Seeing the Song army that did not retreat but charged head-on, Fang Shifo, who was still charging at the front of the team, immediately showed a more ferocious and cruel light. He immediately shouted loudly, urged his horse to swing his hammer, and charged straight to kill. He went over and screamed repeatedly: "Follow me and kill them all!"
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Wu army were actually exhausted, and the formation had long been in chaos, with no order at all. Therefore, they could keep chasing the Song army and fight fiercely, which was entirely due to their previous victory of completely suppressing and defeating the enemy. Moreover, not only the number of the pursuers has been reduced by more than half, but also the soldiers inside have been replaced. Many of the elite Wu troops who followed Fang Shifo to fight out of the city had given up due to exhaustion in this overnight pursuit. Among them, more than 10,000 people who were ambushed at the critical moment followed them.
In other words, most of these Wu troops were not actually under Fang Shifo's command. Therefore, they were willing to follow his orders and pursue the Song army just because their status was high enough. However, in terms of cooperation and confidence, they were unable to compete with the real elites of the Wu army. Compared to. Especially after seeing that the Song army, which had fled with little resistance, suddenly turned around and came back to fight, they became a little timid, and their response to the enemy was much slower.
A strange scene occurred. Although the two armies pursuing and fleeing were equally strong, when the Song army turned around and fought again, the Wu army's leader, Fang Shifo, led less than 5,000 men to fight. , the remaining soldiers and horses behind them woke up as if from a dream, and rushed over in a panic.
Fang Shifo, who felt this, was so angry that his nose was crooked, but everyone else had already rushed forward. Besides, there was no use for anything else, so he could only give it a try! Fortunately, the Song army was already a defeated army. Even if they turned back at this time, there was not much fighting power left. During the crazy swings of his two bronze hammers, he once again opened a bloody path. , rushing straight towards the Song generals with the most distinctive armor in front. During this pursuit, he had already identified Zhang Gun and several other major generals, knowing that as long as these two men were killed, the Song army would no longer be able to resist.
Fang Shifo is worthy of being a rare warrior in the world. Even though he fights more with less, he is still like a sharp knife cutting through butter. He easily breaks into the Song army's formation and cuts through the waves to attack the two most important targets in the blink of an eye. , only a hundred steps away from them.
This time, Zhang and Xu were frightened. Xu Shen even shouted loudly: "Quick, archers come up and shoot him to death!" At this critical moment, he could no longer care about this. In the jungle of random sentences, shooting arrows randomly will only kill your own soldiers and horses.
Following his order, among the more than a hundred soldiers who had been guarding them, thirty or fifty men with bows stepped forward and took aim with their bows and arrows. In an instant, a flurry of arrows whizzed straight towards Fang Shifo, who was still approaching, and enveloped him including people and horses.
But at this moment, a frightening scene appeared. Even after a long battle, Fang Shifo's majesty was still undiminished. Seeing the arrow coming through the air, he actually shook the reins again and exerted his strength on his legs. Clamping the horse's belly, he urged the dragon colt under his crotch to accelerate suddenly, not retreating but advancing, straight towards the oncoming arrow. At the same time, his hands were swinging hammers like clouds, and a dark golden shadow had enveloped his whole body, even the war horse under his crotch was fully protected.
There was only a jingling sound, and the arrows that were heading towards him were directly shot through by him. All the arrows were either inaccurate or were hit by the arrows.
His copper hammer easily knocked away, and only three or four fish that slipped through the net were stuck in his shoulders and arms. But judging from Fang Shifo's reaction, these arrows were no different from tickling him. On the contrary, some of the arrows he fired were flying around, shooting down many soldiers of the Song and Wu armies around him.
At this time, Fang Shifo was already a demon-like existence in the eyes of the soldiers of the Song Army. Seeing him murder fiercely, some people finally couldn't bear the fear in their hearts, screamed, and fled in all directions. On his way forward, Not many people dared to stop him anymore. This made Fang Shifo even more arrogant. He laughed wildly and even shouted loudly: "General Song, save your head!" He spurred his horse like flying, and in the blink of an eye he rushed to the two generals who were already stunned.
More than a dozen loyal soldiers immediately shouted: "General, leave quickly!" Then they surrounded and fought them without thinking about their own safety, and all kinds of weapons went straight to attack this terrible enemy. But how can they be the opponents of Fang Shifo, who has already killed Xingqi? Under the bombardment of his double hammers with hundreds of kilograms of force every time, none of them can withstand a move. They die next to each other and are injured. She screamed and was crushed by him, but she couldn't even stop him.
However, the sacrifices of these soldiers were of some use. At least they slowed down Fang Shifo's attack on Zhang Gun and the two of them. At the same time, their screams before their death finally made the two of them recover from the shock. Not daring to hesitate or stay any longer, the two of them quickly turned their horses and fled towards the rear.
As a general, this escape once again shattered the spirit of fighting that Song Jun had just gathered. He only briefly blocked it for one round, then turned around and ran for his life again. At this time, the Wu army from the rear had just arrived, and they were even more happy to see this. They quickly attacked and killed many Song soldiers.
