The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Chen Wufang led someone to break through the second barrier of the guards, and Huang Beard's reinforcements had already descended from the top of the mountain.

A few days ago, it was raining all day, and the mountains were completely drenched. Although the rain has stopped these days, the sun is not hot. The mountain road is still relatively slippery. The loess has turned into mud, and there are gravel and other objects under the mud. The potholes dug by the guards made this narrow mountain road more and more difficult to walk.

A few people with agile skills, such as Chen Wu, can overcome the mud on the mountain road and make it difficult to walk, but for most of the soldiers, especially the Yi Cong of Xunzhen's headquarters, this is an insurmountable difficulty.

Therefore, seeing Huang Beard's reinforcements coming down, although Xun Zhen repeatedly passed down military orders to speed up the attack, in order to strive to completely break down these three barriers before Huang Beard's reinforcements arrived, the attack at the front was not. Still slow and difficult.

Chen Wu and Cheng Jia worked together to occupy the second barrier of the guards after paying the price of 20 or 30 casualties. When they were about to attack again, Huang Beard's reinforcements had reached the third barrier.

The three barriers of the guards, each of which originally had about 100 people behind each barrier, but these 100 people were already difficult to attack, and now Huang Beard's brigade reinforcements have arrived, making the attack even more difficult.

In response to the sudden increase in the number of arrows from the guards, Chen Wu led the youth to attack three times in a row, but they were all blocked halfway and had to retreat without success.

Before you know it, the sky is getting brighter.

Taking advantage of the bright sky, the enemy situation of the guards no longer needed the light of torches, and was directly exposed to the eyes of Chen Wu and Cheng Jia in the front line, and Xun Zhen, Xun You, Handan Rong, Jiang Qin and others in the back.

It can be seen that behind the third fortress, it looks like a long snake, and I don't know how many Yellow Turban soldiers stand on the mountain road with spears. The mountain road is narrow and cannot accommodate too many people standing side by side. In wider places, two people stand side by side, and in narrow places, one person stands with a weapon. At first glance, there is no end in sight. This long snake is winding and twisting, as if it has reached the top of the mountain.

In the long snake array, flags of various colors are interspersed.

When the morning wind blew, the flags rustled, the bushes on the mountain walls rustled, the guards had yellow scarves on their foreheads, and the tails of the scarves hanging behind their heads also fluttered. Shrubs, flags, and yellow turbans all moved with the wind, all kinds of things, as if the whole mountain was moving for a while.

Two words came to Xun Zhen's mind: "The grass and trees are all soldiers, and the wind is roaring."

It is no wonder that the grass and trees on the mountain of Fu Jianwang in later generations are all human-like, and it is no wonder that he heard the wind and the chirping, and thought that the enemy soldiers were chasing after him.

If you look at such scenes in the middle of the night, because you can't see clearly, that's fine. In the daytime, because you can see clearly, it doesn't matter. Mostly, when the day is about to dawn, but it is not yet bright, you can see it. It's the most stressful, but it's hard to tell the difference.

Xun You pointed to the mountainside and said, "Is that the flag of the yellow beard?"

A flag that was obviously taller than the other flag was erected a hundred paces above the mountainside. Looking at it, it was faintly visible that there were several people wearing armor and swords under it. These people seemed to be pointing and discussing Xun Zhen's soldiers at the foot of the mountain.

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Chen Wu and Cheng Jia on the front line also saw the flag of the yellow beard.

Although the two saw it, their performance was different.

Because Chen Wu could not break the third barrier in a row, he retreated to the Ministry and discussed the battle with Cheng Jia.

Cheng Jia is indeed talented and courageous, but he is not as good as Chen Wu in terms of "perseverance". Those who are courageous may be able to be brave for a while, they can die calmly in the face of danger, and lead the way quickly, but they may not be able to endure the hardship when they are caught in a hard battle.

Cheng Jia couldn't bear the pain.

Not long after the second fort was taken down, it was just after a fierce battle. The mountain road was narrow, and the bodies of the enemy and soldiers who died in the battle had nowhere to move. Bloodstains were mixed into the mud, and it was startling.

Cheng Jia looked up and looked at the barrier of the third garrison fifty paces ahead. Behind the barrier, Huang Beard's reinforcements seemed endless. He looked at Huang Beard's military flag and said, "The thief's aid has arrived. It took nearly two hours to capture the two fortresses, and I am afraid that this last fortress is difficult to attack! Chen Jun, I should suggest to the lieutenant, it is better to retreat for the time being and wait until tomorrow to attack."

