Chapter 208: The Ape

Chen Cheng sneered, stretched out his hand and pointed to the west and said, "The way to live is over there!" The sea of bitterness is boundless, and turning back is the shore, and it is still too late for you to turn back now. I'll count to three, and if you go back and continue fighting, then the matter will be over. If not......."

"What if you don't?"

Chen Cheng said lightly: "Otherwise, I will behead you all for the crime of disobeying military orders!" ”

As soon as these words came out, dozens of people nearby were forced by his momentum, and they couldn't help but take a step back. The team's back was suddenly wet with cold sweat, and he said in shock and anger: "Chen Yuanjun, you can't be unreasonable!" We've all been fighting for so long, it's time for us to go down and rest! ”

"Normally I can reason with you, but now it's a war!" Chen Cheng read, "One! ”

Hundreds of people were forced by Chen Cheng to make a big uproar, and some people shouted: "Don't be afraid, there are so many of us, can he still kill us all?" ”

Chen Cheng glanced at the crowd and continued: "Two! ”

The voices in the crowd were louder, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" We are not alone, we have 100,000 soldiers and horses of General Han behind us, and he will not dare to kill us! He didn't dare! ”

"Three!"

Chen Cheng shook his hand, and an exaggerated and gorgeous Fang Tian painting halberd appeared in his hand, and the long halberd drew an arc in the air, pointing forward, "Black Armor Army, step forward!" ”

Zhang Heng was impatient to wait, and shouted when he heard the words: "Kill them all!" ”

The black-armored army with swords and shields retreated, and those with spears rushed forward. The dense spear stabbed it, and immediately blood splattered out. "Ahh Screams were heard from the crowd, and some people shouted in disbelief, "How dare you...... How dare you do such a thing......... Yes! ”

The pikemen were so powerful in close combat that they quickly stabbed more than 100 people to death. The team leader who talked to Chen Cheng before was also a warrior in the army, carrying a spear to block left and right, but where could he do it? blocked the oncoming spears, and a few more spears stabbed at the side.

Even if the Black Armor doesn't train this spear formation very often, it is not as proficient in using it as the trapping faction. But there was no formation in the rout, and they had been fighting for a long time before, and they were mentally and physically exhausted, and they were even more unbearable. As soon as they exchanged hands, they fell to one side.

The leader of the team was very strong in martial arts, he rushed left and right, and danced his spear like a windmill, but he was still killed and retreated. "Bang", he picked up his gun and knocked a spear that poked over, but there was a sharp pain under his ribs. He screamed, and all his strength was lost. At the scream, a spear stabbed at him, right in front of him. The spear's thrust was so ferocious that it not only pierced the head, but also stabbed out from behind the iron helmet.

The one-sided killing lasted not long, and after killing two or three hundred people, the rout lost the consciousness of resistance, threw away the blades in their hands, and shouted: "Surrender, surrender, don't kill again!" ”

Many people cried loudly, "Throw yourself in, don't kill again!" ”

In addition to this group, there were hundreds of people who retreated from the front, but they did not retreat so far, but watched the development of events from fifty paces away. If the situation is not good, they can be said to withdraw the whole team, and they will continue to fight again, and if the people in front of them run away, it will not be too late for them to take advantage of the situation to keep up.

When they saw that the Black Armor Army really started to kill, the faces of the hundreds of people behind them turned green. They looked at each other, and then turned back and ran towards the position of the Han army in silence. Mencius once said, "What is it like to laugh at fifty steps and take a hundred steps?" ”

It means that when there is a war, some people flee a hundred steps and stop, some people flee fifty steps and stop, and those who run fifty steps laugh at those who flee a hundred steps, is this okay?

However, the world has always been worse than it is. He who has fled fifty paces is able to laugh at those who have fled a hundred paces. At this time, there is also a difference. Those who fled a hundred paces were cut down, and those who fled fifty paces remained alive for the time being. Therefore, although Mencius is a sage and a sage, there are some words that can only be heard.

Half of the four or five hundred defeated soldiers were killed, and the rest were thrown away and captured. The Blackarmies surrounded them, their sharp spears pointed at the kneeling crowd. Seeing this scene, Song Jian, Cheng Yin and the others looked at each other, and their hearts were mixed. Although it was Han Sui and Li Xiangru who killed them, although this kind of thing was not done before, they still had a feeling of sadness.

Zhang Heng turned his head and asked loudly, "Lord?" What do these people do? ”

Chen Cheng rode over at a trot, looked at the defeated soldiers covered in blood and with a sad and angry face, and felt a little unbearable in his heart, but the expression on his face became more and more indifferent, "Let them stand up and line up in three rows." ”

Zhang Heng didn't know why, but he still did as ordered. The man who fell to his knees stood up, his eyes showing horror and pleading. After they lined up, Chen Cheng said coldly: "Starting from the first one, one out of every ten people will be drawn out to kill, and the rest will be the death squad, let them rush into battle later." ”

The Black Armor Army rushed up and roughly pulled out the selected people, more than twenty in all. These people were pressed to the ground by two soldiers of the Black Family, and behind them stood a soldier with a large axe.

"Click", "click", and the heads rolled to the ground one by one. Song Jian and the others who were watching on the side couldn't help but speed up a little bit, many of them had laughed at Chen Cheng for being a woman's benevolence, thinking that although he had force, he was not a qualified leader, but now seeing Chen Cheng kill so many people with an indifferent face, the princes of Xiliang were both respectful and afraid.

