[Answering readers' questions: Although Guan Yu kidnapped the Son of Heaven, Baiguan and Cao Ying's family, he did not kidnap Xun Yu, so Xun Yu is still under Cao Ying's account, but the text does not explain clearly, this is the swordsman's negligence. ]

Outside the south gate of Xuchang, the entire battlefield presented a magnificent scene.

The Liang army nearly 1,000 board cars were connected into three impregnable walls, which were crushed towards the Cao army from the east, west and south directions, and the Cao army divided three groups of infantry to launch an overwhelming charge in an attempt to stop or even destroy the forward crushing wall, while Zhang He and Zhang Liao each led a cavalry to the southwest and southeast corners, trying to take advantage of the Liang army's three strong walls before they were completely closed to break out of the encirclement, and then detour behind the Liang army and carry out a two-sided attack on the Liang army.

"Boom~~"

The horse's hooves were churning, the smoke and dust were billowing, and Zhang He led three thousand elite horsemen to finally kill the southeast corner, and at this time, the gap left between the two walls of the south and east was less than twenty steps wide! There is another pillar of incense, and this only gap will be completely closed, and at that time, the Cao army will have no choice but to attack.

"Drive!"

Zhang He urged the war horse, and when he was about to ride the horse through the gap, an extremely sad sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded in front of him.

Raised his head in shock, only to see the three-point cold star in the shape of a zigzag head-on, Zhang He let out a long roar, the big iron spear in his hand had burst out like lightning, only to hear three crisp sounds, the three-point cold star had been picked off by Zhang He, but it was three thumb-thick wolf tooth arrows.

"It's you again!"

Zhang He's eyes narrowed for a moment, staring at the front.

In the flying dust, a horse stands proudly, it is the horse butcher's tent under the marksman's general Jutu, Zhang He and Jutu are also old opponents, when the battle outside the city of Xuchang, the two had two archery contests, at that time it was Jutu slightly better.

Ju Tu waved the iron-tired bow in his hand fiercely, and shouted: "Zhang He, do you have the courage to test your archery skills with General Ben?" Shoot three arrows at the human target, and each has its own destiny in life and death, do you dare? ”

Zhang He's eyes suddenly bloomed with a strong murderous intent, almost wanting to bite his mouth full of steel teeth, and when he was about to agree to Jutu's shirt, the corner of his eye suddenly glimpsed that the two walls were still slowly crushing forward, or it would not be long before they would be completely closed! Zhang He shivered excitedly, and shouted: "This general will not fall for you, sons and daughters of Qinghe County, kill ......."

"Kill, kill, kill!"

In the tidal roar, the three thousand Hebei elite cavalry followed Zhang He's back and forwarded the gap that had not yet closed, and almost at the same time, Zhang Liao and Zangba led another two thousand Hebei elite cavalry to the southwest corner to launch an overwhelming charge, and suddenly saw that Zhang He was not fooled, so he pulled his bow and buckled the arrow to the sky and howled: "Brothers, release the arrow!" ”

"Woohoo!"

With a sudden order, the wolf cavalry lined up behind him had already pulled their bows and released arrows.

Almost at the same time, arrows rained down on the board wall that was slowly closing, and the Hebei cavalry surging forward fell in an instant.

"Attack!" Zhang He's eyes were split, the iron gun in his hand was pulled forward, and he raised his head to the sky and howled hoarsely, "Rush forward, don't give them a chance to shoot a second arrow!" ”

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the remaining more than 2,000 cavalry Hebei cavalry were like wounded and crazy wolf counties, roaring and swooping towards the wolf cavalry of Jutu, and suddenly, the two armies were separated by less than ten steps, and it was too late to shoot the second row of arrows.

Jutu threw the iron tire bow to the ground, raised the knife in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, change the knife!" ”

"Qiang Qiang ......"

In the continuous sound of metal friction, the two thousand wolf cavalry behind Ju Tu abandoned their bows and changed their knives, Ju Tu led the horse chopping knife in his hand forward, and the two thousand wolf cavalry howled and urged the horse to rush forward, fearlessly facing the Hebei cavalry surging forward in front of him, and suddenly, the two cavalry were like two huge waves colliding head-on, and in an instant there were brilliant blood flowers, and the tragic wail and the sad neighing of the war horse resounded in the sky in an instant, and the two armies turned their horses on their backs, and they were a wolf.

"Boom!"

