Chapter 575: The bloody battle of the ancestors

"General, Deng's army is here!" In the Zhao army's defensive fortification, the Zhao army general Shi Shideng said to Kou Fei that this fortification was secretly built before the war. Kou Fei sent someone to prevent this result. In fact, if possible, Kou Fei hoped that this fortification would never be used, but things went against his wishes, so he came here.

Kou Fei looked at the main force of Deng’s army in the distance with a serious face and said to Shi Shideng: “Send the order, the entire army will enter the fortifications and guard them strictly. We must not let the Deng army cross the fortifications half a step.”

"Here!" Shi Shiden responded, and immediately sent an order. The entire fortification started to run quickly. This was not a simple fortification. Kou Fei also took great pains to build this fortification. Not only did there be traps and horse-resistance, but there were also several archery towers. Each archery tower could accommodate nearly a hundred archers in the Zhao army. Moreover, this fortification was built on a small hill, which had a certain height advantage.

"General, please give me an order. The last general will take down this Zhao army fortress!" In the Deng army's formation, a group of generals asked Yang Yanzhao for his orders.

Yang Yanzhao observed the Zhao army's fortifications. Although it was a bit difficult, there were endless plains around Sishui. There was no geographical advantage in building fortifications in such places. With the strength of Deng army, it would not be difficult to win this fortification.

"The whole army attacks and captures the fortress!" Yang Yanzhao said with a cold look.

"Here!" Yang Yanzhao ordered, tens of thousands of Deng troops rushed up to the Zhao army's position. In order to resist the attacks of Zhao army archers, Deng army arranged sword and shield soldiers in front. In addition to resisting the attacks of Zhao army archers, they were also responsible for filling the trapped horse pit in front of the position to provide conditions for cavalry attacks. Although Yang Yanzhao did not have a cavalry guard under his command, there were cavalry ranging from one thousand to three thousand in each guard. Yang Yanzhao had the elite of the five guards of the tiger wing guard, Lingsnake guard, Yongping guard, Jinwu guard, and Angry Jiao Guard. The combined cavalry was nearly 1,000. When necessary, the power was exerted was also amazing.

"Break with all your might!" Seeing Deng Jun rushing forward, Kou Fei ordered without expression. There was no way out now, he could only fight with a bayonet.

While the Deng and Zhao army were fighting fiercely, Zhang Jie led nearly 100,000 main army to the north and headed straight for the Zushui. After half a day of march, it was less than twenty miles away from the Zushui. It took less than an hour to reach the shore of the Zushui.

"The ancestor water is not far ahead. As long as you cross the ancestor water, Deng's army will no longer be able to wait. I will send an order to accelerate the advance and cross the ancestor water as soon as possible!" Zhang Jie ordered while galloping.

"Here!" After experiencing a series of setbacks, Zhao's fighting spirit had already been wiped out. Now he just wants to cross the ancestral water as soon as possible and go to Liangcheng.

At this time, a scout who went to explore the way quickly came to Zhang Jie and said, "Report to General, there are enemy troops blocking the road ahead!"

"Wow!" Zhang Jie heard this, quickly pinned the war horses and asked the scouts: "There is an enemy blocking the road ahead? Can you tell who is the man and how many troops are there?"

The scout replied: "Return to the general, there are about tens of thousands of enemy soldiers blocking the road ahead, and the banners are Xiang and Yu!"

"General Xiang, Yu? I guess it is the chaotic army of Xiang Quan and Yu Qi." said the general Ye Lun on the side.

Zhang Jie nodded. Now that the main army of Deng's army was blocked by Kou Fei, there would be no one else who could appear in front of him with tens of thousands of troops except Xiang Quan of Pengcheng, Xiapi and Yu Qi from the two chaotic troops.

"Xiang Quan and Yu Qi are all a group of mobs. Although there are tens of thousands of people, with the strength of our army, it is not enough to pass on the orders, attack with all their strength, defeat the enemy, and cross the ancestral water!" Zhang Jie thought for a while and said, both Xiang Quan and Yu Qi's soldiers were temporarily pulled up scattered soldiers and scattered soldiers. If they were defending the city, it might bring some difficulties to him, but in the wild, Zhang Jie said that he could beat them into dogs.

