From all over the camp, from the corners of the tents to the slightly more remote gloom, a large number of soldiers covered in dirt suddenly poured out. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info They either opened their bows and arrows, or swung their swords, or quickly moved closer to the rear to enrich the defense of the rear formation, and quickly put their long-hidden strength into the attack on Zhang Wu's troops, so that the defense line of Liu Zhoujun, which had already collapsed, quickly stabilized, and gradually had the appearance of counterattacking.

Now Zhang Wujun is terrible. Because the sky was dark, the ambushes arranged by Liu Ji and Zhou Yan were all ambushed in various remote and dim corners, and some of them were still hidden underground, and now they suddenly appeared, and the impact on Zhang Wujun was incalculable.

In the shouts of killing that sounded from all around, in the shadows of the enemies who kept rushing from all directions, and in the deadly arrows that flew from nowhere, Zhang Wujun was taken by surprise. They were stunned by the shouts of each other, and for a moment they looked around blankly, only to find that the torches representing the number of people seemed to be increasing in the dark, and there seemed to be signs of increasing numbers on the enemy's side.

How many enemies are there? They don't know. In the face of the *-like attack from the other side, they really don't have more energy to think about this problem. They only vaguely knew that there were many, many enemies, and they were more than enough to destroy everyone on their side. At present, I am like a boat in a storm, so isolated and helpless, it seems that I am in danger of being destroyed at any time.

They gradually lost the upper hand under the blows of the enemy. Because the enemy attacked so suddenly and so strangely, they were quickly routed without even reacting, and fell into the chaos of fighting on their own. Here, the instructions from the Supreme General could no longer be conveyed, and the commanders of the various departments and the ordinary petty soldiers were fighting with great difficulty with the attacking enemy, and they were all working for their lives, and there was no time to revive their army.

"Alas, Niu Er. Your message is true, but how I hope it turns out to be wrong. Looking at the vague and chaotic figure in front of him, Zhang Wu sighed dejectedly, and said to Niu Er, who had been staying by his side since the beginning, in frustration. He wished that nothing was true in front of him, because if that were the case, he would undoubtedly be able to achieve the final victory easily, instead of being like this, where everything was chaotic and unclear.

"If only Sun Chen were here." Encountering such an upsetting situation, the first thing Zhang Wu thought of was Chen Sun, who he regarded as a "military advisor", "If he is here, then he should be able to give me some useful suggestions, so that I can solve these troublesome problems here." What was so difficult for me might be so easy for him. You tell me? Niu Er. Zhang Wu desperately wanted the support of others.

"Indeed, the military advisor is a wise man. However, in the face of such a chaotic situation, it is useless to be wise. Niu Er looked at the chaos in front of him, thought quietly for a while, and suddenly said to Zhang Wu.

"What do you mean? What are you trying to express? Zhang Wu tilted his head and looked at him strangely.

"In fact, the solution to such a dilemma is very simple, as long as we raise the long soldiers in our hands." Niu Er had a resolute and heroic face on his face.

"Raise the long soldier in your hand?" Zhang Wu's heart was even more puzzled, he tilted his head and looked at Niu Er: "If you have any ideas, just say it." Don't babble like that anymore. ”

"Hmm." Niu Er nodded, smiled innocently and continued: "The reason why our army is chaotic is nothing more than the loss of the backbone under the sudden attack of the enemy. Its combat power has not been lost to enemy attacks. If at this time, there is a person who raises his arms and shouts to reunite the hearts of the army. Although we will eventually suffer a lot of blows, we will not fall into the current situation where we are beaten everywhere and have no backhand. ”

"Are you going to let myself go to war?" Zhang Wu listened to what Niu Er said, and quickly grasped what he wanted to express in the end from his words.

"Yes, the general's white horse is dazzling." Niu Er responded with a smile. Having been in the army for sixteen years, he naturally understood what to say to whom.

