The fifth day of the battle, the fourth day of raising the earth mountain.
The weather today was the same as the previous days. It was still cold in the morning and hot at noon. For the battle between the two armies, it seems that it has entered a certain "normality".
That is, both sides began to continuously expand the scope of the battle while trying to upgrade corresponding large-scale fortification operations, which can be regarded as giving full play to their respective huge human resources. At the same time, both sides have adapted to the battlefield and know how to start imitating the other side's tactics, or accept the other side's quick counterattack tactics.
On the battlefield, there are trenches, fences, earthen hills, houses, flames, water vapor, arrows and spears, flags and armors, occasional fluctuations of true energy, shouts of death, and calls to surrender. , there were shouts and curses, and there were also voices of preaching.
Of course, there is death and blood, dark soil and the occasional spring sprout.
The battle seemed to be getting better.
Faced with all this, Xue Changxiong seemed to have calmed down, no longer as anxious as he had been in the past few days, but he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"General!"
At noon, the hottest time of the day, a horse came galloping up. It turned out to be Luo Xin, the son of Luo Shu, the second lieutenant general of Youzhou Camp. He came to the gentle slope behind Tushan, rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, hurriedly Come report. "My general asked me to report back... Pingchang County has been separated, and the connecting camps have been broken."
Xue Changxiong smiled slightly and said: "I have seen it, but how did you win so easily?"
"The thieves gave up on their own initiative." Luo Xin did not take the opportunity to brag. "The camp over there looks very big. In fact, it is almost the same as the corridor connecting this place with Pingchang County. There are not many soldiers. Our cavalry carried the block over there, pulled out the fences and laid trenches, and they dispersed... ...Some entered Pingchang County, and some retreated here.
As he guessed before, Xue Changxiong nodded: "After all, it is a credit.
Luo Xin continued to report: "My general asked me to inform the general... There is obviously a master in Pingchang County. He was exposed when he went out of the city to pick up the fleeing troops. His cultivation level is obviously far superior to him, but he didn't know it was Lu County. The hero Xu Shiren is still the Wu brothers!"
Xue Changxiong then became serious, but only serious, and then nodded: "It can be considered as expected... Let your father and General Li clean up the corridor, and then follow the corridor to the west to test, at After finding a flanking position to the west, retreat to find me."
Luo Xin turned around and left without taking a sip of water.
Xue Changxiong thought for a moment and simply walked down Shishan with his confidants and bodyguards.
In a four-story house in a camp diagonally opposite the earth mountain on the northeast side, the leader Sun Xunzhi looked up at this scene from a distance, and then turned around and got out of the house. When he reached the bottom floor, he jumped directly and landed in a pile of mud. I almost sprained my foot, and my short cloak was also stained with mud. Fortunately, it was brown and black, so I didn't bother to pay attention to it and just walked back in a hurry.
When he couldn't walk more than two steps, he grabbed a deputy general and gave him a few words to keep an eye on the front line. He communicated with the leader of the front line, Wang Da, in time, and then continued to walk back.
There was another row of houses at the rear, and someone was carrying a basket of mud out of it. After coming out, he didn't pour it elsewhere. Instead, he dumped it directly into a big pit at the rear, where auxiliary soldiers were working hard to pour water and add grass. Mix the mud, and then send it to the front to build up the soil and strengthen the front line.
Sun Xunzhi glanced at it, but did not ask about the progress. He just walked back, passed the back door of the first row of camps, and came to the open space of the second row of camps, where there was an endless stream of transportation teams. There are also all kinds of things transported, including water, fuel, wood, wheat straw, cowhide felt, porridge, steamed buns, old rice, ordnance supplements, and even dry soil. In turn, Most of the items transported from the front line were damaged objects of all kinds, including wounded soldiers, most of whom were injured by falls and arrows.
After passing this open space, we turned to the third camp. As soon as we entered, we saw the leader Cheng Mingqi taking his headquarters to rest here. He nodded to indicate that he was far away.
