As soon as Ji Ling died, the soldiers he commanded who had fought bravely and were inextricably linked to each other were shocked.
Not only because Ji Ling died, but also because Ji Ling died so quickly.
This shows that the opponent's force is almost as strong as that of Guan Yu in green robe.
The soldiers led by Zhang Fei, who followed the generals with bravery, fought even more vigorously, and soon killed the enemy's front soldiers to the point where they retreated step by step.
Zhang Fei threw Ji Ling's body to the ground. The soldiers next to him went up and chopped off the head with a knife, and hung it on Zhang Fei's horse's neck.
"Kill with me!"
Zhang Fei roared loudly, brandished his snake spear, and stabbed several enemy soldiers to death one after another.
Without the general, Yuan Shu's troops in front slowly retreated from step by step to rout, and Zhang Fei led his troops to pursue him from behind.
Yuan Shu looked at Zhang Fei from a distance and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Liu Bei to have so many powerful generals! General Qiao, please lead five thousand men up quickly to resist the opponent."
Qiao Rui had already seen Zhang Fei Zhiyong and was slightly frightened, but the military order could not be violated, so he had to accept the promise and personally led five thousand soldiers to rush forward to block the retreating soldiers and resist the enemy.
On both wings, Yuan Shu had 10,000 troops and 2,000 cavalry each. They were obviously superior to Liu Bei in terms of numbers and types of troops.
This was the reason why Yuan Shu felt that even though Ji Ling was dead and the front line collapsed, it was still possible to win.
However, he didn't know that Zhou Ping had arranged five hundred strong crossbowmen on each wing, followed by the cavalry.
Zhou Ping remembered that crossbows can be used to deal with cavalry. Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of cavalry at Jieqiao with thousands of powerful crossbows.
When Yuan Shu's two wings of cavalry rushed towards him, but when they saw that Liu Bei's two wings were approaching with shield soldiers, they both thought that they would be able to defeat the opponent immediately with a single charge.
However, the cavalry on both sides of the opponent's side stood still and did not greet them. This made them feel puzzled. They didn't know whether it was because Liu Bei didn't know how to use troops or for some other reason.
They didn't have time to think about it, because they soon saw hundreds of people holding powerful crossbows jumping out from behind the shields, raising their crossbows and shooting at them.
The cavalry wins with speed, but the crossbowmen win with distance.
When the two were still a hundred steps away, the crossbowmen had an absolute advantage.
Hundreds of powerful crossbows fired in a volley, and more than a hundred cavalrymen on Yuan Shu's left wing were shot down. For a moment, they were thrown off their backs. The other cavalrymen were frightened by this. In addition, they were hindered by the fallen men and horses, so they had to slow down their charge.
The cavalry slowed down and their advantage suddenly diminished.
At this moment, Liu Bei's cavalry on both wings followed closely and galloped towards the enemy cavalry.
This is what happened to both the left and right wings. Yuan Shu watched from a distance and couldn't help but lament in his heart, knowing that it would be difficult for him to win today.
Guan Yu was dressed in green robes and had a long beard and a broadsword, which made the enemy soldiers intimidated and did not dare to approach, so they all slowed down their advance.
But when they slowed down, Guan Yu became faster. He led his soldiers and horses into the enemy's formation, wielded the Qinglong sword, and slashed at them, killing more than a dozen enemy soldiers in the blink of an eye.
While Guan Yu was beheading the enemy soldiers, he raised his eyes to look for the enemy general. However, he saw that the enemy general was hiding far behind the enemy formation and did not dare to move forward. There were so many enemy soldiers that it was difficult for him to get through, so he had to give up his plan to kill the enemy general.
Thoughts, wielding the sword to kill the enemy soldiers.
Cao Cheng on the other side did not rush to the front like Guan Yu, but stayed behind to guide the formation forward.
After the opponent's cavalry was shot by a powerful crossbow, they were charged by the cavalry again, and they had already lost their advantage.
Therefore, Cao Cheng had no fear in his heart and led his troops into the enemy's formation.
The Danyang soldiers he led were relatively brave, and they saw that the enemy general had been killed by Zhang Fei. The morale on his side was high, but the enemy's morale was completely lost, and the enemy soldiers retreated step by step.
In the middle, Zhang Fei led his troops to chase down the retreating soldiers, but saw that thousands of people from the other side were pressing forward, blocking the retreating soldiers and pushing them back.
Zhang Fei was eager to kill and roared: "Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Between the zhangba snake spears and jabs, five or six enemy soldiers fell down immediately.