Ju Tu's horse chopping knife slashed heavily on Zhang He's iron spear, and there was a loud bang in the sky, and the wild power suddenly rolled back from the horse chopping knife like a tide, Ju Tu couldn't hold it, the back of the knife bounced back and smashed heavily on his chest, and Ju Tu suddenly snorted and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood. Immediately the two horses intersected, Zhang He had already jumped into the wolf cavalry formation, and there were also two Hebei horsemen in front of Jutu to shoot the horses, and the two sharp sabers were raised high, making a momentum to split.

Ju Tu in the hand of the saber can be half of the lift only to find that the arms are sore, tired and can not be happy, in a hurry, the sentence suddenly twisted the waist to dodge but it was too late, only to hear two soft sounds, the sentence suddenly felt a cold shoulder, looked down in surprise only to find that the arms had already been taken off the body, the sentence suddenly this surprise is not small, but when the soul is gone, another Hebei cavalry will slap the horse and kill the knife, the cold light flashed, the sharp blade has been lightly slashed from between the neck of the sentence Tu, and the sentence suddenly felt that his whole flight was up.

People in the air, Ju Tu found that his body and his mount were still in the ground, in front of and behind him, the cavalry of the two armies was like a pot of boiling water had become a mess, and the next moment, the hustle and bustle of the battlefield suddenly disappeared, and the whole world became eerily silent, and then the whole world gradually began to dim, until it was pitch black, Ju Tu suddenly felt extremely cold, and the last trace of consciousness finally slowly dissipated.

"Poof!"

Jutu's head rolled in the air and flew several feet away before it fell heavily to the ground.

"Death to those who stand in my way!"

Zhang He shouted, the iron gun in his hand stabbed out like a poisonous snake, the two Wuhuan wolves had been stabbed in the throat before they could raise their knives, and fell from the horse's back in the blood splash, Zhang He urged the horse to step forward and suddenly felt that the eyes suddenly opened up, and there was no longer an enemy horse to stop him, only to find that he had killed through the enemy formation, and hurriedly reined in the horse and turned back, only a dozen cavalry soldiers swore to death behind him, Cao Ying, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others were not among them. Looking up, the cavalry of the two armies was still fighting fiercely not far away, and some of the Hebei cavalry had already rushed out of the gap in the wall, but they were entangled by the cavalry of the Liang army, and it was difficult to get out.

There were more Hebei cavalry who were blocked within the wall, and the soldiers of the Liang army on the wall did not hesitate to pour arrows and guns under the wall, and the Hebei cavalry was suffering casualties at an alarming rate.

Zhang He's gaze fell on the two slowly closing slabs like knives, and at this time, the gap was only five steps wide, and it was about to close.

"Let's go!" Zhang He turned his horse back, led the iron spear forward, and shouted behind him, "Kill back!" ”

In the midst of the rebellion.

Cao Ying, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Jia Kui and others are rushing in a hurry, Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry is brave and good at fighting, and there is no problem at all to break through alone, but it is not easy to protect Xun Yu and other powerless scholars in the chaotic army, Cao Xiu led the army to rush left and right for a long time and could not break out, and there were only forty or fifty horsemen left for three hundred tiger and leopard horses.

Cao Ying wiped the cold sweat from the corners of his forehead with his sleeve and said to Zhang He: "If it weren't for the desperate rescue of Jun Yi (Zhang He's cousin) this time, my life would be over." ”

Zhang He shouted on horseback: "This place is not suitable for a long time, the lord will break through with the end of the siege." ”

"My lord." Zhang He's voice fell, and Jia Kui suddenly caught up breathlessly, gasping and said, "Oh no, Mr. Xun You and Mr. Cheng Yu are scattered in the chaotic army." ”

Zhang He hurriedly said to Cao Xiu: "General Cao Xiu can quickly escort the lord and the two gentlemen to leave, and the last general will go to find the two gentlemen Xun You and Cheng Yu." ”

"General be careful!" Cao Xiu shook his fist at Zhang He, and immediately drew his gun and shouted, "Go!" ”

……

The rear of the Liang army looked at the tower.

Suddenly, a small colonel hurriedly went upstairs and whispered a few words in Li Su's ear, Li Su's face changed in an instant, and he hurriedly took two steps forward and said to Gao Shun: "General, Jutu has been killed." ”

Gao Shun's eyes showed a gloomy look, and then his expression returned to normal.

