Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2815 Killing people with a knife

   It is not so difficult to lure the enemy army. After all, no matter whether it is a human or an animal, they all have the instinct to chase prey, but the difficulty is how to overcome the instinct.

  The two armies are facing each other, and the two sides of the war are calculating each other. If the weak wants to defeat the strong, there must be a prerequisite, that is, the strong makes mistakes, revealing a flaw, and the weak also seizes this flaw. Only then can the battle be reversed. If the strong have a firm footing and have no mistakes, then no matter how clever the weak's strategy is, it may not be of any use.

  In the final analysis, the two sides are fighting for strength.

  Especially in war, not only the weak have the right to use tricks.

  Zhu Huan was wearing a heavy battle armor, standing in the queue.

  In the era of cold weapons, armor is almost the second life of soldiers. Zhu Huan's subordinates basically had armor, but the Shanyue barbarians on the opposite side could only use their flesh and luck to fight against the damage.

  The guards behind Zhu Huan raised the battle flag high and shook it away in the wind. The word "Zhu" fluttered the flag in the wind, hunting and flying among the mountains and mist. The bright red flag was like blood flowing.

  Zhu Huanchang took a deep breath, and shouted sharply: "You rats, Zhu is here, who dares to fight?" ! 』

   Zhu Huan's invitation to fight immediately caused an uproar among the barbarians.

People in the Han Dynasty were relatively simple. Zhu Huan said that he was Zhu Huan, and most of the barbarians didn't know Zhu Huan, but no one doubted it. They all looked at each other, revealing something more or less in their eyes. The color of hate comes.

Over the past period of time, Zhu Huan has slaughtered a lot of barbarian villages, which can be said to have dragged the value of hatred to death. Now he has openly entered the mountains, and there are only more than a hundred people around him. This seems to be a good opportunity for revenge. Perhaps as long as Zhu Huan is captured and killed, the situation of the battle can be reversed and victory will be won!

"kill him! kill him! 』A Nanban leader jumped out, gesticulated and gesticulated. He felt that this was an excellent opportunity, so naturally he should not miss it!

Although Nanman Shanyue knows that Zhu Huan and others are more difficult, there are only more than a hundred people around Zhu Huan now. The land is not on the side of the boat on the river, even if it pays twice to three times the price, as long as it can capture and kill Zhu Huan, it is acceptable!

Zhu Huan and the others didn't seem to have expected that the Nanman would kill them frantically. The queue was somewhat scattered. When Nanman Shanyue and the others were about to rush forward, they lined up their swords and shields in the front row to prepare for the battle. .

  The barbarian archers took the lead in attacking.

Zhu Huan squinted at the arrows used by the barbarians, then took a step back slightly, and asked the guards to lift up the shields. It wasn't very powerful to block those arrows, but the accuracy was not bad, especially the poisonous barbarian arrows. arrow.

Behind the howling barbarians rushing forward, there are always some barbarian hunters aiming at the weak spots of Jiangdong soldiers and others. The arrows of these barbarians may not have much armor-piercing ability, but they will definitely be loaded with various toxins. . Zhu Huan just wanted to lure the enemy, and he didn't say that he was reckless enough to hand over his life to the goddess of luck.

  The arrows of the barbarians landed on the shield, making a noise like popping beans, but Zhu Huan and the others remained motionless, not even fighting back, which was the greatest expression of contempt for the barbarians.

As long as they don't hit the vital parts such as the face, the arrows of ordinary barbarians cannot penetrate the battle armor, especially when they cross the front line and fall to Zhu Huan's place, the force will be reduced even more. Under the shield of the guards, Zhu Huan's safety is still guaranteed to a certain extent, so that he can issue orders to adjust the queue in a more timely manner.

  When the barbarians saw this situation, they became more and more angry. They howled, formed a loose formation, waved their weapons, and rushed towards Zhu Huan.

   Seeing Manzi rushing to the front of the array, Zhu Chang roared, and rushed out from the gap between the two shield bearers, swiping his sword at the Manzi in front of him, slashing left and right with the saber, killing two people in a row. More barbarians rushed up, and Zhu Chang was unafraid, dancing with long knives and whirring, being invincible, attracted the attention of many barbarians, and rushed towards Zhu Chang with howls, invisibly making the original The untidy barbarian queue became even more scattered.

