Although they briefly resisted the Easterners' charge, the Westerners' front continued to collapse slightly. The chiseling of Easterners is as continuous as hammering steel, but the psychology of Westerners is not as strong as steel. While they endured the torment of hunger and thirst, they were constantly attacked by the heavy cavalry. They panicked to some extent and resisted desperately to save their lives. However, once they had the opportunity, they consciously retreated to the west.
When Zhao Yun's formation defeated Cao Hong and retreated, the attack of the Eastern cavalry stalled slightly due to the lack of their leader, which made many Westerners heave a sigh of relief. But the changes that followed were unexpected by most people. After the pressure on the Easterners relaxed, many people looked to the east and saw more Eastern flags and soldiers behind the stagnant front line. The layers were stacked with no end in sight. They immediately lost the idea of counterattack. Instead, They said to each other: "If we don't leave now, when will we leave?" So they rushed to the river.
But at this time, Liu Bei was making plans to curb the defeat from the west. The more than 6,000 men available to the Chinese army were marching against the current to the northeast corner. When all the soldiers saw that the commander was coming, they immediately stopped in front of the formation and did not dare to move rashly. However, the soldiers behind did not know the details, but they still pushed forward desperately. As a result, the entire left wing of the Western Army fell into blind chaos. Among them, the situation has gone in a corrupt direction.
At this time, Cao Ang received the news that Cao Hong had been killed and saw the situation where the Western army was unable to advance or retreat. He could hardly believe it. He pointed to the west and asked the messenger: "How can the Western bandits still kill people when they are in such chaos?" Then he pointed again. He said from behind: "The marshal's army will arrive soon. If you can't make atonement for your sins, prepare to be buried with Uncle Zi Lian!"
After saying this, he immediately ordered his troops to press forward. Thousands of knights were divided into six teams amidst the sound of trumpets, and then inserted into the Western army formation like sharp knives. At this time, the Western Army had almost no resistance as at the pontoon bridge in the afternoon, and it was extremely easy to be penetrated two miles away.
The one who rushed to the front was Wang Zhong's troops. He is extremely famous among the Eastern Army, not entirely because of his bravery, but because besides being good at fighting, he also likes to eat people. There were rumors in Ye City that Wang Zhong had to steam a child every three days and boil a woman every seven days. Otherwise, he would lose his strength. In addition, he liked to hang strings of skulls on his mounts, so people from the East called him. He became the "killing captain".
Although Westerners were not familiar with Wang Zhong's name, on the way to escape, when they turned around and saw someone riding a horse covered with bones, they were all frightened and almost no one dared to confront him head-on. Wang Zhong was able to gallop through the crowd, constantly waving the long and huge ax in his hand, and all those who were hit were killed on the spot. Therefore, many people avoided Wang Zhong like sheep avoiding tigers, and shouted: "Here comes that Asura." Yeah, get away from him!"
Gao Zhun, a Xihe native and Huqi Lieutenant, saw this situation in his eyes and thought to himself: This time he came east, he has been defeated twice in a row, and besides running for his life, he has not gained anything. Wouldn't it be unfair if he died in the army like this? I want this person to leave even if I die! So he made up his mind to die, drank his head, and the two turned back to kill them. After only a few dozen steps, Dongren raised his halberd and surrounded them.
Gao Zhun was now wearing an iron chainmail suit, and a layer of cowhide arrow-proof waist armor on his waist and abdomen. He carried two stone bows on his back, and the quivers were hung on the saddle. He held a long sword in his left hand and a sword stuck in his belt. He rushed towards Wang Zhong without caring about life or death. Several of Wang Zhong's subordinates tried to block him, but when they got closer, they saw Wang Zhong's red eyes. However, his momentum dropped again. Three people changed directions and rushed to other places, but only two of them still came to fight. As a result, Wang Zhong picked out one of the others with his sword, and pinned the tip of the other's sword with his waist knife, and just passed through it. Before the remaining knights could react, Cang Tou also rushed over and slapped the knight on the shoulder and neck with his short axe.
This happened in a few breaths. Seeing how brave Gao Zhun was, Wang Zhong couldn't help but think to himself: Such a brave man must be extremely rare among the Western Bandit Army. Killing him will definitely make my martial name famous! So they also rode up to meet him. Both sides reined up their horses and attacked almost in unison. As a result, the tip of the ax collided with the axe, causing harsh and dazzling sparks. Wang Zhong was about to stab Wang Zhong again, but unexpectedly, Gao Zhun took a few steps forward, reached his side, took out his sword and stabbed Wang Zhong. Wang Zhong couldn't hide and was stabbed in the waist, but fortunately it was cushioned by cowhide and it didn't penetrate deep into the flesh.
When Gao Zhun drew his sword, Wang Zhong threw down his axe, and also pulled out his sword to stab Gao Zhun. This knife was extremely cruel, hitting Gao Zhun's lower abdomen. Wang Zhong turned again, and he knew just from the feel of his hand that this man's intestines had been broken by him. Just when he was about to draw the knife, Gao Zhun unexpectedly grabbed Wang Zhong's hand and pulled him like iron. Then Gao Zhun raised the knife in his hand high and slashed at Wang Zhong's neck. When the opponent's stomach burst open and blood flowed out like a fountain, he fell down under the horse with relief. At this point, the dozen or so men who accompanied Danghu in raising troops in Xihe were all dead.
