The scorching sun was as hot as fire, and on the land on the south bank of Longshushui, the tragic battle had lasted for half an hour.

A cavalry galloped across the battlefield, leaving behind corpses, but there were countless men and horses shouting and rushing out from the village not far away, and there was no end in sight.

"Kill!"

Zhang Liao's voice roared, the hook and sickle slashed through the arc, and the edge passed, and the two enemies in front of him were split into four with their heads and shoulders!

With a snap of the hook and sickle, another enemy who rushed up was cut off by the hook and sickle.

The splash of blood mixed with sweat made Zhang Liao's eyes a little blurred, he immediately retreated as soon as he found out that something was wrong, but he still did not break out of the encirclement, the enemy in ambush here was too fierce.

In this half an hour, Zhang Liao led 600 cavalry to kill at least nearly 3,000 enemy soldiers, but these enemies were very tenacious, almost desperate to die, so that his cavalry speed became slower and slower, and in the fierce battle, more than 100 cavalry had been lost.

You must know that the cavalry he brought are all elite, and each of them can be ten with one, and the loss of one hundred cavalry is already the biggest loss since he went south, which makes Zhang Liao feel fierce in his heart.

He could feel that the first enemy soldiers to surround him were all dead, otherwise how could he let his cavalry suffer such heavy losses!

The remaining 500 horsemen were also wounded, and after fighting fiercely for so long, their physical strength was declining, and the scorching heat aggravated the consumption of physical strength.

Unlike those bandits in Chaohu, these dead soldiers are equipped with shields, and they are extremely fierce, even if they are stabbed by spears, they have to hold on to the spears and wait for another dead soldier to attack from the side, and many cavalrymen are killed in this way.

There were also some cavalry horses who were shot or stabbed to death, and after landing, they were quickly surrounded by those dead soldiers, and they were killed by a group attack before they could come to the rescue.

In this fight, Zhang Liao is the key target of those dead soldiers' attacks, but no matter how many dead soldiers attack, it is difficult to advance in front of Zhang Liao, not only is there a personal guard, Zhang Liao himself is the existence of ten thousand enemies, he has lost count of how many people he has killed, the palm of the hand holding the weapon is slippery, and he can't tell whether it is blood or sweat.

The horses were snorting and panting, the cavalry's arrows had been shot, and the cavalry had changed their weapons to kill.

After another wave of killings, the enemy left a place of corpses and retreated in a hurry, and the first group of dead soldiers who rushed up were basically dead and wounded, and the remaining enemy soldiers did not dare to attack for a while.

Zhang Liao held the hook and sickle in his hand, and turned around, the six hundred cavalry that followed were already less than four hundred, but they were still murderous and fearless.

His eyes swept over those comrades who died tragically, and a look of regret flashed in Zhang Liao's eyes.

But now is not the time to grieve, Zhang Liao glanced at Long Shushui in the north, and then looked back at the valley road where the enemy set up an ambush in the south, after more than half an hour of battle, at this time, the ambush soldiers on both sides of the valley road have come down to participate in the battle, only the valley road is blocking thousands of enemy soldiers.

Zhang Liao's eyes suddenly sharpened, and the hook and sickle pointed directly at Gu Dao: "Charge south!" Breakthrough! ”

He had been observing the battle for a long time, there were enemies on all sides, needless to say the townships on both sides, there were many enemy soldiers in ambush there, and the trails were staggered with walls, and obstacles were piled up, making it difficult to break through.

Judging from the battle situation, Long Shushui, which flowed through when he came from the north, was the best direction to break through, but since the enemy had set up an ambush circle, how could he continue to follow his back road!

After several attempts and observations, Zhang Liao concluded that the north side was a bigger trap, and that direction seemed easy, but in fact it was even more dangerous!

In fact, the direction of the breakthrough that Zhang Liao identified from the beginning was the valley road in the south.

It seems that the valley road is the most difficult to break through, and it is easy to set traps, but in fact, it may not be.

Because Zhang Liao set out from Chaohu this time, the march was rapid, even if the enemy received the information and began to set up an ambush, it was already amazing to be able to mobilize so many troops, and there was absolutely no time to prepare any trap fortifications, because it was more likely that there were no traps in the valley road, and the only obstacle was the enemy on the high ground on both sides of the valley road, on which stones and trees could be thrown, forming the biggest threat to their breakthrough.

Therefore, he could only continue to break through to the north and confuse the enemy, and the tragic fighting attracted those enemy soldiers on the high ground, until at this time there were almost no enemy soldiers on the high ground, and there were enemy soldiers moving in the valley road, which was enough to prove that there were no traps, so he ordered the cavalry to turn back and break through to the south.

