After drinking and eating, Cao Zhang finally decided to fight Li Shi personally.
Li Shi yelled and cursed for an hour. If he killed him at this time, it would be the greatest relief. It would also greatly boost his own morale and deal a further blow to Li Jue.
When Li Shi saw someone coming out, he even announced that he was Cao Zhang. He immediately became excited, turned around, waved the spear in his hand, and shouted angrily: "Cao Zhang, you shameless turtle, I have been scolding you for an hour. Dare to come out and die!"
"You unknown person, I wanted you to retreat and spare your life, but since you are so reckless, your young master can only send you off personally!" Cao Zhang responded coldly, holding a spear. .
"Then let's see who sends whom on their way!"
Li Shi shouted loudly, his eyes widened in anger, he waved the spear in his hand, urged his horses, and charged towards Cao Zhang.
Without further ado, Cao Zhang raised his spear and urged his horse to face Li Shi.
Li Shi wanted to kill Cao Zhang, avenge his two cousins and establish his authority at the same time. He showed no mercy and stabbed Cao Zhang in the heart with a single shot.
Cao Zhang was already very brave. During these days, he often fought against Xu Huang, Li Jin, and Xia Houba to gain practical experience. His skills improved a lot compared to when he fought against Wang Yue.
Seeing the spear coming, he quickly dodged sideways, then waved the spear in his hand and stabbed Li Shi in the face.
Li Shi didn't expect Cao Zhang to attack so quickly, so he hurriedly put back his spear to parry.
when!
The two weapons collided with a muffled sound.
Li Shi only felt that his arms were slightly numb and a little weak. It was obvious that Cao Zhang's strength was far greater than his.
Li Shi couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "Huangkou boy, you are quite strong!"
Cao Zhang sneered: "Not only am I stronger than you, I also have a faster gun!"
After Cao Zhang finished speaking, he straightened up his spear and stabbed Li Shi hard again.
Seeing that Cao Zhang's spear was coming quickly, Li Shi hurriedly raised his spear to resist. The two men exchanged spears and spears, killing each other in one place.
When Li Shi went to battle, Li Jue, Li Huan, and Li Ying all came to the city to watch the battle.
However, Cao Zhang refused to go out to fight, which made him feel unmotivated. He walked down the tower and planned to go back and rest first.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came down from the city, he heard the sound of war drums. Knowing that Cao Zhang was going to fight, he quickly called Li Huan and Li Ying to climb the tower and watch the battle from a distance.
On Cao Jun's position, Xu Huang, Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Shang, Xia Houru, Xu Shu and others also stood at the front of the team to watch the battle.
Especially Xiahou Ba, watching Cao Zhang and Li Shi fight, was even more eager to try and was ready to urge his horse to help the battle at any time.
Xiahou Ba turned around and shouted to the soldiers who were beating drums to cheer him up: "Knock hard, knock hard!"
After receiving his instructions, the soldiers tried their best and hammered the drum heads frantically.
The war drums were loud and loud, and Cao Jun's soldiers followed the drums and beat the ground neatly with their weapons, shouting: "Kill, kill, kill!" to cheer for Cao Zhang.
When Cao Zhang heard the war drums and shouts of encouragement, he also cheered up. With his spear in his hand, he continued to stab Li Shi crazily, vowing to stab Li Shi under his horse!
When Li Jue heard the cheers coming from Cao's camp, he was afraid that Li Shi would lose his momentum, so he immediately shouted: "Hurry up and beat the drum to cheer for the young general!"
The Xiliang army also beat drums and shouted crazily to cheer for Li Shi.
Li Shi's fighting spirit was also aroused. The spears in his hands were flying, and he kept roaring loudly to build up his momentum.
Naturally, Cao Zhang was not to be outdone. He held a spear, his eyes widened in anger, and his roar was like thunder, like a tiger coming down the mountain.
Both of them were already fighting hard at this time, trying their best to stab each other under the horse.
After all, Li Shi had been roaring in the sun for a long time without eating or drinking, so his physical strength was very exhausted.
Cao Zhang, on the other hand, was waiting for work and had plenty of food and wine. In addition, his martial arts was stronger than Li Shi's. After the two fought for five more rounds, Li Shi gradually became unable to resist.
His movements of wielding the spear were obviously slowed down, and his strength was obviously weakened. He was only struggling to hold on with the last of his blood.
Cao Zhang felt that Li Shi was gradually losing his strength, and was secretly happy that his previous tactics were indeed effective.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Winning or losing is often a fine line.
Now that his superiority in physical strength and strength has become more and more obvious, if the fight continues for five rounds like this, Li Shi will definitely not be able to withstand it and will definitely be killed on the spot!
Cao Zhang felt this way, and Li Shi also felt great pressure.
The subtle changes between the two were clearly felt by both sides watching the battle.
Xiahou Ba was overjoyed. He raised his arms and kept shouting, cheering for Cao Zhang, hoping that he could defeat Li Shi with one shot.
Li Jue stood at the top of the city and naturally saw his beloved son gradually dying.
Of course he couldn't watch Li Shi being killed by Cao Zhang, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Ming Jin, Ming Jin quickly, let the young general come back!"
