Xiahou Shang was still leading his army to wade through the water to catch up with the fleeing Shu army in front.
It wasn’t that he thought Xu Huang wanted to compete with him so he ignored the other party’s warning, but that he didn’t hear it at all…
On the chaotic battlefield, surrounded by Cao's troops who were so excited by the huge reward that they shouted for death, Xu Huang's warning was drowned out.
Moreover, he believed that he had more troops than the Shu army. Even if he pursued him to the vicinity of Shangyong, how many troops would the Shu army have even if there was an ambush or a response?
At this moment, all he could see was the Liu character flag with "∞" painted on it.
The Shu army had taken the lead to break out of the muddy river bed. Not far away, they immediately turned around and fired another volley, shooting down a dozen Cao soldiers who were trudging through the mud in pursuit, and then continued to escape westward.
Although Xiahou Shang was impatient, he knew that he was not a strong general and did not leave the army to pursue the killing alone.
"Quick, hurry up and chase!"
Xiahou Shang, who led Cao Cao's army out of the river, took off his treasured bow and aimed at the eye-catching black horse.
Whoosh!
The bow and arrow drew a beautiful parabola, and after hitting Liu Feng last time, it hit the man on Wu Zhui's horse accurately again.
Unfortunately, what was hit was the large shield carried by the Red Star Army soldier on the back.
The horse carrying Liu Chan was just trotting along with the Red Star Army soldiers, not accelerating at full speed.
It never left Xiahou Shang's sight, like a radish hanging in front of a donkey's head. It seemed that it could be eaten with a little effort, but it couldn't be eaten.
But just after half of Xiahou Shang's men rushed out of the river, a column of smoke rose from the high point in the northern mountains...
Xu Huang, who had always felt that the Shu army was deceitful, was completely convinced at this moment.
Liu Chan seemed to have fallen into their trap of deceiving the enemy, but in fact he was also playing the trick of defrauding the enemy!
They actually thought of going together with the Shu army...
"Stop!" As soon as Xu Huang issued the order, his own troops immediately stopped the pursuit, no matter how doubtful they were.
Then Xu Huang quickly chased Xiahou Shang's troops. When he caught up with a group, he ordered them to stop and wait for orders, and they were not allowed to pursue any more.
Xu Huang, who was chasing hard, finally stopped Xiao Banxia Hou Shang's troops on the east bank. However, the friendly forces in front were still pursuing under his leadership, and no one paid attention to the rear.
"Bo Ren——! Come back quickly!" Xu Huang shouted loudly as he reined in his horse and stopped by the river, but how could he hear it?
"Ming Jin, quickly ring the gold and withdraw the troops!" Xu Huang said to the messenger. However, along the way, the carriage with drums and gold cymbals was far behind, and it was difficult to convey the order for a while.
"Hey! Drive!" Xu Huang sighed bitterly, and Xu Huang had no choice but to urge his horse forward to rescue Xiahou Shang.
The arrangement of the King of Wei before departure was obvious, which was to let him protect Xiahou Shang to gain military exploits, in order to strengthen the power of the direct lineage of the Crown Prince of Wei.
If something unexpected happened to Xiahou Shang during this battle, and he returned alive... Although he would not lose his life or be dismissed from office due to his qualifications and achievements, and he might even be comforted by good words, he would be unlikely to be reused by Cao Pi in the future. .
The prince, Cao Zihuan, is not as big-hearted as the King of Wei.
However, Xu Huang had just rushed into the river with his front feet when strange noises gradually came to his ears. He, who was always tense, was the first to notice it on Cao Jun's side.
His heart suddenly sank, and the thing he was most worried about happened.
Xu Huang turned his head and looked upstream of the blocked water. A white line in the distance was getting thicker and bigger along with the abnormal noise...
He stared blankly at the surging waterline with despair. After three breaths, he decisively turned his horse back to the east coast.
The sound of water coming from the upper reaches became louder and louder, and Cao Jun in the river finally noticed it.
"Ah...ah! The flood is coming!"
"Run, run! The water is coming!"
No matter how elite the army is, it is unable to resist the might of nature.
Yu Jin's seven elite armies can't do it, so they naturally can't hit an egg against a stone.
However, the slippery mud in the river seemed to be the cold hands of death, grabbing their legs and feet to prevent them from escaping.
The frightened Cao Jun in the river slipped and fell in the mud the harder he tried, making it even more difficult to escape.
The rushing river rushed at a high speed of nearly a hundred steps, mercilessly swallowing up the Cao Jun soldiers who were still struggling in it.
The cold and biting river water kept pouring into the body from the mouth, nose, and ears. The huge force pulled them up and down in the water. No matter how they struggled, they eventually became a floating corpse on the water...
Xiahou Shang finally stopped chasing. He looked at the water rushing down the river behind him in horror, unable to believe what was happening.
In a desperate situation, he calmed down and figured everything out after Xu Huang.
"I fell into Liu Chan's evil plan!"
Don't blame him for not thinking of it before, it's just that the thinking patterns are too different.
