The fifth day of the battle, the fourth day of raising the mountain.
The weather on this day was the same as the previous days. It was still cold in the morning and hot at noon. For the battle between the two armies, it seemed to have entered a certain "normality".
That is, both sides began to continuously expand the scope of the battle while trying to upgrade corresponding large-scale fortification operations, which can be regarded as giving full play to their respective huge human resources. At the same time, both sides also adapted to the battlefield and began to imitate the other party's methods.
tactics, or accept the opponent's tactics to quickly counter your own.
On the battlefield, there are trenches, fences, earthen hills, built houses, flames, water vapor, arrows and spears, flags and armors, occasional waves of true energy, shouts of death, and calls to surrender.
, there were shouts and curses, and there were also voices of preaching.
Of course, there is death and blood, dark soil and the occasional spring sprout.
The battle seems to be getting better.
Faced with all this, Xue Changxiong seemed to have calmed down and no longer had the anxiety of the past few days, but he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"General!"
At noon, the hottest time of the day, a horse galloped up. It turned out to be Luo Xin, the son of Luo Shu, the second lieutenant general of Youzhou Camp. He came to the gentle slope behind Tushan, rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, hurriedly
Come and report. "My general asked me to report... Pingchang County has been separated, and the connecting camps have been broken."
Xue Changxiong smiled slightly and said: "I have seen it, but how did you win so easily?"
"The thieves gave up on their own initiative." Luo Xin did not take the opportunity to brag. "The camp over there looks very big. In fact, it is almost the same as the corridor connecting this place with Pingchang County. There are not many soldiers. Our cavalry carried the block and pulled out
After taking down the fences and laying trenches, they dispersed... Some entered Pingchang County, and some retreated here.
As he guessed before, Xue Changxiong nodded: "After all, it is a credit.
Luo Xin continued to report: "My general asked me to inform the general... There is obviously a master in Pingchang County. He was exposed when he went out of the city to pick up the fleeing troops. His cultivation level is obviously far superior to him, but he didn't know it was Lu County.
The hero Xu Shiren is still the Wu brothers!"
Xue Changxiong then became serious, but only serious, and then nodded: "It can be considered as expected... Let your father and General Li clean up the corridor, and then follow the corridor to the west to test, and at the
After finding a flanking position to the west, retreat to find me."
Luo Xin turned around and left without taking a sip of water.
Xue Changxiong thought for a moment and simply walked down Shishan with his confidants and bodyguards.
In a four-story house of a camp diagonally opposite the earth mountain on the northeast side, the leader Sun Xunzhi looked up at this scene from a distance, then turned around and got out of the house. When he reached the bottom floor, he jumped directly and landed in a pile of mud.
I almost sprained my foot, and my short cloak was also stained with mud. Fortunately, it was brown and black, so I didn't bother to pay attention to it and just walked back in a hurry.
When he couldn't walk more than two steps, he grabbed one of the lieutenants and gave him a few words to tell him to keep an eye on the front line. He communicated promptly with Chief Wang, who was in charge of the front line, and then continued to walk back.
There was another row of houses at the rear, and someone was carrying a basket of mud out of it. After coming out, he didn't pour it elsewhere, but dumped it directly into a big pit at the rear, where auxiliary soldiers were working hard to pour water and add grass.
Mix the mud, and then send it to the front to build up the soil and strengthen the front line.
Sun Xunzhi took a look and didn't ask about the progress. He just walked back, passed the back door of the first row of camps, and came to the open space of the second row of camps. There was an endless stream of transport teams. There were also a variety of things being transported.
There is water, fuel, wood, wheat straw, cowhide felt, porridge, steamed buns, old rice, ordnance replenishment, and even dry soil. In turn, more is transported from the front line.
There were various types of damaged objects, including wounded soldiers, most of whom were injured by falls and arrows.
After passing this open space, they turned to the third camp. As soon as they entered, they saw the leader Cheng Mingqi taking his troops to rest here. He nodded to indicate from a distance when he saw him.
