"General, we are surrounded! If not, we can retreat to Chenshui Pass first!"
Jiang Meng's hands trembled and he held the knife in his hand tightly. For the first time, he found that he was so powerless and fell into Qingfeng's trap without realizing it.
return to? How to withdraw? He didn't even have to think about it. How could Qingfeng allow him to retreat safely? Besides, there are many colleagues trapped in the swamp ahead.
At this thought, Jiang Meng's expression became fierce.
"Guards, follow me to form a formation!"
These more than a thousand personal guards followed him on his expeditions to the north and south, and they were trained by him to be extremely elite at the very beginning.
"Liezuizi!"
Just waiting for the order to be passed down, not only the more than a thousand personal guards, but also many soldiers from Beiyu gathered around. Thousands of people and horses were lined up with what looked like awls. Although it was a little rushed, no matter what, under Jiang Meng's comfort and formation, it finally boosted a group of morale.
"Go straight to Qingfeng's base camp and kill!"
"Roar!"
On the frosty and snowy ground, thousands of Beiyu soldiers rushed forward quickly, following Jiang Meng who personally charged into battle.
"Protect the military advisor!"
Ma Yi, who was fighting, heard the roar and turned around quickly. Without hesitation, he immediately led his men and horses to face the thousands of Beiyu people who were rushing towards them, and swung his sword to kill them.
"Comrades, please shoot the enemy thieves in the swamp!"
The remaining Xishu soldiers quickly wielded their bows without any mercy, and quickly shot and killed the thousands of Northern and Chongqing troops who were trapped in the swamp and could not escape for a while.
The surrounding frost and snow had already been dyed blood-red without even realizing it. Countless screams and roars stung people's ears.
A Beiyu general managed to crawl out of the swamp, but was suddenly attacked by a Xishu captain who rushed towards him. He roared and raised his sword and chopped it on the back of his neck. Immediately, blood spattered and the headless body of General Beiyu Pi fell limply.
The captain of Xishu, who had succeeded, was about to turn around, but he never thought that an arrow shot through the back of his head. The captain stiffened, and with a "bang", he also fell into the swamp.
"Pick up the knife!"
"Roar!"
In almost endless hand-to-hand combat, the Beiyu Army, which was at a disadvantage, was attacked from both sides and suffered countless casualties.
But even so, Jiang Meng no longer cared about the enemy troops behind him. Instead, he led the last gathered men and horses to form a charging formation, heading in the direction of Huang Daochong, and started to kill them crazily.
"Fiya——"
Thump thump thump.
The over a hundred people at the front of the Beiyu formation that rushed over were quickly hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
"Gun array!"
There was no defense. Under Jiang Meng's order, more than a thousand personal guards quickly lowered their spears and stepped on the corpses of their colleagues, roaring and pushing forward.
"Protect this formation!" Ma Yi, who came around, also led his men into the battle group.
"Baiying Helmet is the general of Xishu, kill him quickly!"
With more than 3,000 people, Ma Yi was not afraid and took charge himself, also rushing in the direction of Jiang Meng.
Thousands of Shu troops who were flanking the rear had also rushed over, killing the Beiyu rear formation that had given up its defense, until some people fell down one after another.
"Don't look back. Today, I, Jiang Meng, would rather die than... give my lord a great gift!" The sounds of fighting and shouts of pain from behind made Jiang Meng's heart tingle. But even so, he still didn't look back.
There were originally thousands of people in the army, but now, there are only more than 3,000 people left.
Huang Daochong held his hands, and under the animal skin mask, he had a pair of cold eyes, showing no fear of life or death, as if waiting for Jiang Meng to rush into the formation.
If he stands here, the Western Shu army will fight bravely to kill the enemy. If he retreats and escapes, the encirclement that was finally set up and the morale of the encirclement is dispersed, it is impossible to say that Jiang Meng can really break through and escape.
"Listen to my military orders and encircle and suppress Jiang Meng!" Huang Daochong stepped forward in person, holding the flag high.
"Roar!"
There were more and more Shu soldiers surrounding him, not only the rear troops who were attacking from a flank, but also the Shu soldiers who were outflanking them from both wings.
In the melee, Ma Yi was accidentally attacked by a Bei Yu Pi general. The long knife was stabbed from behind. It was extremely cunning and came out directly from the thin armor of the ribs.
Ma Yi roared and turned around, looking at General Beiyu who had succeeded in the sneak attack. While the opponent didn't draw his sword, he slashed the cunning little general with his backhand until his head fell to the ground.
"You know me! General Ma Yi of Yuncheng——"
Ma Yi raised his head and roared, only to feel that the armor began to become heavy. He simply raised his hand, took off the armor and lining, and stood coldly on the snow while holding the knife naked.
"It's Baiying Helm, kill that Xishu general!"
"Come on!"
Ma Yi laughed in anger and rushed forward without even taking a step back.
His life was originally nothing outstanding. In the beginning, he was just the son of a sharecropper in Shu. Until that day, he heard that Xu Buyi, who had killed the traitorous prime minister, was going to Shuzhou to overthrow the tyranny of the two kings.
So, he picked up a sickle and followed a dozen young men from the same village to join Xu Buyi's army. Starting from the attack on Chengdu, and later on, he participated in the attack on Cangzhou, the attack on Yaohou, the attack on Dongling, and then the attack on Beiyu.
Just like many generals in Western Shu who were promoted with military merit, when he was in Yuncheng, as a general, he made great achievements in breaking the city, and was finally named the general of Yuncheng.
"Xishu——"
Ma Yi charged naked, knocking down several of Jiang Meng's personal guards along the way.
The people following behind seemed to be infected by Ma Yi's bravery, and their morale was sky-high for a while. Before the two wings arrived and before the rear army came to kill them, they blocked Jiang Meng's desperate attack.
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"Send my military order and ask General Ma Yi to return to the battlefield quickly!" Huang Daochong shouted in a trembling voice. His eyes followed Ma Yi, and he could see clearly that although Ma Yi was brave, he had suffered countless stab wounds as he rushed to kill again and again.
"General Ma Yi!"
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"Ahem."
Jiang Mengchu held his knife and stood upright with difficulty. The last desperate blow, obviously, did not succeed. Due to the bravery of the Shu general, it was impossible to succeed in attacking Qingfeng's formation.
There were many Shu soldiers gathered around, including the two wings, the rear army, and even people from Qingfeng's main formation...
Taking off his helmet, revealing a head full of white hair, Jiang Meng raised his head and closed his eyes.
It was originally the plan to block Qingfeng, but in the blink of an eye, he was caught in Qingfeng's flanking attack.
In his fifties, he had been guarding Jiangnan for the past two or three years, guarding against Qingfeng's schemes. Gradually, his health began to weaken.
But Beiyu has not yet unified the world, the lord has not yet proclaimed himself emperor, and the little military advisor has not yet defeated the lame man.
"I, Jiang Meng, am ashamed of my lord and my little military advisor!"
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