The battle went on very fiercely.

In less than half an hour, Tian Fu's 5,000 cavalry lost their combat effectiveness, and they rushed to Wei Ba's Chinese army, charging with arrows, stone bullets and spears to meet the Han army with flesh and blood, making a breakthrough while also paying a heavy price. Countless horses fell in pools of blood, and knights on horseback jumped down in hand-to-hand combat, and then died in battle.

On the position, which was 300 steps long and more than 20 steps deep, there was blood everywhere, and there were corpses of people and horses everywhere, some of the Wei army, and more of them were of the Han army. In the face of the cavalry's charge at any cost, the Han army also paid a high price, the original position that was not too thick became only half thick, Wei Ba's command platform has been exposed to the range of Wei army's spears, under the command platform, more than a dozen corpses of Wei soldiers fell, and a lot of arrows were nailed to the command platform.

Dunwu and Wei Xing led more than 1,000 soldiers to protect the command platform, and it was precisely because of their strength that they could ensure that the command platform was not lost. And Wei Ba was still strong under the continuous impact of the Wei army's iron cavalry, which greatly stabilized the morale of the army, and the Chinese soldiers who suffered nearly half of the casualties were in a fierce battle, one after another, and finally stabilized the position.

Tian Fu fell in a pool of blood, gasping for air, and with every breath, blood gushed out of his mouth. He personally led the cavalry to charge, attracting the attention of Dunwu and others, Dunwu and Wei Xing each led dozens of soldiers into the Wei army battle formation, and killed more than 50 of Tian Fu's personal guards in front of the formation.

Tian Fu knew that he was about to die. He wasn't afraid of death, he just felt a little regretful. He was only about ten paces away from Wei Ba now. If it weren't for the fact that these Wei family soldiers were too strong, if it weren't for the elegant-looking scholar who actually made a good spear and seriously injured him with one spear, maybe he would have killed Wei Ba by now.

Unfortunately, there is only one step away from success. But it doesn't matter, although I didn't succeed in killing Wei Ba, I destroyed half of Wei Ba's Chinese army, and then, as long as Zhang Xiong attacks, Wei Ba will die.

If he still refuses to get back on the ship.

Tian Fu looked at Wei Ba not far away. A relieved smile was revealed. Wei Ba noticed his gaze. He raised his hand and nodded in front of his eyebrows. Tian Fu smiled, he remembered this posture, when Wei Ba was still in Chang'an. They were wary of each other. But it's very talkative. Once Wei Ba made this move. He asked what it meant, and Wei Ba said it was a tribute to the soldiers.

After six years, Wei Ba made this move again. That's a tribute to him.

Tian Fu was very pleased, he let go of the sword, reluctantly raised his hand, nodded in front of his eyebrows, and paid tribute to Wei Ba. In such a dangerous battle, Wei Ba was actually on the front line, and his persistence was also worthy of admiration. Otherwise, his Chinese army would have collapsed long ago. Nearly half of the casualties without collapsing were all due to his personal charisma, which is worthy of admiration.

Stretched out his fingers to his brow, and the sticky blood on his fingers stained the arch of his eyebrows, Tian Fu sighed lightly and fell to the ground with a bang.

Too many corpses became a position, which seriously hindered the cavalry charge, and the Wei army's charge could not continue, so they could only dismount and fight on foot. Dismounted, the cavalry was greatly weakened, and in the face of these foot soldiers armed with spears and halberds, they were so weak that they could not even hold the positions they had captured. When Tian Fu died in battle and lost his command, they could only take the initiative to retreat and give up the victory that was about to come.

The Wei army took Tian Fu's body away, and Wei Ba rejected the suggestion to cut down Tian Fu's head to show the public, and only ordered the remaining soldiers to hurry up and reline the formation. The defeat of Tian Fu does not mean the defeat of the Wei army, and it can even be said that the harder battle has not yet begun.

Wei Ba put his hands behind his back and walked slowly in front of the formation. Yu Yan held a spear and followed closely behind him. Everywhere they went, whether they were injured or not, all the soldiers would stand up straight and salute Wei Ba.

"General!"

"Young master!"

"God General!"

In the mixed titles, Wei Ba returned the salute one by one, his expression was solemn, he couldn't see a smile, but he couldn't see a little fear, all he could see was respect for the dead and comfort for the living. He was like a gust of wind, and everywhere he went, his fear and anxiety were soothed, and all that remained was tenacious fighting spirit.

Yu Yan felt the fighting spirit contained in those eyes, and he also felt lucky that Wei Ba refused to retreat. If Wei Ba heeded the advice and withdrew to the warship first for safety reasons, then except for a small number of soldiers who could get on the ship in time, the vast majority of the rest would become the unjust ghosts of the Wei army. Without stubborn and effective resistance, the Wei Iron Cavalry would easily slaughter these soldiers.

Wei Ba was a stone, a mainstay, and his persistence inspired those warriors, and finally blocked the onslaught of the five thousand Wei cavalry.

He is the courage of an army.

