The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and the Wei army followed one after another, advancing without retreating, and at the cost of huge casualties, they broke the four rejection formations of the Shu Han army.

Cao Zhi's battle flag has been flying at the front of the battle array.

The front of the battle was full of corpses, the blood had already pooled into a stream, the ground under his feet had become slippery and muddy, and the boots creaked when he stepped on them, and when he pulled them up again, it seemed that someone was tugging on the soles of his boots, which was very difficult.

Although the casualties of the Shu Han army were not as large as those of the Wei army, their morale was greatly affected. In particular, Cao Zhi has endured so many attacks and still hasn't fallen, which is really incredible. Every time his battle flag moved forward, it would cause an indescribable impact on the psychology of the Shu Han army.

When this kind of impact accumulated to a certain point, the Shu Han army wavered, and in the face of the Wei soldiers who rushed up, their resistance was no longer so resolute, and the counterattack was no longer so decisive. There are two positions that were lost in this way, especially the fourth position, as soon as the Wei army launched an attack, the Shu Han army in the horse rejection array was stunned, turned around and ran, and gave up the position.

The shaking of the Shu Han army made the morale of the Wei army soar, and the Wei soldiers with blood on their faces proudly stood proudly on the easy-to-reach position, raising their swords and roaring.

The Wei army erupted in a tsunami-like cheer.

"Long live King Chen—"

"Long live the King—"

Cao Zhi held the flag in his left hand, raised his right hand, waved to the soldiers, touched his chest with his hand, bowed slightly, although the robe on his body was stained with blood, his posture was extremely elegant, as if he had just completed a perfect performance, and was closing the curtain to the audience.

Wei Jun was even more excited. The cheers came one after another, and the earth was shaken.

Zhuge Liang sank his face and waved his feather fan: "Behead all the soldiers who abandoned the formation." ”

"Prime Minister-" Yang Yi was taken aback, that was nearly five hundred people, all killed?

"Wei Gong, go, people can die, but their hearts can't be soft." Xiang Lang looked at the cheering Wei Jun in the distance: "Cao Zhi has to work hard, as long as we are a little weak, we will lose all our efforts, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Yang Yi made a radical move. Don't dare to persuade again. Turned around and got off the command platform, summoned the pro-guard battalion, and conveyed the order.

In full view of everyone, the soldiers who had abandoned the battle were tied up. Escorted to the front of the battle and beheaded one by one. The bloody head hung on the stake of the fifth horse rejection array.

The Shu Han position was dead silent. Looking at these hundreds of heads, no one dared to say a word.

"Prime Minister, there is only one horse rejection left. I'm afraid I won't be able to stop Cao Zhi's charge, or ......"

Xiang Lang's words were only half said before Zhuge Liang refused. "Xiang Gong, thank you for the reminder, however, Cao Zhi fought for a day, with at least five thousand casualties, close to half of the total force, I don't believe he can maintain such an attack. Didn't he attack at any cost just to break our morale? As soon as I retreated, wouldn't it be in his arms? ”

"But the prime minister's daughter ......"

"Is the prime minister more noble than the king?" Zhuge Liang's eyebrows twitched, he was also shocked by Cao Zhi's madness, and he was even more impressed by Cao Zhi's control methods. The army has traveled thousands of miles, the food is about to run out, and now more than half of the casualties are still being able to control the morale so well, which is not something that ordinary people can do. Of course, this is related to Cao Zhi's presence in the battle formation with the dignity of a prince and his unrelenting battle, but if there is no clever enough means, it is far from enough to rely on fearless spirit.

To fight against such an opponent, you need not only enough wisdom, but also enough strength, and if necessary, the courage to fight for your life with him.

Zhuge Liang thought that he had enough wisdom and strength, and as he said to Xiang Lang, he believed that he could withstand Cao Zhi's attack. But he asked himself if he didn't have the courage to fight with Cao Zhi. If it weren't for the fact that he had an army far superior to Cao Zhi, but a similar number of troops, he would not have been able to hold on.

Cao Zhi can die, he can't die. The responsibility on his shoulders is too heavy, and he can't be as fearless as Cao Zhi is to see death as home.

The brave are afraid.

Fortunately, he still has enough strength now, and as long as he controls his morale, he can withstand Cao Zhi's attack. And letting his subordinates go through such a battle may be more able to temper morale than killing the king of Wei, just as Wei Ba borrowed Lu Xun to temper the team under Linhe City, he also had to use Cao Zhi, a rare tough opponent, to temper his own people.

How can you retreat now, if you retreat, you will never have a chance to advance.

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and gave the order to beat the war drum again. Night is about to fall, but Cao Zhi has no intention of retreating, the Wei army is still advancing its position, and it seems that it will not be able to sleep peacefully tonight.

As Zhuge Liang expected, Cao Zhi had no intention of resting at all. First, he didn't have much food, and he didn't have much time, and second, the Wei army fought bravely and had a good morale, so if he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to fight, who knew if these soldiers would be overwhelmed by the fear of death.

In one day's battle, the Wei army lost nearly 6,000 dead and almost no wounded, and everyone who went into battle fell on the ground. Cao Zhi also fulfilled his promise, there was no retreat, he moved forward four times, and now he was less than four hundred steps away from Zhuge Liang's Chinese army, and if he broke through Zuihou's horse rejection formation, he could directly face Zhuge Liang's Chinese army.

