Heaven rewards those who work hard: There is no bottleneck in my martial arts

Chapter 166 Sacrifice the flag and start the war!
On a wilderness slope outside Jinyin City, Zhao's 18 troops surged like a tide.

This was the first time for most of Wei's soldiers to see such a scene. There was a slight disturbance in the originally neat and orderly formation, but it soon stabilized again.

Wu Qi observed carefully and found that among the 18 Zhao troops, some were wearing bright silver armor, holding spears, and their eyes were like torches; some were wearing coarse linen clothes and holding a knife, with vicious eyes; Various weapons and dull expressions.

The three types of people are gathered together, and they are clearly distinct, giving people a feeling of being together and yet separate.

As the commander-in-chief of Wei's soldiers, Wu Qi quickly made a basic judgment.

These 18 troops are by no means elite, most of them are rabble.

Wu Qi looked around the entire battlefield, sizing up the terrain while arranging troops in his mind to determine the strategy for the battle.

He knew the importance of this battle, and there was only one chance left for him, so there was no room for sloppiness.

After Wu Qi observed the terrain, he finally made up his mind.

"Zhang Shan!"

A man in black armor stood up and said, "The end will be here."

This was his old subordinate when he was in Daliang, and he was very capable of executing things.

Whatever Wu Qi asked him to do, he could complete it without compromise, no matter what others did.

"You lead [-] crossbowmen to occupy the middle position. As the first-mover army, you must wait for my order without fail."

"Yes!"

Wu Qi gave the order, and a warrior carrying a military uniform beside him hurriedly followed Zhang Shan and led the army towards the battlefield.

"Wu Shihai, Xiao Tianyou."

"exist."

"You two each lead [-] infantry generals and occupy positions on the two wings respectively, waiting for my order."

The two old subordinates said in unison: "Follow your orders!"

Under Wu Qi's arrangement, the [-]-strong army was divided into three parts, with the crossbowmen as the vanguard, and the remaining [-] Wei soldiers each occupied two wings, waiting for the opportunity to enter the battlefield.

Standing on the newly built general platform, Li Mu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, taking in a panoramic view of the actions of Wei Wu's soldiers.

He was determined to win this battle, and the whole army was convinced that his army could capture Jinyin City in one fell swoop.

In the eyes of his subordinates, King Wu's [-] private troops were nothing more than a mantis serving as a chariot.

In fact, before seeing this army, even though he didn't say it, his thoughts were similar to those of his subordinates.

But at this moment, his brows became more solemn, and the original thoughts in his heart were somewhat shaken.

The army in front of me was somewhat unusual.

At a glance, this 3-strong army is only one-sixth the size of Zhao's army, but every soldier is wearing armor and well-trained.

In particular, the square formation formed was neat and uniform and had high morale.

The black flags spread out in the wind are eye-catching.

On the other hand, on his side, the soldiers were crowded together in darkness, without any order at all. The two formed a sharp contrast.

Li Mu couldn't help but said: "Look at the Wu Qi who is leading the army. He is not an ordinary person."

The general standing next to him was a little surprised.

They all know that their generals rarely praise others.

This is the first time I heard it after following me for so long.

"Prepare to form a formation and attack."

"As ordered!"

Under Li Mu's order, the sound of thunder and drums appeared in the Zhao army.

That was the signal to line up and prepare to attack.

Under the sound of drums, Zhao's 18-strong army began to form a formation.

Those soldiers with dull expressions were pushed to the first echelon and used as cannon fodder.

Behind them are the warriors wearing coarse linen and linen clothes, and finally the army wearing bright silver armor and holding spears as a pressure stone.

When Leyang and Ma Chuanping, who were moved to the two wings, saw the scene where the two armies were about to fight, a mixture of fear and excitement spread from their hearts and quickly expanded to their whole bodies. They felt their whole bodies tremble.

In the sound of drums, the blood in the body gradually boils.

At this moment, a group of gorgeous chariots and horses rushed out from the gate of Jinyin City.

This motorcade carried a large flag embroidered with the word "武" on a pole and headed straight for Wu Qi.

Wu Qi's expression changed: "It's His Highness King Wu."

He did not expect that Zhao Hongming would arrive on the battlefield at this time.

Wu Qi turned over and dismounted, trotted to the side of the carriage, and said respectfully: "Wu Qi pays homage to His Highness King Wu. His Highness the King of Martial Arts is a thousand years old."

"No courtesy." Zhao Hongming's calm voice came from the carriage.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Starting early in the morning, Zhao Hongming hurriedly hurried all the way and finally arrived at the battlefield before the war started.

This battle is related to the safety of his base, and as a martial artist, he should not stay out of it.

Gao Yanshi opened the curtain of the carriage, revealing Zhao Hongming sitting upright in the carriage.

At this time, his face was as calm as water, without any disturbance.

