After Peng Jun's charge and stone-breaking, he looked at the Chifeng Army again. They had been killed and were in a state of disarray. There was no formation at all. The screams of pain from the wounded and the panicked screams from the living made the slopes of Huya Mountain instantly change.
It has become a hell on earth.
At this moment, the defeated Peng troops rushed out from both sides of the hillside one after another, shouting in unison and charging down the hillside. The art of war is as follows: when two armies fight, the one with the highest position wins. Charge from top to bottom, and the others
The momentum was like an overwhelming force. The Chifeng Army, which had been hit by rushing vehicles and rocks, was still stunned. How could it withstand it? People almost rolled and climbed down the mountain.
The army was defeated like a mountain. The soldiers trampled on each other, fell and rolled, and countless people were killed and wounded.
At this time, Li Wei was dumbfounded, his mouth opened unconsciously, his eyes widened, and he stared straight at the battlefield ahead, speechless.
"General? General?" Peng Haochu called from the side.
"Ah? Ah..." Li Wei came back to his senses and turned to Peng Haochu with a stiff neck. His eyes were looking at him, but his eyes had lost focus.
Peng Haochu said anxiously: "General, please quickly order the troops to retreat. If we delay it any longer, our Chifeng Army will be completely wiped out!"
"Ah? Ah! Yes, yes, yes!" Li Wei just agreed, but did not give the order for a long time.
At this time, Peng Haochu couldn't control that much anymore, turned around and shouted to the herald: "Quickly withdraw the troops! Hurry!"
"yes!"
The herald looked at Li Wei and saw the dull look on his face. He immediately conveyed Peng Haochu's order and ordered the entire army to retreat.
Dang, Dang, Dang - the rapid sound of gongs sounded continuously. Many Chifeng Army soldiers in the front who still wanted to continue fighting with the enemy heard the gongs and gave up the battle one after another. The rear army became the front army and retreated across the board. It sounds good to say retreat.
In fact, they were defeated, chased and beaten by the Peng Army, and even the Peng Army's base camp at the foot of the mountain they had just captured was abandoned.
The Chifeng Army retreated more than 20 miles back, but the Peng Army behind them had no intention of stopping the pursuit and seemed determined to not stop until the Chifeng Army was completely wiped out. There were many Chifeng Army laggards.
The Peng soldiers who were chasing after them were either stabbed to death or trampled to pieces. The rout was so tragic that it was unbearable to witness.
Just when Li Wei thought that his Chifeng Army was about to be annihilated by the Peng Army, a large-scale Feng Army suddenly came in front. The large flag in the army had the word "Tianyuan" written on it, and there was another large army behind the flag.
The flag had the word "古" written in it. When Peng Hao first saw it, he suddenly beamed with joy and said to Li Wei: "General, it's General Gu Yue who has come to meet us!"
"Ah?" Li Wei raised his eyes and looked forward carefully. After looking at it, his heart finally dropped. Then, he felt sad, his eye circles turned red, and tears fell. He shook his head and said, "It's me.
I underestimated the enemy hastily and did not listen to General Peng's words, so I suffered such a big loss and caused tens of thousands of our soldiers to suffer..."
"Oh, general, don't talk about this now, go and join General Guyue!"
Seeing reinforcements coming from the Tianyuan Army, the Peng Army behind them stopped chasing them, and the entire army turned around and returned victorious.
After Li Wei, Peng Haochu and Gu Yue met, the latter looked up at the two of them and almost laughed bitterly. At this time, the two of them looked so embarrassed. Their helmets were crooked and their faces were gray. How could they still look like they had when they left Xibai City?
Majestic. Before he could ask what was going on, Peng Haochu asked first: "General Gu, why are you here?"
"Lord Qiu is afraid that you two will make mistakes, so he sent me to lead the army to respond!" Gu Yue said seriously.
Peng Haochu nodded secretly, Qiu Zhen was really good at predicting events, and he was able to have backup plans in advance. No wonder the Lord relied on him so much! He cupped his hands and sighed: "Thanks to General Gu who arrived in time, otherwise..." As he spoke, he turned around
He glanced at Li Wei and did not continue.
In this battle, the Chifeng Army suffered a disastrous defeat and lost many troops. According to statistics, the total number of casualties reached 50,000. It can be said that after one battle, one-third of the Chifeng Army's strength was wiped out. Because the power of the Peng Army was beyond imagination,
Guyue did not dare to continue to advance, so he joined the defeated Chifeng Army's remnants and retreated to Xibaicheng.
When the two armies came back and reported the detailed battle situation to Qiu Zhen, the latter stamped his feet angrily. Didn't he tell Li Wei to discuss with Peng Haochu before acting? Why didn't he listen to him and insisted on going his own way?
In the end, he ended up losing 50,000 troops, increasing the enemy's prestige and destroying his own spirit.
In the handsome tent, Qiu Zhen stared coldly at the dejected Li Wei. After holding back for a long time, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Li Wei, what else do you have to say now?"
Li Wei lowered his head and said quietly: "This defeat is all my fault, and I am willing to be punished!"
Qiu Zhen nodded and said: "As the commander-in-chief, you were negligent, marched rashly, fell into a trap, and killed countless soldiers of our army. Why should I keep you?" As he spoke, he shouted coldly: "Swordsman and Axeman"
Where is it?"
"Here!" Two shirtless strong men holding ghost-headed swords approached from outside.
Qiu Zhen waved his hand and said: "Take the criminal Li Wei out and behead him in public!"
