Liu Yanzhen was very confident because he regarded the difficult job of commanding nearly 100,000 people as a small fight with hundreds of minions running around.
He treated life-and-death matters as child's play.
In fact, before the deployment of the northern camp capital, which was in charge of commanding the army, Liu Yanzhen actually commanded the army during the six months he served as commander of the Shenwu Army.
Although the Shenwu Army was the elite of the Forbidden Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, its number was not large, with only a few hundred core members.
He, Liu Yanzhen, could convince the public just by virtue of the horse on his hip, the stiff bow in his hand, and his family background.
Therefore, this resume does not provide him with much experience in commanding 70,000 to 80,000 people. It can be said that Liu Yanzhen has no experience in leading large corps in combat.
If you were born in Zhang Zhao's side, you would be qualified to be a Du Yuhou, a left-wing Linwei.
Liu Yanzhen should not have bragged so hard that she believed that she was a famous general. Li Jing, with the praise of the "Five Ghosts" around her, treated Liu Yanzhen like a Great Wall.
Therefore, when the emperor, who had always been a bit silly and bold, heard that he was going to send troops, he immediately thought of Liu Yanzhen and handed over 30,000 elite soldiers of the imperial army.
However, no matter how confident he was, no matter how ignorant he was, when he woke up the next day, it was already noon, Liu Yanzhen had not yet seen Zhang Yanhan’s rear army, and the entire Meng Zhuze was still dead silent, he immediately realized Something is wrong.
He immediately ordered the provisions and grass that had been moved off the ship to be moved onto the ship again, and the troops immediately prepared to set off.
Um! It's still the same as a playboy. He comes with a fierce attitude and thinks that he is unparalleled. If he has a slight setback, he doesn't even verify it. He just listens to the slightest hint of trouble and thinks of escaping.
When Chai Kehong, the Marquis of Yu of the Longwu Army, saw that Liu Yanzhen was confused again, the labor sergeant was so angry that he stepped forward to stop him.
Zhang Quanyue, who was on the side, grabbed the military academy member who was known for his bravery, sighed and shook his head.
"It's too late. The Zhou army must have intercepted and killed my rear army. Zhang Yanhan, a mediocre man, must not be able to resist. It's too late to do anything now. You and I are waiting to fight to the death."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Quanyue finished speaking, a shocking sound came from the front, and the Youyi Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, wearing gray and black leather armor, ran back wildly.
The Zhou army came from the east, north, south and three sides and surrounded the more than 20,000 Southern Tang Imperial Army.
Liu Yanzhen was moving in the ants, but when she saw Zhou Jun arriving, she still knew how to step forward and deploy the formation.
At this time, the Southern Tang Army had built a simple water stronghold at the mouth of Mengzhuze where the Bianshui River flows out, as a place to place large ships.
As soon as he saw the Zhou army coming from the land, Liu Yanzhen immediately ordered several warships of the navy to go down the river to see if they could rush out.
However, Zhang Zhao had already prepared. He connected the captured warships with iron ropes and placed them across the Bian River. The Southern Tang Army could not rush past them.
At this time, Liu Yanzhen finally gave up, but Mr. Liu remained calm because he still had a magic weapon.
That was the ingenious plan he came up with to defeat the enemy with his clever little mind after reading several military books.
At that moment, Zhang Zhao ordered the Shenji Battalion to set up the Camel Tornado Cannon to drive the Southern Tang Army away from the north bank. He personally led the army to the south to join Bai Congxin's troops.
Liu Yanzhen also formed a formation in the south with his back to the water village. Mr. Liu placed his horses horizontally and erected strange wooden statues of lions and tigers with green faces and fangs in front of the formation.
Not to mention, it is quite realistic, specially painted, and even animal hair made of silk thread and fur.
The most peculiar thing is in the front. Liu Yanzhen placed all the cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a total of four thousand, in front of the formation.
