Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Chapter 117

On February [-]rd of the third year of Chuping, for the soldiers of the Fan Chou Army in the gate of Shangluo County, it was an unforgettable day.Provided they survived.

When the city gate was knocked open by the enemy, they saw a scene they couldn't believe.Dozens of tall giants in black iron armor appeared in front of their eyes.

The leader of the team had just shouted "Kill!", but the scene in front of him plunged him into extreme panic, and the steel knife in his hand froze in mid-air.A giant swayed in front of him with just one step, and the huge sharp ax in his hand swung down.

"Puff, chi la la", the team was split in half by the giant's tomahawk.The giant behind also killed it immediately, and dozens of big axes swung down, blood, flesh, and broken bones splashed everywhere.

A rebel soldier who had been knocked down before was about to get up, when a big foot nearly two feet stepped on his back fiercely, his internal organs were immediately crushed, and a mouthful of blood spewed out from his mouth.

"Monster, die!" A soldier reacted, roared wildly, and stabbed the opponent fiercely with a sharp knife in his hand.There was a ding sound, and the metal impact was crisp, and the blade of his knife was bent, and the blade failed to penetrate the opponent's body.

Then, his knife, his arm, and the half of his chest connected to his arm were cut off by the sharp axe, and the organs in his chest rolled out.

In just a dozen or so breaths, all the gatekeepers in the gate turned into corpses, and twenty giant ape heavy armored infantry picked up the giant wood again and poured into the urn.

Although the remaining archers at the top of the city had just lost their commanding generals, they all rushed towards the wall of the urn city consciously, shooting random arrows at the huge enemy soldiers in the urn city.These arrows hit the giant's black iron armor and helmet, making clanking noises, and then fell to the ground powerlessly.

Then the screams and howls sounded again, and the golden eagle hovering in the air attacked the crossbowmen again.

A crossbowman had just drawn the bowstring when a golden eagle swooped down like a free fall, and its claws covered with sharp toe covers slashed across the crossbowman's face.A bloody eyeball protruded from the toe cap.

The crossbowmen on the urn had to dodge or shoot arrows at the falcons in the air.The giants took the opportunity to smash open the second city gate of the Weng City with giant logs. Although no one came to top this gate, after breaking through, they found that the street behind the gate was already full of knives, mountains and guns.

Twenty giant ape heavy armored infantry, relying on their thick armor and their own strength.Swinging the double axes, screaming wildly, rushed into the forest of knives, mountains and spears, slashed and killed.

Behind them, another twenty of their kind, armed with long-handled sabers, followed closely.Behind them are a large number of Zhao Yun's army with spears and shields.

The defenders blocking the gate of Wengcheng were quickly defeated, and the corpses of Fan Choujun were scattered all over the street, mixed with the corpse of a "giant".

He was stabbed into the armor with a lance by a general of the defending army and fell to the ground, and then he was hacked and smashed on the head by a group of soldiers.When the general stabbed his armor with a spear, he fell off his horse due to the huge reaction force, and was trampled to death by the rebels.

In Feng Yu's army, the spear-throwing, gun and shield soldiers formed a simple formation, surrounded by the giant ape heavy armored infantry, and continued to rush towards the city and the corridor leading to the top of the city wall.Then a large number of tigers and leopards galloped into the city on horseback and galloped along the main streets of the city.

Then, a large group of reclamation soldiers, mainly composed of pikemen, entered the city...

When Fan Chou heard the news that the city was broken, he was reluctant to believe it at first, and even drew his sword to kill the commander who "wrongly reported the military situation".It wasn't until he heard the shocking killing sound in the distance that he faced reality.

He gritted his teeth, and said word by word bitterly: "Pass my military order and gather all the remaining soldiers and horses in the barracks. I want to fight Feng Yu to the death!"

Fan Chou came to capture Shangluo this time, bringing 5000 troops with him.After capturing Lantian, more than 800 people stayed behind.Therefore, there are only about 2000 people guarding Shangluo. Excluding the more than 2000 soldiers who have been deployed to defend the city, there are still nearly 2000 troops in the battalion, but these [-] troops are mainly cavalry.

Hearing that he wanted to use the remaining soldiers and horses to fight Feng Yu, the general advised him quickly, "General, you can't do that. Now that the city has been destroyed, we have only a few soldiers and horses left to fight head-to-head with the enemy. Didn't the military advisor Jia Xu say that, In case Shangluo cannot defend, can we retreat to the Qinling Valley Road between Shangluo and Lantian to ambush the enemy?"

