Delong

Chapter 286

The collapse of Pingyuan County soldiers without a fight was a bit unexpected, and it was beyond the expectations of both warring parties.

But soon, the commanders of the Delong Army and the Hejian Army realized at the same time that these thousands of county soldiers were not their goal or hope. I'm sorry for the conscience of heaven and earth, especially the Governor Qian who almost got into a fight with them just now.

Zhang Xing also added a military order, asking the troops not to pursue without authorization, but to press on immediately and decisively besiege the camp.

"Third brother, do you want to encircle three and one?" Xu Shiying asked while the army rolled forward.

"Yes, but only to the east, and the cavalry must be deployed at the far end, ready to hunt!" Riding on the yellow hussar, Zhang Xing, who had just finished talking, agreed without hesitation, but immediately added something. "As long as this battle is completely wiped out, there must be no organized officers and troops escaping!"

Xu Shiying didn't have any accidents, but nodded immediately, and then hurriedly dispatched troops.

And sure enough, with Zhang Xing personally supervising the battle, the army of the Dragon Clan was quickly deployed:
Jia Yue and Shang Huai'en joined forces with 2000 troops to attack the south of the camp; Shan Tonghai, Niu Da, and Xiahou Ningyuan joined forces with [-] troops to attack from the north; Wang Shuyong, Zhai Qian, and Xu Kaitong led [-] troops to attack from the west; Xu Shiying led Guo Jingke and Wang Xiongdan to lead more than [-] light cavalry to the east, but instead of attacking, they hid the cavalry behind some of the attacking troops in the north and south for ambush; Bo Shi led a thousand soldiers from Huaixi, and Zhou Xingfan led the remaining [-] people in the central army, and Zhang Xing personally led hundreds of guards, more than a hundred practitioners directly under the gang, and three alchemy masters, stood together in the big hall. On the northwestern side of the battalion, the red-bottomed "舍" flag seemed to be ready to be joined together to serve as the general reserve team.

And the county soldiers who were temporarily recruited to act as civilian husbands were not idle. Under the military order, they quickly gathered supplies and established emergency vehicle camps, preparing to receive wounded soldiers and assist in the battle.

The battle broke out quickly, and it was very fierce from the beginning, even too fierce... The long soldiers stretched out through the fence, and the crossbows and arrows flew over the fence. On the front line, the supervising team patrolled behind.

As far as Yu Zhulong's army is concerned, they definitely want to use their superiority in military strength and combat power to crush the opponent. For Yu Guanjun, the so-called bravery behind the high wall is easy, so why don't they want to scare off this army at the beginning of the war? The inexplicable attack of the rebels, with the help of camps to protect their previous plunder?
"The master Cheng Dan who watched the march before was Zhuge Yang?" Zhang Xing suddenly turned his head and asked about a quarter of an hour after the start of the battle.

"Yes, that person is Zhuge Yang." Xu Shiren replied immediately. "I have seen it several times in the Kansai area, and I will not admit it wrong."

"There are more and more masters coming back from the Western Capital and the Eastern Capital." Zhang Xing was thoughtful.

"A lot." Xu Shiren sighed on the spot. "At the end of the day, Kansai was forced to go there, and was guarded as a thief... But it's hard to say, it is really prosperous there, and those with younger children are used to enjoying it, so they regard themselves as Kansai people. It's just... It's just that when it comes to being an official, it's always unpleasant to be on guard. So, anyone who still has an older leader, or who feels that he has someone to rely on, still wants to go home. It’s also a matter of people’s thoughts.”

Zhang Xing nodded again.

But he also knew that Xu Shiren still had something to say, that is, these people were not only up and down in the East and West, but also after they came back, these people who used to be brought together because of their tyranny The powerful and famous masters in Kansai also had to face the embarrassing scene that their hometown had no power, their reputation was greatly weakened, and they were no longer trusted by all parties.

As a result, they had to commit themselves to others and become newcomers among local forces.

Xu Shiren returned to the Eastern Realm, so he committed himself to the Dethrone Dragon Gang.Zhuge Yang returned to Xindu, so he committed himself to the Hejian camp.However, the treatment received by both parties and the respect from the village are actually not the treatment that a veteran Chengdan master originally "should have".

But I can't blame anyone specifically, I can only say that it is the tears of the times.

"No matter what, it's best for Zhuge Yang to be caught together, and he will be punished." Zhang Xing thought for a while and made a "suggestion". "After he came back, the incident with Gao Shizan was too bad, and he wanted to use his name as an example to warn other Hebei masters like him."

