Great Han Empire

Chapter 870 The Heroes of Troubled Times Compete in the Central Plains
The coalition soldiers were powerless to fight back. They died tragically under the trampling of iron hooves, with blood flying all over the sky with broken limbs and arms.

As the iron cavalry army continued to advance, the encirclement circle on the battlefield became smaller and smaller, and the soldiers of the coalition army were gradually squeezed into a narrow area less than [-] paces in length and width.The smaller the battlefield, the higher the concentration of soldiers, and the slower the attack speed of the iron cavalry. In order to wipe out the densely packed enemies, the iron cavalry who lost their speed had to abandon their strengths and choose their weaknesses, and dismounted like infantry. Attacking layer by layer, devouring the opponent's life one by one like peeling off the cocoon, this will not only bring a lot of casualties to oneself, but also greatly prolong the time for annihilating the enemy.Li Hong didn't want to waste the lives of the soldiers, and he didn't want to stay here for too long. He had to rush to the Pingyang Pavilion battlefield to wipe out the vanguard of the rebel army before dark.

"Blow the horn, blow the horn, order Loulu in the north direction to get out of the way immediately, out of the way..." Li Hong held up his bloody spear, turned his head and shouted at the horn soldiers following him, " Drive the enemy soldiers to Pingyang Pavilion, hide and kill along the way, hide and kill along the way..."

"Woo... woo..." Nearly a hundred bull horns blew one after another, and the low and rapid sound penetrated the huge killing sound on the battlefield and soared into the sky.The Huns who were close to the left side of the Huqi camp heard the signal and immediately blew the horn to amplify the signal again.The sound of the horn came one after another, continuously, and quickly spread to the ears of Baishan Karasuma people in a short period of time.

Lou Lu didn't hesitate at all.More than ten years ago, he followed the general to fight the world. He believed in every order of the general and faithfully executed it without any discount.

"Blow the trumpet, order the ministries, give way, give way."

The Baishan Karasuma man was killing heartily, when he suddenly heard Da Shanyu asking him to withdraw, he immediately cursed.Before the attack, the general had ordered that after the battle, the rewards would be given by the leader, and the rewards would be generous.Now there are enemy soldiers who have no power to fight back, which is the best opportunity to grab the head. If they withdraw in a hurry, the few heads that were originally not many will be snatched by others in an instant.Everyone traveled thousands of miles south to Zhongyuan to make some money, but they returned empty-handed. Who would do such a loss-making thing?

Lou Lu saw that his subordinates were indifferent, pretending not to hear them all, and still yelling and killing with joy, his face turned pale with anger, "Tell them to retreat to both sides of the road immediately, otherwise, I chopped off their heads."

The sound of the bullhorn became more and more urgent.Li Hong urged repeatedly, Lou Lu's threat became more and more serious.If you don't take it down again, I'll go back and kill your whole family.

Compared with the post-war rewards, his own head and the lives of his clansmen are of course more important.The commander-in-chief Du Lianmu, who rushed to the front, took the lead in commanding the cavalry to move to the northeast of the battlefield, followed by the commanders of the Karasuma tribes, and rushed down the road with the army.

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The coalition soldiers surrounded in the center knew that they would die. After the initial fear and the attack speed of the cavalry army gradually slowed down, they began to shoot randomly with bows and arrows one after another under the command of the Shangguan. Change their fate, but when death is imminent, the desire to survive forces them to pin their last hope of survival on the long arrows in their hands. Even if they die, they have to pull one as a backup. At this moment, they found a miracle.

A gap suddenly appeared in the originally tight encirclement. For the desperate coalition soldiers, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw in a raging flood.

The soldiers of the coalition army went crazy. They roared fiercely like wild beasts, ignoring any danger, and plunged into the gap.After being violently impacted, this gap became bigger and bigger, and gradually formed a tiny torrent that spurted out.

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The sound of the horn suddenly became denser, and the entire battlefield noticed this sudden change.

The coalition forces tore through the gap and broke through.

Li Hong gave orders in succession.The Baishan Karasuma people chased and killed along the right side of the Chidao, and must prevent the enemy from fleeing to the Pushui River to the east.Yan Wuwei led his army to chase along the left side of Chidao, and must prevent the enemy from fleeing to the west of the Yellow River.The rest of the ministries continued to besiege and kill.

