Chapter 237 Niu Fu’s defeat and Xu Huangjiang’s defeat
Amid the rumblings, groups of Gai Jun's troops flew past one after another. The arrows were overwhelming and endless, like a goddess scattering flowers. Dong Zhuo's soldiers cursed, wailed, screamed, and avoided in vain. However, no matter how they struggled,
There was only one result waiting for them - death. To make matters worse, the cavalry commander Guo Si was shot in the right chest in the first round of arrows, losing the ability to move and command. Zhang Ji took over the command soon, but
More than a thousand cavalrymen were killed or wounded.
Zhang Ji's scalp felt numb for a while. Gai Jun's army was good at cavalry. Since its inception, it can be said that it has been invincible in the world, whether it is Xianling Qiang, Huangzhong Qiang, Qiang Hu, Xianbei, Tuge, Xiongnu or Bingzhou Wuhuan Zahu.
He has never been defeated. But Zhang Ji will not think that Dong Zhuojun cannot be as good as his opponent. Even if he is really unable to catch up, the gap should not be so big.
Zhang Ji didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Seeing that his own combat power was decreasing rapidly, he had to bite the bullet and order Yu Qi to launch a desperate charge. He had no choice but to do nothing and wait for death. Maybe he could survive if he killed him.
Give it a try.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Kill..." In order to boost morale, Zhang Ji rushed out with dozens of troops. Liangzhou people have always been passionate and loyal. When they saw Zhang Ji taking the lead, everyone was scared to death, but they had to follow behind.
Gai Junjun didn't seem to take the opponent seriously at all, and still shot arrows in an orderly manner. As Zhang Ji's troops approached, the long dragon-like Gai Junjun suddenly broke in the middle. The soldiers at the back retracted their bows and changed their swords, drew an arc, and faced him head-on.
To Zhang Jibu.
"Kill..." Zhang Ji's eyes were filled with perseverance. He secretly determined that even if he died, he would still entangle Gai Junjun, even if it was only half entangled, to create time for his own infantry to encircle him.
The two iron cavalry were like two mad bulls, with their horns erect and fiercely attacking their opponents.
Zhang Ji shouted loudly and stabbed a Gai Junjun cavalryman to death. His long sword flew up and down, flipped backwards and left, with a dazzling sharp edge. He killed four people in a row. However, his face did not lose any relief, but became more desperate.
In just the blink of an eye, only a few of his first batch of dozens of troops who rushed into the formation were left, and more than half of the more than a thousand cavalry were cut down.
"Gai Junjun is unparalleled in cavalry and shooting. Is he also invincible in close combat?" Zhang Ji was slightly distracted and was immediately hit in the chest. He was wearing double armor and was not injured, but there was obvious pain and shock. He raised his left arm and
The opponent galloping to the side knocked him off his horse. At this time, another sword fell on him, and a large sword pierced his shoulder. Zhang Ji roared in pain, pulled out the sword, grabbed it, turned the edge, and stabbed him off the horse.
"Dang, Dang..." With the addition of weapons, Zhang Ji felt powerless, and the frequency of his attacks was getting lower and lower. He couldn't figure out why every opponent he encountered had military strength at the level of a commander (a hundred-man general)? Could it be that
Have all the brave men and women in the world joined Gai Junjun? The real elites of Gai Junjun, Shehu and Luodiao 2nd Battalion, will they be even more powerful...
There were too many questions in Zhang Ji's mind. He could not advance more than a few dozen feet. He had countless large and small wounds on his body. He was bleeding profusely. His expression became blurred, leaving only mechanical attacks and counterattacks. Suddenly, there seemed to be someone.
Pulling his horse's head to turn it around, he had no time to pay attention. He killed, killed, and killed with all his strength until he broke out of the encirclement and returned to his own infantry formation. He looked back and saw that there were less than a hundred infantrymen.
With the support of several people, Zhang Ji came to the Chinese army flag numbly. Facing the dazzling eyes, he was struck by waves of dizziness and lost consciousness.