"Haha! You can say that again. Hearing this, Zhang Wu laughed proudly: "Let's go now, it's time for these damn guys to understand the power of my 'Zhang Baima'." As he spoke, he turned over and got on the white horse beside him, pulled out the spear that had been inserted in the ground, pointed it into the void, and shouted: "Everyone, the enemy is only broken at this time, everyone rush with me!" Before his words fell, he was blowing the white horse under him and rushing to the front, and at the same time ordered Niu Er: "You are very good, you will be my personal companion in the future." ”

"Yes." Niu Er nodded and agreed. He and Zhang Wu's personal guards stepped on their horses together, lifted their respective weapons, and followed closely behind Zhang Wu, rushing forward with him, charging while collecting those soldiers who were a little overwhelmed.

As Niu Er said, the group of soldiers under Zhang Wu were just caught off guard by the other party's ambush and surprise attack at the moment, and they lost their backbone. But as a team that has been fighting for sixteen years, its rout will never be over in three or two clicks like ordinary teams. Although they are in confusion, although they are in a situation where they are not able to support at the moment, they are still trying to resist. Before they lost their last will due to the "pain" of the team, they were still fighting desperately, and it was possible to quickly revive when a new backbone appeared, just like now: when Zhang Wu arrived, they gathered around Zhang Wu, either intentionally or unintentionally, to protect him, follow him, and rush forward together, gradually forming a very powerful assault team.

After tilting the scales of victory in favor of Liu Ji and Zhou Yanjun as Liu Ji and Zhou Yanjun launched an ambush, the balance of victory changed again with the addition of Zhang Wu and his personal guards. With Zhang Wu's success in integrating the originally chaotic army, Liu Zhoujun's ambush became less and less effective. They had gathered their soldiers on both flanks and launched a fierce attack on Zhang Wu's place, but they were all repulsed by Zhang Wu's army, which had completed its revival. Although it was not a complete defeat, it was also mutually destructive. It's just that this kind of injury can be borne by Zhang Wu's side, but Liu Zhou's side is already unbearable. After all, their soldiers were much smaller than Zhang Wu's.

Seeing that Zhang Wujun could not be defeated quickly, Liu Zhou's men and horses retreated a little and re-established their defensive position, and they clinged to the city wall tightly, guarding the rear of the entire military camp like an iron bucket. As a wealthy and powerful local force, Liu Erren's army had a lot of bows and arrows, and relying on those erected tents to defend for a while also repeatedly thwarted the front of Zhang Wujun's attack, causing a corpse to be thrown on the edge of the row of fences in front of the rear formation.

"Damn it, you're trying to stop us here?" Looking at the half-human-high fence, Zhang Wu's eyes were filled with endless anger. He roared so loudly that no one knew if he was directed at the enemy on the other side, or at the soldiers on his side who had repeatedly returned in vain.

In fact, he also knew that his soldiers had worked hard enough. It's just that the enemy's defense is too tight, and in the end it can't compete. This was originally a relatively ordinary thing, and it shouldn't make him so angry. However, he, who had been fighting very smoothly from the beginning of the charge, was really dissatisfied with the sudden interruption of his current interest. He wanted to vent such dissatisfaction, so he chose to shout so angrily. This is also a wayward privilege of him as the head of an army.

It's just that such privileges don't help the war itself in any way - this point, Zhang Wu quickly understood after he was angry. He stared at the archer-dominated fence, the glint in his eyes flashing, as if he had thought of something.

"Guards, follow me. The fences on the opposite side could not stop our cavalry. Zhang Wu shouted and rushed forward desperately. He thought that with the impact and jumping power of their cavalry, they would be able to easily break through the other party's damn fence. After all, those fences were only half a man high, and they were not very tightly finished, as if they were improvised, full of temptations.

Using the cavalry's ability to leap over these low fences and go directly to their rear to slaughter these damn guys, this is Zhang Wu's plan for now. Although, he also knew that such an operation was fraught with danger before he could get close to the enemy, there was only one way for his intellect to weaken the damn fence ahead. He decided to take the lead himself, and use his own actions to make the soldiers who followed behind forget the danger of existence, and achieve the effect of the final competition.

"That's a really good idea." Niu Er followed closely, and deeply admired Zhang Wu's resoluteness at the moment.

