Jia Xu sent troops to relieve Lu Bu's left wing, ensuring that the situation on the entire battlefield would not be completely eroded, but it did not help Lu Bu's right wing. After struggling to hold on for nearly half an hour, the front was finally about to collapse. .
The space in Lu Bu's formation has been squeezed into an extremely narrow space, with horses almost touching each other. As soon as he turns around, he can bump into his comrades, smell the smell of sweat and blood on their bodies, and see in their eyes. Deep fatigue. Unknowingly, the battle at night had lasted for more than two hours. They fought hard for a long time and drank all the water in the kettle. But they felt thirsty and felt a burning itching in their throats, so they had to grab a handful on the ground and look at it. The relatively white snow was stuffed into his mouth, chewing it up and leaving his mouth full of earthy smell.
But there seemed to be more Shu people to their east, west, north and south. They were holding torches high, and the sound of stepping on the snow and the silhouettes of people were like black waves. The Liang people who were holding their bows and ready to shoot held their breath and turned their remaining strength into relatively smooth flying shots, but in the end they could not penetrate the thick armor of the Shu people in the front row. These people were like hedgehogs with bristled fur, continuing to charge forward. Fortunately, the deep snow and thick armor limited their speed. Calling it a charge, it was just walking in the snow.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao said to Lu Bu: "General, the situation is urgent! If we continue like this, there is no chance of winning, so we should leave as soon as possible!"
Lu Bu closed his eyes and did not answer. Instead, he sat in the center of the formation, anxiously waiting for the news that Li Hei brought back from Han Sui. Until Wei Xu's subordinates staggered out of the darkness and fell to their knees on the snow at Lu Bu's feet, crying. They originally wanted to hear the news of reinforcements, but what they didn't want to hear was the bad news that the Shu people had broken through from the center of the formation and that Wei Xu was already at war.
Hearing that more Shu troops were approaching the formation, all the remaining soldiers around Lu Bu were horrified. Zhang Liao stepped forward again and admonished: "I will lead more than a hundred people for the general to resist the pursuing troops. General, please retreat first!" Looking at Lu Bu again, he slowly stood up from the horse with a long sword and paused. Feeling dizzy, he looked around blankly and asked himself miserably: "If I retreat, where will I retreat to?"
Zhang Liao sighed and said: "We can only retreat to Xijing first. As long as the emperor does not lose, there will always be a chance for negotiation."
When Lu Bu heard the word "Xijing", he was shocked. He immediately remembered the last time he defended Chang'an, so he instinctively wanted to refute it. It was better to lead the army back to Lingzhou. But looking back at the cold people sitting on Wei Yuan, his heart became cold again. Could he still be able to control these people? He already had the answer in his heart. All he could do was pat Zhang Liao on the shoulder and whisper: "Thank you, Wen is far away."
At this time, he waved his hand and pulled out the long stick stuck in the snow, and pulled the bridle of the red rabbit horse hard. The red rabbit immediately let out a sharp and frightening neighing sound, and even the mounts of the surrounding warriors began to neigh unknowingly. The Shu soldiers on the periphery didn't know what was going on and couldn't help but pause. Then they saw a figure like an iron tower leaping out of the crowd and crashing into the crowd.
Seeing that the general was leading the way, the followers' original fear turned into desperate anger again. Without obeying the general's orders, they all picked up their weapons and rushed toward Lu Bu like a tide, vying to line up in front of him. protect. It is strange to say that even though they are trying to escape for their lives, people are willing to put life and death at risk at this time, leaving only a desire to fight rising in their hearts. After only a few dozen steps forward, they encountered sporadically retreating vanguard troops. Seeing the army coming through the snow, the defeated troops had no way to retreat, so they all turned around and followed the army to the north.
They broke through two formations in succession, and there were far fewer enemies in front of them. However, it was dark in front of them and they couldn't tell the enemy's situation, so they could only keep galloping. Suddenly, someone shouted hoarsely: "There are many people ahead!" It sounded like a torrent rushing through the night, and the sound of stepping on the snow suddenly rose up like a drumbeat. Countless densely packed people wearing iron jackets on their heads, Enemies covered in iron armor jumped out from the black screen, and there was a sudden sound of iron weapons clashing.
Lu Bu heard bursts of cheers suddenly rang out from the Shu army's formation. He couldn't help but look towards the center of the cheers, and saw a few hundred steps away, surrounded by fire, a unicorn flag with yellow edges and white background. It is fluttering back and forth under the firelight, which is quite majestic. His mind was suddenly as clear as a bronze mirror, that must be Liu Fan's main formation! Do you want to break out of the battle and make an attempt to save the defeat? When this idea just arose, Lu Bu immediately snuffed it out dejectedly. The morale there was strong, and he was exhausted, so he probably wouldn't have such an opportunity.
In Liu Fan's formation, he naturally noticed the extremely proficient Liang army in front of him. Liu Dan was shocked when he saw that despite the heavy siege, he still could not stop the cavalry of more than a thousand men. He sighed to Liu Fan and said: "Brother, it's no wonder that the Liang people have been able to bring trouble to the world for more than ten years. Such a strong army is worthy of its reputation!" Then he asked again: "Are we going to send more troops and horses to surround and annihilate them here?"
Liu Fan looked at it for a moment, shook his head and said: "The victory is determined. No matter how many troops are sent, it will only increase casualties. It is better to destroy the morale of the army." Then he sent an order to Jing Gu in the north of the main formation, asking him to open the passage and let this army go. Liang Bing left. Sure enough, seeing a way out, the Liang army immediately galloped out, ignoring the encircled right wing.
