"In order to lead the sheep, we only need to hold the leader Zuo Shiren, and the rest of Dongling people will definitely pursue in the same direction in order to rescue Zuo Shiren. In this way, we will have a chance to counterattack. "While riding on the horse, Xu Mu continued to speak seriously.
"But now, King Yuan still needs to do one thing. Shen Tuguan needs to move faster so that he can arrive in time to join the battle."
"Understood, I immediately sent a letter to Shen Tu Guan, asking him to put the overall situation first and come to the battle as quickly as possible." Seeing that there was another opportunity, Yuan Song's eyes suddenly changed. Full of energy.
"Very good." Xu Mu nodded.
"King Yuan, what you and I have to do now is drive the sheep. Zuo Shiren's sheep is not easy to deceive. In about half an hour, I will gather the Western Shu army and go around to the west of the Dongling Formation. On the other side, they were beating drums and blowing trumpets, pretending to be a flanking attack. King Yuan was here, opening a loophole in the east. The news was cut off, and in a panic, Zuo Shiren was not willing to surrender, and would follow the loophole. Flaw and escape.”
"King Shu, what if he doesn't escape?"
"He will escape. Don't look at Zuo Shiren's pretentiousness, but this man's ambition is the greatest in the world. Therefore, he is absolutely unwilling to die here. Moreover, there are also shipyards on the east bank of the river, and there are The patrolling Tangling navy also has the opportunity to return to Tangling."
"The king of Shu is trying to figure out people's hearts...it's really scary." He couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a concern. Yuan Song was silent for a while before speaking out.
Xu Mu didn't care. For a long period of time, Donglai was still regarded as an ally of Xishu.
"Prince Yuan, you and I will follow this plan and make preparations in advance."
Yuan Song nodded, "Don't worry, King Shu. This time, even if Zuo Shiren cannot be killed, he will still suffer a lot."
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In the large formation, Zuo Shiren's face was filled with anger, and he stood coldly with his sword in his hand. The war has reached this point, and he has hardly had a break.
Yuan Song on the opposite side seemed to be like a madman, constantly launching attacks again and again. But fortunately, his elite troops were able to hold on after all.
At this time, Zuo Shiren did not dare to count the number of people at all. He only watched as the originally huge array of people slowly shrank, then shrunk again. According to visual inspection, there are no more than an army of ten thousand people.
But there were no reinforcements arriving from both directions. Even if he used the smoke tactic, he was still worried that the general guarding the dock was mediocre and could not see the meaning of the smoke at all.
"My lord, the Shu people are behind us!"
"Damn it, it's here again!" Next to Zuo Shiren, a man who looked like a general gritted his teeth, "It must be another round of flanking attack."
In the past, battles like this happened not once or twice.
"Even the Tiger General from Western Shu stepped forward."
Zuo Shiren felt irritable after hearing this. Xu Buyi is unjust, and Yuan Song is a madman. If the formation is really broken, he will die. But in such a huge world, how can we be willing to accept it before we even take a bite!
"Hold the enemy troops! Gun and shield formation, prepare to assemble!"
"The foot and bow camp is also prepared!"
In the large formation, the rifles, bows, and spears and shields that had not yet taken a breath gathered together again after hearing the military order. This battle has been fought so far, and it is nothing more than relying on a sense of courage. Whenever the formation is broken, the morale will be completely shattered.
"Hold against both sides, step and bow camp, and pluck the strings!"
In order to save arrows, Dongling's walking and bow camp has been reduced to three steps per person, but even so, dense flying arrows are still whistling and being thrown from the top of the head.
Clang clang clang.
The flying arrow landed on the shield, pricking the entire shield into a hedgehog.
"Kill!"
At both ends of the Dongling formation, there were also bursts of fighting sounds. Along with it, there were bursts of falling fire arrows, trying to burn the entire formation out of flames.
"Yuziying, put out the fire quickly!"