Well, the cavalry was in the middle. Zhang Zhao thought that Liu Yanzhen was mad and wanted to confront the Zhou army's cavalry.
But it is obvious that with Zhang Shengren's IQ level, it is impossible for him to guess through Mr. Liu's methods! '
What kind of iron cavalry hedge? So outdated!
While everyone was stunned, Liu Yanzhen ordered people to tie the legs of the cavalry horses together with ropes, and then drove them to the front of the army to use as a city wall.
Moreover, he was very careful and threw a large number of leather bags filled with iron pear in front of the horse as a trap.
In Mr. Liu's opinion, no matter how strong the Zhou army's cavalry is, they are still riding horses, right?
I imitated King Zhuge Wuning's old wisdom of destroying the elephant army and carved lions and tigers in front of the army. No matter how good your cavalry and horses are, if you see a liger right in front of you, how dare you attack?
It is easier to understand if the legs of the war horses are tied up. Liu Yanzhen put armor on the war horses and connected the legs to prevent them from running around. Isn't this a ready-made chariot formation?
When the time comes, the soldiers will hide behind the horses and shoot arrows and spears. When the Zhou army comes, the first thing to hit is not the people but the horses. It is definitely impossible to break them with one blow. Then he can counterattack while the Zhou army is exhausted. Isn't it easy to counterattack.
In addition, he sprinkled a large amount of iron pear in front of the horse, which could also kill the Zhou army. It was simply a victory in every battle!
This is sometimes the case! Having too much imagination is not a good thing.
Mr. Liu has been pretending to be in the military camp all his life. He thinks he has learned many magical tactics, but in fact, it is useless and stupid.
At least Zhang Zhao was stunned in the distance, and the assembled Zhou army also fell into self-doubt for at least five minutes.
Murong Nobunaga pulled off a lot of the finely trimmed beard on his chin, and finally looked back at Zhang Zhai with certainty and said.
"Sir, I really can't imagine, what is the reason for such a formation? But I know that as long as we charge, the Wu army will collapse."
Murong Nobunaga couldn't help laughing as he said this. His smile was careless, as if it was contagious. Suddenly everyone in the Zhou army burst into laughter. Even Zhang Zhao couldn't help laughing. For a moment Morale boosted.
As for the Southern Tang Army, many people felt that this was indeed a bit silly.
I just feel like my future is bleak with such a coach, so even before I play, I feel lifeless.
In the left formation, Zhang Quanyue roared loudly and ordered people to push the withered lions and tigers out of the formation. He could not control others, but he was not allowed to travel, something that insulted his IQ.
Zhang Zhao waved his hand lightly, the rumble of war drums sounded, and all the 34,000 elites he had mobilized arrived.
As for the Southern Tang Army, after being devoured by the rear army, there were only about 21,000 people left.
The central army of Zhou's army was composed of elite soldiers from Shandu as usual, but this time around them, there were a thousand more Yinqiandu trained by Feng Hui.
The Barbarian Bear is in the center. His huge size can always attract enemy firepower. At the same time, his majestic figure is also the most important reference for our own soldiers.
Many times, as long as the soldiers see that the bear is still moving forward, they know that the army must also be moving forward.
Precisely because of such a prominent role, Manxiong was ordered by Zhang Zhao to wear two layers of cloth-covered iron armor, and inside there was a layer of wire chainmail armor that was extremely defensive, but weighed somewhat less.
This chain armor was carefully crafted by Cao Yanming to honor Zhang Zhao. However, now that Zhang Zhao does not have to go to the battlefield himself, he usually gives it to his subordinates. Whoever is given it will be the main protagonist of this war.
The barbarian bear held a giant shield in one hand and a large flag in the other. To his left and right, the Zhou army was now also playing shield style, which was indeed beneficial for defending against crossbows and attacking enemy formations.
Amidst the beating of war drums by the officers and the shouts of one, two, three, four, the Zhou army formed a series of formations, like a wall, and pressed towards the Southern Tang army.
