Amidst the sound of trumpets and war drums, Xiang Juan, the general of the coalition's left wing and general of Chu, took the lead in launching an offensive against the Wei army.
Under the command of Xiang Kuan, tens of thousands of Zhaoguan Chu troops were marching in relatively orderly steps towards the right flank of the Wei army. Feeling the solemn battle atmosphere in the army, I had to admit that the Zhaoguan army was indeed the leader of the Chu army.
An elite division, this can be seen just by looking at the mentality of these soldiers before the battle.
This is a very impressive and confident army, just like the Shang Shui Army of Wei State.
The reason is probably because this army has Xiang Kuan, a world-famous fierce general.
At this time, on the right wing of the Wei army, the former right commander Li Lin looked solemnly at the Chu army approaching from the opposite side, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He didn't even dare to take a breath, as if he was afraid that the Chu army on the opposite side would kill him in the next breath.
"Report!"
Several cavalrymen galloped to Li Lin, clasped their fists and conveyed the order of the former army general Zhou Ji: "General Li Lin, General Zhou Ji orders you to lead an attack to resist Xiang Kuan on the left wing of the coalition army!"
"Li Lin takes the order!"
Li Lin accepted the order without hesitation, but he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart.
It should be noted that the person opposite is Xiang Juan. In his time, he was a fierce general of the Chu State who was as famous as Xiang Mo, Tian Dan, Li Mu, Le Yi, Lian Pi and other famous generals. More importantly, Xiang Juan was also a fierce general who could attack personally.
Just like his Wei state
Lian Pi, Wu Ji, and Jiang Bi, when the situation of their own army is not good, may personally lead a strange army to kill the enemy general. This makes Li Lin even among countless Wei soldiers,
It is inevitable to feel a little uneasy.
He is self-aware. He is just an ordinary person. He can sit in his current position mainly because he is Zhao Hongli's brother-in-law. Otherwise, the Daliang Imperial Guard is also full of talents. Why should he be appointed as the guard general of Xicheng?
Sigh... Resisting Xiang Kuan should be left to generals like Wu Ji, Jiang Bi, Cai Qinhu, etc. Why did it fall on me...
Li Lin secretly smiled bitterly.
He had never thought about the unrealistic idea of defeating Xiang Kuan's army, because the troops under his command were actually the recruited militiamen. Although these militiamen had grown after several months of training on the battlefield, they could not
Even so, these people can only be called barely qualified soldiers. They can't be expected to be like the old elites such as the Shang Shui Army, the Yanling Army, and the Wei Wu Army.
It's not a question of bravery or not, but it refers to battlefield experience.
My son is not married yet, and I don’t want to die yet…
Shaking his head, Li Lin threw away all the random thoughts in his mind and cheered up.
"Command the troops on the right wing to advance! ...The target is the Chu army in front!"
Although he was worried and fearful, Li Lin immediately issued an order, signaling the Wei soldiers on the right under his command to slowly move forward to compete with the Chu army on the opposite side.
There was no way, because he couldn't show weakness here. According to the tactics formulated by his Wei monarch Zhao Run, the vanguard army must exert strong momentum, so as to severely dampen the arrogance of the coalition forces. Otherwise, he, Wei, with few soldiers, would inevitably be defeated by the coalition forces.
suppress.
Although he is just an ordinary person with no extraordinary force or strategy, even he himself understands that if the generals of Wei like Wu Ji, Jiang Bi, Wei Ji, Sima An and others are in front of Daliang at this moment,
The post of commanding the right wing of the army was not his turn at all.
You must know that in an army, the left and right wings of the front army are like two sharp swords and two spears. Their sharpness will directly affect the advantages and disadvantages of the entire army.
I hope those newly promoted generals can take on this important task...
Li Lin prayed secretly in his heart, placing his hope in the generals he promoted from the three hundred thousand volunteers composed of militiamen and rangers.
To be honest, the generals who were born as rangers in Wei and Wei had much greater personal prowess than him.
"Tap tap tap tap"
Under the watchful eyes of the leading generals of the Wei army and the allied army, Li Lin's army and Xiang Kuan's army gradually closed the distance.
