Chapter 522: Can You Still Surrender? (Four Thousand)
Anxiety and panic instantly swept through Zhang Xun's whole body. His heart was pounding so fast that it almost jumped out of his mouth.

The moment Zhang Xun learned the news of the death of General Zhang and General Bai, he was certain that they must be Liu Bei's generals.

Before, the most difficult general of the State of Chen was Qiao Rui, and Qiao Rui was definitely not capable of doing such a thing!

A single charge would tear open their flanks.
No matter how rebellious Yuan Shu was, he could not possibly exclude such a powerful general!
"What should I do? What should I do?" Zhang Xun was muttering to himself at this moment, his teeth chattering.

The word "escape" almost came out of his mouth, but in the end, his qualities as a general prevailed.

Zhang Xun gnashed his teeth and said, "No! We can't just retreat! If we give the order to retreat, the 100,000-man army will be defeated in an instant. By then, let alone retreat, we will probably die in the chaos!"

"Now we can only hope that the front army and flanks can delay the enemy's progress!"

Driven by a strong desire to survive, Zhang Xun analyzed the situation under great pressure and finally decided to let the front army and flanks delay Liu Bei's army to buy him the opportunity to evacuate.

After all, it is impossible to win.

Zhang Xun's face turned pale as he quickly arranged his deployment. "Come here! Tell the front troops and flanks that His Majesty and General Lu will soon arrive at the battlefield with reinforcements! Tell them to hold on to the pressure. If they hold on, there will be a huge reward!"

Following Zhang Xun's order, the formation whose flanks were broken by the cavalry led by Zhang Liao and Xu Huang was reassembled again, and the soldiers of Yuan army rushed here like mud filling a sand pit.

These Yuan soldiers took caltrops to deal with cavalry and threw them towards the path of Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others. Shield soldiers holding shields blocked the way of Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others. Behind the shield soldiers seemed to be all the archers of Yuan army, and arrows came like a torrential rain.

Zhang Liao was certainly confident that he could fight his way out, but because he valued his soldiers, he could not bear to see them make meaningless sacrifices, especially when there were better options.

Therefore, Zhang Liao immediately ordered his troops to attack the flank of Yuan's army, and the mobility of the 5,000 elite cavalry was fully utilized at this moment.

Under the command of Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, the elite cavalry immediately changed direction and quickly broke away from Yuan's army, as fast as a gust of wind that suddenly came and went.

Even though Yuan Jun's arrows were as dense as a rainstorm, they could not catch up with the speed of the elite cavalry.

Zhang Liao, who had successfully led his army to escape, looked into the distance and found that the flag of Zhang Xun's central army seemed to be moving slowly backwards.

The so-called flag cover is the flag and umbrella cover used by generals.

"This person is so cautious? I guess it will be difficult for the charge to get close to his headquarters this time." Xu Huang also noticed this, and there was a hint of regret in his words.

Zhang Liao laughed out loud and said, "It's not that difficult. Gongming failed this time, so you and I can try again. But don't let Ziyi snatch it away."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not drag Wenyuan down." Xu Huang's face was solemn.

Zhang Liao was already accustomed to this. He smiled helplessly and immediately ordered his elite cavalry to charge.

This time, Zhang Liao relied on his strong mobility to make the generals of Yuan army complain bitterly. The arrows were rapidly depleted, but the effect was minimal.

They only felt that the cavalry led by Zhang Liao were like slippery fish. No matter how hard they tried, they could not catch them. The fish even provocatively swung its tail towards their faces.

At the same time, the fighting in the front army also broke out at this moment.

"Comrades, follow me!"

"Defeat the bandits!"

Liu Bei clenched the sword tightly with both hands and roared at the top of his lungs.

Apart from the generals in the front army, most of the remaining 10,000 elite soldiers were not Liu Bei's old subordinates, and even veterans of hundreds of battles were in the minority.

They were all recruited by the court, and many of them were refugees.

They had only been trained by Chen Dao for three to five months, and the battles they participated in were nothing more than suppressing bandits and robbers.

At first, they had heard of Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and would not look down on a person just because of his humble origins.

As long as you work hard and steadily, you can have enough food and drink even if you join the army.

What they didn’t expect was that the training was really strenuous, but the food was exactly as they had said before - plenty of it!
Even their respective superiors ate and dressed with them.

From the rank of teenager to the rank of captain, although they were serious, no one could order them around or send them away at will, nor did they abuse lynching.

Everything is done according to military law.

On weekdays, the chief clerk in the army would patiently listen to their voices, teach them useful knowledge, and tell them what their ambitions are.

All of the above was beyond their imagination. It was not like they had not served in the military before, but they had never seen such a group of troops.

There were many generals who tortured their soldiers and drank their blood. It was a great fortune to meet a general who loved his people like his own children.

