, the prince has brought someone to save us. Kill them all with me! Then he rushed to the weakest point of the enemy to the east.

I have to say that the arrival of Gongsun Jian gave Tian Kuo's subordinates and the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade a chance to breathe, and also made the other party's pursuers stagnant, and after reacting, Gongsun Jian led the people to escape more than 100 meters.

Don't underestimate this more than 100 meters, that's fate. If it was a little later, all the Zhou troops, including Gongsun Jian, would have been surrounded by the other party. It was this hesitation that gave the remaining Zhou Jun a chance to live. However, this opportunity was also created by Gongsun Jian with the help of them. Otherwise, these people will surely die here.

There weren't too many words of thanks, and everyone was desperately trying to escape. And the Southern Han army behind did not give up the pursuit, because at this time someone had already reported the battle to Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, after learning that Gongsun Jian personally rescued people, how could Liu Mang give up this opportunity. As long as Gongsun Jian is killed, it can be said that the crisis of the Southern Han Dynasty will be lifted. It may also be possible to take advantage of the opportunity to regain the two state capitals that were previously occupied.

Seeing that the pursuers behind him did not give up, Gongsun Jian was also a little anxious in his heart. First of all, there are few people on my side, and many of them are injured. If you want to run fast, you don't have a chance.

"Why hasn't the damn old horse won yet?" While running, Gongsun Jian muttered quietly. But then a personal soldier came to him, and when he saw Gongsun Jian, he turned around and ran side by side with Gongsun Jian, and reported loudly: "Wang, Wangye." Just now, Master Chang Fu asked us to inform us that he had already set up an ambush in front with his people, and we only needed to run more than a mile to get rid of the pursuers behind us. ”

"Oh? Yongfu reacted quite quickly this time, and it seems that I didn't educate him in vain before. Gongsun Jian responded with a smile, and then shouted loudly around: "Brothers, run hard!" ”

Just when Gongsun Jian ran away with his life, the pursuers behind him slowed down. Explosions could be faintly heard in the distance. Gongsun Jian stopped running and looked back, and there was a burst of fire in the distance at the position of the rear camp of the Southern Han army. I couldn't help but pat my thigh and said excitedly: "Good old horse." Then he ordered the guards who followed him: "Inform everyone, slow down, and follow me at any time before killing back." In addition, inform Chang Fu that there is no need to ambush us anymore, and quickly bring people to support. Nai, Lao Tzu must avenge this arrow today. ”

"Yes." The guard agreed, turned and left to give the order. However, Gongsun Jian drew out his horizontal knife and turned around with more than 20 personal guards around him, facing the Southern Han army that was about to catch up. At this time, Tian Kuo and Fang Dali, who were still fleeing for their lives in front, and those soldiers also learned the news, as long as they still had combat effectiveness, they all stopped and turned back, holding weapons and waiting for Gongsun Jian to order to kill back.

And the pursuers of the Southern Han Army were also stunned. finally caught up with each other. But seeing the other party's posture doesn't look like they want to continue to escape, nor is it a lack of energy to run. Instead, be prepared to.

"Kill!" Gongsun Jian roared and took the lead in catching up with the more than 100 Southern Han soldiers who were the first to catch up on the opposite side, and the guards around him also followed their own prince and rushed over like a hungry tiger.

The pursuers of the Southern Han Army were not stupid. Seeing that the other party was going to fight with him, he didn't have the slightest fear. Instead, I felt a little excited. Being able to kill the opponent's Zhou prince Sun Jian on the battlefield is a great achievement.

After Gongsun Jian slashed the other two people in a row, under the cover of the guards around him, he took off the bow from his waist. After pulling the machine spring, he shot at the Southern Han army on the opposite side. It is a small repeater that can shoot ten three-inch bolts in a row, and is small and delicate, with the arm less than a foot long when opened, and can be folded when not in use. Very portable. Unfortunately, because of its small size, its range is also very short, only a little more than ten paces. That is, about ten meters, no matter how far it goes, it has no lethal ability. Therefore, there was not a large number of equipment in the Zhou army under Gongsun Jian. The special operations brigade is equipped with some for close combat, and many of the guards around Gongsun Jian are also equipped with this kind of repeating short crossbow.

A continuous shot was placed on six or seven pursuers. Gongsun Jian threw the short crossbow in his hand casually. At this time, there is no time to install crossbow arrows and crossbow strings, which were originally designed to be used as one-time consumables, and can continuously hit nearby enemies in close combat.

Changing the horizontal knife from his left hand to his right hand, Gongsun Jian was about to step forward to fight again, but found that there was no enemy within three zhang of his side, because the guards did the same, and under each other's cover, they all took out their short crossbows and shot the enemies around them. So the crowd went to the other side and joined the battle again.

At this time, the pursuers of the Southern Han Army were finally a little chaotic. First of all, the combat effectiveness of the gang led by Gongsun Jian is really powerful, and the other is that the news of the burning of the Houjun camp once came. Behind Gongsun Jian, they could faintly hear the shouts of the brigade of men and horses. You don't have to think about it to know that the other party's reinforcements have arrived. Otherwise, how could Gongsun Jian have the courage to give up and escape, and reflexively fight with themselves.

In battles in the age of cold weapons, morale is the most important thing in many cases. Without morale, there is no way to recover defeat in a strong army and no matter how capable the commander is. This is also true for the Southern Han Army. The pursuers in the back did not dare to approach again, and the people in front were killed by the opponents, and there were few left. At this time, turning around and running away became the only option.

The tide has turned so wonderfully. Those who used to flee for their lives are now on the hunt. And the people who were chasing and killing before are now desperately fleeing for their lives.

After chasing the other party for four or five miles, he could already see the camp of the Southern Han Army. Gongsun Jian decisively ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and all the staff turned around and began to retreat in an orderly manner. After all, there are not as many people as the Southern Han army. In case Liu Mang sends another group of fresh troops to chase and kill him, it will be really troublesome at that time. If you see it, take it. Although the Zhou army suffered a loss at the beginning of tonight's battle, it was almost wiped out by the other side when it was ambushed by the other side. But in the later breakthrough and counter-pursuit, it also effectively annihilated many of the opponent's personnel. In addition, Ma Teng took the opportunity to break into the opponent's rear camp and burned the opponent's grain and grass. Therefore, Zhou Jun did not suffer too much on the whole, but won a small victory compared with the other party. But it also paid a lot of price.