Chapter 531: Defeat Sun Quan, a Mountain of Corpses and a Sea of ​​Blood

The fierce battle in Nanjun was in stark contrast to the hasty ending in Wujun.

After losing 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 sailors, the arrogant Sun Quan finally ordered a retreat. The entire army retreated back to Wujun, hoping to use the advantage of the high walls of Wujun City to stop the enemy.

But after seeing them retreat, Xu Rong did not have any intention of pursuing them. Instead, he turned around with the remaining troops and killed in the direction of Zhang Liao.

As early as when they just fought, someone sent intelligence and found out Zhang Liao's location. Knowing that Zhang Liao was trapped, Xu Rong wanted to retreat and not fight. If Sun Quan could hold out for another half an hour, no, even two quarters of an hour, Xu Rong might choose to retreat and rescue Zhang Liao first.

However, Sun Quan was only concerned with the gains and losses in front of him, and had completely forgotten about Lu Xun who was besieging Zhang Liao outside.

It was not until Xu Rong and his army disappeared from sight that Sun Quan looked at the direction they were going away and realized that they were going to rescue Zhang Liao.

At this moment, Sun Quan was trembling slightly all over because of fear. The last time this happened was only a few hours ago, but his mood had changed drastically. Last time he was excited, this time he was terrified!

Ten thousand elite cavalry, ten thousand sailors, and Bailingwei, who could be used as second-rate generals by everyone, were beaten to the point that they had no power to fight back when facing 13,000 people. Almost seven layers of the opponent's losses came from Bailingwei, and he also lost two first-rate generals' personal guards. In the end, he could only flee.

He was a little confused now. Didn't Sun Jian ask him to come here to break his inner demon? What was going on now?

Not only did his inner demon not break, but there were new obstacles that were difficult to cross.

Lu Xun knew nothing about the situation in Wujun. Just now, his cavalry broke through Zhang Liao's horse-blocking formation, and more than 300 long-spear horse-blocking soldiers had been trampled into meat paste.

Lu Xun's face seemed to have a dark cloud. He originally wanted to wait for the catapult to come and then defeat Zhang Liao effortlessly, but he waited and waited, but it didn't come. He thought that Sun Quan was deliberately targeting him, so he made up his mind and let his men launch an attack again.

The entire Tiger Leaping Gorge is about three miles long and one mile wide, forming the shape of a large gourd base. Because there are tiger-shaped rocks on the mountain peaks, it seems to be jumping in the mountain stream, so it is named Tiger Leaping Gorge.

This place, which is usually a place for countless literati and scholars in Yangzhou to recite poems and write couplets, is now undergoing a most primitive melee. Such a small place can't support cavalry charge at all.

However, the cavalry under Lu Xun's command, with the inertia of charging from the narrow corridor, rushed into the crowd all at once. For a moment, because of the breaking of the barricade, their formation was almost broken up by the opponent.

In the end, it was Zhang Liao's deputy general and another commander who led a battalion of cavalry who used their own names to delay the opponent's charge and prevent the situation from getting worse. Otherwise, they might really be destroyed in this Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Zhang Liao has been fighting on the front line. If he is not there, it would be useless even if more first-class generals died. Zhang Liao has been numb from killing. He stood alone at the entrance, blocking the middle.

But he is not Zhang Fei after all. He does not have Zhang Fei's unlimited physical strength. From the first time he faced Lu Xun in the afternoon until now, it is already the early morning of the next day. He has never rested. His physical strength has long reached the limit. Now it can be said that he is at the end of his strength. Although he has not been injured, the mental fatigue makes him unbearable.

Suddenly, a loud noise came, and everyone looked sideways, only to see that Zhang Liao, who was originally standing in the middle, was hit by a horse that suddenly appeared, and the horse flew backwards with him. Zhang Liao tried his best to stabilize his body in the air, but he couldn't do it at all due to long-term fatigue.

Three or five riders found the spot where Zhang Liao landed, and reached out to catch him. Zhang Liao's lips moved slightly.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you to this dead end."

Zhang Liao's face was covered with blood, and his face could not be seen clearly. Only his mouth wrapped in blood was seen moving.

"General, what are you talking about? It's worth dying to fight with you,"

"Hehe, when I first met you, you said that as long as I followed you, I would ride a horse until I died. Isn't this true?"

