The shouts of the Xuanjia Army soared into the sky, exploding like thunder, and reached Zhao Gou's ears in an instant. Zhao Gou looked over carefully and found that Zhao Shan came out from the left side of Nancheng, and there were only a few thousand cavalry.
Zhao Gou's nervousness immediately dissipated. Instead of being afraid, he became excited.
"It is said that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court, but Zhao Shan, as the emperor of Daqian, actually came to seek death."
"I have lived for more than forty years. I have eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, seen rare treasures, and seen countless strange people and things. I have even seen people as black as coal. This is the first time I have seen Zhao Shan so stupid. Arrogant person."
"There is a fortified city in Xiazhi County. Instead of hiding in the city and waiting for death, you take the initiative to seek death. You are getting impatient."
"Zhao Shan is so smart, I am so happy."
Zhao Gou's eyes gradually became crazy.
If Zhao Shan stays in the city all the time, Zhao Gou will still be in trouble and must attack the city. Now that Zhao Shan has emerged from the turtle shell, it is easy to kill Zhao Shan.
Gu Xianxiong praised: "Your Majesty is wise, kill Zhao Shan, and the whole army will be leaderless, which is in your palm. Zhao Shan defeated the Jin Kingdom, suppressed the Northern Wei, destroyed Xiliang, and established a high prestige. Kill Zhao Shan and step on it." His bones are enshrined in the throne of God, and you are the greatest man.”
Zhao Gou was happy.
In order to encircle and suppress Zhao Shan, Zhao Gou decisively adjusted his strategy, dispatched more soldiers to encircle and suppress Zhao Shan, and specifically attacked Zhao Shan.
After the Yangzhou soldiers got the news, they also knew that killing Zhao Shan was a great achievement. The generals of the Yangzhou soldiers became frantic and ordered adjustments one after another, so that a large number of troops rushed forward. Densely packed Yangzhou soldiers were surging outside the city, all wanting to kill Zhao Shan. .
Boom! !
At the same time, another Xuanjia army came out from the right side of Nancheng.
Zhou Huhou also came out with the drum beater and golden hammer and advanced quickly.
Zhao Gou noticed the Xuanjia Army coming from the right, but didn't pay attention. No matter how many cavalry there are, as long as Zhao Shan is killed, the dust will settle and there will be no more trouble.
The battlefield turned into chaos because of Zhao Shan's appearance, and countless Yangzhou soldiers were surging.
The melee fighting began.
Zhao Shan led the Xuanjia Army in a sprint without any fear. The Long Yuan Sword slashed left and right in his hand, killing the Yangzhou soldiers blocking the front one by one.
The Xuanjia Army burst out with unprecedented lethality and followed Zhao Shan forward.
At first, there were many Yangzhou soldiers who resisted, and the Xuanjia Army attacked at a slower pace. Continuous killings occurred. Everyone who stood in front of the Xuanjia Army was killed. Everyone who was close to Zhao Shan died. The Yangzhou soldiers suffered numerous casualties and the morale of the army was destroyed.
Many Yangzhou soldiers who rushed forward were more afraid.
Killing Zhao Shan was a huge feat.
You have to live to enjoy it.
After the Yangzhou soldiers' offensive weakened, the advance speed of the Xuanjia Army under Zhao Shan's command accelerated again, and soon they arrived not far from Modao Camp to provide support. The Xuanjia Army shared the pressure on one side. Rampant and unstoppable, keep pushing forward.
Because of the killings by Modao Camp, the pressure on the Xuanjia Army's side was also shared, allowing the Xuanjia Army led by Zhao Shan to sprint faster.
When Zhao Shan and Li Jiye charged each other, Zhou Huhou followed.
Zhou Huhou is a peerless general with innate supernatural power. He beats the drum with a golden hammer and sinks it with great force. He hits one by one, and anyone hit by the hammer will either die or be injured. When Zhou Huhou also caught up, he formed a three-blade charge with Zhao Shan and Li Jiye.
It was like a troika forming an unparalleled offensive on the vast battlefield outside the city. Those who touched it would die, and those who blocked it would be invincible.
From a distance, everyone’s mind was captured.