Arrows shot out, like locusts, searching for their food. Facing the rushing Zhang Wu guards, feeling the shock of the cavalry charge, Liu Zhoujun, who was hiding behind the fence to defend, could only rely on bows and arrows. Because of fear, because of fear, these soldiers are desperate to keep pulling up the bowstring. Stretching their bows, setting up their arrows, and relaxing, the three simple movements kept repeating their bodies, constantly bringing their resistance to the enemies who rushed towards them. Although they also somewhat understood that their side was likely to lose at this time when this battle was defeated, they didn't want to give up just because they would lose. They don't understand what the other side will do to those who have lost the war. Therefore, they have to prepare for the worst - they could kill us all. Of course, they don't want to die, so they have to resist.

Bearing the arrows of resistance shot by Liu Zhoujun, casualties inevitably appeared among Zhang Wu's personal guard cavalry. Arrows fired from the other side are often inaccurate, they are just stray arrows, but such stray arrows are the most headache for people in the melee, because you don't know where the arrows are coming from. Although the charging men had already tried their best to dodge on their horses, there were still many people who were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. And here, once you fall off the horse, it is equivalent to death.

The cavalry advanced rapidly, and as long as they could pass here, the victory behind them would be within reach. Although there are many people who have fallen helplessly on the way forward, and will never reach the moment of victory, as long as there is hope, there are still people who will give up and work hard for it, just like now. Because of Zhang Wu's leadership, the soldiers were very brave, and it was obvious that their morale was still high and did not decline much under the casualties caused by the enemy's continuous attacks, and they still rushed forward under the baptism of arrows.

Do not think that here the general is under less pressure than the average soldier. In fact, in such a battlefield full of arrows, there is not much difference between the general who charges and the soldier who charges in terms of the dangers they bear, and even the generals bear many more dangers than the soldiers. Although I have not heard the poem "Shoot a man first and shoot a horse first, and capture a thief first and capture the king first" in this era when Du Fu was not born, as long as you have been a soldier, most of you will understand that when the final calculation of military merits is the same as the first rank, the head of the general is much higher than the head of the soldier. In such a situation, there are not a few small soldiers who want to shoot the generals with one arrow and achieve great achievements, and they are all looking forward to being able to soar into the sky.

In the rush forward, Zhang Wu was already tightly wrapped around the horse's neck and tightly pressed his body against the horse's back. This is the most effective way to reduce the chance of being attacked. Because in this dark night, under the gallop of the war horse, it is really not easy to clearly distinguish which one is the horse and which is the enemy. I am afraid that only a master with arrows, with his own astonishing intuition and terrifying eyesight, can do this. However, it is clear that there are no such talents among the soldiers behind the fence, and the arrows they send can only be regarded as stray arrows that are resigned to fate.

But even for those unlucky, as mentioned above, even such an inaccurate stray arrow is absolutely fatal.

It was just a blink of an eye, and Zhang Wu covered the wound on his shoulder socket and fell off the horse. If it weren't for the Niu Eryan next to him catching him quickly, I was afraid that he would fall to the ground and become one of the people who fell off the horse and died. No one knows where the arrow came from, and it seems to be one of the stray arrows in the chaos. Nothing is impossible on the battlefield, even if the general, as long as he is unlucky, the current situation will still occur. Obviously, luck at this time is still on Liu Zhoujun's side.

The main general was wounded by an arrow, and the charge could no longer continue. Although the rest of the army had been unusually close to the enemy's fence, and was only short of the last volley, they had to turn back at this critical juncture. This time, they still left dozens of corpses in front of the enemy's fence, and these corpses were all elite soldiers in Zhang Wu's army, which made Zhang Wu feel heartbroken.

Under the anger and sentimentality, Zhang Wu, who was already in some pain, rolled his eyes and fainted, making everyone around him fall into a helpless dilemma all of a sudden.

The general fell into a coma, and naturally could not command the battle. The entire upper echelons of Zhang Wujun were suddenly chaotic after this. They may all know what to do now, but they don't have the right to decide, because such decisions are always in the hands of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun. As long as Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are here, it is easy for everyone to unite, and once these two guys have no way to deal with things, their subordinates will be like losing their backbone, and they will turn into scattered sand again in an instant. They can only decide what they can manage, and they can't do anything outside of it.

Having lost his command, Zhang Wujun fell back into a situation of fighting on its own. This was quickly noticed by Zhou Yan, who was commanding the defense on the opposite side, and he quickly ordered his men to launch a new onslaught against Zhang Wujun, which put Zhang Wujun back into crisis.

