Overlord!

Chapter 154 The prestige of a general is so great
While Zhang Liao was fighting fiercely, Xu Sheng was also fighting to the death, almost gnawing his steel teeth. His whole body was like a hedgehog, with a knife in his left arm and a hemorrhaging robe. He was almost exhausted and still defended the front line.

And just looking at his injuries, which were far more serious than Zhang Liao's, one could tell that Xu Sheng's battle situation here was extremely disadvantaged.

That's right, Xu Sheng's front is already on the verge of collapse!

Behind Zhang Liao, there are trilogy who have been following, but Xu Sheng's more than a dozen personal guards have already died in battle one after another.

If he was in the Beifu army, Xu Sheng could draw out a part at any time to fight with him, and he would never be in such a desperate situation!

But Xu Sheng is not in the central army where the Beifu army is at the moment!Instead, in front of Zhang Fei's formation on the left, he turned the tide and fought to the death to maintain the precarious formation.

So much so that when Zhang Liao fought hard and beheaded his subordinates one by one, his angry tiger eyes cracked and his silver teeth were bitten. He could only drink blood with hatred and fight to the death!

Because if he didn't come to support the left wing, the five hundred Xuzhou soldiers under Zhang Fei would not be able to stop the tiger and wolf division of Bingzhou.

What Zhang Liao said, the teacher of tigers and wolves, grinds his teeth and sucks blood, is the most accurate summary of the soldiers of Bingzhou.

His soldiers are fierce, brave and ruthless, and have been battle-tested for a long time. With exquisite coordination, their combat power far exceeds that of Zhang Fei's newly defeated army.

Zhang Fei's direct lineage had already been completely lost in the battle of Xiapi.The 1000 men were allocated to him by Liu Beixin. He had just been defeated by Yuan Shu and Lu Bu in Xuyi, and his morale had only just recovered.

It is impossible to fight evenly with the tiger and wolf division of Bingzhou. After an hour of fighting, the front line is in jeopardy.

500 people, say a lot less, not more than a lot, the phalanx stands at intervals, and the battle line is three miles long.

The phalanx of these three miles is advancing slowly like a forest. If it is at the level of the Beifu army, it can push the opponent evenly.

However, the 500 Xuzhou soldiers only lasted for half an hour, and some defenses began to falter, and some were even chopped down and deserted.

Xu Shengxiong is so heroic, but he is very much looking forward to a battle with Zhang Liao, and will fight the opponent head-on.

But Xu Sheng is very talented, he is very clear that the war is not about being brave and ruthless.What he is responsible for in this battle is to unite the right soldiers, maintain the front line, consume the enemy's energy, and strike them back at sunset.Then a big victory could be won, and Zhang Liao might even be captured.

If he was brave and ruthless, even if he repelled Zhang Liao and his left wing was defeated by the enemy, his Beifu army would be alone. Perhaps before Zhang Fei's surprise attack, the whole army would collapse.

Before the war started, Xu Sheng had a clear analysis of the situation.

The key to the surprise victory of Zhenghe this time is whether the main soldiers, who are not elite troops, can block the all-out onslaught of the elite main force led by General Zhang Liao of Guan Xixiao.

Therefore, he was forced to leave behind the tenacious Beifu army to resist Zhang Liao's fierce attack with all his strength.I went to the Xuzhou soldiers on the left wing, fought to the death, and tried my best to maintain the front line.Otherwise, the left wing would have been broken by the enemy an hour ago.

And the Beifu Army did live up to his expectations, well-trained, high-morale, brave and good at fighting, and heroically fighting for their lives.

Bearing a casualty rate of more than 30.00%, the armies are still fighting to the death.

Except for Zhang Liao's fierce assault, the soldiers of the Beifu army, with their excellent armor and superb team coordination, had a slight advantage over the Bingzhou army in other places in the phalanx!

It's just that with Zhang Liao's violent impact and invincibility, the fear of the soldiers is also accumulating.The tense spirits of the soldiers may be broken at any time because they cannot bear the pressure.

After all, Zhang Liao is like a god and ghost at this moment, anyone who steps forward will be beheaded by him, and those who are in the vanguard will fall.

Facing Zhang Liao's attack at this moment, the soldiers' scalps were already numb, and they did not dare to take the initiative to fight against him.

If it wasn't for the strict prohibition and strict military discipline in the army, even Pan Zhang, the oldest and most outstanding general in the Beifu army, would have been beheaded for violating military laws.

It can be said that in this battle, Zhang Liao controlled the situation on the battlefield entirely because of his peerless bravery, so that the Sun-Liu coalition forces were tense across the board and might collapse everywhere.

If it were another enemy general, such as Hou Cheng, the Beifu army had already crushed the enemy's central army. Before Zhang Fei could send out surprise troops, the Beifu army would have smashed the enemy army and won a complete victory.

But now, instead of being invincible, the Beifu army was beaten by Zhang Liao and the whole army was terrified. When they saw Zhang Liao charging, they were terrified.

The prestige of a general is so great!

At the same time, Zhang Liao, who was invincible, was bathed in blood, steaming hot, and his face was full of shock.

