Where the spears and spears meet, sparks burst out.
There was a deafening golden roar and a loud explosion.
Pang De's eyes suddenly brightened. His guess was indeed correct. The guy named Wang Jin in front of him did have two skills: "What a thief general, he is indeed somewhat brave."
"but......"
When the conversation changed, Pang De said coldly: "You are not my opponent yet."
Wang Jin held the war spear tightly with both hands and tried his best to support the opponent's horse. He gritted his teeth and said: "Huh! You will only know if you are your opponent after fighting, not just talking."
clang!
At that moment, Wang Jin violently knocked Pound's horse away, and swung out a cold light with his backhand. The dangerous war spear was like a poisonous snake spitting a message, and suddenly stabbed Pound in front of him with a hiss.
However, Pang De remained motionless, a glint flashed in his eyes, and an awe-inspiring aura suddenly surged, causing all the dust on the ground to rise.
"Well done!"
Pound's eyes were as wide as bells, and his murderous intent was evident.
At the same time, his body twisted greatly on the war horse, and the horse spear in his palm shook. The diagonal stab shot out like a meteor, and separated Wang Jin's war spear with great accuracy.
Follow!
He took advantage of his strength and counterattacked.
Fast! Cruel! Accurate!
The horse in his palm suddenly pressed against the spear of the opponent's war spear, and the force as thick as the tide surged into the opponent's body along the spear shaft and both arms.
"Whoa-!"
Wang Jin gritted his teeth and roared. He felt as if the war spear was carrying a huge mountain, his two thick and powerful arms seemed to have been shattered, and his body felt as if he had been hit by a giant hammer. His internal organs could not help but churn!
"Good boy!"
Although Pound had the upper hand, he still couldn't help but exclaim: "You can be proud of yourself for being able to withstand my attack. You are still young, surrender as soon as possible, otherwise you will not blame me for not showing kindness to fellow countrymen."
From the accent, Pound could tell that the person in front of him was from Longxi just like him. He was a well-known hero. It would be a pity if he was buried like this.
It is precisely because of this that Pang De wanted to give the other party a chance and take advantage of this opportunity to join Nanyang Hanting together, so as to ensure his own future and avoid being buried with Yuan Wei.
But who would have thought!
Even though he was suppressed and had no strength to fight back, Wang Jin still gritted his teeth and said: "The master has shown kindness to a certain person. No matter what, I, Wang Jin, must repay the kindness!"
Since Yuan Wei killed Dong Zhuo and incorporated Dong Zhuo's old troops, he began to vigorously promote new talents, especially those generals who had no background but had some strength, and promoted them one after another to form their own force.
Apparently!
Wang Jin, a Taoist from Longxi, was one of them.
If it weren't for Yuan Wei, Wang Jin would be just an unknown person at this moment. How could he be an officer with the rank of colonel? Instead, he would still be an officer with the imperial establishment. In the past, he would never have dared to imagine this matter.
In a sense, Yuan Wei can be regarded as Wang Jin's successor, and he can be regarded as the disciple and former official of the Yuan family. It is reasonable to be grateful to Yuan Wei and encourage him to help Zhou.
but......
Pound would not spoil him.
Since we are on the battlefield, both sides are enemies and must not show mercy.
At this moment, the anger in Pang De's heart was already burning, his eyes were like torches, and he glared at the other party fiercely: "Huh! You are so shameless, do you really think you can stop me?"
Chi Leng Leng!
The war spear rubbed the horse's shaft and slowly moved its angle.
Wang Jin's face turned red from suppressing the pain, and he clenched his steel teeth in his mouth. He suddenly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Even if I die, I, Wang Jin, must go all out!"
"drink!"
A loud shout.
Wang Jin knocked off Pang De's horse, raised his head with his spear, and with a fierce shake, the spear in his palm turned into countless points of light and stabbed at the mighty general Pang De quickly.
Wang Jin grasped the timing of this attack just right. He obviously calculated that Pang De would not be able to defend himself in time, and wanted to kill him as quickly as possible. Even if he could not kill him, he would still injure him.
But......
The gap in ability will inevitably lead to a gap in consciousness.
