Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 786 Critical

The battle between the Han and Wei armies took place on the plain west of Linfen.Generally speaking, the terrain is vast and there is no danger, only the small slope is uplifted, and the surrounding situation can be observed.

On the battlefield, Han cavalry and Hu cavalry fought on both sides of the army formation, and the infantry of the two armies faced each other. At first when the two armies first fought, the front line could still be kept clear, but it didn't take long. Tun's interspersed strangulation disrupted the front line and gradually plunged the two sides into a melee.

Numerous spears protruded densely from the Wei army's formation, stabbing wildly with the spearmen of the Han army, competing with the sharp eyes and hands of both sides. You swing my spear away, and I will fly your long spear.During this period, the brave soldiers of the Wei army held swords and shields, took the opportunity to rush over, suddenly jumped up, swung their swords and swept left and right, and were intercepted by the rest of the Han army infantry, fighting into a group.

On the tragic battlefield, the spears stabbed at each other, the armor cracked and flew, the soldiers were hysterical, and the red blood with the stench poured into their noses, which aroused the ferocity of the soldiers even more, and they fought together to death.

The soldiers at the forefront of the Han army suffered heavy casualties. Yan Yu's troops had long been replaced by Wang Si under the attack of the Wei army, and Li Xin, the school lieutenant who was highly regarded by Wang Si, led hundreds of people to the front row, trying to flatten the troops. The line that was about to be broken by the Wei army unexpectedly ran into Pang Hui, the son of the fierce general Pang De of the Wei army, and the captain of the Kou school.

At this time, Pang Hui's armor was pierced with several feathered arrows, and there were several sword slashes all over the place, and the blood on the brocade robe looked extremely horrifying.

With a flash of cold light, Li Xin waved the spear in his hand to poke Pang Hui's confidant.Pang Hui raised his shield with his left hand to block him, and stepped in. The single knife on his right hand cut across Li Xin's waist and abdomen.

Seeing this, Li Xin quickly avoided it.His personal guard rushed forward and stabbed him from the side with a spear.Trying to contain Pang Hui, he wanted to besiege and kill Pang Hui with Li Xin.Unexpectedly, Pang Hui strode forward, raised the shield with one hand to block the spear, and swung his backhand to kill his bodyguard.

While Pang Hui was fighting with his personal guards, Li Xin raised his spear and stabbed Pang Hui in the back.Unexpectedly, Pang Hui's trilogy pressed to the side, blocking Li Xin's offensive.

After dealing with the Han soldiers, Pang Hui took the opportunity to slash Li Xin's forehead with a knife.

The terrified Li Xin tried to get rid of it, but Pang Hui's knife was faster, and the sharp blade slashed on the Douhou, but because the Douhou was strong, the blade went down and cut into the shoulder against the gap in the armor.Pulling the knife hard again, the blade almost cut off his right arm, the muscles and bones were broken, and a lot of blood spattered out.

Li Xin's arm lost strength in an instant, and he retreated with one hand dragging the spear.

Pang Hui stepped forward to chase after him with a knife, and shouted: "The thief will leave and leave with his life."

Liang, Li Xin's personal guard, saw the attack coming, and slashed at Pang Hui with a knife.As a result, Pang Hui slashed on his face fiercely, cutting his nose and cheeks into two pieces, and a lot of blood spilled down the knife edge, staining Pang Hui's arm red.

Liang Jian fell to the ground and howled while clutching his bloody face, and the part of the battle that cooperated with Pang Hui came up immediately and ended his life.And Pang Hui was still trying to catch up with Li Xin and kill him.

At this time, Li Xin was already covered by dozens of soldiers, seeing Wei General Pang Hui still coming towards him like crazy, he shouted: "Shoot him to death."

Several crossbowmen pulled their bows to string, aiming at Pang Hui to shoot.

Pang Hui was terrified, looking at the arrows coming towards him, unable to dodge in time.Several arrows hit Pang Hui's armor and broke through the armor. Thanks to the double-layer heavy armor on Pang Hui's body, although the pain was unbearable, his life was still alive.His personal guard stepped forward to cover him with a shield and took Pang Hui away.

