Chapter 56: The Unbreakable Formation
Hong Tou and his men rushed closer and took a closer look. Sure enough, half of the county soldiers on the opposite side were missing. Guan Yu had indeed led his troops to sneak attack on the brothers who were hiding behind the mountain.
At this time, he was anxious and just wanted to rush over as soon as possible to save those brothers who were ambushing him.
"Brothers, let's rush over and kill!"
Now in order to save people, their fear of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses has disappeared, and a thousand people shouted and rushed towards the military formation in front.
"Fire arrows."
Following the Wang Junhou's order, a hundred archers in the military formation raised their arrows and fired a volley of arrows.
Many of the Yellow Turbans who rushed at the front were hit by arrows and fell down, but Leader Hong shouted desperately: "Don't be afraid, rush over!"
Poof!
Leader Hong was hit by an arrow in his arm. He immediately stopped, glanced at the arrow on his arm, and then continued running forward, shouting repeatedly: "Rush over, kill! Kill!"
"Fire arrows."
Wang Junhou gave the order again, and the second round of arrows was fired, and many more Yellow Turbans fell down.
At this time, the Yellow Turbans were already approaching. The archers retreated, drew back their bows and drew their swords, preparing for close combat.
Two rounds of arrows were shot down, and dozens of people in the Yellow Turbans had been hit by the arrows and fell down. Others looked at the fallen people, and their hearts were actually full of fear.
In the past, they mainly dealt with ordinary people and those county soldiers with little fighting power. They had never been defeated. The only time they lost was to Liu Bei last time.
However, that time it was not a frontal charge, but a pursuit. I did not really feel the cruelty of a frontal charge.
Now, they were watching their usually close brothers fall one by one. Many of them wanted to retreat, but Leader Hong kept shouting to charge to kill, so they had no choice but to rush forward with others.
"Strong Shield."
The king's military commander stood in the formation and gave the order. There were soldiers behind the shield holding it hard, and other soldiers stretched out spears and halberds in the gaps between the shields to stab the thieves who rushed to attack the shield.
Wang Junhou felt it was easy to deal with these Yellow Turbans who had no bows or crossbows. At least he didn't have to worry about the other party's long-range attacks.
And he has a strong shield, and the opponent doesn't have many long weapons. It can be said that he has an absolute advantage.
The Yellow Turbans made a wave of attacks, but they could not break through the opponent's shield and could not break through the formation.
The spears and halberds of the opposing soldiers struck without anyone noticing, knocking down the yellow turbans standing in front of their shields.
After two waves of attacks, Leader Hong found that he could not break through the enemy formation. Many of his own men fell, but few of the other party's soldiers fell, and the shield remained strong.
At this moment, Leader Hong saw a man on a horse with a red face and a green robe carrying a long sword rushing out from the right side of the avenue, followed closely by hundreds of soldiers.
As soon as he saw Guan Yu appear, Leader Hong knew it was over. Not only were the brothers who were ambushing him in danger, but he was also doomed!
"Run quickly, retreat!"
Leader Hong shouted quickly, turned around and ran away.
Seeing this, the other Yellow Turbans hurriedly followed and ran away.
Seeing the sudden retreat of the Yellow Turbans, Wang Junhou, who was standing in the military formation, felt puzzled at first. It was not until he saw Guan Yu appearing with his troops that he realized that his reinforcements had arrived.
He was overjoyed and shouted: "Withdraw, pursue, kill!"
The soldiers in formation put away their shields, raised their swords, shouted and chased after the Yellow Turbans.
Without saying a word, Guan Yu slapped his horse and raised his sword, and chased the Yellow Turbans.
An army is defeated like a mountain falling, and an army is defeated like a stream of water.
Once these Yellow Turbans flee, they can only be slaughtered at will.
At this time, it's okay for those who run fast, but those who run slowly can quickly throw away the weapons in their hands and kneel down to beg for surrender.
Those who were bent on escaping but ran slowly could only be killed one by one by the soldiers who were chasing them.
Guan Hai hurried back with his men and horses. They ran nearly ten miles and were still five or six miles away from the ambush. They met the brothers who had escaped from the ambush. Many of them were injured or stained with blood.
"What's going on? Why are you here?"
When Guan Hai saw them, he knew something was wrong and asked quickly.
