Xia Houyuan was behind the formation and watched his cavalry being stabbed down by the long forest, only to realize that he was not as lucky as Qu Yi last time. He sighed and said to himself distressedly: "My eagle and wither are trapped in a cage. It seems that they can't fight the Western thieves' minions!"
He immediately ordered the cavalry in front to hold up the flag and run southward. He asked the crowded cavalry to turn to the right, face the Western military formation with their left side, and gallop in columns in front of the formation. Wherever they hit the horse and ran, random arrows flew out from the Western infantry formation, trying to prevent them from getting closer.
Under such circumstances, the Eastern cavalry passed through the mountain road like eagles and falcons, passing through the entire front line of the Western Army. However, they did not find a convenient place to rush into the formation, so they simply turned to the right and ran back to Beipui in a column between the two armies. ’s main formation. Soon after, it could be seen from the Western army that the Eastern cavalry were dismounting and refitting, and the horses were led to the back row through the gaps in the military formation.
Obviously, after this test, Dongren had no intention of retreating and was planning to fight on foot.
The Eastern Army's military formation began to beat drums, and the black cowhide war drums were beating like a rolling thunder exploding along the mountains. The military flags of each department were raised one after another, and the sergeants lifted up their long bamboo poles that were leaning on the ground and moved forward slowly.
In the first few rows of the Chinese army, nearly half are Yanzhou dismounted knights. Most of them are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. Although the shapes of the armor and stomach are not exactly the same, they all have iron pockets and collars with cowhide or iron rings. Covering the face and neck, wearing bright light or two iron armors, it can be said that the whole body is armed. The small flags on their robes and the leather boots under their feet all indicate their status as dismounted knights. Whether they are mounting their horses to pursue or dismounting to fight, they can be said to be the pillars on which the Easterners depend for their survival.
Behind these people are the new troops recruited by the Marshal's Mansion of the Eastern Dynasty in recent years. Because of the large number, the armors are more messy. Most of them are two-armor, with few bright armors and no leather armors. few. This group of sergeants is called the Miscellaneous Army by the Eastern people. It is true that they have been trained in the past few years, but they have not seen blood, so they cannot be said to be good at fighting. But now, their morale is strong, and if they can take advantage of their military strength, they cannot be underestimated.
At the end of the formation, there were the cavalry who were temporarily unable to play any role. They were quite far away from the front ranks. They just sat on their horses and watched from a distance. Many of them did not put on their armors, but wore their horses. Plug it in the ground and eat dry food leisurely. This is because they know that when they take the field again, it will be the moment when the enemy's weakness is exposed and they can launch a fatal blow.
Cao Cao saw Zang Ba standing in the middle of the formation, about to put an iron bag on his head, so he called him over. Zang Ba wore Mingguang iron armor painted in dark yellow, with a dark armor skirt wrapped around his waist armor, making him look like an iron man. Cao Cao smiled at him and said: "I heard that Huang Taiyi is in Xuan Gao's letter, and the soldiers will go through a life-and-death battle. How about reading a few passages from the Taiping Sutra and praying for us?"
Unexpectedly, Zang Ba shook his head and said with a nonchalant expression: "Since ancient times, only the brave have won on the battlefield. If chanting sutras were useful, the great sage would not have fallen like this. I chant sutras now to commemorate the dead. I hope the marshal has this thought." After saying that, he poked the ground with his long sword, bowed to Cao Cao and said goodbye, then turned around with his spear and chased the team.
The judge on the front line was wearing leather armor and a robe. He was high up among the soldiers and encouraged his knights: "Men are born as iron. When you go straight into the battle, you have no distractions. Even if the foothills collapse, it will also happen." Don’t panic!” After saying that, he rode his horse under a black dragon flag and continued: “I will live and die with this flag and all of you!”
At this time, the Westerners also returned to their original line. When they saw the Eastern Army approaching, a general shouted loudly: "We are fighting for the country, even if we die, there is no need to fear! Justice lies with the Western Army!" Attracting the Western Army! The soldiers responded in unison, with the sound of iron weapons hitting their stomachs. The military advisor general Chen Deng was already ill at this time and his face turned pale. However, he still stood in the formation wearing armor and said to the soldiers around him: "Unless the thief dies, we will not move even half an inch." Seeing that the general was so calm, the soldiers were surprised. There is a belief in victory.
The Easterners suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the stationary Westerners. Compared with the veterans who had been fighting for a long time, the soldiers who had experienced the battle for the first time were shouting more wildly. Although shouting and yelling could not scare those battle-hardened enemies, the fear and trembling before the battle were significantly reduced. Even in such a frenzied atmosphere, the new sergeants could easily suffer physical exhaustion.
Chen Chong felt the enemy's cry and suddenly felt like he had returned to the first time he entered the Yellow Turban array many years ago. He allowed all kinds of shouts to disperse like a frenzy in different directions and with different frequencies, but tears filled his eyes strangely.
At this moment, in the midst of earth-shattering cries of killing, the East and West met in the Changjian Forest. At the moment when the two sides intertwined, there was almost no pause or slowdown. In fact, no one has control over their own body nowadays. In the huge metal forest on both sides, there are countless beasts covered in iron armor, shouting, barking, staring, squinting, holding long swords, and holding knives. The blood in their bodies is boiling and burning, turning the world into chaos. All thoughts were abandoned, and amid the shouts and the clash of armor that shook the mountains, the two armies collided.