The Han soldiers didn't care about chasing Pang Hui, so they tore off the cloth strips to stop Li Xin's bleeding, but Li Xin endured the pain and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to die, but it's a pity that I can't fulfill the commander's order."

Not long after, Wang Si came with his attendants to check on Li Xin's injuries.Li Xin's blood had already pooled into a pool on the ground, his whole face was pale and trembling.Seeing Wang Si's arrival, he opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything, his body collapsed, and he stopped breathing.

In the fierce battle between the main infantry of the Han and Wei armies, although the Wei soldiers were numerous and powerful, the Han army fought evenly with their bravery.

However, after fighting for an hour or two, the disadvantage brought by the number of the Han army, and Jiang Wei's troops trekking across mountains and rivers for days, running around and turning, also made the soldiers unable to withstand the offensive of the Wei army earlier.After all, the Han army first moved from Mashou Mountain to Shuanghe Mountain, and they had traveled a long way just yesterday, running around for a long time.In today's fierce battles, it is not only the lack of physical strength that affects the performance of soldiers in fighting, but also the mental exhaustion.

Under the extremely fierce battle situation, the Han army had no other replacement troops except the tiger infantry.Relying on the superiority in numbers, Wei Jun maintained the intensity of the offensive without slowing down at all, and even under Chen Tai's signal, the offensive became more violent.

Therefore, after Li Xin's death in battle, although Wang Si led the crowd to rush back and forth to help, due to the situation, the Han army's front line was still crumbling, and a large number of Han army soldiers were retreating.

Pang Hui, who was hit by the arrow, dealt with it briefly, and then, holding the contradiction, shouted and killed him.He rushed towards the gap in the army formation, almost smashing the army formation that Wang Si barely maintained.

At this time, Wang Si had been wounded several times, and he was still leading the battle.

A stream of arrows came through the air, and with a sound of "thump", the arrow shot Wang Si's pocket to the ground, his black bun was picked up, and his hair was flying all over the sky.The scalp was also scratched by the arrow, but it was only a slight injury, and the blood flow was not much.

The attendant holding a shield to protect Wang Si looked at the situation and was terrified. He pulled Wang Si and said, "Your Majesty, our army is loose and difficult to support. You should quickly ask the governor for help!"

Wang Si pulled away his attendant's hand, shook his head, and said: "The tiger infantry army is our elite, and it will only be dispatched when we are victorious. Now that the battle situation is unstable, it is useless for them to go forward, and it will only increase casualties."

Wang Si was on the front line and could clearly see the situation of the battle. The tiger infantry came up with the final word. Now that the two armies are fighting fiercely, the Wei army has not slackened its energy.At that time, without the rear of the tiger infantry army, the army would not even be able to withdraw, and it would directly lead to a major defeat.

"What about our reinforcements?"

Wang Si looked towards the empty southwest, sighed and said: "The reinforcements have broken their oath, I am afraid it will be difficult to reach them."

Wang Si pulled out the ring-shoudao, facing Han Hu's attendants, and said in a deep voice: "Si is deeply favored by His Majesty, and it is a big mistake for the general to be unable to defeat the enemy. Now I will fight to the death here, exhausted The spirit of the Wei army, seeking to win the slightest hope of defeating the enemy."

These attendants and personal guards are all evil people under the rule of Xihe County. Since Wang Si ruled the county, he has influenced many wicked soldiers and barbarians with his kindness and trust.Now hearing that Wang Si reported that he had the will to fight to the death, everyone was emotional, shouting and drawing their swords and raising their spears, willing to fight to the death with Wang Si.

With the last strength, Wang Si pressed up.

The generals of the Han army in the Chinese army looked at this situation and turned pale with shock.

Meng Yan leaned forward with his saber, cupped his hands and said, "Captain, if General Wang's troops are in disorder, our army will be defeated. Please command me, Commander, to wait for the tiger to step forward and fight against the Wei army's offensive."

