Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1167
The outside of Shangluo City has turned into a continuous construction site. Many naked laborers were driven out of the city, digging ravines and rammed earth to build walls around the entire city.

As the base camp of Guo Jing's army, this city had already set up all kinds of fortifications in a very comprehensive and complete way. However, the successive accidents and the strong fighting power displayed by the Jin army made Guo Shi, including some The generals lack confidence in the various defenses that have been established so far.

Currently in the Shangluo territory, the Jin army is dividing into two routes, north and south, and rapidly approaching Shangluo City.Some ranger scouts were even blatantly wandering around and peeping around. It was conceivable that in a short while, a large unit of the Jin army would appear in the outskirts of Shangluo City.

The various fortifications that have been in operation for several years can't give people a sense of security. How can an unbreakable line of defense be erected in a hurry?So the current busyness is just a little bit of manpower, in order to obtain a little psychological comfort, to show that we still have the heart of perseverance.

The winter cold is already very obvious now. Shangluo City is located near the Weishui River. There are already ice floes on the river surface, and the surrounding fields are also covered with frost and frozen soil.Excavation requires double the manpower, so the surrounding area outside Shangluo City is filled with the scolding and scolding of the soldiers, as well as the begging and mourning of the slave laborers.

Feng Shan was among the group of naked laborers, holding a pointed wooden stick in his hand. Amid the kicking, beating and cursing of the soldiers, he waved the wooden stick weakly and struck the ground with the pointed end. , The shock force from the hard ground went straight to the arms along the wooden stick, making the arms even more sore and uncomfortable.

"I really don't know whether to be lucky or not. I have already escaped from Huayin..."

Feng Shan chiseled the ground while looking left and right, his heart was full of pain.

Since he was born, he has spent most of his time in chaos and turmoil, so the panic and tense atmosphere did not frighten him too much. It was just the thought that he had finally escaped from Huaxia before Tongguan Wangshi launched an attack. Yinwubi originally planned to find a remote place in the countryside and hide it temporarily, but he didn't expect to be caught by Shangluo Hu army scouts again, and then he was coerced and came to Shangluo.

Now that the fierce battle is imminent, the Shangluo defenders don't care about the skills of this mere bastard pawn, and even if he has any superb skills, it is difficult for him to play a big role in such a situation.

"I still have to run away..."

Unlike the numb and miserable slaves around them, they didn't know what was going on, but only vaguely knew that there was going to be a big war.Feng Shan knew very well that there was a powerful and irresistible army coming to this place aggressively, and he had witnessed the fierce fighting power of the master Wang with his own eyes, which was not an opponent that mortals could resist with flesh and blood.

No matter how the two sides win or lose, Feng Shan doesn't care much. After all, he is not very close to either side, and people don't look at him seriously. Unexplained death.

Right now the laborers on the construction site accounted for the majority, and the situation was extremely chaotic, but it was really not easy to get out and sneak away.Because there are small groups of fierce soldiers armed with armor everywhere on the construction site, and the supervisors wander around. Whenever they find the convicts acting unusually, they will be shot and killed immediately, and there is no chance for people to resist and run away.

Although Feng Shan's life-saving ability in running away is very good, he doesn't dare to run away right now, and he doesn't dare to draw too much attention so that this flesh and blood body becomes a living target, so right now he can only keep his head down and don't dare to escape.

Although those soldiers were fierce in driving the hard labor, the real effect was not great.Even if the top generals blocked the news of the enemy's situation, the atmosphere of fear could not be concealed from anyone.There was an endless stream of fugitives from the front line coming here from all over the countryside, all of them were pale and terrified, with lingering fear in their eyes.

Moreover, a considerable part of the defenders inside and outside the city suddenly left the camp and retreated, acting hastily and flusteredly, which could not be hidden from the hard labor around them.If it weren't for the fact that there were still enough soldiers to supervise the work inside and outside the city to control the situation, these soldiers might have already dispersed.

But even if the current situation is not out of control, those hard laborers are not fools. Instead of wasting their energy in vain, it is better to reserve some energy and wait for the front line to be defeated later and flee.

Guo Shi was covered in thick armour, covered in hemp onyx, and rode out of the city on horseback. There were hundreds of his descendants gathered beside him, and all of them had tragic and heroic faces.

Although it seems that there is noise inside and outside the city, in fact, the army that Guo Shi can control at the moment has been weakened to the extreme. Only less than [-] soldiers are still under his control, and there are nearly [-] hard laborers scattered around the city.

But once a war breaks out, these ragtag hard laborers have no combat value at all, and may instead attack their own front because they are timid and flee.