Liu Bei looked at the opponent's troops pressing forward, Zhang Fei was being held back, and on both wings, his own troops were killing the enemy's formation and retreating step by step, knowing that the moment for a real decisive battle had arrived.
He suddenly drew his sword, pointed forward, and loudly ordered: "The whole army will follow me in."
Then he patted his horse and ran forward.
Chen Dao and Zhang Wu hurriedly followed, and the 5,000 men of the Chinese army and the 4,000 men of Liang Lu who were in charge of the rear, all rushed forward with Liu Bei and launched a general attack on Yuan Shu.
"Hold on! Hold on! Come on, everyone come up and hold on for me!" Yuan Shu shouted anxiously.
The remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were ordered to march forward, but they were watching while marching, because the people in front seemed to be unable to withstand it and were retreating, and were not far from a complete defeat.
Zhou Ping stood on the city gate tower and saw Liu Bei rushing up in person, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
However, thinking about it again, Liu Bei can be regarded as a man who has experienced hundreds of battles. This kind of scene is nothing to him, and as the coach, going into battle in person is a great encouragement to the soldiers.
Cao Cao often went into battle personally, so he had so many adventures.
Besides, Chen Dao and Zhang Wu were guarding him, and the enemy was already losing, so there was nothing to worry about.
But Zhuge Jin didn't know that much. When he saw Liu Bei going into battle in person, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are so mighty and brave!"
"Without benevolence, there is no way to win over the people; without power, there is no way to suppress the enemy bandits. If the Lord is benevolent and righteous but powerful, then Xuzhou will be safe and the world will be safe! Hahaha..."
Zhou Ping praised Liu Bei again in front of Zhuge Jin, hoping that he would really fall in love with Liu Bei.
Zhuge Jin nodded silently and looked outside the city from a distance.
With the war going like this, Yuan Shu's defeat is certain. Unless a surprise attack suddenly comes out, it will be difficult to turn things around.
"Uncle Zhi, Ziwei, you go forward to kill the enemy, and leave me alone." Liu Bei turned to Chen Dao and Zhang Wu and ordered.
"My lord, how can I leave my lord's body?" Chen Dao refused and followed Liu Bei closely.
Zhang Wu didn't speak, but his thoughts were the same as Chen Dao's. He refused to leave Liu Bei. When he left the city, Zhou Ping had already told him to always protect his lord.
"There are guards around me. You go quickly. This is a military order."
Liu Bei knew that neither Chen Dao nor Zhang Wu had killed anyone before, so he wanted them to go up and kill the enemy with their own hands to gain some experience.
Only those who have been on the battlefield and killed enemy soldiers with their own hands can be considered veterans. There is a big difference between those who have killed and those who have not.
Chen Dao and Zhang Wu had no choice but to raise their hands and respond in unison: "No."
One person holds a halberd and the other holds a bow, lapping the horse and running forward.
Liu Bei did not rush too far forward. He rushed forward mainly to let the soldiers see that his flag had moved forward.
When the soldiers see their coaches rushing forward, they will fight even harder.
Chen Dao clapped his horse forward, looked back, and felt that Liu Bei's position was relatively safe, and there were dozens of guards around him, so he no longer worried, rushed into the enemy soldiers, waved his halberd, pecked the thorns and hooked them down, and in a blink of an eye,
He killed five or six enemy soldiers.
At this moment, there was no fear in his heart after killing people. On the battlefield, there was no room for him to dwell on it and be afraid. If he wanted to be afraid, it would only happen after the battle was over. He waved his halberd and continued to chase the enemy soldiers.
Zhang Wu, however, just ran forward not too far, only thirty or forty steps away from Liu Bei. He raised his bow and arrow, aimed at the enemy soldiers in the distance in front, and shot. With a "chirp" sound, an enemy soldier fell to the ground with an arrow in his face.
.
Unlike Chen Dao, Chen Dao was full of hatred for Yuan Shu and did not care so much when killing people.
But Zhang Wu had no interest in Yuan Shu, and he was only eighteen years old now. He used to shoot animals in the mountains, but now he shoots living people.
After shooting an arrow, Zhang Wu paused as he watched the man fall to the ground and struggle for a few times before becoming motionless.
At this time, he remembered that Zhou Ping once told him that on the battlefield, if you don't kill people, people will kill you. You must not be soft-hearted. Only by killing the enemy can you survive.
He gritted his teeth, took out an arrow, put it on his bow, and shot at the enemy soldiers in the distance. Another enemy soldier was hit by the arrow and fell to the ground.
After shooting the two men to death, Zhang Wu no longer had any worries. He drew his arrows and shot with all arrows, shooting down seven people one after another.