Liu Ji in Liu Zhou's two is good at thinking and laying out from the big picture; Zhou Yan, on the other hand, is more suitable for on-the-spot command on the battlefield. He took advantage of the spare time in the front defense to divide his soldiers and horses into three teams: two teams of light infantry, one team of archers, and fired directly at the enemy with the archers behind.

Under such an attack, if Zhang Wujun distanced himself from Liu Zhoujun, he would inevitably be shot by Zhou Yan's archers, and if he was close to Liu Zhoujun, he would encounter a fierce attack by two groups of light infantry. "If you advance, you will be beaten, and if you retreat, you will also be beaten", without a general to tell them what to do, Zhang Wujun's group of brave soldiers ran into walls everywhere as if they had become fierce beasts surrounded by a cage. Fighting on their own, they could only see the small situation in front of them, and they couldn't see anything else.

The attack is like the waves rushing to the beach, the retreat is like the receding sea, and the constant death is like the stains left on the beachhead, and the dots are full of sad remorse. Fighting separately without any coordination, they could only attack again and again in vain, but they were repulsed again and again, forced to search their formation. Although it has only been a quarter of an hour since Zhang Wu's fall, this short moment seems to be hundreds of years long to most of them.

After Zhang Wu's accident, Liu Zhoujun's counterattack gradually turned the tide of the battle again under the command of Zhou Yan. The dawn of victory at the moment seems to be on Liu Zhoujun's side. For the third time, the tide of the battle changed.

"Haha! That's it, that's it, let's destroy all these guys who dare to violate us. Seeing that everything was developing in the direction he wanted, Zhou Yan's face showed an excited and hideous smile. After seeing the horror of Zhang Wujun's assault, he naturally knew that the advantage in front of him was completely due to the accident of Zhang Wu's fainting, so he took a fancy to this opportunity. The order to attack kept coming out of his mouth, as if he was commanding his own arm, and he skillfully commanded the men and horses in his hands to fight through the battle, constantly inflicting casualties on Zhang Wujun.

"Try to end this battle before Zhang Wu wakes up." That's what he's always thought.

But where is there such a wonderful thing in the world? The luck given to Liu Zhoujun by God had been exhausted after Zhou Yan had the idea of being able to eliminate Zhang Wujun. The idea of victory is just an idea after all, and there is no possibility of becoming a reality. Because, at this time, a shout of killing that knocked Zhou Yan and Liu Ji from heaven to hell came from the left and right sides of the camp. Zhou Yan on the battlefield looked away with his voice, but saw torches on the east and west walls of the entire county town holding high, and there seemed to be many running figures shaking under its light, and the direction of their action seemed to be the south gate where they were - Chen Sun's outflanking troops finally arrived at this time, when Zhang Wu's team fell into the downwind.

"Damn, the other party still has such helpless and despicable tactics, and it is actually at such a critical time...... Damn it! Zhou Yan shouted angrily. He clenched his fists tightly, as if he wanted to drain all the strength in his body, and swung them into the air. He wants to vent, to vent the infinite anger in his heart. Because he understands that with the addition of the opponent's two wings, his side has lost the current battle, and there is no chance of turning the tables around.

"Despicable fellow, ...... It's ...... like this," Zhou Yan cried. Although he didn't cry loudly, tears eventually slipped down his face. It is no wonder that he was sad that he had become like this when he arranged it himself.

"Yuan Chang......" A very calm voice sounded behind him.

"Bo Xiang ...... Let's ......" Zhou Yan choked up, and didn't continue after all.

It's over, this defeat is the end of everything for them. The loss of the country made them "a tree without roots, a grass without water", and the loss of the battle in front of them completely deprived them of the last bit of strength in their hands. After this defeat, even if they still have troops in their hands, it will not be possible to hold on for a few days. The loss of their last foothold will make everyone under their banner frustrated and flee. Zhou Yan could fully imagine that a few days later, he and Liu Ji would become alone.

"Why? Why can he Liu Ji guarantee such calmness at such a time? Zhou Yan looked at Liu Ji puzzled, and his panicked heart gradually calmed down with the approach of his cold face.