Wang Jin thought that Pound was unable to defend himself in time and that he had brought his own role into play, which was not Pound's ability at all.
In other words, what Wang Jin thought was his failure to retaliate was his own failure to retaliate, not Pound's failure to retaliate. The two are not the same.
All I saw was that Pang De didn't talk nonsense. He stared at Wang Jin's war spear carefully with his eyes unblinking, locked its movement trajectory directly, and while dodging sideways, he turned back.
He turned his wrist and pulled suddenly.
clang-!
impartial.
Wang Jin's spear hit the tail of Pang De's spear, making a crisp sound.
Then, Pang De exerted force in the opposite direction and pressed the pole violently. A strange and strong force suddenly passed over and directly shook Wang Jin's war spear away.
At the same time, Pang De was so angry that he spun the horse around his waist, and from another direction, with a thunderous momentum, he rushed towards Wang Jin's weak waist and vital points.
call-
The wind howled.
Wang Jin's face turned green with fright. He was originally preparing to launch a counterattack, but he immediately changed from offense to defense. He quickly retracted the war spear in his palm and put it against his side, making a defensive posture.
I have to admit that Wang Jin did have some tricks up his sleeve, and his defensive movements were very quick, but Pang De's power was so great that he swung his spear violently and hit Wang Jin's spear shaft without any fancy.
There was a clear clang, and the spear shaft bent in a visible arc. Although it failed to break it immediately, the spear shaft hit Wang Jin's waist.
Ah poof—!
Huge power spread into his body, and Wang Jin was in unbearable pain. His internal organs couldn't help but churn, and his throat felt sweet, causing him to spurt out a mouthful of twenty-year-old blood.
"snort!"
Pound snorted angrily: "You are not overestimating your own capabilities! Even if you can stop me, can you stop my three thousand elite cavalry? Yuan Wei is really a traitor, but you are foolishly loyal!"
"The imperial court treats border commanders equally. With your ability, you will surely make great achievements in the future. Today, for the sake of my fellow countrymen, I will spare your life. I hope you can take care of yourself and don't be stubborn."
"Brothers."
Then, Pang De waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Kill with me!"
All the soldiers shouted: "Kill -!"
Looking at the Xiliang knights rushing away like a tide, Wang Jin endured the pain, and the hand holding the spear shaft kept shaking.
He has been extremely benevolent to Yuan Wei, and what happens in the future is none of his business.
now.
Pang De had already mounted his horse to fight forward, but when he saw that his soldiers were always running around chasing some small soldiers, he suddenly became angry: "Idiot, what's the use of killing these soldiers without weapons?"
"Listen to me all. Continue to pursue and kill them. Burn all their weapons and transport vehicles. The traitor generals are Gao Ji. They must be captured alive by me."
"Follow me!"
At that moment, Pang De raised his hand and shouted loudly.
"promise."
All the soldiers responded to the order, immediately abandoned the soldiers without weapons, reined up their horses, turned around, and followed Pang De to continue to charge forward.
It's obvious!
These soldiers were dropped by Gao Ji to disturb Pang De's sight.
The real elite soldiers and horses must go straight to the weapons transport vehicle. Only by getting weapons can the soldiers have the strength to fight against the cavalry. Otherwise, they will always be lambs to be slaughtered.
"Come on, kill—!"
"kill-!"
The thick screams continued one after another.
Although, even Pound himself ran wildly for two consecutive days and nights.
He was already exhausted, and his physical strength and willpower were at their limit, but he knew very well that the current stage was a battle of willpower, and whoever had stronger willpower could win.
It is precisely because of this that Pang De did not choose to rest, but continued to pursue and kill, and went straight to the rear to find the enemy's general, striving to hit him with one blow and completely disintegrate the team.
The chicken wings ran wildly for about a quarter of an hour.
really!
A large number of transport trucks appeared ahead.
Moreover, there was a group of soldiers and horses rushing to grab weapons. Many soldiers wielded spears, bows and arrows, shields, Huanshou swords, etc. Some were even setting up a chariot formation, trying to coordinate the chariot and cloth to resist the cavalry.
"quick!"
