Besides, most of the Han army had not participated in the battle. When they saw Liu Bei's headquarters retreating towards the north, but the red and black flying tiger flag still stood, all the generals said: "Sure enough, the general is deceitful. The enemy has been defeated and the flag is standing straight. Isn't the general giving orders?"
The Han soldiers were overjoyed to see that Sun Ben's Ji Ling troops were indeed taking advantage of the victory to pursue them. When they penetrated deeper, they had completely ignored their sides. The various tribes did not communicate with each other, and they all rushed to send out cavalry to outflank and block the rear. The army headed northeast to attack Yuan Shu's army to cover up and kill him.
In order to compete for glory, the armies no longer line up and have no coordination. The front has actually rushed into the enemy's formation, and the arrows from behind are still being fired one after another. On the battlefield, there was no distinction between friend and foe, and chaos reigned.
Yuan Shujun was attacked from behind and was immediately frightened. Liu Bei gathered hundreds of his trusted knights. They all dismounted, tied reins to their bodies, and fought on foot with long swords, temporarily blocking Sun Ben's attack. When the soldiers of Yuan Shu, who were blocked, learned that they were being attacked behind them, their morale was in great confusion. They turned back one after another, trampling on each other in front and back, refusing to give way. Although officers at all levels are still shouting and shouting, everyone is in danger and only cares about their lives. No one is listening to the orders.
The strange thing is that at the moment when the offensive and defensive positions were changing, there was a moment of stagnation on the battlefield. The people didn't seem to be fighting each other. They seemed to have stopped, observing and listening, trying to understand the changes in the scene and their own position. Once Sun Ben Ji Ling and his two men discovered that enemies were pouring in from all directions to kill their heads, they finally understood their desperate situation. Suddenly, their military formation was like a bank washed away by the general meeting, making frightening loud noises, and instantly collapsed.
The pursuing Yuan Shu's army was like mud and sand in the torrential siege and impact of the Han army. The flood carried mud and scattered sand into Ji Ling's camp, and then turned around and rushed into Yuan Shu's main camp, which had been watching quietly without fighting.
Under the flood-like impact of the Han army, Yuan Shu's army camp was unable to put up a strong resistance at all. The soldiers from all the tribes ran to the horse gallery to fight for their lives. In order to seize the horses and escape for their lives, they even drew their swords at each other and hacked each other. The person who snatched the horse didn't even have time to fit the saddle, so he straddled the horse and fled southeast. The people without horses staggered under the impact of the turbulent flow of people and horses, and ran towards the southeast. On the road to Runan, the smoke and dust filled the air, and there were all the sergeants Yuan Shu who threw away their helmets and took off their armor and were busy running for their lives.
The Han knights galloped among them, chasing and killing them, like calm hunters chasing a huge panicked herd of animals, and this was what the combined knights were best at. They were once defeated in embarrassment under the fierce and intensive attack of the Yuzhou Army. Now they are riding their horses and shooting arrows in the enemy formations that are fleeing in panic, looking for enemy generals to kill them in order to achieve meritorious service.
Different from the simple style of the Bafu, Yuan Shu's generals often wear brocade robes and embroidered scarves, which are very easy to identify. The soldiers of the Han army all looked for the man in beautiful clothes and chased him. Under Yuan Shu, Shi Yiguan, Huang Yi, Yan Xiang, Han Yin, Hui Qu, Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun and others were either captured or killed, and few of the staff in Yuan Shu's mansion slipped through the net.
Yuan Shu had not fully sobered up from the wine, and even though there was a loud killing outside, he was still a little fuzzy under the humid water vapor of Yingchuan River. But his son Yuan Yao couldn't wait any longer. He called his uncle Yuan Yin, the famous scholar Shu Shao who was drunk with his father, the knight Zhang Kai, and more than a dozen personal followers, and hurriedly took the dry food and treasures. , ran out of the big tent. There were soldiers running for their lives all around. No matter how they shouted, no one paid attention to them. Unable to find the horses, everyone had to flee on foot in despair.
Fortunately, Zheng Hun realized something was wrong early on, so he sent people to seize nearly a hundred horses and waited for them at the gate of the camp. Seeing Yuan Shu who was still awake, Zheng Hun lamented to himself: "Why come here! Why come here!" He brought the horses over again and said loudly: "Let's go quickly! Are you waiting to be taken as prisoners?" Yuan Shu and his party were able to escape and fled all the way back to Pingyu.
Long before Yuan Shu's camp was broken, Sun Ben was surrounded and knocked down by the Han army. His pockets and weapons were all gone, and he knelt down half-kneeling with his left hand. He stretched out his right hand to catch the enemy's sword point extending from his horse, and was about to cut his throat. The Han army had seen Sun Ben's unrivaled bravery and his determination to capture the enemy alive, so they hurriedly drew the sword backwards. The blade of the sword swiped across Sun Ben's palm, and blood immediately dripped from his hand. However, Sun Ben seemed to be no longer aware of the pain, his eyes were blank, and he sat down on the ground. In half a day, victory, defeat, honor and disgrace were turned upside down, and sorrow and regret were intertwined. This was probably a hundred times more painful than dying directly.
The Cold Knife Team, which was originally known as the elite, had been beaten to pieces by the Han army's successive attacks. However, there was still a team of about five to six hundred people, always gathered in a group, like an isolated island in a flood. They could not help but not be washed away, but stubbornly fought back the oncoming enemy. Later, more and more Han cavalry were gradually attracted by them, and there were about two thousand cavalry surrounding them.
