The river wind swept through the wilderness, and although the flood waters had receded, the wet ground was still muddy.

More than 20,000 surviving Hedong troops leaned on the water and lined up in a phalanx, looking at the array of Liu Weijun's army that was slowly advancing towards them.

After experiencing a major defeat and suffering the impact of the water burst, the Hedong Army, which was still in good spirits the day before, is now in a state of malaise.

Although they were still able to form a neat array, the fighting spirit of the officers and men was extremely low. None of the Hedong Army, including Wang Yi, believed that they would be able to win the final victory.

Advancing towards them was the vanguard of the 5,000 Liu Debate Army led by Han Xian.

Behind these 5,000 people, tens of thousands of Liu Weijun's main forces lined up in a phalanx to confront the Hedong Army from afar.

Leading 5,000 officers and soldiers to a place more than 100 steps away from the Hedong Army, Han Xian lifted the reins, reined in the war horse, and then raised his hand holding the gun, and shouted loudly: "Strong crossbowman, advance!" ”

With his order, two thousand strong crossbowmen stepped forward, marching towards the Hedong Army with neat steps.

The strong crossbowman only advanced more than twenty steps, and Han Xian continued to shout: "Stop! ”

The two thousand strong crossbowmen immediately stopped, picked up the strong crossbows in their hands, and aimed at the Hedong Army array opposite, and the sharp arrows shimmered in the reflection of the morning sun.

As soon as the strong crossbow array stopped its pace, a fast horse ran out of the large formation of the Hedong army on the opposite side, and a military general with a golden axe in his hand galloped towards the strong crossbow array.

It was none other than Xiahou Ying, the pioneer of Hedong, who rushed out of the Hedong Army array.

The moment he rushed out, the crossbowmen standing in the first row put their fingers on the crossbow's reeds.

"Wait!" Han Xian, who was standing behind the crossbow array, rushed out of the opposite camp with only one person, raised his arm and shouted, stopping the strong crossbowman who had already aimed the crossbow arrow at Xiahou Ying and was only waiting for it to be launched.

When he arrived at a place where he was still more than twenty steps away from the strong crossbowman, Xiahou Ying took the reins and pulled the war horse, and the war horse neighed and stood up.

When the two front hooves of the war horse fell to the ground again, Xiahou Ying raised his arm holding the axe, pointed at Han Xian's camp with the axe, and shouted loudly: "Will you dare to fight alone with a certain person?" ”

"Why don't you dare!" As soon as Xiahou Ying's words fell, Han Xian shouted, his legs were clamped towards the horse's belly, and he rushed to a place only more than ten steps away from Xiahou Ying, raised his gun and pointed at Xiahou Ying and scolded: "Dong Zhuo is a thief, he bullies the king, everyone will be punished!" You have acted for the tiger, and you have not yet repented. Today, General Ben will cut off your head and sacrifice the flag for His Royal Highness King Hongnong! ”

"What a big breath!" As soon as Han Xian finished speaking, Xiahou Ying picked up the big axe, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards Han Xian.

Xiahou Ying rushed forward on his horse, Han Xian was not afraid of him, his legs were also clamped towards the horse's belly, he shouted, and waved his spear to meet him.

The two horses intersected, and the big axe in Xiahou Ying's hand slashed fiercely towards the top of Han Xian's head. Han Xian held the spear in both hands and forcefully slammed it on.

Seeing that the big axe was about to split on the barrel of the gun, Han Xian knew that the wooden barrel of the gun could not withstand the chopping of the big axe, and at the moment when the axe blade was about to hit the barrel of the gun, he flipped his two wrists, stirred the spear, and stirred the big axe that was slashing at the top of his head aside.

Picking up the big axe, Han Xian turned his arm, and the spear immediately swept towards Xiahou Ying's waist ribs.

That Xiahou Ying is not an idle person, when the spear swept towards his waist, he sank the handle of the axe towards the waist, and he was able to block Han Xian's shot, and then with a twist of his arm, the big axe drew an arc and slashed towards Han Xian's chest.

The two of them went back and forth on horseback, fighting for nearly half an hour, but they didn't tell the winner.

Liu Wei, who was stationed in Ma Li and watched the battle in the Chinese army, looked at the two people who were fighting on the battlefield, although the distance was very long, he could see that if these two people continued to fight, I am afraid that there would be no result for a while.

In the main formation of the Hedong Army with his back to the riverbank, Wang Yi, who was paying attention to the fight between the two, also frowned.

Xiahou Ying can be regarded as a fierce general in the Hedong Army, but when he met Han Xian, the two fought equally.

Originally, he wanted to use Xiahou Ying to kill a general under Liu Bian's command, so as to regain some face, but he didn't expect that this time he would be unable to realize even this little wish when he fought with Liu Bianjun.

On the battlefield, Xiahou Ying and Han Xian fought for more than an hour, but they couldn't tell the winner. Both of them couldn't help but be a little anxious in their hearts, and when Xiahou Ying slashed an axe at Han Xian again, Han Xian put his spear horizontally forward and pushed the big axe back.

Pushing back Xiahou Ying's big axe, Han Xian didn't entangle, turned around the war horse and took a few steps back, and said to Xiahou Ying: "You and I have been fighting for half a day, and we have not been able to distinguish a winner. And go back to the camp, eat some meat and fight again, how about it? ”

"Good!" After fighting for more than half an hour, Xiahou Ying also felt a little hungry in her belly, and she was very thirsty, so she answered and turned her horse back to the camp.

Liu Wei, who was watching the battle from afar, saw that the two of them had returned to the camp, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Before Han Xian went to war, he deliberately explained that Han Xian must grasp the rhythm of the battlefield and never defeat the Hedong Army with one blow.