Chen Wu and Cheng Jia were not familiar with each other. Although they were both from Zhao County, they would not have known each other without Xun Zhen. Cheng Jia is short and ugly, but he is also a "scholar". Chen Wu has always respected scholars very much. In addition, he is now a "Shi" under Xun Zhen's family, and Cheng Jia is "Yue". He is also one level lower than Cheng Jia, so after getting acquainted with Cheng Jia, he has always been very respectful to Cheng Jia.

Hearing Cheng Jia's suggestion to retreat at this time, he was silent for a moment, holding a spear covered in blood and slashed by swords, and said, "The sky will be bright, and the thief's aid has arrived. , but the mountain road is narrow and difficult to navigate. When I am waiting to attack the thieves, I can say that once I retreat, I will be chased by the thieves. Cheng Jun, do you think that once I am chased by the thieves, I will still have a way to survive?"

Cheng Jia and Chen Wu were the vanguard of the attack. The mountain road was narrow, and it was difficult to form a system and change the order of the various departments on a large scale. If the attack was to be improved as a retreat, they could only shoulder the responsibility of breaking the trail. When attacking, they have the initiative, they can attack if they want to, and stop if they want to, but once they retreat, the initiative will become the defenders. The 200 men under the two of them will suffer heavy casualties.

???? With Cheng Jia's plan, he would not have thought of this, just because he was shocked by the tragic death and injury of the enemy and our soldiers in front of him, so he made a slip of the tongue and proposed to retreat. "Chen Jun said very much, it's just..."

Chen Wu interrupted him, turned his eyes to the yellow-bearded military flag on the mountainside, and said in a deep voice, "The lieutenant is responsible for the two of us. The third fortress was taken by the lieutenant! Cheng Jun, please plunder the formation for me, and I will lead another attack!"

Cheng Jiazhuang was brave and was quite ashamed, and said: "The two previous barriers of the thieves were captured by Chen Jun, and Juntun suffered a lot of casualties. This third barrier is up to me!"

"Jimiao Qijie, I'm not as good as you, but you may not be as good as me. Cheng-jun, don't argue, I'll do it!"

When facing the enemy, Cheng Jia is definitely not as good as Chen Wu. Cheng Jia has no strength to tie the chicken, so letting him fight in person is to let him die; Chen Wu is strong and brave, and can fight in person. On the battlefield, especially in hard battles, the main general himself can improve morale.

After Chen Wu and Cheng Jia finished their discussions, they once again summoned the youth from their relatives and led more than a dozen soldiers over the second barrier and rushed upwards.

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In the Jiang Qin Department, Xun Zhen and others looked up at him.

Seeing that Chen Wu was wearing heavy armor, his left hand was on the shield, and his right hand was swinging a spear. After he crossed the second barrier, he couldn't charge forward more than ten steps, and seven or eight arrows were hit on the armor and shield. Against the rain of arrows, he rushed up again. Before ten paces, the guards behind the third barrier pushed down the wood and rolling stones. At this time, he was only about thirty paces away from the third barrier, the distance was too short, and there was nowhere to dodge, so he had to drop the shield in his left hand, grab a yellow vine hanging down on the mountain wall, swing up, and dodge Through the two or three stones and wood that fell one after another.

Some of the more than ten teenagers who followed him followed his example and avoided the wood and stone, while others couldn't dodge and were crushed and smashed.

The guards behind the third barrier took this opportunity to rush out more than a dozen warriors, all of whom used short soldiers to cover up.

Chen Wu and the others were attacking from the back, and they were already at a loss, but they were just disrupted by Saba Wood and Rolling Stone.

Cheng Jia saw him in hindsight, and hurriedly waved his flag to give orders, knocked Zhang Shi and shot him with a crossbow, and the brave soldiers raised their spears to rescue him.

With the support at the back, Chen Wu waited to safely retreat behind the second barrier.

The Yellow Turban soldiers who attacked also retreated.

The mountain road is narrow, and it is impossible to set up a battle. This kind of chaos is the first time Xun Zhen has encountered. Although he made psychological preparations for the difficulty of attacking the mountain this time, he only realized that this "easy" was more difficult than he imagined.

He murmured, "I don't know if it's going to be difficult, but I don't know that I have to do it."

He has long had the idea of ​​expanding his troops, and he has made a decision at this point.

