Soon, firelight and gunpowder smoke rose up in the mist, and the pungent smell soon spread to the rear of the Han camp. Wang Ping and others who were fighting were shocked, and they immediately wanted to abandon the Wu army in front of them and rush to the pontoon bridge.
Go. And Zhu Ran also knew that he could not let him go, so he followed closely behind him with his soldiers to bite him to death.
At this time, the sergeants on both sides only carried weapons and no armor. This caused the casualties on the battlefield to rise rapidly, and the situation became unprecedentedly cruel. In almost every battle, the soldiers of both sides could cut into the muscles and bones. The injuries were minor.
The person who was injured had a piece of flesh and blood cut off, and the person who was seriously injured had his hands and feet cut off directly. For a while, his flesh and blood flew everywhere, and howled all over the field. Although there has never been a lack of blood on the battlefield, it is as cruel as today.
Not much, maybe this is no longer called fighting, but slaughtering each other.
After Zhu Ran smelled the smell of fireworks, he was very excited, thinking that victory was close at hand. However, he did not expect that the Han army in front of him was so tenacious and refused to retreat under such a disadvantage, causing great damage to his own side. Seeing that
The soldiers around him fell one by one, and Zhu Ran was anxious. These were the direct subordinates of Lu Meng, the governor of Danyang, and not his own subordinates. If they were allowed to be exhausted here, how could he explain to Lu Meng?
In desperation, he rode his horse back and forth between the two armies in search of the enemy general. If he could behead him, he might be able to end the war. But the Han soldiers in front of him had all taken off their armor and only had autumn clothes to keep out the cold. It was impossible to tell the difference between the general and the general.
Rank. This caused him to spend a long time wandering around the battlefield without achieving much. However, the carved feathers on his saddle revealed his identity as an officer of the Wu Army, causing some Han soldiers to surround him and try to
The siege pulled him down, and Zhu Ran was embarrassed for a while.
However, misfortunes never come singly. An arrow hit the skin of Zhu Ran's entourage. Immediately gold, silver, pearls, jade and other objects rolled out and scattered all over the ground. It turned out that Zhu Ran had reserved these as rewards for the soldiers and always carried them with him. The troops who followed this time
None of them were his personal followers. Before leaving, he specially prepared several bags of gold and jade to reward people, but unexpectedly threw them to the Han army. Seeing the gold and jade rolling down, many Han soldiers hesitated, and then rushed over to pick them up, which caused the formation to be blocked.
They were disrupted and could no longer follow up to chase Zhu Ran. This allowed Zhu Ran to finally escape from the siege.
Although Zhu Ran was out of trouble, he was still depressed when he thought that he still hadn't found the Han general. However, before riding his horse very far, the attendant beside him suddenly shouted, then turned over and fell off the horse. Zhu Ran didn't understand the reason, but suddenly he heard
There was an extremely sharp sound breaking through the air. His left hand subconsciously passed over the source of the sound. With a grasping hand, he could barely catch the arrow that was shot. When he caught it, the arrow cluster was less than an inch away from his face, and the arrow body was
Still shaking slightly.
Throwing the arrow on the ground, Zhu Ran immediately looked back at his opponent. He saw Wang Ping holding a bow not far away and saw Zhu Ran catching the flying arrow.
He drew an arrow from his quiver, but was not in a hurry to take action. On the other side, Zhu Ran also leaned over slightly and had already grasped the bow with one hand. Both sides looked at each other and understood each other, knowing that the other party was the commander-in-chief of the army.
At this time, both sides are within arrow range, and it is too late to withdraw. The two are like two beasts trapped in a cage. Only whoever kills the other first can retreat safely from the battlefield. p>
Although people were coming and going around them, the two of them remained motionless, staring at each other, while mentally planning their next move. The pontoon was already on fire, and time was not on Wang Ping's side, so he took the lead and decisively took the quiver from his quiver.
He drew three arrows from his bow, put them on the bow string and then pulled and released them. With his fingers going back and forth, the second arrow and the third arrow were immediately strung up and shot out. Zhu Ran had been on guard for a long time. When Wang Ping made a move, he immediately turned sideways and shot back.
, unlike Wang Ping's three arrows in a row, he only shot one in return. But what is surprising is that it was clearly Zhu then who shot the arrow, but the arrow came later and Wang Ping did not see his arrow path clearly.
I felt a pain in my waist, and I had been hit by an arrow!
Under the severe pain, Wang Ping looked at Zhu Ran and saw that Zhu Ran had been hit by an arrow in his left shoulder and his left leg. He also showed a struggling look, but it was obviously not fatal. He himself felt a little relieved.
After taking a breath, the place where the arrow hit me felt numb and weak, my vision gradually became dark, and finally I lost all my strength and fell to the ground with a plop.
Although Zhu Ran was hit by an arrow, he couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that the enemy general had fallen first. He planned to order his followers to step forward and cut off his head. However, just as he was about to speak, he keenly noticed that something was wrong with the situation on the battlefield. Logically speaking,
, the enemy has been defeated in front, and the only remaining general who joined the army has been knocked down by himself. The Han army should have lost its fighting spirit. But now these Han troops only show a look of frustration and still refuse to retreat. The Han army
How can you be so elite?
