The eighty-sixth episode of the fierce battle in Bianshui
The terrain of Xingyang is extremely narrow, especially the surrounding mountains, which almost envelop the entire boundary of Xingyang into a canyon. The www.biquge.info canyon is full of dense forests, and there is a main stream of Bianshui blocking the road next to it, if an ambush is planted in this place, it is simply impossible for the enemy to hide.
Even if this ambush army only fired crossbow arrows, it could have almost wiped out the troops that came to this valley; However, Dong Zhuo's subordinates are mainly cavalry, so they are still more inclined to assault melee combat. The feeling of seeing flesh with a knife seems to be Dong Zhuo's favorite Xiliang soldier.
Xun Gang asked Dian Wei to speed up the attack with his troops, and he led five hundred men and horses as a guard with Xu Shu. As everyone gradually approached the middle of the canyon, the sound of gold and iron colliding became louder and louder, just like the fear in Xun Gang's heart, eroding his heart. He had known that there would be ambushes in Xingyang, but he forgot to tell Cao Cao that it was good now, and he was caught off guard by Dong Zhuo's troops; Under the trampling of iron hooves, I am afraid that both myself and Cao Cao's troops will suffer heavy losses.
"I don't know how many troops will be ambushed here......"
The most terrifying thing about ambushes is their uncertainty; Especially in the fire and in the dark, you have no idea how many troops the enemy will have, and sometimes even a few hundred people can slaughter tens of thousands of people.
What's more, there are no ambushes at all, and you yourself are so frightened by yourself that you end up killing each other in the dark, which is the highest level of ambushes.
Xun Gang was a little scared in his heart, he was afraid that there was not only a team of ambushes here. In history, Xu Rong's troops alone were enough to make Cao Cao lose his armor, and if there were two more troops, wouldn't he be wiped out with the whole army?
Maybe there were two or three, five or six troops at that time, but only one was enough to destroy Cao Cao, so it was not revealed; Now that his 10,000 soldiers and horses have also been added, who knows if two more ambushes will suddenly come out?
Following Dian Wei's troops, Xun Gang gradually saw the troops fighting in front, and saw that one of the troops was all imposing, and the soldiers were fighting fiercely one by one with Changge; The other unit was infantry, and even though the environment here was cramped, it was also pressed and beaten by this cavalry. Corpses are all over the field, dyeing the Bianshui River red, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses have died. Xun Gang felt very painful, but the current situation was to quickly find Cao Cao and break out from here.
However, unexpectedly, out of nowhere came a heroic man riding a white horse out of nowhere; Facing Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, he didn't seem to be afraid, but calmly commanded his soldiers and horses, and fought under the escort of his trusted generals.
That person was Cao Cao, who did not lose his armor at all as Xun Gang expected, but showed his true character as a hero, which could not help but be eye-catching; It seems that the 5,000 soldiers and horses that he supported him are still quite effective, otherwise Cao Cao at this moment is afraid that he would have fled to Suojube a long time ago.
"Mengde!"
Xun Gang shouted towards the army, but the soldiers' shouts were so loud that Xun Gang's voice couldn't even reach dozens of meters. Xun Gang was a little anxious, wanting to get as close to Cao Cao as possible, but he didn't want to gradually enter the center of the battlefield.
Suddenly, in this chaotic battlefield, a soldier with a spear ran out from the flank, like a hungry wolf must be staring at Xun Gang and the others; However, when he saw Xun Gang, his face showed a strange look, as if he was thinking about who brought this child to the battlefield; But the man didn't hesitate for long, just a moment, and the spear in his hand actually stabbed directly at Xu Shu.
"Be careful, lord!"
Although Xu Shu has practiced martial arts, he is only a civil official after all, he has no regular ordnance in his hand, and he does not even have a protective armor on his body, so he can only draw his sword to face the battle; also wanted to protect Xun Gang's safety, and he fought with the soldier and retreated.
After all, one inch long and one inch strong, the soldier's spear was almost twice as long as the sword in Xu Shu's hand, even if Xu Shu was beaten back many times, but Xu Shu's hand couldn't reach the soldier at all; However, the soldier took advantage of the weapon to stab Xu Shu in several places, and the scene fell into a one-sided trend for a while.
It seems that from the moment Xun Gang's troops entered the center of the battlefield, they gradually lost contact with the troops outside, and were surrounded by Dong Zhuo's cavalry, and the situation was very critical; And at this time, I don't know where to kill a few Xiliang soldiers and rush towards the place where Xun Gang is.
"Capture the head of the thief alive! Capture the thief alive! ”
The morale of the surrounding soldiers soared, and it seemed that it was only a matter of minutes to kill this unit, and they actually shouted directly outside to show off their might; Thanks to their good luck, they really surrounded Xun Gang by mistake.
"Not good!"
Xu Shu alone can't deal with it, let alone two or three more; Xun Gang looked left and right in a panic, but he didn't know what to do. Dian Wei didn't know where he had gone, and at this important juncture, the five hundred soldiers were also dead and wounded, and the rest of the people had tried their best to block the attack from all sides, and they had no time to take care of Xun Gang.
