Three Kingdoms: The Kingdom Cannot Be Partial

Chapter 25 Those who disobey or disrupt the formation will be killed!

Yushan General's Platform.

Liu Chan shifted his gaze from the Wuzhangyuan in the northwest back to the battlefield.

In fact, in the previous battle, after being bombarded by the crossbow arrows of the Yuanrong crossbowmen, more than a dozen Tiger and Leopard Cavalry still managed to escape from the battlefield.

However, they did not continue to participate in the battle, but instead rushed hurriedly towards Cao's camp in the east.

Of course, Liu Chan, who had been paying attention to the movements of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, was not disappointed.

The ruthless cavalry general who led the charge was shot off his horse by the Yuanrong crossbowman who was kneeling calmly and firing his crossbow in front of him when he was less than ten steps away from the Yuanrong crossbowman.

However, it is not known whether it was because the crossbow arrow only hit the horse under his crotch, or because he was really tenacious. All we know is that he rolled on the ground twice and then suddenly stood up, picked up his spear and ran forward without any hesitation. Finally, he stopped completely when he was two or three steps away from the crossbowman, and died facing east with his spear stuck on the ground.

When Liu Chan looked at the long spear with its red tassel fluttering in the air that was stuck in the ground, he could no longer tell which one of the many corpses on the ground was its owner.

"Your Majesty, the commander is almost at the left wing. We can leave now!"

The young general Zhao Pijiang suddenly spoke up and called Liu Chan back to the platform.

Liu Chan then withdrew his gaze from the spear and looked towards the battlefield on the left wing again.

I saw that the three or four thousand infantry and crossbowmen led by General Zhao and Zong Yu were less than two hundred steps away from the slowly retreating left wing troops.

According to the plan, once General Zhao led his troops to the front, all the Han troops on the battlefield could begin to retreat in an organized manner, retreating to the west of Xieshui, preparing to attack the enemy halfway across the river.

"Okay." Liu Chan answered, but did not move immediately. Instead, he frowned.

Suddenly, something strange happened on the battlefield!
Among the three divisions on the left wing, the right division, which was closest to the central army, was surrounded by thousands of Cao Zhen's newly entered troops on the right side, where the defense was the weakest, before Zhao Yun's reinforcements arrived!
Cao's army successfully formed an "L"-shaped semi-encirclement of the Han army on the right.

In just ten or so breaths, the entire left and right wing of the army was thrown into chaos by Cao's army, which had been gathering strength for most of the day, and went into a state of collapse!
Hundreds of old and weak soldiers who were originally arranged in the middle of the army formation were about to engage in battle with Cao's army. Almost at the same time, they broke away from the line and fled towards the camp, shouting.

The originally tight battle formations on the left and right wings instantly fell apart!

The "L"-shaped formation formed by Cao's army took advantage of this opportunity to continuously squeeze and invade the scattered Han army.

The Han soldiers in charge of the front line were soon attacked from both sides and could no longer hold their position. They began to retreat in a panic.

But it would take a long time to kill two thousand pigs, not to mention more than a thousand armored men. After killing and wounding about two or three hundred people, Cao's offensive slowed down significantly, the Han army's casualties slowed down, and the two sides entered a moment of stalemate.

However, the stalemate did not last long, and something happened that made Liu Chan a little confused.

Several flags on the right side of the left wing fell down at the same time!

Then, in the army formation that was divided into pieces by Cao's army, soldiers kept laying down their weapons, raising their hands high, shouting "Long live Cao's army", and running away from the army formation through the gaps between the soldiers, running towards Cao's camp.

Liu Chan stared at it in amazement.

Did this bitch surrender to the enemy on the battlefield???
Although he had prepared himself mentally before the war, he guessed that there would probably be enemies surrendering on the battlefield.

But when this situation really happens, it is impossible for him to be calm.

"Pijiang, whose troops are those?"

Liu Chan asked coldly.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Guangdao said:
"Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, it should be the Captain of Agriculture... Lai Yi."

Zhao Guang was also confused at this moment.

Zhao Yun and Zong Yu’s reinforcements have arrived!

You still have so many soldiers in Laiyi. If you just hold on a little longer, you can restore order and fight while retreating. Why the hell did you lead your troops to surrender?!
"Your Majesty, leave quickly!"

Without caring about cursing in his heart, Zhao Guang hurriedly persuaded the emperor to leave the battlefield as soon as possible.

At this moment, because hundreds of soldiers under the rebel general Lai Yi abandoned their weapons and surrendered to Cao Wei, some of his right wing who were unwilling to surrender to Wei began to flee towards the reinforcements led by Zhao Yun and Zong Yu, making it impossible for Zhao Yun and Zong Yu's troops to move forward quickly.

