In the meager morning light, Shi Cong's face was extremely pale, and he didn't know where he was thrown off during the pursuit as early as the head of the pursuit, his hair was flying, and it was extremely messy. The whip of the war horse under the crotch was scarred, and the flesh and blood on the horse's rump were blurred. As for the mood, it is even more burning, and even the breath that feels spewed out is a little bit of spark.

There are many chaotic emotions, and the tongue is extremely bitter. Shame and remorse, like a fierce fire burning his heartstrings, careless, really careless!

He originally thought that even if these southern thieves were bold, they were just a small trouble, and when the army in the country was about to come south, they would never dare to make any too outrageous moves. So he has been worrying a lot about what his situation will be in the future, and he never dreamed that the southerners would have such courage to dare to launch a surprise attack directly under his nose! Could it be that the tens of thousands of horses in the city are just decorations in the eyes of these southern thieves? Or are they not afraid of death at all?

Or I have been too lax lately and have not paid enough attention to this, which has made these southern thieves even more rampant, completely devoid of awe, and even treat him as nothing!

In addition to blaming himself, Shi Cong was more frightened. The ranch that was attacked by the Jin people this time was not just a storage of cattle and horses, because it was believed that the Jin people did not dare to enter the city, and the city father land was close to the city, so the manpower and material resources recently mobilized in the realm, except for some of them, had been transferred north to help the army, and most of the rest were hoarded here.

In other words, this attack directly destroyed Shi Cong's efforts to reserve more than half of the army since he was ordered! The food was burned, the labor was scattered, and the people who were lost were not just cattle and horses!

"Chase! Stop caring about the broken cows and horses......"

Seeing that the soldiers were still stopping to collect the cattle and horses scattered in the wilderness, Shi Cong couldn't help but feel even worse, shouting and scolding again and again, and even whipping angrily. At this point, what is the gain or loss of a few cattle and horses, the only important thing at the moment is not to let the southerners retreat safely after being plundered.

Otherwise, he didn't dare to think deeply about what kind of fate would greet him after the King of Zhongshan came south. Shi Lang only slightly disobeyed the King of Zhongshan and was taken from office, and he was really guilty of this time. If the king of Zhongshan really wants to take other people's heads, even the Lord may not come forward to protect him.

This time the troops were used in the south, which was originally intended to establish authority and deter the four sides. But the army has not yet been raised, and he has lost like this here, so you can imagine how angry the Lord will be.

Looking at the river bay in front of him, seeing that those southerners and horses had crossed the river and had begun to dismantle the pontoon bridge, Shi Cong was even more stunned, and shouted angrily: "Rush quickly!" If you let the southern thieves retreat this time, they will all come to see you! ”

While shouting violently, Shi Cong had already rushed straight to the enemy formation first, although many of his subordinates had come to report that the southerner car formation was really difficult to overcome, but now he had no way to retreat. Don't say that there are only a hundred and ten military vehicles in front of you, even if it is a big fortress, you must grit your teeth and rush forward!

However, Shi Cong had just rushed into the firing range, and even if the array of military vehicles on the opposite side was fired with ten thousand arrows, there was not the slightest room to dodge. Fortunately, Shi Cong's riding skills were exquisite, and he grabbed the pockets of his subordinates before the charge, and hid in the belly of the horse. However, the war horse suffered, and in an instant, it was pierced by several arrows, and it fell to the ground before it could make a sound, and it was thrown out more than a few feet by inertia!

Shi Cong was rescued by his generals, and there was already a bloodstain on his face that had been scratched by the arrow feathers, and there was no lack of palpitations. And the hundreds of soldiers who charged with him before didn't even rush halfway, and half of them fell in this round of arrow rain!

"Dismount, raise the shield, and you will break this formation!"

Shi Cong irritably ordered his generals to order a cavalry to immediately dismount and form a team, while he changed another war horse and led thousands of troops to bypass this chariot formation and wander to the flanks to find a shallow place to cross!

However, the Jin army was well planned for this battle, and the retreat path chosen was crisscrossed by ditches, and the position defended by the chariot formation was already a rare place to cross. As for other places, there are southerner sampans carrying troops to patrol and shoot in the depths of the water, but there are many mud swamps and reed ponds in the shallow water, and it is difficult to cross the horses at all!

And in the car formation, the battle also quickly entered the white heat. Hundreds of chariots held water in an arc, because they had plenty of time to prepare this time, so they were also extremely thoughtful in terms of long-range strikes, and even the chariots were tied with iron cables. After the crossbow was fired, it was immediately thrown back to the rear, and then the crossbow that had already been wound was handed to the hand, and such a powerful and frequent long-range shot lasted for a full quarter of an hour!

And Shen Zhezi finally saw the vigorous combat effectiveness of the elite of the Chinese army of the Qiangnu, and in the face of such a surging rain of arrows, he still did not retreat, and repeatedly launched tentative attacks. They each stacked the shields in their hands, and even the corpses of their companions and horse corpses into obstacles, and advanced forward little by little, taking local materials, picking up the arrows spilled by the Huainan Army and reflecting them, and they gradually approached the car formation!

"Let's shoot first."

Shen Zhezi knew very well that the slave army was by no means only the thousands in front of him, and if he stayed here for too long, the successor slaves might come in a steady stream. So after a moment of thought, he motioned for the bow and crossbow to pause.