The battle developed very quickly. At the beginning of the hand-to-hand combat, the first row was still in the front row. However, Chen Chong only reviewed the situation of the entire battlefield once and found that the people in the second and third rows also began to fight with their knives. Between the two armies, The soldiers in the room were like foam generated between two waves, standing out for a moment, then breaking and disappearing. Then you can see that the front lines of the two armies begin to twist and change.
The most intense fighting between the two armies was still in the southern part of Baishan Mountain. Because the mountains here are not high and the terrain is gentler than elsewhere, even if it is difficult to deploy, the Eastern Army still gathered heavy troops here to move forward.
In the Eastern Dynasty, Li Hao, the military commander under the command of General Chunyu Qiong of Ningwu, was at the forefront. He was wearing two layers of thick armor that day, holding a long sword in each hand, and stabbed wildly left and right against the flying swords of the Westerners, and took advantage of the front When the Westerners fell, they stood up and rushed into the Westerners' formation. In order to protect him from being surrounded by Westerners, his subordinates also followed him and slashed at the left and right sides with their knives, creating a gap in one fell swoop. When the Westerners saw how brave he was, they gathered from three sides and rushed towards them, gathering their sharp blades and slashing at them all at once. However, due to Li Hao's thick armor, it is not easy for the knife to hurt his vital parts. And he used his long sword to stab people with great force, either piercing the chest or the abdomen. He stabbed several people to death in a row.
After killing several people in this way, both of his long swords were broken, so he waved to the knight beside him for a knife. But at this time, the knights beside him had been surrounded and hacked to death by the Westerners. He was afraid of being surrounded by Westerners, so he tightly grabbed a stick that was thrust towards him, pulled the Easterner over to block him, and retreated towards his own formation behind him. Unfortunately, there were dead bodies lying on the ground, so he sat down on the ground without being able to stand still.
The Westerner in front of Li Hao took the opportunity to give up and dodge to the side, revealing dozens of soldiers who dared to die coming up from behind. They were all wearing Mingguang iron armor and face armor, carrying long knives or long axes and charging towards the East people. At this moment, the Dongren who had just come in were forced back by them.
Seeing Li Hao fall to the ground, the leader of the Westerners turned his long ax sideways, aimed the blunt end at Li Hao's chest, and hit him hard. This time, the originally hard breastplate sunk into his chest. Li Hao couldn't breathe, and felt his sternum pushing inward, flattening his entire chest. His eyes rolled white, he stretched out his hand and opened his mouth as if to breathe, then threw his head back and fell onto the muddy ground mixed with blood and soil.
This group of Westerners swarmed forward and forced a gap in the Easterners' front line. Upon seeing this, Chun Yuqiong, who was in the main formation, immediately summoned his confidant Zhao Rui and assigned him two hundred elite troops to fight back. Zhao Rui didn't delay and quickly led people to the front row, where he happened to meet the Westerner who killed Li Hao just now. He swung his long ax to strike, but the man dodged the first blow with great agility.
The long ax was very heavy. Although Zhao Rui had a strong arm, it was still relatively slow when he pulled it back. The Naxi took advantage of this opportunity to hit him in the face. Fortunately, Tiedou Mong and Dun Xiang were not seriously injured although their faces were covered in blood and flesh. Zhao Rui's subordinate also seized the opportunity when the enemy could not draw his sword, grabbed the back of the opposite sword, and then hit the man on the back of the head with his short sword. The Westerner was knocked crooked and lost all strength. Zhao Rui grabbed the collar of his armor and pushed him to the ground of his own camp. With the help of the Eastern blade next to him, this long-axe warrior instantly Blood splattered and he died.
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Zhao Rui was extremely proud of killing a powerful general of the Westerners, and then he mentioned Chang Zhen and wanted to continue to expand his advantage among the Western Army. But at this time, the scene was very chaotic, with soldiers fighting with each other everywhere. Among the two hundred elite soldiers following him, at some point, there were only about forty people left around him.
At this time, he saw a tall Westerner, wearing a white robe over his armor, holding a sword in his left hand and holding a stiletto in his right hand, rushing down the mountain with quick steps, and rushed straight into the crowd of Easterners. The swords and spears were swung as fast as lightning, and the people along the road could not stand together.
This person is Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong, the general of Longxiang of the Western Dynasty. Now his reputation is as thunderous as that among the Easterners. Almost most people have heard of his name of killing Cao Hong and remember his dress. As soon as Zhao Yun entered the formation, the Easterners immediately surrounded Zhao Yun. The sharp blades rained down like rain, hitting the iron armor with a constant clanging sound.
After Zhao Yun killed more than ten people, he gradually lost his strength and staggered. This made Zhao Rui very happy and shouted to the people around him: "Leave him to me! No one can rob him!" After that, he wanted to Holding the sword forward, the Dong people were afraid of Zhao Rui's fame and power, so they had no choice but to put aside the wealth and wealth in front of them, and left in despair to find another opponent.
Zhao Rui first announced his name loudly, and immediately began to swing the knife at Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was indeed weak. After two strikes, Zhao Yun took two steps back and half-knelt on the ground with his sword in hand. This made Zhao Rui very happy. He raised the knife to the top and was about to cut off Zhao Yun's head with one blow. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun suddenly roared, pulled out the sword in his left hand from the ground, and then stumbled back to his side.
The corpse with the knife held high stood like this for a while. Then it was suddenly bumped by a passing soldier, and the head and knife fell off at the same time.