Sun Xunzhi also nodded, walked straight through, then turned to the west, and came to the general platform in the middle of the chessboard camp.
Compared with the previous few days, this place was obviously much more lively, and many leaders
They were all going back and forth with Sun Xunzhi, with more military commanders and messengers, and below Zhang Longtou, the several leaders and leaders who were present were also different from the nervousness of the previous few days. They had begun to actively initiate discussions, discuss countermeasures or suggestions, and then I have made a suggestion to Zhang Dalongtou.
When Sun Xunzhi came to the general platform, on the far left, several leaders were obviously reviewing and arguing about the situation at hand.
"Things didn't happen for no reason. They attacked directly at the beginning, using the boards to set up trenches, ladders, and shields. This was a normal way of fighting. But they soon discovered that people were not united, and then they attacked with force. Even with hard work, we were able to break through the stronghold. It turned out that our camps were stacked on top of one another, and we were not afraid of losing one or two camps. We were worried about casualties, so we started to build mountains of earth."
"I still don't understand, why don't you just hand a bag of soil, fill the trench, and bulldoze the fence?"
"I've said it all, I'm worried... If we can't afford the dirt mountain and go directly to the fence to pile dirt, all the auxiliary soldiers and civilians will be there. If we concentrate our bows and crossbows on the front line and fire intensively, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. They are new here. It’s very likely that one wave of casualties will destroy morale.”
"That's right...
"But now that they are erecting their earthen mountains, we are also erecting their houses. Their earthen mountains are adding to their houses, and we are cultivating our houses... Can we say that his earthen hills are no longer useful?"
"That's the truth. Otherwise, we wouldn't have divided our troops to test Pingchang."
"How can we attack the city if we can't capture the camp?"
"That's not the question. What's the use of attacking the city? He came to defeat us and make us have no foothold in Hebei. But we are here, what's the use of attacking elsewhere? He can only touch us, so, I said from the beginning that the officers and soldiers will definitely think of new ways to attack us again."
"What's the method? It can't just be the surrender in the past two days, right? Who believes it? Or should we attack the corridor this morning?"
"I don't think any idiot will believe it!"
"If you ask me, the Hebei people are trustworthy at this time. They were all killed by the enemy in a bloody feud. Those Hebei battalions fought bravely, and Dou Lide's family members all fought...
After arriving in Dengzhou, Sun Xunzhi had few people to talk to, and he didn't have many friends. At this time, he only saw someone reporting under the red banner with the word "deposed", and waited for a while to listen.
After a moment, Zhang Dalong saw him over there and waved to him. He stopped listening and immediately stepped forward.
"Chief Sun, what do you say?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.
"Big Dragon..." Sun Xunzhi looked a little embarrassed. "I just saw something on the battle line. It seems that a general in my battalion suddenly crossed the line and surrendered while Xue Changxiong was patrolling Tushan. He was also taken away by Xue Changxiong's henchmen."
Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, then calmed down: "What is this? It's going to rain, my mother is getting married, some people are just short-sighted and can't see the situation clearly.
"I'm afraid that the digging strategy will be leaked..." Sun Xuanzang's tone became increasingly difficult. "He is a team general and has some autonomy in the camp."
"Didn't you just move to the first row this morning?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.
"Yes." Sun Xuazhi responded immediately.
"Then does he know the progress of digging the hole?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.
Sun Xunzhi thought for a moment and immediately shook his head: "I don't even know."
Zhang Xing also laughed: "It doesn't matter. Let's send someone to remind the front line to be careful. Then we will look at the reaction from the other side. If we want to cut off the underground tunnel, there will be some movement... By then we will abandon this road...
Sun Xuazhi nodded and walked away.
As soon as the people left, Zhang Xing became serious and immediately called Xiao Zhou to ask: "After the two days of shouting, how many surrendered to the army? How many surrendered to us?"
Xiao Zhou thought for a moment and immediately gave the answer: "It's hard to say. The main reason is that it's not clear whether they came by sending leaflets to each other and shouting, or whether they were wounded on the front and feared death and took advantage of the situation to surrender... So, yes It is insignificant, and a few individuals cannot become a trend... However, the truth is that once the front line fails, no matter whether it is the enemy or ourselves, there are indeed many people who want to surrender to save their lives."
