Before Gongsun Zan started provoking, he saw the opponent's city gate opened wide, and the knights rushed out of the city gate. The Kushans were different from the big men. Each of them wore light armor and no armor. The leader of the general was also
In this way, Gongsun Zan did not give the order to retreat at all, turned around, and fled on horseback. Sure enough, the soldiers of Xiaoyong Camp did not wait for his order and had already started to flee.
Gongsun Zan was still lagging behind. Seeing them fleeing, the Kushan people ignored them and pursued them one after another. The leader took out a strong bow and fired at the Xiaoyong camp. However, the soldiers of the Xiaoyong camp were all in the position of attacking and firing.
He was out of the killing range and fled the moment he saw the opponent opening the city. The distance was further, and his mounted shooting did not have any effect.
The city gate was still open, and the knights rushed out one by one. In such a chaotic pursuit, Gongsun Zan couldn't see how many people were following behind him. He ran at full speed towards the mountain where Sun Jian was.
As they left, just as the Heroic Battalion had just crossed the mountain, Sun Jian roared, and the soldiers of the Southern Army behind him stood up one after another, and pointed their crossbows at the enemy.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
The soldiers of the Southern Army stood on the top of the mountain, aiming their yellow crossbows at the charging enemy soldiers below. Under such circumstances, the crossbow arrows were several times more powerful than the strong bows. The crossbow arrows shot from the mountain ridge would
The soldiers in the front row were all shot over. Even men and horses were shot through and fell to the ground. Under such a powerful force, Hai, who led the charge, was also frightened.
Originally, he thought that the other party was just a group of horse bandits who escaped from nowhere. It was ridiculous to set up an ambush with their whims. However, he now understood his mistake. These were definitely not horse bandits. There was no way that horse bandits could do anything.
Such elite soldiers and horses, the gleaming iron blocks on their bodies, and the bows and arrows. Why are there such powerful bows and arrows in the world? They can even shoot through horses!!
The Kushan people have no armor, so strong bows alone can cause them great losses, not to mention these yellow crossbows.
Suddenly, the vanguard army led by Hai suffered heavy casualties. The most terrible thing was that the horses in front fell, blocking the road and even hitting the soldiers in the rear. Because this was an upward mountain, Sun Jian was indeed
Choosing the best place to ambush, in such a dangerous situation, Hai came to his senses and hurriedly calmed down the anger in his heart. He shouted: "The rear army is the front army, withdraw!"
After raising the flag, the Kushan people prepared to retreat.
Xu Chu led his soldiers and rushed out from the woods to block the Kushan people's retreat. Xu Chu was very brave and took the lead. He rushed directly into the Kushan people's formation and started fighting. Just because of his size
, so scared that the Kushan people did not dare to approach. Sun Jian looked at the chaotic battlefield and still sat there. He could no longer lead the troops to fight in person. Now he did not have to command the entire army!
The yellow crossbow is still tearing apart the enemy's formation. Although this yellow crossbow is more powerful than the strong bow, it also has shortcomings. First of all, it cannot fire continuously like the strong bow. Secondly, it is very likely that he will accidentally injure his own people.
Most of the time, crossbows are fired horizontally. Because they are heavy and heavy, soldiers cannot throw them like strong bows.
When there are their own people in the front, the Han army always uses strong bows to launch long-distance missiles to avoid accidentally injuring their own people and attacking the opponent's rear army. But now, there is no such problem. The Kushan people will take this path
The blockage was so tight that the Han soldiers could kill a large area as long as they aimed their crossbow arrows downwards and shot with their eyes closed.
However, Sun Jian did not expect that the opponent's general still had some brains. He did not fight Sun Jian hard head-on. He also saw Sun Jian's terrain advantage, so he turned around and started fighting with Xu Chu. On Xu Chu's side, only
With his own men and horses, and the large number of Kushan people and cavalry, he was repulsed. No matter how brave Xu Chu was, he could not resist the opponent's army!
And this group of Kushan people was also brave and unstoppable. They were all elite soldiers who originally followed General Lao Hai in the north and south. After fighting to the death, they were vaguely about to break through Xu Chu's blockage. At this time, Sun Jian was shocked.
, he saw soldiers rushing out of the opponent's city gate again, and these soldiers quickly charged towards Xu Chu!
Sun Jian wanted to support, but the main force was on the mountain and there was no way to go down to support. When the Kushan people attacked from the front and back, Xu Chu's army couldn't stand it anymore. The Kushan soldiers rushed from behind and stabbed hard with the spears in their hands.
Go, one Confederate army fell down one after another. After Xu Chu found that he was surrounded, he no longer charged towards the enemy's formation and wanted to gather the soldiers for defense!
"Captain Ma!!" Sun Jian shouted.
Ma Chao, who was supposed to be chasing the remnant bandits, immediately rushed to the rear to support Xu Chu after receiving Sun Jian's flag order. Sun Jian gave the order again, and the main force of the southern army launched an attack!
