Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 176 The Mandarin Duck Formation Shows Its Power

"Yi Gong!" Sun Jian turned around and saw Han Dang's miserable condition. His eyes were bloodshot and his eyes were bloodshot. He yelled hoarsely and instinctively turned around to go back to save him.

"Lord!" Han Dang also shed two lines of tears from his eyes.

He followed Sun Jian for many years, fighting in the north and south. He first called him brother Wentai, then called him general, and now, on his deathbed, he called his lord for the first time.

This shows that he now not only regards Sun Jian as his boss, but also determines the relationship between master and minister.

Sun Jian was a very emotional person, and tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, "Yi Gong, let's go together!"

"Lord, hurry up!" Han Dang shouted loudly, "The general can still resist here for a while. As long as the lord is safe, this attack will not be defeated. This world can be without Han Dang, but it cannot be without the lord, hurry up!"

Cheng Pu whipped Sun Jian's horse's butt hard and said loudly: "My lord, don't imitate your daughter, hurry up and leave!"

The war horse spread its hooves and galloped forward, followed closely by the generals.

Huang Gai hesitated for a moment, circled the horse, returned to Han Dang, jumped off the horse, took out the piece of bean cake from his arms, handed it to Han Dang, and said with a sad expression on his face: "My righteous brother, you have been without food for two days and one night." After eating, take a bite before you leave. Don’t starve to death. You can leave with peace of mind. Brother Yu will avenge you and take the head of the Dog Emperor.”

Han Dang had a gratified smile on his face, and wanted to raise his hand to take the piece of bean cake, but his hand dropped weakly after he raised it halfway, and he slowly fell to the ground without closing his eyes.

Bang!

The broadsword that had accompanied him for half his life also fell to the ground.

"Ah!" Huang Gai roared to the sky, but he was helpless. The pursuers of the government troops in the canyon were swarming in. As a last resort, Huang Gai could only mount his horse and chase Sun Jian in the direction of retreat.

It was almost dusk at this time, and the setting sun was like blood, reflecting the fierce firelight in the canyon, and the bloody corpses on the ground. The broken flag was unable to hang down. The inside and outside of Bowang Slope seemed like a hell on earth, which was horrifying.

Sun Jian was extremely sad. This battle was a terrible defeat. He lost his beloved general Han Dang and tens of thousands of soldiers. He brought out 35,000 people, but at this time, only more than 3,000 remnant soldiers were left with him.

In this battle, the strength of the Jingzhou army was greatly damaged, and almost all their family assets were destroyed. Although Jingzhou was large, it was difficult to gather so many troops in a short period of time.

Originally, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu joined forces to raise troops. After today, Jingzhou may have to rely on Yangzhou to survive.

While traveling, he soon saw the camp in front of Bowang Slope. Only now did Sun Jian realize that it was the bait used by the Dog Emperor to catch him, but he didn't see through it.

"Didn't you burn my general? Then my general will burn your camp." Sun Jian said fiercely, "Although we can't take away the food, grass and baggage left by the Dog Emperor, we can't leave them to the Dog Emperor anymore. , give me a fire to burn them all!”

Everyone had a bad breath in their hearts. After hearing this, they immediately sped up and rushed straight to the camp angrily.

Unexpectedly, when they were about two miles away from the main camp, they saw the camp gate opened wide, and a large number of soldiers poured out and formed a formation in front of the camp. They were the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, about 4,000 people.

Sun Jian was startled, stopped his horse and looked carefully, and then burst into laughter.

The generals were puzzled and all looked at the commander. They were already in such a desperate situation. How could they still be in the mood to laugh?
"Why is the general laughing?" Huang Zhong asked in confusion.

"Look." Sun Jian pointed to the officers and soldiers in front of him and said, "Have you ever seen an army formation like this? They are just stragglers, what kind of fighting power can they say? Although I have been defeated, it is not difficult to destroy such a mob. ”

When everyone looked at it, it was as Sun Jian said. It seemed that the officers and soldiers had not undergone professional training and did not put up a magnificent formation. Instead, they were gathered together in piles here and there.

And the clothes are also different, some are formal military uniforms, some are dressed in yellow scarves, and some are dressed as old farmers.

The weapons in the hands of the soldiers are also different. What's even more ridiculous is that some soldiers are holding bamboo poles. It's okay to use bamboo poles instead of weapons. Moreover, the front end of the bamboo poles is also supported by the head of a big tree. Can you be a little more serious about your errands? Can't you sharpen the bamboo pole?

Is this used to sweep the battlefield?

"Destroy these rabble and avenge the dead soldiers!" Huang Gai shook the double whips in his hands and said viciously.

