On the hillside in the distance, Sun Quan, who was heavily protected by armor on the Lujiang River, was watching the battle.
He felt awe-struck when he saw Zhao Yun charging from left to right, but no one was able to unite.
However, he was not worried, because Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang, who were ambushing behind, were already in position and were coming quickly.
Once they were killed, 20,000 people surrounded 3,000 people. Even if Zhao Yun could fight, he would not be able to defeat one against ten thousand.
However, while watching the scene, he suddenly noticed that Zhao Yun, who was fighting in the distance, looked back and looked in his direction.
Due to the long distance, although he could not clearly see Zhao Yun's expression at this time, Sun Quan felt a thump in his heart and something bad.
But this feeling was fleeting, because Zhao Yun just glanced at him and continued to rush into the right formation.
This made Sun Quan relax a little and said to Bu Zhao beside him: "Although Zhao Zilong is not famous, he is indeed a fierce general, no worse than Zhang Liao. But it doesn't matter, when the army surrounds him, he will definitely die."
Bu Zhao's face actually didn't look good, but it was hard to tell, so he said: "Wu Hou should be more careful. This beast is ferocious and has high morale, so it may be difficult to deal with."
"fine."
Sun Quan waved his hand and said: "When our central and rear troops arrive, let's see how long he can be rampant."
He said and continued to watch.
The battle over there has reached fever pitch.
In fact, only more than two-quarters of an hour has passed since Zhao Yun rushed into the formation.
But Zhao Yun was still in a no-man's land, and his fighting power was extremely fierce.
The main reason is that the infantry fighting skills of Jiangdong soldiers are far weaker than those of northern soldiers, and Zhao Yun is still the best general in the world.
You must know that Zhang Liao was slightly weaker than Zhao Yun, but he was able to lead a surprise attack with 800 infantrymen and attacked thousands of "Lujiang Shangjia" who were known as the most elite in Jiangdong.
In addition, he also killed Chen Wu, the leader of Lujiang Shangjia, who was also a fierce Jiangdong general.
It can be seen that even the most elite "Lujiang Shangjia" combat strength is at most equivalent to that of Cao's army's ordinary front-line infantry, or even slightly worse.
Even elites are at this level, let alone ordinary soldiers.
Although Zhao Yun's soldiers are soldiers from Xiling County, they are elites specially mobilized by Liu Bei and can compete with the northern front-line infantry.
Although there were only 3,000 to attack 10,000, the two sides were not at the same level in terms of combat effectiveness and morale. In addition, Zhao Yun's force was superior to Zhang Liao's. They actually caused chaos in the formation, killing several mid-level and senior generals in a row, and crushing Zhou.
Tai ascends to heaven and falls to earth.
Now Zhou Tai can only run away. His combat power is basically not much different from Chen Wu. Zhao Yun is stronger than Zhang Liao. It doesn't take twenty rounds to fight head-on. If the dead soldiers hadn't tried their best to resist, Chen Wu would have ended up like this.
At this time, the Jiangdong Army's formation was in chaos, the crowd was in extreme confusion, Zhao Yun's soldiers were killing them wantonly, and the Jiangdong Army was almost collapsed, and the battlefield was full of fleeing soldiers.
At this time, the long trumpet sound of "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooongs."
Among the four veteran generals in Jiangdong, Zu Mao died in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Han Dang Huang Gai died at the hands of Shen Chen, and finally only Cheng Pu was left. Seeing the chaos on the battlefield, Cheng Pu immediately led five thousand of his troops to help.
He killed some fleeing soldiers on the periphery, calmed the situation, and then ordered the soldiers to evacuate to the open space to the east to regroup and then organize an attack.
However, his actions immediately attracted Lei Xu's attention over there, and Lei Xu made a decisive decision: "We can't let them line up and kill them."
"kill!"
The lieutenant shouted and blew the whistle.
"kill!"
Two thousand soldiers lined up like a bulldozer with a fierce momentum, rushing toward Jiangdong's army.
Pan Zhang also rushed to the battlefield.
The current situation was particularly chaotic. The two wings that were originally in formation were suppressed and beaten by Zhao Yun's two thousand rear soldiers, while Zhao Yun himself led five hundred soldiers and rampaged inside.
Even if Jiangdong's army was three times larger than them, the situation on the entire battlefield was still not very favorable to Jiangdong's army.
However, with the arrival of Pan Zhang and Cheng Pu, the situation gradually reversed.
After all, human power is limited. Although Zhao Yun's troops have great morale, not everyone has the same physical strength and endurance as Zhao Yun.
You must know that Zhao Yun was able to kill countless men who came back and forth for dozens of miles on Changban Slope. He fought from morning to dark without stopping, and there was no upper limit to his physical strength and endurance.