"Enter! 』

Zhu Huan yelled loudly, and the pikemen behind the shield immediately rushed out from the gap in the shield like Zhu Chang, just like a hedgehog suddenly erected its thorns, and immediately penetrated the bodies of many barbarians, blood The flowers gushed out, dyeing the open space in the forest with bright red.

"retreat! 』

  Zhu Huan yelled again, and then the Sword and Shield Hand also yelled, resounding over the front line.

Zhu Chang also yelled, and then knocked down a barbarian. He didn't look at the rear at all, but stared at the barbarians on the left and right in front. , and then turned around and slid over the shield, hiding behind the shield.

  The rest of the pikemen did the same, fighting and retreating, retreating into the shield formation.

  Of course, there are also spearmen who charge too fiercely for a while, or unlucky ones who accidentally step on the side of the battlefield. These guys are surrounded by the follow-up barbarians, and they are killed immediately under the knife and gun.

  Zhu Huan glanced at the spearmen who had been slashed, and his expression didn't move at all.

  Although the more than one hundred people led by Zhu Huan are all private soldiers of his own headquarters, there are also rank and file. Among the squadrons of the headquarters, the spearmen are undoubtedly the most inferior recruits. A spearman needs to master the least skills, he only needs to know how to dash forward and retreat into the formation. Wait until these new recruits are familiar with long spear training, and their bodies are also stronger or more flexible during the training process, and then choose to focus on swords and shields or bows and crossbows according to the situation.

   If you are lucky, you will gradually become an elite warrior with rich combat experience. If you are unlucky...

  The spearman retreated, and the barbarian rushed up stepping on the dead body.

   Don't look at these barbarians howling aggressively, but these mountain barbarians who don't know what array training is, run crookedly, and these scattered corpses and stumps have become obstacles to the barbarians' charge.

  The sword and shield fighters in Zhu Huan's battle formation fought hard, beheading the barbarians who rushed forward stepping on the corpses and limbs one by one, and then added more flesh and blood in front of the formation.

  Zhu Huan and others' formation is small, but powerful. Under Zhu Huan's command, more than a hundred soldiers fought vigorously. Although the barbarians, who were several times larger than Jiangdong's army, kept rushing in front of the formation, they were still unable to break through Zhu Huan's line.

  Zhu Huan stood in the formation, motionless.

  The battle flag fluttered above his head, as if mocking the barbarians' overreach.

   Seeing more barbarians rushing up, Zhu Huan raised his saber, strode forward, and at the same time shouted: "Change!" 』

  Zhu Chang, who was a little short of breath when he was killing, immediately put away his saber, stepped back, and gave up his position to Zhu Huan.

Zhu Huan picked it up, spread his legs slightly, swung his saber, and swung it obliquely. The knife cut across the neck of a barbarian who lost his posture because he was eager to pursue and kill Zhu Chang when he retreated. An umbrella-shaped blood mist was sprayed out, and then the long knife vibrated, throwing the stained blood on the face of the second barbarian who rushed up.

  The barbarian closed his eyes subconsciously, and then he felt a cold in his belly, and the energy in his body was like a punctured water bag, and it flowed out with a bang.

  Before the second barbarian realized the fact that he had been chopped off, Zhu Huan had knocked off the saber from the third barbarian, and cut off an arm of the fourth barbarian.

  At this moment, the viscera in the belly of the second barbarian fell to the ground in colorful colors...

  The surrounding barbarians were stunned and took a step back. After a few breaths, no one dared to approach Zhu Huan again. After a while, under Zhu Huan's teasing gesture, they howled and rushed forward again.

Most of the barbarians have not undergone effective training. When fighting, these guys just know how to slash with their knives desperately. If they are very powerful, such as Shamoko, they may be able to cause certain damage to Zhu Huan. Threatening, but if it is only at the level of ordinary people, or even a little weak due to lack of daily nutrition, when you meet a skilled general like Zhu Huan, basically don't think about taking advantage of it.

  Zhu Huan has strength, and he also has quite good power-exerting skills. When facing these barbarians, he can use these skills almost without reservation. On the one hand, in order to save energy, on the other hand, he has confidence in the heavy armor on his body, so he stood upright in front of the battle, and did not give up a single step in the collision of swords and guns, which added a bit of strength to his battle process and won His soldiers cheered in unison.

