Three Kingdoms: Jiangdong is no longer a rat

Chapter 105 Collision
In the second confrontation, Han and Wei stopped testing each other and instead sat upright on their saddles, brandishing their weapons and engaging in a fierce fight.

All I saw were axes and sticks flying in the air, with continuous clanging sounds. Every move was simple and deadly, and they were all killing moves that were honed from life-and-death battles, and every move was fatal.

The two fought for twenty or thirty rounds, with no clear winner, and both began to breathe heavily.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Wei Hu gradually retreated to his own formation. Han Yang sensed something was wrong and was about to turn his horse back when suddenly an arrow shot from the enemy formation, penetrated the horse's neck, and splashed a cloud of blood.

The warhorse under Han Yang's crotch neighed loudly, knelt down with its front hooves, and threw him off the horse. The armor collided with the ground, making a dull sound.

Wei Hu turned his horse around and attacked, swinging his mace suddenly, trying to take Han Yang's life.

Han Yang dodged and retreated, surrounded by danger.

"You bastard, you're stabbing me from behind!"

Chen Gan's eyes were bloodshot as he rode out on his horse to rescue Han Yang. His personal guards were afraid that he would be in danger, so they followed him out of the formation.

More than a hundred people immediately rushed out from behind Wei Hu.

The two groups approached quickly, one group tried to rescue people, and the other group wanted to help Wei Hu kill Han Yang. The two sides fought in the center of the formation.

Xu Sheng and Zhu Hai raised their arms almost at the same time and commanded the army to move forward.

As the distance between the two armies gradually shortened, there were continuous whistling sounds in the air, and arrows as dense as locusts rose into the air from both sides and poured towards the other army.

Soldiers on both sides hurriedly raised their wooden shields to block.

For a moment, the sound of arrows piercing the wooden shields and the screams were intertwined, one after another.

After several rounds of arrow rain, two or three hundred soldiers had fallen on the battlefield.

Xu Sheng's army was better equipped than Zhu Hai's army, and its casualties were only half of those of the other side.

At this time, no one dared to retreat. The party that took the initiative to retreat was at risk of being ambushed and defeated by the enemy at any time.

The number of cavalrymen in Xu Sheng's army far exceeded that of the enemy. One group of cavalrymen rushed to the center of the formation the moment the two armies advanced, rescued Han Yang, defeated Wei Hu's troops, and then quickly left the battlefield before the enemy army pressed forward.

Because Zhu Hai's army was arranged in an extremely tight formation with long spears like a forest, the perimeter of the formation was watertight. The 600 cavalrymen found it difficult to find a breakthrough and could only follow the enemy from a distance, relying on their superior bow and arm strength to continuously shoot and kill enemy soldiers.

It was precisely because of the advantage in cavalry and archery that Xu Sheng's army gained a certain advantage in the early stages of the battle.

If the opponents at this time were Qian Tong and Zou Ta, the formation would inevitably begin to become disorganized. However, facing the passive situation of being beaten, the troops led by Zhu Hai did not show any signs of chaos except for a sudden slowdown in the advancement speed. Even if there were occasional flaws, Zhu Hai and others would quickly adjust them.

Bang bang bang!
As the sound of spears stabbing against shields rang out, the two armies collided with each other, like two surging waves hitting each other. The sounds of shields breaking, armor colliding, weapons clashing, and soldiers shouting intertwined into one, deafening.

The densely packed soldiers were crowded together, one after another, trying to overwhelm the other.

The 600 heavily armored infantrymen led by Chen Gan relied on their equipment advantage to force the enemy formation back 10 to 20 steps. However, Zhu Hai was very experienced in command and did not organize a counterattack. Instead, he took the initiative to make the formation concave inward, trying to use the numerical advantage of his own infantry to encircle and strangle Chen Gan's troops.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Sheng quickly ordered the cavalry to support from both wings. It cost dozens of cavalrymen before the two wings of the enemy were forced to retreat.

