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Chapter 430 Closing
On the middle battlefield, when Liu Bei attacked and defeated Liu Jing's left army, Jingzhou army commander Wang Wei immediately put all the reserves in his hands into the battlefield according to the plan, trying to defeat Liu Jing's front army, and then encircled Liu Jing's middle army with Liu Bei's army, and locked in one fell swoop. victory.

This plan is not without possibility of success, but Wang Wei's opponent is the tiger general Gan Ning.

At the critical moment, Gan Ning did not avoid arrows and stones, went in and out of the battle formation, and encouraged the soldiers.

With the return of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, Gan Ning, who was enraged by the Jingzhou army's attack, immediately launched a fierce counterattack against the Jingzhou army.

For a time, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan fired three arrows at the same time, and led the troops to defeat the Jingzhou army's attack first, and then drove straight in, counterattacking the Jingzhou Central Army's position with an unstoppable momentum.

At the same time, Han Guang's troops on the right also cooperated with the former army from the flank to attack the Jingzhou central army.

"Kill..."

Under the leadership of Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, Liu Jing's soldiers, red-faced and red-eyed, roared wantonly, brandished swords and spears, and poured into the Jingzhou Central Army's position like a tide.For a moment, the soldiers on both sides criss-crossed and fought frantically. The sound of war drums, shouts of killing, screams, and the sound of gold and iron were mixed together, and they went straight to the sky.

Huang Zhong entered the formation first from the right, and slashed out like a thunderbolt with the red blood knife in his hand. He saw two red swords across the sky. on the ground.

Huang Zhong didn't wait for the corpses to fall, he swung his arms and slammed them together. The two headless corpses were immediately knocked upside down and flew into the crowd behind, causing a commotion. extravagant.

Huang Zhong is as fierce as a bear, and extremely brave. With such a fierce general taking the lead, the soldiers of Liu Jing's army will naturally fight the enemy bravely without fear.

Huang Zhong went forward without hesitation, and led his troops to defeat the Jingzhou Army several times. At this time, Han Guang also led his troops into the Jingzhou Central Army's position from the flank. The two of them attacked north and west, and the Jingzhou Central Army left. Attacked from the front and back, the army was immediately defeated, and the soldiers rushed to flee.

Afterwards, Huang Zhong and Han Guang joined forces, they did not pursue and kill the fleeing enemy soldiers, but went straight to the Jingzhou army's backbone.The so-called backbone is where the coach is.

The backbone not only has the responsibility to protect the coach, but also often serves as the reserve force of the entire army. Therefore, the backbone is usually the most elite unit in the army.

Reluctantly, Wang Wei had put all his reserves into the battlefield before, and almost half of the backbone troops were taken out. Now that Huang Zhong and Han Guang joined forces to attack, Wang Wei's strength was stretched and it was difficult to parry.

"Pfft!" Han Guang pierced the left chest of an enemy soldier with a spear, crushing his heart.Then the horse galloped forward, avoiding the spears and halberd blades attacking him from both sides. Dozens of Han and Qiang knights who were following behind Han Guang swung their swords and spears, and instantly swept away the enemies on both sides. .

On the other hand, Han Guang moved forward with all his heart, charged forward with the help of his horse, swung his spear, and killed two more people.

Han Guang led dozens of cavalry to charge forward, and the army followed up, expanding the results of the battle, and finally defeated the enemy's formation, with no disadvantages.

However, what surprised Han Guang was that the opponent in front of him showed an astonishing resilience, which could not be explained by the elite soldiers alone.You know, the situation of the Jingzhou army is very bad now, but the soldiers of the Jingzhou army show no signs of collapse.

"Perhaps the reason lies with Wang Wei, the general of the Jingzhou army." Han Guanggao stood on his horse, looking at Wang Wei's flag dozens of steps away.

As the saying goes: Generals are the courage of soldiers.The fact that the Jingzhou soldiers never retreated in the deadly battle is enough to prove that Wang Wei led the army well and won the hearts of the soldiers.From this point of view, Wang Wei did not live up to the name of a famous general.

At this moment, Wang Wei was so angry that he jumped into a rage, and Liu Bei and Zhuo Zhongman were defeated and fled one after another, directly exposing the right wing of the Chinese army to the enemy.The situation in the center and the left wing is also extremely critical, and our side is bound to lose in this battle.

The only thing we can do now is to minimize losses and avoid being completely wiped out by the enemy. It is obviously impossible to rely on him alone, and Zhang Yun needs to cooperate with him to advance and retreat together.

However, just now, Zhang Yun on the left wing led the army and fled alone without even saying hello.Zhang Yun obviously used him as a bait to attract the attention of the enemy in order to escape.

Wang Wei's lungs were about to explode. Zhang Yun, a shameless person, had been defeated in a row before and lost his army. Because he was Liu Biao's nephew, he was not punished.When Liu Biao appointed him as the lieutenant general of the army, he should have strongly refused.Thinking of this, Wang Wei felt regretful in his heart.

