Xiang Chong stood behind the antlers, carefully exposed his half of his face to watch the battle situation.
At the connection between the right wing and the central army, the original defense line should be straight, but in fact the troops on both wings gradually retracted to the bottom, and Xiang Chong's troops were responsible for defending. This method of formation can be regarded as an obvious trap. Once Cao's army enters this area, it will be besieged by three parties at the same time.
Therefore, when the battle was fierce everywhere on the front of the battlefield, the inward connection of the sunken sank remained quiet for a while. Only a few Cao's army launched a tentative attack here, and were soon repelled by Xiang Chong.
This small result made Xiang Chong a little excited.
Xiang Chong joined Duke Xuande in the 14th year of Jian'an, and initially led only the tribe of the Xiang family in Yicheng. Later, he remained in the central military system and had almost no experience in the actual battlefield. However, Xiang Chong neither complained in front of others, nor was he negligent when dealing with military affairs.
Over the years, he seemed to have no military achievements, and always seemed to have some unique performances. He slowly rose to the position of the General of the Central Army Yamen. As one of Chen Dao's important assistants, he was responsible for summarizing and improving the documents, regulations and teachings on military construction and internal management.
In terms of power, this position is considered to be a low-level and powerful position. Recently, as the King of Hanzhong attaches importance to the regularization of the army, he frequently organizes to discuss martial arts. Generals from all over the country even send people to Chengdu to give gifts to Xiang Chong in order to know which aspects the King of Hanzhong has attached importance to recently.
With the expansion of the Hanzhong King's power, the generals in commanding troops from all over the country received rewards and expanded their own clans. They were almost all rich and generous, but Xiang Chong was never affected. He still did everything step by step and assessed the results of the various departments' tests fairly.
The King of Hanzhong once publicly praised Xiang Chong for this. Many people think that Xiang Chong may enter the center within three to five years and hold a more important military position.
But Xiang Chong himself is not looking forward to this.
Since he joined the army in the 14th year of Jian'an, he hoped that he could be a powerful general on the battlefield. Like his friends Lei Yuan or Guan Ping, he should at least be like Huo Jun, who can guard the pass and destroy the enemy. In Han Dynasty, that is the business of literati.
This time, the King of Hanzhong led his army to Guanzhong. Xiang Chong was accompanying him as an assistant. He was originally just dealing with daily affairs of the Central Army. Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed. Cao and Liu suddenly reached the point of a head-on decisive battle, and Xiang Chong also got a rare opportunity to go into battle.
"General Xiang, what's the situation?" several soldiers asked behind him.
"The Cao army has broken through General Zhang Nan's defense. In my opinion, the gap they broke through is getting bigger and bigger, and it is only one step away from cutting off General Zhang Nan's troops. But because General Zhang Nan's troops are full of tenacity, the Cao army cannot continue to expand the gap and completely tear open the connection between our left wing and the central army..."
The soldiers on both sides were confused. Someone asked back: "General Xiang, what should we do?"
These soldiers are all elite soldiers of the Hanzhong King's Central Army. They are extremely cohesive, extremely brave and brave, and have rich combat experience. However, due to their vision and insight, it is difficult for them to judge the general situation of a major battlefield. They are very obedient to Xiang Chong's knowledge on weekdays, and now they rely on Xiang Chong.
Xiang Chong stood up slightly and looked at the battle situation again. At this time, the entire front line Zhang Nan was in charge was like boiling water. The people in it were afraid that they could not even be able to command normally. However, Xiang Chong was on the side and could see where the people fighting in the formation were not paying attention.
"There is a chance," he said.
He pondered for a moment, pointed to the battlefield of Zhang Nan's troops, and continued: "Look, because the Cao army failed to expand the gap, the troops they entered into General Zhang Nan's formation have become a dangerous protrusion. And the left wing of this protrusion is facing the central army of our army... The deeper they go, the more likely they are to be attacked by our army on the side!"
He was eager to try: "What does the general mean?"
Xiang Chong inserted his spear to the ground, tied his leather belt with his armor, and made up his mind: "We rushed over from the side to regain the gap!"
He left half of his subordinates and asked them to use their bows and arrows to hold on to their original positions. He led dozens of soldiers to rush straight to the right side of Zhang Nan's troops, the gap that was poured into by Cao's army.
At this time, most of the elite Cao army in armor rushed forward, responsible for maintaining the gap and forcing Liu Bei's army to fight back on both sides was Li Ji, the general of Fengyi who was lucky enough to be shot to death by a bow and arrow.
At that time, he suddenly started to kill Zhang Mao, very fiercely, but how could so many bows and arrows shoot on his body without any damage? His armor was shot by arrows, and there were seven or eight wounds on his body. After returning to the team, he could no longer stand up and could only lie flat.