Jiang Wei held the hilt of his sword tightly, hesitating very much.

In the situation where the enemy is outnumbered, if you want to defeat the enemy, you must invest in the key force of the tiger infantry at the right time.Unless the Wei army has already used all of its main force first, the Tiger Army should be stable and act as a backup.

But the pawns carrying the line are almost unable to hold on. If they don't join the tiger infantry, Wang Si's troops will also be defeated.However, when the tiger infantry army is engaged in combat, when it is time to retreat, it means that it is difficult for the army to retreat.

Veteran Hu Zun knew Jiang Wei's thoughts and suggested: "General, in the current situation, our army has more defeats than victories. It is better to order the Tiger Army to be in the rear. The whole army will fight and retreat, and the soldiers can still be preserved. If we fight forcefully, we may be defeated. Defeated."

Jiang Wei subconsciously glanced at the southwest direction, took a deep breath and said, "The rear general will definitely come, if you keep your promise, you can order the tiger to attack."

Hu Zun couldn't believe that Jiang Wei was still so stubborn, and shouted: "The general should think about it!"

Jiang Wei ignored Hu Zun's suggestion, and only watched Meng Yan take the order and lead the tiger soldiers to the battle.

But in Cao Wei's army, Chen Tai was secretly happy when he saw Jiang Wei joining the last army, and shouted, "Where is Wang Jing?"

"exist!"

"The soldiers under your command step forward."

"promise!"

"Where is Xu Liang?"

"I order you to lead the trapped cavalry to fight out and support Hu Qi of the Southern Huns."

"promise!"

Under the order of Chen Tai's army, Cao Weizhong's army ordered the flag to wave, and the remaining several troops also went into battle, trying to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Meng Yan led the soldiers of the Tiger Infantry Army and rushed into the core area of ​​the army formation. Relying on the heavy armor on his body, he launched a fierce attack on the Wei soldiers, causing chaos in the front line of Cao Wei's army.

The intruding tiger infantry held a shield in their left hand and a blade in their right. They used their shields to resist the random stabs of spears and spears. Immediately flattened the chaotic army formation.

However, the tiger infantry was brave and brave, but facing the reinforcements from Cao Wei who came up later, they were also exhausted. They could only desperately defend the chaotic front and fight together with the soldiers of Cao Wei.

At some point, there was a shout in the Han army formation.

"Hurry up and save the mansion."

Xihe prefect Wang Si was seriously injured and was rescued by his attendants, and was dragged back to the rear of the formation.

When this news reached Jiang Wei's ears, he exhaled and said, "Huo Yi, where are you! Could it be that I, Jiang Wei, misread you!"

In the Han cavalry formation, Jia Yan's troops, who had been fighting with Hu Qi of the Southern Huns for a long time, were almost exhausted.Facing the intruding Wei cavalry, they stabbed with spears and slashed with swords, and immediately disrupted the Han cavalry.Under the charge of Wei Qi, Han Qi was cut into several pieces, and then besieged by Wei Qi, who slashed blood and flesh.

The main general, Jia Yan, stood on the ground, dragging his injured leg. His horse was killed by the enemy again, and he also separated from his attendants.

"what!"

Wei Qi passed by, Jia Yan's thigh was injured and he couldn't dodge, and was stabbed heavily in the shoulder. He couldn't hold on anymore, and passed out beside the horse.

The school lieutenant was seriously injured and lost his trace. Under the command of the chiefs of various ministries, the cavalrymen of the Han army barely resisted, but the rout will not be far away.Another group of Han cavalry also fought bravely under the leadership of Hu Fen.

Under the banner of 'Jiang', Jiang Wei listened to the news of help from various ministries, and looked to the southwest again, but there was still no one.Silent again, only took the long lance handed over by the subordinate, tightened the reins of the horse, and prepared to fight hard.

Hu Zun, who was still shouting to withdraw the troops just now, also did not speak, preparing for the final decisive battle.

Suddenly, Hu Zun's ears moved, and he asked excitedly, "Jiang Zhenbei, can you hear the horn?"

(End of this chapter)