Liu Yanzhen is extremely confident because he regards the difficult job of commanding nearly 100,000 people as a small fight with hundreds of minions running around.
He treated life-and-death matters as child's play.
In fact, before the deployment of the northern camp capital, which led the army this time, Liu Yanzhen actually commanded the army, which was the six months he served as commander of the Shenwu Army.
Although the Shenwu Army was the elite of the Forbidden Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, its number was not large, with only a few hundred core members.
He, Liu Yanzhen, was able to convince the public with only the horse on his hip, the hard bow in his hand and his family background.
Therefore, this resume does not provide him with much experience in commanding 70,000 to 80,000 people. It can be said that Liu Yanzhen has no experience in leading large corps in combat.
If one were born in Zhang Zhao's side, he would be qualified to be a Du Yuhou, a left-wing Lin Wei.
Liu Yanzhen should not have bragged so hard that she believed that she was a famous general, and that Li Jing, with the praise of the "Five Ghosts" around her, regarded Liu Yanzhen as a Great Wall.
Therefore, when this emperor, who had always been a bit silly and bold, heard that he was going to send troops, he immediately thought of Liu Yanzhen and handed over 30,000 elite soldiers of the Imperial Guard.
However, no matter how confident he was, no matter how ignorant he was, when he woke up the next day, it was already noon, Liu Yanzhen had not yet seen Zhang Yanhan’s rear army, and the entire Meng Zhuze was still dead silent, he immediately realized
Something is wrong.
He immediately ordered the provisions and grass that had been moved off the ship to be moved onto the ship again, and the troops immediately prepared to set off.
Hmm! It's still the same as a playboy. When he comes, he is aggressive and thinks he is unparalleled. When he has a slight setback, he doesn't even verify it. He just listens to the slightest hint and thinks of escaping.
When Chai Kehong, the Marquis of Yu of the Longwu Army, saw that Liu Yanzhen was acting foolishly again, the labor sergeant was so angry that he stepped forward to stop her.
Zhang Quanyue, who was on the side, grabbed the military academy member who was known for his bravery, sighed and shook his head.
"It's too late. The Zhou army must have intercepted and killed my rear army. Zhang Yanhan, a mediocre man, must not be able to resist. It's too late to do anything now. You and I are waiting to fight to the death."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Quanyue finished speaking, a shocking sound came from the front, and the Youyi Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty wearing gray and black leather armor ran back wildly.
The Zhou army came from the east, north, and south, and surrounded the more than 20,000 Southern Tang Imperial Army.
Liu Yanzhen was moving in the ants, but when she saw the Zhou army arriving, she still knew how to go forward and deploy the formation.
At this time, the Southern Tang Army had built a simple water stronghold at the mouth of Mengzhuze's Bian River as a place to place large ships.
As soon as he saw the Zhou army coming from the land, Liu Yanzhen immediately ordered several naval warships to go down the river to see if they could rush out.
However, Zhang Zhao had already prepared. He connected the captured warships with iron ropes and placed them across the Bian River. The Southern Tang Army could not rush past them.
At this time Liu Yanzhen finally gave up, but Mr. Liu remained calm because he still had a magic weapon.
That was the ingenious plan he came up with to defeat the enemy with his clever little mind after reading several military books.
At that moment, Zhang Zhao ordered the Shenji Battalion to set up the Camel Tornado Cannon to drive the Southern Tang Army away from the north bank. He personally led the army to the south to join Bai Congxin's troops.
Liu Yanzhen also formed a formation in the south with his back to the water village. Mr. Liu placed his horses horizontally and erected a strange-shaped, green-faced and fanged lion and a tiger wooden statue in front of the formation.
Not to mention, it is quite realistic, specially painted, and even made of animal hair using silk thread and fur.
The most peculiar thing is in the front. Liu Yanzhen placed all the cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a total of four thousand, in front of the formation.
