Chapter 297: The Allied Forces Defeat [Two in One]
"This Xiang Juan is truly a fierce general who is rare in the world."
At the main formation of the Wei army, General Zhai Huang of the Tiance Mansion praised him sincerely.
Hearing this, Wei Wang Zhao Run nodded and stared at Xiang Kuan who was still fighting bloody battles in the distance, trying to carve out a bloody path.
He also did not expect that in this situation where there was almost no chance to kill him, Xiang Kuan would not retreat but advance, and actually thought of riding alone to kill him, the monarch of Wei, in order to reverse the unfavorable war situation.
A moment ago, when he was once again surrounded by the Wei army, Xiang Kuan led the remaining sixty or seventy cavalrymen under his command and launched a fearless charge towards the king's chariot where Zhao Run was.
Seeing this, the Wei army generals nearby were furious and secretly cursed Xiang Kuan for being so ungrateful. You must know that after Wei Jiao, Shang Lianghou Zhao Anding, Zhou Ji and other generals led the reinforcements to return in detail, what happened here?
The Wei army has gradually grown to nearly ten thousand people.
And how many people did Xiang Kuan have? Apart from himself, there were only sixty or seventy cavalry. In this desperate situation, instead of leading the cavalry to try to break out, Xiang Kuan actually broke out and escaped before nearly 10,000 Wei troops completely surrounded him.
Attack the Huben imperial guards and continue to attack the direction of the Wei monarch Zhao Run.
If these arrogant people do not die today, I am afraid that the Wei army will lose their face!
Thinking of this, generals like Wei Jiao, Zhou Ji, Shang Lianghou Zhao Anding and other generals urged their soldiers one after another.
"Capture and kill Xiang Juan!"
"Capture and kill Xiang Juan quickly!"
"Those who kill Xiang and prostitutes will be promoted to the third level!"
Under the encouragement of these generals, the morale of the nearly 10,000 Wei soldiers in this area was greatly boosted, and they quickly rushed towards Xiang Kuan and his party.
However, what I didn't expect was that even though we were outnumbered and the enemy was outnumbered, Xiang Huan didn't panic at all. He waved the long knife in his hand repeatedly, and when it brought up wisps of blood, he harvested the lives of Wei soldiers one by one. In the blink of an eye, he
He killed dozens of Wei soldiers.
However, the cavalry under his command were decimated by countless Wei soldiers at a speed visible to the naked eye. By the time Xiang Kuan was surrounded by the Huben guards, only four or five people were left behind him, all covered with wounds.
of cavalry.
Until the end, even the last cavalryman fell behind Xiang Kuan, with a complex look of pride, unwillingness, and worry on his face.
At this time, Xiang Kuan was the only one left among the Huben guards.
But who would have thought that even the Tiger Guards would be filled with fear at the fierce general of the Chu State in front of them.
There was no other reason than that dozens of their comrades had died at the hands of this monster in front of them.
Seeing this scene, Wei Wang Zhao Run couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Fortunately, the five hundred soldiers who stayed by his side were the elite of the Imperial Guards. They were the monarch's guards called Huben Imperial Guards. Their combat capabilities were not comparable to those of ordinary Wei soldiers.
, Otherwise, when Xiang Juan led 300 cavalry to attack his own formation, there might have been a shocking scene of a single cavalry attacking and killing the enemy commander.
But for now, Xiang Juan has come to an end. No matter how brave he is, he cannot break through the siege of the remaining 400 Huben guards by himself, let alone the outside of the Huben guards.
There were many Wei soldiers waiting to surround and kill Xiang Juan.
"Won't the general try to persuade him to surrender?"
Zhai Huang, the counselor of Tiance Mansion, whispered to Zhao Run: "If these fierce generals are willing to submit to our great Wei..."
Zhao Run glanced at Zhai Huang and asked, "Do you think that Xiang Huan will be willing to surrender?"
"Well……"
Zhai Huang's face froze, he looked up at Xiang Juan who was breathing heavily in the distance, and immediately said: "It's just a try, what if it works?"
In fact, he also understood that how could a proud general like Xiang Kuan surrender to the enemy?
