Sun Ben's army suddenly rushed out from the east, catching the Han army defending this area off guard. Thousands of Han Daoshou quickly entered the formation and fought to the death. These cold swordsmen are all the best among the elite in Yuan Shu's army. The cold swords used are all made of fine iron. The selected soldiers are also eight-foot strong men who are one in a hundred. Ordinary leather armor cannot withstand two swords.
As expected, the front line of the Han army could not resist and retreated. As they retreated, the formation suddenly dispersed. The cavalry of Yuan Shu's army, which was originally hiding behind the enemy's side, took advantage of the situation and rushed out, attacking and ravaging the retreating troops. The Han army's infantry then broke out of formation and suddenly dispersed, squeezing into the back of Liu Bei's headquarters, causing a chaos.
A part of the cavalry that was originally covering the attack on Ji Ling's camp saw the surprise attack on their backs, so they turned their horses and came back to try to repel the Yuzhou cavalry. The two-level cavalry were like several entangled long snakes, spinning and biting repeatedly. Most of the Han cavalry were light cavalry. They mounted their bows and shot arrows on their horses. The arrows flew across the sky. Yuan Shu's horse knights were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Although the Yuzhou cavalry were not good at riding and shooting, they entered the battle with long swords. Once they got close, they would use the long swords to stab the opponent's horses. The pole was inserted into the horse's belly, and then there was a snapping sound. The sound of the rod being broken, and then the miserable howl of being fatally stabbed, came one after another. After only a few rounds of fighting, the Han cavalry were beaten to pieces, leaving only the stern knights still fighting with the enemy.
Also accompanying Sun Ben's army was Liu Xun, Yuan Shu's beloved general. He led hundreds of horsemen to rush through the Han army. The Han army was unable to defeat them, so they all scattered and fled. Liu Xun was wearing black armor and a purple embroidered hat on the outside of his iron pocket. The long silk in his hand was already stained with blood. His servants are all strong knights, guarding him. On the saddle of the slave, the heads of several people were hung. These people were all stabbed to death by Liu Xun and finally had their heads cut off by his horsemen.
The commander-in-chief of the Han army here was Zhang Yang, who was originally supervising the battle in front of Ji Ling Camp. He saw Liu Xun's troops coming and going, and most of his infantry and cavalry were scattered. He was very angry, so he summoned his warriors and said: "I am the last to wait for the party army to follow the general. The army has always been against We are quite contemptuous. What if we let the traitor army attack the general's main formation? We must kill this person and weaken the vigor of the traitor army, so that our army's reputation can be spread far and wide!"
So Yang Chou, Wang Qiu and other generals from his tribe asked for battle. Zhang Yang thought for a moment and then said to Yang Chou: "This battle is only for victory, not defeat!" Yang Chou nodded in agreement and immediately called for someone to come and mount him. He took only one servant with him and rode straight towards Liu Xun. When the Han knights saw him, most of them recognized him and said, "Here comes the Iron Man!" and they all made way for him.
Yang Chou was originally from Yanmen and had been in the army for generations. When Chen Chong put down the Huns' rebellion, he joined the army. In the past few years, he would kill every enemy he encountered. He had already killed more than a hundred souls under his men. He was the soul of the Shangdang army. It is said that during the Battle of Quyu, he beheaded one after another. Ten of them were hung all over the yellow horse he was riding, so that both the man and the horse were stained brown with blood, hence the title "Iron Man".
Later, he was awarded the title of Captain of the Party for his meritorious service, and his prestige in the army was second only to Zhang Yang. At this moment, he abandoned the enemy generals he encountered and galloped away. He only wanted to meet Professor Liu Xun, and soon he intercepted Liu Xun from the side.
Liu Xun saw an enemy general of the Han army riding a light horse with a flying horse and thrusting towards him. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of him! He knew he had met a powerful enemy, and it was already too late to turn his horse around, so he planted his long spear on the ground and stopped his horse, not understanding. He waited until the flying cavalry approached and saw the direction in which the enemy general was running. He suddenly turned around and avoided the fatal thrust.
At this time, the two horses happened to collide with each other. Because they were too close, Chang Li could not use it. Liu Xun grabbed the opponent's pole with his left hand, pressed it hard, and broke the pole with a snap. He grabbed Yang Chou's left arm with his right hand. Seeing that the opponent had quickly drawn out the short knife from his waist, he reversed the tip of his left hand and stabbed the opponent's neck.
The first blow was not like this, and Yang Chou's dagger also hit his chest. Fortunately, when it broke just now, Yang Chou lost his balance on the horse and failed to exert his full strength. Liu Xun was also covered with iron armor, causing the dagger to hit him. Did not penetrate into the cracks of the nails.
This gave Liu Xun a second chance. The tip of the spear in his hand plunged hard into Yang Chou's neck, and he swiped down hard, causing blood to spurt out. Because Yang Chou underestimated the enemy and did not wear iron armor or a collar, he was hit in the vital part and bled. He was seriously injured, but he was still separated and stabbed randomly, but gradually his strength failed, Liu Xun shot him in the head and grabbed him, and finally his head was cut off and he died.
Yang Chou's subordinates were also surrounded by Yuzhou knights and were knocked to the ground. Liu Xun held up Yang Chou's head and asked his servant: "Your master didn't come to tell me his name, so he wanted to attack me. Unfortunately, I killed him. He must be a wealthy man. Who is his name?"
When the man saw Yang Chou's bloody head, he cried and said: "My master is the deputy general of the Shangdang Army, the captain of the Shangdang Army, and the Marquis of Guannei. He has experienced more than twenty battles. Please give me his head. I can bury his whole body!"