Well, the cavalry was in the middle. Zhang Zhao thought that Liu Yanzhen was mad and wanted to confront the Zhou army's cavalry.
But it's obvious that with Zhang Shengren's IQ level, it's impossible for him to guess through Mr. Liu's 'means!'
What kind of iron cavalry hedge? It’s so outdated!
While everyone was stunned, Liu Yanzhen ordered people to tie the legs of the cavalry horses together with ropes, and then drove them to the front of the army to use as a city wall.
Moreover, he was very careful and threw a large number of leather bags filled with iron pear in front of the horse as a trap.
In Mr. Liu's opinion, no matter how strong the Zhou army's cavalry is, they are still riding horses, right?
I imitated King Zhuge Wuning's old wisdom of destroying the elephant army, carving a lion and a tiger in front of the army. No matter how good your cavalry and horses are, if you see a liger right in front of you, how dare you attack?
It is easier to understand if the legs of the war horses are tied up. Liu Yanzhen put armor on the war horses and connected the legs to prevent them from running around. Isn't this a ready-made chariot formation?
When the time comes, the soldiers will hide behind the horses and shoot arrows and spears. When the Zhou army comes, the first thing to hit is not the people but the horses. It is definitely impossible to break them with one blow. Then he can take advantage of the Zhou army's exhaustion to counterattack. Wouldn't it be easy to counterattack and kill them.
In addition, he sprinkled a large amount of iron pear in front of the horse, which could also kill the Zhou army. It was simply a victory in every battle!
This happens sometimes! If your imagination is too wild, it is not a good thing.
Mr. Liu has been pretending to be in the military camp all his life. He thinks he has learned many magical tactics, but in fact, it is useless and very stupid.
At least Zhang Zhao was stunned in the distance, and the assembled Zhou army also fell into self-doubt collectively for at least five minutes.
Murong Nobunaga pulled off a lot of the finely trimmed beard on his chin, and finally looked back at Zhang Zhai with certainty and said.
"Sir, I really can't imagine the reason for such a formation. But I know that as long as we charge, the Wu army will collapse."
Murong Nobunaga couldn't help laughing as he said this. His smile was careless, as if it was contagious. Suddenly everyone in the Zhou army burst into laughter. Even Zhang Zhao couldn't help laughing. For a moment Morale is boosted.
As for the Southern Tang Army, many people felt that this was indeed a bit silly.
I just feel like my future is bleak with such a coach, so I feel lifeless even before I play.
In the left formation, Zhang Quanyue roared loudly and asked people to push the withered lions and tigers out of the military formation. He could not control others, but around him, he was not allowed to travel, something that insulted his IQ.
Zhang Zhao waved his hand lightly, the rumble of war drums sounded, and all the 34,000 elites he had mobilized arrived.
As for the Southern Tang Army, after being devoured by the rear army, there were only about 21,000 people left.
The central army of Zhou's army was composed as usual of the elite soldiers from Shanshan City, but this time around them, there were a thousand more silver spearmen trained by Feng Hui.
The Barbarian Bear is in the center. His huge size can always attract enough firepower from the enemy. At the same time, his majestic figure is also the most important reference for our own soldiers.
Many times, as long as the soldiers see that the bear is still moving forward, they know that the army must also be moving forward.
It is precisely because of such a prominent role that Zhang Zhao ordered Barbarian Bear to wear two layers of cloth-covered iron armor, and inside there was a layer of wire chainmail armor that was extremely defensive but weighed somewhat less.
This chain armor was carefully crafted by Cao Yanming to honor Zhang Zhao. However, now that Zhang Zhao does not have to go to the battlefield himself, he usually gives it to his subordinates. Whoever is given it will be the main protagonist of this war.
The barbarian bear held a huge shield in one hand and a large flag in the other. To his left and right, the Zhou army was now also playing shield style, which was indeed beneficial for defending against crossbows and attacking enemy formations.
