Chapter 61: The Battle of the Ferry
The battle in front of the valley finally attracted the attention of the public enemy.
The 1,000 soldiers left behind by Zu Mao and the 1,000 people in charge of the grain, a total of 2,000 people, were about to go to support under the order of the Gong Gong Hatred.
The front rode out aggressively, and the public enemy said that it was Zu Mao who looked at it from afar. Zu Mao, who was seriously wounded, crouched on his horse and galloped all the way, even if there were no pursuers behind him.
Gong Qiu said that he was frightened and asked urgently, "General Zu, what happened?" ”
"Quick! Quickly withdraw to Linxiang! Zu Mao didn't have time to elaborate, and immediately urged the public enemy to march back to Linxiang, the Changsha Governance Office, "The lord... The lord fell into Liu Qi's ambush, and he has already encountered an accident! ”
Yes! Gong Qiu was taken aback, looked at Zu Mao in disbelief, and asked with endless sadness on his face: "General Zu, what is going on?!" ”
A moment ago, victory was in sight, but now it is shocking to hear the news that Sun Jian died in battle and the whole army was defeated, which made the public enemy unacceptable for a while.
"What are you waiting for... cough..."Zu Mao glared at the public enemy fiercely, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and said: "I'll tell you in detail on the way, and now it's important to go back immediately to protect the lord's family!" ”
Zu Mao said as he hurried towards Linxiang. His current thought is to hope that Liu Qi will not leave a back hand and besiege Linxiang, otherwise, relying on the five hundred old cripples in Linxiang will not be enough for Liu Qi's army to strike.
Gong Qiu said that he hurriedly ordered 2,000 soldiers to return to Linxiang in a hurry, and from here to return to Linxiang is more than 100 miles, and the only thing Zu Mao can do now is to hurry up. As long as you take a step slower, Linxiang will definitely lose, and when the time comes, let alone revenge, it is difficult to say whether you can even keep Sun Ce.
"General Zu, your wounded ......"
Zu Mao didn't look back, he ran one step ahead of the public enemy, and when he heard the public enemy, he didn't snort, pulled out the arrow with his hand, and then bandaged it simply: "Quick, the whole army is in a hurry!" ”
Gong Qiu said that the foot soldiers behind him saw that his scalp was numb, and at the same time he admired Zu Mao, who was so seriously injured that he could still pull out an arrow with his bare hands, and did not forget to return to Linxiang to rescue the lord Sun Ce. invisibly stimulated the bloodiness of the whole team, if you can't keep Sun Jian, can't you keep Sun Jian's son? Wouldn't this be a Jiangdong Tiger in vain! Thinking like this, everyone suddenly rushed much faster.
Seeing this, the public enemy said that he and Zu Mao were immediately overjoyed and rushed faster.
Rao was like this, after a night of long-distance and rapid marching, Zu Mao and the others arrived at Xiangjiang at dawn the next day.
The early morning in the cold winter was the most severe, and the wind cut the bodies of Zu Mao and the others like cold knives. There is not even a single figure at the Linxiang ferry, and even the hazy chong that docked at the edge of the ferry before can no longer be seen.
As soon as he saw such a situation, Gong Qiu and Zu Mao were suddenly tired, and exclaimed: "It's not good! There is a volt ......"
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of horses stepping on the shore of Xiangshui, led by Shi A and Zhang Hu. When Liu Qi lured Sun Jian's lone army into the depths a few days ago, they had already broken through from Anxiang County and had already destroyed the boats at the Linxiang ferry, on the one hand, to prevent Sun Jian from retreating back to Linxiang to hold on, and on the other hand, to prevent Linxiang from reinforcing Sun Jian.
"Hahaha! My son-in-law had expected this moment, and it was not what the eldest son expected! ”
Zhang Hu slapped the war horse with a whip, lifted the big knife, and shouted: "Sons! It's time to catch them all! Charge! ”
In an instant, the thunderous sound of horses sounded, and the entire Linxiang ferry seemed to be about to shake.
Zu Mao didn't care that the wound was invaded by the cold wind, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he hurriedly said: "Enemy attack!" Against! ”
The soldiers who hurried overnight were tired, but before Zhang Hu and Shi A and the two of them had five thousand elite horse troops, they instantly sobered up, but this weak force alone was really not enough for Shi A's side to rush back and forth.