Fan Chou said with a suspenseful face: "Go... go, Li Jue called Jia Xu a military adviser, but I don't recognize him. Has he become a god or a god? Does he have to listen to everything? He said that Feng Yu would come to 5000 people at most, but Nearly ten thousand people came from the other side!"

Naturally, the general could not answer Fan Chou's series of questioning.Seeing that he didn't listen to the persuasion and was about to turn his face, he didn't dare to say anything.

Fan Choufei, who was wearing armor and a helmet, mounted a horse and led nearly two thousand Xiliang iron cavalry to kill south along the main street of Shangluo City, preparing to fight back and drive the enemy out of Shangluo.

The first thing they encountered was the entire battalion of Zhao Yun's infantry battalion, which was marching along the main street to Fan Chou's army camp in the city.The captain of the battalion who commanded the battalion heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping in the distance, and urgently ordered the soldiers to get ready.

Fan Chou, who was speeding, also immediately noticed the opposite shield wall and the forest of spears, and at the same time, he also noticed a few unusually tall "giant soldiers" standing in the opponent's formation.

He shouted loudly: "Boys, follow me to kill the enemy!" He tried to do this as a final morale boost.Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the enemy's army formation, densely packed objects suddenly came overwhelming.Fan Chou was startled, and immediately thought of the legendary Feng Yujun's flying spear.

The speed of the flying spears and javelins, coupled with the speed of Fan Chou Xiliang cavalry itself, made the power of these flying spears invincible.

In the cavalry formation of Xiliang iron cavalry that was attacking, there was a puff of blood mist, followed by the sound of iron hooves crushing flesh and blood. It is strange that there was no screaming and wailing.Because almost no one was injured, only people died.They were killed by being pierced by flying spears and javelins, or trampled to death by the iron hooves behind them after falling off their horses.

There is no screaming and wailing of people, but the long howling and mourning of horses.Most of the war horses in the front row were injured and fell to the ground, with more or less javelins stuck in their bodies.

The obstacles piled up by human corpses and horse corpses tripped the sprinting cavalry one after another from their horses, and another round of flying spears hit like a torrential rain.The mountain of corpses piled up at the intersection is even higher.

Two rounds of flying spears and javelins were thrown, and the spear and shield soldiers ran out of "ammunition".The only way to defend against the enemy was to use shields, walls and guns. Fan Chou's cavalry also crossed the "corpse mountain" and rushed in front of them, but they had lost speed.A cavalry without speed is not as good as an ordinary sword and shield hand.Under the stabbing of gunfire, a large number of casualties.

Fan Chou, who was rushing forward just now, was fine, and the moment the opponent flew spears, several personal soldiers rode their horses to stand in front of him.

At this moment, he knew that there was no other possibility in the battle other than annihilation of the entire army.He had no choice but to order the Xiliang iron cavalry to retreat and flee to the north gate of Shangluo County.

Chapter 118 Crane Wing vs Feng Ya

Shangluo City is already like a pot of boiling hot water, full of shouts of killing, weapons clattering, and screams and wailing.Fan Chou led the surviving Baixiliang iron cavalry and hurriedly withdrew from the north gate, which was not yet in the hands of the enemy.

Outside the north gate is a flat plateau with a radius of less than ten miles. Through this flat plateau is a rugged mountain valley road leading to Lantian County.

At this time, nearly a thousand Xiliang iron cavalry galloped and fled on the Tanyuan, raising dust all over the sky.When there were hundreds of battles away from the entrance of the valley road, Fan Chou suddenly found that the opposite side also seemed to be filled with dust.Taking a closer look, it turned out that a large group of enemy cavalry was rolling towards them.

Zhao Yun personally led the two battalions of tiger and leopard cavalry into Shangluo City. After learning that Fan Chou had confronted the infantry battalion of his own army on the main street, he led the two battalions of tiger and leopard cavalry out from the east gate and went around to the north. Tanyuan intercepted the remnants of Fan Chou who might flee.

Zhao Yun straightened his silver spear, reined in his horse slightly, and shouted loudly: "Crane-wing cavalry! Meet the enemy!" The tiger and leopard cavalry followed the order and quickly changed into a crane-wing formation while galloping.

This is a formation commonly used to intercept and encircle enemy troops. Looking down from the air, it is in the shape of a V, except that the sharp corner is an obtuse angle, and the two wings are only slightly inclined towards the middle.