Although there were six or seven thousand enemy soldiers in the distance of two or three miles from the battlefield to the valley pass, which was the most among the four directions, Zhang Liao recognized this direction.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

For more than 300 riders, no matter how tragic it is, as long as Zhang Liao's soul is there, as long as Zhang Liao gives an order, as long as Zhang Liao's long knife is directed, they will immediately be like a rainbow, and the sword mountain and the sea of fire dare not hesitate to go past!

Zhang Liao took the lead, swept left and right with his hook and sickle, and four hundred horsemen followed closely behind, launching the fiercest attack on the enemy's southern front.

The six or seven thousand enemy soldiers in the south have been chasing Zhang Liao's back since the beginning of the war, although they were shocked by the combat effectiveness of Zhang Liao's iron cavalry, but because Zhang Liao never put the main attack direction on their side in such a fierce battle, they gradually lost their vigilance, thinking that Zhang Liao would not break through to the south, and the original formation also lost its compactness in the pursuit.

But he didn't guard against it, Zhang Liao suddenly turned around at this time, and rushed towards the south where the army was strongest.

The face of the general of the southern front changed greatly, but he saw with his own eyes what kind of killing this iron-blooded cavalry had created on this battlefield, and at this time, when he saw this cavalry, he actually rushed towards them, and he couldn't help but stand up with cold hair, and roared: "Formation!" Hurry up! Fast! ”

Those soldiers were also in a panic, and the general suddenly remembered something, and said sharply: "Bingqu and Dingqu quickly go up the high cliff, and Zhang Liao wants to break through from the valley road!" ”

However, the cavalry rushed so fast, the speed of the elephant dragon was even faster, the general was commanding the battle, Zhang Liao and the elephant dragon had already rushed to it, and his hand was up and down.

In the horrified eyes of everyone, the general's head rolled to the ground, still dazed.

The elephant dragon rushed again, Zhang Liao cut off the banner with another sword, followed by the cavalry behind him, and tore towards the southern line.

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In the dense forest on the north bank of Longshushui, at the bend of the road, countless soldiers are digging traps, setting up stumbling ropes, throwing deer and rejecting horses.

A dignified-looking middle-aged man stood in the dense forest, looking at the battlefield on the other side of the river, he was Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, one of Yuan Shu's important ministers, sitting in Lujiang, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

At this time, Liu Xun should have led a large army into Yuzhou to rescue Yuan Shu, or to assist Zhang Xun in defending Shouchun, or to defend Zang Ba and Huang Zhong in the northwest of the Lujiang River, or in his own base camp Wancheng, but he appeared here, and the target was obviously Zhang Liao.

There was another person beside Liu Xun, dressed in green clothes, with a cold face, looking at the battlefield not far away, his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Liu Xun glanced at this person and said, "Commander Yuan, I heard that His Majesty was killed in Ruyin, I don't know if it is a rumor?" ”

Commander Yuan glanced at Liu Xun coldly: "Your Majesty's life and death, you have your own destiny, you only know that Your Majesty has an edict, and you will do whatever it takes to kill Zhang Liao!" ”

Liu Xun came into contact with Commander Yuan's cold gaze, he couldn't help but shudder, and forced a laugh: "I transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses here from the front, just to kill Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao is only 600 horsemen, and now he has lost nearly half of them, and his death will be ......."

Before he finished speaking, a man in Tsing Yi hurriedly reported: "Commander, it's not good, Zhang Liao is breaking through to the south, and Taniguchi is afraid that it will be difficult to stop!" ”

Commander Yuan's expression was cold: "Yuan Dao, quickly inform Yuan Gun, Yuan Halberd, Yuan Shot, and take the flying horse to intercept Zhang Liao!" He also said to Liu Xun: "Liu Taishou, guard here, if Zhang Liao escapes, you will also be in trouble." ”

After that, Commander Yuan did not look back and strode away.

Liu Xun looked at the back of Commander Yuan, and his expression changed.

At this time, a young man on the other side of Liu Xun asked, "Who is this Yuan commander?" ”

Liu Xun shook his head and said: "I don't know much about this person, I only know that he is a close confidant of His Majesty, his real name is unknown, he was given the name Yuan Kill Liao by His Majesty, and in the past few years, he has secretly cultivated dead soldiers for His Majesty in the Chaohu area, there are thousands of people, all of them are good at riding and shooting, and they are called Black Wind Riders." ”

"It's the Black Wind Rider!" Young people can't help but change color.

