Chapter 113: A Pyrrhic Victory
"Woo~Woo~Woo~"
With Ye Zhao's order, the trumpeters began to blow the horn of the change formation.
Ding Li and Fang Yue lined up left and right, the formation of the Han army gradually changed under the pressure of the Yellow Turban Army, forming a cone, Ye Zhao took Dian Wei to rush to the front, Guan Hai changed his left hand to the knife, and killed the front line again, with Ye Zhao's loud shout, Dian Wei and Ye Zhao exerted their strength at the same time, born in the encirclement, tearing a hole, Dian Wei went forward, Ye Zhao followed closely, the halberd and the long sword flew over, forming an arrow, and the soldiers behind him began to charge.
"Kill~"
With Dian Wei's might, the soldiers of the Han army tore a crack in the Yellow Turban Army, and under the leadership of Ye Zhao, they roared and charged in the direction of the Yellow Turban Army's marshal banner.
"Quick, stop them!" Under the banner of Shuai, Zhao Hong also discovered the changes in the Han army, and hurriedly commanded the army to gather in the center.
"Poof~"
A Han soldier who was charging had his legs cut off by Qi Gen, blood flowed everywhere, and he fell to the ground screaming, and was annihilated by the Yellow Turban Army surging up around him in an instant, and another Han soldier who was pierced by two spears in the chest and abdomen was a tiger roaring in despair, swinging a knife to cut off the head of a Yellow Turban soldier, and after the body that had been pierced by the spear took a few steps, he was unwilling to pull down his head, and he was already dead of anger.
A yellow turban leader relied on his skillful knife skills, and crashed into the Han army formation from the side, and the knife flashed, and a Han army who rushed up was disemboweled by the opponent's blade, and he couldn't survive, and the yellow turban leader was about to kill other Han troops to expand the results, but saw that the Han army that was disemboweled, saw that he couldn't survive, twisted his face and escaped from his stomach with his intestines, and put it on the neck of the yellow turban leader, and in the angry roar of the yellow turban leader, he was dragged out five steps and dragged into the Han army formation.
Seeing this, the surrounding Han soldiers were not polite at all, and they slashed together, and the leader of the yellow scarf, who was still good at martial arts, didn't hum, and was chopped into minced meat.
The tragic scene is constantly staged, whether it is the Yue cavalry battalion or the soldiers of Liang Guojun, they are all soldiers and horses who have followed Ye Zhao for a long time, although they are used to fighting with Ye Zhao on weekdays, it does not mean that they can't fight hard battles, but Ye Zhao has always been diligent in training soldiers and horses, but he never wants more fearless sacrifices on the battlefield, it is rare to fight so hard, and he is forced into a desperate situation at this moment, these soldiers who have been accustomed to Ye Zhao's invincibility, even in such an extremely unfavorable situation, they firmly believe that Ye Zhao can lead them to victory.
Once people have faith, they will become very terrifying, and the faith of this army is Ye Zhao, as long as Ye Zhao is still in their sight, they believe that they are invincible!
Guan Yu snatched a war horse out of nowhere and caught it up, when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be deeply shocked, it was hard to imagine that he could fight against the enemy army several times his own with weak troops, and he could make such a momentum, watching a famous Han army soldier desperately kill the enemy without hesitation, for some reason, Guan Yu felt that his heart was heavy, a little ashamed, self-blame, and mixed with an indescribable qi churning in his chest, he didn't know what it was like, but at this moment...... He wants to kill!
The Qinglong Yanyue Knife waited for it to be a remnant rainbow, and it fought a bloody way through the crowd like a bamboo, rushed to Ye Zhao's side, and with a wave of the big knife, a piece of the Yellow Turban Army fell to the ground.
"General, it's too late!" Guan Yu arched his hand at Ye Zhaoyi on horseback.