Zhang Xing thought for a while and could only think of a way to remedy the situation: "If we make a temporary arrangement today, it will be easy to be suspicious. Go and talk to Dou Lide, Hao Yide, and Fan Wang, explain the situation, and ask them to work hard." , change camps early tonight, mainly tomorrow. Tomorrow, they need to take their respective camp heads to the top of the first row to protect the tunnel."
Moreover, the troops and horses of each battalion head were of course broken up and reorganized, but the design of allowing each leader to retain a core of two hundred people at the beginning still made many battalion heads full of regional and personal colors. Zhang Xing's move was undoubtedly intended to It is necessary to take advantage of the Hebei Rebel Army's hatred of the Hejian Camp to eliminate the possibility of surrendering to the enemy.
"Understood." Xiao Zhou immediately bowed and left.
After a moment, before Zhang Xing could discuss other matters, Dou Lide, who was supposed to be resting at the rear, suddenly came to look for him, but it was not about taking over the night shift.
"Fake surrender?" Zhang Xing was surprised for a moment.
"Yes." Dou Lide reminded seriously. 'Longtou, it was hard to say that you should feign surrender before. There are two reasons. One is that you are afraid that the bandit army will kill you and surrender, and the other is that you are afraid that a large group of people will fake a surrender and be profited by others... But in the current situation, why not send some smart people? Go down alone, or in twos and threes, so that you can not only find out the true and false information of the opponent, but also try to pass on some false information... to make the other party think it is true. "
It works!" Zhang Xing nodded immediately. "You can arrange this yourself, just meet me once every night."
Dou Lide also hurriedly saluted and left.
So far, today's battle has become more and more frequent and anxious, but in terms of mentality and feelings, there is nothing particularly surprising.
There is no war on the front line.
However, in the second half of the afternoon, when the soldiers on both sides were getting tired, and the morning's show of force gradually turned into perfunctory, and both sides were obviously in a state of withdrawal, there was a sudden movement on the official and military fronts.
"What's going on?" Zhang Xing noticed the drums and flags on the opposite side without reporting back, and asked in surprise. "Is Xue Changxiong releasing his true energy? What is he going to do?!"
Xiong Bonan jumped up from the rammed earth platform without hesitation, and still rushed to reply before the front line reported back: "Xue Changxiong seems to have gathered high-level practitioners of the army on the earth mountain in the middle, and seems to be preparing to form a formation to attack. !"mouth
Zhang Xing immediately made the worst guess: "Is it true that someone saw someone digging a hole in the ground, thought there was a rare treasure to live in, and threw it to the other side?"
From Xiong Bonan down, the surrounding leaders were getting a little anxious.
"Send someone quickly to ask for leader Xu Shiren and ask him to come as soon as possible." Zhang Xing immediately ordered. "Recall all the leaders in the army except the six most in front of them, and ask Wang Xiongdan to set up the formation in the second row of camps in front, ready to take the big formation to meet the enemy! Let Wang Wulang stay still for the time being, and wait for us to pass before entering the formation. !」
The people around him rushed away and prepared their own preparations.
Zhang Xing didn't have time to think too much. While waiting for the troops to gather, he observed the situation ahead.
And soon, the supreme commander of the deposed Dragon Army noticed something strange, and then his heart moved slightly, that is, the other party was actually a tribe gathered on the mountain in the middle.
You must know that if someone exposes the frontline tunnel offensive, in line with the principle of not messing with the line unless there is nothing wrong, it is very likely that the team under Sun Xuanzhi will be exposed, but the camp that Sun Xunzhi is responsible for today is basically on the right hand side of the first row. At the same time, although the tunnels were dug by each battalion at the same time, due to the presence of Cheng Zhili and Dan Tong Haidan, the fastest progress was undoubtedly the two tunnels on the left and the second left where the two were located.
