When Gongsun Zan heard Old Seven's shout, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Huainan Army had already gone mad, and he was once again under heavy encirclement.
Seeing that Gongsun Zan had lost his will to fight, he anxiously shouted, "Master Hou, please do not give up! The young duke had also successfully escaped from danger and returned to the Qing River. Perhaps, he was currently bringing an army with him! Although the young duke was someone blessed by the heavens, he was absolutely required to help the duke in order to accomplish great things. The father and son duo worked together, so why should they worry about the Gongsun family's matters? Master Hou has always been a bold and generous person, so how can you lose your confidence just because of a few setbacks? "
That's right, the Madam and her daughter were waiting for him to return. Although the citizens were shocked by the kindness of the ghosts and gods, their foundations were still shallow, so if something were to happen to him, he might end up losing the Jizhou battle!
If the citizens were to lose the war, Brother Yuan Shao, and the others would definitely work together to deal with him., Wu Huan from the Right North Pingping, Xianbei People and the others could also take advantage of the chaos to rob the Youzhou. No, I, Gongsun Zan, definitely cannot allow this to happen!
"Brothers, quickly pull yourself together and follow this general to carve out a path of blood!" When Gongsun Zan thought of this, he immediately pulled himself together, swung his spear forward, and took the initiative to rush towards the group of people in front. He no longer called himself 'This marquis' and changed his name to 'This General'. He wanted the soldiers to know that he would become a general that was always in the front lines.
Seventh Brother and the surrounding guards immediately shouted, "We pledge ourselves to follow the general!"
In a short period of time, another few hundred cavalry of Youzhou s fell. At this moment, the remaining two thousand people all shouted loudly, "We vow to follow the general until our death!" Amidst the heaven shaking roars, they whipped their horses vigorously, once again closely following Gongsun Zan and ferociously attacking him.
At this moment, an intense desire to live rose in Gongsun Zan's heart. He exploded forth with an unprecedented, powerful fighting strength, and the pikes in his hands danced like a windmill. All of the enemies that were within three meters of him, without exception, were killed on the spot. After rushing forward just a dozen steps, twenty to thirty Huainan Army soldiers fell under his spear. Even the Huainan Army, who was almost driven crazy by Yuan Shu, was scared by Gongsun Zan's crazy massacre. When he saw Gongsun Zan rushing towards him, he immediately dodged and no longer dared to stand firmly in front of him like how he was before.
With Gongsun Zan's sharp blade opening up a path, the cavalry of Youzhou rushed forward at a faster and faster speed. The weapons in their hands continued to swing, the horses under them continued to rush forward, forcing their opponents to be unable to easily approach them. The people of Huainan Army retreated continuously, but cavalry of Youzhou pressed forward step by step. With this change in direction, Gongsun Zan's team quickly formed a powerful current of people, quickly ripping through the obstacles of Huainan Army, and continued to charge forward.
Yuan Shu was so tenacious that he could not help but stomp his feet and curse. Gongsun Zan was actually so tenacious, and his subordinates were so useless, that their morale rose only after such an arduous task. He did not expect that under the encirclement of four sides, they would still be able to break through the enemy's encirclement. He wanted to send out troops to help, but aside from the several hundred guards by his side, there were no more soldiers that he could command.
"Hurry up and help, you must stop Gongsun Zan!" After thinking it over carefully, Yuan Shu felt that it was impossible for him to target again, thus he gritted his teeth and decided to stake everything on this one bet and ordered his guards to come forward to help.
One of the guard leader cupped his fists and said: "My lord, if we were to go and kill the enemy, who will be responsible for my safety? It would be better to leave some people behind! "
Yuan Shu hesitated for a moment, then nodded his head: "Then we will leave fifty people to protect this general while the rest of you come forth quickly to kill the enemy!"
The group of guards agreed in unison, leaving behind fifty of their best guards. The rest galloped towards the front of the group.
Just then, Gongsun Zan's group of people quickly rushed forward, leaving the two flapping wings of the Wan-Sheng Camp behind. The other walking soldier s that were rushing over with the two flapping wings were even thrown three to four hundred steps away. Seeing that the robes in front of them could not stop Gongsun Zan, the Wan-Sheng Camp's cavalry were burning with anxiety, as they shouted and chased after him.
Gongsun Zan was so focused on rushing forward that he didn't even notice the pursuers behind him.
Seventh Brother who was not far behind Gongsun Zan heard the shouts from behind him and hurriedly turned his head to look. When he noticed that more than a thousand of the enemy cavalry were chasing after him with flying speed, he immediately made a decision, "The last two to three hundred people will follow me and stop the pursuers. The rest follow Master Hou and continue to break out of the encirclement."
The three hundred men at the back all slowed down at the same time. Then, they pulled on the reins with all their might and turned the horses around. They followed Seventh Bro and started their slaughter.