Only a few days have passed since the king of the Jin army marched westward, but the strength of the Hu army entrenched in Shangluo has declined to the extreme.

Leaving aside the blow to the morale of the entire army caused by the accidental capture of the coach Guo Jing, very few of the garrison troops scattered in the countryside were able to withdraw.And even if they were withdrawn, all kinds of armored staffs had been discarded, and they were gutted by the king of the Jin army, so they could not be used again.

The confrontation between Guo Chun and Guo Shi also caused cracks in the Shangluo base camp. All the generals stood in their own lines, and their fighting spirit was completely lost. Some even simply led their troops to avoid the side temporarily, obviously just waiting for the battle to happen. After the main force of the Jin army was entangled by Guo Shi, they immediately led their troops to flee.

These people don't leave right now, but they are worried that if they leave the battle hastily, it may cause the army to mutiny and flee as a whole.

Guo Shi did not forget Guo Jing's advice before he was arrested, but now that the people from all walks of life are about to collapse, the situation is so critical that Guo Shi can no longer make any further plans to retreat to Sanfu.

The only thing in front of him is to stick to the path of deadly battle. Once the entire army trades and retreats, the army's morale will completely collapse in an instant, and there may be some generals harboring treacherous schemes, waiting for the opportunity to rebel against him. Please live.

If you don't move, you will die, but if you move rashly, you will die faster.Guanzhong has experienced frequent turmoil in the past few years. As the situation got worse and worse, Guo Shi would inevitably imagine his own ending in his spare time, but when the real end was in front of him, he still felt a little resentful and unacceptable.

It's not that he thinks he still has the possibility of defeating the king of the Jin army, but that the defeat was too hasty, like a joke, and there is no room for struggle at all.

"I don't know how those thieves in Sansuke felt after they learned of my defeat?"

After such a thought came to his mind, a bitter but cruel smile appeared on the corner of Guo Shi's mouth.

No matter what unrealistic ambitions and delusions he had before, but now the facts tell him that in front of the powerful king of the Jin army, the so-called Guanzhong heroes are just a joke, and his defeat is imminent now. Because it happened to be the first step to encounter the attack of the Jin army.

These so-called heroes from Guanzhong are nothing more than a group of urchins, and the reason why they attack each other fiercely is only because the real strong people have not yet joined in the fight.

Guo Shi was patrolling all sides with a heavy heart, unaware that there was a pair of eyes hidden among the servants who were sizing him up frequently.

Feng Shan didn't have much ambition. He felt that he had the opportunity to turn against the enemy and seek merit with the life of the general. His rich experience in escaping made him deeply understand that in this kind of battle that must be lost, being able to recognize the position of the general's central army is very important for escaping. It really means a lot.

If the troops in the headquarters can still resist for a while, and then withdraw the troops as a whole, then moving with the central army will undoubtedly save their lives to the greatest extent, which is far safer than following the scattered soldiers and fleeing for their lives.

But in Feng Shan's view, this possibility is really very small, so he should try his best to avoid the direction where the general is fleeing, because that must be where the main force of the enemy's pursuit is, chasing and killing important people.As for the disbanded soldiers, they will not attract too much attention.

Guo Shi didn't know that he had been regarded as a beacon of escape by his subordinates, but even if he knew, he couldn't think of more grief and indignation now, because the scouts sent from abroad had already returned at a gallop.

At the same time, there is no need for the scouts to make detailed reports, because smoke and dust are flying in the vast distance between the sky and the earth, and the smoke column is like a running dragon rushing straight up to Luocheng, and the one running at the dragon's head is the King of the Jin Army Regardless of the morale of the army or the armor and weapons of the division, there is a world of difference from the defenders, the Fenwu Army!

"Quickly assemble the array, and divide the city!"

Guo Shi knew very well how powerful the Jin army was. Whether it was the sudden breach of Huayin Yang's Wubi and Wuguan, or the terrified statements of the returning soldiers, Guo Shi deeply understood that defending the city is a dead end. Only field battles can slightly equalize the strength of the enemy and us in the use of weapons, or cause some casualties to the enemy!
The king of the Jin army rushed towards this place like a torrent of light cavalry. Thousands of horses galloped on the ground beside the Weishui River, making the whole world tremble.Even the elite direct subordinates around Guo Shi had uncontrollable fear on their faces, let alone those ordinary servants.

However, they are all in the outskirts of the city right now, with no shelter around them. Although they have been shocked by the cavalry's strong impact, they are still driven by the surrounding soldiers with swords and gather together, stacked on top of each other. The front line of the battle line formed a crowded and extremely chaotic wall of flesh and blood, wailing in despair, begging helplessly for God to show mercy.

"Take me as the target, form an array to fight!"