Amidst the beating of war drums by the officers and the shouts of one, two, three, four, the Zhou army formed a series of formations, like a wall, and pressed towards the Southern Tang army.
At the same time as they pressed forward, the main force of melee spearmen and jumping soldiers holding hatchets and hammers moved to the last row. Following the sword and shield soldiers were the crossbowmen, and behind the crossbowmen were the archers.
During the march, every time the crossbowmen finished loading, they would launch the crossbow arrows from the gap in the shield or from above. The archers would all change their heavy arrows and use the throwing method to shoot again.
The sound was like thunder and the arrows were raining down. Mr. Liu immediately discovered that his so-called strategy of binding the legs of the war horses and forming a formation as a city wall was all nonsense.
Under severe punishment, this person would still deserter because he was afraid of death, let alone a war horse.
Both Han Shandu and Yin Qiang advanced in formation, and the crossbowmen had a large number of divine arm bows in their hands. Not only were they powerful, but they also missed quickly.
A war horse covered in a thin layer of iron and leather armor could not stop the power of the crossbow arrows.
While the two sides were still shooting crossbows, the horses that were hit began to run wildly in pain. If a horse wanted to run away, it would immediately cause panic among the surrounding horses, and then they would fall to the ground together.
Because the legs are tied with ropes, if one horse falls, the rest of the horses will fall down.
For a time, before the battle really entered its climax, the front of the Southern Tang Army was already in chaos comparable to hell.
The crossbow arrows were fired, the war horse fell to the ground and screamed, the war horse struggled to get up, and the screaming soldier was pinned down by the war horse.
Man Xiong has been fighting for so many years, and the quality of the soldiers and equipment of the Southern Tang Army are pretty good, but he has never seen someone in such a mess and about to be defeated so quickly.
The giant bear roared loudly and threw the shield in his hand to the ground. The leather bag containing the iron beetle immediately lost its use. The other soldiers followed suit and spread the ground with their shields. Liu Yanzhen's iron beetle formation
, immediately lost its effect.
Dunzhu ran faster than a wild bear. He quickly jumped over the panicked horses, rushed like a god descending from the earth, and smashed directly into the Southern Tang army.
The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty gathered the embarrassed hedgehogs together and wanted to resist. Dunzhu roared, and the spears in his hands flew out one after another. The spear throwers behind him did the same.
The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who gathered together were immediately knocked over. They couldn't bear the loss, so they started to run to both sides and back with howling, and the gap immediately appeared.
Therefore, taking advantage of the gap created by Dunzhu, the Zhou army rushed in and attacked and killed.
If such a stupid enemy doesn't quickly use Wushuang to gain military merit, wouldn't it be a loss?
At the same time as the infantry assaulted, the Zhou army's cavalry separated from the left and right of the formation, and then attacked the waist of the Southern Tang army's formation.
Because Liu Yanzhen tied all the horses together, the Southern Tang army only had cavalry, and all of them became infantry. They had no ability to counter the Zhou army's cavalry, and could only try to fight with pure infantry.
It was a pity that although they had many bows and crossbows, the infantry on the front was defeated too quickly, causing the two wings of the central army to panic quickly.
Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui disrupted the organization, and each led a mixed cavalry of light and heavy cavalry to rush back and forth. It only took three rounds to defeat the Southern Tang Central Army.
It was only at this moment that Mr. Liu suddenly realized that this was not how battles were fought. The military books and tactics left by the ancients did have their own reasons. The battlefield was surprising, and it did not mean doing weird things.
However, he understood too late that the 20,000 Southern Tang Army, especially the 9,000 in his central army, had collapsed!
In despair, Liu Yanzhen was still somewhat heroic, perhaps because the blood of his father Liu Xin, the leader of thieves, had revived in him.
Liu Yanzhen got on his horse, holding a family heirloom bow, wearing a golden black light armor, and a unicorn walking on the snow under his crotch. He led more than a hundred Huainan heroes who had followed him for many years and rushed out towards the direction where Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui were attacking.
past.