Sun Xunzhi also nodded, walked straight through, then turned to the west, and came to the general platform in the middle of the chessboard camp.
Compared with the previous few days, this place is obviously much more lively, and many leaders
They were all going back and forth with Sun Xunzhi, and there were more military commanders and messengers. Below Zhang Longtou, several big leaders who were present were also different from the nervousness of the previous few days. They had begun to actively initiate discussions, discuss countermeasures or suggestions, and then
I made a suggestion to Zhang Dalongtou.
When Sun Xunzhi came to the general platform, at a place on the far left, several leaders were obviously reviewing and arguing about the situation at hand.
"Things didn't happen for no reason. At first, they attacked directly, using the panels to set up trenches, ladders, and shields. This was a conventional way of fighting. But they soon discovered that people were not united, and then they attacked with force.
Even if we tried hard, we could break through the stronghold. It turned out that our camps were stacked on top of each other. We were not afraid of losing one or two camps and worried about casualties, so we started to build mountains of earth."
"I still don't understand, why don't you just hand someone a bag of soil, fill the trench, and bulldoze the fence?"
"I've said it all, I'm worried... If we can't afford the soil, we go directly to the fence to pile soil, and all the auxiliary soldiers and civilians are there. If we concentrate our bows and crossbows on the front line and fire intensively, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. They are new here.
It is very likely that one wave of casualties will destroy morale.”
"That's right...
"But now that they have built their earthen hills, we have followed suit and built their houses. Their earthen hills have added to their houses, and we have built our houses... Can we say that his earthen hills are no longer useful?"
"That's the truth. Otherwise, we wouldn't have divided our troops to test Pingchang."
"How can we attack the city if we can't capture the camp?"
"That's not the question. What's the use of attacking the city? He came to defeat us and make us have no foothold in Hebei. But we are here, what's the use of attacking elsewhere? He can only touch us, so,
I said from the beginning that the officers and soldiers will definitely think of new ways to attack us again."
"What's the method? It can't just be the surrender in the past two days, right? Who believes it? Or should we attack the corridor this morning?"
"I don't think any idiot will believe it!"
"If you ask me, the Hebei people are trustworthy at this time. They were all killed in a bloody feud by the opponent. Those Hebei battalions fought bravely, and Dou Lide's family members all fought...
After arriving in Dengzhou, Sun Xuanzhi had very few people to talk to, and he didn't have many friends. At this time, he only saw someone reporting under the banner with the word "Deposed" on a red background, and waited for a while to listen.
After a moment, Zhang Dalong saw him over there and waved to him. He stopped listening and immediately stepped forward.
"Chief Sun, what do you say?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.
"Big Dragon..." Sun Xunzhi looked a little embarrassed. "I just saw something on the battle line. It seems that a general in my camp suddenly crossed the line and surrendered while Xue Changxiong was on a patrol in Tushan.
He was taken away by Xue Changxiong’s henchmen.”
Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment and then calmed down: "What is this? It's going to rain, my mother is getting married, some people are just short-sighted and can't see the situation clearly.
"I'm afraid that the strategy for digging the tunnel will be leaked..." Sun Xuazhi's tone became increasingly difficult. "He is a captain and has some autonomy in the camp."
"Didn't you just move to the first row this morning?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.
"Yes." Sun Xuazhi responded immediately.
"Then does he know the progress of digging the hole?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.
Sun Xunzhi thought for a moment and immediately shook his head: "I don't even know."
Zhang Xing also laughed: "It doesn't matter. Let's send people to remind the front line to be careful. Then we will see the reaction from the other side. If we want to cut off the underground tunnel, there will be some movement... We will abandon this road by then...
Sun Xuanzai nodded and walked away.
As soon as the people left, Zhang Xing became serious and immediately called Xiao Zhou to ask: "After the two days of shouting, how many surrendered to the army? How many surrendered to us?"
Xiao Zhou thought for a moment and immediately gave the answer: "It's hard to say, mainly because it's not clear whether they came by sending leaflets to each other and shouting, or whether they were injured on the front and feared death and took advantage of the situation to surrender... So, yes
It is insignificant, and a few individuals cannot become a trend... However, the truth is that once the front line fails, regardless of whether it is the enemy or ourselves, there are indeed many people who want to surrender to save their lives."
