Three Kingdoms

When the tricolor flag was raised high again, Xiahou Dun's heart almost stopped beating twice at that moment. Although I have simulated the current situation thousands of times in my mind, when I actually see it, I still feel very shocked, and even at that moment, I can't react immediately.

This is a normal phenomenon. It is like someone who has practiced thousands of times in the audience, but is still a little confused when the lights shine on the stage. The only difference is whether they can recover as soon as possible, or they are still nervous. Go down.

Zhang Liao knew the advantages of his side and the current disadvantages. He asked Zhang Chen to lead his team to sneak attack Xiahou Dun's rear. He did not expect Zhang Chen to defeat Xiahou Dun, but to buy time for his troops to cross the river!

There is absolutely no escape from today's battle.

If Zhang Liao continues to stay on the north bank of Yingshui River, it is almost equivalent to chronic suicide. Although it is possible that the weather will improve, even if the rain stops, the water level will not go down immediately. Within this period of time, it will be enough for Xiahou Dun to mobilize men and horses to tightly block the upper and lower crossings. And there is a bigger problem, that is, if you cross the river after the weather clears up, your opponent's bow and arrow will be able to resume normal use, and you will receive more serious damage halfway across the river!

More importantly, the dry food you carry is not endless. If you are really stuck here and cannot move up and down, if you delay it, your food and grass may be cut off. Even if you have a chance to break out, it will be extremely difficult!

Therefore, Zhang Liao must turn against the enemy and take the initiative to attack. Although what Xiahou on the opposite side set out may be a trick or a trap, he can only take advantage of the fact that the water level in Sanshi Bay has not risen to the point where it is impossible to swim, and then take the initiative to attack and then tear him apart. By creating an opening, you can naturally turn from passive to active and become the master of the battlefield again!

For Xiahou Dun, he also cannot retreat. If he is defeated by Zhang Liao, it will not only be a lifelong shame for Xiahou Dun, but it will even affect the entire subsequent strategy of Cao Cao! So after Xiahou Dun was unconscious for a very short time, the blood all over his body was like rolling lava, and his eyes almost turned red, and he shouted, "Counterattack!" Form a formation! Fight back! 』

Xiahou Dun wanted to fight back. He wanted to let these hussars know that not only Yongzhou Bingzhou has troubles, not only hussars can be called elites. He wanted to tell these hussars in the most original and simple way, tell His opponent, Cao Cao's subordinates, and Xiahou's army also have heroes!

"Raise the flag!" Xiahou Dun turned to his guards and said.

The guard instinctively opened his eyes, "General?" ! 』At this time, because Zhang Chen attacked from the rear, Xiahou Dun was not far away from Zhang Chen's troops. The guards were still thinking about whether to ask Xiahou Dun to move their positions, but they heard Xiahou Dun's order.

"I asked you to raise the flag!" ” Xiahou Dun’s eyes almost seemed to spit out fire, “Now! Order all ministries to attack the enemy on the other side according to the original plan! Here! Let someone stop it! 』

Xiahou Dun raised the general's flag to reassure all the soldiers, and not to disturb the original arrangement. After all, these days, if orders are frequently issued to temporarily change military orders, chaos may be unavoidable before the battle begins. . Xiahou Dun's original arrangement was basically aimed at the other side of the river, so it was too late to rearrange it now. He simply used himself as bait to provoke Zhang Chen into fighting, and then let most of his soldiers fight against Zhang Liao's large army according to the original arrangement. In this way This is the most correct battlefield decision.

Zhang Chen had already crashed into Xiahou Dun's rear. His ears were filled with all kinds of noisy sounds. He also entered a relatively excited state. He raised his head suddenly and saw Xiahou Dun's flag standing up on the other side. , couldn't help but laugh a few times, then whistled, pointed the knife, "Here!" There's a big fish here! 』

When you are hot-blooded, you are often impulsive. Zhang Chen's almost instinctive action led to new changes in the battle situation...

When Zhang Liao saw Xiahou Dun raising the flag, unlike Zhang Chen, he did not feel any joy. Instead, his heart sank slightly. This is not a good sign, because it means that Xiahou Dun's army has not completely fallen into chaos. As long as these soldiers recover from the initial shock, it will be the beginning of the suffering for Zhang Liao and others.