It's just that he felt that it would be a pity for a fierce general like Xiang Kuan to die in battle like this, so he asked this question.
"Xiang Juan will not surrender."
Zhao Run shook his head slightly, but he finally allowed Zhai Huang to try.
Maybe in his heart, he also hoped to make a fierce general like Xiang Kuan surrender.
After getting Zhao Run's permission, Zhai Huang rode his horse forward and temporarily stopped the Tiger Guards from attacking Xiang Kuan. Then he shouted to Xiang Kuan: "General Xiang Kuan, our monarch appreciates the general's bravery very much.
If the general is willing to take off his armor and sincerely submit to the Wei Dynasty, our monarch will treat the general as a guest."
Xiang Juan, who was covered in blood, turned around and glanced at Zhai Huang when he heard this, laughed loudly, and immediately turned his horse forward again, taking the initiative to rush into the many Tiger Guards.
He didn't even bother to talk to Zhai Huang.
"Too arrogant, this Xiang Juan..."
Zhai Huang, who failed to persuade him to surrender, shook his head, then immediately put away the smile on his face, pointed at Xiang Kuan and ordered the Huben guards: "Surround him and kill him!"
After giving the order, the Huben imperial guards immediately swarmed towards Xiang Kuan again. They stabbed Xiang Kuan fiercely with their sharp sabers.
Although Xiang Kuan waved the long-handled sword in his hand, swung left and right to block, in the end he was still unable to block so many weapons stabbing him, and was stabbed in the right leg by the saber of a Huben imperial guard.
And the mount under his crotch was stabbed to death by the Huben guards.
In the desperate situation, Xiang Kuan roared, jumped off his horse, turned around and waved the long knife in his hand, forcing the surrounding Tiger Guards back again.
In that brief gap, Xiang Kuan lowered his head and glanced at his beloved horse that had been following him for many years, and then looked back behind him, and saw that there was no longer a living general behind him. Even for such a resolute and fierce general, he could not see anything.
There was also a bit of sadness in his eyes.
Taking advantage of this moment, Zhai Huang asked loudly: "General Xiang Kuan, why don't you consider Zhai's kind words? It's such a pity that a rare and powerful general like General Xiang died here..."
However, Xiang Kuan still ignored him. He punched the long-handled sword in his right hand on the ground to reduce the impact of the injury to his right leg. At the same time, he took out the sword from his waist with his left hand and pointed the tip of the sword forward.
The Huben Imperial Guard shouted sternly: "Come! Fight again!"
"..."
The Huben guards looked at each other in confusion.
In fact, these Huben imperial guards firmly believed that Xiang Kuan in front of them would definitely die today - unless he was willing to surrender to their Wei state.
However, the Xiang Juan in front of him was still so powerful that the Huben guards were actually restrained by him.
"This guy... he must die, right?"
"But why does this guy still have such momentum?"
"Does he have anything else to rely on?"
The Huben imperial guards looked at each other. They really couldn't imagine why Xiang Juan could still have such momentum in this situation.
Does he think that he alone can kill all the Wei soldiers here?
Is there really anything to rely on in this prostitution?
Zhao Run didn't think so.
Based on the current situation, not to mention that the coalition forces were still held back by Hou Dan, Wei Shao, Huan Hu and others. Even if Xiang Mo immediately sent reinforcements, they would not be able to rescue his brother Xiang Kuan in time.
If Xiang Kuan refuses to surrender to Wei, he will undoubtedly die today!
But it is obvious that there is no way that a proud general like Xiang Kuan would surrender to Wei.
Therefore, Zhao Run immediately ordered: "Send the order, our army has no time to fight with Xiang Kuan here, quickly surround and kill Xiang Kuan, and march towards the coalition forces!"
Cen Chang, who replaced Chu Heng and drove the king's chariot for Zhao Run, nodded when he heard this and shouted sternly: "General Tian has an order, ordering all the kings to immediately surround and kill Xiang Juan, and then march towards the coalition forces without delay!"
After hearing this, the Huben guards who had been suppressed by Xiang Kuan's aura suddenly woke up and immediately rushed towards Xiang Kuan again.