Zhang Xing thought for a while, and could only think of a way to remedy the situation: "If it is a temporary arrangement today, it will be easy to be suspicious. Go and talk to Dou Lide, Hao Yide, and Fan Wang, explain the situation, and ask them to work hard.
, change camps early this evening, mainly tomorrow. Tomorrow, they need to take their respective camp heads to the top of the first row to protect the tunnel."
Moreover, the soldiers and horses of each battalion head were of course broken up and reorganized, but the design that allowed each leader to retain a core of 200 people at the beginning still made many battalion heads full of regional and personal colors. Zhang Xing's move was undoubtedly intended to
It is necessary to take advantage of the hatred of the Hebei rebels towards the Hejian camp to eliminate the possibility of surrendering to the enemy.
"Understood." Xiao Zhou immediately bowed and left.
After a moment, before Zhang Xing could discuss other matters, Dou Lide, who was supposed to be resting in the rear, suddenly came to look for him, but it was not about taking over the night shift.
"Fake surrender?" Zhang Xing was surprised for a moment.
"Yes." Dou Lide reminded seriously. "Longtou, it was hard to say false surrender before. There are two reasons. One is that the bandit army will kill and surrender, and the other is that a large group of people will falsely surrender and be profited... But now the situation is
, why not send some smart people to surrender, either individually or in twos and threes, so that not only can you find out the truth about the other side, but you can also try to pass on some false news... to make the other side think it is true."
It's doable!" Zhang Xing nodded immediately. "You can arrange this yourself. You only need to meet with me once every night."
Dou Lide also hurriedly saluted and left.
So far, today's war has become more and more frequent and anxious, but in terms of mentality and feelings, there is nothing particularly surprising.
There is no war on the front line.
However, in the second half of the afternoon, when the soldiers on both sides were getting tired, and the morning's show of force gradually turned into perfunctory, and both sides were obviously in a state of withdrawal, there was a sudden movement on the official and military fronts.
"What's going on?" Without the frontline troops reporting back, Zhang Xing had already noticed the drumbeats and flag movements on the opposite side, and then asked in surprise. "Is Xue Changxiong releasing his true energy? What is he going to do?!"
Xiong Bonan did not hesitate to jump up from the rammed earth platform, and still rushed to reply before the front line reported back: "Xue Changxiong seems to have gathered high-level practitioners of the army on the mountain in the middle, and seems to be preparing to form a formation to attack.
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Zhang Xing immediately made the worst guess: "Did someone really see someone digging a hole in the ground, thinking that there was a rare treasure to live in, and threw it to the other side?"
From Xiong Bonan down, the surrounding leaders became a little anxious.
"Quickly send someone to ask for leader Xu Shiren and ask him to come as soon as possible." Zhang Xing immediately ordered. "Recall all the leaders in the army except the six most direct leaders, and ask Wang Xiongdan to deploy in the second row of camps in front.
Formation, prepare to receive a large formation to meet the enemy! Ask Wang Wulang to stay still for the time being, and wait for us to pass before entering the formation!"
The people around them rushed away and prepared their own preparations.
Zhang Xing didn't have time to think too much. While waiting for the troops to gather, he observed the situation ahead.
And soon, the supreme commander of the army noticed something strange, and then his heart moved slightly, that is, the other party was actually a tribe gathered on the mountain in the middle.
You must know that if someone exposes the frontline tunnel offensive, in line with the principle of not messing with the line unless there is nothing wrong, it is very likely that the team under Sun Xuanzhi will be exposed, but the camp that Sun Xunzhi is responsible for today is basically on the right hand side of the first row.
At the same time, although the tunnels were dug by each battalion at the same time, due to the existence of Cheng Zhili and Dan Tonghaidan, the fastest progress was undoubtedly the two tunnels on the left and the second left where the two were located.
In other words, if the officers and soldiers were trying to break through the underground cave at all costs, why should they break through from the front?
