Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Great Trend Has Gone
When the soldiers of Zhang Jiao's department saw the officers and soldiers rushing out, their eyes showed joy, and the generals under him immediately led the elite cavalry to cover the past. Zhang Liang's arm pain seems to have been alleviated a lot because of this incident: "Big brother, as long as we exterminate this group of officers and soldiers, the future will be unimpeded!" ”
Zhang Jiao nodded, and ordered the soldiers to quickly surround the past.
Guan Yu saw the Yellow Turban Army's elite cavalry coming over, and the distance was getting closer and closer, and beckoned the soldiers to quickly enter the gap in the mountains. When Zhang Liang and the others came to the exit, they saw that the officers and soldiers had hurriedly retreated into the mountains, and some stones were left on the ground, which did not block the passage, and it seemed that this group of officers and troops had not been here for long.
"Kill!" Zhang Liang gave an order, led the Yellow Turban Army to rush in, the Yellow Turban Army drove straight in, hundreds of elite cavalry took the lead, moved away from the stone and drove straight in, they all knew that this was the last battle, as long as the officers and soldiers in front of them were killed, then their own troops could drive straight into Taihang Mountain from this passage, and the imperial army would no longer be able to help themselves.
Zhang Liang and Zhang Jiao rushed into it, and suddenly they didn't expect that there was a hole behind the narrow gap, Zhang Jiao looked around, except for the officers and soldiers who fled in front, there were all high mountains around, where is there a path to enter Taihang Mountain!
At this time, there was a sudden sound of rolling stones behind him, followed by screams, Zhang Jiao looked back, and saw dozens of officers and soldiers standing on the hills on both sides of the stone cracks, and they were making a simple action at this time, pushing the stones down the mountain.
The Yellow Turban Army in the gap couldn't dodge, killing and injuring many people, the more and more stones piled up, the Yellow Turban Army was divided into two parts, Zhang Jiao was shocked when he saw this situation: "It's not good, it's a trick!" ”
Gao Shun's strategy was very ingenious, that is, to wait until Zhang Jiao's troops entered, and then order the soldiers on the mountain to block the stone cracks with stones, so that the Yellow Turban Army here became an isolated army.
Gao Shun and Guan Yu, who pretended to flee, saw that the stone crack had been blocked, and their eyes showed excitement: "It's done!" The two turned the horse's head, and Guan Yu waved the cold saw in his hand: "Kill!" ”
Gao Shun shouted: "Kill! Capture Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang alive! ”
Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang's expressions changed greatly, at this time, there were only more than 1,000 troops around them, how could they be the opponents of 2,000 officers and soldiers. Zhang Jiao secretly hated his carelessness at this time.
Seeing the rout of the official army before, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang subconsciously thought that this path could lead to Taihang Mountain. But I didn't expect that this was not only a dead end, but also Gao Shun buried a killer here!
Zhang Liang was very impressed by Guan Yu, they fought many times with the official army, and there were many generals who died in the hands of Guan Yu. His cronies and generals knew that it was time for life and death at this time: "General, I will lead my troops to drag the officers and soldiers, and you and General Rengong will find a way to escape!" "As long as they can meet with the Yellow Turban Army outside, the lives of Zhang Jiao and the others will be saved.
After this sentence was finished, the soldiers commanded the soldiers to rush towards the officers and soldiers, and the two sides fought together, but the soldiers led by Gao Shun were the elite of Zhao Yi's department, and their strength was much stronger than the Yellow Turban Army.
Especially Guan Yu, who took the lead in rushing to kill, turned over the cold light with a cold saw in his hand, and there was no enemy in the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang's faces were gloomy, and they looked back at the crack in the stone, the piled up stones were already more than a zhang high at this time, and the soldiers on them were still throwing them down, and they would definitely be smashed into meatloaf by rolling stones in the past.
Zhang Jiao hit the wooden board under him fiercely: "If you are a little careless, it will be a big mistake!" Zhang Jiao didn't expect that in addition to Zhao Yi, there were other people in the official army who could come up with such a plan. Then he glanced at the surrounding mountains, which were so steep that they almost went straight up and down, and they tried to escape unless they turned into eagles.
Zhang Liang looked at the warring parties, his eyes flashed, and his hand holding the sword trembled a little: "Big brother, at this time, the reinforcements from outside cannot enter, and our army has been unable to resist the official army for a long time." ”
Zhang Jiao waved his hand and let his two hundred guards also join the battle group, at this time it was already a critical moment, Zhang Jiao had to do his best to maintain the current situation.
The Yellow Turban Army outside did not have the command of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, and those side troops became chaotic, and the direct soldiers of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang fired arrows on the mountain, and the hundreds of officers and soldiers on the mountain suffered heavy casualties.
Zhang Jiao didn't know what to do at this time, he had a lot of soldiers, but it was useless at this time. And Zhang Jiao was not only worried about his own safety at this time, but also about the Yellow Turban Army outside.
Tanma just reported that Zhao Yi's headquarters was only four miles away from the Yellow Turban Army, and the cavalry could not even take a quarter of an hour to charge before they could arrive here. At this time, when his own department encountered such a situation, let alone Zhao Yi, even a general with a little brain would take this opportunity to stomp on himself.
"Third brother, I'm afraid we won't be able to avoid this crisis." Zhang Jiao is not optimistic about the current situation.
