Chapter 21: Yamagata still lies on the river(2/3)
Ten thousand enemies from Bi Yan had just passed through the sixth and seventh battalions. Han De and Zhao Ang blocked them. Zhao Ang's flag fell down. Han De was killed. Zhao Ang's flag fell down again. Zhao Ang's flag fell down again.
Ang was captured alive...
This person has been frightened for a long time. People like Sima Yi, Meng Da, and Fu Qian are very professional if they can force themselves to stay calm and maintain the organization and defense of the troops!
"Our troops come from many places, so they don't cooperate well with each other! And most of them are new recruits with different qualities!"
"Not only that, our army was on the way to advance. We did not have time to prepare strong bows and crossbows, and the enemy's troops were weak, so we were arrogant and wanted to fight Zhang Yide's cavalry. How could Zhang Yide, a famous cavalry commander in the world, stop him?
But as long as we hold on..."
Before Zhang Yide arrived, Meng Da, Sima Yi and others were looking for reasons why the war had developed to this bizarre stage. But just as he was mid-sentence, he heard a noise in front of him, and then only dozens of horses came galloping towards him.
They are galloping forward like thousands of troops, unstoppable... Although the opponent has even lost their flag, who knows that this is Zhang Fei coming to the front of the battle?
Meng Da, Sima Yi and others also changed their expressions instantly, and together with Han Fu and Fu Gan, their faces became paler than the last one.
They wanted to order the arrows to be fired, but when they saw Zhao Weizhang being held under his arm by a giant man covered in blood, they were at a loss and did not dare to give the order for a moment.
And how could Zhang Fei give these people time to hesitate?
Almost a moment later, he rushed to the front of the formation, and then struggled to throw the general under his arm over the forest of guns in front! Poor Zhao Weizhang was not caught to death. At this time, his thigh was pierced by the spear of his own soldier, and he was instantly
The blood was flowing like water, and I finally cried out incomprehensibly!
At this time, Zhang Fei had already easily followed the gap opened by Zhao Ang with his physical body, jumped directly with all his strength, and galloped into the Yan army's formation himself!
You know, Sima Yi, Meng Da and others still want to save face. In order to observe the battlefield and direct the war, they are only a few dozen steps away from the front row of gun formations! But when they saw Zhao Ang being thrown into the gun formation like a chicken,
, and saw the opponent Zhang Fei rushing into the formation like a ghost, but each of them panicked!
"There is really only one person here, so let's get out of the way!" Meng Da was the first to become shameless, and actually reined up his horse and walked away, heading towards his deputy general Shen Dan on the flank.
As soon as Meng Da left, the other three generals also panicked and dispersed.
Seeing this shape, Zhang Fei didn't care, he just laughed, picked one person and a flag, and chased after him with a spear.
Sima Yi turned around and saw that he was the only one being chased. He almost broke down and shed tears. However, he could only try his best to escape in embarrassment with several armored cavalry around him... But in the immediate vicinity, no one dared to shoot an arrow, and there was no time to stop him, so
Thousands of sergeants could only watch in stunned silence as Sima Yi was chased by Zhang Fei in the formation, from west to east, almost passing through half of the formation.
I don't know if it was because of the many obstacles in the formation, but suddenly, Sima Yi, who was fleeing in front, lost his horse and fell off his horse. Then Zhang Fei thrust his spear directly in front of him!
"Am I really not going to be the prime minister in this life?"
This was Sima Zhongda's only thought after he turned around and saw the strange spear tip.
But unexpectedly, when Zhang Fei was galloping towards the opponent, he suddenly reined in his horse, and the tip of the curved spear only stopped less than two feet in front of the opponent's eyes.
"Could he be Fu Nanrong's son?" Zhang Yide instead of making a move, instead laughed and sighed in the military formation. "I have tried my best in this battle, and as an old friend, why don't I spare your life? I hope you can do what your father did.
A person who is innocent in life and death!"
After saying this, he left the man under the spear and continued eastward on horseback.
The surrounding sergeants were stunned for a moment, and then they were about to draw their bows and spears. However, after their eyes passed over the banner with the word "Fu" behind them, which was obviously followed by the wrong person in the chaos, Sima Yi, who had just stood up, turned red in the face and worked hard.
Sheng gave the order: "Send the order to the whole army, this old friend of Duke Yan must not shoot cold arrows!"