Zhao Hongming looked at Wu Qi and said, "When I came from Jinyin City just now, Zhang Yi sent some 'gifts'. I thought they would be useful to the general, so I simply sent them over myself."

Gao Yanshi on the side shouted: "Bring them all together!"

The guards behind him threw six tied Jinyin officials in front of Wu Qi.

Zhao Hongming said: "These people are from the Yamen Office of Jinyin County who fled in fear of the battle. They were captured by the king's retainers when they fled. I thought it would be appropriate to come and sacrifice the flag to General Wu."

After knowing the whole story, Wu Qi was overjoyed and said, "Thank you for your generous gift, Your Highness. Now that we have King Wu personally in charge, Wei Wu's soldiers will definitely win."

It would be a good thing if the army could offer sacrifices before going to war.

It can have the effect of tightening military discipline and even improving morale.

Zhao Hongming gave it just right.

Wu Qi asked his subordinates to drag the Jinyin officials tied up on the ground to the front of the army.

The [-] crossbowmen behind him and the [-] Wei soldiers on both wings all looked at him.

Six Jinyin officials who had fled in fear of crime knelt in a row.

Behind each of them stood a Wei soldier, pinning them to the ground.

Wu Qi shouted loudly: "These Jinyin officials have no regard for the overall situation and are cowardly before fighting. According to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, they should be beheaded in public. Today, they will be sacrificed with flags. Anyone who retreats without fighting will be killed without mercy!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...forgive me."

"Sir, please spare my life! I never dare to do it again."

"Forgive me!"

The Jinyin official who was pinned to the ground by Wei Wuzu cried bitterly, yelled, and kept trying to break free.

At this time, their whole bodies were restrained, and some of them even had their hand tendons and hamstrings severed. Even if they had a good level of cultivation, they would not be able to escape.

Zheng!
Behind him, Wei Wusu pulled out his sword from his waist.

"cut!"

At Wu Qi's order, six heads rolled down, and pillars of blood shot out and scattered all over the ground.

The [-] Wei soldiers who witnessed all this were all shocked.

His loud voice announced: "If the chariot cannot be charioted, the rider cannot be ridden, and the disciples cannot be discipled, even if the army is defeated, it will be in vain! Beat the war drums!"

Boom boom boom!
Like Zhao Jun, Wei Wuzu's side also quickly sounded the drums of attack.

The two armies beat drums, and the sound of the drums was like thunder, echoing on each other's battlefield.

Seeing that his 18-strong army had been fully equipped, Li Mu decisively ordered: "Attack!"

Zhao Jun's drum beat became more urgent, which was the signal for the army to attack.

18 Zhao troops rushed out in formation: "Kill!"

Suddenly, the whole world was filled with shouts of killing.

Zhao's army rushed towards Wei Wuzu like a thunderbolt.

Zhao Hongming, who was far away, couldn't help but sweat when he saw this scene.The charge of this kind of army is really bloody.

Generally, when a martial artist goes in, he is afraid that he will never come back.

Wu Qi responded calmly: "Zhang Shan, you lead a small team of a thousand people and set off first to distract Zhao Jun's attention and draw Zhao Jun into the range of the crossbows."

"As ordered!"

The war has begun.

Zhang Shan singled out a thousand-man captain from among the ten thousand Wei Wu soldiers behind him, and led a thousand-man team as the vanguard to kill the Zhao army.

A thousand-man team was sent calmly. They quickly rushed in front of Zhao Jun and launched an attack.

"Kill!"

Wei Wuzu showed amazing combat effectiveness.

As in usual training, they formed the smallest formation of three or five people.

Then different formations assist each other in defense.

Despite their numerical disadvantage, this group of Wei soldiers did not flinch.

They used one as ten and ten as a hundred, using their formations to constantly deal with the Zhao army.

Facing the Wei soldiers who were armed to the teeth, these cannon fodder Zhao soldiers who were leading the battle had nowhere to attack.

The commander of the capital of Zhao State constantly pressed Zhao soldiers on, trying to overwhelm Wei Wu soldiers in numbers.

However, the combat effectiveness of Wei Wuzu exceeded their expectations.

Faced with such a huge disparity in numbers, this thousand-man team showed no signs of fear. Instead, they became more and more courageous as they fought.

The battle became extremely fierce.

Zhang Shan did not forget his goal and shouted: "Retreat!"

After leaving behind countless corpses of Zhao Jun, this thousand-man team evacuated backwards in an orderly manner.

Everyone in the Zhao Kingdom thought that his human wave tactics had worked, and shouted happily: "Pursue, pursue, don't let them escape. Everyone deserves credit for swallowing this group of soldiers!"

Under the deliberate instigation of the capital, numerous Zhao soldiers continued to press towards this thousand-man team of Wei soldiers.

Zhang Shan's face was calm, and he deliberately guided this group of Zhao troops to the predetermined target location.

