Volume III, Chapter 599

When the granary in the city was burned down, the Red Army was actually in a desperate situation, and the reason why the morale had not collapsed was all supported by Xu Fang, and people were willing to believe that this respected commander of the sailors would lead his side out of the predicament.

But now that Xu Fang has been killed by the assassins, and the whole army has no leader, then who else can resist the Jin army and the new red coalition army outside the city, who can lead him to break out of the encirclement, and how will the next battle continue?

Xu Fang's assassination became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the morale of the Red Army suddenly fell to the bottom, and people no longer had any hope for the battle of Pufeng, and panic and despair spread rapidly throughout the army like a plague.

When the people moved Xu Fang's headless body back to the county capital, the huge county capital was silent, and the courtyard was full of Red Army generals, and the faces of the generals were more ugly than one another, and the scene was terrifyingly quiet, only the sound of snorting and wheezing remained.

The first to break the silence was Ma Qian, he looked around at the generals present, then looked up to the sky and sighed, shook his head and said quietly: "The old general was killed, our side is equivalent to losing the backbone, and if we continue to fight, not only will we not be able to defeat the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance, but I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, according to ...... In the opinion of the official...... No, for the sake of the whole army, we ...... We're still ...... It's down......"

After he said this, the faces of everyone present changed, judging from the current situation, surrender seems to be their only way out, but no one dares to say this, and now it is said by Ma Qian, people feel both moved and secretly ashamed.

As soon as Ma Qian's words fell, a red general strode out, stood still in front of him, and said coldly: "Ma Qian, the old general has just died, and you are here to bewitch the army's heart." Are you worthy of the old general's heroic spirit in the sky?"

Raising his eyes, it was not someone else who stood up and scolded him, it was the fierce general Xiang Hao, Ma Qian was so frightened that he shrank his neck, he didn't even dare to breathe, and took small steps. Retreat again and again.

Xiang Hao is a celebrity in front of Shi Huai, and he is also a brave and good general, and he is known as the two gods of war in the Red Country along with the Golden Tiger.

Ma Qian dared to provoke others, but he never dared to annoy Xiang Hao, he whispered resignedly: "Xiang ...... General Xiang is not a subordinate who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and demagoguery of the army, but ...... It's that our army really has no hope of holding on. ”

"Hmph!" Xiang Hao snorted coldly and said, "I haven't settled accounts with you about the murder of the old general! The assassin who assassinated the old general is the guard next to you, Master Ma." How do you explain that?"

"Oh, this ......" Ma Qian's heart trembled, and he said urgently: "Xiaguan...... The lower officials also didn't know how the assassins had infiltrated among the guards, but ...... But the Assassin could swear by Heaven that the Assassin was not instructed by the Lord......"

Although the assassin was Ma Qian's bodyguard, he could guess without checking Xiang Hao that the assassin must have nothing to do with him, and he would not dare to send someone to assassinate the old general with a hundred dares from him. But. That doesn't mean he's not responsible.

Xiang Hao glared at him and didn't continue to ask. Instead, he turned around, looked around at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "The old general is benevolent, but the officers and men of our army must not be dispersed, let alone surrendered, and we must inherit the legacy of the old general." Stand up to the enemy!"

Xu Fang was killed, the highest rank and the most prestigious in the Red Army belonged to Xiang Hao, and now that he stood up to speak, the generals did not dare to say more than half a word.

Seeing that all the generals were sitting on the ground and bowing their heads to obey orders, Xiang Hao nodded with satisfaction. He said in a loud voice: "The general has decided that tomorrow evening, our army will break through the enemy camp again, this time no matter what, break through the enemy camp, and then regroup, fight to the death with the gold thief, and avenge the old general!"

"The red general obeys the order!" the generals agreed simply, but they didn't have any bottom in their hearts.

Last time, when their own troops were in full strength, they were personally commanded by the old marshal, and the breakthrough failed, and now the troops have been reduced a lot, and the old marshal was killed by the assassins again, can the breakthrough be successful?

Seeing everyone's concerns, Xiang Hao cheered up and encouraged the generals: "Generals, don't worry, now that our army's grain and grass have been destroyed, and the old general has just died, the Jin army must think that our army will not dare to take the initiative to break through again, so we will seize the psychology of the golden thief's arrogant soldiers, take it by surprise, attack it unprepared, and we will be able to succeed in one blow!"

Hearing what Xiang Hao said, the red generals were still demoralized and lacked fighting spirit.

