Chapter 475: The Battle of Annihilation in the Northland (Part I)
"The end will definitely live up to the trust of the Lord!!"
Zhao Yun said that, and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly Wen Han spoke and stopped Zhao Yun.
"Slow!"
Zhao Yun turned around, and there was a bit of confusion on his face.
"Zhang Xiu has the ability to be a general, and he has a very high reputation in the north, if he is willing to surrender, you can accept it. If not, you will capture him. However, if this person doesn't know what to do, and he will definitely fight to break the net, then there is no need to stay. ”
Zhao Yun's face suddenly became ecstatic, how can people be ruthless, Zhang Xiu is his senior brother after all, even if he is an enemy general, if Zhao Yun kills him, he will feel guilty in his heart. However, Wen Han arranged it like this, and Zhao Yun asked himself, even if he had no choice but to kill Zhang Xiu in the end, he could only blame him for himself. In this way, no matter how guilty Zhao Yun is, it is only extremely low.
"There are a lot of lords, Yun Xian thanked Zhang Xiu for the grace of the lord not to kill!"
"Hey, Zilong, don't be in a hurry to thank me. Whether Zhang Xiu can survive tonight depends on how he chooses. Okay, you go out and get ready. ”
"Yes! Lord! ”
After Zhao Yun bowed his hand, he withdrew from the tent. Wen Han and Xi Long glanced at each other, and after the two looked at each other and smiled, Wen Han said.
"It's time for the two of us to get ready, too."
Today's night is earlier than ever, and the night is darker than ever. Outside Niyang City, a team of soldiers and horses galloped out, and Zhang Xiu, who was wearing gold armor, had a confident smile on his face, like a Yum general.
"Wen Bufan, tonight I let your incompetent hussar lose your life here!!"
Zhang Xiu said coldly in his heart, and his gaze became cold and terrifying. Behind them, both the generals and the soldiers were triumphant, as if what they were going to fight later was just a flock of lambs.
Zhang Xiu and his group of soldiers and horses seemed to be eager to fight, and the speed of the march became faster and faster, because later Wen Han was defeated again and again under Zhang Xiu's initiative to attack, and his camp had been withdrawn from Wuli. When Zhang Ji's army arrived, the night was even darker, and it was so dark that it was difficult to tell the time.
The camp in the distance was dead silent, as if it was bursting with cold air. Zhang Xiu's expression was fixed, and he was about to make the sergeant charge, but at this time, Hu Che'er, who was next to Zhang Xiu, persuaded him.
"General Zhang, do you want to send someone to investigate before marching?"
"Humph! That Wen Bufan was already killed by us, so why worry more, if he was discovered by the patrolling civilian soldiers, he startled the snake and escaped from that Wen Bufan, then wouldn't it be a waste of effort for us to wait! ”
"But, General Zhang!"
"Enough! Nonsense novel, tonight is a good time to annihilate Wen Bufan's army in one fell swoop! All the ministries listen to the order and fight with me!! ”
Zhang Xiu grabbed the horse's belly, like a galloping arrow, and rushed out. Behind him, more than 25,000 soldiers and horses raised their weapons in unison, raised their arms and shouted, like a fierce tiger and wolf, galloping behind Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu galloped on horseback, roared in, and after rushing into the Wenhan camp, he shouted loudly.
"Where is Wen Bufan!! Your grandfather Zhang came to take your life!! ”
Zhang Xiu's loud shouts echoed in the valley, but what was amazing was that there was no reaction in this camp, and not a single soldier's shadow could be seen. Zhang Xiuxin slammed suddenly, suddenly startled, and his face suddenly became extremely pale.
The soldiers who were chasing after him crowded into the camp, all of them with fierce faces, holding weapons in their hands, ready to fight at any time. In this spacious camp, except for the men and horses of the army, there is not a single ghost.
Suddenly, in the grass around the camp, there were bursts of dense noisy sounds, and then firelights appeared in all directions, and suddenly the dark and dreary night was illuminated brightly!
"Shoot !!"
Wen Han's face was cold, and as he fell with one hand, tens of thousands of flaming rockets suddenly rose into the sky, and then quickly fell into the camp. The sound of countless arrows breaking through the void sounded, and Zhang Xiu and his soldiers and horses, looking at the firelight in the sky, all of them were shocked and their faces changed drastically.