Jiang Qin and the others have been watching the battle for a long time. Seeing that Chen Wu has had no success in several battles, and there have been repeated conflicts, they cannot break down the last barrier of the guards. Catch up to meet Xun Zhen, and actively ask for battle.

Xun Zhen's eyes swept across their faces one by one, and she said in her heart, "The mountain road is narrow, and this is the time when warriors are required to attack. It stands to reason that Liu Deng should be sent, but the thieves' reinforcements have just arrived, and our troops have been unsuccessful in their attacks. The morale is high, and if Liu Deng is sent at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to conquer. I should use Tian Ji's horse racing strategy, first use the middle Si to attack him, and then use the upper Si to attack when the thief's spirit is exhausted. "

He issued a military order: "Bo Qin, lead your troops up and attack for a while."

The mountain road is narrow, and it is impossible to mobilize the troops in an organized manner. Jiang Qin selected thirty elite men from the ministry, led them personally, went to the front line, replaced Cheng Jia and Chen Wu, and launched an attack on the enemy base in front of him.

Among Xu Zhong, Liu Deng and other old men in Xixiang, Jiang Qin is brave, but he is not the most courageous one. In other words, he first thought of his own safety, which was different from Xu Zhong and Liu Deng's "fighting and forgetting death" when they killed the enemy. Therefore, he brought thirty people with him. Although they are all brave and tough, he also really wanted to break down the barriers of the guards, but he was unable to attack in a row.

Not only did he fail to attack, because he and his men were both from the plains. Although they had undergone more than ten days of pre-war training, they were still not very used to mountain warfare. Stepping on the empty foot and tripping over the pit, not only did he fail to break through the enemy's barrier, but he was chased and killed by the guards.

Cheng Jia and Chen Wu watched the battle behind the second barrier, and witnessed Jiang Qin's embarrassed appearance. They didn't show any expressions, but many of their soldiers in the colony showed contempt.

Xun Zhen's name is Milk Tiger, and his reputation for being good at fighting and daring to fight has long been known. It is better to see it once you hear it, but I didn't expect that the soldiers under his command would be so "unbearable"?

Xun Zhen below knew that this was because the mountain road was difficult, so she didn't blame Jiang Qin for it, but angered one person.

Xun Zhen, Xun You, Handan Rong, Cen Rong, Xuan Kang and others were looking up at the battle situation when they heard the chaos behind them. Xun Zhen turned his head to look, and saw Xin A hurried forward with his sword in hand.

"Yu Lang? Why are you here? But are there other bandits coming to help Huang Beard?"

"The monarch personally led the sharp men, and fought fiercely with the yellow thieves on the mountainside. The sound of the fierce battle was heard in the four mountains. The birds and birds were frightened, and the tigers and wolves fled.

"Then why did you come here?"

"But it was because I was looking up at the battle from the bottom of the mountain, and I was angry when I saw that our troops could not overcome the thief's base after repeated battles, so I came up to fight." Xin Ai looked up at the battle group on the mountainside, just in time to see Jiang Qin and the dozens of troops being defeated in embarrassment. Pointing to ask, "Who is the loser?"

Xun You replied on behalf of Xun Zhen, "It's Jiang Boqin."

Xin Ai thought it was Cheng Jia and Chen Wubu, but unexpectedly it was Jiang Qin. He was furious, and swung his sword to cut off a vine on the nearby wall. He said angrily, "Jiang Boqin has fought several prefectures as a lieutenant, and has moved thousands of miles. , don't you know the lieutenant's military skills? Today, the thieves are not broken, but the thieves are forced to retreat, making the Zhao people look down on me! It's hateful and annoying!" He felt that Jiang Qin had lost the face of the Yingchuan people, and in a rage, Even Xun Zhen's generals forgot to invite him, so he hurried with his sword, over Xun Zhen and the others, and rushed to the front line.

Since Xin Ai arrived in Handan, he spent most of his time in the military camp. Handan Rong knew that he was the hero who killed Zhang Jiao, and also knew that he was a relative of the Xun clan, but because he didn't meet him very often, he didn't see him a few times. I didn't see him getting angry, I just thought he was beautiful and romantic. I really didn't expect him to be so impulsive when he was so angry. "Lieutenant, the front line is in danger, Xin Jun is a cavalry general, how can you let him go into battle?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Bo Qin definitely won't let him play."

