Chapter 224 Ten Days and Ten Nights

Ten miles south of the city, an army was winding north from the end of the mountains and fields. The soldiers and knights lined up in a row surrounded by a young general in his thirty years old under the navy blue flag. Under the flashing of the sunset, the green edges of the flags were floating in the wind, melting into the translucent blue color, turning into waves of sparse arcs.

"Grandmaster Zhou-" In Jiangdong, every corner of Jingxiang, everyone is familiar with these four words. The handsome and suave Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin are all known, and their reputation is even louder than Gao Chong. The song is wrong, Zhou Langgu! Zhou Yu, who is talented in civil and military affairs, is like a dazzling star, attracting everyone's attention with his gorgeous brilliance.

"Grandmaster, the soldiers are all exhausted. Should we rest for the time being?" beside Zhou Yu, a middle-aged general in his forties urged him to come forward and ask.

Zhou Yu frowned slightly, and he looked up at the north, saying, "General Zhao, military situation is urgent, Huyang City is right in front, General Ziyi is fighting to the death. How can we kill our friends for our own selfishness?" His voice was clear and confident. His sharp eyes glanced around, just like a ray of light that penetrated the clouds shone on the ground, sweeping away the fear, fear, and depressedness in the soldiers' hearts.

"I vow to fight against Cao's thieves and reinforce Huyang!" Ten thousand soldiers shouted louder and louder, and everyone raised the weapons in their hands with great enthusiasm. In an instant, countless bright edges reflected in the blue sky.

Zhao Zhuo, the general who had just advised, had a look of admiration in his eyes. Although he was about ten years older than Zhou Yu, this did not prevent him from regarding Zhou Yu as the most respectable hero in his heart. Zhou Yu's decision was quite correct, because Huyang was in danger at this time.

Cao Hong and Xu Huang attacked fiercely for three consecutive days. After losing nearly 7,000 killer soldiers in charge, they finally broke into the city. However, before they could come over, even more tragic street fighting began.

Street Fighting——Other name is its death trap, an inconspicuous house, an ordinary alley, where arrows devouring life will be shot at any time and anywhere.

In the south of the city, there were only thirteen soldiers left by Taishici. Around him, shouts of killing sounds were heard one after another. The Danyang defenders scattered in the city were attacking the enemy entering the city with a small group of troops. At this time, Taishici looked haggard and tired. In the arduous battle to defend the city, the results of killing more than 4,000 enemies on the first day were soon shattered by the more cruel reality. As arrows, stones, and rolling wood were used up one after another, the Thunderbolt chariots became decorations. The next two days the defenders could only use their flesh and blood to fight with the Cao soldiers who rushed up.

But even if the city was about to break out, Taishi Ci still did not give up. He was the highest general guarding Huyang. Without the order of the Grand Commander Zhou Yu, even if the six thousand Danyang soldiers fought to the last one, they would not choose to give up.

The shouts of killing came again from the front, deafening, and a group of Cao soldiers appeared from the entrance of the alley in front. Countless swords, spears and spears rotated in front of Taishi Ci's eyes. The cold light was fierce, and the Cao soldiers rushed towards him were like a group of wandering souls that could not be dispelled. They killed a group of them, but another group came up.

"Kill!" At this time, the only word that can be spit out of your mouth is it.

The double halberd flipped, and beautiful arcs were drawn in Taishici's hand. After the arc, a string of blood beads scattered all over the sky.

"Where is the flag-holder?" Taishici shouted after stabbing the last Cao Bing who rushed up.

"General, the flag is here!" The answer was low, and in the pile of dead bodies falling beside Taishici, he struggled to get up a blood-stained man. His body was tightly leaning against the flag with thousands of holes. His legs had been cut off by the enemy's blade, but a smile appeared on his face.

"You kid is still alive-!" Taishici shouted in surprise. He recognized the soldier who was holding the flag as the Ye Owl who protected him, but then he was no longer excited because he saw the twelve personal guards upside down in the pool of blood, and saw the Ye Owl who was holding the flag being covered in blood and blood.

Another rain of arrows came with the sound of wind breaking through the air. Before Taishi Ci could react, Ye Xiao, who was holding the flag, waved the battle flag in his hand and swept down all the sudden arrows. However, he himself was shot into an "arrow man".