But ordinary soldiers don't have his exaggerated physical strength and endurance. Once they are caught in a protracted siege and their physical strength is exhausted, they are basically certain to die.
Therefore, when Cheng Pu and Pan Zhang arrived, Zhao Yun's troops would fall into a tug-of-war, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to them.
When Sun Quan saw this scene on the hilltop in the distance, he immediately stroked his beard and laughed and said: "Although Zhao Yun is indeed brave, he was still ambushed by Gu. Zishan, you see, as soon as Demou Gong and Wengui arrived, they all Surrounded."
Bu Zhao looked over, nodded slightly, and said with a smile on his face: "Wu Hou is really clever and clever. This trick to lure the enemy is admirable."
"Hahahahaha."
Sun Quan laughed, his plan was indeed successful.
After leading Zhao Yun out of the city, Pan Zhang and Cheng Pu successfully ambush him. Although there was something unexpected in the process, he did not expect Zhao Yun to be so brave.
But this is no big deal.
As long as Zhao Yun is fooled, he can be killed even at the cost of human life.
After Xunyang is a strategic location, he will have an unobstructed view of Xiling and Zhangling. When the time comes, he can attack Shen Chen with Cao Cao in the north, block Yiling in the west to prevent Liu Bei, and the entire Jingzhou except Nanyang will be in his hands.
At this moment, in the formation in the distance, Zhao Yun was still chasing Zhou Tai. Wherever his banner passed, he basically avoided it like the god of plague, and the Jiangdong soldiers fled one after another.
It is true that Zhao Yunru is possessed by the God of Killing. God blocks the killing of gods and Buddhas. He kills countless middle-level generals in the army. The soldiers at the bottom cannot even get close. If they get closer, they will be stabbed by the cold light. It is impossible to kill them at all. No one dared to stop it.
Even in the end, the entire Jiangdong Army was singing about Zhao Yun's bravery. Wherever he went, everyone shouted "Zhao Yun is coming, Zhao Yun is coming", and then panicked and ran around.
If it hadn't been for the arrival of a large number of middle and lower-level officers as well as peripheral Pan Zhang and Cheng Pu to barely stabilize the situation, I am afraid that the current Wan Jiangdong Army would have collapsed long ago.
"General Zhou's flag is coming this way, and Zhao Yun is behind him."
"I'm not afraid of death. I'm going to try. If I can kill Zhao Yun, I can become a general."
"Then go ahead, let's go."
A part of Jiangdong's army here noticed Zhou Tai's banner coming towards them, and they were immediately frightened out of their wits.
But there are also warriors who feel that Zhao Yun has been fighting for so long and an hour has passed, and his physical strength must be exhausted. If he rushes to kill Zhao Yun at this time, he may not be able to kill Zhao Yun, and Sun Quan will definitely reward him heavily.
The result was that he would die if he tried. More than a dozen warriors formed an ambush circle on the side. When Zhou Tai's team hurriedly ran over, they suddenly stabbed out diagonally and stopped in front of Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun's whole body was as light as a swallow. He ducked to the side to avoid their spear attacks, and then defeated them one by one, one by one, and they were all knocked down by the assassination.
"General."
At this time, a soldier from the rear shouted to Zhao Yun: "General."
Zhao Yun turned around and saw that there were less than 300 soldiers following him in the rear. Among them was an officer who was covered in blood and severely injured and was calling him. He stepped forward to support him and asked, "Can you still hold on?"
"able."
The officer gritted his teeth and said, "I want to tell the general that the brothers in the rear are shouting that the enemy's reinforcements are coming."
"oh?"
Zhao Yun looked around, beckoned and said: "Come here and set up a stage with some brothers, let me go up and have a look."
"only."
Immediately behind him, several soldiers who still had strength stood up and set up a ladder.
Zhao Yun took advantage of his strength and jumped up, as if he were standing on a war horse. Looking from a distance, he saw that the entire battlefield was in chaos.
To the west of Xunyang City, the more than two thousand soldiers who followed him did not form a group. They also rushed around under the leadership of the generals, sawing back and forth, and beat Jiangdong Army crying for father and mother.
Farther away, two thousand soldiers from his own side quickly approached and attacked Cheng Pu's army on the periphery.
Within a square kilometer, the blood of soldiers from both sides was splattered everywhere.
In many places, the yellow-brown rammed soil was completely soaked with blood, turning it into a dark red color.
Cast iron helmets and flip-leather hats were everywhere on the ground, and arrows and broken weapons were scattered on the ground.