When the distance between the two armies was only a stone's throw away, Xiang Kuan, the Chu general, reined in his horse, pointed forward with his five fingers, and shouted: "The Zhaoguan army listens to the order, target the Wei army in front! Defeat them!"
"Whoa whoa!"
Xiang Juan was also a very charismatic general, especially in his Zhaoguan army, so that when he gave the order to kill the enemy, the momentum of tens of thousands of Zhaoguan soldiers suddenly increased.
Wei general Li Lin immediately felt the pressure on his face.
In fact, this was not the first time Li Lin fought against Xiang Kuan. A few months ago, when Xiang Kuan led his army to attack the west wall of Daliang, it was Li Lin who resisted him.
The problem is that at that time, Li Lin's army had the advantage with the help of Daliang's city wall, so it was able to defeat Xiang Kuan's army with difficulty. But now, he has no advantage at all in the decisive battle with Xiang Kuan.
"Go out, attack!"
After shouting subconsciously, Li Lin immediately realized that his order was not powerful enough, and quickly added: "As your Majesty said, this is our battle of revenge for the Wei Dynasty! In the three counties of Song, Yingshui, and Liang, countless people were massacred by the coalition forces.
The hatred of the soldiers and civilians killed must be repaid with the blood of the coalition forces! ...Kill them all!"
The soldiers under his command also faced the Chu army on the opposite side with high morale.
To be honest, at this time, the Wei army on the right had no time or time to listen to Li Lin's long section of encouragement. The encouragement given by Wei King Zhao Run to these Wei soldiers before the war was enough to cheer up these Wei soldiers.
Pay close attention, Li Lin said that paragraph or not, it actually doesn't mean much.
Well, maybe it's a good incentive for him.
"kill!"
Amidst the shouts of death from tens of thousands of voices, Li Linjun and Xiang Kuanjun finally collided hard, as if two torrents collided, causing everything around them to lose their voices.
…
After just one face-to-face meeting, Chu General Xiang Kuan frowned.
Because he felt that the soldiers under the command of Wei general Li Lin on the opposite side had significantly enhanced their combat experience, at least they no longer looked so 'amateur', so that the Zhaoguan army under his command was actually blocked by this group of Wei soldiers.
Upon closer inspection, the Zhaoguan Chu army was actually still advancing slowly, but it was undeniable that his army was indeed blocked by Li Lin's army, and the opponent did not collapse in a single battle.
This made Xiang Juan very dissatisfied.
He is Xiang Juan, and the Zhaoguan army under his command is one of the best in Chu State. How can he be satisfied with just suppressing the Wei army?
On the other hand, Wei General Li Lin was very excited at the moment. Although he could also see that the soldiers under his command were actually at a slight disadvantage, it didn't matter. Such a small disadvantage would not lead to a collapse in a short time.
That's enough for the next item!
However, the volunteers under his command did not think so.
This only refers to the rangers in the volunteer army, especially those who defend the country.
Most of these rangers, especially the Patriot Rangers, are eager for public justice and like to show off as personal heroes. I remember that when they were guarding the beams, there were countless Patriot Rangers who, with the determination to die, destroyed the Allied Forces' Jinglan Chariot.
The siege equipment and other siege equipment made a huge contribution to the Wei army's defense of the beam.
Today, under Li Lin's command, although there are not many knights from the Wei Kingdom left, these Wei militiamen cannot hold back their morale at this moment. They are willing to sacrifice their lives. All they can think about is the blood and blood of his Wei monarch Zhao Run.
words of compensation.
This makes it inevitable that when Li Lin's army and Xiang Kuan's army are in a stalemate, some arrogant and brave knights and generals will appear, trying to restore the disadvantage with a fatal decision.
No, at the front line, there was immediately a general promoted by Li Lin and several Wei soldiers who were not afraid of death, and they forced their way into the defense line of the Chu soldiers in Zhaoguan.
In fact, the moment he squeezed into the defense line, the general paid the price for his recklessness. His thigh was scratched by a long sword thrust out of nowhere, and even his arms had several deep scars.
, blood flowed out.
To be honest, if he suffered such an injury right after the battle started, this general would never be able to walk off the battlefield alive and would definitely die.