Although the Yangzhou soldiers resisted on a large scale, under the killings of Zhao Shan, Zhou Huhou and Li Jiye, the Yangzhou soldiers blocking the front of the army were slaughtered, causing countless casualties.
"Run away quickly, Emperor Zhao is coming to kill you."
"We can't stop it anymore. Emperor Zhao's army is killing people like crazy. We can't stop it anymore."
"Go away, don't stop me from retreating, don't affect my retreat, I won't fight, I want to go home, I want to find my mother."
Shouts came one after another among the Yangzhou soldiers. Many Yangzhou soldiers fled in all directions, not daring to stop them or fight. They were scared to death. Even though there are many soldiers in Yangzhou, the troops in each department of Yangzhou soldiers are not direct descendants of Zhao Gou, but belong to the big family.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for everyone to fight together. As long as one family's army evacuates, others will follow suit, and they are not willing to sacrifice their own private soldiers, so they all evacuate and avoid it.
When people's hearts are out of balance, it is difficult to form the strength to stop them.
They don’t want to die!
Therefore, they are all fleeing quickly.
Zhao Gou saw this scene from a distance, with a look of shock and disbelief on his face. He couldn't imagine that his army could not surround and kill Zhao Shan, but instead allowed Zhao Shan to keep coming.
How can it be?
How could it fail?
Zhao Gou couldn't figure it out, so he ordered a strong attack one after another. In order to kill Zhao Shan, he further issued a reward order to kill Zhao Shan and reward him with the title of Duke and promotion to the fifth level.
Under the heavy reward, many Yangzhou soldiers mustered up their fighting spirit to attack, but they were defeated again in a blink of an eye, and the concentrated offensive also collapsed.
If there are only 800 Mo Dao battalions and no reinforcements rush to help, hundreds of thousands of troops will be surrounded and killed one after another, and their lives will definitely be wasted little by little.
In fact, the 800 Mo Dao Battalion killed fiercely and indiscriminately. Even if they faced an army of hundreds of thousands, they could still come and go with ease.
There is such a situation in history.
Sun Shiwan was beaten to the point of running away by Zhang Babai during the battle in Hefei, which is a living example.
Li Jiye's Modao camp was not only fierce, but the Xuanjia army led by Zhao Shan and Zhou Huhou respectively were even stronger. After the expansion of the Xuanjia Army, there were a total of 10,000 elite cavalry. Zhao Shan led 5,000 people and Zhou Huhou led 5,000 people.
Two groups of 10,000 Xuanjia troops were engaged in the attack, cooperating with the Mo Dao Battalion. The Yangzhou soldiers were all infantry, and they were private soldiers of the Yangzhou aristocrats fighting on their own. They did not have enough cohesion, and they were killing chickens with a weak knife.
If such a large army enters Yuzhang County or the hinterland of Wu County, the large-scale cavalry will not be able to exert its combat effectiveness due to the developed water system.
It is difficult to defeat Zhao Gou's troops.
Outside the current Xiazhi County, the area close to the county has open terrain, there are no dense paddy fields, the roads are not narrow, and there are no rivers everywhere, which is enough for the Xuanjia Army to display its combat effectiveness.
Under the premise of the superposition of various reasons, the Xuanjia army will not be trapped. They only need to continue killing indiscriminately to kill the Yangzhou soldiers.
The Xuanjia Army will not be blocked and can cut back and forth to cover up and kill.
The Yangzhou soldiers collapsed in all directions, resulting in increasing losses and lowering morale. Many people began to run back.
Zhang Hongwu has always been clever.
He saw that Zhao Shan, Zhou Huhou and Li Jiye were killing fiercely, and he was no match for him. He did not dare to go to the front line to fight. He ran back to Zhao Gou as fast as he could, shouting: "Your Majesty, I can't stop you! We can't stop it at all."
Zhao Gou's face was livid, and he ordered without any doubt: "Block it, you must block it. Don't you want glory and wealth? The glory and wealth are right in front of you, don't you want it?"
Gu Xianxiong said quietly: "General Zhang, soldier, you can enjoy the treatment of becoming a lord and a general, and you can be granted the title of wife and shadow. Isn't it worth it? If you miss this opportunity, you will not be able to rise again. Soldier No more, you can recruit again. Zhao Shan escaped, can you make meritorious service?"
