Chapter 171: The Bloody Way Home (3)

Watching Ao Lie lead the army to retreat towards Shaxian, Yuan Shao smiled coldly: "It's useless, Ao Mohan, today, you have to die!" ”

As if to verify Yuan Shao's prophecy, Ao Lie had just led his army out of the range of the ambush, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing came from front and on both sides.

In Shaxian County, the 10,000 sergeants who were arranged by Yuan Shao in advance ripped off the camouflage on their bodies and brandished their weapons to kill; On both sides of the road, an ambush with more than 10,000 people appeared, obviously outflanking in place a long time ago, it seems that Yuan Shao and others are planning to wipe out Ao Lie and his elites. Fortunately, because of the appearance of Kata, the fire that had been buried on the official road in front of him was ignited, and the fire burned instantly, which not only saved Ao Lie and others from this fire, but also blocked the ambush soldiers in that direction, otherwise, Ao Lie and others would have to face the danger of being surrounded on all sides at this moment.

Ma Chao raised the tiger's head and shouted angrily: "There is no way to retreat, it is better to fight to the death!" Xiliang people are already brave, and Ma Chao is even more young and vigorous, and he has been forced to retreat repeatedly, which has aroused endless anger in his heart.

"Brothers, line up!" Ao Lie roared and gave the order to prepare a counterattack.

Elite is elite, no matter what kind of danger it is, it still doesn't show any panic. After hearing Ao Lie's order, the elites of the two battalions of Blood Kill and Tiger Ben immediately adjusted their pace, cooperated with the generals to form a square formation, and guarded Ao Lie's regiment in the middle.

In the center of the large array, Xu Chu and Dian Wei were two tiger generals, one sitting on a horse and the other standing on the ground, one left and one right guarding Ao Lie's side; Three steps away from Xu Chudianwei, Xu Rong took a hundred elites of the blood killing battalion to form a circle, surrounding the three Ao Lie and the two strategists Jia Xu and Li Ru, who were not only responsible for defending Ao Lie, but also responsible for passing on the orders issued by Ao Lie; Five steps away, Zhao Yun led two thousand elites of the Blood Killing Battalion to form a phalanx, blocking the outside; Outside Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci led four thousand tiger ben to form a circle again. set outside Zhao Yun's phalanx; After Tai Shici, Huang Zhong led all the remaining elites of the blood killing battalion to form a phalanx again, raised the crossbow in his hand, and aimed it at the direction where the ambush soldiers came; Ma Chao led most of the tiger elites, and formed a circle formation on the outermost periphery, like a shield erected with his body, protecting all the comrades behind him.

One side sets a circle, one circle protects one side, the essence of the square circle array, in a hurry. It was vividly displayed by the elite of the two battalions. The large array had just been arranged, and the ambush soldiers under Yuan Shao and others had already been killed. Huang Zhong, who was standing on the second front, bent his bow and arrows, took a slight aim, and the arrow in his hand went off the string, with a whining whistle, and an arrow pierced the head of an ambush general. With one arrow, Huang Zhong did not pause, his right hand seemed to be plucking the pipa, and he quickly drew the arrow and set the string. The most ejaculated after the burst. In the ambush formation, another partial general fell from his horse. Huang Zhong's purpose was very clear, that is, to shoot those middle and lower-level officers as much as possible, so that the ambush soldiers who were about to rush over would lose their direct command.

With Huang Zhong's shot. The elites of the Blood Killing Battalion around him locked onto their targets one after another, and shot out the crossbow arrows that had already been prepared in their crossbows. The Blood Killing Battalion is a unique type of army under Ao Lie's command, not a cavalry in the traditional sense, and their weapon is a seven-foot-long Jidu swordsman. It is suitable for fighting in various battles, and Ao Lie also equipped the elites of the Blood Killing Battalion with Xizi repeaters, which were brought out by Ao Lie in the secret treasure of Guangwu. Later, Wang Hun was asked to make improvements, shortening the crossbow body, which could be directly buckled on the arm, and would not have any impact on the arm swinging movements of the elites of the blood killing camp. An improved Xizi Hand Crossbow can only hold up to three crossbow arrows, and you can choose to fire them at a single point, or you can shoot all three crossbow arrows out of the river at once.

In the face of the swarming enemy troops, the elites of the Blood Killing Battalion all chose to shoot continuously, and all the crossbow arrows in the crossbow were shot out of the cannon at one time. After the Xizi hand crossbow has been improved, the firing range has been greatly improved, but the effective range will not exceed fifty paces, and if it is farther, there will be a deviation in accuracy. Therefore, the elite of the Blood Killing Battalion had a good time to fire their crossbow arrows, and waited until the enemy army rushed twenty paces in front of them before shooting at the enemy army. Twenty paces is the most powerful distance of Xizi's hand crossbow. From this detail, it can also be seen that the Blood Killing Battalion's grasp of the subtle changes on the battlefield has reached the level of encountering it at will, which reflects the name of the elite of the Blood Killing Battalion, which is well deserved.

