"My lord, be careful!" The two lieutenants on the left and right had been staring at the movement around them. At this moment, they saw the child leaping up. One lieutenant raised his sledgehammer to block it. The other one, in desperation, threw away his axe, jumped up from his horse, and headed towards He had to hug Tong Meng beforehand.
In his desperation, Tong Meng slashed his sword in his hand and cut the leaping lieutenant in two. He raised his foot and kicked the lieutenant holding the sledgehammer off his horse. He fell into the chaos and was trampled to death. Thanks to the delay of the two lieutenants, Li Yaoyang came to his senses and swung his big gun diagonally. Tong Meng blocked with his sword and was swept away by the big gun.
As soon as Tong Meng landed on the ground, he scurried under his feet and got into the chaos again, disappearing. At the same time, the Chu Xiang army's rear army, which had not been affected, now formed a formation and moved forward step by step. Li Yaoyang looked at the two lieutenants lying in a pool of blood. There was no trace of the attackers in the chaos.
"Tong Meng! I know it's you! You can't be considered a general in the army by being sneaky!" Li Yaoyang shouted at the rebel army, but the only response he received was chaotic shouts of death and begging for mercy.
"Despicable villain!" Li Yaoyang cursed secretly, and his horse felt the pressure of the Chu Xiang army's advance and turned uneasily in circles.
Several Nanhuai cavalrymen slapped their horses with guns drawn, and approached the advancing Chu Xiang rear army. Before they could engage in a hasty exchange, they were pushed off their horses by the raised halberds of the Chu Xiang army. The Chu Xiang army held up their shields to cover them. Then, after dragging those soldiers into the formation, only a few shrill screams were heard, and then there was no more movement.
The flanks of the Chu and Xiang armies that had been dispersed by the Nanhuai Army gradually calmed down from the initial panic, and gradually surrounded the five thousand Nanhuai cavalry from behind. The five thousand Nanhuai cavalry were all heavy cavalry. They were surrounded on all sides by the Chu and Xiang armies. They lost their momentum and naturally lost their previous power. They could only hang out the lone soldiers of Chu Xiang in the midst of the siege.
"Your Majesty, although our army has defeated the opponent's front army, we have also disrupted our formation, and the rear army is pressing forward... The Chu Xiang army that was just scattered on both sides is gradually surrounding us from behind..." The two lieutenants are dead. , several cavalrymen seemed to have a good relationship with Li Yaoyang, and they rushed to Li Yaoyang's side.
No one said anything, but Li Yaoyang also knew in his heart at this time that he had fallen into a trap. Tong Meng used a stand-in and the former army as bait to trap himself in the Chu Xiang army formation. The news that the sentinel had heard about a showdown with him was simply a rumor that was deliberately released.
"Don't panic, gather the soldiers together, and let's rush out!" He knew that he had been tricked, but Li Yaoyang didn't take it too seriously. In this burst of killing, except for the flank of the front army that had a lucky escape, the entire front army was basically wiped out. , just one face-to-face meeting dispersed nearly 5,000 Chu Xiang troops. In Li Yaoyang's eyes, the remaining troops were just like straw men in the fields.
A few soldiers had just left when they saw Tong Meng flying towards those people. After a fight, those soldiers were all chopped off by Tong Meng. Tong Meng sneered at Li Yaoyang and hid in In the chaos of the army.
Li Yaoyang was so angry that he turned around and looked around, but found nothing. Tong Meng was dressed in the armor and uniform of an ordinary soldier of the Chu Xiang Army. All he could see was that they were fighting each other. The two soldiers who were running for their lives in a panic could not find Tong Meng's specific location at all.
Li Yaoyang rushed to the side of the Nanhuai Army flag-carrying soldiers. The anti-banner soldiers were injured in many places and were still carrying the flag. Li Yaoyang asked: "Can you still resist?"
The flag-carrying soldier replied: "Your Majesty, you can resist!"
"Okay! Follow me, don't leave me even half a step."
Li Yaoyang danced his spear to clear the way in front. The flag bearers held the big flag and followed closely behind Li Yaoyang. The surrounding Nanhuai soldiers saw the big flag swinging and quickly gathered in the direction of the big flag.
Tong Meng quietly sneaked to the flag, jumped up, and slashed towards the flagpole with his knife.