A man riding a tall horse was directing the soldiers, shouting at the top of his voice: "Arrange the empty chariots neatly into a square formation, with the spearmen at the rear and the archers second."
"Move quickly, Simeon, hurry up!"
"Damn it! Xiliang Xiaoqi has already arrived, quickly block the gap for me!"
"..."
Pang De looked around and recognized at a glance that the commander was Chen Liugaoji.
After all, this is the only person named by military advisor Xun You who must be captured alive, and everyone else can be killed.
I glanced out of the corner of my eye and saw that there was still a gap to the west that had not been closed.
How could Pound dare to hesitate at all? He shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me and attack from the gap in the west. You must break into the military formation before the car formation is set up and capture Gao Ji alive."
All the soldiers immediately roared: "Ho ho ho—!"
Wu Yangyang's troops immediately circled westward. When they were still about a hundred paces away from the chariot formation, Pound gave a sonorous order: "The crossbowmen are ready. If there is any gap in the west gate chariot formation, let me release arrows."
Buzz—!
In an instant, Xiliang's knights bent their bows and set arrows, aiming at the soldiers and horses in the gap to the west. They fired a dense and rapid wave of shots, like a torrential rain, covering them in an instant.
But see...
The enemy soldiers fell down like wheat, and a faint layer of blood mist rose up. Many soldiers were even pierced by arrows and nailed to the ground.
"Stop the thief and buy time for the vehicle."
But despite this, Gao Ji still ignored it and shouted at the top of his lungs, hoping that the soldiers could use their own flesh and blood to build a strong city wall to buy time for the perfection of the car array.
One after another, the spears were pointing outwards, like hedgehogs in a defensive state, rushing out with needles all over their bodies, guarding against threats from powerful enemies.
It's a pity that they rushed to fight after all, and their opponent was Pang De, who was good at riding. "Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, help me and break the opening."
"good!"
The two men agreed, and immediately came out to kill each other, one on the left and the other on the right.
Each of them held a bow and arrow, and aimed at the enemy soldiers in front of Pound, two arrows whizzed past.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two spearmen, one on the left and one on the right, fell down in response.
Just when the rear wanted to quickly take up the position, Pound's horse had already reached the front. He controlled the horse's horse with his left hand, vigorously pushed it away, and pushed the spear away. At the same time, he tightened the reins with his right hand and clamped the horse's belly with his two legs.
Xiyuxu—!
The war horse raised its head and let out a loud neigh, immediately leapt up with its front hooves, and jumped into the air as the enemy soldiers took over their positions. At the same time, the horse danced wildly from side to side, pushing away all the war spears thrust toward the sky.
Phew! Phew!
The war horse fell to the ground and was trampled, killing two people.
Although he was surrounded as soon as he landed, there was no trace of fear on Pang De's face. Instead, there was a faint hint of excitement. He swung the horse in his palm, and a cold light like the moon suddenly passed across, sweeping across thousands of troops in a large area and killing them.
Forced several people back.
Immediately afterwards, Pang De's move was like a lightning-like wind swinging the willows, dazzling stars flashed all around, and the severed limbs and arms were flying around in the air with bright red juice.
"Come on!"
When Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi saw this, they waved fiercely.
Xiliang Xiaoqi followed up one after another, and under the leadership of Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi, they charged quickly and furiously at the gap.
The scene in front of him was so frightening that Gao Ji's eyes almost popped out of his head. He hurriedly waved his hands and shouted: "Quick! Hit them up, push them out, hit them all!"
This army and horses had been marching for three days in a hurry and were already extremely trapped. Now they encountered the Xiliang Knights again. Even if they wanted to charge, they no longer had the energy.
Therefore, no matter how much Gao Ji shouted, these guys were just coping. They would dodge if they could and dodge if they could. No one was willing to get into trouble.
Under such circumstances, Pound naturally ran rampant and was invincible. He widened the gap in an instant, allowing the Xiliang Knights behind him to rush in.
At this moment, Pang De's eyes quickly swept across the battlefield. On the left front, Gao Ji was ordering people to move the vehicles, preparing to escape from the other side and escape.
"Gao Ji, please go away and accept your fate!"