Boom~!!
I saw countless rockets, covering the void in the eyeline, and suddenly falling down, I don't know how many soldiers were shot by the rockets, and they were full of fire, shouting miserably while rushing around in a panic. At the same time, rockets also hit the tents, railings, and straw piles prepared by Wen Han in the camp.
Wen Han's gestures kept falling, and nearly 10,000 soldiers around him flicked the bowstring desperately, and the rockets did not stop, flying in the void. As more and more rockets fell, the entire camp burst into flames, and the soldiers of Zhang's army were in a panic, pushing each other and avoiding their comrades who were on fire. Dozens of rockets shot towards Zhang Xiuwei, Zhang Xiu stopped his astonishment, stabbed several shots in a row, knocked the rockets behind, and hurriedly shouted.
"Withdraw, withdraw quickly!!!"
Zhang Xiu turned the horse's head and wanted to escape, but there was chaos around, there were fires everywhere, and the surrounding soldiers and horses were forced to rush indiscriminately by the rockets in the sky. Zhang Xiu couldn't break out of the camp for a while. And the soldiers of Zhang Jun, when they heard Zhang Xiu shouting to retreat, immediately rushed to the gate of the camp as if they were crazy. However, Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses are too many, and there are burning flames everywhere around, so there is too little space for them to escape, but these people can't do anything in order to escape for their lives, the people and horses in the back push the people and horses in front, and the people and horses in front didn't expect their comrades to be so ruthless, and they can't avoid their clutches, but they can't care about avoiding the rockets falling from the sky. Zhang Xiu's front soldiers were impulsed by the soldiers in his rear, and they couldn't hold back, and they couldn't go back and forth, and they suddenly seemed to fall into a dead end.
At this time, the scene was filled with shouting and scolding, screams, the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and the sound of flames burning. In just this period of time, the number of casualties of Zhang's army was enough to be thousands. And more than half of them died at the clutches of their comrades, either pushed to the ground and trampled to death, or pushed aside by the burning fire and burned to death.
In this regard, the tragic scene, Wen Han did not see the slightest change in color, his eyes were flat and terrifying, his hand was still waving down, and more than 10,000 soldiers shot in unison, as if they wanted to burn this devouring fire even more vigorously!!
The sea of fire was surging, and more and more Zhang soldiers died in the sea of fire. Zhang Xiu felt as if he was in a big furnace, surrounded by devouring flames.
"Get out of here, get out of the !!!"
Perhaps it was because his life was threatened, and Zhang Xiu lost his mind, but he saw that Zhang Xiu's face suddenly became extremely hideous and terrifying, like a demon, raising the tiger's head golden spear and killing the soldiers who blocked him in front of him. Several soldiers were caught up in surprise and were killed by Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu rushed over, stepping on the corpse of his own army, and saw that there were people blocking in front of him, and the cold tiger-headed golden gun was raised again. The soldiers in front noticed the screams in the rear, and saw that the murderer was actually their lord, although they were very angry, they did not dare to resist, and hurriedly asked people to come one way and let Zhang Xiu pass. Zhang Xiu's appearance is crazy, and the hideous face is particularly terrifying in the firelight, and he runs straight on his horse, and if anyone stands in the way, he will immediately raise his gun and kill him. When he rushed out of the camp, he found that only more than 10,000 horses had escaped with him, and the rest were still struggling desperately in the sea of fire.
These soldiers and horses are the heaviest relics left to him by Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu saw that almost half of his army was still uncertain about life and death, and his eyes were red with anger! After losing so many soldiers and horses, we must not lose Niyang again, otherwise it will be difficult to protect the north!!
"Withdraw!! Withdraw to Niyang !! ”
At this moment, Zhang Xiu has only one thought in his heart, which is to save these troops and hold Niyang! Zhang Xiu rode his horse and ran, leading more than 10,000 remnants of soldiers to gallop in the direction of Niyang. Behind him, tens of thousands of soldiers were still in the burning camp.