He promised to avenge Han Dang. Although he couldn't kill the Dog Emperor for a while, killing some officers and soldiers to vent his anger would make him feel better.

Sun Jian was also a ruthless man, his eyes darkened, he looked back at the depressed soldiers, and said loudly: "Soldiers, we Jingxiang men are not easy to bully. People in the world say that revenge does not last overnight. Today we will suffer this It's such a shame and humiliation, we should kill the enemy immediately and take revenge! The officers and soldiers in front of you are just a ragtag group of stragglers with no fighting ability. They are no match for you. If you don't take revenge now, how long will it take for you to do so?"

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed forward.

"Come on!"

Stimulated by his words, and the fact that everyone was actually filled with anger, almost everyone wanted revenge, so they rushed towards the army array with shouts.

Sun Jian, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Huang Zhong and others were all experienced in battles. When they wiped out the Yellow Turban bandits, they knew very well what kind of combat power those skirmishers had, and they almost collapsed in front of the regular army.

Therefore, Sun Jian was extremely confident in this battle.

"Get ready to meet the enemy!" The officer commanding this team was Gao Shun, the commander of the formation. He set up more than 200 mandarin duck formations in front of the camp, and each small formation echoed each other and could be changed into two formations at any time. , the formation of three talents.

This is the first actual combat appearance of the Yuanyang Formation in this era! Although everyone was a little nervous, they who had already cooperated skillfully did not panic. They held their weapons tightly and waited for the fierce battle to come.

Sun Jian took the lead and rushed to the front. He was about to rush to the front of the army formation. He suddenly felt that something was abnormal, but he couldn't tell what was abnormal at the moment.

As he rushed closer and closer, he finally understood that what was abnormal was that the enemy soldiers did not panic, but had unusual determination in their eyes.

According to past experience, when those improvised rebels or bandits face a large army charge, the vanguard will panic before engaging in battle, and some may even turn around and run away.

I have never seen such determined looking stragglers.

Is there something fishy here?
But now that they have rushed in front of the officers and soldiers, they can no longer think about it. They can only rely on inertia and continue to rush forward with a loud roar.

hum!
The sky suddenly became dark, as if a swarm of crows had stirred up, blocking out the remaining sunlight.

Everyone in the Jingzhou army couldn't help but look up. They didn't know what it was. At least it was the first time they had seen such a weapon in front of the two armies. It was not an arrow. The arrow was not so thick and long, and neither did the official army. The action of drawing the bow is just a throwing action.

"It's a javelin, quickly form a defensive formation!" Sun Jian shouted. However, now there are few shields in his military formation. Most of them have been thrown into the sea of ​​​​fire in Bowangpo. Even half of the soldiers don't even have military uniforms. They have thrown away all their clothes to prevent the fire. Even he The commander-in-chief of the armed forces was also shirtless.

puff! puff! puff! puff! puff!
The dull sounds of sharp instruments piercing flesh were heard one after another, making people feel palpitations.

Although the javelin was temporarily cut from a bamboo pole, it carried a lot of force. Directly pinning the soldiers to the ground looked much more tragic than being killed by an arrow.

"Charge! Revenge!" Huang Gai raised his iron whip, shouted loudly, and rushed into the formation first, followed by other generals and soldiers.

The largest close-range hand-to-hand battle since Liu Ming's expedition to Jingzhou began.

Sun Jian raised the ancient ingot sword and slashed at the nearest group of officers and soldiers. This group of officers and soldiers were dressed as the Yellow Turban Army. Sun Jian firmly believed that facing more than ten people, he could kill them all by himself.

He participated in the battle to eliminate the Yellow Turbans when he was young, so he was extremely confident in himself.

The power was concentrated on the ancient ingot knife, and he was about to chop down when he saw two bamboo poles suddenly stretched out in front of him. One of the huge tree heads pointed at his face, and the other glanced at the eyes of the war horse under his crotch.

At this moment, he finally realized the power of the bamboo pole with the leader, and hurriedly chopped off the bamboo head with his knife. At this time, two spears were stabbing his sides silently, as well as two spearmen. He had already taken a step forward and was about to stab him, but the two sword and shield bearers at the front raised their swords to chop directly at the horse's head.

The war horse was psychic and instinctively took two steps back. He raised his front legs high and avoided the slashes of the two ring-headed knives. At the same time, he also saved Sun Jian's life and allowed him to avoid the thrust of the spear. .

Sun Jian was horrified. He didn't expect this inconspicuous group of people to cooperate so well.

He vaguely felt that he seemed to have fallen into a trap of the Dog Emperor again.