In the large formation, a group of hundreds of soldiers used broken treetops to quickly extinguish the fire arrows.
"Donglai Iron Camp, follow me and charge!"
The first group of Donglai phalanx to attack had already reached the front. Changmu, who was holding the charge, roared and crashed into the Dongling shield formation.
Bang.
The two or three Aventurine Shield Soldiers at the head were hit by the huge force and instantly vomited blood and flew away. But soon, more guns and shields came up, stabbing more than half of the dozen people who collided to death. Even after hitting the wood, he lost strength and rolled to the ground.
"Don't retreat!" Zuo Shiren saw this in horror. If the shield array cannot be defended, he will surely die.
"I have received the information. Reinforcements will be coming in half a day. Everyone who has returned to Dongling is a man of great merit!"
Zuo Shiren falsely reported the information and only hoped that this elite force in his headquarters could continue to withstand the enemy's offensive.
Under Zuo Shiren's encouragement, in an instant, the exhausted remnants of the headquarters seemed to have regained a lot of morale. They roared angrily and fought endlessly with the coalition forces charging into the formation.
They even broke through the phalanx of three Donglai people in a row, killing the enemy until they abandoned their armor and retreated.
Zuo Shiren was overjoyed when he saw this.
"Quick, continue to organize our formation! Defend the enemy!"
After guarding the east side, Zuo Shiren quickly turned around and looked to the west. Fortunately for him, the battle in the western formation was still safe and sound. Even the tiger general of Xishu could not get any favors under the intensive defense.
"Lord, I've broken through five formations in a row!"
Zuo Shiren turned around and stepped forward, stretched his head and looked forward, and found that the Donglai soldiers in the east could not even attack, and were actually in a rout.
"Okay, wonderful!" Zuo Shiren looked at it and his face instantly became ecstatic.
"My lord, this is a great opportunity." There was a confidant general beside him who couldn't help but couldn't help but said, "My lord, now that the two families have divided their forces, we will have a chance."
"What do you mean? We have divided troops before."
"But previously, the Donglai Army was not defeated. My lord, there are Xishu people who are replenishing their strength in the south and west, making it difficult to break out. But the Donglai Army has been exhausted after days of attacking, so you can Look at today, even rushing for several battles has no effect."
"I, Wu Fu, also know the art of war. This is the best opportunity to break through. My lord, leave two thousand people behind to block the Shu people in the south and west. After we kill the Donglai people in the east, we can directly attack Run towards the river bank. Don’t forget that there is a beacon tower on the river bank. Once the beacon smoke is lit, my navy from Dongling will rush to respond immediately."
Zuo Shiren was still thinking about it and did not agree immediately.
He stared ahead, lost in thought.
Until, I saw the Donglai people's phalanx again, and they were defeated one after another and fled.
"Lord, if we stay here, we don't know when the reinforcements will arrive. We will definitely die." Wu Fu, who knew the art of war, was still trying to persuade him earnestly.
"As long as we get to the river bank, we can go back to Dongling! I have been familiar with the art of war since I was a child. If I am not wrong, the enemy army at this time has put all its troops into the encirclement and suppression. After breaking out of the encirclement, , the rear must be empty."
Zuo Shiren gritted his teeth and looked back and forth for a long time. There were only two choices before him. One was to stay here and continue to resist the attack until reinforcements arrived.
The other one, according to Wu Fu's instructions, broke out from the weaker east side, rushed to the river bank, lit the beacon tower, and asked the Dongling Navy to respond.
"Wu Fu, let me ask one more question, are you serious...have you been familiar with the art of war since you were a child?" Zuo Shiren asked, probably to comfort himself.
"Of course, everything is perfect!" Wu Fu, who knew the art of war, replied seriously.
"Okay! Go and send an order to Yu Ziying and Changshui Camp to form a formation and cut off the rear in the name of resisting the Shu people. The remaining ones are ready to assemble and break through to the east, then follow the southeast direction and fight all the way to the river bank! "
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