At the side and rear of those soldiers, Guo Shi raised his hand and tightened the leather of his armor, with a somewhat desperate madness on his face. Right now, he has nothing else to ask but hopes that the last battle in his life can be a little easier. How heroic.

However, at this moment, in the hastily formed formation of the soldiers, there suddenly sounded a sharp and shrill roar: "The soldiers of the king's division have already sneaked into the formation, and those who want to survive will follow me to kill the thieves!"

In such a noisy environment, such a roar really couldn't attract too many people, and even though it was drowned out by the endless waves of sound, suddenly a ferocious javelin flew out from the front line, and directly smashed into the face of a Hu pawn knight. The man immediately fell off the horse with blood, and after the horse was frightened, it roared, kicked, kicked and rushed.

The riot centered on this point, quickly spreading to all directions, and soon formed an uncontrolled chaotic area in this already crowded formation.

"Master Wang is in the formation, fight back to survive!"

Similar roars followed one after another, and soon formed a huge sound wave, and Feng Shan, who was the instigator, had already hunched his waist and got into the rioting crowd.

The rich experience of defection accumulated over the years allowed him to avoid outside influence even in such a chaotic and noisy situation, using every tiny variable to increase his chances of survival.

Once the turmoil happened, it could no longer be contained, and the chaos spread rapidly. Even the soldiers who had not been integrated into the formation at the rear were affected by the chaos and became chaotic.

On the battlefield at this moment, the light cavalry of the Jin army had already parked outside Lixu, changing horses for the last round of rest before the official battle.Seeing that the enemy formation had begun to collapse by itself, the chief general Xiao Yuandong immediately jumped on his horse and ordered in a loud voice: "Attack quickly, Guo Bandit will definitely be captured in the formation!"

The horn of Wang Shi's charge sounded again, which undoubtedly added more firewood to the enemy army that had already been in a turmoil!

Although the chaos in the periphery has not yet spread to Guo Shi's surroundings, the formation just formed around him has inevitably been violently impacted. He retreated again and again, and was directly pushed under the city gate by those surging soldiers. .

"Throw the hanging basket quickly and welcome the general into the city to resist the enemy!"

At this time, the city gate facing the enemy was already congested inside and outside, and a large number of soldiers piled up here, unable to advance or retreat, while the soldiers around Guo Shi raised their heads and shouted in unison.

Fortunately, the chaos outside the city hadn't spread to the top of the city at this moment. After hearing the roar, even dozens of hanging baskets were thrown down.But at this time, those disorganized soldiers also rushed to the city wall. Seeing this scene, they flocked to the place where the hanging basket fell like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.

Feng Shan knew that this seemingly vital place was actually a dead end. He had already walked to the edge of the crowd through constant pushing and shoving, and he had been collecting scattered ordnance during his escape. Holding a gun and a knife in one hand, and wearing a loose armor on his left shoulder, the crowd around him gradually became less crowded, and he drifted away from the crowd, while yelling inexplicably.

Sure enough, seeing the hanging baskets being scrambled by soldiers, the defenders at the top of the city immediately cut off the ropes connecting the hanging baskets, and then frequently shot down the city, and soon a large number of bones were piled up in the area of ​​the tower.

Seeing that the defenders at the top of the city were killing so frantically, it was hopeless to enter the city. Naturally, those rebellious soldiers would no longer stay in the dead place, and began to run around the city.

And Feng Shan, who had already left the team, was freer now, and he just sat in a dead corner under the city wall without moving. The flying arrows were not enough to make him absolutely safe, so he was also watching all directions, carrying a dead body at the foot of the city wall and adjusting his hiding place at any time.

After the rebels were scattered and fled, the city tower was finally deserted, but at this moment, the cavalry of the Jin army had already rushed to the front, and the ferocious rain of bows and crossbows covered the area around the left, preventing Guo Shi from retreating into the city calmly. .

However, the current situation was like this, even if Guo Shi retreated into the city, it was meaningless. He directly ordered the soldiers to guard in front of the city tower, and once again assembled hundreds of soldiers around him into formation.

Although the Jin army rushed to the front, there was a rain of arrows from the defenders on the top of the city, and a large number of corpses were piled up on the ground, which was not conducive to charging, so they could only splash the arrows they carried with them.

Guo Shi has also been paying attention to the changes in the enemy's offensive. Although the bows and crossbows of the Jin army can be said to be excellent, their power is not as exaggerated as those heavy weapons, and the arrows carried by the Qingqi sweep are only a small amount after all.

As soon as he realized that the enemy's long-range firepower was gradually exhausted, and there was a faint tendency to retreat, Guo Shi was overjoyed, raised his arms and shouted: "Follow me to fight against the bandits!"

