Chapter 385: Duel
As soon as the Yanzhou army moved, Liu Beijun also responded. Start moving forward. The flags of both sides waved, the drums and horns contended, and with the rhythmic march order, with each step, the momentum of both sides became more vigorous like boiling water.
It seems that in order to strengthen their strength, Liu Bei and others broke the barriers of strength, scattered all the armies, and reorganized them.
The front was not shield bearers and archers, but a mixed force of heavy infantry, light infantry and cavalry, which were armed with spears, giant swords, spears, halberds and other offensive weapons, especially the armor on the heavy infantry, which was obviously much stronger than the enemies Xu Ji had encountered before. As for the two wings, they made the same choice as Xu Ji, and placed cavalry, but the number was not much, and it was in the back, and the front were archers and shield players.
The sound of the enemy's battle drums suddenly became urgent, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that the enemy was ready to attack, and the morale of the army was extremely high, so it could no longer endure it, and the nearly 3,000 heavy infantry gathered in the front, followed by the 3,000 light infantry behind, shouted and began to advance. And the 10,000 cavalry just followed slowly.
Xu Ji ordered, and the three armies moved together.
When boarding, the Xiliang cavalry on both wings held bows and crossbows, controlled their horses purely with their legs, and straightened their bodies to shoot at the enemy on the opposite side.
The strength of the Xiliang cavalry lies in the fact that their bows and arrows are better than ordinary archers, so when attacking the enemy formation, they can completely act as the opponent's archers do not exist.
Liu Bei didn't expect that Xu Ji would place the Xiliang cavalry of the brigade on both wings, after all, the Xiliang cavalry was the main force of Zhang Xiudi's battle. Therefore, his earth archers were originally set up to deal with heavy soldiers and archers. It only plays a role of containment. He put the main force completely in the center. Looking at Pang Tong's intention, it should be to use heavy infantry to stop the impact of Zhang Xiu's Xiliang cavalry. Then he used light infantry to fight with the Xiliang cavalry, and finally launched a cavalry charge to defeat Zhang Xiu's army in one fell swoop. Where did you think that Xu Ji would put the cavalry on both wings? But at this point it is no longer possible to adjust. Only adaptability. But it is undeniable that in terms of numbers, they still have an advantage. And as long as the Chinese army can be quickly defeated, and then the infantry can clean up the two flanks of Zhang Xiu's army, there is also a chance of victory.
In an instant, two armies like a tide collided together, and the Jingzhou army under Li Yan, who bore the brunt of the battle, had obvious naval characteristics, although it was light infantry, there was basically no protection on its body. However, the aggressiveness is very strong, although each soldier is not equipped with a horse chopping knife in the hands of the Yanzhou orthodox army, but it is a machete.
Facing Liu Beijun's heavy infantry. These Jingzhou soldiers were not afraid, and after smashing the enemy's weapons with machetes, they kneaded themselves and advanced, using the gaps between the weapons to launch a soft attack like mercury in places that the enemy's armor could not estimate.
Liu Beijun's light infantry was immediately in place. The heavy infantry, which immediately protected the Jingzhou army's attack and became embarrassed, used their flexible skills to fight with the Jingzhou army, and quickly regained the disadvantage. Meanwhile. Liu Beijun's cavalry also began to charge. It is conceivable that if it succeeds. Xu Ji's side is a fiasco.
However, at this moment, five thousand phantoms flashed out from behind the Jingzhou army, each of them holding a repeater in their hands. Dodge among the enemy with a light pace, then pull the trigger. Kills enemies at very close range.
The power of the repeater was most fully realized at this moment. Although the range is very close, it is within a distance of more than a dozen meters. Its lethality is unmatched, especially since it does not have to stand on the top of the crossbow with every shot of an arrow, and its superior performance is a great threat to the enemy. When Liu Beijun watched a group of strong crossbowmen rush up to the ground, they were all inexplicable, and they didn't react until they were shot on their backs by these five thousand phantoms, but their own battle formation had become chaotic because of this, these phantoms were simply pervasive, they not only knew how to fight in groups, but also knew how to temporarily match with other armies to adapt to the fighting methods of other armies.
