Chapter 436: Who Will Sacrifice
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"Old general, go around the city, and you'll be fine after meeting General Ma. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Guan Xing said with relief.
Although Dongguan City is located in the middle of the avenue connecting Qingzhou with Xuzhou, although the terrain in this area is mountainous, it is not as treacherous as Shudi, and the terrain on the east and west sides of Dongguan is also quite wide, and there is enough room to cross it.
The only thing to worry about was that the Wu army in Dongguan City went out of the city to intercept halfway.
"Cao Zhen's house is still about a day's journey away from us, without further ado, we have to cross Dongguan City tonight." Huang Zhong said breathlessly.
"Then I'll give the order."
When Guan Xing wanted to leave, he was stopped by Huang Zhong, and he frowned and said: "There are more than 10,000 Wu troops in Dongguan City, and our army is an embarrassed defeated army. ”
Huang Zhong's reminder made Guan Xing fall silent, and after a while, he took a deep breath: "Old general, tonight I will lead a thousand men and horses, raise more torches, and blask from the west of Dongguan City. At that time, the Wu army in the city will go out of the city to intercept, and then the general can lead the army, from the city of Dongguan to the east of the city quickly Yueke, and then meet with General Ma. ”
Guan Xing is planning to use himself as bait!
As soon as he heard this, Huang Zhong's expression immediately changed, and he said hurriedly: "How can you let Anguo take risks, I will take your way, and you will take the opportunity to retreat north with your own army." ”
Guan Xing said: "The old general is the master of the three armies, how can he risk his life, and I will take the heavy responsibility of covering." ”
"If you have three long and two short, how should I treat the beautiful hair." Huang Zhong was a little anxious.
Guan Xingzheng said: "My personal life and death are not enough, if the general has three long and two short, it will affect the country's plan to cut down Wu, which is more important, how can I not know, so far, please ask the old general to focus on the overall situation." ”
Having said this, Huang Zhong also knew that there was no way, although the rout of the army was inseparable from his own boss's "obstinate obsession", the rash advance of the light army, and the strategy of others, Huang Zhong at this moment only felt disgraced, and he wanted to die on the battlefield to clear his mistakes.
However, Huang Zhong also knew that as the commander of the Eastern Route Army, he was concerned with the plan to defeat Wu, and if he only disregarded the overall situation because of temporary honor and disgrace, he would make a greater mistake in the end.
Thinking of this, Huang Zhong could only sigh lightly, stroked Guan Xing's shoulder and said, "An Guo, then you must take care, we will meet again after Dongguan." ”
The two made a division of labor at the moment, that is, they first set up camp in the south of Dongguan City, and reluctantly made a dinner.
After nightfall, the two armies went separately, Guan Xing led a thousand horses, held more torches, and detoured from Chengxi Avenue to look north, while Huang Zhong led the main force of seven or eight thousand, and after Guan Xing's soldiers and horses left for an hour, they were ranked, and the horses were wrapped in hooves, picking up the remote path in the east of Dongguan City and sneaking.
Guan Xing did not inform himself of the real intentions of his thousand subordinates, but the soldiers were not idiots, and when it was time to escape, they should have kept a low profile, but they were so fanfare, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were going to take advantage of the road Yes, now the unreasonable behavior is obviously an ulterior motive.
It's just that halfway through the journey, even if the troops have doubts in their hearts, they don't dare to act on their own, so they can only follow their generals with uneasiness, and continue to raise fire and swagger.
Two hours later, a thousand men and horses successfully bypassed ten miles west of the city, and Guan Xing's heart was relieved to see that Dongguan City had fallen behind.
By this time the east was turning white, the night was over, and soon the sun would rise.
"Could it be that the Wu generals in the city are cowardly and dare not go out of the city to intercept and fail, then I can be lucky this time." ’
Thankfully, it's too early to rejoice.
Just when Guan Xing just felt that he was lucky, suddenly, the front of the team stopped, and there was a noise.
Guan Xing hurriedly rode his horse up, rushed to the front of the team, and under the guidance of the restless soldiers, he looked through the faint light, but saw that not far ahead, a black wall crossed the avenue, blocking their way.
If you look closely, it is clearly a soldier waiting in formation.
Sure enough, it came. ’
Guan Xing's brows furrowed slightly, and his relaxed mood immediately tightened, and while ordering the whole army to assemble in formation, he stared at the enemy army hidden in the darkness.
According to a rough estimate of the momentum, there must have been at least four or five thousand enemy troops blocking the way.
Several times more than yourself, this is not a good sign.
If their soldiers had not lost their armor, if they had eaten before, if they had not experienced the panic of fleeing thousands of miles, if they had ...... Assuming that there are not so many ifs, Guan Xing believes that even if the enemy is several times his own, he can lead these brothers to win more with less, at least they can easily kill a bloody way and return to the north smoothly.
But now, with so many heavy things pressing on his body, Guan Xing has no certainty of victory.
So what, the son of a beautiful bearded man, even if he wants to die, he will die vigorously, and the horse leather shroud is my most perfect destination.
Once the will to die is decided, why do you need to think about it again, Guan Xing immediately crossed his knife and shouted: "Kill a blood with me!" Then he took the lead and rode out.
