When Guan Yu intercepted He Yi's troops on the flank, Yang Feng's offensive in the camp also suffered a setback.
At first, their attack went smoothly, but when they approached Liu Bei's main formation, they encountered a completely unexpected situation: under Liu Bei's tiger flag, where the commander's tent was, the Han army actually built two floors. The antlers were like an insurmountable high wall, separating them from the handsome tent.
Just as the Qi and Han sergeants were stunned, the crossbowmen who had been waiting behind the antlers pressed the crossbow button, and an iron curtain shot out across the sky and hit the forward Qingqi. After this moment, many people realized that the sound of arrows piercing bones was so clear and crisp that nearly a hundred knights did not scream when they died under this round of fire. Those who came after could only see the hedgehog-like remains of their comrades. With streams of blood.
"Move forward, keep moving forward! Why did you stop?" Yang Feng of the squadron couldn't see what was happening in front of him. He only knew that the forward suddenly stopped. This made him extremely angry, and he kept beating the stunned soldiers in front of him with his riding crop. When he saw Li Feiyan among the stunned crowd, Li Feiyan said bitterly to him: "Yang Shuai, we have fallen into a trap."
Only then did Yang Feng see the two antlers in front of him, and the Han crossbowman behind him who was replacing his lost crossbow. But he did not be confused along with the soldiers, but continued to curse: "So what?! There are thousands of troops here, and we are less than one mile away from the commander! Keep moving forward! There are comrades behind us! If you are fighting hard, you will either win the battle and go back! Or you will die here! Do you want to be a target when you retreat?"
His curse woke up everyone, and they all remembered the oaths made before the war. The knights suppressed the fear of death and raised their flags and shouted: "There is honor in death, but no shame in life." The sound was so loud that the Han army behind the antlers could not help but change their expressions.
Then Yang Feng's troops continued to advance. Li Feiyan summoned the strong men who had just broken the camp and tried to repeat the same trick, continuing to use the giant ax to pierce the antlers. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the crowd, he was noticed by the Han army. They immediately pushed out three carts covered with black cloth from behind the antlers, took off the black cloth, revealing a long string made of beef tendon, and then put an arrow shaft as thick as a wrist on the string, and at the front end of the arrow shaft , is a crescent-shaped arrowhead. The arrow clusters, which have been polished for several days, reflect a bit of cold light under the morning glow.
The two soldiers turned the machine gun and fully pulled the crossbow string. When the warriors got close to the antlers, they released arrows decisively. The sound of a crossbow arrow was naturally inferior to the previous rain of arrows, but such a huge arrow could not fail to attract everyone's attention. What's more, this giant arrow passed over the deer's antlers, cut through the human body like paper, and broke an eight-foot strongman into two pieces from the waist. The person's upper body was rolling on the ground and screaming, while the lower body was still standing there, as if at a loss.
Normally, such a terrifying scene would make even the most courageous warrior feel terrified in this scene. But at this moment, it seemed that it was just a drop of water sprinkled into the firewood, which turned into invisible vapor in the blink of an eye. The knight behind stepped on the corpse of his companion and continued to destroy the antlers with his knife and hands.
Liu Bei stood under the main tent and could clearly see the situation here. His expression was unmoved, but his palms were full of sweat. She Jian and others around him changed their expressions because of this, and sighed repeatedly: "Of the many battles since the Eastern Expedition, today's enemy is the bravest!" Liu Bei smiled and reassured them: "It is not half as good as Dong Zhuoliang's army."
Regardless of whether this is true or not, Yang Fengbu is indeed in a desperate situation. Their difficulties were far more than the two antlers in front of them: the camps on both sides restricted the mobility of the cavalry, and Taishi Ci's tribe on the flanks also launched a counterattack, and He Yi's tribe, who had originally planned to assist them, was stopped by Guan Yu. This caused them to be besieged by troops several times their own, and they were helpless, and they soon ran out of energy.
After another two moments, the glow in the sky became more and more red, and the fire on the ground gradually faded. Then the sound of Yang Feng's fighting became smaller. Qi Han Qingqi's body was full of arrows. At this time, he could only stand. The horse was in a daze, but there was no one left standing. The few people who were still alive lay on the ground panting, with blood in their eyes, looking towards the northwest at the still unclear banner.
Yang Feng's 4,000 light cavalry forward fought to the death until they were completely killed, with no one left alive.
The second team led by He Yi did not know the tragic situation of the first team being wiped out. After fighting with the Han knights for several quarters of an hour, they finally waited for the follow-up reinforcements. Gong Du led the third team of cavalry to charge as promised. Come up.
They held high the sun-yellow flag. Under the rays of the sun, the light on the armor and stomach seemed to be refracted by crystal. Guan Yu originally assigned a cavalry army, led by Wei Yan, to stop them, but he did not expect that the moth thieves also had iron cavalry! The knights under Wei Yan's command were only wearing ordinary leather armor. When they collided with these more than a thousand cavalry, it was as if they had hit a steel plate and were cut open!
This is an elite division that has been armed and organized since Zhang Rao. Since the previous battles between the two sides were harassment and siege battles, they were not able to enter the battlefield. At this time, I finally found an opportunity to attack and entered the formation for the first time, and it worked wonders. After tearing apart Wei Yan's troops, they continued to attack Guan Yu's line without stopping. Guan Yu also underestimated their combat power, and his subordinates were knocked upside down. He had to lead the banner to withdraw from the battlefield, planning to reorganize after a while. Fight again.
