The 63rd chapter of "Journey to the East": The Ten Great Generals of Jiangdong Break Through the Tiger's Gate at Hu Lao
Blood-soaked light filled the sky, fresh blood splattered everywhere, and soldiers with disheveled hair fell one by one. This was destined to be one of the most brutal battlefields in history.
Tiger Pass is connected to Mount Song in the south and borders the Yellow River in the north. In this not-so-large area, 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers are gathering at this moment.
Ma Chao and Lü Bu's battlefield was also extremely crowded, directly causing Ma Chao to accidentally injure his own soldiers while fighting.
Cao Cao was trapped alive in the northwest corner of Tiger Trap Pass, and seeing this self-inflicted carnage with countless deaths and injuries, he sighed: "It's really a plan that has taken tens of thousands of lives! If it were discovered by General Ben who contributed to this plan, General Ben would definitely cut him into pieces!"
Lei Jin Dao said: "General, don't be angry. The best plan for now is to join forces with Ma Fu and others first, and then choose the right moment to break out of the encirclement!"
Cao Cao pointed with his sword and said: "Who will clear the way?"
Lei Jin patted his chest with a long gun and said, "Of course, it's none other than General Mo!"
Having said that, he urged his horse on, wielding his long spear with deadly precision, wherever he went, soldiers fell down in droves!
Cao Cao praised: "I have Wen Qian (Yu Jin's courtesy name), and breaking the siege is hopeful!"
Li Dian, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others, seeing Cao Cao praise him so much, immediately became brave and competed with each other. Wherever they rode and killed, it was all bloody and chaotic, with blood flowing like a river.
After a long and fierce battle, Cao Cao and his men finally managed to rush to the side of Ma Teng and Yuan Shao. At this time, Yuan Shao was already in a state of utter defeat, his armor torn apart in many places, with two wounds on his body inflicted by long spears.
Seeing this situation, Cao Cao turned around and called for Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to swear to protect Yuan Shao with their lives. He then continued to charge forward with Li Dian, Yue Jin, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong.
Another fierce battle later, Li Dian said to Cao Cao: "If we continue like this, I'm afraid that when we rush to the front of Ma Tai and others, they will be exhausted and dead. According to my observation, in Dong's army, there is a cavalry that kills everywhere, and it can still attack freely in such a crowded place. This cavalry must be the elite among Dong's elites. We only need to follow closely behind him when he rushes over again, and we can quickly join forces with Ma Tai and others!"
Cao Cao slapped his forehead, suddenly enlightened. In fact, he had long noticed this cavalry that shuttled back and forth among the tens of thousands of troops, but in these continuous charges, there was only one word in his mind, which was to kill!
Li Dian was able to think of such a strategy in this chaotic situation, which is indeed unexpected.
Soon, Gao Shun led the ambush troops to attack Cao Cao's side again. After a fierce battle, Cao Cao took advantage of the chaos and stuck close to them.
The soldiers in the ambush only knew that there were several generals following closely behind them, but no one turned back to respond to them. After all, according to Lü Bu's deployment, their primary task was to thoroughly disrupt the enemy army's formation! While the vassal troops were fighting with the enemy in front of them, they also had to guard against a sudden attack from behind with trepidation.
After following the troops to arrive at the place where Ma Chao and others were fighting, Cao Cao immediately ordered Li Dian and Yue Jin to assist Ma Chao in attacking Lü Bu, while he led Cao Ren and Cao Hong to go and assist Guan Yu.
At this time, Ma Chao had already fought with Lü Bu for fifty or sixty rounds and was still evenly matched. The arrival of Li Dian and Yue Jin added to Ma Chao's strength, and he, who was already drenched in sweat, regained his fighting spirit and launched a fierce attack on Lü Bu.
Lei Jin has always been brave and fierce in battle, never dragging his feet or hesitating. After joining Ma Chao and Lü Bu's fight, the role he played was very obvious.
His long spear did not have any fixed moves or routines, which was the most troublesome thing for Lü Bu. Every time he and Ma Chao were in a stalemate, his fierce blows would always disrupt Lü Bu's formation.
Li Dian was a standard Confucianist. Although he was not as brave as Yue Jin, when it came to strategy, Yue Jin was far inferior to him.
During the three-way battle, Li Dian cleared the surrounding small soldiers while observing Lü Bu's weaknesses. Gradually, he discovered that Lü Bu's Red Hare horse might be a place to attack first.
No need to think too much, taking advantage of Lü Bu and Ma Chao's fierce battle, Li Dian directly swept his long spear towards Chi Tu's horse legs. Chi Tu was a precious horse not only because of its incredible speed but also because it could dodge enemy attacks in the heat of battle.
No sooner had Li Dian fired his arrow than Red Hare suddenly leapt forward with its front legs, dodging the shot. In that instant, Li Dian looked at the legendary Red Hare horse with a different gaze.
However, Red Hare managed to dodge the attack, but Lü Bu, who was riding on its back, was not so lucky. The sudden jump of Red Hare almost got him shot by the groom.
Li Dian secretly rejoiced and continued to attack Red Hare, while Zhang Liao, who was responding to Guan Yu, Cao Cao, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong in the distance, saw Lü Bu fall into danger again. With a flash of his body, he dodged Guan Yu and others, and shot another cold arrow.
The groom shouted loudly: "Be careful!"
But at this time Li Dian was concentrating on dealing with Chì Tù Mǎ, and didn't notice that when he realized it, the cold arrow had already shot into his right shoulder!
Li Dian endured the severe pain and pulled out the long arrow, continuing to attack Chì Tù Mǎ.