In other words, if the officers and soldiers were trying to break through the underground cave at all costs, why should they break through from the front?
Just because the earth mountain is in the middle? Is Xue Changxiong an obsessive-compulsive disorder?
With this idea in mind, Zhang Xing hurriedly carried the Jinglong Sword to the bottom. He just got on the yellow gelding, and then met the dirty Shantonghai head-on in the second row of camps.
Zhang Xing took advantage of the situation and asked, "Is there anything unusual at the other end of the cave?"
Shan Tonghai shook his head in reply and asked again: "I heard that some thieves from Hebei came down and exposed the news?"
"It's too early to say this, let me test it out." Zhang Xing said, releasing the ice energy without hesitation.
Seeing this, the rest of the people also released their own true energy. Among them, the ice true energy that emerged first was as thick as a solid body. In a moment, it connected with the true energy of the people around to form one body, while Xiong Bonan Only then did the Qi of masters such as , Shan Tonghai, Cheng Zhili, Jia Yue, Xie Minghe, Xu Kaitong, etc. start up to prevent them from overestimating the competition.
When the formation was just formed, Zhang Dalongtou did not wait for the leaders to gather together, and even the horses were not ready. He waved his sword and moved the zhenqi formation first, but it was between the second right camp and the first right camp in the first row. They left the open space, causing leaders such as Wang Shuyong and Gao Shitong to turn around and gather together.
On the earthy mountain in the middle, Xue Changxiong was looking down at him, and his body was gradually glowing. Of course he noticed this scene, but he did not hesitate to release his glowing energy, as if forming a small sun, and again and again. With the three masters of elixir creation, Murong Zhengyan, Dou Pi, and Gao Zhan, as the wings and tail, they almost instantly included Qian Tang, Wang Yu, Cao Shancheng, Chen Bin, Wang Changxie, Feng Duan and other officers and soldiers to condense the elixir. The masters formed a large formation.
Then, regardless of the steep situation in front of Tushan, he directly activated the formation and headed diagonally towards the True Qi formation of the Dragon Army.
He was leading the way, like a golden disk shining down.
Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, and immediately came to Xiong Bonan and Wang Shuyong on horseback to say, "It's still the same as before, I'll defend, and you two will wait for an opportunity to counterattack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Changxiong took the lead, destroying everything along the way like a big sun. He grabbed dozens of steps away, then slashed with all his strength with the four-foot straight knife in his hand, and a golden knife several feet long that seemed to be condensed with true energy flashed out of thin air. Come out, and then chop down from top to bottom.
This move was so sudden that Zhang Xing's face was ashen and he did not dare to neglect it. He also raised the Jinglong Sword with all his strength.
Following this action, a stream of white zhenqi several feet long rose up out of thin air from the formation, colliding with the golden sword that had almost fallen on the gray-white formation in mid-air, and the latter would hit the red background. The banner with the word "Depose" dissipated together with the former, as if the two sides were equally matched.
But in fact, at this time, Zhang Dalongtou already felt numbness in his arms, and the sea of qi was surging in his chest and abdomen... He secretly regretted that he should not have supported Dalong, knowing that this was a grandmaster with three Chengdan. Xu Shiren and Wu Jingfeng were also asked to hide in Pingchang City and Douzigang respectively.
Although it was a battle in a formation, he also had a trump card, but that trump card was obviously just a follow-up infuriating energy, but it could not change that he was just a condensed pill, and his ability to use the infuriating energy was inferior.
This person deserved it... he deserved it.
Just as he was thinking about it, a second golden light flashed out, and another golden sword appeared out of thin air at Xue Changxiong's side. Then he swung it with all his strength and slashed towards the formation of the Dragon Deposed Army.
Zhang Xing didn't have time to complain anymore, so he also fought hard towards the oncoming force.
After this strike, the right hand holding the Jinglong Sword was broken. Many people in the formation were shaken, and some even fell off their horses on the spot.
