Faced with countless arrows flying towards him, Deng Ai took the lead and charged forward. He currently has too few troops, only a thousand men in total, but the opposite side has twenty times his number, more than 20,000 people.
"Rush over!"
Deng Ai charged and shouted loudly: "We have landed,
If you rush over, you will win. Everyone rush with me!"
When the soldiers heard the sound, they also let out harsh roars.
They have no other choice. Since they have chosen this path of rebellion, there is no possibility of turning back.
"Kill!"
The soldiers were howling and screaming. Seeing their comrades in front being shot, they charged forward without caring, stepping on their comrades and their horses.
Harsh whining and neighing,
It also failed to stop their progress.
Wang Ji was also a little anxious. Although he had more than 20,000 cavalry, they were facing desperadoes.
"Cum for me!"
"We must not let them come."
While Wang Ji was commanding, he was also bending his bow and shooting arrows himself. Although his archery skills were not very good, he knew that he still had to do the same thing. Only in this way would the soldiers fight to the death.
In an instant, the Wei army on the river beach fired arrows at Deng Ai and his companions desperately. Before a thousand cavalry could rush to the position, most of them were dead or wounded.
"Wang Ji!"
Amid the shouts of killing, a sudden loud shout rang out. Wang Ji was startled. He looked up and saw that it was Deng Ai who was charging. Deng Ai blocked the arrows and asked Wang Ji sternly: "Wang Ji,
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In the past, the Prime Minister treated you well, but now that the innocent Prime Minister has been unjustly killed, do you still want to kill them all today?"
Hearing Deng Ai's roar, the Wei army, which had been firing intensively before, inexplicably slowed down their shooting frequency. Deng Ai was naturally overjoyed.
Wang Ji sneered and said: "Deng Shizai was surprised by this statement. As the saying goes, if the king wants his minister to die, the minister has to die. The prime minister was indeed good to Wang in the past, and Wang must remember it in his heart... But today, Wang is just
I am acting according to His Majesty’s will, and I hope you will take good care of me.”
The two generals were having a conversation in front of the formation, and the soldiers slowed down their shooting frequency.
"Prince Fujun!" Deng Ai did not take the opportunity to charge, but said with a smile: "The prime minister devoted his whole life to protect Wei Zuo. Today, while the general is marching south for the country, he innocently kills the pillar of the country. Is this an act done by a wise king?
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Reasoning before the battle is of no use in itself.
The battlefield is not a place for reasoning.
However, Deng Ai needs time now and needs to buy time for Sima Zhao in the river to cross the river.
And although what I just said didn't change anything, it at least eased the frequency of Wei Jun's shooting, which is enough.
"Brother Shizai!" Wang Ji raised his hand slightly and said with a smile: "Wang will not comment on whether your Majesty or the Prime Minister is right or wrong. Today, Wang only knows that your Majesty has a purpose to capture the rebellious minister Sima Zhao." As he said,
Wang Ji paused and looked at Deng Ai, who was standing on horseback not far away, and said loudly: "Brother Shizai, listen to Wang's advice, Sima Zhao is in decline and cannot escape. Shizai has nothing to do with this matter.
, now is the time to abandon darkness and embrace the light. How could His Majesty not reuse Shi Zai?"
When Deng Ai appeared here, Wang Ji naturally knew that Sima Zhao must be following him, or that Sima Zhao had already landed. Deng Ai's words were just to distract the Wei army, and then take the opportunity to break out.
But Wang Ji had other ideas - to capture Sima Zhao alive.
After all, His Majesty wants Sima Zhao, not Deng Ai. If he can instigate Deng Ai in front of the battle and help him capture Sima Zhao, then the rebellion will be put to rest and he will be able to accomplish a great feat.
However, Deng Aina can be persuaded by him.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong!" Deng Ai said with a smile: "I, Deng Ai, am today thanks to the appreciation of the Prime Minister. Now that the Prime Minister is in trouble, Deng Ai will risk his own life to help the general out of trouble."
As soon as Deng Ai finished speaking, Wang Ji sneered and said: "Deng Shizai, in that case, don't blame Wang for not giving you a way out." After speaking, he raised the crossbow in his hand and shot at Deng Ai, while making a sound
He shouted loudly: "Soldiers, whoever captures Deng Ai will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. Kill him!"
As soon as Wang Ji finished speaking, thousands of cavalry from both sides rushed out and went straight to kill Deng Ai on the river beach. At this time, there were hundreds of people around Deng Ai. Wang Ji couldn't persuade Deng Ai to surrender, so he took advantage of Sima Zhao before he could pass.
He, killed Deng Ai in one fell swoop.
"Kill!"
Deng Ai also shouted loudly, but he did not attack the cavalry on both sides, but charged directly towards where Wang Ji was.
"Kill Wang Ji, kill Wang Ji!"
Deng Ai shouted loudly while galloping.
Hundreds of cavalry galloped straight towards the Wei army on the river beach. The Wei army cavalry on both sides quickly gathered in the middle. Before Deng Ai could rush to the front of the formation, they had already reached the front.