Amidst the roar, Guo Shi and the hundreds of fine soldiers around him raised their reins and jumped over the pile of corpses, rushing towards the opposing battle formation!Although he has been at an absolute disadvantage since the start of the war, it doesn't mean that he doesn't even have the confidence to fight for his life. You must know that the elites of the direct line around him are also powerful soldiers who have moved to the north and south, killing people without blinking an eye!
There were not many Qing cavalry in the Jin army, but there were only a mere two thousand soldiers. At this moment, they were shrinking and adjusting the battle formation. It happened that Guo Shi led the troops to charge out, and the situation suddenly seemed to be forced to retreat by Hu Jun.

"One more shot!"

After Xiao Yuandong saw this, he gave another order, and all the soldiers twisted their waists and turned around to shoot out the few remaining arrows in the quiver.This round of arrow rain was not as violent as it was at the beginning, but it also greatly hindered the enemy's charge, and the distance between the two sides quickly opened.

Although Guo Shi acted bravely, he was by no means a reckless man. Seeing that the enemy army had been forced to retreat temporarily, he was not in a hurry to chase after the weak to defeat the strong. , and at the same time ordered the surrounding soldiers to disperse, and gathered as many routs as possible outside the city.

Since the Jin army marched westward, it has pierced the heart like a sharp weapon, which is so powerful that it makes people desperate.Although the opponent's active tactical retreat is more important in forcing his forward to retreat at the moment, it is enough to cheer up Guo Shi, who has been depressed for a long time.

After the enemy withdrew, they gathered in the field again, and Guo Shi felt a little madness in his heart for a while. He rode his horse and walked alone, looking at the enemy's battle formation on the opposite side. : "Taiyuan Guo Shi is here, who would dare to fight with me..."

Suddenly, the war horse under him staggered, and Guo Shi's roar naturally stopped abruptly. He looked at the ground below him in disbelief. There were several human corpses there, but just as the horse's hoof was about to hit the ground, suddenly a flesh and blood The fuzzy corpse jumped out more than ten feet horizontally, and then the horse's hoof was directly stuck in the gap between the corpses, and was driven to the side by inertia.

Originally, Guo Shi's superb riding skills would not have caused him to be unstable, but when he saw with his own eyes that the dead body suddenly seemed to come to life, his heart was trembling, and even the hairs on the back of his neck suddenly stood up, the reaction was inevitable A little dull, when he turned around, the horse's body had completely fallen to the side of the ground, and even Guo Shi rolled over and fell off the horse.

"Damn..."

Feng Shan was also complaining in his heart. He managed to sneak up to this point, and he could roll into a shallow ditch more than ten feet further, and climb out of the frontal battlefield under the cover of mud, but he didn't expect that at this most critical moment, Guo Shi's small act of Meng Lang happened to happen. After rushing to his position, if he continued to pretend to be dead and was steadied by the horse's hooves, his tendons would inevitably be broken, so he naturally jumped away without caring about anything else.

This change occurred on the battlefield, and both armies were dumbfounded.Especially when Guo Shi's soldiers who scattered to collect the rebel soldiers saw this scene, their canthus were all cracked, and they rushed forward one after another.

"Give it a go!"

Seeing this scene, Feng Shan secretly gritted his teeth, pulled out a saber under his arm with his backhand, and directly aimed at Guo Shi, who was still rolling and unable to stand still.Guo Shi only heard a strange noise in his ear, and subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see a hideous and distorted face suddenly leaping into his field of vision, he subconsciously swung his blade to block it, but in his hand was a horse more than ten feet long. Lance, the lance hadn't even left the ground, and the rusty blade had already slashed at the man's neck!
With blood splattering, Feng Shan turned his wrist to cut off the head of the dying Guo Shi, but the blade was too blunt after all, and Guo Shi's soldiers were about to charge in no time.

In the blink of an eye, Feng Shan didn't have time to grab the head again. At this moment, the horse's feet that fell down also pulled out from the pile of corpses and struggled to stand up.Feng Shan grabbed the reins and slashed at the horse's hip. Taking advantage of the pain of the horse and charging forward, he turned over and jumped onto the horse's back. Then he hugged the horse's neck tightly and rushed towards Wang Shi.

"What a strong man! Who is that subordinate? Hurry up and respond!"

Xiao Yuandong on the opposite side also saw the strong soldier beheading the enemy general with ease in the battle formation, couldn't help raising his eyebrows, clapped his hands in admiration, and then waved his arms and gave orders.

　After writing this battle in one big chapter, it can be regarded as two changes. . .Then continue writing later. . .

　　
　
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