Xu Shiren didn't say anything anymore.

Of course Wu Jingfeng understood this time, but he immediately assured him: "Don't worry Zhang Sanlang, with me here, this person can't escape."

"I know what Wu Dalang is capable of." Zhang Xing said with a smile, and looked at the other person again. "Wu Erlang, I'd like to work harder on you. Go up and suppress the formation. It would be great if you can help open the gap."

Wu Changzai felt uncomfortable for a long time. Wu Jingfeng dragged Zhuge Yang back into the formation when he saw Zhuge Yang before. At this time, he was overjoyed when he heard the words. But it's hard to say whether it's the color of true energy or the color of loess dust.

Wu Jingfeng watched his clan brothers leave, turned his head and saw Zhang Xing was still looking out, so he came to comfort him again: "Don't worry Zhang Sanlang, in terms of military strength, we are [-] to [-], and in terms of masters, we are several times stronger than them. There can be no repetitions, as long as you feel at ease and wait for victory.”

"Naturally." Zhang Xing smiled rightly, but at the same time did not hide his thoughts. "But I still want to win quickly, and I want to wipe out the opponent... It's just that the opponent is waiting for work after all, and there is still a camp to rely on. There is probably no shortage of supplies in the camp. If they can't win completely after dark, they may have to flee a lot."

Wu Jingfeng nodded in approval.

And Xu Shiren, who was a little embarrassed at the side, heard it and handed it over: "Leader, if this is the case, I will also help out."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Zhang Xing looked at the sun above his head. "If we can't break through the stronghold before noon, we'll form an formation and go face to face. At that time, Wu Dalang said that he can't capture Zhuge Yang, and he will trouble Chief Xu to form a formation and break the camp face to face."

Xu Shiren immediately agreed, and by the way looked at the sun above his head, he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded, secretly sighing the determination of this great leader.

It turned out that there was probably only half an hour left before noon.

"Faucet."

In a short while, on the battlefield where there were shouts of killing and the dust was flying, suddenly a sentry came to report. "Datou Xu has a message saying that it was King Xiongtian who mobilized the Hebei Rebel Army's Fan Dacloak Department to help out, and has already communicated with him... But Fan Dacloak's Department found out on the way that Pingyuan County's soldiers were defeated and Ande City was empty, so they thought again. Go to Ande City to get some cheap money."

"Let Xu Shiying tell Fan Dacloak that he should immediately help out and surround and kill the Hejian Army." Zhang Xing frowned immediately, and ordered coldly immediately. "Otherwise, even if he takes down Ande City, it has nothing to do with deposing the Dragon Army."

The sentry cavalry had to turn back immediately.

Seeing this, Xu Shiren couldn't hold back, and couldn't help but ask seriously: "Zhang Longtou, I have been setting up a small family in Lu County before, and I don't know the foundation of this place. Why do I have to be so resolute and believe that this ten thousand soldiers will not waver? ?”

Zhang Xing smiled when he heard the words, this truth, he had told all the leaders of the Dragon Clan many times before crossing the river, probably Xu Shiren didn't know about it.

But he didn't bother, and repeated it amidst the chaos of shouting and killing.

The reason is actually very simple, that is, although the so-called Hebei region has dozens of counties, which are theoretically the territory of the Great Wei, but in the current situation of collapse, it is actually controlled by four forces that overlap and divide with.

Among them, Dongdu and Hejian Daying have a government and an army, and the scope of influence is the whole region, but the influence is limited.Needless to say about the former, Xue Changxiong, the actual controller of the latter, also has the will of Jiangdu, and is a serious Hebei marching chief... However, because of the geographical location, the core interests of Dongdu are actually in the counties in the southwest of Hebei , especially Jijun and Weijun, and Hejian Daying is regarded as a forbidden place, which is the richest and essence of Hejian, Xindu, Bohai, Pingyuan, Qinghe, and Boling.

But at the same time, the Yanshan area has always had a tradition of military, political, and economic collectivization due to the thousands of years of military pressure in the Northland.At present, with the so-called traditional Youzhou Daying as the core and the wealthy and huge governor of Youzhou as the foundation, Dai County, Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Anle County, Beiping County, and Lulong County on the Yanshan line The county, including the Northland on the Yanshan side, also has a North Bohai collar, which is formed into a group, as if it were one.

Even the three counties in northern Shanxi were once affected by the Youzhou camp after the chaos.

