Jia Xu sent troops to relieve Lu Bu's left wing, ensuring that the situation on the entire battlefield would not be completely eroded, but it did not help Lu Bu's right wing. After struggling to hold on for nearly half an hour, the front line was finally about to collapse.
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The space in Lu Bu's formation has been squeezed into an extremely narrow space, with horses almost touching each other. As soon as he turns around, he can bump into his comrades, and can smell the smell of sweat and blood on their bodies, and see their eyes.
Deep fatigue. Unknowingly, the night battle had lasted for more than two hours. They fought hard for a long time and drank all the water in the kettle. However, they felt particularly thirsty and had a burning itching in their throats, so they had to scratch.
A handful of snow that looked fairly white on the ground was stuffed into his mouth, chewing it up and leaving a mouthful of earthy smell.
But there seemed to be more Shu people to their east, west, north and south. They were holding torches high, and the sound of stepping on the snow and the silhouettes of people were like black waves. The Liang people holding their bows and waiting to shoot held their breath, and there were not many left.
The energy turned into relatively stable flying arrows, but in the end they could not penetrate the thick armor of the Shu people in the front row. These people were like hedgehogs with bristled fur, and continued to charge forward. Fortunately, the deep snow and thick armor limited their speed, saying
It's a charge, it's just walking in the snow.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao said to Lu Bu: "General, the situation is urgent! If we continue like this, there is no chance of winning, so we should leave as soon as possible!"
Lu Bu closed his eyes and did not answer. Instead, he sat in the center of the formation, anxiously waiting for the news that Li Hei brought back from Han Sui. Until Wei Xu's subordinates staggered out of the darkness and knelt down in front of Lu Bu, crying.
On the snowy ground below my feet, I originally wanted to hear the news that reinforcements would be dispatched, but what I didn't want to hear was the bad news that the Shu people had broken through from the center of the formation, and that Wei Xu was already at war.
Hearing that more Shu army generals were approaching the formation, all the remaining soldiers around Lu Bu were horrified. Zhang Liao stepped forward again and admonished: "I will lead more than a hundred generals to resist the pursuing troops. General, please retreat first."
!" Looking at Lu Bu again, he slowly stood up from the horse with a long knife in hand. He suddenly felt dizzy. He looked around blankly and asked himself sadly: "If I retreat, where will I retreat to?"
Zhang Liao sighed and said: "We can only retreat to Xijing first. As long as the emperor does not lose, there will always be a chance for negotiation."
When Lu Bu heard the word "Xijing", he was shocked. He immediately remembered the last time he defended Chang'an, so he instinctively wanted to refute it. It was better to lead the army back to Lingzhou. But looking back at the Liang people sitting in Wei Yuan,
His heart became cold again. Could he still be able to control these people? He already had the answer in his heart. He could only pat Zhang Liao on the shoulder repeatedly and whispered: "Thank you, Wen is far away."
At this time, he waved his hand and pulled out the long stick stuck in the snow, and yanked the bridle of the Red Rabbit horse. The Red Rabbit immediately let out a sharp and frightening neighing sound, and even the mounts of the surrounding warriors began to neigh unknowingly.
.The Shu soldiers on the periphery didn't know what was going on and couldn't help but pause for a moment. Then they saw a figure like an iron tower leaping out of the crowd and crashing into the crowd.
Seeing that the general was leading the way, the followers' original fear turned into desperate anger again. Without obeying the general's orders, they all picked up their weapons and rushed towards Lu Bu like a tide, vying to line up in front of him.
Protect. It's strange to say that people are obviously trying to escape for their lives, but at this time they are willing to put life and death at risk, leaving only a desire to fight rising in their hearts. After only a few dozen steps forward, they encountered the retreating forwards sporadically.
The defeated troops saw the army coming through the snow and had no way to retreat, so they all turned around and followed the army to the north.
