Chapter 37: Fierce Fight

The soldiers roared and rushed in the rain of arrows with their shields. A hundred steps were approaching in an instant. They lowered their shields in joy and rushed to the supravaged soldiers who were waiting for them. But they rushed towards them like a huge wave, slapped on the huge rocks on the shore. Apart from shocking a burst of blood, they failed to defend the huge rocks. The soldiers who rushed through the arrow formation found that there was still a dead end in front of them. They squeezed in front of the Cao army formation. Although they tried their best to block the shield in their hands and chopped with the long sword in their hands, the number of people was too small and they could not play any role. Facing a row of swords, shields and hands, two rows of supravaged soldiers, they soon fell into a pool of blood and piled up a wall of corpses in front of the Cao army formation.

"Take a step back!" Huang Zhong gave the order, and the three platoons took a step back together. When the Liu army saw Cao's army take a step back, they were overjoyed and continued to rush forward. However, they found that Cao's army retreated very skillfully. If the sword in their hands wanted to cut Cao's army, they had to step over the body of their fallen companions and step on the slippery blood. This made them unable to stand firm at all, let alone fight with Cao's army. Often, before they found a suitable place to stand firm, they were chopped and killed by long swords, snatched, killed by long halberds, snatched, and pecked. They felt that they had been fooled, but these could not be passed to the back. The companions behind rushed through the arrow formation, squeezed behind them, pushed them to death, and then rushed to death by themselves.

Huang Zhong retreated three times, shooting and killing Liu Bei's army nearly 500, and his own casualties were only more than 30.

Liu Bei was furious, pushed away the blocking of Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang, and rushed out with the most elite guard. As soon as he appeared at the bend, Huang Zhong was aiming at it. Huang Zhong took advantage of the torch beside Liu Bei to see Liu Bei with a distorted face clearly. He pulled out two carved feathers and put them on the bow. He pulled the bow like a full moon, and swished two whistles. Two long arrows, one in front and one behind, flew straight to Liu Bei like shadows.

Zhao Yun tried hard to persuade Liu Bei, so he had to raise his shield with one hand and hold a knife to protect Liu Bei. In the rain of arrows like a bee, he saw Huang Zhong, who had met him, saw the long arrow that he suddenly shot out, and without thinking, he pressed it in front of Liu Bei. A long arrow buzzed and nailed it to his shield. Another long arrow passed by the shield and shot down Liu Bei's helmet tassel with one arrow.

Liu Bei's helmet was shot down, his hair was also taken off, and his hair was scattered and covered his face. He was surprised, looked up and looked at the arrow feathers, and they were shooting towards him. While blocking the arrow, Zhao Yun shouted, "Take the lord to retreat!" Several guards dragged him back to the bend despite Liu Bei's struggle. Zhao Yun raised his shield with his left hand and danced his sword with his right hand. He rushed forward with less than ten steps. All the dozen guards around him had fallen into a pool of blood. He was helpless and had to retreat.

"Master. Don't do this." Zhuge Liang pulled the crazy Liu Bei's sleeve and shouted: "Going forward like this is just a death. Please listen to my words and you will be able to break the formation."

"Tell me quickly, how can I break his formation?" Liu Bei lifted his scattered hair, stared at Zhuge Liang with his blood-red eyes.

"Lord, gather the shields together and form a shield formation. Go forward steadily. As long as we pass this arrow formation, we can fight with them in close combat, and their earth arrow formation will not work." Zhuge Liang was so anxious that he sweated heavily, and said, pointing to the corpse lying on the ground in front of him.

"It's reasonable." Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly ordered people to line up in a tight formation. The shields were raised in front, and the shields were raised over the heads of the back to form a shield formation like fish scales. Hundreds of people were steadily moving forward, and those without shields were sandwiched in the middle. The cat was walking forward.

This formation really took effect. Although Huang Zhong shouted loudly, it did not work much. Except for some long arrows passing through the gap, it was helpless. Huang Zhong sighed secretly and had to put down his strong bow, draw out his long sword, and leave a hundred archers to guard the garrison. All the others joined the battle formation in front and prepared to fight hand-to-hand.

When Wei Yan saw it, he was very anxious and asked the soldiers to push down the few big stones he had just found. The big stones smashed down and smashed dozens of soldiers into meat pies, causing a panic in Liu Bei's army. Unfortunately, there were too few stones. When he saw that no stones fell on it, Liu Bei was overjoyed and urged forward. The shield formation quickly approached Cao's army, and the two armies raised their swords and halberds to start a confrontation.

