What is the concept of eight hundred people killing five thousand people and fleeing? Even a warrior like Yu Jin who has experienced hundreds of battles is impressed by it, let alone Lu Su and Chen Deng at the gate of the city?
The two of them were stunned, their expressions were dull, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
God, I have always only known that General Wen Yuan was the number one general under Marquis Wen. How could I have known that he was so brave?
Just now, Zhang Liao broke the formation back and forth, and the scene of restraining Han Dang and Ling Cao made them unable to recover for a long time.
Until the sergeants on the horsewalk shouted: "Win! Win! Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan!"
They were also infected by Zhang Liao's domineering spirit of having no enemies but no self, and shouted Zhang Liao's name.
The opponent was already defeated. How could Zhang Liao make them retreat safely? He immediately continued to pursue them. He didn't even need to give an order. As soon as the war horses moved, Yu Jin, Xu Sheng and the eight hundred guards followed.
This is the cohesion of the general!
"Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan!" Zhang Liao shouted his name while chasing him.
These shouts, like life-threatening Sanskrit sounds, not only shattered the military morale of Jiangdong soldiers, but even frightened the courage of Sun Quan who fled in a hurry.
Until now, he didn't seem to realize what happened.
Zhang Liao rushed out with hundreds of people. In just half an hour, he defeated his 5,000-strong front line and killed the general Ling Cao.
I. How should I explain to my brother? How should I explain to Jiangdong’s elders?
After Zhang Wenyuan's shouts, they were always accompanied by the wails and screams of the soldiers. Sun Quan gritted his back molars, his eyes were moist, and he felt that the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
Fortunately, the road is boundless, and he didn't run far before he encountered a large Chinese army. This was a team of nearly 20,000 people. For a while, Sun Quan's heart finally dropped.
"Quick! Stop Zhang Liao!" He shouted at the rushing Lu Meng, Chen Wu, Ding Feng, Dong Xi and Pan Zhang.
Five of Jiang Biao's twelve tiger generals came at once. Sun Quan felt that he was sure of victory. He immediately turned around, pointed at Zhang Liao and shouted: "That man is Zhang Liao, behead him!"
If Zhang Liao can be killed, this battle will be won. Not only will he be able to explain to his brother, but he will also be able to speak to Jiangdong's elders.
Lu Meng, Chen Wu, Ding Feng, Dong Xi and Pan Zhang are all in their early twenties, especially Ding Feng, who is only seventeen years old, but he is extremely tough in battle.
The five of them locked onto the man covered in blood and rode forward.
At this time, Xu Sheng and Yu Jin were not around because they were chasing the defeated soldiers. Zhang Liao, who faced five generals at the same time, was not only unafraid, but also felt an endless sense of heroism.
A man should be able to do this in vain!
"Surround him!" Lu Meng, who was holding a tiger-fronted halberd, shouted. Chen Wu, Ding Feng, Dong Xi and Pan Zhang tacitly surrounded him. The six of them fought together without any explanation.
The hook and sickle move like an arm, and are as flexible as a snake. They can move between halberds, spears, knives and other weapons. They can block, vibrate and counterattack from time to time, which made Sun Quan who was watching the battle stare straight in the eye.
The six people were seen constantly changing positions in the battle circle. Zhang Liao's gray shadow was extremely spiritual, united with his master's thoughts, and could move freely among the generals.
It is true that it is impossible for Zhang Liao to kill anyone in this situation. Even Sun Quan, who is poor in martial arts, can see this.
But the scary thing is that these five people joined forces, but they couldn't defeat Zhang Liao for a while. You know, these five people are the leaders of the younger generation. They are all good in martial arts, but they can't do anything to Zhang Wenyuan.
The Jiangdong Army behind them surged forward like a tide, and the eight hundred personal guards rushed against it without fear of death. The collision of the two forces made a huge golden sound.
Jiangdong's army, which had rushed to the rescue, fell into disarray, and was so charged by the defeated vanguard that it became a straggler, unable to withstand the charge of the personal guards.
At the same time, the six generals fought for only seven or eight rounds before the sergeants got so close that their horses could not gallop freely.
Zhang Liao also knew that if he continued to be besieged by these five people, there would always be a time when he would lose sight of the other. He quickly took advantage of the gap between Ding Feng, Lu Meng and Chen Wu to be scattered, and opened a bloody path to join the eight hundred guards.
Eight hundred people, under the impact of such a dense tide, were also divided into more than a dozen forces, but they had a tacit understanding, constantly fighting and gathering, and it was a white-hot state when they met.
Yu Jin, who came in from the outside, shouted at Zhang Liao: "General, the enemy is huge, please retreat for now!"
"Wen Xiang, follow up!"
Seeing that the encirclement was getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Liao was not a reckless person. He knew that he could not defeat an army of 30,000 with just a few hundred men, so he should leave after making a profit.
