Chapter 277: Swamp

Chapter 277: The Swamp

Lu Bu and his subordinates hurried through the grove, his heart full of resentment and disobedience. Obviously, he has so many soldiers and horses, how could he end up like this? Is the soldiers and horses not strong enough? Is it that the weapons and equipment are not good enough? Still is......... Heaven no longer favors me, Lu Fengxian?

The road ahead grew wider and wider, the trees thinned and the reeds grew. Suddenly, Chitu's front legs suddenly weakened, and he almost threw Lu Bu off the horse. Fortunately, Chitu retreated in time to avoid falling into the swamp. But the soldiers who followed Lu Bu did not have this kind of luck, and several cavalrymen crashed into the swamp.

"Be careful, there's a swamp ahead!"

"Help, who will come and save me!"

"Retreat, retreat!"

"Pull me, I'm sinking!"

In the panic, more cavalry crashed into the swamp, and Zhang Liao shouted: "Retreat along the way you came, don't go to the side!" ”

He was known for his prestige in the army, and when the soldiers heard this, their hearts were terrified. It's just that those who are struggling in the swamp are still struggling and shouting.

"General, save me!"

"Rope, who has rope?" Zhang Liao sweated on his forehead, and shouted to the left and right: "Throw the rope over and pull them up!" ”

Some Huns often carried ropes on their bodies, which were used to lass horses or other livestock. At this time, he rode on horseback, and used the unique skill of lasing horses, pulling the soldiers out of the quagmire one by one. But there were originally few Hun cavalry to follow, and even fewer with ropes.

While one soldier after another was pulled out of the quagmire, more soldiers slowly sank into the quagmire amid desperate cries. The mud spilled over the calves, then to the abdomen and chest, and then to the mouth and nostrils. When the cavalry cautiously began to retreat, Zhang Liao made a preliminary calculation that more than 100 people had been lost in the swamp alone.

Lu Bu was furious, and said angrily: "Chen Cheng of the heavenly killing, the Guanzhong people of the heavenly killing, I have to kill all those villagers when I go back this time!" ”

In a village on the edge of Weishui, Song Xian stood on top of the wind mill, looking at the battlefield in the distance, and suddenly, he shouted: "Not good! ”

It turned out that he saw that Lu Bu had just stopped with his subordinates, and the Xiliang cavalry surrounded him. Lu Bu only has more than 3,000 horsemen under his command, no matter how brave and good he is, how can he beat the more than 20,000 Xiliang thieves around? Song Xian hurriedly ran down from the mill, and then said to his subordinates: "The lord is now besieged by the enemy, and we must immediately send troops to save him!" ”

One general disagreed: "But the order given to us by the lord is to hold our positions and not to fight." Moreover, there are cavalry of the Xiliang Army roaming around, and once our army leaves here, I am afraid that they will immediately attack. ”

Song Xian was indignant: "If the lord is defeated, how long can I wait?" This is not only to relieve the siege of the lord, but also to save ourselves! ”

So after Song Xian left 2,000 soldiers and horses on the periphery, he led the cavalry out of the village, and joined the 6,000 infantry who were waiting on the embankment and pond in the east, totaling more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and killed them towards the place where Lu Bu was surrounded.

As the old saying goes: 10,000 people are boundless. Seeing this, Zhao Yun immediately ordered Li Kan to lead the trapping camp and three infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, to attack the several enemy positions that were still being held.

He himself chased Song Xian with the Flying Bear Hussars and other cavalry battalions, and the brave cavalry in steel armor rushed into the already empty position and bit Song Xian's tail. The Song military army was not as elite as the tooth soldiers, and after being pursued, the rear army collapsed after not resisting for long.

The flying bear hussar riding a tall horse was wearing invulnerable steel armor, and the horses were also covered with blankets and leather armor, and rushed into the rear army of the Song Xianbu like a storm, and it was only a shock that would tear Jian'ou apart. Zhao Yun commanded the cavalry of his headquarters and the flying bear hussars to continue the assault, and broke through Song Xian's Chinese army, until he was killed under Song Xian's general banner.

He rushed so fast that he left both cavalry battalions behind.

The weapons were shattered, the men and horses neighed, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses only resisted for a moment before falling into chaos. Song Xian led his subordinates to prepare to rescue Lu Bu, but the soldiers under his command only saw their soldiers and horses leaving the fortified position and retreating in the direction they came.

When the rear army was impacted, the army did not know who shouted, "Defeated, we are defeated!" ”

The soldiers who turned around and prepared for battle heard the loud noise, and when the officers were roaring angrily, the shouts rang out again, "Don't give Lu Bu your life, everyone should go home!" ”

"Go home!"

"Go home!"

"Go home!"

Countless people shouted in unison, and the officers and men of the Chinese army, who were barely in formation, immediately scattered and fled.

"Stop!" An officer brandished his ring-headed knife in a rage and yelled, "Can you run away now?" It's better to fight the enemy! ”

He slashed to death a soldier who fled with his weapon in tow, but he stopped hundreds of soldiers from running wildly. The soldiers had been fighting for more than a year, and if it weren't for the 30,000 core soldiers and horses of Lu Bu to suppress the high pressure, the soldiers would have mutinied a long time ago. From the front line near Hedong to Anhanyi, it is six or seven hundred miles, and there is only one day of rest in Chang'an in the middle.

