223, Meteor (5K, the end of the fourth volume)(1/2)
When the head coach Wang Zheng personally takes the lead in the charge, the combat power of the Heavenly Army or, to be more precise, the system soldiers will be displayed in the most comprehensive way, and that will truly show off their edge.
Even though Sun Ce had anticipated that since Wu Sheng attacked, there would be changes in Wang Zheng's affairs in the city, and even specially arranged Danyang Camp to guard the right side, but he never expected that one of the three elite soldiers of the late Han Dynasty, who was famous in the world, would be completely helpless in front of Wang Zheng and the Xuzhou Army.
The force of resistance was only broken into two pieces in an instant!
At this time, Sun Ce and Sun Jing were leading their soldiers to resist the waves of attacks by Wu Sheng and Huang Zhong on the left. However, they saw killing shouts coming from behind. Sun Ce turned his head and saw a dazzling green light.
Rising from the sky, it split into pieces and swept across the Danyang soldiers in all directions. It was really invincible, but if the soldiers touched it, not only the body became a broken limb, but also the armor and weapons were turned into a pile of fragments.
Flying all over the sky.
Taking advantage of the victory thousands of miles away...
How could Sun Ce, who had personally touched the sharp weapon, forget about this magic weapon and its owner? But at this moment, he could no longer care about the shame and revenge he wanted. Seeing Wang Zheng break through the formation so quickly, Sun Ce knew in his heart
There was no longer any suspense about the outcome. He gritted his teeth and threw away everything. With one sweep of his spear, he killed dozens of soldiers around him. Then he turned around and shouted: "Uncle Third, break out from the south!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a scream came from behind. Sun Ce looked around in shock and saw Sun Jing flipping over and falling from her horse. However, an arrow directly pierced the armor, entering from the vest and exiting through the chest. This shows how fierce the archer was.
Boom!
"Huang Zhong!"
Sun Ce's eyes were about to burst, and he let out a heartbreaking scream. The Xuzhou army was good at fighting but not good at shooting, including Wang Zheng and other generals. Only Huang Zhong from Jingzhou was skilled in swords and bows and could fight in such chaos.
In this situation, Sun Jing was killed with one arrow. Who else could be killed besides this wolf!
"Ahhh! I'm going to kill you!"
Sun Ce was furious and was about to ride his horse into the Xuzhou army to kill Huang Zhong, but his entourage grabbed the reins of his horse and pulled him away.
At this time, another general led a large group of troops and rushed from the left, shouting: "Qingzhou Wu Litou is here, where can Thief Sun go!"
Sun Ce glanced around and saw that the number of personal guards around him had been reduced to less than a thousand. Looking around, he saw that the black torrent under the light of the torch was constantly swallowing up the green. He didn't know how many enemies had arrived, but in such a short time
Then he defeated his own army of more than 10,000 men and almost defeated them!
Faced with this situation, he finally calmed down and knew not to hesitate. He immediately galloped toward the southeast, which was the direction of Linhu City and the only way to survive!
After running seven or eight feet, dozens of heavenly troops came out from the left and right, holding bright spears, shouting and stabbing at their mounts. The guards on the left and right fell to the ground one after another, becoming the targets of the enemy's slaughter.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
There were shouts of killing all around, and it was extremely cruel, but Sun Ce's blood was boiling, and his chest was full of murderous intent. He fought hard to kill more than a dozen Xuzhou cavalry who rushed to the left. He stabbed with his spear, and saw an enemy general covered in blood.
He lifted him up high, and when he fell, Sun Ce hit him hard again, and he fell dead on the spot.
Amidst the screams, Sun Ce took the opportunity to continue to charge forward, and finally broke up the siege. At this time, he had time to turn his head and look around, but saw that although there were still sporadic fights in the rear, the Xuzhou Army seemed to have overwhelming control.
With the upper hand, no matter how brave Sun Ce is, he can no longer change the current situation, and he can't help but feel that he is exhausted.
Even if they successfully break through, why would the Yellow Turban bandits not send people to chase them along the way?
I can't get far by myself...
Thinking of this, Sun Ce gritted his teeth, looked around for a while, whipped his horse's head, and ran towards a nearby place with fierce killing sounds. He saw a group of Sun troops being beaten by the Xuzhou army.