Pound was furious, shouting at the top of his lungs, and immediately galloped forward on his horse. Like lightning, he continued to fly by, waving the horse's spear from left to right, killing the enemy troops along the way, and quickly ran towards Gao Ji.
"ah?"
Gao Ji looked back at Pang De, feeling shocked.
He shouted urgently: "Quick! Move the carriage away, move away -!"
Vehicle formations that can be used in a defensive manner are usually grain carts or chariots, and the horses must be separated from the vehicles. This is to prevent the horses from being frightened and causing the vehicle formation to quickly scatter.
If you want to rely on the strength of the soldiers to move the vehicles filled with weapons and food, you will need at least five or six people, or even more. This group of already exhausted soldiers does not seem to have the strength.
Although they had every right to move the carriage, they remained motionless after all. However, seeing that Pound was about to kill him, Gao Ji had no choice but to abandon his horse and step out of the carriage formation, preparing to escape.
"snort!"
Just when Gao Ji turned over and dismounted, Pang De had already put on his precious bow, took out the feather arrow, clamped the tail of the arrow between his two fingers, pulled it back hard, and aimed at Gao Ji who was running away quickly.
Whoosh!
The arrow missed like a star and came whistling.
However, Gao Ji fell down in response and was hit by an arrow in the middle of his calf.
"ah-!"
Gao Ji screamed desperately and struggled continuously, dragging his injured calf and continuing to move forward slowly.
Pang De admired the opponent's resilience, but the movements of his hands did not stop at all.
Whoosh!
Another arrow came one after another.
Gao Ji fell to the ground with a thud, and the same bow and arrow was inserted into his other leg.
"ah-!"
Gao Ji roared heartbreakingly, turned over, stared at Pound, opened his mouth and cursed: "You bastard, you can't wait to die well, kill me if you dare!"
The soldier beside him, Wu Yangyang, fled away, and the cavalry immediately surrounded and killed him. Three sturdy men rushed up and subdued Gao Ji in an instant:
"Be honest! We wouldn't bother to arrest you unless the military advisor asked us to do so."
"That's right. How much do you think you are worth, and that you are worthy of me waiting to capture you alive?"
"..."
*****
Binzhou.
Luliang Mountains.
On the mountain road leading to Lin County.
A team is moving slowly.
Suddenly, a long message came from behind:
"Report—!"
Zhang Liao turned around and looked.
But when he saw his scout flying forward, he leaned forward and said, "General, there is movement in the direction of Taiyuan."
Zhang Liao was very happy and asked urgently: "How many people are here? Has Wang Yun been here?"
The scout replied: "Wang Yun is in Taiyuan and is not with Zhang Kan. Zhang Kan should be leading the troops this time. The total strength may be about 10,000."
"Ten thousand people?"
Zhang Liao frowned and fell into deep thought.
According to the information provided by the secret cave, Zhang Kan led the remaining troops into Taiyuan County. With the support of Wang Yun and Wang Gai, he obtained nearly 20,000 troops and horses, ready to counterattack at any time.
Based on this calculation, Zhang Kan's total military strength should be more than 30,000. Putting aside the troops stationed in Lin County, there are at least 30,000 in Taiyuan.
However, he only brought 10,000 people to the aid of Lin County, which proved that the opponent still had his follow-up troops in the local area. After all, he was divided into two groups, preparing for a flanking attack.
But now...
The other party has left a total of 20,000 people behind. Once Chen Gong makes any changes in Taiyuan, the other party will definitely follow suit. This is obvious.
"That's right."
The scout said with absolute certainty: "At least 10,000 people."
Zhang Liao thought for a moment and gritted his teeth: "The arrow is on the string and we have to fire it. Taiyuan County is handed over to Gongtai. We must fight here like this, otherwise the casualties will increase."
"Niu Yong, where is Zhang Zhen?"
"The end will be here."
"The mountains here are steep and are suitable for ambush. Each of you will lead your own troops and ambush troops on both sides of the mountains. Wait for Zhang Kan to fall. You must kill him here without any mistake."
"promise."
Lin County is indeed very dangerous.
But if you can block this road, you can still hold the opponent by the throat.
Especially Zhang Kan, who is rushing to rescue him, has to force his way through this place.
