"attack--"

"Kill!!"

In the south of Shangshui County, on that flat plain, tens of thousands of Chu troops were launching a surprise attack on the Wei army camp closest to them.

The Chu army's tactics were very direct and brutal. The reason was that there was almost no danger to defend the Wei camp, except for an unknown river that was probably less than ten feet wide.

However, even such an almost undefendable Wei camp caused the Chu army to suffer heavy casualties - the vast majority of the Chu soldiers could not even reach the river and were killed by the Wei army's crossbowmen on the other side of the river.

They shot them to death, causing corpses to litter the other side of the nameless river. The bright red blood gradually gathered to form small streams and merged into the river, causing the water surface of the river to gradually become dyed red with blood.

This is simply a one-sided massacre.

Seeing this scene, Xue Le, the vanguard general of the Chu army, frowned.

"Is this the strength of the elite Shang Shui army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run, the elite of the Wei state?"

Chu general Xue Le raised his head and stared at the Wei camp in the distance on the other side of the river, looking at the flag with the word "Shangshui" fluttering in the wind above the Wei camp.

Once upon a time, the State of Wei had only one Shang Shui army, but later, as Shang Shuiyi gradually became Wei's first line of defense against Chu, the Wei State also expanded the army of Shangshui, and gradually formed the "Shang Shui" army.

"Shang Shui Army Department", such as Wumajiao who besieged the city, Guliangwei who fought in Fenxing Fortress, and Zhaoling Army in Zhaoling, these were all classified as Shang Shui Army Department, and flags with the word "Shang Shui" were hoisted.

However, the flags of these armies with the word "Shangshui" are all white with black characters. There is only one army whose flag is with white characters on a black background. This is the army that has not had a single flag in the past twenty years since its founding.

The loser was the Shangshui Army, which was personally commanded by Wei Gongzi Run.

At this moment, the flag flying on the Wei camp blocking the Chu army's advance direction was the flag of the Shang Shui army with white characters on a black background.

This Wei army can definitely be regarded as one of the top three elite divisions in the Wei state, both in terms of the combat capabilities of the soldiers and the war weapons.

Looking at the neat and orderly appearance of the Wei army on the opposite side, there were obviously four to five thousand people, but there was almost no noise.

I saw the sword and shield soldiers of the Wei army lined up neatly on the front line of the river bank, each one staring at the river bank, as if waiting for their prey.

Behind these sword and shield soldiers, the crossbowmen of the Wei army repeatedly fired and loaded the crossbow arrows. Under the command of their respective thousand-man generals, they launched free and diffuse attacks on the Chu army on the other side of the river. Even if the bows among the Chu army

The crossbowmen also launched a counterattack desperately, but they were unable to affect the Wei army's crossbowmen at all, let alone panic them.

As for the two wings of the Wei army's formation, each had a cavalry of about several hundred men standing far away, probably preparing to take on the task of disrupting the Chu army's formation or even dividing the Chu army when necessary.

It has to be said that this Wei army has a clear division of labor, as if every soldier has his own mission in mind.

Turning around to look at his own soldiers, Chu General Xue Le sighed slightly.

Because in his eyes, the soldiers of the Chu army were rushing to the river bank in an unorganized formation, scrambling to try to jump into the river and rush to the other side - maybe they felt that jumping into the water was far safer than staying on the bank.

In order to fight for this glimmer of hope, the Chu soldiers did not care about their comrades in the charge, causing them to push each other and trample on each other frequently.

In the end, these soldiers were easily killed by the Wei army on the other side of the river with crossbow arrows.

Even those Chu soldiers who tried to jump into the river to fight for a chance of survival ended up being mostly turned into lifeless floating corpses, with their eyes open as they were mercilessly washed downstream by the river.

It is undeniable that some of the Chu soldiers did rush to the other side. However, in front of the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers, these soldiers were unable to break through the Wei army's defense line, let alone put pressure on the Wei army's crossbowmen. They could not even protect themselves.

He had no ability, and within a moment, he was all killed by the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers.

As the saying goes, one has to die when comparing with others, and one has to throw away when comparing goods. Maybe Xue Leshan doesn't think so on ordinary days, but at this moment on the battlefield, comparing the combat capabilities and fighting qualities of the soldiers of Wei and Chu, he had to admit that in front of the Wei army, he

Chu's army was simply a mob.

The Wei army in front of them are truly elite warriors who specialize in warfare.

"We've almost reached our limit..."

Seeing that among the soldiers under his command who had been sent out earlier, there were already shouting and fleeing soldiers, Xue Le let out a long breath and sent out the supervising team mercilessly.

"The general has an order, anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!"

After receiving Xue Le's order, the general supervising the battle team personally stepped forward and hacked several deserters to death. Then he pointed at the bewildered grain recruiters with the bloody sword in his hand, and roared fiercely: "Turn around,

Attack!...Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

At the same time, the soldiers from the Chu army's regular army, led by this man, also raised their long swords to resist the retreating deserters, and advanced step by step, forcing the deserters to attack again.

Attack on the north bank of the river.

Under the ruthless persecution of the war team, those soldiers who set foot on the battlefield for the first time panicked, and some even cried timidly on the spot.

But no matter how timid and howling these food recruits were, the war supervisors showed no mercy and forced these deserters to continue the attack.

In the chaos, one by one the grain recruiters who tried to escape were mercilessly killed by soldiers from the regular army's supervising team. After killing hundreds of deserters, they finally suppressed the trend of fleeing.

