The first thousand two hundred and eighteenth chapters?
Chapter 1,218: Resign yourself to fate, or survive from a desperate situation?
With nearly 20,000 troops, Zhu Huan held on for five days in Jianye, now an isolated city.
But in the end, the pressure from the enemy's water attack was too great - the enemy's ships were even equipped with heavy weapons such as bed crossbows, so that the two walls in the northwest of Jianye were already destroyed by the indiscriminate bombardment in the past few days. Tottering.
The tortoise shell has been shattered, and if you continue to persist, it is just a fool's errand.
Yi Xiaotian had told Zhu Ran a long time ago that he did not need to persist for too long, he only needed to kill Liu Beijun's majesty and weaken Liu Beijun's overwhelming momentum slightly.
But to be able to persist to this extent, Zhu Ran has already exceeded the task. The reason is that Zhu Cai——
Zhu Ran had worked so hard for Zhang Zhao before, even becoming a hawk and dog at Zhang Zhao's command, just to protect the Zhu family behind him.
He wants to keep this home for his adoptive father Zhu Zhi, which is his greatest long-cherished wish in this life.
But now, this goal has been easily achieved... Yi Xiaotian said that he did not need to really fight to come to Jianye this time, but Zhu Ran did not want to owe others - for such food, Zhu Ran thought that he could only risk his life , can it be worth the real price.
So he just endured it.
At the moment when the city was broken, Zhu Ran was still fighting fiercely with the enemy on the city wall. Seeing that the enemy had already poured into the outer city, he belatedly wanted to retreat. However, on the way back, he was already fighting. A very imposing Zhang Fei.
"Zhu Ran, I'm here to accept my fate!"
After five days of persistence, Zhu Ran did not defeat all the defenders in the city.
The reason why the number of nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses is actually decreasing is that he transfers a group from outside the city every day - because he knows that the opponent's navy will come to cooperate with the frontal force's attack. As long as the size of the retreating army is maintained, he can You won't be afraid of the opponent's interception.
With the number of equipment and people at a disadvantage, Zhu Ran should have achieved a one-to-one battle loss ratio.
Relying on somewhat crude equipment, Liu Bei's army was able to wear down nearly 8,000 troops.
But... now, Zhu Ran is really at his wits end. The team escorting him away is already the only few hundred soldiers and horses left in the city. Zhang Fei, who is coming out from the side, is leading a thousand elite cavalry. to kill.
"Is this the end..."
Zhu Ran clenched his fists... He felt unwilling, but he had no regrets. Everything was in the rear, where he put everything. If he died here today, he would have deserved his death, and he would have deserved to die in Jiuquan. I am my adoptive father.
Zhang Fei was not going to be polite anymore. Ever since he was caught off guard by Zhu Ran during the night attack five days ago, Zhang Fei had been trying to get out of his way.
But Zhuge Liang wanted him to be steady, so he couldn't vent his anger at will - he and Wei Yan were the same. After experiencing the Hanzhong War, the two of them might not have grown much in terms of intelligence, but there was one thing they achieved. Consensus - listen to the military advisor.
Now...it's finally time to play as you please.
Zhang Fei jumped out of the formation with a cavalry, his snake spear flying up and down in his hand, easily blocking the arrows flying in front of him.
Zhu Ran did not have many cavalry in the formation, but he himself was riding a group of brown and gray horses at the moment, and his target was quite prominent.
"Come and die!! Ahhhhh!"
Zhu Ran also seemed to be frightened by Zhang Fei's momentum - he was really not sure about defeating Zhang Fei one on one.
Seeing Zhang Fei's snake spear stabbing him, Zhu Ran coaxed the soldiers around him away, picked up the long knife in his hand, and rushed forward.
Zhang Fei laughed out loud now:
"Haha, that's great! It saves me a lot of effort if I come here to die!"
As he said that, the two of them fought hand to hand in the middle of the street.
Zhang Fei struck with his spear and immediately wanted to take advantage of the length of the weapon to kill Zhu Ran with a powerful display.
But Zhu Ran was not a vegetarian either. He held the knife in his right hand at his side, drew his horse and dodged toward Zhang Fei's left hand.
This is to hit Zhang Fei's blind spot——
clang!!
A loud noise came, and Zhu Ran suddenly felt confused.
He thought clearly, but when Zhang Fei struck with a strike and the terrifying force came from his hand, his whole body trembled.
Zhang Fei grinned widely, not taking Zhu Ran's little cleverness seriously at all. He turned his thorn into a sweeping blow and chose a powerful and heavy blow to directly crush Zhu Ran in terms of strength.
Zhu Ran forcibly stabilized his body, and the two of them passed each other, but at this moment, their situations were completely opposite.
The cavalry led by Zhang Fei immediately rushed out from all directions, directly blocking all the escape routes of Zhu Ran and his guards. The reason why the opponent did not rush forward directly was probably because Zhang Fei wanted to have a good relationship with Zhu Ran now.
Let’s play some trapped beast fighting.
The soldiers also saw this, but they were angry and had no choice but to huddle up, praying that Zhu Ran could persevere and praying for a miracle to happen.
Zhang Fei turned the horse's head, turned around and immediately accelerated again. With this momentum, it looked like the next blow would make Zhu Ran completely unable to fight back.
Zhu Ran also turned around on the shortcut, but his trembling right hand said everything at this moment - Zhang Fei's blow just now almost shattered his tiger's mouth, and now it was quite difficult for him to hold the handle of the knife. Zhang Fei
He basically had no chance to take this next blow.
But——Zhu Ran still shouted loudly:
"drive!"
There is no fear in his eyes, even if he may die on the battlefield at the next moment.
"Haha, you are brave. In that case, this blow will make you go faster!"
Zhang Fei complimented with a smile, but the murderous intent in his eyes was not concealed at all.
All of Zhu Ran's subordinates held their breath at this moment, and the cavalry led by Zhang Fei was in high spirits. It was a great honor for the general to be able to kill the enemy general in formation. For these soldiers, it was also a great honor.
It seems that everyone's eyes are focused on this moment, and they are only waiting for the next moment, when the blood that should appear on the field begins to shoot out——
However...some people don't allow this to happen.
They were close, and at the moment when the two sides were about to come into contact, the Zhangba snake spear thrown out by Zhang Fei had already blocked all Zhu Ran's defense methods from an extremely tricky angle.
"it's over……"
Zhu Ran had given up resistance... He didn't have any confidence to take this blow, so it was time for him to meet his peaceful death.
Suddenly, someone shouted:
"General! Be careful! There are cold arrows!!"
The timing of this shout was quite strange. Because the incident happened so suddenly, the soldier had no way of telling who fired the cold arrow. Even... Zhang Fei and Zhu Ran didn't know who the other party was calling——
But precisely because of this, this cold arrow hit Zhang Fei's right shoulder without any surprise.
A sharp pain accompanied by a strong sense of numbness spread throughout Zhang Fei's body, and the Zhangba Snake Spear he was swinging halfway through suddenly lost its stamina.
Zhu Ran reacted quickly, no matter what happened, he only knew that this was his only chance.
He immediately saw the right moment, turned and galloped his horse to dodge Zhang Fei's weak blow, and slashed Zhang Fei's Tianling Gai with his backhand.
Zhang Fei's eyes were about to burst, he used all his strength, endured the severe pain and jumped directly towards the horse——
The sword fell, and the war horse was suddenly cut into two pieces by Zhu Ran's defiant sword.
Zhang Fei landed awkwardly and rolled several times on the ground before stopping.
Suddenly the situation in the field changed drastically.