Overall, Xu Sheng's troops had greater impact and a slight advantage, but Zhu Hai's troops had greater combat experience and fighting resilience, and the two sides fought hard.

However, Zhu Hai's face looked very ugly. The battle seemed to be in a stalemate, but he knew that his side's losses were at least 20% to 30% higher.

The threat mainly comes from harassment from enemy cavalry.

If he hadn't done his best to maintain the formation, the losses would have been even greater. Fortunately, the enemy cavalrymen had fewer and fewer arrows, and the damage they inflicted was gradually decreasing.

But Zhu Hai no longer wanted to fight. With his rich experience in commanding on the battlefield, he realized that the real danger was yet to come.

The soldiers' attention cannot always be so focused. In the fierce battle, flaws will appear one after another. Once the formation is slightly loosened and the enemy cavalry seizes the opportunity, the entire formation will be dispersed, and they will face a one-sided massacre.

Thinking of the task assigned by Zhu Zhi and the instructions before leaving, Zhu Hai no longer hesitated and began to command the army to retreat slowly.

After paying a certain price, Zhu Hai adjusted the army formation, which had become slightly disorganized due to the retreat, and restored it to its compactness and tightness.

Xu Sheng frowned as he watched, feeling that the other party was like a hedgehog covered with thorns, which was really difficult to deal with.

It was already afternoon, and the sky was gradually getting dark.

Xu Sheng realized that continuing to fight would not gain much advantage. Since the goal of intercepting the enemy had been achieved, he ordered to stop the pursuit.

As the two armies gradually broke away from contact, they were still organizing archers to shoot continuously, pouring arrows into each other's formations.

Not until they were completely out of range did the soldiers on both sides return to their camps with reluctance in their hearts.

After returning to the camp, Xu Sheng quickly arranged to treat the wounded, cook meals, and repair the unfinished camp. At the same time, he sent envoys to Zhu Hai's army to request the recovery of the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

Zhu Hai naturally had no objection, so each side sent out a hundred soldiers to clean up the battlefield overnight and bring the bodies of the fallen soldiers back to the camp.

When the casualties were counted, the expressions of Xu Sheng, Chen Gan and others became extremely ugly.

In this battle, a total of 300 people were killed, more than 700 were injured, and about 200 were seriously injured.

Casualties were mainly concentrated among the lightly armed infantry, while the heavily armed infantry and cavalry relied on their sophisticated equipment for protection, suffering more casualties than deaths.

Everyone's mood improved slightly when they thought that the enemy's casualties would only become more severe.

In this battle, Zhu Hai's troops suffered mainly from the lack of cavalry, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

After Xu Sheng had a simple dinner, he immediately made a detailed analysis and compilation of the battle report, and reported it to Yan Yi as fast as he could. At the same time, he sent out cavalry to urge Yan Yu and Fan Yan to speed up their march towards Shishan.

There has always been a shadow buried deep in his heart, that is, where are Zhu Zhi's other 5,000 troops?

If these 5,000 troops arrived at Lion Mountain before their reinforcements, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Under tremendous psychological pressure, Xu Sheng organized his soldiers to build a camp overnight, but with little success.

The soldiers are all exhausted and in urgent need of rest!

Xu Sheng had no choice but to hastily build a row of simple fences around the camp, and set up defensive fortifications such as deer horns and earthen ramparts at key locations. At the same time, he arranged for soldiers to patrol in shifts day and night to ensure the safety of the camp.

In the middle of the night, Xu Sheng suddenly woke up from his dream.

He had a terrible nightmare in which he dreamed that his troops were surrounded by thousands of Zhu Zhi's troops, with no way to escape, and were eventually wiped out.

As the saying goes, you have something to think about every day and something to dream about at night.

Xu Sheng realized something was wrong and, no longer feeling sleepy, lit a candle, spread out a map on the table, and began to study it carefully.
(End of this chapter)