Chapter 484: The End of the Road
“Boom!!!”
When the first purple lightning struck the densely packed crowd, taking away hundreds of lives in an instant, most people did not have time to react to what was happening.
But as the wailing and screaming echoed throughout the valley, the ground beneath their feet began to shake and then exploded, and someone immediately realized the problem.
"Enemy attack!!"
"Fuck! There's an ambush!!!"
"Quick! Retreat! Retreat!!!"
“.”
The experienced general immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to urge his soldiers to escape in the right direction.
But in fact, before they could give the order, the panicked crowd had already run frantically towards the two exits in front and behind the valley.
In the chaos, it is unknown how many people fell down and never got up again, how many people were blown into the air by explosives, and how many people were turned into dust by the purple lightning.
The valley where more than 100,000 people gathered was like a purgatory on earth. Karmic fire gushed out from the ground, and dark thunder fell from the dark sky. Amid the sounds of despair and fear, all you could see was bright red. No one knew whether it was the flames rising into the sky or the blood falling like rain.
Broken limbs and debris were everywhere, some of which could not even fall to the ground, and were just hanging bloody on the bodies of the living people, but the latter would not even look at them.
At this moment, it no longer mattered whose bodies these broken arms and legs came from, because everyone had already been dominated by endless fear and did not care about anything except escaping.
A well-trained army should not panic to this extent when suddenly ambushed.
This also shows that the situation the imperial army is facing now has far exceeded their understanding of war.
They didn't even know who the enemy was until the Shu and Li armies suddenly attacked from both sides of the valley.
“Kill!”
“Kill them!!”
"Bang!!"
“.”
Compared with the narrow funnel exit on the west side, the wide funnel entrance on the east side is naturally the main battlefield for the fierce battle between the two sides.
The 50,000 reinforcements from Dali were responsible for blocking this direction.
With 50,000 troops against more than 100,000, although there was a huge gap in troop strength, we should know that most of the imperial army were blocked in the valley by their companions at this time and could not participate in the battle at all.
What's more, the Dali reinforcements only need to hold out for two quarters of an hour.
According to previous estimates, within two quarters of an hour at most, the imperial army in the valley would be basically killed or wounded in the "thunder and fire from the sky and the earth", and even if some of them could escape, it would not affect the overall situation.
Facing a battle line of only a few hundred meters, we had to defend for fifteen minutes.
Wei Changtian and the Li army general named Zhao Dong originally thought that this should be an easy task to accomplish.
But they somewhat underestimated the fighting ability of people in such dangerous situations.
If you can't break out of the siege, you will die.
In this extreme situation, all the yellow-armored soldiers rushed out of the valley like crazy, without any hesitation.
As for escaping Not to mention that they already had no way to retreat, even if they did, they couldn't retreat or escape at this moment.
Because they were "pushed" by more than 100,000 people behind them, they couldn't even turn around.
All I can do is raise my knife and move forward, “Kill!”
“Bang, bang, bang!”
"Ah! I don't want to die!!"
"Wuwuwu! Mother! Please forgive me for being unfilial!"
"Dad! Mom!!"
"ah!!!"
“.”
Amid the sounds of crying, shouting, and roaring, countless soldiers in yellow armor rushed towards the defense line of the Li army with long swords raised high, and then fell down one after another like wheat straw.
The next moment, more men who are just like them will step on their corpses and continue forward.
Thousands fell, and thousands rushed forward.
The bodies of flesh and blood that fell one after another piled up into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, moving forward inch by inch in a tragic and desperate manner.
Under this almost "suicide" charge, the Li army's defense line, which was on high alert, soon began to loosen.
"Damn it! Guard it for me!!"
“No retreat!!!”
Zhao Dong, who was fighting at the front line, slashed dozens of yellow-armored soldiers with one sword, shouting loudly in an attempt to stabilize the Li army's morale which had begun to waver.
Although the Li army had advantages in all aspects except numbers, anyone would feel terrified when fighting against such a group of desperate soldiers who were endlessly killing and had no idea of retreating.
Zhao Dong knew that if this continued, the defense line would be breached in no time, so he was naturally extremely anxious.
But at this moment, a muffled sound that came from outside the battlefield suddenly came and became deafening in a very short time.
"What is that?"
A soldier turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, and then froze in place at a very inappropriate time.
The next moment, it was like a plague spreading quickly throughout the battlefield, and at one moment countless people did the same thing as him.
Everyone just stared in a daze at the countless ferocious beasts rushing in from afar, at the black-armored soldiers riding on the backs of the ferocious beasts, and at the black ivory flags embroidered with Tengu patterns. In a trance, they felt as if they were really in purgatory.
“Clang!”
The long sword fell, and somewhere on the battlefield a yellow-armored soldier suddenly trembled and knelt on the ground.
His body was shaking like a sieve, and there was only indescribable fear in his eyes.
"Evil, evil ghost."
“The evil spirit is coming”
“.”
In the valley.
“Boom!!”
The purple thunder and gunpowder continued to reap lives, and Han Zhao's carriage had already turned into countless pieces.
As a second-rank warrior, it was easy for Han Zhao to avoid the thunder and fire from heaven and earth. Even if he was accidentally hit by the purple thunder, it would not be a big problem.
But You Wenzon naturally did not have such ability.
“.”
He staggered past the corpses, and the personal soldiers around him had long disappeared.
However, You Wenzong no longer cared about these things. He just walked unsteadily like a zombie, repeating the same sentence over and over again.
"how so."
"how so."
It is obvious that this thoughtful commander cannot accept what is happening before his eyes for the time being.
Because in his opinion, even if there was really an ambush in Niutou Mountain, it shouldn't be like this now.
Thunder from the sky Why did the thunder from the sky fall on Niutou Mountain, and why did it fall at this time ? Why? You Wenzong really couldn't understand why such a "heavenly punishment" would fall on the army, and he didn't understand why 200,000 people were buried in Niutou Mountain.
He just watched everything happening around him numbly, watching a huge rock slide down from the side of the mountain wall and roll straight towards him, and then watching a figure suddenly appear and smash the rock into pieces with one punch. "General Han"
Looking at Han Zhao in front of him, You Wenzong shook his head in despair: "No need to save me, go and lead the soldiers to break through."
"If at least some of them escape, it will be considered as an explanation to His Majesty."
"Confess?"
Han Zhao chuckled and said, "Master You, after tonight, nine out of ten of our army will be gone. What kind of explanation is this?"
“But, but.”
You Wenzon struggled to speak, but when he saw the smile on Han Zhao's face, he froze for a moment.
At this moment, he seemed to have suddenly figured out a lot of things.
However, Han Zhao no longer cared about what he thought at this time, and just said slowly: "Master You, it's not that I want to save you, but Master Wei wants to save your life."
"By the way, after returning to the capital, I will report to the emperor and tell him that you are the young master's spy in the army."
"So, Lord You, you only have one way to go now."
"Of course, as to whether you are willing to go or not, that depends on you."
(End of this chapter)
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