He hadn't been fighting all the time, otherwise, wearing iron armor and fighting for an afternoon, even an iron fighter would be exhausted.

He rested again and again, leading different phalanxes to fight forward in turn, taking the lead and breaking the front for his subordinates.

Every time he goes to battle, the Bingzhou army phalanx he leads can fight to the death to defeat the enemy.

But once he stepped back to rest, the opponent would quickly regroup, gain the upper hand, and even try to push back.

And those defeated phalanxes were not scattered like sand and could not be reunited like the mob.

Although the defeated soldiers were defeated, but they fled to the position of the rear phalanx, they would reorganize and line up in the rear army.

It seems that something attracts them, and they refuse to leave the ranks.It seemed that there was something deterring them, and they didn't dare to run away.

All this leads to the shocking tenacity of this force.

Apart from fighting with his life, Zhang Liao had no other way to defeat this army.

The point is, this force is not blindly defending.

They and the Bingzhou Army fought each other for more than ten times. Zhang Liao was even worried that once he was not on the front line, under the fierce battle, the opponent's violent attack would defeat the Bingzhou soldiers' phalanx.

The battle was so intense that Hou Cheng rode his horse to the front line and shouted to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, it's almost sunset. Shall I lead an elite attack on its flank? Its left wing is already crumbling. Our soldiers have been recharging their energy for a long time. Just one storm will surely defeat the enemy!"

Zhang Liao turned his head angrily. His whole body was soaked in blood, his eyes were scarlet, and the murderous aura rushed towards his face. Hou Cheng was so frightened that he couldn't help taking a step back, not daring to look at him.

"There is no military order, you leave your post without permission! If I am a subordinate, I will behead you!"

Facing Zhang Liao's murderous shout, Hou Cheng stiffened instantly, horrified, and quickly explained: "I...I just want to help Wenyuan defeat the enemy."

Zhang Liao was roaring like a tiger, not angry but majestic. He said coldly, "Go back to your position. I can see the situation on the battlefield better than you! I didn't order you to attack, so you should garrison there just in case!"

Hou Cheng still wanted to argue, but seeing Zhang Liao holding a long knife and his eyes were scarlet, as if he might violently kill someone at any time, he quickly responded, then turned his head and rode back to the position, not daring to question Zhang Liao's deployment.

More than [-] of his subordinates have been stationed in the direction of the rear army, thinking of the garrison.

Hou Cheng may not be considered a good general, but he is definitely a veteran on the battlefield.

If you suffer a lot on the battlefield, you will naturally know how to fight.

The entire Lv Bu army has been taught by Cao Cao that half of Cao's army fought in battle, and half of the army was in ambush.

So now that Zhang Liao is fighting, it is no longer the same as in the past, the army rushed up in a wave, but also left 200 people from Hou Cheng's troops as a garrison, so that the battlefield can respond to the situation.

The enemy will be very brave in this battle. The army is well-trained, tenacious and durable, and the battle is indeterminate for many days. It is indeed a good general.

But unlike before, marching boldly, attacking what he loves, going out of it, making the enemy have to be rescued.Compared with the current famous generals who go out to attack the emptiness, avoid it, and catch it by surprise, it is undoubtedly a little worse.

Today's enemy general can be called a brave and tenacious enemy, heroic and brave, but obviously inexperienced, his military strategy is very rigid, and his purpose can be seen at a glance, that is, to defend the current front line.It is definitely not the enemy general who commanded the battle to cross the Huaihe River and hit the grain road.

Therefore, Zhang Liao concluded that the enemy's methods must be more than the ones in front of them.

He Zhang Liao is also a famous general in the world, not only has peerless bravery, but also has first-class tactical command ability.

Zhang Liao's deployment was also very incomprehensible. His garrison remained motionless to guard against danger, but he firmly believed that his bravery was enough to defeat the enemy's soldiers with a majestic formation and a banner of integrity.

No matter how strong these enemy soldiers are, they are all comparable to the camp, and they may not be able to stop Zhang Liao's peerless bravery!
After Hou Cheng left, Zhang Liao took a deep breath and yelled at all the soldiers behind him: "The enemy army has lost all energy and suffered heavy casualties. I can take the sharpness alone! With my invincible division, I will definitely defeat the enemy with one blow! All soldiers, charge with me!"

This time, Zhang Liao's entire army pressed forward, and all the phalanx followed him!
Sun Liu's coalition army, seeing the enemy's bloody battle until the end of the day, still has such vigor, screaming and fighting fiercely, everyone is shocked.

The enemy army is such a peerless general, with great force and well-prepared strategies.After thousands of years of turmoil, who will follow suit?

And Zhang Fei in the distance, seeing this scene, gritted his teeth tightly, and couldn't delay any longer. If he didn't launch an offensive, the righteous soldiers in front of the majestic formation would be defeated!

This Zhang Liao had never heard of his peerless reputation before, but in this battle, his bravery was inhuman, like a ghost.

And not only has peerless bravery, but also knows how to fight well, and has always been prepared.

