After Li Fu's Tianxiong army defeated Gongsun Du's tribe, they were quickly driven away from the battlefield by the Han cavalry.
Lu Zhi in the rear quickly dispatched an old battalion of Han soldiers and launched a new round of attacks against Han Hao's troops in the front.
The Han soldiers who came up this time were obviously a strong force, and they quickly moved along the straight road to the front of the formation. Within a moment of contact, they captured Han Hao's frontline position.
Han Hao was sitting cross-legged on the stretcher. He was extremely anxious when he saw that the front position was lost. It wasn't that he couldn't move his legs, so he would have killed him right away.
In the end, Yang Chou led a team of elite soldiers to block the attack.
But before Han Hao could breathe a sigh of relief, Yang Chou retreated with the remaining soldiers. Not only did he retreat, Yang Chou immediately commanded Han Hao's soldiers and said anxiously:
"Quick, quick, take Lao Han and retreat with us."
At that time, Han Hao became anxious and hit Yang Chou on the face with the side-sided fan in his hand, and cursed:
"Who made you lose ground? Aren't you afraid of my military law?"
Yang Chou was slapped, but he didn't take it seriously at all. Seeing that the guards were still stunned, he shouldered the burden of a thousand, and then urged the others to join him.
After retreating with Han Hao in his arms, Yang Choucai explained to Han Hao:
"Old Han, when did I, Old Yang, act cowardly? You don't know how many Han troops have come up until you get to the front line. Then Lu Zhi is really afraid of losing, so he will attack the big ones as soon as he comes up. I just brought a hundred troops with me.
, they collapsed before even making a sound. This position cannot be defended."
But after Yang Chou finished speaking, he was slapped again by Han Hao, who yelled:
"There are so many reasons, but I only have one. I cannot withdraw without an order. Now I give you a chance. You take me back and we will die on the battlefield."
At this time, Yang Chou smiled bitterly and complained:
"Old Han, you who are sitting on a stretcher can't see clearly. Yang Shuai has already waved a flag on the barrier for us to withdraw."
At this time, Han Hao raised his head and looked at the command post on the Dingting barrier in front. There, a yellow flag embroidered with the word Hanoi was constantly waving. Along with the red flag on the side, it clearly conveyed such a military order:
"Hanoi Town is withdrawn."
At this time, Han Hao was full of doubts. He didn't know why Yang Shuai wanted to commit such a murder.
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Han Hao was in the formation and sitting on a stretcher. How could he know what Yang Mao saw at this time.
Standing on the ten-meter-high barrier, Yang Mao had the broadest view on the battlefield. The reason why he ordered Han Hao's troops to retreat was because the situation on the battlefield was no longer favorable to Han Hao.
The original positions in the north were Han Hao's Hanoi Town and Li Ding's Zhaojun Town, with a total strength of about 5,000.
However, as Li Fu's 500 cavalry drove north, Yan Gang's troops, which were originally deployed outside the dense forest to the west, were also defeated by a large-scale Han army.
The Han soldiers on this road had four or five camp flags. Under the cover of the morning mist in the forest, they quietly lurked on the left flank of Yan Gang's department.
At that time, Yan Gang's troops were arranging in columns, preparing to launch a second round of attacks on the Han army's front line according to the original plan.
At this time, the Han soldiers, who were only wearing single clothes but were not afraid of death, rushed out of the dense forest and rushed forward to fight hand to hand with the unprepared Tianwei army officers.
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Tianwei Army had already put on their armor and were suddenly knocked to the ground unable to stand up. Many soldiers were stabbed to death by daggers.
The war horses kept neighing and running out of fright. Yan Gang, who was at the front, realized that the formation at this time was very unfavorable, so he decisively blew the charge horn and launched an attack on the Han army's front line in advance.
The Tianwei Army's charge avoided the Han army's front that emerged from the dense forest, but it also exposed the left flank of the battlefield to the Han army.
The general of the Han army on the opposite side also discovered this, and instead of chasing Tianwei's army, he cut directly to the rear of Hanoi Town and Zhaojun Town, obviously trying to cut off the retreat of these two towns.
It was precisely this change in situation that Yang Mao ordered Hanoi Town and Zhaojun Town to retreat decisively, otherwise they would be in danger of being divided, surrounded and annihilated.
But even if Yang Mao dispatched in time, due to distance problems, one of the soldiers of Zhaojun Town in the west was still cut off from their retreat. In the last bloody battle, this Zhaojun Town general died in the battle.
With the retreat of Hanoi and Zhaojun towns, Yang Mao found that the outer positions were in danger of collapse. Most of the officials had abandoned their armor and only carried their own camp flags, retreating without formation.
At this time, Yang Mao could only order the last thousand soldiers and the Weijun soldiers who had finished their rest to go out of the stronghold to cover the two troops and retreat into the wall.