With an opening to vent, the coalition forces that had been packed thickly suddenly loosened up, and everyone rushed to the north.

The iron cavalry, whose attack speed was slowing down, felt that the stronger and stronger resistance on the opposite side suddenly disappeared, and the strength of the army rose sharply.

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Yuan Shao looked at the gap in front of him, looked at the soldiers fleeing, and sighed in despair.That is not a road to survival, but a road to death, a dead end that leads 6 vanguard troops to die together.

"My lord, let's go, let's go..." Meng Dai rode his horse and rushed to Yuan Shao's side, shouting loudly, "We will protect your lord and rush out, hurry up..."

"That's the north, it's the north, do you see it clearly?" Yuan Shao exclaimed excitedly, "Li Hong's intentions are obvious. He wants to drive us to Pingyang Pavilion and use us to tear apart the front line. Annihilated."

Meng Dai was stunned for a moment, he obviously didn't know the direction in his haste, but then he grabbed Yuan Shao's arm and pulled him forward with all his strength, "My lord, the soldiers have already rushed out, we want to stop it It can’t be stopped. My lord, you should take this opportunity to rush out. Either join the vanguard army, or find an opportunity to break out of the siege on the way.”

Yuan Shao heaved a long sigh and said nothing. He was protected by Meng Dai and two hundred guards, and rushed out of the encirclement with the torrent of fleeing.

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Zhao Yun led his army into the center of the formation with a roar, and those who stood in their way were invincible.

Tao Yi commanded a group of people to fight desperately.Time is precious at this moment, and if you can block it for a moment, more soldiers can escape from the battlefield.Although the soldiers who escaped would inevitably die under the iron hoof, they had a better chance of surviving than being trapped in this deadly place.

Zhao Yun was as fast as lightning, and with one shot he picked up the spear in Tao Yi's hand, then stretched out his ape arm lightly, and lifted him up high, "Where is Yuan Shao?"

Tao Yi roared angrily, stretched out his hand and pulled out the saber from behind, and slashed at Zhao Yun fiercely.Zhao Yun didn't wait for his saber to fall, and threw it into the air with one hand.The spear was like a rainbow, piercing Tao Yi's body with a volley.

Zhao Yun roared again, "Where is Yuan Shao?"

Tao Yi opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, and died immediately.

Zhao Yun was furious, he shot him flying, raised his head and shouted wildly, "Find Yuan Shao, find Yuan Shao for me."

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After the defeat of the Jiangdong Army, Lu Su and Sun Fu led nearly a thousand people to stand firm in the chariot formation.

This chariot formation was placed on the east side of the battlefield, and it was originally used to block the charge of the northern Xinjiang cavalry, but because the northern Xinjiang cavalry surrounded them from all sides, the chariot formation did not play a blocking role.However, now it is more effective, and it has become a strong fortress for Lu Su and others to resist the siege of northern Xinjiang cavalry.

When Li Hong led his army to rush past the chariot formation, he was worried that there might be rebel archers in the chariot formation, so he ordered Sima Yi to take two hundred cavalry to deal with it.

As soon as Sima Yi approached the chariot formation, he was dizzy by the dense long arrows shot from the chariot formation, and accidentally fell behind the horse's buttocks.Sima Yi fell to the point of staring, swallowed a mouthful of dirt, was so embarrassed that his face turned purple with anger, "Burn it, set it on fire."

It's really not easy to set fire to the car array.Sima Yi thought of more than a dozen ways in a row, and several soldiers died, but none of them could set the truck on fire.Sima Yi became very angry, and ordered the soldiers to take off their heavy armor and put it on the horses, and he also put on the heavy armor, and then rushed out with a few torches.The long arrows of the rebels were like rain, but they couldn't kill this man and horse. He watched Sima Yi rushing past the car formation all the way, setting dozens of supply cars on fire.

Taking advantage of the wind, the fire shot up to the sky in a blink of an eye, and hundreds of trucks fell into the sea of ​​flames.The soldiers in the chariot formation couldn't bear it, and fled in all directions.The cavalry outside the chariot formation showed no mercy, and chased them wildly, killing them all.

