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Chapter 531: Defeat Sun Quan, a Mountain of Corpses and a Sea of ​​Blood

The fierce fighting on the battlefield of Nanjun was in stark contrast to the hasty ending in Wujun.

The arrogant Sun Quan finally ordered a retreat after losing 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 sailors. The entire army retreated to Wujun, hoping to use the advantage of Wujun city's high and thick walls to stop the enemy.

However, after seeing them retreat, Xu Rong had no intention of pursuing them. Instead, he turned around with the remaining troops and attacked in the direction of Zhang Liao.

As early as when they just started fighting, someone sent intelligence and found out Zhang Liao's location. Knowing that Zhang Liao was trapped, Xu Rong had already wanted to retreat and not fight. If Sun Quan could hold out for another half an hour, no, even two quarters of an hour, Xu Rong might have chosen to retreat and rescue Zhang Liao first.

However, Sun Quan was only concerned with the gains and losses in front of him and had completely forgotten about Lu Xun who was besieging Zhang Liao outside.

It was not until Xu Rong and his troops disappeared from sight that Sun Quan looked at the direction they were going and realized that they were going to rescue Zhang Liao.

At this moment, Sun Quan's whole body was shaking slightly because of fear. The last time this happened was only a few hours ago, but his state of mind had changed drastically. Last time he was excited, this time he was afraid!

Ten thousand elite cavalry, ten thousand sailors, and the Hundred Winged Guards, each of whom could be regarded as a second-rate general, were beaten so badly that they had no power to fight back when facing 13,000 people. Almost seven out of ten of the enemy's casualties came from the Hundred Winged Guards, and they also lost two first-rate generals' personal guards. In the end, they could only flee in panic.

He was a little confused now. Didn't Sun Jian ask him to come here to get rid of his inner demons? So what was going on now?
Not only did the inner demons not get rid of, but new obstacles that were difficult to overcome emerged.

Lu Xun knew nothing about the situation in Wu County. His cavalry had just broken through Zhang Liao's horse-barricade, and more than 300 soldiers armed with long spears had been trampled into meat paste.

There seemed to be a dark cloud on Lu Xun's face. He originally wanted to wait for the catapult to come and then defeat Zhang Liao effortlessly, but he waited and waited, and it never came. He thought that Sun Quan was deliberately targeting him, so he made up his mind and ordered his men to launch another attack.

The entire Tiger Leaping Gorge is about three miles long and one mile wide, shaped like the base of a large gourd. It is named Tiger Leaping Gorge because there are tiger-shaped rocks on the mountain peaks that look like they are leaping over the ravine.

This place, which is usually a place for countless literati and scholars in Yangzhou to recite poems and compose couplets, is now undergoing the most primitive hand-to-hand combat. Such a small place is simply unable to support a cavalry charge.

However, the cavalry under Lu Xun took advantage of the inertia of charging from the narrow corridor and rushed into the crowd. For a moment, their formation was almost broken up by the enemy because the chevaux-de-frise formation was broken.

In the end, it was Zhang Liao's deputy general and another commander of a battalion of cavalry who used their own names to delay the enemy's charge and prevent the situation from getting worse. Otherwise, they might have really been destroyed in the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Zhang Liao has been fighting on the front line. If he was not there, no matter how many first-class generals died, it would be useless. Zhang Liao has become numb from killing. He stood alone at the entrance, blocking the middle.

But he is not Zhang Fei after all, and does not have Zhang Fei's unlimited physical strength. From the first time he faced Lu Xun in the afternoon until now, which is already the early morning of the next day, he has never rested. His physical strength has long reached the limit, and now it can be said that he is at the end of his strength. Although he has not been injured, the mental fatigue is unbearable for him.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Everyone looked sideways and saw that Zhang Liao, who was originally standing in the middle, was hit on his mount by a rider who suddenly appeared. The mount and he flew backwards together. Zhang Liao tried his best to stabilize his body in the air, but he was unable to do it due to long-term fatigue.

Three or five riders found the spot where Zhang Liao landed and reached out to catch him. Zhang Liao's lips moved slightly.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you to this dead end."

Zhang Liao's face was covered in blood and his features could not be seen clearly. One could only see his mouth, which was covered in blood and moving.

"General, that's ridiculous. It's worth dying to fight with you."