At this time, Xue Changxiong was followed by many officers, generals and masters, but there were only a dozen masters of condensing pills and forming pills, and there was no one else. The formation seemed loose, but they were following his own general to press forward. As for the Deposed Dragon Army Zhenqi Formation, many people had already lost their positions after passing through the previous two swords, and their formations were also a bit messy.
According to the rules of physics, it is absolutely possible for the formations of both sides to mix at this time, and the true energy should be mixed together like mist. But in fact, the zhenqi outside the formations of both sides had already condensed into one. As the follow-up personnel of the official and army's zhenqi formations smashed down from top to bottom, the formations of both sides collided head-on, like two living giants. Like a collision out of thin air, the direct energy stirred up the surrounding areas, causing wind and thunder on the ground, like a roaring dragon.
In the Dragon-Deposed Army formation, there was a person with low cultivation level who was bleeding from his orifices and died on the spot. Zhang Xing himself also felt that his chest and abdomen were constantly churning, and his ears were ringing and his eyes were dark.
In the opponent's formation, there were actually several people whose horses neighed, obviously frustrated and even fell dead.
At the same time, the entire battlefield became quiet.
The two sides re-established their positions. It turned out that the army formation led by Xue Changxiong went deeper into the camp, but it did not move for a moment. The glow of true energy was dazzling, and it was impossible to see clearly inside the army formation, but the entire formation was like breathing. Generally speaking, you can see clearly even if you have a rapid contraction and magnify it.
Of course, the same goes for the gray-white formation of the Deposed Dragon Army.
Obviously, the intensity of the collision between the two knives, especially the last collision, was a little unbearable for both parties.
After waiting for a moment, just as Zhang Dalongtou and Xiong Bonan, who had barely recovered their breath, were eyeing each other, suddenly, there was an obvious sound coming from the northeast of Qipan Camp, in the direction of Pingchang County, and to the southeast of Zhang Xing and others. The ground was shaking, as if a large group of cavalry were coming.
In the deposed dragon army formation, the generals looked at each other and changed their expressions. Xiong Bonan quickly gave the answer: "It was Luo Shu and Li Li. After they broke through the corridor, they went to Pingchang City to threaten them, but they did not go back... .This is a double-cross attack. They want to attack our generals directly from the middle! We have fallen into the trap and do not dare to react in such a hasty manner and bring all the elites of the Chinese army and the training leaders!"
....but also not. Zhang Xingchu nodded at first, but soon after he spat bloody saliva on the ground, he actually laughed. He didn't know if he was stunned by the impact of the two knives just now. "This is because Xue Changxiong is at his wits' end...How could the two visiting troops, Li Li and Luo Shu, risk their lives for him?"
Many of the generals in the formation were barely breathing, and some were even obviously unable to fight anymore. When they heard this, they all looked a little dazed.
At this point, Zhang Xing did not look at the crowd at all. Instead, he took a deep breath, used all his strength, drums, and the energy of the entire army to shout:
"Did you hear that, Xue Changxiong? You old dog is at your wits end!"
"The mad dog is barking at the sun!"
"Before you came here, you thought you were a tiger. Although you are tired, you still have the strength to fight!" Zhang Xingruo looked crazy and ignored him at all. He just roared as hard as he could. 'After arriving and fighting, I already knew that I was actually just an old dog with poor skills! Look at you, you can't even gather the practitioners under your generals in the Hejian camp, but how can you count on it? Luo Shu and Li Li, two Youzhou wolf cubs, are working for you, an old dog?! I’m here to see if they can overwhelm my general?!"
If they can't take the general's throne, I will kill you, this little dog, right here!" Xue Changxiong faced him sternly.
"Then you come?!" Zhang Xing scolded him with all his strength. "Have your hands stopped shaking?!"
There was no response from the other side for a moment, but the formation was clearly visible and preparations were started.
