Surrounded by many guards, Ma Xun fled hastily into the dense forest of Beishan. Ma Xun wanted to cry but had no tears.
In less than a cup of tea, Tanzhou's soldiers and horses were completely killed by Liang Jun's cavalry. The horse's left chest was split, and the armor on his right shoulder was split by a knife. The wound was bone-deep, and his left armpit was stabbed by a spear. He was killed by the guard.
When he desperately tried to get it back, he had fallen into a coma.
There was nothing they could do to save the situation, so they had no choice but to flee deep into the dense forest.
Fortunately, the enemy cavalry did not bite them and pursue them, so they retreated to the edge of the dense forest to take a breather.
But at this time, the Tanzhou soldiers and horses had been completely disrupted. At every moment, Tanzhou athletes fell under the iron hooves of Liang Jun, and their screams were mixed with the clang of the soldiers' armor, which was so frightening.
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Zhu Yu wore a blue cloth robe outside his armor. Surrounded by more than a hundred fine cavalry, he galloped up a short slope and had a panoramic view of the battlefield in the northwest. Of course, he also saw the robe worn by Ma Xun.
The armor, which is bright and decorated with too many decorations and looks flashy, attracts special attention on the edge of the battlefield.
However, Zhu Yu did not order the pursuit of Ma Xun, who was surrounded by only two to three hundred guards. Instead, he tried his best to kill as many Chu generals as possible on the battlefield in the valley.
Three thousand Xuanjiadu elite cavalry have already rushed out of the valley. One thousand cavalry are on standby on the east bank of the ravine, keeping an eye on the development of the battlefield situation. Two thousand cavalry are divided into dozens of teams and repeatedly charge into the chaotic ranks of the Chu army.
Prioritize the attack on the Chu army, whose will to fight has not yet collapsed, and cut the Chu army into large and small groups to prevent them from regrouping.
The battle finally ended when the sun was rising. Although many Chu troops fled hurriedly into the deep mountains and dense forests on both sides, more than 4,000 bloody corpses were still left in the valley. The ground was soaked with blood, and the battlefield was a mess.
Bloody mud.
After the battle, the turbid stream became clear again, but as the blood flowed in, it turned crimson, giving it a cruel beauty.
At this time, there were more than 3,000 unarmed civilians who were driven into a mountain col and detained.
"Your Highness is really good at predicting things. He is sure that Ma Xun is as timid as a mouse. When he sees my cavalry crossing the border, he will be frightened and flee Suizhou." A general wearing green armor galloped over, dismounted in front of the hill and strode over.
Said loudly.
"Tanzhou's soldiers and horses are reinforcing Xiangzhou. They are at both ends. They are fleeing to Suizhou. It is not difficult to predict. They may think that I will let them go. But the battlefield is changing rapidly. How can I allow them to retreat into the battle that Suizhou covets?"
Changes?" Zhu Yufeng smiled calmly.
"Should we send someone to hunt down Ma Xun?" General Qingjia asked.
"He can no longer make any waves in Jingxiang at this time, leaving him alive may be useful in the future." Zhu Yu did not want to waste time and troops around Ma Xun, so he asked General Qingjia, "To the west of Zaoyang City
Is there any movement?"
"The battle report from the west of Zaoyang has not come back, but Zhong Yanhu is also considered a number one person. After leaving Zaoyang City, he dared to retreat to the Han River in the west alone. His troops were well-organized and their combat power was stronger than the soldiers of other states of Chu.
Yang Xiong only has more than 2,000 light cavalry in his hands, so he may not be able to break this hard nut by the Han River." General Qing Jia said.
Zhu Yu didn't care about this matter. The battlefield was constantly changing, and it was always controlled by the general who was on the front line. He asked again: "What new changes are there in Xichuan?"
"Yang Yuanpu is no more than a child. Even if he rushes to Xichuan in person to take charge, he only has more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers guarding four places, so there is nothing to be afraid of." General Qingjia said.