Seeing that Zhang Ji was deeply hit and fell into a coma, Niu Fu, Yang Feng, Li Jue and others looked at each other. In terms of military merit, Gai Junjun said he was second, and no one in the world dared to say he was first. However, Dong Zhuojun's generals were not convinced.
He thought that Gai Junjun was just lucky. Zhang Ji, Guo Si, and Fan Chou were listed as the three most powerful generals of Dong Zhuo's army. Guo Si was severely damaged when they met each other, and Zhang Ji was not much better. Gai Junjun defeated the two most powerful generals in an instant.
, everyone could not help but feel deep awe and fear...
Niu Fu called a doctor to examine Zhang Ji's injuries and found out that his life was not in danger. He breathed a sigh of relief and regained his attention. He saw Gai Junjun's cavalry galloping towards him, with arrows like a sudden shower of arrows penetrating into the phalanx.
It swallowed hundreds of people and smashed big holes into the phalanx, and the holes became more and more numerous and bigger...
Niu Fu drove three thousand crossbowmen to the front line to prevent counterattacks and successfully suppressed Gai Junjun's cavalry shooting. However, it is not known whether Niu Fu relied on his own large number of troops or was too confident in the cavalry. No vehicles, antlers or other obstacles were placed on the left side of the phalanx.
Without hesitation, Guan Yu led his cavalry and charged forward. He endured rounds of arrows and reached the front of the formation. The first wave of impact killed the spearmen in the front row. At this time, the crossbowmen had no time to retreat and were blocked.
The handsome cavalry were trampled and killed all the way, leaving corpses strewn across the fields.
The crossbowmen were stricken with liver and gallbladder, and they pushed inward with all their strength, until the swordsmen and spearmen in the rear were crooked and out of position. Further to the rear, Niu Fu had recently been in Anyi, Wenxi, Jiexian, Fenyin, Yishi and other places in Hedong.
The newly recruited soldiers had a short training period and were not as good as the Liangzhou soldiers. When they heard that the opponent was Guan Yunchang, a famous countryman, they were even more unwilling to fight. The superior could not stop him.
Guan Yu led his troops to the center of the formation, and the success was unexpected.
Seeing this, Gai Yin immediately ordered eight thousand infantry to launch an all-out attack. Compared to the left wing, Dong Zhuo's army was well prepared from the front. Hundreds of crossbows were launched at the same time, and the arrows dragged in with a long and sharp roar and came in like a meteor shower.
Seeing his side's large shield easily torn apart by giant arrows and casualties rising rapidly, Gai Yin frowned. If he remembered correctly, this was the first time in the six years since he raised his army that he faced the sharp crossbows of the Han army. In the past, his side had used beds.
He always felt that the crossbow had limited lethality, but after trying it himself today, he realized that the bed crossbow was far more terrifying than he imagined.
Gai Junjun rushed to more than a hundred steps, and the archers and crossbowmen came up alternately, firing arrows like locusts in a continuous stream. The opponent's crossbows immediately misfired, and instead, there was an endless rain of arrows. The sharp arrows from both sides passed each other,
Each falls on the other's head.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Gai Junjun braved the rain of arrows and advanced dozens of steps. The drums sounded, the crossbowmen retreated, and the spearmen rushed to the front row under the cover of the longbowmen. The cooperation between the two sides was extremely skillful and smooth.
It took a fierce battle to have such an amazing effect.
The two sides were infinitely close. While Gai Junjun quickly cleared the obstacle, Dong Zhuojun also replaced the long-range combatants with melee troops. When there was no longer an obstacle between the two, they fought together like fierce tigers, and there was a scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.
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The border areas do not like to use halberds, such as Liang and Youzhou, but Bingzhou does not know the reason. Perhaps it is the closest place to Sili among the border areas. Influenced by the Central Plains, there has always been a tradition of using halberds, such as Lu Bu and Zhang Liao.
, Zhang Yang and other Bingzhou warriors were all masters of using halberds, so there were many halberd warriors in Gai Jun's army.