Unlike Liu Wei, in the camp of the Hedong Army, Wang Yi's face was unusually ugly when he watched Han Xian and Xiahou Ying return to the camp separately.

Xiahou Ying fought the battle, but he did not capture and kill the generals under Liu Wei in one fell swoop. The morale of both sides has not changed in any way as a result of this one-man battle, and if this situation continues to develop, it is only a matter of time before the Hedong Army is defeated.

"The county guard, it seems that something is wrong!" Xiahou Ying was riding his horse and walking back, and Huang Boxi, who was behind Wang Yi, whispered to him: "King Hongnong has taken the lead now, but he didn't order the whole army to rush and kill and annihilate our army here, could it be that there is a conspiracy?" ”

"Conspiracy?" After listening to his words, he turned his head and glared at him, and said angrily: "Huang Gongcao has a clever plan to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Wang Yi's words implied a sense of irony, Huang Boxi has been in the government for many years, how could he not hear it. He wanted to remind Wang Yi to be careful that Liu Wei was deliberately delaying time and secretly had other arrangements, but his old face was red when Wang Yi said something, and when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't continue.

"General Xiahou is hard!" In his heart, he was very dissatisfied with Xiahou Ying's failure to kill Han Xian, but Wang Yi didn't show it on his face, as soon as Xiahou Ying returned to the main formation, he arched his hand towards Xiahou Ying and said hard work.

"The last general is ashamed!" Turned over and jumped off the horse, bowed down and hugged his fists to give Wang Yi a salute back, Xiahou Ying said: "That enemy general is very good at martial arts, even if he fights for another three days, I'm afraid he won't be able to defeat him!" ”

"Do your best!" Nodding towards Xiahou Ying, Wang Yi said with an indifferent smile on his face: "General Xiahou only needs to keep his own family safe, don't compromise the prestige of our army again, and the county guard will ask for credit to the court for you!" ”

"Thank you, Guard!" failed to take Han Xian, Xiahou Ying thought that Wang Yi would reprimand him, but he didn't expect Wang Yi's performance to be so indifferent, but he also said that he wanted to ask for credit for him, and he was moved in his heart, and hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "The last general will definitely do his best to fight with the enemy general!" ”

On the other side, Han Xian, who had already received Liu Wei's order to delay the offensive rhythm as much as possible, was much less pressured than Xiahou Ying.

Fighting alone, as long as you don't fall behind, you can drag on with Xiahouying for a few more days, that is what really falls into the hands of Han Xian.

"Send more wine and meat to General Han!" Looking at Han Xian from afar and returning to the vanguard camp, Liu Wei said to the soldiers behind him: "Tell him, this king specially reminds him that if you still have to fight, don't drink any more wine, he doesn't have to eat enough meat!" Wait until today's troops, and it's not too late to drink alive! ”

"No!" The two soldiers answered, and rode their horses towards the side of the firehead, and in a short time their horses galloped towards the vanguard array with half a roasted whole pig and several jars of wine syrup on their horses.

From the early morning to the army, almost all day long, it was almost all the solo performances of Han Xian and Xiahou Ying.

The two rested back and forth several times, and fought several times, and fought in the wilderness between the two armies.

From the beginning of the sun to the sunset. Han Xian couldn't remember how many rounds he had fought with Xiahou Ying, and he couldn't remember how many times the two had gone back to the camp to eat meat.

At first, both of them wanted to cut each other under the horse, but after a whole day of fighting, neither of them had that kind of thought, and the only thought was to fight with each other to consume physical strength, and whoever had less physical strength first would lose.

The sun set on the top of the mountain, the sky gradually darkened, Han Xian and Xiahou Ying separated again and returned to the camp.

"Hit the torch and light the fire tonight!" Riding back to the vanguard camp, Han Xian just jumped off the horse and shouted at the officers and soldiers under his command.

Two of Han Xian's personal soldiers answered, ran to the array, and shouted: "The general has an order, light the torch, and fight the enemy general at night tonight!" ”

Not long after Han Xian's personal soldiers finished shouting, 5,000 soldiers of the pioneer battalion lit torches one after another.

Five thousand torches burned brightly, and the firelight stained the faces of the officers and men of the pioneer battalion red, and the wilderness, which was already shrouded in night, was also reflected as if it were day by the torches.

Compared with Liu Weijun's pioneer battalion, the Hedong Army on the opposite side was much quieter.

A previous flood swept most of the baggage of the Hedong Army into the river. Mo said that the Hedong Army at this time did not have many torches available, and even the grain and grass for the next few days was a big problem that was difficult for them to solve!

The torch was lit, and Han Xian strode over to the bonfire where the pork was being smoked, knelt on the ground, tore a piece of hot meat from the half of the pig he hadn't finished eating, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it vigorously.

The fatty pork entered his mouth, and as Han Xian chewed, a shiny oil stain ran down the corner of his mouth and slid onto his chin.

Raising his hand to wipe off the lard, Han Xian stretched out his hand to the soldiers who were standing and waiting, and shouted, "Wine!" ”

"General......" Han Xian asked for wine, the soldier was stunned for a moment, then bowed down and said: "Your Highness said that if you continue to fight, the general will not drink!" ”

"Don't fucking talk nonsense with Lao Tzu!" Raising his head and glaring at the pro-soldier, Han Xian said angrily: "His Royal Highness said that he wanted Lao Tzu to drink less, but he didn't say that he would not let him drink!" Go get a drink! ”

Seeing that Han Xian was really annoyed, the soldiers hurriedly responded, ran to get a jar of wine that Liu Wei ordered people to send to the pioneer camp, patted the mud, knelt on the ground respectfully, and handed it to Han Xian.