307. Chapter 307 The two armies confront each other
Jiao Tu was very proud, turned his horse's head and raised his knife to slash. At this critical moment, an arrow shot like lightning. Jiao Tu couldn't dodge and hit his right shoulder with an arrow. He screamed, his body shook, and almost fell from the horse.
Xing Daorong seized this opportunity, and even ignored the battle axe and ran towards his camp. Liu Jing sneered and put away the bow and arrow. He had long seen that Jiao Tu still had enough strength. He would definitely have a fraud if he was defeated so easily. As expected, he was guessed.
The soldiers on both sides of the battle started to clamor at the same time, and they scolded each other for being shameless. Jiao Tu retreated with injuries and said angrily to Xu Huang: "I will never be tired of deceitful soldiers. I will win the plan, but the other party uses cold arrows. It is extremely despicable. I will apologize!"
"You are innocent, go down and heal your wounds!"
Xu Huang saw it very clearly that this arrow should have been shot by Liu Jing. He heard Yu Jin say that Liu Jing was very skilled in martial arts, which made him extremely interested. At this time, he did not want to send the general to fight anymore, so he took off his axe and shouted: "Play the drums and cheer me!"
Cao's war drums were beaten again. Amid the earth-shaking war drums, Xu Huang urged his horse to come out. He ran to the formation and shouted: "I am Xu Gongming from Hanoi, please ask the Muslim Liuzhou to fight!"
Li Jun was furious. Liu Jing was a prince of the side, how could he fight against Xu Huang? He picked up his gun and was about to rush out, but Liu Jing stopped him, "You are not Xu Huang's opponent, don't go to die, let me experience it."
He stretched out his hand and said, "Come on the halberd!"
Two personal soldiers handed over the long spear. More than a dozen tooth generals on both sides were shocked and came forward to persuade him. However, Liu Jing shouted: "Will Lu Bu go into battle? Can Sun Ce go into battle? They are not afraid, so why should I be afraid? Don't persuade him again!"
With a war horse, the Lu horse rushed out like an arrow and rushed towards Xu Huang. He waved the Fang Tian Painted Spear and laughed: "Yanqing has been looking forward to fighting with Xu Gongming for a long time!"
Xu Huang also laughed: "If I get the head of Liuzhou Mu, I, Xu Huang, can I achieve great success in the world. Will the governor of the state help me? Look at the axe!"
He urged his horse to move forward and slashed towards Liu Jing. A cold light flashed and a fierce wind blew towards him. The axe, regardless of its power, speed and momentum, was not comparable to Xing Daorong, who was also axe.
Xu Huang's military power ranks fifth among the generals of the Cao army, second only to Xu Chu, Zhang Liao and two Xiahous. However, he was not only skilled in martial arts, but also had no weak strategy. Like Zhang Liao, he was a famous general with both civil and military skills.
Liu Jing has also been famous for a long time. Being able to fight Xu Huang is also an expectation deep in his heart. Just like a person who has practiced peerless martial arts, he always hopes to find an opponent to compete and verify his martial arts.
Especially after he received guidance from Zhao Yun's letter, many of his confusions in martial arts practice were wiped out, making his martial arts go further. At this time, he was more eager to fight with a master like Xu Huang. Although this was a key battle for Longzhong, Liu Jing would inevitably have some selfishness.
He felt the power of Xu Huang's axe, the unrivalled power and the stagnant momentum, which were incomparable to ordinary generals. He was very passionate in his heart and shouted, "Good come!"
He waved his halberd and rushed away, and heard a harsh sound of "Dang!", two thousand pounds of force collided, and the fire burst out. The huge rebound force made both of the war horses under their crotch scream, and at the same time, they took more than ten steps back.
Liu Jing was shocked and his arms were numb, and his chest was churning, and he felt extremely uncomfortable and could not say a word. Xu Huang was also dizzy, his tiger's mouth was shaken open, and blood marks were faintly seen, and he could hardly hold the handle of the axe.
Xu Huang was extremely shocked. No wonder Yu Jin was no longer Liu Jing's opponent. Liu Jing's martial arts were evenly matched with him. Moreover, he was young and energetic, and his endurance was longer than that of himself. If he continued to fight for a long time, he might suffer a loss.
But Liu Jing no longer allowed him to think about it anymore, so he shouted again, "Xu Gongming, eat my halberd!" The shadows of the halberds slashed towards him in the sky. Xu Huang was shocked. This was somewhat similar to Zhang Xiu's spear technique. He had no time to think about it carefully, avoid the weak and the real, and the big axe went to fight. The two of them came with the axe and the halberds, and the war horses were spinning around, fighting fiercely.
The battle was so dark that it was like a battle between gods. The soldiers on both sides were drunk and shouting hoarsely. The two fought for more than fifty rounds. After all, Xu Huang was already middle-aged, his physical strength gradually became weak, and the speed of the axe began to slow down.
However, Liu Jing became more and more braver as he fought. He practiced hard at the bottom of the river for many years, making endurance his greatest advantage, especially after thirty or forty rounds, his moves and strength would be fully utilized, and Gan Ning was defeated by his endurance.
Xu Huang's momentum was no longer there, and he was in a difficult position. The defeat gradually appeared. After five or six rounds, Xu Huang was obviously out of reach, and was surrounded by danger. He was almost cut off his left arm by Liu Jing's halberd.
Xu Huang was secretly frightened and dared not fight any more. When the two horses were intertwined, he roared hard and the axe slashed away. This was a plan to surround Wei to save Zhao. He felt that Liu Jing's halberd was slapped directly on the back. If it was hit firmly, he would be seriously injured. However, if Liu Jing was hit by his battle axe, he would bet that Liu Jing would definitely return to defense.
