Chapter 108: Defeat

Chen Zhi organized the army to retreat continuously, but the commander of Yuan Shu's cavalry was not a fool, you said to withdraw, I don't want to lose face?

All the soldiers who tried in vain to block the cavalry onslaught all failed without exception.

But Chen Zhi was not chaotic in the face of danger, first organized an archer attack, an indiscriminate attack, and at this time he couldn't estimate his own people.

There is no rejection of horses, no deep pits, no heavy armor all over the body, a defensive formation with a large shield, and no means that can effectively block the cavalry charge, all Chen Zhi can do is to do his best to ensure the destiny of heaven.

Many of the horses that were galloping wildly were shot in Chen Zhi's indiscriminate hits, and they fell to the ground with the soldiers on their backs.

If you are lucky, you will break an arm or leg, and if you are unlucky, you can only be trampled into a pulp by the war horse behind.

Although the scene looked extremely tragic, in fact, it was just like that, slightly slowing down the momentum of the cavalry charge and causing some chaos, but the result that Chen Zhi wanted had been achieved.

Chen Zhi reluctantly gathered the remaining soldiers together, and the rest was nothing more than a hard resistance with the number of people.

On the other side, the lost support of the Chinese army, the front army that suffered from the enemy on its back quickly collapsed, and everyone was frantically fleeing backwards, even the most elite guards under Jiang Hong's command.

Zhang Xun attached great importance to this extremely powerful soldier, because the guards were already at the forefront and were deeply trapped in the enemy's formation, Zhang Xun ordered the soldiers to surround them to death, and not let go of a single soldier. As for the rest of the ordinary soldiers, it doesn't hurt to let some go.

Wang Si, who was injured in his left arm, was organized again, holding a small shield in the army in his right hand, enough to cover most of his body, and formed a circle with his colleagues around him, and surrounded the guards in the middle.

Immediately, the archers in the rear shot a showdown of deadly arrows, instantly obscuring the entire sky.

Although each of the guards carried a shield, the round shield used for hand-to-hand combat could not protect the whole body at all, and soon, people were constantly falling from arrows.

Zhang Xun did not hesitate to use his arrows, and ordered that as long as there were arrows, he would not stop. Behind the shield, Wang Si watched with his own eyes the pro-guard army in front of him changed from 4,000 to 3,000, then to 2,000, 1,000, and finally, there was no one standing in the center.

Each corpse was densely covered with arrow feathers, even on the clearing, and from a distance, it looked like a silent black forest.

Yuan Shu's cavalry kept chasing and killing the retreating soldiers, and Rao was Chen Zhi's organization, but he couldn't resist the fear in the hearts of the soldiers.

But the gate was only so big, and the soldiers squeezed in with all their might, and the soldiers who died in the trampling were in the hundreds, and according to the soldiers who were later cleaned up, these soldiers who died in the trampling were all reduced to flesh, and they could not distinguish each other at all.

Jiang Hong was forcibly brought into the city by Dian Wei, and then Jiang Hong climbed the city wall like crazy, and the scene that came into view made Jiang Hong flawed and felt broken.

Yuan Shu's cavalry treated those scattered and fleeing soldiers as cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, wantonly slaughtering, but in the face of such a tragic situation, Jiang Hong was powerless, and could only witness all this.

Chen Zhi, who had withdrawn to the city, saw that Zhang Xun's army had pressed up, so he could only ruthlessly abandon those soldiers who were still fleeing by taking the road, and ordered the city gate to be closed.

Those soldiers used all the strength of their lives to run to the city, and when they saw that the city gate was closed, they beat the heavy city gate desperately, and cried desperately and begged their colleagues behind the door to open the door, but Chen Zhi couldn't bear it, but he was unmoved.

The soldiers who were locked out of the door kept screaming and crying until they were shot one by one by the archers under Zhang Xun's command who caught up.

Jiang Hong could only close his eyes and not look at the tragedy in front of him, but the sound of the soldiers struggling and howling before dying still kept coming into Jiang Hong's ears, Jiang Hong couldn't help but take two steps back, and Dian Wei on the side hurriedly held Jiang Hong up, for fear that he would fall to the ground.

Jiang Hong opened his eyes and waved his hand, indicating that he was fine, and after a while, Chen Zhi rushed to the city wall.

"Your Excellency." Chen Zhi saw that Jiang Hong's state was very poor, and he didn't know whether he should talk about the battle damage at this time, for fear of stimulating Jiang Hong again.

"It's okay, just say it." A bitter smile appeared on Jiang Hong's face.

"Only more than 7,000 soldiers escaped." Chen Zhi cautiously reported.

"What about the Guards." Jiang Hong asked.

"This..." Chen Zhi hesitated for a while, but still said, "None of them came back." ”

After listening, Jiang Hong almost fainted, 30,000 people, a full 30,000 people, 30,000 soldiers, and fled back to such a point, there was still Zhang Xun's tens of thousands of troops besieged outside the city, and his efforts over the years were almost wiped out in an instant.

Dian Wei hurriedly supported Jiang Hong, all lost, really lost, Jiang Hong suddenly laughed, and then the laughter became louder and louder, Jiang Hong laughed wildly, laughing so much that tears flowed out, but in this laughter, it was full of bitterness and pain.

The people around Jiang Hong, Cheng Yu, Dian Wei, Chen Zhi, Ling Cao and others did not speak, just quietly waited for Jiang Hong to vent, Jiang Hong laughed for a long time, and then fell into a deathly silence.

Jiang Hong raised his head, looked at the people around him, wiped the tears on his face, and said with a smile:

"Prepare to defend the city."

"No." The people answered.

Zhang Xun led the army to the city of Hefei, killed the remaining soldiers one by one, and then retreated, Zhang Xun ordered the whole army to prepare siege materials, it is necessary to take Hefei and eliminate Jiang Hong here.

"Hard work, Yao Gongzi came from Yuzhou to support." Zhang Xun thanked the commander of the cavalry.

"The general did his best for his father, it doesn't have to be like this." Yuan Yao said with a smile.

As the son-in-law of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu has the inclination of most of the resources of the Yuan family, and the cavalry that was originally scarce and spent a lot of money also pulled up a cavalry of more than 6,000 people with the support of its strong financial resources. Yuan Shu handed it over to his favorite and only son, Yuan Yao, to lead.

Originally, Yuan Yao followed Yuan Shu to encircle and suppress Zhou Ang in Chen State, but Zhou Ang was a turtle and defended Chen County, and the cavalry under Yuan Yao's command was useless, and it was impossible for the cavalry to dismount and attack the city, and Yuan Shu was not inferior to the 6,000 people. Yuan Shu thought to himself, it might be better to send Yuan Yao to the south to support Zhang Xun, it might have a miraculous effect.

Zhang Xun, who received the support order, thought about it for a while, and then made a plan, which was very simple, he involved Jiang Hong, and Yuan Yao waited for the opportunity to rush and kill Jiang Hong's flank.

However, Yuan Yao was not with Zhang Xun, Yuan Yao led the cavalry to roam around, Zhang Xun did not dare and was not qualified to order his lord's son, so he could only send someone to convey it to Yuan Yao in a consultative tone.

Yuan Yao quickly replied that he would find the right time to kill Jiang Hong, and please rest assured that the general. Yuan Yao is better than his Lao Tzu in that he is still reliable, Zhang Xun put the silk silk in his hand on the wick and burned it, and then ordered the whole army to go to Hefei to win or lose with Jiang Hong.