At the top of Linqu City, under the canopy, Murong Chao could no longer sit still. Sometimes he stood up and went to the city wall to look far away, sometimes he walked back and forth anxiously. From his position, he still could not see the battle ahead very clearly. You can get a general idea of the shouts of death in the smoke and the advance and retreat of the flags. Groups of messengers, with centipedes on their backs leaning against the flags, walked up and down the city like a revolving lantern, constantly reporting on the battle ahead. transmitted back.
"Report, General Murong Xingzong of our army is attacking the enemy's commander's platform. The Jin army's ambush has been mobilized and a large number of carts have been deployed to block the front. Our army is temporarily unable to advance and is fighting hard!"
Murong Chao gritted his teeth: "Trash, they are all trash. They are all armored and cavalry. They can't even break a small cart. Murong Xingzong, what do you do for food?!"
After scolding him, he still said in a deep voice: "Where did Murong Xingzong hit him now?"
The ordering soldier hesitated for a moment and then said: "There are still five hundred steps to go from the Chinese Army Commander's Platform!"
Murong Chao was so angry that he slapped his palm on the bricks of the battlement, causing dust to fly everywhere: "What? Five hundred steps?! Half an hour ago you told me that there were only three hundred steps left, why are you still retreating further and further?!"
The messenger was so frightened that he dismounted his horse, knelt on the ground, and cupped his hands and said: "The Jin army advanced with carts in conjunction with the Changshan, and there were strong crossbowmen on the archery towers on both sides to support it. This time our army cannot make a detour to kill those archery towers, and can only temporarily Fall back and take turns attacking."
Murong Chao waved his hand angrily: "Go back and tell Murong Xingzong that if he doesn't attack the Jin army's command tower within half an hour, he won't have to come back to see me!"
The messenger, as if receiving a general amnesty, quickly saluted with his hands, jumped on his horse, turned around and left as if fleeing.
Behind and behind the messenger, another scout ran towards Murong Chao. He saluted Murong Chao on horseback and said, "Report, our army's attack on the left-wing vehicle formation has failed. The Yuan brothers are reorganizing the next attack!"
Murong Chao opened his eyes wide: "What? The attack failed? I sent them 50,000 reinforcements, are they all just eating shit? Tell Yuan Zun to attack with all my strength at all costs, even with human lives. I have to break that damn car formation."
The messenger looked troubled: "Just now, General Yuan sent death squads forward many times. With great difficulty, he pulled back the bodies of the soldiers who died during the previous attack and cleared the passage. During the all-out attack, the enemy troops fired thousands of arrows. Yuan General, they really tried their best."
Murong Chao gritted his teeth and said, "No one will die in a war. Tell Yuan Zun how much he has lost and I will make up for him in the future. Don't worry about casualties."
The messenger quickly saluted and said: "I obey the order!" Then he slapped the horse's buttocks and quickly turned around and left.
Murong Chao murmured: "Trash, they are all trash!"
Once again, he rode to the city. He dragged out the word "Bao" from a distance, and kept shouting while riding from a hundred steps away. Murong Chao's eyes lit up, because he could see clearly that this was coming from the vanguard. When he came over, there was a hint of joy on his face, and he couldn't wait to say: "How is it? General Gongsun succeeded?"
The messenger said with a sad face: "General Gongsun successfully broke into the enemy's formation and broke the enemy's first shield formation. However, in front of the second line of defense, he encountered a large number of casualties from the enemy's Eight Ox Crossbows."
Murong Chao shook his head in disbelief: "Impossible, this is impossible! Aren't the Eight Bull Crossbows of the Jin Army placed on both wings? Why are there so many of them in the forward position?!"
The messenger sighed: "These Eight Oxen Crossbows are hung on the waists of Jin army soldiers to fire. I'm afraid, I'm afraid they unloaded the Eight Oxen Crossbows on both wings from their seats and transported them to the forward."
Murong Chao gritted his teeth: "Can this operation still be possible? Grandma's. However, even the Eight Ox Crossbow can't completely stop our army's assault. My Hundred Battle Armored Cavalry is not hundreds of Eight Ox Crossbow. If they can stop it, even if there is a city wall in front of them, they can break it open!"
A trace of helplessness flashed across the face of the messenger: "The enemy, after the enemy fired the Eight Bull Crossbow and killed the 500 cavalry in the first wave of our army's attack, they actually used fire oxen to carry out a counterattack. These fire oxen, Grass was stuck in the buttocks. After burning, he went crazy because of the pain. He tied a knife to the horn of the bull and ran back and forth. Our army, the successor cavalry of our army, was attacked by these fire bulls. The whole army was annihilated. Hu Yan, who led the team, Ti, General Huyanti died in battle!"
Murong Chao was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out: "What? Huyanti, Huyanti died in the battle?!"
The messenger gritted his teeth: "General Huyan took the lead and rushed to the front. He was also the first to be charged to death by the fire bull. The Jin army took advantage of the death of our general in battle and the whole army was in chaos to launch an all-out assault. Our army More than half of the hundreds of armored cavalry have been killed or wounded, and the rest are under the command of General Gongsun Wulou, who are fighting and retreating. General Gongsun sent a special low-ranking official to report the battle situation ahead and ask for your Majesty's support!"
Murong Chao was so angry that he picked up a water glass next to him and threw it at the messenger. His roar echoed in the air: "Asshole, I gave him all the Baizhan Jiaqiu for self-defense, and he still has the nerve to do so. Are you asking for reinforcements from me again? There are just me and a few hundred guards in this city, how about I go and support him myself?!"
The soldier who ordered the order was so frightened that he fell off his horse and knelt down, kowtowing like he was pounding garlic: "Your Majesty, calm down your anger, Your Majesty, calm down your anger!"
Murong Chao gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Tell Gongsun Wulou, if you don't have any soldiers, go to Duan Hui and Zhang Gang for help. The Hundred Battle Armor Cavalry will retreat first, reorganize the formation, and then attack. Even if he doesn't have the ability to fight, To penetrate the Jin army's defense line, I have to pin the main force of the Jin army to the front, and I can't let them go to support elsewhere!"
The messenger quickly saluted, mounted his horse, turned around and retreated. Murong Chao was upset, like a wolf in the zoo, walking back and forth anxiously, muttering: "How could this happen? How could this happen?!"
There was another sound of horse hoofbeats coming from far away. Murong Chao directly grabbed the big bow held by a guard beside him, stringed the arrow, and shouted at the messenger: "If there is no good news, get out of here, otherwise I will now I’ll shoot you to death!”
The messenger was stunned for a moment, then turned to smile and said: "Your Majesty, what a great victory, what a great victory! The Imperial Guards and the King of Guilin have successfully broken through the enemy's right-wing chariot formation with their tiger-striped armored cavalry. The army has already entered the formation and is heading straight for the commander's platform. .”
Murong Chao's eyes lit up, he put down the bow and arrow in his hand, and jumped to the crenellations of the city wall with a single stride, his face full of excitement: "Really? Has the Imperial Master really entered the battle?"
The ordering soldier nodded vigorously: "It's absolutely true. The national division first let General Yue's troops and horses feign an attack, pretending to be defeated, and induced the enemy to open up their chariot formations and come out to pursue them. Then they attacked with tiger-spotted armored cavalry and succeeded with one blow. The King of Guilin took the lead. , invincible, and the national army is also rushing into the enemy's formation from behind."
