Volume 10 Chapter 302
Chapter 302
At this time, the fight between Shi Xiao, Yan Hui, Zhang Ben and Guan Zhan was no longer skillful at all. It was more like a fight between hooligans, tearing and hugging each other.
Guan Zhan was a little surprised that the other party would use such a rogue move. Just as he was surprised, a strong wind suddenly came from behind, and Jiang Fan's ghost arrow went straight to his back.
Feeling the danger approaching, Guan Zhan's hair stood up, but Shi, Yan, and Zhang were holding him tightly, and he couldn't break free for a while.
At the critical moment, Guan Zhan was straightforward and decisive. He threw away the long halberd in his hand, clasped his arms with both hands, and then roared, and turned the two of them around, using their bodies as shields to resist the cold arrows from behind.
There was a muffled sound in his ear, and the ghost arrow was nailed under Yan Hui's left rib. The force was so great that it penetrated his body directly, and also penetrated Guan Zhan's palm that was holding his waist.
The ghost arrow passed through Yan Hui's body and Guan Zhan's palm continuously, but the momentum was still unabated. Finally, it was nailed hard on Guan Zhan's shoulder. With the sound of the spiritual armor breaking, the tip of the arrow came out from behind him.
Yan Hui was seriously injured and fainted on the spot, and Guan Zhan's injuries were not light either. His palm and shoulder were both shot through. He screamed in pain, threw away the unconscious Yan Hui, and took two steps back.
Before he could catch his breath, Jiang Fan's soul-chasing arrow came again. The speed of this arrow was even faster than the ghost arrow, and it was accompanied by a scream that made people feel creepy.
Guan Zhan watched the spirit arrow shoot towards him. He had no weapon in his hand and could not block it. Shi Xiao and Zhang Ben held him tightly like a piece of gum and refused to let go, so he could not dodge. In desperation, Guan Zhan could only clench his injured fist and wait for the soul-chasing arrow to fly in front of him, and then hit the arrow with all his strength.
Guan Zhan's skills were really amazing. Facing the soul-chasing arrow that was as fast as lightning, his punch was just right and hit the arrow head without bias.
If it was just a flying spirit arrow, it might be knocked away by his punch, but Jiang Fan's arrow was too powerful. He hit the arrow head, but did not knock the arrow down. He just deviated the direction of the soul-chasing arrow.
There was a crisp sound first, followed by another muffled sound. The soul-chasing arrow did not hit Guan Zhan's face, but nailed him hard at the root of his thigh. Guan Zhan felt black in front of his eyes and almost fainted on the spot due to the pain.
His body swayed repeatedly, his teeth clenched, but he refused to fall to the ground. Looking at him again at this time, there were arrows hanging on his shoulders and legs, and his whole body was covered with blood. He couldn't even stand steadily.
"Kill--" At this time, the allied soldiers around saw that Guan Zhan was about to die, and there was an opportunity. People shouted and rushed forward with weapons raised high.
Guan Zhan dragged his wounded body and punched several times, knocking down the first few allied soldiers who rushed up to the ground, but how many nails could he crush with his iron body?
There were too many allied soldiers rushing up, and he was drowned in the sea of people in the blink of an eye. Although Guan Zhan's figure could no longer be seen, his roars could still be heard from the gaps in the crowd from time to time.
Jiang Fan, who was in the dark, had come out at some point and stopped in front of the crowd where Guan Zhan was beaten. He raised his hand to touch the back of his shoulder, and his fingers touched the golden arrow, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
When he was fighting with the enemy, he always shot within three arrows. But when facing Guan Zhan, he had shot four arrows in a row, but still failed to kill him under the restraint of three fierce generals, Shi Xiao, Yan Hui, and Zhang Ben. This man's spiritual martial arts is really rare in the world.
Jiang Fan took a deep breath, pulled out the soul-soothing arrow from his back, and stroked the golden bow with his palm holding the arrow, and the spiritual string was born. Then, he twisted the bow and put the arrow, aimed at the crowd in front, meditated for a moment, and then raised his hand to shoot an arrow.
As the soul-soothing arrow was shot, the bodies of the coalition soldiers besieging Guan Zhan were all stiff. People seemed to be suddenly frozen, keeping one action, not moving at all.
The melodious and pleasant whistle was so beautiful, full of peace and harmony, especially on the battlefield where there were fights and blood splashing everywhere, like the sound of nature, dispelling the bloodthirstiness and tyranny in people's hearts, and replacing them with tranquility and peace.
Puff - the soul-soothing arrows shot in the air pierced through the bodies of two coalition soldiers one after another, and finally nailed Guan Zhan's chest in the center of the crowd. The dead soldier's face showed no pain, and he fell softly to the ground, with a calm expression, as if he was asleep.
Looking at Guan Zhan in the crowd again, as blood flowed from his chest, the spiritual armor on his body began to emit white mist. After a short time, the spiritual armor was completely vaporized and dissipated into nothingness, revealing the real body under the spiritual armor.
After an unknown period of time, the coalition soldiers suddenly came to their senses. People looked around blankly. When they saw the corpses and blood on the ground, they suddenly remembered that they were now on a life-and-death battlefield, and they had to kill the extremely powerful Zhen general.
The peace on the soldiers' faces disappeared instantly, and the eyes that had just been cleansed were full of bloodshot again, as if the people who had been frozen had returned to their bloodthirsty and crazy appearance just now, shouting and continuing to kill Guan Zhan.