At the same time as they pressed forward, the main force of melee spearmen and jumping soldiers holding hatchets and hammers came to the last row. Following the sword and shield soldiers were the crossbowmen, and behind the crossbowmen were the archers.
During the march, whenever the crossbowmen are loaded, they will launch the crossbow arrows from the gap in the shield or from above. The archers will change the heavy arrows and use the throwing method to shoot.
The sound was like thunder and the arrows were raining down. Mr. Liu immediately discovered that his so-called war horses binding their legs and forming a formation as a city wall was a complete nonsense.
Under severe punishment, this person would still be a deserter because he was afraid of death, let alone a war horse.
Both Hanshandu and Yinqiang advanced in formation, and the crossbowmen had a large number of divine arm bows in their hands. Not only were they powerful, but they also missed quickly.
A war horse covered in a thin layer of iron and leather armor could not stop the power of the crossbow arrows.
While the two sides were still shooting crossbows, the horses that were hit began to run wildly in pain. If a horse wanted to run away, it would immediately cause panic among the surrounding horses, and then they would fall to the ground together.
Because the legs are tied with ropes, if one horse falls, the rest of the horses will fall down.
For a time, before the battle really got into the heat, the front of the Southern Tang Army was already in chaos comparable to hell.
The crossbow arrows were fired, the war horse fell to the ground and screamed, the war horse struggled to get up, and the screaming soldier was suppressed by the war horse.
Man Xiong has been fighting for so many years, and the quality of the soldiers and equipment of the Southern Tang Army are pretty good, but he has never seen them in such a mess and about to be defeated so quickly.
The giant bear roared loudly and threw the shield in his hand to the ground. The leather bag containing the iron beetle pear immediately lost its use. The other soldiers followed suit and spread the ground with their shields. Liu Yanzhen's iron beetle pear array , immediately lost its effect.
Dunzhu ran faster than a wild bear. He quickly stepped over the panicked horses, rushed like a god descending from the earth, and smashed directly into the Southern Tang army.
The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty gathered the embarrassed hedgehogs together and wanted to resist. Dunzhu roared, and the spears in his hands flew out one after another. The spear throwers behind him did the same.
The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who had gathered together were immediately knocked over. They couldn't bear the loss, so they started to run to both sides and back with howling, and the gap immediately appeared.
Therefore, taking advantage of the gap created by Dunzhu, the Zhou army rushed in and attacked and killed.
If such a stupid enemy doesn't quickly use Wushuang to gain military merit, wouldn't it be a loss?
At the same time as the infantry assaulted, the Zhou army's cavalry separated from the left and right of the formation, and then attacked the waist of the Southern Tang army's formation.
Because Liu Yanzhen tied all the horses together, the Southern Tang Army only had cavalry, and all of them became infantry. They had no ability to counter the Zhou army's cavalry, and could only try to fight with pure infantry.
Unfortunately, although they had many bows and crossbows, the infantry on the front collapsed too quickly, causing the two wings of the central army to panic quickly.
Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui disrupted the organization. Each led a general cavalry with a mixture of light and heavy cavalry to rush back and forth. It only took three rounds to defeat the Southern Tang Central Army.
It was only at this moment that Mr. Liu suddenly realized that this was not how battles were fought. The military books and tactics left by the ancients did have their own reasons. The battlefield was surprising, and it did not mean doing weird things.
However, he understood too late that the 20,000 Southern Tang Army, especially the 9,000 in his central army, had collapsed!
In despair, Liu Yanzhen was still somewhat heroic. Perhaps the blood of his father Liu Xin, the leader of thieves, had revived in him.
Liu Yanzhen got on his horse, holding a family heirloom bow, wearing a golden crow Mingguang armor, a unicorn walking on the snow under his crotch, and galloped out with more than a hundred Huainan heroes who had followed him for many years, charging towards the direction where Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui were attacking. past.