Gongsun Zan rushed forward for about thirty to forty steps, and when he realized that Seventh Brother wasn't beside him, he hurriedly turned around and saw Seventh Brother and his two hundred subordinates already clashing with the enemy cavalry army. He sighed sadly. He knew that there was no hope for the Seventh Brother and others to survive. He roared and slapped the horse's butt. The horse was in pain so he tried to speed it up.
Seventh brother was already severely injured, and running along the way, he was already exhausted, only that by relying on his strong willpower, he was able to last until now, and when one of the Wan-Sheng Camp's cavalry soldiers rushed forward, he did not dodge, but grinded his teeth and raised his weapon to block. If it were in the past, Seventh Brother would definitely be able to cut his opponent into two, but he had less than 10% of his strength left, and he was too weak for that. When the two blades clashed, the ring head knife flew out of his hands, and then he felt a sharp pain in his chest! He looked down at the huge wound on his chest, swayed a few times, and died.
Seventh brother had been killed in one move, and the other cavalry of Youzhou s had lost their leader. They became a little flustered, and fell into a situation where they could fight on their own. The Wan-Sheng Camp had a large number of people, they surrounded their opponents and started killing without restraint, quickly killing all of the two to three hundred cavalry of Youzhou s behind.
Carrying more than a thousand cavalrymen, Gongsun Zan swept through the crowd of Huainan Army s before quickly rushing another fifty steps or so. He was only about a hundred steps away from the edge of the encirclement. Gongsun Zan busily glanced back, and just happened to see the last remaining cavalryman being chopped off his horse. He was immediately enraged, and angrily rushed forward, in the blink of an eye, another seven or eight people died under his long spear.
At this time, there were only about three thousand or so Huainan Army in front of Gongsun Zan, and if they were to form a tight defensive formation, Gongsun Zan and the rest, who were at the end of the strong crossbow s, would definitely not be able to charge through. It was a pity that they were scared by Gongsun Zan and his subordinates earlier, their berserk killing intent. No matter which direction Gongsun Zan rushed towards, the Huainan Army's soldiers would all choose to dodge instead of take it head-on.
Holding back his anger, Gongsun Zan charged forward another thirty steps in one go. He was only a short seventy steps away from breaking out of the encirclement. At this moment, there were only a little over a thousand people by his side. Although there were a lot less people, their morale was still high. They roared loudly and did their best to cut down any enemies that came close.
Unknowingly, the sky had already brightened. Gongsun Zan looked up ahead and couldn't help but sneer. As long as he worked harder, he would be able to break out of the encirclement!
At this moment, two cavalry units suddenly charged from both sides of the road. The number seemed to be less than five hundred. Gongsun Zan's expression immediately changed. He was not afraid of the Huainan Army in front of him, but he did not have much confidence in defeating the enemy cavalry. After all, the enemy was waiting for their opportunity, yet he was completely exhausted.
Many of their faces revealed fear and despair. The number of enemies was indeed not many, but they had appeared in time, as if a person had been stabbed in the soft spot when he was at his weakest! They all looked at Gongsun Zan, hoping that the commander who had led them to the end of the line would be able to turn the tides.
Looking at the anticipating gazes of the crowd, Gongsun Zan took a deep breath, encouraged himself in his heart, raised his spear and shouted loudly, "Children, let's just rush forward a few more steps, then we will be able to completely break out of the encirclement! We can't back down now that things have reached this point! "Follow this general and charge!"
Everyone knew that they had nowhere to retreat to, and only by continuing to fight with their lives on the line would they be able to survive.
In just a few breaths of time, Gongsun Zan had already charged head-on into the enemy cavalry soldiers, he knew that his life was hanging by a thread, so he forcefully used his last bit of strength, his spear thrusting out, causing the three to four enemy cavalry soldiers who were charging at him to be pierced down from their horses. However, Yuan Shu's guards were all extraordinary people. After a few of them were killed by Gongsun Zan, seven to eight of them immediately ran over and surrounded Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan suddenly roared out, in his roar, he grabbed onto the spear shaft with both of his hands and fiercely swung it forward!
Bang! Bang bang bang! With a series of muffled sounds, the few people who were rushing over were all knocked off their horses by Gongsun Zan. Dressed in blood, he roared towards the sky, looking just like a ferocious devil god that crawled out of hell.
"General is mighty!" Youzhou Army is victorious! " It was unknown who shouted first, but the remaining hundreds of cavalry of Youzhou followed and shouted loudly once again.
The few guards who were rushing at Gongsun Zan felt a chill in their hearts, they took the initiative to circle around Gongsun Zan and attack the others.
Yuan Shu was dumbstruck: "How could this be! What a bunch of useless idiots! "
At this time, Gongsun Zan suddenly turned his horse around and rushed towards Yuan Shu's direction again.