Ever since Wen Qin and Chen Shi had a desperate battle in the front army, Zhang Xi had actually been very nervous.
I am really afraid that Guo Huai will imitate him.
The number of people in front of the two armies is really too small. Zhang Xi's side is only 100 people full, and now there are more than 20 casualties. Most of them are responsible for blocking the attack of Guo Huai's soldiers and staying in Zhang Xi. The strength of the guards around Xi was only a team of ten people.
It is true that Zhang Xi has always been very careful about protecting his own formation, but in a duel with this number of guards, if Guo Huai really wants to charge over, with Guo Huai's martial arts, it is not impossible for one to fight ten.
Then Guo Huai really rushed over.
Zhang Xi, who was called speechless, really did whatever he was afraid of.
But it makes sense.
Now Zhang Nan has led his army to attack from a pincer. As long as Zhang Xi can continue to block Guo Huai's attack, Guo Huai will definitely lose under the attack from both sides.
Zhang Xi would also have launched a charge at this time, but Zhang Xi did not have the force value.
Before the war, Zhang Xi had not thought about this possibility, but when the two armies faced off, it was mainly about the general's formation and formation, and the actual danger of rushing into the formation was actually very rare.
Therefore, although Zhang Xi had made a plan and arranged escorts for himself, the fact that there were so few people now was indeed beyond Zhang Xi's expectations.
As long as he has the mobile strength of a small team in his hand, Zhang Xi does not have to worry about Guo Huai riding into the formation alone.
But no matter what, Zhang Xi at least thought about what to do in this situation, so it was not a panic.
First of all, you cannot retreat.
In a thousand-man level battle, the battlefield is only such a big place, and everything that happens on the battlefield can be seen clearly. Once Zhang Xi chooses to temporarily avoid Guo Huai's attack, what will everyone think after seeing it? !
These days, what matters most is a "courageous general". If your generals have retreated, can you still expect the soldiers below to fight for you? !
If it is a battlefield with tens of thousands of people, as long as the general's flag does not fall, no one can see where the general is or whether he is avoiding the raiding force. As long as the general's flag is still there, the battle can continue.
But now that thousands of people are fighting against each other, the battlefield has been artificially divided into three parts. It's easy to see what's going on.
Therefore, Zhang Xi's first and most important response is not to retreat, but to calm down and welcome Guo Huai's charge at the same place.
Secondly, Zhang Xi quickly ordered the guarding team to form a formation as planned before the war.
The composition of Zhang Xi's escort team is different from that of the ordinary soldiers fighting in the front. Among the ten-person escort team, there are up to four shield soldiers, four spear soldiers, and only two Miao sword soldiers.
This configuration makes it clear that it is not looking for offense and close combat, but is purely based on defense and resisting enemies.
Zhang Xi felt that this should be enough.
Although Guo Huai broke out, he did not bring many soldiers. Most of them were blocked by Zhang Xi's central army. Guo Huai's sudden attack could only lead a small number of personal guards at most. , using yourself as an "arrow" to try to open a channel.
This kind of breakthrough is not a military breakthrough. To open the gap depends entirely on personal bravery. Not only is it difficult, but there are not many soldiers who can rush over.
In a better outcome, Guo Huai can lead a dozen people to rush out. In the worst outcome, Guo Huai may rush out alone.
The purpose of the defensive strength of a small team is not to compete with the enemy generals, but to block a wave of attacks and wait for the reinforcements of your own soldiers to return. It should be enough.
Thirdly, it’s not that Zhang Xi doesn’t have the means to protect himself.
Although Zhang Xi's martial arts is a bit ordinary, just because he has a more reasonable diet and is slightly stronger than ordinary people of this era, Zhang Xi is a time traveler after all.
Although Zhang Xi, the time traveler, did not bring any cheats with him when he traveled through time, there was a person beside Zhang Xi who often created cheats in history.
That's right, I'm talking about that dead fish head, Zhuge Kongming.
In order to deal with this possible danger, Zhang Xi asked Zhuge Liang to borrow something. Although Zhuge Liang felt that this thing was not mature yet and did not have much practical significance, Zhang Xi felt that it should be enough for self-defense.
Therefore, in fact, Zhang Xi is still a little confident that he can block this wave of Guo Huai's impact.
As for Guo Huai, indeed, there is a saying that when Guo Huai wants to rely on his personal bravery to launch a charge to win, he can no longer effectively control the battle situation.
But Guo Huai really had no choice.
With equal strength and being attacked from two sides, there is little chance of not being defeated. Now if Guo Huai wants to win, he can only risk his life and rely on his personal bravery to win.
This is the most likely way to win that Guo Huai can think of at present.
If you want to break through the military formation commanded by Zhang Xi, there is indeed a certain risk, and beside Zhang Xi, Guo Huai also realized that there must be people guarding him. But in Guo Huai's eyes, these problems are not too big. .
Guo Huai is still very confident in his own martial prowess.
He personally led a bodyguard of thirty people to launch an attack on the military formation, relying on his own bravery to open the way in front. The bodyguards followed up from behind and fought. Guo Huai indeed led at least a dozen bodyguards to break through the front of Zhang Xi's army. of interception.