Now the entire battlefield is different from when Sun Quan's army was divided into three military formations at the beginning. The original three military formations have basically been disintegrated. The enemy and our soldiers are fighting separately. Within a radius of at least one square kilometer, there are scattered enemy and our soldiers everywhere.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yun jumped down from the soldiers again, called to the officers who followed him, and said to them: "The reason why I led you into the formation was because I wanted to kill the general and defeat them, but I seemed to see
When we arrive at Sun Quan's location, their ambush is now gone, and no one can stop us."
A hundred-man general immediately said: "General, give the order."
"good."
Zhao Yun nodded, pointed to the hill in the distance and said: "Return to the team immediately and tell the soldiers to rest where they are for a while. When the enemy gathers around them, pretend to fight and retreat, get close to the hillside over there, and then suddenly charge over there.
.”
"only!"
More than a dozen middle- and lower-level officers immediately returned to the team and whispered to the soldiers the mission assigned by Zhao Yun.
The formation of Jiangdong Army was broken up. The previous very dense battle formation caused the wilderness to be filled with people. Moreover, they had killed so fiercely that Jiangdong Army did not dare to approach like a god of plague.
Therefore, there were no Jiangdong soldiers within 20 feet of the surrounding area. Many people were watching from a distance, and even those further away were looking for a place to rest and eat when they were tired from fighting.
This is the normal state of ancient wars.
The efficiency of killing people with cold weapons is too low. Sometimes tens of thousands of people fight, and when the match is evenly matched, the winner can't be determined from morning to dark. Therefore, it is common for soldiers from both sides to eat or even sleep on the battlefield.
Zhao Yun and the others had been fighting for more than an hour, and the soldiers were very tired. At this time, they stopped chasing Zhou Tai, chose to form a formation on the spot, and began to rest.
After about a quarter of an hour, the gradually chaotic situation around him eased, because when Zhou Tai saw that Zhao Yun was not pursuing him, he quickly began to gather his soldiers, regrouped more than a thousand troops, arranged them in formation, and slowly moved closer to this side.
"Ready to fight!"
Zhao Yun saw from a distance that Zhou Tai had gathered 1,500 to 600 soldiers, but there were only more than 300 soldiers on his side, so he immediately issued an order: "Defensive formation."
"Dudududu."
When the whistle command sounded, the soldiers immediately stood up, gathered together, and lined up with spears in their hands.
But Zhou Tai in the distance did not talk about martial ethics and shouted: "Archers, prepare!"
Hula la, hundreds of archers jumped out.
The reason Zhou Tai didn't use a crossbow before was because he hadn't set up a formation at that time and the middle formation was still in a mess. Zhao Yun led the cavalry and rushed in directly, disrupting the formation.
By the time the left and right wing formations gathered around, Zhao Yun's three thousand infantrymen were already entangled with their central army.
At that time, if Zhou Tai ordered all the left and right wings to shoot arrows, not only Zhao Yun's soldiers, but also his soldiers in the center, and even himself in the center, would be shot by random arrows.
Therefore, it was naturally impossible for Zhou Tai to order the arrow to be fired at that time.
But it's different this time.
As the entire front army of 10,000 people was dispersed, the battlefield changed from small pieces to large pieces, and the soldiers were scattered widely.
Especially after Zhao Yun made several attacks and gained a reputation, the Jiangdong soldiers were so frightened that they ran away in panic when they saw him. As a result, there are no Jiangdong soldiers around where Zhao Yun is now.
If you don’t shoot an arrow now, when will you wait?
"Walk!"
When Zhao Yun saw Zhou Tai's order to release arrows, he immediately issued the same order: "Withdraw!"
"withdraw!"
The officers understood the situation and shouted one after another.
The three hundred soldiers immediately ran away. As soon as they took a few steps, arrows rained down behind them, turning the place into a sieve.
"Chase!"
Zhou Tai shouted.
Both sides chased each other and fled across the battlefield.
It's like the offense and defense change instantly.
Seeing this situation, a large number of Jiangdong's troops joined Zhou Tai in pursuit, some watched from a distance and did not dare to approach, and some did not know how to stop him.
But without exception, those who blocked him were stabbed through the body by Zhao Yun and fell down as corpses.
More and more soldiers followed Zhou Tai, like a snowball, and soon more than 2,000 people joined him.
Farther away, Pan Zhang had already circled around from the south. Seeing this scene from a distance, he also gathered more than 3,000 horses towards this side.
There were very few people around Zhao Yun, and the enemies always kept a certain distance, and the archers were running with bows in their left hands and arrows in their right hands. If they stayed and wanted to charge back and attack, Zhou Tai would immediately order the soldiers to release arrows.
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Zhao Yun was at a great disadvantage in this situation. He was not afraid of close combat. What he was afraid of was that the enemy would hang on to them and release arrows when they were farther away. However, the battlefield was now empty and it was difficult for large crowds to gather.