On the battlefield, the three walls have been completely closed, the southeast and southwest corners are fighting fiercely with the Wuhuan wolf cavalry Hebei cavalry was immediately cut into two, only a small number of Hebei cavalry escaped before the wall closed, most of the Hebei cavalry was entangled by the Wuhuan wolf cavalry, and then under the squeeze of the two walls, people turned over on their backs, crowded into a ball with each other.

Sharp arrows and throwing spears poured down from the board wall like a storm, and the Hebei cavalry, who had no time to break through, were soon killed and wounded, and turned into corpses all over the ground.

At this time, the Cao Jun's foot soldiers, who were advancing noisily, rushed to the front of the three-panel wall.

"Attack!"

Jiang Qi, the fierce general of Qinghe, raised his double swords and raised his head to the sky and roared.

Behind him, five hundred heavily armored infantry roared and charged up at the wall of the cool army covered with sharp antlers.

In the blood and light, the heavy armored infantry who rushed to the front did not have time to clean off the antlers on the wall with their knives, and they slammed into it under the push of the follow-up infantry, and the sharp antlers completely pierced their bodies and the solid heavy armor in an instant. The next moment, ant-like soldiers of the Liang Army appeared ghostly on the board wall.

In the sound of a neat and loud trumpet, rows of sharp throwing guns poured down.

"Ugh."

"Oops."

"Oh my God~~"

"My eyes, I can't see anything anymore~~"

"Help, help me, save me, I don't want to die yet......"

The terrible howls rushed into the sky in an instant, and the Cao army infantry who were crowded together fell in a pool of blood with a wail.

"Damn!" Jiang Qi clenched his double knives, his eyes almost wanted to erupt fire, and he suddenly looked back and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Set up a ladder!" ”

Jiang Qi's pro-soldier behind him responded violently, and he was afraid of death to lie down on the board wall full of antlers, and actually built a human ladder with his flesh and blood, Jiang Qi shouted and stepped heavily on the back of a strong soldier at the bottom, the strong body of the pro-soldier slammed forward, and a sharp antler had pierced the breastplate and penetrated the heart, and the red blood spilled down the corner of his mouth in an instant.

Jiang Qi stepped on three feet in a row, and his figure was already in the air, and he finally jumped onto the wall.

"Instigation!"

Before Jiang Qi could stand firmly, three sharp wolf's tooth arrows shot head-on, and Jiang Qi shouted loudly and danced with two knives to block, which was worthy of shooting down three sharp arrows.

Before he could catch his breath, there was a cold killing machine sweeping in, Jiang Qi raised his head in shock, two throwing guns, one left and one right, were shooting at a rapid pace, Jiang Qi's eyes suddenly became extremely hideous, he roared to the sky and opened his arms wildly, and when the two throwing guns slipped past his ribs, he grabbed his arms fiercely and actually held the two throwing guns alive.

The next moment, Jiang Qi's whole person spun around suddenly, and the two throwing spears under his intestines immediately turned around the muzzles, and the two Liang Army infantry who rushed towards him couldn't dodge, and were instantly pierced through the chest by the sharp spear tips.

"Xiuxiu~~"

In the terrible sound of breaking the air, dozens of throwing spears shot towards Jiang Qi like a storm.

"Dangdang~~"

Jiang Qiwudao struggled to block more than a dozen throwing guns, but finally failed to block the follow-up throwing guns.

In the crisp sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh and bones, Jiang Qi's majestic body slammed down, and then his eyes bulged out stiffly, and he fell straight down from the board wall.

Jiang Qi was dead, and the more than 2,000 armored infantry under his command were in chaos in an instant, and they were killed and wounded under the rapid shooting of the Liangzhou army's guns, and in less than a moment, the corpses of Cao Jun in front of the front wall were already piled up.

Cao's army was in the rear.

Xun Yu's eyes showed a clear expression, and he said to Colonel Cao Jun beside him: "Order, let General Lu Qian's archers press forward, suppress the Liangzhou defenders on the south wall with direct shots, and cover the attack of the heavy armored infantry." ”

Xun Yu gave an order, Lu Qian's archers quickly pressed forward, sharp arrows swept the air, and the Liangzhou defenders on the front wall were hit by arrows one after another, falling from the wall, and the infantry of Han Meng's subordinates, who replaced Jiang Qi's attack, suddenly boosted their morale, howling and stepping on the corpses of their companions to climb up the board wall.

In less than half a pillar of incense, more than 100 Cao Army infantry had climbed on the front panel wall, and the nearly ten zhang wide front panel wall had been completely controlled by Cao Jun.