Xun Gang looked at the blood all over the ground, as if it had stained the land red; King Qin's "The king's wrath will shed thousands of miles", which is almost the same way...... No, perhaps more terrifying, more disgusting. For the first time in his life, Xun Gang saw a life falling in front of him, before he died, their eyes were empty, and they seemed to have nostalgia for this life, and thoughts of relatives and families in their hearts.
A soldier dies, and over there is a broken family; Thousands of soldiers have died in a battle, so how many families will suffer for decades to come? After decades of war, how many people can still have a complete family?
Xun Gang didn't dare to calculate, maybe he didn't have time to calculate now. Every traverser aspires to establish his own merits through killing, but the killing never ends, and the merits never top; If he also used this to establish his fame, what was the difference between him and a brutal beast like Dong Zhuo?
If you can go back alive...... Think about it again.
"Could it be that I'm going to die here?"
Xun Gang looked at the increasingly dense enemy army, and felt unwilling, obviously Cao Cao was still commanding the army heroically in front, why did he have to suffer here?
At this critical moment, a few people were killed out of nowhere, and they were very brave, and instantly broke the circle surrounding Xun Gang's troops; One of them casually hacked to death the soldiers who fought with Xu Shu, and the others were entangled with more than a dozen soldiers who surrounded him, temporarily resolving Xun Gang's crisis.
Xun Gang, who came, saw it, it was one of the people who followed Cao Cao when he came to borrow troops that day; Looking at this sturdy general, Xun Gang didn't have time to give a salute, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know your name?" ”
The man did not salute, and looked around very cautiously: "In Xia Houdun, my lord just found that Your Excellency was in prison, and specially ordered me to come to the rescue." The battle outside the encirclement has become clear, please follow me to break through! ”
Xun Gang knew that this opportunity was not easy to come by, nodded again and again, and under the escort of Xiahou Tang and several other generals, Xu Shu drove a fast horse and led his troops with less than two hundred people to rush outside.
The breakthrough was not smooth, after all, there were too many people in this encirclement, and every time they wanted to clash outside, they were forced back by a random stab; Seeing the soldiers in the encirclement in front of him shouting one by one, and the soldiers behind him constantly dying in order to protect themselves, Xun Gang felt desperate for the first time in his life.
"Thief! Stop hurting my lord! ”
But listening to a terrifying roar outside the surrounding network, Dian Wei's reinforcements finally arrived; Seeing that reinforcements were coming, Xiahoudun and other generals hurriedly stepped up their efforts to break through. Under the combination of inside and outside, the huge encirclement finally broke out, and at this time, Xun Gang's 500-strong army was less than 80 people.
Under the escort of Dian Wei, Xun Gang and his entourage came to the open area, looking at the chaotic battlefield in front of him, Xun Gang still had palpitations; He looked sideways at Xu Shu, but saw that there was already a lot of blood on his body, fortunately it was not fatal, if it weren't for his protection, he was afraid that he would also be hacked to death in the chaos.
Xun Gang thanked Xu Shu in his heart, he didn't think this was what Xu Shu should do; The immature face was covered with bloodstains, Xun Gang didn't care at all, looking at the rearguard troops with only a few dozen people left, looking at their exhausted but risking the longing for life, Xun Gang felt a lot of pain in his heart.
"War, war...... In the game of politicians, why should soldiers be pawns? ”
Maybe one day many years later, Xun Gang will look back on today, but it is just a joke on the wine table; Those lost lives were no longer cared for, and only the nameless bones on the banks of the Bianshui River remained. But Xun Gang is very distressed now, feeling sorry for those Li Min people who have lost their families, and feeling sorry for the 10,000 fearless vanguard regiments that he managed to put together; There are only a few dozen of the 500 people left, so how many of the 10,000 people can be left?
"Is the lord okay?"
Seeing Dian Wei's very eager expression, Xun Gang shook his head lightly; Looking at the battlefield where the fierce battle was raging, Xun Gang suddenly realized that the war was not over, and immediately ordered: "Dian Wei, you quickly lead the rest of the troops to support General Cao, there must be no mistake!" ”
"But my lord, you ......"
Xun Gang didn't pay attention to his worries, he planned to take Xu Shu to hide in the dense forest for a while, and then come out after the war was over; Now he can't keep a calm mind to command the troops, so he can only leave it all to Dian Wei.
Looking at the young man who was sleeping soundly on Dian Wei's horse, Xun Gang couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat in his heart, so that he was not injured...... He motioned to Dian Wei to hand over the boy to himself, after all, on the battlefield, Dian Wei couldn't be half-hearted, in case one was careless......
Dian Wei handed the child to Xu Shu, and Xu Shu placed it in front of Xun Gang; The horses were smooth, and Xun Gang needed to put a lot of effort into balancing the young man. After the incident, he looked at Dian Wei with a serious face: "Dian Wei, if you are defeated, there is not much left of my life...... I give you my life! ”
Seeing that Xun Gang was so persistent, Dian Wei burst into tears, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, this battle is ...... A certain must win! ”
"Another soldier and horse are coming......
Xun Gang looked at the mountain not far away; Under the moonlight, thousands of horses galloped...... How long will this fight last?