The long sword in Ye Zhao's hand slashed through the throats of the three yellow turban thieves like a bolt of lightning, and the three yellow turban thieves were killed instantly, Ye Zhao glanced at Guan Yu, but did not see Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, nodded silently, the bloody long sword pointed at Zhao Hong's handsome flag, and Changsheng said: "Kill!" ”
Guan Yu saluted, relying on the power of the war horse, killing at the forefront, rolling the red wave with the knife, and opening a bloody path for Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao and Dian Wei followed on foot, and the soldiers behind them, under the leadership of Ding Li, Fang Yue and Guan Hai, slaughtered Zhao Hong with momentum.
Thousands of troops and horses were unstoppable, and the Han army led by Ye Zhao was like a sharp dagger stabbing at the most vulnerable place of Zhao Hong's army.
Zhao Hong is not a strong-willed person after all, seeing that the enemy's momentum is like a rainbow, getting closer and closer, his face has become a little pale, and the hand holding the reins is also a little pale.
Two hundred steps...... One hundred and fifty steps...... One hundred steps~
The number of Han troops was constantly decreasing, but neither the morale nor the pace of the army stopped for a moment.
Sixty steps!
This is already a dangerous distance, how to rush and kill the yellow turban thieves who are swarming around, but it is difficult to stop the pace of the other party, especially Guan Yu, who is in the lead, is even more courageous, and he is the closest to himself, less than fifty steps.
Zhao Hong suddenly turned his horse's head, he had already smelled the breath of death, in the face of this crazy army, he suddenly lost his courage, he wanted to stay away, away from this Han army, even if the Han army's troops were already very weak at the moment, but it could not bring Zhao Hong the slightest sense of security.
"Dian Wei!" Ye Zhao took off the strong bow from the back of an archer, pulled out a feather arrow, and stepped on his legs with the momentum, and his body rose into the air, jumping more than six feet high.
Dian Wei looked back when he heard this, and when he saw Ye Zhao vacating the air, he immediately understood, and the iron halberd in his right hand was thrust into the ground, and he suddenly dragged Ye Zhao's right foot and dragged it up hard.
Ye Zhao had exhausted his strength, Dian Wei's drag, Ye Zhao's right leg exerted his strength, and with the help of Dian Wei's strange power, he was a few feet taller, and he was in the air, he had already completed the action of bending the bow and arrow, looking at Zhao Hong's direction, and without looking closely, an arrow was shot.
"Huh~"
The piercing sound of breaking the air was heavy, and the arrows swept through the air at an alarming speed, leaving only a series of afterimages, and Zhao Hong, who was rushing, heard the sound of the strong wind, and instinctively lowered his head.
"Ding~"
The flying arrow cluster was nailed to Zhao Hong's tasseled helmet, Zhao Hong only felt a cold brain, and when he looked up, he saw an arrow cluster flying out of the distance with his tasseled helmet, his face was suddenly frightened and pale, and he subconsciously rolled and fell off the horse's back.
Ye Zhao was a little disappointed when he hurriedly made an arrow and failed to do all the work, but when he saw Zhao Hong rolling off the horse, he was overjoyed, and after he landed, he roared sharply: "You wait for the boss to die, if you don't descend at this time, when will you wait!?" ”
Many Yellow Turban soldiers subconsciously looked back, and saw Zhao Hong's war horse wandering alone in place, Zhao Hong had disappeared and suddenly panicked, morale plummeted, many people wanted to turn around to see what was going on, and some people saw that the commander was killed, and the Han army was not afraid of death, and did not want to fight anymore, and wanted to leave.
At this moment, a sudden rain of arrows shot from the flanks.
"Lord, reinforcements are coming!" Ding Li shouted excitedly at Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao hurriedly looked back, but saw that on the river, hundreds of boats were lined up and went down the river, and a famous soldier kept tilting the arrow rain towards the Yellow Turban Army on the river bank.