The Jingzhou army in front of them was close to each other, but they put cold arrows in the back at the right time, and it was often when Liu Beijun's soldiers were concentrating on the Jingzhou army's battle, but they were shot by a crossbow arrow and fell on their backs. The Jingzhou army had never seen this kind of fighting, and at first they couldn't help but be a little stunned when they cooperated with the shadow, and even had a feeling that they couldn't do it all over.
However, this Jingzhou army is also experienced in a hundred battles under Li Yan's training, and immediately understood what they should do, they are no longer obsessed with fighting the enemy, but only use their strength as the enemy's weapon, trying their best to reduce the enemy's movement speed and reduce the enemy's movement space.
This way, the Shadow can shoot enemies in the back with more ease. Liu Beijun knew that his own Xiliang cavalry was ready to attack from the beginning, so he had a bow and crossbow on his back, a knife and a gun in his hand, and when he found that the light and heavy infantry in front of him were unfavorable, the Xiliang cavalry could no longer use bows and arrows to block Xu Ji's army, so they had to rush up.
The Xiliang cavalry is worthy of being the elite of the cavalry in the world, and as soon as it came up, it immediately reversed the tide of the battle that was unfavorable to its own side. Swords and guns passed everywhere, and the Jingzhou army fell to the ground one after another. However, the shadow resurfaced after the Xiliang cavalry regiment lost its impact due to the melee, and shot the cavalry with a repeater. When boarding, the knight turned over and fell off his horse, the horse fled without an owner, the infantry swords and guns collided, the bow and crossbow you had no contact, the killing sound beat the drums, and the melee between the two sides finally began.
At this time, Dian Wei and Ma Chao were still fighting, Ma Chao's gun became more and more unpredictable, and Dian Wei was in high spirits, and the double halberd in his hand turned into lightning, shaking Ma Chao and his beard white. The fight between the two was too fierce, and no one dared to approach within five zhang of the surrounding area, otherwise just the chilling murderous aura exuded by the two would freeze people's blood. Zhang Fei, who was like an overlord alive, couldn't wait for a long time, and as soon as he started to impact, he set his eyes on Xu Ji and went straight to Xu Ji. was blocked by Li Yan with a flower gun.
Zhang Fei didn't take the young man opposite him seriously. A Zhangba snake spear poked at the chest, but when he was about to stab Li Yan, Li Yan clamped the horse between his legs. The body is slightly let's go. Two-handed pistol. All of a sudden, he pushed away the Zhangba snake spear with skill.
When Zhang Fei was taken aback, Li Yan snorted lightly. The flower spear in his hand attacked Zhang Fei like a kaleidoscope. Where did Zhang Fei want to be so powerful as the kid in front of him, and when he reacted. I saw red tassels and silver light in front of me. Like a thousand purple and red flowers, they are competing to bloom in front of their eyes.
Zhang Fei is a person who can fight if he has a fight, as soon as he saw that the young man in front of him was so powerful, he came to his senses, roared, and the Zhangba snake spear in his hand was dragged back by him, and it was like a black dragon Tengyuan that instantly broke Li Yan's "water surface" woven with a flower spear that was impenetrable and rippling like water. Xinli is being born.
Li Yan's unstoppable momentum was actually suffocated, and he couldn't make a move. Zhang Fei looked up to the sky and smiled, and the beard on his face like a steel needle looked even more stubborn on his raised chin. Then Zhang Fei said coldly: "Who are you?" You can force me to fly back to the spear defense! There are only a few people in the world who can make me like this. Don't be a nameless ghost under my snake spear! ”
Li Yan's weakness was that his strength was too small, so his arms were numb from Zhang Fei's shot just now.