The coalition forces that came from three directions were suddenly knocked down by the scattered crossbow arrows, and the coalition forces could not be as tenacious as the blood slaughter and the tiger ben. As a result, screams rang out one after another in the coalition formation, and nearly a thousand coalition troops were killed by crossbow arrows, and fell to the ground weakly, trampled into pulp by their comrades who caught up behind them. There were also some recruits in the coalition army, who stopped their progress in amazement after seeing a large amount of blood bursting out, but they were knocked to the ground by the people who rushed up behind them, and they were trampled to death. All of a sudden, the shouts of killing, screams, screams, groans of pain, and the clashing of weapons and armor were all in one piece, and before the official confrontation, the coalition forces were already in chaos.

Seeing that there was an opportunity, Ma Chao jumped on his horse and raised his gun, shouting hard: "The tiger belongs!" Counterattack! Ma Chao is the direct leader of the Tiger Ben battalion, the Tiger Ben elite has long been impressed by Ma Chao's martial bravery, and obeys Ma Chao, after hearing Ma Chao's shout, more than 5,000 Tiger Ben elites on the outermost part shouted: "The power of the Tiger Ben, there is death and no life!" After the roar, the tiger elite raised the Jidu swords in their hands, and took five steps forward in unison, the sharpness of the swords fell from the air, relying on the advantage in the length of the sabers, and slashed diagonally towards the coalition forces that pounced on them.

The hand rises, and the knife falls. With the sudden appearance of blood, the sergeants in the front row of the coalition army screamed in unison and were cut into two ends by the falling horse chopping knife. The flow of colorful intestines from their chests and abdomen was disgusting. The ferocity of the tiger camp suddenly shocked the coalition forces under Yuan Shao and others, and these coalition troops looked at their comrades who were still alive and well a moment ago, and the pace of rushing forward subconsciously slowed down.

The coalition forces are in a daze, but the Tiger Ben elite will not be in a daze. The elite of the tiger ben are all selected from thousands of troops, and they have experienced countless baptisms of war, and they know that being in a daze on the battlefield is equivalent to giving up resistance and letting others slaughter. Raising the swords again, the tiger elites used their actions to tell those rookie coalition forces that when the two armies were fighting, the end of a daze was death!

The sword flashed, and the rookies of the coalition forces who were in a state of daze were cut off by the elite horse chopping knife of the tiger Ben, and they used their lives to learn the truth that they must not be in a daze on the battlefield.

Yuan Shao, who was on the top of the mountain in the distance, saw the indomitable momentum of the Tiger Ben elites, and he was furious in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, go around the place where the fire is on fire, and throw all the men and horses into the battlefield!" "Not only Yuan Shao, but also the other princes have also seen that those ambushes who have been ambushed in advance will never be able to kill Ao Lie, and they may be killed by the elites under Ao Lie. Once Ao Lie escapes, the conspiracy of himself and others will be exposed to the world, and when the time comes, not only will they have to face Liu Xie's reproach and Ao Lie's anger, but they will also become the object of ridicule from all over the world. Such an ending is absolutely unacceptable to Yuan Shao and others.

At the critical moment, no one dared to hide their secrets anymore, and they ordered their subordinates or went into battle in person, leading the most elite troops under their command to bypass the sea of fire and rush to the battlefield. In the ambush in advance, the princes from all walks of life invariably hid the elite troops, and only sent those ordinary soldiers and even miscellaneous soldiers and auxiliaries out of the army, they all knew that the elite of Ao Lie's department was abnormal, and these ambushes would become cannon fodder if they didn't do well, so no one was willing to put the elite of their subordinates into the queue of ambushes. Unexpectedly, all the princes did this, and none of them sent regular troops to fight, at most they only sent a few inconsequential generals to oversee the army. Now seeing that Ao Lie's department has a faint tendency to fight back and break the siege, Yuan Shao and the others are in a hurry, and they can't care about anything else, so they put the real combat effectiveness of their subordinates into the battlefield.

The first to arrive on the battlefield was Shangdang Taishou Zhangyang. Zhang Yang's army was very similar to Lu Bu's state army, both of which were mainly cavalry, relying on the advantage of speed, Zhang Yang's army threw off several other princes and came to the battlefield first. After observing the battlefield slightly, Zhang Yang began to order: "Form a straggler line, attack and harass the enemy army on the periphery, and stop the operation of the enemy formation!" After receiving Zhang Yang's order, nearly 10,000 cavalry divided into two teams, one galloping from west to east, and the other galloping from east to west, surrounding the square circle formed by Ao Lie's subordinates, and began to harass similar to the sparrow war in later generations.

After Zhang Yang, he was a sergeant under Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao conceited himself as the fourth and third dukes, so he did not personally come to the front line to supervise the battle, but sent his generals Ju Yi and strategists to jointly command the battle. After the two rushed to the battlefield with more than 10,000 military horses, Ju Yi saw Xu Rong at a glance who was surrounded by the elite of the blood killing camp at the core. Ju Yi was outside Luoyang City, and he was defeated in the battle with Xu Rong, this humiliation, Ju Yi always kept it in mind, turned his head and said to the judge: "This battle, a certain command." The judge heard the resoluteness in Ju Yi's words, and did not argue, nodding in agreement. Judging and knowing that Ju Yi's ability to command battles is not below him, and even faintly higher than himself, the previous big defeat was just because he was born at the wrong time and met Xu Rong. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Today's fourth chapter is here, and tomorrow it will be updated Sun Jian led the army to rescue Ao Lie, Shang Xiang almost died in order to save Ao Lie. More exciting will be available to you tomorrow.