A group of people put Zhang Liao at the back, and then turned around and rushed towards the cavalry that rushed in without hesitation.

More than 200 meters is enough for the light cavalry to charge to a certain intensity, but the people in Tiger Leaping Gorge can hardly charge a few meters, because there are either comrades or corpses in front, and they can't charge at all.

This also caused the people who were originally more powerful than Lu Xun's cavalry to be pressed into the mountain stream by them and unable to move.

During this period, they organized several groups of people, hoping to fight their way out with their lives, and gain some distance in the tunnel so that they could charge against the enemy.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very cruel. After several attacks, they only occupied a distance of more than 20 meters in the tunnel at most. This distance of more than 20 meters was gained by them at the cost of more than 100 lives, but it didn't take long before they took it back again.

The tunnel was lost again, but fortunately, the bodies at the end of the tunnel had accumulated to a certain extent, so that the enemy's charge would be limited.

Because there were corpses at the end of the passage, it was difficult for them to charge, and their offensive was much weaker. In this way, a virtuous cycle was formed. There were more and more corpses at the entrance of the tunnel. Soon, the corpses were stacked up and formed a small hill across the entrance, which actually became a natural barrier.

It was difficult for the other party to come in, and the few cavalry inside could not form a force, and they were soon surrounded and wiped out.

Everyone sat helplessly in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, gasping for breath. None of them thought that in the end, the corpses blocked the passage of attack and saved their lives.

At this time, they didn't care whether they were dirty or not. They didn't care even if they were lying in the blood. The strong smell of blood was filled. Even in such a bad situation, they still fell asleep as if wasting a little time was a sin.

Only a part of the necessary defensive troops were left. Once the other party broke through this natural line of defense, someone could wake them up so that they would not be caught off guard.

Zhang Liao leaned against the deepest part of the Tiger Leaping Gorge and fell asleep. He was the most tired person.

With his own strength, he helped them buy more than half an hour of time, otherwise they would never wait for the corpses to pile up and block the only passage.

Outside the mountain stream, Lu Xun stared at the mountain of corpses, wondering what he was thinking.

Just when he was about to order to break the mountain of corpses and continue the attack, there was a shout of killing from the back. Lu Xun originally thought that Sun Quan had brought people here, but the more he thought about it, the more wrong it was.

The people he sent to ask Sun Quan for the catapults had not returned yet. They must have been detained by Sun Quan, or they were killed by the enemy. No matter what the situation was, Sun Quan would not bring people here. After figuring this out, Sun Quan immediately became alert.

"Form a formation to prevent enemy attacks!"

Lu Xun roared, and the soldiers who had just dismounted and wanted to rest for a while were stunned after hearing this, but they still rode on their horses and dared not say anything more.

As soon as Lu Xun finished speaking, a rider rushed out from the corner, followed by ten riders, a hundred riders, and then countless cavalrymen rushed towards them like a tide.

This swift attack made the soldiers who had just relaxed unable to resist, so Lu Xun's men, who had just finished a massacre, fell into a situation of being slaughtered.

The leader rushed straight towards Lu Xun. Lu Xun snorted coldly and slashed with both swords. The opponent's general was not as strong as Lu Xun imagined, and could even be said to be a little weak, because he clearly saw that when they were in close combat, the general's arms trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he could not bear his attack.

Seeing this scene, Lu Xun suddenly felt relieved. Since there was no other famous general as fierce as Zhang Liao, there would be no problem. He was confident that he could definitely stop the others.

For example, the general in front of him, Lu Xun slashed with multiple swords in succession, and found that the opponent could not bear it.

He couldn't help but be overjoyed. Could it be that he was going to kill one and get one free today?

Not only could he trap Zhang Liao here, but he could also kill this military commander whom he had never met before?

Thinking of this, Lu Xun couldn't even hold back his smile. The next moment, a sharp gust of wind blew in his face. Before Lu Xun could come to his senses, he could only use his most primitive instinct to block with his sword.

Then, a huge force was transmitted to his arm through the blade, and Lu Xun was shocked.

How could the person who couldn't withstand his attack just now suddenly become so fierce? Almost in an instant, Lu Xun understood the reason. This person was hiding his weakness and wanted to hit him by surprise.