However, Xiang Juan was obviously not ready to sit still and wait for death. He waved the sharp sword in his left hand and the long-handled sword in his right hand. Sometimes he punched the ground to make his body take a step forward, and sometimes he swung it out with all his strength and slashed the handle towards his own body.
Zhanma Dao forced him back, seemingly limping, but in fact, he was still struggling to move forward with the king's chariot where Zhao Run was.
Seeing this scene, all the Wei soldiers and generals were moved.
No, when he saw a Luoyang imperial guard next to him trying to sneak attack Xiang Juan with a military crossbow, Wei Jiao pressed down the military crossbow raised by the imperial guard with one hand, looked at Xiang Juan, shook his head slightly, and said lightly
: "He...can't hold on for much longer..."
Indeed, Xiang Juan was already out of breath at this time. The massive consumption of physical strength, coupled with the loss of blood, caused his remaining physical strength to rapidly drain away.
Zhai Huang also noticed this scene and ordered the ropes to be prepared. Apparently, he still had not given up the idea of "capturing Xiang Juan alive and persuading him to surrender."
Under Zhai Huang's order, the Huben guards slowed down their offensive. They took advantage of their large numbers to gradually consume Xiang Juan's physical strength.
Xiang Juan was not stupid. When he saw this situation, he knew that these Wei soldiers were trying to capture him alive - otherwise, why hadn't the Wei soldiers around him shot him with crossbows? You must know that he had little energy to dodge arrows at the moment.
Arrow.
"Bang!"
He slammed the long-handled sword in his right hand on the ground, laughed loudly and said: "Everyone in the world thinks that Wei soldiers are brave, but in my opinion, it is nothing more than that!... It is a pity that there are many Wei soldiers here, but
No one can kill me Xiang Juan, hahahaha, no one is cowardly!"
Having said this, he took the long sword in his left hand with his right hand.
Seeing this, Zhai Huang was shocked and shouted quickly: "Quick! Go forward and capture him!"
However, Zhai Huang's order was still a step late. Xiang Kuan put the sharp sword in his hand on his neck, turned his head and glanced at the way he came, looked at Chu Heng who was standing far away, and raised the corner of his mouth.
A somewhat inexplicable smile.
"This reckless man is quite capable, but he is not my rival. If the opportunity had not been given, I would have defeated him..."
Thinking of this, Xiang Kuan swung his right hand, and the sharp sword in his hand immediately cut his throat.
Under the shocked gazes of countless Wei soldiers, Xiang Kuan used his last strength to hold the long-handled sword on the ground with his left hand and the sharp sword with his right hand. He stood like this, looking at the Huben guards in front of him.
, with a contemptuous smile on his face, he calmly took his last breath.
After a while, Chu Heng stepped forward with a machete in his hand and checked Xiang Juan himself, only to see that Xiang Juan was no longer breathing.
"well!"
Chu Heng sighed secretly.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a burst of footsteps behind him. He subconsciously turned around and saw Bosile walking towards the place quickly. After approaching Xiang Juan's body, Bosile
With the scimitar in his hand, he slashed hard at the corpse.
"Crack!"
Chu Heng stretched out his left hand and grabbed Bosile's right arm.
Bosile struggled a few times, but felt that the big hand holding his right arm was motionless. Although he asked angrily: "Commander Chu, what are you doing?"
Chu Heng looked at Bosile with a sullen face and said angrily: "What are you going to do?"
Bosile said angrily: "I want to use this guy's head to pay tribute to our warriors!"
Chu Heng said in a deep voice: "I don't care what you want to do, but you can't touch his body... This man was not killed by you, and you have no right to touch his body."
Bosile was furious when he heard this, but he didn't dare to get angry at the strong man in front of him.
After all, the Chu Heng in front of him was a reckless general who had fought Xiang Juan for dozens of rounds alone. Even if he lost to Xiang Juan, he probably wouldn't be much different.
Just as the two were in a stalemate, they heard an order from a Huben guard in the distance: "General Tian has an order to collect Xiang Juan's body and give him a good burial after this battle... Such a hero,
It deserves the respect of our army!"
