Chapter 4: Head to Head (2)

Triumphant, the officers and troops who had risen up gradually lost the changes in the surrounding terrain, and the original open land of the Pingchuan River was gradually narrowing, and the surrounding hills were undulating. The experienced Guo Kunyu first felt a trace of unease, grabbed the reins of the horse and looked around, it turned out that he had chased into a canyon, the canyon was long and could not be seen, and the hills and jungles on both sides were dense, suitable for ambushes.

Guo Kunyu nodded and beckoned the herald, and said loudly: "Mingjin withdraws the troops!" ”

Before the words fell, the low horn sound of "Woo --- Woo" sounded in the jungle on the hills on both sides, followed by several rumbling cannons, followed by the sound of killing.

With the earth-shattering shouts of killing, boulders and rolling logs rolled down like a flood that burst the embankment, and the officers and cavalry who rushed in front were caught off guard.

Before he could catch his breath, a group of crossbowmen with red scarves on their heads rushed out of the jungle, condescendingly and firing thousands of arrows.

The canyon was already narrow, and the officers and soldiers trampled on each other in a panic, and countless people were killed by arrows and trampled by war horses.

Guo Kunyu felt a gust of wind in his ears, and hurriedly turned his head to dodge, and a whistling arrow grazed his cheek, tearing off half of his ear, and blood flowed immediately. He bared his teeth and shouted desperately: "Withdraw, withdraw!" At the same time, he took the lead in turning the horse's head, ignoring the life and death of the foot soldiers behind him, and whipped his mount with all his might, and galloped out of the canyon.

After a round of crossbow shots, a wave of roaring and screaming strong men rushed out of the hills, holding throwing spears, and desperately throwing them out by taking advantage of the terrain. As a result, from time to time, soldiers who had been tied into meat skewers flew out of their horses from time to time in the chaotic cavalry ranks of the officers and soldiers, their bodies constantly twisting and struggling, vomiting blood and screaming in horror and despair.

Guo Kunyu's hairs stood on end, he didn't expect that this group of rabble in his eyes would actually play yin with him!

Throwing down nearly 7,000 corpses, the officers and soldiers finally rushed out of the canyon, and were about to catch their breath, when suddenly the drums on the opposite side were loud, and nearly 10,000 war horses neighed, and the cavalry of the Red Turban Army blocked their way. The leader sat on a big black horse, with broad shoulders and thick back, eyes like copper bells, two terrifying axes in his hands, and his face was full of burnt cheeks and beard standing upright.

Cavalry? The Red Turban Army also had cavalry? Guo Kunyu only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell off the horse.

Zhai Longbiao didn't intend to care about Guo Kunyu's mood at all, and with a round of big axes, he shouted, "Kill!" And he rushed forward first.

Running out, the officers and soldiers who had died for life had not yet had time to form a formation, and they were washed away like mud washed by the flood peak. On one side are the officers and soldiers who are eager to survive, and on the other side are the red-eyed red turban army, and the two sides have completely lost their rules, and they are just desperate to fight for their lives with the instinct of survival.

"Don't panic, form a formation--- form a formation ---." Guo Kunyu shouted hoarsely. Helplessly, his voice was soon drowned out by the neighing of his horses and the violent clatter of weapons. In desperation, he swung his knife and slashed two of his own soldiers who had lost their weapons in panic and were about to flee alone. Only then did he hold down the formation slightly.

"The bandits' weapons and equipment, horses and feet are far worse than ours, as long as you calm down, you will definitely be able to disperse them! Chen Erhu, Deng Guangyuan, the two of you besiege the one with the big axe! The others formed a formation to attack the bandit army and cut down their banner! Guo Kunyu didn't care about the blood stains on his face, and his eyes were red and he waved the bloody war knife. On this expedition, he brought all the family resources of the pioneer battalion, and he knew that he could not afford to lose.

After a brief period of panic, the officers and soldiers gradually regained their combat strength, and the well-trained personnel in peacetime finally played a role. Under the unified command of the generals, they began to assemble in formations and launched counterattacks in an orderly manner, while the untrained cavalry of the Red Turban Army was gradually divided and surrounded. Chen and Deng, two generals, one holding a long lance, the other dancing a double hammer, one left and one right to attack Zhai Longbiao, they knew in their hearts: as long as they killed the leader of the enemy cavalry bandits and cut the banner of the Chinese army, they could at least fight a bloody way, and even turn defeat into victory!

Almost at the same time, a long lance looked like a dragon out of the water, piercing Zhai Longbiao's chest; A sledgehammer was like Mount Tai pressing on the top, and smashed towards him with the sound of whirring wind. Zhai Longbiao burst into a shout, and the big axe in his left hand burst open the long lance handed over, and the big axe in his right hand did not block the falling copper hammer, but instead slashed the other party's throat.

Deng Guangyuan, who made the hammer, stunned, this is completely a two-defeat and injured and jade burning style! He didn't want to trade his life with this big black man. Hurriedly retracted, and the two hammers were handed out at the same time, to block the big axe that was slashing over. There was a loud bang, and the hammer and axe collided, which shocked Deng Guangyuan's mouth numb, and he bared his teeth. The heart said that this black man has a lot of strength! The three of them fought to the death, and Zhai Longbiao was one against two, and he didn't fall behind at all. But the brothers behind him were not so lucky, and with a stick of incense, the Chinese army was torn open a big hole.