"Are you all so cunning?"

Lu Xun couldn't help but roar in a low voice, and then swung his left-handed sword to chop Xu Rong.

Xu Rong had no intention of resisting at all. He continued to exert force on his hands, hitting Lu Xun's body crooked and losing his balance.

He was promoted to a famous general when he killed the third first-class general in the battle just now. When he first fought with Lu Xun, he pretended to be weak, and Lu Xun really fell for it without even trying.

Lu Xun tried hard to control the balance between himself and his mount. Just as he reacted, a long spear came from the air again. Lu Xun barely dodged it by leaning sideways, but he could no longer dodge the tail of the spear thrown by the opponent, and was knocked off the horse.

Fortunately, someone caught him and prevented him from falling under the horse's hooves.

Lu Xun glanced at the increasing number of cavalrymen behind the man. They had already surpassed them in number, and some infantrymen wearing black-striped white armor were really surrounding them from all directions. Those black-striped white-armored soldiers who were obviously infantrymen were fighting with the cavalry as well as they could, and could even fight one against many.

Lu Xun gritted his teeth and looked at Xu Rong, then turned to look at Tiger Leaping Gorge, his eyes full of unwillingness, he was almost able to make achievements, but there were always people who ruined his plans.

The first two times it was Sun Quan, this time it was this famous general who came out of nowhere, Lu Xun was full of anger, but he had to retreat, because the thousands of cavalry he was promoted to were his last trump card, and when he returned to Wujun, he would inevitably be taken away by Sun Quan.

However, he suddenly realized a place that he had not noticed just now.

The direction where the other party appeared was most likely from Wujun, so since they could come from Wujun, they must have fought with Sun Quan.

Thinking of this, Lu Xun's face reappeared a smile.

As soon as Lu Xun ordered the retreat, Xu Rong led his men to rush into Tiger Leaping Gorge.

When he came closer and saw the hill made of corpses, even a veteran like him was a little frightened. How fierce of fighting was it to create this situation?

"Spread it! Spread it open for me!"

Xu Rong said, dismounted and rushed to the mountain of corpses and began to move corpses, but there were not only corpses in front of them, but also behind them, and even under their feet.

"Wenyuan! Wenyuan! Can you hear me? I'm Xu Rong!"

Xu Rong shouted while carrying the corpse. When the soldiers guarding the Tiger Leaping Stream heard this shout, they immediately felt relieved and ran to tell each other one by one.

"General Xu is here to save us!"

"Wake up quickly and go move the body. General Xu is outside."

"Get up, hurry up, someone is coming to save us!"

"Survived!"

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Zhang Liao also opened his eyes amidst the noise and looked up, only to see them standing up again as if they had been given blood, but this time they did not take weapons, but went to carry the corpse at the entrance of the corridor. Mountain.

After resting for a while, Zhang Liao tried to stand up, but he couldn't stand up while holding on to the ground and the wall. He could only sit back down again. From their excited shouts, Zhang Liao also understood that it was Xu Rong who came to save them. As for why Xu Rong appeared here instead of in Jiangxia County at this time, Zhang Liao no longer had the energy to think about it.

After learning that he was safe, Zhang Liao completely fainted. His body was exhausted. A soldier who was also resting on the side helped Zhang Liao up and leaned against him so that Zhang Liao could feel more comfortable. As for lying on the ground mixed with blood and flesh.

Since everything was blocked inside and outside with corpses, it took them half an hour to move it.

The people outside have strength, but the corridor is too narrow. They have no strength and a group of people, but not many can work.

Inside, although the space was spacious, a group of people who had just fought for a day and had just relaxed for a while, all the muscles in their bodies were in a state of standby and could not use any strength at all.

It can be said that the two sides were tearing away the mountain of corpses bit by bit. By the time Xu Rong and the others entered the Tiger Leaping Stream, it was the end of the second day's ugly hour. In more than an hour, the sun should have risen. After getting up, they rescued Zhang Liao and his group.

Originally, Xu Rong was mentally prepared, but when he saw the tragic appearance, he was still shocked. He stood there stunned for a long time before he realized what was happening, and quickly went to help Zhang Liao, who was sitting in the back.