The right side of the central army led by Fu Qian completely lost the protection of his comrades, and its weak flank was directly exposed to the Wei army.

Cao Zhen's main force took advantage of this opportunity to form a battle formation and press forward, and began to harvest Fu Qian's forces from the side in the same way as they had just defeated Lai Yi's forces.

The battle for the central army was equally difficult.

The 8,000 Han troops originally only had to deal with the 10,000 Wei soldiers at the bottom of the slope, and they managed to remain undefeated by taking advantage of the terrain.

But when the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of the Wei army were almost completely wiped out, the two Wei troops originally responsible for the battlefield at the foot of the Qinling Mountains retreated repeatedly out of panic at first, but after Cao Zhen's headquarters arrived at the battlefield, they reorganized their forces and rushed to the central army's Banpo.

Faced with an enemy with nearly twice their number, the four Han troops in the middle route had to withdraw from the slope, fighting and retreating under the leadership of several captains such as Feng Hu and Zong Qian.

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West of Hanzhai.

When Zhao Guang and two hundred personal guards, holding the dragon banner, escorted the emperor to a wooden bridge over the sloping water, scattered soldiers were already fleeing west across the bridge. "Your Majesty, please cross the bridge!" Zhao Pijiang urged for the third time.

Liu Chan stopped a dozen steps away from the bridgehead, his eyes fixed on the fleeing soldiers pouring towards the wooden bridge, and said, "Wait a little longer."

Another soldier fled westward, but stopped after seeing these nobles in armor, as if he didn't know whether to continue running.

Zhao Pijiang, fully armed, was furious at this moment. He ran to the bridgehead with a few big strides, then suddenly drew his sword and stabbed the man in the face:
"Which one are you from?!"

The soldier trembled with fear and a hint of indignation and said, "General, I am a subordinate of the Captain of Agriculture, Lai Yi, and the squad leader of the third tent of the fifth battalion of the Bing division!"

Zhao Pijiang was a little surprised when he heard this.

After a moment, he put away his sword, but the anger on his face did not diminish in the slightest:
“Where are your people?!

"Why not organize them to fight and retreat?!"

The chief was even more indignant when he heard this:

"General, those idiots have all abandoned their armor and run away. I can't catch up with them!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the resentment on his face suddenly disappeared for some reason.

Instead, there was a kind of awkwardness.

"what's your name?"

Suddenly, a young voice without any emotion reached his ears.

He turned his head when he heard the voice, only to see another young general in a silver helmet and armor.

He was surrounded by a group of extremely valuable guards. His face was full of heroism and murderous intent, and his emotions could not be seen from his facial expression.

"My name is... My name is..."

Faced with the question from such an important person, the chief dared not refuse to answer.

But he suddenly got stuck in the middle of his speech, with an awkward look on his face, as if he had something to hide.

After a moment, he couldn't stand it any longer and gritted his teeth, shouting as if he was risking his life: "My name is Wei Xing!"

After saying that, he turned his head and looked around.

Just as he thought, everyone present had a strange look on their faces.

He sighed inwardly, feeling that he might die here today.

"Captain of Agriculture, Fifth Battalion, Third Battalion, Wei Xing. I'll remember this."

He was startled when he heard the voice and turned his head back, but saw that the young general who asked the question did not change his expression and continued to speak to him sternly.

"Anyone who leads ten or more men and flees from battle shall be executed under military law.

"Since you refused to rebel and surrendered to Wei, I will give you a chance.

"—hold this bridge.

“No matter who crosses the bridge, those who form a formation and defend it will be forgiven.

"Those who disobey or disrupt the formation will be killed!"

Wei Xing was shocked when he heard this, but he only saw the young general with no emotion on his face turn his back, and then he pulled out a ring-handled sword from the waist of a personal guard and handed it to him.

He took the knife in a daze, and before he could understand what was happening, the young general had already led a group of invaluable guards to the next bridge.

Moving along with it were dozens of large dragon-shaped banners.

He was stunned again, and then he was shocked. Then he looked up at the young general who was half a head taller than his personal guards involuntarily.

Looking up again, I saw a Jinwu banner with a yak tail as the top!

At this moment, the sound of fluttering flags rang out very close to his ears.

He looked up in confusion.

I saw a dragon flag standing in the ground.

He turned his head again and stared blankly at the young general who called himself "I".

A long time passed.

He drew out the dragon banner with trembling hands, and then tremblingly raised his sword to guard the bridgehead.

Those who disobey will die!
Those who disrupt the formation will die!!!
(End of this chapter)