Zhao Yun led a few guards to move forward and rushed to the front of the formation. He smashed the shields in his hand, smashed the two long halberds handed over, and handed them out, killing a Cao Jun's sword and shield hand, and then went in with him. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the halberds behind him were not pulled back, he cut two large halberds in front of the formation once. The small formation of Cao's army immediately appeared, and the halberds could not pull the halberds back, and they fell into a passive moment. In a moment, several other large halberds were killed by Zhao Yun. The halberds were panicked and squeezed back by Liu Jun who was swarming in, and the formation was broken.

Zhao Yun was overjoyed, and swung the long sword in his hand and slashed the two more. Then he met Huang Zhong who was rushing over. Huang Zhong wore heavy armor in his hands, held the knife in both hands, and roared down at Zhao Yun, slashing three swords in a row. Zhao Yun raised his shield to resist, but found that Huang Zhong's arm was amazing. His sour left hand could not resist at all. He cut him back two steps and was not firmly standing. Huang Zhong shouted again, swung his long sword left and right, killing two guards in Zhao Yundi, and then stepped forward, penetrated his arms forcefully, and had three swords on his head.

With a bang, the shield in Zhao Yun's hand could no longer hold on and spread into a pile of wood chips. Zhao Yun was shocked and retreated quickly. Seeing this, the three guards beside him shouted and rushed forward, swung their swords and slashed them. Huang Zhong did not resist and let their long swords slash out on his shoulders and a row of sparks on his helmet. He shouted fiercely, and the long sword in his hand swept across the chest, and the tip of the knife passed by the three guards.

Three people with one knife!

Huang Zhong took a step further, raised his knife to hold a guard's long sword, kicked him in the chest, panting, and the guard vomited blood, and flew backwards. Taking advantage of this gap, Huang Zhong held another guard's wrist with one hand and twisted it hard, snatched his long sword, dragged it past his neck, followed by the two swords in his hand, and slashed at Zhao Yun fiercely.

Zhao Yun complained secretly, thinking of going forward to fight Huang Zhong with a fierce battle, but his left arm was hit hard today, and he was still very sour and unable to use any force at all. It was impossible for him to block him with a knife with one hand. In desperation, he had to retreat back to his own formation.

Huang Zhong had both swords in his hand, roared angrily, blocking the mountain stream that was ten steps wide. He killed more than ten people in a row. Seeing that the formation behind him was restored, he then put away his sword and retreated back into the formation. Xu Yi rushed over with several tiger soldiers. Seeing that Huang Zhong was covered in blood, he asked quickly: "Are you injured?"

"No." Huang Zhong curled his lips and smiled, "This Zhao Yun is indeed brave and almost broke my formation. I don't know who came up with such an idea and came up with this shield formation. Even my strong archer can't work."

Xu Yi was relieved: "I saw your shouts of killing shocking the sky, and I thought the formation was broken, so I brought people over. Fortunately."

"Although the formation was not broken, Zhao Yun killed more than a dozen of me in one go. This time the loss was huge, and the total casualties were over 100. If the young master couldn't do it again, he would only be able to hold on twice." Huang Zhong frowned and said, "Wen Chang said. Their reinforcements have arrived, and there are only two thousand."

When Xu Yi heard this, he frowned. He looked up at the sky: "It's going to be bright, and the young master is coming soon. But there are less than a hundred people in his hands, and it may not be of much effect when he comes. I hope the local scout has already met General Zhennan and our reinforcements are coming. I am not afraid of them anymore. Maybe they can catch Liu Bei and kill him in the chaos, so as not to make it difficult for the young master to be a human being in the future."

"Hmph, no matter whether the reinforcements are not arrived, as long as I, Huang Zhong, are there, Liu Bei cannot move forward." Huang Zhong wiped away the blood foam from the iron armor and said in a voice. Xu Yi smiled and said, "Han Sheng, the young master gave you this iron armor to protect your land, not to make you die. Don't be wrong."

"Hahaha..." Huang Zhong and Xu Yi looked at each other, raised their heads and laughed.

Huo Jun's two thousand people arrived before dawn. Liu Bei, who was already red-eyed, immediately ordered Huo Jun to rush up with the shield position method mentioned by Zhuge Liang. The two armies fought for a while. Huang Zhong's army, who had fought for a while, had suffered casualties. Although Huo Jun's first charge was repelled, the number was less than 100. All the strong archers picked up swords and halberds and entered the formation. Wei Yan also came down from the mountain and brought his men into the formation, changing Huang Zhong's troops, who had suffered heavy casualties, for a brief rest and adjustment.

