Chapter 314 Anyway, I can't be the one to take the blame! The situation is over, Chu and Wei fought a decisive battle, and they lost in the end!

Inside Wei camp.

Wen Chou, Ju Su and the other three finally climbed up tremblingly.

He shook off the dust on his face and looked around. Several people gasped and turned pale with shock.

The camp wall had been breached, countless soldiers had been killed or wounded, and the place was in complete chaos.

What was even more terrible was that the Chu army outside the camp was swarming towards the gap that had been blasted open like a tide.

The fall of the camp seemed inevitable.

"Quickly seal the gap and don't let the Chu army rush in!"

"Hurry, hurry up——"

Xin Pi was the first to wake up, roaring and screaming almost hysterically.

If the camp was lost, the first person to be held accountable would be Guo Tu, and the second would be him.

At this time, Xin Pi, facing this unfavorable situation, was naturally more anxious than anyone else.

"Pass the order down, all departments must not panic!"

"Reorganize the formation and plug the gap!"

Wen Chou was a military general after all, and he was the first to calm himself down, then mounted his horse and shouted orders.

The Wei army soldiers, in chaos, under the shouting of their generals, hastily re-formed their formation and rushed to block the gap.

The general Ma Yan urged more than a thousand soldiers to hold up their shields and try to block the main gate of the main camp.

It's too late.

Zhang Xiu, commanding three hundred cavalrymen, rushed to the broken camp gate like a steel torrent.

These three hundred cavalrymen were not ordinary cavalrymen, but heavy armored cavalrymen with both men and horses wearing iron armor.

This expensive heavy cavalry, which Liu Bei had spent a huge amount of money to build at the suggestion of Xiao Fang, finally made its debut today at the critical moment.

"Boom!"

"Crack!"

Like lightning and thunder, three hundred heavy armored soldiers came rolling in like a mountain.

The Wei soldiers who had hastily formed a battle formation were like paper in front of the heavy armor and were instantly knocked away and crushed.

Zhang Xiu, wearing heavy armor, took the lead and knocked five enemy soldiers to the ground.

He broke into the formation, waving the silver spear in his hand wildly, and stabbed countless Wei soldiers in groups.

Although the heavy cavalry numbered no more than three hundred, they were like the sharpest spear, tearing apart the enemy with ease.

The Chu army's infantry following closely behind poured in through the gap like a torrent.

In a blink of an eye, the Wei army's formation collapsed like a dam bursting.

"Heavy armored cavalry?"

"Liu Bei actually has heavy armored cavalry?"

When Ma Yan saw this scene, he was shocked, as if he had seen a ghost.

As Wei was a large and powerful country, Yuan Shao was reluctant to maintain a heavily armored cavalry, and his cavalry mainly consisted of light cavalry.

Who would have thought that Liu Bei, who only had three states, would be willing to spend so much money to build such an expensive and heavily armored cavalry?

"Zhang Xiu is here!"

"Death!"

Just as Ma Yan was in a daze and astonishment, a thunderous roar woke him up.

In front of them, Zhang Xiu, who had broken into the formation, was already whistling towards them, dragging his bloody spear with him.

"Xiliang Zhang Xiu?"

Ma Yan woke up with a startled cry and quickly raised his gun to resist.

Before the spear was launched, the silver spear in Zhang Xiu's hand had already arrived whistling like lightning in a movie.

"puff!"

Ma Yan's heart was pierced, and his huge body flew into the air and was blown off his horse.

The commander was killed in one blow.

The Wei soldiers, who were already in chaos, became even more demoralized and began to disperse and retreat.

The main gate was lost.

The Chu army broke through the middle gate and poured into the Wei camp like a torrent that had broken free from a dam.

Total collapse!
The 40,000 Wei troops collapsed across the board.

"Everyone, the main gate has been lost. Our army has collapsed. We can't hold it anymore."

"What do you think we should do?"

Wen Chou returned on horseback and asked Ju Shou and others with a helpless look on his face.

What he meant was that the camp walls could no longer be defended and that abandoning the camp and retreating was the best option.

However, he was not in a position to be the first to speak up about the decision to abandon the camp, for fear of being punished by Yuan Shao later.