Guan Yu participated in such a bloody battle for the first time in his life, and he was both excited and nervous. Before the war, he led a group of brothers to choose the weapons in hand, Cui Dakui tried to choose a condensed iron stick, and danced like a tiger, and the others also chose their own favorites. Guan Yu remembered that Guan Erye in history used the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and he also wanted to choose a big knife, but he tried a few times, not to mention dancing, and it was too heavy to lift. simply picked a big iron spear that could be moved, and picked a pair of sharp swords to stick diagonally behind his back, so he was relieved.

From the moment the battle began, Guan Yu's heartbeat gradually accelerated, and he was deeply shocked by the blood splashed and the fallen human body like cutting leeks, and he wondered if he had come to the fight game that he used to play all night, but obviously everything in front of him was much more real, exciting, and bloody than the game! Under the deep shock, he felt that his blood was swelling, and sometimes he wanted to rush forward to kill the Quartet, and sometimes he wanted to turn his horse's head and escape, but the rapidly changing battlefield situation no longer allowed him to think about it.

"Don't be swept away, gather around me as much as you can! Protect the banner of the Chinese army! Seeing the situation in front of him, Guan Yu shouted at Cui Dakui and the others, while desperately brandishing the iron spear, mercilessly and quickly stabbing at an enemy who rushed over with a knife. Poof", accompanied by the sound of flesh and bone tearing, the iron spear had pierced through the opponent's chest and abdomen wrapped tightly under the layers of armor. The knife raised by the other party had not yet fallen, and he looked down at his body with extremely surprised eyes, and then glanced at Guan Yu with his mouth wide open, obviously unable to believe what had happened. When Guan Yu winked at him playfully, the other party unwillingly spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell off the horse.

The short-term balance of the battle was broken again when the Red Turban Army ambushed down the hills like a tide and surrounded the officers and troops from behind.

This time, the psychological defense line of the officers and troops completely collapsed, and everyone had no intention of fighting, only thinking about running for their lives, and the formation was completely distorted and messy. Originally, the purpose of these people as soldiers was not to fight to the death with anyone, most of them were just to fill their stomachs, occasionally bully the weak, and show off their might. Killing bandits who have no power to resist, robbing unarmed people is their forte, do they really want to play with their lives? Save it! Lao Tzu still wants to save his life and drink and pick up girls!

The balance of war has shifted significantly.

"Liu Chenglian, are we still on it?" A colonel lying in the grass asked.

"On what? Are you blind?! Didn't you see the red scarf bandits are crazy?! I want to send you to death! Liu Ganting spit out the grass foam in his mouth angrily, turned his head and glared viciously.

They have been following from a distance since the vanguard battalion was dispatched, intending to pick up some bargains when the Red Turban Army is defeated, so that they can win a battle and ask for merit and rewards, and secondly, they can make up for the losses of the last attack. But seeing the development of the situation, Liu Ganting was sweating all over, and his crotch was soaked anyway if he was sweating too much or for some other reason. There was only one thought left in my head: leave this place early!

So he wiped the sweat from his face, leaned down and ordered in a low voice: "All of them are withdrawn for me!" ”。

In fact, he was overly careful, the people on the battlefield shouted horses neighing, shouting and screaming, and the sound of weapons colliding was deafening, and no one cared even if he set off firecrackers here.

On the battlefield, the iron spear in Guan Yu's hand had been half dyed red, he was sweating profusely, his hands holding the iron spear were worn out of the skin, and he was drenched in blood but he didn't realize it, but he fully realized that fighting was really a tiring physical work! Behind him, a dozen sworn brothers were always surrounded by him, which gave him a sense of security. But from time to time, he was saddened and angry to see his own people fall off their horses or have different heads.

In the afterglow of his eyes, he saw an officer and military captain wielding a mace and secretly slapped the back of Cui Dakui's head who was rushing forward, he roared wildly, raised his gun and swung away the mace, and quickly swung the turning stick, slapping it on the guy's brain, "snap", the other party's head was like a ripe watermelon suddenly hit hard, and it was shattered in an instant, white and red juice splashed everywhere, and the remnants fell off the horse with a bang. Cui Dakui glanced back at him gratefully, and then lowered his head and rushed forward without saying a word.

Taking advantage of the panic of the enemy soldiers, Zhai Longbiao looked at the gap and roared, and a board axe will make Deng Guangyuan, who is a hammer, split under the horse, and Chen Erhu, who is wielding a long lance, is stunned for a moment, and is even more unintentional. By the time Zhai Longbiao reacted, the other party had already rushed out more than ten meters, and if he wanted to urge the horse to chase after him, it was too late. I saw Zhai Longbiao take a deep breath, let out a loud shout, and the big axe in his right hand came out of his hand, like a meteor catching the moon, and went straight to the back of the enemy's heart.

"Ah----" With a miserable scream, Chen Erhu couldn't be a tiger anymore, spit blood in his mouth, and fell off his horse. Zhai Longbiao wiped the sweat and blood on his face with his big thick hands, and laughed wildly: "Happy---- happy!" It's a fucking pleasure to kill! ”。

The remnant sun was like blood, and the battlefield that had been noisy for a day finally returned to silence, and the crickets, who had been quiet in the wild grass for a long time, let go of their courage and flapped their wings and chirped.