On the ruins of Luoyang, the Song army and the Chu army were fighting fiercely. They were fighting hand to hand, arrows were flying, and the shouts of killing resounded through the night sky.
In the Liang Army camp in the northwest, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou quietly led the troops away from the ruins of Luoyang and headed towards Hangu Pass.
On a cold night, with dark clouds covering the moon, Zhang Ji was in front and Fan Chou was behind. The two of them led more than 8,000 cavalrymen, their horses bound and their feet bound, and they walked westward along the official road.
On the official road to the west, Gao Fei and Wen Chou were waiting there quietly. In order to make Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Liu Biao and Yuan Shu believe that they had completely withdrawn their troops, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and Wen Chou all followed Gao Fei's instructions and left for a long distance.
Thirty miles later, he quietly turned back and stationed himself far away from the ruins of Luoyang, hiding on both sides of the official road.
Looking at the dark road in the distance, Gao Fei's heart could not calm down for a long time. The scouts had just come to report that Zhang Ji and Fan Chou returned with their troops, while Liu Biao and Yuan Shu were fighting fiercely.
"My lord, the soldiers and horses of the Liang army will be arriving soon. My lord, please watch the battle from the rear." Wen Chou walked over and said with cupped fists.
Gao Fei said: "Wen Chou, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou are actually not stupid. They actually threw the jade seal they got. It's beyond my imagination. This time they came back with eight thousand cavalry, and the pressure on you will be great."
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"My lord, you can rest assured. Although these five thousand heavy-armed soldiers are only infantry, my subordinates have made arrangements to ensure that the eight thousand cavalry will never come back." Wen Chou said confidently.
Gao Fei nodded and said no more, but turned around and left, leaving the matter of fighting to Wen Chou. He knew that Wen Chou was very good at dealing with Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou was blocked outside Hangu Pass, but he didn't let Zhang Ji.
Fan Chou passed, and now he was given 5,000 heavy infantry, which were well-equipped and elite soldiers. If he could not defeat Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's 8,000 cavalry, then Wen Chou was not worthy of being a general.
When Wen Chou saw Gao Fei leaving, he asked, "Master, are you going back to Henan City?"
Gao Fei stopped, turned around, and said to Wen Chou: "General Wen, I leave everything to you. This is your first battle after surrendering to me. Don't insult your reputation. I'll wait for you in Henan City.
Triumph.”
When Wen Chou heard Gao Fei's sincere words, he clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely not disgrace our army's reputation, let alone my lord's reputation. Zhang Ji and Fan Chou will never come back."
"Well..." Gao Fei turned around and left.
Guan Hai and Zhou Cang escorted Gao Fei and quickly left here, disappearing into the night.
Wen Chou and his subordinates hid on both sides of the official road, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Ji and Fan Chou.
Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were jogging along the official road with their men. After getting away from the melee between the Chu army and the Song army, they speeded up.
Less than seven miles forward, dozens of sentries rushing in front of Zhang Ji suddenly fell over, and a large hole collapsed in the ground. The hole was filled with sharp wooden stakes. Anyone who fell in would be killed.
They were all driven to death by wooden stakes.
Zhang Ji hurriedly reined in his horse and asked his men to stop. When he saw the large hole in the ground that was so far away from his own, he felt panic in his heart.
At this moment, countless arrows flew over from both sides of the official road and shot towards the dense group of cavalry on the official road. The cavalry fell off their horses one after another.
"There is an ambush! The entire army is dismounted..." It wasn't that Zhang Ji was a little slow to react, but that the sudden change caught him off guard and he had no time to shout.
"Kill..." Groups of neat heavy infantrymen came out from both sides of the official road, holding steel knives in their hands, holding shields in front of them, wearing thick armor, and charged towards the Liang Army cavalry in the middle of the official road.
passed.
At the same time, Wen Chou single-handedly took the lead and rushed out of the high slope on the left side of the official road. With a gloomy look on his face, he stared directly at Zhang Ji who was commanding the front army. He did not even answer and leaned over.
On horseback, he went straight to Zhang Ji.
Three thousand soldiers of the Yan army were scattered on both sides of the official road. Two thousand soldiers blocked the retreat of the Liang army. Five thousand soldiers blocked the eight thousand cavalry on the official road, which was not very wide, and formed a long line.
Long human dragon.
"Don't panic..." Zhang Ji held a long sword in his hand and rode on horseback. He wore a cooked copper helmet on his head. On the helmet was a red helmet cherry, which was very conspicuous in the dark night.
"Zhang Ji!"
Wen Chou used his spear to kill the soldiers in front of him one after another. He immediately reached Zhang Ji's side, stood upright on horseback, raised a gun, and stabbed Zhang Ji in the throat.
Zhang Ji was caught off guard, and used his long sword to block back. Unexpectedly, the spear suddenly changed its attack midway, and the spear tip sank downwards. The sharp spear tip penetrated directly through the iron armor and pierced his heart. He was killed on the spot and fell from the horse.
Come down.
Although the soldiers of the Liang Army were experienced in many battles, they had never fought against the Yan Army. They did not know how powerful heavy infantrymen like the Yan Army were. When they saw that they could not penetrate with their spears, cut with their swords, or shoot through their arrows
, everyone's face showed a hint of panic, fear for Yan Jun.