The follow-up Cao army is still climbing upward, and the balance of victory is rapidly tilting towards Cao Jun.

The rear of the Liang army.

Li Su hurriedly said to Gao Shun: "General, the Cao army has already attacked the front wall!" ”

"Hmm." Gao Shun said, "Order, bed crossbow fire!" ”

"Order!"

The soldiers behind Gao Shun responded violently, quickly raising a red pennant and waving it a few times in front of him.

The two armies are in front.

I only heard a sudden sound, and countless black holes suddenly appeared on the front panel wall that had almost been sharpened and sharpened, each hole was the size of a fist, as if there were gusts of cold wind coming out from the inside, revealing a palpitating chill, Cao Jun was in shock, and suddenly rows of throwing guns shot out of these black and flickering holes!

In fact, these are not throwing guns, but giant crossbows shot from bed crossbows!

The Cao soldiers, who crowded in front of the board wall like ants, suffered heavy casualties, and many giant crossbows even shot through the bodies of several Cao soldiers in a row, and then strung the corpses like grasshoppers.

When Han Meng was leading dozens of his own soldiers to slash the cart under his feet on the board wall, he suddenly heard a terrible howl rushing into the sky behind him, and he turned around sharply to find that almost all the soldiers who were still crowded behind the board wall and scrambled to climb up had almost all fallen in a pool of blood.

What took their lives was a giant crossbow the thickness of an ordinary soldier's spear!

His grandmother's, what's going on?

When Han Meng was taken aback, he suddenly felt a strange sound under his feet, and he looked down sharply and suddenly found that there were many black holes on the top of the board wall that was originally as flat as the ground.

In just a stunned effort, dozens of hundreds of sharp spears had been viciously stabbed up from these holes, Han Meng instinctively jumped into the air, and he was able to avoid the doom of the spear piercing his body, but the personal soldiers around him did not have the good luck of him, and he was pierced by the spear in an instant, and died instantly.

"Poof!"

Han Meng lightly touched the top of the wall with the spear in his hand, and the whole person fell upside down from the top of the wall, but his good luck only stopped there.

Before Han Meng could hit the ground, another wave of giant crossbows shot out from the board wall, two of which penetrated Han Meng's chest and abdomen respectively, and threw his body backwards dozens of steps away before falling heavily to the ground! Long before he landed, Han Meng had already died of anger and became a lifeless corpse.

Cao's army was soon defeated again under the sudden blow of the giant crossbow.

At this point, the 10,000 heavy armored infantry led by Jiang Qi and Han Meng were almost all killed and wounded, and only more than 2,000 wounded soldiers were still lying on the battlefield wailing and struggling, but their fate was actually already doomed, and injury meant death!

In the back of Cao Jun, Xun Yu was like being devoured by thunder, and muttered: "Bed crossbow, it turned out to be a bed crossbow!" The horse butcher actually loaded the bed crossbow into the cart, so it is, so it is! Alas......"

With a long sigh, Xun Yu's expression suddenly became extremely gray, as if he had aged ten years old, and even his originally straight back looked a little rickety.

……

The rear of the Liang army.

Gao Shun said: "Okay, the heavy infantry of the Cao army has been wiped out, now order the east and west side car formations to crush the middle at the same time, squeeze the remaining more than 20,000 Cao army light soldiers and more than 5,000 Cao army archers together, and then order the archers to return to the east and west car formations, block the passage forcibly filled by the Cao army, and drive them all into the trench!" ”

"Order!"

The pro-soldier received the order, raised a black command flag again, and waved it twice.

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

In front of the two armies, a neat and loud trumpet sounded in an instant, and this trumpet sound actually suppressed the noise of the battlefield.

The Cao soldier who was at a loss suddenly found that the originally motionless board walls on the left and right sides were slowly rolling forward, and the famous unlucky Cao Jun light soldier accidentally stepped on the pit and immediately fell to the ground.

Poor Cao Jun's light soldiers screamed hoarsely, desperately trying to struggle and flee for their lives, and finally ...... But it was ruthlessly devoured by the car array and crushed into a puddle of flesh.

The east and west two board car formations kept running forward, and the Cao army light soldiers and archers who were sandwiched in the middle were crowded together, panicking and panicking, and there were constantly crazy light soldiers howling to launch a tragic attack on the board wall that was rolling over, but this was just a mantis arm as a car, and it was not enough to stop the advance of the board car formation.

