Wu Shuo ran wildly behind him and saw Xian Yudan being stabbed in the chest from his best position. He grabbed his iron gun and urged his horse to move forward.
Because Lan Ji sat down quickly, Wu Shuo arrived at the moment Xian Yudan fell to the ground, and saw him draw his gun in advance and make a sprinting gesture.
Lan Ji is young and has quick reflexes. He can roughly know the opponent's position just by listening to the sound of horse hooves.
Between the lightning and flint, Wu Shuo thrust out his spear.
Lan Ji grabbed the reins with his left hand and turned around. The maroon horse roared and raised its front hooves. The Canglong Broken Army Halberd was raised above his head with one hand. This was an enhanced version of the 'Gai Da' in the Halberd Technique.
The domineering momentum was as powerful as a landslide. Not only was Wu Shuo's crotch heated up in surprise, but the front hooves of the war horse he was riding also gave way, causing him to kneel forward.
The war horse was caught by the huge impact and rolled on the ground for a week before collapsing and unable to get up.
Wu Shuo was thrown by a horse just now, his head hit the ground and his neck was broken, and he died on the spot.
Lan Ji fought one against two, not only easily killing one general, but also frightening one to death, both men and horses. This scene was rarely seen in Jiangdong.
Fanatic cheers broke out from Lantian's side, and the soldiers from Lu Fan's side were so shocked that they couldn't close their jaws for a long time.
At sixteen, is he still human? Everyone in Jiangdong has this question.
Three corpses were lying in the formation of the two armies, but no one dared to go up and retrieve them.
"Who else?" Lan Ji pointed angrily at the enemy formation with his halberd, as if he was shouting from an invincible king.
The shouts echoed in the formations of the two armies, and the horses in front of the Wu army became uneasy. Lu Zhi and Cheng Zi secretly leaned back, worried that Lan Ji would see them and ask for their names again.
"Who else?"
Lan Ji shouted again, and the Wu army was completely silent for a moment, because the gap was too big, and no one wanted to die.
"Master Fu, what should I do?" Song Chen asked softly.
Seeing that the time was right, Lan Tian smiled and ordered Song Chen: "Zhong Ling killed three generals in a row. The other army was already frightened. He ordered the three armies to attack immediately and kill anyone who was caught off guard."
"Wei." Song Chen responded with clasped fists, then took out the whistle with his left hand, picked up the command flag with his right hand and gave the command to attack.
Hao Pu and Mi Fang led their troops to act upon the order. The soldiers in Lingling and Changsha were inspired and rushed towards the enemy formation with excited shouts. The 500-year-old battalion was the first to crowd around Lan Ji and at the same time launched a fierce attack on Lu Fan's army.
Wu's army had failed in successive battles and was now too timid to fight. As soon as Lantian's army attacked, chaos began in Lu Fan's formation.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Lu Fan immediately drew his sword and killed several timid soldiers in front of the formation, and then managed to stabilize the scattered position. However, at this time, his own soldiers had no intention of fighting, so they could only fight and retreat towards Pingxiang County.
Lantian retreated when he saw the situation was good. The army only covered up the enemy for two or three miles, and then asked Song Chen to withdraw his troops at Mingjin. The soldiers in the front withdrew with unfulfilled intentions.
Returning to the main tent of the camp, Lan Ji walked in with Silver Helmet in his arms. Hao Pu and Mi Fang no longer treated him as a child, but stood up to greet him respectfully.
"Back." Lan Tian nodded kindly and pointed to the side for Lan Ji to sit down and drink some water.
Lan Ji walked to the seat, clasped his fists and asked in puzzlement: "Father, the Wu army was defeated just now and could have pursued them to the county seat. Why did you withdraw your troops so quickly?"
Lan Tian stroked his beard and replied: "We cannot defeat Lu Fan in one battle. If he leads his troops back to Jiangdong, the plan he has prepared for his father for a long time will be in vain."
"It turns out that the youth camp is not very enjoyable." Lan Ji sat down on the table.