In addition, along the area from Hongshan to Heishan in the north, the four counties of Wu'an County, Zhao County, Xiangguo County, and Hengshan County next to Jindi, whether it is the candidate for the county guard or the performance of the military raids in the previous two years In terms of independence, I am afraid that he was influenced by the Taiyuan-British Duke-Bai family to a considerable extent, and he has a faint feeling of being reduced to a vassal of Taiyuan.

"To put it bluntly, we must know who our real enemy is if we want to gain a foothold, or in other words, want to win these rich counties south and east of Zhangshui River."

Zhang Xing spoke seriously.

"The local soldiers, the local tycoons, look very domineering, have a lot of troops, and their positions are even more against us, but in fact, as long as the Hejian camp we are fighting dare not raise their heads, they are not necessarily enemies. ; and the local rebel army looks like a friendly army, but it may not be a problem in the future; on the contrary, the Hejian camp has no reason to turn around. The real victory or defeat, at least these counties, can only be between us and the Hejian camp. Decide between camps."

Xu Shiren was thoughtful.

And Zhang Xing also added a sentence: "Of course, the main reason is that there is no real head between these rebels and the local tycoons, and they are not kneaded into one body... If we don't come, the Wei court will gradually collapse, and the Hejian camp will live in a wealthy family. Sooner or later, there will be local heroes who will step on them and take advantage of the momentum... Therefore, we must be fast and ruthless."

Xu Shiren nodded indiscriminately.

In this way, the pre-battle teaching is over, and everyone is just watching the battle situation.

Let’s say that although the military discipline of the Hejian Camp is poor, its combat power is not bad... This world has never been won by the benevolent. Zhang Xing has been fighting for two years, and he has learned a little bit, that is, the rogue who dares to fight may not be good Soldiers, and the so-called self-cultivating peasants have a great contrast between defense and offense. The best soldiers are actually good families who have production but are out of production.

In fact, after realizing that once the stronghold is broken, the children and property looted behind them will be lost, the Hejian Army broke out with a strong desire to fight, and instead defeated the Dragon Army, and gradually dispersed with the start of the siege Finally, some fatigue from the long-distance raid was evident.

In addition, the Hejian army is a regular army after all. Even the camps used for one day are quite well-organized. There are four or five small camps inside. , more trenches, antlers.

This is also an important reason for the failure of the attack.

Of course, it doesn't matter, because the reinforcements of the Delong Army will arrive soon, and there will be more than one reinforcement. It is not necessarily a bad thing to attack the enemy's camp in turn, look for flaws, and then break through.

But it's a pity that Zhang Xing made up his mind from the very beginning, he must win quickly, and he must wipe it clean.

"Combine!"

Under the sun at noon, Zhang Dalong stood with his head under the flag, and suddenly raised his hand without hesitation for a moment.

At the same time, the people around only felt a sudden coldness on the side, but they saw with their own eyes the real ice qi escaping from the leader's body, like some flowing gray-white ice water, and the ice qi came into contact with it. The smoke, dust and air under the sun at noon in early winter quickly produced a mist again, but the mist had no ability to last at all during the dry noon, and quickly soaked the surrounding people, horses, armor and flags, and then disappeared.

The people who had received the military order a long time ago did not dare to be negligent, Xu Shiren was just startled, and quickly displayed his true qi. In a short while, all kinds of true qi merged and easily combined into one body, forming a formation suddenly.

From the hijacking of Queen Luanjia, to Baiqi white clothes defeating the enemy, to the battle of Lishan, to dethrone the dragon gang, from these practitioners to ordinary soldiers, they are already used to this scene, and they also know the power of the response. vibration.

Jia Yue's department in front was even notified, and quickly adjusted their subordinates, preparing to make an opening.

At this time, even Fu Boshi, who was extremely resistant and dissatisfied with coming to Hebei, also looked dignified, watched the scene seriously from a distance, and ordered a thousand Huaixi soldiers from the headquarters to prepare according to the military order— —They will follow the zhenqi formation in front of Zhou Xingfan's troops, rush into the camp, and carry out raids and breakthroughs.

As for Wu Jingfeng, it is reasonable to say that he should be well-informed, even an expert of this kind, but looking at this scene at this time, he was a little surprised, as if he had seen something extraordinary.

But soon, he still released his yellow zhenqi, merged into this large wave of zhenqi like the breath of a living creature, and slowly activated it while feeling it with his heart.

