"The ancients had clouds: one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, today there is no advance or retreat, there is death and no life, and I hope that the generals will cheer up their courage and fight to the death with Cao Jun!

Otherwise, as long as you take half a step back today, the people's hearts will be completely lost and the crowd will collapse, and then you want to organize people and horses to attack the defense line set up by Xiao Yi, but it will be difficult to climb to the sky! ”

Just when everyone was depressed and ready to return to the camp for repair, Xu Shu suddenly stood up and resolutely opposed the retreat, this military advisor knew very well that there was still a glimmer of life in the advance, and the retreat would definitely die!

The night attack was frustrated, the attack failed, and two defeats were suffered in a row, and the people in the army were panicked, if the men and horses retreated, the soldiers and civilians would inevitably flee in large numbers, and it would be difficult to organize a second attack, even if they were barely organized, the strength would be greatly inferior to before!

What's even more terrifying is that Cao Cao led the army south, and it will catch up in two or three days, at that time - there is no way forward, and there are chasing soldiers behind, Liu Beijun will be unable to escape, and there is only one way left for the whole army to be destroyed!

For today's plan, only by taking advantage of the fact that the people's hearts are still scattered and the remaining courage is still alive, continuing to launch an offensive and paving a road with flesh and blood, is the wisest choice.

"The military advisor is reasonable, if you withdraw now, the soldiers will die in vain, and the Cao army will also strengthen the barriers, and it will be difficult to break through again!"

"Anyway, it is death horizontally and vertically, it is better to fight to break the net, and let Cao Jun on the other side know that although Jingzhou is the hometown of splendid articles, there are also men who are not afraid of death!"

"Kill! -Kill! -Kill! ”

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Under Xu Shu's encouragement, everyone cheered up again, and they also understood the situation in front of them: it is not a battle for victory or defeat, but a battle for life and death.

Next, everyone gathered the rout, reorganized the team, held high the banner, beat the war drums, stepped on the ground where the green smoke had not dispersed, and continued to advance forward, heading straight to the third line of defense of the Cao army!

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"Liu Bei is ambitious and good at employing people, Xu Shu is resourceful and tenacious, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun think that they are minions, once they break through the past, it will be like a trapped dragon ascending to heaven!"

In a few days, Cao's army strengthened the third line of defense, dug three trenches, built four layers of barriers, and countless horse traps and wooden thorn pits...... All the troops are concentrated here!

Xiao Yi stood on the barrier, personally commanding the battle, but there was a chill in his heart, years of fighting experience has proved that a strong enemy is not terrible, this kind of repeated defeat, repeated defeat and repeated defeat, is the most headache, a vicious battle is inevitable!

"Those who advance live, those who retreat die--rush!"

"Boom! --Boom! Boom! ”

The offensive began, there was no tactic, that is, the men and horses were divided into four teams, under the leadership of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, and Huo Jun, they took turns to attack the Cao army's defense line, paving a road with flesh and blood, and Liu Bei also stood on the dirt slope, personally beating drums and cheering!

"Don't retreat, steady as a mountain - kill!"

Cao soldiers also emerged, relying on strong barriers, to carry out stubborn counterattacks: sword slashing, spear stabbing, bow and arrow shooting...... The corpse that was only killed rolled over, and the flesh was blurred............

The two sides fought from early morning until sunset, Liu Beijun did not retire, but concentrated all his forces, regardless of any casualties, continued to attack the third line of defense, vowing to fight a bloody road!

The soldiers of the two armies were entangled together, slashing with swords and spears, chopping with axes and swords, and even biting each other with their teeth like wild beasts...... The mountain of corpses and the river of blood are miserable, hell on earth, nothing more than this, but the specific situation......

On the first day, Xiao Yi sat on the barrier, holding the handsome flag, commanding calmly, repelling Liu Beijun's attacks again and again, and his performance was more than easy!

The next day, Xiao Yi stood on the barrier, waving the flag, directing the soldiers to fight, and holding the treasure carving bow in his hand, shooting the enemy who rushed nearby, his expression became extremely solemn!

On the third day, Xiao Yi was wearing armor and holding a phoenix-winged gilt boring, and he was already fighting on the front line, with his head rolling and blood gushing like a spring, as if the demon of hell was out of the cage!

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Three days have passed, Liu Beijun has become even more crazy, everyone who can hold knives and guns, civil officials, wounded soldiers, and ordinary people have all been pushed onto the battlefield, repeatedly impacting the defense line of Cao's army, and the offensive is higher and higher!

In order to boost morale, Xu Shu also issued an order to set a fire in the camp, burning all the tents, vehicles, grain and grass, and smashing the iron pots, iron kettles, and cooking utensils, just like Xiang Yu's broken kettle back then!

This is to clearly tell everyone that the retreat has been cut off, and there are only two options left: one is to destroy the whole army and fight in front of the Nagasaka Slope, and the other is to fight bravely and rush out of a way to live!

"Kill! --There is no advance or retreat, there is death and no life! ”

Under the coercion of death, Liu Beijun fell into madness, and the soldiers fought bravely and fought for their lives, even the old and weak women and children also went into battle, smashing them with stones, knocking them with wooden sticks, and biting them with their teeth...... Exhausted all his strength and stormed the defense line of Cao's army!