When the distance was far away, Sun Ce didn't take a closer look, thinking that the enemy was several times larger. Now when he looked closer, he almost vomited blood in anger, but it turned out that Sun Ce's army of a thousand men was suppressed by hundreds of Xuzhou troops.
What a bunch of rubbish!
Sun Ce became angry from embarrassment and knew that this was not the time to vent his anger on his own soldiers, so he had no choice but to pour out his anger on the enemy. He immediately shouted and rushed forward. The heavenly army who had been showing off their power before had no choice but to face such a superb general. He was shot to death, but he screamed repeatedly in just a few moments, and there was no enemy left.
Seeing the major general coming and displaying his might, Sun's army's morale increased greatly, and he followed him to break through the siege of Xuzhou's army and rushed toward the southeast.
There was a loud killing sound from behind, and hundreds of torches suddenly lit up in front. Countless heavenly troops were seen swarming out of the night and rushing down. Everyone was holding long weapons such as lances. It was the fatal power of these cavalry. nemesis.
Shuzi!
Sun Ce cursed in his heart, knowing that Wang Zheng would never let him escape to heaven so easily, and there must have been heavy blockades on the way to Linhu, so he must be captured and killed in one fell swoop.
At this time, there were only dozens of soldiers and hundreds of soldiers left around him, and he immediately shouted: "Those who want to escape will follow me!"
No matter how good Sun Ce was in fighting, he would never be able to escape unscathed after charging for such a long time among the thousands of troops of the Heavenly Army. At this time, Sun Ce's body was bleeding from more than a dozen wounds, big and small, and he felt huge pain all over his body at the slightest movement. It hurt, but after Sun Ce finished speaking, he immediately waved his spear again and charged forward with his horse.
Sun Ce knew clearly that the purpose of gathering his troops and horses was to increase the chance of breaking out and escaping, but at this time, he, the general, could not stay behind and must move forward bravely!
Only in this way can we reunite people's hearts and restore the decline at this critical moment of life and death.
The spear was waving, screaming and screaming. He thrust forward and left a man on the right with a corpse lying on the ground. However, Sun Ce didn't even look at it and just dragged the spear back to sweep away. He also knocked away another enemy who was attacking from the back. I don't know how many people were killed, but when no one in front of him dared to stand in front of him, Sun Ce felt relieved, and then he fell down on his horse, killing him until he lost all strength.
The shouts of killing were gradually left behind in the distance, and the surroundings were filled with darkness. Sun Ce hugged the horse's neck tightly, listening to the wind roaring more and more in his ears, his consciousness gradually faded, and finally his eyes went black and he completely lost consciousness.
...
When his consciousness returned again, Sun Ce felt pain all over his body and was terribly thirsty. When he opened his eyes, he saw an autumn sun in the blue sky, hanging in the middle of the sky.
He looked around, only to find that he was in a village with noisy sounds everywhere. What he saw in his eyes was that the soldiers were all in a miserable state, listless, with fatigue on their faces as if they would fall asleep if they fell down.
Looking further, you can see that there is a big river not far away. A fire is burning on the other side. The ferry has long been burned down and remains in ruins. The sound of crackling can be faintly heard from a distance, and black ash and charred wood are floating on it. On the river surface, the already yellowish water became even more turbid.
When a soldier saw Sun Ce waking up, he stepped forward with a happy face and said: "
Major General, after breaking through the encirclement last night and approaching Linhu, I thought for a while and led my brothers to burn down the ferry before crossing the Tonghe River."
“Well burned!”
Sun Ce glanced at the soldier with joy, and praised in a hoarse voice: "You are worthy of being my soldier for staying calm in times of danger. Although Linhe is not a big river, the ferry was destroyed and the Yellow Turban thieves will not be able to cross the river for a while. ."
"Yes, I think so too. Everyone can finally rest for a while."
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Sun Ce suddenly changed his expression and immediately shouted: "Hutu, where can I have time to rest at this time?"
"Then..." The soldier was startled, then suddenly realized: "What the Major General said is that Linhu is not far away, and we should rest after entering the city."
Sun Ce didn't answer. He just stood up and leaned against the earth wall to take a breath. Then he checked his injuries. Thanks to his excellent armor, even though he was hit by several arrows and hit by weapons many times, there were only three wounds. Break the gap and injure the skin and flesh.
