Like the flying snow blown by a strong wind, the cavalry troops of the Shu people were the first to reach the inside of the breach. Seeing these tall horses flying quickly across the snow in front of them, the soldiers of the Liang army who had stopped to rest nervously leaned on their swords and swords.
They stood up to fight. However, the Jinfan thieves who galloped hard had no intention of fighting. They followed the leader in front and drew an arc in front of the Liang people, passing through the middle of the dividing line between the Liang and Shu armies on the west side of the breach, and went around to
The gap behind Liangren's striker.
At this time, most of the Liang army's vanguards were in the breach to the south. Zhang Liao only left a small number of his personal followers to supervise the battle, and were anxiously waiting for Lu Bu's reinforcements. Unexpectedly, those waiting for him were men wearing yellow military uniforms and light armor.
The Shu people and the frightened Liang people ran backwards to escape the battle, allowing the Jinfan thieves to effortlessly turn their horses' heads from behind them, diagonally cutting across the front line established during the fierce battle in the southeast direction. Along the way, the corpses of soldiers from both sides lay stiff in the snow.
The ground extends continuously forward.
The gap opened by the Liang people was not big, just a few hundred steps from north to south. The Jinfan thieves' horizontal thrust quickly cut off the retreat route of the invading Liang people. The Jinfan thieves then divided into several columns, with most of the knights facing east, with their heads facing east.
Sit on your horse and wait for the battle. Looking to the east, the wind is much weaker. In the distance, you can see scattered Liang people walking on the snow. A little further away, the horses are densely packed, and the Liang people's cavalry are approaching faintly.
The Jinfan thieves reined in the bridles of their horses, took off their bows one after another, and prepared to face the Liang army's attack.
At this moment, earth-shattering killing sounds came from the breach in the south, and the fighting sounds of armor clashing sounded like thunder. It was the close-knit square formations in the middle of the Shu army that finally turned left! Sandwiched between the north and south roads of Shu
The forward of the Liang army between the two armies suddenly found themselves trapped in a tight siege. If the left-turning phalanx of the Shu people is like a hammer, then the front line on the south side of the breach is the chopping board, and the fish in between is the forward protrusion inside the breach.
Zhang Liao is under his command.
At this time, the Liang Army knights led by Lu Bu were trying their best to rush to the breach. As they got closer, they encountered groups of Liang Army soldiers. Lu Bu followed him, whipping his whip and shouting, driving away his own people on the snow, and approached the breach.
, a huddle of hundreds of soldiers blocked the way forward.
Lu Bu was at the front of the cavalry column. He saw from a distance a military flag with a slumped hem erected in the skirmishers ahead. A black horse was riding under the flag, surrounded by several soldiers, and he kept raising his sword and waving the torch together.
It was none other than the vanguard general Zhang Liao. When Lu Bu saw this, he raised his horse and went straight to the military flag. When Zhang Liao saw him riding his horse, he also put down his knife and went to greet him.
As he came closer, Zhang Liao grabbed the bridle of Lu Bu's horse. Seeing that Lu Bu was covered in blood, he didn't know if he was injured. Zhang Liao took off his saddlebags, revealed a pair of lonely eyes, slowly shook his head and said: "General! Most of my forwards are gone.
I was surrounded inside, and I managed to lead my men to fight out, but those who were left behind were probably in worse danger."
Lu Bu's heart skipped a beat. He never expected that the Shu army would have so many cavalry troops and that they would react so quickly. After originally expecting to quickly cross the gap and go around the Shu army's formation, there was little hope at this moment. He knew that there was only a ten thousandth chance.
It was possible, but he still made up his mind to stand on his horse and shouted to Zhang Liao: "Get out of the way! I will lead the troops and rush in!"
When Zhang Liao heard this, he let go of the horse's bridle, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the snow with his knees bent and leaning on his knife, raised his head and persuaded: "General, it's a night battle now. The Shu people have set up their formations. We have been walking all night.
Is it my knight's strength to charge hard in the snow? If we continue to fight hard, it will only increase casualties in vain. Has the general forgotten what he said before the battle, fight if you can, and leave if you can't?"
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Lu Bu was furious. He fully understood what Zhang Liao meant. The gap that the forwards rushed through had now become a slaughterhouse for the Shu people to surround and kill. Even if they entered, there would be no other meaning except paying greater casualties. Facts
Above, the first scenario cannot be achieved. We can only retreat slowly, hoping that Jia Xu behind us will come to the rescue, and then ask the three towns to send troops. Other than that, no one can restore the decline of this war!
He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly shook the reins, and the red rabbit horse ran forward, squeezing Zhang Liao aside. The knights behind him also jumped forward, passed through the gap where the broken soldiers dispersed, and rushed forward to the original breach.
Under the moonlight, the wind and snow in front decreased, and it was clearly visible that the Jinfan thieves we had encountered before were lined up in front of them, their heads like horses blocked, silent and motionless on the snow, just waiting for Liang Ren to come and fight.
Behind the Jinfan thief, the noisy and noisy fighting sound that had been heard before slowly subsided. The two armies of Liang and Shu were actually several arrows away from each other, facing each other without moving. Lu Bu stood on his horse and did not issue an order immediately.
Falling into a predicament of indecision, he was unwilling to retreat. But his reason told him that the fighting in front of him was meaningless. He should return to the military formation as soon as possible. The Shu army would soon launch a counterattack on the right wing. At the same time, another envoy would be sent.
Go up the mountain and ask the other tribes to send troops.