"Yang Yuanpu was assisted by Han Qian, Li Zhigao, and Shen Yang. When they first arrived in Xichuan, they killed Xia Zhen to boost the army's power. I suspect they may have seen through our plan." Only at this moment did Zhu Yu's expression become truly serious.
"If they had really figured it out long ago, why was Zaoyang City so unprepared?" General Qingjia asked in confusion.
"Perhaps like us, they believe that Ma Xun is the leader and the mouse is both ends. It is not good for them to inform Ma Xun in advance, right?" Zhu Yu's solemn look at this moment also showed a trace of hesitation. He certainly hoped that Chu Jun would It wasn't until yesterday that I really understood their deployment, but as a qualified commander, it is always inappropriate to be overly optimistic, or to be self-righteous and mistakenly believe that a powerful enemy is too stupid.
However, the next step is to solve the eastern front first and cut off the Chu army's backup from the east bank of the Han River. Zhu Yu temporarily suppressed his worries about the western front and asked General Qingjia: "In the valley to the east, I heard that there are remnants of soldiers leaking out. past?"
"Your Highness arranged for more than 300 cavalry to block the east passage. The Chu army on this road was hit head-on by us again. No one should be able to escape," General Qingjia said.
"Okay, Chen Kun, you immediately arrange for three or four hundred cavalry to put on the blood-stained armor of the Chu army, pretend to be the Chu army and flee to Suizhou City. After capturing Suizhou City, you can return to Zaoyang to join me..." "Zhu Yu said.
Chen Kun, the general of Qingjia, was ordered to pass on the order. He first arranged for more than 300 cavalry to change into the bloody clothes of the Chu army and go ahead. He also picked up a flag of the Chu general. After that, he led more than a thousand fine cavalry to chase after him, leaving 1,500 to 600 cavalry behind. Following His Highness King Yong, he escorted more than 3,000 captured civilians and rushed to Zaoyang...
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The Han River passes between Xiangzhou City and Fancheng City, goes east for more than 60 miles, then turns sharply south until it flows into the Yangtze River 700 to 800 miles away, and never looks back in the middle.
On the east bank of the big bend of the Han River, there is a stretch of undulating low hills. This is the southern edge of the Nanyang Basin and the remnant of the northwest foothills of the Dahong Mountains. However, the terrain is no longer enough to block the passage of the Ma Bu Army.
The sparse forests along the river bank have withered branches and leaves after winter, and there are no people near or far, making it look extra desolate.
Before the spring water rises, the river is thin and narrow, and a large tidal flat is exposed along the river. Dozens of white-feathered river birds fly over the river beach. Occasionally, they suddenly swoop down towards the river, catch fish that jump out of the river, and fly back to the sky.
More than 20 galleys came from the west like arrows, and they did not slow down at all after passing through the mouth of the bay.
Hundreds of rowers were shirtless in the cold air, shouting and rowing the giant oars. Their strong muscles were like iron, and sweat dripped down.
Jin Rui, the chief of staff of Deng Xiang House, who was accompanying more than two thousand generals of the Xiangzhou Army to the east to assist Zhong Yanhu's retreat, was standing on the bow of a galley about seven feet long.
At this time, he could already see a Chu army eleven or twelve miles away to the south, surrounded by a dense Liang army on a low hill beside the river beach.
Although faced with the approaching Liang army that was several times their size, the Chu army backed by the dark blue Han River did not show any signs of cowardice. They continuously separated their troops, raised their swords and shields, and counterattacked towards the advancing Liang army. .
The boat moved like an arrow from the string, approaching the low slope. Jin Rui could see more and more clearly an unusually tall warrior, holding a pair of halberds and taking the lead, suppressing Liang Jun who tried to charge forward time and time again.
Although this warrior's body was covered with arrows, his figure did not look sluggish. He must have worn several layers of armor to avoid being shot by the enemy's arrows.