It was also activated together with the red-bottomed "Depose" flag, and hundreds of armored cavalry, including two hundred guards.They threw down the golden drum, leaving only this side of the flag, and then moved forward slowly.In the true qi formation, there were no excessive shouts of killing. The practitioners were trying to adjust the frequency of breathing and true qi agitation, trying to fully integrate themselves into the formation, while the guards who had no cultivation level followed On the one hand, put on the crossbow, draw the knife, and wipe the gun.

The thousand Huaixi soldiers behind them have also revealed their weapons at this time. Unlike the various weapons used by other departments, they all use long knives and spears. The zhenqi array that was gradually swelling in front echoed each other.

The speed of the zhenqi formation was getting faster and faster, and the movement of the ebb and flow of the tide was getting louder and louder. The three Zhonglang generals in the camp naturally also noticed the movement of the flag and the strangeness of the battlefield.

Zhuge Yang, who had just come back from one side for support, took a deep breath, leaped up riskyly, and fell down hastily again, his face turned pale for a moment - he recognized what the other party was doing at a glance, but he didn't know how to face the situation A big array.

Of course he has seen this kind of zhenqi formation, and not only once, but twice, he was particularly impressed.

One time was when Dongyi was conquered. At that time, not only the great Wei was in full swing, but Dongyi also had strong soldiers and horses.The water rose inexplicably at Luolongtan, and the governor of Dongyi drove his big boat into the beach, and the qi of immortality was scattered in all directions, forming an array, tens of thousands of sailors seemed to be one body, while the emperor of the Wei Dynasty watched the battle from the Fengxing Palace, and dispatched six Two masters and generals formed their own formations, and the two sides fought in the beach, colliding like real dragons and gods.

And in this kind of collision, even if the master Cheng Dan is in a disadvantageous position, he will end up disabled for a moment.

The other time, it was Yang Shen who rebelled and stormed Sishui Pass.

At that time, he was ordered to sneak out of the Hundred Flowers Valley at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain with the Duke of England and many master practitioners in the Eastern Capital at that time, but he was unable to watch the battle on the mountain first.At that time Yang Shen stood up first and ran across the wilderness like invincible. Countless famous teachers and generals were smashed to pieces like rags. But when his formation gradually weakened, the British Duke, who had been hiding outside the battlefield all the time, suddenly set up a formation on the mountain, and then the tiger came down the mountain. , hit in the face.

With one blow, Yang Shen's formation collapsed on the spot, and many of the masters were killed and injured, so the British government made an extraordinary contribution.

The two personal experiences made this master of Chengdan, who was rampant in Hebei in the early years, feel personally what is meant by the smallness of an individual and what is meant by being unresponsive to everyone.

When he returned to Hebei this time, he had the intention of escaping, so he thought that what he was facing was just useless bandits.

In other words, according to his inquiries before he left, Hebei was indeed a small fight in the past two years. At most, Cheng Dan single-handedly chased a master of condensing alchemy. This kind of battlefield should be like a fish in water for him... Otherwise, he would not As for sending that kind of message to Zhuge Dewei of the same clan.

Isn't it self-reliant and feels that you can do whatever you want?

How could he have imagined that once he came back and joined the army, he would have to face a big array of true energy to run him over in the first battle?
No matter how big the difference between this thing and the ones I saw before, it is still a real qi army formation, and it is not something that an individual can be.What's more, the other party has more than three masters of alchemy, and two of them are obviously stronger than themselves.

Looking up at the flash of yellow light above his head and the laughter that followed, Zhuge Yang came to his senses and quickly made a decision. For his life, he must escape... However, he still needs to find someone before that, otherwise he will not end well if he flees back to his family.

"Major General, change your clothes quickly!"

When Zhuge Yang found Xue Wanliang from Beiying, Wang Qi, another Zhonglang general, had already taken a step ahead. Not only that, the latter even spoke up when he saw the person coming. "General Zhuge is a master of Cheng Dan, please ask him to be a bait to lure those three masters to chase after him, we will just dress up as ordinary soldiers, and we will follow the defeated army from the east later, the ordinary light cavalry in ambush can't stop us... we I don't use my true energy, I just want to enter Ande City, if they can enter the city and hide inside, it will not be so easy for them to catch them!"

Zhuge Yang was so angry that he was half dead, so he wanted to shout and scold him.

Unexpectedly, Xue Wanliang, who was sitting in the camp on the north side, was puzzled: "How can we say that we are going to be defeated? Haven't we already withstood it? Even if there are three masters, how many elite practitioners can have [-] bandit troops?" Form the formation? Where can we break the camp? The two of you quickly return to the camp, call for more spears and crossbows, and then go to the southwest to stop the bandits' true energy formation."