Just because the earth mountain is in the middle? Is Xue Changxiong an obsessive-compulsive disorder?
With this idea in mind, Zhang Xing hurriedly carried the Jinglong Sword to the bottom. As soon as he got on the yellow gelding, he met the dirty Dantonghai head-on in the second row of camps.
Zhang Xing took advantage of the situation and asked, "Is there anything unusual at the other end of the cave?"
Shan Tonghai shook his head in reply and asked again: "I heard that some thieves from Hebei came down and exposed the news?"
"It's too early to say this, let me test it a bit." Zhang Xing said while releasing the ice energy without hesitation.
Seeing this, the rest of the people also released their own true energy. Among them, the ice true energy that emerged first was as thick as a solid body. In an instant, it connected with the true energy of the people around to form one body, while Xiong Bonan
, Shan Tonghai, Cheng Zhili, Jia Yue, Xie Minghe, Xu Kaitong and other masters' zhenqi were activated accordingly to prevent them from overestimating the guests.
When the formation was just formed, Zhang Dalong didn't wait for the leaders to gather together, and even the horses were not ready. He waved his sword and moved the zhenqi formation first, but it was between the second right camp and the first right camp in the first row.
They left the clearing, attracting Wang Shuyong, Gao Shitong and other leaders to turn and gather in front of them.
Facing the earth mountain in the middle, Xue Changxiong was looking down from a high position, and his body was gradually glowing. Of course he noticed this scene, but he did not hesitate to release the glowing energy from his body, as if forming a small sun, and again and again
With the three masters of elixir creation, Murong Zhengyan, Dou Pi, and Gao Zhan as the two wings and tail, almost instantly they also included Qian Tang, Wang Yu, Cao Shancheng, Chen Bin, Wang Changxie, Feng Duan and other officers and soldiers to condense the elixir.
The masters formed a large formation.
Then, regardless of the steep situation in front of the mountain, they directly mobilized the formation and came diagonally towards the army's true energy formation.
The other person was leading the way, like a golden disk shining down.
Zhang Xing was startled for a moment, then realized what he was doing, and immediately spoke to Xiong Bonan and Wang Shuyong on his horse: "It's still the same as before, I will defend, and you two will wait for an opportunity to counterattack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Changxiong was already in the lead, destroying everything along the way like a big sun, grabbing dozens of steps away, and then slashed hard with the four-foot straight knife in his hand, and a golden knife several feet long that seemed to be condensed with true energy flashed out of thin air.
out, and then split down from top to bottom.
This move was so sudden that Zhang Xing's face was ashen and he did not dare to neglect it. He also raised the Jinglong Sword with all his strength.
Following this action, a stream of white energy several feet long rose up out of thin air from the formation, colliding with the golden sword that had almost fallen on the gray-white formation in mid-air, and the latter would hit the red background.
The banner with the word "Depose" dissipated together with the former, as if the two sides were well matched.
But in fact, at this time, Zhang Dalongtou already felt numbness in his arms, and the sea of qi in his chest and abdomen was churning... He secretly regretted that he should not have entrusted Dalong, knowing that this was a grand master with three Chengdan.
Xu Shiren and Wu Jingfeng were also asked to hide in Pingchang City and Douzigang respectively.
Although it was a battle in a formation, he also had a trump card, but that trump card was obviously just a follow-up infuriating deep energy, but it could not change that he was just a condensed pill, and his ability to use the infuriating energy was inferior.
You deserve this... you deserve it.
Just as he was thinking about it, a second golden light flashed out, and another golden sword appeared out of thin air at Xue Changxiong's side. Then he swung it with all his strength and slashed towards the army's formation.
Zhang Xing didn't have time to complain anymore, so he also fought hard towards the oncoming force.
After this strike, the right hand holding the Jinglong Sword was broken. Many people in the formation were shaken, and some even fell off their horses on the spot.
At this time, many officers, generals, and masters behind Xue Changxiong followed, but there were only a dozen or so pill-condensing and elixir-forming masters, and there were no others. The formation seemed loose, and they were following his own general to press forward.