Xin Ai is a relative of Xun Zhen, how could Jiang Qin let him go into battle in person? Xun Zhen and Xun You glanced at each other, and both of them thought in their hearts: "Yu Lang is beautiful on the outside and strong on the inside, but having him up will also help boost the morale of our department."

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Xin Ai rushed to the front line, just as Jiang Qin led his troops back to the back of the barrier.

A retreating soldier panicked and ran right in front of Xin Ai.

Xin Ai raised his sword and chopped it down, standing in front of Cheng Jia, Chen Wu and the others, blocking Jiang Qin and the others' retreat, and said sharply and angrily, "Although there are many thieves, they are the lieutenant's defeated army, hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans. , The lieutenant also swept it down from General Huangfu. There are thousands of defeated soldiers in the district and escaped to hide in the mountains, but you can't overcome them?

Jiang Qin was surprised that Xin Ai came up.

Xin Ai is a relative of the Xun clan, and has an unusual position in Xunzhen's clan. He also has great military exploits in beheading Zhang Jiao. Although he only leads cavalry and does not command infantry, he can go up to an old man like Xu Zhong. Even a general like Li Xiang was very respectful to him.

Seeing him raging in rage at this moment, Jiang Qin didn't dare to say more, and turned around with his troops who had just retreated and attacked again.

Cheng Jia and Chen Wu looked at Gu, both in surprise.

The new pawns, who had just shown contempt after seeing Jiang Qin's embarrassed retreat, were all horrified when they saw Xin Ai sword slash the retreating pawns and scolded Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin led his troops to attack from the back, their clothes and armor were stained with blood, and the attack was more courageous.

Chen Wu witnessed this and was aroused by his fighting spirit. He once again summoned the juveniles of his relatives and encouraged him, "Let the lieutenant see the bravery of my man from Zhao!" He once again fought with a spear.

Jiang Qin and Chen Wu took turns to attack, and the guards behind the third barrier on the opposite side suffered a lot of casualties. However, Huang Beard's reinforcements had arrived, and the reserves were sufficient, but after fighting for nearly an hour, they still could not break through this barrier.

The enemy and allied soldiers who died in battle before and after the barrier were already piled high. The barrier is one and a half people high. Originally, if you want to reach the barrier, you have to climb a lot. Now you don't need to climb. You can go up by stepping on the dead soldiers.

Chen Wu and Jiang Qin had dozens of arrows on the front and back, looking like hedgehogs.

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Xun You, who was watching the battle below, said: "Look at this posture, Huang Beard has brought down all the thieves on the top of the mountain! Lieutenant, the mountain road is narrow, and at this point in the battle, the thieves just want to retreat, but they can't. The battle is not good!"

The mountain road is narrow, and you only need to put a few battle supervisors at the back, and the soldiers in the front have no way to retreat, so they can only fight forward.

When the war developed to this situation, whether it was Huang Beard or Xun Zhen, they could only fight to the death.

Either fight until the opponent is killed, or fight until the opponent collapses.

Of course, it is unrealistic to kill the other party. The most likely result is that one party cannot survive this "meat grinder"-like battle and eventually collapses. Xun Zhen is not afraid of desperate efforts, but the question is when will the other party collapse? If you go on like this, the casualties will be too great.

Most of the thirty warriors Jiang Qin led had suffered casualties, and they were unable to fight again. Jiang Qin wanted to retreat, but when he saw Xin Ai standing on the second barrier with his sword raised, watching him eagerly, he didn't dare to retreat. He was in a dilemma, and Li Xiang brought twenty people up.

"The lieutenant ordered me to attack the base for Jiang Jun."

With the order of Xun Zhen's army, Jiang Qin was able to take people to retire to rest. Chen Wu's casualties were even greater than Jiang Qin's, and only half of the casualties were among the juveniles who had followed him for many years. Xun Zhen also ordered him to rest.

Li Xiang led the attack for a long time, but he couldn't break the formation, and only left more than a dozen corpses of the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield. Xun Zhen sent Chen Dao to battle again. After half an hour, seeing that the guard's spirit was almost exhausted, he sent Liu Deng to battle.

Liu Deng watched the battle for a long time and was eager to try, and led twenty soldiers to attack.

The guard was exhausted from the long battle, but he did not stop his new force, and he rushed to less than ten paces in front of the base. Xun Zhen, Xun You, Handan Rong and others who were watching the battle were overjoyed. The enemy and us have been entangled under this barrier for almost half a day, and each has paid heavy casualties. As long as this barrier can be broken, then first, the morale of the guards It must be a huge blow. Second, without the cover of the barrier, there is no barrier in front of the guards, and there is no way to retreat, so just a volley of strong crossbow and hard attack may be able to knock them down.