It can be said that in this battle, the ten Buddhas relied on their fierce killing methods to crush the remaining bloody courage of the Song army head-on. After sending the last enemy entangled in front of him flying with a bang, he urged his horse to catch up again. Having already reached this point, how could he let Zhang Gun and others escape safely
A new round of pursuit and escape was staged again. This time, the Song army was even more unbearable than before. They had no intention of resisting at all. Once they were caught up, they would either kneel down and beg for mercy, or they would be killed on the spot and go to Lin'an. Along the way, their bodies have been dumped.
When the Song army fled in panic to Lin'an City, their number had been reduced to less than 20,000, but the enemy troops chasing them were still superior to them. Seeing this, the soldiers and horses at the top of the city who wanted to rush out to rescue hesitated. . There are only three thousand of them here. If they rush out at this time, they may not be enough to fill the gap between the enemy's teeth.
At the same time, a more difficult choice was also faced by the defenders in the city. Should they open the city gate and welcome the defeated army in? At this time, the two fleeing armies are already connected end to end. If the city gate is really opened, I am afraid that not only their own troops, but also more Wu troops will be let into the city. By then, Lin'an City will no longer be able to defend it. Living…
Gao Feng, the general who defended the city, was suddenly caught in a dilemma. Seeing his defeated army approaching, he had no idea what decision to make. He never thought that one day he would bear such a huge responsibility. The life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers and a city would all depend on his own thoughts...
And just when he was in a dilemma and couldn't make a decision, the defeated army heading towards the city suddenly turned around and scattered towards the official road.
Running on the other side, he actually didn't go straight to Lin'an City. This made Gao Feng relax a little. In this way, he no longer had to risk opening the city gate, but he also had more doubts in his heart. Why would the army make this choice
But soon, he no longer had the mind to think about this, because the Wu army who was chasing them suddenly separated a group of troops and launched an attack on Lin'an City. Fang Shifo thought he was sure of victory, but now he actually dared to divide his troops to attack the city! This left Gao Feng to lead his army to desperately resist the enemy's offensive, and he did not dare to think any more.
On the other side, Zhang Gun was looking at Xu Shen who ordered to flee around the city with a puzzled expression: "Old Xu, why did you make this decision?"
"After entering the city, we will become turtles in the urn, and it will also harm the soldiers in the city. So we might as well go around outside and put distance between us and the enemy. Damn, these bastards really have no regard for the principle of not pursuing the poor enemy. Yes They are going to force us to a dead end!" Xu Shen was really anxious and angry. He couldn't understand why the ten Buddhas in that direction were so tenacious in pursuing them. This was something he had never seen before in the battle. How to play.
Yes, from ancient times to the present, in the tens of thousands of battles, there have been very few situations like today's fighting style of chasing for dozens of miles, biting and refusing to let go. It is clearly written in the book of war, don't pursue the enemy when you are in trouble, otherwise the defeated army will be forced into a desperate situation. If you fight to the death, the outcome may change again.
But today, such an extremely rare way of fighting really caused them to run into each other. This situation of being unable to escape and unable to fight was really frustrating.
In fact, this is a coincidence. Fang Shifo is not a person who knows how to act according to the rules. In addition, he has suffered successive defeats in the past. In addition to losing troops and generals, he has also been injured many times. He has been holding back anger in his heart, always thinking that he can If you can win a big victory, you will be able to express bad temper. Today, he finally got a chance, and Pang Wanchun and the others were not in the army yet, so everything was decided by him. So, he completely let go of his joy and vowed to annihilate this Song army even if he went to heaven or on earth!
The two groups of soldiers and horses chased and entangled them, and then went south for about ten miles. By this time, it was already past noon of the second day. After a day and night of constant fighting and escaping, the soldiers on both sides had actually reached the limit of their physical fitness. But at this time, no one is willing to give up. The outcome of life and death is about to be decided.
Seeing that the enemy was behind him, Xu Shen finally gave up and smiled miserably: "I didn't expect that I would inevitably die. If I had known this, I shouldn't have been greedy for credit and rushed forward that day. I regret not listening to General Sun's words... "Zhang Gun beside him couldn't even speak. He just gasped for air. Everyone knew that the last moment had arrived, and the only way to survive was to surrender.
"Kill... put down your weapons and kneel down to avoid death!" Wu Jun had quickly caught up, and many people shouted loudly, hoping to completely crush Song Jun's last resistance.
Without any orders, Song Jun suddenly stopped in front of a mountain forest. If he ran away again, he might not even have the strength to fight, so let's give it a last try!
And just when the two sides were about to engage in battle, a loud horn sound suddenly sounded in the forest, and countless soldiers poured out like a tide. Flags with Song and Sun characters moved in the wind, indicating that this army was The identity of the soldiers and horses!
The reinforcements that no one dared to expect suddenly fell from the sky at this critical moment of life and death!