Among them, the wound on the back shoulder blade was the deepest. The other wounds were all on the hands and feet. They were extracutaneous wounds and did not affect movement.
This convinced Sun Ce that at this time, his body and even his martial arts were the most worthy of reliance. He also ordered his soldiers to bring a water jar, poured a ladle of water, drank half of it and poured the other half on his head. He felt that his throat was a little sore. After it cooled down, Sun Ce took a long breath and said immediately: "Since the bandits cannot pursue us in the short term, we won't go to Linhu."
"Not going to Linhu..." The soldier was stunned on the spot: "But last night, Major General, didn't you say you were going to Linhu?"
"Last night was last night!"
Sun Ce stood up against the wall, looking at the soldiers who had escaped death one by one, and suddenly felt sad.
There were ten thousand horses, but now there were less than a thousand defeated soldiers left.
But Sun Ce, after all, Sun Ce, a determined young hero will never fail to feel frustrated, but these negative emotions cannot settle in his heart. But in the blink of an eye, Sun Ce cheered up again and said seriously: "We can escape." , I am just holding back my energy. If I relax after entering Shucheng, it will be difficult to tighten up. What should I do if I encounter an enemy situation?"
In Sun Ce's view, the battle before Linhu was fierce and the city wall was damaged, making it impossible to defend it for a long time.
And Wang Zheng would never let him escape and ascend to heaven.
So the safest thing at the moment is naturally to go to Xiang'an in one go, and then act according to the opportunity. Even if Wang Zheng's army attacks, he can also immediately cross the Yangtze River through the ferry outside the city and return to Danyang and Wu County.
...
When he saw the familiar face of the guard, Sun Ce finally felt relieved.
Xiang'an is still there, and the gateway to the river is still there, so this expedition can't be considered as nothing, nor as a complete failure!
After walking through the towering city gate, Sun Ce took a deep breath of the fresh autumn air, and his mind was spinning rapidly.
Although they suffered a huge defeat in Shu County, now that I think about it carefully, in fact, the situation at that time was not because the opponent had a large number of troops, but because the current offensive generals such as Wang Zheng, Huang Zhong, and Qiao Wan took the lead in the charge. As a result, the speed at which they entered their own formation was too fast, which led to the rout.
Since Wang Zheng did not have an advantage in numbers, even though he won the battle with the number of soldiers and horses Wang Zheng had, it was impossible to wipe out his own soldiers and horses. There must have been many soldiers who scattered around and escaped like him. As long as they were gathered together, You can also quickly regain some strength.
Now, these people can no longer fight in the short term. They will be left to hold on to the city until then. If they want to raise troops to take revenge and regain their strength, they will have to mobilize troops from Danyang and Wujun and other rear areas.
However, in the short term, the public cannot recruit on a large scale. The only way... Sun Ce thought to himself, is to enlist the private soldiers of those wealthy families.
While thinking about it, he asked casually: "I remember, I remember, there are still five thousand soldiers and horses in Xiang'an City. Has Captain Xu been slacking off in training during this period?"
Surprisingly, no one spoke for a long time.
Um?
Sun Ce lifted the reins, stopped the horse's head, and turned around to look, but at some point, he saw that the gatekeeper, Uncle Dub, had disappeared.
Something's wrong!
Sun Ce Jian frowned, his mind finally focused on the present, and he immediately discovered all kinds of weird things.
It's so quiet around here!
There is not a single soul on the street!
And this location...
The gatekeeper Dub led him to the neighborhood of Xiang'an at first, but before he knew it, he had arrived at the city guarding area in the west of the city.
Speaking of which, Sun Ce personally ordered the renovation of this place after entering Xiang'an. Not only did he thicken and raise the inner and outer city walls, he also completely blocked all the lanes, resulting in a terrain similar to an "urn city".
Sun Ce's heart sank to the bottom of his heart. The urn city was placed outside the main city to strengthen the defense, but what if it was placed inside the city?
In fact, it is often used to lure the enemy deeper, so that it is convenient to close the door and beat the dog!
A guard general, Du Bo, led him, the major general, to this place for the purpose of...
With a vague guess in his mind, Sun Ce let out a long sigh, then suddenly stopped his horse, looked around, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Wang Zheng, Wang Yukou!"
"I've been waiting for you for a long time. I'm here now. Why don't you show up and see me?"
To be continued...