However, the door opening on the wall of Dingting Pavilion was narrow, and the door was quickly blocked by the crowd of defeated soldiers. This made the Weijun soldiers who wanted to go out to snipe have no choice but to worry.
Fortunately, the two generals, Han Hao and Li Ding, successfully broke out and brought all the appropriate flags with them.
Relying on the big banner and the trumpet, Han Hao and Li Ding reorganized their formation with their backs against the wall of the Ding Pavilion. This time, Han Hao and Li Ding stood at the outermost edge, intending to gain time for the entire army to line up.
To the north, the dark Han army was lining up and moving forward.
At this time, neither Hanoi nor Zhao County were prepared, and the situation suddenly reached a life-and-death moment.
But at this time, Li Fu, who had been driven away from the battlefield, came back with the Tianxiong Army. They met up with the moving Tianwei Army on the road.
The two cavalry regiments cooperated with each other and began to launch a series of attacks on the main force of the advancing Han army. At this time, the Han army could only give up the advance and re-form a square formation to deal with it.
Facing the solid formation of the Han army, even elite cavalry such as Tianxiong Army and Tianwei Army did not dare to charge head-on. Every time they rushed to only ten steps away from the Han army, they saw that the Han army was still strong.
Rock, they can only retreat to both sides.
From this point alone, these Han soldiers in the Zhenbei Army must be veterans who have experienced cavalry shock and intimidation training for many years.
Because no matter how fearless a normal soldier is, he will be frightened when faced with a large-scale cavalry charge. But as long as someone in the square formation hesitates to retreat, it will affect the courage of more people.
And once the cavalry see the wavering of the front line, they will no longer turn around, but will decisively choose to attack the phalanx. And once the cavalry are allowed to rush into the phalanx, it will be over.
So there is only one way to make the cavalry retreat, that is, no one can flinch. This is a game for the brave. When you are not afraid that others will bump into you, the other party will really not dare to bump into you.
Seeing that harassing the Han army was ineffective, Li Fu immediately changed his target and suddenly accelerated towards a troop walking in the smoke.
When this Han army was attacked by the Taishan Army cavalry in front, they still maintained the formation of a column. When Li Fu turned his horse to kill them, the nearby Han soldiers shouted at them:
"Hurry up and form your formation, the moth thief cavalry is coming to kill you."
But it was a pity that this warning was too late. The 400-man Han army was directly defeated by the sudden Tianxiong army. Its generals were also stabbed through the chin by Li Fu's horse, and they died all the way.
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Other officers and soldiers of the Han army died or were killed, and the entire Han army system collapsed.
At the same time, another group of Han soldiers followed in Paoze's footsteps, and Yan Gang also led the Tianwei Army to attack an advancing Han army.
The Han soldiers thought they were their own cavalry, but they didn't react until they heard the screams of Pao Ze behind them. The battalion general of that unit immediately ordered the troops to turn back and prepare to meet the Tianwei Army's cavalry.
But what can such a hasty transfer accomplish?
At this time, Yan Gang had already set his sights on the camp flag opposite, and he wanted to capture this flag.
For any army, the camp flag is their glory. If the military flag is thrown away, not only the establishment will be gone, but also it will be a great shame for any sergeant who is still alive.
But in other words, every time you successfully capture an enemy camp flag, it will be a supreme honor.
At this time, Yan Gang took a fancy to the camp flag. He led a large group of soldiers and rode up to the flag guard of the Han army. With one blow, he pierced the man's eyes and penetrated his jaw.
But even so, before he died, this man grabbed the camp flag and tried to protect it on his chest. However, Yan Gang's general Yan Kuan cut off the flag guard's hand with a knife and snatched the flag off.
Just like that, another Han army sequence disappeared.
At this moment, the Tianwei and Tianxiong armies demonstrated their cavalry's ability to crush the unformed infantry. The two armies were interspersed with each other, causing chaos on the battlefield.
But the declaration of war between the two armies ended here.
As the Han cavalry regiments from behind continued to encircle them, the space for Yan Gang and Li Fu to move became smaller and smaller. At this time, the two knew that if they did not break out, the two armies would be surrounded and annihilated here.
So, they finally gave up on this battlefield and began to retreat towards the south.
As for the temporary army inside the wall, they can't help much anymore.
When they broke through from the south, the Han army's cavalry also chased and killed them.
Obviously, the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry really annoyed Lu Zhi, and he had no intention of letting them go.
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The fierce battle under the wall was no easier than the battle between the sudden cavalry. Their biggest crisis at this time was that they had been compressed on the flat ground under a very narrow wall.
If it weren't for the longbow archers on the wall still firing dense arrows, hindering the oppression of the Han army, they would probably be squeezed to death here.
At this time, Han Hao had already stood up with the help of the guards and Yang Chou. He held the battle flag in one hand and beat his chest with the other, and said to the surrounding robes:
"Brothers, we come from all over the world. We are here from Hanoi, from Zhao, and from Weijun. Originally we were all strangers, but because of the Taishan Army and the King, we gathered here to fight side by side.
