Chapter 25
In the mountains of the dark night, the wind gusts and the sound of night owls are full of an extremely mysterious atmosphere, which makes people feel frightened. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info people are always afraid of what they don't know, and darkness is one of the best catalysts for this fear.
The mountain road winds up, with a steep slope overgrown with trees on one side and a cliff abyss on the other, and the whole road is only a little more than a foot wide and the end is extremely treacherous.
However, it is much safer to walk here than before. At least a few people can pass side by side, and you can also walk through one or two war horses, unlike the people in front of you who have to stick to the mountain wall carefully, and the war horses have to arch forward little by little.
"It's a really dangerous road. Not many people know about such a dangerous road. Xiahou Yuan muttered quietly. He was looking for someone to amuse him, but he couldn't find it. After remembering that the most important thing at the moment was the march, he raised his eyes to look at the sky that was about to be revealed, and then summoned the little soldier who was exploring the road and asked him directly: "How far is it from here to Yangping Pass?" ”
"It's coming, it's coming! Through this section of the mountainside below, you can see an official road across the mountain beam, which is the official road that leads directly from Yinping to Yangping Pass, which is inserted into the Yangping Pass, and there are about six or seven miles of road after careful counting. The soldier explained in detail. He hadn't walked the road either, but he had carefully asked the guide who was walking in front of him, and although the actual operation was still very problematic, it was perfectly fine to use the two pieces of skin on his face to explain.
"Then let's go again." Xiahou Yuan said this lightly, and then followed behind the team. To his left and right, he was guarded not by his own personal guards, but by some ordinary soldiers.
The next road gradually became wider, although the landscape of the mountains and forests on one side and the cliffs on the other side did not change much, but the gradually smoother mountain road and the gradually broadening horizons, as well as the gradually enlightening sky, made the soldiers who had walked all night gradually relax. They were less nervous, but they also felt the cry of their stomachs.
It seems like a fantasy that a change in mood will make your soldiers tired. But this kind of thing is a normal thing in Xiahou Yuan's eyes. As a veteran, he has long known that after a night of walking on the mountain road, his own people and horses are indeed tired, and the reason why the front does not show up is completely that he refuses to relax his breath, and now that it is time to breathe a sigh of relief, this exhaustion is naturally revealed.
"When you're over this ridge, let them rest for a while. It's also close to Yangping Pass, so it's just the right time to reorganize the team and prepare for that final attack. Xiahou Yuan thought for a while and said. The team had reached a critical point, and he clearly understood that if he didn't let them take a break, he was afraid that even if everyone could insist on rushing to Yangping Pass, he was afraid that he would not be able to launch a fierce attack on Yangping Pass. "That can only startle the snake......!" He knew this, understood which was more important, and was naturally willing to spend half an hour to promote this matter.
With the permission of their own general, the tired soldiers gritted their teeth again and persevered, and they marched quickly on their own feet, expecting to quickly reach the place where the general said that they could rest.
However, in the end, they will not be able to get anywhere, and they will no longer have the opportunity to rest. Because in the mountains and forests to their right, there was a sudden burst of shouts of killing, but it was countless Li Shengjun soldiers who stood up from it, shouting and killing them.
"Enemy ...... Enemy attack! Cao's soldiers let out a sharp exclamation, and chaos ensued.
I have to say that Wei Yan's time to ambush Cao Jun was very correct: when he sent someone to kill the general, it was when Xiahou Yuan's front army with the handsome flag had passed, and when Xiahou Yuan's rear team had not yet come up, he attacked the middle army of Xiahou Yuan's army, and it was the waist of this entire long snake marching army, and he wanted to cut off the waist of Cao Jun, the big snake.
Because Xiahou Yuan's handsome banner was flying in the front army, Wei Yan also thought that Xiahou Yuan himself was in the front army - in fact, he also saw in this hazy darkness that there was a general in gold armor who followed the front army. Everything is so logical, but who would have thought that Xiahou Yuan was in the rear of his own army at the moment.
Not getting the information that Xiahou Yuan was behind his own army was undoubtedly a miscalculation by Wei Yan, but it was a success for Xiahou Yuan himself. While Wei Yan led his men and horses to massacre his Chinese soldiers trapped on the mountain road, Xiahou Yuan, who was standing behind, began to reorganize his military horses.