"Hehe, when I first met you, you said that as long as I followed you, you would let me ride horses until I died. Isn't this coming true?"

A group of people put Zhang Liao at the back, then turned around and rushed towards the inrushing cavalry without hesitation.

More than 200 meters is enough for the light cavalry to charge to a certain intensity, but the people in Tiger Leaping Gorge can hardly charge even a few meters, because there are either comrades or corpses in front of them, and they can't charge at all.

This resulted in the group of people whose combat power was originally higher than Lu Xun's cavalry being pinned down in the mountain stream and unable to move.

During this period, they organized their troops many times, hoping to fight their way out with their lives and gain some distance in the tunnel so that they could charge against the enemy.

Ideals are great, but reality is cruel. After several attacks, they only managed to gain a distance of more than 20 meters in the corridor. This 20-meter distance was gained at the cost of more than 100 lives, but it didn't take long before they took it back again.

The tunnel was lost again, but fortunately the corpses at the end of the tunnel had piled up to a certain extent, so the enemy's charge would be restricted.

Because there were corpses at the end of the passage, it was difficult for them to charge and their offensive was much weaker. This formed a virtuous circle, with more and more corpses at the entrance of the tunnel. Soon, the corpses were piled up to form a small hill that stretched across the entrance, which actually became a natural barrier.

It was difficult for the enemy to get in, and the few cavalry inside could not form a force, so they were quickly surrounded and wiped out.

Everyone sat powerlessly in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, gasping for breath. None of them had expected that in the end, the corpses would block their attack route and they would be able to save their lives.

At this time, they didn't care whether they were dirty or not. They didn't care even if they were lying in blood. The strong smell of blood was everywhere. Even in such a bad situation, they still fell asleep as if wasting any time was a sin.

Only a small number of necessary defensive troops were left, so that once the enemy broke through this natural line of defense, someone could wake them up so that they would not be caught off guard.

Zhang Liao leaned against the deepest part of Tiger Leaping Gorge and fell asleep. He was the most tired person.

He single-handedly bought them more than half an hour, otherwise they would never have waited until the corpses piled up and blocked the only passage.

Outside the mountain stream, Lu Xun stared at the mountain of corpses, wondering what he was thinking.

Just when he was about to give the order to break through the mountain of corpses and continue the attack, there was a sudden shouting and killing sound from the rear. Lu Xun originally thought that it was Sun Quan bringing people, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

The people he sent to ask Sun Quan for the catapults had not returned yet. They must have been detained by Sun Quan, or they were killed by the enemy. No matter which the situation was, it was impossible for Sun Quan to bring people here. After realizing this, Sun Quan immediately became alert.

"Form a formation to prevent enemy attacks!"

Lu Xun roared loudly, and the soldiers who had just dismounted and wanted to rest for a while were stunned after hearing this, but they still mounted their horses and did not dare to say anything more.

As soon as Lu Xun finished speaking, a cavalryman rushed out from the corner, followed by ten cavalrymen, a hundred cavalrymen, and then countless cavalrymen rushed towards them like a tide. This swift attack made the soldiers who had just relaxed unable to resist, so Lu Xun's men, who had just finished a massacre, fell into a situation of being massacred.

The leader rushed straight towards Lu Xun. Lu Xun snorted coldly and slashed with both swords. The opponent's general was not as strong as Lu Xun imagined. It could even be said that he was a little weak, because he clearly saw that when they were fighting in close combat, the general's arms trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he could not withstand his attack.

Seeing this scene, Lu Xun immediately felt relieved. Since there was no other famous general as fierce as Zhang Liao, there would be no problem. He was confident that he could definitely stop the others.

For example, the general in front of him, after Lu Xun slashed with the sword several times in succession, he found that the opponent could not bear it anymore.

He couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Could it be that today they were going to kill one and get one free?

Not only could he trap Zhang Liao here, but he could also kill this general whom he had never met before?
Thinking of this, Lu Xun couldn't even hold back his smile. The next moment, a fierce gust of wind blew in his face. Lu Xun hadn't come to his senses yet and could only rely on his most primitive instinct to draw his sword to block.

Then, a huge force was transmitted to his arm through the sword blade, and Lu Xun was shocked.

How come the man who just couldn't withstand his attack suddenly became so fierce? Almost in an instant, Lu Xun understood the reason. This man was hiding his weakness and wanted to catch him off guard.