In the military zhenqi formation, many people had already lost their position after passing through the previous two swords, and the formation was also a bit messy.
According to the rules of physics, it is absolutely possible for the formations of both sides to mix at this time, and the true energy should be mixed into one like mist. But in fact, the true energy outside the formations of both sides has already condensed into one, and as the officers and soldiers' true energy
The follow-up personnel of the Qi formation came down from top to bottom, and the two formations collided head-on, just like two living giants colliding out of thin air. The direct Qi stirred up the surrounding areas, causing wind and thunder on the ground, like the roar of dragons.
In the military formation, there was a man with low cultivation level who was bleeding from his orifices and died on the spot. Zhang Xing himself also felt that his chest and abdomen were churning constantly, and his ears were ringing and his eyes were black.
In the opponent's formation, there were actually several people whose horses neighed, obviously frustrated and even fell dead.
At the same time, the entire battlefield became quiet.
The two sides re-established their positions. It turned out that the army formation led by Xue Changxiong went deeper into the camp, but did not move for a moment. The glow of true energy was dazzling, and it was impossible to see the inside of the army formation, but the entire formation was like breathing.
Generally speaking, you can see clearly even if you have a rapid contraction and magnify it.
Of course, the same goes for the military gray and white formation.
Obviously, the intensity of the collision between the two knives, especially the last collision, made both sides unbearable.
After waiting for a moment, just as Zhang Dalongtou and Xiong Bonan, who had barely recovered their breath, were eyeing each other, suddenly, there was an obvious sound coming from the northeast of Qipan Camp, in the direction of Pingchang County, and to the southeast of Zhang Xing and others.
The ground was shaking, as if a large group of cavalry were coming.
In the military formation, the generals looked at each other and changed their expressions. Xiong Bonan quickly gave the answer: "It was Luo Shu and Li Li. After they broke through the corridor, they went to Pingchang City to threaten them, but they did not go back... This
It's a double attack from the east and the west. They want to attack our generals directly from the middle! We have fallen into the trap and don't dare to react so hastily and bring all the elites of the Chinese army and the training leaders!"
....But not." Zhang Xingchu nodded at first, but soon after he spat bloody saliva on the ground, he actually laughed. He didn't know if he was stunned by the two swords just now.
"This is because Xue Changxiong is at his wits' end...How could the two visiting troops, Li Li and Luo Shu, risk their lives for him?"
Among the generals in the formation, many of them were barely breathing, and some were even obviously unable to fight anymore. When they heard this, they all looked at a loss.
At this point, Zhang Xing didn't look at the crowd at all. Instead, he took a deep breath, used all his strength to drum up the energy of the entire army, and shouted:
"Did you hear that, Xue Changxiong? You old dog is at your wits end!"
"The rabid dog is barking at the sun!" Xue Changxiong also laughed hard without fear at all. Not only that, the radiant energy in his body became stronger and stronger, really like a bright sun.
"Before coming, you thought you were a tiger. Although you are tired, you still have the strength to fight!" Zhang Xingruo was crazy and ignored him at all. He just roared with all his strength. "After arriving, they fought.
You know, I am actually just an old dog with poor skills! Look at you, you can’t even gather the practitioners under the generals of your Hejian camp, but how can you expect Luo Shu and Li Li, two Youzhou wolves
Are you working for an old dog like you?! I'm here to see if they can overwhelm my general?!"
If they can't take the general's throne, I will kill you, this little dog, right here!" Xue Changxiong faced him sternly.
"Then you come?!" Zhang Xing scolded him with all his strength. "Have your hands stopped shaking?!"
There was no response from the other side for a moment, but the formation was obvious and preparations were started.
Do you think it's a master who has three Cheng Dan against five Cheng Dan? But have you ever thought that I still have three hundred strange scriptures here?!" Zhang Xing kept yelling and scolding. "You thought it was fifty thousand versus fifty thousand, two
One hundred thousand versus two hundred thousand?! In fact, you are an old dog with a few puppies, against the enemy and ourselves, 400,000! Against the twenty counties of Hebei! The Wei Dynasty is declining, and everyone in Hebei wants to see you destroy yourself, not to mention you are a master.