The right wing of the Shu army also began to relax its oppression, and the Chinese army continued to advance westward, quickly forming a huge wedge-shaped offensive that almost penetrated the Liang army. The Liang Army on the left saw a way out and welcomed back their coach. No matter how unwilling they were, they did not want to stay in this meat grinder any longer. Under the auspices of Gao Shun and Jia Xu, they went there one after another. Running towards the dark sky to the north. With this retreat, the formation suddenly disappeared. Liu Fan seized this opportunity and immediately ordered the right wing to play the marching drum, and the entire army encircled.
The knights of the Liang Army who were still on the battlefield were unable to resist and could only drive the horses that were sitting down desperately. Some ran away, while others were exhausted due to too much fighting and could not run more than a mile at this time. , the horses were frothing at the mouth and collapsed to the ground. No matter how hard they pulled the reins, the horses could not get up. These people had no choice but to ride on horseback, but it was too late. The Shu army's troops were like a net covering them. A considerable number of people escaped from the gaps in the net, but more people and horses were killed by the shadows of swords and arrows. What the rain left behind.
The resistance of the remaining Liang people was still quite tenacious. Even though they were besieged by enemy forces several times their own, they still persisted in fighting hard. But this is doomed to be a futile effort when most of them have already evacuated, and their defeat is already doomed. The meaning of them continuing to wield their swords is just to buy time for their comrades to evacuate.
After an unknown amount of time, the moonlight gradually dimmed and the sound of fighting gradually became quieter. When the moon completely disappeared from the western mountain, a ray of morning light turned red-purple in the eastern sky, and the area around Duanliuyuan fell into complete silence. In this dark field of vision, it seemed that the previous fighting and war were all a nightmare.
Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, the commander-in-chief of this battle has safely fallen asleep. When Liu Fan opened his eyes again, the surrounding pine forest was sparse, and he saw a ray of sunlight shining down from between the trees. Outside the pine forest, the snow was clear, the sky was blue, and the sun was bright! The sun shines softly on the mountains from the original top in the east. The white snow underneath reflects the bright sunshine, making people dare not open their eyes and look directly.
Although there is still a little bit of snow vapor in the wind, there are very few clouds in the sky above and it is a clear blue, which makes people feel open-minded. A very small number of clouds seemed to be pierced by thousands of rays of light at this time, each shrinking, and the background of the sky was revealed in the gaps. The sky suddenly became much higher, and the surrounding armies and mountains seemed insignificant at this time.
Since leaving the Baoxian Road and entering Guanzhong, the people of Shu have never seen such a sunny day. What's more, the clouds are so low that they are almost touching the ground. The heavy atmosphere makes people forget how high the sky is.
The officers and soldiers of the Shu army were very happy as if they had won another battle. People worked hard to clean the battlefield, collect prisoners, and soon reported the results to Liu Fan.
Liu Fan wrapped himself in a bearskin cloak, washed his face with hot water, and then listened to the reports from his subordinates. Although there were a lot of gains in this battle, about over 10,000 kills and nearly 20,000 prisoners, the losses were also not small. , the number of soldiers killed and seriously injured in various units totaled more than 10,000. Fortunately, nearly 8,000 war horses and more than 2,000 pack horses were captured in this battle, which could greatly make up for the increasingly stretched transportation capacity of the Shu army.
After Liu Fan heard the report, he did not immediately deal with the aftermath. Instead, he asked Huang Quan, who was in charge of the affairs: "Have all the Xiliang people in Wei Yuan withdrawn?" After receiving Huang Quan's exact answer, he nodded slightly and asked. E said with a smile: "They say Liang people are like tigers, but now it seems that they are even more like poisonous snakes! You must be on guard against them."
Then he ordered Yan Yan to send all the captured Liang people to Hanzhong and hand them over to Liu Zhang in the rear. The whole army then marched north to Wugong, resting and recuperating while spreading the news of their great victory over Lu Bu to Guanzhong. They were not in a hurry to advance to Chang'an, but wanted Feng Yi to establish a firm foothold in Fufeng.
At this time, Huang Quan suddenly raised something with Liu Fan and said, "We have captured a man among the bandits who is quite famous, but he wants to die. Do you want to persuade me, sir?"
When Liu Fan asked, it turned out to be Zhang Liao. Regarding Zhang Liao's reputation, Liu Fan had heard about it when he was in Chang'an. Naturally, he was overjoyed at this time and immediately asked someone to bring him here. When Zhang Liao entered the formation with several soldiers in custody, Liu Fan saw that his hands were bound and his body was stained with blood. He was panting and sighing due to fatigue, but his eyes were quite calm. He lowered his head and said to Liu Fan: " But please give me a dead ear."
Liu Fan said with a smile: "Is life worth dying?"
Zhang Liao replied: "The way of loyalty and righteousness cannot be changed."
Liu Fan heard the words and asked, "Is the loyalty of the king the loyalty of a single husband, or the loyalty of thousands of people?"
Zhang Liao remained silent. When Liu Fan saw this, he personally untied the rope for him, patted his shoulder and said, "Wen Yuan has a talent of thousands of miles. If he runs away now, will he be famous for a hundred generations?"
After that, Liu Fan asked Zhang Liao to take him to wash and eat. Dong Zhao was on the side and clearly saw the moved look in Zhang Liao's eyes. He stepped forward to congratulate him: "Young master not only won, but also gained a tiger general. The ancient virtuous hope is nothing more than this."
Liu Fan laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "Sir, there is no need to say these polite words, I still know the principle of prudence."
Seeing that Dong Zhao was a little embarrassed, he immediately calmed down the atmosphere and said, "Sir, when we first met, he asked me what my ambitions were. I didn't say anything. Today, the swans have soared in the sky. Do you know, sir?"
Dong Zhao was sincerely convinced and sighed: "The way of civility and martial arts flourishes from the king."
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