A long time has passed, and at dusk, the sun shines dullly on the earth, and the boundaries between heaven and earth are no longer clear. The ancestral water seems to flow between two yellow and black intersections, and the surrounding dust and mist are billowing like huge waves. Occasionally, you can hear a rushing sound coming from a distance. Some people say that it is the sound of the rising tide upstream; others say that it is the sound of wind mixed with dust passing through the woods along the earth.
The Western soldiers were scattered and resting on the bloody battlefield. Most of them were too tired to speak. They just held their halberds silently and looked uneasily at their comrades who were wading across the river. In fact, they all knew that they had not completely left the dangerous battlefield, but they no longer had the energy to think about how to fight again. Most people have only one idea. If there is a place without the smell of blood, they can lie down and rest immediately.
Some of the soldiers were seriously injured. They were lucky enough to escape from the pursuit of the East, but they were still very close to death. Take Deng Zhi's troops as an example. Almost all of the survivors of Paoze were injured. Some were only injured in the flesh, but some had their joints or metacarpal fingers cut off directly, and then lay in the ground due to excessive blood loss. Suffering from high fever. It is even more difficult to deal with some people who have suffered critical injuries. For example, one of Chen Chong's students, Liu Gan, had his shoulder armor cracked, his collar and shoulder blades torn apart, and you could see the horrific wounds from his neck to his shoulder blades, full of flesh and blood, and still bleeding. Everyone was helpless, and Liu Bei sighed: "If Zhong Jing were here, there might be a way to cure him, but I left him in Jinyang!"
He happened to be heard by the shooting aid accompanying the army. He also knew some medical skills, so he ran over to help. He untied Liu Gan's collar and sucked the blood from the wound with his mouth. The sucked blood spit out on the sand, where it mixed with the soil and rolled into mud.
After sucking, Sheyuan's mouth was full of scarlet stench. He pointed at the sleeping Liu Gan and said to everyone: "If you want to survive, you must suck the sore to stop the bleeding, and you must prepare water, otherwise you will be very thirsty when you wake up..." "After the call to fire reinforcements, I looked around at the injured people everywhere, and the sound of wailing could not be heard. The soldiers next to me were sitting or standing, their lips were chapped, and most of their faces were stained with dried blood. He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. He said nothing more about the fact that the injured was very thirsty when he woke up and urgently needed a lot of water, otherwise his life would not be saved.
When the people around heard the shooting aid say that the wounded man was thirsty, they felt that their mouths and tongues were dry and there was almost no saliva in their mouths. After the retreat at noon, most people were without water. Even though the ancestral water is right in front of you, the sight of it being soaked red with blood is really unpalatable. In addition to being thirsty, I also had a bloated head and a headache. The veins on my forehead throbbed with pain, connecting directly to my eyes and going deep into my brain. Some people sat down in the bloody mud and rested with their knives. But when I closed my eyes, I felt my headache getting worse and more unbearable. I could only open my eyes and focus on the battlefield filled with corpses.
At this moment, the sound of rushing gradually became quieter, and many people suddenly fell to the ground while they were teetering. After staring blankly at each other for a moment, as the trembling on the ground intensified, they finally reacted in horror and shouted to the army wading behind: "Cross the river! Cross the river quickly! The bandits are here again!"
Slowly, behind the sound of wind blowing dust, there seemed to be some other sounds. The sky in the north and east is yellow-brown. Between the sky and the earth covered by yellow dust, it seems that there are a large number of people and horses hiding restlessly and galloping! Soon, a sound like flood overflowing the dam gradually came from behind the east slope. After a while, the sound became louder and clearer. However, this was not the sound of human voices, nor the sound of galloping war horses, but the sound of very dense collisions of weapons and armor, like the roar of magic weapons. It is conceivable that there should be a lot of armored soldiers walking together to make such a noise!
At this time, even though it couldn't be seen clearly, it was obvious that many people had appeared on the opposite skyline. At the beginning, there were knights who came up with one or two horses each. They had already put on their armor, and most of their bows and swords were placed on their horses. They took advantage of the dust to disperse, quickly mounted their horses, and then began to charge towards the northwest corner.
The first group of Dongmen who charged into the formation probably only had a few hundred riders, but their charge launched with determination to win raised yellow dust into the sky, like a huge tumbling wave, sweeping in from a distance, making the spectators tremble with fear. In a moment, they quickly rushed into the huge and loose camp of the Westerners.
The Eastern knights continued to arrive from behind, and soon thousands of knights gathered around them. As the second group, they also rushed over quickly. At this moment, the bright red flag also appeared on the slope, spreading from north to south like a forest, looming in the dust and mist.
After the third group rushed in, the original first group of knights circled around from both sides, returned to the Eastern position, and then dismounted to rest their power. Each group of Eastern cavalry formed a column and weaved in and out of the Western army formation like snakes. Guided by the Yellow Sky Snake flag in the east, they quickly circled back and charged alternately.
As soon as the Eastern cavalry entered the formation, they were divided into several teams, some in columns and some in horizontal rows. The Eastern column used long swords to drive and stab the infantry on both sides, or used round-headed knives to crack. The knights on both sides held up their long swords and bent their bows to shoot at enemies in the distance. The horizontal rows of Easterners moved forward to attack the strolling Western infantry. They did not evade, and galloped their horses towards the Westerners to collide with them.