"Defeat is already a matter of decided. Even if you are angry and sad about this result, nothing will change. Instead of doing these futile things and letting negative emotions control you, it is better to calm down a little and think about what we should do next. Seeing that Zhou Yan was not crying, Liu Ji said calmly.

"What will happen later? Can we have a future? It's all like this......" Zhou Yan looked around. Although the battle of his subordinates against Zhang Wu and Chen Sunjun has not stopped, as far as Zhou Yan himself is concerned, that kind of battle is just useless to delay time, and it does not change the entire battle situation in any way.

"Don't give up. As long as we never die and never give up, then we will eventually have a day to rise again. Liu Ji's calm voice sounded in Zhou Yan's ears, and he was encouraging him: "I think you should stop the matter of that person named Liu Bei." He has endured no less setbacks than you and me, but he has persevered. Although he hasn't done much at the moment, I believe that as long as he is given certain conditions, he will eventually become a figure who will shake the world. He didn't give up, so we can't give up either. ”

"Then ...... now" Zhou Yan looked at Liu Ji, who was vaguely in a mood of admiration, and asked a little dazedly. He understood what Liu Ji meant at the moment, but he couldn't understand why Liu Ji was so fond of that person named Liu Bei.

"Is it because both of them have the surname Liu? Or do the two seem to have the same origins? Zhou Yan knew that Liu Bei was just a poor man selling straw sandals at first, and his status was not much higher than Liu Ji and himself.

"He is also from a poor background, but he has the potential to become a big hero, do we need to help him? Cast into his account? What Zhou Yan really wanted to ask was this question.

"No, you don't!" Liu Ji shook gently, and in such a situation, he seemed more calm: "Liu Bei's power is still small at the moment, and it will take a lot of time for him to develop." And we don't have that much time to wait. We have to find a convenient way to borrow the power of a certain great hero. So, I decided to ......" Liu Ji paused slightly.

"Decide what?" Zhou Yan looked at him nervously.

"Go to Cao Cao!" Liu Ji said his answer slowly.

"Why?" Zhou Yan looked at Liu Ji puzzled, "Now the most powerful person is Yuan Shao, not Cao Cao, why would you choose Cao Cao instead of Yuan Shao?" ”

"First, I am more optimistic about Cao Cao than Yuan Shao; Second, do you think that with the two of us, we can be reused under the account of Yuan Shao, who pays attention to famous families everywhere? Liu Ji said two reasons lightly, and then looked at Zhou Yan calmly.

"That's too." Zhou Yan nodded clearly, "Since you said so, then go and take refuge in Cao Cao." But how can we get away from here safely? He raised his own questions.

"As long as it's chaotic enough, it's no problem to escape dozens of people in the dark." Liu Ji laughed slightly, and his smile was cold, "Zhang Wu and Chen Sun took advantage of our ignorance to persuade those wall-top grass-like characters to deal with us. Are they idiots when we are? actually put on such a look of cutting grass and eradicating roots. Hmph, since they don't intend to make it easy for us, then naturally we can't let them get this city so easily. ”

"What do you want to do?" Zhou Yan looked at Liu Jina's unique smile when he calculated others, and couldn't help but shudder. Although he understood that Liu Ji's current scheming was aimed at the enemy, he always felt sad in his heart for being calculated. After all, Liu Ji's calculations are always so headache-inducing.

"It's simple, just add a little bit of color to this dark sky. Zhang Wu and Chen Sun want to get this city, and the officials and soldiers on the other side also want to get this city, but the contradiction between them can only be solved by the defeat of one side. It turned out that the reason why there was no big move was simply because the walls of this city could barely be defended. If there is some problem with the defense of this city, I am afraid that the two sides will fight fiercely. As he spoke, the smile on Liu Ji's face deepened: "Since there is this possibility, why don't we help them achieve this condition?" Anyway, we are all attacked by 'our own people', and the question of how to defend the city is pure nonsense. It's better to just burn down this city gate. ”

"Burned the city gates?" Zhou Yan's eyes couldn't help but light up. He approached Liu Ji and asked in a low voice: "The specific action is ......"

"Let me tell you......" Liu Ji muttered softly in Zhou Yan's ear.