As soon as they heard the news that the intruders were about to attack, everyone was immediately frightened. Facing dozens of times more enemies, they were obviously a bit weak. Moreover, the reinforcements were probably still fighting another intruders.
It's an hour or two that I can't get back at all.
From now on, if they want to survive, they must fight to the death with this intruder, but fighting to the death is like blocking the car with a mantis' arm. As a result, panic spread instantly among the phalanx, and everyone felt a lot more fear in their hearts.
Naturally, the women and the elderly were so frightened by this situation that they trembled all over. The children nestled in their mothers' arms and stopped crying and fussing. Others stopped talking. Everyone was silently waiting for that moment to come.
Fortunately, no one had any thoughts of surrender. In fact, it was expected, except for the eight hundred Jinyi guards who were all carefully selected. In addition to being good at martial arts, they were also extremely loyal.
The others are the royal family and some ministers and their families. These ministers are all people who have died for their country in history. Their loyalty can be learned from the world. It is loyalty that keeps the team from disintegrating from within.
Most of the time, when faced with an enemy force that is several times larger than one's own, one's own defeat is mostly caused by internal chaos, or even directly betraying one's own people on the battlefield. There are many examples of this, and the main reason is due to disloyalty and unrighteousness.
But now, even in the face of 20,000 enemy troops, no one in the phalanx has this idea. Everyone thinks that death is the worst and they want to leave their innocence in the world.
"Everyone prepare!"
Wang Jiayan stared intently at the intruders advancing slowly towards the phalanx, feeling anxious in his heart. He had already had a good situation in the capital, but in order to truly have a chance to unify again, he ventured out of the city and planned to go south.
But they did not expect to encounter such a siege, and they never expected that the invading army would split into two groups!
"Jin Yiwei comes forward! Prepare to meet the enemy!"
After giving the order, the Jinyi guards immediately stepped forward to block the chariot with swords. Facing the intruders who were approaching step by step, their eyes were sharp and they did not show any intention of flinching.
Behind them is His Majesty. In their hearts, His Majesty is the Emperor, the one they must protect at any cost!
"Your Majesty, this intruder is not moving very fast." Wang Jiayan noticed some clues after looking at it for a long time, and immediately reported to His Majesty behind him.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ling immediately stepped forward and looked through some gaps left by the shield. He saw that the marching speed of this intruder was extremely slow, and the distance of two miles was almost as if it was crawling.
If we continue at this speed, it will probably take at least half an hour just to walk over. In this way, we can delay some time to wait for Yang Kuo's reinforcements!
"What do you think?"
Wang Jiayan next to him also had lively eyes. He must have some ideas, so let him talk about it first.
"I thought this intruder was so slow. They probably thought there was an ambush around us. They were afraid of being ambushed, so they refused to rush over directly. Instead, they had to move step by step. In this case, even if an ambush came out, they would still be able to hold their own.
Stay, or even fight back!"
Wang Jiayan's few words were consistent with Zhu Ling's thoughts. The intruder in front of him was obviously much more cautious, but being so cautious made him a bit timid.
"We just need to delay."
Li Banghua came behind him. Even though he was several dozen years old, he still did not forget about state affairs. He came to Zhu Ling and bowed to salute.
"Li Qing is inconvenient, so there is no need to come. It's a good rest in the carriage. The journey south is extremely difficult." Seeing Li Banghua walking tremblingly, Zhu Ling was also worried about his injury.
"I am still very young, and I still want to serve the imperial court for a few more years." Li Banghua waved his hand and said, then he glanced at the intruders moving in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, what are your plans to delay time?"
"Stay here."
After thinking about it, he said something moderate. Although it was harmless, there was nothing special about it.
"Your Majesty, we can't do this." Li Banghua squinted his eyes slightly, directly rejected Zhu Ling's plan, and then said: "We should go out and attack!"
What? Attack?
After hearing this, everyone around thought that Mr. Li was saying something stupid. If he were in the court, he would definitely be laughed at or even scolded. However, when facing a crisis at this time, it is better not to be so irritable.
"Attack?"
After Wang Jiayan heard this, he lowered his jaw and thought carefully, then glanced at Zhu Ling. He seemed to agree with Li Banghua's view, but did not speak, with some hesitation.
After Zhu Ling heard this, he suddenly felt that Li Banghua was a little bold. The Chu army was only a few hundred meters away from them. If you suddenly wanted to fight back against them, wouldn't you be asking for your own death?
But on the other hand, I also think what he said is reasonable. If you just line up here to meet the enemy without taking any measures, you will be surrounded by the enemy sooner or later. Even if you don't attack them, you will surround them and gradually break them.
"How to fight back?"
"Bow and arrow to defeat the enemy!"
Li Banghua said without hesitation, obviously he had a plan in his heart. But this matter is too risky after all. Once the opponent counterattacks, if there is no time to react, he may end up with heavy casualties. But after all, it is a way, let alone a war.
Death is a common occurrence.
