Delong

Chapter 243 Array Row (9)

"General Fan, General Yu was pushed forward by the bandit army, life and death are unpredictable, even the chief is working hard!"

In the chaos, Fan Hu, who led the army back, did not expect that the first person to stop him was Zhang Qingte who belonged to the same side, and this person seemed to be really angry and puzzled by his righteous words. "It's just a few hundred thieves, why do you have to turn back the whole army?"

Fan Hu was furious, if the opponent was not a general of the army, and he had already fought hard today, and he worked tirelessly to fight again with the whole army, the so-called meritorious deeds, he almost wanted to chop the opponent up with a knife.

"Lieutenant Zhang." Fan Hu wiped the rainwater off his face, and immediately suppressed his anger to explain. "Our whole army, except for the [-] people in my headquarters who are left behind for my second son, almost all the boys are here. Now that we are cut off, we don't care about it. Do we want to watch the thieves make dumplings? Our whole army will be wiped out ?!"

In the end, he still didn't suppress his anger.

"General Fan, what joke are you making?" Zhang Qingte was still unafraid, but pointing back at the horse, his words were sharp. "The west side is full of crop fields, and it's empty. You can go as you want... That's not counting. There are only a few hundred thieves, and there are several miles of gaps on the left and right of the official road. If he wants to go back the same way, he can Stop it?"

Fan Hu was stunned for a moment.

It's not that he was left speechless by what the other party said, but that the other party was so stupid that he didn't know where to refute it, and he didn't even know whether to refute and explain.

However, after realizing that the other party was really not good enough, Fan Hu lost that layer of anger, and then he could only quickly explain:
"Lieutenant Zhang...you don't know the information. It is said that the water in the west may be relatively deep, almost a swamp..."

"Is it possible to walk in the swamp?" Zhang Qingte was still puzzled.

"What a fart!" Just when Fan Hu didn't come up in one breath, the general next to him rushed to the side and scolded him angrily on the spot. It was the deputy general Wang who replaced Zhang Changgong in charge of the army. "A person can go alone, how can the army go? Once the army leaves, it must not form a whole line. At that time, it will be the prey of the bandits who know the terrain! Do you think you led a few people to rob houses when you were a bandit?"

Zhang Qingte was slightly taken aback, at a loss.

"The same goes for the rear." Vice-General Wang was visibly anxious, but continued to yell. "Although there are hundreds of bandits, as long as we stand in the center of the official road, we can escape, but the return of the army will inevitably be delayed... Tens of thousands of people, if the delay is not smooth, they will actually die for the pursuers behind! What you said is as stupid as someone asking why you can’t leave Yuncheng and march directly! An army is an army! People are people! The retreat and march of an army is not the same thing as a person coming and going!"

Zhang Qingte seemed to be awakened, but he was still a little puzzled.

At this moment, Fan Hu finally recovered his breath and said a reason that Zhang Qingte could understand: "Lieutenant Zhang, don't say these things, just one thing, if you can't get rid of this bandit army quickly, The follow-up of the bandit army will inevitably continue, whether it is the rear passage or the road in the swamp to the west, it will be completely blocked..."

Zhang Qingte finally nodded, but when he turned his head, he froze on the spot again.

Fan Hu followed the other party's eyes to look, and he saw a small but not small army marching in parallel from south to north in the cropland to the west, with clear banners, fast movements, and no cover.

"You go!"

Seeing this, Fan Hu's face turned livid, and without hesitation, he gave an order almost similar to Zhang Xuguo's. "Zhang Qingte, lead your people to walk from the west, find out where the water is deep and the water is shallow, where you can go and where you can't go, and try your best to find a way! It is best to find a way for the bandit army to support and stop them from advancing to support! "

Zhang Qingte finally stopped hesitating, and immediately called the headquarters to head west, rushing towards this crop field.

At the same time, Fan Hu did not hesitate, and continued to urge the surrounding reinforcements to go north...For a while, the Qilu army blocked by the deposed dragon army was roughly divided into two parts, the front army moved forward, the rear army retreated, and then Unanimously, they sent a small group of troops to explore the area to the west of the battlefield that was obscured by waist-high crops.

It can be said that after the successful surprise attack after Zhang Xingzhuo, the officers and soldiers responded properly, and there were no mistakes or omissions.

In fact, it was Xu Shiying who made the mistake.