"Get out!" Li Yaoyang reacted very quickly this time and stabbed behind him with the big gun in his hand. Tong Meng blocked with his knife, but was pushed away by Li Yaoyang's gun, knocking down a large number of soldiers from both sides. When the surrounding soldiers saw such a big movement, they all moved away. Tong Meng was suddenly exposed and had nowhere to hide.
"A despicable guy like you is worthy of being a general in the army. Oh, Chu Xiang is really full of talents." Li Yaoyang glared at Tong Meng and tightened his grip on the big gun.
Tong Meng somersaulted and said jokingly: "The King of Nanhuai is a gentleman, but it's a pity that his head was cut off and his head was missing."
"You're looking for death!" Li Yaoyang waved his big gun, and instantly smoke and dust billowed everywhere, making Tong Meng palpitate. Before he could react, a shot was fired at him. Tong Meng used an iron bridge to avoid the shot. The tip of the spear swept across his face, and the strong wind it brought only made Tong Meng's face hurt.
"Wait a minute! You ride a horse and I fight on foot. Even if you beat me, you can't win!" Tong Meng dodged the shot and quickly stood up and said: "How about you dismount and fight on foot, and we can fight openly and honestly, life and death." No matter what, what if the loser retreats automatically? It also saves the soldiers of the two armies from fighting and damaging the lives of the people."
Li Yaoyang put away his big gun and thought about Tong Meng's proposal. The flag bearer said behind him: "Your Majesty's rich body should not be easily put into danger..."
Li Yaoyang waved his hand to interrupt the flag-carrying soldiers and said, "Okay, but first remove your troops and let the Nanhuai Army go out."
Tong Meng leaned on the big knife and shook his head repeatedly: "That's not possible, little prince, just one collision, my Chu Xiang army will be dead. It took a lot of effort to surround you, how can I still defeat you?" Let it out."
"Then what are we talking about!" Li Yaoyang lost his patience, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, raised his big gun, and hit it on the head.
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Ma Liu led 30,000 troops and took the lead. He looked around: "It stands to reason that Tong Meng has also fought against the Nanhuai Army now. I don't know how the battle is going. Which Nanhuai Army is he fighting? How many troops are there? But Have you found out clearly?"
Vice General Xue behind him whispered back: "I never found out. Since yesterday, a total of three waves of spies have been sent out, but... no one has come back..."
"Ha... If you guessed it right, the person we are facing should be the second young master of Nanhuai - 'Zhang Zifang'. People say that the second young master of Nanhuai King is impeccable in his work, but I didn't expect him to be so meticulous. Even a sentinel can't do it." Not put back. How is the situation here?" Ma Liu asked.
"A total of four groups of Nanhuai sentry detectives were discovered before and after, and two of them escaped." Vice General Xue replied.
"All troops stop!" Ma Liu waved his hand to stop the advance.
Vice General Wang asked: "My lord, what's the matter?"
"One of our sentinels has not returned, but two of the other party's people have been leaked. The army cannot advance lightly." Ma Liu frowned and began to think.
Vice General Xue stepped forward and said: "General, I would like to lead a team of troops to open the way earlier!"
Ma Liu looked at Vice General Xue, nodded and said: "Okay, General Xue will lead 5,000 men and horses to open the way first, and General Wang will lead 5,000 men and horses to break up the rear. I will bring 20,000 men and horses in the middle. Once the enemy is discovered, send someone to report the news immediately. Don't do it." Acting without permission.”
The two generals took the order and left. After the two left, Ma Liu felt a little more relieved and led most of the troops to move slowly.
After traveling less than a few miles, a cavalryman came back and reported: "General Xue has discovered more than a hundred Nanhuai troops and requested to pursue them."
"No! This will lure the enemy's soldiers. Do not pursue them. You can only follow them from a distance. It doesn't matter if you escape." Ma Liu ordered, and the cavalry immediately went back to report the news.
"Report! General Wang discovered that a large group of enemy troops appeared in the rear of our army and requested to turn around for a decisive battle!" Just as the forward scout left, the rear scout came to report the news.
Ma Liu was startled: "There is a large group of enemy troops behind us? Have we ever encountered the Nanhuai Army all the way? Let General Wang investigate more carefully!"
The rear army sentry sent away after receiving the order. Soon, the rear army's killing sound was heard, which was loud and loud.