The defenders also saw this.

A guard with a spear in armor and a dozen people jumped out from behind the base and met Liu Deng.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and it was almost noon. Xun Zhen and others moved forward a little further, and they could roughly see the appearance of this enemy general. Xuankang's sharp eyes were the first to see the man's thick black beard and said, "With such a beautiful beard, could it be that this thief is a yellow beard?"

Xun Zhen, Xun You, Handan Rong, Cen Rong, etc. fixed their eyes on him, seeing that this man was well-armored, and the dozen or so enemy soldiers who were walking behind were all dazzlingly well-armored, each of them tall and strong, and it was obvious from the appearance. Must be the elite Xiongzhu. Xun You nodded and said, "Able to wear this kind of fine armor, the thieves and soldiers who follow are also all elites, with beautiful beards and beards, this thief seems to be undoubtedly a yellow beard!"

This man is indeed Huang Beard. With his attack, the morale of the defenders behind the base has risen sharply. Several people beat drums to help him. The drums are deafening, echoing in the mountains, and many pawns lined up with long snakes on the mountain road have lifted up. The weapon stomped and shouted.

Handan Rong said happily: "I didn't expect this Huangbeard to be brave and brave, but he personally went into battle! As long as he can be cut off, the thieves will be defeated without attacking."

Liu Deng, who was in front of him, also guessed the yellow beard, and also thought of what Handan Rong said, his spirits were lifted, and he attacked with a halberd. Since Huang Yan dared to go out to fight in person, it showed that he had confidence in his own strength. He was good at spear and danced to block. The mountain wall is narrow, with mountain walls on both sides. The spear is long and cannot move. After blocking it twice, the handle of the spear is blocked by the mountain wall.

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Xun Zhen and the others held their breath and looked up.

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Liu Deng stumbled under his feet, but he only looked at the yellow beard and didn't pay attention to his feet, and was tripped by a ring-headed sword left by a dead soldier on the ground. This made him unstable in the lower plate, and the short halberd deviates from the direction. Huang Yan seized the opportunity, abandoned his spear and retreated in a timely manner, avoiding his halberd, and drew his sword back, counterattacking, and the tip of the sword went straight to Liu Deng's chest.

Liu Deng's footing was unstable, and he couldn't dodge in time, and was stabbed by the sword~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Fortunately, his armor was not able to penetrate the sword. Although the sword failed to pierce, the force of the impact aggravated the instability of his footing. If the soldiers behind him rushed forward to rescue him and support him, he would have fallen to the ground. Huang Yan had just blocked Liu Deng's short halberd, and already realized that this manpower was too heavy for the enemy. At this time, he took advantage of it and did not dare to fight, so he retreated. Liu Deng threw a short halberd and hit him on the shoulder.

Huang Beard's pawns rushed to protect Huang Beard and retreated to the back of the base. Liu Deng was blocked by Huang Beard and lost his spirit, but it was difficult to attack again. The arrows shot like rain behind the wall, and he had to retreat temporarily.

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Handan Rong said regretfully: "This yellow beard is good luck!"

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Liu Deng was one of the best generals under Xun Zhen's subordinates, and even he retreated. Xin Ai, who was supervising the battle in front, was so angry that he was about to kiss him with his sword.

Just as Xun Zhen expected, Jiang Qin and the others knew that Xin Ai was a cavalry general and that he was Xun Zhen's love, how could they let him go into battle?

Liu Deng was deeply ashamed, holding his halberd and furious: "Since the lieutenant went to war, our troops have always been the vanguard of the army, and they have been invincible in everything they go, and their achievements are the crown of all songs! Now all the troops and songs are looking up to us on the road to fight against the thieves. If you can't win, You will lose face in front of all the ministries! If a man dies, he will die, so how can he suffer this shame?" He took the soldier to break out of the barriers and fought hard.

It's just that the Yellow Turbans are trapped in the Jedi, just like the Xun Zhen clan will die if they retreat, so they also die if they lose. Liu Deng and others fought until noon, but they were still unable to win.

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From the fourth watch to the mountain, the battle has been fought to the present, and the soldiers have not entered the water.

Cheng Jia came down from the mountainside, found Xun Zhen, and said, "Lieutenant, I have a plan, which may be able to break the thief!" (To be continued)