Do you think it's a master who has three Cheng Dan against five Cheng Dan? But have you ever thought that I still have three hundred strange scriptures here?!" Zhang Xing kept scolding. "You think it's fifty thousand versus fifty thousand, two hundred thousand versus two hundred thousand?! In fact, it's an old dog and a few puppies, fighting against four hundred thousand enemies and ourselves! Against the twenty counties of Hebei! The Wei Dynasty is declining, and everyone in Hebei wants to Seeing that you are bringing about your own destruction, let alone being a master, you are the great master. If you throw the whole army at this, you will only bring about your own destruction!"
The glowing formation on the opposite side had already been reactivated, but as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xing was not just talking, but also urged the yellow gelding under his crotch, holding the Dragon Shocking Sword, and activated it in the opposite direction towards Xue Changxiong's formation. The two sides were dozens of steps apart when they came over, but before they got there, an arrow wrapped in Duanjiang's true energy was shot out in front of him.
Someone in the opponent's formation gently raised his hand and blocked the attack.
The sound sounded as crisp as if some chopsticks hit the bottom of the pot.
But the next moment, the speed of the Deposed Dragon Army's Zhenqi formation did not slow down, and the whole formation actually collided head-on. The two formations collided, and the surrounding fences and earthen barriers collapsed. The loud sound of the formation's volley also became louder again. Overwhelmed by the rumble of horse hooves.
Not only that, after the collision, the formations of both sides passed by each other. Suddenly, a ray of purple light enveloped the large flag with the word "Deposed". He turned around suddenly, rolled up a ray of purple light, and hit the official formation. It's like hammering a drum. 1 These two sounds, with almost no gaps, seemed to be a reminder, which immediately triggered the agitation of the whole army. In the evening, the most intense battle in the five days since the war broke out.
On the front line, the officers and soldiers tried their best to launch a strong attack across the mountains. On the east side of the battlefield, several cadres of Youzhou cavalry suddenly arrived at the flanks with the mobility of the cavalry, then dismounted and launched a surprise attack on foot. They tried to cut into the center line of the chessboard camp along the previous corridor, but were stopped by Sun Xunzhi, Yan Qing, Liu Zhouchen and others. The leaders of the battle formation joined forces to block it. soon,
One of the five leaders left behind by the former army, Sun Xunzhi and his subordinates, who occupied the northeastern corner of the Qipan camp, voluntarily abandoned the corner camp and went to the rear to support them.
What is even more eye-catching is that in the northeast corner of the battlefield, the coaches of both sides, each leading their elite practitioners, started a deadly battle there like giant beasts wrestling.
The surrounding fences, trenches, and earthen fortresses, including abandoned houses and barracks, were all destroyed by the drumming of the true energy formation.
However, this kind of fighting state, which is like a flashback and a temporary drink of medicinal wine, is destined to be short-lived - no one can support such a fierce battle.
The two events that led to the change of the situation were that the reinforcements in Ban County took the initiative to come out of the city at Wei Xuanding's request, and then, a stream of light came from behind the iron cavalry of the Youzhou camp and arrived on the battlefield.
The stream of light passed through the air and landed in the military formation. After obviously hesitating for a moment, it headed towards the battlefield of the Zhenqi Army Formation in the northeast.
"Here comes the hero of Lu County." Li Li, the eldest son of the general manager of Youzhou Li Cheng and the first lieutenant of Youzhou, watched Li Li pass by. He suddenly smiled on his horse, as if the fierce fighting around him had nothing to do with him... ..Well.like it is. "General Luo, let me tell you, this battle can only be won by the collision of the great Qi formations over there. Why should we do that?"
Luo Shu was startled and hesitated for a moment: "Manager Xue treats us with courtesy, why don't we go back empty-handed?"
Li Li didn't refute, he just looked around, and then suddenly pointed to a place.
Luo Shu squinted his eyes slightly, and when he saw a man in dirty black police clothes with his back leaning against a Sun flag, shouting and directing everyone to repair the camp, he suddenly came to his senses: "Take this man's life? "
"This person came from somewhere else temporarily, and he was obviously the commander of an overrun camp, so he didn't dare to abandon the flag, but his cultivation level was not enough. I took a look, and there was absolutely no concentration... Why... why not try to take this person's life? "If you don't leave, you become a rebel... If the thieves retreat and collapse, why not try your best to fight?" Of course Li Li also had something to say. "But if we don't collapse, this man's life will be enough to give an answer to Xue Changxiong."