Zhao Yun rested for a while, his arms were slightly better, and he also put on heavy armor to kill him. He and Huo Jun arrived left and right, and Huang Zhong's formation was immediately tight. Xu Yi and Wei Yan saw it and immediately killed him and replaced Huang Zhong. Xu Yi caught Zhao Yun, Wei Yan caught Huo Jun, and slashed and killed him in front of the formation. They could not withstand it, but their soldiers could not withstand the new force brought by Huo Jun, and were forced to retreat step by step, and were about to retreat from the narrow mountain stream.

When Huang Zhong saw that he was anxious, he waved his sword and was about to go up again. A personal guard next to him suddenly shouted happily: "General, the young master is here." He looked up and saw Cao Chong and nearly a hundred people rushing from the mountain road. In a blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the formation. Without waiting for Cao Chong's order, Dian Man and the tiger soldiers rushed up. Although these tiger soldiers walked for the middle of the night, they were not in a hurry, and then they rested for a while in the middle of the night. When they arrived here, they were murderous intent, and they roared together and killed them.

Xu Yi and Wei Yanzheng were struggling to kill. When they heard the roar from behind, they were overjoyed and knew that the young master had brought reinforcements. Although these tiger soldiers were not good at walking on mountain roads, their martial arts were the best. When it comes to such small-scale combat, they were their good at it. They immediately retreated to the ravine, gave up the road in the middle, and watched the tiger soldiers rush over with swords like evil wolves.

Huo Jun killed for a while, and saw Wei Yan suddenly letting go to the side, the pressure in front of him was relieved, and he was overjoyed. He was about to command the soldiers to rush over, but Cao's army suddenly gave up a man in the middle, and then he saw a group of tall and murderous guys rushing over. In the first place, a big man raised his sword and slashed his two subordinates, followed by a shield and slashed his sword, took three steps in a row, dragged one person to kill, and killed two people, and instantly killed him, and he hugged his head with a knife.

This person was Dian Man. When he saw that Xu Yi and others were covered in blood and the soldiers were more than half of their casualties, he knew that the battle was fierce. He was full of murderous aura and showed great power at the beginning, trying to kill Huo Jun, who seemed to be a general, with one sword.

Huo Jun was shocked and raised his shield to parry. With a loud bang, the wooden shield in his hand was shattered by Dian Man, and then he was kicked in his chest. He staggered and fell backwards. Dian Man hit a shield, which made a guard who was blocking him vomit blood and overturn. Then the long sword in his hand slashed on Huo Jun's shoulder. He threw away the shield, widened his eyes, and roared and squeezed over with force, holding the knife in both hands to drag and kill Huo Jun.

Huo Jun's mind was broken and he held Dianman's back with both hands. He knew that the sword would be dragged by Dianman. He was completely finished. The two of them held the same sword, widened their eyes, and roared and fought. The guards next to him also shouted and shouted, protecting each other's commanders. For a moment, this small area became the focus of the battlefield, with long swords flying, shields dancing, and the sound of chopping and slaughtering was endless.

Although Huo Jun's landlord was brave, he was not the opponent of the Tigers around Dian Man. He was killed and retreated step by step. Huo Jun's eyes were cracked and he broke Dian Man's long sword. With a click, the long sword was broken into two pieces. Dian Man was furious. He inserted half of the long sword into the chest of a guard next to him, and then punched the guard's temple, snatched his long sword and slashed it again. Huo Jun was killed by him and never dared to fight again. He held down half of the long sword and stepped back quickly. When Dian Man killed the three guards blocking him, Huo Jun had retreated into the formation.

Both sides killed each other for a while, but Liu Bei saw that he still could not win. However, the sky was clear and there was not much time left for him. He didn't want to wait any longer, so he rushed up with all the remaining people and made a last try, trying to complete the battle.

Although the tiger soldiers were brave, Liu Bei's army had a great advantage in numbers and killed for another half of the hour. When the fish belly appeared in the east, Cao's army, which had more than half of the casualties, could not resist it, and slowly retreated out of the mountain stream and retreated to the main road. Liu Bei looked up at the sun exposed in the east, and saw that there were only less than a hundred people left in Cao's army. Then he looked at Cao Chong who was surrounded by a few tiger soldiers, standing on a slope with a big cloak, looking at his expressionlessly, and was overjoyed. He turned around and shouted, "The one who killed Cao Chong, rewarded one million yuan, and promoted three levels in a row!"