"That's exactly what happened." Looking at this ambush that he had thought of a long time ago, a smile bloomed on Xiahou Yuan's face.
"Really? Did you guess this a long time ago, General? Hearing Xiahou Yuan say this, looking at the smile on Xiahou Yuan's face, Xiao Bing, who was skeptical of all this, asked in a low voice with boldness.
"Of course!" Xiahou Yuan nodded excitedly: "If I hadn't known this a long time ago, how could I have run behind here with nothing to do?" ”
"That's right." The soldier quickly slapped his horse and went up: "General, it's really powerful, I saw through the enemy's conspiracy at once." ”
"Hehe, that's nature." Xiahou Yuan laughed deeply, his words were quite complacent, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, rush forward with me, destroy the enemy, and victory is just around the corner." Kill! The enemy has been tricked. ”
"Oh! Kill! Under Xiahou Yuan's roar, Cao Jun's rear army violently erupted with their strength. At this moment, they were not affected by this chaos, and there was no fluctuation of military morale, under the instigation of the great general Xiahou Yuan beside them, they were moved by the bright future of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, being promoted and making fortunes, and sealing their wives and shadows, and they all shouted and waved the blades in their hands to follow this Xiahou Yuan and rushed forward, killing into that chaotic battle.
To be honest, the mountain trail is not a very good battlefield. Because it is not broad enough, it always limits the input of military forces. This is true both for the enemy and for oneself. Wei Yan's original plan was to carry out an already orthodox ambush: after letting go of Xiahou Yuan's own front army, he directly led the army to kill Xiahou Yuan's Chinese army, defeated it, and led the retreat of the rear army, and directly attacked Xiahou Yuan's front army from behind, killing Xiahou Yuan on the spot.
Such a plan must not be bad. If Xiahou Yuan hadn't seen through Li Sheng's plan and placed himself in the front army according to the general practice, Wei Yan's strategy would definitely make Xiahou Yuan unable to even cry, and he would have become Cao Ren's second most miserable. But there is no such thing as ifs. Somehow, Xiahou Yuan actually saw through Wei Yan's plan and made a targeted defense based on this, which was the real battle situation at the moment.
When Wei Yan was continuously releasing his hidden soldiers in the ambush point and throwing them into this narrow battlefield area, Xiahou Yuan led a large number of men and horses to rush up, interrupting Wei Yan's work and killing Wei Yan by surprise. Before this, Wei Yan didn't expect that Xiahou Yuan had seen through his own arrangement, and he didn't know that Cao Cao's army still had such strong combat effectiveness, and after that, he understood that there were still many smart people in the world, and he was not the only one who could use the strategy, and at the same time, the front soldiers in the world were not the only ones who had them.
"Damn, I seem to have underestimated the world." Wei Yan smiled bitterly, but the long knife in his hand was waved mercilessly, and a blue light swept through the air. It was the light of the knife, and it was dazzling and deadly. A ray of light flashed out, and there were four Cao Bing's heads spurting blood and flying into the sky. Wei Yan's bravery was vividly displayed at this moment, and no one in Cao's army was his general.
Wei Yan's wry smile and low words seemed to admit his own mistakes, but the wielding of the long knife in his hand and the fierce martial arts displayed showed everyone that he was trying to correct this mistake. What do ordinary soldiers know about this? They don't know so many rules and regulations, they don't really blame the general of the house for really using any mistakes in the strategy, what they see is very simple, that is, as long as the general of the house is still standing with them in such a dangerous battle situation, this side is enough. When Wei Yan showed his martial bravery, the soldiers of Li Shengjun, who were inspired by Wei Yan's martial bravery, also cheered up, and the war knives in their hands made a slight sound under their strong grasp, and they swung out mouthfuls and mouthfuls of the blood of the Cao soldiers again and again with their fearless death. Under Xiahou Yuan's attack, Wei Yan's subordinates, who had been decided, seemed to be completely unaware of the danger of their situation, and still fought desperately.