Zhang Xing suddenly inserted into the back of the officers and soldiers. Because the number was too small, there was no immediate overall reaction. Those who reacted were all senior officers, and they were only the commanders of both sides.

Among them, Xu Shiying saw Zhang Xing's success after detour, so he couldn't wait to order the whole army to dispatch, leave the fortifications, and oppress the officers and soldiers with an attacking posture.But Zhang Xuguo made a decisive decision, and ordered the main force of the headquarters to go forward to meet the enemy, and even joined the battle in person, before most of the middle-level and grass-roots soldiers realized that their retreat was cut off.

Besides, the battle in the previous half afternoon has proved many times that the dethroning army who has broken away from the fortifications is not the opponent of the Qilu army.

Therefore, in the biggest and most intense confrontation since the beginning of the war, the Dethrone Dragon Army was completely at a disadvantage, and because the battle had reached this point, both sides were exhausted, so that they lost very quickly and suffered heavy losses.In the chaotic battle, the first army to fight in the middle of the road did not wait for Xu Shiying's retreat order, and they all retreated in embarrassment... I can't say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. In the previous half-day battle, these soldiers have learned to retreat when they lose the battle. fortifications.

Even the officers and soldiers instinctively stopped in front of the fortifications.

"Steward! Steward!"

During the chaotic battle, Yu Baimei looked at his own army in front of him like a tide and took advantage of the momentum to rush forward, while the Chulong army could only leave countless corpses and turn back in embarrassment. Not only was he not happy, but he became more serious and serious. After observing the battlefield, he immediately noticed a better fighter, and then simply abandoned his horse and took off into the air. After a few leaps, he came to the vicinity of Zhang Xuguo and shouted loudly. "The bandit army was defeated too quickly in the middle, but the two wings were not impacted, and they were still outflanking...Our soldiers stopped before the fortifications, why don't we lead them along the fortifications to attack on both sides, and in turn surround the two wings, How about completely maiming the enemy in front of you?!"

"Okay!" Zhang Xuguo immediately realized what Yu Baimei said was true after just one look, and immediately agreed. "You take people to the east to beat Shang Huaizhi, and I'll go to the west to beat that Niu!"

As he spoke, he turned the horse's head directly and led his troops to turn.

And Yu Baimei didn't care about it, dragged a cavalry soldier from his own horse who was supposed to be Zhang Xuguo's personal guard, and headed eastward, calling for his soldiers along the way to follow him.

"Quick! Wave the flag!"

Xu Shiying's attack failed and he was in a panic. Standing on the mound at this time, he saw that the officers and soldiers counterattacked extremely quickly, and then split up and rushed to the two wings. He was also shocked and immediately followed the order. "Let Niu Da and Monk Huai Zhi come back! Come back quickly!"

On the earth barrier, the yellow flag representing the withdrawal was swaying vigorously, and the corresponding gong sounded in the formation, which immediately attracted the attention of the attacking generals on both wings.

Among them, Niu Da was in the west, along Shuize, and Shang Huaizhi was in the east, along Lishan. From the beginning, they were responsible for outflanking and biting in the counterattack.

But it's a pity that the defeat was too fast this time, and Zhang Xuguo and Yu Baimei each tried their best to mobilize the troops, it seemed that they were too late.

Zhang Xuguo and Yu Baimei led the team in person, recklessly cutting towards the left and right sides, just like two axes, suddenly gave up hitting the shield in the middle, and then turned to the two hands that had been stretched out rashly. Chop off each other.Before they could react, the two generals were isolated outside the fortifications, and in the central fortification area, the army of the Dragon Army was still in the ebb tide of retreating, and could not command at all. Xu Shiying could only watch this scene dumbfounded.

To be precise, two acts.

Niu Da and Shang Huaizhi each had a cold heart, but they could only bite the bullet and urge the troops to withdraw, but how could Zhang Xuguo and Yu Baimei, who had long been aware of the overall danger, let them go back?The official army brigade had already squeezed to both sides, trying to completely surround and eat more than a thousand people from each of the two departments.Moreover, the effect is remarkable.

Here on the west side, following Niu Da's urging, the troops struggled to go back and tried to return, but the army turned around, and the front was blocked and the flanks were besieged, which of course caused the formation to deform. Many soldiers were caught off guard and stepped directly into the fortification In the swamp mud.

In the panic, Niu Da, who was already in a panic, shook his head, and without hesitation, he waved his spear vigorously and shouted: "Don't fight, go directly to the swamp to the west! No more armor! Take a weapon as a crutch and go west! Let's go! They dare not chase, and they can't catch up!"