"General, the flag is there, the flag is there, and the flag is dead--!" Before the words were finished, the people had passed away, but the flag did not fall.

Seeing the last soldier beside him lying in a pool of blood, Taishici's mind was broken, and the scene in front of him seemed to be a repetition of his life-long experience by the Qingyi River.

Not far away, a crowd of yellow people was slowly moving. This was the color reflected in Cao Bing's armor. After being subjected to a strong counterattack, even soldiers who were greedy for glory and achievements began to be careful. After all, all the glory and wealth without life will no longer exist.

Taishici leaned against the ruins. He grabbed the main flag with his left hand, and still held a halberd with his right hand, and greeted the enemy soldiers who were getting closer with a smile.

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The loud horn came into my ears with the shouts of the soldiers of Jingxiang.

"The Grand Governor is here, the Grand Governor is here to reinforce us!" Under each collapsed eaves, the surviving Danyang soldiers shouted and jumped out of the bunker and threw themselves into the torrent of counterattack.

Before Taishi Ci's entire army was wiped out, Zhou Yu finally arrived in time. Although this made people feel incredible, it was the result of Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci's unremitting persistence. If Taishi Ci did not fight to the death, even if Zhou Yu arrived, he could only face the defeat of Cao's army occupying the city. If Zhou Yu followed Zhao Zhuo's suggestion and rested before arriving in Huyang, even if Taishi Ci was tenacious, he could not persist.

All the causes and consequences are in your efforts, and as long as you pay, there will always be some rewards.

With the belief that he never gives up, Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci did what they wanted to do.

"Damn, these southern thieves are not human, otherwise they would not be afraid of death!" Cao Hong could not believe that the invincible elite troops under his command would have fallen into a big fall in Huyang, an inconspicuous place.

"Zi Lian, let's withdraw our troops for the time being and wait for the Prime Minister's reinforcements!" Xu Huang wiped the sweat from his face and panted. After only one day and one night of street fighting, almost half of Xu Huang's ten thousand elite soldiers were scrapped. Although not too many people died in battle, many people were injured and lost their combat effectiveness. If they continued to fight, Xu Huang didn't know how many soldiers would be killed or injured.

In the city, at dusk, Gao Chong's soldiers blew the horn of victory and Huyang recovered the entire line.

But Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci did not have any joy at all. They counted the fallen soldiers in the battle, and the Danyang soldiers guarding the city could survive, but less than a thousand people.

The temporary victory could not dilute the grief of losing companions, and the glorious military achievements could not cover up the cold corpse. Before Cao Cao's army arrived in Huyang, Zhou Yu issued an order to retreat across the board. Instead of doing meaningless consumption with Cao Cao in Jingbei, it would be better to let go of a hole first and introduce Cao's soldiers who were not good at fighting in the hilly areas in the south to the rivers and water network areas.

But in this way, the wealthy economy of Jingxiang, which Gao Chong worked hard to manage, would be destroyed.

"Governor, a real man was born in a chaotic world. He should carry a three-foot sword to achieve unparalleled achievements. Now he has failed his ambitions, how can he shrink back at the battle?" When he heard the order to retreat, Taishici could not suppress the anger in his heart, and his red eyes were filled with tears.

Five thousand Danyang soldiers sprinkled blood from Huyang, and their bodies were still wafting with passion. Now, Taishici was going to give up, but he couldn't do it. A man would not cry easily. Once, after passing the entire army was destroyed and not defeated, Taishici thought he would never cry again in this life, but today, he broke his promise.

"Ziyi, don't you want to avenge your dead brothers? Do you want to let so many good brothers die in vain? A gentleman takes revenge for ten years. When we counterattack, Yu directs the favored general and gives you the vanguard to capture the enemy!" Zhou Yu was also sad. This time, Cao's army raided Jingbei. Although Cao Cao took a trick in confusion in advance, Zhou Yu's carelessness when he had the advantage was also one of the reasons for his passiveness.

Adversity makes people strive for progress, while good times make people proud.

Zhou Yu is not a god, he is just a flesh and blood person.

Fortunately, after being careless, he immediately understood the situation he was facing. He succeeded in one blow and retreated in one battle. He did not get into trouble with Cao's army. Although doing so would cause war everywhere in Jingxiang, it could win opportunities for counterattack.