But what this son likes most in his life is to fight with a wrestler-type character like Zhang Fei, and it is precisely because of this that he has his spear that wins purely by tricks, so when he saw Zhang Fei so powerful, he was overjoyed in his heart, and he said: "I am Li Yan, the general under the Great Sikong!" Zhang Fei nodded and said disapprehantly: "I know your name." Aren't you Jingzhou Army? When did you join the Yanzhou Army? …… Forget it, you might as well die! "Let's go and shoot out the snake spear!
Facing Zhang Fei's spear, Li Yan shook his spirit and fought with Zhang Fei on the spot. But he is obviously not Zhang Fei's opponent, and after twenty moves, he will be a little struggling. But in the face of Zhang Fei, who dominates the world, Li Yan can still barely support it. The spear in his hand can also be called ingenious, and he always saves danger in dangerous moments.
Li Yan fought hard here, and his subordinate Wei Yan certainly wouldn't be idle. Seeing that Li Yan's situation was not good, he dragged his knife forward. It's like a peacock opening the screen. Where does Zhang Fei care? With a flick of the spear, the two of them were drawn into the battle.
Wei Yandi's beautiful and elegant knife technique and Li Yan's unpredictable spear are combined in one place. It was like a beautiful and proud peacock passing through a thousand flowers, and it was on a par with Zhang Fei's Zhangba snake spear.
Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu can be regarded as the most relaxed, these two people attacked from both flanks with Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, and in the blink of an eye, they collided with the generals of Hanzhong and Ma Teng's generals. Zhang Liao shot at Ma Teng, faster than lightning.
Although Ma Teng is also a very powerful character, there is a big distance compared to Zhang Liao, not to mention that Ma Teng is past his peak age at this time, and after only five moves, he was made a mess by Zhang Liao's serial attacks that were as fast as a shot, and finally he had to help Ma Dai on the side to barely stabilize the situation.
Three people and three guns turned into three silver lights shuttling back and forth, wrinkled and shining in the sun. Zhou Cang faced Yang Ren, who was injured and had no intention of fighting after being defeated by Zhang Xiu, so he was given the upper hand by Zhou Cang, who was not as powerful as himself. In addition, although Zhou Cang's tricks are not good, his strength is a rare opponent, so Yang Ren was shocked by Zhou Cang's wound and kept bleeding.
Pei Yuanshao, a rough man, was lucky, he saw a person who looked more like Zhang Lu at a glance, and thought it was Zhang Lu, so he rushed over with a happy heart, and only when he knew that he was fighting, he realized that it was not Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei. The two of them fought very well. Zhang Xiu was the most majestic, a silver gun entangled Ma Teng's sons Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, Zhang Lu's subordinates Yang Ang, Yang Bai and his senior brother Zhang Ren tightly, and firmly occupied the upper hand.
Except for Zhang Ren's skills, the rest of the people are all wine bags and rice bags, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie are not to mention that they are compared with Ma Chao, but they are also far from Ma Loan.
Xu Ji was slightly relieved when he saw that it was difficult to distinguish the winners and losers in the battles everywhere, because he knew that although the quality of the army on his side was roughly the same as that of the other party, the five thousand shadows were definitely the variable in this battle, and the balance of victory would shift to his side.
As I was thinking about it, I felt alert in my heart. The silver spear in his hand turned. Marked from under his own ribs, the wild dragon went out to sea and generally pointed on the ground weapon of the sneak attacker behind it, with a "dang" sound.
At this time, the exclamations of the soldiers on the other side sounded at the same time, "Be careful" and cheers for their miraculous performance.
Xu Ji clamped the horse between his legs, turned the horse's head but was shocked to find that there was no figure behind him. At the same time, a strong wind came from the right rear of his own ground. It's better than just now.
Xu Ji's silver spear was marked from under the ribs again, and he turned back again. The result is the same.