At the same time, the Yellow Turban Army in front was also in chaos, and at the same time, a fierce tiger-like shout sounded from the front: "Jiangdong Sun Jian is here, and the thief army will not surrender!" ”
On the riverbank, Cao Cao's heroic voice came: "Xiuming, are you okay!?" ”
Ye Zhao gasped fiercely, grinned, and said loudly: "I can't die!" Thank you Brother Mengde for your help! ”
Ye Zhao's side, the remnants of the sergeants gathered over, Zhao Hong fell off the horse, which made the Yellow Turban Army feel very confused, and the arrival of Sun Jian and Cao Cao's land and water reinforcements became the last straw that crushed the Yellow Turban Army, at this moment how could these Yellow Turban Army still care about besieging and killing Ye Zhao's department, one by one panicked and scattered, at this time, whether Zhao Hong is dead or not, it no longer matters, the Yellow Turban Army has been defeated, this first battle in Nanyang, ended in the victory of the Han army.
Ye Zhao picked up the sword thrown on the ground a little tiredly, and did not continue to pursue the Yellow Turban Army.
"Lord, we won!" Guan Hai covered his shoulders and grinned.
"Yes, I won, this is the most victory I have won since I led the troops!" Ye Zhao cut off the tail of the arrow cluster on Guan Hai's shoulder with an arrow, looked at Guan Hai and said, "Can you still walk?" ”
"The lord is too underestimated." Guan Hai stood up and laughed.
"It's good that you're not dead!" Ye Zhao dragged a few corpses and stacked them, and he didn't shy away from them, he sat directly on the corpses, turned his head to look at Ding Li and said: "Quickly go and count the battle damage of our army, the wounded soldiers quickly find a military medicine craftsman for treatment, and those who are not dead start to clean up the battlefield, bury the corpses on the spot and burn them with fire, don't expose the corpses in the wilderness, it is easy to cause plague." ”
"The last general, Guan Yu, see the general!" Guan Yu got off the horse, came to Ye Zhao's side, and bowed.
"This time I can break through the thief army's formation, and General Guan can be regarded as the first merit." He and Dian Wei are both more powerful in foot combat, and if Guan Yu is not stubborn, he would not be able to rush here.
"The last general will not dare to take credit." About shook his head and said.
"I'm not going to take credit for you." Ye Zhao sneered and said: "Do you know, if it weren't for the greed of the three of your brothers, our army wouldn't have to fight so fiercely, this fire, enough to burn that Zhao Hong collapsed directly, our army could have won easily, and I didn't plan to give this to others!" ”
When Guan Yu heard this, he was silent, for the arrogant him, it was difficult to admit his mistakes.
"Because of your recklessness, not only are the three hundred soldiers who followed you tired, but our army is even more tired of falling into a bitter battle, and you are inevitably responsible!" Ye Zhao looked at Guan Yu and said, "But Yun Chang is still righteous, come back to help me, your two brothers escaped from the battle, and they ...... guilty."
"This matter is all my fault, and it has nothing to do with my brother and third brother." Guan Yu hurriedly said: "And the elder brother and the third brother did not flee from the battle, but went to General Huangfu to bring in the rescue." ”
"Rescuers?" Ye Zhao laughed when he heard this: "Yun Chang won't think that these people are all rescuers invited by Liu Bei for this general, right?" With such a big face, this general may not be able to invite him! ”
"Lord!" Ding Li stepped forward and bowed.
"What about the casualties?" Ye Zhao ignored Guan Yu and asked.
"The living, all here." Ding Li didn't say it directly, looked around, and said in a low voice.
"All here?" Ye Zhao stood up and looked around, five thousand soldiers, now standing beside him, there are only about five hundred, Rao is Ye Zhao is firm heart, at this moment, he also felt that his heart twitched hard, and the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe quickly cooled down.
The battle in the distance continued, but the rout of the Yellow Turban Army was complete, and Ye Zhao didn't want to care anymore.
"It's all good!" Ye Zhao patted a sergeant on the shoulder fiercely, turned around and said, "Let's go, General Ben will ask for merit for you!" ”