Zhuge Yang wanted to explain it from a professional point of view, but suddenly realized that he and Wang Qi didn't care about these soldiers because they didn't belong to them at all, but Xue Wanliang regarded these ten thousand soldiers as his lifeblood... no It's just for the Xue family, and for Xue Erlang himself... So, this man is destined not to cry when he sees the coffin, and even tears when he sees the coffin. It's useless to persuade him.

At this point, Zhuge Yang and Wang Qi looked at each other, and then looked at the big banner with Xue characters behind Xue Wanliang together. As if they had a tacit understanding, they all stopped their words, cupped their hands together, and then turned around.

Sure enough, the two Zhonglang generals did not go to the front line to support them, but turned to a small camp in the west along the way... This is the place where the children of the Hejian army were looted before.

When the two came here, they immediately ordered the defenders to let go of the restraint, and drive the looted Changhe people towards the east gate.Then he ignored it and started trying to take off his armor with his personal guards, preparing to escape in disguise.As a result, just after taking off halfway, there was a sudden shock on the southwest side of the camp, and then there was a roar of shouts, as if there was an earthquake and tsunami, followed by cheers and shouts from the south and west sides. There were many killing sounds.

The two were stunned, sweating profusely for a while, but they sped up their hands and helped each other, and quickly took off their armor, and then they didn't have time to change their clothes. They were just shirtless, and followed the common people with the same embarrassing personal guards. Go east.

As soon as they got out of the central supply camp, the two of them could clearly see that the outer fence of the camp had been broken at the southwest corner, and that the real energy was rising there, as if a large array of real energy from the deposed dragon army had crashed in.

And since the outer layer of the camp was broken, it wasn't just the two old fritters who had expected something wrong, the whole camp was a little chaotic. Even though they knew that the east side was surrounded by three quarters and there must be an ambush, they still couldn't suppress it. The escape desires of some smart people flooded here one after another.

But don't forget that the Hejian army is a serious army after all, even if it is only going to stay for one night, the camp is well-built, quite neat, one layer after another, and the inside and outside gates are clear, otherwise the dragon will be defeated before. The army will not be unable to hold it for a while.

Therefore, as the Zhenlong army's zhenqi formation broke through the corner of the camp like some monster, the Hejian army was in chaos for a while, and they walked east together, but blocked the passage tightly.

The two were clever but were misunderstood by their cleverness. They were shirtless and squeezed into the middle, unable to move.

After waiting for a while, I saw the true energy surging in the northwest, and the big "解" flag reappeared in the field of vision, and then, without stopping for a moment, it accelerated directly, like a bison shaped like a hill, and rushed towards the Another camp inside.

Especially at the front of the two sides of the big zhenqi array, when approaching the fence of the inner camp, suddenly each stretched out a zhenqi several feet long, one yellow and one white golden, just like two horns protruding abruptly. Usually, they pierced through the fence of the inner camp in an instant.

Don't even think about it, it must be caused by the two masters of Chengdan borrowing the power of the big formation.

After being hit by this blow, the sergeants and officers who still had illusions in the fence were killed and injured, and the rest also fled in a panic. The Zhenqi formation of the Dragon Army was crushed and smashed directly into the inner camp.

That's not to mention, behind this great array of true energy, there are countless long swords and spearmen. These people have strange accents. They follow closely behind, spread out along the passage of the camp, chopping anyone they meet, They stabbed people as soon as they saw them, and blood flowed like rivers along the way. It was like a massacre.

Seeing this scene with their own eyes, half of the Hejian army in the battalion completely collapsed. They had no more fighting spirit, dropped their helmets and armor for a while, and headed east one after another.

At this time, Zhuge Yang, who already had a heart demon for the Zhenqi army, couldn't bear it no matter how hard he was, he flew up shirtless in spite of everything, and immediately alarmed Wu Jingfeng, who was known as the fastest in the world, the pale yellow Zhenqi Spinning from the great array of true energy, he immediately rushed over.

And soon, with the collapse of the camp, the superior forces of the Dragon Clan poured in from three sides, but no one knew who had discovered the big flag with the word Xue, and again, innumerable lights burst out one after another, heading to the other side. fly away.

There was only one Wang Qi, shirtless and hiding among the chaotic army, watching the zhenqi rushing in and out of the sky, thinking about the scene where the zhenqi army smashed the camp just like a fairy tale, but couldn't help crying on the spot ——A mere [-] bandits beat [-] officers and soldiers, why did this happen?
Do you use a big knife to kill chickens?

PS: good night everyone

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