The mountain road was narrow, and Shangguan Yuanrang was blocking the road. It was difficult for the Huan cavalry to pass by him smoothly. Often the horse passed by, but the knight on the horse was cut off by his three-pointed two-edged sword.
This is really in line with the saying, "One horse can guard the barrier, but ten thousand horses cannot open it."
With Shangguan Yuanrang in front, the pressure on the Feng army behind the vehicle was greatly reduced. Instead, they had nothing to do. They could only stare wide-eyed at Shangguan Yuanrang frantically hacking at the enemy troops in front.
Tens of thousands of cavalry were held back by one man, Shangguan Yuanrang. The narrow mountain road was certainly one of the reasons, but his force was indeed to an unimaginable level.
Cao Hou and Li She originally planned to use the cavalry's attack power to overwhelm the Feng army, but when they saw the unbeatable Shangguan Yuan Rang, both of them were heartbroken. Cao Hou couldn't help but ask the people around him: "What about the enemy general?"
Who is it? Why is it so powerful?"
He had never seen Shangguan Yuan Rang, nor had anyone else, but Li She suddenly took a breath of cold air and said in surprise: "This man uses a three-pointed two-edged sword, his cultivation is unfathomable, and his skills are extremely domineering.
Could it be Shangguan Yuanrang, the most powerful general in the Feng Kingdom?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone around him suddenly changed, including Cao Hou. The Feng Kingdom has always been a martial artist, and to be able to win the title of the most powerful general in the Feng Kingdom, one can imagine his military strength.
Cao Hou was first secretly shocked, and then he was overjoyed. Although Shangguan Yuanrang's name was scary, wasn't this a good opportunity for him to show off? If he could cut off Shangguan Yuanrang's head, let alone become famous in one fell swoop.
Even if the entire Huan Kingdom can straighten its back in front of Sichuan and Zhen Kingdoms, other countries will look at it with admiration.
He rolled his eyes, and then called a messenger, ordering him to quickly return to his infantry team, and ordered the whole army to march as quickly as possible. Then, he issued an order to let his cavalry not to leave.
Then they rushed forward in a swarm, with ten cavalry teams as units, one team after another, using this tactic similar to wheel battles to wear down Shangguan Yuanrang, and at the same time, it also prevented the opponent's spiritual martial arts from exerting maximum damage.
, at best, it can only kill and injure ten of its own knights.
Cao Hou still has some skills in using troops, and he knows how to adapt to changes. The mountain road is narrow, and it is impossible to form an encirclement against Shangguan Yuanrang. Instead, he uses a small team of cavalry to fight with him, which can not only consume the opponent's spiritual energy, but also maximize the consumption.
The opponent's physical strength.
The Huan army changed their tactics and no longer blindly charged forward, but instead used teams of ten cavalry as units to launch wheel battles one after another.
This tactic is really beyond Shangguan Yuanrang's expectation. If the opponent rushes up in a swarm, he can kill a large number of enemy troops with one skill. However, if the opponent has ten people, it would be too wasteful to use the skill again.
Spiritual energy, and it would take too much physical energy to chop down the enemy soldiers one by one. For a while, Shangguan Yuanrang couldn't think of a good way to deal with it, but there was no extra time to think about it on the battlefield, so he could only
Bite the bullet and start a hand-to-hand combat with the oncoming enemy.
The ten Huan cavalrymen were completely vulnerable to Shangguan Yuanrang. When he slashed out with his sword, even if the opponent blocked it with a weapon, how could an ordinary weapon block the extremely sharp spirit soldier? A three-pointed two-edged sword.
He easily cut the opponent's body and weapons into two pieces.
However, the opponent's troops were too strong. A small group was killed in the battle, and another small group was immediately added to fill up the ranks. It seemed like there was no end to them, and they could be cut down and killed endlessly.
The battle continued, and more and more Huan cavalrymen died. Shangguan Yuanrang gradually began to pant, and sweat broke out on his forehead and temples.