Wen Han seemed to intend to let Zhang Xiu go, and when Zhang Xiu led the more than 10,000 remnants of the soldiers to escape not far away, he ordered two soldiers and horses to guard the gate of the camp, he led an army to guard the front door, dozens of Zhang soldiers who escaped from the sea of fire, saw that there was a sudden surge of people in front of the door, a general wearing a rotten silver armor and a black gold tiger striped robe, and the leader of the army blocked the way, and was suddenly frightened, all of them were desperate.
"I am a great Han hussar general, and my writing is extraordinary! If you don't want to die, quickly lay down your weapons and surrender, and those who surrender will not be killed!! ”
Almost instantly, these dozens of Zhang soldiers, who had already been frightened, immediately put down their weapons, knelt on the ground, and shouted for mercy as if they were taken for granted.
Wen Han ordered the soldiers to drive him aside, and then several waves of Zhang soldiers who rushed out of the sea of fire, as they did, were captured by Wen Han's soldiers and horses. As for Xi Long at the gate of the rear camp, just like Wen Han, he surrendered the remnants of the soldiers abandoned by Zhang Xiu. Until the last wave of Zhang soldiers escaped, they were stopped by Wen Han's soldiers and horses, and then surrendered. In the blazing camp, there was no longer a sound of human pain.
Wen Han quickly ordered the soldiers to count the number of soldiers, and he collected about 5,000 remnants, and as for the information from Xilong's side, he received more than 2,000 people.
In other words, in this sea of fire, five or six thousand lives were devoured!
However, it was said that at the same time that Wen Han and Xilong incorporated Zhang Xiu's remnant army, Zhang Xiu led more than 10,000 remnants of his army to flee to Hongtu Slope. Zhang Xiu suddenly reined in the horses, turned his head and looked anxiously, seeing that there were no civilian soldiers chasing and killing in the rear, the impatience and apprehension in his heart disappeared mostly, and he looked at the surrounding terrain again, and suddenly frowned, and a trace of ominous feeling followed.
The area around the red soil slope is full of red soil, hence the name of the red soil slope. Of course, there are many legends about why the soil of the red soil slope is red, among which the most said is that the location of the red soil slope is special, since the beginning of the Warring States Period, all the troops who fought a decisive battle in the north repeatedly chose this place as an ambush for soldiers and horses, and every time they would kill a river of blood, over time, the soil here, the blood color accumulates, penetrates, and the color of the soil becomes blood red.
"Hu Che'er! Where is this!! ”
Because of the relationship of the night, Zhang Xiu did not find the color of the underground soil, Hu Che'er behind him listened to Zhang Xiu's question, and quickly looked around the surrounding area, Hu Che'er looked at the more familiar the terrain was, and seemed to have an answer in his heart, but he still rolled the saddle and dismounted, grabbed a handful of soil on the ground, rubbed it in front of his eyes, looked at it carefully, and then shouted.
"My lord! The color of this dirt is red! This must be a red clay slope! ”
"Red Clay Slope!! Evacuate !! There is likely to be an ambush set up by Wen Bufan here!! ”
As soon as Zhang Xiu heard the word red clay slope, he suddenly felt that countless cold air rose on the ground, and as soon as his shout fell, he only heard countless armor vibrations on the surrounding high slopes, followed by the crisp sound of bowstrings pulling.
These voices, like the call of evil ghosts, frightened Zhang Xiu and his soldiers all turned pale on the spot.
"Zhang Xiu!! I received the order of my military advisor and waited here for a long time. Soldiers, greet them well!! Shoot!!! ”
Xu Huang was on a high slope somewhere, shouting loudly, and the big axe fell suddenly, and suddenly the six thousand crossbowmen on the high slopes everywhere shot arrows in unison. The sound of countless arrows breaking through the void sounded intensively in all directions, these arrows were high or low, far or near, and swarmed in, because of the blackness, Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses could not see the arrows at all, only by the sound of the judgment, or when the arrows were about to shoot closer, they could see some clearly. It's just that when this arrow is close, how can they have time to dodge, not to mention, the direction from which these arrows come is extremely weird!
In an instant, an arrow broke through the armor, the arrow screamed, and the panicked and frightened screams were like a ghost crying wolf. Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses were shot into a mess of porridge!