You are the Grand Master, and if you throw the whole army into this trip, you will only bring about your own destruction!"
The glow formation on the opposite side had already been restarted, but as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xing was not just talking, but also urged the yellow gelding under his crotch, holding the Dragon Shocking Sword, and started to move towards Xue Changxiong's formation in the opposite direction.
The two sides were dozens of steps apart when they came over. Before they even got there, an arrow wrapped in Duanjiang's true energy was shot out in front of them.
Someone in the opponent's formation gently raised his hand and blocked the attack.
The sound sounded as crisp as if some chopsticks hit the bottom of the pot.
But the next moment, the speed of the military zhenqi formation did not slow down, and the whole formation actually collided head-on. The two formations collided, and the surrounding fences and earthen barriers collapsed. The loud sound of the formation's volley was once again overwhelming.
The rumble of horse hooves.
Not only that, after the collision, the formations of both sides passed by each other. Suddenly, a ray of purple light enveloped the big flag with the word "Deposed". He turned around suddenly, rolled up a ray of purple light, and hit the official formation.
It was even more like a hammer beating a drum. 1 These two sounds, with almost no gaps, seemed to be a reminder, which immediately triggered the agitation of the entire army. In the evening, the most intense battle in the five days since the war broke out.
On the front line, the officers and soldiers tried their best to cross the mountains and launch a strong attack. On the east side of the battlefield, several Youzhou cavalry suddenly arrived at the flanks with the mobility of the cavalry, then dismounted and launched a surprise attack on foot, trying to cut in along the previous corridor.
The center line of the chessboard camp was blocked by Sun Xunzhi, Yan Qing, Liu Zhouchen and other non-battle formation leaders. Soon,
One of the five leaders left behind by the former army, Sun Xunzhi, who occupied the northeastern corner of the Qipan camp, and his subordinates voluntarily abandoned the corner camp and went to the rear to support them.
What is even more eye-catching is that in the northeast corner of the battlefield, the coaches of both sides, each leading their elite practitioners, started a deadly battle there like giant beasts wrestling.
The surrounding fences, trenches, and earthen forts, including abandoned houses and barracks, were all destroyed by the infuriating force of the true energy formation.
However, this kind of fighting state, which is like a flashback and a temporary drink of medicinal wine, is destined to be short-lived - no one can support such a fierce battle.
The two events that caused things to change were that the reinforcements in Ban County took the initiative to come out of the city at Wei Xuanding's request, and then, a stream of light came from behind the iron cavalry of the Youzhou camp and arrived at the battlefield.
The stream of light passed through the air and landed in the military formation. It obviously hesitated for a moment, but then headed to the battlefield of the Zhenqi Army Formation in the northeast.
"Here comes the hero of Lu County." Li Li, the eldest son of the general manager of Youzhou, Li Cheng, and the first lieutenant of Youzhou, watched Li Li pass by, and suddenly laughed on his horse, as if the fierce fighting around him had nothing to do with him...
..Okay. It seems to be the case. "General Luo, let me tell you, this battle can be won or lost only by the collision of the great Qi formations over there. Why should we do it?"
Luo Shu was startled and hesitated for a moment: "Manager Xue treats us with courtesy, why don't we go back empty-handed?"
Li Li didn't refute, he just looked around, and then suddenly pointed to a place.
Luo Shu squinted his eyes slightly, and when he saw a man in dirty black police clothes with his back leaning on a sun-shaped flag, shouting and directing everyone to repair the camp, he suddenly came to his senses: "Take this man's life?
"
"This person came from somewhere else temporarily, and he was obviously the commander of an overrun camp, so he didn't dare to abandon the flag, but his cultivation level was not enough. I took a look, and there was absolutely no concentration... why not try to take this person's life
"If you don't leave, you will rebel... If the thieves retreat and collapse, why not try your best to fight?" Of course Li Li also had something to say. "But if they don't collapse, this person's life will be enough to give an explanation to Xue Changxiong."