Of course, Niu Da himself had a horse, but he didn't need to take off his armor, he just stepped into it, setting an example of how to escape.

The Soldiers of the Dragon Soldier around him who were his subordinates suddenly woke up and turned around to walk in the water.

The water pool used for successive fortifications is not deep, and there is no mud below. Many soldiers were so panicked that they didn't even take off their armor, but they were able to march hard inside... Zhang Xuguo's headquarters, who followed closely, couldn't bear to see Lie Xinxi. live in it.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xuguo unexpectedly didn't stop him, but showed anticipation on his face.

But soon, the expression of the officer-in-chief turned from anticipation to disappointment, and he even panicked—the water was not deep, and the mud was not called it, but the area of ​​water on the west side of the battlefield was far beyond imagination, and it collapsed into the Shuize's dethroning dragon army was close to a thousand people, and they were obviously still trudging through the water. A few officers on horseback had even walked hundreds of steps, and the splashes under the horses' hooves were still very obvious.

Soon, the excited chasers also quickly lose organization and mobility in it, and it becomes a slog and then pulls back on its own.

Zhang Xuguo's eyelids twitched in the rain, and he immediately asked his troops to shout, and formally ordered the troops to turn back, and he no longer looked at the defeated army under the banner of "Ox", because he had already verified what he was worried about.That's not to mention, if from the fortifications to the position where the bandit army suddenly appeared to cut off the back road, the entire west side of the battlefield is covered with such a deep water swamp area, then the trouble will be even greater!

However, judging from the arrangement of the bandit army, and from the details of Sima Zheng's intelligence description, it is likely that they were arranged in this way.

In other words, most of the main force of the Qilu army should have been trapped in a large pocket several miles long and several miles wide by fortifications and bandit troops.

This pocket is too big, so most grassroots soldiers haven't felt it yet.

But it doesn't matter, as the blockade at both ends gets tighter, as the sky gets darker, and as they get more and more tired, the soldiers who only had breakfast will gradually panic, and then they will attack the trap set by the bandit army, which is the west. Fleeing in the swamp... If one-third of the people can escape, the army will lose its ability to organize, and the bandit army will take advantage of the situation to launch a general attack.

When the time comes, not to mention the person in the pocket, even those who get stuck in the swamp will not be able to escape.

In other words, what if he really got to the point and ran away?After this big defeat, did any details prevent the Qilu soldiers created by themselves from actually dying out?
On this side, Zhang Xuguo was terrified, but he didn't delay the other side. His beloved general Yu Baimei had won the greatest victory and victory so far in this battle.

The leader of the Dragon Army on the other side is Shang Huaizhi. He came out along Lishan Mountain and was also cut off.In addition, his troops were already weaker than Niu Da. In fact, letting him lead his troops to attack against Lishan itself was the result of his own self-admittance that the troops were weak, but at this time it became the most deadly point— ——Niu Da's troops can escape into the water, but it is difficult for his ambitious troops to go up the mountain.

The mountain that collapsed just now, and the mountain that almost suffered a mudslide, how can the troops go up?
Of course, it is also possible for a person to go up the mountain by himself. Relying on the cultivation of the eight meridians and the six meridians, Shang Huaizhi can go up the mountain by himself.But he was reluctant, he was afraid that the headquarters would collapse immediately after going up the mountain, and he would lose his biggest capital.

So, he launched a literal sense of stubborn resistance, and was discovered by Yu Baimei.

By now, Yu Baimei has already had red eyes, how could he let go of such an opportunity?He first led his troops to a distance of more than a hundred steps under the opponent's flag, and then, regardless of the danger, he used his cultivation of condensing alchemy, leaped in the air, held a long spear, and went straight forward, but he did not make too much progress, but only advanced two or three times. In ten steps, he will fall down and kill, and it will be convenient for the guards and the troops to rush in to meet him later.

If this happened again and again, more than ten people had been shot and killed, and Chu Long's army was terrified, and he was directly forced to stand in front of Shang Huaizhi who had no way to retreat.

Shang Huaizhi has nowhere to hide, so he can only bite the bullet and fight, but from cultivation base to battle situation to morale, everything is inferior to the opponent, how can he win?The two horses approached, and Yu Baimei from the opposite side stabbed him with a spear. Shang Huaizhi just dodged, but when he got up, he was hit in the ribs by the backhand of the spear, and the weapon was thrown away in pain.