Everyone is in the same hall and is a general, who doesn't know who? It is definitely more than enough to let Xiang Hao charge into battle, let him lead the army to fight, even if ten Xiang Hao are tied together, it is not as good as one Xu Fang, but now Xiang Hao's military rank is the highest, and people can only obey his command.

By dawn the next day, the news of Xu Fang's killing had spread so far that the whole city knew about it, and the proprietress also inquired about the details from the red soldiers who came to dine.

She couldn't believe her ears a little, could Ma Wu's people be the killers who assassinated General Xu Fang? This is incredible, how can they have such great ability?

The proprietress had to be impressed by Lin Haotian and the others, and she was also curious about their identity, of course, she was smart and silent, now she can understand what Lin Haotian said to her, the more she knows about some things, it is not a good thing. She was also afraid that Lin Haotian would kill her, they could even kill Xu Fang, not to mention her, a widow who didn't know how to martial arts!

There was nothing to say during the day, and in the middle of the night, Xiang Hao secretly assembled the Red Army soldiers in the whole city according to his plan, and took advantage of the dark night as a cover, and the whole army went out of the city from the south gate.

Xiang Hao's arrangement is still very distinctive, and he arranges the cavalry with the fastest charging speed at the front. According to the normal arrangement, his approach is obviously wrong, the speed of the cavalry is much faster than the infantry, but it is not a siege force, even if it runs fast, it rushes to the front of the battalion before the enemy reacts, but that is useless, can only circle outside the battalion, and has to wait for the infantry to come up to attack and coordinate the battle.

However, Xiang Hao arranged a large number of dead soldiers among his light cavalry, and their task was not to kill the enemy, but to directly rush into the Jinying gate and wall, which was the best to break through, even if it could not be opened, it was necessary to loosen the gate and wall, so as to create convenience for the follow-up infantry attack of their own side.

His trick really worked wonders, the speed of the red cavalry was famous all over the world, and the war horses were all removed from the bells. The horse's hooves were wrapped in grass and vines, and when they galloped, there was no deafening sound of thousands of horses galloping, only a low muffled sound.

When the Jin soldiers on guard discovered the enemy's situation, the Red Cavalry was less than a mile away from the Jin camp, and when the people rang the gong to give the alarm. When the archers climbed the wall one after another, ready to draw their bows and fire their arrows to defend against the enemy, the Red Cavalry had already approached.

The dead soldiers of the Red Army really followed Xiang Hao's order, and when they arrived in front of the Jin army camp, they did not slow down in the slightest, but covered the horse's eyes with sweat towels, and rushed forward regardless of it.

The speed of the red horse gallop is fast enough, and even the people and horses collide together, and its inertia is so great. It is conceivable that if someone is in the way, he will have to be knocked out of the way more than ten times.

In the ear chakra, a series of loud knocking sounds were heard, and the wall of Jinying was shaken again and again, and many soldiers on it stood unsteadily, and were thrown off the wall.

At this time, the Red Army used the cavalry as a rushing car, and the continuous suicidal ramming overwhelmed the solid gold battalion. Especially at the gate, the continuous impact broke several wooden stakes that held the gate. The gate shook violently and crumbled.

Xiang Hao, who commanded the infantry charge behind, saw it clearly, and secretly said in his heart: The opportunity has come! He raised the spirit knife in his hand, pointed forward, and shouted: "The golden camp has been broken, and the soldiers of our army." Kill the enemy camp with Ben!

As Xiang Hao led the infantry to rush to the front of the camp, the crumbling Jin Camp Gate could no longer bear it, and was finally knocked down by Xiang Hao's heavy knife after the transformation of the spirit of the soldiers, and then, a large number of Red Army troops outside the camp rushed into the Jin Camp along the open Yuanmen.

Facing a large number of Red Army. The Jin army seems to be really ill-prepared, and they are defeated in batches.

Xiang Hao rose up to kill, while chasing and killing the Jin army, he rushed to the depths of the Jin camp, and in one breath, led the army deep into the Jin camp for more than a mile.

If Xiang Hao can calm down at this time, he will inevitably find that something is wrong, this battle is fought too smoothly, the Jin army, which is known for its ferocity, and the New Red Army from the side, how could he let him break into the hinterland of the camp so easily?

But Xiang Hao, who was carried away by the desire to win, could not think of so much, and now there was only one thought left in his mind, to lead his soldiers to break through the enemy camp in one go, and then recuperate, wait for the opportunity, and then kill it again.

In the process of chasing and killing the deserters of the Jin Army, Xiang Hao felt that there were fewer and fewer deserters in front of him, and he didn't know where the Lu Dao people were hiding, he frowned secretly, it stands to reason that the deeper he went into the enemy camp, the more enemies should be, how could there be fewer and fewer?