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"General Li is taking command here." Luo Shu immediately ordered seriously. "My son, hold my flag, go to the west to charge...
Lao Bai, Gong Shen, you two, take off your hat tassels and replace them with xun and chang iron spears, and come with me."
After saying this, Luo Xin went off with his white horse and silver spear, holding the flag, which indeed attracted the attention of the entire battle line. At the same time, a group of more than ten elite cavalrymen behind Luo Shu all removed their conspicuous things and replaced them with ordinary ones.
The iron spear was then activated along with Luo Shu, taking advantage of the chaos to thrust forward.
Li Li stared at the backs of these dozen riders with envy, his eyes fixed on them.
After a moment, this group of cavalry slowly moved in front of the opponent's trench. Then, Luo Shu not only did not dismount, but accelerated, and at the same time, he released the ice energy from his body. The ten cavalry behind him also released their energy, and there was actually a faint connection.
It became a small infuriating army formation.
More than a dozen horsemen formed a formation, naturally as if they were one body. The master was able to make changes, and his horsemanship skills were astonishing. He could easily cross antlers, earth barriers, and leaning trees in front of him. The black-cloaked leader did not notice it at first. When the opponent's true energy formation was formed, he jumped
When the horse came over, he was dumbfounded and at a loss. When he realized what he was doing, he saw that the opponent was already approaching the flag, so he quickly summoned his energy, raised his sword, and called the surrounding guards to protect him.
Unexpectedly, when Na Luo Shu came to the front, he didn't move at all and charged. He just reined in his horse and raised his hand to throw. The spear in his hand was wrapped with ice energy and was thrown out. It was like child's play, pinning the opponent to the flag.
The latter howled and screamed, shaking the battlefield.
Luo Shu did not dismount and kill this man, but took advantage of the situation and turned his horse's head and left.
Among the seven or eight riders behind him, three or four on the outside all followed the same example, threw their iron spears, and then left straight away.
When the surrounding sergeants went to look again, the leader Sun Xunzhi had already had two or three iron spears embedded in his body. He was so angry that he lost his temper on the spot. Two personal guards were also dead beside him.
On the other side, Zhang Xing had no idea what was happening here, but this did not delay him. When he saw Xu Shiren coming to help, he loudly ordered from a distance: "Brother Xu, go and sit on the general stage. I will take care of the old dog here."
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When Xu Shiren heard the words, he immediately touched the ground and crossed over, then turned back and stopped intervening.
But when he turned around and saw the situation here, he finally felt depressed and regretted that he could not save one of the leaders.
However, Xu Shiren himself did not know that his return directly contributed to the rapid end of the sudden battle between the two sides. Although the Youzhou Second General and his subordinates were obviously superior in strength, as Zhang Xing said, it seemed impossible to really
He had to sacrifice his life for Xue Changxiong, so when he saw Xu Shiren, whom he had been entangled with during the day, arrived, he had no intention of taking advantage of the situation and rushed to kill him, and instead chose to retreat immediately.
After the Youzhou Army left, the front line also became discouraged. After Xue Changxiong and Zhang Xing collided with each other in a series of powerful formations, although their momentum was not reduced, seeing that the opponent's momentum was also not weak, they finally gave up their unnecessary thoughts and saw a
When the opportunity arose, he led his military masters to withdraw together.
At this time, the sun has not completely set.
"So, three helmsmen, five deputy helmsmen, eleven captains, plus one leader are dead? There are still five leaders and below. Many people have serious injuries or internal injuries and will not be able to fight again for a few days?"
The sky was dark, and in the last ray of rays of light, Zhang Xing leaned against the remains of a clearly smoked house, holding the reins of the yellow gelding, and listened to the report expressionlessly.
‘Yes.’ There was obviously some blood stains on the corners of Zhou Xingfan’s mouth. ‘I haven’t had such injuries since I came to Hebei.
It doesn't matter." Zhang Xing responded solemnly. "It's as I expected. It doesn't need another ten days. Within three to five days, this battle will be like a downpour, and the outcome will be unstoppable."