They broke through two formations in succession, and there were far fewer enemies in front of them. However, it was dark in front of them, so they could only gallop forward. Suddenly, someone shouted hoarsely: "There are many people in front of us!" It sounded like
A torrent surged through the dark night, accompanied by the sound of treading on the snow as dense as a drumbeat. Countless densely packed enemies, wearing iron hoods and armor, jumped out from the black screen, and the sound of iron weapons suddenly sounded. p>
Lu Bu heard bursts of cheers suddenly rang out from the Shu army's formation. He couldn't help but look towards the center of the cheers, and saw a few hundred steps away, surrounded by fire, a unicorn flag with yellow edges and white background.
It was fluttering back and forth under the firelight, quite majestic. His thoughts were suddenly as clear as a bronze mirror, that must be Liu Fan's main formation! Should he break out of the formation and make an attempt to save the defeat? When this idea just arose, Lu Bu
Then he killed it dejectedly. The morale there was strong, and I was tired, so I probably wouldn't have such a chance.
When Liu Fan was in his own formation, he naturally noticed the extremely proficient Liang army in front of him. Liu Dan was shocked when he saw that under heavy encirclement, he still could not stop the cavalry of more than a thousand men. He sighed to Liu Fan and said: "Brother.
, No wonder the Liang people have been able to bring trouble to the world for more than ten years. Such a strong army is worthy of its reputation!" Then he asked: "Are we going to send more troops and horses to surround and annihilate them here?"
Liu Fan looked at it for a moment, shook his head and said: "The victory is determined. No matter how many troops are sent, it will only increase casualties. It is better to destroy the morale of the army." Then he sent an order to Jing Gu in the north of the main formation, asking him to open the passage and let this army go.
The Liang soldiers left. Sure enough, when they saw a way out, the Liang soldiers immediately galloped out, ignoring the encircled right wing.
The right wing of the Shu army also began to relax its oppression, and the Chinese army continued to advance westward, quickly forming a huge wedge-shaped offensive that almost penetrated the Liang army. The Liang army on the left saw a way out and welcomed back its leader.
No matter how unwilling they were, they did not want to stay in this meat grinder any longer. Under the auspices of Gao Shun and Jia Xu, they rushed towards the dim sky to the north. And after retreating,
The formation suddenly disappeared. Liu Fan seized this opportunity and immediately ordered the right wing to play the marching drum, and the entire army encircled him.
The Liang Army knights who were still on the battlefield were unable to resist and could only drive the sitting horses desperately. Some ran away, while others had exhausted their horses due to too much fighting and could not run more than a mile at this time.
, the mounts were frothing at the mouth and collapsed to the ground. No matter how hard they pulled the bridles, the horses could not get up. These people had no choice but to ride horses and run, but it was too late. The strength of the Shu army was now like a
A net was set up to cover them, and quite a few people slipped out of the gaps in the net, but more people were left behind by the shadows of knives and rain of arrows.
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The resistance of the remaining Liang people was still quite tenacious. Even though they were besieged by enemy forces several times their own, they still persisted in fighting hard. But when most of them had already evacuated, it was doomed to be a futile effort. Their defeat was already doomed. They continued to use their weapons.
The meaning of the sword is just to buy time for my comrades to evacuate.
I don’t know how long it took, the moonlight gradually dimmed, and the sound of fighting gradually became quieter. When the moon completely disappeared from the Western Mountain, a ray of morning light turned red-purple in the eastern sky, and the area around Duanliuyuan fell into complete silence.
In the dim vision, it seemed that the previous fighting and war were all a nightmare.
Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, the commander-in-chief of this battle had fallen asleep peacefully. When Liu Fan opened his eyes again, the surrounding pine forest was sparse, and he saw a ray of sunlight shining down from between the trees. Outside the pine forest, there was snow and sky, and the sun was shining brightly.
Bright! The sun shines softly on the mountains from the top of the mountain in the east. The white snow below reflects the bright sunshine, making people dare not open their eyes and look directly.