Therefore, He Yi and Gong Du finally got some time to arrange their queues, and followed Yang Feng's footsteps into the Han camp.
At this time, they heard the unexpected sound of horse hooves again. Obviously, the ambush of the Han army was not limited to Guan Yu on the south wing. After Guan Yu retreated, Zhang Yang on the north wing came out again. They followed the dim junction and circled to the rear of the armored cavalry, delaying their pace with arrows. Zhang Yang's troops are all light cavalry. They may not be a match for the armored cavalry in close combat, but the back and forth attacks are enough to wear down the vigor of these death-defying knights.
He Yi loudly said to his subordinates: "Don't worry about them! Captain Yang is still clearing the way in front, and Commander Zhang will break the siege behind him. As long as we ride forward, we will be able to kill the enemy's main formation!"
Likewise, they soon saw the end of Yang Fengbu. The sky to the west was already a little blue, and some dim light cast from the dome, allowing them to see a plain where corpses were lying and bows were missing. Blood soaked the withered autumn grass, and the strong smell of rust stimulated the nerves of every sergeant.
The Han army thought they would be afraid, but Guo Xiaoxian, who was leading the charge, only turned his horse to circle in place for a moment, then dismounted and picked up a flag from the ground. The flag had been curled up into a ball and was stuck in the mud by a crossbow. When Guo Xiaoxian took it out, several tears were inevitably torn. He waved the flag, and everyone stared at it, only to see the yellow lone bird swaying in the windless sky. The color of blood and mud could not change the true color of the yellow clouds in the flag. Guo Xiaoxian held the flag and mounted his horse. People say: "The flag is still there, and the heroic spirit is still there! Huang Tian is above, forgetting death and never before!"
The flag of Gongdu's headquarters is also made of yellow cloth, with a mountain eagle painted on it. At this time, the Qi and Han knights carrying flags became excited. They put their bows into their bow bags, held the flagpole high with both hands, and waved it in the air with Guo Xiaoxian. Looking from a distance, the Han soldiers looked like yellow clouds were pressing down, but also like fire rising up. Suddenly, the enemy troops launched a desperate charge, accompanied by high-pitched roars, like an endless wave, impacting their bodies and souls.
Liu Bei couldn't help but be moved. He walked through the second antlers and walked to the soldiers guarding between the antlers. He patted their shoulders one by one and said, "Don't be afraid. You are here and I am here. We will live and die together." !". Liu Bei's voice was not loud, even a little low, but the soldiers couldn't help but feel excited when they saw that the commander was not afraid of missing arrows and personally stepped forward to comfort him.
Before Liu Bei could completely pass through it, the bloody fighting began again.
Unlike Yang Feng's light cavalry, He Yi's armored cavalry and Gong Du's iron cavalry are not afraid of ordinary crossbow losses. In fact, the special shovel-headed arrows of the crossbow machine are not many, and the deterrent effect is far greater than the actual effect. At this moment, these cavalry The army moved forward vigorously, which meant that the crossbow machine also lost its effect. The two armies could only engage in the bloodiest hand-to-hand combat in front of the fortress in the camp.
The Han army stabbed back and forth with their long swords in the gaps in the deer's antlers, while the soldiers of the Qi people dismounted, fighting against the rain of arrows on the flanks and the sharp blades in front of them to shake the deer's antlers. Time was running out, so some Qi people simply grabbed the outstretched head of the tree with their hands, and then grabbed the tree pole to compete with the soldiers behind the antlers. When both sides exerted force, pulling and pulling, Qi Ren's fingers and pieces of flesh fell like autumn fruits. But this did not make the Qi people waver. Their will obviously surpassed that of the Han soldiers on the opposite side, and in a bloody battle of close combat, will is often the most important.
Finally, at the middle side, the Qi people opened a hole in the first layer of antlers. Like a crisp sound of silk cloth, some of the Qi people got on their horses and immediately rushed in through the gap.
At this time, the glow in the sky has dissipated and turned into a brighter red color. The rising sun was still in the mountains, but it had already faintly broken through the clouds, revealing the blue and clear sky. Under the reflection of the sky, the flags of the Han army's commander's tent were particularly conspicuous.
Yang Guo Xiaoxian, who was at the front of the queue, continued to wave the flag soaked in mud and blood, while the armored cavalry behind him looked like they had steel in their eyes. Even though no one shouted, they couldn't hide what they were thinking. Every soldier facing them could read: If they break through another antler half a mile ahead, victory will belong to them.
But this is ultimately just the tragic illusion of a drowning man.
Just as they galloped through the siege and drove straight in, a rumble of drums suddenly sounded. The sound quickly changed from weak to deafening. It came from the direction of the Han army's main tent. After the Han soldiers in front of them heard the sound of the drum, they didn't have much intention to stop the armored cavalry. Instead, they fled to both sides.
This gave Guo Xiaoxian an ominous premonition. The sound of the drum was not pure, it contained another sound. He couldn't hear it clearly at first, but gradually, everyone heard and saw clearly. A row of equally tall knights rushed over from the second antlers. : Their armor and horses are hung with various ornaments. When the horses run, the buckles of their belts will hit the stomach of the armor, making a sound like wind chimes.
Tuoba Pigu led eight hundred Xianbei cavalry out of the battle and plunged into the Qi people's cavalry.
