Outside the Bowang Valley, two armies stood facing each other.

Zhang Fei only came to Gukou when he waved his troops to launch an attack on the Han army, since the main force of the Han army came, the Jingzhou army was only in formation at Gukou, and there was no intention of taking the initiative to attack.

Staring at the Jingzhou army array, Xiahoudun raised his arm and waved his palm forward slightly.

With the swing of his arm, the Han cavalry standing behind him stepped forward one after another, blocking their shields in front of him one by one.

The cavalry of the Han army stepped forward and set up an array in front of Xiahoudun.

Seeing that the cavalry was lined up in a neat formation, Xiahoudun shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the enemy army has come to the mouth of the valley so that we will not be able to pass through the valley. With only 5,000 cavalry, they want to stop our army from advancing, will you agree? ”

"Never!" As soon as Xiahoudun's words fell, thousands of Han cavalry raised their swords one after another, and they all let out a shout.

Standing behind the cavalry array, Xiahoudun raised his halberd and shouted to the Han cavalry: "You and others are all veterans of the battlefield, and there is no need for this general to say anything." There is only one thing I want to say to you, and that is to defeat the enemy army and capture Liu Bei alive! ”

"Defeat the enemy army and capture Liu Bei alive!" All the Han cavalry raised their blades high in their hands and let out a neat shout.

The shouts of the Han army shook the sky, and the Jingzhou troops lined up at the exit of the valley heard their shouts, and their expressions became nervous.

Staring at the Han cavalry arrayed in the distance, Zhang Fei clutched the hand holding the snake spear, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Judging from the actions made by the Han army, Zhang Fei could already see that they were about to attack.

He also fought with Xiahou Yuan twice, and Zhang Fei knew that he couldn't kill Xiahou Yuan with his ability.

The Han army assumed the posture of launching an attack, and Zhang Fei knew that the time had come for him to lead the army to retreat to the valley.

"The armies obey orders!" Staring at the Han army array in the distance, Zhang Fei shouted to the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou army: "Engage the enemy for a short time, and immediately withdraw to the valley!" ”

I thought that Zhang Fei would want them to fight to the death with the Han army, but when I heard him shout a short engagement and retreat to the valley, the hearts of the Jingzhou soldiers who were hanging in their throats fell into their stomachs.

Having fought with the Han army, the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou army also knew that the Han army was strong in combat and inferior in number to the other party, and it was an order that every Jingzhou army soldier did not want to hear.

The cavalry of the Han army, which walked out of the main formation, slowly advanced towards the Jingzhou army.

The war horses under their crotches, with neat steps, slowly marched towards the Jingzhou army.

The Han army on horseback held the Pu knife in his hand tightly, and every time he got closer to the Jingzhou army, the fighting spirit rising in the eyes of the soldiers became even hotter.

Advancing to a place only fifty or sixty paces away from the Jingzhou army, the Han cavalry stopped one after another.

Strangled the war horse, the cavalry inserted the Pu knife into the knife bag on the side of the war horse one by one, took off the strong crossbow from the back, and put the feather arrow on the strong crossbow.

With this strong crossbow at the flat end, the cavalry of the Han army aimed at the Jingzhou army arrayed on the opposite side.

The position they chose happened to be a strong crossbow that could effectively shoot the Jingzhou army, but the longbow of the Jingzhou army could not shoot them at all.

The cavalry of the Han army raised their crossbows and aimed at the Jingzhou army, and when the Jingzhou army saw this, they blocked their shields in front of them one after another, preventing the Han army from shooting feathered arrows at them.

Although the arrows had been placed on the crossbow, the soldiers of the Han army did not cut off the spring of the crossbow.

Shielding them in front of them, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army waited anxiously for the Han army to fire feather arrows at them.

In the face of arrows, the cavalry had little defense.

Especially the cavalry in the charge, the target of the horse and the man is extremely large, once the feather arrow flies head-on, even if the cavalry on horseback is not hit, the war horse under their crotch is very likely to become the target of the arrow.

Holding the shield, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army were all covered with cold sweat on their foreheads, and some even couldn't wait to rush out of the array.

In the face of the strong crossbow of the Han army, the longbow of the Jingzhou army did not have the slightest advantage at all, and the only way to reduce casualties may be to speed up and rush towards the Han army!

Looking at the Han cavalry who were holding up their crossbows, Zhang Fei first raised his arm, and then slowly lowered his arm downward, and ordered the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, the whole army retreats!" ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers turned their horses and waved their hands behind them.

Seeing the gesture of his own soldiers, the standard-bearer hurriedly waved the battle flag and signaled to retreat.

"Withdraw!" Most of the officers and men of the Jingzhou Army, who were in a neat formation facing the Han army, could not see the signal of the order flag, and some of the officers who saw the order raised their voices and gave orders, while turning their horses around and retreating towards the back.

The order to retreat was conveyed, and the officers and men of the Jingzhou army turned their horses one after another and withdrew to the valley mouth.

Seeing that the Jingzhou army turned around, the general of the Han army commanding the cavalry also shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Under the order of the partial general, the soldiers of the Han army who were holding the strong crossbow pulled off the reeds of the strong crossbow one after another.