Liu Xunqi said: "Ziyang also knows that the black wind rides? ”

The young man said with a solemn face: "Half a year ago, the most powerful bandit in Chaohu was Zheng Bao, followed by Zhang Duo and Xu Gan, that Zheng Bao was the most courageous, watching the chaos in the world, intending to hijack the people to cross the river, and I wanted to plan for it, I didn't want to, and I suffered from it, I didn't want Zheng Bao to provoke a force, the dock wall was broken overnight, Zheng Bao's head fell to the ground, the leaders under his command were killed and wounded, tens of thousands of horses and horses scattered in panic, followed by a few days, Zhang Duo and Xu Gan also died, I found out that the force was the Black Wind Rider, I didn't expect it to be the Zhong Clan's secret guard, this person is in charge!" ”

Liu Xun said with all his thoughts: "Yuan kills Liao...... Yuan killed Liao, could it be that this name was taken specifically to kill Zhang Liao? Or maybe Your Majesty formed the Black Wind Cavalry just to kill Zhang Liao......"

When Liu Xun said this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The young man groaned: "It is rumored that the Black Wind Ride has a leader and five deputy leaders, and just then Yuan killed Liao and called Yuan Dao, Yuan Gun, Yuan Halberd, and Yuan Shot, if there is another Yuan Jian, then it is a combination of swords, guns, swords, and halberds to shoot Liao ......."

"Shoot Liao ...... with swords, guns, swords, and halberds," Liu Xun muttered, "What kind of enmity does Your Majesty have with Zhang Liao?" That's it! ”

It's no wonder that Liu Xun doesn't know, now in addition to Zhang Liao, Xue Ming, and Guo Cheng, Yuan Shu is the only one who knows about Zhang Liao's violent beating of Yuan Shu on Luoyang Road, and the guards of Yuan Shu who followed at the beginning and the concubine were all wiped out when they left Luoyang, because these people were around, Yuan Shu always felt that there was ridicule in their eyes, how could they bear it? It is also thanks to Xue Ming and Guo Cheng that they were abducted by Zhang Liao, otherwise they would inevitably be killed.

As the so-called born in sorrow, died in peace, stronger than hatred, in order to repay the original shame and hatred, Yuan Shu was much stronger than the historical anger, not only stronger than in history, but also cursed Zhang Liao with a little puppet, but also specially trained a dead soldier, and several heads received the name "Shoot Liao with swords, guns, swords, halberds", just to kill Zhang Liao.

If Zhang Liao knew all this, he would really understand the reason for the saying "hit people without slapping their faces", especially for a willful and arrogant master like Yuan Shu, the hatred of slapping the face is even greater than the national hatred!

It's just that the strength brought by this kind of hatred is often easy to go sideways, and it is not really powerful, so Yuan Shu didn't have time to see Zhang Liao die, and he suffered a big defeat on the battlefield of Yuzhou.

Liu Xun didn't know this, and said angrily: "Zhang Liao is less than 400 horsemen, and he was intercepted and killed by Yuan Kill Liao, and he died here, and the world has changed again." ”

The young man said with a solemn expression: "Envoy, Zhang Liao will not die, if he dies, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the north, Jiujiang and Lujiang will suffer a catastrophe, and I hope to prepare as soon as possible." ”

"Ziyang is worried." Liu Xun shook his head disapprenously: "Zhang Liaoqi is stronger than Dong Zhuohu? Dong Zhuo died, 100,000 Liangzhou people fought among themselves, almost to the point of extinction, and now Zhang Liao is only 20,000 soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, Zhang Liao died, they are not to worry. ”

"Envoy!"

The young man wanted to say more, but was stopped by Liu Xun: "Zhang Liao is just one person, he doesn't see three heads and six arms, he is not a god!" ”

At this time, someone came to report: "Envoy, there is news from Xizuo, Zhang Xun led 10,000 soldiers and horses, and brought the Yuan family from Shouchun, intending to take advantage of the road and cross the river to join Sun Ce." ”

Liu Xun's eyes lit up, he wandered two steps, and immediately ordered: "You can intercept it quickly!" Don't let it cross the river! ”

The young man looked at Liu Xun leaving excitedly, and couldn't help but sigh, he had previously advised Liu Xun not to participate in the ambush of Zhang Liao, but Liu Xun didn't listen, and now he advised Liu Xun to take precautions, but Liu Xun still didn't listen, it seemed that he had to make plans early.