"Here!" Ye Lun responded, and then ordered the army to advance quickly!

At this time, Xiang Quan and Yu Qi had already set up their formation on the banks of the Zushui River. At this time, Dong Ning came to report: "General, the Zhao army is less than twenty miles away from our army. They are advancing with all their strength and heading straight for our army."

"Haha!" Xiang Quan laughed and said to Yu Qi beside him: "It seems that Zhang Jie is sure to be with us. I wonder what General Yu thinks?"

"General Xiang is the main general in this battle. Yu Qi will follow General Xiang's arrangements." Yu Qi was very enlightened. Since the Zhao army came here, it means that Yang Yanzhao had won, so now he has no way out except to fight for Deng's army.

Xiang Quan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Send the order to prepare for war. Zhang Jie wants to cross the ancestral water, so I will let him never come back!"

"Here!" everyone responded.

Half an hour later, Zhang Jie led the Zhao army to Zushui and looked at Xiang Quan and Yu Qi who were blocking the road in front of him with a serious expression.

Xiang Quan smiled and said, "General Zhang, this road is not open, so please go back the same way!"

"Hmph!" Zhang Jie sneered and said, "I didn't expect that the former Chu royal family and the Yu family would become Deng Jun's lackeys. I wonder if the King of Chu and Yu Zi knew about it under Longquan, what should I think?"

"Haha!" Xiang Quan said with a smile: "It won't be a headache for General Zhang. Anyway, you can't live up to the ancestors today. Zhang Jie, the revenge of destroying the country is irreconcilable. Let's start with you!"

"A group of remnants dare to speak bravely, and they are arrogant and kill me!" Seeing that the time is running out, Zhang Jie stopped talking nonsense and directly ordered the army to kill him!

"Kill!" Zhang Jie gave the order, and the 100,000 Zhao troops rushed up. Seeing this, Xiang Quan quickly set up three lines of defense to block them layer by layer. Xiang Quan knew that the troops under his command were not as good as those of the Zhao army, so he could only defend with all his strength.

However, the Zhao army was so strong that it was far beyond Xiang Quan's imagination. It took less than half an hour to break through the first line of defense, and the second line of defense was also in danger.

"General Xiang, the Zhao army is strong. If this continues, it will be difficult for us to survive until Yang Piqi arrives. Please think of a solution." Looking at the defense line that he and his men were painstakingly deployed, and under the offensive of the Zhao army, Yu Qi's face suddenly became ugly. If this continues, it will not take long for the Zhao army to break through all the defense lines. At that time, let alone Yang Yanzhao arrives, it is still a question whether they can survive.

"Li Fang, Dong Ning, you two personally led the elite attack. Remember to curb the Zhao army's offensive at all costs!" At this point, Xiang Quan did not make any reservations. Although most of the 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command were mobs, they also had thousands of elite troops. These soldiers and horses were brought down from Wohu Mountain. Although their strength was not as strong as that of the Zhao army, they should not be underestimated.

"General Yu, now at a moment of life and death, please do not reserve any reservations. If Zhao's army rushes over, we will not only have no contribution, but will even be punished." After Li Fang and Dong Ning led their troops up, Xiang Quan said to Yu Qi.

Like the troops under Xiang Quan, Yu Qi also has thousands of troops, all of whom were elite soldiers under Yu Zilong back then. In terms of strength, they were still under the elite soldiers under Xiang Quan's command. Even if they compete with Zhao's army, there would be no problem.

Yu Qi nodded, and he also understood that from the moment he appeared in Zushui, he had no way out, and could only go one way to the dark, so he said to the general beside him: "Yu Min, you lead your troops up yourself!"

"Here!" Yu Min responded, and then came up with thousands of elite soldiers. Seeing Yu Min's back, Yu Qi's heart was a little calmer. Yu Min was the trump card left by Yu Zilong to protect his safety. The reason why he was able to withstand the fierce attack of the Zhao army in Xia Pi was thanks to Yu Min. With Yu Min there, Yu Qi was also very confident.

