Xia Houyuan, Wen Ji and other 900-man marching army were surrounded by cavalry regiments led by Chen Dao, and the infantry of the Yan army were also rushing towards here.
Seeing this situation, Xia Houyuan knew that he was in danger. What he didn't expect was that Yan Jun would react so quickly.
"Come out!" Xiahou Yuan saw that the Yan army had begun to attack them. In order to avoid the huge impact of the Yan army's cavalry, Xia Houyuan led Wen Ji and others into the middle of the two tents that were burning with fire.
Holding a broadsword, he used the blade to open the burning tent, then swung it in the air and threw it towards the cavalry of the Yan army.
When the horses of the Yan army's cavalry saw the fire coming, they felt the danger and hurriedly stopped. However, the fire still fell from above their heads. The cavalry hurriedly waved their weapons to cover it, and little sparks fell on the horses.
His fur was burnt, and the war horse under him jumped wildly, letting out a long and painful hiss, and knocked off the soldier on the horse.
In just this moment, more than a dozen Yan Army cavalry fell off their horses. If the cavalry behind them had not avoided it in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Seeing this, Wen Ji and others also imitated Xia Houyuan. Anyway, the Yan army's cavalry was only surrounded from three sides where there was no fire. Although the fire behind them was soaring into the sky, people could pass through it.
"boom!"
The cavalry led by Chen Dao quickly rushed up from the side. The huge impact brought by the horses directly knocked away a group of God's Marchers who had not had time to retreat into the gap between the firelight. Before their bodies could hit the ground, they were immediately hit by another
The Yan Army cavalry coming from the opposite side collided violently. He immediately vomited blood and was seriously injured. Then when his body fell to the ground, he was killed directly under the iron hoofs of the Yan Army.
In an instant, the Shen Marching Army went to two extremes. Some of the people followed Xia Houyuan and hid in the fire, constantly shuttled in the fire, looking for a way to break out. The other part died in the Yan Army cavalry.
Under the attack of the Yan Army, even the Shen Marching Army shuttled through the fire, it was very dangerous. They had to withstand the high temperature and had to worry about the Yan army coming to kill them. Some people were not paying attention, and the flames reached them.
He had to roll on the ground.
"Fire arrows! Shoot these beasts to death!" Chen Dao saw that his horses could not get close to the fire, and Xia Houyuan and others were erratic inside, so he immediately took out the repeating crossbow he carried with him and began to shoot at the figures in the fire.
shooting.
At this time, Huang Wudie came over with the Detachment of Women and immediately joined the battle circle, while the infantrymen who came from behind were responsible for putting out the fire.
Dense arrows were fired into the fire. At first they were looking for targets before shooting, but later they started shooting randomly.
In the fire, screams of the God Marchers being shot down by arrows could be heard one after another. The fire burned bigger and bigger, and the number of people became less and less. Gradually, only a few dozen figures remained.
"General, are we going to perish in this sea of fire?" Wen Ji followed Xia Houyuan closely. Several times, they saw the exit, but when they ran over, the sudden burst of flames blocked their path.
Coupled with the threat of arrows, more and more soldiers fell into the sea of fire.
"As long as I'm here, you can definitely rush out. Follow me!" Xia Houyuan looked at the active fire dragon in front of him. This was caused by him, but now, it was him who was surrounded by the fire dragon. The march of the three thousand gods was gone.
Wu Cun, now only a few dozen people are left behind him, he is neither willing to give up nor give up.
He pointed to the wall of fire in front of him and said to Wen Ji and others: "You will live if you die. Behind the wall of fire is the way to live. If you don't want to die, follow me and rush out. Even if you are burned by the fire, it doesn't matter. As long as
If we don’t die, we will have time for revenge. Charge!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Houyuan stretched out his legs and rushed towards the wall of fire. While running, he roared loudly to embolden himself.
A figure flashed past, and Xia Houyuan jumped directly over the wall of fire. However, his brows, beard, and all the hair that was not covered on his body were burned by the fire. There were also several burns on his hands and face. He
He rushed out and immediately shouted to the screams inside: "I'm not dead. Anyone who is not afraid of death should come out."
Wen Ji rushed out immediately. Before the remaining soldiers had time to rush out, a wave of arrows followed Xia Houyuan's voice and shot towards them. All the dozen soldiers were shot down by random arrows, and they fired continuously.
Screams.
Xia Houyuan and Wen Ji couldn't see what was happening behind the wall of fire. When they were about to shout, they saw a soldier from the Divine March suddenly crawling over from the wall of fire. Half of his body was burned. He stretched out one hand and his face
Wen Ji said to Xia Houyuan ferociously: "General, leave quickly..."
Immediately afterwards, the soldier screamed as he was being burned by fire.