At this distance, he could see Zhuge Liang's figure on the command platform of the Chinese army, and presumably Zhuge Liang could also see him. Although the two couldn't see each other's faces, their minds were engaged in a brutal battle all the time.

The head inserted in the Zuihou horse rejection array, expressing Zhuge Liang's insistence to Cao Zhi, and the subtle changes in the morale of the Shu Han army also indicate that this Zuihou horse rejection array will be unprecedentedly difficult.

Cao Zhi stopped and ordered his soldiers to have dinner while collecting the ordnance abandoned by the Shu Han army in front of the battle. After a day of fierce fighting, most of the crossbow carts and thunderbolts brought by Cao Zhi had been damaged, and the feather arrows and stone bullets had also been depleted. Fortunately, the two sides have fought viciously until now, and feather arrows and stone bullets can be seen everywhere on the position, and there are also many crossbow cars and thunderbolts on the lost positions of the Shu Han army, which can be used as long as they are slightly repaired.

I have to say that the quality of the ordnance of the Shu Han army is better and more durable than that of the Wei army.

Cao Zhi was gnawing on dry food in front of the battle, and the guards were holding shields and carefully guarding them. This place is too close to the position of the Shu Han army, and a single stray arrow may kill Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi said to all the soldiers that he would only advance and not retreat today, so Xiahou Ba could only take the risk of coming to the front of the battle and listening to Cao Zhi's orders.

"Zhongquan, I will attack overnight today and do everything possible to oppress the Shu Han army." Cao Zhi took a sip of the blood-smelling river water and slowly chewed the dry and hard dough. He chewed it finely, as if to savor the taste of it, remembering the taste of this zuihou meal. "You're ready, as soon as I send the message, you're ready to charge."

Xiahou Ba's eyes tightened, and he was silent for a moment.

"Leave me alone and rush as fast as you can. You rushed over, I may still have a chance of life, you can't rush through, we can all die here. Cao Zhi stared at Xiahou Ba's eyes, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle. You have also seen today's battle, as Zhang He said, Zhuge Liang is thoughtful, has very few flaws, and reacts quickly, once there is a problem, he can quickly make up for it. Therefore, you can't afford to hesitate, and if you do, you may lose the opportunity. ”

Xiahou Ba nodded slowly.

Cao Zhi wiped his mouth, took out a combat knife from his waist, glanced at it nostalgically, and stuffed it into Xiahou Ba's hand. "This Sparrow Ring Hundred Knife was given by Emperor Wu back then, and I can't let it fall into the hands of the enemy. Zhongquan, you can keep it as a souvenir. ”

"Your Highness......" Xiahou Ba held the knife and was in pain.

"Okay, your father used to be a tiger, and you have no way forward, since you are his son, you must be like a man, and you will not be a child." Cao Zhi patted Xiahou Ba's shoulder: "Zhongquan, work hard." Self-grinding and self-encouragement, the country is a hundred and wide. ”

"Whoa." Xiahou Ba took a few steps back with his knife, inserted the knife into his belt, gave another salute, turned around and strode away.

Cao Zhi glanced at it reluctantly, turned around, and swept his gaze across the battlefield. The Wei soldiers seemed to feel his gaze, and they all turned their heads, straightened up, and held their breath.

Cao Zhi roared: "Warriors, are you ready?" ”

The Wei soldiers shouted, "Ready." ”

"King, you just give the order, no one who frowns is a good man."

"King, we follow you!"

"Okay, let's fight again and see who can see the sunrise tomorrow." Cao Zhi slowly pulled out his sword and pointed to the sky: "Raise fire, attack!" ”

"Whoa!" The Wei army responded with a bang.

"Put!" One of the gunners roared, picked up the wooden hammer in his hand, and struck it down hard. The thunderbolt shuddered, and the wooden tips roared up, throwing several stone projectiles into the sky.

The stone bullet broke through the air, and with a fierce murderous aura, it flew towards the position of the Shu Han army.

At the same time, dozens of thunderbolts and ballistae began to roar.

Zhuge Liang sat on the command platform, looked at the thunderbolt that was fired again, looked at the stone bullets flying in the air, and sighed involuntarily. He waved his feather fan: "Fight back!" ”

The heralds rushed to the front of the stage, waved the order flag, the drummers waved their drums, beat the cowhide drums, countless thunderbolts and crossbow carts began to roar, and the soldiers of the Shu Han army in the Zuihou horse rejection array stood next to the heads of their companions, clenched the weapons in their hands, and stared at the Wei army that was getting closer and closer.

In the distance, Xiahou Ba strode away, he walked very fast, for fear that others would see the tears in his eyes. He knew that this was the first time he had seen Cao Zhi. He walked to the right formation, and the knights who were two thousand knights sitting on the ground resting stood up one after another, surrounded them, and looked at Xiahou Ba silently. Xiahou Ba pulled out the sparrow ring hundred sword and raised it high: "Brothers, King Chen has entrusted us with the most important task, can we live up to him?" ”

"Go to the soup and go to the fire, don't give up!" The knights roared

(To be continued......)