'Boom! Boom! Boom!'
Liu Yanzhen was on horseback, and he shot out three arrows in a row.
An arrow hit Zhao Kuangyin's shoulder, causing Zhao Da to grimace in pain.
The two arrows hit Murong Nobunaga in the chest, with such force that Murong Nobunaga felt as if he had been punched twice in the chest, causing unbearable pain.
Li Cunhui, who was next to Murong Nobunaga, had his eyes red. He held a horse gun and rushed towards Liu Yanzhen.
"Wu Guomanzi, a certain family wants to cut you into pieces."
Of course Li Cunhui would not think that it was Murong Nobunaga who was dying. What a joke. He and Murong Nobunaga's cloth-covered armors were both steel armors given by their adoptive father Zhang Zhao. Unless they were shot at close range by a crossbow arrow of more than two stones, they would not be able to survive.
Not only is it impossible to break armor.
What made him angry was, what did this barbarian from Wu State mean? The three of them were next to each other. Not only did Murong Nobunaga receive two arrows, but even Zhao Kuangyin received one.
But he, Li Cunhui, the majestic commander of Lin Weidu, is not even qualified to take an arrow?
Liu Yanzhen had no idea that missing an arrow would make Li Cunhui so angry.
The curly green gelding under Li Cunhui's crotch was also a rare divine horse. When he drew the bow for the second time, Li Cunhui had already rushed in front of him.
Liu Yanzhen was about to shoot an arrow when Li Cunhui waved his horse and roared like a tiger descending the mountain. Liu Yanzhen's heart trembled, but the arrow did not go out.
But after just a moment of hesitation, Li Cunhui arrived, and the horse flew across Liu Yanzhen's chest. The flames on the nail blades flashed, and Liu Yanzhen's chest went numb.
In an instant, the two cavalry were about to stagger. Li Cunhui held his sword in his left hand and drew his saber with his right hand, about to stab him.
At the critical moment, the Huainan heroes recruited by Liu Yanzhen swarmed in, surrounded Li Cunhui and began to use swords and guns.
Li Cunhui could only abandon Liu Yanzhen and stab him violently with a knife in one hand and a spear in the other.
However, as soon as Liu Yanzhen recovered from the shock, the surrounding Zhou army cavalry discovered his big fish.
Because in the Central Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which had almost no cavalry, his one or two hundred cavalry was really obvious.
At that moment, Murong Nobunaga, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Zhao Yanjin and Zhebu Jiashi rushed in from the west.
Huang Yingda, Han Tong, Gao Huaide, Fu Yanqing and Yue Saonu came from the north.
Ma Shacai, Qiongre Duojin, Yao Yuanfu, Wang Quanbin, Hou Renbao and others came from the south.
At one time, more than 30 powerful generals from the Zhou army were serving Liu Yanzhen. How lucky was this?
Mr. Liu was good at riding and shooting with self-control, but under the siege of this group of cavalry generals who could be regarded as the best in the world, he was hit by more than a dozen arrows before he could make a mistake. Before he could swing his horse, he was pecked by five or six arrows at the same time.
Hammer, bone, and long spear hit.
Suddenly, the body was like a rag bag, blood was constantly pouring out, and the person could no longer die.
The battle between the Central Army and the Right Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty ended quickly. In just over half an hour, they lost their combat effectiveness.
However, to Zhang Zhao's expectation, a total of 7,000 people from the Southern Tang Zuo Army, Zuo Jinwu Guards, Zuo Shenwu Army plus Feng'an and Xiongwu towns besieged the more than 3,000 Tang troops, but they were never captured.
In the fierce attack battle, the rear army was all under control, and the commander-in-chief of Feng'an Town, Shanzhu'er Luo Shande, even took part in the battle himself.
However, the Southern Tang army covered their formation with large shields, and their spearmen stood staggered behind the sword and shield soldiers, stabbing through the gaps in the shields.
