Chapter 127: Breaking through the encirclement

Liu Hou, who was in the rear, heard that the herald's report that the rattan armor soldiers on the front line had been cut off by three layers, and he was also secretly frightened. These Wei troops are really elite, in the past, the vine armor soldiers were invincible against the enemy, and they were always one-sided slaughter, as long as it took a little longer, the enemy would collapse, and then it would be a chase for thousands of miles.

These Wei troops resisted the attack of the rattan armor soldiers to the death and did not retreat, which shows that their will to fight is extraordinary. "No, it can't go on like this, the loss is too great." Liu Hou was very distressed by the loss of the vine armor soldiers, although the losses of the Wei army were almost ten times that of the vine armor soldiers, but for Liu Hou, who had always pursued victory with minimal losses, the loss of each soldier made his heart ache.

His attitude towards the soldiers was like that of Scrooge to every copper plate, he was more Grande than Grande, and every time Scrooge spent a copper plate would have a pain in his flesh for a long time, and it would be the happiest thing if the copper plate could only enter or leave.

Liu Hou's attitude towards human life is the same, he is also sad for a long time about the sacrifice of each soldier, and he can't wait to conquer the world without dying from now on. Moreover, not only did he feel sad when his own soldiers died, but he also felt sad even if the enemy's soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

After all, it was also human life, it was also a Han person, and it was also raised by his father's mother, so he died in vain, and died just because of the selfishness of some careerists, what a tragic thing.

It can be said that Liu Hou is a little compassionate and compassionate, and it can also be said that he is a woman, otherwise after he returned to Chengdu to regain power, he would not have been so tolerant of Xu Jing and Wu Yi's counterrevolutionary group, and even Xu Jing only belittled him and did not kill him at that time.

Although he has seen too much life and death, his soft-hearted character comes from the values of later generations, and the education of later generations makes it impossible for him to ignore human life and death. This kind of value may make him unfit to be an emperor at all, and may make him a wise monarch through the ages.

It's a pity that he was reborn in this troubled world, destined to constantly see a lot of people die. Fortunately, he also understood that it was only possible to end this troubled era by defeating all the warlords, and it was impossible for this process to be without death, otherwise, he really did not want to form an army to fight.

If he is reborn in a peaceful and prosperous era, he will definitely rely on his knowledge and technology that are more than 1,000 years ahead of the world to engage in scientific and technological inventions, make a lot of money and enjoy life.

At this time, he couldn't care about it so much, he tried his best to get through the obstacles in front of him, and it was the right way to escape, and his life was in danger if he was late, at this time, the dead friends did not die poorly, and it was better for the enemy to die than to die by himself, so he immediately ordered Guan Xing to send a company of grenadiers to help.

Due to the small size of the battlefield, it was useless to have too many people, and one company was enough, but the rattan armor soldiers in front were densely crowded, and the inner and outer three layers were multiplied by ten, and in this case, the grenadiers could not squeeze into the front for a while. In the end, there was no way, and the grenadier company commander discussed with the general who led the vine armor and decided to pass the thunderbolt over.

People couldn't get by, but the little thunderbolt passed hand to hand was no problem, and I saw the grenadier here pat the shoulder of the vine armor soldier in front of him, and the vine armor soldier turned his head, stared at the grenadier fiercely, and shouted: "What are you doing? Don't get in the way of me killing the enemy! ”

Feeling that he had entered a state of excitement in battle, the grenadier felt his murderous spirit and did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over a thunderbolt and a fire fold, and said:

"Brother Tengjiabing, His Majesty ordered us to support the front line with thunderbolts, but we can't get through, please pass the thunderbolts to the third row in front, and let the vine armor brothers in the third row help light the fuse and throw it out, blowing up those damn Wei soldiers."

The vine armor soldiers have been in the army for a long time, and they have all seen thunderbolts, and they know that these things are great killing weapons, and they are very good at dealing with dense enemies, and they basically know how to use them.

Now as soon as he saw that the sickle-like thing of death was in front of him, he immediately turned his anger into joy, and hurriedly thrust the knife into the ground, took it with both hands, patted the vine armor soldier in front of him, and repeated the grenadier's words to his comrades in front of him.

It didn't take long for these thunderbolts and fire cracks to pass smoothly to the hands of the rattan armor soldiers in the third row in front of them, relying on a pair of hands.

It's just that the third row is because the first row is fighting, and it definitely can't be freed up to do this, and the second row is also ready to fill the position, and the spirit is also highly nervous, and it can't throw bombs, only the third row, which is very far ahead, and is temporarily idle and doesn't need to go forward to fight, which is the most suitable for doing this.

Soon, the rattan armor soldiers in the third row lit the thunderbolts in their hands one after another, and then threw them into the dense crowd of Wei troops more than ten paces ahead. This is really not technical, the only thing needed is brute force, and the last thing these vine armor soldiers lack is brute force.

In this way, like firecrackers, these rattan armor soldiers lit one and threw it at the crowded place of the Wei army, and threw it over when they lit one, and soon blew up the follow-up troops of the Wei army.