"If we keep defending, we will all die here, abandon quickly—"

Feng Ji was about to suggest abandoning the camp, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

He rolled his eyes and turned his gaze to Ju Su and Xin Pi:
"Gong Yu, Xin Zhongzhi, tell me, what should we do?"

Naturally, he didn't want to take the blame for abandoning the camp.

Xin Pi froze in place, gritting his teeth, his face filled with extreme grief and anger.

The fall of the camp was inevitable.

He seemed to have foreseen how Yuan Shao would be furious and punish him and Guo Tu under the instigation of Feng Ji and other people in Hebei.

Xin Pi was conflicted and hesitant, standing there frozen in place without saying a word.

"In this decisive battle between Chu and Wei, we lost in the end."

"We can no longer defend the main camp. If we continue, we will only lose the lives of our soldiers."

"Everyone, send an order to abandon the camp and retreat north to minimize the sacrifice of soldiers."

In the end, it was Ju Shou who stood up and took the initiative to say the words "abandon the camp and retreat north".

Wen Chou heaved a sigh of relief and shouted:

"Pass the order down, the entire army abandons the camp and retreats north, retreat north immediately!"

Feng Ji felt as if he had been pardoned. He quickly jumped on his horse and wanted to abandon the camp and escape.

"You can't retreat! You are not allowed to retreat!"

"Our camp wall was only breached. As long as we reorganize our soldiers and fight again, we can still drive the Chu army out!"

"I won't let you retreat!"

Xin Pi suddenly drew his sword and shouted hoarsely and excitedly.

Wen Chou and others were shocked and looked at Xin Pi in disbelief.

With your wisdom, can't you see that the situation is hopeless and that holding on will only lead to death?
Are you crazy? You're holding on even though you know you're going to die?

Everyone looked at each other and immediately understood Xin Pi's difficulties.

"Xin Pi, if you want to stay here till the end we won't stop you, bye!"

Wen Chou snorted coldly, whipped his horse, and rode away in a cloud of dust.

"Xin Zhongzhi, I'll have to trouble you to continue to guard the camp and wait for us to ask the king for reinforcements."

"You must hold on, bye."

Feng Ji also gave some sarcastic encouragement, then turned his horse and left.

The two of them naturally knew that Xin Pi was afraid of being punished by Yuan Shao and wanted to drag them along in a desperate struggle. As members of the Hebei faction, Wen Chou and Feng Ji were naturally happy to see Xin Pi punished by Yuan Shao, so how could they sacrifice themselves to die with him?

"Xin Zhongzhi, the situation is over, let's go."

Only Ju Su wanted to persuade him at the last moment.

Xin Pi froze in place, clenching his fists and saying nothing.

Seeing that he took no time to respond, Ju Shou could only shake his head, sigh, and ride away with the whip.

"You are a bunch of cowards!"

Xin Pi gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, then swung the long sword in his hand and shouted:

"No retreat allowed. The whole army must regroup, retake the camp gate, and stop the Chu bandits!"

To no avail.

The Wei soldiers were mentally broken and fled like frightened birds. No one took his scolding seriously.

Even if Xin Pi swung his sword and personally killed a fleeing enemy, he was unable to reverse the trend of the entire retreat.

"Why? Why is this happening?"

"Is the eldest master really finished? Is my Ruying sect really finished?"

"I'm not willing to accept this, I'm not willing to accept this~~"

Xin Pi looked at the devastation before him, gnashing his teeth in grief and anger, his face filled with endless despair.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

More than ten sharp arrows whizzed in and nailed all the guards on both sides to the ground.

The blood splashed all over Xin Pi's face, waking him up completely.

Grief and anger turned into fear!
Xin Pi didn't care about anything else and turned his horse around, wanting to flee with the defeated army.

It's too late.

Behind him, Zhang Xiu was already walking on a bloody path, dragging a bloody spear, and rushing towards him like a killing god.

In the chaotic army, there was only a scholar surrounded by a group of personal guards, he must be an important person without a doubt.

No matter who he is, killing him will be a credit!
Zhang Xiu's eyes were bloodshot and his spirit was high. He roared and sped up on his horse.

Xin Pi was so shocked that his scalp went numb. When he looked back suddenly, he saw a fierce and powerful Chu general standing behind him like an iron tower.

With a stab of his gun, the few remaining guards were knocked to the ground like grass.

"Can you leave?"