He led Xu Sheng and a group of personal guards to rush out, and with Yu Jin's support, he quickly opened a hole and ran away.
After running a certain distance and seeing that Jiang Dong was not chasing him, a centurion suddenly shouted: "General, it's bad, there are still brothers trapped inside!"
Zhang Liao turned around and saw that there were only two or three hundred people behind him, which meant that there were still hundreds of people surrounded.
"It's too late. I think there are no less than 20,000 troops in Jiangdong. Going at this time is like a moth flying into a flame." Yu Jin gasped and shook his head.
Zhang Liao snorted coldly, "Really? I am not a moth, I am Zhang Wenyuan!"
Then he raised his long sword, turned his horse's head, and killed the rebel army again.
Crazy, really crazy.
Yu Jin felt that Zhang Liao was simply acting recklessly. If you brought a few hundred men to attack 5,000 people, now he would bring two to three hundred men to attack 20,000 people.
Yu Jin wiped the muddy and blood-stained sweat from his forehead and followed him bravely. Anyway, I owe you my life, so I should pay you back!
"Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan!"
That man, he's back again.
This move frightened the Jiangdong Army on the periphery, especially many of them who were the forward troops who had followed Sun Quan. They trembled involuntarily when they saw Zhang Liao riding his horse, covered in blood.
"Zhang Liao is here! Zhang Liao is back to fight again!"
I don't know who shouted, and the scene suddenly became a little chaotic.
The hundreds of people trapped in the encirclement did not see Zhang Liao, and they still felt a sense of abandonment just now. Now that they heard Jiangdong Army shouting like this, their low morale suddenly soared.
"Brothers, the general is here to save us, kill him!"
"Fight out and join the general!"
Zhang Liao's broadsword swept and slashed continuously, and the Jiangdong soldiers on the periphery who were already timid in fighting were frightened by the killing, like sardines encountering a giant whale and giving in one after another.
Seeing this, Lu Meng rushed forward with a tiger-fronted halberd to block Zhang Liao.
It was different from before. This time he was alone. Zhang Liao was faced with the mighty and heavy Mount Tai. When Lu Mengti tried to block it, his arms felt numb.
Before he could regain his strength, he hooked the sickle and launched another Moon Slash from bottom to top. The war horse was frightened and jumped up high. Lu Meng, who was unable to steady his body, rolled down and got up in panic in the crowd. He didn't even bother to pick up the weapons.
Yu Jin and Xu Sheng also arrived at the same time. The three of them went hand in hand, leading more than 300 personal guards to attack in. The personal guards inside also rushed towards them with understanding.
The five-story encirclement collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye under the combined forces of the two forces.
Seeing Sun Quan's inner defenses crumbling inch by inch, and the Jiangdong soldiers falling one after another made him heartbroken, but he could do nothing but watch all this happen.
"Retreat! Quick, quick, quick!" Xu Sheng's sword has not been used since entering the battle circle, and it has been dripping with blood. He kept swinging it to cut down the pursuing Jiangdong Army, and at the same time urged the sergeants to escape.
Finally, the last guard escaped, and Zhang Liao, Yu Jin and Xu Sheng turned their horses and left the battle circle before they could encircle them for the second time.
But after all, these personal guards were wearing heavy armor, so they couldn't be any faster. Not to mention war horses, even ordinary infantry could be a head above them.
Jiangdong's army was indeed frightened by being killed, but Chen Wu, who rushed out from the rebel army, shouted: "Chase, avenge our brothers!"
He took the lead and rushed to the front, so Jiangdong's army, which had stagnated slightly behind, immediately followed.
Zhang Liao had been running for a while, but when he saw that the pursuers behind him were not willing to let go, if he left it alone, it would be difficult for these personal guards to return to the city gate smoothly. He immediately reined in the reins, turned the horse's head, waved the hook and sickle in his hand, and glared angrily. See.
Just a look made Jiang Dongjun stop and dare not step forward. But seeing Chen Wu still riding his horse, Zhang Liao shouted loudly: "I am Zhang Wenyuan of Yanmen, who dares to fight with me!"
This loud shout caused Chen Wu's war horse to raise its tail and freeze in place.
Zhang Wenyuan, who was on horseback with his sword drawn, frightened Jiangdong's pursuers with one look, and shouted to Chen Wu's horse. He was so domineering.
Although Chen Wu was young and vigorous, the way he looked at him was covered in blood, and Zhang Liao, whose heart was shaken by the killing of his own soldiers, felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet. He swallowed and did not dare to step forward.
It wasn't until Han Dang, Pan Zhang and others rode forward that he gained some confidence to continue advancing.
But this place is not too far from Guangling. After the guards ran back one after another, Zhang Liao also walked away in a swagger. They just stared at it, at a loss.