Fan Chou knew that the opponent's troops were superior, and by looking at the equipment, he knew that the opponent's cavalry were elite cavalry, and their combat power must be much higher than his own.What's more, the morale of these Western Liang warriors is low, and the one-on-one hedging will definitely be over.

Under the bright light of spring, his pupils shrunk to the size of a pea, and he shouted with determination: "Front Arrow Array! Destroy the enemy!".

Front arrow cavalry formation, as the name suggests, the entire formation is like an arrow.In this way, the troops can be concentrated to attack the opponent's cavalry formation, and a local force advantage can be obtained. If a local breakthrough is achieved, the entire army can escape from this gap.

However, there is also a risk of using the front and arrow array against the crane wing array, that is, if someone blocks the impact point, it cannot break through.If the opponent's two wings press up from the left and right, the whole army will be in danger of being wiped out.

The cavalry formations of the two sides came at such a high speed, Zhao Yun could see clearly that the arrows of the opponent's front arrow formation were pointing directly at his own army, and he ordered again: "Cavalry guards, line up densely!",

Hundreds of cavalry surrounded him and immediately transformed into a 10x10 deep square formation.

The distance between the columns is five feet. If an enemy cavalry passes through this space, they have to face the cavalry or saber on the left and right and kill them.There is a distance of two or three battles between the rows to ensure that after the cavalry in front is injured or injured, the cavalry in the rear can react and can jump over.

The two sides finally confronted each other.The horse spear of a Xiliang iron cavalry stabbed at a tiger and leopard cavalry on the left, but failed to straighten it.Ma Chan's spear tip slid across the opponent's armor, and with the harsh sound of metal friction, sparks splashed out.Xiliang cavalry felt severe pain in his right chest, a lance had pierced his chest from his right rib.

With a bang, a certain Xiliang general's Ma Li kicked a tiger and leopard off his horse.But he immediately found a "silver dragon" piercing through his chest, and at the other end of the "silver dragon" was a young general with a white horse and silver armor.Then he saw himself flying into the air, and the mount under his crotch had already jumped forward.

Zhao Yun shook off the corpse on the tip of the spear in a very short time, pressed and stabbed the spear, and stabbed the blade of the spear precisely into the neck of a certain Xiliang war horse.

With a long hiss, the Xiliang cavalryman on his mount fell off his horse, and was immediately stepped on his calf by a horse's hoof. Before he could scream, his head was crushed by an iron hoof.

...

Fan Chou also danced the horse-chopping knife with a long handle in his hand into a cloud of saber wind. He had already chopped off the head of a tiger and leopard rider, and chopped off the shoulder armor of another tiger and leopard rider. to the bone.

Fan Chou has passed three rows of tiger and leopard riders, and he has to overcome seven pairs of tiger and leopard riders to penetrate the opponent.The armored man oncoming was obviously different from the rest of the cavalry. This was a young general with a white horse and silver armor. He had already killed several Xiliang iron cavalry who had come from Fan Chou.

Fan Chou knew that this was the opponent's main general, and the time to truly decide the fate had come!The result of the battle between the two main generals is the result of this battle!

Fan Chou let out a loud roar, put his legs between the horse's belly and galloped the horse, and the long-handled saber in his hand was danced into a cloud of sword mist by him.However, Zhao Yun's figure was fixed on the saddle like a sculpture, and the mount was still galloping, with the tip of the silver spear pointing at the shining cloud of knife fog.

Zhao Yun shoots!For Fan Chou, this gun speed was already comparable to the initial speed of a spear shot from a bed crossbow.Following a series of clanging sounds that made teeth sore, the blade of the horse-chopping knife wiped a large amount of sparks on the iron-clad gun shaft.

But the spear seemed to have taken root in Zhao Yun's hands, and Zhao Yun's arms and wrists were also cast from whole iron.The silver spear didn't deviate in the slightest, and it still stabbed forward according to the original trajectory.Pfft, the spear blade pierced through Fan Chou's breastplate in an instant.

Then in the blink of an eye, the spear blade disappeared again. It turned out that it had been retracted by Zhao Yun, transferred to the other side, and stabbed at another Xiliang cavalryman.Fan Chou fell off his horse, and at this moment, a fountain of blood gushed out from the hole in his breastplate, which was three feet high.Zhao Yun's shot was piercing an artery near his heart.

Fan Chou, the leader of the Xiliang army, died in battle. He was frustrated and was intercepted.The tigers and leopards in the formation of crane wings have already pressed down from the left and right, and all that is left is a one-sided massacre...