"What's going on? Why did the rear army suddenly start fighting? Send someone to check it out quickly!" Ma Liu couldn't help being frightened when he heard the loud killing sounds from the rear army, and ordered to send people to check on the rear army.
The herald was about to dispatch his men when he saw a rider on horseback, covered in blood, coming from the direction of the rear army: "The rear army... encountered an ambush... General Wang asked... General Ma to rush for reinforcements."
Ma Liu was shocked and quickly commanded: "The whole army supports the rear army!"
The Chu Xiang army hurriedly rushed to the rear under the leadership of Ma Liu. They didn't go far when they saw Vice General Wang coming over with his troops: "General Ma, please forgive me for the late rescue!"
"General Wang? Are you... okay?" Ma Liu asked Lieutenant General Wang in surprise when he saw the entire rear army ready.
"When the general heard the shouting of killing, he thought General Ma that you were fighting with the Nanhuai Army. Why..." Vice General Wang also looked surprised.
Ma Liu said angrily: "Where was the messenger just now? Where is it!"
Chu Xiangjun searched high and low, but could not find the sentry who was covered in blood just now.
Ma Liu suddenly came to his senses: "No, Vice General Wang, you will lead the rear army to continue to guard the rear. The whole army will follow me to the front to have a look!"
The army rushed around for about half an hour before they discovered Chu Xiang's former army, but now they had turned into corpses all over the ground.
Ma Liu saw a man lying in a pool of blood, still breathing, so he dismounted and asked, "What's going on?"
When the soldier saw Ma Liu, he said intermittently: "General Xue... found more than a hundred... Nanhuai soldiers and led his troops to chase him. He didn't want to encounter... an ambush."
"Didn't I give an order not to pursue him? How could he not respect the general's order?" Ma Liu said angrily.
"We... have not received... any general orders... General Xue feels guilty... and wants to redeem his merits..." Before he could finish his words, the Chu Xiang soldiers tilted their heads and died.
Ma Liu put down his soldiers, quickly mounted his horse and said: "The whole army retreats and joins the rear army."
The Chu Xiang army turned back and ran for another half an hour, and arrived at the place where they had just met with the rear army. The five thousand Chu Xiang army that had just been fully equipped were turned into corpses everywhere. Ma Liu rummaged through the pile of corpses, but couldn't find a living person and didn't get any useful information.
"Where did the Nanhuai Army come from!" Ma Liu threw a corpse into the pile and asked angrily.
"General, what should we do now..." asked a general behind him.
"The whole army retreats to Lushan Mountain." Ma Liu swallowed and said. Of the thirty thousand soldiers and horses, ten thousand were lost in the blink of an eye. This loss was not something he could afford.
The Chu Xiang army collected weapons and flags. Such a large number of corpses could not be taken back, so they could only take back some useful weapons and materials. While collecting them, I heard a loud laugh from behind the army: "Hahahaha, General Ma, what do you think of my plan?"
Ma Liu looked around and saw a group of people appearing in front of him. He saw a young man wearing silver armor and a silver helmet, sitting upright on a horse. He couldn't help but said: "This must be Li Dingxing from Nanhuai. The whole army is ready to attack and kill Li Dingxing!" "
Chu Xiangjun quickly put down his weapons and armor and formed a formation, but heard another laugh from behind: "General Ma, you still want to capture me? Do you think you can escape unscathed today?"
Ma Liu was shocked. He turned around and saw another group of men and horses appearing behind him. There was also a young man who looked completely different from the young man in front of him. However, he also had silver armor and a silver helmet and was dressed in the same style.
"This...which one is Li Dingxing?" Ma Liu was a little unsure.
"Nanhuai is good at water warfare. Naturally, what is on the water is true. General Ma, come and capture me." A fleet of ships sailed from Poyang Lake. The ships were relatively simple, including half-finished warships and fishing boats. On the bow of the leading warship stood a young man in silver armor and a silver helmet.
"Chu Xiang's decapitation tactics are unparalleled in the world. How about I let the entire army wear silver armor and silver helmets and let General Ma catch them?" In the swamp to the east, a group of Nanhuai troops stepped on wooden planks and led the way. He is still a young man with silver armor and silver helmet.
"Good for you, Li Dingxing!" Ma Liu gritted his teeth as he looked at the four Nanhuai armies and four young men in silver armor and silver helmets that appeared.