Xu Chu's troops were surrounded by double-teams from the front and back, resulting in extremely heavy casualties. Fortunately, Xu Chu quickly gathered them together and fought them in front and back. This prevented the backhand arranged by Hai from continuing to kill without restraint. Ma Chao's rapid attack changed the situation again.
During the battle, Ma Chao directly ran into Guishang's ambush army. Most of these people were infantry. Ma Chao charged with his cavalry and directly cut a gap in their formation!
The main force of the Southern Army had already climbed down from the mountains and was fighting directly with the Kushan army. Sun Ce was at the front, stabbing with the spear in his hand, knocking the Kushan soldiers off their horses one after another. The battle situation became
Chaos arose, with shouts of killing everywhere. When Hai retreated to the plain, everyone had already started fighting in chaos.
It was no longer possible to tell who was surrounding whom, and could only be vaguely distinguished by their armor. In such a close-quarters fight, the armored Han army obviously wanted to overpower the Kushan soldiers. When the battle lasted for nearly half an hour,
By that time, the corpses of both sides were already piled up in the mountains, and countless horses were running wildly around. They lost their masters and looked particularly irritable.
There are often injuries like lying on the ground and being trampled to death by horses!
"Haha!!" In the chaos, a spear suddenly stabbed Hai. Hai quickly leaned back. The spear did not pierce Hai's chest, but it still passed through his shoulder.
, Hai gritted his teeth and pulled out the long knife from his waist. He seemed to ignore the scars on his shoulder and slashed at it. The young general opposite was startled, and he quickly let go of the spear and ran back.
"Pfft!"
Another spear pierced Hai's retreat. Hai roared in pain and leaned over to strike. The Nan soldier holding the spear was directly struck by him. A feather arrow flew over and hit Hai's abdomen.
Hai held the horse's mane tightly with both hands and bent his body to prevent himself from falling. Blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth.
The shouts of death gradually disappeared. The surroundings of Hai were filled with corpses and rivers of blood. He looked around and saw that there was no one standing anymore. In the distance, Sun Ce looked at him in surprise.
Just now, he went to kill the enemy general with full confidence, but this guy was not afraid of death and almost cut off his own hands!
Before the official battle with Guishang, he did not expect that the Kushan people had such strong combat power. He couldn't help but think about how Captain Gongsun defeated those rebels? And Lieutenant Hua
?
Sun Jian rode his horse and walked out calmly. Looking at the cruel scene around him, he felt a little painful in his heart. Previously, he had indeed underestimated the Kushan people, thinking that they were related to the horse bandits and Qiang people outside the Great Wall.
There is no difference, they are all uneducated barbarians. However, today, he learned a lesson here and cannot underestimate any enemy.
The Confederate Army has never suffered such heavy losses since it was formed. This was still in an ambush battle. If he rashly attacked the city, it would be difficult to win... Sun Jian's heart became increasingly heavy, and the Confederate Army around him
The same was true for the soldiers, their faces were full of sorrow. Although they were victorious, they did not feel any joy. The battlefield was silent.
Sun Jian looked at the enemy general and said: "Surrender! I will spare your life!"
The surrounding soldiers shouted: "Spare you! Spare you! Spare you!"
Hai slowly raised his head, looked at Sun Jian, wiped the blood on his face randomly, stretched out his left hand, pointed at Sun Jian, and then pointed at himself. He slowly raised the long knife in his right hand, with the blade still there.
Trembling and blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, Sun Jian looked at him, nodded, and pulled out the Han Sword from his waist. Sun Ce said at the side: "Father..."
"Go away!" Sun Jian cursed unceremoniously.
"Ha!" Hai shouted and galloped towards Sun Jian. Sun Jian did the same. The two approached quickly and raised their swords. "Whoa!" Sun Jian bent down to avoid the opponent's attack.
The Han sword in his hand directly cut open the opponent's abdomen flatly. The two passed each other and stopped their horses. Sun Jian turned around and looked at the opponent.
Hai fell off the horse and remained motionless. His horse kept nudging its master with its head, and its hooves rubbed against the ground uneasily.
"Give this guy a good burial...he is quite a warrior."
Afterwards, Gongsun Zan ordered people to clear the battlefield. Faced with this bloody battle, the soldiers of the heroic camp were extremely afraid. They had never seen such a tragic battle. Everyone was silent as they moved the bodies of their comrades. Sun Jian looked at it.
In the city in the distance, the city gates were closed. It seemed that there were not many soldiers in the city, but they were still unwilling to surrender.
Sun Jian directly ordered Ma Chao to surround the city, and then the whole army was repaired. Gongsun Zan was exploring the surrounding area to prevent the enemy from attacking.
After repairing for a day, Sun Jian began to build siege equipment the next day. On the third day, Sun Jian launched the final storm. As expected, there were not many soldiers left in the city. When Sun Jian's army covered them up, they could not do anything.
There was no decent resistance, but as soon as a few rounds of bows and arrows were fired, Xu Chu was already standing at the top of the city, with less than 400 people left in the city.
Sun Jian captured Xinha and was stationed here, but Gongsun Zan left. He went to report to Dong Zhuo and inform him of the situation of the war here.