On Tanyuan, there were corpses of Xiliang cavalrymen and Xiliang soldiers who got off their horses and knelt down to beg for surrender.Inside the north gate of Shangluo County, a large number of Feng Yujun's reclamation soldiers armed with long guns rushed out.The banner of Feng Yujun has been flying on the top of the city.

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In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the city of Lantian County.There are groups of lazy soldiers wandering around the city, and their long figures are cast on the ground and wall, like snakes and insects circling upright.

There were more than a dozen soldiers and generals in the city, and dozens of people gathered together to eat and drink the looted food and rough wine.Some even played with the kidnapped women.

At this time, a group of soldiers and horses, more than a hundred people, suddenly rushed to the south gate of Lantian County.Judging by the attire, it is Xiliang cavalry.When they came to the city, they shouted to the top of the city, asking the defenders to open the gate.

"Which department do you belong to? Why are you here in Lantian?" A team leader guarding the city asked in a low voice.

"We are the Cavalry Bing Battalion under the command of General Fan Chou. Shangluo City has already fallen. We were ordered to retreat to Lantian. We retreated first, and more troops are about to withdraw later. Quickly open the city gate and let me enter city!"

"Password?!" The team leader asked routinely.

"The wind follows the tiger, the cloud follows the dragon!"

The team leader saw the other party report the exit order, and without thinking about it, he asked his soldiers to put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate.

After the city gate was opened, the team leader who guarded the gate shouted loudly again: "Brother, we have to follow the rules and routine, and we must check your badge and warrant before we can let you enter the city."

The people in the city also responded: "General Fan Chou's warrant is here, and you sent someone down to check it."

Chapter 119 Crossing the Qinling Mountains

Lantian County is a small city, with a city wall three battles high and a moat about two battles wide.But it doesn't have a urn.

Wei Feng, dressed as a rebel, rode his horse across the suspension bridge, followed by seven or eight soldiers.The rest of the scouts were stationed at the other end of the suspension bridge and waited.

Wei Feng did not get off his horse when he saw the military official who came to inspect the other party, but bowed his hands to the other party very politely, then handed over a package and said: "Both the token and the warrant are in it, brother please check."

Seeing that he didn't get off the horse, the other party was already very dissatisfied, and took the package shamelessly.When the package was opened, there was nothing inside.

The military official was about to be furious, but found that the sky was spinning, and he seemed to fly.In mid-air he saw a headless corpse, spurting fountains of blood, falling from the saddle.But that mount is obviously his own, and the corpse is also his own!Then he fell, and finally sank into nothingness.

When the soldier's head fell to the ground, Wei Feng's saber had already penetrated another soldier's body, and the other scouts who followed him into the city also attacked together.The ten or so soldiers inside the city gate were caught off guard, and they were all killed in the blink of an eye.

Wei Feng didn't stop, and rode his horse towards the city together with the cavalry around him.At the other end of the suspension bridge, more than a hundred Feng Yujun scouts were waiting, and they all rushed towards the city.A loud arrow soared into the sky, emitting a low-frequency scream that could travel far.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry rushed out of the forest in the distance, charging towards Lantian City like lightning.

At the head of the city in Lantian County, the team responsible for guarding the head of the city had already noticed the change, and shouted repeatedly: "The enemy is attacking! There is an enemy attacking, hurry up and sound the drum to warn!" When he was shouting, Dozens of dismounted scouts rushed to the top of the city with their shields and knives in hand, and began to stab the defenders...

On the streets of the city.There were a few rebel soldiers who were drunk and supported each other walking on the Qingshi street.One person said incoherently: "Why... What sound... Who is hitting a stone with a hammer?"

Then, in their drunken eyes, they saw seven or eight armored knights riding "ghost-faced monsters" galloping towards them.With a few puffs, a few bloody human heads and a few wine gourds fell to the ground together, blood and wine mixed together...

When the sun left the last ray of light between the sky and the earth.Wei Feng led more than a hundred scouts and three advance teams of tiger and leopard cavalry, and occupied Lantian County with lightning speed.

The gates of Lantian County are still closed.A dozen or so rebel soldiers who escaped from the city were also caught up by the scouts and killed on the spot. Wei Feng tried his best to ensure that the news did not reach the rebels in Chang'an.Because tomorrow night, Feng Yu's main force can pass through the valley road and reach Lantian.

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Three hours ago, Feng Yujun captured Shangluo, and learned from the captives that there were only more than [-] defenders in Lantian and the password to enter the city.