And so forth. Xu Ji swept away the sneak attacker behind him with eight knives in an instant. Each knife can split Xu Ji's people and horses into two halves.
But although the other party attacked mysteriously. Xu Ji was also impeccable.
This confrontation was indescribably thrilling, and the soldiers on both sides who saw this scene on the side kept exclaiming. Of course, Xu Ji knew who the enemy was.
Except for Guan Yu. Who else in the world is so willing to attack someone from behind and be so skilled? It's only Guan Yu who is so fast that he can't turn around.
To be honest, Xu Ji was indeed shocked in his heart at that time, and he was scared out of a cold sweat, if it weren't for Chen Zhi's reminder and Chen Zhi's life-saving tricks to deal with this situation, he might not be able to get out of the way, but at this time, Xu Ji was not so worried about the "martial saint" of this later generation. Although Guan Yu's sneak attack was strong in the world, his weakness could not last, so after Xu Ji tried his best to block the eight swords, the attack behind him finally stopped.
Xu Ji calmly shook the gun in his hand.
"Rain and wind"!
In an instant, Xu Ji's whole person was shrouded in a piece of silver light, in this piece of silver light. Xu Ji turned the horse's head, and finally saw Guan Yu with a blood-red face and a green dragon glaive knife in his hand. This is the crucial point that Chen Zhi reminded Xu Ji, once he parried Guan Yu's first wave of attack, he must not give the other party half time, and he must fight back immediately.
Guan Yu was busy recovering at this time. How good is his eyesight? Seeing through Xu Ji's movements under the dazzling light and shadow at a glance, how could he make Xu Ji full of momentum, snorted coldly, and the extraordinarily powerful war horse under his crotch began to swim again. Xu Ji's silver spear was also fully deployed at this time, and the silver spear flashed: the invincible "rain and wind", the weird and unpredictable "swimming dragons everywhere", and the light and elegant "flying flower light dream", the three moves were thrown out in order from Chen Zhi's own gun moves.
At this time, Xu Ji also had a different understanding in his heart, the martial arts in this world are about nothing more than the five elements, and Chen Zhi's is "water", although Xu Ji is trapped in the innate conditions of the body and cannot reach the realm of Chen Zhi, but at this time he feels something, and the silver gun in his hand temporarily interprets the true meaning of Chen Zhi's marksmanship to the fullest.
However, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in Guan Yu's hand seemed to be able to cut off the water.
His superb horse technique, his tactics of flying thousands of miles away with a single miss, and his sword skills that emphasize both strength and speed have also brought the true meaning of "gold" to the extreme. Although he couldn't crack Xu Ji's marksmanship, just like a steel knife couldn't stop the flowing water no matter how fast it was. However, it can make Xu Ji's marksmanship unable to perform flexibly and smoothly in a fleeting time.
But, admittedly, it goes on like this. Xu Jiwen had the upper hand. It's just that Xu Ji knows that although he has the three flavors of Chen Zhi's marksmanship, he has never been able to reach the realm of Chen Zhi. Because of the serious injury that almost killed him when he was a child, he hurt his vitality, and later did not recuperate well for several years, so that he was left with a secret injury, and he himself was not a person of great strength like Zhang Fei Dianwei. With insufficient strength, he was only afraid that he would not be able to support Guan Yu's exhaustion, but at the moment, Guan Yu obviously could not realize this from his own tricks.
But Guan Yu knew that if he continued like this, he would be limited and entangled with Xu Ji like water. But he couldn't get out for a while, although he wanted to go. But he knew that the war horse under Xu Ji's crotch was not trivial, and if he escaped, he was afraid that he would be caught up by Xu Ji. He is a master of killing people behind the scenes, so he pays great attention to this kind of thing.
His brother Liu Bei is also a clear-eyed person. Therefore, as soon as he saw that Guan Yu had signs of being dragged down, he immediately got out of the army that was commanding an army that was becoming more and more unfavorable on the scene, and danced the male and female swords to fight Xu Ji. And Zhao Yun behind him had already taken over the command of Liu Bei's personal guards at this time.
