"Why did the Xuzhou thief army become so powerful? It's only been a year, how can the Xuzhou thief army be like a different army, and the elite soldiers have improved a lot all of a sudden? ”

Poor General Qiao Rui was completely puzzled, in the Battle of Zhuyi a year ago, General Qiao Rui personally fought with the Langya Army, the ace of the Xuzhou Army at that time, and knew that the Langya Army was probably on par with the first-class elite soldiers of Yuan Shujun, but it was slightly weaker than Sun Jian's last batch of more than 1,000 veterans, and it was also weaker than the Yuan Shaojun soldiers and Cao Yingjun soldiers that Qiao Rui had seen. In terms of foot combat, Qiao Rui was most wary of the 8,000 Langya army under Zang Ba.

As for the other Xuzhou infantry, in the eyes of General Qiao Rui, it is just a bunch of canine excrement, the Danyang soldiers who can fight tough battles are not good at cooperating, the discipline is lax, the individual combat is a dragon, the collective battle is a group of insects, the ordinary Xuzhou young master soldiers fight a sheep alone, and the collective battle is a group of sheep, compared to the group of rabble that Yuan Sangong has built up in a mess, it is not much better, and it is not the opponent of the elite soldiers under Qiao Rui at all. At the time of the Battle of Zhuyi, the main force of the Xuzhou army went to Xiangxian, and Qiaorui's team once broke through the Suishui defense line of the Xuzhou army.

This Deputy Director Tao himself admits that if it weren't for the great power of Yang Hong, the Yuan Shujun was in chaos in the world, demoralized, and unstable, and the elite soldiers of Qiaorui were deceived out of the Gaohuangshan camp with strong fortifications, and the Zhuyi battle against the Xuzhou army may not have a stable chance of victory, and at the same time, the Huangshan new battalion fought down, and the Langya army, the ace infantry of Xuzhou at that time, also paid a heavy price, not counting the casualties of the cannon fodder army, the casualties of the Langya soldiers and the elite soldiers under the command of Qiao Rui were almost one to one. So this time Tao Yuan's war resumed, Deputy Director Tao naturally regarded the Qiao Rui Army as the number one opponent of Yuan Shu's army on the northern front, and General Qiao Rui was not too afraid of the Xuzhou infantry except for the Langya soldiers.

Empirical dogmatism kills people, after a year has passed, and in the case of military training within a year, the combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou army is like eating viagra, and all of a sudden the Huainan army is thrown to Thailand, and on the battlefield in front of the battalion, the Xuzhou army, which is roughly equal in number, is completely pressing Yuan Shujun's fighting, and the soldiers and generals are like crazy, and the swords and guns are just to greet the soldiers of Yuan Shujun. As long as the soldiers of Yuan Shujun are a little timid, they can be hacked to death and stabbed to death in no time! The knife is blunt, the blade is smashed, the gun is broken, the gun is broken, the gun is broken, the gun is broken, the weapon is gone, the fist is used, the stone is used, the enemy is rolled on the ground and wrestled, the throat of the enemy is bitten and he does not let go, the eyes of the enemy are not let go even if the fingers are broken, the fierceness and cruelty are as fierce and cruel as a beast!

At the same time, the Xuzhou army has obviously improved its quality in the collective cooperation with the lord, one person is in distress and the other four people in the same army immediately go all out to rescue, or block for their companions, or surround Wei to save Zhao and kill the enemy, and in the melee and take the team as a unit, rely on each other to protect each other, especially good at flanking and encircling and annihilating, three of the five Shi of a team are in the local area to fight more and less, responsible for encircling and destroying the enemy in the encirclement, and the other two are responsible for the perimeter vigilance, and the individual soldiers also pay special attention to each other's cover. And once this team encounters a large number of enemies, the surrounding friendly troops will also quickly come to reinforcements, and always maintain a local superiority.

In order to gain time to withdraw to the camp, the Yuan Shujun team behind the palace launched several counterattacks, but they were quickly overwhelmed by the endless stream of Xuzhou troops, not only could not repel the Xuzhou army slightly, but also were surrounded and annihilated by the Xuzhou army again and again, making these Yuan Shujun generals inexplicable, "Xuzhou thief army, where to find so many experienced Dubo hundred generals?" On the chaotic battlefield, it is impossible for the Xuzhou thieves to convey the order in place so quickly? ”

In the melee, a Xuzhou infantry with all melee steel knives, an infantry of only about 800 people, suddenly cut in from the front, like a sharp knife inserted into a piece of tofu, directly inserted into the most dense front of the Yuan Shujun soldiers, any Yuan Shujun soldiers and generals who blocked in front of them had only one ending, and were cut into several pieces by their sharp steel knives! Or even chop to pieces!