Seeing this, Chu Heng slowly let go of his hand, but he was still wary of Bosile doing anything to insult Xiang Huan's body.
After all, Bosile did not dare to disobey King Zhao Run's order. Although he was still unwilling to do so after hearing this, he could only give up and led his Jiejiao cavalry to kill the coalition forces.
At this time, Zhai Huang had already rode his horse back to the king's chariot of Wei King Zhao Run, and came with the latter in the direction of Xiang Kuan's death. After seeing the conflict between Bosile and Chu Heng, Zhai Huang said:
Zhao Run explained: "According to the last general's knowledge, Xiang Juan once killed two captains of ten thousand men under General Bosile in Changyi, so General Bosile had a grudge against Xiang Juan..."
"Do you think I will protect Chu Heng?"
Zhao Run replied with a smile, and then said with emotion: "If it were anyone else, Bosile would be left alone, but this Xiang Juan is indeed worthy of respect... In fact, with his bravery, in our army
Before he is completely surrounded, he can completely escape on his own."
"Yes..." Zhai Huang also said with emotion: "However, if Xiang Juan escapes, then he is no longer Xiang Juan, right?" After that, he shook his head and said regretfully: "What a pity.
These powerful generals do not want to submit to me, the Wei Dynasty, otherwise..."
After hearing this, Zhao Run nodded slightly, but he did not feel so sorry for Zhai Huang, because he had already concluded that this concubine would never surrender to his Wei State, and was destined to be unable to persuade him to surrender.
Zhao Run just felt sorry for this, regretting that there was another heroic general missing in this world.
Just like he did when he felt sorry for Shouling Junjingshe.
However, this is not the time to feel sorry for Xiang Kuan. Zhao Run took a deep breath and said seriously: "Xiang Kuan has been killed, the coalition forces have lost their claws, and now is the time for our entire army to attack!... Send the order, the entire army
attack!"
"yes!"
Zhai Huang responded with clasped fists.
In fact, at this moment, half of the more than 300,000 Wei troops under Zhao Run were attacking the coalition forces. Only Zhu Gui, the left-wing center army, and Chengling King Zhao Shen, the left-wing rear army, had not yet been given any orders.
After a while, when Zhu Gui and Chengling King Zhao Shen received orders from General Zhao Run, they immediately led all their troops to attack the coalition forces.
Wei Jiao, Zhou Ji, Shang Liang Marquis Zhao Anding and others continued to lead their troops to surround and kill the Zhaoguan army under Xiang Kuan.
It has to be said that Xiang Kuan's death in battle had a great impact on the Chu army at Zhaoguan. Although nearly 40 to 50% of the Chu soldiers were furious after learning that their leader, Xiang Kuan, had been killed in battle, and displayed a combat effectiveness that far exceeded theirs. However, it was inevitable that
The other half of the Chu army's soldiers, after learning that Xiang Kuan was killed in battle, their morale dropped and they no longer had the will to fight.
At this time, on the coalition side, the Chu army, with Xiang Mo's army as the main force, was still resisting the attack of Hou Dan, Wei Shao, Huan Hu and others.
Even though the Chu army was outnumbered, all the war weapons of the Wei army were concentrated on Hou Dan's army. Even though the Chu army was far more numerous than the Wei soldiers here, it was difficult to reverse the disadvantage.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, Xiang Mo received a message from his general Doulian: "Report! The Wei army's center and right wing are trying to outflank General Xiang Kuan!"
"What?"
Only then did Xiang Mo remember that his younger brother Xiang Kuan had just led a lone army to attack the Wei army's main formation, but the problem was that right now, he could only suppress the armies of Wei, Wei, and Lu, and was unable to mobilize troops to support Xiang Kuan.
"I hope he will be a good person."
Xiang Mo can only pray for his brother now.
But unfortunately, Xiang Mo's prayers had no effect. After waiting for half an hour, a defeated soldier rushed back to the army and delivered a bad news to Xiang Mo: "Report to General Xiang Mo, General Xiang Kuan"
He died in battle, the Zhaoguan army was surrounded and killed by the Wei army, and now the Wei army is swarming towards our army!"
