Chapter 248: Sun Jian's Difficulty
The so-called long-term defense must be lost, Zu Mao finally arrived at the exhaustion of physical strength after resisting Hua Xiong's attacks for more than 20 rounds in a row, and there was a flaw in the move, and half of his shoulder was chopped off by Hua Xiong. With Zu Mao's "ah-" participation, his right arm, which was still holding the weapon, was chopped off with dripping blood, and Zu Mao, who was almost fainting in pain, immediately turned around and prepared to flee under the consciousness of survival.
But how could Hua Xiong just let the battle exploits in hand run away? I saw him untie a bow from the saddle, stretch out the bow and set up an arrow, aiming at Zu Mao, who was lying on the back of the horse and fleeing for his life, and an arrow hit him in the heart, only to see that Zu Mao carried off the horse with a trace of unwillingness to spit blood.
After Zu Mao was killed, the remaining Sun Jianjun was suddenly in a mess, and could no longer resist the attack of the Xiliang army, and in a matter of minutes, the Xiliang army broke through the defense line and pursued the retreating large army.
The victory or defeat of the two sides on the battlefield has been very obvious, Sun Jian's army has retreated on all fronts, except for a few troops that still have a structure to preserve their combat effectiveness, most of the rest of the troops are already unable to find generals, and they will not know the soldiers, and they are completely in a mess, let alone organize to kill the enemy. The Xiliang Army is like a rainbow, and they are all trying to catch up, and no one is willing to give up this opportunity to beat the water dogs and reap the merits.
Although the fleeing soldiers of Sun Jianjun were eager for their father and mother to run with all their might, there were still many people left behind, and because hundreds of thousands of people fled to one place at the same time, the road ahead was already crowded, and all kinds of cries and scolding were endless. There are even people who do not hesitate to wave butcher knives at their comrades in order to fight for the opportunity to escape, seeing that the form is about to get out of control. Sun Jian stood up in time.
I saw Sun Jian riding on a horse and shouting: "All the soldiers obey the order, take me as the boundary, and those who are behind me will be organized by Huang Gai Cheng Pu to retreat in an orderly manner, once anyone disrupts the retreat order, there will be no mercy!" In front of me, all of them turned with me to meet the enemy. If anyone is afraid of death and escapes, there will be no forgiveness! ”
Following Sun Jian's order, he killed a few soldiers who did not obey the order on the spot. The scene was finally brought under control, especially after seeing Sun Jian, who was the main father, personally return to meet the enemy, the morale of the army, which had almost dropped to zero, had improved slightly, and the soldiers who had been ordered to return to meet the enemy with him did not have many complaints. After all, the lords in high positions have taken the lead. No matter how greedy they are for life and fear of death, they can't justify it.
So Sun Jian organized the soldiers on the spot, and with the help of Han Dang, let them form a temporary formation, promising that after today, all the soldiers who participated in the war would be richly rewarded, and if anyone unfortunately died, as long as he Sun Jian was not dead, his family would receive a generous pension, and so on. This improvised unit also has a combat strength of six or seven percent in peacetime.
When Sun Jian saw Hua Xiong coming with someone to kill, he already had a premonition that Zu Mao, who was in charge of the broken off, was probably more than lucky. But there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he only heard him ask Hua Xiong, "What about General Zu?" What did you do to him? ”
Hua Xiong looked at Sun Jian's embarrassed appearance on his head, coupled with the anxious expression on his face, he suddenly laughed proudly, to the point where he could persecute the princes of the world, it was no wonder that he got carried away, I saw him wave his hand, let the guards around him carry out a corpse with a broken arm, and said to Sun Jian: "Are you asking this person?" I'm sorry, there are no eyes on the battlefield, I originally wanted to invite him to our army as a guest, but I didn't expect him to appreciate it, so I could only kill the killer. General Sun, I believe you are also a person who understands current affairs, today you are already defeated, even if you can escape with your life, but these soldiers under your command are difficult to say, and you can only survive at best. And you have led the army for so many years, I believe you have also formed a lot of enemies, do you think that if you lose the protection of the army, those people will let you and your family go? As long as you are willing to join the Xiliang Army, you can not only ensure the safety of your whole family, but also give you endless glory and wealth, so that you can glorify your ancestors, isn't it beautiful? Besides, even if you don't think about yourself and your family, you have to think about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under your command, do you really have to resist stubbornly and bury these subordinates who have followed you for many years here? ”
Seeing that Hua Xiong really carried out Zu Mao's corpse, and shamelessly surrendered himself in public, what is even more hateful is that in the end, he tried to separate the relationship between himself and the soldiers under his command, which is unbearable! I saw Sun Jian looking at Zu Mao's corpse and screaming miserably: "Old thief, return General Zu's life!" Dong Zhuo's old thief is perverse, the heavens are angry and people are resentful, you will be punished by God sooner or later, even if my Sun Jian is ruined, I will not be with you! In the past, the 8,000 soldiers of the overlord of Chu were able to sweep the world, and today we have hundreds of thousands of brothers. Brothers, avenge General Zu for me, rush! ――”
One of the most important skills of a qualified leader is demagogy, although Hua Xiong's words were very good before, not only greatly damaged the morale of Sun Jianjun, but even made many people feel war-weary and wanted to surrender, but he is still far from Sun Jian's heroic performance, just a few words, Sun Jian aroused the pride in the hearts of the soldiers under his command, re-boosted morale, and followed Sun Jian to the enemy without fear of death.
