It was said to be an ambush, but in fact the ambush point was half a mile to the left and right of the road created by the barbarians. Coupled with the cover of the formation, it was impossible for ordinary soldiers of the barbarians to detect the ambush on both sides.
The barbarian's forward expedition was composed of several groups of wolf cavalry, spreading forward and barely crossing the edge of the low-lying land. Because there are many rocks in the low-lying land, it is easy for the warg's claws to be injured when stepping on them. Coupled with the formation's cover, these wolf riders subconsciously walked around the edge of the low-lying land and then continued forward. They did not expect that in this vast area The low-lying land was now full of people hiding.
After these spies passed by, another stick of incense passed, and the muffled sound of the ground shaking became closer and closer. Everyone knew that the large army of barbarians had arrived.
Looking from afar, in the dim light, a group of barbarians were trotting and marching in a dark way. Judging from the flag, there should be a number of ten thousand people.
The messenger's palms were full of sweat and his concentration was high. He needed to wait for the order from the general beside him.
Getting closer and closer, you can see from the probing ball that the barbarians use long snake arrays in order to make it easier to travel. Five people in a row go out in a long line.
According to the spacing of the queue, Zeng Zhou estimated that this formation should stretch for more than three miles, or even four miles, and thought to himself that it was good. The Long Snake Formation is the thinnest in thickness and has the least room to maneuver when faced with attacks from two sides. The means arranged in advance on that sidewalk will work better.
It was getting closer, and after the long barbarian array had passed nearly half of the estimated distance, at Zeng Zhou's signal, the order soldier gently waved the order flag in his hand a few times, and a special wave of mana was transmitted. .
Almost three breaths after the messenger delivered the order, thorns of five or six feet long and as thick as an arm suddenly appeared on the long sidewalk, almost covering the entire road.
"kill!"
The formation's killing move goes first, using the "Earth Thorn Formation" which is very common but very practical in the army. It is arranged on the sidewalk in advance. When the barbarians walk up, they step on as many formation killing positions as possible and then activate it, achieving an instant The purpose is to kill a large number of the opponent's ordinary soldiers.
The first ones to rush out of the killing range of the earthen stabbing array were the body cultivators in the barbarian military formation. They ran extremely fast. Some stayed in place to greet the soldiers to retreat, while some rushed towards the Jingjiuchao military formation that appeared. A pincer attack in an attempt to delay the interception.
"Spell-Breaking Arrow!"
"Thunder Control Talisman!"
The dense spell-breaking arrows blocked the advance of those body cultivators, and then those who could survive the bombardment of thunder-controlling talismans like a torrential rain basically lost half of their lives. In the end, they were chased by the monks from Jingying Mansion who followed them. The last hit didn't leave anyone alive.
The Earth Thorn Formation broke through and severely damaged the barbarian support army. In the panic, they had no time to adjust the appropriate battle formation defense. Moreover, they were not good at battle formations. The result was predictable.
There were four intersecting diamond formations on the left and right sides, quickly closing the distance between the barbarian arrays, and then directly passing through, cutting through the opponent's thin array and then wrapping it up.
The sky was getting brighter, and Zeng Zhou took a look. It was almost early morning. The battle went more smoothly than he expected. At least 6,000 of the 10,000 barbarian reinforcements were killed by the formation, and the rest fled. Less than 200 of our own troops were killed, and less than ten were seriously injured, not counting minor injuries. There is no need to pursue the fleeing enemy and there is no time.
"No need to clean the battlefield, march quickly, let's go to the next place!" Zeng Zhou was very busy, Zuo Yuliang sent them because they were good at field battles and better at running on foot in the wild.
At the same time, two pieces of news about the success of the ambush here were spread by Zeng Zhou himself using Qianli Note. One copy would be transferred several times and finally reach the hands of Zuo Yuliang who was far away in Wuhu. The other copy was passed directly to the hands of Shen Wanlin, the commander of the military camp in central Jianchuan.
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Zeng Zhou hurried on his way, and some of the monks who went ahead even attached magical talismans to his legs. Some arrangements needed to be made first.
In the central military camp, Shen Wanlin was sitting in the big tent, closing his eyes and concentrating, wearing all the armor on his body.
Suddenly, the thousand-mile note in his hand trembled, and a piece of news arrived. It was exactly what Zeng Zhou had delivered before, just one sentence: Victory has begun!
Shen Wanlin glanced at it and laughed, then stood up and walked out of the tent quickly. He waved his hand and shouted: "Blast the drum! The whole army attacks!"
The target of the central military camp is naturally the barbarians opposite them. It was these barbarians stationed across from them who had previously sent more than 10,000 people to reinforce the siege of the military stronghold in front of the gate.
Unlike Cheng Jinhou's previous advance in concealment and approaching to fight, Shen Wanlin's troops also came out in full force but with great fanfare. There was a great momentum all the way, with the overwhelming momentum of thunder. From a distance, the barbarians on the opposite side had to set up battle formations in advance to resist halfway. Because if they shrink their army into a stronghold, the barbarians' chances of winning will be even lower.
"Having been fighting for so long, don't you know how many of you there are? There are only more than 50,000 and less than 60,000 people in total. Now we have sent out 10,000 and lost 10,000. After the full fight, we only have a little over 40,000 left. I want to take a look at you. How long can it last!”
Shen Wanlin was riding on his horse, looking at the barbarians waiting in the distance with a disdainful sneer on his face. He now has a total of 50,000 troops, of which 30,000 are the original defenders of the central military camp, and the other 20,000 are the troops of Li Zhongzheng, who has just arrived.
According to the comparison of previous battle losses, Shen Wanlin was confident that he would wipe out the 40,000 barbarians in front of him with a loss of about 20,000 people. However, the Yamen, the general manager of Daoxing, would definitely not be willing to bear such heavy casualties after such a big show. Therefore, Shen Wanlin's task was not to fight to the death with the barbarians on the opposite side, but to wait for a more suitable time.
As a result, the intensity of the battlefield was extremely high, but there was no decisive victory. At least Li Zhongzheng's troops, who were behind the battle, never had a chance to go into battle.
Shen Wanlin's posture seemed to want to kill the barbarians on the opposite side.
Hit and stop, then hit again, then stop again. Clean up the corpses, treat the wounded and replenish the gaps in the battle formation. The posture that Jing Jiuchao put up was definitely not like the previous one where he would just fight and leave. It seemed that he wanted to decide the outcome today!
At the same time, going further south, the lower military stronghold in Jianchuan was also undergoing a fierce attack from the Jingji Dynasty. However, their situation was much better than that in the upper and middle places, so they had already attacked them at the beginning of the battle. One step sent more than 10,000 soldiers to reinforce the central part of Jianchuan, which was said to be "the main target of the human race".
Why did the barbarians determine that the central part of Jianchuan was the main attack point of the Jingjiu Dynasty? The reason is that they believed that the previous attack on the upper part of Jianchuan was a feint, and the purpose was to attract reinforcements from the central part and reduce the strength of the central part. Now that the Jingjiu Dynasty has an army of 50,000 attacking the central part, it is natural that they want to take advantage of the opportunity. Therefore, the upper part can only resist forcefully, while the middle part needs reinforcements from the lower part.
In fact, the barbarian's judgment was not wrong. Zuo Yuliang's main target is indeed in the middle. But in addition to the main attack target, there is also a "encirclement point for reinforcements", which will later involve the lower military camp also falling into the dilemma of the upper military camp.
At that time, the three main barbarian forces in Jianchuan will be completely crucified, and then the real general attack will begin.