In this way, the responsibility of commanding the army at the center of both sides fell on the two super strategists Jia Xu and Pang Tong.
The two sides showed their abilities, rushing back and forth, and the scene became more and more chaotic. Xu Ji forced Liu Bei, who was in a hurry, to retreat with one shot, looked at Guan Yu, who had already escaped at this time, and said solemnly: "Guan Yun is very skilled!" Dare to ask if you have ever changed the war horse under the crotch? ”
Guan Yu waved the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, indescribably heroic and free, and said coldly: "Xu Wenlie has good eyesight!" This horse is a good horse, my military advisor Mr. Pang Tong specially collected from Ma Teng for Guan, although it is not as good as the war horse under your crotch and the red rabbit under Lu Bu's crotch, but it is also a rare good horse. ”
Xu Ji's heart sank, it was this Pang Tong again, a person who didn't know martial arts could actually see Guan Yu's combat characteristics, and then seek a good horse for Guan Yu, this eyesight was really terrifying. Of course, this can also envelop Guan Yu at the same time, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.
Guan Yu is cold and arrogant, and there is no dust under his eyes, even if he is a person that his brother likes, he may not be able to look at it, and his treatment of Zhuge Liang in history is an obvious example.
The most terrible thing is that Guan Yu's attitude will also determine Zhang Fei's attitude.
And now Pang Tong will actually do what he likes, obviously in a very short period of time, he has figured out the character of Liu Bei's subordinates. This vision is truly terrifying. It is worthy of being a "phoenix chick" that will remain in history.
Guan Yu's respectful attitude when mentioning his name is a clear proof of this.
Liu Bei said at this time: "Xu Wenlie, we have been fighting for a long time today, how about we strike and fight again tomorrow?" ”
Xu Ji looked at Liu Bei, who was panting, and saw that the entire battlefield had gradually gained an advantage, and the hand carrying the gun behind his back was also faintly trembling at this time, and now it seemed that this Liu Bei also knew that the situation was not good for him. Under the electric thoughts, Xu Ji's heart suddenly appeared murderous.
If you kill Liu Bei now, wouldn't it be a hundred?
In this way, Yizhou and Hanzhong will not become so tricky, without Liu Bei, even if Pang Tong goes to assist others, as long as it is not Sun Ce and Cao Cao, it will not be able to set off much storm.
Hum! Even if you go to find two people, so what? And Liu Bei can be said to be looking for death now, and he dares to fight close to himself, do you think that Guan Xi can protect you from death?
Thinking of this, Xu Ji didn't care about his strength, he clamped the war horse between his legs, and struck at Guan Yu like a storm with a gun in his right hand.
A strange light flashed in Guan Yu's eyes. I don't understand what Xu Ji's intentions are, after all, there is no such stalking between masters.
But in desperation, he could only raise his sword to greet him, at this moment, Xu Ji's eyes flashed, a silver spear in one hand continued to strike violently, and the other hand took off the strong bow from his back and hung it on his left foot, and then used his hand to draw a carved arrow from the quiver hanging behind the war horse.
Raised his left foot to face Liu Bei, who was desperately rushing to join forces with Guan Yu, and pulled the string with his left hand to shoot arrows!
This series of movements was as fast as lightning, and this was Xu Ji's last effort, and he didn't have much energy left. Guan Yu's eyesight is so strong, as soon as Xu Ji moves, he immediately finds that something is wrong, and when he sees Xu Ji shooting arrows with a bow and arrows directly at his brother Liu Bei, he is even more frightened, and yells: "Brother be careful!" ”
Liu Bei was taken aback, and when he reacted, a carved arrow had already come to him, and it was too late to dodge.
The screams started, and Liu Bei turned over and fell off the horse! (To be continued......)