Zhang Hongwu's eyes moved.
It seems so.
"Oh no, Zhao Shan is coming to kill us."
Beside Zhao Gou, there were generals shouting hysterically, revealing fear and panic.
Zhao Gou raised his head and looked far away, and suddenly the pupils in his eyes shrank.
I saw Zhao Shan leading the Xuanjia Army to charge, heading straight towards King Dahu's banner. The attack was swift and fierce, and they were less than a hundred steps away from him. Although there were a large number of soldiers blocking the front, Zhao Gou's Yangzhou soldiers were frightened by the continuous fighting and showed a tendency to collapse.
"Retreat, let's avoid Zhao Shan's edge first and retreat quickly."
When it came to his own safety, Zhao Gou made his choice without any hesitation. As soon as he retreated, all the generals including Gu Xianxiong and Zhang Hongwu also retreated.
A large number of people retreated to avoid Zhao Shan's sharp edge.
Although the army was still there, Zhao Gou's retreat further weakened the unstable morale of the army. Countless generals of the Yangzhou Army ran in a hurry, leading a large number of troops that had not yet been mobilized to retreat.
The Yangzhou soldiers' offensive dissipated and they all ran for their lives.
This is also the fundamental problem of Yangzhou soldiers.
There are many Yangzhou soldiers under Zhao Gou, but they have not undergone real training. They are just private soldiers from rich families recruited temporarily. They are suitable for calling Lao Tie 666 and suitable for fighting downwind battles.
Once such a force is engaged in fierce fighting and encounters a headwind battle, it will be difficult to resist it. The cowardice in the bones, the weaknesses that have not been systematically trained, all burst out.
The bottom line is that they are just a mob.
Fighting on the battlefield is basically a battle of morale and courage.
Well-trained veterans of many battles dare to fight to the end even if they face thousands of troops. Even if they are almost dead, they dare to draw their swords without being affected by the situation.
The improvised army, even if it has a large number of people, will turn into a ruthless group of people trampling and shoving each other as they run for their lives, and they will hit their own people hard.
This is the situation of Zhao Gou.
Originally he had an army of 200,000 and had an absolute advantage in strength, but the army was too fragmented to fight powerfully and rush forward without fear of death. Once the first army withdrew and fled, other armies followed suit and even ran away for fear that they would be killed if they ran behind.
The trend of following the trend is particularly deadly on the battlefield.
Fang Weihu kept watching from the tower.
Seeing Zhao Shan win, a bright smile appeared on his face.
Your Majesty is indeed resolute and decisive.
If at the beginning, Daqian's army went to Wuxian County of Yangzhou along the Yangtze River and fought on the river, or in an area like Wuxian County with water networks, both the Modao Camp and the Xuanjia Army would have to be blinded and unable to exert their combat effectiveness. They would be defeated by the Yangzhou Army. Crush.
Now it has shown its fighting power.
Fang Weihu no longer hesitated and ordered: "Pass my military orders and beat the drums to cheer for Your Majesty. Then inform Qi Yuanjing that the army can attack. Go out in one go and defeat Zhao Gou's army."
The messenger made arrangements.
Boom! !
When the soldiers in charge of beating the drum learned that Zhao Shan had won the victory, they became very high-spirited and opened their arms one after another, beating the drums vigorously.
The drums beat loudly and echoed in the air.
Qi Yuanjing's army became even more restless. Under the leadership of Qi Yuanjing, 30,000 elite soldiers marched out along the city gate.
Qi Yuanjing was at the front, raised the big gun in his hand, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is charging, how can we fall behind? All the soldiers will follow me to charge, kill Zhao Gou and kill the national traitors."
"Behead Zhao Gou and kill the national traitors!"
Qi Yuanjing's soldiers roared.
More and more people shouted, and their voices soared into the sky, like thunder exploding in the sky, filling the battlefield with the shouts of tens of thousands of imperial troops.
Zhao Shan's troops were all deployed, and the army's offensive was like fire, sweeping forward continuously.
Zhao Gou was fleeing with his men when he suddenly found that he could not stop because the army had collapsed on a large scale and could not stop the retreat.
At this moment, Zhao Gou was terrified!
Zhao Shan is so cruel!
He can't stop him at all and seems to be defeated. What should I do?