The Wei soldiers who participated in the battle carried out the established tactics in an orderly manner.

Wu Qi's strategy began to work, and part of Zhao's army was dispersed and entered the range of the predetermined arrow rain.

"Get ready, cover with arrows."

The crossbowmen behind him reacted quickly, cocking their bows and loading arrows.

"Fire arrows!"

shhhhh!

The fierce soldiers are like dragons, and the arrows are like rain.

The soldiers of Zhao State who were still pursuing them were shot by a hail of arrows before they understood what was going on.

The Zhao soldiers who led the battle were basically ordinary people with low strength.

A wave of arrows rained down, and more than half of the people were hit by arrows and fell down.

In an instant, mourning flooded the land.

"Tazhang Crossbow! It's Tazhang Crossbow!"

The capital of the State of Zhao realized that the soldiers of Wei were not using ordinary crossbows, but stepping crossbows.

According to the records of Wei Guo's Ta Zhang Crossbow, the longest range can reach more than 350 steps, and it requires the use of auxiliary tools such as pedals and levers to launch.

Before he could recover, a second wave of arrows rained down one after another, and he was unable to avoid them.

An arrow hit his eye socket and passed through his head, and he died on the spot.

After the commander-in-chief died, these ordinary Zhao soldiers fled in a hurry after leaving most of their bodies behind.

Under the cover of arrows, the Wei soldiers who pretended to retreat counterattacked and killed many Zhao soldiers one after another.

"it is good!"

Zhao Hongming, who was in the carriage, saw this scene and cheered loudly.

When Zhao's first echelon entered the predetermined range, Wu Qi also seized the opportunity and immediately mobilized the left wing to attack Zhao's army from the flank.

This small team used the clever combination of terrain and tactics to outflank Zhao's retreating troops and kill them all.

In a simple confrontation, Zhao lost nearly [-] troops.

The generals present in Zhao State felt a little unbelievable.

Zhao Jun was disrupted by this sudden counterattack and had to retreat temporarily.

At this time, the main force of Wei Wuzu's crossbowmen on the main battlefield took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and press forward.

During the whole process, these Wei soldiers showed extremely high war literacy, even the queue did not have any major fluctuations.

"Let the first echelon continue to press, while the second echelon outflanks and outflanks. Any deserters will be killed without mercy."

Li Mu's face was a little gloomy, and he actively changed his strategy and mobilized some archers to prepare for a new round of attack.

Under Li Mu's order, the second echelon of Zhao State began to make a circuitous route, trying to raid the rear of Wei Wuzu.

However, all this was discovered in time by Wei Wuzu's scouts and informed Wu Qi.

Wu Qi immediately mobilized the sword and shield soldiers on both wings as a quick reaction force to encircle Zhao Jun from the flanks.

"Old horse, it's our turn." After receiving the military order, Leyang became eager to try.

He immediately led his hundred troops and rushed towards his target area.

Ma Chuanping took a deep breath and shouted: "Brothers, your meritorious service is today. Follow me into battle to kill the enemy."

"kill!"

Soon, Ma Chuanping followed suit and followed suit.

The rugged terrain on the wilderness slope was very beneficial to Wei Wuzu.

They took advantage of the ups and downs of the mountains to successfully interfere with Zhao Jun's tactics.

When Zhao Jun entered a low-lying area, Wei Wuzu suddenly launched an attack from a high place and rushed out from the flank, catching the roundabout force sent by Zhao Jun by surprise.

"They are all warriors!"

During the fight with Wei Wu soldiers, these Zhao soldiers were surprised.

They were horrified to find that these Wei warriors were all warriors, and the quality of their weapons and armor was much higher than theirs.

In comparison, these people were pitifully poorly equipped.

"Formation!"

Ma Chuanping shouted.

Under his command, his colleagues quickly formed a small formation to help defend each other.

Zhao Guowu, a martial artist with the ninth level of Tongqiao, rushed out of the formation and rushed towards Ma Chuanping.

"die!"

Ma Chuanping had no fear.

I saw him taking out a triangular formation flag, and with the combined efforts of five people, he activated it to form a shield formation.

The triangular formation flag swayed, and a golden light shield flashed out, protecting the five people in the middle.

A muffled sound!
This ninth-level martial artist was blown away by the light shield released by the triangular formation flag.

The other person is in mid-air and has not yet landed.

The rest of the Wei soldiers swarmed up and hacked him to death without giving him any chance to breathe or react.

Some of the Zhao soldiers recruited from this group were highly skilled warriors, but they all only worked in their own camps, giving the Wei warriors who were good at using formations a lot of opportunities.

Eventually it was divided into pieces by Ma Chuanping and others.

Driven by the military merit system, Wei soldiers were not afraid of death, and they killed each one with red eyes, defeating them one by one.

The Wei soldiers only paid a small price to annihilate the Zhao army.

(End of this chapter)