Sun Fu and Lu Su were struggling in the car formation at the moment, suffering from the smoke and fire.Sun Fu was in so much pain that he broke his heart, "I can't do it anymore, I'm going to surrender."

Lu Su shook his head again and again, "If you go out, you will die. Hold on for a while and see if the enemy will leave."

"If we keep on going, we're going to die." Sun Fu yelled in fear, "My uncle used to have a deep friendship with Li Hong and many other high officials in Hebei. Presumably they won't take me away after they know my identity. killed."

Lu Su thought for a while, then nodded, "Let's surrender first, and then find a chance to escape back to Jiangdong." He picked up two shields from the ground, pulled another corpse, dipped his hands in the blood on the corpse, and On the two shields are written four large characters, "Son of Sun Jian".

The two held their shields high, one with a spear and the other with a knife, and rushed out of the flames.

Several black panthers were surprised to see that there were still people escaping from the sea of ​​flames, so they rushed forward on horseback.Sun Fu yelled wildly, "I am the son of General Polu, I am the son of General Polu..." Several black panther followers were barbarians, and they couldn't understand his name, so they raised their weapons and roared to kill him.

"Fight it, fight them." Lu Su saw that the people rushing forward were all barbarians, his eyes darkened, and he knew it, "Back to back, kill..."

Sun Fu and Lu Su's martial arts skills were very good. These black panthers rode their horses and killed a few times. Not only did they not cut off their heads, but it made them run farther.

Sima Yi led people to kill and surrounded Lu Su and Sun Futuan.At this time Sima Yi saw the words on the shield, and he hurriedly raised his hand, "Wait, wait, don't do anything yet."

"Are you the son of General Polu?" Sima Yi asked.

Hearing the Luoyang dialect with correct pronunciation, Lu Su and Sun Fu were as comfortable as hearing the sounds of nature.There is hope for this life at last.

Sun Fu stuck out half of his head from behind the shield, and shouted loudly: "My name is Sun Fu, I am the nephew of General Polu, and the younger brother of Sun Ben, the former governor of Yuzhou."

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On the galloping road, thousands of coalition soldiers ran desperately.

In the wilderness a hundred steps away on both sides of the road, the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry was neither in a hurry nor slow, maintaining almost the same direction and speed as them.From a distance, they don't look like the two opposing sides, but more like the same army going to the battlefield together.

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Ji Ling ran all the way among the fugitives, sweating profusely and panting.

He died after running for a while.He is old, and although he has been in the army, he has not been trained and has never run like this.Now he regrets listening to He Yi's words, he should not abandon the horse and walk.He Yi said that riding on a horse has a big target and will soon become a living target.He looked back at He Yi.He Yi lost her battle helmet, armor, bow and arrow, and held a spear in her hand. While running, she also looked around with a very calm expression, obviously looking for an opportunity to escape.People from the Yellow Turban Army are different. They have a lot of experience in escaping, and they cannot be admired.He turned his head and looked around, and found He Yi's people in the front and back. These people used to be the Yellow Turban Army, but none of his old subordinates could be seen.

Ji Ling couldn't run anymore, but he couldn't stop either. Once he stopped, he would probably be pushed to death by the people behind him.He Yi took a few quick steps, rushed to Ji Ling's side, pulled off his helmet, and threw it on the ground, "My lord, this is fleeing for your life, not going to fight. What are you doing with this thing? Hurry up, Take off your armor, throw away your bow and arrow and knife. You will die of exhaustion sooner or later with so many things on your back.”

Ji Ling couldn't even speak. He threw away all the burdens on his body in twos and twos, and suddenly felt relaxed all over his body, and his steps became brisk.

"My lord, something is wrong." He Yi pointed to the iron cavalry galloping on both sides of the road, and said loudly, "They should rush up to kill us, why now..."

"They want to force us to Pingyang Pavilion." Ji Ling swallowed a few saliva and said out of breath.

"Why? We arrived at the Pingyang Pavilion and joined Master Kuaiyue. Isn't it harder for them to fight?" He Yi asked strangely, "Could it be that they want us to tell the vanguard army the news of the annihilation of the entire army, so as to shake the vanguard army's confidence?" Military spirit?" The more he thought about it, he felt it was possible.Thousands of deserters ran to Pingyang Pavilion, and the [-] vanguard soldiers knew that they were surrounded without thinking about it. There were no reinforcements, and they were completely finished.High, this move is high.Li Hong is so powerful that it is difficult to survive against him.