In the next ten days and ten nights, Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong and Xu Sheng's armies alternated and began to retreat along the water, and learned that the war in Jingbei was not good, the people in Xiangyi immediately joined the fleeing ranks.

Xiang River is blocked - November is the time when the water volume is exhausted, which makes the process of retreating from the water route south quite difficult. With the efforts of left-behind officials such as Kuai Yue, most of the people boarded the ship and retreated smoothly to Jingling and Hanyang, but some of the people who walked south by land were chased by Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

The bloodthirsty Cao Bing was like a group of extremely hungry wolves, looking for targets to attack in the wilderness. The stormy propulsion speed made them farther and farther away from the main infantry.

Dangyang, Changbanpo.

On the banks of Jingshan Mountain in the south of Changban Bridge, the mountains and forests are prosperous, and the wind blows and grass moves, and thousands of ambush soldiers hide in it.

On the other side of the river, cries came from afar. The soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were slaughtering the unarmed people. This was a bloody and cruel killing. The breath of death covered the whole world. Blood splashed from the sharp blade and turned into a deep and shallow mottled red, dripping onto the yellow armor.

The cold wind is bitter and empty, with despair cry from time to time.

The people who fled from Xiangyang all the way to Dangyang were exhausted. Faced with the raised butcher knife, they did not resist or struggle. Their eyes were surprised and frightened. Perhaps they did not know what they had lost their lives until they died. Could it be that they were just the people living under the hostile forces that they would inevitably become the souls of Cao's sword.

"Governor, let me cross the bridge and fight to the death, so it's better than staying here!" Xu Shengxin held the sharp sword, and a blazing fire was burning in his chest.

They resisted step by step and retreated step by step. When they met with Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci, only seven thousand infantry were left by Xu Sheng. The rest of the troops either died in battle or were disbanded. Of course, some surrendered to Cao Bing and became shameful traitors.

With the strength of the four armies in Jingbei, Zhou Yu was able to gather 13,000 soldiers. Although he suffered heavy losses, he still had the power to fight. When the proud Tiger and Leopard Cavalry gradually opened up the distance from Cao Cao's main force, Zhou Yu had been waiting for a long time to annihilate the enemy.

"Okay—— Wen Xiang, you bring three hundred soldiers to guard Changban Bridge. If Cao's soldiers come to chase him, they will fight and retreat, and strive to lure the enemy into our ambush circle." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's silver armor was plated with a bright red color by the sunset at dusk. The white robe under his armor was moving in the wind, looking so elegant and agile. The quiet light and shadow reflected on his face through the branches in the forest, reflecting his eyes, ethereal and cold, reflecting his eyebrows confident and calm.

"Ziyi, after Wen Xiang lured the enemy into the bridge, you led a thousand soldiers to demolish the bridge deck. In this way, the enemy cavalry would lose the distance to gallop and run, and they could be wiped out by infantry at that time." Zhou Yu said.

"No!" Taishi Ci led the command to take his troops away.

"Han Sheng, I will give you the important task of killing the enemy leader. I believe you will not disappoint me and the coach!" Zhou Yu handed over the third command arrow to Huang Zhong, who was standing upright and famous.

"Don't worry, the Grand Commander-in-Chief, although Huang Zhong is old, he still doesn't accept his old age!" Xinye killed Zhang Xiu in a battle, which made Huang Zhong famous. Unfortunately, with the arrival of Cao Ren's main force, Huang Zhong's single challenge technique no longer has the place to use it.

This time, Zhou Yu asked himself to kill the enemy cavalry first. Although he didn't know who the enemy he was facing, Huang Zhong did not panic or fear at all.

In Qi Shuibei, the Sima Xiahou Jie of the Central Army led more than 1,200 cavalry to rush into the unarmed fugitives. As a member of the Xiahou family, with blood closeness, Xiahou Jie, like his brother Xiahou En, who had been killed by Zhao Yun, was favored and favored by Cao Cao. As Sima of the Central Army, he should always follow Cao Cao, but when Xiahou Jie saw his friendly troops killing happily in front, he begged Cao Cao to join the tiger and leopard cavalry at the forefront to kill the enemy and make meritorious.

"Woo--!" When Xiahou Jie's arrogant spear was thrown into the plump chest of a young woman, he heard the horn of the enemy soldiers gathering in front of him.
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