'Boom! Boom! Boom! '
Liu Yanzhen was on horseback and fired three arrows in succession.
An arrow hit Zhao Kuangyin's shoulder, and Zhao Da grimaced in pain.
The two arrows hit Murong Nobunaga in the chest. The force was so strong that Murong Nobunaga felt as if someone had punched him twice in the chest. The pain was excruciating.
Li Cunhui's eyes beside Murong Nobunaga were red. He held a horse gun and rushed towards Liu Yanzhen.
"Wu Guomanzi, a certain family wants to cut you into pieces."
Of course Li Cunhui would not think that it was Murong Nobunaga who was dying. What a joke. He and Murong Nobunaga's cloth-covered armors were both steel armors given by their adoptive father Zhang Zhao. Unless they were shot at close range by a crossbow arrow of more than two stones, they would not be able to survive. Not only is it impossible to break armor.
What made him angry was, what did Wu Guomanzi mean? The three of them were next to each other. Not only Murong Nobunaga received two arrows, but Zhao Kuangyin also received one.
But he, Li Cunhui, the majestic commander of Lin Weidu, was not even qualified to take an arrow?
Liu Yanzhen had no idea that missing an arrow would make Li Cunhui so angry.
The curly-haired green horse under Li Cunhui's crotch was also a rare divine horse. When he drew the bow for the second time, Li Cunhui had already rushed in front of him.
Liu Yanzhen was about to shoot an arrow when Li Cunhui waved his horse and roared like a tiger descending the mountain. Liu Yanzhen's heart trembled, but the arrow did not go out.
But after just a moment's hesitation, Li Cunhui arrived, and the horse flew across Liu Yanzhen's chest. The flames flashed on the nails, and Liu Yanzhen's chest went numb.
In an instant, the two cavalry were about to stagger. Li Cunhui held his sword in his left hand and drew his saber with his right hand, about to stab him.
At the critical moment, the Huainan heroes recruited by Liu Yanzhen swarmed in, surrounded Li Cunhui and began to use swords and guns.
Li Cunhui could only abandon Liu Yanzhen and stab him violently with a knife in one hand and a spear in the other.
However, as soon as Liu Yanzhen recovered from the shock, the surrounding Zhou army cavalry discovered his big fish.
Because in the Central Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which had almost no cavalry, his one or two hundred cavalry was really obvious.
At that moment, Murong Nobunaga, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Zhao Yanjin, and Zhebu Jiashi rushed in from the west.
Huang Yingda, Han Tong, Gao Huaide, Fu Yanqing and Yue Saonu came from the north.
Ma Shacai, Qiongre Duojin, Yao Yuanfu, Wang Quanbin, Hou Renbao and others came from the south.
For a time, more than 30 powerful generals from the Zhou army were serving Liu Yanzhen. How lucky was this?
Mr. Liu was good at riding and shooting with self-control, but under the siege of this group of cavalry generals who could be regarded as the best in the world, he was hit by more than a dozen arrows before he could make a move. Before he could swing his horse, he was pecked by five or six arrows at the same time. Hammer, bone, and long spear hit.
Suddenly, the body was like a rag bag, blood was constantly pouring out, and the person could no longer die.
The battle between the Central Army and the Right Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty ended quickly. In a little more than half an hour, they lost their combat effectiveness.
However, to Zhang Zhao's expectation, a total of 7,000 people from the Zuo Jinwu Guards, Zuo Shenwu Army and Feng'an and Xiongwu Towns of the Southern Tang Dynasty besieged the more than 3,000 Tang troops, but they never captured them.
In the fierce attack battle, Luo Shande, the commander of the rear army and the commander-in-chief of Feng'an Town, even took the field in person.
However, the Southern Tang Army used large shields to cover their formation, and their spearmen stood staggered behind the sword and shield soldiers, stabbing through the gaps in the shields.
