Yang Yunfan's body trembled slightly when he heard this. He gritted his teeth and suppressed the emotions in his heart, trying to calm down, but his heart was still churning.
Seeing this, Du Ling, the deputy general beside him, took a step forward on his horse and came to Yang Yunfan. He said, "General, don't listen to the traitor's evil words to confuse the people. His words must be a plan to disturb the morale of our army. If the rest of the people have really been deceived, Kill them, then why didn’t the thieves bring their heads over as well, wouldn’t that be more effective?”
Yang Yunfan calmed down after hearing this. He also secretly blamed himself for being confused because he cared so much that he couldn't see the truth for a moment. As a general, it was a taboo for military strategists to fail to calm down and eliminate distracting thoughts before the battle.
He nodded and whispered to deputy general Du Ling: "The plan now is to delay the enemy for a longer time, and the grain and grass camp will be safer. You can send a few more scouts to go out and find out where the reinforcements are. I'm here." Just a little more time here..."
Chu Lihan, who was on the opposite side, saw that Yang Yunfan didn't have much reaction, but whispered to his lieutenant. He was suspicious and didn't understand why Yang Yunfan didn't launch an attack because he had the advantage of sitting idle and waiting for work. After thinking for a while, he felt uncomfortable in his heart. Wonderful, he suddenly understood that the other party was waiting for reinforcements.
It turned out that when I wanted to delay for a while and wait for my subordinates to recover their strength, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were also delaying for the arrival of reinforcements.
Thinking of this, Chu Lihan no longer hesitated and ordered his men to form an attack formation. I saw one of his subordinates quickly divided into eight small formations. In addition to the four or five hundred people following Chu Lihan, each small formation had about 200 people, each holding a sword and gun in his right hand and a torch in his left hand. , crackling fire oil dripped down on the burning torch.
Yang Yunfan frowned upon seeing the stern face and ordered his subordinates to prepare for defense. In fact, facing the rabble of these rebels, Yang Yunfan was confident that he could defeat the enemy within an hour, but his first priority was to protect the safety of food and grass. It was easy to defeat the enemy, but the most difficult thing was to protect the safety of the food and grass. All the enemies on the opposite side were Holding torches, if a few are thrown onto the grain pile, it will be very difficult to save them.
Thinking of this, Yang Yunfan ordered his subordinates to prepare buckets for fire extinguishment and wet wooden boards for fire isolation, while also directing his subordinates to take the initiative to attack. Because he knew that passive defense was not advisable. The enemy dispersed so many small formations to attack in order to disperse the defenders' overall defense capabilities so that they could seize the gaps and take the opportunity to throw torches and burn food and grass.
Yang Yunfan also secretly admired Chu Lihan's thoughtfulness, but he was not without countermeasures. There were only more than 2,000 enemies on the opposite side, and he had almost 2,000 of them. Thinking of this, Yang Yunfan also ordered his men to be divided into eight teams, each with more than 120 people. The rest were all guarding outside the grain and grass camp, preparing to Support or put out fires at any time.
Looking down from a high altitude, we saw eight small formations from each side rushing toward each other. For a moment, swords flashed, horses neighed, and the two groups of people fought together. In their respective main formations, Chu Lihan and Yang Yunfan were also watching the situation on the battlefield, hoping to seize the enemy's weaknesses and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy...
Although each small formation of officers and soldiers only has more than a hundred people, which is more than half the number of the enemy, the military quality, military discipline and personal skills and tactics of the officers and soldiers from the Forbidden Army are far superior to that of the rebel army. The small formation was gradually exhausted, and there were faint signs of retreat.
Chu Lihan, who was watching the battle on the sidelines, felt his heart sink. He sized up the situation and personally led the remaining 500 people behind him to press forward to stop his side's decline. At the same time, he rushed to the weak point of the officers and soldiers' defense. What he was thinking was: It is best for the officers and soldiers to press forward with the entire army. In this way, although one's side may cause huge losses, once the entire army of officers and soldiers press forward, the defense of the grain and grass camp will be much weaker. Only a small team will be needed to rush into the grain and grass camp. If you set up camp, you can set fire to these mountains of food and grass...
Because Chu Lihan led his army to press forward, the morale of each small formation of the rebel army was greatly boosted, and for a while, there was a momentum of rolling back the bead curtain on the battlefield. Although the officers and soldiers were brave, their momentum was taken away, and it was difficult to restore the decline for a while.
Yang Yunfan saw that the situation on the scene had changed, and for a while he was undecided whether to press the entire army, but after thinking about it he gave up the idea.
He ordered his deputy general Du Ling to lead a thousand men to hold the camp without letting in a single enemy, and then personally led the remaining more than 900 people to fight against more than 2,000 enemies.
On the opposite side, Chu Lihan, who also personally led the attack, saw that Yang Yunfan only brought half of his troops to fight against him. He sneered and was angry in his heart. He sneered at the other party's arrogance and was angry at the other party's contempt for him.
The two torrents collided unstoppably, with horses roaring and swords flashing. Although the soldiers of the rebel army were not strong in combat, their large numbers gave them some courage. Moreover, the soldiers brought by Chu Lihan this time were all in the rebel army. The brave warriors were carefully selected, so the situation on the battlefield was in a stalemate.
Chu Lihan was anxious when he saw that he could not break through the defense line and attack the camp for a while. He reined up his horse and came to a high slope. He looked around and observed the situation on both sides. He saw a general among the officers and soldiers charging back and forth single-handedly. It was unstoppable. The surrounding officers and soldiers Under his leadership, he became more and more courageous in the battle. He took a closer look and found that this person was Yang Yunfan.
Seeing this, Chu Lihan suddenly had a thought. If he could kill Yang Yunfan, the morale of the officers and soldiers would collapse, and the leaderless officers and soldiers would also lose their morale. If he leads the army to attack again, it will naturally be like boiling water and snow. The move went smoothly.
Thinking of this, Chu Lihan gathered more than 500 people around him, pointed his sword at Yang Yunfan in the formation, and said to his subordinates: "As long as you kill that man, the officers and soldiers will lose without a fight. You follow me." Use all your strength to surround and kill this person. After the incident is completed, all of them will be high-ranking officials and well-paid..."
Under Chu Lihan's instigation, everyone's eyes were shining. They wanted wealth and honor in danger. If they wanted to be prosperous and wealthy, they would naturally have to work hard to get it. Everyone is a knife-edge licker, and they all understand. With this in mind, he followed Chu Lihan and rushed towards Yang Yunfan.
Yang Yunfan, who was in the midst of fighting in the formation, saw a team of more than 500 people rushing towards his position regardless of the situation. He instantly understood the opponent's intention.
Everyone knows the principle of "capture the thief first, capture the king". In fact, Yang Yunfan also had this idea at the beginning of the battle, but he gave up the idea when he saw that Chu Lihan was always at the back of the formation. Presumably, the brave and capable leader of Chu State lost his heroic spirit after he became the political advisor of Shu Kingdom. The older he gets, the less timid he becomes.
At this time, Yang Yunfan was not surprised but happy to see that Chu Lihan actually led a group of people to charge forward. This was an opportunity for the enemy, and it was also an opportunity for himself. As long as he could kill or capture Chu Lihan alive, then these The ragtag rebel army would become like birds and beasts and disperse. Thinking of this, Yang Yunfan also gathered more than a hundred officers and soldiers nearby, and rushed towards Chu Lihan with guns and horses.
