With the commander in charge, how could his subordinates dare to slack off? Countless Yue cavalrymen followed closely behind the big man and charged forward. Just as they charged to the center of the stronghold, the big man in the black helmet suddenly felt that both he and his horse sank suddenly. He was suddenly shorter. Before he could react, due to inertia, his horse sank deep into the water and he was thrown out.
The big man's experience happened extremely suddenly. Even if the people behind him found something wrong, they didn't have time to stop their horses. After all, there were countless Yue cavalrymen rushing towards them from behind.
"Ah, there's a trap."
"Bang"
"Damn it, don't push me, it's dangerous."
"Bang, bang, bang"
"Are you looking for death? Go ahead."
“Bang, bang, bang, bang… ”
Countless Yue horses stumbled and were thrown into the air like flying dumplings. When Wu Diao saw this, he immediately winked at Zhu Li. Zhu Li understood and hurriedly took the torch and lit the smoke signal next to him. This was the signal agreed upon by them and Bi Shiduo. Now was the time for Bi Shiduo to reap the "fruits of victory".
As the signal for war rose, most of Pang Xun's former subordinates had already safely climbed onto the rafts that had been prepared long ago.
Only a small number of agile masters were left, following Wudao and Zhuli to strangle those enemy troops who were not trapped in the mud and were lucky enough to be killed.
Zhu Li was facing a sword and shield soldier, this guy was very fierce. As soon as they met, Zhu Li pierced his big shield with his steel spear and stabbed his left arm. He could clearly see the other party frowning, but before he could be happy, the other party completely ignored his own pain and took advantage of the moment when Zhu Li had not yet pulled out the steel spear to chop at his head with all his strength.
"Fuck!" Zhu Li cursed inwardly and his heart trembled. Aren't arms just flesh? This guy didn't even care about his arms and still had the strength to fight back. It was his first time dealing with such a situation, and both his physical reaction and psychological barriers made him react half a beat slower. Seeing that the opponent's sword was about to chop off his head, Zhu Li was already sweating coldly, but it was of no use. It seemed that he was finished again this time.
A flash of cold light flashed, and the sword-shield soldier's right hand was instantly chopped off by the sword. The cold light flashed and slashed off the opponent's head. A furious roar like a lion roared in Zhu Li's ears: "Asshole, you could have pierced his chest with a spear, why did you stab his arm? You couldn't bear it, but could you bear to see him kill you?"
This was Wu Diao's voice. It was obviously he who saved Zhu Li. He also saw what happened just now, which made him furious. Zhu Li drew back the steel spear awkwardly and looked at Wu Diao guiltily.
Just as Wu Diao said, he could clearly pierce the opponent's chest with his spear cleanly and neatly. However, when he was making the move, he didn't know what went wrong with him and he deviated a little and ended up piercing the opponent's arm, which led to the thrilling scene just now.
"Remember this, there is no mercy on the battlefield. If you don't believe it, you will be the one lying dead." Wu Diao gritted his teeth and shouted at Zhu Li angrily, feeling disappointed with him.
Facing Wu Diao's anger, Zhu Li remained silent. If it weren't for Wu Diao's timely blow, he would have been beheaded by now. There is no mercy on the battlefield. Zhu Li remembered this sentence deeply. Perhaps he
I will never forget it for the rest of my life, after all, it is an experience between life and death.
People retreated one after another and climbed onto the raft. Zhu Li did not retreat immediately. He got up from where he fell. This was what his father taught him in his previous life.
A double-edged spear is also a spear, and like an ordinary spear, it focuses on "stabbing". Zhu Li has practiced stabbing to perfection.
Another spearman rushed over, but Zhu Li's body swayed slightly, and he avoided the opponent's sharp stab in a split second. He swung the steel spear as fast as a meteor, and with a "puff" sound, it went straight through the opponent's throat.
Looking at the enemy's corpse with blood splattered and eyes wide open, Zhu Li's expression remained motionless, and it was obvious that his heart was as cold as iron. Another sword and shield soldier rushed over, and Zhu Li held his spear in the air, spinning and deflecting the opponent's full-strength sword. With a slash, he cut off the opponent's head. Without even looking at the opponent's body that fell to the ground, Zhu Li walked straight to the other sword and shield soldier behind him and stabbed him with his spear.
Wu Diao saw all these changes and breathed a sigh of relief. Although he and Zhu Li had not been together for a long time, he saw through this boy. He was too soft-hearted. If he had not experienced the trials of life and death, this boy would have been killed by his soft-heartedness sooner or later.
When Zhu Li got ruthless, he looked like a brave general. There were not many enemies who were lucky enough to rush over, but there were quite a few too. Almost all the soldiers who got close to him were killed by his clean and neat spear. There were very few soldiers who could sustain a second strike from him.
At this time, outside the stronghold, countless torches appeared like a tsunami. It seemed that Bi Shiduo and his men had arrived. Wu Dao looked at the situation on the waterside, pondered for a moment, and immediately turned his head and shouted to Zhu Li: "Don't fight, come back immediately, we are leaving."
