Chapter 33: The Fall of the Star
He immediately ordered his men and horses to get ready, and if they came from all over the world to attack the mountain, they would catch him and stand up.
An hour later, Qi Wannian saw that the people and horses around him were climbing the mountain, he gave an order to put down the rolling stones and wood, and the big stones and trees went down the mountain, and the surrounding area was propped up on both sides with the prepared iron fences, and the sergeants hid behind, and the big stones and trees were blocked back to the middle and rolled down the mountain, and Zhou ordered again: "Immediately return to the army to the bottom of the mountain to fight, and the cavalry on the mountain will rush down immediately!" ”
What Zhou said was right, after letting go of the rolling stones and rolling wood, Qi Wannian sent people to lead 10,000 Qiang people to gallop down the mountain!
At this time, Zhou had already led people down the mountain and set up a formation in the open field, and the Qiang soldiers knew that there were 5,000 men and horses around the area, and it was a foot battle, they immediately spread out like a fan like a wolf and rushed towards the Jin army unscrupulously!
Everywhere calmly responded to the battle, seeing that the Qiang soldiers were getting closer and closer, he gave an order: "Release the arrow!" ”
Two thousand crossbowmen stepped forward, their bodies were half-squatting, and they fired thousands of arrows at the Qiang soldiers, and the rain of arrows attacked the Qiang soldiers.
Some of the cavalry were about to rush to the front of the formation, and another order was issued around the area: "Where is the pikemen!" ”
The pikes team is composed of 1,000 soldiers, ten people in a row, two people hold a spear, they heard the order, spear forward, squeeze a lot of cavalry, and then ordered the knife hand to charge, because the cavalry advantage of the Qiang soldiers did not play out, so it was killed by the Jin army for a while, the two sides fought fiercely for an hour, the Qiang soldiers 10,000 horses and horses were not much left, three generals died, and the rest had to flee back to the mountain, and the people around were ordered to shoot hard, Qi Wannian's men and horses were all wrapped in dumplings, and the army applauded!
After counting the men and horses around, only three hundred sergeants were lost, and he ordered everyone to take advantage of this gap to carry arrows, after all, it was the most useful to deal with cavalry arrows.
The sergeants had brought all the arrows into the array, and as soon as they had finished moving, a large number of cavalry rushed down from the mountain, and the dust rose up, and they looked around and said, "Not good! The rain of arrows is coming, prepare for the shield to the sky! ”
Seeing that there were 30,000 cavalry rushing down from the mountain, and many of them had a bow and crossbow in addition to their backs, Zhou knew that they would definitely use a rain of arrows, so he ordered the use of a heavenly shield to cover the top of the sergeant. Sure enough, the Diqiang cavalry that rushed down shot while galloping, and suddenly the top of the Jin army was full of arrows.
After the rain of arrows, the Qiang cavalry rushed straight to the camp of the Jin army with strong horses and horses, the time for a bloody battle was seen around the place, the time came to take the lead, the enemy was killed, a war of disparity in strength began, the Jin army saw that the Zhou took the lead in rushing to kill, the morale was greatly boosted, for a time the Qiang cavalry was flying flesh and blood, after two full hours, the rebels left 20,000 corpses and fled back to the mountain, Zhou with 5,000 people, killed 30,000 rebels in a row, and seized a lot of arrows and ordnance.
At this time, there were only 2,000 sergeants around him, and his body was extremely tired, and he needed to rest, and even more so he needed to eat, because none of the officers and men in the whole army had eaten a mouthful of food, and they were already hungry.
Qi Wannian broke the men and horses, and was angry in his heart, so he decided to personally take 50,000 horses down the mountain to capture the surrounding places alive.
Qi Wannian definitely didn't give Zhou a chance to rest, he led people down the mountain with great momentum, and stopped at a stone's throw away from the Jin army, he saw a group of disheveled, but neatly formed sergeants were waiting for him, Qi Wannian was in awe in his heart, he knew about Zhou, but he didn't expect that Zhoudu would frustrate him twice with weak strength, he gritted his teeth and said: "Order, Hao Duyuan's 10,000 horses charge!" ”
Hao Duyuan came out in response, the fast horse led people to rush to the Jin army, Zhou used the arrow array as usual, and lost half of Hao Duyuan's men and horses, the two armies were intertwined, Hao Duyuan and Zhou fought together, half an hour later, Qi Wannian saw that Hao Duyuan was not supported, and ordered someone to blow the horn of collecting troops, Hao Duyuan returned to the chaotic army array, Qi Wan once again ordered a small marshal to take 10,000 horses to impact the Jin army, it turned out that he wanted to use the wheel method of warfare.
After a few charges, there are only 1,000 men and horses left, how much does Zhou hope that Sima Wei can put the country first and send troops to meet him, if so, the entire battle situation will be reversed, Qi Wannian will also be captured alive, and the war in Guanzhong will end immediately.