More than 3,000 Wei cavalry faced hundreds of people.
In terms of numbers, the Wei cavalry has the advantage, but their combat effectiveness is not as good as the hundreds of men under Deng Ai, because they are all desperadoes.
Just as Deng Ai and Wang Ji's cavalry were strangling each other, Sima Zhao, who was in the river, had already reached the edge of the river beach. Sima Zhao shouted: "Get ashore quickly, get ashore quickly."
The Wei army on the river beach is now being restrained by Deng Ai. This is a good opportunity.
In an instant, thousands of cavalry advanced rapidly. Soon they boarded the river beach, and then they ignored Deng Ai and killed directly behind Deng Ai to help Deng Ai relieve the siege.
Deng Ai was naturally overjoyed when he learned that Sima Zhao's cavalry had landed.
There is still a lot of hope for more than 5,000 cavalry to rush through the more than 20,000 infantry cavalry. After all, it is Wang Ji who stands in front of them, not other generals who are good at fighting.
"Kill!"
Deng Ai and the others wanted to charge into battle. Although Wang Ji rarely led troops into battle, at this time he also knew the general idea of his opponent.
"Capture Deng Ai alive, capture Sima Zhao alive!"
"Capture Deng Ai alive, capture Sima Zhao alive!"
Wang Ji led the remaining infantry to kill Deng Ai and Sima Zhao.
Counting only the number of cavalry, Wang Ji only has 3,000 cavalry and 17,000 infantry. However, Sima Zhao now only has more than 5,000 cavalry, all of them cavalry.
"Deng Shizai!"
Sima Zhao rushed to the front of the formation, and while killing the Wei army, he shouted loudly: "Now that we have landed, we can't wait to fight for a long time, so fight out!"
Deng Ai did not respond, but he expressed it with actions.
Deng Ai led hundreds of cavalry, without hesitation, and charged straight ahead to kill. Sima Zhao behind him did the same, following Deng Ai's pace, charging and killing fiercely.
Although Wang Ji led more than 10,000 infantry to block the front, and there were 3,000 cavalry on both sides to support them, they could not stop Sima Zhao and Deng Ai's desperate charge.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
After a fierce charge and slashing, thousands of cavalry have rushed into the Wei army camp. This is the only way to break through. As long as they pass through the Wei army camp, they can successfully break through.
"Don't be reluctant to fight, move forward quickly!"
Deng Ai led hundreds of cavalry to clear the way forward, while thousands of cavalry behind him followed Sima Zhao to charge forward. When encountering an obstruction from the Wei army, Sima Zhao kept reminding the soldiers around him that their purpose was to rush out, not to kill the Wei army.
Quantity.
"Chase!"
"We must not let Sima Zhao run away..." Wang Ji saw that Sima Zhao and others were already moving forward, so he got on his horse and led his soldiers to follow.
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At dawn.
On the south side of Yanggan Mountain, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the 6,000 cavalrymen looked back and saw that there were only less than 2,000 remaining.
"General!" Deng Ai promptly reminded: "Wang Ji will catch up soon. If Luoyang learns that we have successfully broken through, they will definitely send people to catch up."
"Okay, mount up!"
After a short rest, Sima Zhao got on his horse, looked around, and asked Deng Ai doubtfully: "Where should we go now?"
There is a smooth road ahead, dozens of miles to the north is Luoyang, the capital of Cao Wei, and to the west is Guanzhong. Although they had decided last night to go to Guanzhong and surrender to the Han after breaking through, Sima Zhao actually had some difficulties after successfully breaking through.
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Because he only has less than 2,000 horses left.
All the way to the west? Impossible, because if you want to go to Guanzhong from here, you have to pass through Hongnong, a border county belonging to Cao Wei.
Ten years ago, Hongnong was captured by the Han, but after the Battle of Hefei and negotiations between the Han and Wei dynasties, the Han took Shanggu County and returned Hongnong County.
At that time, for Cao Wei, Hongnong could never be lost.
Because after the Han Dynasty occupied Tongguan and Wuguan, Hongnong was the gateway to Luoyang. If the Han army occupied Hongnong again, Luoyang would be under the attack of the Han army.
Therefore, Cao Wei's bottom line in that negotiation was that Hongnong must return to Wei, otherwise there would be no need to negotiate. At that time, Zhuge Liang did not plan to attack Wei immediately. After all, Liu Chan was still in the Western Regions at that time, so fighting on two fronts would still be a bit difficult for the Han Dynasty.<
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Finally, it was decided to keep Shanggu and return it to Hongnong.
But now, Hongnong County belongs to Cao Wei, and Sima Zhao is in trouble. If he wants to go to Guanzhong to surrender to the Han, he must pass through Hongnong. How can the Wei army in Hongnong let him pass?
How to get there?
After hearing this, Deng Ai thought for a while and seemed to have an idea. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, General. I will protect the general from heading west to Guanzhong."
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This chapter has been completed!