The elite Jianghuai crossbowmen kept firing arrows, causing heavy casualties to the Zhou army soldiers who were still unable to withstand the damage of the crossbow arrows despite being heavily armored.
At the same time, about five hundred strong archers of the Southern Tang Dynasty huddled behind their shields and continued to throw heavy arrows, which also posed a great threat to the Zhou army.
Mountain Boar's eyes were red. Not only did his subordinates suffer heavy casualties, but the other armies were slaughtering pigs and dogs. He was the only one who outnumbered the enemy and was beaten in such a miserable state. There was no way he could justify it!
He put on two layers of armor and urged his soldiers to attack continuously. The cavalry from Zuojinwu Guards and Feng'an Town also detoured behind the Southern Tang Army and launched waves of forcible attacks.
Sure enough, under the fierce attack under the personal supervision of the coach, the Southern Tang Army finally couldn't hold on anymore and began to retreat one after another. However, a breach was made on the left side of the Zhou Army by the spearmen of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Shanzhu'er was about to ask all the Zuo Shenwu Army to fill the vacancy, but at this moment, a group of more than 300 people, dressed in mysterious clothes, could not tell what kind of armor they were wearing, and wearing black tiger iron stomach painted on their heads. , an elite soldier holding a giant sword burst in through this opening.
The giant swords in the hands of these warriors are much larger than ordinary swords, and are almost as long as the Mo Dao. Although the handle is shorter than the Mo Dao, the blade is longer. At this time, it is also It can be regarded as a kind of Mo Dao.
The gap they burst into happened to be where the archers of the Left Shenwu Army and a small number of Lanzhou United Archers gathered.
This time it was dangerous. After the Southern Tang Army rushed in, they dispersed the attack, and then the generals with both hands used their strength to advance like a whirlwind!
In an instant, screams were heard everywhere. After all, the Zuo Shenwu Army and the Unity Archers were not elite heavy armors like Han Shandu and Silver Spear.
They did not have the ability to shoot arrows and play Mo Dao at the same time. They were only equipped with light armor and short knives. They were killed immediately and their blood flowed like rivers.
The furious mountain pig could only move some of the soldiers who were in front of reinforcements to withstand the attack of this strange heavy sword warrior.
But in this way, there were not enough soldiers to attack, and they were pushed back by the Southern Tang Army.
Zhang Zhao immediately climbed up and saw the mountain pigs being repelled several times, and the casualties seemed to be quite high.
He immediately made adjustments and sent messengers to call back several hundred men from the Barbarian Bear. At this moment, the sixty camel cyclone cannons of the Shenji Battalion that had just crossed the river arrived.
Zhang Zhao led his bodyguard and personally rode his horse to Shan Zhuer's side.
When he saw an armored man wearing mysterious clothes and holding a sword similar to a Western two-handed sword, a name instantly came to his mind.
Black Cloud and Sword City! This was the founder of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the bodyguard of Yang Xingmi in Huainan. It laid the foundation for Yang Wu and Zuo of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
At this time, Shanzhu'er's fourth attack was beaten back. When he saw Zhang Zhao arriving, his face turned red and he knelt down on one knee in the blood.
"Sage, please give me another quarter of an hour, and I will definitely defeat the Wu army!"
Zhang Zhao waved his hand, "You have encountered the Black Cloud Long Sword!"
Unexpectedly, 30,000 imperial troops from Southern Wu came, and the real elites were here. The overall situation has been decided, so don't let the soldiers bleed any more. "
After saying that, Zhang Zhaoce immediately stepped forward and came to a place 150 steps away from the Southern Tang Army. He was protected by heavily armored soldiers holding up shields. Zhang Zhao shouted on his horse.
"But is King Yang Zhongwu's personal entourage? Xu Zhigao stole the artifact. The master of Fei'er is now in a desperate situation. Why not surrender early?"