After hesitating for a moment, more than a thousand remnants of the army immediately burst into action, summoned up the last courage, and rushed towards the enemy who was several times their size.
On the other side, Xu Gai watched this group of ragged enemies rush towards him, and there was an indescribable look of surprise in his eyes.
Xu Gai was not shocked that the enemy still had the fighting spirit to resist, but was shocked that the enemy in front of him was only less than a thousand.
"Grandma's, you've been tricked!"
At this time, Xu Gai realized that he had been deceived, he originally planned to intercept and kill Huang Zhong here and kill the generals of the Han Kingdom, which could not only be enough to resist his father's revenge, but also make himself famous in a battle.
But now, the legend of the surprise attack on Dongguan at sea is obviously going to be greatly discounted because of the leakage of Huang Zhong, the old horseman.
Now he can only pour all his killing intent on the oncoming remnants.
A hundred steps were close, and Xu Gai shouted: "Crossbowman, release the arrow!" ”
The bows and crossbows of the Wu army behind the big shield array rang out, and a rain of arrows roared out, and a few seconds later, the screams of people and horses on the opposite side could be heard.
Due to the dim light of dawn, the crossbowmen could not aim effectively, and although Xu Gai brought about a thousand crossbowmen, it was a pity that they could not play their due role.
Under the rain of arrows, the Han army on the opposite side did not retreat, and still charged forward like crazy.
Xu Gai frowned slightly, lifted the big axe in his hand, and shouted: "The crossbowmen retreat, and the infantry is ready to meet the enemy." ”
At the order, the sound of war drums rumbled, and the spearmen and halberders who heard the order stepped forward in response to the sound and placed their spears between the gaps in the shield wall, forming a dense forest of cold blades.
This is the standard formation of facing cavalry, because although the Han army is small, there are nearly two hundred cavalry among them, Xu Gai certainly understands the power of cavalry, if it is not dealt with properly, these two hundred cavalry will be enough to crush his seven or eight thousand infantry army.
Therefore, in the face of an enemy with a pitiful number of people, Xu Gai had to adopt this kind of stable defensive formation, and at first glance, he would mistakenly think that the Han army he was facing was the one who had the upper hand.
In an instant, two hundred Han army iron cavalry came first, and it was Guan Xing who rushed to the forefront.
At the moment when the horse shield collided, the yellow-maned horse under its crotch suddenly neighed, kicked its four hooves violently, and its huge body rose from the ground and rose high in front of it.
At this time, the first rays of sunrise rose, and the golden glow reflected on the person and horse who flew up, and there was a kind of shock from heaven in a trance.
At that moment, the surrounding Wu troops were so stunned that they forgot to fight, and instinctively raised the gun halberd in their hands, but the hand holding the weapon was already trembling.
Guan Xing, who was in mid-air, shouted together, and swept the long knife in his hand, only to see the cold light like the moon, breaking through the sky, like destroying the withering and decaying, cutting off the opponent's weapons and guns together.
Guan Xing took advantage of the situation and came out again, and a few heads flew into the air.
The two ordinary moves, but they are wrapped in the power of Mount Tai, and they are done in one go, as if they have been rehearsed countless times beforehand.
At the moment when the horse's hooves landed, Guan Xing turned around and swept out with a knife, and before the several shieldmen who had fallen behind him could react, they were cut off one by one.
It only took a second for the second son of this beautiful bearded man to open a gap in this seemingly impregnable defense.
Subsequently, more than 200 cavalry poured into the Wu army battle formation from the gap, like tigers and wolves, with the impact of the cavalry and the condescending advantage, wantonly slaughtered those frightened Wu troops.
"Such a powerful thief, in such a weak situation, he can still kill so arrogantly."
In the middle army array, Xu Gai stood on horseback, quietly watching the two hundred cavalry of the Han army rushing back and forth in his formation, although his expression was disdainful, but his heart was quite shocked.
However, Xu Gai is not an ordinary general, he has won the true inheritance of his father Xu Huang, not only in martial arts, but also in the way of using soldiers.
Xu Gai quickly mobilized his troops and horses, and the left and right wings went out together, cutting off the connection between the Han infantry and the cavalry, and then personally led the Chinese army to advance forward, filling several gaps in the breakthrough of the Han cavalry, and gradually narrowing the encirclement until the encirclement was like an iron bucket.
Although Guan Xing was brave, but after all, the number was too small, most of the soldiers said that they had not been fed, and their strength was far inferior to the enemy. The infantry brigade behind him was cut off behind, and the situation at this time can be said to be extremely unfavorable with the Han army.
Despite the critical situation, Guan Xing's fighting spirit was not cut at all, and the Guan family's sword technique envoy drove over, sweeping in all directions like a wheel, and one after another Wu troops were cut to pieces wherever they passed.
Xu Gai, who was outside the battle, knew that if he didn't take down that Han general with extraordinary martial arts, he was afraid that this battle would not end until it would last.
With a thought, he hung his sword in the saddle, bent his bow and arrows, and aimed at Guan Xing, who was fighting in the array.
Seeing the gap for a moment, as soon as his fingers loosened, a cold light broke through the air and rushed straight towards the bloody Han general in the array.
(To be continued)