Zhang Liang held the sword in his left hand: "Even if we fail, we will fight to the end with the official army." Then he sighed slightly: "It's a pity that I couldn't avenge the second brother." ”
Zhao Yi's subordinates outside naturally seized the opportunity, saw the chaos of the Yellow Turban Army, and ordered the soldiers to attack quickly. Zhang Fei took the lead, and the eight snake spears in his hands picked up several Yellow Turban soldiers and rushed into the formation.
Zhao Yi stared at the situation in front of him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The overall situation has been decided!" ”
The Yellow Turban Army outside saw that the officers and troops were coming very strongly, and Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang were trapped in the mountains by the officers and soldiers, and their morale was greatly reduced, and they were almost crushed at the touch of a touch when they fought with the officers and troops.
The side Yellow Turban Army retreated again and again, leaving only Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang's descendants to resist, at this time the hundred officers and soldiers on the mountain were almost shot, and a general ordered: "Block the officers and troops of Zhao Yi's department!" He himself led a hundred guards over the rocks to the mountain. The situation in the mountains was very bad at this time, and the more than 1,000 Yellow Turban troops who followed Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang were lost, and the commander of the army was even beheaded by Guan Yu.
"Lord, leave with us quickly!" The general bowed to Zhang Jiao, and the situation was extremely urgent, and he ordered the soldiers to raise Zhang Jiao without waiting for Zhang Jiao to agree.
"But what about the soldiers of the mountains?" rushed into the mountain, and Zhang Jiao's hanging heart finally let go.
The general led the soldiers to the palace: "Now is the time of emergency, the lord should know how to make trade-offs." "If there is no remnant army to resist Gao Shun's department, then Gao Shun's department will definitely press over, and it will be difficult for Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang to escape.
Zhang Jiao said that he wanted to live and die with the soldiers in the mountains, but there was no sign of struggle in the face of the soldiers' support, he said that this was just to establish his own image, after all, it was not very nice to abandon his subordinates to escape alone.
When Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang climbed over the stone pile, they turned their heads and saw that Guan Yu and the others had broken through the barrier of the Yellow Turban Army and rushed towards this side.
But Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, who had turned over the stone pile, didn't wait for a breath to exhale, and saw Zhao Yizheng leading the soldiers in front of them to kill. Some of the Yellow Turban Army, which had been gathered, scattered and fled at this time. Although Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang's descendants did not flee, the defeated Yellow Turban Army also affected the morale of the army.
The general immediately reported: "Lord, Zhao Yi led the officers and troops to block our way, how should we act at this time?" ”
Your own division is now a passive defense, which is not good. Zhang Jiao said the current situation: "At this time, our army has no way to retreat, and the only way to survive is to rush out, otherwise our army will all die here!" ”
With Zhang Jiao, the remaining Yellow Turban Army seemed to have a backbone, and they rushed towards the official army with shouts in their mouths. Liu Bei's troops and Cao Cao's troops held on to the confrontation and fought to the death with the Yellow Turban Army, and both the attack and defense suffered heavy casualties, but the Yellow Turban Army was not able to escape from both of them.
The two sides fought for nearly an hour, and Huangfu Song's department was rushed open several times by the crazy Yellow Turban Army, and the mouth gradually expanded, and finally Zhang Jiao led the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army to break through Huangfu Song's army and march to the north.
However, Zhang Jiao, who had just led his troops to break out of the encirclement of Huangfu Song, encountered a more powerful Zhu Jun's troops to rob and kill.
Watching the officers and soldiers rushing towards him, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, they thought that the fight with Zhao Yi was a battle of life and death, but now they found that the fight with Zhu Jun's department was the real battle of life and death.
As soon as the soldiers of the two sides came into contact, the formation condensed by Zhang Jiao's troops was immediately overwhelmed by the swarming officers and troops, and the two sides fell into a melee. But most of the people who fell were their own Yellow Turban Army.
The general of the personal guard nervously guarded Zhang Jiao: "Lord, our army is under attack at this time, and it seems that it is more than lucky." We are waiting for the lord and the general to fight a bloody way, if the lord and the general can escape, they can make a comeback. ”
Zhang Jiao looked at the hundreds of guards who followed him: "There is no need to make senseless sacrifices, the general trend is gone." Zhang Jiao raised his eyes and looked at the battlefield, Zhao Yi, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and others were leading the soldiers to rush over quickly, no matter how brave their own guards were, it was absolutely impossible to break through the army of these four people.
Seeing more and more soldiers fall to the ground, Zhang Jiao waved his hand and ordered: "We surrender." "At this time, their defeat is already doomed, and since they are certain to die, why do they need so many soldiers to bury themselves?
"Lord!" The general of the personal guard looked at Zhang Jiao in disbelief, but he didn't expect Zhang Jiao to say such frustrating words in his mouth.
Zhang Jiao waved his hand to stop the words of the guard, what the guard was going to say, Zhang Jiao understood very well. "Needless to say, general, our army is surrounded by officers and troops several times larger than itself, and the defeat is decided. Let the soldiers be given up to resist, and stop making unnecessary sacrifices. ”
The surrender of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang made the battle end quickly. Zhao Yi and the others drove their horses to Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang.
Although the hundreds of guards had laid down their weapons, they still surrounded Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang in the middle, staring at the officers and soldiers who were surrounding them with unkind eyes, and their faces did not change in the face of tens of thousands of approaching people.
Zhu Jun stared at Zhang Jiao in the crowd, his eyes flashed: "Zhang Jiao, you are also a generation of heroes." General Ben will save you some face, and you can kill yourself. ”