"I understand what Mr. Li means. In fact, we are not retreating from the enemy. We are just using counterattacks to show that we are not afraid of them. On the contrary, counterattacking them may make these intruders feel that there are ambushes around them and become fearful.
"
Wang Jiayan also wanted to understand, and then interjected.
After listening to the opinions of several ministers, Zhu Ling also wanted to understand a lot. The strategies they mentioned have happened many times in the history of war. Facing a huge army, even if the troops were insufficient and basically in a situation of inevitable defeat, he seemed calm and composed.
Some famous generals even ordered their men to dismount and take off their armor to rest, leaving the enemy on the opposite side confused. They just thought there was an ambush and did not dare to move forward. In the end, after delaying for several hours, it was getting late, and they left on horseback.
He didn't dare to pursue him either.
"In that case, Wang Qing, then get ready."
Wang Jiayan, who had received His Majesty's support, was naturally eager to give it a try. He immediately ordered his men to remove their shields, then drew his bow and nocked an arrow, then pointed it upwards in an arc to aim at the enemy not far away.
Seeing the opponent suddenly taking off his shield, the general of the invading army here couldn't figure out what the opponent was doing, but he didn't let the army stop, and just stared at the opponent intently.
"What are the officers and soldiers planning to do?"
A general accompanied the army and also noticed the abnormality on the opposite side and couldn't help but ask.
"What's the point of letting them escape for an hour? Can they escape?"
The zero and one generals obviously didn't care about this. The 20,000 troops behind them faced them in a crushing manner. There was no concern at all in such a huge victory.
"Our 20,000 troops are here, but we are only two miles away. If they defeat us, I deserve to go to the Lord of Hell to report."
Listening to the words of his colleagues around him, Liu Ming still felt that something was wrong. Maybe it was because the army was already destined to win in terms of numbers, but he couldn't find anything suspicious at the moment.
At the moment, we had no choice but to speed up the march a little to eliminate the imperial team as soon as possible. However, after so long, why was there no news at all about General Li, and no one could even be seen?
Just as the other generals were making jokes and Liu Ming was frowning and thinking, something suddenly changed in the ranks of officers and soldiers a few hundred meters in front of him. There was a rapid sound of bows being drawn, and there were suddenly more arrows in the sky in front of him.
The arrow fell towards the Chuangjun formation.
Faced with such a sudden attack, the intruders were totally unprepared. In other words, they never expected that this army would dare to shoot back with arrows in such a desperate situation!
However, Liu Ming was the first among the generals to notice the rain of arrows. He immediately shouted: "It's a rain of arrows! Raise your shield to avoid it!"
But obviously, his voice alone could not reach the ears of the 20,000-strong army, not to mention that the army was full of confidence in their abilities and never expected that the other party would suddenly attack them.
For a moment, arrows rained down from the sky one after another, and the army was immediately turned upside down by those who were shot. Many people did not notice the arrows from above at all, and many were even chatting with the soldiers around them. Suddenly, a bullet hit their chests.
The arrow hit him, but he didn't know where it came from. He was immediately shot by another arrow, and then he realized that it actually fell from the sky.
The intruders formed a dense formation and did not raise their shields to defend themselves against the enemy. They were caught off guard by the sudden rain of arrows, and many soldiers died under the arrows. At this time, they were like lambs being slaughtered one by one.
In an instant, screams and wails resounded throughout the area, almost continuously. The arrows from the officers and soldiers continued for a moment, killing large numbers of intruders. Only then did the intruders who suffered such heavy losses wake up and scramble to raise their shields.
Protect yourself.
Obviously, due to the small number of people in the team, the coverage area of the arrow rain was also much smaller. Gradually, the arrow rain became less dense, and as soon as the intruders raised their shields, they no longer posed much of a threat.
Although for an army of 20,000, such casualties were not considered heavy, in the face of such an advantage, so many were still killed. Several generals became furious, drew their swords and shouted loudly to lead the army forward.
"etc!"
Liu Ming's shout stopped their charging pace and yelled at them: "You can't charge!"
"Why!"
The eyes of several generals were already red at this time, and they wanted to immediately kill the officers and soldiers in front of them. Now that they were suddenly stopped, they were extremely dissatisfied. They looked at Liu Ming with a bit of murderous intent.
"Why don't you think about why the army with only a thousand people dared to fight back like this? Aren't they afraid that we would get angry and kill them all?" Liu Ming carefully persuaded the several generals in front of him.
Although the several generals were filled with anger, they had fought in the war after all. After hearing such persuasion, they did not dare to lead the troops to attack immediately. Liu Ming's meaning was obvious. This army team just wanted to anger them and wait for the army to attack them in full force.
, as soon as the surrounding ambush troops come out, they can immediately attack the rear.
In this case, they will only return defeated.
"Then what do you think we should do?" But after all, this army team has killed so many people, and they have to regain their face, otherwise how can they explain it?
"Surround them and exhaust their resistance!"
[Author's digression]: The 200,000-word recommendation was updated on the first day!
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