The rattan armor soldiers in the front two rows were not polite at all, and in the rumbling of thunder, they still kept swinging their knives and slashing, forward, chopping, and moving forward. After they cut off several layers of the Wei army, the follow-up troops behind the Wei army had been blown up by thunderbolts, and they could not be replenished at all, and the pressure on the vine armor soldiers in the front row was greatly reduced, and the speed of advance increased sharply.

The rattan armor soldiers in the first two rows, with the help of the third row of vine armor soldiers constantly throwing thunderbolts, quickly advanced and quickly dissolved the Wei army's strength. The soldiers at the front of the Wei army were cut down by the rattan armor soldiers like cutting melons and vegetables, and the back soldiers were cut by thunderbolts like wheat.

After the terrifying effect of the thunderbolt was revealed, soon, the Wei army was no longer as tenacious as before, their formation was shattered, their fighting spirit was also rapidly declining, and it was not long before the small riot turned into a big rout.

The Wei army finally collapsed, and many Wei soldiers turned around and scrambled to flee. Guo Huai's arrangement of the overseers slashed and killed hundreds of deserters in a row but failed to prevent the Wei army's rout, and later, many overseers were also killed by thunderbolts.

When the vine armor soldier saw it, he was not polite, and immediately accelerated his speed to chase after him. Even the rattan armor soldiers in the third row stopped throwing bombs, drew their sabers and rushed forward with a whining and screaming.

Why do they whine when they charge? Because the team of the rattan armor soldiers is the southern barbarians, the southern barbarians like to whine and scream when they charge, although many Han people were added to the rattan armor soldiers later, but many Han people feel that it is also very enjoyable to scream and charge, so this habit is retained in the vine armor soldiers.

The Wei army was defeated like a mountain, and the main general Guo Huai could no longer suppress the bullets, and was wrapped in the defeated army, constantly running backwards. The second division of the vulture bone soon ran away after the defeated army, and at this time, Liu Hou also decided to set off and continue south.

Liu Hou was riding on a horse, and he also held a half-human-high shield in his hand, and the shield was facing the side of the mountain wall on the right to prevent cold arrows from shooting down on the mountain. And he was also surrounded by the guards of the pro-guard regiment, and Guan Xing's second brigade opened the way and behind the palace in front of and behind the pro-guard regiment. Then there was the Fujijia Army of Ehuan's third division.

Zhang Bao's first brigade had to go last because it had to block the Wei army in ambush on the mountain wall. After they waited for the large army to leave, they crossed each other to cover each other and slowly evacuated from the ambush site chosen by the Wei army.

Liu Hou rode on a horse, stepped over the low wall that had been blown down, entered the smoke screen area, and walked on the road that had been blown up with potholes. The firewood lit by the Wei army has been extinguished by the vanguard, and now the smoke screen has faded a lot, and it is not a harm.

However, Liu Hou is still very careful, he is not completely out of the danger range yet, and he doesn't know if there is an unknown danger ahead, so he doesn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, this march was unexpectedly smooth, and the vine armor soldiers in front pursued and killed the Wei army all the way until dark, chasing and killing for more than 20 miles in total, and the Wei army was unable to organize effective resistance at all, and no other ambush troops appeared to meet them.

Fortunately, when night fell, the Shu army had to stop pursuing, which saved their lives, but now there was not much left of the Wei army, and the rest were scattered, scattered in the countryside and in the mountains. The Shu army did not pay attention to the Wei army that fled into the mountains, and just rushed all the way to the south.

It was dark and it was not suitable for fighting, Liu Hou had to order to camp on the spot, and the news from the north was that the 200,000 Wei troops who were arranged into big pockets were still twenty miles away, that is, the Shu army walked more than 20 miles, and the Wei army walked more than 40 miles, close to 50 miles.

Now the two sides are still more than 20 miles apart, this distance is quite safe, as long as there is no other ambush ahead, the Shu army wants to escape is no problem, after all, the Hong army is used to long-distance training, and the normal ability to rush is far stronger than that of the Wei army.

The Shu army was already very tired after a day of fighting, and had to camp to rest, but the Wei army was definitely not easy, they walked more than forty miles, they must have been very tired, and they needed to rest, otherwise even if they could catch up overnight, there would be no combat effectiveness at that time, and they would only be abused by the Shu army who were waiting for work.

Therefore, Liu Hou ordered the army to sleep for one night and continue to advance tomorrow, with scouts monitoring these Wei troops, as long as they were sure that they were not approaching in the dark.

This night was surprisingly quiet, the Wei army brigade was twenty miles away, and the Guo Huai troops who were scattered in front were estimated to have hidden in the mountains to be savages, and no one dared to come out to attack the heavily guarded Shu army camp.

At dawn the next day, the Shu army got up early, ate, and set off. Since there were still pursuers behind, this breakfast was still solved with dry food. The army continued southward, and this time the southward march was very smooth, and there was no further ambush by the Wei army, and before noon, the forward troops met Zhu Bao's 4th Division and the baggage team they escorted.

At this moment, not only Liu Hou and the three stinkers, but also the generals at all levels also breathed a sigh of relief. Encountering Zhu Bao means that the road ahead is smooth, and the Wei army has not yet extended its tentacles here, that is, they have jumped out of the encirclement of the Wei army, and they are safe.