Brothers of life and death. Today, I and I will probably die here, but I, Han Hao, do not regret it, because if not a hundred people died in our hands, there would be eighty, so it is not a loss."
After Han Hao finished speaking, the warriors in the crowd shouted:
"General, I also killed three, it's not a loss."
"I killed one."
"And me, I killed one too."
Han Hao shouted with red eyes:
"Yes, that's what I mean. If I don't say anything else, I want everyone to take one of them away before they die. Then I, Han Hao, will have a celebration drink with my brothers in the underworld."
"good!"
"Got it!"
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At this time, the soldiers in Hanoi were determined to die, and they all knew that the only thing left for them was death.
In front of them were endless Han soldiers, and the barrier at the back was so narrow that they couldn't retreat. But they were tired and thirsty right now. How could they survive?
Suddenly someone shouted to Brother Paoze above:
"Brother, we are very thirsty. Let's put a bucket of water down to moisten our throats."
The Taishan Army on top of the barrier shed tears at that time. Of course they knew what the brothers below would encounter later, and they also heard the commander's message to them.
So these people poured buckets of water down the city wall while crying.
The Hanoi soldiers drank water from each other, using the cool water to ease their nervousness and fear.
Who is not afraid of death? But as the town general said, at this time, in addition to dying and thanking the king for his kindness, they also have to take one with them before they die.
It’s not a loss!
What a simple and cruel arithmetic.
It's one life for another.
Over there, three generals from Zhaojun Town also gathered together.
At this time, the three generals who were in Xiangguo at the same time were completely different.
Liu Gu, one of the battalion generals, had his left arm broken at the elbow. When he broke through, he encountered a Hu general of the Han army. He was defeated in a fight and was hacked by the opponent with an axe.
The ax not only shattered his arm armor, but also took away his left hand.
If his soldiers had not fought tooth and nail to protect him, Liu Gu would have been out of the formation long ago.
Liu Gu is disabled here, and Zhao Rong is not much better. He is the first wave of troops to launch a counterattack today. When the battle is discounted, there are thousands of people in the entire battalion, and only less than a hundred people can still stand next to him.
People get hurt.
Zhao Rong himself also had his hair tied into a bun, his hair was disheveled, and with the bloody scabs on his face, he really looked like an evil ghost.
At this time, he looked at Li Ding, the only general who was still clean and tidy, and said calmly:
"What's wrong, Lao Li, do you really want to do this?"
Li Ding glanced at Zhao Rong complicatedly and emphasized again:
"These are all my children from Zhaojun. They cannot die anymore. Opposite us is Lu Shuai. My father has an old relationship with him. As long as we act righteously in front of the battle, we will be fine. And from now on, when we enter the Han Dynasty, we will not be muddy."
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After hearing Li Ding's words, Zhao Rong sneered:
"With all this said, are we no longer slaves of the three surnames?"
Li Ding's expression remained unchanged, his hand quietly placed on the counterattack knife, and he said in a deep voice:
"What's the meaning?"
At this time, Zhao Rong amplified his voice and shouted:
"What do you mean? We will wait for Cong Ju to teach, this will be a man of the first surname. Then we will surrender to Taishan, and this will be a minister of the second surname. Finally, we will surrender to Lu Zhi, and he will be a servant of the third surname."
Li Ding took a step back and said seriously:
"So you don't want to?"
Zhao Rong laughed loudly, put his hands to his ears as if listening, and suddenly said:
"Listen to this sound, do you hear it? You, Li Ding, listen carefully. This is the cry of death in the neighboring town of Hanoi. Damn it, they are not afraid of death, am I, Zhao Rong, afraid of death? I admit that you, Li Ding, have a good family background.
You are very capable, but don't ruin this reputation, this brother who died for you."
At this point, the meaning is already obvious.
Li Ding drew out his sword and suddenly gave an order loudly:
"The camp general Zhao Rong is about to surrender before the battle, so I will kill him with my sword."
Obviously Li Ding has a dirty mind. Since you, Zhao Rong, care about your name, then I will insult your name.
Seeing the angry Zhao Rong looking at him, Li Ding sneered, what can you do?
But suddenly a heartbreaking pain came, and then his whole body became weak. When Li Ding lowered his head, he saw Liu Gu using a broken knife to open the tendon of his foot.
Li Ding couldn't stand any longer. He looked at Liu Gu in disbelief and asked:
"After you become the King of Zhao, you are unwilling to follow me and return to the right path, and you actually want to help the tiger?"
Liu Gu fell silent and spat out:
"If you lead us to surrender, what will happen to those robes who died in the battle? What will my severed hand mean?"
By this time, Li Ding could no longer conceal his fear and sorrow:
"Unexpectedly, I, Li Ding, died at the hands of a useless person! Ho ho."
As soon as he finished speaking, his throat was slit by Zhao Rong.