Just now, Guan Zhan was protected by the spiritual armor, and he could withstand the attacks of the coalition soldiers. Now, his chest was hit by a fatal arrow from Jiang Fan, and the spiritual armor on his body was scattered. When people came to kill him again, he had no way to resist.
The coalition soldiers rushed up frantically and knocked Guan Zhan to the ground. They raised their weapons and slashed and stabbed Guan Zhan fiercely.
Poor, such a powerful and brave Guan Zhan, a fierce general of the Zhen State who was invincible on the battlefield, died tragically at the hands of ordinary soldiers of the coalition army in the end, and not even a complete body was preserved.
Of course, the coalition army also paid a heavy price. Yan Hui and Zhang Ben were both seriously injured, especially the former, who was shot through the ribs by Jiang Fan's golden arrow. Fortunately, his internal organs were not injured. Although the injury was serious, he finally saved his life.
Once Guan Zhan died, the next battle was even less suspenseful, and the Zhen army completely lost the possibility of a comeback.
Just as the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain collapsing. With the death of the main general and most of the casualties, the 150,000-man army collapsed. The remaining soldiers had no intention of fighting again and collapsed backwards like a pile of loose sand.
Just now, they were beaten so badly by the Zhen army. Now that the Zhen army was defeated, how could the coalition soldiers let them go? Without Ziying's order, people spontaneously launched a pursuit, chasing and killing the remnants of the Zhen army.
Tigers are w. Falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs. The Yu Army, An Army, and Huan Army, which were usually ignored by the Zhen Army, now have spirit and fighting spirit, acting as the vanguard of chasing and killing the enemy, and they are relentless to the fleeing Zhen Army, chasing and killing the Zhen Army to the point where they have no way to go up to the sky and no way to go down to the ground, and they are miserable.
The pursuit was carried out for ten miles. Along the way, the bodies of the Zhen Army and the wounded soldiers who were seriously injured and wailing on the roadside could be seen everywhere. The flags, armor, and weapons of the Zhen Kingdom were scattered all over the ground.
After this battle, although Ziying did not completely annihilate the 150,000 Tongcheng Army, he had eliminated the main force of the opponent. The most critical point was that the coalition forces successfully killed Guan Zhan, the main general of the Tongcheng Army, which undoubtedly successfully pulled out a nail buried behind the coalition forces.
After the victory, Ziying did not immediately withdraw his troops back to the camp, but with the remaining power of the victory over the Tongcheng Army, he turned back to reinforce Xiao Muqing and assisted Xiao Muqing in encircling and annihilating the Huaning Army.
The following battle became a one-sided massacre. The coalition forces annihilated the trapped Huaning Army with an absolute advantage in force, and its chief general Xu Bufan was also captured alive by the coalition forces.
When Xu Bufan fell into the hands of the coalition forces, he was already seriously injured and in a semi-comatose state. Xiao Muqing wanted to kill him, but was stopped by Ziying, who thought that bringing Xu Bufan back to the king might still be useful.
Xiao Muqing had no objection. His side won a great victory in this battle. As for whether Xu Bufan was killed or kept, it had little impact.
In the two battles led by Xiao Muqing and Ziying, the former suffered far fewer casualties than the latter. However, most of the losses of Ziying's army were in the Yu, An, and Huan armies, and his own Tianying army suffered almost no losses. However, it was different for Xiao Muqing. The casualties were mainly concentrated in the Pingyuan army, while the casualties of the soldiers of the other three armies were not large.
The same result, but two completely different losses, was entirely caused by the different personalities of the two. As for who was higher and who was lower, who was better and who was worse, it was not so easy to tell.
Although the losses of the Pingyuan army were great, it also left a good reputation. The soldiers of the other three armies all admired Xiao Muqing and admired the combat effectiveness of the Pingyuan army from the bottom of their hearts. In their subconscious, they were also deeply afraid. This was the deterrent power of a legion. Ziying, who also won, was despised by the soldiers of the other three armies. They felt that he took advantage of his position as commander to deliberately take care of the Feng army and let the soldiers of the other three armies serve as cannon fodder. He was a despicable villain.
In any case, the coalition forces were very successful in the two battles outside Xitang, and wiped out the main forces of the Zhen army in Huaning and Tongcheng in one go. At this point, there was no major threat to the rear of the coalition forces, and these two legion battles basically established the coalition forces' advantage against Xitang.
The victory in both battles was certainly related to the outstanding generals of Xiao Muqing and Ziying, but Tang Yin, who did not directly participate in the battle, was the real hero. If he had not taken the risk to persuade Li Dan, the Zhen court would not have been able to change the generals on the battlefield. Using Xu Bufan to replace Zhao Huan was the biggest failure of the Zhen country.
The news of the disastrous defeat of the Huaning army and Tongcheng also reached Xitang. Without the Zhen people to inform, the coalition took the initiative to hang the heads of Guan Zhan outside the camp gate, and the seriously injured Xu Bufan was also tied to the pillars at the gate of the camp for the Zhen people inside and outside Xitang to see.
When the news reached the court of Zhen State, there was an uproar. No one expected that the change would come so quickly. The two citadels in the capital were gone in a blink of an eye.
At this time, Li Hong really felt that he might be doomed. He sat weakly on the throne, looked around at the ministers in the court, and murmured: "My dear ministers, who has a plan to defeat the enemy?"