In the melee, the Easterners also encountered some Western cavalry blocking their way. They held each other's spears and stabbed each other, and the horses became entangled and slowed down. However, several groups of Eastern cavalry that slowed down would look after each other and attack the Western infantry and cavalry formations. If the enemy is defeated, they will gallop and ravage them, killing a large number of Westerners. If the enemy resists strongly, they will give up riding and run away. This not only prevents the Westerners from gathering together to form a square formation, but also prevents them from stopping and falling into the siege of the Westerners on foot and cavalry.
After charging like this for several rounds, the Eastern cavalry in the vanguard estimated to number ten thousand, galloping across the wilderness like the wind, and few of them slowed down and fell into siege. The loud sound of horse hooves shakes the mountains, the dust raised is overwhelming, and the sound of weapons clashing makes even veterans who have been in battle for a long time feel as if two sharp iron tools are rubbing against the apex of their hearts, which makes people feel heartbroken.
Although the Westerners were large in number, they basically did not have organized cavalry to fight. Instead, they were a mixture of infantry and cavalry, fighting individually. Although the Westerners held bows and halberds, most of them did not form formations to defend themselves. Under the rapid attack of Dongren's columns riding horses like falcons, and facing the impact of groups of heavy cavalry, Beijiao was quickly rushed to pieces. But the Western Army was already in a situation where the captain could not find the military commander, the military commander could not find his uncle, and even the commanders and commanders were fighting on their own. Logically speaking, they should have been defeated by the easter's rush. They completely collapsed, but after running away for two or three hours in the afternoon, the Westerners had also formed a temporary organization. They realized more clearly that now was a life and death moment. At this time, without the guidance of their superiors, they actually Can barely launch a counterattack.
Longxiang Colonel Zhao Yun was also one of them. As Gongsun Zan's direct line captain, he had completely broken up the organization in the afternoon chase. At this time, Gongsun Zan was in the middle army, but he was in the left army. Except for some of his subordinates, Baima Yi also temporarily gathered a group of Hongnong soldiers and Hedong knights from outside, about three thousand people.
Seeing the Eastern cavalry rushing towards him, he calmly drank the last water in the water bag, then threw it on the ground, and said to most of the soldiers he had just met: "Today, all the soldiers have just met." You are in my hands because of destiny. Since it is destiny, we should live together and die together. I will not retreat, and I hope that you will not let me down."
After that, he threw the long silk in his hand to the subordinate Chen Baiqi, and asked him to follow behind him. He also asked the other subordinate to raise a white deer flag with a red background. He raised his bow and shouted, and immediately urged his horses to fight in the formation. They clashed east and west, fired left and right, and fought exclusively with the Eastern cavalry along the way.
This move greatly attracted the attention of the Dong people. Within two moments, about a thousand riders came to surround him. Zhao Yun saw that there were many enemy cavalry, so he led his personal followers back to the formation, pretending to be retreating. The Qianqi took advantage of the situation to pursue them. When they entered the formation, Zhao Yun suddenly turned his horse's head and fought against the pursuing Dongren cavalry.
This return horse shot caught Dongren off guard, and he was picked off by Zhao Yun one after another. Immediately afterwards, he saw a knight with extremely fancy armor in the chasing cavalry formation. He was wearing dark red iron armor, a gold-studded belt around his waist, and deerskin boots on his feet inlaid with green jade. The rider is also wearing a white military uniform and carries a long bow, which is obviously unusual.
When Zhao Yun saw this, he simply rode towards the man alone. The Easterners didn't expect that there were still people from the Westerners who dared to ride alone into the formation. They were almost unprepared. When Zhao Yun entered the Eastern formation, he came unexpectedly like a gust of wind. A group of Dongmen shot arrows at him, but failed to hit him. Instead, they accidentally injured some of their comrades, so they had to put away their arrows and fight with him. However, Zhao Yun turned a blind eye, he also took up the bow and string, and shot at the red-armored knight.
With a "pop" sound, the knight pressed his collarbone and cried out in pain. The surrounding knights also tried to surround him and stab him to death. But Zhao Yun had already leaned over and galloped past, and put his arm around the knight's waist. Taking advantage of the momentum of the war horses, he forcefully pulled him out of the stirrups. When he was off the pedal and flying into the air, Zhao Yun suddenly reined in his horse with his right hand and came to a sudden stop. Taking advantage of this inertia, he pinned the enemy knight on his own horse, then drew out his sword, quickly aimed it at the left side of the knight's neck, and moved it back and forth in half a circle. When the man lost resistance, Zhao Yunxin cut off the head with his hands, hung it on the saddle, then reined in and left.
The Eastern knights were all stunned to see him strolling around like this, and actually let him leave.
It was in such a dangerous situation that Zhao Yun used his formation to kill Wei and Han general Cao Hong. As soon as Cao Hong died, the entire Tiger and Leopard Cavalry's offensive rhythm was slightly stagnant due to his fighting.