The surrounding sergeants complied blankly, and actually allowed Zhang Fei, who was obviously exhausted, to ride out of the battle alone and head towards the waterfront.
Seeing Zhang Fei coming out of the battle, Sima Yi came back to his senses and felt like his whole body was being washed by water. A gust of wind blew by, and his face turned red. It turned out that it was only at this time that the Henan Captain realized that he had just
Not only was he sweating, but his crotch was especially wet. It was as if Zhang Fei had already lost control the moment he put away his spear.
It is said that Sima Zhongda came from a noble family. Although he was separated from others, his father's teachings never stopped. Later, he was always the best in the officialdom and above the university. Even if he made political mistakes like before and was sent to the front line to pay his crimes and perform meritorious service, he was different from others.
It’s different. I’ve always been naturally noble, so how could I endure myself being reduced to such an unbearable situation?
But, such a truly shameful thing actually happened! The person who humiliated him had just spared his life, leaving him at a loss what to do!
And at this moment, suddenly, without waiting for Sima Yi to look at Zhang Fei's direction and make a decision, on the battlefield, to the south of Sima Yi's military formation, where Zhao Ang and Han De's army were, the noise started again!
Of course, soon after, Sima Yi realized what was going on without waiting for the sentry cavalry to rush to summon him. A flag embroidered with the four characters "Left General Liu" actually appeared in his field of vision!
Obviously, although Zhang Fei's assault ended with his troops almost attrition and collapse, with only one man left riding alone, there is no doubt that Liu Xuande was not a vegetarian, and he actually seized the opportunity to cross the battlefield again.
Not to mention the other battalions, as for why Chen Deng and Mi Fang, who were well-established, were able to let this man come here, it is hard to say whether the entire formation collapsed or whether they allowed the other party to attack from the gap between the two battalions out of shame.
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However, in any case, Liu Xuande's arrival provided a reasonable outlet for the extremely ashamed and angry Sima Yi. Seeing General Zuo's flag in the distance, this man actually took off his armor and helmet directly on the battlefield, cut his hair into a bun, and took off his shirt.
It was rolled up at the waist, revealing a white upper body!
Then, in the stunned silence of his subordinates, the naked nobleman, the captain, stood up on his horse, raised his sword and ordered: "The whole army moves north, follow me to attack. Liu Bei is in front. Anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed without mercy!"
After saying this, he actually jumped forward on his horse and personally led the attack! And his troops were also excited for a moment, calling for their followers and launching a counterattack.
Since Sima Yi sent troops, Meng Da did not dare to neglect him. After all, at this time, why didn't Meng Zijing, who also had great ambitions, worry and be ashamed and angry that he had just escaped first?
Therefore, nearly six thousand troops at once, the so-called six tribes of Sima, Meng, Han, Fu, Cao, and Shen, almost all marched north to counterattack Liu Bei's banner.
In other words, if Liu Bei could attack this place, he would have done his best.
Moreover, if Zhang Fei himself is an enemy of ten thousand people, and riding alone, he is enough to frighten Yan Jun, a group of three-legged cats, but Liu Bei does not even have this advantage... In fact, his assault seemed to go smoothly.
In fact, it was extremely difficult, because as Xun Gongda, who was separated from Sima Yi's army by Chen Qun's auxiliary army, had already seen clearly, it was difficult for the Yan army to truly collapse at this time!
Xie died, and the Qiang people dispersed with Gongsun Xu. But when he came to his senses, did Gongsun Xu dare to really escape, or did the Qiang leaders dare to escape?
Kong Xiu is dead, his Xuzhou Army and even several Qu Junhou are almost dead, but so what? Do they really dare to directly become deserters?
As for Jiang Xu's death, not to mention, Jiang immediately began to take over and try to regain control of the troops.
To put it bluntly, being a deserter on the battlefield is not just a matter of just walking away, but akin to resisting the entire state machine behind you. And with the current situation in Yan State, who is crazy? Thousands of miles away from home.
Who has the courage to fight against a new regime that has a dominant position in his hometown and is about to unify the world?
As a result, after Zhang Fei, the Yan army's troops in the first few battalions lost their commanders and basically formed a situation of collapse and dispersion.
Zhang Fei's bravery, Zhou Li's desperate efforts, and Liu Bei's hard work all played an obvious role and took the so-called initiative on the battlefield, but in fact they were always in a state of being consumed.
