Surrounded by many guards, Ma Xun fled to the dense forest of Beishan in a hurry, and Ma Xun wanted to cry without tears.

In less than a cup of tea, the soldiers and horses of Tanzhou were killed by the iron cavalry of the Liang army, the armor of Ma Rong's left chest and right shoulder was cut open by the knife, the wound was deep and the bones were seen, and the left armpit was stabbed by a spear, and when he was desperately snatched back by the guards, he had fallen into a coma.

Unable to redeem their defeat, they had no choice but to flee deep into the forest.

Fortunately, the enemy cavalry did not bite them and pursued them, and they retreated to the edge of the jungle to take a breath.

It's just that at this time, the soldiers and horses of Tanzhou have been completely disrupted, and every moment there are Tanzhou athletes falling under the iron hooves of the Liang army, and the screams are mixed with the sonorous sound of the armor slashing, which is so terrifying.

Zhu Yu was wrapped in a cyan cloth robe outside the armor, and under the support of more than 100 elite horsemen, he galloped up a low slope, taking in the battlefield in the northwest direction.

However, Zhu Yu did not order to hunt down Ma Xun, who was surrounded by only two or three hundred guards, but to kill and wound as many Chu generals as possible on the battlefield in the valley.

The 3,000 Xuanjia cavalry had already slaughtered out of the valley, and the 1,000 cavalry were on standby on the east bank of the ravine, keeping an eye on the development of the battlefield situation, and the 2,000 cavalry were divided into more than a dozen teams to repeatedly rush and kill in the chaotic ranks of the Chu army, giving priority to the Chu army, which had not yet collapsed, and cutting the Chu army into large and small clumps to prevent them from having the possibility of regrouping.

The battle finally ended at sunset, although many Chu troops fled to the deep mountains and dense forests on both flanks, but there were still more than 4,000 bloody corpses left in the valley, blood soaked the earth, and the battlefield was bloody and muddy.

After the battle, the murky stream cleared again, but with the flow of blood, it turned crimson with a cruel beauty.

At this time, more than 3,000 unarmed men were driven to a mountain col and taken into custody.

"Your Highness is really like a god, and I am sure that the horse is as timid as a mouse, and when I see my iron horse crossing, he will definitely flee Suizhou in panic." A general in blue armor galloped over, dismounted in front of the hill and strode over, and said loudly.

"Tanzhou soldiers and horses to reinforce Xiangzhou, this is the first rat at both ends, they fled to Suizhou, it is not difficult to predict, they may think that I will let them go, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can I allow them to retreat into Suizhou to covet the change of the war situation?" Zhu Yufeng smiled lightly.

"Do you want to send someone to hunt down Ma Xun?" The Qingjia general asked.

"He can't make any waves in Jingxiang at this time, leaving his small life may be useful in the future," Zhu Yu didn't want to waste any more time and troops by Ma Xun's side, and asked the Qingjia general, "What is the movement in the west of Zaoyang City?" ”

"The battle report in the west of Zaoyang has not yet come back, but Zhong Yanhu is also the number one person, after leaving Zaoyang City, he dared to retreat to the Hanshui in the west alone, his troops are in a good formation, and their combat power is stronger than that of other state soldiers in Chu State, Yang Xiong only has more than 2,000 light cavalry in his hands, and he may not be able to gnaw this hard bone by the Hanshui." The Qingjia general said.

Zhu Yu didn't care about this matter, the battlefield was changing instantly, and it was always mastered by the main general who was on the front line, and asked: "What are the new changes in Xichuan?" ”

"Yang Yuanpu is just a child, even if he personally rushed to Xichuan to sit in the town, but there are only more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers in his hands and they are still guarding the four places, so there is nothing to fear." The Qingjia general said.

"Yang Yuanpu is assisted by Han Qian, Li Zhihe, and Shen Yang, and when he first arrived in Xichuan, he killed Xia Zhen to boost the army's might, and I suspect that they may have already seen through our deployment." Zhu Yu's expression really became solemn at this moment.

"They really have to see through it a long time ago, why is Zaoyang City defenseless?" The Qingjia general asked in confusion.

"They may be like us, and they don't believe that Ma Xun is at both ends of the mouse, and it is not good for them to inform Ma Xun in advance, right?" Zhu Yu's solemn expression at this moment also revealed a hint of hesitation, of course, he hoped that the Chu army would not really recognize their deployment until yesterday, but as a qualified commander, it was always inappropriate to be overly optimistic, or self-righteous and mistaken for a strong enemy to be too stupid.

However, the next step is to solve the eastern front first, cutting off the support of the Chu army from the east bank of the Han River, Zhu Yu temporarily suppressed his worries about the western front, and asked the Qingjia general: "In the valley in the east, can I hear that there are remnants of troops leaking through?" ”

"His Royal Highness arranged for more than 300 horsemen to block the passage to the east, and the Chu army was attacked by us again, and no one should be able to leak over." The Qingjia general said.

"Okay, Chen Kun, you immediately arrange for three or four hundred cavalry to change into the blood-stained armor of the Chu army, pretend to be the Chu army and flee to Suizhou City, and after you capture Suizhou City, you will go back to Zaoyang to join me...... Zhu Yu said.

Chen Kun, the Qingjia general, was ordered to pass the order, first arranged for more than 300 cavalry to change into the bloody clothes of the Chu army, and also picked up a banner of the Chu general, and then he led more than 1,000 elite cavalry to chase after him, leaving 1,500 or 600 cavalry to follow His Royal Highness King Yong, escort more than 3,000 captured people, and rush to Zaoyang......