For the Dongren, Wang Zhong's death still did not affect the overall situation. The offensive of Wang Zhong's troops was slightly suppressed, and then he was replaced by Chewei. But a few hundred steps further, they suddenly found that among the chaotic soldiers, gradually appeared Some abandoned vehicles on the road. These vehicles are placed vertically or horizontally on the ground, but the things they carry are extremely tempting. The sharp-eyed Eastern soldiers have already seen that the sacks on some vehicles have the unique luster of five-baht coins, and some vehicles have newly made armor stomachs and sword blades. In a few vehicles, there are white or yellow flashes. light color. The Dong people reacted immediately and realized that they had already reached the place where the baggage was!
Before Chewei could give the order, the tribesmen scattered spontaneously and scrambled to rummage among the baggage. This made him very angry, and he immediately sent someone to stop them and tried to make them continue fighting. However, it was of no use. Someone picked up a string of East China Sea pearls on the ground and shouted to everyone. This immediately completely drove away the rationality of the soldiers, and they all grabbed their belongings and threw them into their pockets. When the knights behind caught up and saw the robes making a huge fortune, they immediately became unwilling to move forward and dismounted to share the property. This trend affected all the forwards of the Eastern Army, and almost all of them converged here.
This gave the Western Army vital breathing time. Liu Bei finally led his more than 6,000 men and squeezed out from the crowd. In front of them were the Dongmen who had almost no formation at all: some of them had already loaded their saddles with their waists and chests fully loaded. The bags were all hung with money. Some people felt that they were not pretending enough, so they took off their armor and made a simple package, which they continued to stuff inside. However, more people were squeezed outside the baggage, still working hard without caring about their own safety. Squeeze in and try to knock the soldiers in front. All in all, for Westerners, these Easterners not only dismounted, but even caused discord over the distribution of financial resources. This was a good opportunity to counterattack.
However, they did not attack immediately. Instead, they stood still and listened to something, as if waiting for a response from the other unit.
At this time, the battlefield that had been somewhat silent due to the exhaustion of the two armies suddenly exploded with a loud noise like thunder on the ground. This loud noise sounded like the sound of a drum, but to the Easterners, it was like a cold winter wind blowing in, freezing them in place. People looked for help in a daze, but before they had time to think about it, the continuous sound of drums surged up like a flood, and was as endless as a spring tide, which made people even more frightened.
When Liu Bei saw this, he smiled and said: "Kong Ming's drum group has arrived! Kill!" Thousands of Western infantry immediately followed the agreement with Zhuge Liang and violently shouted to the Easterners in the baggage, and then swarmed forward. .
Dongren didn't expect that there were so many capable warriors hidden among the defeated troops. When he tried to fight with them, he realized that not only was the formation in disarray, but some people were packed with too much property, not to mention that they were inconvenient to move. Even the horses can't run, how can they fight against the Westerners? These people were like statues made of iron, and were soon submerged by the wave of Westerners. Some of them were hacked to death with random knives, while some of them tripped over their belongings and fell to the ground while running away, and were beaten for their lives by their companions. Trampled to death, only a few people had the guts to kneel on the ground and surrender to the Westerners with their swords.
In this case, the Dongren's forward advance was almost completely defeated. Cao Ang tried to stabilize the situation, but he could only barely protect most of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. After all, most of the Eastern knights ran away, and the order could not be faster than their retreat speed.
When Cao Cao's follow-up main army also entered the battlefield, the world was almost completely dark, with only a faint purple light left in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the moon did not have time to appear. The Eastern troops were carrying torches, but they could not see the specific situation in front of them. They could only judge and decide their next behavior through reports from the messengers in front.
After Cao Cao learned of the current situation, he smiled at the generals and said: "It seems that the big-eared thief is still smart. I thought that the great cause was about to be accomplished, but unexpectedly he was tricked. It is still a bit difficult to win completely today. ah!"
When the generals saw that although he was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes, they couldn't help but feel frightened, and they lowered their heads and dared not speak. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel disappointed when he saw that no one wanted to fight and pursue him again. He waved his hand and said to the messenger: "It is said that you should not chase the enemy when you are poor. This is indeed the truth. Now that the dusk has reached this point, I think the soldiers must be tired. Go and fight against them." Xiu said, let him withdraw."
The news reached the front army, and the clear golden sound echoed among the knights like the sound of wild geese. It was only at this moment that the Battle of Huoshi Port came to an end.
Even in retrospect, the Westerners felt tired and panicked about this day's battle. From sunrise to sunset, even if we counted the wars in the past five hundred years, we had never heard of anything similar. Especially what happened to the Westerners when crossing the river gave people a sense of luck in escaping from death.
After crossing the river, the Westerners continued to withdraw westward. On the cold and hungry road, the soldiers looked back at the dense fire dragon-like torches on the other side. They couldn't help but patted each other's chests and comforted each other, saying: "They can't take our lives today, and they won't be able to take our lives in the future." Can’t get it anymore.”
