Chapter 253 Life and death are uncertain
The decisive battle between the Chu army and the allied forces was thirty miles outside Guandu City.
Liu He directed the Pili Chariot to emit brilliant bursts of fire.
The sky was filled with Molotov cocktails, fireballs burning, and explosions making noisy sounds.
In the space above the heads of the anti-Chu alliance soldiers, many huge iron blocks cracked and fell one after another. Under the sky, it was as dark as when a heavy rain was coming, and the cannonballs projected blue-gray light in all directions.
In the visible world, from one end to the other, the fields were shaking, sinking, and melting, and the infinite space was shaking like the sea. Such a sea of fire and loud explosions drowned everything.
After this life-and-death battle, the more than 10,000 Tabai Shenjun troops were killed together with the 400,000-strong army. The 300,000-strong army also defeated the 800,000-strong main force, but the Chu army also suffered about 80,000 casualties.
Yuan Shao ordered the remaining more than one million troops to disperse and attack backwards. Encouraged by the great victory, Nie Zefeng's Chu army began to disperse and attack the retreating princes.
During the attack, Nie Zefeng and Pei Yuanshao attacked Yuan Shao's army together.
At this time, Nie Zefeng and Pei Yuanshao led an army of about 20,000 people. During the pursuit, they continuously separated from the large army.
Along the way, bows and arrows roared, and Pei Yuanshao shouted along the way: "Your Majesty, if we pursue Yuan Shao, we can capture him."
Nie Zefeng waved his weapon and ordered: "Whoever captures Yuan Shao will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households and a bounty of ten thousand taels."
Countless soldiers began to attack him risklessly, and during the pursuit, Nie Zefeng continued to shout: "Whoever kills Yuan Shao will receive a reward of 5,000 taels and be granted the title of 9,000 marquises."
All the armies began to chase south and north, and finally Nie Zefeng and Pei Yuanshao were ambushed by Yuan Shao's army in a canyon. Yuan Shao's 200,000 troops surrounded Nie Zefeng and Pei Yuanshao's 20,000 troops, and they fought again.
Due to the suddenness of the launch of Yuan Shao's army and Nie Zefeng's army, after a great battle, their physical strength could not keep up, so they broke out under the leadership of Nie Zefeng. Pei Yuanshao and Nie Zefeng were also scattered by the army during the breakout process.
Nie Zefeng led more than a thousand troops and was forced out of a cliff by the enemy.
Nie Zefeng now stands proudly on the cliff alone, looking up to the sky, sighing at how interesting his fate is. Originally, he was a great victory, but now he is in such a desolate situation.
At this time, the only one who followed Nie Zefeng, the Colonel, was riding slowly through the woods on horseback, with a sad face and bright eyes.
After dismounting, the captain saw the soldiers on alert, with their swords unsheathed and arrows cocked. The army was ready for battle at any time.
When looking at the captain, the sergeants exchanged ominous looks. One sergeant took the last piece of barbecue and caught up with the captain to offer it.
The sergeant said kindly: "General, please use it! This is the last mutton we carry with us."
The captain asked: "Who gave this to me? Who asked you to keep it for me?"
The sergeant replied: "The King of Chu asked me to deliver it to you!"
"Oh?" The captain was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Where is the King of Chu?"
The sergeant looked at two people on the edge of the cliff. One was standing quietly holding a long knife, and the other was holding his own hands with each other, and then said: "Look, where is the king?"
The school captain walked by and said, "Join your Majesty."
Nie Zefeng looked back and asked, "What was the result?"
"Your Majesty, the three sides in front of us are filled with enemy soldiers, about 100,000 men. I think this time we may..."
Nie Zefeng and the captain were discussing matters there.
The two soldiers who were warming themselves by the fire from a distance said to the soldier next to them: "That's not right. Look, our king's eyes are straight. Nothing will happen, right?"
The soldier next to him said: "No way, our Chu army has just gone through a great battle, and we have achieved a record of 300,000 to 2 million. Although the outcome is not decided, we did not lose either!"
Sergeant A took a roasted leg of lamb, put it in a basin, started to eat it, and then said: "I can eat it today, but I don't know if I can eat it tomorrow. I ran away after eating it and went to fight Yuan Shao with King Chu."
Nie Zefeng, who was leaning on the edge of the cliff, sighed: "I, Nie Zefeng, led 20,000 soldiers to pursue Yuan Shao. The entire army was almost wiped out, and there were less than a thousand survivors. I have fought hard all my life, aiming to capture Yuan Shao alive, but now my ambition has not been fulfilled..."
Xiaowei persuaded: "General, what's the problem? As long as we break out of this encirclement and return to Xuchang City, I think our army will be able to regain its glory again."
Half an hour later.
Suddenly "search - search"
Rows of arrows began to shoot at the soldiers who were warming themselves by the fire. Before they had time to react, they vomited blood and died on the ground.
The combat commander at the front commanded: "Shield soldiers, shield soldiers."
After half of these more than a thousand soldiers were shot dead, they raised their shields one after another.
After blocking the attacks of those feather arrows, the soldiers of the Yuan family began to attack forward.
The general who led Yuan's army to besiege Nie Zefeng was Han Meng.
He ordered the first group of about a thousand men to move forward and attack.
These soldiers moved forward, kicking the corpses at their feet and looking left and right. For those soldiers who were not completely dead, they killed them directly with the spears in their hands, or stabbed them into the stomachs with long knives.
They continued to attack to the left and saw a Chu soldier with an arrow stuck in his right arm, and another soldier with a broken arm, but their faces were still ferocious.
I saw the Chu Army Colonel shouting: "Brothers, kill me!"
A small encounter happened again. The Chu army brothers on the right had their eyes red, roared loudly, and blood even flowed from the corners of their mouths.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves and looked up at the red sun shining on the red land, which was so bright that he couldn't open his eyes.
"Poor Luding's bones by the river are like those in a spring boudoir's dream."
Countless warriors lost their lives in this really disparate battle. Maybe when he was dying, I wonder if the sun he could see on the other side was also so blood-red?
The field captain of the Chu army waved his halberd in the distance, as if he were painting with blood. The head that never lowered under the armor was the hope of all the people, like a flag.
In the end, he died under the blows of countless enemies.
The battle was so fierce that in the end Nie Zefeng's personal bodyguard Cheetah blocked countless long arrows for Nie Zefeng in order to protect his master, King Nie Zefeng of Chu.
Chapter completed!