Hearing Wu Diao's voice, Zhu Li retreated while fighting, and retreated to Wu Diao's side. Wu Diao patted his shoulder with satisfaction and praised him: "Well done, you are brave after knowing your shame. Let's get on the raft."
"Yes." Zhu Li responded and quickly climbed onto the raft. Wu Dao held a long sword in one hand and a double-edged spear in the other, and with a few casual swings, he killed all the enemies who had gathered around him. The enemies were so frightened that they hesitated for a moment and did not dare to come over.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Dao ordered everyone to retreat towards the raft. When the raft was three or four feet away from the shore, he fought hard to repel the enemies who were surrounding him again and jumped onto the raft.
(I would like to mention here that the Xiang River near Tanzhou is now called the Xiang River. If you are not clear about the terrain, please check the Xiang River map.)
The Xiang River near Tanzhou flows from south to north, and its direction is a little northwest. The raft carrying Wu Dao, Zhu Li, and nearly a thousand of Pang Xun's former subordinates floats downstream and quietly goes straight to the northwest. In the distance, the Linshui stronghold is still filled with shouts of killing, and the torches gathered together illuminate the sky as bright as day.
Everyone on the raft was silent. The shouting and killing sounds in the distance were getting farther and farther away. The raft went farther and farther away. When it had traveled about eighty or ninety miles, Wu Diao ordered the raft to pull over and go ashore for repairs. At the same time, they set up camp and sent people to get the grain carts hidden by Pang Honggu, while waiting for the defeated soldiers to flee in this direction.
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Wu Dao's plan was executed very smoothly, allowing Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan and others to
The people were very happy. When the big camp caught fire and smoke rose, the two led the grass army to surround the big camp.
As soon as the encirclement was completed, Bi Shiduo immediately ordered the archers to fire in unison.
Thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the overwhelming arrows flew towards the Linshui stronghold. At this time, although Bi Shiduo thought of Wu Diao and others who might be injured by mistake, such a great victory was hard-won, and he did not want to make any mistakes, so he obviously could not care so much.
This scene was seen by other captains. When they thought that Wu Dao and others might still be resisting the Jingzhou army inside, their expressions became ugly and they were secretly indignant at Bi Shiduo's decision, but no one dared to stand up and criticize him.
After several rounds of arrow rain, Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan immediately led the grass army to attack the big camp. Now is the time to pick peaches. How can they suppress their excitement
The man who came to attack the Linshui camp this time was none other than Liang Zun's deputy general Zhang. However, Zhang did not come alone. He brought another person with him. This person was also a fierce general under Gao Pian's command. His name was Chen Gong. He disguised himself as a personal soldier and followed Zhang. Unfortunately, he was also trapped in the mud and fell into the mud pit. (Chen Gong: Gao Pian's veteran general)
When Bi Shiduo led the Grass Army to arrive, the two men had just crawled out of the mud pit. After several rounds of arrow rain from the Grass Army, the Jingzhou Army suffered heavy losses because most of the soldiers were still rolling in the mud and had no time to escape.
This time they led 3,000 Yue cavalry and 10,000 guards to attack the camp. A rough estimate showed that nearly half of them had been killed or wounded. Both of them were not simple people. Although they knew they had fallen into a trap, they still gathered their strength and tried hard to organize the remaining troops to prepare for battle.
When Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan arrived, they ran into the two of them head-on. Chen Gong went to find Bi Shiduo without saying a word. After all, Bi Shiduo was too famous. He was a veteran general of Huang Chao, and there was his portrait in the court.
Zhang knew what was going on. As he was under Gao Pian's command, his status was certainly not as high as Chen Gong's, so he did not dare to compete with Chen Gong for Bi Shiduo. However, he immediately looked for Qin Yan. This man once led an army as a vanguard, and it seemed that he was also a big fish. If he cut off his head, the credit would be no small one.
There was nothing much to say to each other, and even polite words were considered unnecessary, so they just rushed forward to fight.
Although the Jingzhou army was in an adverse situation, they still had at least five or six thousand people and could still fight. The Cao army's strategy was effective, their morale was high, and they were fighting with double the number of troops. How could they not be excited
One side was fighting a desperate battle, and if they failed they would die. The other side was in high spirits and eager to take the credit. For a moment, cold light shone in the sky, blood splattered, and the battle was fierce.
The battle broke out at dawn and continued until the sun was high in the sky, lasting for more than two hours. The four leaders, Chen Gong, Zhang, Bi Shiduo, and Qin Yan, were evenly matched and no one could do anything to the other, and the battle became a stalemate.
No one noticed that at this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared on the bank of the Xiang River. The first one wore a silver helmet, had brown hair and deep eyes, and held a huge mace in his hand. He looked at the two fighting parties with an unfriendly expression. He observed for a while, then said nothing, swung the mace, and suddenly led the army to charge towards the Cao army.
He came suddenly and his outburst was even more unexpected. By the time Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan realized what was happening, the man had already jumped on his horse and rushed behind them. He swung his mace fiercely, and the whistling wind, mixed with the cold and bloody smell, went straight to attack Bi Shiduo.