Outside Yuan Jun's camp it was as quiet as last night. No Yuan Jun could be seen above or around the camp. They were all arrayed neatly in front of the camp, more than a mile away from the camp.
Jizhou belongs to the Great Plains area, with official roads crisscrossing the north and south. In addition to a large number of country roads, there are no less than three roads north of Neihuang County.
But the closest one to here is the road leading to Huanbei Pavilion, which is about one mile away from Daying, and the other two are basically more than ten miles away.
Ancient villages and towns were basically built along the river. Countless people, villages, fields, manors, and forts lived on the north bank of the Huan River, creating a series of ecological environments that made the entire north of the Huan River full of vitality.
However, as the Luoyang army moved closer and closer to Yecheng, the peaceful life of the people was also broken.
It is now the beginning of autumn, and the spring millets have been harvested as early as June. By the time autumn comes, it is the time to plant wheat. The fields that should have been lush and lush are now unattended, and the wheat seedlings are drooping listlessly in the fields.
, allowing the weeds and basil to grow luxuriantly.
On the plain open space by the river bank, tens of thousands of people lined up in neat military formations, each divided into several formations, either a square formation, a circular formation, an awl formation, or a long snake formation.
They each faced each other, slowly getting closer.
Four hundred steps, three hundred and fifty steps, three hundred steps...
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the teams that spread out in a fan shape are getting tighter and tighter. Finally, the one led by the general in the middle of the two sides gradually formed a triangular awl formation.
Guan Yu and Yan Liang, the two generals in the formation, along with their most elite personal guards, became the forefront of this spine.
Two large flags were erected beside them, and they finally stopped when they were two hundred steps away.
Without any hesitation, Guan Yu had no intention of quarreling with Yan Liang. He gently nudged the horse's belly and ran towards the formation. The Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand shone with a cold light, and he looked at Yan Liang's head with a serious look. What do you mean?
Naturally it is self-evident.
Yan Liang unconsciously looked around. The few generals and captains around him were now ambushing in the rear. Somehow, he lost two senses of security, but he could no longer care about that much.
If he wanted to escape, he could have withdrawn during the night last night or the night before, or even this morning he could have fled directly to the north toward Yecheng.
However, Yuan Shao was still suppressing Liu Bei in the plain and saw that his army was about to win a complete victory. However, those who were guarding their hometown in Wei County were beaten all the way to the outside of Yecheng. When the troops came to the city, no matter whether it was the guilt they had to bear or the loss of face.
, even his Yan Liang couldn’t bear it.
So it is better to give it a try and fight to the death.
Thinking of this, Yan Liang also got rid of all the messy thoughts in his mind and was about to urge his horse to fight.
But at this moment, a messenger hurriedly crossed the back row to the front, bowed under his horse and said: "General, something happened in the rear."
"whats the matter?"
Yan Liang frowned, he was most afraid of an accident at this time.
Because accidents often mean trouble.
The messenger whispered: "Colonel Meng sent someone to pass a message saying that this morning he sent someone to Huanbeiting to contact Colonel Cen's third scout team and they haven't come back yet. He suspects...
..”
"What do you suspect?"
"I suspect he may have deserted or been captured..."
"It's ridiculous, the rear is our hinterland, but within a distance of only twenty miles, there are no less than ten checkpoints. The troops are heavily guarded along the way. How could anyone touch our rear?"
Yan Liang's first reaction was that he didn't believe it, because the official road to the north was the only retreat for their army, so he was very cautious.
Along the way there were numerous checkpoints, as well as Meng Dai, Shi Huan and others leading troops to ambush.
If you want to catch three teams of scouts in such a heavily guarded rear area, if they are also scouts, you will need at least five or six teams. If you are infantry, you can't do it without hundreds of people. How could someone touch the rear?
kind of thing?
The messenger said: "That's why Colonel Meng suspected that they might be deserters."
"That's the only possibility."
Yan Liang's eyelids were twitching wildly. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of a reason.
Desertion is a common thing, not only for the Jizhou Army, but also for all princes in the world, including the Luoyang Army and the Qingzhou Army.
Everyone is afraid of death, and they may be enthusiastic before going to the battlefield. But after actually going to the battlefield and witnessing the cruelty of the battlefield, it is normal for them to want to quit and want to escape for their lives.
It's just that this situation often occurs among recruits. Scouts are generally composed of veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, so deserters are unlikely to occur.
But now there is no other explanation, so he can only be treated as a deserter and ignore these things.
Let's stick to the plan first.
Yan Liang comforted himself in his heart, hoping that this was just a small accident.
The messenger quickly retreated.