With these elite soldiers participating in the battle, the Zhao army's offensive was finally curbed. Although it was still very embarrassed, it was not powerless to fight back.

"General, it seems that these chaotic troops have some tricks, and they actually hide such elite troops." Ye Lun said.

Zhang Jie said expressionlessly: "Xiang Quan and Yu Qi must have some reliance on how they can make trouble in Pengcheng and Xiapi. It is not surprising that there are some elite troops in his hands, but these elite troops do not look like Deng's army, but they are somewhat like the Chu army in the past."

Zhang Jie has been under Li Rubing's left arm and right arm since Li Rubing took office. He also put a lot of effort into destroying Chu in the battle. He fought with Yu Zilong, Chen Feng, Jiang Zi and others many times and was very familiar with the Chu army, so he could see at a glance that these troops were not Deng's army, but the Chu army of the past.

"General, our army's offensive is now blocked, and there is not much time left. According to the agreement, it will not take long before General Kou Fei will lead his army to retreat here, and Yang Yanzhao's main army will follow one after another. We must cross the ancestral water as soon as possible." Ye Lun said.

"Send the order and attack with all your might and defeat these chaotic troops!" Time was no longer waiting for anyone, so Zhang Jie had to take a gamble and suppress the entire army, hoping to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Ten thousand Zhao troops joined forces, and Xiang Quan and others finally stabilized the situation again lost control. Under the relentless pursuit of the Zhao army, Xiang Quan and others retreated into the ancestral water for a while. Fortunately, the depth of the ancestral water was not very deep. As long as it was not in the middle of the river, it would not flood. On the other hand, the Zhao army, because they were not familiar with the water, the strength they could exert in the water was reduced sharply, which made Xiang Quan and others take a breath, but were still at an absolute disadvantage.

Tens of thousands of people fought in the ancestral water, which made the ancestral water dyed red in an instant.

At the same time, Kou Fei, who was responsible for blocking the main force of the Deng army, was already unable to bear it. It was not that he could not stop it, but that the Deng army had already begun to approach. Kou Fei's purpose of staying to block this time was not to fight the Deng army in blood, but to slow down the speed of the Deng army's pursuit. When necessary, Kou Fei still had to lead the army to retreat, but once the Deng army was allowed to fight in close combat, it would not be so easy for Kou Fei to retreat.

"General, the position ahead has been lost. Deng's army is about to come up. It's better to retreat. It's too late to go. Besides, it's going to be late. After nightfall, it's very unfavorable to our army." Ye Lun came to Kou Fei and said.

Kou Fei was also anxious. After looking at the sun, Zhang Jie had been leaving for half a day, and the sky was getting darker. I thought that even if Zhang Jie had not yet arrived at the ancestral water, he was not far away. So he said, "Let the soldiers prepare, tighten the defense line, and block it for another quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, the entire army retreated and headed towards the ancestral water."

"Here!" Ye Lun replied.

When the Zhao army was preparing to retreat and tighten the defense line, the generals in the Deng army also discovered strange images. Murong Ke said to Yang Yanzhao: "General, the Zhao army has contracted the defense line, and it seems that they are preparing to retreat."

Yang Yanzhao nodded and said, "That's right, it seems that Kou Fei does not want to fight our army in blood. After fighting for so long, I think Zhang Jie's main army has also arrived at Zushui. It is reasonable for Kou Fei to retreat at this time, but it is not so easy to leave. Pass the order and strengthen the offensive. Even if Kou Fei wants to leave, I will bite off a piece of his meat."

Yang Yanzhao knew that it was unrealistic to keep Kou Fei and the Zhao army, and even if he could stay, it would take a lot of time and energy. Now that Zhang Jie has arrived at Zushui, he will inevitably fight with Xiang Quan, Yu Qi and the others. With Xiang Quan and Yu Qi's men cannot stop it for so long, and he still needs to rush to Zushui as soon as possible.
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