In fact, the decisive factor for winning the heads-up between generals is not only the people, but also other factors, such as whether the weather is suitable for fighting, whether the mounts and horses are good, and so on.

Today, the sun is shining in the sky, but the ground is covered with snow, and there is also a thin layer of ice under the snow.

The two armies faced each other, in the middle position, the two figures were still competing on the horses, and the two war horses under the crotch were constantly staggering the horse's heads, moving their positions subtly, and the horse's hooves stepped on the snow from time to time to make a few marks. The weapons intersected, and there was a crisp and pleasant sound, and the originally flat snow surface had already become swampy, and the white snow was mixed with the brown soil carried by the horses' hooves.

"Huaxiong Pifu will die!" Sun Ce stabbed him with a shot, and everyone in the combined army opened their eyes wide!

"Ignorant junior!" Hua Xiong's face sneered, he reached back to block the knife, pressed down the tip of Sun Ce's spear with the hilt, and then swung the big knife with all his might, slashing towards Sun Ce's front door, like a crescent moon meteor in the night, wrapped in a murderous wind!

"Bell!"

Sun Ce hurriedly erected his spear on his horse, and held it horizontally in front of him, with his head slightly to the side, blocking the blow. The red tassel of the spear fluttered in the air, but the long knife was always in that position, Hua Xiong did not mean to stop this time, but gradually exerted his strength, wanting to wrestle with Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was not afraid, and used all the strength of his body to contend with it.

Horse wrestling, the difficulty is all on the horse, Huaxiong's mount is a Xiliang horse, accustomed to fighting in strong winds and sand or other harsh environments; However, Sun Ce's horses were often horses that slowly bred to Jiangnan in the Central Plains, and they were accustomed to the docile Jiangnan climate, and they had never been to such a cold snowy land. And at this time, the sun was in full bloom, the ice and snow on the ground were melting, which was extremely smooth, and Sun Ce's body was on his side, so it was not easy to maintain balance.

Just listen to the "poof"!

Sun Ce's crotch horse suddenly fell to the ground, and Sun Ce also fell to the ground because of the force, rolling three or four heels, his whole body was covered with snow and water, his battle robe was soaked, and the red tassels on his helmet were scattered in front of him, he barely stood upright, half kneeling on the ground, and his whole body was in pain.

In the vast white, the embarrassed Sun Ce knew that he was defeated and was about to be beheaded, with a desolate and depressed expression.

Everyone in the coalition army was desperate, especially Sun Jian, who was even more distressed. Although he has many heirs, but in terms of being able to fight well, Sun Ce can be said to be the best one, and he is about to lose his beloved son at this time, how can he not break his heart. Guan Yu watched from the side, but he could only close his eyes and shake his head, at this distance, he wanted to go out to save it, but it was too late.

"Oh! Kill him! ”

When the 20,000 Han troops behind Huaxiong cheered, Sun Ce closed his eyes in despair.

Hua Xiong didn't react, just strangled the horse's head tightly, pointed at Sun Ce with a long knife, and said with a serious expression: "You young man, you have some courage, if you are killed by me while you are in danger, it's a pity that you won't be convinced, right?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Ce slowly opened his eyes, staring at Hua Xiong motionlessly, with a hint of weakness in his angry eyes, in his heart, as Hua Xiong said, he was not very convinced.

"Let's go." After Hua Xiong finished speaking, he used all his strength, raised the long knife in his hand, and let Sun Ce return to the battle.

After hearing this, Sun Ce's eyes widened in shock, and he seemed to be a little unconvinced, but looking at Hua Xiong's appearance, it didn't look like he was playing with him. So, even though there were thousands of unwilling people in his heart, Sun Ce could only hug his fists at this time, and he was grateful, and then he got on the horse with great difficulty and fled back to his own camp in embarrassment.

In the joint army array, Sun Jian was comforting Sun Ce, who had just returned from injury, but Gongsun Zhan's eyes on the side gave off a sharp light, and he turned his head to everyone and said excitedly: "At this time, presumably Huaxiong has exhausted his strength, General Guan Yu, you can take advantage of this time to fight, you will definitely be able to win a big victory and win his head!" ”

The answer to Gongsun Chan was silent.