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The Han River passes through Xiangzhou City and Fancheng City, goes east for more than 60 miles, and then turns sharply southward until it flows into the Yangtze River 7800 miles away, and there is no turning back in the middle.

On the east bank of the big bend of the Han River, there is an undulating low hill, which is the southern edge of the Nanyang Basin and the remnant of the northwest foot of the Dahong Mountain, but the terrain is no longer enough to block the passage of the Ma Bu army.

The sparse forests on the banks of the river wither in winter, and there are no people near and far, which makes them look extra desolate.

Before the spring water rises, the river is thin and narrow, and a large area of tidal flats is exposed by the riverside, and more than a dozen white-feathered river birds fly over the river beach, occasionally swooping down towards the river surface, catching the fish that jump out of the river, and flying back into the air.

More than twenty galleys sailed from the west, like arrows off the string, without slowing down at all when passing through the mouth of the bay.

Hundreds of oarsmen were shirtless in the cold air, shouting and paddling their huge oars, their solid muscles like iron, and sweat dripping down.

With more than 2,000 Xiangzhou army generals to the east to aid the retreat of Zhong Yanhu's department, Deng Xiangfang, the head of the department, Jin Rui, stood on the bow of a galleys about seven zhang long.

At this time, he could already see that eleven or twelve miles to the south, there was a Chu army besieged by a dense Liang army on a low hill by the river beach.

Although in the face of the Liang army, which was several times its size, the Chu army had its back to the dark blue Han water, but it did not have the slightest intention of cowardice, and constantly divided its troops and horses, raised its swords and shields, and counterattacked the Liang army that was approaching.

The boat was like an arrow from the string, approaching the low slope, and Jin Rui saw more and more clearly a man with an unusually burly figure, holding a double halberd to take the lead, suppressing the Liang army who tried to rush up again and again.

Although this fierce general is full of feather arrows, he does not look sluggish in shape, and he must have worn several layers of armor to not be afraid of enemy arrows.

However, wearing several layers of battle armor, he can also wield a pair of iron halberds like the wind, and advance and retreat freely with the left and right generals, this kind of strength is also extremely shocking.

Probably it is precisely because of this fierce general standing in front of the battle like a rock that the Chu army behind him can withstand such heavy casualties and not collapse its fighting spirit, right?

Although the hillside is not high, the terrain on the side of the shore is relatively gentle, and it is from this side that the Liang army constantly launches attacks; The two sides are quite steep, as if a dam of two or three hundred meters long was built on a fairly open river beach.

From Jin Rui's field of vision, he could see that on the north side of the hillside, there were three or four hundred corpses piled up on the river beach, and the generals of the Chu and Liang armies all had stumps and broken arms, and the blood made a corner of the north side of the hillside red.

The neighing sound from the headwind and the sorrowful roar of the war horse made the blood in Jin Rui's chest be ignited at this moment.

Zhao Mingting was in charge of the department, commenting on the middle-level generals of the younger generation of Dachu, saying that if Zhong Yanhu was given room to show, he would be Zhang Pan and Du Chongtao's first-class generals in the future.

Jin Rui was also secretly shocked and lucky.

Ma Xun refused to lead his troops to retreat to Xiangzhou City, but withdrew to Suizhou with the main force of the defenders in the right front, only Zhong Yanhu sent people to cross the river to ask for help and send troops to respond, but when Zhong Yanhu's department had already contacted the main force of the second group of Liang troops who went south from the Tang River.

No one in Xiangzhou City thought that Zhong Yanhu's troops only had 1,500 Jiangzhou soldiers and horses, which could support the timely arrival of the Xiangzhou army.

Jin Rui insisted on suggesting that Xu Zhaoling and Du Chongtao ask to send reinforcements to meet Zhong Yanhu.

Now it seems that they rushed over, it was still timely, and if they delayed for an hour or two, Zhong Yanhu would be an invincible general again, entangled by several times the Liang army, and there would eventually be a moment when he would die of exhaustion.

The reinforcement general commanded the galleys to move towards the hillside, and shot back the Liang army on the side of the river beach with bows and arrows, clearing the flanks of the hillside first.

There are many silt and swamps on the river beach, which is not conducive to the Liang army forming a formation to kill from the shore, and the scattered Liang army generals are not enough to resist the reinforcements looking for the high ground in the river beach to land and form a formation.

The reinforcements found a dry plot in the river beach on the north side of the hill to gain a foothold, and there were more than a dozen warships in the river on the flanks to set up more than a dozen bed crossbows that could shoot more than 200 paces to cover it, so Zhong Yanhu's troops could boldly withdraw from the hillside and step on the muddy river beach and cold shallow water to meet the reinforcements, without fear that the Liang army could pursue them scattered.

"Hurt me!"

Zhong Yanhu was surrounded by his subordinates and helped him board a galleys, and with the assistance of his subordinates, he took off his heavy armor, and inevitably touched the arrows inserted in his body.

Although Zhong Yanhu wore a triple iron armor and charged, there were several sharp arrows that penetrated the triple armor and drilled deep into the muscles of his side ribs and shoulders.

These are all parts that Zhong Yanhu couldn't protect when he fought hard.

At this time, when he took off his armor, he touched the arrow shaft that could not be completely cut, and Zhong Yanhu screamed in pain.

Jin Rui ran over to see Zhong Yanhu's injuries at this time, and when he saw the three sets of armor taken off from the bow of the ship, he secretly felt that they weighed one hundred and forty or fifty pounds, and thought to himself What kind of divine power does this have to be to wear these three sets of armor at the same time and charge into battle for such a long time?

And the seven or eight arrows shot by the enemy can penetrate three layers of armor, and Jin Rui also secretly feels that the archer hidden in the Liang army uses a strong bow that is also amazing.