After defeating Hu Che'er's army, the Liang army's offensive against Liu Bei's main formation soon slowed down. They gathered their troops while reorganizing their formation, chasing the tail of the left wing of the merged army, and constantly biting them with cavalry and bows. , slowing down their march southward.
But Liu Bei still gave the order, blowing the horn for the entire army to attack, and used his general flag to guide the entire army to move south slowly. At the foot of the southernmost mountain, Xianbei's armor and riding equipment were chasing the tail of the Liang army's right wing. Yang Feng's Han and Siam tribes were completely defeated and fled into the mountains and forests. Only Zhang Ji's and Li Jue's tribes gathered together and were still resisting.
The horses of the Liang people were always better than those of the Bing people, so during the first battle, Li Jue thought he could easily resist them, but what he expected was that they were actually Xianbei knights. The Xianbei people quickly came to love horses and were good at raising horses. At this time, Liu Bei's armored cavalry could not reach more than 300, and the light cavalry could not reach more than 8,000. However, after several hedging, Li Jue discovered that the horse power under his command was quite inferior, and the two armies were fighting each other. , many horses in the army have slowed down, but the enemy cavalry is still walking as fast as flying.
It was almost time to retreat, but Li Jue had always been extremely proud of his bravery and regarded defeat on the battlefield as a great shame in his life. In the last battle of Guangcheng, he caused Dong Zhuo to have a life and death crisis by letting Han Dang rush into the battle. After the war, he was greatly criticized by Dong Zhuo, but he was not punished in the end. At this time, he harbored great hatred and wanted to How can you be willing to retreat after avenging shame on the battlefield? He actually held on to his disadvantage and fought against the Xianbei knights.
After a few rounds, most of the knights who were originally used as surprise soldiers were killed or injured, and two of Li Jue's knives were also damaged. However, the Xianbei knights were also amazed and sighed to each other: "Are the Han people so unafraid of death? ?" At this time, his military officer Song Guo couldn't hold on anymore and stepped forward to persuade him: "Xiao Lieutenant, if we continue to fight, most of the soldiers will die in vain. It is better to slowly march north in formation and make peace with Jianwei."
How could Li Jue be so willing, but right here, the Xianbei knight fired another round of arrows. Before he could refute his words, one of the arrows hit Song Guo's throat. Song Guo took a few breaths, his face was extremely distorted, and he immediately fell to the ground. Seeing is lifeless.
There was a commotion among the troops behind him. Even if Li Jue did not want to retreat, the people's support was unsustainable, so he could only reluctantly return to the army. But as a result, a gap was opened for the return route of the merged army. Xu Huang and others hurriedly led a thousand people forward and pursued Li Jue along the route of retreat. While pursuing, they helped those who came and allowed the formations to return.
For a moment, there was a chaos in the middle of the battlefield. The waiting formations were walking to the south, and Li Jue's waiting formations were heading to the north. The two formations were mixed together. There was me among you, you among me, and there were pursuers on both sides. At the rear, just like this, there was no way to release arrows. Both sides held their long spears and knives high, slashing toward the edge of the formation while moving forward. As soon as the cavalry came in, the horse's legs were cut off by the knives. If the infantry was not paying attention, the spear blade slit his throat. Bodies piled up on the battlefield. Broken blades and broken spear poles fell to the ground. The golden grassland was completely reduced to a millstone of flesh and blood.
But this was only limited to the central corner. The confrontation between the two armies was changed from north to south to east to west. Due to the obstruction of the north water and the south mountain, the width of the battlefield became extremely crowded, and a large number of troops were cut off behind the central army. Whether it was Liu Bei or Xu Rong, seeing that they could not devote all their troops to the frontal fight, they unanimously made the decision to let the military formation continue to move, and constantly let each unit take turns to fight in the formation, one in and one out, like two A ouroboros, one snake's head biting the other's tail, circling each other without letting up, but still unable to tell the winner.
Zhang Chang, who was beside Liu Bei, saw such a scene for the first time. Almost all of the soldiers withdrawing from the battlefield were injured, and many had broken hands and feet. The smell of blood and the sour smell of sweat mixed together, making him want to vomit. There were even people dragging the mutilated bodies of their comrades, which made him even more unbearable. He asked Liu Bei directly: "In the expedition to the west, our army's casualties are like passing through thorns. If we continue to fight like this, can our army really win?"
Liu Bei stared at the front where the fierce battle was going on, his hands were covered with sweat. After hearing his words, he couldn't help but angrily said: "Now that we have entered the battlefield, how can we win or lose? We can only sacrifice our lives! How can we do that now that we have no way out? Are you thinking of retreating?"
Having said that, Liu Bei has successfully retracted the left wing and continues to fight like this in the middle section. The Liang people's cavalry cannot be used at all, and it can only turn into a battle of forces. After losing most of Baibo's troops, the Liang people are at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. The disadvantage is that if Xu Rong insists on fighting Liu Bei to the end, Liu Bei is confident that he will win in the end.
Xu Rong thought the same way. When he saw Liu Bei retracting his left wing, he immediately judged in his mind that the chance of victory had been lost. Since he could not win, Xu Rong's next thought became how to remain undefeated. The biggest problem is that when the two armies are entangled, it is difficult to retreat. Once the retreat fails, it is extremely easy to cause a total collapse.
He thought for a moment and came up with an idea. He immediately called in Guo Si's troops, who were slightly injured, and asked him: "Now I need to use my cavalry. Li Jue and Zhang Ji's troops have been completely lost. How many more do you have in the formation?"
Guo Bang was confident and quickly replied: "When I brought them, there were ten thousand cavalry, but now less than a thousand have been lost. Among them, the iron cavalry is almost intact, and there are still three thousand."