"It's hard to ...... Road...... You...... Guys...... Only...... No...... Know...... Road...... You...... Guys...... Already...... Pass through...... Lose...... Finish...... Is it? Fifteen thunderous roars came from Xiahou Yuan's mouth, he originally thought that once he was in the middle of Wei Yan's side, there would be a rapid collapse, but he didn't want to underestimate the strength of Wei Yan and the army under his command too much-even if they were in the middle of the plan, they could still burst out with such combat power, which made Xiahou Yuan feel troubled and annoyed. Xiahou Yuan strode forward, roaring as he advanced, the broadsword in his hand kept beckoning at the enemy who was approaching him, and every word he shouted took the life of a soldier of Li Shengjun. The force and momentum displayed are also quite eye-catching.
The fierce battle unfolded on this narrow mountain road under the leadership of the brave general who was unwilling to weaken his momentum on both sides. Ambush and counter-ambush, medium and counter-ambush, all become less important here. Because the battle has reached the present, what really works is not the effect of strategy, but the courage that the soldiers on both sides hold back from each other.
"Kill!" A Cao soldier roared angrily, and the single knife of his right hand stabbed straight into the stomach of a Li Shengjun soldier. His knife style was very ruthless, and after such a blow, he held the handle of the knife in his right hand and spun it violently, but it suddenly twisted the abdominal cavity of the Li Shengjun soldier. The severe pain directly stimulated the brain of the soldier Li Shengjun, and he understood that he was no longer done. At that moment, he did not retreat but advanced to meet him, letting the sharp blade pass through his body, until his still powerful hands hit the shoulders of the Cao soldier who stabbed him. He didn't have much strength left, and after grabbing the other man's shoulder, he chose to go down. Use the weight of your body to pounce on the man. It was all a success. With his strength, the two people who fell to the ground twisted up like that twisted flower, their limbs were entangled, and the whole body kept rolling on the ground, gradually approaching the edge of the mountain road, and fell straight down. Soon there was a "poof...... sound, and then it calmed down - the two actually ended up together.
Such an ending seems tragic, but it has been repeated more than once on this battlefield. Things that happened all the same: there were people who both rolled off the cliff like those two; There are those who are entangled and scuffled with each other, and both heads are broken and bleeding to death; There are also those who stab each other's vital points and die in a stalemate. In this battlefield full of tragic atmosphere, the fighting between the two sides is also fierce, and death is no longer something they fear. In the gradual madness, there is only one thing on their minds, killing the enemy.
The soldier-to-soldier battle has been going on for a long time, and the slaughter of the soldiers is becoming more and more pleasing to the eye in the brilliant sword light. As the battle between the two sides became more and more intense, the battle between the generals finally began after the two met.
"When ......" a clear sound sounded, a brilliant spark burst out in the air, faintly reflecting a blue streamer knife and a simple style of iron knife struck together, but it was evenly bounced, their respective owners, also involuntarily under such a strong force, the two of them led the horse back a few steps, very shocked to look at each other.
"Xiahou Yuan is indeed a general with both wisdom and courage in Cao's army. Can you play such a draw with me? Wei Yan looked at Xiahou Yuan, who looked majestic, but his face was a little uncertain, and sighed in his heart: "It's really nothing to be famous for." I'm going to end up here today. "Wei Yan knows his own business, he knows that he is a person who has strange ambitions, good deeds, but doesn't care much about the consequences. For today's battle, he thought about what he had done after he had successfully ambushed the enemy, but he had not thought about how he would get out if the ambush had failed. Wei Yan was annoyed by such a mistake, but he didn't have much effort to review himself at the moment, because repelling the enemy in front of him was much more important than this review.
Wei Yan glared at Xiahou Yuan fiercely, and Xiahou Yuan also stared straight at Wei Yan. Compared with Wei Yan's perception of his Xiahou Yuan's "no void under his fame", Xiahou Yuan was still a little surprised that Wei Yan could actually fight with him. Of course, he knew that Wei Yan was the general under Li Sheng's army, but this general had not fought with a number of famous generals in previous battles, so Xiahou Yuan naturally thought that he only had some ability in managing the army. For such a conspiracy, he originally planned to rush forward and slash one in two in one go, but now it seems that it is impossible. Because the other party is not only a general, but also a brave general.