This road is winding and winding, and it is indeed not that easy to kill him. Instead of taking Lin County first, and then turning back to fight Zhang Kan, it is better to kill the opponent first, and then lead the troops straight to Lin County. The effect will be
better.
When Niu Yong and Zhang Zhen began to arrange their troops and horses to form a formation, Zhang Liao took out the map on his body and browsed it carefully, calculating the distance between this place and Lin County, whether it was necessary to arrange troops and horses for the enemy, etc.
At the same time, Zhang Liao was also combining the terrain and quickly forming a fighting method in his mind to ensure that he could deal maximum damage in the shortest time and kill Zhang Kan in one fell swoop.
"There are more than 80 fire and thunder bombs left. It is of little significance to use them concentratedly on such a winding path. It is not as effective as intercepting and killing in sections. It can also give the opponent a deterrent effect in the shortest time."
"The mountains on both sides are steep, so the crossbowmen should occupy the top and the infantry should ambush below. This is more conducive to the soldiers' rapid fighting. However, the ambush below is easy to be exposed and requires careful adjustment."
"Besides..."
"..."
Although Zhang Liao is still young today, he has rich experience in leading troops independently, and he also has military skills that commander-in-chief officials below the imperial court must learn.
In a sense, Zhang Liao at this moment is no longer inferior to Zhang Liao of the same age in history. He may be slightly worse than his Zhang Liao of Xiaoyaojin, but he is already a qualified commander.
While Zhang Liao was making overall arrangements, the troops led by Zhang Kan also entered the small road leading to Lin County. The winding and rugged road greatly reduced their marching speed, which made Zhang Kan extremely unhappy.
He is very aware of the strategic significance of Lin County.
This is currently the only road from Bingzhou to Guanzhong. Now the imperial court's "Revelation against Thieves" has been released, proving that they have already used troops against Guanzhong.
In this way, Lin County will be activated in a short period of time. If there is any problem, it will cause extremely bad effects and even affect the war situation.
It was precisely because of its importance that Zhang Kan led his troops to Lin County as soon as he learned the news. He had to keep Lin County, otherwise all the long preparations would be completely meaningless.
"Damn it!"
Zhang Kan raised his head and looked at the rugged mountains on the left and right sides, frowning: "This is still Taiyuan County. I really don't know what Yanmen, Yunzhong, Wuyuan and other counties will look like."
There was a strong sense of disdain and ridicule in his words, as if he didn't look down on such a remote and small ravine at all, and he wished he could rush out of here as quickly as possible to breathe a breath of fresh air.
"Walk!"
Zhang Kan waved his hand: "Kill out as quickly as possible without making any mistakes."
All the soldiers shouted in unison: "No."
The team hurried forward, but the deeper they went, the more uneasy Zhang Kan felt.
He thought it was the rugged mountains and the depressing atmosphere, but he didn't know that the Prince of Hell, who had the same surname, had already laid out his pockets in front, waiting for him to sneak in little by little.
"General, I don't know why, but I always feel that something is not good."
The deputy general galloped forward, raised his eyes to glance at the mountains on both sides, and frowned subconsciously.
"It should be because the mountain is too steep."
"It doesn't matter."
Zhang Kan didn't care at all, waved his hand and said: "As long as we walk this way, we can reach the vicinity of Lin County. We can just raid the opponent's back road, cooperate with the defenders in the city, and catch him off guard."
"Take this opportunity..."
Having said this, Zhang Kan turned to glance at the deputy general and said softly: "We will rush straight to Guanzhong to rescue Mr. Yuan. If something like this happens, Wang Yun will definitely not be reliable. We have to rely on ourselves."
The lieutenant general naturally knew what Zhang Kan meant, and he asked tentatively: "General, are the things in this "Remonstrance against Thieves" really a slander against Duke Yuan?"
"That must be of course!"
Zhang Kan was certain and affirmative, and patted his chest and said: "If I said that your relatives proved that you were plotting to rebel, would you believe it? How could Yuan Di report Gong Yuan? This is definitely slander."
The deputy general nodded slowly: "Yes, that makes sense."
Zhang Kan waved his hand and said: "Keep moving forward."