The slave army quickly reacted, and the cheers of the commanders soon sounded on the opposite side: "The southern thieves are exhausted, quickly attack!" ”

Amid the shouts, thousands of slaves waved their swords and shields over the makeshift bunkers, and the ant colony swooped down on the chariots. However, what greeted them was not the flesh and blood of the southerners, but the large lances that were more than a foot long, which were directly smashed by the hammer and flew out, instantly piercing the bodies wrapped in the armor of the slave soldiers!

Because the slave army's momentum was too fierce and dense, almost none of these long lances missed, and each lance rod was pierced with the corpses of several slave soldiers! For a while, the front line of the battle formation seemed to have countless blood bags punctured, and it suddenly converged in front of the chariot into a bloody gulf stream!

Such a tragic scene, even those elite slave soldiers who have been in battle for a long time were shocked for a while!

And those slave soldiers who were swept through their bodies by the lance, many of them were not yet exhausted, bloodshot crawled all over their eyeballs, and they looked at their companions who were lucky to be spared nearby, and the corners of their mouths were foaming with blood, and they only had the strength to wail and moan: "Help, help......"

However, this cry for help is destined to be unanswered, because they are too brave, these slave soldiers rushed forward, and those who died were clean, less than 12 out of 10 could survive, and their courage had already been exhausted, one by one howling and desperately fleeing, panicking, and even some of them directly hit the chariot plug-in horse sharp thorns, so confused that they lost their lives!

Shi Cong cruised around the left for a while, but finally failed to find a suitable ferry, and when he led the crowd back here again, he saw that the more than 3,000 people who had originally stayed here to charge the battle were only a thousand, and it was the result of the efforts of the commanders to restrain them. And in the field, there are scattered soldiers everywhere, and the scene is completely out of control!

Seeing that the soldiers were so unbearable, Shi Cong was even more furious, and he slashed several rout soldiers with his sword, which shocked the rout in this direction, but before they could give any orders, these soldiers actually chose another direction to run away, as if they had completely collapsed!

It was only when he rushed to the front line of the battle and saw the strings of corpses hanging outside the chariot that Shi Cong finally understood the reason for the collapse of those soldiers. Rao himself has experienced a hundred battles, and there is no shortage of dangerous death, but he has never seen such a tragic scene! Those chariots are not dead things at all, but steel beasts that choose people to devour, and the flesh and blood are delusional to break through, and they are just dying! Human life is in front, weed-like, hideous to the extreme, bloody to the extreme!

Many of the soldiers who died were still struggling, but the more intense the struggle, the faster the blood gushed. This blood not only flowed on the ground and converged into a stream, but also seemed to be poured down by a cold stream, which made Shi Cong completely stunned for a while, and lost the ability to think.

At this time, the pontoon bridge had been completely dismantled, and the Nanren army formation, which was still in some chaos on the other side of the river, gradually regained some order at this time. The horses that had been captured and taken away were also organized into a team at this time, and they were led south one after another. This scene was like a steel knife spinning in his heart, making Shi Cong's breath unstoppable.

On this side of the river, hundreds of chariots still sit as firmly as a reef in a strong formation. Hundreds of corpses were stacked on top of the chariot, and the picture was bloody and somewhat ridiculous. As for the river behind the chariots, there were still several warships moored on the water, and another warship was steadily approaching to the north.

Is it the only way to go, destined to swallow this bitter fruit?

Or because his emotions were so violent, Shi Cong couldn't even feel anger and fear, as if many emotions had been stripped away, his face was neither happy nor angry, but he was just dumb, and he turned a deaf ear to the questions that the generals came forward to ask for instructions on what to do next, and did not respond.

Do you want to confront here, and then send people back to the town to gather reinforcements and fight the southerners to the end?

As soon as this thought popped up in his mind, Shi Cong shook his head and dispelled it. Although there are more than 40,000 troops in the town, they are not completely gathered in the city and ready to fight at any time. He sat in southern Henan, and many counties had to garrison troops, plus the troops from all parts of the countryside, and there were only more than 20,000 people gathered in the towns.

Previously, he had sent a group of 3,000 men and horses to Chenjun and other places to drive away the wandering Jin army, but now it seems that it should be a suspicious plan for the southerners to confuse the public.

This time, the city father was attacked, and the incident happened suddenly, and in a hurry, Shi Cong was able to gather 5,000 men and horses to attack, which was already considered a good way to manage the army. At present, even if there is a redeployment, looking at the current results of this battle, it will take at least 10,000 horses and sufficient weapons to break it, but this is not something that can be completed in just three or two days.

Moreover, if such an incident occurs in the town, it is conceivable that there will be throbbing on all sides, and it is also necessary to maintain a sufficient number of soldiers to maneuver and adapt to prevent the situation from eroding again. Moreover, the Guannan people used troops in such a way out of common sense, and Shi Cong was even more worried that maybe the enemy traces on the Chenjun side might not be just a lure to the enemy. If he ignores it and draws too many men here, the army that lures the enemy may not be able to transform into a solid blade that cuts the heart!

Thinking of this, Shi Cong realized that this time he lost money, and he didn't want to admit it. If it was just his confrontation with the Huainan Army, he might not be defeated, and even if he was defeated, he would be able to pursue it unrelentingly, and sooner or later he would have to get it back.

But recently, because the army of the country is about to come south, he has been hindered by too much energy, and in addition to negligence and slackness, he also has too many concerns.

"Go and ask, who will be the Lord on the other side?"

After suffering such a big loss, it was not easy to talk about it, and he couldn't be relieved, so Shi Cong gave an order and sent someone forward to ask.