Li Ji is the son of Li Tong, the prefect of Runan. Li Tong's identity in the Cao army camp was similar to Zang Ba and Wen Pin, and they were both powerful figures with strong strength. In the 14th year of Jian'an, Li Tong went south to rescue Cao Ren, fought against Guan Yu, and died of illness in the army. Cao Gong then appointed Li Tong's second son Li Ji and Li Xu as the general of the Central Army, and led Li Tong's troops.
Although Li Ji was trapped in the battle this time, his family tribes were his family tribes. The only thing these tribes were concerned about was the safety of the sect leader, and he would never allow Li Ji to follow the example of a reckless man who was tempted to die at will. A large number of tribes immediately covered him and retreated from the most intense battle to the back.
The entourages untied his armor, washed the wound with clean water, and then briefly bandaged him, and then put a heavy felt on him to keep warm. Because many parts were worried about Li Ji's safety, they were inevitably in panic for a while, and the entourages sent another letter saying that General Li had nothing to do and just needed rest.
However, while the entourages were sending messages everywhere and calming their emotions, an elite soldier suddenly rushed from the slant and rushed into the center of the queue.
This situation is like a flowing river water suddenly being blocked by a huge rock falling above the cliff. The soldiers who broke into the army stabbed with spears and slashed with swords, and immediately disrupted the Cao army near the gap. Although the Cao army was more numerous, they were cut into several pieces, and then surrounded by the soldiers, and cut them away from the flesh and blood.
Li Ji reluctantly stood up and asked a few questions, but no one could answer him. He was excited and grabbed the arrows beside him. The enemy soldiers immediately noticed the man wearing luxurious felt and said, "This person must be a senior general in Cao's camp!"
Suddenly, dozens of people rushed towards Li Ji. Li Ji and his left and right shot arrows and shot several people to death, but they were still forced to the vicinity. A young enemy general lifted his knife and slashed. Li Ji blocked it with a longbow block, but unexpectedly the blade cut down along the back of the bow and cut off the four fingers of his right hand.
Before Li Ji could scream, the enemy general quickly flashed to the side and slashed his chest without armor. The blade passed by, his muscles and bones were cracking, and blood surged. Li Ji opened his eyes wide, feeling that all his strength suddenly disappeared, so he fell on his back and stopped breathing.
The person who killed Li Ji was Xiang Chong.
Seeing Xiang Chong so brave, the soldiers who followed him to praise him. Some people quickly picked up the flag documents to confirm Li Ji's identity so that they could reiterate their merits in the future; some people hurriedly said: "When the enemy general dies, the soldiers will soon be defeated, so let's retreat quickly!"
This is really an experience, but unfortunately it was a bit late. Xiang Chong and others didn't take many steps to retreat. Cao's army was defeated in front of him, like the sea water of the ebb, wrapping this small group of soldiers into the crowd.
Xiang Chong could only maintain a close formation, with dozens of people fighting and leaving. Sometimes they could be connected with the soldiers of Zhang Nan's troops on both sides of the gap, and sometimes they were scattered by Cao's troops who were eager to retreat. Although Cao's troops retreated, they maintained their establishment and did not flee in a panic. Therefore, they soon caused huge casualties and injuries to Xiang Chong's troops.
As the people around him were constantly killed and fell down, Xiang Chong's eyes were red. The excitement, tension and expectation before the battle had disappeared at this time, leaving only the numbness of his head, and he instinctively slashed with a knife.
They seemed to have persisted for a long time, and as if only a little time had passed, the sound of fighting around them gradually weakened, and more and more of their own companions came closer.
After a while, a very mighty general came from behind.
Xiang Chong recognized that this was Wei Yan, the brave general whom Xuande Gong valued very much.
When Xiang Chong blocked the gap, it was obvious that Wei Yan personally led the elite troops to arrive, defeating the frontal attack by Cao's army, which made Cao's army retreat so quickly. He hurriedly went up to salute.
Wei Yan's body was covered with blood, his entire armor was almost dyed ochre red, and there were several damages from the sword and spear. He summoned several generals and officials from Zhang Nan's troops to ask questions, and after a few questions, his face even more ferocious.
Seeing Xiang Chong saluting, he didn't respond and said directly: "Zhang Nan is almost out of the way. Zhang Mao and Zhang Wu are also dead. None of the others are reliable! I have to take care of Xue Yong's side, and you can only be responsible for this area. If the camp is shaken, I will chop your head!"
Xiang Chong was the governor of the Hanzhong King's tent, not an ordinary little pawn. Wei Yan said he was beheading, which was rude. Moreover, the situation on Zhang Nan's side was stable, and Xiang Chong's contribution was indispensable. Xiang Chong's subordinates were immediately unhappy.
Xiang Chong's expression remained unchanged, and he saluted again: "Abide by the general's order!"
"Then you can start a team as soon as possible! The Cao army will attack immediately!" Wei Yan turned around and left.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly heard a call like a mountain collapse and cracked in the direction of the Wei River. This call was not an inspiration for victory, but the wailing of the soldiers when they lost their will to resist and began to shake the collapse!
What's going on?
Wei Yan and Xiang Chong changed color together.
Chapter completed!