Chapter 185: Gongsun Chan defeats the giant horse
The river that had been blocked all night, and the anger that had endured all night, all erupted at dawn.
The raging river, like a giant dragon, roared along the river that exposed the riverbed, as if it was about to tear the enemy in front of it apart.
In the lower reaches of the river, Zhao Hui commanded 5,000 soldiers, blocking the river, relying on the fence to block Gongsun Zhan's army.
"Zhao Hui Xiao'er, don't be stubborn, if you are caught, I can spare you from death." On the other side of the river, Gongsun Chan shouted loudly.
Although his soldiers are still blocked in the river, it is only a matter of time.
In such a head-to-head battle, the effect of the fence arranged by Zhao Hui was very limited.
The soldiers on Zhao Hui's side are condescending, but the gap between them and Gongsun Zhan's soldiers is only half a position, and the advantage is very small.
The ratio of battle losses between the two sides is maintained between 1 to 1 to 1 to 1.5.
Zhao Hui couldn't retreat, and now he blocked Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses in the river, and Gongsun Zhan's military advantage could not be brought into play for the time being.
There are more than 20,000 soldiers in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, but there are only more than 3,000 people who rush into the river to fight against Zhao Hui's army, and nearly 20,000 people are still on the opposite bank of the river.
Zhao Hui can't retreat, if Gongsun Zhan's army is allowed to break through, Gongsun Chan can use the advantage of strength to surround Zhao Hui's people and eat them in one bite.
As long as Gongsun Zhan's people are blocked and they are not allowed to rush up, Zhao Hui has hope.
Zhao Hui believed that Pei Yuanshao would definitely be able to destroy the other party's embankment.
As long as the upstream embankment is destroyed and the river rushes down, Gongsun Chan can only face him across the river.
Cheng Yuanzhi, Guan Hai, and Cheng Yuanzhi's apprentice Gao Li all stood at the forefront and fought bravely to kill the enemy.
A soldier falls, and someone fills the vacancy. For most of the hour, not a single enemy rushed forward.
It is difficult to find the quality of an army that is stronger than Zhao Hui's army in the current Han Dynasty.
Even with an absolute disadvantage in numbers, not a single person flinched.
It's different from those who go to the army just for a bite to eat.
Zhao Hui's soldiers already regard this as their profession, and they have long understood the responsibility on the shoulders of soldiers.
Here, no one is a bad breed.
Even if some people were timid and afraid at the beginning, after a long time of training and baptism of blood and tears, they are all iron-clad heroes.
Everyone has their own glory.
Compared with Gongsun Zhan's soldiers, Zhao Hui's army has condensed their own beliefs, and for this belief, they are never afraid of death.
Compared with the battle between Liu Bei and Dian Wei Zhoucang twenty miles upstream, Zhao Hui was even more tragic here.
In the river, the muddy black soil has been completely stained red with blood.
Zhao Hui, who was also standing on the front line, was the first target of Gongsun Zhan's attack.
The Mo knife in his hand had completely turned red. It's like an Asura magic knife pulled out of the hell's blood pool.
Gongsun Chan wanted to kill Zhao Hui immediately, but he didn't do it himself, and just commanded ordinary soldiers to attack Zhao Hui.
He had seen the battle between Zhao Hui and Lu Bu with his own eyes, and he himself had fought with Lu Bu.
Liu Bei's three brothers were not there, and Gongsun Zan had no generals in his hands who could block Zhao Hui's attack.
He could only use ordinary soldiers to consume Zhao Hui's physical strength. Which soldier is expected to be lucky enough to kill Zhao Hui.
"Boom!"
Fifty miles upstream, the river that burst its embankment finally rushed here.
The river flowed like a giant beast roaring, and its voice drowned out the sound of the entire battlefield.
"Retreat!"
Zhao Hui, who heard the voice, immediately ordered to retreat.
Although he has been fighting, he has been waiting in his heart.
As soon as he heard the sound of the river rushing in his ears, Zhao Hui immediately realized that Pei Yuanshao, who had not returned overnight, had succeeded.
Gongsun Zhan wanted to kill Zhao Hui as soon as possible, and he didn't think at all that the embankment built by Liu Bei would be destroyed.
When he heard the roar of the river rushing first, Gongsun Chan didn't realize it in his heart, and it wasn't until he saw the raging river rushing over that Gongsun Chan panicked and ordered the soldiers in the river to withdraw.
It's just that when Zhao Hui asked people to retreat, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers had already rushed over.
Watch as the raging river rushes down.
The 3,000 soldiers in the river hurriedly ran to the banks on both sides.
It's just that there are people on both sides of the river, and there are not many people who can squeeze into it for a while.
Moreover, the flow of water is large, even if it is within a kilometer of the river bank, it is not safe.
In the face of the raging river, people look very small.
In just an instant, the three thousand soldiers on the river just now were washed away without a trace.
Those who are lucky will be washed down to the shore downstream, and those who are unlucky will be drowned or knocked over rocks.
Gongsun Zhan on the other side of the river jumped like thunder.
Seeing that he was about to succeed, now everything was empty.
"Kill!"
On Zhao Hui's side, more than a thousand soldiers belonging to Gongsun Zan had already landed ashore, and while they were still stunned, Zhao Hui had already waved their butcher knives at them.
Soon all of them were wiped out.
And Gongsun Chan could only watch across the river as the thousand people were killed by Zhao Hui.
The raging river completely blocked his way.
At this time, even if Gongsun Chan prepared a bamboo raft, he did not dare to let the soldiers go into the water.
Leaving a part of the people to guard the camp and monitor Gongsun Zan on the other side of the river, Zhao Hui personally led a thousand people upstream.
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When Liu Bei, who was still fighting bloodily, saw that another group of men and horses appeared in the downstream direction, he also knew the results below.
Liu Bei was very straightforward, and without waiting for Zhao Hui to get closer, he retreated with the remaining more than 3,000 people.
But the two sides are glued together, and it is not that Liu Bei can retreat if he wants to.
Zhou Cang and Dian Wei clung to the rear of Liu Bei's army.
insisted on biting a large piece of meat from Liu Bei's body before Liu Bei escaped.
Liu Bei took the remaining more than 2,000 people and ran upstream along the river, and finally saw the destroyed embankment.
Zhao Hui was still chasing after him, and Liu Bei didn't dare to stay.
Zhao Hui thought a little and took advantage of this opportunity to take down the three brothers of Liu Bei in one fell swoop.
But the further you went, the more difficult the road became, and the speed of the cavalry dropped again and again, and the rear could only dismount.
"Lord, Captain Pei is here."
When chasing to the embankment, some soldiers found Pei Yuanshao and others who had fallen on the side.
watched Liu Bei take two thousand people and escape into the mountains and forests. Zhao Hui also gave up continuing the pursuit.
"Where is Captain Pei, take me over." Zhao Hui said.
If there is no Pei Yuanshao this time, Zhao Hui's loss will be great.
Pei Yuanshao and a few other surviving soldiers, after priing open a few boulders on the embankment, came to the river with each other, and they no longer had any strength in their bodies, and fainted while lying on the stones.
It's just that each of their hands is tightly clenched, and in the palm of their hand, there are three or four metal name tags, each of which has a name engraved on it.
(End of chapter)