Upon hearing the bad news, Xiang Mo felt his eyes go dark and almost fell off his horse.
In fact, Xiang Juan is his cousin, but because they are similar in age and grew up together, their relationship is more like that of real brothers. Xiang Mo really can't accept it. His younger brother Xiang Juan, who grew up together since childhood,
His younger brother Xiang Kuan, who was always brave and even braver than him, unexpectedly died in this battle.
"well……"
Xiang Mo let out a long sigh, filled with sadness, and his original fighting spirit to fight the Wei army to the death also dissipated a lot unconsciously.
He ordered the guards around him: "Go to the central army immediately, tell General Tian Dan, and tell him... to be ready to lead the army to retreat at any time. We have already lost this battle, and there is no need to pay another penalty for it."
Qi State."
"yes!"
The two guards retreated in response.
After a while, Qi General Tian Dan received the news from Xiang Mo. On the one hand, he was impressed by Xiang Mo's trustworthiness and wisdom, and on the other hand, he was also deeply moved by the fact that the coalition forces had fallen into this situation.
He never expected that the joint crusade against Wei by Han, Chu, Qi, Lu, Yue, Wei and other countries would end up being defeated by Wei.
Tian Dan shook his head and ordered: "Give me the order, fight and then retreat."
Soon afterwards, the Wei army pressed forward in a large scale, converging with the troops led by Wei general Hou Dan, guard general Wei Shao, and Lu general Huan Hu, to launch a multi-faceted pincer attack on the coalition forces.
The situation was over. Even though Xiang Mo, the Three Pillars of Chu State, tried his best to call on his soldiers to fight hard, he could not reverse the disadvantage. After holding on for more than half an hour, the coalition forces were defeated by the Wei State coalition forces.
Seeing this, Qi General Tian Dan made a decisive decision, leaving the armies of Chu and Yue behind, and immediately led his troops to withdraw to Song County, trying to withdraw from Song County to the Qi mainland.
The Chu army led by Xiang Mo acted benevolently and blocked the rear of Tian Dan's army to prevent Tian Dan's army from also falling here and causing Qi to be conquered by Wei.
Around dusk, Xiang Mo led the defeated Chu and Yue troops to retreat to Yongqiu, while the allied forces of Wei, Wei, and Lu continued to pursue them. Even though it was getting late and was not conducive to fighting, they still refused to relax their pursuit of the allied forces.
That night, Zhao Run spent the night at the temporary garrison of the Wei army in Yongqiu.
At this time, several green crows suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao Jiang, sent an urgent message from Qi State."
"Brother Four Kings?"
Zhao Run was stunned for a moment, then took the letter from the hands of the Green Crows, opened it and looked at it. He only glanced at it and then frowned.
"What's the matter, Your Majesty?"
Zhai Huang, the counselor of Tiance Mansion, asked in confusion.
I saw Zhao Run looking at the letter in his hand, frowning and saying: "Zhao Jiang said in the letter that for some unknown reason, Pang Huan led the anti-rebellion army without authorization in early February. He disappeared and was suspected of returning to the country... He told me that I need to improve
Be vigilant to prevent Pang Huan from plotting evil."
"What?"
Zhai Huang's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he whispered: "Your Majesty, Pang Huan is the favorite general of the King of Nanliang. Could it be that he is the King of Nanliang..."
Zhao Run thought for a moment and said calmly: "The King of Nanliang is not that stupid."
After saying that, he crumpled the letter in his hand into a ball and threw it into the bonfire in front of him. Then he clapped his hands and said lightly: "No one is allowed to spread this matter... Now it is better to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, defeat it in one breath and retreat to Yongqiu."
The remnants of Xiang Mo’s army.”
"……yes!"
Zhai Huang, Chu Heng, Yan Shun, Tong Xin and others responded with clasped fists.
"What do you want to do? King of Nanliang?"
Looking at the bonfire in front of him, Zhao Run secretly guessed.
It was obvious that Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, was planning to make some small move, but in terms of public and private matters, as well as emotions and reasons, Zhao Run did not believe that Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, would do something detrimental to his Wei State at such a time.
After all, that guy still has his own bottom line.