The officer hacked several soldiers to death one after another, and when he was still scolding, he suddenly shook his whole body, and the feeling of severe pain immediately spread from his lower abdomen. His eyes widened in disbelief, and he pointed to Shi Chang, who had withdrawn the spear, and said tremblingly, "How dare you kill me?" ”

Unlike the officer, but he was a native of Guanzhong, he raised his bloody spear again, and said with a cruel smile: "Only you can kill?" ”

With that, the spear stabbed out again, piercing the wounded officer's face. He killed Shangguan, but he didn't care, and scolded a few cowering soldiers on the side: "What do you see? Why don't you hurry up and run? Do you want to wait to be caught by the Xiliang people? ”

Several soldiers looked at each other, then shouted, buried their heads and ran.

Zhao Yun swung his gun and killed Song Xian's general flag, and without answering, he rushed forward with his gun and horse. Song Xian heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Zhao Yun majestic, his eyes were as cold as lightning, his heart trembled, and he shouted: "Stop him!" ”

More than a dozen pro-soldiers around him turned their horses and launched a counterattack towards Zhao Yun. However, they turned around in a hurry, and the horse speed was not mentioned at all, but the white horse under Zhao Yun's crotch had already increased to the highest speed. The white shadow crashed into the crowd, and with a burst of sword light, Zhao Yun had already killed.

Behind him, four horsemen screamed and fell off their horses.

Song Xian turned around again, and when he saw Zhao Yun reluctantly chasing after him, he couldn't help but curse loudly. At the critical moment, it aroused the fierce aura in his chest. Song Xian stretched out his hand, took off the carved bow, and turned around to shoot at Zhao Yun, who had already forced behind him.

The distance between the two sides is rapidly closing, but because it is running in the same direction, the relative speed between the two sides is not fast. Song Xian was able to calmly point the arrow at Zhao Yun, and then Zhao Yun, who was aimed at by him with a bow and arrow, did not have any evasive behavior, but just lifted the wooden shield in his left hand and put it on his body.

There were already three or four arrows inserted in the wooden shield, and after being lifted by Zhao Yun, they were horizontal in front of his chest. Seeing this, Song Xian cursed again, "Mix.... Bastard! Come forward to fight with a shield? ”

He steadied himself and pulled the bow to perfection, but it didn't start. He didn't believe it, could the enemy general still use a shield to protect his body? He was not alone, but there were many cavalrymen around him. Sure enough, when a cavalry rushed up, Zhao Yun put down his shield and stabbed him to death casually with a spear.

Song Xian's arms were sore, and it was very exhausting to draw the bow without firing. Seeing that the enemy general finally put down his shield, he hurriedly let go of his right hand, the bowstring "collapsed", and the arrow shot out, sinking into Zhao Yun's chest.

Song Xian was overjoyed and shouted, "Now I know ........."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a sneer on the corner of the enemy general's mouth. Song Xian looked at it, but the other party was unharmed. The arrow hit Zhao Yun's chest and was immediately bounced away.

"Damn! Damn it! ”

Song Xian was incompetent and furious, threw away the strong bow in his hand, and pulled out the ring head knife, ready to make a final resistance. The white horse crossed, Zhao Yun lightly stretched his ape arm, and the spear stabbed out. The gun was so powerful that it brought the sound of whirring wind. Song Xian's ring-headed knife slashed at it, not only did he fail to knock it away, but his own tiger mouth was numb, and the weapon almost came out of his hand.

In Song Xian's horrified eyes, the spear pierced into his ribs. Zhao Yun exerted his strength again and picked up Song Xian. Song Xian, who was not yet dead, twisted and struggled on the spear, and let out a high-pitched and fierce scream. When soldiers near and far saw this scene, their mood immediately became a scene of two heavens.

The soldiers of the Lu Bu army were horrified, and their morale plummeted. The cavalry of the Western Liang Army was greatly boosted and cheered together. Zhao Yun picked up Song Xian's corpse for a distance, and then shouted: "Enemy general, beg for it!" ”

The Xiliang army that rushed over shouted: "The enemy general has been killed by General Zhao Yun!" ”

Seeing that the Xiliang army easily defeated the retreating soldiers and horses, the other Lu Bu troops who were about to move suddenly quieted down, and they did not surrender, but stayed there, as if they could avoid the catastrophe in this way.

Zhao Yun then cleaned up the battlefield while letting the feint camp and other soldiers and horses withdraw first, and continued to monitor these immobile enemies.

Farther east, Yang Qiu sent his troops and horses to capture the scattered Lü Bu army, while Chen Cheng personally led the cavalry to pursue Lü Bu. Halfway through, Chen Cheng suddenly let out a "huh" on horseback. He was a little puzzled, why didn't Lu Bujun flee to Chang'an, but instead went in the direction of the Liupan Mountain Range, what is the reason?

Did he want to abandon Chang'an and go to the mountains to fight guerrillas?

Chen Cheng was amused by his own thoughts, it is not a good choice to go up the mountain in this era. There is too little output in the mountains to feed too many people. If you enter the mountains, no one else will beat you, and you will starve to death for the most part. Although Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army is based on Taihang Mountain, he also occupies many cities on the plains on both sides, so that he can gather more than a million people.

Even so, Zhang Yan still desperately wanted to expand his power to the vast Hebei Plain, without it, it was too difficult in the mountains.

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