The elite Jianghuai crossbowmen kept firing arrows, which caused heavy casualties to the Zhou army soldiers who could not withstand the damage of the crossbow arrows despite being heavily armored.
At the same time, about five hundred strong archers of the Southern Tang Dynasty huddled behind their shields and continued to throw heavy arrows, which also posed a great threat to the Zhou army.
Mountain Boar's eyes were red. Not only did his subordinates suffer heavy casualties, but the other armies were slaughtering pigs and dogs. He was the only one who outnumbered the enemy and was beaten in such a miserable state. There was no way he could justify it!
He put on two layers of armor and urged his soldiers to attack continuously. The cavalry from Zuojinwu Guards and Feng'an Town also detoured behind the Southern Tang Army and launched waves of forcible attacks.
Sure enough, under the fierce attack by the commander's personal supervision, the Southern Tang Army finally couldn't hold on anymore and began to retreat one after another. However, the left side of the Zhou Army was also poked a hole by the spearmen of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Shanzhu'er was about to ask all the Zuo Shenwu Army to fill the vacancy, but at this moment, a group of more than 300 people, dressed in black clothes, could not tell what kind of armor they were wearing, and wearing black tiger iron stomach painted on their heads.
, elite soldiers holding huge swords burst in through this opening.
The giant swords in the hands of these warriors are much larger than ordinary swords. They are almost as long as Mo Dao. Although the handle is shorter than Mo Dao, the blade is longer. At this time, it is also
It can be regarded as a kind of Mo Dao.
The gap they burst into happened to be where the archers of the Left Shenwu Army and a small number of Lanzhou United Archers gathered.
This time it was dangerous. After the Southern Tang Army rushed in, they dispersed the attack, and then the generals with both hands used their strength to advance like a whirlwind!
In an instant, screams were heard everywhere. After all, the Zuo Shenwu Army and the Unity Archers were not elite heavy armors like Han Shandu and Silver Spear.
They did not have the ability to shoot arrows and play Mo Dao at the same time. They were only equipped with light armor and short swords. They were killed immediately and their blood flowed like rivers.
The furious wild boar had no choice but to move some of the soldiers who were in front of him for reinforcements, in order to be able to withstand the attack of this strange heavy sword warrior.
However, as a result, there were not enough soldiers to attack, and the Southern Tang Army pushed back.
Zhang Zhao immediately climbed up and saw the wild boars being repelled several times, and the casualties seemed to be quite high.
He immediately made adjustments and sent messengers to call back several hundred men from the Barbarian Bear. At this time, sixty camel cyclone cannons from the Shenji Battalion, which had just crossed the river, arrived.
Zhang Zhao led his bodyguard and personally rode his horse to Shanzhu'er's side.
When he saw the armored man wearing mysterious clothes and holding a sword similar to that of a Western two-handed sword, a name instantly came to his mind.
Heiyun Changjiandu! This was the founder of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the bodyguard of Yang Xingmi in Huainan. It laid the foundation for Yang Wu and Zuo of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
At this time, Shanzhu'er's fourth attack was beaten back. When he saw Zhang Zhao arriving, his face turned red and he knelt down on one knee in the blood.
"Sage, please give me another quarter of an hour, and I will definitely defeat the Wu army!"
Zhang Zhao waved his hand, "You have encountered the Black Cloud Sword King!"
I didn’t expect that 30,000 imperial troops from Southern Wu would come, and the real elite are here. The overall situation has been decided, so don’t let the soldiers bleed any more.”
After saying that, Zhang Zhaoce immediately stepped forward and came to a place 150 steps away from the Southern Tang Army. He was protected by heavily armored soldiers holding up their shields. Zhang Zhao shouted on his horse.
"But King Yang Zhongwu's personal entourage? Xu Zhigao stole the artifact. He is not your master. Now he is in a desperate situation. Why not surrender earlier?"