"Yes!" The swordsman doesn't care whether you are a general or a soldier, you only obey orders. When Qiu Zhen finished speaking, the two swordsmen agreed, stepped forward, one of them lifted one of Li Wei's arms, and dragged him towards
Go outside.
"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Qiu Zhen was about to kill Li Wei, the surrounding generals and counselors were startled and stepped forward to stop him.
"Master Qiu, Li Wei is indeed at fault and deserves to be punished, but our army has already suffered a defeat and its morale is low. If we kill the general at this time, it will be more difficult to improve the morale of the entire army! I hope Master Qiu will think twice.
!" Guyue, Lotte, Ai Jia and others who were born in the same group of captains as Li Wei stepped forward to intercede for him.
"General Gu is right! Even if Mr. Qiu wants to punish General Li severely, now is not the time. We should wait until our army defeats the enemy in Huya Mountain before dealing with it."
"Yes! I hope Master Qiu will show mercy!"
The generals and counselors spoke to each other and tried to persuade me.
Qiu Zhen is actually just pretending. He has known Li Wei for a long time and has a good personal relationship. Moreover, Li Wei is Tang Yin's confidant. He can kill anyone who can decide whether it is public or private.
It was impossible for him to kill Li Wei.
Seeing all the generals and counselors coming to plead for mercy, Qiu Zhen got off his donkey, took a deep breath, twisted his eyebrows, and pretended to be deep in thought. After thinking for a long time, he waved his arms to the two swordsmen and said
: "Li Wei can be exempted from death penalty, but living crime cannot be spared. General Peng Haochu has temporarily taken over your position as the commander-in-chief of the Chifeng Army, and you have been temporarily appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief. Li Wei, are you convinced?"
Li Wei originally thought that he was dead this time. Qiu Zhen was so angry just now that he looked like he wanted to eat people. He didn't expect that he could listen to people's advice and let him stay. He was just relieved of the post of commander.
How could he still be unconvinced at this time? Li Wei hurriedly knelt on his knees and said with a choked voice: "I would like to thank Lord Qiu for not killing me!"
"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank, just thank these generals and gentlemen who interceded for you!" Qiu Zhen deliberately turned away and stopped looking at him.
In fact, Qiu Zhen's real goal was to remove Li Wei from the post of commander-in-chief of the Chifeng Army.
Now, the Tianyuan Army consists of four legions. Xiao Muqing, the commander of the Pingyuan Army, is an experienced veteran and old fox on the battlefield, who is good at attacking and defending; Liang Qi, the commander of the Sanshui Army, was already a famous general in the Feng Kingdom before Tang Yin made his fortune.
, is known as a genius; the commander-in-chief of the direct army, Guyue, although slightly weaker, is cautious, calm, and calm in situations. He can also be called a regular general. Among the four armies, only the commander-in-chief of the Chifeng Army, Li Wei, is the least capable and the most intimidating.
Of course, Qiu Zhen understands Tang Yin's purpose of promoting him, but this does not mean that Qiu Zhen agrees with Tang Yin's approach. It would be too foolish to assign important positions just because he is reliable, and there are many people in the Chifeng Army.
It's not that there is no talent, Peng Haochu is more suitable for the position of commander than Li Wei.
This time, taking advantage of Tang Yin's absence and the opportunity for Li Wei to make another big mistake, Qiu Zhen swapped the positions of Li Wei and Peng Haochu, making the latter the leader and the former the subordinate. In this way, the Chifeng Army would be more capable.
It's reassuring.
The Chifeng army's attack on Huya Mountain failed miserably. Qiu Zhen planned to personally lead the entire army to conquer Huya Mountain in one fell swoop. At this time, Tang Yin followed Zhao Ju's caravan back to Xibaicheng.
Tang Yin's return was just the right time to calm down the fluctuating emotions of the generals. Tang Yin first understood the major and minor events that had happened during his absence. When he heard that Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuan were in Tongmen,
After defeating Ning Jun's counterattack, Rang couldn't help but smile and nodded secretly. His decision to send Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang was indeed the right decision. The two men worked together really well, and with only 80,000
The Sanshui Army of the Sanshui Army was able to repel the Ning Army's large-scale counterattacks several times in succession. I am afraid that only the two of them could do so.
Then he heard that Li Wei was defeated at Huya Mountain and was dismissed by Qiu Zhen after he came back.
Tang Yin couldn't help but frown secretly. Li Wei was the commander-in-chief of the Chifeng Army chosen by himself. If he made any mistakes, he would be punished. Why did Qiu Zhen withdraw just after he said so?
Seeing his face darken, how could Qiu Zhen not feel the unhappiness in his heart. He raised his hand and said: "Sir, General Li Wei did not listen to advice on the battlefield and insisted on going his own way, which resulted in a disastrous defeat for the entire army and more than 50,000 casualties.
, according to military law, he will be severely punished, but now he has just been demoted one level, which is considered the lightest punishment!"
Before Tang Yin could answer, Li Wei, who was standing among the generals, came out, raised his armor, knelt down on one knee, and intervened, saying: "Sir, this battle is indeed the fault of my subordinates. I did not listen to General Peng's advice, which led to the death of the entire army."
After a great defeat, Mr. Qiu has been extremely gracious to his subordinates, and they have no complaints!"
Alas! Tang Yin sighed secretly. Even Li Wei said so himself, he couldn't say anything more. Nodding, he tilted his head, looked at Letian and Ai Jia, and asked: "Stationed at Huya Mountain."