"Damn it...... Look at the knives! Xiahou Yuan roared sharply, the iron knife in his hand swept out like a wide door, and bursts of turbulent sounds rang out on the blade, and the sharpness of the long knife had not yet reached Wei Yan's body, Wei Yan felt a sharp wind like a blade pressing towards his vital point.
"It's really strong, but I'm not weak either." Wei Yan muttered, the essence in his eyes suddenly erupted, and an astonishing momentum forced away from his body. For Xiahou Yuan, the sharp blade that swept over, the blue mang in his hand rose from the bottom up, and suddenly hit the handle of Xiahou Yuan's iron broadsword, raising Xiahou Yuan's knife momentum a lot, so that his amazing knife qi did not come to his own vital point, but flew over his head sharply, completely falling out of a gap. Obviously, this was the result of Wei Yan finding a suitable time and making a suitable attack.
Under one blow, the other party actually made such a big flaw, although Xiahou Yuan already knew that Wei Yan did have the ability to fight with him, but he was still very impressed that Wei Yan could calculate everything so accurately. But admiration is admiration, and what needs to be done still has to be done. Otherwise, when Wei Yan's next move came to press, he would really be defeated and die. For such a result, of course, Xiahou Yuan was unwilling to accept it. But at this moment, his middle door was already wide open, and Wei Yan only needed to send the knife in his hand forward slightly to make him disembowel, and the end was dangerously tight. What to do? Receiving a riposte is no longer enough. Xiahou Yuan simply came down ruthlessly, avoided his body to the side to the right, and then stabbed his sixty-pound iron long knife straight forward like a spear with a knife in one hand, but he looked down at Wei Yan's ribs and didn't let go. "Replace defense with offense, retreat with advance, and surround Wei to save Zhao." This is what Xiahou Yuan thinks of this blow at the moment.
Xiahou Yuan's change of trick surprised Wei Yan, he never thought that the other party would actually have such a response after he broke the other party's style. Although such counterattacks are not uncommon on the battlefield, they are all tricks used by some generals who use spears. If Xiahou Yuan was a spearman, Wei Yan would of course be vigilant. But Xiahou Yuan used a big knife. can still use such a trick, which shows how strong Xiahou Yuan's arm strength is. There was no way, looking at Xiahou Yuan's actions, Wei Yan had no choice but to stop his upward knife momentum, change it to smash, and after hitting the handle of the knife in his hand for a half circle, he finally smashed Xiahou Yuan's knife before the moment when his big knife bayonet was on his body, and saved himself again in danger.
It was such a trivial thing to describe in words, but on the real battlefield, Wei Yan and Xiahou Yuan exchanged two moves like this, but it was very fast. Although the movements of the hands and feet of the two of them have not yet reached the level where they seem to be passing by with thousands of afterimages, but they have exchanged thousands of moves in the blink of an eye, but in this dim battlefield at the moment, there are still not many people who can see their every move clearly. In the eyes of most people, after Wei Yan and Xiahou Yuan, the two evenly matched generals, met together on this chaotic battlefield, they quickly started a short fight, and the moves in their hands were already a little blurred, and everyone could not help but think of the sound of the exchange of weapons, and the brilliant flames of the intersection of the two soldiers could not help but explode.
"The two generals fought fiercely." Listening to the sound in his ears and looking at the sparks flashing in front of his eyes, most of the ordinary soldiers have such thoughts. How did they know that such a fierce and high-intensity was not because Wei Yan and Xiahou Yuan intended to do this, but because the current narrow terrain restricted their hand-to-hand fighting, and they had to use a hand-to-hand short fight to cause all this.
This is also a last resort. If it were possible, Wei Yan and Xiahou Yuan would never have such a fierce way to fight. After all, such a fierce fight was too much physical exertion between the two of them. Originally, they could only fight for half an hour for one or twenty rounds, but now they are allowed to fight nearly fifty moves. As the blades were always swirling in their eyes, they were all nervous with each other, as tight as the open bowstrings, and even the slightest force on them would break.
At this moment, the sky has been enlightened, and the faint morning clouds are floating in the sky, lightly covering the golden sunlight. Perhaps this is the will of the sun, and the blood caused by human cannibalism is something that these transcendent "people" do not want to see. So, they dodged because it was simply boring for them.