Although there are still bits of snow vapor left in the wind, there are very few clouds in the sky above, and it is completely blue, which makes people open-minded. The few clouds seem to be pierced by thousands of rays of light at this time, shrinking individually.
The background of the sky was exposed in the gap. The sky suddenly became much higher, and the surrounding armies and mountains seemed insignificant at this time.
Since leaving the Baoxie Road and entering Guanzhong, the people of Shu have never seen such a sunny day. What's more, the clouds are so low that they are almost touching the ground. Under the pressure of the heavy atmosphere, people forget how high the sky is.
The officers and soldiers of the Shu army were very happy as if they had won another battle. People worked hard to clean the battlefield, collect prisoners, and soon came to report the results to Liu Fan.
Liu Fan wrapped himself in a bearskin cloak, washed his face with hot water, and then listened to the reports from his subordinates. Although there were a lot of gains in this battle, about over 10,000 levels and nearly 20,000 prisoners, the losses were also not small.
, the number of soldiers who were killed or seriously injured in various units totaled more than 10,000. Fortunately, nearly 8,000 war horses and more than 2,000 pack horses were captured in this battle, which could greatly make up for the gradually stretched Shu army.
Capacity issues.
After Liu Fan heard the report, he did not immediately deal with the aftermath. Instead, he asked Huang Quan, who was in charge of the affairs: "Have all the Xiliang people in Wei Yuan withdrawn?" After receiving Huang Quan's precise answer, he nodded slightly and asked.
E said with a smile: "They say Liang people are like tigers, but now it seems that they are even more like poisonous snakes! You must be on guard against them."
Then he ordered Yan Yan to send all the captured Liang people to Hanzhong and hand them over to Liu Zhang in the rear. The whole army then marched north to Wugong, resting and reorganizing, while announcing to Guanzhong the news of his victory over Lu Bu, and
There is no rush to enter Chang'an, but Feng Yi wants to establish a firm foothold now.
At this time, Huang Quan suddenly raised something with Liu Fan and said, "We have captured a man among the bandits who is quite famous, but he wants to die. Do you want to persuade me, sir?"
When Liu Fan asked, it turned out to be Zhang Liao. Liu Fan had heard about Zhang Liao's reputation when he was in Chang'an. Naturally, he was overjoyed at this time and immediately asked someone to bring him. When Zhang Liao entered the formation with several soldiers in custody,
Liu Fan saw that his hands were bound and his body was covered in blood. He was panting and sighing due to fatigue, but his eyes were quite calm. He lowered his head and said to Liu Fan: "I just want to die."
Liu Fan said with a smile: "How can we die when we are alive?"
Zhang Liao replied: "The way of loyalty and righteousness cannot be changed."
When Liu Fan heard this, he criticized the situation and asked: "Is the loyalty of the king the loyalty of a single husband, or the loyalty of thousands of people?"
Zhang Liao remained silent. When Liu Fan saw this, he personally untied the rope for him, patted his shoulder and said, "Wen Yuan has a talent of thousands of miles. If he runs away now, will he be famous for a hundred generations?"
After that, Liu Fan asked Zhang Liao to take him to wash and eat. Dong Zhao, who was standing by, could clearly see the moved look in Zhang Liao's eyes. He stepped forward to congratulate him: "Young Master not only won, but also won a tiger general. The ancient virtuous hope is also
That’s all.”
Liu Fan laughed loudly, waved his hand and said: "Sir, there is no need to say these polite words, I still know the principle of prudence."
Seeing that Dong Zhao was a little embarrassed, he immediately calmed down the atmosphere and said: "Sir, when we first met, he asked me what my ambitions were, but I didn't say anything. Today, the swans have soared over the vast sky. Do you know, sir?"
Dong Zhao was sincerely convinced and sighed: "The way of civility and martial arts flourishes from the king."