"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Lan Tian smiled slightly.
"Master Fu, what should we do next?" Mi Fang smiled and asked for instructions.
Mi Fang was a little confused at first. Both of them had the same relationship with Liu Bei. They couldn't just use Lantian like this just because they had multiple nephews and they knew how to farm. The Mi family also provided money and food.
Now that Mi Fang is convinced by Lan Tian, he is ready to imitate Wu Ban who restrained Zhu Ran, as long as he obeys his words.
Lan Tian sternly told everyone: "You pick out all the old and weak in the army, and then arrange them to fortify outside the camp. In addition, let Governor Xi leave two thousand soldiers in Liling, and the rest of the Guiyang soldiers will come immediately to join them."
"Wei." Mi Fang and Hao Pu clasped their fists at the same time.
"Aren't you afraid that Lu Fan will run away? Then why do you need to increase the number of troops?" Lan Ji scratched his head in confusion. His question was also a question raised by everyone.
Lan Tian stroked his beard and explained: "This is a tactic to suspect the soldiers. Today we are using you to kill the generals, but in fact it has not harmed the foundation of the Wu army. My father's purpose of changing the defense and increasing the troops is to show weakness. Lu Fan will not escape if he knows it."
"Well, how to win next?" Lan Ji still doesn't understand, and he thinks it would be more straightforward to tell the truth?
Lan Tian looked serious and uttered one word: "Wait."
Lu Fan led his troops back to Pingxiang County in embarrassment. There were three empty seats in the county government hall last night, but now even the corpses have not been recovered, and the morale of the generals in the hall has dropped to the bottom.
The dull atmosphere lasted for an hour until Lu Ju sorted out the battle damage and presented it on the record.
"Just tell me." Lu Fangen was not in the mood to look through it.
"When our army retreated, 1,600 were killed, 1,800 were slightly injured, and 150 were seriously injured," Lu Ju replied in a low voice.
Lu Fan was shocked when he heard this. His originally lazy body suddenly straightened up, and he asked suspiciously: "That's all?"
"That's true." Lu Zhi said firmly.
"How is that possible?" Lu Fan showed a surprised expression.
At this time, veteran Song Qian stood up and clasped his fists, "General Zi Heng, when we just retreated, the last general observed carefully that Lantian's army was not a trapped army, so its combat effectiveness was not high. I think we lost hundreds of people in the pursuit just now."
"The general has also noticed, but the hundreds of people around Lan Ji are really quite powerful." Cheng Zi stood up.
Lu Fan slapped his palm on the table, "Is Lan Ji the biological son of Lan Tian? How could there be such a big gap between father and son? Fortunately, our army has a huge advantage in strength, so we can only use the human wave tactic to defeat the enemy."
"Lan Ji is brave and invincible. The morale of the soldiers in each battalion is low. They may need to rest for a while. General, why don't you take this opportunity to find out the truth about Lan Tian?" Chief Secretary Liu Dun stood up and admonished.
"Zi Ren's words are very good." Lu Fan nodded, turned to Lu Ju and said, "The world will agree to send more scouts to Lantian Camp to investigate. If there is any news, report as soon as possible."
"Wei." Lu Ju held his fists and walked out of the lobby.
Lu Fan then waved his hand and continued to give instructions: "Everyone go back to the camp to appease the soldiers and tell them that Lantian is just like that. I will get back the shame today."
"Wei." Song Qian and others stood up and left one after another.
The next day, Lantian ordered people to return the bodies of Zhou Shao, Xian Yudan and Wu Shuo, and threatened to mobilize various troops to fight Lu Fan in Pingxiang.
News of the deployment of the Lantian camp was reported back to Pingxiang, and reinforcements from Liling arrived two days later. Lu Fan urgently summoned the chief secretary Liu Dun to ask for advice.
"Zi Ren has always been very wise. What do you think Lan Tian wants to do? Does he really no longer care about Jiaozhou?" Lu Fan's face was filled with questions.
(End of chapter)
