Hou Fangyu sat in the trench, pressing against the wall of the ditch, his left hand hung weakly to one side, and his right hand was holding a spear tightly. In the battle just now, he collided head-on with an officer Liang Jun who was holding a shield and carrying a knife in his hand. As a result, although he killed his opponent, the price was that his left arm was smashed and broken by the guy's shield.

The personal soldiers around him carefully untie his arm armor and gently pinched the wound. Flashes of severe pain came, making his eyes look a little dark.

"General, it's broken!"

"I want you to tell me, I don't know if it's broken?" Hou Fangyu rolled his eyes angrily: "Tie it!"

"It must be fixed." said the personal soldier.

"Fix it? Wrap it a few times first, then tie it to your belt, so as not to chop people up later and it will be inconvenient to sway it on the side!" Hou Fangyu glanced at him.

"Okay!" The personal soldiers didn't say anything nonsense. They took out a roll of gauze from a pocket on their waist, wrapped it around Hou Fangyu's right arm, and then walked through the other party's waist armor to tie the broken arm and the waist armor together. The technique was a bit rude, and Hou Fangyu was so painful that he took a slight sucking cold air. "Anyway, you have been married long ago. Even if you lose this left arm in the future, you won't have to worry about finding a wife."

"Bah!" Knowing that the other party was talking about a joke to distract himself, Hou Fangyu couldn't help but spit on the other party, "This little injury is nothing. I have to keep this left arm to hold the beauty? If only one right arm is left at that time, it will be too inconvenient."

The personal soldiers burst into laughter, and some soldiers around them burst into laughter.

"When the battle is over and I will take you to have fun when I rest, I will treat you to you!" Hou Fangyu said heroically. "I will book a yard. As long as I am not afraid of my wife, I can go."

"General, the money I asked for is Hai. Are we afraid of our wife here?" the personal soldiers asked in a raised voice.

"Don't be afraid!" There was a loud response in this area, but if you carefully argue, you can hear that many people here are a little lacking in confidence.

Hou Fangyu's family was rich, and as long as he made a wish, everyone knew that he was fully capable of fulfilling his promise. For a moment, everyone became excited. Those who had experienced this began to express their excitement to their comrades on the side excitedly. The scene that was a little dull just now became active again.

Seeing the soldiers under his command with a vulgar look on their faces, Hou Fangyu smiled knowingly.

After years of military career, this former noble man had long been reborn. When he returned home, he could recite poems with those literati and poets, and when he went to the military camp, he could spank and brag with these rough men, and he could speak dirty jokes.

This battle is completely different from previous battles.

This time, Hou Fangyu truly realized that death is so close to him. It seemed that at every moment, King Yama was waving to him affectionately.

The soldiers may not be completely clear about the importance of this battle, but as senior generals, Hou Fangyu understood it. As long as he won this battle, the entire Henan land would undoubtedly fall into the hands of the Tang army. If Henan is lost and Chang'an is taken down, it will only be a matter of time.

They understand, and the fake Liang understands it too.

So in this battle, the other party had to fight desperately. So they not only mobilized all the elite forces in the Henan area, but also drew Xu Chong's troops from Luoyang and other places to support him.

This battle was a battle with no way out for the Liang army.

Cao Xuan's extreme viciousness also shows from another perspective that the current pseudo-liang is indeed at the end of his life.

It is always the darkest before dawn. At this time, Hou Fangyu fully realized what Li Ze said. After surviving this level, there was a light ahead. If he couldn't stand it, he would die before dawn... Uh, bah! He would never die!

There was a dense sound of horse hooves outside, and Hou Fangyu poked out half of his head. In front of the area he was defending, hundreds of war horses were coming in a breeze.

Fuck you! Hou Fangyu cursed in his heart and shouted loudly: "Prepare for battle!"

With his roar, Tang Jun, who had been lying or sitting, suddenly all came alive.

With a whoosh, a powerful crossbow shot out crossbow arrows with a roar. When two war horses fell to the ground, the crossbow soldiers had no time to put crossbow arrows on the powerful crossbow, and the surging war horses came roaring. The soldiers picked up their own swords, rolled on the spot, and landed in the trench behind them.

The second line of defense is completely different from the first one.

This place is no longer a line-like defense, but a piece of it. There are chest walls that look messy, piled up stones, and excavated trenches. On the second line of defense, the Tang army simulated the street fighting. You never know when an army will be found from your side and behind you.

