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Just as Liu Bei was preparing to evacuate Yangdi and crossed mountains and ridges to retreat to Liang County at night, Zhuge Jin was leading a large army to protect a group of people who had traveled from Chenliu to Xingyang. Almost with Zhuge Jin to reach the vicinity of Xingyang, there were two enemy troops.

One of them was Wen Chou's cavalry, who had always been behind Zhuge Jin. However, Zhuge Jin was very calm and maintained a good marching state. Even if Wen Chou raided the people's team, Zhuge Jin was not moved. Although Liu Bei issued a task to protect the people as much as possible, in Zhuge Jin's view, in this case, the people could only be accompanied by the troops. The most important thing was to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops. The more at this time, the more we could not be in chaos. As long as the troops were not in chaos, the enemy would not dare to do whatever they wanted, and could more effectively protect more people from moving south.

Another unit was Zhang Ji from Yanshi. Yanshi was still in the hands of Liu Xun, and Zhang Ji's cavalry was unable to attack the city, so Zhang Ji bypassed Yanshi and rushed straight to Zhuge Jin, hoping to divide the people at Zhuge Jin's hands with Wen Chou.

Even if there were interceptions in front and pursuers, Zhuge Jin did not intend to stay in Xingyang for a long time. It may not be dangerous for the time being when staying in Xingyang, but the people cannot fly to Jingzhou. The road must be carried with their feet.

Moreover, only by occupying and controlling Yanshi can we effectively block Yuan Shao's pursuit and gain more time for the people who went south. Therefore, Zhuge Jin took a short rest in Xingyang and left some troops to block and restrain Wen Chou, and he led a large army to continue to advance west along the avenue.

According to the established formation, heavy infantrymen take turns to open the way, on both sides are chariot formations and swords and shields, and in the middle are heavy crossbows. Such troops are independent, with a total of five armies, and the people are reorganized into square formations, walking sandwiched between the military formations. On the outside, cavalry roam and protecting them.

If an enemy attacks the people, he may be attacked by the front and rear armies, of course. If the enemy is large in number or the enemy's combat power is extremely strong, Zhuge Jin will be powerless.

Wen Chou once tried to intersperse the square formation of the people. He also made him successful, but in this process he was also attacked by heavy crossbows on both sides. Although the defense bonus of Wen Chou's troops was large enough and the damage was not too much. However, his losses were still disproportionate compared to the results of the battle. You should know that he died of elite cavalry and horses, while Zhuge Jin lost only ordinary people. This account was not worth it, so Wen Chou did not come back in the end.

Today, Wen Chou did not chase him. Firstly, it was because Wen Chou had already gone too far alone. Secondly, with the barrier of Xingyang, even if Wen Chou wanted to take a detour, it would take time.

However, Wen Chou did not come, but Zhang Ji came. Zhang Ji himself was at the sixth level, but his deputy general Zhang Xiu was a real seventh level strong general. Therefore, Zhang Ji was still very confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops. In addition, he was also very confident in the impact and speed of the Western Liang cavalry. Looking at the people and troops traveling in pieces on the avenue, Zhang Ji sneered!

"This formation, haha, it seems that Zhuge Jin is just a good example!"

"Uncle, it's better to be careful. If this formation was not strange, the people would have been snatched away by Wen Chou long ago."

"This... I guess Wen Chou is just an incompetent person."

"uncle...."

"Okay, needless to say, this formation is obviously conducive to interspersion. You will first restrain the enemy cavalry on the periphery, and I will lead the army to attack the people's team. Then you will act when you see the opportunity, or attack again, or bypass the enemy and come to join!"

"This, okay!"

Although Zhang Xiu felt a little uneasy, he still agreed. After all, his uncle was the head coach, and arguing in front of the formation would obviously only make the soldiers at a loss.

Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu separated, and Zhang Xiu led 5,000 cavalry to meet the cavalry on the periphery. However, these cavalry did not seem to have plans to fight with Zhang Xiu, but instead approached the infantry formation on the inside. Zhang Xiu did not dare to get too close, so he could only wander around the cavalry and press them near the infantry formation, so as not to let them interfere with their uncle's rushing formation!

Seeing that Zhang Xiu had successfully suppressed the enemy's cavalry, Zhang Ji pointed his spear and formed two arrow formations of arrows and rushed towards the people's phalanx.

Seeing the cavalry coming, Zhuge Jin's infantry formation stopped and slowly moved closer to the direction of Zhang Ji's attack. As he marched, the crossbow soldiers in the army were also ready to shoot.

The people fled in horror in the opposite direction of Zhang Ji's attack, and then separated to the sides, trying to hide behind the front and rear infantry formations. However, how could these people be able to catch up with the wind-like war horses with their children?

The rumbling war horses rushed forward, and the people fled forward desperately, and some even rushed to the infantry formation on both sides. However, the infantry formation had a long spear like a hedgehog in front of the infantry formation. The people could only squat on the ground, shivering and waiting for their tragic fate.

Some children, old, weak and women accidentally fell to the ground. Fortunately, they were not trampled to death by their companions who were running wildly, but in the blink of an eye, the iron hooves of the cavalry came to their heads!

