Chapter 996: Nanyang War 6
Li Guo seized Lu Ming, and after Yu jumped on the second peak, he placed his old camp on Lu Ming Peak to show that he had advance but not retreat, and he could take down the entire hundred mountain heart as soon as possible.
But in this way, his main forces were deployed on various mountains, and there were not many troops left in the rear battalion. Originally, relying on the follow-up personnel of the Chuangjun Army, he could replenish attacks at any time to avoid problems. However, the various divisions of the Chuangjun Army had different generals and subordinates, independent of each other, and had problems with their cooperation with each other.
When Sun Chuanting discovered this, he ordered Gao Jie to put the captured soldiers of the rebels back to make a detailed move, and easily seized the troops from the rear of the rebels and the most important fortress at the Li Guojun joint on the Baizhong Mountain. Then he deployed troops to defend and separated the rebels into two. Then Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry to quickly rush upwards and seized the artillery positions at the foot of the mountain.
Although Li Guo finally tried his best to retake it, Cao Bianjiao ignited the box that stored gunpowder when he evacuated. Amid the violent explosion, half of the artillery was destroyed, and the remaining half became useless things that could not be fired.
Basically, while Gao Jie sent out a signal, the main army led by Sun Chuanting also began to attack. He attacked the left side, Bai Guangen was on the right, Zheng Jiadong was on the middle, and the three armies advanced in unison. The 50,000 elite officials and soldiers stepped up their attacks with the force of tigers down the mountain, and the two battalions of troops set up on the front line would be defeated.
Gu Ke became the leader of the front camp and was the first to fight with the official army. In a hurry, he only assembled two or three thousand people. Seeing that the official army arrived in a flash, he suppressed his fear, held his sword forward, shouted and rushed forward. But these two or three thousand people were instantly swallowed by the official army ten times his own. Gu Ke Cheng was stabbed by several long spears and fell off his horse. The subsequent rush of the official army soldiers stepped forward and stepped forward into a ball of meat paste, leaving him dead without a complete body.
Bai Jiuhe saw the official army swarming and gathered the soldiers urgently to defend two simple fortresses on the front line. It was said that they were forts, but only two front-mounted arrow towers. The back camp stored food, grass and supplies for the attacking army. The rebel army attacked the enemy of Baizhong Mountain several times, gaining the advantage. They also expected that Sun Chuanting would fight back, but they thought of a small-scale harassment to delay and delay the time when his own army captured Baizhong Mountain. They never thought that it would be such a large-scale attack.
Since it was to resist small-scale counterattacks, the fortresses were set up low and the trenches were shallow and narrow. Facing the strong attack of the army, there was no resistance. Bai Jiuhe shouted loudly, calling on the soldiers to defend the enemy. He held a longbow and kept shooting. There were enemy troops everywhere, and there was no need to aim at it, and he would hit every attack.
The soldiers of the government were constantly shot and fell to the ground, but the subsequent troops quickly replenished. The rebel army was defeated and fled in all directions, and the government army was able to approach. A cluster of rockets shot volleys and exploded above the fortress. The upper-level soldiers were either killed or injured. Bai Jiuhe was hit by a rocket on his waist, sitting against the wall, and blood flowed out. He had a long sword to the ground and wanted to stand up, but his waist hurt so much that it was difficult for him to stand. The government army had rushed up at this time, and one of the soldiers directly stabbed his arm holding a spear. The other stepped forward and owed his head with a knife. He had armor and guarded the soldiers, and he was obviously the leader.
Liu Zongmin pushed Ren Jirong away, stepped onto the horse, and shouted loudly: "One or two camps follow me, the others gathered their soldiers and formed a formation here to prepare for the official army."
Xin Sizhong helped Ren Jirong up, looking a little panicked, "Old Ren, what should we do now?"
Ren Jirong looked at Liu Zongmin's back as he left, "You are here to command the soldiers to form a formation, and you cannot let the front team defeat the soldiers and disperse the back team. I will go to find the King of Chuang now."
Lian Guoshi stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the battlefield ahead. Under the banner beside him, a general stood tall and majestic, wearing a pair of precious golden armor, which looked nine points similar to Sun Chuanting from a distance. Niu Chenghu rushed from the bottom of the mountain and clasped his fists to Lian Guoshi: "Sir, General Sun has broken through the front of the thief and is bravely fighting forward to kill the enemy."
Lian State Affairs nodded slightly, "General Niu, our army only has the advantage of suddenly launching an attack. Look at the thieves in the distance, they have begun to form formations, and it will not be so easy next. Once the thieves cannot be defeated quickly, when the thieves around us arrive, the situation will be even more unfavorable to our army. We can start the second plan of the Ministry of War. Lead our troops to attack Li Guo's thieves, so that they cannot reinforce the thieves at the foot of the mountain, so that General Cao's cavalry can be drawn out to defeat the thieves as soon as possible."
Niu Chenghu bowed his hand and said, "Promise!"
