Although they temporarily withstood the Eastern attack, the Western front continued to collapse slightly. The Eastern attack was as continuous as hammering steel, but the Westerners' psychology was not as strong as steel.
While enduring the torment of hunger and thirst, they were constantly attacked by heavy cavalry. They panicked to some extent and resisted desperately to save their lives. However, once they had the opportunity, they consciously retreated to the west.
When Zhao Yun's formation defeated Cao Hong and retreated, the attack of the Eastern cavalry stalled slightly due to the lack of a leader. This made many Westerners heave a sigh of relief. But what happened next was unexpected by most people.
After the pressure on the Easterners relaxed, many people looked to the east and saw more Eastern flags and soldiers behind the stagnant front line. The layers were stacked with no end in sight. They immediately lost the idea of counterattack. Instead,
They said to each other: "If we don't leave now, when will we leave?" So they rushed to the river.
But at this time, Liu Bei was making plans to curb the defeat from the west. The more than 6,000 troops available to the Chinese army were marching against the current to the northeast corner. When the soldiers saw that the commander was coming, they immediately stopped in front of the formation and did not dare to
They acted rashly, but the soldiers behind did not know the details, but they still pushed forward desperately. As a result, the entire left wing of the Western Army fell into blind chaos, making the situation worse.
At this time, Cao Ang received the news that Cao Hong had been killed and saw the situation where the Western army was unable to advance or retreat. He could hardly believe it. He pointed to the west and asked the messenger: "How can the Western bandits still kill people when they are in such chaos?" Then he pointed again.
He said from behind: "The marshal's army will arrive soon. If you can't make atonement for your sins, prepare to be buried with Uncle Zi Lian!"
After saying this, he immediately ordered all the troops under his command to press forward. Thousands of knights were divided into six teams amidst the sound of trumpets, and then inserted into the Western army formation like sharp knives. At this time, the Western army was almost as defenseless as the pontoon bridge in the afternoon.
If you resist, you will be easily broken in.
The one who rushed to the front was Wang Zhong. He was extremely famous among the Eastern Army. This was not entirely because of his bravery, but because besides being good at fighting, he also liked to eat people. There were rumors in Ye City that,
Wang Zhong had to steam a child every three days and boil a woman every seven days. Otherwise, he would lose his strength. In addition, he liked to hang strings of skulls on his mounts, so the Easterners called him "killing creatures".
"Colonel".
Although Westerners were not familiar with Wang Zhong's name, on the way to escape, when they turned around and saw someone riding a horse covered with bones, they were all frightened and almost no one dared to confront them head-on. Wang Zhong was able to
He galloped through the crowd, constantly waving the long and giant ax in his hand, and all those who were hit were killed on the spot. Therefore, many people avoided Wang Zhong like sheep avoiding tigers, and shouted: "That Asura is coming, hurry up
Avoid him!"
Gao Zhun, the captain of the Hu Cavalry School from Xihe, saw this situation in his eyes. He thought to himself: This time he came east, he has been defeated twice in a row, and he has not gained anything except running for his life. Wouldn't it be unfair if he died in the army like this?
Why? He wanted this man to leave even if he died! So he made up his mind to die, drank his head, and the two turned back to kill them. After only a few dozen steps, Dongren raised his halberd and surrounded them. Gao Zhun was now wearing an iron chainmail armor, and a layer of cowhide arrow-proof waist armor on his waist and abdomen. He carried two stone bows on his back, and the quivers were hung on the saddle. He carried a long quiver in his left hand.
There was a waist knife stuck in his belt, and he rushed towards Wang Zhong without caring about life or death. Several of Wang Zhong's servants tried to block him, but when they got closer and saw Wang Zhong's red eyes, their momentum dropped again. Three of them
He changed directions and rushed elsewhere, but only two of them still came to kill him. As a result, Wang Zhong picked one of them out with his sword, and pinned the tip of the other's sword with his waist knife, and just passed through it. The remaining knights had not yet reacted.
Cang Tou also rushed over and slashed at the knight's shoulders and neck with his short axe.
This happened in a few breaths. Seeing how brave Gao Zhun was, Wang Zhong couldn't help but think to himself: Such a warrior must be extremely rare among the Western Bandit Army. Killing him will definitely make my martial name famous! So he
Riding their horses to meet them, both sides reined in their horses and attacked almost in unison. As a result, the tip of the ax collided with the axe, causing harsh and dazzling sparks. Wang Zhong was about to stab again, but unexpectedly Gao Zhun took a few steps forward and arrived at
He cut his side, took out his waist knife and stabbed Wang Zhong. Wang Zhong couldn't hide and was stabbed in the waist, but fortunately it was cushioned by cowhide and it didn't penetrate the flesh deeply.
When Gao Zhun drew the knife, Wang Zhong threw down his axe, and pulled out his sword to stab Gao Zhun. The knife was extremely cruel, hitting Gao Zhun's lower abdomen.
He knew that the man's intestines had been broken by himself. Just when he was about to draw the knife, Gao Zhun grabbed Wang Zhong's hand and pulled him like iron, unable to pull it away, and then raised Gao Zhun high
The waist knife in his hand was slashing at Wang Zhong's neck until the opponent's armor cracked and blood flowed out like a fountain. Then he fell under the horse with relief. At this point, more than a dozen people who accompanied the soldiers in Xihe were
The warriors are all dead.