In his opinion, even if Liu Chan, who is also the crown prince like Cao Zihuan, wants to use tricks to lure the enemy into defeat, how can he leave his generals and soldiers alone and instead desperately use himself as the bait?
It's too late to say anything now.
Now that my army has been cut off by the river, turning back and swimming to escape will only lead to death without a burial place. The only way to move forward is to have a chance of survival!
Xia Houshang was not slow to react. Faced with the unexpected situation, he raised his arms and shouted, also shouting out the famous saying that has been passed down through the ages: "There is no retreat! Why don't you fight with all your strength!"
424 years ago, a man who was later known as the Immortal of Soldiers also shouted the same words with his back to the water.
Then the Han army led by him defeated the enemy like a small universe explosion and won.
Li Zuoche, who was captured by Han Xin afterwards, conducted an exclusive interview with him and asked him why he did what he did. Han Xin's answer was "to survive after death."
However... when Cao Jun heard the same words at this moment, there was no small universe explosion, and he didn't even react.
"The enemy army has no retreat! Why don't you follow me and fight with all your strength!" Liu Chan, who was lying on his stomach and pretending to be dead, suddenly sat up like a normal person, turned his horse's head and pointed his spear at Cao Jun angrily, and said something like roar.
"Kill! Kill! Kill—!"
However, the reaction given by the Red Star Army was exactly what Xiahou Shang hoped to see from his own army...
Almost everyone was injured, and the Red Star Army soldiers, whose armor was covered in blood, roared and turned back to fight.
Since their debut, the Red Star Army has never been hunted down in such a embarrassing manner!
How can these fierce and arrogant people with arrogance deep in their hearts endure this injustice?
At this time, everyone stared with blood-red eyes and rushed towards Cao's army, which was still several times larger than his own even if it was cut off by the river...
Cao Jun obviously did not buy into the proposal of a last-ditch battle, and seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Fortunately, Xiahou Shang saw that there was nothing he could do, so he changed his strategy and led his troops to the north. This temporarily stabilized Cao's army from defeat.
But the good times didn't last long, and the sound of galloping horse hooves came from the direction of Beishan in front of us...
"Ma Chao from Xiliang is here——! The thief will leave!"
Ma Chao led the Red Star Hundreds of Cavalry and took the lead to kill Cao Jun who was fleeing north, with the "horse" flag flying behind him.
"Raise the gun!"
Hundreds of Red Star cavalry followed Ma Chao's movements and raised their hand-made throwing spears.
"Throw!"
Whoosh whoosh!
Hundreds of spears came through the air, and three out of ten hit the mark.
With the newly learned skills, the hit rate is not low.
Moreover, Cao Jun, who was unfortunately hit, suffered terribly. He threw his spear to break the shield and leather armor, and was nailed to the ground with both man and shield.
It's not bad that they died on the spot, but what's even worse is that many people don't die immediately. They have spears stuck in their thighs or even their stomachs, and they are nailed to the ground, screaming and wailing...
Although it is a temporary spear modified from a long gun, its flight performance is average, but it does not affect killing.
"Charge!" Ma Chao took the lead, and hundreds of cavalry charged into Cao's army in a sagittal shape, just like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
The panicked Xiahou Shang hurriedly mobilized his horse and led Cao's army, which had not yet fled, to turn south and flee.
"kill--!"
The tribal army, numbering about a thousand people, came from the south to kill...
These people wore crude leather armor and held machetes used when hunting in the mountains. They didn't care about military formations or not, they just came screaming and killing Cao Jun who was fleeing south.
During this period, they only learned to follow orders to advance and retreat, but facing Cao's army at this time, knowing these was enough.
Cao's army finally collapsed completely. They threw away their weapons and heavy leather armor in a panic and jumped into the river.
Xiahou Shang was so heartbroken that he desperately rode into the tribal army to fight against the trapped beasts.
"Where to go!" Liu Chan saw that Xia Houshang was about to die and still acted violently, how could he still indulge you?
Sheathed the spear, took the bow, picked up three eagle-feather arrows, opened the bow and shot!
The movements are so smooth and unrestrained that if Miss Guan San or Xing Cai were by her side, she would be mesmerized like a deer.
Whoosh whoosh!
Three arrows in a row, all empty!
However, Liu Chan, who had used the three non-stick arrow techniques, was not discouraged and took out three more feather arrows.
[A hundred arrows will hit the trigger]
After three arrows were fired, Liu Chan felt a sense of ease.
Three more arrows, two empty and one in the butt.
The horse that was hit in the gut by Liu Chan's arrow neighed in pain on the spot and was kicked and spun in circles.
This frightened the surrounding tribe warriors to not dare to step forward, but Xiahou Shangke was unlucky immediately. He was shaken to pieces, and his intestines were almost knotted in his stomach...
[A hundred arrows will hit the trigger]
Zen took three more arrows, felt something in his heart, and shot them again.
One hit the leg, the other hit the arm.
Shang cried out bitterly that he was off his horse and captured!
(End of chapter)