Compared with the simplicity and practicality of the spear, the halberd is undoubtedly much more complicated. In other words, the spear is easy to get started with a little training, but the halberd is difficult to master. Once you master it, you can defeat ten enemies with one. Gai Junjun The front row were all halberd warriors who had spent several years and ten years of hard work. When faced with spearmen, they easily defeated them, which was a devastating feat.
Dong Zhuo's army is constantly coming up, but if you look down from above, you can see clearly that they have not regained the position lost by their companions. On the contrary, their own position will soon be occupied by Gai Jun's halberdiers.
"Kill...don't retreat, kill for me..."
There were infantry fighting outside and cavalry raging inside. Niu Fu's face was ashen, but he rushed to the front line, roaring and fighting to the death. Xiangling County in the north, Duanshi in the East, and Yize County all belonged to Gai Jun's army. , and to the west is the Fen River. Although Jiangyi in the south is under our control, the south of the city is Huishui. Hiding in Jiangyi will immediately become a trap. There may be a glimmer of hope in a deadly battle, but once you retreat, you will definitely die.
Niu Fu was very determined, but not everyone thought like him. For example, Baibo Army Commander Yang Feng. As the war became more and more unfavorable, it was difficult for his side to reverse the defeat. Hedong was about to change its masters. Yang Feng took advantage of the fact that the main force was still intact and hurriedly Breaking away from the phalanx, he retreated quickly to the west. His hometown, Baibo Valley, was opposite the Fen River. As long as he crossed the Fen River, with the complex terrain and numerous strong forts in the area, he would still be qualified to negotiate with Gai Jun. Of course, what he wanted The benefits obtained were definitely not as great as those from Dong Zhuo.
Niu Fu waved his sword and roared in vain: "Young son Yang Feng, you are despicable and shameless. I swear to kill you."
The retreat of Yang Fengjun, who was at the rear of the phalanx, immediately triggered a chain reaction. The low morale of the Niu Fu Army immediately bottomed out and they dispersed like an avalanche. Some fled westward with the Baibo Army, while others fled southward.
The infantry of Gai Jun's army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and at the same time gathered prisoners. The force was divided into two. Gai Yin, Zang Hong, Zhang Xiu went south to pursue Niu Fu, Guan Yu, Tao Sheng and others to the west to pursue Yang Feng.
Yang Feng walked a few miles away and saw Guan Yu leading more than 2,000 horses galloping towards him like an arrow. He felt bitter in his mouth and thought to himself, "Go after Niu Fu. Why are you chasing a small fish like me? No matter how sad your heart is." Despite his reluctance, he still had to prepare for battle.
Although Yang Feng had more than ten thousand soldiers, he was just a lost dog. Guan Yu didn't pay much attention to it. He used the power of stirrups to directly charge. However, he was first hit by a rain of longbows, and then he was ambushed by powerful crossbows, shield walls, spear formations, and side attacks. The sword and shield counterattacked, and a series of combined punches could not be said to have beaten Guan Yu, but he did suffer a small loss and did not rush into the square...
Guan Yu led his troops to quickly retreat within a stone's throw, with a look of surprise on his face. The Baibo thieves are so strong?
When Guan Yu looked at his opponent, his opponent was also looking at him. This man was about thirty-two or thirty-two years old, eight feet tall, tall and handsome, with a pair of calm eyes embedded in his bronze-like square face, and a high nose bridge. He is tall and his lips are slightly thick, giving him a sense of maturity and stability, which makes people sigh that only such a person can withstand the thunderous blow of Guan Yunchang, the world-famous general.
Yang Feng patted him on the shoulder and said: "It's all thanks to Gongming's power. When you return to Linfen, I will make you a captain and command a lot of troops."