When Wei Ba returned to the command platform, the command platform had been reinforced, Dunwu and others took the command platform as the center, redeployed the defense line, and formed three positions, the first was composed of the corpses of the Wei army and the corpses of horses, all the dead horses were disemboweled, the internal organs were squeezed out, and they flowed everywhere, and the battlefield was filled with a hot stench, making it difficult for people to breathe. However, the effect of this was very good, blood and animal entrails would make the ground beneath their feet slippery, and the horses' hooves would easily trip over corpses, making it much more difficult for the cavalry to quickly rush through this position. But for those who are accustomed to barefoot combat, the impact is very limited.

The second line of ground is the rejection of horses that have just been planted. The Han army prepared a large number of rejection horses, but they were planted in the rear to prevent the Wei army from attacking from the position, and the left flank was covered by Wei Feng's cavalry, so there was no rejection of the horse, and now the situation was tense, and Wei Ba let the soldiers of the baggage battalion plant the rejection of the horses. Time is in a hurry, the rejection of horses is not very regular, and some are even abandoned thunderbolt carts and ballista carts, which are directly pushed to the front of the formation and connected with iron chains, which is a position.

The third position was the Wei family soldiers led by Dunwu, and there were probably more than 1,500 people, lined up in three rows in front of the command platform, with 500 people in each row. Zuihou's row was all covered with heavy armor and replaced with long knives.

In addition to this, the surviving more than 1,000 soldiers have been withdrawn to the battlefield, and they will continue to fight on the warships.

At a glance, Wei Ba's Chinese army had been destroyed, the corpses were in disarray, blood was flowing everywhere, and there were less than 2,000 people left in the original large array of five or six thousand people, surrounding the command platform, with their backs to Surabaya, forming a half-moon formation, stubbornly or stubbornly holding the position, refusing to retreat. It was so abrupt and insignificant in the position full of corpses.

Zhang Xiong saw all this and sneered.

With such a small formation, can you block the impact of thousands of my iron horsemen? It's ridiculous.

"Accelerate, charge—" Zhang Xiong drew his sword and roared, and the knights who had just defeated Wei Feng shouted in response, urging their horses to step forward and pounce on the small half-moon formation.

Wei Ba sat on the command platform, looking at the sunset in the sky, and narrowed his eyes. The shouting and killing in his ears has not stopped, Zhuge Wen is clearing the obstacle and rushing forward, Deng Ai and Ding Feng are attacking Zhang He's position, maybe they can break the formation in the next moment. Zhang He led his euphorbia warrior and was doing Zuihou's perseverance. It's really hard to say who can last longer, he or Zhang He.

However, everyone could see that his situation was even more dangerous. Zhang He was facing only twice as many infantry, but he had to face twice as many cavalry as himself. And according to his estimates, I'm afraid that he will face not only Zhang Xiong, but also the more powerful Xiahou Ba.

At this point, if he can't guess Zhang He's Jihua, then he is not Wei Ba.

Using the speed and numerical advantage of the cavalry, Xiahou Ba can transfer 10,000 cavalry to preempt half a day to a day, even if Lu Xun is good at fighting, he can't make up for the speed gap, and Dad's cavalry is seriously insufficient, Xiahou Ba can drag him as long as he sets aside the corresponding troops.

In about half a day to a day, on this battlefield, Zhang He had the advantage of nearly 10,000 cavalry.

With this period of time, with these military advantages, Zhang He was at least seventy percent sure that he would be killed by Surabaya.

Zhang He himself stopped in front of Pengcheng, not to prevent him from sending food and ordnance into the city, but to prevent him from entering Pengcheng to hold on. He asked Zhuge Wen to clear the obstacles, but also to open up this road, and retreat into Pengcheng when necessary. As long as he enters the city, let alone 10,000 cavalry, even if Xiahou Ba brings more cavalry, he doesn't care. He refused to retreat because he wanted to leave enough time for Zhuge Wen to clear the obstacles on Surabaya.

The battle was like an endgame, it was an endgame from the start, and both sides were on the wrong side. They didn't underestimate their opponents, and they both understood each other's intentions. What they are fighting is no longer wisdom, but determination. They have long since moved away from the realm of relying on calculations to judge by intuition and into the realm of freedom to judge by intuition.

Until now, for many people, they may not understand what is happening, but for them, the battle is clear, and whoever has the slightest hesitation will be one step closer to death.

Facing Zhang Xiong, who started charging again, Wei Ba didn't care, he cared about when Xiahou Ba would arrive. A day ago, Xiahou Ba was still in the southwest of Xiao County, and according to the time estimate, he would be able to arrive at the battlefield before sunset today.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Wei Ba turned his head and saw the huge figure of the warship moored in Surabaya, now, these warships were his castle, his Zuihou relied on. Whether he can hold out to Zuihou depends on whether the battleship can provide him with sufficient cover.

The Wei army's iron cavalry got closer and closer, and the sound of horses' hooves became more and more urgent, gradually converging into a thunderclap, shaking everyone's eardrums.

Zhang He also heard the thunder, and there was a warm liquid overflowing from his eyes. Tian Fu has already died in battle, and next, it is the turn of his son Zhang Xiong. Perhaps, it will be his turn soon.

Ding Feng and Deng Ai, one south and one north, had already surrounded him in the middle, and if reinforcements had not arrived, no matter whether Wei Ba would die or not, he would die soon.

He looked at the western sky, and his hope was there.

The western sky is quiet, full of red clouds, and tired birds return to the forest

(To be continued......)