No one around responded. It wasn't that everyone didn't believe it, or that Zhang Xing had no authority. In fact, after this battle, those who had thought that Zhang Dalongtou could only recruit from outside the army were somewhat convinced.
However, everyone is too tired, and the battle just now consumed too much energy.
"Leader Shan, Chief Cheng." Zhang Xing swallowed and turned to the two of them. "Do you two still have the strength?"
Shan and Cheng were already exhausted and had obvious hidden injuries, but when they heard Zhang Xing's words, they were both stirred up and woke up.
"When?" Cheng Zhili couldn't hide his worry. "One of them collapsed, and two of them actually made little progress. Only two of them barely reached the edge of the mountain."
Just these two items." Zhang Xing said coldly. "Can the tunnel be dug tomorrow?
"It can't be done." Shan Tonghai replied seriously. "I really can't do it... As long as it can be done, I, Shan, will never refuse."
"Then just one." Zhang Xing changed his request without hesitation.
"Okay!" Shan Tonghai gritted his teeth and agreed. "Tomorrow at noon, burn down the supporting wood and give it a try."
The people around seemed to want to say something, but Zhang Xing simply turned around and explained:
"Everyone, today I say that that guy is not very skilled, not because he is cheering for me in battle, but because he is really very weak... I can see that the fate of the army lies in the fact that Xue Changxiong, his father and his son are not in the same league as the other generals.
People, why should Hejian Camp and other parties not be on the same side? Under internal and external suspicion, he neither dared to let his own horse suffer too many casualties, so that he would be bullied and coerced by other generals; nor would he
Dare to inflict heavy losses on the subordinates of other generals in the Hejian camp, so that those people jumped over the wall and stopped fighting; even when they couldn't see the remaining Chengdan masters on our accounts, they didn't dare to easily use their full strength individually.
..So, we must cause them a large number of casualties in a short period of time, or intimidate them, telling them that there may be huge casualties soon, creating psychological deterrence and shaking some of them! Once shaken, they will lose their battle.
The power is just waiting to collapse!"
Some of the people around me probably understood it, and some didn't understand it, but they all understood it.
I really didn’t expect...the general looked so powerful and invincible, but he was so powerless when he came up." It was evening, under the candlelight, Wang Yu, who had wounds on his arms, looked gloomy.
"I didn't expect it." Sima Chen Bin, the supervisor sitting opposite, also looked a little helpless. "The army is actually so suspicious? Before the general came, he was worried that there were many thieves and masters of Chengdan, but he, the master, was incompetent.
Because of this, he put his hope in military affairs, hoping to use the army to sweep in during the cold and flood season to achieve a great military victory, thereby preventing him, the master, from actually having a decisive battle with the opponent's master; but the reason why the generals below followed him boldly was because
Essentially, I hope that he, the Grandmaster, can crush him.
Overwhelm the opponent's masters and create an advantage. After the victory is guaranteed, then send the army to roll over...The result is that no one is willing to fight hard!"
"Now that I think about it, when the general arrived and saw that the troops were unwilling to contribute, he was already a little disillusioned and guilty. Otherwise, he would not have chosen the tactics of building mountains of earth...and today he has not used the remaining
The general was actually a little frustrated when the Chengdan master who was hiding underneath was forced out, and the other generals were also a little uneasy." Wang Yu was a little anxious. "If this is the case, it is better to withdraw the troops earlier, so as not to lower morale and even cause trouble.
The enemy took advantage of it."
"That's the truth, but reinforcements from other counties haven't arrived yet. Wouldn't it be even more ridiculous to talk about retreating?" Chen Bin immediately retorted.
Wang Yu was silent for a long time and could not speak.
After a moment, Wang Yu simply handed him over and walked away.
After returning to the camp and just sitting down, Wang Yu called his confidants and whispered: "Kill the general who came to surrender."
The confidant took the order, hurried away, and came back a moment later - the thief who came to surrender during the day was already seriously injured and died immediately, without leaving any words.