How could the chariot formation, which could not even be broken by heavy soldiers with heavy armor, could be dealt with by these stragglers?

Under the multiple blows of bed crossbows, throwing guns, bows and arrows, the will to resist of the remnants of the Cao army was finally destroyed, if it was not against the Liang army, I am afraid that these Jizhou troops would have surrendered on their knees! However, God is cruel, the opponent is the Liangzhou army, the image of the Liangzhou army is cruel and murderous in the hearts of all the Eastern soldiers, Dong Zhuo is cruel, the horse butcher is cruel, and the Xiliang soldiers under the command of the two are also cruel, and if they fall into their hands, it can only be better than death!

Since you can't fight and can't surrender, you can only escape!

In the chaos, I don't know who shouted: "Brothers, run, run back to Xuchang City first." ”

In an instant, the remnants of the Cao army exploded, scrambling to flee back, and the wounded soldiers with weak legs and feet were constantly overturned to the ground, and before they could get up, countless pairs of feet stepped on their backs indifferently, and in the numbness and helpless despair, these wounded soldiers who were trampled under their feet finally died tragically in the struggle.

They did not fall under the blades of the Liangzhou soldiers, but died at the feet of their own people.

Cao's army was defeated, and in the end, there were less than 2,000 remnants of soldiers who were able to escape back to Xuchang City, in fact, the fate of these 2,000 remnants was already doomed, and what awaited them was only death!

……

Fifty miles south of Xuchang City, on the vast land.

"Phew."

Cao Ying gently drank the war horse, rode the horse back, and saw that the wilderness behind him was vast, and the noisy battlefield and the majestic outline of Xuchang City had long disappeared from the end of vision.

Looking around behind him, only Cao Xiu led dozens of tigers and leopards to ride Liao Liao, the generals were left with Zhang Liao and Zangba, and the strategists were only Liu Ye and Jia Kui, and a strong pathos suddenly hit Cao Ying's heart.

The north wind whimpered, intertwined with Cao Ying's long laughter, and gradually spread away.

"My lord." Liu Yece immediately stepped forward and asked dejectedly, "Xuchang has been lost, and the follow-up army is under siege, so what should I do now?" ”

"Ugh." Cao Ying sighed lightly and said abruptly, "I don't know if Junyi has broken out of the encirclement, are Gongda and Zhongde alive or dead?" Can the horse butcher be kind to Wen Ruohu? ”

"Sigh hunting~~"

As Cao Ying's words fell, a long neighing of horses suddenly sounded in the desolate wilderness of the north.

Cao Xiu's face changed, and he urgently ordered dozens of tigers and leopards to ride in formation to meet the enemy, and the only two remaining generals under Cao Ying's account, Zangba and Zhang Liao, also stepped forward to protect Cao Ying's left and right, and suddenly, more than a dozen horsemen appeared in the northern wilderness, rushing towards this side like a lightning speed.

Cao Xiu's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly shouted in surprise: "Lord, it's General Zhang He!" And Mr. Cheng Yu! ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying was overjoyed when he heard this, "Jun Yi and Zhongde returned, and they were very relieved to be alone. ”

While he was talking, Zhang He had already slapped the horse like a whirlwind, and suddenly pulled the horse's reins under the crotch and the mount stood up, and the front hooves took off the air and kicked two times in a row to stop the momentum, Zhang He turned over and fell off the horse and knelt down in the dust, and pleaded guilty to Cao Ying: "The last general is incapable of only saving Mr. Cheng Yu, please punish the lord." ”

Cao Ying hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help Zhang He up, and said sincerely: "What is the general's crime, please get up quickly." ”

"My lord." Zhang He got up and said gloomily, "The last general found Mr. Cheng Yu in the chaotic army, but when he went to find Mr. Xun You a moment later, Mr. Xun You ...... He had died in the chaos. ”

"Ugh." Cao Ying sighed, remembering that Xun Yu had followed him for many years, and couldn't help but show a gloomy look, but in a blink of an eye, he saw that all the generals around him were depressed, and couldn't help but cheer up, "Although Gongda is a literati, he often has the heart of worrying about the country and the people, and often holds the idea of reviving the Han family. ”

"Come on, come on." Cao Ying beckoned to everyone, "We should high-five the oath to make our hearts clear." ”

……

Outside the city of Xuchang.

