Chapter 520: The unusual silence, the defeat of the Wei army
The infantry at the rear of the team also stopped quickly. Cheng Xi looked at the silent woods on both sides of the valley, and his intuition told him that it was too quiet, and the silence was unusual...
Fortunately, the sound of chirping birds coming from the mountainside of Shoushan Mountain in the next moment, and birds flying in and out from time to time, dispelled Cheng Xi's doubts.
However, for the sake of safety, Cheng Xi asked again: "Are the nearby cities still under the rule of Wei Dynasty? Are there any signs of the Wu army?"
A thousand-man governor named Zhang Da clasped his fists on horseback and said: "General, the last general has sent a ranger to confirm again and again that there is no trace of the Wu army's troops nearby."
Cheng Xi nodded and said to his left and right: "Bring me the bow and arrows!"
Immediately, he took off the bow and arrows he was carrying and handed them to Cheng Xi. Cheng Xi opened the bow with all his strength, put on the arrows, and shot a few arrows at random into the woods on both sides of the valley.
Several Wu soldiers were unlucky to be shot and were about to roll down the hillside. However, the next moment they were supported by brothers beside them and their mouths were covered to prevent them from screaming in pain and running away from the Wei army below.
After a while, Cheng Xi saw no one rolling down in the dense forests on both sides of the valley, and there was no sound. He was completely relieved. However, he still maintained the due vigilance and waved his hand: "The whole army will pass quickly, no delay!"
Then they entered the valley under the protection of the guards at the front, rear, and left, and quickly passed through the five-mile-long valley road. The Wu army officers and soldiers who were ambushing on the slopes on both sides were staring closely at the Wei army passing quickly below, and they were ready to attack at any time.
take action,
The thousand-man governor, Qu Chang, Dian Jiang and Du Bo in the Wei army all urged: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up!"
The thousand men beside Du De saw that more than half of the Wei army had entered the valley. They were worried that it would not be so easy to deal with them if all the Wei army came out of the valley in a while, so they whispered anxiously: "General, give the order quickly.
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Du De, however, was still staring at the snake-like formation of the Wei army below without any movement or words. Seeing this, the Thousand-man Governor named Luo Yong did not dare to speak any more.
His eyes also followed the Wei army's team, but he was still very anxious, wishing he could lead his troops to pounce on him immediately.
In the dense forests on the east and west sides of the valley, Qin Dan commanded on the east side and Du De commanded on the west side. After a quarter of an hour, all the Wei army entered the valley. Qin Dan and Du De whispered to the left and right at the same time: "Passage
This general orders us to begin!”
The left and right immediately moved in accordance with the order, waving the order flags. The Wu army on both sides of the valley, totaling 8,000 people, at the next moment raised their bows and set arrows, throwing stones and rolling logs downwards.
At the same moment, the dense sound of "咻-廻-廻" arrows rushed toward the Wei army below. People in the Wei army kept falling off their horses. The Wei army generals kept shouting loudly: "Defense, raise your shields and form a defense!"
The guards on Cheng Xi's left and right also raised their shields to protect Cheng Xi in the center. Cheng Xi was under the banner of the commander's flag and was the focus of the Wu army's arrows. The arrows collided with the shields and made a "dang-dang-dang" sound.
Cheng Xi was caught off guard by the sound, but he quickly reacted. This is the basic quality of a military commander.
Cheng Xi shouted loudly: "Go quickly and pass on this general's order. The entire army will form a defensive formation on the spot. The front team of the army will become the rear team, and the rear team will become the front team. After stabilizing the formation, quickly exit the valley!"
The messenger next to Cheng Xi immediately waved the command flag in his hand, and with the flag language, he passed Cheng Xi's general order to the Wei army behind him.
The formation of the Wei army began to stabilize, and the soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief. They were glad that they were still alive and had their lives. Cheng Xi felt that the matter was not over yet. It could not end so easily. The rumbling sound on the hillside reached Cheng Xi.
And in the ears of a group of Wei army officers...
Sure enough, Cheng Xi knew that there was still no shortage of things to come, and the formation that had barely stabilized would probably not be able to be maintained.
Years of military experience told him that once the formation is broken through again, more brothers will die, more people will fall, and their lives will be harvested. By then, the general order will no longer be effective, and the remaining Wei army officers and soldiers will
will run away in all directions,
And he could only watch all this, helpless. It was very unpleasant to have his life in the hands of others, especially in the hands of the enemy, but Cheng Xi had no good way to change it now.
It's all over,
But Cheng Xi still said viciously: "Jiangdong rats, if you have the guts, just set up your battle array and fight openly and honestly. What is your real ability in ambush and sneak attack? Just wait for me. When I break out of the encirclement, I will take the lead again."
The army will kill all the rats from Jiangdong and form a base in Beijing!"
A moment later, huge rocks and rolling logs fell into the Wei army's formation, smashing the shield formation away with overwhelming force, causing the Wei army officers and soldiers to scatter in all directions, and the soldiers shouted: "Run, run, run, don't run anymore."
He’ll be dead!”
Many people were injured and killed by falling stones, and the scene was very tragic.
When Cheng Xi saw this, he gritted his teeth and advised everyone: "General, don't worry about them anymore. Let's break through first!"
Cheng Xi nodded and said: "The situation is irreversible. In this case, we will break out first!"
The personal guards on the left and right escorted Cheng Xi back towards the valley entrance where he came from. Cheng Xi knew that it was just that the formation had been scattered and it was not too late to break out. But if the rocks fell and the rolling logs stopped after a while, and Wu Jun rushed down again, it would be a disaster.
It’s harder to break through,
Cheng Xi's troops advanced a mile toward the entrance of the valley. Regardless of the Wei army brothers who were trampled and injured by his own horses on the way, and no matter how they wailed behind Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi would not stop and look at them again.
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He just wanted to break out of the encirclement faster and return to Jixian. He knew that there was no safe city in Liaodong at this moment.
After returning to Jixian, he will inevitably be held responsible for the defeat, and the governor of Youzhou will definitely add insult to injury, but the most important thing at this moment is to save his life!
Several hundred personal guards, Cheng Xi, rushed towards the valley entrance with all their strength, surrounded by some of the defeated Wei soldiers. At this time, Cheng Xi had no intention of restraining them, and could not restrain them, so he could only let nature take its course.
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Even if there are hundreds or thousands more of our own brothers being accidentally killed by our own people, there is nothing we can do. There are no huge stones at the foot of the hillside, and the rolling logs will roll down again.
Qin Dan and Du De saw that the time was almost up, so they issued an order: "Soldiers, follow me and charge forward. It's time to make a contribution!"
There was another round of volleys, and many Wei troops in the valley fell again. The Wu troops began to rush down the hillside to cover up the killing, and from time to time shouted loudly: "Don't kill even if we surrender!"......