However, wearing several layers of armor, he could still swing a pair of iron halberds like the wind, and freely advance and retreat with the generals on his left and right. This kind of power was also extremely shocking.
Perhaps it was because of this warrior standing like a rock in front of the formation that the Chu army behind them could withstand such heavy casualties without losing their fighting spirit, right?
Although the hillside is not high, the terrain on the side connecting to the shore is relatively gentle, and it is from this side that Liang Jun continuously launched attacks; while the two sides are quite steep, as if a two to three hundred meter long dam was built on a fairly open river beach.
From Jin Rui's field of vision, he could see three to four hundred corpses piled up on the river beach on the north side of the hillside. There were generals from the Chu and Liang armies, all of whom had their limbs broken. Their blood vortexed the water in a corner of the hillside.
A patch of red.
The neighing sound coming from the headwind and the lamentation of the war horses made the blood in Jin Rui's chest ignite at this moment.
Zhao Mingting, who is in charge of Fangsi, commented on the younger generation of middle-level generals in Dachu, saying that if Zhong Yanhu was given room to display his talents, he would be a general at the level of Zhang Wei and Du Chongtao in the future. From this point of view, Mr. Zhao's vision of seeing people is indeed extraordinary.
Jin Rui was also secretly shocked and lucky.
Ma Xun refused to lead his troops to withdraw to Xiangzhou City, and instead withdrew to Suizhou with the main force of the right front garrison. Only Zhong Yanhu sent people across the river to ask for help and dispatched warships to meet him. However, by that time Zhong Yanhu's troops had already followed the third army southward from Tang He.
The second batch of Liang Jun's main force came into contact.
No one in Xiangzhou City thought that Zhong Yanhu's troops, with only 1,500 Jiangzhou soldiers and horses, could support the Xiangzhou army until they arrived in time.
Jin Rui insisted on suggesting that Xu Zhaoling and Du Chongtao send reinforcements to meet Zhong Yanhu.
Now it seems that they arrived in time. If they delay for an hour or two, Zhong Yanhu will be an invincible general, but he will be entangled by Liang's army several times, and he will eventually die from exhaustion.
The reinforcement general directed the galley to move towards the hillside, and used bows, arrows and crossbows to drive back the Liang army on the river beach side, clearing out the flanks of the hillside first.
There were many silts and swamps on the river beach, which made it difficult for the Liang Army to form a formation and kill them from the shore. However, the scattered Liang Army generals were not enough to withstand the reinforcements from finding high ground on the river beach to land and form formation.
The reinforcements found a dry patch of land to stand on in the river beach to the north of the hillside. There were warships in the river on the flanks setting up more than a dozen crossbows capable of firing more than 200 steps. Zhong Yan's troops could boldly launch from the hillside.
Withdrew and walked through the muddy river beach and cold shallow water to meet up with the reinforcements, without fear that Liang Jun would be able to pursue them in disarray.
"It hurts me too!"
Zhong Yanhu was surrounded by his subordinates and helped him board a galley. With the help of his subordinates, he took off his heavy armor, which would inevitably come into contact with the arrows embedded in his body.
Although Zhong Yanhu had penetrated the triple armor and charged into the battle, there were still several sharp arrows that penetrated the triple armor and penetrated deeply into his side ribs and the muscles of his shoulders and back.
These are all parts that Zhong Yanhu cannot protect when he fights hard.
At this time, when taking off the armor, he touched the arrow shaft that could not be completely cut off, which made Zhong Yanhu scream in pain.
At this time, Jin Rui ran over to see Zhong Yanhu's injury. When he saw the three sets of armor taken off from the bow of the boat, he felt that the total weight was 140 to 50 kilograms. He thought about what kind of magical power it would take to wear such a large and small armor at the same time.
Three sets of armor charged into battle for such a long time?
Seven or eight arrows shot by the enemy could penetrate the three layers of armor. Jin Rui also secretly felt that the archer hidden in Liang's army was using an amazingly strong bow.