The Southern Tang Army on the opposite side saw Zhang Zhao's golden helmet and armor, and roughly guessed who it was, and the crowd suddenly became commotion.
Zhang Quanyue saw someone on the left and right looking agitated, and immediately shouted angrily.
"To eat your salary and share your worries, let alone today! Besides, my family and others are all in the south of the Yangtze River. Once we are kidnapped to the Central Plains, when can we return home?"
Chai Kehong, the Marquis of Du Yu, also wiped the blood on his face and said loudly: "The Governor Zhang is a noble man and has no fear of life or death. Why should I cherish this body? I am willing to die in battle with the Governor."
Although Chai Kehong was only a Du Yuhou, he had high prestige among the Southern Tang Forbidden Army, especially the Longwu Army.
In addition, at this time, the Central Plains was plagued by wars, laws, and food shortages. Being a prisoner in the Central Plains was really not a good choice. Sometimes it was better to die in battle.
Therefore, as soon as Chai Kehong finished speaking, Du Yuhou Zheng Zhaoye and others also responded one after another.
Zhang Quanyue immediately looked at Chai Kehong. Chai Kehong immediately understood what Zhang Quanyue meant. He immediately rode out of the formation on Zhang Quanyue's horse and inserted a white tiger flag, symbolizing a deadly battle, in front of the two armies.
Zhang Zhao's eyes turned cold. His original intention was that Heiyun Changjian was famous and he wanted to let them live. Now that they don't appreciate it, let's fight!
snort! They should also let these people see that in addition to the Xiliang cavalry, Zhang Zhao also has the invincible Shenji Battalion.
The left army of the Southern Tang Dynasty still had 2,500 or 2,500 soldiers, and their formation was still very tight. However, they were squeezed by the Zhou army on their front, left, and right sides, and behind them was the surging Bian River, which made them unable to move.
The infantry, which had basically lost its mobility, was the favorite target of the Shenji Battalion. Zhang Zhao gave an order, flying rocks like rain, and vertical rocks like fists, pouring towards the Southern Tang Army.
Zhang Quanyue and others did not expect that Zhang Zhao also had a camel cyclone cannon. This thing is too terrifying. No matter what armor you have or what big shield you have, there is no way you can withstand the polished fist-sized stones emitted by the trebuchet.
In just a few breaths, amidst the creaking sounds of the mechanism, the Southern Tang Army screamed, and a huge gap was immediately opened.
Zhang Zhao waved the silver-white gold flag in his hand again. The white color is gold, which represents attack. There is a black tiger painted on this white flag, which corresponds to Li Ruotai's eight hundred armored cavalry.
Li Ruotai had long been accustomed to him completing the final blow against the enemy's elite. When he saw Zhang Zhao's golden flag waving, he immediately asked the guards around him to blow the horn.
The 800 armored cavalry also broke into the formation, and the arrowheads were the 100 most valiant armored cavalry. After they broke out of the formation, the remaining 700 cavalry rushed into the enemy formation to kill them.
There was no suspense. While Zhou Junji's armored cavalry was still trotting slowly, the Southern Tang military formation let out a desperate cry.
They had just been attacked by a violent trebuchet, killing and injuring hundreds of people. Their formation was already in chaos. Even Du Yuhou Zheng Zhaoye was hit in the thigh and passed out.
They no longer have the ability or morale to resist.
In the despair of the enemy, Li Ruotai personally supervised the army and ran into the panic of the Southern Tang army.
Chai Kehong, who has a reputation for bravery, resisted with all his strength, and even tried to dismount a Zhou military armored cavalryman.
But no one responded to the frightened soldiers, and the charging method of riding on the wall did not give much room for personal bravery.
He was knocked out by a tall horse and fell into the cold Bian water.
At the end of the military formation, Zhang Quanyue cried out in pain when he saw how complete the defeat was. Then he pulled out the short knife from his waist, stabbed it into his own neck, and committed suicide.
The Southern Tang army was officially destroyed.