Cao Hong saw Zhang Liao shoot and wound someone with a hidden arrow, and he rushed over to kill him.
Zhang Liao immediately put down his bow and arrow, and holding a large sword, went forward to meet him.
After dozens of rounds of fierce fighting between the two men, Cao Hong was no match for him and retreated back to Cao Cao's side.
Cao Cao saw Zhang Liao's bravery and wanted to recruit him for his own use, but at that time, it was not possible.
Cao Ren saw Zhang Liao taking his bow and arrows, so he hastily came forward to stop him.
Zhang Liao saw another general coming and without saying a word, he raised his sword and charged into battle.
Just as the two were in a fierce battle, Hou Cheng suddenly shouted: "Wen Yuan (Zhang Liao's courtesy name Wen Yuan) has not come to assist yet!"
Facing Cao Ren, Zhang Liao was able to break through and escape, while the other seven robust generals were gradually unable to withstand the repeated attacks of Guan Yu and Cao Cao.
What made them even more unbearable was that Zhang Fei, who had disappeared for a while, suddenly appeared, shouting loudly, and the sound alone made people's hearts tremble with fear.
Just as Qi Jian was about to be defeated, Gao Shun led the vanguard and charged at the enemy, causing them to scatter in all directions.
What gave Song Xian and Hou Cheng a big headache was that they were both rushed to Zhang Fei's side. As soon as Zhang Fei saw the two "fat pieces" by his side, he didn't say a word and directly killed them.
Song Xian and Hou Cheng were no match for Zhang Fei, and after a fierce battle, they took the opportunity to escape.
However, Zhang Fei dodged to one side and thrust his spear, nearly taking the life of Hou Cheng. The two generals became even more frantic in their flight.
Lü Bu was also being forced onto the back foot at this time. He had not expected that among the allied army, there would be so many capable and skilled warriors. If he could avoid Ma Feng, he might still be able to hold his own against ten of them, but now with Ma Feng clinging to him like a shadow, he was unable to exert himself.
Just as the battle was intense, a loud noise was suddenly heard, and the city gate of Tiger Trap Pass suddenly opened.
Lü Bu was startled and looked around, a general riding a flower-maned horse and holding a horizontal ancient halberd led a large team of cavalry charging over.
The vassal army saw the city gate open and rushed forward like wolves, but in this process, many were crushed to death.
Ma Chao saw the opportunity and no longer entangled with Lü Bu, directly turning around and killing his way back. After a road of crazy killing, he rushed to Yuan Shao and Ma Teng's side. Ma Chao said to Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan: "Go! The three of us will kill our way out of this bloody road!"
Having said that, the three of them charged forward together, with several other nobles closely following behind.
Liu, Guan and Zhang, the three brothers, converged again at this time, charging towards the city gate from the left road. Cao Cao led his generals in a bloody fight from the right road.
Ma Chao, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, who were in the middle road, faced the largest number of enemy troops. At a glance, there was no place to break through anywhere.
However, the horseman has always liked to tread a bloody path on the seemingly roadless road. He saw him leading two generals at an extremely fast speed to charge forward, and the middle thief army quickly scattered to both sides like wheat waves.
After he led Yuan Shao and Ma Teng, several other lords rushed out of the city gate, Ma Fu rode his horse to Sun Quan's side and shouted at him: "We will cut off their retreat!"
Sun Quan pointed with his sword and said: "I, Sun Quan, swear not to retreat unless we stop the enemy army!"
At this critical moment, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, as well as the generals under Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao, all voluntarily stayed behind to cover the retreat. It was at this moment of extreme danger that they truly shared honor and shame together!
Watching the fat meat in front of him fly away, Lü Bu was furious and immediately ordered the troops to launch a full-speed attack.
Gao Shun led the way, charging forward with his halberd. The allied forces, who had just escaped from the city gate and were fleeing in disarray, became even more chaotic when faced with Gao Shun's deadly charge.
Ma Fu and others also knew that if they allowed the vanguard to charge forward, those soldiers who had already abandoned their armor and lost their will to fight might be able to defeat the feudal lords' army.
He immediately said to the generals: "Everyone, great difficulties are ahead. Are you willing to follow me and annihilate that cavalry?"
Many of the generals have witnessed the ferocity of Ma Fu in this great war, and at this time they also admire him sincerely. How could there be any reason not to agree?
Ma Chao, seeing that they agreed, immediately led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Quan, Yue Jin, Li Dian, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and Cao Ren to attack the besieged camp. The generals rose one after another, killing intent filling the air, the scene was magnificent.
Gongsun Zan, on the other hand, divided his elite troops into left and right wings, with both wings using bows to shoot arrows in response to each other. In this way, they effectively restrained Dong Zhuo's army from recklessly charging forward with their exquisite archery skills.
The invincible vanguard suddenly encountered the interception of the ten generals, and naturally they didn't take them seriously. However, Gao Shun, who was known for his bravery, surprisingly charged forward at this time, leading by example.
Ma Fu let out a loud shout and thrust his spear forward fiercely, almost taking Gao Shun's life. Gao Shun was shocked and hastily retreated several steps.
The other nine saw Gao Shun's courage and were inspired to fight with all their might, cutting down the elite cavalry. However, what surprised them was that this cavalry's power was really too strong. After a fierce attack, they did not suffer much damage.
However, for Gao Shun, the casualties in this battle were almost equal to the total of his previous battles.
Lü Bu saw that Ma Chao was so arrogant, he ordered his army to pursue while gathering the eight strong generals under his account. After all the generals gathered in one place, he personally led the eight strong generals to kill Ma Chao and others...