Zhang Xiu roared like thunder and thrust his blood-stained spear towards Xin Pi with the force of a violent storm.

Xin Pi had never encountered such a dangerous and desperate situation in his life. He was so confused and panicked that he didn't know what to do and even forgot to draw his sword to fight back.

"puff!"

The gunpoint pierced through the chest.

"Could it be that I, Xin Pi, today, actually——"

Xin Pi's eyes widened, and endless despair and sadness filled his eyes in an instant.

Zhang Xiu did not give him the chance to vent his resentment before his death, and he retracted his silver spear and chopped him off.

"Crack!"

Xinpi's head flew into the air.

Zhang Xiu caught the head and hung it on the saddle. He continued to ride his horse with his spear and charged towards the fleeing enemy soldiers.

The 40,000 Wei troops collapsed across the board.

Inside the Wei camp, blood flowed like a river and corpses were everywhere.

A flag with the word "Chu" on it has been raised above the royal tent that originally belonged to Yuan Shao.

...

Chu camp, a certain military tent.

Yuan Tan and Xun Chen were standing outside the tent door, looking in the direction of their own camp with anxious and confused expressions.

The roar of Hanwei's cannons and the deafening shouts of Chu's soldiers had not stopped since early morning.

This indicates that an unprecedentedly fierce battle is taking place.

"Youruo, do you think Liu Bei is attacking my camp?"

Yuan Tan turned around and looked at Xun Chen with suspicion.

"Should... should be."

Xun Chen nodded slightly, but his tone sounded extremely unconfident.

Yuan Tan was shocked and looked outside the tent in disbelief:
"Our army has 160,000 soldiers, while Liu Bei has only 80,000. How could he have the courage to launch an attack on our camp?"

This question stumped Xun Chen.

This is exactly what confused him.

Logically speaking, in terms of military strength, Liu Bei was at an absolute disadvantage and should have held his ground and not fought.

In fact, Liu Bei has been on the defensive over the past few months.

Even after the Battle of Chengfu, when 9,000 of their cavalry were ambushed and killed, this attitude never changed.

Why did Liu Bei suddenly switch from defense to offense today?
And he mobilized the entire army and launched an offensive that was almost a fight to the death?

Is Liu Bei crazy?

Obviously not.

Then the only explanation is that Liu Bei was determined to win this battle.

"Could it be that the secrets of our army that we gave to Liu Bei were really used by Liu Bei? Then what tricks does Xiao Fang have that can defeat our army?"

This thought suddenly popped up in Xun Chen's mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.

But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he really couldn't think of what kind of tricks Xiao Fang could come up with just based on those secrets.
Moreover, from the current perspective, Liu Bei's so-called strategy to defeat the enemy is simply to mobilize the entire army to attack his camp.

What kind of a clever idea is this?

"Maybe I am worrying too much. Liu Bei and his army may be defeated and return later..."

Xun Chen comforted himself in this way, with a sneer of disapproval on his lips.

at this time.

Xu Chu came with a group of men and blocked the two of them in the tent.

Xun Chen and Yuan Tan looked at each other and felt nervous.

"Could it be that Liu Bei failed in his attack on my camp and in anger wanted to betray his loyalty and kill me to vent his hatred?"

Such thoughts popped up in Yuan Tan's mind, and he felt a chill on his back due to panic.

Xu Chu jumped off his horse and said coldly:
"My King Chu has issued an order to summon you to meet him. Follow me immediately."

Yuan Tan and Xun Chen felt increasingly uneasy, but they did not dare to disobey, so they had to follow Xu Chu and leave.

The two of them speculated along the way, wondering what Liu Bei's intention was in summoning them.

As he walked, Xun Chen suddenly realized something was wrong.

Since they were going to meet Liu Bei, shouldn't they go to the central military camp? Why did they go all the way north and towards the wall?

"General Xu, aren't we going to see the King of Chu? Where are we going?"

The moment he stepped out of the barrier gate, Xun Chen finally couldn't help but ask.

Xu Chu did not even turn his head and answered casually:
"My king has captured your camp and destroyed your 40,000-man army. He is now in Yuan Shao's tent. You must go there to meet him."

This statement came out.

Yuan Tan and Xun Chen were shocked and their faces turned pale with horror.

(End of this chapter)