Glancing to both sides, he couldn't help but feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He saw that the Jingzhou soldiers under his command seemed to be like ripe rice, being harvested skillfully by the officers and soldiers.

The clear division of labor and careful cooperation were obviously a formation. A miniature formation composed of only a dozen people could actually exert such power in actual combat. This was something he could never have imagined.

Screams continued to sound, and countless Jingzhou soldiers continued to die tragically.

"Sun Jian is here!" Suddenly a voice roared, deafening.

Sun Jian looked over and recognized that it was Zhou Cang, the Yellow Turban leader who had fought under Wancheng yesterday.

Zhou Cang was not riding a horse at the moment. He was leading a small formation of yellow scarf mandarin ducks to kill Jingzhou soldiers unscrupulously. When he saw Sun Jian, his eyes lit up and he moved towards here.

If Sun Jian could be caught, then he, a thief who had just surrendered to the imperial court, would have made a great contribution. From then on, he would be able to sit on high officials and ride on horses, and he would take off directly.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Sun Jian saw that the situation was not good and made a decisive decision, turned around and fled.

We can't go on like this. If we continue to fight, I'm afraid the entire army will be wiped out.

All the soldiers realized something was wrong. They tried their best to distance themselves, gave up contact, followed Sun Jian around the army camp, and fled without their lives.

The officers and soldiers with strange formations did not come after them, which made everyone feel a little relieved and couldn't help but slow down a little.

"It sounds like the sound of cavalry!" Huang Gai said suddenly.

When they fought against the Xiqiang rebels, they fought with large groups of cavalry many times, so they could distinguish the movement of cavalry.

Sun Jian, who was just about to take a breath, turned green when he heard this, and shouted hurriedly: "Quickly, the cavalry is coming!"

There was nothing else to worry about now. Escape was the most important thing. Sun Jian took the lead and fled forward, followed closely by the generals.

It was Lu Bu who led the cavalry.

At this moment, he was very high-spirited, and the large group of cavalry was rolling over the ground like a strong wind, roaring and galloping. The knights were sitting on their horses, steady, and each one was full of fighting spirit and unstoppable.

It can be said that the Jingzhou Army ran for a whole day and night on two legs, with little rest. After experiencing the ravages of the fire, they were already exhausted physically and mentally. How could they run faster under such circumstances? The cavalry?
They were soon chased by the cavalry, and it was a one-sided massacre without any resistance. Seeing that they had nowhere to escape, many soldiers could only throw away their weapons and kneel down to beg for surrender.

Sun Jian and several generals fled towards Wancheng without their lives. As long as they reached Wancheng, with the high city walls and thick walls, they could barely hold on for a while, and then they would ask Yuan Shu for help, and there would be a chance to make a comeback.

Lu Bu chased for a while, but when he saw that it was already dark, he was worried about something unexpected happening, so he stopped chasing.

Almost at the same time, a large number of defeated troops rushed to the foot of Wancheng. The reason why they were able to run back first was mostly because they were among the laggards. Before they could reach the last camp in front of Bowang Slope, there were people in front of them. The defeated soldiers had already sent back news that the Jingzhou army had been ambushed and the entire army had been wiped out.

Before they could react, Gao Shun led the army to kill them.

Even though these Jingzhou troops fell behind when they charged, they were not slow at all when escaping. They fled towards Wancheng desperately, and finally arrived under Wancheng one after another after dark.

At first, Kuai Liang was worried that there might be fraud on the part of the army, but after careful interrogation, he found that these were indeed soldiers and horses from Jingzhou, and they were not a group, but were fleeing here one after another over the mountains and plains.

As night fell, he could no longer see clearly the situation in the distance, but he could infer that more and more defeated troops would gather under the city.

These Jingzhou troops could accurately tell which general they were under, where their hometown was, and even the marching commands in the camp.

By this time, Kuai Liang no longer doubted or took chances with Sun Jian. It was not difficult to infer that Sun Jian was indeed defeated.

He hurriedly ordered the suspension bridge to be lowered, the city gates to be opened, and the defeated troops to be brought into the city quickly. He hoped that when the government troops took advantage of the opportunity to attack the city, Wancheng would be able to have more defensive power.

When the defeated troops saw that the city gate was open, they swarmed up the suspension bridge and squeezed into the city.

However, among the defeated army, there was a man carrying a big knife. He didn't know why he was crazy. He suddenly cut off two thick cables on the suspension bridge with his knife, and then rushed in without making a sound.

Kuai Liang saw it so clearly that he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and shouted hurriedly: "Close the city gate quickly!"

(End of this chapter)