"That's enough." Xu Rong said happily: "There are still two thousand in our army. If the two armies merge, Anchou will not be able to retreat peacefully!"
So the soldiers changed their formations under Xu Rong's control. The bugle sounded, and the fighting Liang Army infantry began to retreat slowly. A gap appeared between them, and five thousand heavy armored cavalry filed out of it and slowly walked into the battle line. However, the difference from before was that they held wooden poles. After entering the battle line, they immediately dismounted, set up wooden poles on the sides of the horses, and then set up strong crossbows. Thousands of crossbows fired at the same time, and a rain of iron fell from the sky, repelling the merging troops. The first wave of offensive.
At the same time, the Liang army behind the battle line began to regroup. The northernmost flag was moved first. Liu Bei saw that it began to make an arc around the rear and slowly entered the mountains to the south. Only then did he react. , Xu Rong is about to withdraw his troops! He hurriedly raised the flag and ordered the soldiers on the front line to launch a general attack.
But just now Liang Ren changed the formation and quickly re-established a stable front. The army tried to break the formation, but was shot to pieces by Liang Ren's arrows. And the army tried to reflect back, but these The Liang people all wore heavy armor, and many arrows hit their armor, pricking them like hedgehogs, but only a few could break through the armor.
Seeing that firing arrows was useless, the Xianbei knights were eager to try. Their leader Mo Ganxuzhan took the initiative to challenge and said: "Since Liang Gou has given up the open space, why not let our armored cavalry charge twice, and we will make him break the formation and run away!"
After receiving the order, the merging troops on the front line immediately made room for another 500 steps for the Xianbei knights to facilitate their galloping. Da Moganxuzhan personally led the troops. The Xianbei knights pulled out the horses and covered their mounts in public. Full body armor, and he also wore a hood. The hood was affixed with cyan feathers that showed bravery. One feather represented a battle. Many of them had more than six feathers affixed to them. There were still traces of previous battles on the armor. With bloodstains on them, the new soldiers on the front line looked at them and said, "The so-called iron army must be like this!"
After the three hundred armored knights were equipped, the Great Mogan Bearded Monster screamed, and the knights immediately set off, galloping on the bloody field full of flesh and blood, with the horseshoes clattering and no dust. The knights at the forefront held their long swords high, The sharp light is like a cold star, which makes people feel frightened.
The Liang people who faced the Xianbei knights were themselves heavy cavalry. They knew that arrows had little effect on them, so they simply stopped shooting arrows and instead used their spears to prepare for the attack. At this moment, they turned around and took the initiative to get out of the way of defense, allowing the Xianbei knights to successfully enter the formation.
Before Moganxuzhan could be happy for a long time, another group of people came around. Taking advantage of the small number of armored cavalry and the inconvenience of heavy armor, they threw the tent high to cover these people. The Xianbei people lost sight of them. When they were about to struggle, another group of Liang people gathered around. They tied up the Xianbei people one by one with a few nooses, dragged them off their horses, and then pressed them up and stabbed their waists and necks repeatedly until their bodies were covered in the tent. Lost the last bit of strength.
In this way, more than 80 armored knights were lost, and the leader was also killed in the battle. The remaining Xianbei knights were so frightened that they could only flee back in embarrassment. The Liang people did not stop them, but just made strange noises of ridicule behind them, which made Xianbei The knights were so ashamed that they did not dare to raise their heads to meet the Han people after returning to the formation.
After all this struggle, the Liang army withdrew several more formations, and even Xu Rong's flag began to move into the mountains. Chen Chong listened to Wu Yu's description of the battlefield situation and sighed in his heart: "Xuande's intelligence is slightly inferior to Xu Rong's. Once the Liang people retreat, he should pursue them immediately. Now the Liang people are riding heavily to the rear and have formed an formation." OK, I can’t stay anymore.”
Liu Bei also understood the situation at this time, but he was quite unwilling to do so. At least he planned to eat this heavy horse in the rear. But the heavy cavalry held on for nearly two hours. When it was their turn to retreat, they threw away their wooden posts and heavy armor, mounted their horses in order, and then fled towards the mountain trail like flying. Xu Huang and others wanted to pursue them, but the Liang people had already occupied favorable terrain on the mountain and fired arrows to block their advance. Xu Huang did not know their arrangement in the mountain, so he led his troops to hesitate in front of the mountain for half a day. Finally, Liu Bei sent someone to issue the order. :retreat.
Liu Bei divided his troops into two groups. One group, led by Liu Xuan, crossed the Wan River to the north and settled in Baitu City. The other group stayed in place to prevent the Liang army in the mountains from attacking back. After Liu Xuan's group finished crossing, he Just now, he led the rest of his troops slowly eastward along the Yuan River. In Yuan Yin and Yuan Yang, there were still Bai Bo's remaining troops waiting for him to receive them.
When Chen Chong saw this, he said to the two young men beside him: "Go back. It won't be long before Xuande will take me to Yuanyang."
Both Wu Yu and Tian Zhao were the same. Tian Zhao had a look of excitement on his face, obviously unable to control himself after seeing such a huge battle. Wu Yu frowned and thought. He walked a few steps and asked Chen Chong: "Your Majesty, this battle Did our army win? Or did Liang's army win? I really can't figure it out."
Seeing his serious look, Chen Chong smiled encouragingly and said, "This battle has been full of twists and turns. It's normal that you can't understand it." He paused for a moment and gave his own evaluation: "The Liang army won with tactics, and our army won with strategy. The negative is really between four and six.”
But at this point, he wanted to touch his injured eye, but finally put down his hand, Taixi said: "Just looking at the overall situation, I have completely failed."