"General Li is here to take command." Luo Shu immediately ordered seriously. "My son, hold my flag, go to the west to charge...
Lao Bai and Gong Shen, you guys should take off your hat tassels and replace them with xun and chang iron spears, and come with me. "
As soon as these words were said, Luo Xin went off with his white horse and silver spear, holding the flag, which indeed attracted the attention of the entire battle line. At the same time, a group of more than ten elite cavalrymen behind Luo Shu all removed their conspicuous things and replaced them with ordinary ones. The iron spear was then activated along with Luo Shu, taking advantage of the chaos to thrust forward.
Li Li stared at the backs of these dozen riders with envy, his eyes fixed on them.
After a moment, this group of cavalry slowly moved in front of the opponent's trench. Then, Luo Shu not only did not dismount, but accelerated, and at the same time, he released the ice energy from his body. The ten cavalry behind him also released their energy, and they were vaguely connected. It became a small infuriating army formation.
More than a dozen horsemen form a formation, and they naturally seem to be one body. The person who is in charge of the task is able to make changes, and the horsemanship of more than a dozen people is amazing. They can easily cross antlers, earth barriers, and leaning logs in front of them. The black-cloaked leader didn't notice it at first, but when the opponent formed a true energy formation and came over on horseback, he was stunned and at a loss. When he realized what he was doing, he saw that the other party was heading straight towards the flag, so he quickly summoned his energy to raise his sword and called the surrounding personal guards to protect him.
Unexpectedly, when Na Luo Shu came to the front, he didn't move at all and charged for the kill. He just reined in his horse and raised his hand to throw. The spear in his hand was wrapped with ice energy and was thrown out. It was like child's play, pinning the opponent to the flag.
The latter howled and screamed, shaking the battlefield.
Luo Shu did not dismount and kill this man, but took advantage of the situation and turned his horse's head to leave.
Three or four of the seven or eight riders behind him, who were on the outside, all followed the same example, threw their iron spears, and then left straight away.
When the surrounding deposed dragon sergeants went to look again, the leader Sun Xunzhi had already had two or three iron spears inserted into his body. He lost all energy on the spot, and two personal guards were also dead beside him.
On the other side, Zhang Xing had no idea what was going on here, but this did not delay him. When he saw Xu Shiren coming to help, he loudly ordered from a distance: "Brother Xu, go and sit on the general stage. I will take care of the old dog here." !」
When Xu Shiren heard the words, he immediately touched the ground and crossed over, then turned back and stopped intervening.
But when he turned back and saw the situation here, he finally felt depressed and regretted that he could not save one of the leaders.
However, Xu Shiren himself did not know that his return directly contributed to the rapid end of the sudden battle between the two sides. Although the Second General of Youzhou and his subordinates were obviously superior in strength, as Zhang Xing said, it seemed impossible to really He had to sacrifice his life for Xue Changxiong, so after seeing Xu Shiren, whom he had been entangled with during the day, arrived, he had no intention of taking advantage of the situation and rushed to kill him, and instead chose to retreat immediately.
After the Youzhou Army left, the front line became discouraged. After Xue Changxiong and Zhang Xing collided with each other, although their momentum was not reduced, seeing that the opponent's momentum was not weak, they finally gave up their unnecessary thoughts and saw a When the opportunity arose, he led the army's masters to withdraw together.
At this time, the sun has not completely set.
"So, three helmsmen, five deputy helmsmen, eleven captains, plus one leader are dead? There are still five leaders below. Many people have serious injuries or internal injuries and will not be able to fight again for a few days?"
The sky was dark, and in the last ray of light, Zhang Xing leaned against the remains of a clearly smoked house, holding the reins of the yellow gelding, and listened to the report expressionlessly.
'yes. "There were obviously blood stains on the corners of Zhou Xingfan's mouth. "Since arriving in Hebei, there has never been such damage.