Such a sequence is simply unheard of, and many people are curious. Military law and military regulations must not have appeared out of thin air, so where did they come from?
The generals never mentioned it on their own initiative, but they were interested. After careful attention, they found that the middle-level generals seemed to be veterans who had made great military achievements in Liangzhou.

In this case, doesn’t the answer point directly to General Wei?
When they learned that the general who trained them was Chen Dao, their guess was confirmed.

In order to find out the truth, they set out to ask the chief registrar.

The chief clerk did not answer directly, but nodded slowly in response to their thoughts.

Back to the present, when ten thousand elite soldiers heard Liu Bei's call of "comrades", their fighting spirit was instantly ignited and their morale soared to the sky!
General Wei not only gave us so much, but also called us comrades! How could we let General Wei charge forward alone? !

"Fight the bandits! Follow General Wei till death!"

Ten thousand elite soldiers shouted loudly, and the sound was so loud that it seemed like deafening thunder.

Qiao Rui, who was in the middle of the army, was full of disbelief. "I have been in the army for decades, and I have never seen such a popular general. No wonder, no wonder. No wonder General Wei dared to let his soldiers serve as the vanguard. The general is unparalleled in the world, and his soldiers are first-class soldiers in the world."

"Of course, General Wei is my brother!" Liu Chong looked at him with admiration and became more determined to become brothers with Liu Bei.

"."Qiao Rui's mouth twitched. Although he admired Liu Bei, he really couldn't understand the idea of ​​his uncle wanting to become brothers with his adopted son.

Qiao Rui coughed a few times to cover up the strange expression on his face. When he saw that the front army was about to engage with Zhang Xun's front army, he seized the opportunity and immediately ordered, "Shoot, shoot!"

"Haha, this is what I've been waiting for!"

Liu Chong held a bow and arrow, his arms were as muscular as cast iron. As he continued to exert force, the taut bowstring was slowly pulled apart.

The next moment, with the sound of a bow string, the arrow crushed the air and shot out.

Liu Chong's arrow was like a huge rock hitting a calm lake, instantly creating huge waves!

Thousands of arrows were shot out, which made Zhang Xun's already frightened front army even more terrified.

In front of him are the sharp blades of Liu Bei's elite soldiers, and above his head is a rain of arrows. If he raises his shield to block the arrows, he will be hit by the sharp blades of Liu Bei's elite soldiers. If he fights with Liu Bei's elite soldiers, he will face the threat of the blades.

Under the suppression of the rain of arrows, Liu Bei waved the two swords in his hands like a windmill reaping lives.

Taishi Ci was no less powerful, and his two short halberds were used with great force. One of the short halberds chopped the shield of Zhang Xun's sword and shield soldier, just like an axe chopping wood, splitting it in half without any suspense, and the other short halberd caught the opponent in shock and took his life directly.

A general in Zhang Xun's army shouted anxiously: "Archers, release your arrows, release your arrows!"

The sound of bowstrings ringing behind him startled him, and sparse arrows were thrown towards the front army of Liu Bei and Taishi Ci.

The vanguard of 10,000 elite soldiers showed no fear at all. Even the elite soldiers who faced the arrows of Zhang Xun's army had faces as firm as steel. They raised their shields and swung their swords against the arrows.

This frightened Zhang Xunbing so much that his heart trembled. Why could such a person be so determined!

While Zhang Xun's soldiers looked as if they had seen a ghost, the 10,000 elite soldiers led by Liu Bei and Taishi Ci killed them and forced them to retreat.

At this moment, Liu Bei shouted angrily, "Look behind you, my cavalry has already charged into your central army!"

Liu Bei's words were as deafening as the bells and drums in a temple. Zhang Xun's soldiers were all trembling. They looked back in disbelief and their eyes suddenly turned black.

Someone's lips were trembling with fear. "It's General Wei's flag. That's General Wei's flag. It's approaching the flag quickly!"

Some people also pinned their hopes on reinforcements. "Where are the reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements? Didn't His Majesty say that reinforcements were coming?"

However, what responded to him was the icy sharp blades of Liu Bei, Taishi Ci and others!

"What?! Zhang Wenyuan tore through the flank and attacked the canopy?!"

"What?! Liu Xuande defeated the front army and marched straight in!"

Zhang Xun heard a buzzing sound in his ears and his face turned pale as paper. He staggered back several steps and accidentally fell to the ground.

With Liu Bei in front and Zhang Liao on the right, if I don't retreat, my life will be in danger!
"General!" The guards cried out in surprise and hurriedly helped Zhang Xun up. They found that Zhang Xun, who had been so confident and flamboyant before, was now trembling all over.

Zhang Xun grabbed the arm of a personal guard with his backhand. Overwhelmed by fear, Zhang Xun's spirit was as weak as an old man who was about to die. He squeezed out a frightened and hoarse voice from his throat, "Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly!"