The fierce northwest wind that accompanied the Liang people's attack stopped completely at this time. The snowflakes gradually stopped being waste and slowly fell to the ground. The flags of the two armies of Liang and Shu drooped lifelessly, which seemed to indicate this.
The meaningless riding battle is cancelled.
Ganing, who was covered in splendid clothes, observed the battle formation for a while and determined that Cihu was no longer in danger. He then struck the horse's head with his bow and cap and rode away alone. He quickly rushed to Liu Fan's formation and reported to Liu Fan: "Lü Bu
I'm afraid we have to retreat. Isn't Gongheng in place yet?"
Liu Fan closed his eyes and said slowly: "Don't worry, Lu Bu has been chasing me all day, how could he retreat so simply? Counting the time, it's only a moment or two."
Who does Liu Fan refer to by Gongheng?
The one he refers to is Yizhou Zhonglang General Huang Quan and Huang Gongheng. At this moment, he is leading 20,000 soldiers in Shuzhong, crossing the Duanliu Plain at night. These people are the reserve team that Liu Fan has divided up long ago. When he sees the Liang army,
After a long journey, he left the formation and quietly climbed up the Duanliu Plain in the south.
The Duanliu Plain was covered with dead trees and three feet of snow, making it extremely difficult for the infantry to walk. When the Liang army had already prepared for battle in the formation, they had just arrived at the middle of the plain. Almost all the soldiers' hands and feet were numb. But
Thanks to this, when they walked on the plain, except for the sound of compacted snow, there was not much noise, and the surroundings were as quiet as elk stepping on the grass. So they walked in the Liang army less than two miles away.
Under such circumstances, he successfully reached the enemy's rear, and the armies of the three towns watching the battle on Wei Yuan did not notice it.
By this time, Lu Bu's front army had retreated, the reinforcements from the three towns had not yet reached the plain, and Huang Quan's forward had just arrived at the east side of Duanliu Plain. Huang Quan himself was among the forward, and he climbed over the last steep slope.
, looking at the little fires not far away, he saw Liang people crowded together, like a black mist that could not be dispersed. He then said to his deputy Wu Ban: "It's almost time for the decisive victory. I will lead the infantry.
You stay on the original position and take care of each other. Once the enemy comes to attack, you must not retreat!"
After that, Huang Quan left the bows and bows carried by his troops to Wu Ban, and he arranged the five thousand soldiers into four columns. After the formation was fully deployed, he took out his knife and waved it decisively, and the soldiers around him immediately
The trumpet was blown. The sound of the trumpet was like a sharp knife cutting through the silence on the plain, followed by the sound of thousands of arrows piercing the sky. The Shu army shot so many arrows that they were like flying crows from the sky.
, so that the arrow shafts collide with each other and make a crackling sound. The falling arrows drag white arrow feathers, like snowflakes falling from the sky.
Only then did Liang Ren realize that there were so many enemy archers in the wilderness beside him. Many of them had arrows piercing their heads before they had time to fear, and fell to the ground without a sound, their bodies
The sound of falling to the ground and arrows falling into the snow was like raindrops falling to the ground, making sounds one after another.
After firing arrows continuously, Huang Quan led the formation of infantry and appeared in Liangren's field of vision. They did not shout, but held their knives high and screamed as their leather boots stepped chaotically through the deep snow.
The loud creaking noise was like a rolling yellow wave, approaching the unprepared Liangren army formation.
The Shu army's column only had a few rows, but it was like a wedge extending forward. As soon as it encountered the Liang people's array, it struggled to pass through it. Even if the infantry attacked the cavalry, the Liang army gathered heavily on the right wing.
There was absolutely no room to dodge and maneuver, so the Shu army actually dug through it. The gap created was quickly filled by the Shu soldiers behind. In almost three quarters of an hour, the middle section of the Liang army's right wing was cut off, and they were almost approaching.
The Liang Army’s Central Army.
At this time, a cavalry force suddenly appeared in the front line of the Liang army and attacked them in reverse. They got entangled with the Shu army that rushed towards the center, temporarily halting the defeat of the Liang army on the right wing.
Liu Fan was sitting on a high platform and saw the fire that suddenly appeared in the south of the Liang army from a distance. He was happy and suspicious at the same time. He stood up and asked himself: "Is Gongheng arriving?" Not long after, a messenger grabbed him and stepped on it.
He ran to the formation in the snow and mud, and reported the situation ahead to Liu Fan out of breath: "General Zhonglang has crossed the Duanliu Plain and began to charge towards the rebel army."
"How did the rebels in Wei Yuan react?"
"There are rebel scouts observing on the snow. There are about hundreds of horsemen. They don't retreat when they see our army. There are many horses in the woods behind, and I guess the group is resting in the forest. We only know this and don't dare to look any further.
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Liu Fan smiled coldly and said: "Since these bandits dare not fight, they are still pretending in front of me. Do you think I have no courage?"
He only hesitated for a moment, and soon there was only determination in his eyes, and he immediately ordered: "Tell Gong Heng, destiny is in Shu! He is a talented person, as long as he can take advantage of me, I will not begrudge wealth and honor!" Then he said to the people around him.
The envoy said: "When I sent a message to Zhang Ren, the Chinese army pressed me forward."
A quarter of an hour later, the sea of yellow flags began to move slowly. It was the middle army of the Shu army that had already wiped out all the Liang army's vanguard. They continued to press eastward, and the defense of the Liang army's front line was originally due to Huang Quan's impact.
It became even weaker, and now several times the force besieged the right wing of the Liang army, overwhelming the Liang army almost instantly.