Fan Chou was fighting in the rear army at this time, leading his men to fight against the Yan army soldiers who attacked from the left, right and rear. Like everyone else, iron weapons could not penetrate the steel armor at all, so they could only be slaughtered
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This was a battle without any suspense. This battle deeply made the Yan army soldiers understand why their lord always said that technology is the primary productive force. His whole body was covered with steel armor and he was armed to the teeth.
The soldiers ran rampant unscrupulously, squeezing all the Liang Army's cavalry together, making the space for these cavalry smaller and smaller, and finally there was no room for them to even slash with their hands.
This was the first time Fan Chou encountered such a thing. The head of his spear was broken. He replaced it with a sword to kill, but there was a gap in the blade. Finally, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers and hacked to death on horseback.
"Those who surrender will avoid death!" Wen Chou shouted while killing enemy soldiers at will.
After Zhang Ji and Fan Chou died in battle, their cavalry lost all fighting spirit. They were surrounded by 5,000 heavy infantry and were forced to surrender.
Wen Chou had Zhang Ji and Fan Chou beheaded, confiscated the weapons and horses of the surrendered soldiers, and sent 2,000 men to escort about 6,000 surrendered soldiers back to Henan City to return to Gao Fei.
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In the ruins of Luoyang, the Chu army and the Song army were fighting in full swing. Ji Ling took the lead, and with Le Sui, Liang Gang rushed back and forth in the Chu army's camp, as if they were in no man's land.
The Chu army lost their front camp and defended the central camp. Huang Zu led Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Wei to the central camp and deployed strong bows and crossbows. Anyone who came near the camp would be shot dead.
For a time, the Song army's offensive was effectively blocked, and there were a lot of dead bodies in front of the Chinese army camp.
Ji Ling's attack was blocked and he temporarily stopped the attack, but waited for Lei Bo and Lei Xu to capture the Chu army's left and right battalions.
The left and right battalions of the Chu army were commanded by Cai Zhong and Cai He respectively. They struggled to withstand the offensives of Lei Bo and Lei Xu, but in the end they were defeated and died due to being outnumbered.
After Lei Bo and Lei Xu occupied the two battalions on the left and right, they quickly sent a signal to Ji Ling, and then together with Ji Ling, they attacked the only remaining Chinese camp of the Chu army.
Ji Ling immediately ordered the soldiers to attack and launched a new round of offensive.
Yuan Shu stood on the watchtower of the Song Army's camp, looking at the Chu Army's camp that was about to be breached by him, and felt happy in his heart.
Yan Xiang stood beside Yuan Shu. After seeing this scene, he hurriedly said to Yuan Shu: "For many years, Liu Biao has been against the lord. If Liu Biao cannot be captured and killed tonight, he will definitely become a hidden danger to our army in the future. As long as Liu Biao dies.
, Jingzhou will be leaderless, then our army can take the opportunity to seize Jingzhou, then gather all our forces to attack Jiangdong Sun Jian, the lord will achieve hegemony!"
After hearing this, Yuan Shu said happily: "If I become the emperor, the world will be unified. The Han Dynasty's century-old foundation has long been gone. I, the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family, have the right to 'rule the world'."
Yan Xiang hurriedly said: "My lord can proclaim himself king first, and then he can proclaim himself emperor after capturing Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places. The other princes will definitely come to join us."
"Hahaha... The world will eventually be replaced by my Yuan family. Yuan Benchu, Lu Fengxian, Cao Ah Man, Gao Ziyu, Sun Wentai, Ma Shoucheng, Liu Jiyu, Liu Jingsheng and others are not worthy of comparison with me.
, Lu Fengxian, Yuan Benchu is dead, Liu Jingsheng is dead again, and the rest of the mediocre people are not worth mentioning. Pass the order, let Ji Ling launch a fierce attack, and do not let go of any Chu army soldier." Yuan Shu laughed loudly.
"promise!"
The battle was still going on. Ji Ling, Le Jiu, Liang Gang, Lei Bo, Lei Xu and others respectively commanded the soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy and storm the Chu army's camp.
At ordinary times, the two armies were exhausted from fighting each other. Huang Zu, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Wei were guarding the Chinese army's camp. The remaining more than 7,000 Chu army soldiers were guarding the camp. Outside the camp, arrows were falling all over the ground.
They were all, and the corpses were piled up like mountains, and the blood flowed into a river, dyeing the loess around the camp a bloody color, and the smell of blood was everywhere.
When the sun rose, the two armies stopped fighting and took a short rest.
In the camp of the Chu army, Liu Biao was holding the imperial seal in his arms, his eyes were red. Hearing that it was much calmer outside, he glanced at Kuai Liang, who had also stayed up all night, and asked: "Commander, it seems that I am
I'm really wrong. I didn't expect that this imperial seal would bring such a big disaster to our army. Yuan Shu's almost crazy fight has caused the constant loss of our soldiers. Is our army going to die here?"
Kuai Liang said: "Don't worry, my lord, the Song army also suffered heavy casualties. They were holding fast to the fortress, and the Song army could not get close to the fortress. They stopped attacking now, and they must be exhausted. Huang Zu's Gan Ning, there are thousands of people who should not do this.
Yong, he didn’t participate in the battle last night, why not call him here, give him one or two thousand cavalry, and let him lead the cavalry to charge outside, maybe we can relieve the current predicament."
Liu Biao nodded and said, "That's all. Go and ask Gan Ning to come in and see me."