"faster! Faster! 』

At this moment, retreating is definitely not feasible. We can only speed up as much as possible, and then attack the opponent's front line to see if we can defeat the opponent's formation before the opponent fully recovers, and then further expand. Advantage.

The horn horn sounded again, penetrating the fine rain and mist, and seemed to shake the entire world of Sanshi Bay...

Because of the rain and humidity, the archers originally arranged by Xiahou Dun had little effect. After three or two arrows, the entire bow string relaxed. If he wanted to shoot again, he had to stop and adjust the bow. , and this is also drinking poison to quench thirst, which will also cause great damage to the body.

"kill! 』

The hussars who were the first to rush into the river almost knew in their hearts that they were rushing into hell! It’s just that my head hasn’t fallen off yet! It's just that back then, it was their comrades who resisted the damage again and again for them, so today, it's the turn of their comrades behind the scenes to carve out a path of flesh and blood!

Almost all the hussars covered the eyes of their horses with black cloth at the last moment, then patted their old buddy for the last time, and then rushed as hard as possible into Xiahou Dun's spear array on the shore! Use your own body, your war horse's body, your flesh and blood, and your last breath to tear a gap for your companions behind you!

Because the speed of war horses is not very fast in the water, many hussars often jump off their horses when approaching the battle formation of Xiahou soldiers, holding up their swords in an attempt to cut a bleeding path in the spear formation, but they are often in the At high altitude, attacking downwards is even more disadvantageous. Several spears stood up, and many hussar soldiers were strung on the spears without saying a word...

However, the hussars did not flinch because of this. They continued to approach and still bumped into the formation. The weight of the war horses was beyond the ability of ordinary soldiers to resist. Although there were spears like a forest, when the war horses hit the spears, they instinctively began to struggle. When doing so, the handle of the spear pierced into the body was often moved, and either broke or deflected. As the blood spread, corpses fell one after another. Xiahou Dun's first line of spearmen standing on the shore also gradually He lost his formation and was knocked open.

More and more people jumped ashore, and the number of people and horses became more and more dense. More than three hundred people and seventy or eighty horses on both sides were crowded on the river bed of Sanshi Bay, tightly entangled with each other. The soldiers on the outermost , whether it was Zhang Liao's side or Xia Hou's side, many of them accidentally stepped on the water and fell into the deep water. They could not stand steadily and were carried away by the current...

Zhang Liao's face was serious, even a little unbearable, because this was almost a one-for-one exchange, which was not only a loss, but a huge loss!

"Come with me!" 』

Zhang Liao decided to use his own bravery to clear a passage!

But on the other side, Zhang Chen realized that something was wrong. Cao Jun's general's flag was very close, and the huge word "Xiahou" seemed to be within reach. However, at such a small distance, he was stopped abruptly!

The battle here was also extremely fierce. Zhang Chen had already attacked once, and then was blocked back by Xiahou Dun's guards. If he hadn't cut off a few fingers holding the reins of his horse, he would have been dragged away just now. Got off the war horse!

Zhang Chen roared and cut off the arm of another Xiahou soldier with a knife. In the blood mist, he also saw his own head flying high in front of him. He seemed to be looking at Zhang Chen. There seemed to be some reluctance and some doubts in his eyes...

Confuse?

Zhang Chen suddenly felt a cold sensation on his legs. Immediately, a bloody tip emerged directly from the top of his thigh. He didn't know whose gun tip it was. Immediately, the heartbreaking pain spread all over his body. If it weren't for the sword tied to his hand, , maybe you can’t even handle it! Zhang Chen roared loudly, swung his knife and slashed back, hitting the head of the Xiahou soldier who sneaked up on him from the side. He made a dull sound of chopping bones, and brains and blood spattered out, staining half of Zhang Chen's face. .

Zhang Chen endured the severe pain and once again chopped down a Xiahou soldier who was rushing towards him. He finally realized that neither himself nor his men were wearing armor for the convenience of crossing the river! But in the excitement, I actually forgot and thought that I was protected by exquisite armor as usual!

Damn it!

At the same time, the ferocity and toughness of Xiahou's soldiers here exceeded his imagination. These damn guys rushed forward with no regard at all, regardless of whether they would be killed or injured. They just wanted to stop themselves and their men in this short time. In the blink of an eye, countless people fell down! Some even had corpses stacked on top of each other!

