Xie Brown was already one of the few warriors among the Liang people. At this time, he rode up to fight Zhu Jun. He thought he could catch Zhu Jun, but when they fought, he discovered that this man was like a swimming fish, not very strong, but he could move around easily. Unexpectedly, I will not be able to gain the upper hand for a while.
Guo Bang also noticed it, and he immediately called his trusted knight Ge Feng, who was famous for his good shooting. He pointed to the front and said to Ge Feng, "Have you seen the man in white armor?" Ge Feng nodded in agreement and raised his bow. He galloped out on horseback and took a closer look. In fact, Zhu Jun had at least a dozen arrows stuck in his body. This was because Zhu Jun's armor was very thick and lined with cooked leather and other materials, making it difficult to penetrate. Therefore, you must shoot him to death. Directly facing the door.
Ge Feng immediately entered the range of the arrow, drew the arrow and drew the bow, aiming at Zhu Jun's face. But Zhu Jun did not remain still, but moved left and right to fight. He was on a high slope, so his face was facing down. Looking down, the shooting range was extremely small. Ge Feng's arrow flew past the side of his helmet and missed.
Ge Feng took two arrows and shot them one after another, but when Zhu Jun lowered his head, they hit his iron pocket. In this short time, Zhu Jun had already swung away the evil brown and stabbed several people in succession.
Ge Feng felt that his face was dull. He took a deep breath and was about to shoot an arrow again. Suddenly something flew towards him. He had been in battle for a long time and immediately instinctively shrank his head. With a pop, an arrow came out. Shooting off his fur hat. Fortunately, he lowered his head in time and escaped the fatal arrow. After all, he was an arrow's distance away from Zhu Jun, and Zhu Jun's personal followers would not ignore his existence forever. Ge Feng had no time to look for it. The leather hat on the ground hurriedly galloped out of the arrow range.
Guo Si was very angry when he saw that his subordinates were in a series of disadvantages. As the commander-in-chief, he should have been sitting in the middle of the army to stabilize the morale of the army, but at this time he could no longer sit still. He reprimanded: "A bunch of pig intestines! Look at me. Take his life!" After saying that, he picked up a long pole and quickly rode into the battle. Seeing this, his trusted knights did not dare to delay. They also raised their flags and roared into the enemy's battle.
At this moment, Liang's army's offensive reached its peak, and morale was greatly boosted. The situation on the left wing was already in a bad situation, and it was Zhu Jun's personal bravery that could barely support it. At this time, Liang Qi took the lead and used his full strength to attack the soldiers who had fought hard for a long time. Finally, they couldn't hold on any longer. First, one person retreated without moving forward, then two, and then three more. The line continued to collapse backwards, and soon a great collapse was formed.
Zhu Jun tried to organize a counterattack and held back some soldiers, but the front collapsed faster and failed. The soldiers were tired, so why wasn't he tired? He had long passed the age of fighting in person, and Xie After a fight with Brown, Xie Brown felt that he was naughty. Why didn't he think that Xie Brown was brave? When he just left the battle, a stray arrow scratched his hand holding the short spear, and dark red blood flowed out. At this time He felt that his left hand was losing some strength and was gradually shaking, and he felt increasingly powerless. The front line retreated, and he who was originally in the second line passively moved to the front line. The soldiers left behind were all trembling and fearful.
Guo Si was originally coming for him, but when he saw that Zhu Jun was exposed, he did not stop for a moment, and led his relatives to rush towards him, holding long silks, like an iron stream. They rushed over, and the dust was swept up to the sky. Everyone's vision became blurred. Zhu Jun listened to the thunderous sound of treading iron. Although he was on a high slope, he felt like a withered grass in a low valley. Roots had taken root in his feet and he was nailed to the spot. But the chest and abdomen are constantly rising and falling, as if they will be swept down by the violent current at any time.
He struggled to stand upright and pointed the sharp point of his spear at the enemy.
People always think about some relevant or unrelated things before they die. Zhu Jun was obviously at this moment. He suddenly remembered something. Three years ago at night, a young man came to his house in the rain and asked for help. He killed some people and rejected him. His thoughts were suddenly confused. When Guo Si's iron stream came to kill him, he thought sadly: How will my name be recorded in the history books?
So he was submerged in the iron current without a trace of waves.
Upon seeing this, the Liang people cheered like thunder, and rushed forward to attack bravely. However, the Northern Army, which had been deprived of its momentum, had little power to fight back. Rong Shao, who remained in the central army, did not know that the general was dead, and continued to give orders according to the battle situation. Although the front line has been reduced, the situation has basically fallen to the Liang people. According to Guo Si's prediction, when the retreat turns into a rout, the battlefield will immediately turn into a ruthless massacre.
But at this moment, the Northern Army, which had been retreating and was about to be forced to the shore of Jingshui by Liang Qi, suddenly regained its morale and launched a counterattack against Liang Qi. This contrast made Guo Bang confused. When he was wondering , he heard Guo Xian beside him say in horror: "Sir, look!" Listening to Guo Xian's voice, Guo Si knew that he was looking behind him, which surprised Guo Si even more. He thought to himself, now is the time to seize the opportunity to pursue the victory. With the timing, what else can happen?
But looking back, Guo Bang was also stunned. It was already evening, and most of the afterglow of the setting sun had dissipated. The sky was a little dark, but he could clearly see that thick black smoke was rising over the plain. At the bottom of the black smoke is a powerful firelight, shining before the arrival of night, giving people the illusion that the bright moon will rise here.
The scope of the fire was so large that not only they who lived by the Jingshui River saw it, but also the Liang people under Gaoling City saw it, the defenders in Gaoling City also saw it, and everyone within a radius of twenty miles saw it. The burning place is not somewhere else, but Guo Bang’s base camp!