However, it was too late. The guards who had just gone out came back in the blink of an eye.

The difference from before was that the guards returned with a pale face.

Most of Zhang Xun's 100,000-man army were new recruits and robbers.

As soon as defeat became apparent, morale quickly dropped.

Both Liu Bei and Zhang Liao were unstoppable. Faced with such a terrifying enemy, the 100,000-strong army collapsed in an instant.

Some dropped their weapons, some dropped their armor, and some generals even turned around and fled with their troops.

The scene suddenly became a mess. Looking around, the only ones who could still maintain a normal formation were the personal guards who had followed Zhang Xun for many years, but there were only a few hundred of them in total.

Zhang Xun also realized this. The current situation was extremely bad, and he could only urge his personal guards to escort him to retreat.

"Zhang Xun, you bastard, accept your fate!"

An angry shout suddenly rang in Zhang Xun's ears, followed by the sound of startled horse hooves as rapid as the sound of war drums.

Zhang Xun shuddered and was suddenly frightened.

The one coming is Zhang Liao, who leads five thousand elite cavalry!
"Zhang Zhang Wenyuan!" Zhang Xun retreated repeatedly.

Zhang Xun's personal guards hurriedly stood in front of Zhang Xun to protect him.

Zhang Liao raised his eyebrows and sneered, pointing his lance at Zhang Xun, "Zhang Xun, you bastard, prepare to die!"

"!" Zhang Xun's eyelids twitched wildly, and he shouted in fear: "Wait, wait! I surrender!"

Zhang Xun retreated repeatedly and turned his head to look behind him. Behind him was a war horse pulled by his personal guards.

Zhang Liao turned a deaf ear to him. At his urging, the speed of the horse under his crotch suddenly increased a lot, as fast as the flashing lightning in the clouds, and the waving of the horse lance was so fast that it was hard to keep up.

The personal guards tried to stop Zhang Liao with knives, but they were crushed by Zhang Liao and his elite cavalry at the first sight.

Zhang Xun turned around and fled, trying to climb back onto his horse.

However, Zhang Liao's horse lance was faster, so Zhang Liao suddenly exerted force to send out the horse lance.

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The horse spear pierced Zhang Xun's chest. Zhang Xun turned his stiff head, his face full of disbelief. He opened his mouth full of blood and uttered intermittent words, "I, I said surrender."

"Surrender? I couldn't hear you clearly because the wind was too strong." Zhang Liao's face was calm.

After killing Zhang Xun, Zhang Liao cut off Zhang Xun's head, held it high and shouted: "The enemy general has been beheaded, why don't you surrender?!"

The soldiers who were fleeing all around stopped and laid down their weapons one after another.

Zhang Liao ordered the knights to accept Yuan Jun's surrender, and he rode his horse towards Xu Huang who was coming towards him. "Gongming, that man wanted to surrender just now. I thought you were going to stop me."

"." Xu Huang's face was as serious as ever. He glanced at Zhang Liao and said, "What surrender? The wind was too strong and I couldn't hear clearly."

"Hahaha." Zhang Liao laughed out loud. Although Xu Huang looked serious, he was also quite serious on weekdays. He knew that Xu Huang was not inflexible. Although Xu Huang was upright, he was a master at politics. If you really believe in Xu Huang's appearance, you will definitely suffer.

Xu Huang reluctantly approached Zhang Liao and said in a low voice, "Zhang Xun was just trying to deceive Wen Yuan. His eyes were evasive and he was clearly trying to get Wen Yuan to stop so that he could get on his horse and escape."

"Oh? How did Gongming know this?"

"It was discovered accidentally when I was dealing with matters related to the Western Regions' foreign kings," Xu Huang said succinctly.

With Zhang Xun's beheading, Zhang Xun's army completely collapsed and the battle came to an end.

However, this does not mean the end of the battle. Some of Zhang Xun's remaining generals put up a stubborn resistance, and some even retreated to the camp, trying to hold on.

In response, Liu Bei led 10,000 elite soldiers, crushed the enemy camp and killed the enemy general.

This caused the 50,000 soldiers of the State of Chen who followed them to fall into silence. They first saw Zhang Liao leading 5,000 cavalry to kill the general and seize the flag, and then saw Liu Bei defeating the enemy all the way without even stopping.

Even after the war was over, the morale of these elite soldiers from Chang'an did not drop at all.

They had no doubt that Liu Bei could easily deal with them.
The 50,000 soldiers of the State of Chen could not help but sigh, seeing is believing, is this the famous General Wei?

Qiao Rui stroked his beard again and again and looked at Liu Bei with admiration.

Liu Chong did not have as many thoughts as the soldiers. He rode his horse to Liu Bei's side and asked, "General Wei, are you going to rush to Guangling to help?"

But Liu Bei shook his head and said, "No. Let's rest for a while. Then we can march to Huainan!"

(End of this chapter)