Li Guo saw that his army was intercepted and was nearly ten miles away from the main force of the Break Army. In the middle, there were not only Gao Jie's garrison, but also Cao Bianjiao's nearly 10,000 cavalry eyed him. The artillery was destroyed and most of the army were infantry. How could he break through their defense? But seeing the collapse of the front of the Break Army, he was anxious and gathered heavy troops to rush downward. But the rush forward again and again brought about a lot of casualties. Looking at the remnants who retreated again, his heart was bleeding. "Lai Heng, you can take your people down in person, and rush over to support the Break Army regardless of the losses."
At this moment, the war drum suddenly thundered. Li Guo looked back and saw countless officials rushing down from the mountain. He frowned slightly, scolded "It's a bitch", and then shouted loudly: "Zhang Neng, go, block them for me."
Li Laiheng looked up and asked, "Dad, then will I still go?"
Li Guo thought for a moment and said, "Wait, be careful that both the government and the army attack our army. Send people to pass on the hills and let them stand by themselves. Those who dare to escape will be killed on the spot. Tell them that our army's strength is several times that of the government and will never be defeated."
Li Zicheng frowned when he heard Ren Jirong's return. He looked up and looked east. Thousands of soldiers retreated from the front and were fleeing to the river bank along the floating bridges. Countless people were squeezed down from the floating bridges and fluttered in the river water that was as deep as the neck.
Li Yan bowed beside him and said, "The King of Chuang, the government army suddenly attacked. Only you can stabilize the situation and stabilize the hearts of the soldiers. You can retreat at this moment, but you can't retreat. Only by stepping forward can you have a glimmer of hope. Don't be indecisive and make the good situation go to waste. If you fight hard, you may not be able to win."
Li Zicheng was silent for a long time, and finally made up his mind and ordered loudly. "Shuangxi, send someone to contact Fangliang, Xiyao, and Zongdi, and let them return troops to help immediately. Rukui led his troops forward and shot all the soldiers on the floating bridge. Open the road ahead, I want to go to the other side of the river."
Liu Rukui was shocked, "King of Rebellion, how can this be done?"
Li Zicheng glared and said, "Go!"
Liu Rukui did not dare to speak and led his troops away. After a while, thousands of arrows were fired, and countless people fell from the bridge. Blood stained the bridge deck and the river water red, and screams came one after another. "Brothers, the King of Rebellion has ordered that those who cross the river die, don't force me to attack you. Go back, go back to me."
Everyone was stunned and looked at the thousands of soldiers holding bows on the other side, hesitating in their hearts, but no one dared to approach the floating bridge anymore.
At this moment, a horseman took the lead and rushed to the bridge. He rode an Oolong horse under his crotch, wearing a thick red coat, and a black armor. The big white felt hat on his head was particularly obvious. The Oolong horse stepped on the floating bridge, and blood splattered and the horse's hooves were dyed red. Stepping on the opposite river bank, the soil splashed.
Li Yan, Song Xiance, Wu Ruyi, Dang Shousu, Ma Chongxi, Zhang Nai and other generals followed closely behind. More than 2,000 personal soldiers and cavalrymen followed behind, all passing by the floating bridge.
Someone recognized him and shouted loudly: "It's the King of Chuang, it's the King of Chuang... The King of Chuang is here."
The people around were also surprised and moved aside, looking at Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng looked at the corpses all over the ground with a sad face. "You are all my brothers of life and death, including them. But they did not die at the hands of the government army, but died under my arrow. But I have to do it at this moment, why? Because there are brothers in front of me fighting against the enemy, and if they fled, there will be more people who will die. The government army has the advantage at this moment, but they have not won. At this moment, I stand with you and fight against the enemy together. If you are defeated, you can cut off my head and ask for rewards from the government army. But at this moment, who dares to escape, I will cut off his head first."
As he counted, Li Zicheng roared, "Liu Rukui, when the soldiers crossed the river, cut off all the floating bridges for me. You will lead your troops to guard here. Whoever dares to escape will shoot him directly. Zhang Nai, take the flag and follow me to reinforce Liu Pao." As he counted, he slapped his horse whip and galloped forward.
Li Yan said to everyone: "Think about what life you lived in the past, what life did you live after the King of Chuang came? Don't mention anything else, just say repaying your kindness. Now you are running away, are you worthy of the King of Chuang? Although the world is great, once you are defeated, where can you escape?"
Song Xiance laughed and attracted everyone's attention. "Everyone, listen to the old Taoist. In the past, I used to calculate my fortune for the world and came up with the proverb that the Eighteen Sons are the main artifact. Isn't this the word Li? And today, who can Li, who is more qualified to be the world with Li, the King of Chuang, is it? I just calculated the fortune and our army will win in this battle. Otherwise, why would you think the King of Chuang come here to fight against the enemy with the soldiers? You are all poor. In the past, I followed the King of Chuang to make a living. But in the future, when the King of Chuang becomes the emperor, you can be granted a marquis and prime ministers and glorify your ancestors. This battle is a good opportunity for you to come forward to kill the enemy, make military achievements, and enjoy endless wealth and honor in the future."
Seeing that everyone was ready to move, Song Xiance added: "The King of Chuang has an order to kill one enemy, reward five taels of silver, and upgrade to another level. Brothers, there are not many opportunities like this, you must seize it yourself."
Chapter completed!