Yu Baimei was capable of killing, he didn't want to capture him alive at all, he was filled with true energy and stabbed with a spear, directly piercing through the hook and loop of the armor on the opponent's waist, and penetrated deep into the belly, and after stirring vigorously, Shang Huaizhi's body was thrown away. The internal organs were rolled up to a pulp, and then thrown off the horse.

Before the rebellion, Shang Huaizhi was the captain of Jiyin County. After the rebellion, because of a mistake in capturing Jiyin County, he was still given to the chief. After his death, his troops were shocked at first, and instead worked hard on their own, but soon, this When the momentum passes, it is completely lost, collapsed in embarrassment, or surrenders with abandoning weapons, or turns around and goes up the mountain.

However, most of those who abandoned weapons were killed by the officers and soldiers wielding knives casually. Those who tried to go up the mountain slipped down nine out of ten, and were easily executed by the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain like slaughtering cattle and sheep.

This successful siege didn't stop until Zhang Xuguo's new military order was delivered.

Not surprisingly, the new military order was for Yu Baimei to command the army, and immediately launched a new round of assaults on the two wings of the fortification area in front of him to try to break through, taking advantage of the gap between the two wings of the dethroning dragon army being divided, expelled and wiped out.

But this time, the result was the same as before, and because of this, it was a bit shocking.

Xu Shiying's complexion turned blue, and he only squeezed his chin nervously to watch. From a distance, he saw that the officers and soldiers were once again at a disadvantage in the two-wing fortification area, and then suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly turned around and ordered: "Immediately ask the rear general to transfer, Press down the 4000 people who were defeated by Mr. Li before, and replenish the army, you go yourself!"

The head of the personal guards on one side immediately saluted and went to execute it.

But soon, Xu Shiying continued to exhort as if he was saying something of course: "If there is someone or something that delays the reply at Jiangtai, you can go directly to the southeast corner of the military village behind you and look for Huang Junhan. Just say it's my military order and the military order of King Xiongtian, and then ask him to take people to the military camp to find the four thousand soldiers, and bring them as much as possible!"

The leader of the personal guard was stunned for a moment, but he nodded quickly and left in a hurry.

In the rain, Zhang Xuguo, who had also been carefully observing the battle, was a little dazed. It wasn't until Zheng Biao reported back in embarrassment that the area behind him was indeed vast with water. To tell you the truth, I can't see the situation of the battle very clearly at the moment, I can only see the chaotic crowd of returning troops. It is conceivable that Fan Hu has not been able to drive out the bandit army passing through until now.

But Zhang Xuguo didn't blame Fan Hu.

Because the bandit army must have sent the most elite troops to intersperse, and Fan Hu's support troops turned around in a hurry halfway through, and with the mountain on one side and the swamp on the other, the troops must be in chaos due to this return.

It's hard to say whether an attack can be organized before the opponent's second wave of interspersed reinforcements arrives, unlike here, which is always in the rhythm of the battle.

At this point, Zhang Xuguo, whose beard was full of water, looked at the fortification area in front again. Compared with what was behind him, he couldn't accept it. After losing two elite troops with horns, the Dragon Army could still stand up To live in the assault of your own soldiers and horses?
This is not right!

The Dethrone Dragon Army is so strong, why was it cut off, broken up, and surrounded and annihilated before?
There are countless fortifications, and the troops correspond to the fortifications... The reinforcements came up so soon?

"Boss! My fish general, please give me instructions, do you want to go back and regroup?" A horse that was covered in mud and blood even in the rain came up. The knight was panting just like the horse, and there was no time to salute. Struggle to ask.

In all fairness, Manager Zhang was really shaken at this moment, but soon, as a burst of rain fell, the Kansai old man was shocked, and then issued a military order: "Tell General Yu, keep going, keep suppressing!" , I immediately followed up, broke through from the middle, and asked him to coordinate the frontline forces, and try to send troops to the center while biting a section... The leader of the bandit army, surnamed Xu, is more cunning than Li Shu, he must be defeated in the front, While the general was hacked to death, the troops from the center were transferred to the two wings along the trench!"

The knight froze for a moment, and quickly turned his horse around.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, the war horse staggered and slipped to the ground, the knight was also pinned down, and the horse and man let out a strange and mournful howl together.

Obviously, marching, rain, fighting, mud, and possibly even countless long-distance raids in the previous year, under the cumulative effect of these factors, the exhaustion of the officers and soldiers can no longer be concealed.