A Yuan Shujun Qu who was deeply appreciated by Qiao Rui led five hundred elite soldiers from his headquarters to meet him for meritorious service and the coveted position of a tooth general, and also to buy time for the main force to withdraw to the battalion and hold on, intending to take this group of five hundred elite soldiers who were full of praise from Qiao Rui to block the footsteps of this Xuzhou infantry, but this star of hope in Yuan Shujun's team immediately regretted it, because he immediately found out that the eight hundred infantry he encountered were not infantry at all, but a full eight hundred lions and tigers!

As soon as the two armies collided, the elite soldiers of the Yuan Shujun who were rushing towards the front immediately turned into flesh and blood fragments, and the countless elite soldiers of the Yuan Shujun did not even see the appearance of the enemy clearly, and were immediately torn to pieces by the minions of the tiger and lion, that is, they were cut into pieces of meat by the steel knife, and the countless elite soldiers of the Yuan Shujun just raised their knives and guns, and the steel knives on the opposite side were already incredibly fast and slashed at their bodies, either cutting them in two, or disemboweling them, and making them fall down with unbelievable despair. And those heroes and tigers were merciless, and after taking a step forward, they were incomparably fast and slashed out, cutting the new Yuan Shujun elite soldiers, and after the knives and guns of the Yuan Shujun elite soldiers slashed out and stabbed out at a proud speed, these lions and tigers suddenly turned into apes and cunning rabbits, and dodged and avoided with movements that were so fast that the elite soldiers of the Yuan Shujun could not see clearly, and then cut or stab, cutting and stabbing these stunned Yuan Shujun elite soldiers, and nearly a hundred Yuan Shujun elite soldiers fell in an instant, The 800 Xuzhou infantry, which was not amazing, almost did not suffer any casualties.

When the star of hope opened his mouth, the leading general of the eight hundred Xuzhou infantry had already killed in front of him, several pro-soldiers rushed up to try to block, and he cut down two in succession with a knife, and the third knife was inserted, directly pointing to the chest of the star of hope, the star of hope woke up and hurriedly dodged, and then made the birth of the martial arts, the steel knife in his hand slashed horizontally to cut the waist of the general, and the general suddenly leaned back on an iron plate bridge, and the steel knife swept through the abdomen, and his feet were still firmly nailed to the ground. It wasn't until the star of hope was unable to close forward that the general suddenly bounced up, and slashed at the back of the neck of the star of hope with a palm of his left hand, and the neck of the star of hope suddenly sounded a crisp sound of bone breakage, and the cervical vertebrae were shattered, and the general kicked the star of hope away mercilessly, and killed other enemies with a knife, and the paralyzed star of hope landed with his face to the sky, and when he was trampled by the defeated soldiers, he finally saw clearly that the three big characters were written on the military flag of the eight hundred Xuzhou infantry - trapped camp!

In fact, the martial arts of the soldiers in the camp are not fancy and ingenious, in addition to a few simple evasion actions, the steel knife in the hand comes and goes, that is, chopping and stabbing four simple tricks, the tricks are only three points better than the elite soldiers of Yuan Shujun, fast and fierce, each knife swing is the simplest and most direct slash to the enemy's fatal vital point, so fast that the enemy is unbelievable, but also so fierce that the enemy can't have the idea of counterattacking, just thinking about dodging the parry, Yuan Shujun's so-called elite soldiers often only feel that the knife flashes in front of them, Either a part of the body has been separated from the body forever, or the lower abdomen of the chest has been pierced and dissected, and the hot internal organs and liver sausages have slipped out of the body.