"Scall! Let it go!"

"Xilulu!"

"Ah!~"

"There are spikes on the ground, be careful!"

Zhang Ji's cavalry rushed into the people's team frantically. The cavalry that could have rushed by was pinned by the spikes on the ground and the fallen war horses tripped over the companions. Zhang Ji's cavalry suddenly became in chaos, and the originally smooth impact speed suddenly stopped and the formation was also messy!

The infantry formations on both sides of Zhuge Jin shot out angry arrows in their hands together. Their targets were slightly shifted outward, just covering the cavalry group that was blocked because of the fall of the war horse. The results of this battle were impressive!

"Skill volley, paper talisman!"

At this moment, the people who hid under the spears on both sides of the front and back suddenly stood up, and at the same time threw out their own skills and continuous paper talismans. These were not the people at all, but the aliens!

"Boom! Boom!"

The continuous explosion of paper talismans and skills caused a large number of killing Zhang Ji's cavalry, which were mixed with various traps, chaos and other negative skills. This greatly reduced the attribute bonus of Zhang Ji's cavalry. The subsequent second round of shooting increased Zhang Ji's losses several times.

"Don't be confused, don't be confused, turn, go back, go back!"

Zhang Ji waved his spear and resisted the locust-like arrows and skills, while shouting loudly, trying to save his troops from the desperate situation!

"Well, have you seen it? That should be Zhang Ji, brothers, let's take a giant crossbow and shoot it!"

The chariots on the side had lifted the tarpaulin, revealing the giant crossbow on the car inside. Most of the giant crossbow shooters shot the giant crossbow towards the crowded places, but some of them had sharp eyes and were eager to put their targets on the generals. You must know that the merits of shooting the generals are much higher than ordinary soldiers!

“Which, which one?”

"It's the one with the silver armored dark horse, with a spear in her hand and was yelling!"

"See, aim, aim!"

"Prepare, let it go!"

"Bang! Bang!"

The vibration triggered by the giant crossbow was crisp and the player responsible for shooting was very touched. The powerful giant crossbow turned into a strip of white light, tearing the air barrier and flew towards the target.

"Retreat...uh!"

Poor Zhang Ji had just pushed away a round of arrows, but was taken advantage of by several giant crossbows, hitting him in the chest and abdomen, and then knocked him backwards to the ground. The giant crossbow penetrated his body, nailed him to a war horse, and fell to the ground with a bang!

Zhang Ji's guards were stunned. This pause was instantly flooded by arrow rain.

"Retreat! Retreat! The general is dead, retreat quickly!"

Zhang Ji's troops were in chaos and no longer needed to command. Everyone turned around and took advantage of the rapid turn of the Western Liang cavalry and fled backwards. However, the arrows behind them chased after them and shot deadly and killed the living creatures within the range.

Zhang Xiu in the distance was so sharp that his eyes were shattered, but he had no choice but to fly. Even if he could not fly, what would it be if he went there? His uncle had been killed!

Zhang Xiu quickly led the team forward and gathered the retreating defeated soldiers. Zhuge Jin's cavalry did not pursue him, but followed him from afar. Zhang Xiu was furious, but he knew that there was no way to repay his uncle now. Fortunately, his uncle was also a figure in the Hall of Heroes and should return to Chang'an to resurrect. This revenge can only be avenged in the future.

Zhang Xiu looked at the battlefield where corpses were everywhere with hatred, turned around and left with less than 10,000 cavalry beside him without looking back.

"Oh! Win! Win!"

"The enemy's chief general was killed! Damn! Who is so lucky? What's the explosion? Show it off!"

The excitement of the aliens quickly infected the soldiers of the army, and they also cheered loudly.

Zhang Xiu finally retreated unwillingly. Zhuge Jin's army suddenly felt thunderous. The people who were crying and looking for their relatives had been automatically ignored by the army and the strangers. Zhuge Jin stood on the carriage and watched from a distance, without making a sound for a long time. Finally, he sighed, shook his head sadly, turned around and bent down, and retreated into the carriage.

"Send an order to clean the battlefield as soon as possible and continue to march towards Yanshi!"

"promise!"

Zhang Ji suffered a great defeat and lost nearly 12,000 elite Xiliang cavalry. He was also hung back to Chang'an and had no way to return to the battlefield. Zhang Xiu, who automatically replaced Zhang Ji's command, had to take the remaining soldiers back to Hangu Pass. While reporting the situation to Sima's armor, he met with the infantry at Hangu Pass, obediently guarding Hangu Pass, and never dared to cross Luoyang half a step eastward.

Zhuge Jin arrived in Yanshi smoothly. While strengthening Yanshi's defense facilities, Liu Xun asked the people to escort the people to continue south. At the same time, he continued to accept the people coming from Chenggao and Xingyang, and continued to ship to Liang County in the south, trying to drive as many people as possible to Jingzhou before the snow was blocked.

I just don’t know if Liang County will be captured by Cao Cao first, and whether Liu Bei can successfully get rid of Cao Cao’s pursuit and consolidate Liang County first? (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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