In the face of such a crazy attack, the brave Cao army couldn't parry, the three barriers were lost one after another, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded.

The bloody battle continued, Liu Beijun broke through the barrier several times, and was desperately recaptured by Cao Jun, although he barely held the defensive line, the men and horses were killed and wounded, and the general Zhang He was also seriously injured and carried down by his own soldiers!

Zhang He was unconscious, his body became a blood gourd, and he hurriedly ran over with the army, took off his armor, cut his battle robe, and was suddenly startled, with a gunshot wound on his left chest and right ribs, the skin and flesh rolled up, and the blood was dripping, but fortunately, he had armor to protect himself, so he didn't hurt the internal organs!

There are also seven or eight knife wounds and arrow wounds, distributed on the body and limbs, the arrow shafts have all been cut off, and the arrow clusters remain in the flesh, the same wounds are red and swollen, and the blood is flowing, but fortunately the blood is bright red, which proves that there is no poison on the arrow clusters!

In addition, gunshot wounds, knife wounds, and arrow wounds are all on the front, but the back is intact, which shows that on the battlefield, Zhang He is facing the enemy head-on, advancing and retreating, and a cold arrow in his body, both cutting off the arrow shaft and fighting again, is really a fearless general!

"The gunshot wound was too deep for the blood to stop...... Even if you block it, it's useless, do your best to obey the fate of heaven! ”

Lang Zhong was in a hurry, wrapped the knife wounds and arrow wounds, but there was nothing they could do about the two gunshot wounds, and a lot of gold sore medicine could not stop the gushing blood!

If Zhang He was not a general, he would have been carried to the pile of dead people and left to fend for himself, suffering such a heavy wound, in addition to the difficulty of stopping bleeding, there is also a fatal problem - tetanus!

The south is warm and humid, and there are many mosquitoes, and after the soldiers are injured, the wounds are easy to become inflamed, fester, and maggots...... It is difficult to treat with medicine, and even small wounds often kill people!

Since Cao Jun went south, the mortality rate of the wounded is extremely high, which is caused by this reason, if it is a cold north, the wound is easy to freeze, and it is much easier to save life!

"Get out of the way! --I'm here to save him! ”

When Lang Zhong was at a loss, a hoarse voice sounded behind him, and several people hurriedly dodged away, and walked out of Xiao Yi, who had just left the battle line, his robe was torn and covered in blood, like a Shura demon!

Xiao Yi examined the wound, then frowned, recalled the first-aid tricks of the later life, and finally came up with a way that was not a solution, picked up a broken knife from the ground, and inserted it into the burning bonfire......

The broken knife quickly turned red, and people held down Zhang He's hands and feet, and stuffed it into his mouth with a rag to prevent himself from biting his tongue.

"Wow! …… Hiss! …… Whining! ”

A burst of green smoke rose, accompanied by the smell of burnt skin and flesh, Zhang He's body trembled violently, and let out a painful whimper, fortunately he was in a coma, otherwise he would have died of pain, but after burning, the blurred wound became charred black, and the gushing blood stopped!

Next, let people apply a thick layer of badger oil (a good medicine for scalds) on Zhang He's wound, then bandage the wound, carry it down and place it well, use the scald to heal the knife wound, and then treat the scald with medicine, this is Xiao Yi's method - although cruel, it is also effective!

"The undefeated golden body that has been crisscrossing the world for more than ten years and has gone through more than 100 battles is probably going to break today!"

Although he saved Zhang He, Xiao Yi knew in his heart that the soldiers had fought to the limit - they suffered heavy casualties, were exhausted, and the food, grass, and medicine were also exhausted!

One or two more impacts, the defense line will completely collapse, I didn't expect that I won a hundred battles, and today ushered in the first defeat, or defeated in the hands of the big-eared Afu, it really makes people laugh!

If you have enough troops, if you are stationed with descendants, if the Nagasaka slope is a little narrower...... Xiao Yat is confident that he can firmly hold the defensive line!

It's a pity, there is no illusory what ifs in the world, only bloody reality, the barriers are broken in many places, and Nagasaka Slope really can't hold it!

Xiao Yi's gloomy gaze couldn't help but look at the Zhanghe River behind him, the yellow squirrel led five hundred people, stationed on the dam, only his own order, he would dig the embankment, and replace the soldiers with water!

In that case, Liu Bei, Xu Shu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and countless others will sink to the bottom of the water in an instant and become food for fish and turtles, and their honor of winning a hundred battles will also be preserved, and they will make a great contribution!

But after thinking about it again, Xiao Yi still gave up, although it is powerful to replace soldiers with water, but the killing and wounding are too heavy, in addition to Liu Beijun, there are nearly 200,000 innocent people on the battlefield!

There are also remnants of the Cao army, who are also entangled with the other party, and there is no way to withdraw at all, if the order is given to release the water, except for a few high-ranking generals, the rest of the people will definitely die!

"Commanders: Retreat to the high posts on both sides and give up the line to the enemy...... We lost this battle! ”

(End of chapter)