In terms of the art of war, first be invincible, and wait for the enemy to be victorious.He is very precise in both strategy and tactics.

Zhang Fei had been waiting for the sunset, and his energy was lost.At the same time, he is also waiting for him to put the garrison into the battlefield, and he will no longer be able to defend against it.Then with a full blow, you can do your best to capture Zhang Liao alive, wipe out all his troops, and even capture Xialing County in one fell swoop.

But now it seems that it is impossible to do all the work in this battle. To achieve one of them, capturing Zhang Liao alive is already the greatest result of the battle.

Then Zhang Fei stood in front of the whole army, rode his horse upright, and shouted: "Line up in full gear and take advantage of the momentum to defeat the enemy! With my iron horse and golden weapon, who can stop it?"

After the speech, Zhang Fei rode his horse to take the lead, riding Juechen a dozen steps ahead of the army formation, heading straight for the fierce fighting battlefield.

Hou Cheng, who had been waiting for nothing to happen, laughed excitedly when he saw the enemy's ambushes appearing: "Hahaha, I finally waited for you! Soldiers, I have already expected the enemy's ambush, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The more than two hundred tiger and wolf divisions in Bingzhou immediately howled excitedly. They watched the fierce fighting on the battlefield, and they were also excited and recharged for a long time.

The two hundred tiger and wolf divisions immediately faced Zhang Fei and killed them.

Zhang Liao also turned his head to look backward at this time, but as soon as his eyes touched the battlefield, he saw an extremely shocking scene.

A fierce general of the enemy army rode his horse into the battle, and none of the more than two hundred tiger and wolf divisions in Bingzhou could stop him.

His horse was extremely fast, he rode the horse into the battle, invincible, directly killed Hou Cheng in front of him, and stabbed him off the horse!

Hou Cheng's men were frightened and rushed forward to rescue.At this time, the enemy will roar and fight, rushing from left to right, and all those who are the blade will die immediately!
He killed six or seven people in an instant, and killed more than a dozen of Hou Cheng's personal guards by himself, then dismounted, beheaded Hou Cheng, picked him with a spear, rode out on his horse, and declared his prestige in front of the battle.

Hou Cheng's troops were all shocked, and the enemy army of more than [-] people took advantage of the situation to fight hard!

At this time Zhang Liao also took a deep breath, the battlefield is already the time to decide the outcome.

If the Bingzhou army could not defeat the enemy's main force before the enemy's surprise soldiers broke through their garrison, then the enemy's flanking attack would inevitably lead to their disastrous defeat.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liao no longer cared about the battle behind him, and once again personally led the army to launch a fierce attack.

The soldiers on both sides shouted and fought furiously, fighting hard everywhere, the setting sun was like blood, reflecting the battlefield where blood flowed like rivers.

Finally, at the last moment of the setting sun, there was a large-scale rout on the battlefield!

This defeat will determine the situation of the entire battlefield and the outcome of the two armies.

The direction of the resounding cheers attracted the attention of the generals of the two armies who were fighting fiercely. It all depends on who wins and who loses!
Countless people looked at this place with concern, and then there were cheers all over the mountains and plains, it was the cheers of the Bingzhou Army!
The defeated army of the Sun Liu coalition fled all over the mountains and plains!

On the left wing, Zhang Fei's Xuzhou soldiers failed to stop the Bingzhou tiger and wolf army in the end.

After Xu Sheng was exhausted, the rout could no longer maintain the front line, and they were defeated!
The soldiers of the Bingzhou army who were fighting fiercely chased and killed them frantically in the direction of the fleeing soldiers, cheering everywhere.

Zhang Fei was so angry that he couldn't help himself. He roared and fought on the battlefield, leading five hundred cavalry, still refused to admit defeat, and launched a fierce attack with all his strength.

The Beifu army was also full of anger at being betrayed. They bore the most violent impact on the battlefield, resisted desperately, and stood firm.

His own general used to help the Xuzhou soldiers stabilize the front line, but the Xuzhou soldiers fled and fell apart!

As a result, the Bingzhou Army quickly outflanked along the left flank, and the Beifu Army, which suffered heavy losses, was unable to support itself, and the front line was about to collapse!
In this battle of the world's top generals, the strategy and strength of the generals of the two sides have already been regarded as the best in the world.

In the end, the level of military training determines the outcome!
But Zhang Fei's bravery eventually prevented Zhang Liao's troops from continuing to chase and kill the defeated soldiers.

Because after Zhang Fei killed Hou Cheng, the garrison lost its main general, and the 200-man Bingzhou army could not stop Zhang Fei, who looked like a demon.

The two sides fought fiercely, and it was difficult to tell the winner.Zhang Liao took the initiative to lead his army back and retreated from the battlefield.

He is the top general in the world, he has a measure of advance and retreat, and he is well-prepared.All battles are not a battle of spirits, but a well-planned plan.His strategic purpose has been fully realized, successfully smashing the enemy's momentum and appeasing the hearts of the people.

It is completely unnecessary to continue the fight with Zhang Fei.Therefore, never procrastinating, simply and neatly withdrew the troops, and retreated slowly.

(End of this chapter)