Liu Xun shook his head and said, "Since you are already an official with two thousand stones, this head should be hung on my saddle, and I cannot give it to you." He ordered people to drive away Yang Chou's servants and hang his head on the saddle. In his own saddle. He also asked his slave Wang Qi to drag the body behind the horse and show it to the public.
Congnu Wang Qi secretly thought: "It's enough to kill the enemy general, dragging and humiliating the corpse is a bit too much. We went deep in alone, even if we won a small victory, it still hasn't shaken the overall situation, and on the opposite side are the real officers and soldiers!" The master should consider a way out." But he did not dare to resist, so he had to obey the order, tie Yang Chou's body upside down to the slave horse, and let the horse drag the headless body to run in the formation.
Yang Chou's servant returned crying and reported to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang sighed repeatedly when he learned about it. When the Han soldiers saw it, they were all frightened. Some people said: "Even the red iron man who was able to kill hundreds of people was beheaded in several rounds! This thief general can be regarded as the iron man and the enemy of ten thousand people. In my case, I’m afraid there aren’t many people in the army who can resist!”
Feeling the bravery of the Yuzhou cavalry, not only the Shangdang army, but also the Bafu army of Liu Bei's central army were alarmed and retreated one after another. Liu Xun and Sun Ben took advantage of the situation to pursue them, and only captured 500 heads.
At the turn of Chensi, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically. It turned out that the east wing that was defending and monitoring Yuan Shu's army was wrong. Under the repeated attacks of Liu Xun and Sun Ben, the army was completely routed. This exposed the flanks of Liu Bei's main army to Yuan Shu's army, and they had already invaded the Bafu of Ji Ling Military Camp. The army was hesitantly attacked by the enemy troops coming from the southeast, and suddenly fell into a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides.
After Liu Bei learned that the Shangdang army was defeated and Yang Chou was killed, he thought for a moment and asked his staff: "Now that we are attacked from both sides, should we reorganize our formation or charge to the end?" Xun You quickly replied: "There are hundreds of thousands of troops here. Therefore, rushing into the formation is only temporary, and order is everything. Has the general forgotten the strategy of filial piety? Now is not the time!"
Liu Bei nodded in agreement and immediately ordered his headquarters to retreat to the southwest. This would allow Sun Ben and other troops to withdraw the troops that had penetrated deeply into the Ji Ling Army before they could expand their victory from the side, thus avoiding the fate of destruction.
The west wind was still strong, and the Han army retreated under the cover of bows and arrows along the wind. At this time, Ji Ling's army had already drawn out thousands of soldiers, risking arrows to pursue them. In order to slow down Ji Ling's pursuit, Liu Bei ordered his sergeants and generals to drag their flags behind their horses, raising clouds of dust. Dust blew down the wind towards Ji Ling's army, and the smoke covered the sky. For a time, it was impossible to see far away, and Ji Ling's pursuit slowed down.
After a while, Sun Ben, Liu Xun and Ji Ling's counterattack armies had joined together. In fact, they had defeated the Han army's eastern flank and driven Liu Bei's headquarters several miles to the west. Despite the heavy smoke and dust, Liu Bei's red and black flying tiger flag can still be seen.
Ji Ling's cavalry quickly contacted Sun Bi and Liu Xun. On the battlefield, the situation was changing rapidly. They decided on their subsequent actions with a few words on the horse.
Ji Lingqi envoy asked: "My master asked me to come and discuss with the governor whether to return to the camp to protect the camp, or to take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Sun Bian hesitated for a moment and then asked, "What are General Ji's plans?"
The cavalry envoy said: "This victory depends entirely on your Majesty, so I will follow your advice!"
Sun Ben looked at Liu Xun. Liu Xun wiped the blood and sweat from his face and said: "It doesn't matter if the governor gives the order, I will rush to kill him immediately, and I will definitely be able to kill him for you!"
Sun Ben was very moved. He thought that although Lei Bo had not moved before, now he would definitely lead his cavalry to meet me when he saw that I had won. Seeing this situation, all the generals in the camp wanted to take credit, so they would not fail to send troops. There are also uncle Wu Jing and younger brother Sun Ce in the south, who can win this battle no matter what. Once I win this battle, I have made an unparalleled contribution and my reputation in the army is high. Whether the soldiers and horses from these two states are surnamed Yuan or Sun is still uncertain!
So he said to the cavalry: "If you retreat now, you will only win a small victory. You will still have to fight hard tomorrow, and the geographical advantage will be wasted. It is better to take advantage of the fact that the rebel army's formation is in chaos and drive them back in one go!"
The cavalryman ordered him to go back and report to Ji Ling. Ji Ling happily agreed. The Liang army abandoned the dispersed east wing of the Han army, ignored the still intact Han army formation in the south, and only pursued Liu Bei's central army's main formation in the west. , trying to completely defeat it.
Sun Ben did not know that Lei Bo had fled before the battle, nor did he expect that the leaderless generals of the camp, seeing the initial victory they had achieved, were frightened by the Han army's formation directly pressing on the camp from the west and did not dare to leave the camp. Half step. He even didn't expect that Wu Jing's camp was located on the south side, but it was blocked by Sun Ce and could not send any soldiers across the river.
At this time, if there are more troops from the south and east to attack the enemy, they can at least contain the Han army in the south and support the flanks of Sun Bi and Ji Ling.
It's a pity that Yuan Shu is incompetent, but the generals sit on the sidelines with strong troops. The generals watched the two lone armies go deep in. Apart from praying in their hearts and using their eyes to help, they were completely aloof from the incident! The so-called "one general is incompetent and a thousand troops are exhausted" probably refers to this situation.
()
Set a small goal first, such as remembering in 1 second: Shukeju
