"Flying Halberd!"
The commander of the Silver Halberd Guards is named Zhu Ye. Over forty years old, he was once a general under the King of Yezhou. After defecting to Beiyu, he led the Silver Halberd Guards to conquer the north and south, and made many military exploits.
At this time, Zhu Ye's eyes were fierce. If he had his way, it would be better to directly seize the barrier before. The Silver Halberd Guards under his command have always been a powerful force for attacking cities and plundering territory.
The shield of Xishu that is good at defending? Today, this shield will be broken.
Under Zhu Ye's order, countless flying halberds were roaring and thrown at the Shuqi camp.
Although inferior to the Rice Selling Army, the 5,000-strong Silver Halberd Guards are also elites that Beiyu selected from thousands of people and then formed again. Each Silver Halberd Guard, in addition to the short halberd in his hand, also carries five flying halberds for throwing.
The Shu cavalry in the front army failed to rush to the enemy's position, so they were struck by flying halberds and fell off their horses.
"Urgent order, the ambusher should attack quickly!" After a while, Zhu Ye became calmer.
Not long after, under the command flag, the Silver Halberd Guards who were ambushing from both sides came out one after another.
The three hundred riders on each side of the Yu camp originally left by Chen Zhong saw this, and without the slightest fear, they also shot and killed them.
Generally speaking, with 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, they are evenly matched, or even have a slight advantage. But now, these five thousand infantry are not ordinary troops, but the elite of Beiyu.
"Chen Zhong of Xishu, you should act like a dog and defend the city gate! How brave, how brave of you, you dare to go out of the city to pursue me!" A young commander of the Silver Halberd Guards was furious.
His own military adviser failed to use his plan. Chen Zhong from Western Shu dared to go out of the city to pursue him. He was really a weakling of the Silver Halberd Guards with 5,000 men.
In the formation, seeing that he had won the first battle, the shepherd did not show any joy. If the time is too late, he will be trapped in a situation where he is attacked from both sides.
"Send the order to kill Chen Zhong. I, the shepherd, will make the decision on my lord's behalf. I will be made a general immediately and rewarded with ten thousand gold!"
When the words of the shepherd came out, the original Silver Halberd Guard suddenly became more murderous. The second round of flying halberds immediately flew out again.
Countless Shu riders fell off their horses one after another.
"Chen Zhong, dismount and die!" Zhu Ye raised his hand, pointed straight ahead and roared.
In the melee, Chen Zhong did not panic. When he left the city, he already understood that this was going to be a very difficult encounter.
However, it is an indispensable step to capture the sheepherder so that the men and horses sent by the little strategist can successfully attack from a flank.
To drag the sheepherder into trouble was his purpose of leaving the city.
Hengdao stood up and Chen Zhong looked around at the fighting around him. When he was transferred from Yuguan to Liangzhou, he was immersed in horse breeding areas in the northwest, and was reminded by his master, and he also learned a lot about riding methods.
Qingqi is mainly about maneuverability.
The front line that rushed forward could not defeat the enemy. But it gave the central army, the rear army, and even the Yu camps on both wings some breathing time.
As long as they break out of the ambush here, with the terrain of Lizhou, they can invade all the way.
"Military order, use a group of a hundred cavalrymen to attack from the left wing!"
Under Chen Zhong's order, the surrounding Shu cavalry gathered together like small battlefields. In the meantime, there were also many Shuqi who were going to die, and the bodies of the Silver Halberd Guards were densely stacked together.
Looking sideways, Chen Zhong had murderous intent on his face. He roared and raised his gun, stabbing an approaching Silver Halberd guard under his horse.
"Pick up the halberd, pick up the halberd!" Zhu Ye shouted loudly, probably seeing Chen Zhong's intention.
Following the order, the silver halberd guards from all directions lined up to pick up their halberds, using the appearance of a spear formation to block the Shu cavalry from all directions.
"Kill——" Chen Zhong roared angrily.
With hundreds of cavalry forming a formation, outside Dayuan Pass, bursts of fighting sounds resounded throughout the sky.
The old sheepherder took a hard breath, raised his head in silence, and looked at the sky above his head. Chen Zhong's intention undoubtedly put him in a dilemma.
He was very worried that when the scouts sent out would come back later, they would bring bad news that Shu reinforcements had arrived. If this is the case, it will really lead to death and no life.
Looking back, the sheepherder looked behind. His deep gaze almost penetrated the layers of wilderness, and he roughly saw that his old friend Shen Tuguan was being surrounded and killed by the Shu army. The little military advisor Chang Sheng was sitting in the military formation with a look of silence on his face, thinking hard.
My lord must have been waiting for him to break the Shu people's military report.
The shepherd raised his head again, only for a moment, and his voice suddenly became extremely cold.
"Send the order for Zhu Ye to come over."
"Military advisor, Commander Zhu Ye is still in command——" The guard who spoke was suddenly startled when he saw the appearance of the shepherd. I just felt that the old military advisor in front of me suddenly became older. He didn't dare to say anything more and walked out in a hurry.
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"What the old military advisor means is that these five thousand Silver Halberd Guards should be divided into two armies?" Zhu Ye, who came back, said in a muffled voice. Not long after receiving the order, Shuqi broke out of the encirclement, probably out of distraction.
"Exactly." The sheepherder's voice remained unchanged.
"How to divide."
"I will lead...an army to stop the troops from Western Shu rushing to help. And you, Zhu Ye, need to stop the Shu cavalry as quickly as possible. Even if you cannot kill Chen Zhong, you must force him back to Dayuan Pass. "
Zhu Ye still didn't understand. There were only 5,000 people. If they were divided into two armies, each army would only have more than 2,000 people. And Chen Zhong was a Shu cavalry. It would be extremely difficult to annihilate the intrusion by maneuver.
"When I came here, I took note of the terrain along the way. Less than two or three miles south of where we were waiting, there was a slope, about half a mile away. Although the slope is not high, it can be used as a defensive place."
"Military advisor, defend the slope?"
"Indeed. One army annihilated Chen Zhong, and the other army blocked the reinforcements coming from Xishu. I guess, with a lame man's temper and careful thinking, the reinforcements sent will probably be in the tens of thousands."
"If the military advisor is to block it, how many people will be needed?"
The shepherd did not answer immediately, and continued to speak after thinking for a while.
"If it were placed in other places, such as dense forests and mountains, the slope would definitely not be enough to see, nor could it be used as an ambush. But now, on the terrain of Lizhou, I have no other choice. So, here it is At this point, try to divide the two armies, block one, and annihilate the other. And there is another advantage. Although it will not completely block the horses, Chen Zhong's Shuqi attack on the slope will inevitably encounter some resistance. "
"The old military advisor has not yet answered. How many people are needed to block the Shu reinforcements this time?"
The sheepherd's eyes were silent, and he spoke after a while.
"Five people."
"Five people……"
"I am the shepherd myself, plus four guards."
Zhu Ye's face suddenly turned bitter, and he suddenly understood his old military advisor's plan.
"Zhu Ye, you are also a general who has fought for a long time. If Beiyu takes over the country in the future and becomes a national tiger general, I hope you can be named on the list."
Zhu Ye's eyes turned red, and then he gritted his teeth, "I, Zhu Ye, will swear on my head this time that I will not kill Chen Zhong or defeat the Shu cavalry. I will raise my head to see the military advisor!"
"Okay!" The sheepherder's voice was hoarse and heroic, and his old face seemed to have suddenly become half a year younger.
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