Liu Bei was still just pretending and didn't really rush to kill the enemy, but his position moved forward, which inspired many soldiers.
As Liu Bei's troops and horses all pressed forward, Sun Ce's troops felt greater pressure. Facing the surging enemy troops, they retreated step by step.
At this time, Gan Ning fought with Xu Kun for more than ten rounds and had already injured Xu Kun's thigh. It was inevitable to kill him.
Xu Kun wanted to escape, but there were people on all sides and his legs were injured. There was no place to escape, so he could only resist with all his strength.
"Suffer death!"
Gan Ning suddenly yelled, first knocked the sword out of Xu Kun's hand, and then raised the sword to chop him.
Xu Kun looked at Gan Ning in horror. He had no weapon in his hand to block him, and it was too late to avoid him. He could only watch helplessly as the opponent's sword came at him.
With a "pop" sound, Xu Kun was struck in the neck by Gan Ning, blood spurted out, and his body fell down immediately.
After Xu Kun was hacked to death, Gan Ning became even more excited. He chased and chopped down the enemy soldiers with his sword, and the soldiers trapped in the camp also killed more fiercely.
Sun Ce fought Zhang Fei for more than a hundred rounds, but when he saw Liu Bei personally leading his troops and horses to press forward, and his own men retreating, Sun Ce became anxious and wanted to end the fight with Zhang Fei as soon as possible.
Zhang Fei was just as anxious. He was even more angry because he had not defeated Sun Ce for so long, so he struck harder with one spear than the other.
Sun Ce watched his troops retreat step by step, knowing that if this continued, they would definitely be defeated.
Now the only way to reverse the defeat is to kill Zhang Fei.
The two fought for more than ten rounds. Sun Ce retreated more and more soldiers, and he became more and more anxious.
"Eat my spear."
Zhang Fei suddenly roared angrily and thrust out his spear.
Sun Ce just turned around to take a look at the situation on the battlefield. Hearing Zhang Fei's roar, he saw the opponent's spear coming towards him and hurriedly turned his spear to block it, but unfortunately it was already too late.
Zhang Fei's eight-foot-long snake spear pierced the armor and penetrated into Sun Ce's abdomen.
Sun Ce endured the pain and swept his gun across Zhang Fei.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei quickly pulled out his snake spear, blocked Sun Ce's spear, and then thrust the spear at Sun Ce.
"General, leave quickly."
When the soldiers around Sun Ce saw him being stabbed, several of them stabbed Zhang Fei with their halberds, covering Sun Ce's escape.
Fortunately, Sun Ce was protected by armor. Although Sun Ce was stabbed, the spear did not penetrate too deeply into his body. At this time, he did not dare to fight anymore, and was unable to fight anymore, so he hurriedly clapped his horse and ran behind.
Wherever Zhang Fei was willing to comply, he swiped his snake spear and immediately knocked down several enemy soldiers beside him, then he mounted his horse and chased Sun Ce.
Zhou Tai was fighting hard when he suddenly saw Sun Ce slapping his horse to run away, while Zhang Fei was chasing after him. He hurriedly clapped his horse to greet him and intercepted Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei became even more angry when he saw that he had stabbed Sun Ce but was still alive. He was determined to catch up with Sun Ce and behead him before he gave up. Unexpectedly, he was intercepted in the middle. He screamed in anger and stabbed him fiercely with his spear.
Zhou Tai is also a fierce general. In order to save Sun Ce, he can even risk his life. At this moment, he will not be afraid of Zhang Fei and catch him to fight.
Originally, after Liu Bei's troops pressed forward, victory was certain. Now that Sun Ce was injured and fled again, his troops did not dare to fight anymore and retreated one after another.
Zhou Yu stood on the city gate tower and saw with his own eyes that Sun Ce was stabbed by Zhang Fei. He screamed in surprise at the time. Later, he felt relieved when he saw that Sun Ce could still shoot his horse and escape.
Now it seems that after Sun Ce retreated, his troops and horses could no longer withstand the enemy's offensive and were in a state of collapse.
"Quickly, Ming Jin withdraws his troops."
Zhou Yu quickly ordered.
There is a difference between withdrawing the troops and being defeated.