It turned out that before going into battle, Zhu Jun felt that he would have to fight with his back to the wall and that he would be unable to win anyway. However, during the military meeting, he suddenly had an idea. The only cavalrymen attacked the camp and set it on fire. Guo Bang would certainly not dare to fight with all his strength, and the Gaoling defenders would definitely be boosted in morale when they saw the light of the fire.
And today's development was just as he expected. After crossing the river, the Liang people came out of camp to confront each other. Gaishun, the Eagle Commander who stayed on the west bank, took the opportunity to cross the Wei River from the south and took a detour to attack Guo Si's camp. He succeeded in one fell swoop, but it only took time on the road. It's still a bit longer, so that Zhu Jun himself can't see this scene.
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But Rong Shao didn't know that Zhu Jun was dead. When he saw this, he immediately shouted loudly: "Zhu Gong's plan has worked! Go and ask Zhu Gong to take charge of the overall situation!" The battle line was so chaotic that he didn't know where Zhu Jun was, so he just shouted while While ordering his soldiers to search, Wei Jie had just stabilized the battle line. After hearing Rong Shao's call, he rushed over immediately and said to them with tears: "Zhu Gong died fighting to delay time and resist the Liang people. Even the body was trapped in the cold."
Hearing this, Rong Shao couldn't help scolding him angrily: "As the commander-in-chief, seeing that our fighting strength was exhausted, he was willing to risk an attack to boost the morale of the army. But in the end, not only were you unable to protect Duke Zhu, you couldn't even get his body back!" Wei Jie said. Feeling ashamed, he immediately turned around and said to the soldiers: "I am willing to charge forward and snatch back the general. I wonder what you guys think?" The soldiers had hatred in their hearts and knew that the Liang army was unstable, so their original fear was overshadowed and they turned around. And launch a counterattack against Liang Ren.
Wei Jie was the first to enter the battle. The moment he entered the battle, he put the bow on his shoulder, clamped his long sword with his elbows, and stabbed at the cool man in front of him. There was a muffled sound, like a cowhide drum being pierced. The pole was all the way into the horse's belly. The huge inertia of the sudden stop caused Wei Jie's mount to fly into the air. Liang Ren on the horse was shocked and uncertain, and before he could fight back, the beast-like mount had already pounced down, killing Liang. Both men and horses were hit. After the horse died, Wei Jie did not take any rest. He immediately got up from the ranks and led the army forward.
The Chinese Army's Rong Shao Division, then Du Kai's Division, and Jiao Jiao's Division entered the battle next. As they moved forward, they searched for the body of the general. The Liang Army could not figure out the situation behind them, and they did not dare to fight them to the death again. , the only choice is to let the elite cavalry retreat first, and the infantry to block behind. The result is that the remaining infantry will be in a messy position, and will be quickly dispersed by the knife.
It’s not that the Liang people didn’t know the consequences of withdrawing their troops, but it was more difficult to accept winning first and then retreating than retreating from the beginning. They basically lost the ability to judge the battle situation, even though they knew that there would be a large number of troops withdrawing at this time. The casualties did not dare to stay anymore and retreated one after another. After the Northern Army chased for a while, they could not catch up with the Liang Army's fast horses and let them withdraw. However, the Liang people paid a heavy price and could not withdraw in time. The infantry were reduced to cannon fodder to block the Northern Army's pursuit. More than 2,000 of them were killed, and as many as 3,000 were seriously injured and disabled. The casualties were nearly three times that of the Northern Army.
But the Northern Army did not have the joy of winning the battle. They searched for a long time on the battlefield and finally found the general's body among a pile of corpses. They also found his head and the chest of his body more than 500 steps away. With three sticks stuck in the tips, the silver-white armor had already become extremely dark. Everyone shed tears when they saw his appearance. Rong Shao said sadly: "Without Zhu Gong, where will we go next?" Everyone was stunned. Silent.
When Gaishun, who set the fire, came back to join forces, he was Gai Xun's eldest son and was famous for his quick wit in the army, so Zhu Jun entrusted him with important tasks. He sighed and quickly made up his mind and said: "Zhu Gong's body is shrouded in horse leather, and we will also The first thing to do is to let him return to the court for burial. The commotion of the arson just now was too great. I see that the rebels in Gaoling have made some moves. I think General Fenwu can also be inspired. Our mission has been completed. The top priority is to return to Chang'an. Wait for the bandits to regroup and bite our tail, otherwise we won’t be able to retreat."
This was recognized by most people. They cleaned up the battlefield and returned to Chang'an across the river, leaving the Liang people in a mess. Guo Bang didn't encounter any ambushes along the way. He only saw ruins after returning to the camp. Where could he find anything else?
He didn't know that they had been fooled. But as things turned out, he had no choice but to truthfully inform the various departments of the battle situation.
After Jia Xu learned about it, he did not complain at all. He directly sent someone to ask Guo Bang: "Have any prisoners been captured?"
Of course, Guo Bang still captured some soldiers. If Jia Xu asked, he handed them over to Jia Xu. Jia Xu immediately led the prisoners to Gaoling City to call the city, claiming that Chang'an's reinforcements were trying to relieve the siege, but he used the camp as bait to set up a fire plan.
, annihilated them all, and asked Lu Bu to surrender on the spot. He also massacred the three auxiliary refugees, built a Jingguan with their heads under the city, and claimed that these were the reinforcements annihilated by Guo Si.
The Gaoling defenders were suddenly panicked, and Lu Bu was already making plans to break out. It was only the second day of August, and there were still ten days before Bingzhou planned to send troops.