Just when he was wondering in his heart and looking confused, all of a sudden, the Jin camp in front of him set up a column of Jin army flags.

The military flags were placed in a long row, shaking with the night gold, and when I looked up, I couldn't see anything else except the flag, let alone a Jin sergeant.

Xiang Hao felt weird, and immediately sent a small team of cavalry to check.

When this cavalry slowly approached the golden banner, dozens of spears suddenly pierced out from the middle of the banner, and the red cavalry squad didn't even see what was going on, they screamed and rolled off their horses.

The sudden change made Xiang Hao, who was watching from behind, change his face sharply, and the other Red Army soldiers were also taken aback, and they all retreated back.

At this time, the thunderous drum sound sounded in the camp of the Jin army, at first it was beaten one by one, and gradually the drum beat became faster and faster, more and more urgent, and at the end of the day, it was like bursting beans.

The soldiers of the Red Army looked around, looking for the source of the drum, and at this time, the row of golden flags in front of them suddenly fell, and people looked at it again, and behind the fallen golden flags were dense and did not know where the golden army came from.

Standing at the front were the hoplites, and looking back, there were boundless infantry, overwhelming and indistinguishable.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Hao was shocked, but before he could react, hundreds of thousands of Jin troops and New Red Alliance troops poured out on the left and right sides of the Red Army and in the three directions behind them, all of which were lined up in neat battle formations.

The heavy shield soldiers in front pressed the formation, the halberders in the back guarded the shield array, and in the back, there were all archers, and the arrows that flashed with cold light were also pointed diagonally into the air, and they could fly towards the Red Army camp at any time.

The Red Army also had a lot of troops, more than 400,000 people, and Xiang Hao was in front of the formation, so it was naturally impossible to see all directions, but the Red Army's messengers had already reported to Xiang Hao one after another the enemy situation that all sides had seen.

After listening to the reports from all parties, Xiang Hao finally realized that he had done it. fell for the tricks of the Jin army and the new red coalition army, and now his own army is surrounded by the Jin and new red alliance army in the camp of others.

How can this be good? Just in an instant, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Xiang Hao's forehead.

At this moment, the hoplite cavalry in front of him divided to the left and right, and out of the crowd came a group of generals of the Jin Xinchi and Red armies, led by one. It was the commander of the First Army of the Jin Kingdom, Ding Feng.

Ding Feng urged the horse to take a few steps forward, pretended to build a pergola with his hands, looked at the opposite side, and asked, "Is the general in front of him General Xiang Hao Xiang?" In fact, he had long known that the person who led the Red Army to break through was Xiang Hao, but he didn't see Xu Fang, which was very strange.

Now, the Jin Xin-Chi coalition army outside the city still doesn't know about the assassination of Lu Dao Xu Fang, if you know Lu Dao. The two armies had already taken the initiative to attack the city, so how could they give the Red Army the opportunity to steal the camp at night.

Even though the distance was far, Xiang Hao, who had excellent eyesight, still recognized Ding Feng. However, after seeing the appearance of the other party clearly, his heart sank again, it seems that there are not only the heavy cavalry of the Jin Kingdom here, but even the First Legion.

I have a hunch that this battle will be more auspicious than lucky, but Xiang Hao will not lose the battle. He shouted back in a loud voice: "It's Xiang Hao!"

"Ha Lu Ha, General Xiang. I've been waiting here for a long time. Ding Feng looked up and smiled, and said: "Originally, we were waiting for General Xu, but we didn't expect that General Xiang would drill into the net of our army, or not, since General Xiang is here, don't go back." Surrender with your brothers, you have been surrounded by our army, you are unable to fly, and no matter how stubborn you resist, there is only one way to die!"

"Fart! I, a soldier of the Red Army, would rather die on the battlefield. and will never surrender to the gold thieves. Xiang Hao's face turned red with anger, and he raised his hand to raise the big knife.

Ding Feng shook his head again and again and said, "General Xiang doesn't value his life, he should also think about his brothers!"

Xiang Hao looked left and right, and saw that all the soldiers around him were all looking fading, drooping their heads one by one, like a defeated rooster, he clenched his fists, bit his teeth, and shouted at Ding Feng: "Lao Tzu wants your dog's head today!"

As he spoke, he knocked the stirrups with both feet, and the war horse screamed, rushed forward, and went straight to the back.

But at this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed from the oblique stab, a three-pointed and two-edged knife blocked Ding Feng's back, and Xiang Hao's big knife was slashing at the back of the three-pointed and two-edged knife.