Qin Yan and the others did a very clean job. In this era, there were no means of communication. From the time of the accident early in the morning, to now it was already late at night. An hour and a half passed before they discovered that someone was missing. It was considered fast.
If Meng Dai had discovered the situation half an hour earlier, perhaps Yan Liang would have sent someone to investigate, and finally he might have found out why this team of scouts had disappeared, thus inferring that his plan had been exposed, and by temporarily adjusting his tactics, he might still have a chance to win.
After all, no matter how clean you clean it, some traces on both sides of the road are still difficult to completely deal with.
Unfortunately, the war was about to begin, and the enemy was already approaching the city. Yan Liang did not have so much time and thought to deal with these problems, so he could only bite the bullet and deal with it first.
At that moment, he held the horse's belly between his legs and urged the horse into the center of the battlefield.
"Yanliangpifu!"
When Guan Yu saw Yan Liang approaching, he raised his sword and shouted: "I will behead you today. Let's see if you have any excuses to escape."
"snort!"
Yan Liang snorted coldly: "Guan Yu, my son, when I went into battle to kill the enemy, you didn't know where you were. How dare you be arrogant in front of me? I was careless yesterday. In today's battle, I will kill you within the lily."
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and instinctively wanted to touch his beard. Then he remembered that his beard was already pricked up, so he laughed loudly and said: "You ridiculous madman, even Lu Bu dare not say such big words in front of someone, what's wrong with you Yan Liang?"
If you dare to dominate in front of me, I guess you have washed your neck yesterday, so I will send you to see your brother Wen Chou today!"
After saying that, Guan Yu hurriedly activated the claw Huang Fei Electric, which was spiritual, like a white phantom, and was killing Yan Liang.
Yan Liang had long known that Guan Yu's killing move was to use horse power and a broadsword to chop. He would first use force to overwhelm the opponent, and then press forward step by step. When the opponent was panicking, he would seize the opportunity to kill him with one strike. Therefore, he would naturally not do the same thing again.
If you make a mistake, immediately turn the horse's head and pull it sideways.
Guan Yu, the clinker, had already known that he would be like this, and ordered Huang Feidian to turn quickly. The horses rolled up gray smoke and dust on the ground, and sprinted straight like lightning. Then they suddenly turned and ran towards Yan Liang on the side.
"boom!"
"Kacha kacha kacha!~~"
Yan Liang did not expect that Zhu Huang Feidian could react so quickly and be able to immediately follow his change of direction. It was too late to avoid Guan Yu's slashing knife, so he had to raise the knife rest to block it.
A violent metal collision was heard, and then the Qinglong knife slid to the right, sparks flying from the friction as it sliced towards Yan Liang's finger.
Yan Liang hurriedly changed his moves. While throwing away his right hand, he changed the grip of the knife in his left hand to slashing, and slashed downwards with the held-up knife.
Because Guan Yu was slashing downwards, and after being blocked by Yan Liang's sword pole, he could only slash in the downward direction. It should have been in the direction of the head of Yan Liang's broadsword, but Yan Liang withdrew his sword, resulting in a downward slash.
The direction is the empty space beside Yan Liang.
At the same time, Yan Liang withdrew his sword and struck forward, and was about to strike at Guan Yu.
In fact, this move is what Yan Liang did. If it were an ordinary person, and he suddenly changed to using his left hand to draw the knife that he was not used to, the strength would definitely be pitiful.
However, even if Yan Liang uses it, the strength is actually not very strong. After all, it is not his dominant hand. He can only exert 20% of his usual strength, and the speed is not very fast.
So after noticing Yan Liang's rapid change of moves, Guan Yu immediately withdrew his sword, raised the handle of the sword, and blocked the sword with the end of the handle.
Because the force was too low, Guan Yu blocked it with almost no effort, then smiled mockingly and pushed forward suddenly.
Feeling the huge force coming from his left hand, Yan Liang suddenly said to himself, "Oh no."
Because he didn't expect that Zhu Huang Feidian could change direction quickly while running, he changed his moves in a hurry. He held a knife in his left hand and slashed sideways, trying to save himself, but Guan Yu blocked with both hands and was far away.
Much bigger than his one hand.
As a result, when Guan Yu pushed back hard, he suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell backward because he didn't have time to switch his right hand back to block the push.
At the same time, he couldn't hold it with his left hand, and the big knife suddenly fell to the ground.
Three moves!
Still using three moves, Yan Liang was surrounded by dangers and was in an extremely disadvantageous situation.
Seeing this situation, Yan Liang quickly took out the spare short blade from his waist and threw it at Guan Yu before Guan Yu could cut him again. At the same time, he spurred his horses and quickly ran towards his camp.
"Yan Liang, please don't leave!"