Gao Shun came to the edge of the battlefield accompanied by Li Su, and saw that the battlefield was full of corpses of Cao Jun's fallen soldiers, and there were many soldiers who were only seriously injured and did not lose their breath, and they were making bursts of moaning sounds, which particularly set off the cruelty and ruthlessness of the war.

"General!"

"General!"

"General!"

In the chaotic footsteps, Hu Chi'er, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang have all come behind Gao Shun, Hu Chi'er's right chest is still wrapped in bandages, and there is a piece of red blood seeping through the thick cloth band, it can be seen that Hu Chi'er's injury is not light, and when he met Gao Shun's concerned gaze, Hu Chi'er said shamefully: "The last general is not good at learning and art, and was scratched by Zhang Liao's spear, but fortunately it did not hurt the vital point and did not get in the way." ”

Although Hu Chi'er said it easily, the situation at that time was really a line between life and death.

Zhang Liao, Zangba led two thousand cavalry to break through from the southwest corner, Hu Chi'er led the army to intercept, after a fierce battle Liang army finally blocked most of the Hebei cavalry in the wall, but Zhang Liao, Zangba still led more than a dozen cavalry to break out of the siege, in the chaotic battle Hu Chi'er was also picked off the horse by Zhang Liao's gun, almost died, fortunately the heavy armor on his body saved his life.

Hu Chi'er said with some annoyance: "It's a pity that the cavalry of the Cao Army was not completely blocked, but they still let dozens of horses escape." ”

Gao Shun stretched out his hand and patted Hu Chi'er on the shoulder, and said to the generals: "Although a small number of Cao cavalry broke through in this battle, it can't change the fate of the Cao army's annihilation. Huainan and Xuzhou's attitude is ambiguous, I am afraid that it is impossible to send troops to rescue Xuchang before the Son of Heaven does not belong, and take a step back, even if Huainan and Xuzhou send troops to rescue, Cao Ying will not be able to hold on to that time. ”

Now there are only 2,000 remnants left in Xuchang City, just like a candle in the wind that may be extinguished at any time.

At this time, Gao Shun naturally didn't know that Cao Ying had already escaped from the ordinary cavalry, and was driven back to Xuchang City by the Liang army, but it was just Cao Ying's honor guard, and the military advisor Xun Yu.

Meeting the eager eyes of the generals, Gao Shun said loudly: "Order, seize the time to repair the destroyed trenches and walls, and continue to trap the Cao army!" ”

"Yes."

The generals responded with a bang.

……

Outside the Dabie Pass, Ma Yue led the Liangzhou army to arrive, and found that the dangerous place of the pass had been occupied by the Wu army, and it was already dark, so he ordered to set up camp.

It's night, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Ma Yuezheng convened the military adviser Jia Xu, and the generals of the navy, Gan Ning, Chen Hu, and Zhang Bao, to discuss the matter.

Gan Ning said: "My lord, the last general has already sent someone to investigate, and there is only one big road to go from Qingniu Pass to Runan Plain!" The road is flanked by lofty mountains, and now it is a cold winter, and the snow in the mountains does not melt, and the cliffs are not only rugged and difficult to walk, but also easy to slide into the abyss, at this time even the servants of the mountains do not dare to enter the mountains easily. ”

Ma Yue frowned and said: "In other words, the Son of Heaven, the hundred officials and the eight thousand iron cavalry soldiers who were trapped on the Qingniu Pass by the Wu and Cao coalition forces can only take the main road?" ”

Jia Xu suddenly said: "Since the cavalry can't cross over, can you send a small group of elite soldiers to pick up the Son of Heaven from the pass first?" ”

"I'm afraid not." Gan Ning shook his head and said, "There are Wu Army's Shanyue elite soldiers in the mountains guarding layer by layer, these Shanyue soldiers are naturally vulnerable on the plains, but they are difficult to deal with in the mountains, they grew up in the mountains, they are too familiar with the environment in the mountains, even if they are cliffs, they can climb freely, although the soldiers of the Navy are also familiar with the terrain of the southern mountains, but compared to the Shanyue soldiers, it is far worse!" Of course, if you forcibly cross it at any cost, it may not be impossible to pass through, but the safety of the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials may not be taken into account in the chaotic army? ”

Jia Xu also said: "The Son of Heaven Dragon is weak, and he may not be able to withstand the wind and cold in the mountains, if there is an incident on the way, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Abominable!" Ma Yue said, "These Shanyue soldiers are so difficult? ”

"Who's to say it's not." Jia Xu said, "At the beginning, Sun Jian tried his best to subdue these Shanyue people. ”

"Discussion comes and goes, there is no choice but to attack!" Ma Yue slammed his fist on the case, and said categorically, "If this is the case, then attack strongly, and wait for tomorrow to break the Wu army blocking the mountain pass first!" ”

"My lord." Jia Xu's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of cunning, and he jumped to the horse, "If you want to attack, why wait for dawn, wouldn't it be better to attack at night?" ”

"Well, attack at night?" Ma Yue was puzzled, "Why is that?" ”

Jia Xu smacked the ground under Yao's feet with his mouth.