Sure enough, Zhang Hu Shi's 5,000 people broke up the formation in an instant with just one charge, and even hundreds of people died in an instant.
Gong Qiu said that he and Zu Mao were forced to the ferry for a while, looking at the soldiers who were unable to form an army, Gong Qiu said that he was angry, "General Zu, you cross the river immediately, I will kill all these bastards!" ”
Zu Mao couldn't cry or laugh, how could there be a boat to cross the river now? Gong Qiu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "A few of you quickly look around, if there is a boat, escort General Zu to cross the river, quickly!" ”
"Can you go?" When the public enemy said that he was commanding, Zhang Hu behind him had already been killed, and the big knife was swung with a tiger and a tiger, and he took the back of the public enemy's head.
"General be careful!"
Several sharp-eyed guards, one of them did not hesitate to pounce behind Gong Qiu, trying to block Zhang Hu's killing move, and the rest stabbed at Zhang Hu's war horse one after another.
Zhang Hu was furious: "Look for death!" The war horse jumped forward, stepped over the spear that stabbed over, and the big knife in his hand was like a thousand slashes, and the soldiers who were blocking the back of the public enemy were instantly cut into two ends, and the blood and intestines were spread all over the square circle, splashing the face of the public enemy with blood.
"Damn!" Gong Qiu said that although he was a grain officer who was only responsible for logistics, he also had a lot of martial arts in Sun Jian's camp to defend himself, and when he saw that his henchmen and guards had died to save him, his eyes burst out with a light of hatred that wanted to tear Zhang Hu apart. Zhang Hu's second move was about to be chopped down again, and the public enemy said that he snorted coldly, and turned the knife horizontally, which was able to block the big knife that was chopped from above.
Zhang Hu thought that Gong Qiu was just a weak scholar, but he couldn't imagine that he also had such a strong arm, and he couldn't help but be stunned. At this moment, several guards who missed a blow quickly returned to defense, and several spears stabbed Zhang Hu's crotch at the same time, and with a pop, Zhang Hu fell off the horse.
"Suffer death!"
The public feud said that he could not miss the opportunity, and struggled to shake Zhang Hu's big knife away, and slashed down at Zhang Hu violently. The other guards cooperated with the public enemy and attacked, and continuously stabbed spears at Zhang Hu.
But seeing that Zhang Hu was not afraid, he shouted coldly: "If you want to take my life, you can't help but underestimate me!" As he spoke, he rolled on the spot with the war knife in his hand, dodging the most violent slash of the public enemy, but the war knife in his hand was a good time to stop and slash the guards who flew up and flew up.
Even so, Zhang Hu fell into the siege of the enemy army on the ferry for a while.
"Hurry up and take General Zu to find the boat and leave immediately! Fast! Gong Qiu said that he knew that he couldn't stay at this time, so he pushed Zu Mao away a few meters away, and glanced at Zu Mao as if he was giving a will, and said: "General Zu, the young general, they will be handed over to you, and the lord will repay the grace of the encounter in the next life!" ”
"Public enemy, general..."Zu Mao didn't have time to say the last sentence, he had already protected him left and right, rushed to the end of the ferry, looked at his comrades for the last time with tears in his eyes, and silently thought in his heart that he would not take revenge on him, Zu Mao swore not to be a man!
The public feud said that he glanced at the direction of Yuzhang County with nostalgia, and after taking a closer look at the direction of the place where Sun Jian died in battle, he shouted angrily: "Sons, it should be at this time to repay the grace of the lord!" We have never had a bad breed in Jiangdong, only heroes who died in battle! Let them see the bravery of the Jiangdong Tigers! Kill! ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
"Fight to the death!"
"I am willing to follow the general, and after eighteen years, another Jiangdong hero! Kill! ”
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More than 100 soldiers guarded the ferry to the death, and there was a deafening sound of fighting from their mouths. This person can make such a shocking sound, which immediately surprised Zhang Hu and Shi A.
Shi A led the army to charge two times in a row, but they couldn't break through the defense line of only more than a hundred people, and watched Zhang Hu fall into the siege of public hatred.
The hopelessness of crossing the river and the attack of several times the enemy's forces aroused the bloody nature of the Jiangdong soldiers, even if they were seriously injured, they still kept the footsteps of Shi A's side and did not let them jump over the defense line.
