Compared with the ability to be firm and persistent, and to charge and break the formation, Jiang Qi is not the opponent of other Jizhou famous generals. But if you want to talk about tenacity in a pure defensive battle, among the generals in Jizhou, there is no one who is unsurpassed.

In the face of the non-stop attacks and harassment of the superior enemy's infantry and cavalry, Jiang Qi'an sat on the high command vehicle and gave orders with a relaxed expression. Although the cold wind in February was still extremely cold, it seemed to have no effect on Jiang Qi. Under his sophisticated and calm command, only half of his men were enough to resist the constant attacks of the enemy. The rest of the manpower, under Jiang Qi's arrangement, sat on the ground to rest, so as to maintain their physical strength, and later to replace their comrades who were tired in battle.

Of course, if it was only to this extent, Jiang Qi would not be able to get Yan Liang's respect. As the battle continued, Jiang Qi deliberately let go of two small openings, making Zou Dan's small army in wheel warfare think that they had found a flaw. However, when the northern cavalry of the brigade rushed over, they were greeted by a fierce counterattack prepared by Jiang Qijun. The long spears and whistling arrows in the queue all caused quite tragic losses to Zou Dan's subordinates, who were crowded together.

After being victimized by such a flaw twice, Zou Dan's department had considerable doubts about Jiang Qijun's defense, so much so that when Jiang Qijun showed a flaw again, Zou Dan turned a blind eye in order to prevent being fooled again.

Discovering this scene, Jiang Qi smiled quietly. His purpose was achieved. With the lessons of the first two times, the enemy's strength when attacking spontaneously weakened a lot. Even if Jiang Qijun really accidentally had a flaw, with Zou Danjun's hesitation, I am afraid that he would be able to make up for it in the subsequent battle.

The battle situation on both flanks remained stable, and the victory or defeat of this battle of course fell on the result of the confrontation between the Chinese army.

The main force of the Chinese armies on both sides is, of course, the headquarters of Lu Yi and Gongsun Zhan. But it's going on at the moment. is not these two protagonists, but Liu Bei and Han Meng, the two supporting roles.

Han Meng is one of the generals in Hebei, known as the fierce general whose force is second only to "two pillars and four court pillars". Although he has not yet reached the level of "ten thousand enemies", he can rely on his height of eight feet and a waist of ten measurements. Han Meng is full of great strength and is known as "the first wrestler in Jizhou". If you look at it from this point of view, this person can be seen as a small Dianwei.

If it is said that chasing the north for the dead, or fleeing for his life in defeat, the speed of Han Meng's tragedy determines that he will become a tragedy. However, in terms of positive impact alone, even if it is a lot of "10,000 enemies" fierce generals, they may not be able to compare with Han Meng!

For example. Against Han Meng's Zhang Fei, there was a feeling that a mouse was pulling a turtle and had nowhere to start.

Although Zhang Fei is young, he is also a veteran who has been fighting on the battlefield for nearly ten years. Since he was captured by Liu Bei at the hands of Zhang Madness, and escaped by risking his life with Guan Yu, who was captured at the same time, Zhang Fei's temperament has changed a lot. Although on the surface, this is still a reckless man who speaks without going through his brain, but only Liu Bei, Jian Yong and a few others know it. In fact, Zhang Fei understands many things like a mirror in his heart.

And. Guan Yu's capture and subsequent "coercion" by insolence made Zhang Fei's motivation to practice martial arts considerably stronger. With him now in his twenties, it is extremely rare to be able to break through the last layer of martial arts barriers and successfully advance to the "Ten Thousand Enemies". Cai Yang, an old chivalrous man known as the "Hebei Sword King", was in a chance encounter. After seeing Zhang Fei's martial arts, his evaluation of him is:

"Twenty years later, this son should be the number one in the world!"

Cai Yang was the most famous ranger swordsman in the world before Wang Yue appeared. Although his martial arts luck was not good, he could never become a "10,000-strong enemy". But it is recognized as the first knife technique in the north. And to put it mildly, if it weren't for his old age and the severe decline in physical strength, Wang Yue might not have been able to get the title of "the first swordsman in the world". This person is not only skilled in swordsmanship, but also notoriously good in vision. Therefore, Cai Yang's evaluation is undoubtedly very credible.

However, today's "10,000 enemies", the future "No. 1 in the world" expected by the masters, has not much to do with Han Meng at the moment.

After fighting for a long time, the spear in Zhang Fei's hand had hit Han Meng for the eleventh time. This blow also caused Han Meng to have an extra wound on his body. However, Han Meng's counterattack knocked the seventh subordinate next to Zhang Fei into the air with a hammer and fell to the ground, looking dead.

"Damn!"

If it is a heads-up between the two sides, Han Meng will not be Zhang Fei's opponent at all. Not to mention anything else, the spear in Zhang Fei's hand can be called the "Zhangba Snake Spear", which means that his spear is not only as mysterious and vicious as a snake, but also seems to have eight people at the same time, and the sky is full of spear shadows, which is fast and difficult to parry. When Han Meng met Zhang Fei, he was completely beaten passively, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back.