Not only them, but more than 20,000 people present stood blankly, sometimes looking at each other, sometimes looking at Sun Quan who was standing on the high ground with empty eyes. The scene was very embarrassing for a time.
A few hundred people first defeated the 5,000 vanguard, and then fought against the 20,000 army. After being surrounded, Zhang Liao rescued them. It was a shame, a great shame and a great humiliation.
Among the corpses on the ground were all Jiangdong armors, and the heavy armor of the personal guards seemed insignificant in the sea of blood.
From just a simple visual inspection, we can tell that the number of Lu Jun who died here is probably no more than a hundred or ten, and after several charges, Jiangdong's losses were definitely no more than two or three thousand, which is still a conservative estimate.
Especially when Zhang Liao came to rescue, there was a stampede on the flanks. The specific casualties could only be calculated after returning to the camp.
"Take the bodies of our brothers back for burial." Seventeen-year-old Sun Quan was already so distraught that he had difficulty speaking. It was Han Dang who stood up and gave the order with a frown.
Only then did the soldiers react from their sluggish state and began to lift up the injured Pao Ze and carry the dead soldiers.
On the way back, the team was very silent, no one spoke, and they were no longer as high-spirited as when they first arrived in Guangling.
Sun Quan, who was sitting on the horse, kept his head lowered. He was too embarrassed to see others, and he didn't want others to see the embarrassment on his face at this moment.
If my brother were here, he would definitely not let such a thing happen.
He knew, he clearly knew that in the situation just now, as long as either Sun Ce or Taishi Ci was present, he could stop Zhang Liao.
Not to mention killing him, as long as he is restrained and prevented from rushing into the formation unscrupulously, the morale of the soldiers who are killed will not be shaken.
My brother entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, but I fought like this when the enemy was weak and we were strong. Not only did I lose thousands of soldiers, but I also defeated the fierce general Ling Cao.
He could feel it from the eyes of the soldiers looking at him, full of indifference, or contempt.
Haha Sun Quan smiled bitterly in his heart, I actually hope to become the second Lin Mo.
Thinking back to a few hours ago, Sun Quan still thought that he could establish prestige in the army. Now, Sun Quan felt pain in his heart.
Finally returned to the camp. Although it was very simple to set up a few horse barriers and guardrails around the perimeter, it could bring a sense of security to the team.
Many people in the camp dropped their weapons and lay down, breathing heavily.
"What happened?" The sergeant who stayed behind at the garrison couldn't help but ask.
The sergeant who returned from the front line recounted what happened in detail with tears in his eyes, and then added, "Zhang Liao is really awesome."
"Zhang Liao? Zhang Liao is here?" Just such a sentence made several lying sergeants sit up in fright, looking around in horror.
When he was sure that his surroundings were safe, he breathed a sigh of relief and lay down again.
Preliminary statistics show that in this battle, Jiangdong suffered 2,873 casualties, 1,922 serious injuries, and countless minor injuries.
The opponent's death rate was probably around a hundred. This kind of death ratio was enough to make Sun Quan, who was commanding so many troops for the first time, beat his chest.
You must know that this crossing of the river actually had a large part of his own intention. After all, Cao Cao had been defeated, and this matter would be spread sooner or later. When that time came, Sun Quan was extremely frightened after thinking about it carefully, and he was in panic in the tent. All day long.
In Guangling City, the soldiers went crazy with joy. Chen Deng and Lu Su also came to the school field to bow to Zhang Liao.
"The general is so brave that he is not inferior to Zhao Zilong who broke into Cao's camp alone!"
"In today's battle, the general will become famous all over the world. Eight hundred will defeat thirty thousand. This is truly an ancient legend!"
After taking off the blood-stained armor, Zhang Liao exposed the tendons of his upper body and said with a smile: "Two gentlemen, your words are serious. Is there a celebration banquet prepared?"
"I've just made preparations." Chen Deng smiled sheepishly.
Who would have thought that you could win?
Xu Sheng sat on the ground. Even after taking off his armor, he seemed to be very excited. He grinned and said, "Today's battle was really enjoyable. I just don't know who the person I killed was."
Zhang Liao smiled and patted his shoulder, "There will be a funeral in Jiangdong in a few days. Then we will know who it is. Don't worry, it must be a general. This military merit will be recorded on your head."
Yu Jin exhaled a breath and said with emotion: "I admire the general's bravery. After this battle, the Jiangdong army's morale was turbulent and they should be unable to attack the city. I guess they will retreat soon."
"Retreat?"
Zhang Liao snorted coldly, "Then we have to retreat!"
Everyone looked at Zhang Liao in unison. What did this mean?
Could it be that you also arranged some back-up plan?
Zhang Liao did not explain, but looked at the bodyguard lying on the school ground and shouted: "Brothers, you can eat and drink today. Your business is done. Now let's see how I deal with them!"
"Thank you, General!"
(End of chapter)