Just when he was surprised, he suddenly felt a shock behind him. He turned around and looked over, only to see hundreds of feet behind him. At some point, more than a hundred flags had poured out, and thousands of Han troops were crowding under them. Just as he came from
He was heading towards him in a roundabout way from the riverbank. Looking at the flags, although he could not see clearly, he could vaguely guess that they should be the left wing of the Han army that did not participate in the war during the war, that is, most of them were led by Li Dian.
He actually retreated completely and ran around. When the fighting Han troops saw the reinforcements arriving, they all cheered loudly and burst out with courage. They had already been timid about fighting, but now they came up with swords to fight with the Wu people.
Dou.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Ran couldn't help but froze. If the Han army was allowed to occupy the river beach, even if he destroyed the pontoon bridge, he might not be able to escape unscathed! He ordered his follower Wang Qi to take off the baggage tied to his waist, and everything in the baggage was empty.
It was jewelry. He stood up, grabbed a handful and threw it at the Han army in front of him. The stars in the sky were eye-catching. Wang Qi shouted again at the top of his lungs: "You have been defeated at Bagong Mountain, and the pontoon bridge has been set on fire again. Why not?"
You picked up the jewels and ran away, why are you still working hard here?" The pearls and jade fell into the Han army's formation, causing a chaos. Only then did the Wu people break free from the fight in front of them.
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However, before the Wu people could take a breath, the battlefield changed again. In the Han army camp not far away, someone beat the cowhide drum. Dozens of drums made sounds together, like the tide overflowing the beach. In an instant,
All other sounds on the battlefield were suppressed. Although many people were still shooting arrows and killing each other, they all subconsciously slowed down and paid attention to every move on the battlefield. At this time, the second group of Han reinforcements also appeared.
On the way Wang Ping came, it turned out that the Dongfu soldiers gathered by Chen Qian arrived.
Chen Qian originally planned to gather more people and come to the rescue, but when the scouts came to report, the situation waited for no one, so he could only join the battlefield with 2,000 people. He knew that he would not necessarily win when facing the enemy head-on.
So more than a hundred people were assigned to beat the drums and then participate in the battle against the enemy. Although the number was small, the momentum was extremely amazing. Seeing the continuous flow of reinforcements from the Han army, the Wu soldiers hesitated about whether they could win.
, and Chen Qian seized this opportunity and forced Zhu Ran back half a mile in one breath.
Caught between two sides, Zhu Ran felt very helpless, and the arrow wounds on his hands and legs made him feel even more painful, so he sent someone to urge the Huainan army who destroyed the pontoon bridge, and asked when the fire would burn down after the fire had been lit for a long time. Unexpectedly,
After fighting hard for two more moments, the envoy came to report: "General, the Governor of Lu ordered us to withdraw our troops. I am afraid that this battle will not be successful."
"What?" Zhu Ran almost couldn't believe it, and he almost said: "I heard the smoke of fire was booming! How could I return without success!"
The messenger whispered: "General, in the heavy fog a few days ago, the rebels actually built two more pontoon bridges. Including the original two, there are four in total. The governor said that now only two have been destroyed, and the newly built
Those two, I'm afraid we are powerless."
After hearing the reason, Zhu Ran was speechless. He thought he would win a hearty victory, but it turned into this situation. But he also knew that if what Lu Su said was true, then it would indeed be impossible to defeat the Han army.
If we don't leave, we may turn victory into defeat. He nodded very seriously and said: "In this case, you can inform the governor and ask them to clear the way to the river beach first, and we will follow behind to prevent thieves.
The army pursued."
Soon, the Wu formations began to gather on the river beach, and their intention to leave was clearly revealed. In order to seize the pontoon, Li Dian did not want to fight to the death with this group of Wu people, so he only resisted symbolically and fought for them.
Let go of the road and watch them leave.
By this time, the entire war was not over yet. The Wu people in the east were still taking advantage of their victory to pursue the rear of the Han army. However, as they approached the camp, the resistance of the Han army gradually increased, making their results smaller and smaller, and the cost higher.
In addition, the Wu army did not have cavalry, so this offensive gradually dissipated and was about to stop. Coach Guo Huai was aware of this, so he gathered his troops in front of the camp and ordered his cronies to launch a counterattack against the Wu people.
After only one counterattack, Wu Jun simply gave up the attack and instead waited in front of the camp to observe the situation.
Around the time of Unity that day, they waited for Lu Su and Zhu Ran to return and brought back news of the failure to destroy the bridge. Disappointed, seeing the tragic casualties of the two troops, they gave up the idea of continuing the battle.
Agreeing to a temporary truce. With most of the Wu army withdrawing to Bagong Mountain, the fighting between the two armies has basically ended.
After the Wu army withdrew, Guo Huai learned about the bloody battle on the pontoon bridge in the rear. Guo Huai shouted that it was lucky and did not dare to let the army stay on the east bank anymore. So he gathered the defeated troops while maintaining order across the river. Finally on the second day,
In the early morning of the same day, he brought the right army back to the west bank. Only then did he count the losses in this battle. The number of casualties in the army was much less than expected, but there were still about 10,000 people. It was considered a big battle.
It failed. The only good news is that Wang Ping, who fought with Zhu Ran to the death, did not lose his life due to the arrow wound. After emergency treatment that day, his injury gradually stabilized.