  When the two sides were killing each other, in the forest, Huang Gai led his men, taking advantage of Zhu Huan's attention being attracted by the barbarians in the mountains, he secretly outflanked them.

  But on the other side, there is also a group of barbarians sneaking towards the river...

  Don't look at Zhu Huan's current glory and bravery, but it doesn't mean that Zhu Huan is sure to win.

Zhu Huan didn't expect that he could kill all the barbarians in these cottages with more than a hundred people. Moreover, there are more or less hundreds of barbarian warriors in those barbarian leaders. To be able to fight, the strength of the elite soldiers in his headquarters is not unlimited, and most of the barbarian leaders have not yet dispatched those real barbarian warriors, obviously they must first use cannon fodder to consume the vitality of Zhu Huan and others.

  If Huang Gai came without troops, Zhu Huan and others would have to take another turn once or twice, and they would have to consider retreating before their energy was completely exhausted. Of course, if they retreated and lost their array, the barbarians who were obviously more flexible and convenient in the mountains and forests would cause huge casualties to Zhu Huan and others.

   This point has been verified many times when Jiangdong and Nanman Shanyue confronted each other before, so Zhu Huan knew it well, and so did the leader of the barbarians on the opposite side.

  Zhu Huan was waiting for Huang Gai, while the leader of the barbarians on the opposite side sent people to bypass the battlefield and prepare to destroy Zhu Huan and others' ship. If Zhu Huan's ship is destroyed, then the barbarian leader will have the confidence to leave Zhu Huan and others in the forest!

There are many mountains and forests in the Wuling area, which are uneven up and down. Unlike Jizhou and Yuzhou, which has a wide field of vision, coupled with the cover of shrubs and trees, and the sound of screams and screams in the battlefield, unless it is face-to-face, it will not be difficult at all. I know what's going on in the woods.

   At the center of the battlefield, Zhu Huan has already exchanged arrays twice, and the battle has gradually entered a more **** stage. After the death of the original Nanban cannon fodder, barbarian warriors gradually joined the battle. The combat experience of these barbarian warriors is much higher than that of ordinary barbarians.

  These barbarian warriors have seized the biggest weakness of Zhu Huan and others, that there are few people. The warriors of the Southern Barbarians didn't easily go forward to fight for their lives. They used stone throwing and blowing arrows to harass them on the periphery.

  This way of fighting makes Zhu Huan and others have to face more opponents, and also makes Zhu Huan and others' physical exertion rapidly increase. When Zhu Huan withdrew to the backline for the third time to adjust his breath, even with Zhu Huan's physique, he was already sweating profusely and panting.

Although the Wuling area does not have the tropical rainforest like Southeast Asia, or the mountain forest density in the Nanzhongjiaozhi area, the mountain forest is still relatively humid in spring, and it is even more stuffy after strenuous exercise, especially if you are not used to being in the mountain forest. Among them, there were Jiangdong soldiers in armor and heavy burdens. Almost all of them had their hearts beating so fast that they were about to pop out of their throats, and their throats were about to smoke, and the pain was unbearable.

   Zhu Huan even had a wavering thought in his heart.

Because of the armor, the casualties of the Jiangdong soldiers are smaller than those of the barbarians, but it is because of these extra armors that the Jiangdong soldiers now consume more energy than those of the barbarians without armor. Continue like this…

Seeing that Jiangdong's soldiers began to show fatigue, and the men who collided with Jiangdong could feel the strength of these soldiers began to weaken, these barbarians began to shout with more fierce momentum Colliding with the formation of Jiangdong soldiers.

  At this moment, the gap between Jiangdong private soldiers and ordinary soldiers can be seen.

  Private soldiers are more tenacious. As long as Zhu Huan does not fall, even if he grits his teeth, he will not retreat easily. If this is a group of ordinary Jiangdong soldiers, at this time, most of them have collapsed and started to flee.

So in this battle, it wasn't that Zhu Huan didn't want to bring more soldiers, nor was it that Zhu Huan wanted to take risks on purpose, but that in addition to the hundreds of elites in his headquarters, even if he brought an extra hundred or even It is two hundred ordinary soldiers, and it will not increase the combat effectiveness much.

  In the face of such strong pressure, ordinary soldiers in Jiangdong are prone to collapse, and once the soldiers collapse, the chain impact on the front line will probably drag Zhu Huan's headquarters into trouble.

