Like the flying snow blown by a strong wind, the first to reach the inside of the breach was the Shu cavalry unit. Seeing these tall horses flying across the snow in front of them, the soldiers of the Liang Army who had stopped to rest nervously stood up to fight with their swords in hand. However, the Jinfan thieves who galloped hard had no intention of fighting. They followed the leader in front and drew an arc in front of the Liang people. They passed through the middle of the dividing line between the Liang and Shu armies on the west side of the breach and went around to the front line of the Liang people. Notch in the back.
At this time, most of the Liang army's vanguard was in the breach to the south. Zhang Liao only left a small number of personal followers to supervise the battle in the formation, and was anxiously waiting for Lu Bu's reinforcements. Unexpectedly, what was waiting for them were Shu people wearing yellow military uniforms and light armor. The frightened Liang people ran backwards to escape the fight, allowing the Jinfan thieves to effortlessly turn their horses' heads from behind them, and cut diagonally across the front line established during the fierce battle in the southeast direction. Along the way, the corpses of soldiers from both sides lay stiffly on the snow, in a continuous line. Continuously extending forward.
The gap opened by the Liang people was not big, just a few hundred steps from north to south. The Jinfan thieves' horizontal thrusts quickly cut off the retreat of the invading Liang people. Then the Jinfan thieves were divided into several columns. Most of the knights were sitting on their horses with their heads facing east, waiting for battle. Looking to the east, the wind was much weaker, and in the distance you could see scattered Liang people walking on the snow. Farther away, the horses were densely packed, and the Liang people's cavalry were approaching faintly.
The Jinfan thieves reined in the bridles of their horses, took off their bows one after another, and prepared to meet the Liang army's attack.
At this time, earth-shattering killing sounds came from the breach in the south, and the fighting sounds of armor clashing sounded like thunder. That was when several close square formations in the middle of the Shu army finally turned left! Sandwiched between the northern and southern Shu armies, the Liang army's vanguard suddenly found itself trapped in a tight siege. If the Shu people's left-turning phalanx is like an iron hammer, then the front line on the south side of the breach is the chopping block, and the fish in between is Zhang Liao's troops who are advancing forward inside the breach.
At this time, the Liang Army knights led by Lu Bu were trying their best to rush to the breach. As they got closer, they encountered groups of Liang Army soldiers. Lu Bu followed him, whipping his whip and shouting, and dispersed his own people on the snow. As they approached the breach, hundreds of soldiers scattered in scattered directions, blocking the way forward.
Lu Bu was at the front of the cavalry column, and saw from a distance a military flag with a slumped hem erected in the skirmish formation ahead. Riding a black horse under the military banner, surrounded by several soldiers, the one who kept raising his sword and waving the torch together was none other than Zhang Liao, the leader of the vanguard. Seeing this, Lu Bu picked up his horse and ran straight to the military flag. When Zhang Liao saw him riding his horse, he also put down his knife and went to greet him.
Coming closer, Zhang Liao grabbed Lu Bu's horse's bridle. Lu Bu saw that he was covered in blood and didn't know if he was injured. Zhang Liao took off his pocket, revealed a pair of lonely eyes, and slowly shook his head and said: "General! Most of my forwards have been surrounded. I can barely lead my men to fight out, but those who are left behind may be in danger." ”
Lu Bu's heart skipped a beat. He never expected that the Shu army would have so many cavalry and they would react so quickly. After originally expecting to quickly cross the gap and go straight around the Shu army's formation, there was little hope at this moment. Knowing that the possibility was only one in ten thousand, he still stood on his horse with determination and shouted to Zhang Liao: "Get out of the way! I will lead the troops and rush in!"
When Zhang Liao heard this, he let go of the horse's bridle and dismounted. He knelt on the snow with his knees bent and leaned on his knife. He raised his head and persuaded: "General, it's a night battle now. The Shu people have set up their formation. We have been walking all night. Could it be that charging hard in the snow is what I am good at as a knight? If we continue to fight hard, it will only increase casualties in vain. Has the general forgotten what he said before the battle, fight if you can, and leave if you can't?"
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Lu Bu was furious. He fully understood what Zhang Liao meant. The gap that the forwards rushed out of had now become a slaughterhouse for the Shu people to surround and kill. Even if they entered, there would be no other meaning except paying greater casualties. In fact, the first scenario cannot be achieved. We can only retreat slowly, hoping that Jia Xu behind us will come to the rescue, and then ask the three towns to send troops. Otherwise, no one can save the decline of this war!
He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly shook the reins, and the red rabbit horse ran forward, squeezing Zhang Liao aside. The knights behind him also jumped forward on their horses, passed through the gap where the broken troops dispersed, and rushed forward to the original breach. Under the moonlight, the wind and snow in front decreased, and it was clearly visible that the Jinfan thieves they had encountered before were lined up in front of them, their horses' heads were like a block, silent and motionless on the snow, just waiting for Liang Ren to come and fight.
Behind the Jinfan thief, the noisy fighting sounds that were still audible now slowly subsided. The two armies of Liang and Shu were actually several arrows away from each other, facing each other directly without moving. Lu Bu stood on his horse and did not give the order immediately. He was in a dilemma of indecision and was unwilling to retreat. But reason told him that the fighting in front of him was meaningless. He should return to the military formation as soon as possible. The Shu army would soon launch a counterattack on the right wing. At the same time, envoys should be sent up the mountain to request other ministries to send troops.