Poor those poor soldiers, young or old, under the threat of death, with tears in their eyes, roaring and launching a desperate charge towards the river bank as if they were abandoning themselves.

They should be desperate, because they can't threaten the Wei army on the other side of the river. The gap between them and the Wei army on the other side is really too big.

In the end, they all fell in the middle of the desperate charge, with their eyes open and unwilling to close their eyes.

However, the successive deaths of these grain recruits could not awaken the kindness of Chu General Xue Le. He quickly continued to invest troops and pushed the second battalion of five thousand grain recruits onto the battlefield.

"attack!"

Following the loud shouting of a thousand-man general under Chu general Xue Le, the second battalion of five thousand soldiers carrying crude weapons rushed towards the river bank with shouts and shouts.

Generally speaking, when soldiers roar before a battle, it is mainly to increase their own momentum or to embolden themselves. But looking at the frightened expressions on the faces of these soldiers, they probably roared to cover up their guilty conscience.

Either to suppress the fear of death, or simply to give up on oneself in despair when knowing that one is bound to die.

"Fire the arrow!"

From the other side of the river, orders came from a group of thousands of Wei army generals.

Immediately, crossbow arrows like a tide of locusts once again covered the entire south bank of the river, causing ripples of blood in the desperate charge of Chu's army to recruit soldiers.

In just one stick of incense, most of the 5,000 soldiers of the second battalion were lost under the attack of the crossbowmen of the Wei army on the other side.

What is disappointing is that even though the Chu army suffered up to seven or eight thousand casualties, it still could not pose even the slightest threat to the Wei army on the other side of the river.

But Chu general Xue Le was neither surprised nor disappointed by this.

As the vanguard general selected by Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, Xue Le shouldered the honor of the first battle, but he knew in his heart that this so-called "honor of the first battle" was purely to fool the grain recruiters under his command, and to lure these people into a

Go and die.

Yes, die.

Paying the price with his life to consume the Wei army's crossbow bolts was the only mission of the vanguard army he led.

This sounds cruel - and in fact it is indeed cruel, but there is no way. The weapons, equipment and war weapons of the Wei army are the best and most sophisticated in the Central Plains. Take the military crossbow, for example, the crossbow in the hands of the Wei army's crossbowmen

, its range is almost twice that of the Chu crossbow. Under this absolute disadvantage, if the Chu army did not try to consume the Wei army's crossbow arrows first, then this battle would not have to be fought.

Because it is impossible to win.

That's Wei Jun!

They are currently the most powerful elite in the entire Central Plains!

Not to mention food and soldiers, even the regular army of the Chu State would have no advantage when facing the elites of the Wei State on the opposite side. At best, it could only compete with the second and third line local armies of the Wei State.

That’s all.

"...What a terrifying army."

After paying attention to the Wei army on the other side of the river for a while, Chu general Xue Le said secretly in his heart.

Like most of the generals of the Chu army, he also felt confused about this battle. After all, the Wei State today is no longer the Wei State that could be manipulated by Chu State twenty years ago. Take this battle in front of him.

For example, based on his understanding of the Wei army in Shangshui County, he felt that it would be really difficult to win this battle.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no chance of winning, but the premise is that the Chu army must continue to consume the Wei army's physical strength and crossbow arrows and other consumables regardless of casualties.

But having said that, even if the Wei army's crossbows and other supplies were exhausted by recruiting soldiers with food, it is not certain that the Chu army can easily defeat the Wei army.

After taking a look at the neat array of Wei army sword and shield soldiers on the other side of the river, Xue Le let out a long breath.

Perhaps the terrifying lethality of Wei's crossbowmen will inevitably lead to the misunderstanding that crossbowmen are the most powerful arm of Wei. But in fact, Wei's most powerful arm is infantry. Regardless of whether Wei can develop more terrifying weapons.

The military crossbows, regardless of the fact that Wei also has cavalry with powerful combat capabilities such as Shangshui Youma, Nanyan Cavalry, Sanchuan Cavalry (Jiejiao Cavalry), etc., cannot change that Wei's infantry is the real support of this country

.

Thinking that after exhausting the crossbow bolts of the Wei army on the other side, they would personally experience the power of Wei's infantry, Chu general Xue Le inevitably felt a little guilty.

He shook his head, throwing away these random thoughts in his mind, and repeatedly reminded himself of today's task: to consume the Wei army's crossbow bolts.

Having said that, as far as this task is concerned, the Chu army has actually achieved its goal. The 10,000 grain recruits who shot and killed the Chu army deliberately pushed to the front line to die, and the Wei army's crossbow arrows have indeed consumed a lot.

This is also the reason why Xu Jiong, the general of the Shang Shui Army in the ranks of the Wei army on the other side of the river, clearly saw that his side had a huge advantage, but there was no joy in his face or eyes.

"General, the general is here."

Suddenly, the guard beside Xu Jiong reminded him in a low voice.

The general of the Shang Shui Army was Wu Ji. Although he was from Chu, he had been hailed as the most valiant general in Wei in recent years. He had killed countless generals from other countries on his own.

Even the equally brave Yan Wang Zhao Jiang and Shangdang Shou Jiang Bi were not as famous as Wu Ji in this regard.

The only exception was General Lian of Wei who was stationed in Yunzhong County.

"General!"

Looking back, he saw Wu Ji wearing armor and walking towards him with long strides. Xu Jiong immediately turned around, cupped his hands and saluted.
To be continued...