It's not that all the remaining guards died in the battle, they were just entangled and blocked and couldn't get through for the time being.
After breaking through Zhang Xi's military formation, there were still more than a dozen personal guards left. Guo Huai was already very satisfied. After all, there were only about ten guards near General Zhang Xi's flag in front of him.
After breaking through the military formation, Guo Huai did not stop there and re-directed his soldiers to attack first. Breaking through the formation was all about working hard, so Guo Huai continued to use himself as an arrow without hesitation and rushed towards Zhang Xi's main formation.
Then Guo Huai encountered the first group of intercepting soldiers, which were four shield soldiers.
These four shield soldiers lined up, blocking Guo Huai's impact route. The purpose of the shield soldiers was to rely on their shields to slow down Guo Huai's impact.
And behind this shield soldier are four spearmen.
The spearman pressed the tail of the spear against the ground, placed it at an angle of 45 degrees, and crossed the front of the shield to form a simple antlers.
This is the most common infantry formation used to resist cavalry attacks.
Faced with such a defensive formation, it was impossible for Guo Huai to charge forward with his own strength. Even if he speeded up, the impact of his horse would be enough to destroy the shield wall set up by the soldiers. .
Therefore, Guo Huai had to control the direction of his horse during the assault to temporarily avoid the obstruction of this simple antlers.
But in this way, if Guo Huai wants to maintain the speed of his war horse, he must make a slight circle. It is not easy for a war horse that is moving at high speed to turn around. After all, a war horse cannot drift.
Once Guo Huai chooses to maintain speed and let the horses circle, Zhang Xi may adjust the Chinese army in time and let the Chinese army temporarily return to support, blocking his chance to charge into the battle again.
Guo Huai had no choice but to adopt another method. Slow down his impact speed, cooperate with the personal guards he brought, let the personal guards entangle the shield wall combination of eight people, and then bypass the shield wall and start again. Charge into battle.
Although doing this will slow down Guo Huai's impact speed and weaken the impact force, considering that Zhang Xi only has two guards left, this is not an unacceptable price.
After cooperating with his own bodyguards to entangle these spearmen and shield guards, Guo Huai once again got rid of the entanglement and started to speed again, hoping to rush past Zhang Xi.
Although Guo Huai was the only one rushing into the battle this time, he was facing Zhang Xi and two infantry. If he couldn't handle this situation, Guo Huai would not be able to gain such a great reputation in Liangzhou.
Up to this point, Guo Huai felt that his charge into the battle was going very smoothly.
Then, things started to go wrong.
Guo Huai has already charged to a distance of more than ten feet away from Zhang Xi. At this time, the most normal response is for Zhang Xi to hold a long weapon, urge the horse to speed up, and engage in a duel.
But Zhang Xi still sat motionless on the horse. He neither took the long weapon nor drew out the sword. He seemed not to realize that Guo Huai was about to charge.
However, the two soldiers in front of Zhang Xi, although equipped with Miao knives, still did not draw their swords at this time. Instead, they held two machine crossbows and pointed them at Guo Huai.
Guo Huai was immediately shocked that the general on the opposite side did not respect martial ethics.
In this kind of duel, you actually don't go out to challenge one on one, but instead let people fire crossbows? !
Do you still have some aristocratic spirit? !
Zhang Xi didn't know what Guo Huai was thinking at this time, but if he knew a little bit, he probably couldn't help but curse. If you have a noble spirit, you shouldn't attack me.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, a one-on-one duel between leading generals was very sacred. It also required choosing an opponent. The level and ability of both parties must match.
In terms of level, Guo Huai and Zhang Xi are matched, but in terms of ability, if a brave general like Guo Huai challenges a wise general like Zhang Xi in a one-on-one duel, it would be a disgrace for Guo Huai and lack of aristocratic spirit.
I don’t know who didn’t practice martial ethics first.
Moreover, in this era, battlefield rules have changed a lot, and it is necessary to find out whether it is in line with the spirit of nobility. Guo Huai has no such leisure.
At this distance, it was actually quite difficult to avoid the crossbow attack. The only thing Guo Huai could do was to try to fit his body as close to the horse's back as possible, reduce the area being attacked, and try to avoid the crossbow attack.
At this distance, it is indeed difficult to avoid the crossbow attack, but at the same time, at this distance, the crossbow only has one chance to shoot.
Therefore, in Guo Huai's concept, he had to get close to Zhang Xi quickly even if he was hit by two arrows. Taking advantage of Zhang Xi's disadvantage of being unable to speed up, he directly stabbed Zhang Xi with one shot.
Guo Huai was ready to wake up, but things went beyond his expectation.
Seeing that he was less than ten feet away from Zhang Xi, Guo Huai suddenly heard a continuous and intensive sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the wind, and then he heard a mournful roar from his war horse.
Then, Guo Huai felt that he had lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The moment he fell, Guo Huai had only one thought in his mind - Zhang Xi, a despicable villain, actually dared to shoot a horse? ! ! !
(End of chapter)