A Sima retreated from the front line with blood on his face, and persuaded Wang Wei: "Zhonglang, we are all defeated today, and the front can't stand it anymore. Zhonglang, order to retreat. If you don't retreat, we will all die without a place to die." Yea!"

Wang Wei looked at the phalanxes in front of them, one after another, the soldiers fled for their lives, feeling sad, he gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat."

Following Wang Wei's order, the hardcore soldiers stopped fighting and rushed to escape. Under the protection of his personal guards, Wang Wei mixed in the surging crowd and fled towards Yicheng in the rear.

However, what Wang Wei didn't know was that Huang Zhong had been eyeing him a long time ago. Seeing that Wang Wei was about to escape, he immediately led his troops, slanting towards the north, cutting through the waves all the way, and successfully intercepted Wang Wei.

Seeing that Wang Wei was blocked by the enemy, he was about to break through desperately, but found that the leader of the army was Huang Zhong.Although his friendship with Huang Zhong is average, but because they are both from Nanyang, they have had some contacts. He knew Huang Zhong was brave, and he knew that he was incapable. Nan, there is no news at all, and I feel quite worried about Han Sheng in my heart, I didn't expect that the day we meet again, it will be like this, it's really amazing!"

Huang Zhong is not a cold-blooded and ruthless person. Hearing Wang Wei's heartfelt words, his heart was touched, and he said: "In today's world, not only the king chooses his ministers, but also his ministers. ?”

Wang Wei didn't even think about it, so he shook his head and refused: "An Yuan is certainly a hero of the generation, but the general treats me well and entrusts me with the task of commanding the army. I am ashamed of the general if I am defeated. If I surrender to the enemy again, what will I look like in the future? Standing between heaven and earth?"

Huang Zhong sighed: "The king wants to be loyal to Liu Jingzhou, and I want to drive for Anyuan, so life and death depend on one's ability."

Wang Wei couldn't help being anxious when he heard the words, and said: "Does Han Sheng have to use the blood of his old friends from the countryside as a step up?"

After all, without waiting for Huang Zhong to react, Wang Wei prepared to bypass Huang Zhong and walk away.

Wang Wei is the general of the Jingzhou army, Huang Zhong absolutely dare not let him go, just about to take action, suddenly a long arrow pierced the sky, passed through the dense crowd, and shot into the back of Wang Wei's neck.

Unprepared, Wang Wei threw himself forward to the ground immediately, with ghosts from left and right, he hurriedly helped Wang Wei up, only to find that his neck had been pierced by an arrow, and his clothes were instantly stained red with blood.

This kind of arrow wound is undoubtedly fatal, even if he does not die immediately, he will not live for long, and he will suffer endless pain every moment, and he will not be relieved until he dies.

Wang Wei didn't want to be tortured to death, so he waved weakly at his personal guards, signaling them to run away alone and leave him alone.

Then Wang Wei sat up slowly, his eyes widened, he firmly grasped the shaft of the arrow on his neck, and pulled it out suddenly, blood gushed out like a waterfall, and Wang Wei died of his injuries.

"Zhonglang..." Wang Wei died so forcefully that the guards on the left and right cried loudly.

Huang Zhong was also stunned on the spot, he looked back in the direction of the arrow, and saw a brave cavalry galloping on horseback, holding a long bow, it was Han Guang.

Huang Zhong suddenly realized that only a sharpshooter like Han Guang could kill Wang Wei with one arrow in such a chaotic situation.

Wang Wei's personal guard lay on the corpse and wept bitterly. They exchanged a look with each other, then they all got up and went upstream, screaming and killing Han Guang, wanting to risk their lives and avenge Wang Wei.

Their deeds of loyalty are certainly admirable, but unfortunately their strength is limited, and before they even got close to Han Guang, they were swarmed up by his left and right cavalry and killed them all.

Huang Zhong walked up to Wang Wei and sighed inwardly as he looked at the fellow countryman who had died of neck erosion.

Han Guang also came on his horse, and asked, "Have Han Sheng had an old relationship with this person?" He happened to see Huang Zhong's hesitation just now.

Huang Zhong nodded and said: "We are in the same county, Wang Jun has a general, he is a famous general in Jingzhou, I wanted to persuade him to submit to the general, but unfortunately Wang Jun vowed not to surrender. It is better to die at the hands of Gongfu than to be killed by me. Kill this countryman."

Han Guang ordered Wang Wei's head to be cut off and stuffed into the pouch on the horse's side. At this time, there was already a head in the pouch. This was also a captain who was worth two thousand stones. Han Guang killed two generals in one battle. , including the enemy's chief general, Wang Wei. Not surprisingly, this battle will surely be the best among all generals.

Han Guang was not satisfied with this, and continued to lead his army to chase and defeat the enemy. Huang Zhong lost the merit of capturing and killing Wang Wei, so he had to muster up his remaining courage and pursue with all his strength.

Tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops were routed and fled roughly in two directions. The first was Yicheng. The Jingzhou army was backed by Yicheng in this battle, so the largest number of people fled into Yicheng, followed by Yicheng. Southwest camp.

Of course, there were also people who fled directly to the north, but they were often overtaken by Liu Jingjun's cavalry before they escaped very far. In the end, they were either killed or surrendered. Few of them managed to escape.

The Jingzhou army barracks used to be mainly the garrison of Zhuzhongman. The Han army only occupied a small part.

Therefore, the Jingzhou army barracks were almost empty and undefended, only the broken soldiers who fled into the camp were guarded.

As a defeated general, Gao Xiang was eager to make meritorious service and redeem himself. He personally led more than [-] soldiers from the left army to storm the Jingzhou army camp, fighting hard and defeating them.

The Jingzhou army barracks fell in the first battle, but there was a small situation in Yicheng. It turned out that the generals of Liu Jingjun chased and killed the defeated soldiers all the way, preparing to take the opportunity to attack Yicheng.

However, Zhang Yun and Liu Bei, who fled back to Yicheng first, had already organized a defense, and Liu Jingjun's several attacks were defeated by the two.

What annoyed Liu Jing even more was that during the Yicheng period, an extremely fierce counterattack was launched. Under Liu Bei's instigation, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others led hundreds of cavalry and suddenly rushed out from the west gate of Yicheng.Wei Yan was caught off guard because he rushed to the front and bore the brunt, and Wei Yan was almost killed by Guan Yu in the battle.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others accepted as soon as they saw a good deal, and fled back to the city before Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Han Guang and others encircled them. Wei Yan was so angry that he jumped up and down.

In the afternoon, the fighting between the two sides basically ended. Liu Jingjun defeated the Jingzhou Army in the first battle and captured more than 8000 people.Although the Jingzhou army was defeated, there were still [-] to [-] people, and Yicheng was kept, enough to continue to deal with Liu Jingjun.

General Liu Jingjun returned to the camp one after another, and a sumptuous post-war meal was already prepared.

The soldiers fought fiercely with the Jingzhou army for half a day since sunrise. They only ate breakfast before the battle. Since noon, they were already hungry. As soon as the food came, the soldiers began to gobble it up. stand up.

"Huo Bomiao also died in battle?" Liu Jing's face was gloomy in the big tent of the Chinese army.Since there was no news of Huo Du, he was already mentally prepared, but when he really heard the news of Huo Du's death, he still felt depressed.

Huo Du may not be as talented as his younger brother Huo Jun, but he is also a rare talent. Liu Jing doesn't know why Huo Du did not leave his name in history like his younger brother Huo Jun in history.

Liu Jing originally thought that his fate would change because of him, but he didn't expect that in the end, he still couldn't get rid of the established fate.

Gao Xiang said with a sad face: "When the army was defeated, I only knew that he was not in the rebellion. I don't know whether he is dead or alive. Someone just found Huo Bomiao's body. The seal ribbon worn on his body confirms that he is Ho Bomiao."

Liu Jing fell silent when he heard the words, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth to say: "Although Bo Miao's body is broken, at least there is still a whole body left, but Chu Ziping's head was taken away by Guan Yu, and his death is not peaceful."

Wei Yan was nearly killed by Guan Yu before, and he felt angry and said viciously: "General, when we attack Yicheng in the future, the general will be the first to ascend, behead Guan Yu, and take back Chu Zhonglang's head."

Liu Jing frowned and said: "Although the enemy was defeated in this battle, our army also suffered a lot of casualties. In Yicheng, there are still thousands of enemy troops, and the defenders of the city are Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. At least five times as many troops as the enemy must be gathered to have any hope of success."

The thought of mobilizing troops from the rear gave Liu Jing a big headache. After all, after he captured Jiangling, he had recruited 8000 people from the rear, and now at least thousands, or even [-] people would be recruited.Fortunately, Zhang Jin has been eliminated, and Jingnan has neither internal nor external troubles, so he can maximize the deployment of troops.

Pang Tong suddenly said: "Actually, it is not difficult to destroy Yicheng."

"Oh?" Seeing Pang Tong's confident appearance, Liu Jing couldn't help being taken aback. He couldn't think of any other way to capture Yicheng except for a strong attack.Just as he was about to question Pang Tong, his personal guards suddenly entered the account to report, and Huo Jun, the guard of Yiling, sent an urgent envoy to see Liu Jing.

"Is something wrong in Yiling?" Liu Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately recruited envoys to enter the account.

The Yiling envoy walked into the big tent of the Chinese army. Seeing that the tent was full of people, he did not dare to open his mouth to avoid revealing the military situation. It was not until Liu Jing spoke to ask each other that he said: "On the day when the general launched his northern expedition, the big clans of Zigui Deng Zhong and Deng Ren Brother, gather thousands of Buqu and barbarian soldiers to rebel, and now everyone west of Yiling rebels..."

(End of this chapter)