He Yi looked at the galloping cavalry in the distance in fear, and suddenly shouted at Ji Ling, "Let's surrender."

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment, and her steps involuntarily slowed down.surrender?Of course I am willing to surrender.Now that Yuan Shu is dead, I have no place to stand in Jiujiang, and my family is in Hebei, why am I unwilling to surrender?It's just that the northern border army attacked the Central Plains this time, not only killing the surrender, but also massacring the city. I am afraid that people who want to surrender will not agree.

Seeing that Ji Ling hadn't spoken for a long time, He Yi made a gesture to a few cronies behind him, and then shouted, "My lord, if you don't surrender, we will. Now you will die wherever you go. It’s better to stop and surrender. There are many generals from the Yellow Turbans in the Northern Xinjiang Army, if we surrender, we will definitely survive.”

"This time when the northern border army attacked the Central Plains, when did you hear that they surrendered their prisoners?" Ji Ling said with a helpless smile, "If you want to surrender, then so be it, anyway this time you will be dead everywhere. "

He Yi was overjoyed and yelled at the fugitives around, "Everyone shout together, shout together, say we are willing to surrender, willing to surrender."

A group of He Yi's personal guards shouted impatiently, and then more fugitives followed behind and roared, and the pace of everyone's escape gradually slowed down.

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The horn sounds more and more urgent, from far to near.

Zhao Yun led a group of iron cavalry and galloped along the road, "Grab Yuan Shao, grab him..."

Yuan Shao turned pale with shock, pointed at the Karasuma cavalry galloping rapidly in the field on the right side of the road, and shouted repeatedly, "Rush over, we will rush over there."

Meng Dai looked back at the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, feeling extremely desperate, "My lord, I will lead people to turn around to block the pursuers, and you lead them to rush over." As he said this, he quickly untied the heavy armor on his body and handed it to Yuan Shao, "My lord , protect your whole body with heavy armor, so that you can break out of the encirclement."

The guards surrounding Yuan Shao unanimously took off their heavy armor.They ignored Yuan Shao's roar and hurriedly tied all the heavy armor on Yuan Shao.

"My lord, take care of yourself." Meng Dai and fifty personal guards bowed to Yuan Shao, then turned their horses and charged at the pursuers without hesitation.

Yuan Shao looked at the vigorous backs of Meng Dai and fifty soldiers, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Let's go, let's go, kill..." Yuan Shao kicked the horse's belly, and roared to kill the Karasuma cavalry.

150 personal guards followed closely behind, holding up their weapons and rushing in frantically.

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Without giving Meng Dai any chance, Zhao Yun pierced his throat with one shot.

Fifty soldiers were thrown into the torrent like a handful of gravel, and disappeared without a trace without splashing even a small wave.

"Chasing, chasing after, and grabbing Yuan Shao." Zhao Yun kept yelling hoarsely, and the spear in his hand ruthlessly slammed into the horse's buttocks without heartache.The war horse hissed in pain, its huge body soared into the air, and shot straight away like flying through the clouds.

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The farther the fugitives were from the battlefield, the longer and thinner the formation of the Karasuma people would be.

The reason why Yuan Shao chose to break out from a place far away from the battlefield was because he saw the weakness of the Karasuma iron cavalry in defense, but Yuan Shao also neglected a little bit, because the barbarians' cavalry and shooting are too powerful.These Hu Zu are all masters of riding and archery, and their shooting speed is astonishing. In just a few breaths, they can shoot all the long arrows out of a pot.

After receiving a burst of wild shots, Yuan Shao's personal guards suffered heavy losses, less than half of them were left. At this time, more Karasuma people surrounded him.The two sides fought hand in hand and fought to the death.Yuan Shao was heavily wounded by arrows and swords, but because of the heavy armor covering his whole body, he was miraculously safe and sound.

Yuan Shao and his personal guards rushed out of the Karasuma people's interception.

Zhao Yun arrived on a flying horse.

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(End of this chapter)