The Southern Tang Army on the opposite side saw Zhang Zhao's golden helmet and armor, and roughly guessed who it was, and the crowd suddenly became commotion.
Zhang Quanyue saw someone on the left and right looking agitated, and immediately shouted angrily.
"To eat the king's salary and share the king's worries, let alone today! Besides, our family members are all in the south of the Yangtze River. Once we are kidnapped to the Central Plains, when can we return home?"
Chai Kehong, the Marquis of Du Yu, also wiped the blood on his face and said loudly: "The Governor Zhang is a noble man and has no fear of life or death. Why should I cherish this body? I am willing to die in battle with the Governor."
Although Chai Kehong was only a Marquis of Yu, he had high prestige among the Forbidden Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, especially the Longwu Army.
In addition, at this time, the Central Plains was plagued by wars, laws, and food shortages. Being a prisoner in the Central Plains was really not a good choice. Sometimes it was better to die in battle.
Therefore, as soon as Chai Kehong finished speaking, Du Yuhou Zheng Zhaoye and others also responded one after another.
Zhang Quanyue immediately looked at Chai Kehong. Chai Kehong immediately understood what Zhang Quanyue meant. He immediately mounted Zhang Quanyue's horse and ran out of the formation. He inserted a white tiger flag, symbolizing a deadly battle, in front of the two armies.
Zhang Zhao's eyes turned cold. His original intention was that Heiyun Changjian was famous and he wanted to let them live. Now that they don't appreciate it, let's fight!
Huh! These people should also see that in addition to the Xiliang cavalry, Zhang Zhao also has the invincible Shenji Battalion.
The left army of the Southern Tang Dynasty still had about 2,500 to 600 soldiers, and the formation was still very tight. However, they were squeezed by the Zhou army on the left, right and front, and behind them was the surging Bian River, which made them unable to move.
The infantry, which had basically lost its mobility, was the favorite target of the Shenji Battalion. Zhang Zhao gave an order, flying rocks like rain, and vertical rocks like fists, pouring towards the Southern Tang Army.
Zhang Quanyue and others did not expect that Zhang Zhao also had a camel cyclone cannon. This thing is too terrifying. No matter what armor you have or what big shield you have, there is no way you can withstand the polished fist-sized stones fired by the trebuchet.
In just a few breaths, amidst the creaking sounds of the mechanism, the Southern Tang Army screamed, and a huge gap was immediately opened.
Zhang Zhao waved the silver-white gold flag in his hand. The white color is gold, which represents attack. There is a black tiger painted on this white flag, which corresponds to Li Ruotai's eight hundred armored cavalry.
Li Ruotai had long been accustomed to him completing the final blow against the enemy's elite. When he saw Zhang Zhao's golden flag waving, he immediately asked the guards around him to blow the horn.
The 800 armored cavalry also broke out into the formation, and the arrowheads were the 100 most valiant armored cavalry. After they broke out of the formation, the remaining 700 cavalry rushed into the enemy formation to kill them.
There was no suspense. While Zhou's armored cavalry was still trotting slowly, the Southern Tang military formation let out a cry of despair.
They had just been attacked by a violent trebuchet, killing and injuring hundreds of them. Their formation was already in chaos. Even Du Yuhou Zheng Zhaoye was hit in the thigh and fainted.
They no longer have the ability or morale to resist.
In the despair of the enemy, Li Ruotai personally supervised the army and ran into the panic of the Southern Tang army.
Chai Kehong, who was known for his bravery, resisted with all his strength, and even tried to dismount a Zhou military armored cavalryman.
But no one responded to the frightened soldiers, and the charging method of riding on the wall did not give much room for personal bravery.
He was knocked out by a tall horse and fell into the cold Bian water.
At the end of the military formation, Zhang Quanyue cried out in pain when he saw how complete the defeat was. Then he drew out the short knife from his waist and stabbed it into his own neck, committing suicide and martyring his country.