These cavalry did not attack by force, but kept riding close to shoot arrows to consume the opponent. As time passed, most of these armored swordsmen lost their arrows, and more and more people were killed and injured. Several remaining military commanders discussed together and said: "We have done our best to kill the enemy and show our loyalty. If we don't surrender at this time, we will just be buried with the general. Why bother? Let's surrender!" So they all agreed! He pushed out a leader, took off his armor and took no weapons, walked out of the formation to ask for surrender, and finally saved the lives of the rest of the group.
The brave general Liu Xun also galloped his horse to escape among the chaotic army. The servants who were originally following him were all dispersed by the crowd. Only Cangtou Wang Qi and him ran towards the east one after another. He rode up a ridge in one breath. Liu Xun looked around. There were sparse trees, and under the gray hazy sky, there were not many people and horses that could be seen, and they were all running for their lives.
At this time, Liu Xun found that his mount was hit by an arrow, and its hind legs were already limping, obviously unable to hold up. But Wang Qi didn't catch up, so he jumped off the horse, sat on the ridge to rest, and waited for Wang Qi to come over and change horses.
Liu Xun had just killed Yang Chou bravely, and he had already mobilized both armies. His black armor and the purple brocade hat on his iron hood have been recognized by the knights of the Han army. At this moment, he was sitting on a high place. The knights of the Han army who were chasing the enemy around him saw it. They knew something and said, "Isn't that the iron-cutting man in the bandit army? The horse with the arrow next to him still has a Yang hanging on it." Where is Captain Ugly’s head!” So they all galloped over on horseback.
Liu Xun noticed that dozens of knights under his command were heading towards him in the distance. He was greatly embarrassed and panicked. He rolled over into the ditch under the ridge and hid there.
The chasing horse arrived quickly, only to see his mount injured, lying on a high place waiting for death. Someone said: "If you don't have a horse, you won't go far." So they dispersed and searched around the ridge. When they saw an enemy general with a purple hat leaning over and kneeling in the ditch, he called out: "The thief came up and tied his hands and feet. I I’ll take you to the shogunate to reward you!”
As he spoke, more than ten riders dismounted from their saddles, crowded on the edge of the ravine, and pulled Liu Xun up. Some knights said: "Please reward me to repay our name. But this man is so brave, what if he hurts someone on the way and escapes? Why don't you take the reward with your head!" Everyone said hello and held Liu Xun down. , took off his hat and hood, pulled out a sharp knife, quickly cut off the head, picked it up on the tip of the thorn, and stuck it high on the ridge to show off.
Liu Xun's subordinate Wang Qi rode a subordinate horse. He saw his master sitting on a high place in the distance. He was about to go over, but suddenly saw the Han knight chasing him all the way. He was so frightened that he jumped off his horse and hid behind Don't dare to go far away. After a while, he saw a head picked up from a high place. Knowing that the owner had been killed, he had to face the direction of the head and silently pray for him in his heart, hoping that the owner's soul would be buried. Then he rode on his horse. He abandoned his bow and armor and other items, wrapped his head in a black turban, hid a short knife in his arms, and ran away in an uninhabited direction.
The Han army advanced on foot and on horseback and pursued Yuan Shu's army for dozens of miles along the Suihe River until dark and sunset. A total of dozens of captains, lieutenants and officials below Yuan Shu were captured, more than 40,000 sergeants surrendered, and countless weapons and equipment were captured. Among the officers, there was Lei Bo, the prefect of Guangling! He had escaped from the battlefield early and stopped ten miles away to prepare lunch. But he didn't expect that the army would be defeated so quickly. The defeated army rushed towards him in a chaotic manner, attracting a swarm of Han knights. The roads were congested and the army had no fighting spirit. The so-called elite cavalry fled for their lives. And Lei Bo himself became a prisoner in this incomprehensible way.
When Sun Ben saw Lei Bo in the military tent, he stepped forward and beat him as if he was crazy. Lei Bo knew that he was in the wrong and did not dare to fight back, but Sun Bi had no intention of sparing his life. He punched Lei Bo one after another until Lei Bo's face turned red and white, and soon he had no breath left. The officers around him did not dare to come up to break up the fight. Waiting for Sun Ben's hands were weak from the beating. He laughed loudly and hit his head on the gravel in front of the military tent.
Only Ji Ling was lucky enough to escape with his life. He fled all the way to Shangcai City and collected thousands of remaining soldiers. Only then did he learn about Yuan Shu's escape to Shangcai and rushed to meet him. Sun Cejun, who was originally watching the battle on the south bank of Ru River, sent an envoy to say goodbye to Liu Bei.
After Liu Bei finished the battle, his whole body was sore and he was resting in his tent. At this time, he heard that Sun Ce's troops were about to leave. He quickly got up, met the envoy, and said with a smile: "This battle is won thanks to Bo Fu's hard work. Why do we have to leave in such a hurry? I have prepared a banquet in the army. Prepare to wait for Bo Fu to celebrate!"
The envoy was gentle and polite. He declined and said to Liu Bei: "The virtue of a general is like the sun and the moon shining brightly. How can it be expressed by one or two meals? I am waiting here because the military aircraft cannot be missed, and we must rush to rescue Ambassador Zhao. To pacify the six counties of Yangzhou, Yuan Shu will not be allowed to rise again. As for today's banquet, when the world is at peace, Hai Qing He Yan, the young master will banquet the general for a month to make amends. I hope the general will not refuse."
The messenger's tone was extremely humble, but the arrogance of his words could not be concealed. Liu Bei thought for a while and said regretfully: "Well, I wish you a safe journey." Before leaving, he asked the messenger: "I hope you will speak well." His appearance is not that of a normal person, can you tell me his name?"
Zhou Yu nodded slightly and saluted, then chuckled and said: "I am still called Han Mo, what can I think about now? If I am lucky enough to be able to make the general remember me, I hope it will be on the day of my meritorious service."