Xia Houyuan and Wen Ji were heartbroken when they saw this, but they had to take advantage of the chaos and leave quickly, leaving only two traces of extinct dust.
Inside the camp, Chen Dao saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and no sound could be heard over there. He estimated that everyone was dead, so he immediately ordered: "Quick! Put out the fire! We must not let the fire spread to the Chinese army.
go!"
As a result, the soldiers began to join the fire-fighting campaign, either carrying water from the river or burying it with soil. After the concerted efforts of so many people, the fire was controlled and did not spread further.
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Cao Mengde led the army and had just arrived at the edge of the swamp. A long-lasting haze shrouded the sky, blocking the entire sun. There were dead trees and fluorescent lights on the ground. The place shrouded in the faint light of the fire.
Thick, dark green, always smelly sewage flows everywhere.
In the vast pool of accumulated sewage, the original color of rags, rusty ironware, and carrion carcasses of unknown animals can be seen. All kinds of filth float or sink. From time to time, there are close-ups.
Some venomous snakes emerged from nowhere, rushed through the sewage, and disappeared into the swamp.
Cao Mengde covered his nose, trying to cover up the rotting stench. Looking at the swamp that stretched for about five or six miles in front of him, he frowned and said lightly: "I didn't expect this swamp to be so big..."
"Your Majesty, there are poisonous snakes inside. Before we entered the swamp, the horses under us have already begun to become restless. If we forcefully break in, I am afraid that the horses under us will not enter. But if we go on foot,
,
The Tiger Guards have nothing, but the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has lost its advantage." Dian Wei held the reins tightly with one hand, clamped the horse's back with both legs, and firmly controlled the horse under him, preventing it from moving.
But he frowned and said to Cao Mengde.
"I understand in my heart, but Xia Houyuan is a general of our army, and he is my brother and sister, so he must go to support me. I underestimated the strength of the Yan army. Otherwise, with Xia Houyuan's character, he would never have delayed it for so long.
The attack must have been caused by the Yan army's extremely tight defense, which prevented Xia Houyuan from making a move." Cao Mengde said.
"I understand what the king means, but I will leave this matter to you. The king and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can stay here while I take the Tiger Guards to support General Xiahou," Dian Wei said.
Cao Mengde said: "No, although the Tiger Guards are proficient in assassination, it is absolutely impossible to win against a large army on flat ground. Once surrounded, it will be difficult to break out. Only the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Tiger Guards can cooperate with each other to achieve greater effectiveness."
Big advantage comes.”
At this moment, a piercing whistle sounded from nowhere, and the troops waiting on the spot became nervous, holding weapons tightly in their hands and looking around.
Immediately afterwards, everyone heard another harsh whistle. At this time, Cao Mengde's horse Jueying also began to become restless. Not only that, all the horses in the army around him began to become a little anxious and frantic.
They neighed one after another, and the sound seemed to be a kind of inexplicable fear, which seemed to indicate that something that scared them was coming.
"Ah!" A cavalryman was thrown off by an anxious horse. The horse ran quickly into the depths of the jungle like a wild horse.
At this time, all the horses in the army began to become particularly manic and wanted to leave here immediately.
As soon as Cao Mengde stabilized Jueying under his seat, he saw several war horses throwing off several tiger and leopard cavalry and running away crazily.
The soldiers also became panicked because of the frenzy caused by the horses. Cao Mengde was surrounded by soldiers. They held their weapons and looked around, wondering what had happened.
Fear is not fear because of what you see. On the contrary, it is precisely because you don’t know what you are afraid of and you become afraid because you guess.
"flute……"
The third harsh whistle sounded, but this time it was no longer a short flute sound, but a long flute sound that lingered for a long time.
Cao Mengde looked around blankly, but couldn't find anyone. When he saw that the cavalry behind him began to become restless, he turned around and said: "Steady your position..."
"There are people! There are people in the swamp!" A soldier pointed forward and shouted, interrupting Cao Mengde's words.
As soon as this sound came out, everyone focused their attention on the swamp. They saw a man walking in the swamp directly in front, playing a piccolo in his mouth, and walking towards them leisurely.
Come, and beside him, the poisonous snakes lined up in two rows, like soldiers being reviewed, holding their heads high, swimming forward from the dive, twisting their bodies towards Cao Mengde.
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei! I have been waiting here for a long time!" The man moved away from the piccolo, stopped, stood far away, and cupped his hands towards Cao Mengde.
"Who are you?" Cao Mengde was shocked after hearing this. Seeing that the man was surrounded by poisonous snakes, he asked hurriedly.
(ps: Sorry, I have been away on business for the past two days and cannot update on time. I hope you will forgive me. In addition, the chapter number of the previous chapter should be 653. As a result, I made a stupid mistake and changed it to 553, which caused reading inconvenience to everyone.