Liu Jing used the move to be the hammer in the Danfeng Chaoyang spear. He used the halberd as a spear and patted Xu Huang's back directly. If he hit, Xu Huang's spine would inevitably be broken. But at this time, Liu Jing also felt that Xu Huang's big axe was spinning towards his waist. If he hit, he would definitely die. One was injured and the other died. Liu Jing weighed the pros and cons in an instant.
His long halberd passed through the air, accurately holding Xu Huang's axe nerd, and stroking it outward. Xu Huang was waiting for this one. With the force of this one, he clamped his war horse with his legs. The war horse ran for more than ten steps, but did not stop and ran directly towards the formation.
Liu Jing did not chase after him and asked loudly: "Gongming took a break for a while, would he want to fight again?"
Xu Huang did not answer his words, rushed to the front of the formation and shouted: "The entire army immediately retreated to the camp!"
Xu Huang knew better than anyone else that the general was defeated and his morale was damaged. More importantly, his troops were far inferior to the other side. If he was fighting fiercely, his three thousand troops would be wiped out. If he was defeated in time, he would be able to save at least 70% of his troops.
A harsh bell sounded in the Cao army's formation, "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" As the bell of retreating troops rang wildly in the direction of Longzhong Town like a retreat. The defeat of the main general made each of them feel extremely panicked, and they just wished they had two more legs.
When Liu Jing saw Cao's army defeated and fled, he pointed his halberd forward. This was the order for the attack. The sound of the war drums of the Jiangxia army's attack suddenly sounded shockingly.
Liu Jing took the lead, waved his halberd and chased him quickly. Behind him, ten thousand Jiangxia soldiers shouted, waved their swords and spears, and chased them bravely. After a moment, they crossed the river and rushed into Longzhong Town. The slow-running Cao army was either killed by the Jiangxia army, or surrendered one after another.
The Cao army camp was located about 200 steps to the west of the official road in the middle of Longzhong Town. Zhu Ling spent the whole night to prepare for the war, razing all the surrounding houses to the ground, and cutting down a piece of wood, leaving the attacking enemy without any support. He dug a trench about a meter wide along the camp and buried the trench thorns.
When Xu Huang's army retreated, Zhu Ling had already deployed a thousand crossbowmen outside the camp in advance. He shouted to Xu Huang: "Gongming, withdraw back to the camp quickly, I'll cover it!"
Xu Huang held back the war horse order and said, "General Zhu can return to the camp to rectify the defeated soldiers, so I will deal with it here!"
Zhu Ling did not argue, but turned his horse and ran back to the camp. Xu Huang looked at both sides. A thousand crossbowmen were lined up in a double tower arrow formation. He was in the middle, with five hundred people on both sides, holding military crossbows, half-kneeling on the ground in front, but standing in the back row, looking very well-trained.
Xu Huang nodded secretly and stared at Jiang Xiajun who was following him. When he saw Liu Jing, his eyes narrowed and he shouted coldly: "Target the target at the main horse riding!"
A thousand military crossbows were aimed at Liu Jing. At this time, Liu Jing also saw several rows of Cao army crossbow soldiers in front of him blocking the road, with a thousand people. The cold crossbows pointed at them. He waved his hand and said, "Stop all!"
He stopped the pursuit of Jiangxia's army, and then turned around and ordered: "The army is in full swing, and the sword and shield army is the forefront!"
As the drums sounded, ten thousand Jiangxia troops quickly lined up, and three thousand shield troops rushed out of the team, holding large shields in their hands, arranged into three semicircular shield walls. Liu Jing shouted again: "Attack!"
"Dong-Dong-Dong-D" the slow attack drum sounded, and the three thousand swords and shield troops began to surround Cao's army two hundred steps away step by step.
The formation of Jiangxia Army changed rapidly, and Xu Huang could see clearly. He couldn't help but secretly praised Liu Jing's proper command and Jiangxia Army was well-trained. Seeing that Jiangxia's sword and shield army had reached 150 steps away, Xu Huang shouted: "Shoot the sword and shield army and withdraw to the camp immediately!"
A crisp sound of crossbows sounded from Cao's crossbow formation, and a thousand arrows shot towards the sword and shield army like a storm. The sword and shield army stopped immediately. The soldiers half-kneeled and hid behind the shield. Only a crackling sound was heard, and a thousand crossbow arrows shot into the sword and shield army semicircular formation.
Although there were no casualties, Cao's army took advantage of the opportunity of the sword and shield army pausing to avoid it and quickly gathered into a torrent and rushed into the camp.
On the wall of the Daying, another thousand Cao troops left behind in the Daying were also ready to deploy. They held bows and arrows in their hands to cover the retreat of the Crossbow Army, which seemed very orderly.
At this time, Li Jun urged the horse to Liu Jing and whispered: "The Cao army seems to be ready. I recommend that the heavy armored infantry be transferred to attack the military camp!"
Liu Jing shook his head and smiled, "You can bluff and shoot with bows and arrows. You might as well shoot more rockets. As for heavy-armored infantry, there is no need to mobilize them for the time being!"
Li Jun was surprised and did not understand Liu Jing's intention. If he used heavy armored infantry to attack the camp, he should be able to break through, but the governor of the state refused to agree. Why? He was puzzled.
But Liu Jing's order was to be implemented. Li Jun immediately mobilized five thousand soldiers to fill soil with sandbags and quickly built a six-foot-high and two-mile-long semicircular protective wall. The protective wall was about 120 steps away from the Cao army camp, and it was completed in just one hour.
Three thousand crossbowmen immediately hid behind the protective wall and shot against Cao's army. The arrows were like rain, and they shot into the military camp. There were shiny rockets in the middle, and the two sides launched a fierce arrow battle.
Chapter completed!