"Commander Qu, that red-faced general is too fierce! He suddenly came out from behind. We were unprepared. Many brothers died! Leader Hu died too!"
"Commander Qu, let's go back. We can't defeat those county soldiers! Liu Bei has brave and invincible red-faced generals and black-faced generals. We are no match for them!"
"Yes, Qu Shuai, we can't take his city, let's go back to the mountains!"
Guan Hai secretly regretted that he should not have come out, but regretting was useless. Fortunately, he still had 4,000 people around him, and the 1,000 people led by Chief Hong to lure the enemy were still there.
Just when he was thinking this, many people rushed in front of him.
Guan Hai took a closer look and found that these people were the thousands of people led by Chief Hong to lure the enemy.
"What's wrong? Why have you become like this?"
Guan Hai quickly went up to him and asked.
"Commander Qu, those county soldiers are too fierce, we can't beat them! They are chasing them, and they are right behind them. Leader Hong is dead!"
Someone saw Leader Hong being chased by the red-faced general on horseback and hacked to death, even his head was chopped off.
Guan Hai was shocked. He didn't expect that his ambush troops would be discovered and destroyed by Guan Yu. Even those who lured the enemy were defeated.
This red-faced Guan Yu seems to be as brave as the black-faced Zhang Fei! I am careless!
At this time, a fast horse came from behind. Sitting on the horse was the person responsible for monitoring Liu Bei's camp.
"Commander Qu, Commander Qu, Liu Bei has a thousand troops coming out of camp to pursue him."
"Ah!!!"
The bad news that came one after another made Guan Hai open his mouth in shock. Now there were fierce generals in front of him and pursuers behind him. Although he led four thousand people, these brothers were all afraid of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, and they were double-faced.
A flanking attack or a head-on fight will ultimately lead to a dead end.
"Quick, run quickly, back to the mountains."
Guan Hai paused for a moment, shouted urgently, and ran towards the wasteland beside the road.
The others did not dare to hesitate and ran towards the wasteland. After passing this wasteland, there was a low mountain. After climbing over the low mountain, they would be safe.
Guan Yu led his soldiers and horses to pursue him for five or six miles, and then he realized that Guan Hai had led the thieves and fled into the wasteland.
"Guan Sima, do we want to pursue him?" Wang Junhou asked.
Guan Yu looked at the wasteland in front of him and the low mountains in the distance. He squinted his eyes slightly and hesitated for a moment before saying: "No more chasing. We came out to rescue our lord. If the thieves are defeated this time, they will not dare to come again in the future. Let's go."
Go and greet the lord."
Regarding Liu Bei's title, Guan Yu himself calls him eldest brother, and when he mentions it to others, he calls him lord.
Guan Yu led his troops and horses and continued to rush forward. After walking for three or four miles, he met Liu Zheng who was leading his troops in pursuit.
It turned out that after Liu Bei learned that Guan Yu had led his troops out of the city, and also learned that Guan Hai had led his troops to retreat, he was worried that Guan Yu would be at fault, so he asked Liu Zheng to lead a thousand men out of the camp to assist.
Guan Yu asked Liu Zheng to lead his troops to deal with the battlefield behind, and he took his people to see Liu Bei.
Liu Bei stood inside the camp gate, looking eagerly into the distance, hoping to see his second brother Guan Yu.
Jian Yong and Li Ye stood beside him, also looking eagerly into the distance.
"Yunchang, that's Guan Yunchang!" Jian Yong was the first to see Guan Yu appear and shouted hurriedly.
Liu Bei put up a pergola and looked up, and sure enough it was his second brother Guan Yu, who had a red face and a green robe and carried a sword.
"Open the camp gate quickly." Liu Bei quickly ordered.
The camp gate opened and Liu Bei ran out of the camp to wait for Guan Yu.
Guan Yu patted his horse and galloped closer. There were still dozens of steps away. When he saw his elder brother Liu Bei standing outside the camp gate waiting for him, he quickly reined in his horse, jumped off the horse, handed his sword to the soldier beside him, and ran towards Liu Bei.
"Brother!"
"Second brother!"
When the two met, it was like meeting again between life and death. They held each other's arms and their faces were full of joy.
This time there was no danger, and Guan Hai was defeated again. Everyone was happy.
Guan Yu protected Liu Bei, broke camp and went on the road, transporting money and grain back to Huang County.
Chapter completed!