It's a pity that on the crowded battlefield, Zhang Fei's spear skills are greatly limited. Moreover, what he encountered would not be one enemy, but a group of enemies!

Although Han Meng couldn't completely dodge the spear in Zhang Fei's hand, he could rely on his own armor to take a hard hit. His earth-based "Zhan Qi" was originally characterized by dignified and high defense. However, Zhang Fei's water system "Zhan Qi" can just be restrained by the soil system. As a result, the gap between the two in the cultivation of "Zhan Qi" has been narrowed a lot.

Coupled with the two layers of dark iron armor on Han Meng's body, even if Zhang Fei stabbed Han Meng with a spear, it usually only left a skin wound on Han Meng's body. However, Han Meng's sledgehammer counterattack made it difficult for Zhang Fei to parry directly, so he had to dodge.

On the battlefield, there are always crowds of people, how can there be much room to dodge? As a result, the people around Zhang Fei were unlucky. Until now, Zhang Fei has stabbed nine wounds on Han Meng's body, and Han Meng also retaliated and killed seven veterans under Zhang Fei!

Of course, if the battle continues like this, the final winner will not be someone else, it must be Zhang Fei. But inspired by Han Meng's spirit of fighting to the death, his subordinates became extremely brave one by one as if they had been stimulated. In contrast, although Liu Beijun had better fighting skills, he couldn't bear this momentum, and after fighting for more than half an hour, he finally began to waver.

Observing the change in the battle situation, Liu Bei's face became not very good-looking.

Liu Bei's dual sword martial arts skills are extraordinary, and if he goes head-to-head, even Zhang Fei is a little jealous. It's just that his martial arts are not really suitable for frontal battlefields. Seeing that those descendants showed the momentum of cowering one by one, Liu Bei did not have the idea of continuing to hold on. Most of his subordinates are volunteers from all over the world, and they have always been extremely good at fighting with the wind, but they are not good at hard and long battles. If you can't rely on your own bravery to defeat the enemy at the first time, then most of the people who lose the battle in the end are Liu Beijun.

Han Meng struck out again with a hammer, blasting the head of an enemy soldier, splashing red and white everywhere. This level of murderous violence terrifies the veterans who have been fighting on the battlefield for many years. Although Zhang Fei immediately retaliated and stabbed to death a Yuan Shao sergeant, the deterrent effect of a spear stab to death was obviously much worse than a hammer headshot!

Liu Bei's subordinates, who were terrified, began to spontaneously and quietly retreat as soon as they saw Han Meng approaching. The battle situation on the battlefield has always been one and the other. As soon as Liu Beijun retreated, Han Mengjun's morale immediately soared. Just as the morale rose and fell, Liu Beijun's retreat quietly began.

Good at retreating, retreating without chaos, is also a characteristic of Liu Beijun.

Don't look at these guys in Liu Bei's army, they don't seem to have much fighting spirit in their hearts, but after all, they have experienced a hundred battles and know the casualties on the battlefield very well. It is not easy to effectively pursue and kill them.

In order to avoid being chased by the enemy when retreating, these veteran soldiers also took the initiative to make a sudden counterattack against the pursuers from time to time during the retreat. Coupled with the fact that he had a super fierce general like Zhang Fei to break off, Han Meng tried to chase down the enemy army as usual, but found nothing except two more wounds on his body.

Zhang Fei, who has been given sufficient maneuver space, is obviously not something that Han Meng's can help.

In this battle, although Han Meng had the upper hand in the process of dealing with Liu Bei, the casualties were not much. His own unit lost more than 130 people, and the beheadings were only more than 50 people, and the rest of the killings were about 100 people. Just looking at the battle loss ratio between the two sides, it is difficult to say whether Han Meng won or lost this battle.

The most important thing is that after this battle, even the main general Han Meng was severely injured by the enemy general Zhang Fei. Although he repelled Zhang Fei with one breath, nearly ten wounds all over his body, large and small, were enough for Han Meng to recuperate for the next half a year.

On the other hand, Zhang Fei, in the process of fighting against Han Meng, was unharmed, but he only consumed a lot of strength, and obviously still had spare strength. After a short period of rest, he can re-enter the battlefield without any damage and cause great trouble to the enemy.

Lu Yi rode on his horse and passed by Han Meng, who was retreating. He looked at Han Meng, who was supported by his own soldiers, and didn't say much, just patted Han Meng's shoulder and said:

"Rest well."

Hearing Lu Yi's words, Han Meng reluctantly laughed and replied:

"Then I'll wait for the governor's good news, ha...... Ah......h

Seeing that Han Meng was hurting his wound because he wanted to laugh, Lu Yi nodded at him, said no more, and rode his horse on. Behind Lu Yi was a group of elite soldiers with a solemn face and neat movements. Each of these elite soldiers carried a ring-headed sword, a large shield, and a crossbow machine, and the armor on their bodies was extremely sophisticated, comparable to a hundred generals in the army.

Wherever these warriors equipped with high-grade weapons and armor passed, they would attract the envious gaze of the surrounding soldiers. However, the soldiers were only envious, but not jealous. Because, these elite warriors are the pillars on which Lu Yi relies to become famous in Hebei:

Camp first! (To be continued......)