For the Dongren, Wang Zhong's death still did not affect the overall situation. The offensive of Wang Zhong's troops was slightly suppressed, and then he was replaced by the Chariot Division. But a few hundred steps further, they suddenly found that among the chaos, there were gradually
Some vehicles were abandoned on the road. These vehicles were placed vertically or horizontally on the ground, but the things they carried were extremely tempting. Sharp-eyed Eastern soldiers had already seen that the sacks on some vehicles had the unique smell of five baht coins.
Some of the cars had newly made armors and sword blades, and some of the cars were shining with white or yellow light. The people in the East reacted immediately and realized that they had already attacked the baggage area!
Before the chariot captain could give the order, the tribesmen scattered spontaneously and scrambled to plunder the baggage. This made him very angry. He immediately sent people to stop them and tried to make them continue fighting. However, it was of no use.
Someone picked up a string of East China Sea pearls on the ground and shouted to the crowd, which immediately completely drove away the rationality of the soldiers. They all grabbed their belongings and threw them into their pockets. When the knights behind caught up and saw the robes making a fortune,
Suddenly they were unwilling to move forward and dismounted to share the property. This trend affected all the forwards of the Eastern Army, and almost all of them converged here.
This gave the Western Army an extremely important breathing time. Liu Bei finally led his more than 6,000 men and squeezed out from the crowd. In front of them were the Easterners who had almost no formation at all: some
The saddles were already filled to the brim, and their waists and chests were full of money. Some people thought they were not filled enough, so they took off their armor and made a simple package, and continued to stuff it inside, but there were more
People were squeezed outside the baggage, but they still pushed in regardless of their own safety, and tried to beat the soldiers in front. In short, for the Westerners, these Easterners not only dismounted, but even caused discord over the distribution of the money. This
This is a good opportunity to counterattack.
However, they did not attack immediately. Instead, they stood still and listened to something, as if waiting for a response from another unit.
At this time, the battlefield that had been somewhat silent due to the exhaustion of the two armies suddenly exploded with a loud noise like thunder on the ground. This loud noise sounded like the sound of drums, but to the Easterners, it was like a violent explosion.
A gust of cold winter wind blew from the ground, freezing them in place. People looked for help in a daze, but before they had time to think about it, the continuous sound of drums surged up like a flood, and was as endless as a spring tide.
, which even makes the hearts of Easterners palpitate and fear.
Upon seeing this, Liu Bei smiled and said: "Kong Ming's drum group has arrived! Kill!" Thousands of Western infantry immediately followed the agreement with Zhuge Liang in advance, and suddenly shouted to the Eastern people in the baggage, and swarmed forward.
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Dongren had no idea that there were so many capable warriors hidden among the defeated troops. He tried to fight with them, only to find that not only was his formation in disarray, but some people were packed with too much property, not to mention that they were inconvenient to move.
Even the horses couldn't run. How could they fight against the Westerners? These people were like iron statues. They were quickly submerged by the waves of Westerners. Some of them were hacked to death with random knives, and some of them were killed.
When they were escaping, they tripped over their belongings and fell to the ground. They were trampled to death by their companions who were running for their lives. Only a few people had the sense to kneel down and surrendered to the Westerners with their knives.
In this case, the forward advance of the Eastern people was almost completely defeated. Cao Ang tried to stabilize the situation, but he could only barely protect most of the tiger and leopard knights. After all, most of the Eastern knights ran away, and ordered
It can't be withdrawn faster than they can.
When Cao Cao's follow-up main army also entered the battlefield, the sky and the earth were almost completely dark, with only a faint purple light left in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the moon did not have time to appear. The Dongren army was holding torches, but they could not see ahead.
The specific situation can only be reported by the previous messenger to judge and decide the next behavior.
After Cao Cao learned about the current situation, he smiled at the generals and said: "It seems that the big-eared thief is still smart. I thought that the great cause was about to be accomplished, but unexpectedly he was tricked. It is still a bit difficult to win completely today.
Ah!"
When the generals saw that although he was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes, they couldn't help but tremble in fear. They lowered their heads and dared not speak. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel very disappointed when he saw that no one wanted to fight and pursue him again, so he waved his hand and said to the messenger: "They all say that there are no poor enemies.
Chasing is indeed the truth. Now that the dusk has reached this point, the soldiers must be tired. Go and tell Zixiu to withdraw."
When the news reached the front army, the clear golden sound echoed among the knights like the cry of wild geese. It was not until this moment that the Battle of Huoshi Port came to an end.
Even in retrospect, the Westerners felt tired and panicked about that day's war. Even if they counted the wars in the past five hundred years from sunrise to sunset, they had never heard of anything similar. Especially the Westerners.
What happened to people when crossing the river gave them a sense of luck in escaping death.
After crossing the river, the Westerners continued to withdraw westward. On the cold and hungry road, the soldiers looked back at the dense fire dragon-like torches on the other side. They couldn't help but patted each other's chests and comforted each other, saying: "They can't take our lives today, and they won't be able to take our lives in the future."