Feng Yu acted accordingly and decided to occupy Lantian by surprise before the news reached the Lantian defenders.He immediately sent a team of scouts, and three teams of tigers and leopards rode along the valley road to Lantian, and they succeeded in one blow.

The biggest risk of this move is that there may be rebel ambushes hidden in the valley road.But Feng Yu believes that even if there is an ambush, the risk of sending a small group of troops can still be tolerated.

In the early morning of the second day, some scouts returned to Shangluo by night, and sent back the news that Lantian had been conquered by Wei Feng.At dawn, Feng Yu left Liao Hua to guard Shangluo, and Zhao Yundianqing continued to march towards Lantian with the main force.

Even though Wei Feng's small troop successfully passed through the valley road before, this does not prove that there are no enemy ambushes in the valley road.

Feng Yu was still cautious when marching. In addition to the mountain scouts taking dogs into the forest to conduct frontier investigations, Feng Yu himself opened the system panel from time to time to carefully observe possible abnormalities around him.In this way, thousands of troops carried their luggage and followed the valley road to Lantian step by step.

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In a mansion in the city of Chang'an, Lu Bu and all the generals gathered together again.Everyone's eyes were bloodshot, and their faces were full of tiredness.Outside the hall, the soldiers standing in the courtyard were all covered in blood, and none of them were uninjured.Morale is naturally extremely low.

Colonel Wei Xu said, "I would like to report to Marquis Wen, after several days of fierce attacks by the enemy, our army has only 3000 or [-] troops."

Hou Cheng also interjected: "Marquis Wen, our army really can't stand it anymore. Let's retreat to Jizhou according to the previous plan and go to Yuan Shao."

Some generals also agreed, but Lu Bu did not respond immediately, but turned to Cheng Lian and asked, "Will the scouts sent outside the city be rewarded?"

Cheng Liangong clapped his hands and reported: "Report to Marquis Wen, our military scouts came back to the city yesterday evening to report that there was no trace of Feng Yujun in Chang'an, no matter in the southeast or southwest direction. What happened. When they returned, Lantian was still in the hands of the rebels!"

Lu Bu frowned, the situation was as bad as he expected.He stretched out his big hands and stuck them on his two temples, rubbing them while thinking.

Finally he made up his mind, and said in a unwilling tone: "Pass my military order, the whole army is ready to leave Chang'an immediately. We will set off in half an hour."

Then, he said: "Zhang Liao, Gao Shun listened to the order and ordered you two to lead five hundred elite soldiers each. Try to hold off the rebels for a certain period of time, and choose an opportunity to withdraw from Chang'an and join my main force!"

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun came out and said in unison: "The last general respects his life!"

Then, Zhang Liao asked with some doubts: "Wen Hou, after we withdraw from Chang'an, where will we go to find Wen Hou?"

Lu Bu sighed and said, "This withdrawal from Chang'an definitely has no predetermined fixed route, and it must be done according to circumstances. Therefore, we can only know that the general direction of travel is to go to Jizhou, but the specific route cannot be determined. just in case…"

Lu Bu paused, and continued: "In case we lose contact, you can act accordingly. You can occupy the mountain and become king, or you can go to Jizhou to find us, or you can vote for Feng Yu temporarily."

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun nodded, then cupped their hands to Lu Bu and said, "Marquis Wen, take care, there will be some time in the future."

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In the mansion, the Yan family and Diao Chan received the notice from Lu Bu, they had already packed their bags and waited in the hall with Lu Bu's daughter.When they saw Lu Bu enter the hall, they all stood up to greet him.Lu Bu sighed with shame on his face and said, "I'm really ashamed for letting my wife and concubine suffer from ups and downs..."

Yan quickly said: "Husband, don't talk nonsense. As long as our family can be reunited, it doesn't matter if we live in the ends of the earth."

Diao Chan also said: "This concubine is deeply loved by the general, and I swear to be with the general through life and death. The general must not say such words again."

At sunset, Lv Bu's Bingzhou Army lined up, quietly left the outer city of Chang'an, retreated to the northeast, and disappeared into the vast night...

Chapter 120 Xuanping Gate

In the night, Chang'an City was prostrate on the ground like a wounded monster.At this time, apart from Zhang Liao, Gao Shun's two small groups of people in the city were hundreds of palace guards.The rest of the soldiers and horses were either killed in the siege of the rebels earlier, or they broke up and went away.Sun Rui, the golden warrior, has died in battle.