When he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard someone from behind shouting: "General Yuan Rang retreat!"
Shangguan Yuanrang's heart moved, and with a sudden force, he released three spiritual waves in a row, sweeping the enemy cavalry in front of him off their horses. Before the next small group of cavalry from the opponent could rush over, he had already turned his horse's head and ran back to his formation.
, after jumping over the vehicle, he said to the soldiers behind him: "Fire arrows to suppress the enemy!"
The soldiers quickly picked up the arrows that had not been released for a long time, pointed them in the direction of the enemy, and fired a volley of arrows. At this time, a spy from the ground network ran up to Shangguan Yuanrang and said urgently: "
General, I just received the news that Huan Jun’s large army is less than two miles away from us, and its strength is close to 100,000!"
Shangguan Yuanrang was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth and let out a long sigh of joy. He had fulfilled his mission and finally led out the enemy's main force. Without hesitation for a moment, he immediately issued an order and drove all the vehicles he brought across.
On the road, all the torches plugged into the car were unplugged, the rear team became the front team, and the spies from the Sky Eye and the Ground Network led the way, and the entire army retreated towards the pre-planned direction of Death Valley.
The Feng army's retreat did not involve the withdrawal of the entire army. Shangguan Yuanrang left 500 dead soldiers and personally led these 500 people to resist the Huan army, delaying the enemy as much as possible and creating time for his own retreat.
As soon as the Feng Army withdrew, Cao Hou, Li She and others on the opposite side also saw it. They could not see the Feng Army clearly, but they could probably see clearly that the Feng Army's torch was moving backward.
Li She, as if someone had stepped on his tail, exclaimed: "General Cao, the enemy's main force has withdrawn!"
Do you think I'm blind and can't see? Cao Hou gave Li She a cold look and asked the general beside him: "Why hasn't the main force of our army arrived yet?"
"General, the main force of our army is less than two miles away from here and will be here soon!"
"Yes!" Cao Hou nodded, waved his hand and said: "Send the order, the whole army attacks, and defeats the army behind the Feng Army. No matter what, we must catch up with the main force of the enemy and hold them back!"
"Yes! General!"
Cao Hou changed his tactics again, switching from small group attack to full army attack.
Countless Huan cavalrymen came out one after another, urging their horses to rush forward.
At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang did not go out to fight anymore. He hid behind the vehicle with five hundred soldiers, and used the barrier of the vehicle to engage in a confrontation with the incoming enemy.
In just one charge, the Huan cavalry passed through the sporadic arrows fired by the Feng army and reached the vehicle.
The horseman running at the front jumped up high, trying to jump over the vehicle, but the others were still in mid-air. Shangguan Yuanrang raised his hand and struck with a knife. The spirit wave roared from bottom to top, hitting the horse's belly.
With a click, the war horse and its rider were cut in half by the spirit wave, and blood poured down from the sky, splashing all over the heads and bodies of the wind soldiers below.
This was just the beginning. More and more Huan cavalry rushed forward and jumped over the vehicles one after another. No matter how powerful Shangguan Yuanrang was, he could chop down one or two cavalry, but he couldn't chop down hundreds or thousands of cavalry. It didn't take long.
The cavalry broke through the vehicles and engaged in a close confrontation with the Feng army.
The advantage of the cavalry over the infantry was so great that Shangguan Yuanrang did not dare to fight and immediately ordered the Feng troops below to retreat behind the second row of vehicles.
However, the battle lasted less than a stick of incense, and the second row of vehicles was broken through by enemy cavalry. Shangguan Yuanrang and others had to withdraw again.
They were retreating and fighting at the same time, fighting and fighting like this, and withdrew more than a mile away. Gradually, Shangguan Yuan discovered that the enemy was no longer just cavalry, but a large number of infantry began to mix in. He knew that it must be Huan.
The main force of the army has arrived.