Ming Jin's withdrawal of troops means an orderly retreat, while a rout means a disorderly escape.
Gan Ning, Taishi Ci Gaoshun and others led troops to pursue and attack Zhang Fei. Zhou Tai also took advantage of the chaos and fled towards the city after fighting Zhang Fei for more than ten rounds.
Zhou Yu asked his soldiers to guard the city, shoot to stop the pursuers, and cover the soldiers and horses returning to the city. He quickly climbed down the city wall to meet Sun Ce.
"General, how are you?"
Zhou Yu got off the city wall and saw Sun Ce riding his horse into the city, so he hurried up to greet him and asked.
The armor in front of Sun Ce was stained red with blood. When he saw Zhou Yu, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned pale and said, "I'm fine."
But as soon as Zhou Yu asked the soldiers to take the spear from his hand, Sun Ce closed his eyes, tilted his body, and immediately got off his horse.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu stood beside the horse to support him, so Sun Ce didn't fall directly to the ground.
"General, what's wrong with you? General..."
Zhou Yu shouted anxiously, but Sun Ce still closed his eyes tightly and had obviously passed out.
"Go to the doctor quickly."
Zhou Yu hurriedly gave instructions and asked the soldiers to carry Sun Ce and run back to the camp.
Gan Ning led the trapped camp to pursue him to the bottom of the city. Arrows were fired from the city, but the troops behind him failed to keep up, so he led his troops back.
This battle lasted only a short time. After the troops returned to camp and cleared the battlefield, it was initially estimated that Sun Ce's soldiers and horses suffered more than 5,000 casualties and more than 3,000 prisoners.
He himself suffered more than two thousand casualties.
What can be confirmed so far is that Xu Kun is dead and his head was brought back by Gan Ning.
But Zhang Fei regretted that he did not stab Sun Ce to death.
"Hey, if I use that spear a little harder, Sun Ce will definitely die!"
"Sun Ce has strong armor to protect his body. It is rare that you can pierce his armor and injure him. Now that he is injured and defeated, he is not far from death." Zhou Ping consoled him.
"Yes, he will be like Lu Bu. He will not survive long if he escapes. General Zhang originally..."
As Cao Cheng was talking, he noticed that Gao Shun was beside him, and he stopped talking in a hurry.
Liu Bei then said: "In this battle, I killed Xu Kun and stabbed Sun Ce, and we won a great victory. You all have made great contributions. I will record your merits first. After Yuan Shu and Sun Ce are destroyed, I will discuss your merits and reward him."
"My lord, I don't know the seriousness of Sun Ce's injuries, but no matter how injured he is, I expect that he will retreat after such a big defeat. It is better to send troops and horses to hide in the way where he must retreat, and attack him when he retreats. If he can be killed,
If Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are killed, Yangzhou will be taken." Zhou Ping said.
"My lord, let Ning lead the troops to ambush them. Ning will surely kill Sun Ce and Zhou Yu."
Before Liu Bei could agree, Gan Ning rushed to ask for a fight.
Gan Ning had been holding back for a long time. Although this battle made him happy, it was far from satisfying.
The trapped camp suffered heavy losses this time because they were at the front. Of the 800 people, there were now only over 300 left to fight.
Liu Bei nodded slightly: "Sun Ce will definitely retreat after suffering such a big defeat. Gan Ning Taishi Ci listens to the order. Each of you will command 3,000 men and go around to the north of Wuhu to hide. When Sun Ce retreats, attack him and be sure to kill him.
Cao Cheng, you lead two thousand people to provide support."
"promise."
Gan Ning, Taishi Ci and Cao Cheng responded in unison.
"Brother, why don't you let me go?"
Zhang Fei looked very unhappy.
Sun Ce was stabbed by himself, and now he should kill him.
"Yide, this is a military order."
Liu Bei asked Gao Shun to take command of the trapped camp again, and asked him to select brave men from the army and organize them into the trapped camp. There were still 800 people.
Through this battle, Liu Bei learned that Gao Shun was more suitable for infantry fighting, while Gan Ning was more suitable for mounted fighting.
Therefore, the two of them were exchanged again.
Gan Ning and Tai Shici led their troops out of camp that night and quietly moved around more than ten miles north of Wuhu to lie in wait for the enemy.