As for those servants who were originally captured from Shanyue, let alone, it is okay to fight in other areas. If they enter the territory of Shanyue, they may not have fought yet, and they saw the original relatives and neighbors, whispering secretly For a while, it is possible to betray the water on the spot. Therefore, whenever Jiangdong wants to enter the Shanyue area, he will generally not bring these servants.

  Zhu Huan's private soldiers, the whole family is basically supported by Zhu Huan. From another perspective, the families of these private soldiers are also hostages held by Zhu Huan. Of course, these private soldiers have to protect Zhu Huan when fighting. If only Zhu Huan is dead, even if these people can escape their lives, there will be no good end. Often the whole family will be arrested as traitors So most of the private soldiers, especially Zhu Huan's guards, would rather die with Zhu Huan, so as to keep their family safe.

  The battle was fierce. Although some companions fell in a pool of blood, Zhu Huan and the others still fought tenaciously, did not flinch, and gritted their teeth.

  The barbarians are also in a predicament.

There are many of them, but Zhu Huanxuan's position is very good, the barbarians can't make full use of the advantages of numbers, and after adding the battle casualties, blood and spring moss, mixed with mud, and corpses and stumps, the feet are high and low , unable to go all out, facing the array of Zhu Huan and others, although they fought one after another, they have been unable to make a substantial breakthrough, and with the stalemate in the battle, as more and more barbarians were killed and injured, their confidence was also weakened. Slowly fading, the fighting spirit is no longer high.

   Several barbarian leaders were very anxious when they saw this scene.

The number of them was several times that of Zhu Huan and the others, and they were still unable to break through Zhu Huan's formation of more than a hundred men. Although they did cause some casualties to Zhu Huan and the others, those wounded soldiers were quickly dragged to the In the middle of the array, the barbarians couldn't figure out the specific casualties of Zhu Huan and others for a while.

  Now the total number of barbarians is only close to a thousand. Although the number of people does not seem to be large, it is like someone in Jiangdong saying one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand at every turn. The specifics also depend on the quality. These nearly a thousand people are all young and strong, that is to say, they are the core force of the Nanman with seriousness, which is the same as Zhu Huan's private soldiers.

These nearly one thousand people are equivalent to the pillars of seven or eight hundred barbarian families. If there are really too many casualties in this battle, even if Zhu Huan and others are really killed, it may not be a single person. good deal...

   Is it all or nothing?

  The opinions of the barbarian leaders are somewhat inconsistent.

   When there was some stalemate, Huang Gai saw that he had reached a similar position, and some of them had even started to fight with the barbarians on the edge of the battlefield, so he simply ordered an attack.

  The war drum was sounded, reverberating in the mountains and forests.

  Huang Gai led his men and scattered them into small teams. There was no specific formation, and they rushed towards the barbarian troops in all directions. The barbarian was frightened immediately, yelling barbaric words, dizzy and at a loss.

  Seeing Huang Gai's flag flashing among the trees and bushes, Zhu Huan let out a long breath while leaning on his saber.

  He persisted.

  Huang Gai is here.

  Before, Zhu Huan wondered more than once whether it was Huang Gai who deliberately borrowed the barbarian's knife to invade Zhu Huan's strength, so Zhu Huan was very worried that Huang Gai would wait until he had exhausted his manpower before appearing.

...

   Now it seems that Zhu Huan himself is being overwhelmed?

  He saw Huang Gai appearing at the edge of the mountain forest, and he seemed to set his sights on him.

   At such a moment, there seems to be some information exchanged between the eyes of the two people...

  Zhu Huan stood up straight, raised his blood-stained saber, and roared hoarsely: "Kill—"

  Huang Gai also raised his saber in the distance, and shouted the same voice: "Kill!" 』

"kill! 』

  Jiangdong soldiers raised their weapons, scrambling to kill the barbarians.

  The arrival of reinforcements from Jiangdong completely defeated the little confidence left by the barbarian leaders.

  These barbarians had no intention of fighting, and immediately ordered to retreat. The barbarians, who have been fighting for a long time, have been unable to attack Zhu Huan for a long time, and they are a little frustrated. After seeing so many Jiangdong soldiers swarming around them, after hearing the order to retreat, they screamed, ignoring those who went to circle around. I can't get any results, I just want to leave the battlefield with the barbarian leader...

  (end of this chapter)