Ma Yue was at a loss at first, but then suddenly realized, and happily said: "I see! ”

……

Late at night, Wu Jun Dazhai.

Tai Shici, Zhou Tai, and Lu Meng were discussing in the tent, and the horn suddenly sounded outside the tent, and when he looked up quickly, a small colonel had already stepped inside and knelt on the ground and said: "Three generals, the Liang army is blowing the trumpet and gathering, it seems that it is going to attack overnight!" ”

"Oh? The horse butcher actually attacked overnight! Tai Shi Ci's eyes turned cold, and he said to Zhou Tai and Lu Meng, "Youping, Ziming, take a look." ”

"General, please."

Zhou Tai and Lu Meng were both relieved at the same time.

Tai Shi Ci is also not humble and goes out of the account first.

The three generals hurried to the front of the gate, and sure enough, they saw thousands of mutton fat torches lit on the flat ground in front of them, under the red firelight, a team of Liang soldiers were nervously and orderly in the whole team, in front of the Liang army, a member of the Xiliang general was running back and forth, and the iron hooves were over, and the Liang soldiers who were in the whole team cheered, obviously, this general had a very high prestige in the hearts of the Liang soldiers.

Zhou Tai's eyes were sharp, and when he saw this Xiliang general from a distance, he couldn't help but lose color and said: "Could this be the Jinfan thief Gan Ning?" ”

Before joining the army, Zhou Tai had also been rampant in the Yangtze River waterway for many years, so he had long heard of the prestige of the Jinfan thief Gan Ning, but Zhou Tai had always only committed crimes on the surface of the Jiujiang River, while Gan Ning only committed crimes in the border of Bashu Jingxiang, and the two rarely met, so they had no friendship.

Tai Shi Ci said: "I heard that there is a general under the horse butcher's account who is from a water bandit, so there is no doubt that it is Gan Ning." ”

Lu Meng said: "Jinfan thieves have been rampant on the ground of Bashu and Jingxiang for many years, and they are a bandit who can eat by land and water, and they are very difficult!" If the other side is really Ganning's Jinfan thief, it should not be underestimated! ”

"It doesn't matter." Tai Shi Ci said indifferently, "No matter how powerful the Jinfan thief is, it will never be more powerful than Xu Chu's heavy armor iron horse, right?" ”

Lu Meng said: "That's right, the power of Xu Chu's heavily armored iron cavalry is really not comparable to the attack of the infantry. ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "That's it, just order the soldiers to defend the camp, and the Liang army will not take advantage of it, and the Liang army will naturally retreat if it can't attack for a long time." ”

"Woo woo~~"

As he was talking, the horn of the Liang army in front of him suddenly became excited.

Gan Ning led the long knife in his hand forward, and the two thousand Jinfan thieves who had completed the whole team shouted and covered up, half of the two thousand Jinfan thieves were sword and shield hands, and half were spearmen, and the sword and shield hands were holding shields in front of them to cover, and the spearmen followed up and quickly approached the Wu army Dazhai.

Wu Jun Dazhai.

Tai Shi Ci took out his sword and raised it high above the top, and shouted loudly: "Sword and shield hands are in a defensive formation, archers...... Get ready! ”

The three thousand Wu army sabers and shield men quickly stepped forward to set up a defensive formation, and the three thousand Wu army archers followed up, pulling their bows and raising their bows under the cover of the sword and shield hands, and at the same time the arrows were on the strings, just waiting for Tai Shi Ci to give an order, and the sharp arrows were ruthlessly poured on the top of the Liang army's head.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Tai Shi Ci gave an order, and the three thousand Wu army archers pulled their bows and released their arrows, and the three thousand sharp arrows flew into the air in an instant.

In front of the Liang army, Gan Ning suddenly raised the long knife in his hand and shouted to the sky: "Stop advancing!" ”

The two thousand sail thieves surging behind him came to an abrupt halt.