He did not dare to delay any longer. The infantry was much more flexible than the cavalry and could ignore the obstruction of vehicles. Once the main force of the Huan army came up, it would be difficult for him to rush out, let alone the brothers below who could not escape.
He made a prompt decision and fled towards the return route with more than 200 remaining soldiers.
Shangguan Yuanrang ran away with his men, leaving behind vehicles all over the ground. While Cao Hou ordered his men to chase the enemy, he also ordered people to collect all kinds of materials abandoned by the Feng army.
There were too many vehicles left behind by the Feng Army, numbering in the thousands, and each vehicle was not empty. It was either filled with food and grass, or armor, weapons, tents, etc. The amount of abandoned materials was beyond the limit.
estimate.
Cao Hou nodded while watching, with a proud smile on his face unconsciously. It is true that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. In just one battle, we captured almost all the baggage of the Feng Army, even if the main force of the Feng Army ran away.
, will also return to Feng Country due to insufficient food, grass, and supplies. What's more, the main enemy force may not be able to escape!
Li She on the side was even more happy, and his heart finally dropped. He originally gave Xu Qing advice and left 50,000 soldiers to block the entire army, but the entire army was wiped out. This time he proposed to take the initiative to meet the enemy, and the result was that
Feng's army was vulnerable to a single blow, and his side won a complete victory. It can be considered that he made up for it.
The Feng army was defeated in one blow, and the news that the Feng army had captured countless supplies quickly spread back to Xu Qing. Xu Qing still didn't believe it at first. When he followed up with 50,000 Huan troops, he saw what the Feng army had done.
There were more than a thousand abandoned vehicles, and finally a smile appeared on the cold face.
This time the Feng Army was finally defeated. If the Feng Army was not defeated, he would be embarrassed to return home to see the king. Xu Qing was excited and excited at the same time. He ordered all his soldiers to advance and join the front army to catch up with the main force of the Feng Army.
Completely annihilate the Feng Army.
At this time, the 150,000 Huan troops used all their strength to pursue the Feng army desperately.
Shangguan Yuanrang stayed at the end with more than 200 Feng troops, fighting and retreating. He did not dare to run too fast to join the brothers who retreated first. After all, he only had 5,000 people. Once the enemy got close, it would be easy
Once you see the flaw, you can only successfully attract the enemy by widening the distance so that the enemy can always see the tail of your own team.
His strategy was correct, but it only caused suffering for the more than two hundred soldiers who were with him. They were faced with the pursuit of the enemy's cavalry. Many of them were overtaken by the enemy while running, stabbed in the vital parts, and knocked down.
He was on the ground, and then he didn't even have the chance to get up and continue fighting. The cavalry swarming up instantly trampled him into a pulp.
Shangguan Yuanrang reined in his horse from time to time, turned around, and started a fierce battle with the chasing cavalry. At critical moments, he continuously released his spiritual martial arts skills, killing the chasing cavalry back again and again.
The more he ran, the fewer people Shangguan Yuan surrounded him. By the end of the fight, there were only about ten people left in the more than two hundred soldiers, and each of them was defeated. They were sweating profusely and panting from exhaustion.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to retreat the Huan cavalry again, Shangguan Yuanrang looked around at the people around him and asked: "Which of you doesn't have any brothers or sisters?"
More than a dozen Feng soldiers looked at each other, but no one answered.
Shangguan Yuanrang asked again: "Who doesn't have a wife or children?"
This time, a 16-year-old Feng Bing raised his hand tremblingly.
Shangguan Yuanrang dismounted, handed him the reins of the war horse, and said: "You ride off first, and the other brothers stay behind to resist the enemy with me!"
The young soldier was startled, and he dared not take the reins. He said anxiously: "General, this little man... How can this little man ride your horse..."
"The war horse is of no use to me, just ride it and stop being wordy!" Shangguan Yuanrang forced the reins into his hand, then waved his arm, signaling him to run quickly.