A soft sound from a strong crossbow came from the Han cavalry array, and with the light sound of the strong crossbow, countless arrows flew like locusts towards the retreating Jingzhou army.

The Jingzhou army, which had just turned around and was about to withdraw from the valley, although it was also on guard against the Han cavalry lined up behind, but because they exposed their backs in front of the Han army, they were shot by arrows one after another and fell off their horses.

The Jingzhou army in the back row was shot by arrows in pieces, and the Jingzhou army in front sped up and rushed into the valley with Zhang Fei.

The Han cavalry did not pursue the Jingzhou army that retreated into the valley, and seeing that they escaped from the range of the crossbow, the cavalry stopped firing arrows, put away the crossbows, and carried them on their backs.

The Jingzhou army, which was busy retreating, fell from the horses in pieces under the attack of the Han army's feather arrows.

Zhang Fei, who led the retreat towards the valley, did not pay attention to the Jingzhou troops who were shot by the arrows of the Han army, and just blindly rushed into the valley with the team.

Standing in the middle of the army, watching the Jingzhou army retreat to the valley like a tide despite the shooting of their comrades, a strange smile appeared on the corner of Xiahoudun's mouth.

Xiahou Yuan on the side clearly saw the smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked him with a puzzled heart, "Why is my brother laughing?" ”

"I'm laughing at that Zhang Fei!" Raising his hand and pointing at the Jingzhou army that had already advanced to the valley mouth, Xiahoudun said to Xiahou Yuan: "Our cavalry stepped forward, just to shoot arrows at them, but it is ridiculous that he led the army to retreat into the valley......"

"The enemy retreated into the valley, and it was the time for our army to take advantage of the victory to pursue!" Before Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, Xiahou Yuan took over and said, "Brother, why don't you order a certain leader to kill the general......

Looking up at the top of the valley, Xiahoudun waved his hand at Xiahou Yuan and said: "Miaocai is confused, that Zhang Fei retreated without a fight, obviously wanting our army to fight into the valley." Our army will not follow him into the valley, and see what he can do! ”

Xiahou Yuan refused to give the order to chase the army into the valley, although Xiahou Yuan said that he was unhappy in his heart, he didn't want to say anything more, just sighed softly, and then stood aside and said no more.

Not to mention that Xiahoudun decided not to chase into the valley for the time being, only that Zhang Fei led the army into the valley, and every time he marched towards the valley, he would look back twice.

He thought that the Han army would follow them into the valley, but after turning back several times, he didn't see the Han army following up, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

"Is the enemy keeping up?" After looking at it several times in a row and not seeing the Han army, Zhang Fei finally couldn't hold it back and asked a personal soldier who followed behind him.

The soldier first glanced back, but saw no trace of the Han army, and then hugged his fists and said to Zhang Fei: "General Hui, the enemy army doesn't seem to have chased into the valley!" ”

"Stop!" Confirming that the Han army did not follow up with Guzhong, Zhang Fei raised his arm and stopped the march of the team.

Turning around his horse, he looked back at Taniguchi.

Outside the valley, lying all over the ground were the Jingzhou soldiers who had been shot.

Some of the Jingzhou soldiers who fell from their horses did not die, and after falling off their horses, they had arrows stuck in their bodies, rolling and wailing on the ground.

Some of them were hit by the arrow, which was fatal, and after rolling for a while, it no longer made a sound, and some of the injured Jingzhou soldiers were not fatal, but because there was no wounded doctor to treat them in time, they could only wait for the blood to drain from their bodies.

Looking at the Jingzhou troops who fell at the mouth of the valley from afar, the soldiers of the Han army did not have any expression on their faces.

After following Liu Wei to fight for many years, the soldiers all have a belief in their hearts, that is, there can be no mercy on the battlefield.

In the face of an enemy army armed with a sword, either the enemy dies or they die, and compassion is simply a luxury that they should not have!

Looking at the Jingzhou army that fell at the mouth of the valley, Xiahoudun didn't have any expression on his face, but just coldly ordered the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, go to the valley with fifty soldiers, and send the wounded Jingzhou army on the road!" ”

"No!" With a fist in response, the soldiers turned around the war horse and beckoned to the back.

The Han army, which was standing behind Xiahoudun, had already heard his order, and as soon as his soldiers waved, fifty Han cavalry immediately rode their horses and rushed towards the valley mouth.

When they arrived at the valley, the fifty Han cavalry did not immediately turn over and jump off their horses, holding long swords, searching back and forth in the place where many Jingzhou troops were lying.

Before the soldiers of the Han army came, there were still many Jingzhou soldiers rolling and wailing.

I don't know if it was because the wounded Jingzhou army knew what these Han soldiers wanted to do when they came to them, but when the Han cavalry turned over and jumped off their horses, there were many Jingzhou army corpses lying in the valley mouth, and there was not much groaning.

Before riding the horse to the valley mouth, I could clearly hear the wails of many people, but at this time, I could barely hear the moans of pain, and the fifty Han soldiers with long swords were also puzzled in their hearts.

A Han soldier walked around and poked a few times with his long sword at the body of the Jingzhou army at his feet.

Walking up to a corpse of Jingzhou Jun, he raised his foot and stepped on the corpse.