The sound of horse hooves stomping on the ground was heard in his ears. Hou Fangyu looked up and saw a huge black shadow jumping over his head. Without thinking, the spear in his hand suddenly stabbed out.

With a puff, the spear pierced the soft belly of the war horse, and Hou Fangyu was dragged forward. Although he put his hands in time, he still couldn't help but hit the other side of the trench. After eating a mouthful of soil, his nose also broke, and blood suddenly poured out.

The war horse, whose stomach was pierced, had fallen to the ground as soon as it landed. Before the knight could stand up, he stretched out several spears and completely ended him.

On the second line of defense, Li Rui's idea was very simple, which was to disrupt the entire battlefield and let all the fighters fall into a chaotic battle. In this chaos, the Tang army could take advantage of their familiarity with the position, take advantage of the Tang army's equipment, and use the cooperation between small-scale troops of the Tang army to cause a large amount of damage to the enemy.

At this stage, Liang's army will definitely be able to have all its elite troops.

In the first stage, Cao Xuan used regiment training to consume a large number of long-range weapons, lethal weapons and physical strength of the Tang army. In the second stage, he must concentrate his vitality to attack. Li Rui would not be able to show off his carriage and horses to fight against the other side. At this time, the combat power of both sides was almost on the same line. Of course, he had to find a way to give his soldiers a little advantage.

Except for the last three thousand elite soldiers around him, all the troops, including young and strong, Li Rui has been put into battle. After he was defending the third line of defense, the three thousand reserve teams were divided into three groups and attacked in turn to assist those lines of defense that were in great danger.

Li Rui felt that the second line of defense could last until dark.

At that time, whether it was the cavalry on the left or the right wing, the battle should have been completely over. However, he did not hope that the cavalry on the left and right wings would return to the rescue. Even if they won, their war horses would not be able to run after a whole day of fierce battle, and their soldiers would be exhausted and paralyzed.

Now, he was thinking about Li De's Rangers, and it was time to go to that place.

Cao Xuan had lost his earlier calm at this moment.

A military newspaper sent by urgently made him almost faint. His left wing, his greatest reliance on this battle, was lost by the 20,000 cavalry led by Xu Chong.

With two to one, they still lost, and what he couldn't believe was that Xu Chong was dead!

During the battle with Liu Chenglin, Xu Chen died on the spot. A thousand thunder cavalry were almost destroyed. Now his left wing and the remaining cavalry were being chased by Liu Chenglin.

He had little hope for another cavalry on his left wing.

Looking at the seemingly shaky Tang army camp opposite, Cao Xuan felt his nose a little sore, but he still lost! The left and right wings had completely failed, and the Tang army's rangers were led by Li De, and they were only a few dozen miles away from him. There was no suspense in this battle.

"Tell Xia Long, increase the attack and cover the central army's retreat!" Almost all his strength, Cao Xuan said to the personal soldiers around him.

"Chen Shengliang led all the cavalry of the Central Army to Songshuo and block Li De's troops. When tomorrow dawn, retreat immediately to Bianzhou."

"Tell the Central Army to retreat!"

After giving all the orders, Cao Xuan turned over and never looked at the location of the Tang army camp, which was still in fierce battle, and headed towards Bianzhou without looking back.

In the Tang army camp, Li Rui's hand holding a monocular telescope suddenly trembled. In his vision, Cao Xuan's central army flag was actually retreating.

He moved away from the telescope, rubbed his eyes hard and raised the telescope again.

Yes, the other party retreated, and compared to the other party's central army banner, he retreated further.

"Tell all reserve teams to top up, top up!" He was ecstatic. The left and right wings must have won, and there was no need to retain the reserve team anymore. At this time, the soldiers on the second line of defense can reduce unnecessary casualties.

The sound of war drums rumbling, and Li Rui raised his sword, shouted and rushed out.

Hou Fangyu held a horizontal knife with one hand, and with red eyes, he cut an enemy to the ground. Before he could pull the knife back, a knife slashed his chest with a sound, and immediately cracked a gap. He kicked the guy who had cut him down. However, there was another sound in front of his chest. A spear poked him. The armor stuck the opponent's spear, but the huge impact force still pushed him to the ground. Several spears were stabbed in front of him, and Hou Fangyu closed his eyes.

There was a sound of crossbow arrows in my ears. The expected severe pain did not come, but a familiar voice came: "Hou Fangyu, are you dead?"

It's Li Rui.

Hou Fangyu sat up with difficulty with one hand: "I'm not dead yet, but I don't have the strength!"
Chapter completed!