The fierce northwest wind that accompanied Ryoto's attack completely stopped at this time. The snowflakes gradually ceased to be waste and slowly fell to the ground. The flags of both Liang and Shu armies drooped lifelessly, which seemed to indicate that this meaningless cavalry battle was cancelled.
Ganing, who was covered in beauty, observed the battle formation for a while and determined that Cihu was no longer in danger. He then struck the horse's head with his bow and rein and rode away alone. He quickly rushed to Liu Fan's base and reported back to Liu Fan: "I'm afraid Lu Bu is about to retreat. Isn't Gong Heng in position yet?"
Liu Fan closed his eyes and said slowly: "Don't worry, Lu Bu has been chasing me all day, how could he retreat so simply? Counting the time, it's only a moment or two."
Who does Liu Fan refer to by Gongheng?
The one he refers to is Yizhou Zhonglang General Huang Quan and Huang Gongheng. At this moment, he was leading 20,000 soldiers in Shu, crossing the Duanliu Plain at night. These people were the reserve team that Liu Fan had divided up long ago. As soon as they saw the Liang army approaching, they left the formation and quietly climbed up the Duanliu Plain in the south.
The Duanliu Plain was covered with dead trees and three feet of snow, making it extremely difficult for the infantry to walk. When the Liang army had already prepared for battle in the original formation, they had just reached the middle part of the plain, and almost all the soldiers' hands and feet were numb. But thanks to this, when they walked on the plain, except for the sound of compacted snow, there was not much noise. The surroundings were as quiet as elk stepping on the grass. As a result, they were less than two miles away from the Liang army and successfully reached the enemy's rear. However, the armies of the three towns watching the battle on Wei Yuan did not notice it.
By this time, Lu Bu's front army had retreated, the reinforcements from the three towns had not yet reached the plain, and Huang Quan's forward had just arrived at the east side of Duanliu Plain. Huang Quan himself was in the vanguard. He climbed over the last steep slope and looked at the lights not far away. He saw Liang people crowded together underneath, like a black mist that could not be dispersed. He then said to his deputy Wu Ban: "It's almost time for the decisive victory. I will lead the infantry down to the plain, while you stay on the plain and take care of each other. Once the enemy comes to attack, you must not retreat!"
After that, Huang Quan left the bows and bows carried by his troops to Wu Ban, and he arranged the five thousand soldiers into four columns. After the formation was fully deployed, he took out his knife and waved it decisively, and the soldiers around him blew the horn. The sound of the trumpet was like a sharp knife cutting through the silence on the plain, followed by the sound of thousands of arrows piercing the sky. The Shu army shot so many arrows that they were like flying crows from the sky, so that the arrows The rods struck each other making a constant crackling sound. The falling arrows trailed white feathers, like snowflakes falling from the sky.
Only then did Liang Ren realize that there were so many enemy archers in the wilderness beside him. Many of them had arrows pierced their heads before they had time to fear, and they fell to the ground without a sound, their bodies The sound of falling to the ground and arrows falling into the snow was like raindrops falling to the ground, making sounds one after another.
After firing arrows continuously, Huang Quan led the formation of infantry and appeared in Liangren's field of vision. They didn't shout, they just held their knives high and made a loud creaking sound as their leather boots stepped on the deep snow. It was like a rolling yellow wave, approaching the unprepared Liangren army.
The Shu army's column only had a few rows, but it seemed like a wedge extending forward. As soon as it encountered the Liang people's array, it struggled to pass through it. Even though the infantry attacked the cavalry, the Liang army gathered heavily on the right wing, leaving no room for dodge and maneuver. The Shu army actually plowed through. The gap created was quickly filled by the Shu soldiers behind. In almost three quarters of an hour, the middle section of the Liang Army's right wing was cut off, and it was almost approaching the Liang Army's center.
At this time, a cavalry force in the front line of the Liang army suddenly came forward to cover it up and entangled with the Shu army that rushed to the center, temporarily halting the defeat of the Liang army on the right wing.
Liu Fan was sitting on the high platform and saw the fire that suddenly appeared in the south of Liang's army from a distance. He was happy and suspicious at the same time. He stood up and asked himself: "Is Gongheng here?" Not long after, a messenger grabbed him and stepped on it. He ran to the formation in the snow and mud, and reported the situation ahead to Liu Fan out of breath: "General Zhonglang has crossed the Duanliu Plain and began to charge towards the rebel army."
"How did the rebel army on Wei Yuan react?"
"There are rebel scouts observing on the snow. There are about hundreds of horses on horseback. They don't retreat when they see our army. There are many horses in the woods behind, and I guess the group is resting in the forest. We only know this and don't dare to look any further. .”
Liu Fan smiled coldly: "Since these bandits dare not fight, they are still pretending in front of me. Do you think I have no courage?"
He only hesitated for a moment, and soon there was only determination in his eyes, and he immediately ordered: "Tell Gongheng, destiny is in Shu! He is a talented person, as long as he allows me to take advantage of the gap, I will not begrudge wealth!" Then he said to the people around him! The envoy said: "I sent a message to Zhang Ren, and the Chinese army pressed me forward."
A quarter of an hour later, the sea of yellow flags began to move slowly. It was the middle army of the Shu army that had already annihilated all the Liang army's vanguard. They continued to press eastward, and the defense of the Liang army's front line had become weaker due to Huang Quan's attack. Now several times the force besieged the right wing of the Liang army, overwhelming the Liang army's headquarters almost instantly.
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