Li Jue saw it from the watchtower. He held the knife handle tightly with his left hand, as if he wanted to pull the knife out. The soldiers beside him hurriedly went downstairs to deliver the order for Huang Zhongyi, the most elite soldier in the army, to put on their armor and mount their horses. They were Hu people who had emerged from the Qiang rebellion. Their fighting prowess was extraordinary and they had repeatedly made military exploits in previous wars. At this moment, they are gearing up. Once the breakthrough is big enough and Li Jue gives the order, they will immediately rush in and trample everyone to a pulp.
At this time, in order to block the gap, elite troops were organized to fight back. Since Li Yingbu had the largest gap, they started here first. Everyone who fought back was wearing iron pockets and shining iron armor, and each of them drank a bowl of strong wine. With the strength of the wine, he lifted a heavy knife or a long spear and rushed forward, facing the cold. The person rushed suddenly from the direction of the breakthrough.
Just like a river suddenly hit by a rising tide, the Liang soldiers in front were stabbed with long sticks and slashed with knives, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere. The Bing people quickly embedded themselves into the Ryo people, cutting and surrounding them into several pieces, surrounding them and killing them. Dozens of people under Li Ying, the captain of the school, died in the battle, and his deputy, Bei Gongzheng, tried his best to send him out of the fence. He was surrounded by others, just hoping to take the opportunity to kill himself, or to catch one of the soldiers and die together. However, the blood on his head remained along his forehead, and his eyes were blurred with blood red. Except for the reflection of the bright armor and iron tools around him, nothing else could be seen clearly.
Bei Gong Zheng waved his sword in vain, making his last struggle before death. It wasn't until someone slashed his left arm with a sharp knife that he stumbled onto the bloody muddy ground. When he was dying, he finally asked: "Who killed me?" the man shouted loudly. Answer: "You can go in peace! The person who killed you is Zhang Wenyuan of Mayi!"
Seeing the soldiers who broke through the fence being killed one after another, both Li Jue and Jia Xu were heartbroken. Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Jia Xu clapped Li Jue's hand and said, "We can't wait any longer, otherwise we will return in vain today." Li Jue frowned and shook his head and said, "The gap is not big, even if the horse gets in, it won't be able to escape." Get up, you will be surrounded by dogs and killed!" Before Jia Xu could say anything, several of his followers in the watchtower said first: "We are knights, please let us die on our horses!"
Jia Xu continued to persuade: "Although the fence has not been completely broken now, if we don't let the cavalry fight, those gaps will soon be blocked. General, we have walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood over the years, don't wait any longer!"
Li Jue glanced at him and agreed immediately.
In an instant, the horns of the merging army were blaring, and Li Jue'ai led Zhang Bao and Zhang Long to lead Qianqi Huang Zhongyi from leaping towards the entrance of the fence in the melee. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the dismounted knights swarming in the gap retreated to both sides, leaving the middle for them to pass.
The gap was narrow, allowing only two horses to pass through. There were not many Liang people left in the fence, and they all retreated to the side of the gap. Li Ying, who led the unit, was also carried out with several knives in his body, and directed the Liang people outside the fence to shoot arrows. And save the thorns to support the front. After Huang Zhongyi squeezed in, he rushed forward with his whip. After being trampled repeatedly by countless people, the ground has turned into a layer of mud that goes up to the top of the boots. The war horse was running in the mud, its hoofs were still slipping, and the blood and mud it brought were flying everywhere. But even so, numerous riders rushed towards Bing Ren, which still caused a certain amount of panic to Bing Ren.
These knights quickly stagnated in the merge, suffered random stabs from the left and right, and fell down bloody. But subsequent cavalry then entered the stockade, albeit only two at a time. From a distance, it looks like a dam has burst through a small opening. On the one hand, it blocks the torrent, but on the other hand, it cannot stop the flood from slowly gushing out of the gap.