Seeing these trapped camp soldiers chopping melons and vegetables and harvesting the precious lives of their companions, and seeing these blood-stained trapped camp soldiers coming towards themselves like bamboos, the Yuan Shu army generals who unfortunately stopped on the way of the trapped camp soldiers were panicked, the generals and soldiers were all cold, and their whole bodies trembled, and countless soldiers turned around and ran, shouting frantically while running, "Crazy!" Lunatic! They're all crazy! Ghosts! Run! Run! ”

"It's too weak, it's too weak." On the contrary, the soldiers of the trapped camp led by Gao Shun all commented on the so-called elite soldiers of Yuan Shujun in their hearts, "Even the Qingzhou soldiers in the Cao thief team can't compare, not to mention the Flying Bear Army, Xiandeng Camp and Xiliang Iron Cavalry that we encountered before, even the elite soldiers in the team of the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan are much stronger than these Huainan soldiers." What glory is there in defeating such an enemy? ”

With such a thought, the trapped camp continued to move forward like a bamboo, easily rushing and killing a group of enemies who were blocked in front of the army, and forcibly opened a gap in the dense ranks in front of the Yuan Shujun camp, and the Xuzhou rear army led by Chen Zhi took the opportunity to kill, while expanding the gap, while frantically slashing and killing the Yuan Shujun soldiers who were in a mess, and rushed to the open gate of the Yuan Shu military camp like a tide. Seeing such a situation, poor General Qiao Rui was dumbfounded, but he also immediately understood Tao Ying's vicious intentions - using this elite team to change. The infantry opened the way, directly entered the battalion of the army, and kicked over their own battalion in one go, so that the fortifications that they had worked so hard to build these days came to naught!

"What to do? Dignitaries or camps? Knowing this, poor General Qiao Rui was left with only two choices, one was to abandon the army outside the camp to defend the camp with all his might, and the other was to take the risk of accepting the defeated soldiers back to the camp. But after hesitating for a moment, Qiao Rui still made up his mind, and shouted and ordered: "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrows now! Close the gate! Close the gate immediately! ”

Although the choice of Qiaorui is helpless, but it is very wise, if you continue to take the risk of accepting the defeated soldiers back to the camp, then once the Xuzhou army enters the camp, then it will be difficult for Yuan Shujun to withdraw across the Huai River, not to mention that the pontoon bridge on the river has not been repaired and can only be crossed by boat, that is, the pontoon bridge has been repaired, and the narrow pontoon bridge is in a hurry to pass through all the Yuan Shujun troops, and the losses suffered by Yuan Shujun will only be greater and heavier. As long as the well-fortified camp was held, Yuan Shu's army could calmly transfer valuable military supplies and grass across the river, and more Yuan Shu's soldiers could be transferred to the south bank of the Huai River by using pontoon bridges and boats, leaving more guards for the future Huai River defense line.

It's a pity that although Qiao Rui's choice is wise, but after the arrows in the camp of the Yuan Shu army are fired, the thousands of defeated soldiers of the Yuan Shu army crowded outside the camp are full of bad luck, and the Xuzhou army behind is like a wolf and a tiger slashing and killing, and the front is the dense bow and arrow of his own companions, and the front and back are angry, and countless people are hacked to death and stabbed to death by the Xuzhou soldiers, and countless people are killed by their own bows and arrows. In desperation, in addition to crying and screaming to the sky, these poor soldiers of Yuan Shujun desperately rushed to the narrow camp gate, trampled on each other, crowded each other, were trampled to death by their companions, and fell into their own trenches full of sharp piles and were stabbed to death.

What's worse is still behind, because the front of the camp has already been crowded with their own defeated soldiers and garrison teams, and the camp gate can't be closed at all.

"Boom" a loud sound, so that the bridge Rui desperate thing happened, the originally very strong camp gatehouse can not withstand the collision and chopping of their own defeated soldiers, actually collapsed in the crumbling, not only the gate of the camp can no longer be closed, the archers on the arrow tower of the walled gate also fell into the dust together, smashed to death and injured many of their own soldiers, and the archers who fell to the meat were all trampled to death by their own defeated soldiers without exception, trampled into meat sauce. Seeing this scene, of course, the Xuzhou army was thunderous, but Qiao Rui was completely desperate, "It's over, it's impossible to hold it!" ”

Under the morale boost, the Xuzhou army of course is more and more ferocious, the trapped camp is the first to rush into the camp of Yuan Shujun, Chen Zhi led the rear army into the camp endlessly, Song Xian and Hou Cheng on the left and right wings are also like driving sheep, driving the defeated soldiers of Yuan Shujun to impact the fence of their own camp, filling the trench with the corpses of Yuan Shujun soldiers, and also using the corpses of Yuan Shujun soldiers to flood the sharp antlers behind the trench to resist horses, and then use these Yuan Shujun soldiers to impact the camp fence, resist the bows and arrows shot from behind the fence, and the blood in front of the camp is like a river, The corpses piled up like a mountain, and the sound of killing in the camp shook the sky, and the fires broke out everywhere.