The Yan army collapsed and then regrouped, and after regrouping and then collapsing, and then regrouping again, Liu Bei's soldiers died one by one, fled one after another, and never came back.
But when Liu Xuande gathered the remnants of Zhou Li's troops along the way, leading the main force of his army to take advantage of Mi Fang and Chen Deng's shame and Zhang Fei's previous beheading to capture the flag, and fight all the way to the front of Sima Yi's army, they were completely powerless.
Therefore, as Sima Yi fights naked and rushes to the front in person, no matter how much Liu Bei can win the hearts of the people, he can't stop his subordinates from suffering numerous injuries and the entire army collapses!
Liu Xuande sighed, neither happy nor angry, but followed the troops beside him, fighting and retreating.
So far, Liu and Zhang's efforts have been duly rewarded, and the battle situation is finally no longer in doubt.
As the battlefield became chaotic, Liu Bei's rear army Li Tong fought hard to respond. Almost the entire Yan army went south, trying to kill Liu Bei who was destined to be replaced by Wanhuhou. Only Sima Yi, who was covered in blood, was naked.
With his upper body covered, he turned to the waterside with only a few riders.
At noon, the sun was dazzling, and as the shouts of death became farther and farther away, in front of a reed swamp by the waterside, Zhang Fei, with his bare upper body standing in waist-deep water, washing his armor, turned around and felt helpless for a moment:
"I am attacking so hard just to prevent you from catching up. Why do you have to pursue me so closely?"
The man behind him came to the water with half a spear and began to take off his armor and wash himself. However, it was Zhang Fei's deputy general Zhou Li who was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he untied his bun and lowered his head in the water.
With a shake, the originally clear river water was instantly infected with blood.
But the man saw the blood being diluted, and then he responded sternly: "I saw the general's thoughts from the beginning... It is nothing more than that the general has received a great favor from General Zuo, and he must fight hard to repay his kindness.
But we didn’t want those of us and the general to die in vain, so we rushed northward with all our strength, regardless of our headquarters behind us.”
"Since you know..." Zhang Fei stood in the water, stroking the armor in his hand, but he sighed more and more. "Why is it necessary?"
"Because the general has the thoughts of a general, and as a deputy general, I also have the thoughts of a deputy general." Zhou Li also held his armor and spoke slowly. "In the past in Xuzhou, I was an army commander under Gong Jin... At that time, I fled to Pengcheng.
Dozens of miles away, Gong Jin also wanted to die so that our subordinates could live, but I actually agreed to lead the remaining troops to flee into Pengcheng, but let him die on the field ridge. I will never forget it. Today, I have both
No matter how you serve others, how can you abandon your commander-in-chief?"
"Zhou Gongjin and I have always had different political views, but his demeanor is the best in Huainan." Zhang Yide directly faced each other without looking back. "His actions that day may seem pedantic to others, but to me,
But it feels absolutely right..."
"The general also thinks it's absolutely right." Zhou Li suddenly interrupted.
Zhang Fei finally turned around in confusion.
"Therefore, I would like to ask the general to fulfill my wish, so please go directly across the river and leave... If the general leaves, no one can stop him, and since the general is here, he can imitate Gong Jin and get his name!" Zhou Li said as if
Already prepared.
"There is no way for the public to cross the river, but for the public to cross the river... Lieutenant General Zhou, crossing the river may seem simple, but in fact it is not that simple." Zhang Yide looked at the sparkling waves in front of him and gave a rare wry smile. "However, if you want to do this,
I can barely understand, it’s just that the overall situation is here, and just like Gong Jin, you just want to be innocent. But, you want to be innocent, why should I not be innocent? "
"No." Zhou Li became more and more calm. "The general is different from me. Only by staying here can I remove the blockade in my chest. Only by leaving this time can the general be innocent..."
"What is this nonsense?"
"I have only worked with the general for a year, but I think I know a little about the general." Zhou Li turned around and glanced in the direction of the battlefield behind him. After a while, he turned back and continued to speak, and the shouts of death from there were getting more and more southward.
"The general's pursuit of innocence is to live up to others in his life. But in today's battle, everyone in the world, including General Zuo, as well as you and me, know that the general has indeed lived up to General Zuo... In this case, why die?
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"Can we still surrender?" Zhang Fei sighed.
To be continued...