As dozens of riders entered the gap, the horses circled back and forth on a patch of mud. Once running, it will be difficult for the merging troops to easily deliver a fatal blow, which will buy time for more cavalry to enter later. The hundreds of dismounted knights who were left fighting at the gap, under the command of Li Ying, took the opportunity to work together to further destroy the fence, and launched rounds of short-distance charges against the exhausted Bing people, stabbing them down, trampling them down, or killing them. They drove backwards.
Unfortunately, Zhang Bao's horse's hoof got stuck in a horizontal ditch and he was unable to move for a while. An armored man nearby slashed at him with a sword. Ignoring Bing's attacks, he raised his long sword and stabbed Bing back. Bing was seriously injured and was bent over and kneeling on the ground unable to get up. However, Zhang Bao's left leg, waist and abdomen were injured by the others' random knives. He couldn't feel the severe pain, but blood flowed out from his side, and the horse's belly was dyed blood red. Without its owner, the horse sat in the mud and struggled to get out. It was exhausted and lay on its side with Zhang Bao and fell into the mud.
After this brief stalemate, the balance of victory seemed to tilt towards the attackers again. About hundreds of Liang people's cavalry had already rushed into the fence, and the merging troops were driven back by the tall Liangzhou horses. They gradually became unable to resist, and many people turned around and ran away. They huddled together, broke into pieces and fled in all directions.
Li Jue and Jia Xu, who were directing the battle on the watchtower, both breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that the situation was gradually improving, the Liang Cavaliers were already chasing the defeated soldiers to the area of the watchtower. The defenders on the watchtower were condescending and kept using arrows to repel the enemy, giving their comrades downstairs some time to regroup. The knights didn't take it seriously. They spread out their formation on horseback and circled back and forth on the ground. From time to time, they used short axes to chop down the pillars of the watchtower. However, the archers upstairs missed their targets and could only watch the watchtower crumbling.
But at this moment, the scattered people regrouped and ran all the way to the road behind the watchtower. This road was a slope, facing a lot of grass and covered with blue cloth. This made Liang Qi They were quite surprised. They stopped for a while and looked at it in surprise. Soon, they regretted their rashness and hesitation in arriving. Then people lifted up the blue cloth and pulled away the grass, revealing the true appearance of the things inside in the drizzle. It turned out that there were more than ten rolling stones five feet high inside. There was a crowbar placed behind the rolling stone. Four people held one and worked together to press it down. The rolling stone was pried out of the haystack and rolled slowly along the slope. Soon, they changed from slow to fast, and then from fast to fast. Flying, splashing mud and water all the way down.
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The Liang cavalry were actually very nimble and could easily escape. However, the Liang cavalry had never seen such a battle before. The horses were frightened by the sudden change and could not stand the loud noise and power of the rolling stones. , were all panic-stricken and running around. The knight on the horse wanted to rein in his mount, but where could he?
The frightened Liangqi fled in all directions, which gave the people a chance, and people knew that it was not easy to stop the enemy, so they had already prepared cavalry here. Zhang Liao, who was fighting on the front line, saw that the situation had worsened and immediately ran back to change horses. Then he ordered the other riders to rush towards Liangqi along with the rolling stones.
The rolling stones were rolling down the slope, and several Liang knights were very unlucky. They were hit by the rolling stones and flew out immediately. The rolling stones did not stop at all, cutting into cheese like sharp knives, killing the incoming Liang people. Break into two pieces. But he didn't stop, he crashed through the fence and rolled down the stone path. Liang Ren, who was guarding beside the stone path, was caught off guard and was crushed into a pulp by the rolling stone until he was about fifty steps down the slope. , the rolling stones stopped. They carved tunnels that were neither deep nor shallow in the mud. Water quickly surged up in the tunnels, glowing with a darker or lighter blood color.
At this moment, the morale and formation of the Liang people were greatly reduced. Zhang Liao led his troops to pursue and kill him in front, while the soldiers on both sides attacked behind. The sound of killing was loud, and the spirited soldiers did not ride step by step, but surged forward together. out. The Ryo people who were originally inside and near the fence were soon submerged in the torrent of counterattacks. If a few people can survive, they have become prisoners of others.