The princes of Liangzhou were reckless and fighting with each other, and there were almost no good people. Chen Cheng now let go of the slaughter, but it made them happy and convinced. The princes stood aside, looking at Chen Cheng on horseback in awe, waiting to see what he would do next.

After more than 20 heads landed, Chen Cheng drove the war horse to the remaining 200 people. He didn't speak at first, but rode back and forth in front of the crowd a few times, and then roared loudly, "Listen, this is the first time, so only Issei was killed." Now take up arms, charge me to the west, and let me see you again before the enemy is broken, and leave not a single one behind!" ”

The soldiers were silent, looking at him in fear, not daring to make any sound.

Chen Cheng rode up on horseback, and the whip was swung out, knocking one of them down, "What are you doing in a daze?" Let me go to the front! You apes, don't you still want to live a long life? ”

Under the watchful eye of the black-armored army on the side, the routs picked up their weapons, and then howled and rushed towards the Han army's position.

The battle grew fiercer, and people fell every minute. On both sides of the fence, corpses piled up, and the blood gathered into pools of blood and flowed into the Wei water on the side. Under the scorching sun, the wounded soldier fell to the ground, crying out in despair. Although they are the elders of all things, they are now like wild boars in a quagmire, tearing each other apart.

The sun gradually turned westward, and the second wave of the Xiliang army gradually became a little tired after rushing for a while. As casualties increased and physical strength was lost, their morale, organization, and combat effectiveness were constantly declining.

On the Huangbei Mountain, under the banner of the word "king", a military general with a helmet and armor looked at the vicious battle under the mountain, and his face was very solemn. This man had a hideous scar on his face, with a bit of a ferocious aura, which was left during the battle against the Yellow Turban Army.

"This time, how long has the Xiliang thief been fighting?"

The general replied, "It's been more than half an hour." ”

Wang Dang asked again: "How many dead and wounded did the enemy army have, and how many dead and wounded did our army have?" ”

"Our army suffered more than 400 casualties, and the enemy suffered no less than 1,000 casualties!"

Wang Dang was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Send two additional troops to step forward, and send another team of crossbowmen to replace the archers in front!" ”

The Han crossbowmen had been shooting forty or fifty rounds, and the arrows were beginning to become limp. It's not that they don't want to work hard, but now they are alone in the depths, and if they don't do it well, the whole army will be wiped out, so they are gritting their teeth and fighting hard with the Xiliang thieves. But the manpower was sometimes exhausted, and they had been fighting for a long time before, and this round had been shooting continuously for more than half an hour, and their arms were sore, and they had the intention to kill the enemy, but they were unable to pull the bowstring to the fullest.

Hundreds of crossbowmen quickly stepped forward to replace their exhausted comrades, and with the addition of the new force, the arrows of the Han army became stronger again. The first fence that had been re-erected had been knocked down, and the Xiliang army was charging forward with cheers, but they were fired by the strong bows and crossbows on the flanks, and many people were hit by several arrows, even a dozen arrows, and then fell down screaming.

suffered such a blow to the head, and the morale of the Xiliang army suddenly plummeted. The Han infantry relieved themselves and drove the Xiliang army back. The second wave of soldiers of the Western Liang Army, who had already suffered nearly half of the casualties and were unable to fight any longer, turned their heads, dragged their blades upside down, left their backs to the Han army, and ran over the fences and trenches in the continuous falling arrows, and ran towards the rear.

Before they could reach the position where the flag was, another rain of arrows fell, killing dozens of people in the lead. Zhang Heng carried the ring-headed knife and shouted: "Death to those who retreat!" ”

The more than 20 defeated soldiers who had been killed before were all beheaded, and their heads were stuck in their spears. The defeated Xiliang Army looked at the dozens of grinning heads, all of them were cold, and their footsteps suddenly stopped.

Huang Hai came out of the crowd, and there were seven or eight arrows stuck in his body, he was a general under Cheng Yi, wearing the best armor, so he could retreat back with his subordinates after receiving so many arrows. He saw Cheng Yi and shouted, "General Cheng, we have done our best!" ”

Cheng Yi looked at Chen Cheng with a straight face, sighed, but didn't say anything.

Huang Hai stretched out his hand and pulled out an arrow from his body, ignoring the blood bursting, and screamed loudly: "We have done our best! ”

Cheng Yi couldn't bear it, so he came to Chen Cheng's side and said in a low voice: "Envoy, they did their best. ”

After coming to Liangzhou in the sixth year of Zhongping, Cheng Yi gave Chen Cheng a lot of help, and he was the first to recommend him as the pastor of Liangzhou, so Chen Cheng has always treated Cheng Yi very differently. If it was someone else, Chen Cheng would have already reprimanded him with a straight face, but since he was talking about Cheng Yi, it was naturally different.

He whispered, "I know, but it's a war now." General Cheng, don't blame me! ”

Cheng Yi looked at Song Jian again, this wave of 2,000 people was his and Song Jian's subordinates, and half of the soldiers and horses withdrawn were soldiers under Song Jian's command. However, Song Jian only sneered at Cheng Yi a few times, and did not speak. When he killed Huang Yan back then, he killed not only the old and young of the Huang family, but also Huang Yan's generals and their families.

It's just a thousand people, Song Jian thought with some disdain: Cheng Yi also has some mothers-in-law!