The sound of gongs sounded from the top of the city of Chang'an, which was an order urging Li Shi to withdraw his troops.
Li Shi was overjoyed when he heard Ming Jin's voice. He could no longer hold on anymore and dared to fight again. He feinted a shot, turned his horse and fled towards the main formation.
Cao Zhang heard the sound of gold and knew that Li Shi wanted to escape. Of course, he would not let him go like this, so he urged his horse to pursue him.
Cao Zhang quickly took off the hard bow on the saddle bridge, attached the arrow, aimed at the fleeing Li Shi, and shot an arrow.
The arrow was like a shooting star, piercing the void and flying towards Li Shi!
Li Shi was running away with all his strength. When he heard the sound of a bowstring behind him, he knew that Cao Zhang had shot him with an arrow, so he hurriedly dodged.
Although Li Shi's reaction was quite fast, he still couldn't completely avoid the arrow, but he just missed the vital point by luck.
Poof!
The arrow hit Li Shi's left shoulder, and blood spurted out.
Li Shi screamed in pain, but he did not dare to look back. He could only beat his horse crazily and fled towards the main formation.
Xu Shu saw that Li Shi was defeated by an arrow and fled. When the Xiliang army heard the sound of gold, the lineup began to loosen up. He immediately walked up to Xiahou Ba and said: "Master Zhongquan, if we don't attack now, when will we wait!?"
Xiahou Ba reacted, immediately waved the weapon in his hand, and roared: "Kill!"
Xiahou Ba led his troops to cover up the retreating Xiliang army.
Cao Zhang shot Li Shi with an arrow, but failed to kill him. He was regretting in his heart. Behind him, Xiahou Ba led his troops and started to charge. This also aroused his heroism. He raised his arms and shouted: "Kill Li Shi, and you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"
When Cao Zhang's soldiers heard Cao Zhang's cry, they were all excited.
They had been humiliated for a long time, and they were holding their breath. Now that they heard Cao Zhang promising a heavy reward, how could they not rush to the front and immediately roared and chased them.
Li Shi was injured by an arrow, but he still had the heart to command his men to resist the pursuit. He only focused on urging his horse to run towards the gate of Chang'an.
The general fled, and the Xiliang army was in disarray. They had no choice but to retreat with him. Those who escaped slowly became the targets of Cao's army led by Xiahou Ba to massacre.
Li Jue saw Li Shi's retreat and was being chased by Cao's army. He was extremely anxious and immediately shouted loudly: "Archers, prepare, hurry, prepare to meet the major general!"
The Xiliang army on the top of the city immediately began to take action, and the archers quickly formed a formation, ready to meet Li Shi.
Li Shi fled frantically and rushed into the Chang'an city gate first. The defeated army behind him followed him and retreated into the city.
Xiahou Ba led his pursuers to kill them all the way to Chang'an City.
"Fire the arrow, fire the arrow quickly! Close the city gate!" Li Jue saw that Li Shi had entered the city and Xiahou Ba's pursuers were coming, so he quickly gave the order.
The Xiliang archers, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately fired arrows towards the bottom of the city. Arrows filled the sky and shot towards Xiahou Ba's pursuing army, knocking down several Cao soldiers who were rushing in front.
The Xiliang soldiers inside the city gate waited until all their own soldiers and horses rushed in, then quickly pushed the city gate and closed it.
Cao Zhang saw this scene from a distance and knew that no matter how hard he charged, he would be unable to enter the city. Worried that Xiahou Ba was in danger, he immediately ordered: "Mingjin retreats!"
Cao Jun quickly sounded the gong to withdraw his troops. Xiahou Ba heard the order to withdraw his troops. Although he was unwilling to do so, he could only order a retreat.
Li Jue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Cao's army retreating, and panicked and issued orders to Li Huan and Li Ying beside him: "Two worthy brothers, stay here to guard, and don't let Cao's army enter the city!"
He himself hurried down the tower to check on Li Shi's injuries.
Looking at Li Jue's leaving figure, Li Huan complained angrily: "I told you not to leave the city. We must stick to the city and go to war. We will lose troops and horses in vain!"
Li Ying heard this and nodded angrily: "His son is so protective. If our son dies, his death will be in vain! He really doesn't treat us as human beings!"
Both of them were full of resentment and resentment towards Li Jue...
Li Jue rushed down the tower and came to the urn city. He saw that Li Shi had slipped off his horse and was being supported by several soldiers. He hurried forward to meet him and called out with concern: "Shi'er, how are you?"
Li Shi endured the pain and responded: "My child was no match for Cao Zhang, and was injured by Cao Zhang's hidden arrow. Fortunately, I dodge quickly, so my life is not in danger. My father is worried."
Li Jue hurriedly ordered to his subordinates: "Hurry and help the young general to heal his wounds and use the best medicine."
The subordinates agreed and helped Li Shi leave.
Li Jue thought for a moment and then loudly ordered: "Pass my military order, close the city gates tightly, and defend tightly to prevent Cao's army from attacking the city. Without my order, no one is allowed to leave the city to meet the enemy. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