A gust of wind blew, Guan Yu stroked his long hair that fluttered slightly with his left hand, his eyes closed slightly, and he slowly turned the horse's head and returned to Liu Bei's back.

"This ......" Gongsun Zan said a word, and then there was no follow-up, he didn't know what Guan Yu meant in his heart, so he could only look at Liu Bei with a confused look.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, smiling, and was about to explain something for his second brother.

Guan Yu finally slowly spoke, "Lord Gongsun, although the Qinglong Yanyue Knife is fast, it does not kill the righteous people, just now General Sun Bofu fell from his horse, Hua Xiong let him return to the battle because of righteousness, and did not take advantage of the danger of others." At this moment, how can we take advantage of his exhaustion to commit such an unrighteous act? According to the meaning of so-and-so, it is better to return to the battle for the time being and make another plan. ”

When Guan Yu spoke, there was a hint of flatness on his red face, which was a kind of domineering spirit that was used to fighting on the battlefield, but he could live alone on it. After saying this, Gongsun Zhan's face turned a little red.

At this time, Guan Yu was just a guard under the plain plain order, and Sun Jian naturally would not take his suggestion.

However, Sun Jian looked up at the hour, now the sun in the sky was already right, and the time had come to noon, and the soldiers of the combined army had trekked all the way, and at this time they had not yet returned to the village to rest, and they were already hungry.

In addition, Hua Xiong won several battles in a row, and even his proudest son was almost killed, and the morale of his soldiers was greatly reduced, and it was no longer suitable for him to fight again.

Considering these factors, Sun Jian frowned, and could only order the herald to go to Yuan Shu's camp to urge the noon meal, and then raised his hand and ordered: "Everything is as General Guan Yu said, Huaxiong spared the child, which can be regarded as a favor, I might as well wait to return to the battle and fight again in the future." ”

"Everything is up to what Sun Xianfeng said!" Everyone said together.

In this way, the combined army took the lead in Mingjin to withdraw its troops, slowly retreated, and withdrew to the village. Huaxiong's side did not do anything to catch up, and Zhao Yue followed the Han army and withdrew to the big tent, waiting for tomorrow's war.

In the afternoon, the sun was still shining warmly on the land and in the Combine camps. The snow melted a lot, the temperature gradually rose, and in the wooden camp of the Combine, two sentry soldiers stood on the high towers on either side, dozing off, only to be woken up by the sound of "clanging" pots and pans below.

"Who's knocking around!" The soldier scratched his head, grumbled in dissatisfaction, and looked down.

It should have been a comfortable and quiet rest time, but in the camp of Sun Jian, the vanguard of the United Army, many soldiers began to complain, complaining that they could not eat enough, and they poured out of their respective tents like a tide to ask for an explanation.

The voice came to Sun Jian's account, he was reading a book in front of the table, and when he heard about it, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said to Zhu Zhi on the side: "The battle between the two armies is based on the stability of the army, and the morale is already low after losing alone with Huaxiong, how can this kind of thing happen?" ”

"Report!" Before Zhu Zhi came out of the tent to understand the situation, the anxious voice of the soldier came from outside the tent.

Before Sun Jian could open his mouth for permission, the man rushed into the tent, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in a panic: "General Sun, it's not good, when I ate at noon, the soldiers found that there was not much food, and when they ate it, they found that it was all old rice, and now they all rushed out of the tent to protest, claiming that they would rebel and go to Dong Zhuo's side." ”

"Smack!"

Sun Jian was furious and slapped the table with a loud noise. His face was hideous, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Bastard Yuan Shu, don't you say anything bad about me, do you want me to wait here and give my life?" ”

It turned out that Yuan Shu was arranged by his brother Yuan Shao to take the position of grain officer, and he was indignant and dissatisfied, and when he saw Sun Jian as a pioneer and made meritorious contributions on the front line, he was even more jealous in his heart. For a moment of brain fever, he listened to the slander of his subordinates, and deliberately mistreated the food of the soldiers in Sun Jian's camp, first, he wanted to make Sun Jian angry with Yuan Shao, and secondly, he also wanted to make this Jiangdong tiger make a meritorious service.