Soldier to soldier, general to general, with the collision of the two armies, Sun Jian and Hua Xiong fought together again, due to the heavy blood debt between the two this time, their battle became more intense, especially Sun Jian, who came up with a stormy attack, and would rather fight to be injured than add a few wounds to Hua Xiong's body.
And Hua Xiong did not have the slightest fear in the face of Sun Jian's defeated offensive, their Xiliang army fought against foreign tribes all year round, and they had long been accustomed to the ferocity of foreign tribes, and this small scene now could not make him feel flustered at all. However, now that they are in an advantage, it is not a wise choice to die with the enemy, so in the face of Sun Jian's offensive, he has to try his best to parry, but once Sun Jian leaks a flaw, he will immediately seize the opportunity, turn defense into attack, and give Sun Jian a heavy blow.
When the battle began more than a dozen rounds, both of them were already stained red with blood, there were enemies, and there were also their own, which showed the tragedy of the battle, but even so, the two were still entangled like beasts of the wilderness, at this time they both gave up the command of the army under their command, concentrating on dealing with the enemy in front of them, and at the same time gave up their skills, like a wild bull to carry out the most savage, the most violent confrontation, just the two of them shouted to kill the voices of hundreds of thousands of people around, It is not an exaggeration to describe this scene as dark.
However, although Sun Jian, as the chief general, can fight on a par with Huaxiong, but the army under his command is not good, although Sun Jian's encouragement has boosted morale, but compared with the overwhelming Xiliang army, it is still far from enough, and the number of people is not comparable to the enemy, so even with Han Dang's command, under the rapid attack of the Xiliang army, it is still a little unable to hold on, and soon shows defeat.
With the attack of the Western Liang army, Sun Jian's army became more and more difficult to resist, and it didn't take long for a rout to finally appear in some places, and the entire defense line began to collapse, while the enemy penetrated through the torn defense line and went around to the back, trying to surround them all and annihilate them here.
Seeing this situation, Han Dang could no longer be calm, if he was detoured by the enemy, when the time came, under the attack from both sides, the already exhausted soldiers would definitely not be able to resist the enemy's attack, and then there would only be the end of the annihilation of the whole army! At this time, the situation was no longer under his control, and he later pinned his hopes on his lord Sun Jian, hoping that he would be able to turn the tide, but Sun Jian was now inseparable from Hua Xiong, and he couldn't get out of it at all, let alone observe the surrounding situation and command the battle.
Looking at the gradually collapsing defense line and Sun Jian, who couldn't pull away, Han Dang gritted his teeth, beat his horse and rushed towards Sun Jian and Huaxiong's battle group, and said to Sun Jian: "Lord, the command of his subordinates is not effective, the enemy has broken through the defense line of our army, and is outflanking the rear, trying to encircle our army, the situation is extremely critical, please go back to preside over the overall situation, leave it to me here!" ”
Hearing Han Dang say that their defense line was broken so quickly, Rao is prepared Sun Jian was still shocked, and was almost attacked by Hua Xiong, at this time Sun Jian, who was worried about the battle situation, didn't care too much, parried Hua Xiong's attack with a knife, jumped out of the battle group, and said to Han Dang: "Then you must be careful!" Although Sun Jian also knew that Han Dang was not Hua Xiong's opponent, he could only do so at this time, and only hoped that Hua Xiong, who had been injured in the process of fighting him, was not strong enough to defeat Han Dang in a short time.
And Hua Xiong over there was shocked at first when he saw Han Dang join the battle group, he thought that the enemy had come to reinforce again, but soon, after listening to Han Dang's words, he was relieved, and even had some indescribable joy: It seems that Sun Jianjun is about to run out of water, as long as he works harder, this Jiangdong Tiger will become a stepping stone for him to shock the world. At this time, of course, he refused to let Sun Jian leave easily, as long as he could be dragged down, Sun Jian's army would be like a group of dragons without a leader, and he could only wait to be slaughtered, so he immediately stepped up his attack on Sun Jian, and at the same time called other generals around him to come and help him drag Han Dang.
Although there are no other outstanding generals in the Xiliang Army except Hua Xiong, a group of people can still do it by dragging one person, and Sun Jian has not been able to get out of the way under Hua Xiong's kraft candy-like tight offensive, and because he is concerned about the battle situation at this time, he can't respond to the enemy wholeheartedly, so when dealing with Hua Xiong alone, he has already fallen behind and can only defend passively. (To be continued......)