However, the sun's intolerability could not stop the bloody battle on the ground, and the battle between the two armies, who also had a deep desire for victory, had become a complete contest of wills at this moment. The physical strength of the two sides of the battle has been almost exhausted over time, whether it is the Wei Yan department of Li Sheng's army as an ambush, or the Hou Yuan department of Xia Cao Cao's army who walked the mountain road all night, after fighting for nearly two hours, they are already very exhausted. The reason why they are still fighting is just for the one in their chests that does not admit defeat. For this battle, they all seem to have a reason to ask for victory: Li Sheng's side is for the benefits of victory, and Cao Cao's side is for the self-esteem brought by victory. Both of them thought that their reasons were noble, and naturally they were not willing to give up just like that.
"Anyway, the other party is almost at the end of the crossbow, as long as we add more strength and work hard." They thought so, and even used their own will, and even used their own strength to feed. The battle situation is still evenly matched in the melee.
If there are no more surprises, then the battle will finally end with the victory of Cao's army after a while. After all, compared with Wei Yan, who only brought 5,000 people to attack and ambush, although the group of men and horses led by Xiahou Yuan himself was also a partial division, he also had 20,000 people, and he was four times the strength of Wei Yan in terms of troops, so he could naturally achieve the final victory in this damn battle of attrition. As for the point of "dragging it out to their own benefit", Cao Jun's people can see it clearly. Although the battle was still staggered, they had already seen the light of victory in the protracted battle.
"Keep it up." Although both sides have the same idea, it has to be said that Cao Jun's confidence is much more abundant than Wei Yan's.
Time continues again in the fight. As this time passed quietly, the battle situation on the mountain road gradually became clear: Xiahou Yuan and Wei Yan were still fighting fiercely over there, they both seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and after fighting for an hour, they still looked evenly matched; However, there was already a difference between the soldiers and the soldiers-relying on the large number of people, the soldiers of the Cao army gradually suppressed the men and horses of Li Shengjun. On the narrow mountain road, Cao Cao's more than 10,000 people joined the horses, but Li Shengjun was sandwiched in the heart of Hai. Although the sound of shouting and killing is still going on now, as long as you listen carefully to the debate, you will know that the shouting and killing on Cao Jun's side is becoming more and more full of joy, while the shouting and killing on Li Shengjun's side is becoming more and more unwilling.
Yes, they are unwilling. If it weren't for the fact that their numbers were too small, and their strategy was seen through by Cao Jun, they would never have been like this. But there is no if, when this cruel reality appears before their eyes, what else can they do about it? Forget it, fight it! Killing one to preserve the capital, killing two is considered to be earned. At the moment, most of them are fighting with this idea in mind.
War! War! War! The big knife in Wei Yan's hand was still swept majestically, and the battle with Xiahou Yuan, you came to my network, seemed to be "deaf to what was going on outside the window, and only wanted to fight the enemy", but in fact, in his heart, he had already seen the current battle situation clearly: Xiahou Yuan brought more soldiers and horses than his own ambush soldiers, and he let go of the opponent's front army and attacked the opponent's Chinese army, I thought that I could sweep these people away, but I didn't want to encounter the current situation, although I defeated the opponent's Chinese army, But the front army of the other party and the rear army with the existence of the famous general Xiahou Yuan in front of them killed together, surrounding themselves. Due to the large number of people on the other side, he couldn't kill him by rushing left and right. Although he is still able to fight with Xiahou Yuan at the moment, his subordinates have been reduced little by little in such a tug-of-war of attrition, and he is about to be wiped out, how can this be good?
"Damn, Xiahou Yuan. I never thought he would be so difficult before. Wei Yan cursed Xiahou Yuan secretly, but his eyes flickered trying to find a way to break through. He knew that the strength on his body was already eight out of ten pavilions, and the remaining two pavilions were just for him to hold on for a while, and the enemy opposite him, Xiahou Yuan, who was fighting with him, received the stimulation of his own team's victory and gained a little more strength out of thin air. This is very bad for himself, not to mention, Wei Yan is a little worried that he will be exhausted by the other party.
"That's not going to work." Wei Yan thought so, but the moves in his hand became fierce, and he actually used the same way of playing.