The person who came was Zhang Bufan.

Seeing that the two of them were fighting fiercely, surrounded by dark pressure, flying sand and stones, and how high the dust rolled up, Ding Feng shouted loudly in the crowd: "Extraordinary, Xiang Hao's mount is very good, people can be killed, but the mount must stay!"

Hearing his shout, Zhang Bufan's hearty laughter came from the battle group: "Ha Luha-Brother Ding reminded me very much, Bufan will definitely dedicate this horse to adults!"

The two of them sang and harmonized, making Xiang Hao so angry that he smoked, as if he had become a fish and meat to be slaughtered. Xiang Hao roared angrily, exerted all his strength, and attacked Zhang Bufan like crazy.

Today, there are not many people who can take Xiang Hao's fierce attack, but Zhang Bufan is definitely one of them. For Xiang Hao's onslaught, he coped with it easily, sometimes parrying with horizontal knives, sometimes dodging from side horses, and counterattacking one or two knives from time to time, which was enough to make Xiang Hao scramble.

Even if there is a gap between the two of them, it is unlikely that one side will defeat the other in a short period of time.

The two of them went back and forth, circling and circling, and in an instant, they had fought fiercely for thirty rounds.

Although the main attacking side in these thirty rounds is Xiang Hao, Zhang Bufan is a passive defense, but anyone can see that it is the latter who really occupies the initiative on the field.

However, there are people who like to pretend to be confused, Guan He.

I don't know if he really didn't see the situation clearly, or pretended not to see clearly, urged the horse to rush out of the formation, and shouted to Zhang Bufan at the same time: "General Bufan rest, let me fight this thief!"

What Zhang Bufan hates the most is that when he fights against the enemy, someone intervenes sideways, and at this time he is fighting vigorously, how can he give in?

Zhang Bufan did not retreat, and Guan He squeezed into the battle group, so that Zhang Bufan and Guan He fought together with Xiang Hao.

These two, taking out one of them is enough to give Xiang Hao a headache, not to mention that the two of them work together to fight him. Xiang Hao's rush also came to an abrupt end with Guan He's participation in the battle, and then fell into the passivity in front, only to see his surroundings, the knife light flickered, one would be a three-pointed two-edged knife, and the other would be a nine-turn soul breaking knife, Xiang Hao couldn't block the front and back, Gu left and right, only ten rounds were played, he was so tired that his nose and sideburns were beads of sweat, panting like a cow.

No matter how powerful Xiang Hao is, it is impossible to win Zhang Bufan and Guan He, the two fierce generals of the Jin Kingdom, by fighting on his own.

He shook his sword, pulled his horse out of the battle group, and then scolded Zhang and Guan angrily: "What a shameless gold thief, what kind of hero is you to bully more and less!" As he spoke, he urged the horse to run back to his own position.

Just as Xiang Hao was urging the horse to flee back to the main formation, but Zhang Bufan and Guan He had both rushed to the front, and these two swords came out together, taking Xiang Hao's head and waist together.

The latter first blocked the slash that came from the waist, and then quickly whispered to the slasher, but it was still a little slower, and the armor on the top of his head was slashed off by this knife, and his black hair was exposed.

Xiang Hao was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, he shook a knife, and he wanted to continue running, but how could Zhang Bufan and Guan He give him another chance to escape? Taking advantage of the opportunity to hover, the two of them both took out their knives and attacked Xiang Hao from one front to the other.

This time, Xiang Hao only took the knife swept in front of him, and the knife behind him could no longer dodge, only to hear a crisp sound, and the blade of the three-pointed and two-edged knife was slapped on Xiang Hao's back.

Xiang Hao couldn't sit still on the horse, he fell off the war horse, and then looked at his back, the armor was shattered, and even the steel armor inside was smashed and deformed. This is thanks to Zhang Bufan's mercy, using the knife surface, not the blade, otherwise he would have to be cut in two by this knife.

Xiang Hao, who rolled to the ground, felt that the bones under his body seemed to be about to fall apart, his chest seemed to be pressed against a boulder, and a wave of heat came from his lower abdomen, he couldn't help but open his mouth, and spewed blood arrows with a wow.

Xiang Hao was still struggling to get up from the ground, Guan He urged the horse, and between walking and passing, the knife hit the back of his head, this time Xiang Hao didn't even say a word, and passed out on the spot.

Such a powerful Xiang Hao, one of the strongest generals in the Red Kingdom, under the attack of Zhang Bufan and Guan He, the two top generals, he didn't even hold on for fifty rounds, and finally fainted to death on the battlefield and became a prisoner of others. (To be continued......)