Gongming's surname was Xu Minghuang, whose courtesy name was Gongming. He was from Yangxian County, Hedong Province. He was a county official. The year before last, Baibo broke out and ravaged Hedong. He once occupied Yangxian County. Yang Feng saw that Xu Huang was an unusual person and forced him to join the gang. Xu Huang then joined Baibo. On the one hand, he Forced by the situation, on the other hand, Yang Feng was a Heishan captain conferred by the imperial court, so he was not considered a thief. Xu Huang had a rigorous temperament and knew the art of war and battle formations. The thousand men under his command were nicknamed Unparalleled in the Baibo Army. Yang Feng was very afraid of him. Although he knew his talent, he could not use it.
"Zhonglang, don't be careless. Guan Yunchang has been in the world for six or seven years. He is Gaiying's command and there are many generals, and he is more than capable." Xu Huang said seriously. Just now, he took advantage of Guan Yu's unpreparedness and used all his strength to behead two hundred people.
, the cost was more than 300 casualties, considering that he only had a thousand men in total. He believed that if Guan Yu, who was on guard, attacked again, his troops would be defeated.
Guan Yu did as Xu Huang said. This time he decisively gave up the frontal attack, went around to the flank, and used the art of riding and shooting. Yang Fengjun suddenly tasted what Dong Zhuojun had tasted, and the soldiers were like wheat being harvested one after another.
Stubble fell to the ground, and the entire front line was crooked and uneven.
If it were normal, Guan Yu would definitely take advantage of the loopholes in the opponent's defense to launch an charge to finish off the opponent as soon as possible. However, due to the lesson just now, he became much more cautious, and it was not until Tao Sheng arrived with thousands of infantry that he launched the attack.
Yang Feng's troops were attacked from two sides. No matter how powerful Yang Feng or Xu Huang was, they were unable to do anything. They could barely resist for a moment, but their morale collapsed and they rushed to the west like a tsunami. They fled all the way to the Fenshui River with dense reeds.
Looking at the cavalry of Guan Yu's cavalry who were pursuing and attacking his defeated troops and not letting go, Xu Huang said to Yang Feng: "Zhonglang, you lead your troops to cross the river. I will stay behind and try to block Guan Yunchang's steps."
Yang Feng didn't say a word. He patted Xu Huang on the shoulder and turned to cross the river. He knew what Xu Huang was thinking. He wanted to escape from the Baibo Army. Yang Feng didn't want to kill him, not to mention his cautious nature.
, strong martial arts, he may not be able to kill him, but even if he succeeds, he will definitely try his best to avenge his master. If internal strife occurs at this time, it will only help Guan Yu. Xu Huang is not someone he can control. Even if he stays, he can at least help him.
He bought some time.
Seeing Yang Feng's troops starting to cross the river, Guan Yu urged the cavalry to speed up, not wanting to hit the wall again. The banner with the character "Xu" was particularly dazzling in the sunlight.
"It's him again..." Guan Yu was furious. Since his debut, every attack he has made has been defeated. He is brave enough to consider himself second, but no one dares to say he is the first. Today, he was defeated continuously by one person.
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Guan Yu was about to wipe out thousands of remaining soldiers in one fell swoop, when he suddenly heard that the other party was asking to surrender. His title was Xu Gongming of Yang County, Sima under General Heishan Zhonglang.
"Xu Gongming of Yang County?..." Guan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. He had heard of this man. He was an official of Yang County. He was taciturn but generous and righteous. He granted everything he asked for. He was a knight from Hedong and a wicked young man.
, people who do good things are very close to each other. In his early years, Guan Yu's rangers also had the idea of visiting him. Later, he fled to a foreign country and had no chance to see him.
Xu Huang's appearance was extraordinary. Guan Yu secretly cheered and said, "Why did you resist first and then surrender?"
Xu Huang's body was as straight as a javelin, and he cupped his fists and said: "Return to Zhonglang, General Hussar has been so kind and powerful to the world. Huang has admired him for a long time and wished he could serve as his general. Now Yang Zhonglang and General Hussar are in bad terms, and Huang is deeply supported by Yang Zhonglang.
Well, we have to fight. Now that Yang Zhonglang has crossed the river, his life is not in danger. After I have repaid my kindness, I will naturally surrender."
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"..." Xu Huang was speechless and looked at Guan Yu.