But this is just wishful thinking on the part of Zhou, Sima Wei, the king of Liang, is watching singing and dancing in Chang'an at the moment, drinking wine, waiting for the news of Zhou's death, or the news of Zhou's surrender to Qi Wannian, and what he wants to hear is the news of Zhou's return to the army, because then he can kill Zhou's own hands on the charge of escaping, and he can kill his family and enjoy the fun of revenge!
On the battlefield, Zhou led the Jin army to repel several charges of the rebels, and the battle did not stop until sunset.
Up to now, Qi Wannian has lost 60,000 troops, and 60,000 people have been wiped out by 5,000 men and horses in Zhou, and there are still 500 troops in Zhou, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.
The arrows in the surrounding array ran out, and the captured arrows were also used up, without arrows, it was difficult for five hundred men and horses to resist the rebel cavalry, and soon, they were surrounded by cavalry, and the soldiers around them fell one by one, they had long lost their strength, but the spirit of serving the country was supporting them.
A gust of wind and sand blew, and the array was full of corpses and horses, and the broken military flag was planted diagonally on the ground, hunting in the wind, and there was only one person left on the battlefield, with a spear under his left armpit, and a sword in his right hand, and the body of the sword was stained with blood that had not yet dried.
Zhou stood there, like an iron tower, and none of the cavalry around him dared to step forward, Qi Wannian shouted behind him: "Those who capture Zhou alive will be promoted to three levels!" ”
Immediately, five or six rebels jumped off their horses and walked to Zhou with knives, Zhou Shi actually used a spear to put them together, and then threw them aside, and more than a dozen people shouted and pounced on Zhou Di, Zhou Di killed them with a sword, at this time a handsome man with a strong martial arts, stepped forward to catch Zhou Di, but he didn't expect to be killed!
At this time, Hao Duyuan took out a bow and put an arrow on it, with a sound, an arrow shot on Zhou's left leg, Zhoudi knelt on one knee on the ground, almost lying on the ground, fortunately he held the ground with a sword, Zhouzhi did not rest from morning to night, he was too tired, but he never fell, he was hoping that King Liang could send troops to support him with the country, but until now he has not seen a single soldier, Zhou knows that no one will come again, he trembled Wei Wei staggered to stand up, Hao Duyuan shot another arrow, right in the center, Zhou's heart ached, I grabbed a flag next to me and used it to support my body.
Suddenly, a horse came galloping, and the man on the horse was holding a bow, and his back was full of arrows, and he shot at the cavalry next to him, and the cavalry fell off his horse one after another!
This person is Zu Ti, he knows that it is difficult to retreat from this battle in Zhou, and after settling Yunru in Chang'an, he will go to Liangshan to help Zhou, but when he came to Liangshan, a sergeant stopped him, this is exactly what Sima Wei arranged in advance, and he will never allow anyone to rescue Zhou.
It was only now that Zu Ti made a detour to the front of the formation, he shot away the cavalry, and when he came to the periphery, he dismounted and was about to pull him: "Old general, come with me!" ”
But there was no intention of leaving: "Whoever asked you to come up, get out of me!" ”
Zhou didn't want to leave, and he didn't want to drag Zu Ti down.
Zu Ti pulled Zhou Di again, but he was heavily armored all over his body, and he was hit by a lot of arrows, Zu Ti couldn't pull him at all, at this time, Qi Wannian in the distance took an arrow and shot at Zu Ti, swish, Zu Ti did not hit the arrow, it turned out that Zhou used his body to block the arrow!
Blood spurted out of his mouth around the place, and he shouted hoarsely, "Hurry up!" Staying here is also death! ”
Qi Wannian sneered and took the arrow again, at this time, a dog appeared out of nowhere and rushed to Qi Wannian, the Qiang soldiers only pay attention to people, how can they care about a dog, but they didn't expect this dog to jump up and kick Qi Wannian's chest, Qi Wannian was hit, spitting a mouthful of blood, but the dog ran agile into the distance, and disappeared without waiting for anyone to react!
Hao Duyuan saw that Qi Wannian was injured and shouted: "Quick, protect the emperor!" Return to the army! ”
The rebel army could no longer take care of Zhou Di and Zu Li, and they retreated to the mountain with Qi Wannian.
Zu Ti saw that the rebel army had withdrawn and said, "General, the rebel army has withdrawn!" ”
Zhou Shi stretched out a hand to Zu Ti, Zu Ti went over to support him, Zu Ti glanced at the battlefield: "The brothers are all dead, the enemy army has also withdrawn, we have not been a bad seed, we still won, I have not been defeated in the hands of the enemy until I die." ”
Zu Ti said: "General, follow me home." So saying, let him get on the horse again.
The breath around was already faint, and he waved his hand: "I'll go back... No... Home...... I'm going to talk to ...... Brothers...... ...... together"
"General......" Zu Ti couldn't cry anymore.
"Zu Ti, you want to ...... Promise me...... Be sure to lead the troops...... Come to Guanzhong,...... Flat...... Qi Wannian...... For... For ......"
After Zhou Chu finished speaking, he tilted his head and was martyred, but his eyes did not close, because he wanted to watch Zu Ti put down the rebellious army.
Zu Ti slowly closed his eyes and roared to the sky, his voice echoing in the valley for a long time......