Guan Yu turned his head to dodge, and immediately activated his claws, Huang Feidian, to pursue him.
In this battle, Yan Liang did not lose because of his inferior skills, but because he used old tricks. He did not expect that Guan Yu's horse was so smart and could turn quickly during the gallop, causing the original tricks used to deal with Guan Yu's first three swords to become ineffective.
, so that he was still hit, causing panic in an instant.
But as the horse second only to Red Rabbit in the world, Huang Feidian is not only weaker than Red Rabbit in terms of speed, but also not inferior in agility.
Lu Bu fought in both the north and south for many years, and was known as the best in the world in terms of ability. Red Rabbit accounted for at least a third of the credit.
Although the Yellow Claw Flying Lightning is not as good as the Red Rabbit, it is not far behind, so it naturally has its advantages.
Among the masters, not only the moves and force are needed, but also the physical condition, mental state, weapons and horses are also indispensable. Yan Liang only improved his mental state, but everything else was suppressed by Guan Yu, so it was naturally difficult to turn the tide.
After losing the initiative, Yan Liang had to flee back to his own camp. Guan Yu's horse was fast and he was about to catch up. Fortunately, he was not far away, and many personal guards rushed up to protect Yan Liang.
Guan Yu slaughtered everyone and killed several of Yan Liang's guards with just a few blows. However, the enemies around him tried their best to protect Yan Liang, so he wanted to kill them with one blow, but had no chance.
"kill!"
Seeing that the enemy had no moral integrity, Chen Mu immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
After receiving the order from the general's flag, the army immediately moved forward, as if a huge mountain was being pushed forward. Suddenly the wind rolled over the remaining clouds, the autumn wind blew the flags, and the whole earth trembled.
"Bow and arrow, shoot quickly!"
Yan Liang's personal guards covered Yan Liang's escape and immediately ordered the archers to shoot at Guan Yu randomly.
Guan Yu was wearing battle armor. The large armor worn by the general had good defense. It was impossible for a bow and arrow to penetrate it. Moreover, Guan Yu also wore a helmet. As long as he held his sword to protect his face, he would be fine.
However, the claws on Huang Feidian's crotch were not as fully armored as the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry. Guan Yu cherished the horses, so he had no choice but to slash with his sword, block the arrows directed at the horses, and retreat backwards at the same time.
After withdrawing from a safe distance, the troops from the rear had also come up. In order to form the formation, no one ran, but moved forward step by step, moving forward steadily.
The soldiers in front of Yuan Jun suddenly went into a commotion because they saw their general's banner retreating to the rear. Without Yan Liang in front of the formation, Yuan Jun's morale dropped rapidly. If the officers hadn't shouted and harshly yelled at them and continued to form the formation, they would have already stopped.
Turn around and run.
The people in the front row of the Luoyang Army were veterans who were used to seeing life and death. They were moving forward without hesitation with indifferent expressions. Although most of their faces were so pale that there was no blood at all, there was no hesitation or pause at their feet, and they moved quickly.
March forward.
As the top soldiers at the front, they are often composed of veterans of hundreds of battles. But even if they are veterans of hundreds of battles, it would be a lie to say that they are not afraid. There is no one who is immortal in a war, but their existence must be a sea-god needle.
.
Only in this way, the soldiers behind, whether they are new recruits or veterans, will follow them and charge forward, bringing their generals victory after victory.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
One hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps, ninety steps!
The distance between the two sides continued to get closer, and the soldiers in the front row of Yuan's army were all trembling.
After hearing the neat and powerful shouts of the Luoyang Army, everyone's hearts seemed to be suddenly twitched into a ball by the shouts and roars. The sound waves came like an overwhelming wave, and everyone's face became extremely pale.
They kept looking back at the general's flag, only to find that the general's flag was still moving back, getting further and further away. This made everyone feel a deep despair.
Because various signs have shown that after their defeat, their leader Yan Liang planned to abandon them and escape to the official road to the north.
"ah!"
Seeing that the enemy was about to reach fifty paces away, one Yuan Jun soldier finally couldn't hold on any longer, dropped his weapon, turned around and ran away.
The war supervisor was about to go up and kill the deserter with a single blow, but before he could take action, it was like a landslide. The second, third, fourth... countless Yuan troops were in the front row.
The soldiers dropped their weapons at the same moment and ran away holding their heads.
Qianli Zhiti was destroyed in an anthill. When a strong human wall collapsed at one point, the effect was a chain reaction. If one person took the lead, others seemed to have a reason and began to follow suit.
For a time, the entire battlefield was in chaos.
Before the battle began, Yuan's army collapsed due to the defeat of the general!