The general trend has gone, and the poor general Qiao Rui has no choice but to quickly send people to prepare the ferry, as much as possible to transfer more soldiers across the river, but General Qiao Rui soon received a report that made him thunderous, the defender general Chen Kai of the rear camp saw that the defeat was decided, and in order to survive, he took the lead in grabbing a boat to cross the river and escape, resulting in the complete collapse of the rear camp team and boatmen and sailors, scrambling to get on the boat to cross the river, and now the ferry on the pier on the north bank has almost been looted, They all crossed the Huai River and fled back to the south bank with absolute dissatisfaction.

In anger, Qiao Rui could only immediately send his henchmen across the river to give an order, ordering Wang Yuan, the defender of Zhongli City on the south bank, to behead Chen Kai immediately, and then immediately organize sailors to cross the river in boats, and take the main force on the north bank to cross the river and transfer, and at the same time, Qiao Rui personally went into battle and led the last more than 3,000 elite soldiers under his command - the first to transfer! Qiao Rui is very aware of the value of these elite soldiers, in order to leave a little seed for the future, Qiao Rui can only take the lead in escaping for his life with an infamy, and strive to retain some more elite forces. As for the rest of the rabble, Qiao Rui can only buy time for their heads.

Zhongli guarded Wang Yuan and tried his best to do his duty, and when Qiao Rui organized the last elite to rush to the ferry wharf, the fleet sent by Wang Yuan was already about to dock, but the Yuan Shu army team in the front camp could not withstand the rush of the Xuzhou army, and they had already rushed to the ferry port to flee for their lives. Seeing the boat approaching, without waiting for Qiao Rui's order, the elite soldiers, auxiliary soldiers and militia couldn't wait to come forward to grab the boat, in order to get on the boat, they did not hesitate to slash each other, trampling each other, countless soldiers fell into the water, there were also countless large and small ships were sunk by too many soldiers, countless Yuan Shujun soldiers rolled and struggled in the river, drifted with the waves, disappeared in the depths of the waves, countless corpses floated in the river, and the cry resounded on both sides of the Huai River.

Even Qiao Rui's boat was almost crushed by his own defeated soldiers, Qiao Rui personally waved his knife to drive the soldiers who rushed onto the boat off the boat, but these soldiers climbed the side of the boat and refused to let go, the ferry still continued to sink, Qiao Rui was forced to be helpless, so he had to order the soldiers on the boat to chop off the fingers of the soldiers on the side of the boat, the soldiers raised their knives and fell, blood splattered, broken fingers flew wildly, countless broken fingers twitched and rolled off the deck, and a thick layer fell on the deck, and the owner of the fingers fell into the river with blood on his hands, and was swallowed by the river in despair and crying.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, at this time, the Xuzhou army had also been killed near the wharf, the soldiers of Yuan Shujun crowded on the wharf had no intention of resisting, just desperately grabbed the boat to cross the river, swam across the river, the wide Huai River water surface was a mess, the boats full of soldiers crossed the river with difficulty, the soldiers who swam across the river floated with the dead bodies, and the dense almost covered the river surface. And when Qiaorui's ferry boat approached the south bank with difficulty, a huge Xuzhou fleet came downstream, riding the wind and waves, swaying and rowing light boats, and heading towards the Zhongli battlefield - Tao Ying had already made up his mind to defeat the enemy in a battle, and before that, there was naturally an order for Xie Yan to go to the Zhongli battlefield to cooperate with the battle.

"Set the ship on fire! Set the ship on fire! Seeing the Xuzhou fleet coming, Qiao Rui naturally yelled and ordered the fireboats that had been prepared to go out, but Wang Yuan next to him wiped his sweat and said: "General, in this situation, our fireboats can't be released, not to mention that the fireboats can't get out of the dock, even if they are released, it will be difficult to get on the enemy ships." Also, there are not enough of our sailors. ”

The bridge was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back at the river situation, he saw that the wharf on the south bank was indeed full of large and small ferries, and the fireboats tied to the shore could not enter and exit, and at the same time, the center of the river was also full of ferries and swimming soldiers taken by their own defeated soldiers. In desperation, poor General Qiao Rui sat on the muddy riverbank, opened his mouth and only said one sentence, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, "It's over, the Huai River defense line is over!" ”

(To be continued)