"That way!"
Zhao Yun waved his hand and continued to flee towards the east.
In the distance, Sun Quan saw that the situation at the bottom of the mountain had finally reversed. Zhao Yun was running around like a rabbit being chased away. He suddenly laughed and said, "Zishan, look, isn't Zhao Yun destroyed? With a small plan, Xunyang was originally strong.
, and was captured by Gu."
Bu Zhi smiled and said: "Congratulations to the Marquis of Wu, congratulations to the Marquis of Wu. At present, Cao Cao should have sent his army south to attack Shen Chen from both sides of Wuguan and Yingchuan. Although Xiakou has not yet been captured, Huang She is already alone, and Wu Hou can go north.
Go to Nanyang to cooperate with Cao Cao to annihilate Shen Chen, go to Xiakou in the west to besiege Huang She, and then go to Yidao to intercept Liu Bei, and Jingzhou will be captured."
"Um."
Sun Quan nodded with satisfaction, looked at Zhao Yun in the distance who seemed to be fleeing toward him, and said, "It's a pity that Zhao Yun is a little too old. If he were younger, he would be captured alive, but he probably doesn't have many years to live." It’s useless to ask for him, killing him will just dampen Shen Chen’s spirit.”
Bu Zhi also said: "If I take Zhao Yun's head and give it to Shen Chen, he must be very scared."
"Hmm."
Sun Quan responded.
The two stopped talking and continued to look into the distance.
They saw Zhao Yun fighting and retreating under the siege of Zhou Tai and Pan Zhang, moving closer to the east.
Sun Quan launched his attack from the east towards Huainan. The south city of Xunyang is an endless plain area, leading directly to Penglize in the south. There are still 30,000 horses in Chaisang area, led by Jiang Qinquanzong and others, heading here.
To the east was a large area of hills, with many undulating hills. Sun Quan stood on one of the higher hills and looked down, more than two miles away from the battlefield.
At that time, Pan Zhang and Cheng Pu were lying in ambush in the woods on these hills, behind the weeds and basil. When Zhou Tai entangled them, he suddenly attacked them.
In other words, the two men fought out from the left and right sides of Sun Quan respectively, while Sun Quan himself was on the hill in the middle.
At this moment, Zhao Yun's more than 300 people were driven over by Zhou Tai and Pan Zhang, and they gathered a hundred steps away, one behind the other.
Sun Quan on the mountain was admiring this scene at first, thinking that Zhao Yun was in a desperate situation and would soon be overtaken by Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang and others.
But after a while, I started to feel that something was wrong.
Because Zhao Yun's troops seemed to be very weak at first, fighting and retreating, and were in a panic.
When it was less than a mile closer to here, something suddenly changed.
They suddenly accelerated their speed and started running at a gallop. It didn't look like they had exhausted their physical strength at all.
"Oops!"
Bu Zhi was shocked and said: "This Zhao Yun is coming straight to us."
Sun Quan was also shocked, remembering the time when he was almost beheaded by Zhang Liao, his legs went weak and he almost wanted to run away.
But he quickly remembered the soldiers around him and said quickly: "Calm down, he only has three or four hundred men, and there are three thousand armored formations on the Lujiang River to protect him. There is no need to be afraid of him."
The last time Zhang Liao made a surprise attack, it was because Lujiang Shangjia was not in formation and was disrupted by Zhang Liao.
However, now the Lujiang Shangjia have surrounded the hillock, and not even a fly can fly over. As long as the Lujiang Shangjia resists for a while, when Pan Zhang and Cheng Pu come to kill, Zhao Yun will undoubtedly die.
Therefore, Sun Quan immediately adjusted his mentality and continued to look down the hillside from a bird's eye view.
Zhao Yunbu is getting closer and closer.
Three thousand Lujiang Shangjia, led by Zhu Zhi's son and the new commander Zhu Cai, quickly formed their formation.
What the world doesn't know is that Lujiang Shangjia is a halberd army.
Similar to Yuan Shao's Euphorbia Warriors.
When Zhang Liao almost reached the hillside outside Hefei City, it was Lujiang Shangjia who stopped Zhang Liao with a long halberd, which prevented Zhang Liao from being successfully beheaded.
The length of the halberd can reach two to two meters six, about one foot long, and it is very heavy and cannot use other equipment at all.
The benefits are also obvious. Once arrayed and thousands of halberds are pointed at the enemy, even heavily armored infantry will have to weigh them.
But Zhao Yun was not afraid, and quickly accelerated his pace and ran closer. He was still twenty feet away from the enemy, and he already shouted loudly: "Sun Quan, my son, take your life!"