"You go! Tell General Yu what you just said! The rest of you, follow me again!"

Zhang Xuguo, who was obviously at the alchemy level, didn't even waste a moment to move the horse away. Instead, he immediately ordered his own guards to send the order, and then drove the horse forward in person.

Its ministries, from the school lieutenant to the team general, and then to the head of the team and the head of the department, were activated layer by layer. The organizational structure of the army and Zhang Xuguo's prestige played a role. The Longjun fortification area launched an attack.

Xu Dalang watched this scene from a distance, his heart was beating wildly, and he didn't even dare to look back to see if the reinforcements were coming.

At the same time that Xu Dalang was accepting the biggest test since the beginning of the war, Zhang Xing also encountered an unprecedented wave of attack from the army, but he seemed a little numb.

Of course, it could be calmness, composure, or being frightened.

In any case, looking carefully, Zhang Xing was actually sitting firmly on the saddle, holding the startling dragon sword, releasing his true qi, maintaining this obviously formed great formation of true qi.

So far, no one has killed him.

So far, the three small ones, one big one, and four other attacks by the officers and soldiers, including an obvious pincer attack, all ended without a problem under the strangulation of the surrounding guards and gang elites.

Jia Wugen is further north, but it is also the closest place, and he has already realized that this should be the kind of military formation that has been mentioned countless times in history books, novels, and poems. A powerful army formed by soldiers!
A real army formation!
Theoretically, of course, it is possible to rely on multiple attacks to consume the true qi reserves of the masters who are at the center of formation and above, and then they can attack calmly... This is the case in many battles.

But if you want to break through in a short period of time, what you need is a condensed alchemy master to personally lead the team and rush forward.

As soon as he thought of this, Jia Wugen immediately called his guards: "Go across to General Fan's banner and tell him that the bandits are a serious army of true qi, and there should be experts above Congealing Pill in charge, and it is very likely that Zhang San, the Dragon Slayer, is here in person; and then Tell him again that General Fan Er and Miss Fan Si already know about the situation here, and they are anxious, waiting for his order... If there is an order, tell him quickly before the bandit army's backup arrives."

The personal guards got the order and set off immediately, bypassing the red-bottomed "拍" flag in front of them far away, and preparing to meet Fan Hu——As Zhang Qingte said, there are hundreds of people in Zhang Xing district, although they are in power, they are far away. Not enough to cover the road and complete a full outflank.

In the rain, Jia Wugen immediately took advantage of his altitude to watch his personal guards pass by, and then took advantage of the opportunity to look at the entire battlefield from a distance. His eyes drifted, as if he was looking for something, but he seemed to know that he was unlikely to find it. .

So, after only looking at it for a moment, he withdrew his gaze and looked towards the west side of the battlefield - there, a Jia character flag similar to the flag above his head caught his attention, and behind the flag was a crowd of more than a thousand people .

The second wave of reinforcements from behind the thieves has arrived, and they have already started a fierce battle with their own side, trying to join the big formation in the middle of the official road.

"Do you want to send out the [-] defeated soldiers who were withdrawn earlier?" Wei Xuanding, who was already drenched on the general platform in front of the Longjun army stronghold, glanced at Shan Tonghai who had already set off from the Shuize trail, and then tried his best to ask the person who came. "Can they still fight? How many people have been lost in front? What happened to the bull leader and the monk leader?"

The messenger kept shaking his head: "I don't know, anyway, this is a military order from the chief of my family, please send troops from the rear as soon as possible!"

"Is there such a statement in the original plan?" Wei Xuanding was sweating profusely, and then looked at the people around him.

The people around, including Li Shu, were all silent.

The messenger didn't hesitate any more, just cupped his hands, and then left hastily, heading straight for the military camp behind.

At the same time, the shouts of killing in front suddenly intensified again, causing everyone to fall into suspicion and anxiety.

After a while, Xu Shiying looked at the "Zhang" banner that quickly advanced four layers of simple fortifications in a short period of time, and directly grasped the handle of the knife, because he had already seen the white-bearded general who had dismounted and charged under the banner. Only three layers of simple fortifications remain.

Of course, the other party saw him too.

"Whether it's a dragon or a snake, it depends on this one time."

A thought turned around, Xu Shiying, who originally wanted to yell, calmed down inexplicably, and simply sat on the earth base, but his upper body was straight - come on!
PS: Good night everyone.

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