"Are you all so shady?"

Lu Xun couldn't help but roared in a low voice, then swung his left-hand sword to chop Xu Rong.

Xu Rong had no intention of resisting at all. He continued to exert force with his hands, knocking Lu Xun's body crooked and causing him to lose balance.

He was promoted to a famous general when he killed the third first-rate general in the previous battle. When he first fought with Lu Xun, he deliberately pretended to be weak, and Lu Xun was fooled without even trying to test him.

Lu Xun tried hard to maintain the balance between himself and his mount. Just as he reacted, a spear came from the air again. Lu Xun dodged it by leaning sideways, but he could not avoid the butt of the spear swung by the opponent and was knocked off his horse.

Fortunately, someone caught him and prevented him from falling under the horse's hooves.

Lu Xun glanced at the increasing number of cavalrymen behind the man. Their numbers had already exceeded theirs, and from all directions, some infantrymen wearing white armor with black stripes were surrounding them. Those black-striped white armored soldiers who were obviously infantrymen were just as good at fighting with the cavalry, and could even fight against many enemies alone.

Lu Xun gritted his teeth and glanced at Xu Rong, then turned to look into the Tiger Leaping Gorge, his eyes full of unwillingness. He was so close to achieving great things, but there were always people ruining his plans.

The first two times it was Sun Quan, and this time it was this famous general who came out of nowhere. Lu Xun was filled with anger, but he had to retreat because the thousands of promoted cavalry were his last trump card. When he returned to Wujun, he would inevitably be taken away by Sun Quan.

However, he suddenly discovered a place that he had not noticed before.

Judging from the direction from which the other party appeared, they were most likely coming from Wujun. Since they were able to come from Wujun, they must have fought with Sun Quan.

Thinking of this, a smile reappeared on Lu Xun's face.

As soon as Lu Xun ordered the retreat, Xu Rong led his men to rush into Tiger Leaping Gorge.

When he came closer and saw the hill of corpses, even a veteran like him felt a little frightened. How fierce the fighting must have been to lead to this situation?

"Pull it open! Pull it open for me!"

As Xu Rong spoke, he dismounted and rushed to the mountain of corpses and began to move the bodies. However, there were corpses not only in front of him, but also behind him and even under his feet.

"Wenyuan! Wenyuan! Can you hear me? I'm Xu Rong!"

Xu Rong was carrying the corpses while yelling. When the soldiers guarding Tiger Leaping Gorge heard his shout, they immediately felt relieved and ran around to tell others.

"General Xu is here to save us!"

"Wake up, go move the body, General Xu is outside."

"Get up, hurry up, someone is coming to save us!"

"Survived!"

……

Zhang Liao also opened his eyes amid the noise, and looked up, only to see that they stood up again as if they had been injected with chicken blood, but this time they did not take weapons, but went to move the mountain of corpses at the entrance of the tunnel.

After resting for a while, Zhang Liao tried to stand up, but he was unable to do so even with the support of the ground and the wall. He could only sit back down. From their excited shouts, Zhang Liao understood that it was Xu Rong who came to save them. As for why Xu Rong appeared here at this time instead of in Jiangxia County, Zhang Liao no longer had the energy to think about it.

After learning that he was safe, Zhang Liao completely fainted. His body had been overdrawn. A soldier who was also resting nearby helped Zhang Liao up and leaned him against his body so that Zhang Liao could feel more comfortable and not lie on the ground covered in blood and flesh.

As the area inside and outside was blocked by corpses, it took them half an hour to carry the corpses.

Everyone outside was strong, but the corridor was too narrow. They had strength and a group of people, but not many of them could do the work.

Although the place inside was spacious, it housed a group of people who had just fought for a whole day and had just relaxed for a while. All the muscles in their bodies were in a state of standby and they could not exert any strength at all.

It can be said that both sides pushed away the mountain of corpses bit by bit. By the time Xu Rong and his men entered Tiger Leaping Gorge, it was already the last quarter of the second day's hour of the Chou period. There was still more than an hour before the sun should have risen, and they finally rescued Zhang Liao and his men.

Originally Xu Rong had prepared himself mentally, but when he saw the tragic scene, he was still shocked. He stood there for a long time before he reacted and hurried to support Zhang Liao who was sitting innermost.

(End of this chapter)