Zhang Chen saw that the veteran scout who swam across the river first was already dead. He and another Xiahou soldier hugged each other face to face. If they hadn't seen the swords of the two of them passing through each other's chests, they might still have died. I thought they were actually good brothers...

"General..."

Zhang Chen turned around and looked around. Zhang Liao's battle flag was still on the other side. The battle on the river bank was still fierce. The blood had dyed large tracts of Yingshui red. Even if the water flow was fast, it still couldn't be washed away!

"No... not yet..." Zhang Chen gritted his teeth and gasped, like a wounded beast, "General... hasn't... come here yet. If you don't... retreat... you can't retreat!" 』

A hussar flew into the air at the moment the horse fell, and the sword in his hand struck the neck of a Xiahou shield guard, almost cutting off the shield guard's neck, and he fell crookedly to one side, but Almost at the same time, another sword slashed at the back of the hussar, cutting in so deeply that it seemed that the pale spine could be seen!

"Kill..."

Zhang Chen howled and tried to urge the horse forward again, but found that his horse seemed as soft as a ball of mud, and then collapsed in the next moment, throwing Zhang Chen off the horse!

"Old man..." Zhang Chen endured the pain in his legs and crawled to the head of the war horse. Only then did he realize that his war horse was actually the same as himself, with scars on the horse's abdomen and legs. You know when the flesh and blood are already mutilated, and the bones are exposed in some places, "Old man..."

The war horse was spitting pink foam, and Zhang Chen knew that it was the blood in the war horse's body mixed with it... Zhang Chen had been focusing on the battle, but he had forgotten that the war horse's physical endurance had been exhausted, plus it was injured. It seems that it has reached the last moment. The war horse tilted its head, as if it were playing normally, and tried to snort at Zhang Chen. However, the slightly raised big head finally fell down, smashing up the blood and cement water on the ground, and splashed Zhang Chen's face. superior.

"Are you willing to surrender?" If you are willing to surrender, I will spare your life! 』

A deep voice sounded from behind. Zhang Chen looked back and saw that Xiahou Dun had already stood behind the heavy guards at some point, and there were only more than 20 people left in the queue of more than 100 people beside him. Most of the war horses, like Zhang Chen's horses, fell to the ground in a mess, stacked with many corpses.

hateful!

Just a little bit closer!

If the leather rope hadn't been broken at that time and he could have brought three hundred people here, maybe it would be completely different now...

perhaps……

But everything has been settled now, and there is no room for maneuver. Zhang Chen slowly used his sword to support him, climbed up, and then stared at Xiahou Dun, "Hussar... Under the hussar, there is no one who can show off his appearance to survive!" 』

Xiahou Dun was silent for a moment, nodded, and then waved.

"Kill!" 』

The two sides once again fought together, and this time, almost all of them exchanged lives for lives!

Zhang Chen howled and thrust his knife into his opponent's chest, but the Xiahou guard showed no sign of weakness. Before he died, he also thrust his sword into Zhang Chen's abdomen and penetrated it from behind!

Zhang Chen grinned, not knowing whether he wanted to laugh or scold. In the end, his eyes slowly followed his body and he fell backwards. He wanted to take one last look at the blue sky, because when the sky cleared, it meant the rain stopped. , but the sky is still gray, even the sun is hiding behind the thick clouds, and the drizzle is still falling...

"..." Xiahou Dun watched Zhang Chen and others finally fall into a pool of blood, then turned to look at the corpses of Zhang Chen and others charging over, and then looked at his own general's flag, which was only twenty or thirty steps away, and his heart I couldn't help but shrink a bit. The hussars were so brave. If there were more soldiers and horses attacking here this time...

Xiahou Dun came to his senses, and after a moment of silence, he stopped his men from beheading their heads, saying, "Forget it, leave them whole bodies... they can be considered warriors..." It is normal to cut off their heads to demonstrate to the opponent. However, Xiahou Dun felt that firstly, he respected these warriors, and secondly, if there were such soldiers under the hussar, intimidation might not be effective...

He had been restrained by this group of cavalry for so long that he had no time to command the soldiers on the south bank of Yingshui River. Xiahou Dun stood back under his battle flag and set his sights on the south bank of Yingshui River again. , looking at some of the hussars and horses that had washed up on the south bank of Yingshui River, he whispered to himself, "You think this is the end?" No, this is just the beginning..."