For such a mad tiger-like fight, if it was before, Xiahou Yuan might have fought with him, but now, seeing that victory was about to come, Xiahou Yuan was unwilling to work so hard, he took a few wrong steps to avoid Wei Yan's fierce moves. I'm waiting for further evasion. saw that Wei Yan shouted, but he galloped and fled.
This is a very shameless behavior, and at the moment, Xiahou Yuan felt a burst of slander in his heart, and quickly gave the order: "The rear army will press me and chase the enemy down for me." He didn't want to catch such a general in Li Sheng's army with great difficulty, and run away smoothly, and he also imagined that he could catch him as one of his achievements. After all, although the current battle locked in the victory because of the other party's escape at the moment, the other party's desperate fight also turned the victory on his side into a miserable victory. The other party's troops used here to ambush are only 5,000 people, so it seems that the opponent's Yangping Pass is still garrisoned by a large army, and in this case, no matter how bold he is, it is impossible to kill Yangping Pass with more than 10,000 remnants of the army in his hand. It is conceivable that the results of Yangping Pass cannot be obtained by themselves, in this case, if they can't capture a famous general on the other side, in order to explain the glory of their victory, then how can they claim that they are a big victory?
"You have to take down the Wei Yan on the other side." He thought so, but he blew his rear army more and more harshly.
The situation on the battlefield changed again here: with Wei Yan's defeat and flight, Li Shengjun's morale also turned "low" in an instant, and they no longer dared to fight the Cao soldiers in front of them, and they all turned to run for their lives in fear. In the meantime, those who were at a loss were all cut in two by Cao Bing, who chased after them from behind. In just the blink of an eye, Li Shengjun's soldiers were swallowed by Cao Jun's whale for more than two hundred.
If it was in normal times, Wei Yan would definitely be heartbroken when he found such a problem. But at the moment, he is too busy to take care of himself, but where is the time to take care of this matter. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Jun kept chasing after him, so that he had to run forward in vain. He knew that after the Cao army was divided into two sides because of the narrow length of the entire battlefield, Xiahou Yuan himself could only control a part of the rear, and as for the front army that was reversed and pressed, it was just acting according to Xiahou Yuan's original regulations, and he would not have his own claims at all. That is to say, if you rush forward desperately and kill them by surprise, you are still very likely to get out of the battle and find a way out.
Thinking of this, Wei Yan had to muster up his remaining strength, and more and more frantically brandished the long knife in his hand and slaughtered into the front army of Xiahou Yuan's army. Here he did not encounter any strong opponents, only an endless number of small soldiers, one after another who could be easily slashed by himself, but kept pouring up. In the face of these people who couldn't be killed at all, Wei Yan once again found that he had miscalculated. The energy in his body was constantly consumed in the sweep of the long knife, and this move didn't even have time to take a break and ease a few moves in exchange for his own strength. He can only keep rushing and killing, keep swinging, and keep destroying the enemies he encounters, all of which is done out of necessity.
"Bastard, when the hell is this going to come to an end?" Wei Yan had a headache about this, but there was nothing he could do. A little bit of frustration grew in his heart, and sometimes he felt that it was best to disperse at all, but after every time he made such a determination, he quickly repented: "My career has not been established, and I have not engraved my name in the history, how can I die like this?" As soon as he thought of this, he Wei Yan had to cheer up again.
Time passed in such a difficult way, and in the repeated struggle, Wei Yan, who was constantly killing the enemy like a killing machine, became more and more unbearable. The bean-sized Han water was all over his forehead, and wounds of all sizes appeared on his body, and he was not unscathed after fighting until now. At this moment, his clothes were already covered with blood, and of course the blood in it was his own, but more of it belonged to the enemy.
Time passed in such a difficult way, and in the repeated struggle, Wei Yan, who was constantly killing the enemy like a killing machine, became more and more unbearable. The bean-sized Han water was all over his forehead, and wounds of all sizes appeared on his body, and he was not unscathed after fighting until now. At this moment, his clothes were already covered with blood, and of course the blood in it was his own, but more of it belonged to the enemy. Now he seems to have completely given up the idea of breaking through, just rushing left and right in the encirclement of Cao's army, with the intention of killing one person is one person. There is no way to do this, after all, Xiahou Yuan has already wiped out all his subordinates, leaving him alone in the core, facing thousands of enemies alone.