Poor Zhang Bao was so injured that he couldn't move. I wonder if he was crushed into a pulp by the rolling stones, or he bled to death? If this is true, it will fulfill the oath that everyone made before traveling to die on the horse.
Originally, the Liang people came with many cavalry, so fighting in the wilderness was a good idea. Unfortunately, the horse did not obey the command at this time, and its huge size turned out to be a burden. Huangzhong Yicong, who was in the front and was famous all over the world, was washed to pieces at this time, and instead became the prey of the swarms of people who were killing him like a swarm of bees. Although he did not prepare any more rolling stones, his confidence greatly increased and he continued to pursue the defeated Liang Qi. If the troops cannot be regrouped at this time and the decline is restored, the Liang army will surely collapse!
In this critical moment, there was no need for Jia Xu to say anything. Li Jue understood that it was time for him to personally boost his morale. Xu Rong's army in the north also encountered the same situation. He saw that Xu Rong's Jianwei flag had been raised. , ran directly towards the fence, obviously wanting to take the lead, and he himself had to do the same.
He went down to the watchtower, put on his saddlebags, got on his horse, and without any extra words, he just shouted loudly, pulled out his knife, and rode forward alone.
The cronies were originally waiting for Li Jue to give orders downstairs, but now they saw him riding into the battle alone and were a little overwhelmed. Jia Xu also came down, carrying a big flag and asked them: "Can you kill the enemy?" Blood rushed upwards, and they all rode their horses to chase Li Jue, roaring out like a strong wind. The military flag held by Jia Xu was not Li Jue's flag, but the black-backed Longshan Yellow Horse picture that Dong Zhuo used when he was still campaigning in Liangzhou. At this time, the flag was fluttering in the wind, like a yellow horse galloping in the wind and rain.
This cavalry of more than a hundred people turned over the turf and wet mud, like an arrow off the string, and quickly rushed to the Fengzheng Plain, moving forward rapidly against the attack of the Bingren and the retreat of the Liangren. While passing by the retreating cavalry, someone stood up and shouted: "You run away! You are all waiting to be crushed by these dogs!" After that, the flying horses passed by.
Many people actually saw this, doubled their burdens, turned their horses, and rushed in the direction where the coach entered the formation. Liangzhou in the distance actually saw the military flag flying into the formation, and they were all shocked and said: "Is it the general rushing into the formation?" They were originally at a loss for the sudden chaotic situation, and they had hesitation and fear. At this moment, seeing the yellow horse entering the battle, the direction was immediately clear. It was nothing more than joining the battle with the master, and all matters of life and death were forgotten. More people gathered and launched a counterattack against the Bing people.
In an instant, the situation reversed again. Lu Bu was watching the fighting in the city. The northeastern side of the fence was riddled with holes. It seemed that he could not stop him. If he continued to fight, he would have no geographical advantage and there would be seven traps. Seven or eight, there is really no advantage. If he continued to be entangled and couldn't get out of the battle, it would be difficult to hold on from behind, so he ordered: "We have won a small victory today, please withdraw your troops at the expense of gold!"
As the sound of truce sounded, the city gate opened, and people threw a pile of corpses and entered the city one after another. Xu Rong and Li Jue, who were closest to the city gate, also knew that this was not a good time to attack the city, so they made a truce at the right time and pulled out the fence while collecting the corpses of their comrades.
In the evening, the number of people was counted. The losses on this day were beyond everyone's expectations. More than 300 people were killed or wounded. Among the Liang people, more than 500 people were killed or captured. There were still more than 600 people who were too injured to fight. Some were slightly injured. countless. Although the loss of more than a thousand people was less than 1% of the Liang army, no one dared to look down upon Lu Bu's troops.
During the military meeting in the evening, even Niu Fu, who despised Lu Bu the most, could not help but sigh: "This city is not a trivial matter, and we cannot take it without all our strength."
