Chapter 768 A Bloody Battle Is Indistinguishable

"good!"

Seeing the situation in front of him, Zhou Yu couldn't help but clenched his fists and shouted excitedly.

The flaws in Cao's army are getting bigger and bigger. As long as they can speed up and rush into them, break Cao's army's formation, kill the generals and seize the flag, then the battle can be decided.

Sun Quan also looked excited. It seemed that he really had the possibility of defeating Cao Jun. If Cao Jun was defeated, he would naturally be able to take advantage of the situation and regain Jiangdong. And his position can also be stabilized, so there is no problem in being the master of Jiangdong.

Seeing Zhou Tai forcefully tear open a hole in Cao Jun's shield array and take the lead in charging into it, many generals of Jiangdong Army were naturally unwilling to lag behind. They roared angrily and charged hard. For a moment, Cao Jun's formation was really shaky.

"snort!"

Xia Houyuan snorted coldly and ordered: "Advance a hundred steps forward and dispatch the troops. Anyone who dares to desert will be killed!"

"Here!"

The flag-guarding soldiers had already pulled the flag of "Xiahou" out of the soil. The flag-guarding soldiers grabbed Xiahou's flag and moved it forward. Xiahouyuan's formation also moved forward for nearly a hundred steps before stopping. Stay, Xiahou General's flag was returned to the ground, flying high.

"The general has an order. We must guard and defend to the death. If anyone retreats during the battle, he will be killed without mercy. His wife and daughter at home will be used as official slaves!"

Due to years of war, the population of the Han Dynasty dropped sharply. At the end of Emperor Ling's reign, there were still 50 million people, but now only half of them may be left. The decrease in population also means a corresponding decrease in military strength.

In order to ensure the strength of their troops and prevent their soldiers from escaping, princes from various places generally classified their soldiers as "gentry". Please don't misunderstand, this gentry is not the famous people with fluttering forehead belts, high crowns and long sleeves, but a special kind of household registration The organization is just like the military household in the late Ming Dynasty. People who are registered as gentry have to provide soldiers for the princes from generation to generation. If the father dies, the son will continue to serve as a soldier. In this way, enough soldiers were provided for the princes to fight for hegemony, and if the soldiers escaped, their wives and children would often have to perform corvee service for the government. This system also prevented the soldiers from escaping, so it was widely used in the late Han Dynasty.

Firstly, with the bright swords of the supervising team pressing on his back, and secondly, thinking of his wife and children, the soldiers of Cao Cao who were fighting hard on the front line could only grit their teeth and withstand the fierce attack of Jiangdong Army and hold on for dear life.

Xia Houyuan frowned, gritted his two rows of teeth together, and held the long knife tightly in his hand. If the war situation continued to deteriorate, then he, the former military commander, would have to personally fight to boost morale.

Whoosh!

A stream of arrows came over, less than a foot away from Sun Quan, and hit a soldier. He screamed and fell to the ground.

"Brother, there are arrows everywhere here. It's too dangerous. It's better to avoid it for now." Sun Yu advised Sun Quan.

"no!"

Sun Quan was furious, pointed at the front line, and shouted to Sun Yu: "The soldiers are fighting bloody battles on the front line. If you can't rush into the battle in person, you should at least cheer for our Jiangdong soldiers on the front line. Is there any reason to retreat before the battle?"

"My lord is right."

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Now is the critical moment. Cao's army has already fallen into a hard battle. Now it depends on who can hold on. As long as morale is exhausted, they will be defeated. My lord must not retreat."

Sun Yu frowned and said, "The sword has no eyes. What if the enemy shoots and injures my brother?"

Zhou Yu ordered: "Sword and Shield Hand, you must protect your lord, you know?"

"Here!"

Zhou Yu handed over to Sun Quan and said: "My lord, success or failure depends on this one move. Whether we can regain Jiangdong and repel Cao's army depends on now. My lord must hold on."

Sun Quan comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief. Even if I die here, I will never lose the reputation of my father and brother."

Jiangdong Army has always maintained a fierce offensive, and many generals personally led troops to charge forward. Although Cao's army was large in number, it was crumbling under the impact of Jiangdong Army, and gradually felt that it could not hold up.

"snort!"

Xia Houyuan shouted sharply: "Follow me to attack the front army and repel Jiangdong's army!"

"kill!"

Xia Houyuan personally led more than two thousand sharp soldiers and killed them in one go. The more than two thousand Cao troops following him were recharging their strength. They had never experienced fighting before and were very energetic. Now that they were joining the battle, they were a new force.

As more than two thousand sharp soldiers blocked it, it was like countless sacks piled up, blocking the crumbling embankment hit by the flood.

"Xia Houyuan, I am Chen Wu, the captain of Jiangdong Jianwei School. Do you dare to fight me?"

Chen Wu was fierce when he saw a group of soldiers and horses rushing out surrounded by Xiahou's banner. There was no doubt that the man under his banner was the clan general Xiahou Yuan, whom Cao Cao thought was his right-hand man. If he could kill this man on the spot, Cao Cao's army would surely collapse thousands of miles away. Where would he be? Don't miss this good opportunity.

When Xia Houyuan heard the shouting, he glanced at Chen Wu coldly: "How can an unknown person fight against this general?"

"Whoaaah!"

Chen Wu yelled angrily, and his orifices were filled with smoke. Without saying a word, he grabbed his spear and rushed forward, intending to capture and kill Xia Houyuan among the thousands of troops.

"snort!"

Xia Houyuan didn't say much, and suddenly slashed out with his sword. The wind of the rolling knife was so powerful that it was like letting go of the iron cage to let go of the tiger and the leopard. A ferocious tiger sprang out from the forest, and a bad wind blew in his face.

Chen Wu originally had a strong momentum, but when the sword came towards him, his face turned pale. His instinct told him that he was no match.

But facing each other head on, if you turn around and run away, you will die faster. So Chen Wu gritted his teeth and stabbed him with a spear.

when!

The blade suddenly struck the spear, and Chen Wu's mouth trembled. Cold sweat instantly broke out from his pores, and his entire back was soaked.

He looked down and saw that the tiger's mouth had been shattered by the indestructible knife, and blood swam out of the wound like a small snake.

Not an opponent!

"Hmph, you dare to challenge me. I wonder how capable you are. It turns out it's nothing more than that."

Xia Houyuan saw this and said sarcastically.

"Damn it, I have to show you what I'm capable of today!"

Chen Wu had a bad temper and could not bear to be ridiculed by others. When he was provoked by Xia Houyuan's words, he became angry and pounced on him again, determined to fight him to the end.

"If you are looking for death, I will satisfy you!"

Xia Houyuan didn't waste any time. He raised the long knife and lowered it again. The force of the knife was like a hurricane, trying to strangle everything in front of him.

when! when! when!

Xia Houyuan struck three times in succession, using all his strength for each strike. Chen Wu took it forcefully. He felt his chest was turbulent, his energy and blood were boiling, his dark face turned red, and he felt a surge of blood coming up from his throat, filling his body with blood. In the mouth.

"die!"

Xia Houyuan shouted sharply, raised the long knife in his hand high, and fell down with the power of nine heavens.