Cao Chong heard Liu Bei's roar at the top of his lungs. He looked at Liu Bei's personal army like he had taken stimulants, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He said he wanted to arrest Liu Bei, but he didn't expect that he would be caught by Liu Bei first. Otherwise, he would have to withdraw. It's probably not that Liu Bei would not be able to set fire even if he rushed to Hao's acupoint. Cao Ren's local people should have controlled the vicinity. Cao Cao probably also arrived at Hao's acupoint.

Prepare to withdraw, and you can save some people. He sighed and raised his hand...

Cao Cao lay in the carriage with a pale face. He stood up with the help of several concubines. Looking at Cao Ren kneeling in front of him, he finally let go. He glanced at the landlords brought by Cao Ren, but did not find Cao Chong's shadow, and he couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.

"Zixiao, you come so quickly." Cao Cao said in a harmonious voice, suppressing his displeasure, "I will feel relieved when you come."

"Prime Minister, it was Cang Shu who informed me to come here to pick up the Prime Minister. When I got here, I met the fast rider sent by the Prime Minister." Cao Ren bowed and looked forward to look at Cao Cao's injuries. He knew that although his injuries were serious, he had no worries about his life. He then felt relieved. He glanced at the carriages behind Cao Cao, and knew that one of them was Da Qiao who stabbed the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister was defeated by the woman, just like last time in Wancheng. Cao Ren sighed secretly.

"I was really criticized by Cang Shu. Sun Ben was pretending to surrender and set a fire in my water army camp." Cao Cao coughed, and the concubine next to him quickly handed the spit to his mouth. Cao Cao spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and was silent for a while before he said softly: "The navy was all damaged, and the ships were burned. Fortunately, the Lu camp suffered little loss. With Zhang Wenyuan cutting off the rear, the road was still safe. Unfortunately, Guo Fengxiao was not here, otherwise why did it be like this?"

"It's a blessing for the Prime Minister to be safe. If the army loses a little, it can be made up for it." Cao Ren was relieved and hurriedly comforted: "Prime Minister, please go back to Jiangling. The mountains are high and dense. Once someone sets fire, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Zixiao, your people have not controlled this place yet?" Cao Caoqiang smiled and sighed.

"Prime Minister, Guo Fengxiao is there, can he be more precise than what the young master said?" Liu Ba suddenly interrupted the mouth. Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at him, and was silent again. After a while, he did not respond to Liu Ba's words, but instead talked to himself, as if he was answering Cao Ren's words: "Liu Bei's plan is slow, I'm afraid he is still on the road at this time. When he gets here, I'm already in Jiangling."

"Prime Minister..." Cao Ren saw that Cao Cao's face was not good and did not understand what was going on. He was also surprised to see that he did not ask Cao Chong. Just as he was about to ask, Cao Cao asked weakly: "Where is Cang Shu?"

Cao Ren suddenly understood, and he quickly replied, "Prime Minister, when Cang Shu saw Wulin fire, he was afraid that Liu Bei would land from the tiger jumping ravine and hit Hao's acupoint to set fire, so he took people to block them." He looked at Cao Cao, and saw Cao Cao's brows spreading and his face showed joy. Then he smiled and said, "Prime Minister, don't worry, I have asked Ziping to take people to pick him up, I think there will be no problem."

"Haha, Ziping has grown up and can lead troops. OK, Zixiao, you are a general. "Cao Cao smiled and patted Cao Ren's shoulder and praised happily. When Cao Ren heard this, he was worried and hurriedly said, "Where is Ziping not familiar with the war. I'm asking him to learn more with Cang Shu. Cang Shu was trained by the Prime Minister himself. Ziping can learn a little bit of skills from him, so he can probably be called the Prime Minister's words."

"You..." Cao Cao was so happy that he was slapped by Cao Ren's flattery. He nodded repeatedly, and was about to say something else, but Cao Tai and a few guards came to him, turned over and dismounted, and rushed to Cao Cao's car.

"What's the matter? I'm so panicked?" Cao Ren couldn't help but kicked Cao Tai on the butt, but it looked heavy and it didn't hurt at all. Cao Tai didn't care about anything and quickly told the situation.
Chapter completed!