"Raise your shield!"

Gan Ning gave another order, a thousand Jinfan thieves quickly raised the shield in their hands, the terrible scream has fallen rapidly from the air, and the endless sound of tuk tuk resounded in the night sky in an instant, and after the rain of arrows, when each Jinfan sword and shield hand removed the shield in his hand, he found that many shields had been filled with hideous feather arrows.

"Keep going."

As soon as the rain of arrows of the Wu army stopped, Gan Ning led the long knife in his hand forward, and led the Jinfan thieves to continue to approach the Wu army Dazhai, and so on several times, two thousand Jinfan thieves had approached within 20 steps of the Wu army's Dazhai.

Twenty paces is an embarrassing distance for the Wu army, the archers have to shoot too close, to shoot directly at the Jinfan array in front of the shield and can not pose a threat, although the lethality of the rolling wood and the stone is amazing, but the Wu infantry cannot smash dozens of pounds of wood and stones out of twenty steps (about 30 meters) away.

However, for the Liang army, twenty steps was the best attack distance, which could not only avoid the killing of the Wu archers, but also inflict damage on the Wu army with throwing guns.

"Spearman...... Get ready! ”

Gan Ning raised his long knife high, and the loud shout resounded through the night sky, and the soldiers in front of the two armies were clearly audible.

Tai Shici's heart jumped, and he hurriedly raised his sword and shouted: "Shield, quickly raise the shield!" ”

For Liang Jun's throwing guns, Tai Shici is no stranger, and Zhou Tai and Lu Meng are even more apprehensive!

The reason why Ma Chao's 700 iron cavalry was able to disintegrate the Wu army's attack in the counterattack again and again was that the guns contributed to the killing and wounding of the Wu army's soldiers!

The throwing spear thrown by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at the gallop of the war horse is not at all able to resist the thin light shield of the Wu Army, and the cloth armor on the Wu Sergeant is even more vulnerable.

[In the era of cold weapons, infantry charges tend to discharge dense and thick formations, as for skirmish charges, it is a tactic that only appeared after the appearance of machine guns, and it is impossible for generals to use this tactic at that time, the reason is very simple, what use can a few skirmishers with cold weapons rush up?] In the end, it was not in vain. ]

While the Liang army threw guns and caused heavy casualties to the Wu army, it also made the generals of the Wu army learn from the pain and think hard about the solution (of course, the Wu army also wants to treat its people in its own way, but it is impossible to imitate the throwing gun in a hurry, but it will definitely use the throwing gun in the future war), among which the most effective solution is to use thick wooden planks to make a shield, the advantage of this kind of shield is that it is thick enough, it can completely resist the shooting of the Liang army's throwing gun, and the coverage is large enough, a shield is enough to protect ten infantry, But the downside is that it is too bulky and requires four soldiers to work together to lift it, so it can only be used for defense, not for offense!

Tai Shi Ci gave an order, and hundreds of thick and wide shields were lifted in an instant, firmly protecting the top of Wu Jun's head.

"Instigation......

There was a light sound of breaking the air under the night sky, and the Wu soldiers hiding under the oars and shields waited for a long time and did not wait for the sound of tuk tuk when the guns were thrown and stabbed on the oars, and when the Wu soldiers were in shock, a Wu soldier suddenly shouted: "Oh my God, we were fooled, the Liang Army coyotes threw over not throwing guns at all, just snowballs!" ”

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

"Snowball?"

The Wu soldiers took off the shields above their heads one after another, and sure enough, they saw that they were covered with clumps of snow, and then looked at the ground under their feet, the snow was stained, and they were clearly snowballs thrown by the Xiliang soldiers, and where was the shadow of half a spear?

In front of the Liang Army, the corners of Gan Ning's mouth suddenly bloomed with a cold killing intent, this time I will give you something real!

Suddenly, all the torches in the Liang army array were extinguished without warning, and under the cover of the night, Gan Ning quietly raised the long knife in his hand, and then led forward hard, with the reflection of the snow, the Jinfan thief behind Gan Ning could barely see Gan Ning's movements, and a thousand spear throwers immediately raised the real throwing guns, opened their arms to help run two steps and then threw them forward!

"Be careful!" Seeing that the torches in the Liang army array were extinguished without warning, Captain Lu Meng instinctively felt a trace of danger, and shouted loudly, "Raise the shield quickly, quickly raise the shield!" ”

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(To be continued)