No problem. Zhang Xing responded solemnly. "It's as I expected. It doesn't take ten more days. Within three to five days, this battle will be like a downpour, and it will reach an outcome that no one can stop."
No one around responded. It wasn't that everyone didn't believe it, or that Zhang Xing had no authority. In fact, after this battle, those who had thought that Zhang Dalongtou could only recruit from outside the army were somewhat convinced.
However, everyone is too tired. The battle just now consumed too much energy.
'The leader Shan and the leader Cheng. "Zhang Xing swallowed and turned to the two of them. "Do you two still have strength?"
Shan and Cheng were already exhausted and had obvious hidden injuries, but when they heard Zhang Xing's words, they were both stirred up and woke up.
"When?" Cheng Zhili couldn't hide his worry. "One collapsed, and two actually made little progress. Only two barely reached the edge of the mountain."
Just these two. "Zhang Xing responded coldly. "Can we dig down tomorrow?"
'Can't do it. Shan Tonghai replied seriously. "I really can't do it... As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."
"Then just one." Zhang Xing changed his request without hesitation.
"Okay!" Shan Tonghai gritted his teeth and agreed. "Tomorrow at noon, burn down the supporting wood and give it a try."
The people around seemed to want to say something, but Zhang Xing simply turned around and explained:
"Everyone, today's saying that that guy's skills are poor is not to cheer him up before the battle, but that he is really exhausted... I can finally see that the fate of the army lies in the fact that Xue Changxiong and his son are not in the same league as the other generals. People, why should Hejian Camp and other parties not be on the same side? Under internal and external suspicion, he neither dared to let his own horse suffer too many casualties, so that he would be bullied and coerced by other generals; Dare to inflict heavy losses on the subordinates of other generals in the Hejian camp, so that those people jumped over the wall and stopped fighting; even when they couldn't see the remaining Chengdan masters on our accounts, they didn't dare to easily use their full strength individually. ..So, we must cause them a large number of casualties in a short period of time, or intimidate them, telling them that there may be huge casualties soon, creating psychological deterrence and shaking some of them! Once shaken, they will lose their own battle. The power is just waiting to collapse!"
Some of the people around me probably understood it, and some didn't understand it, but they all understood it.
I really didn't expect...the general looked so invincible, but he was so powerless when he came up. "At night, under the candlelight, Wang Yu, whose arm was wounded, looked gloomy.
'I didn't expect that either. ” Sitting opposite, Supervisor Sima Chen Bin also felt helpless. "How can the army be so suspicious? Before the general came, he was worried that there were many thieves and masters of elixirs. He, the master, was unable to do anything, so he put his hope in military affairs, hoping to use the army to sweep in during the cold season to create a military strategy. This way, he, the master, could not have a decisive battle with the opponent's master; but the reason why the generals below followed him boldly was essentially hoping that he, the master, could defeat him.
After overpowering the opponent's masters, creating an advantage, and ensuring victory, then send the army to roll over...The result is that no one is willing to fight hard!"
"Now that I think about it, when the general arrived and saw that the troops were unwilling to contribute, he was already a little disillusioned and guilty. Otherwise, he would not have chosen the tactics of building mountains of earth...and today he has not used the remaining The general was actually a little frustrated when the hidden Chengdan master was forced out, and the other generals were also a little uneasy." Wang Yu was a little anxious. "If that's the case, it would be better to withdraw our troops earlier, lest morale becomes even lower and the enemy might even take advantage of us."
"That's the truth, but reinforcements from other counties haven't arrived yet. Wouldn't it be even more ridiculous to talk about retreating?" Chen Bin immediately retorted.
Wang Yu was silent for a long time and could not speak.
After a moment, Wang Yu simply handed him over and walked away.
After returning to the camp and just sitting down, Wang Yu called his confidants and whispered: "Kill the general who came to surrender."
The confidant took the order and hurried away, only to return in a moment - the deposed dragon thief who came to surrender during the day was already seriously injured and died immediately, without leaving any words.