Gong Qiu said that there was nothing else to ask for at this moment, and dragged a long knife towards Zhang Hu to slash and kill. One move is more ferocious than the other, don't die, not a small moment, Zhang Hu and Gong Qiu said that there were already a lot of scars on their bodies. The blood stained the face of the public enemy and called it hideous, and Zhang Hu, who saw it, was shocked, and was suddenly stabbed by someone near the left.
Zhang Hu jumped up in an instant, and slashed down diagonally towards the public enemy with incomparably swift and swift slashes. Gong Qiu said that the corner of his mouth smiled coldly, and said: "Even if Lao Tzu dies, he will pull you to be buried with you!" Unexpectedly, he rushed forward unhindered, but when he heard a loud sound, the public feud said that he had been pierced through his chest by Zhang Hu, and the blood was as dazzling as if it stained the entire morning sun.
Zhang Hu was stunned for a moment, and pulled the long knife hard, but found that he couldn't pull it out. The long knife that pierced through the public feud was held by the public vendetta and remained motionless. Gong Qiu said that he smiled miserably, "Sons, do it!" As he spoke, he struggled to step on the ground a few times, and unbelievably endured the pain of penetration, took a few steps forward, opened his mouth and hugged Zhang Hu with both hands, and spit out a mouthful of blood all over Zhang Hu's face, which blocked Zhang Hu's sight.
"General Enemy!" The left close guards were overwhelmed with grief and indignation, but they did not give up this good opportunity to kill Zhang Hu, and more than a dozen knives and guns stabbed Zhang Hu at the same time.
"You...... Yes! Zhang Hu couldn't dodge it, and was hacked to death and stabbed to death on the spot. And the public enemy said that he was also angry and died, but he still did not fall down temporarily, facing the place where Sun Jian died in battle, and smiled.
"General Enemy!" When Zu Mao saw this, he struggled as if he wanted to break free from the guards and go over to fight with the public enemy.
"General Zu! We can't let the thoughts of the generals and soldiers of the public enemy be in vain, so let's go! The more than ten soldiers who assassinated Zhang Hu rushed over and protected him step by step.
Zhang Hu's accidental death made Shi A's face change, and he said calmly: "Rush! They must not be allowed to escape! "Take the lead in the third charge.
At this moment, Shi Awu hoped that these cavalrymen would know how to ride and shoot, so that it would not be so troublesome. If the spear throwers of the Liu brothers were here, it would have been better, and General Zhang Hu would not have to die in vain.
"No!"
Although half of the Jingzhou cavalry is in the hands of the Kuai clan, the Kuai clan is not a mediocre person, so naturally he will not be as incompetent as the Jingzhou sailor, and under Shi A's order, more than 100 people rushed up behind Shi A at the same time. With Shi A's bravery, a small opening was opened in an instant, and Zu Mao and the others were instantly exposed under Shi A's soldiers.
Escorted by more than a dozen soldiers, Zu Mao ran to the nearest river to the ferry, but found that there was not even a plank, how to cross the river?
"Ahh What about the boat! God really wants to kill me Jiangdong! ”
"Can you go?" Shi Ah smiled coldly, and jumped up with a horse.
Zu Mao suddenly felt desperate, and at this moment, a loud shout came from the Xiangjiang River: "General Zu, jump quickly!" ”
Zu Mao's left and right guards saw the coming, they were overjoyed, the two grabbed the seriously injured Zu Mao and threw it towards the Xiangjiang River, Zu Mao was thrown on the boat by the two before he understood what was going on, the old injury recurred, and he fainted when he boarded.
"Let's go!" Seeing that the boat seemed to be picking them up, the guards at the ferry took a deep look at their hometown, and rushed to Shi Ah desperately, "The old father at home will be taken care of by the generals!" ”
The three generals who came to the ship were Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai, and when they saw these awe-inspiring soldiers, they said with great sadness: "Go!" Come back to this blood debt in the next day! In an instant, he carried Zu Mao across the Xiangjiang River and retreated in the direction of Linxiang.
"Let them escape!" Shi A was furious, stabbed out with a quick sword, stabbed to death all the Jiangdong soldiers who were besieging him, and stared hatefully at Cheng Pu and them, who were far away from the ferry.