I don’t know if he realized this. Anyway, he didn’t pay attention to his injuries at all. He waved the long sword with one hand and the shield with the other. In the vast array of Chu soldiers, he used what he had learned in his life and killed one after another.
A Chu soldier.
I saw him slashing and laughing at the same time, giving people the illusion that he was a real man.
He even used vicious words to ridicule, ridicule, and insult the Chu soldiers around him, and cordially greeted the female family members of these Chu soldiers.
Although it was a pity that this general of the Wei army who was a ranger was quickly stabbed with holes by the weapons of the Chu soldiers around him, but for some reason, this man's actions greatly inspired the nearby Wei soldiers to
As for more and more Wei soldiers, they began to try this suicidal method of killing the enemy.
"Come on! Son of a bitch!"
"You and I have killed four enemies. If you include this bitch like you, there will be five! Even if I die, it's worth it!"
"Come here, if you have the guts to invade my country, Wei, don't you have the guts to fight with your grandfather and me alone?"
The soldiers on the right wing of the Wei army at the forefront waved their swords while mocking the soldiers of the Chu army on the opposite side, which made the soldiers of the Chu army at Zhaoguan angry.
What makes these Chu soldiers even more depressed is that no matter how hard they fight back, they can't make the damn guys on the opposite side bite their tongues. It seems that none of these Wei soldiers are afraid of death, even if they drag one in front of them temporarily.
Chu soldiers and soldiers can make them satisfied if they carry them on their backs.
Gradually, on the frontline, the formations of the Wei and Chu armies became chaotic, and it turned into a chaotic battle.
Wei general Li Lin was not surprised by this. After all, the Wei soldiers under his command were just militiamen recruited before the battle. They had hardly undergone long-term rigorous training. How could they be expected to maintain their formation on the chaotic battlefield?
As long as the situation does not collapse, Li Lin will be satisfied.
But Chu general Xiang Juan could not accept this phenomenon.
You must know that the reason why an army is called an army is because the collective lethality of everyone is much more powerful than fighting alone. However, the soldiers of Wei on the opposite side forcefully want to drag the Zhaoguan Army's fighting rhythm into the final battle of these Wei soldiers.
Even the Zhaoguan Army, which is good at chaotic battle rhythm, may not be able to perform as well as it should when both sides are in chaos.
Thinking of this, Xiang Kuan immediately ordered: "Send the order and ask Sun Huan and Fang to hire two people to reorganize the array and attack both sides of the Wei army in a roundabout way..."
Under Xiang Kuan's order, the Zhaoguan army changed its formation not long after, and the tens of thousands of soldiers were divided into three, like a trident, with three blades showing at the same time, piercing Li Lin's army.
This change of formation caused the Wei army's offensive to be curbed at once.
Xiang Kuan has changed his formation? What should we do?
Wei general Li Lin was inevitably a little flustered.
You must know that the Zhaoguan Army is the elite of the Chu State. After long-term training and running-in, it is able to temporarily change formations on the battlefield. However, the Wei soldiers under Li Lin do not have this ability. In fact, the soldiers under his command do not have this ability.
The formation of the Wei soldiers is already in chaos. If they change the formation again, even if his order can be transmitted to the ears of the generals under his command, the Wei soldiers will not be able to change the formation.
If the formation is forcibly changed, it is very likely that the various units of the Wei army will collide with each other and cause chaos.
Suddenly, Li Lin had an idea.
Anyway, these militiamen are not afraid of death, so they simply...
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and pointed at the two gaps in the Chu army's trident formation, shouting repeatedly: "Advance the troops! Advance the troops! Kill them!... Go around the Chu army in front and kill them from both sides!"
A moment later, as Li Lin's entire army pressed forward, the Wei soldiers in front were squeezed into two gaps in the Chu army's trident formation by the surging soldiers without knowing why.
"Huh?"
At this time, Xiang Kuan was sitting astride his horse, folding his arms and watching the battle ahead. Suddenly he saw the Wei army changing formations, separating from left and right and entering their own formation. He was slightly startled.
Then Li Lin...is he trying to kill me?
Thinking of this, Xiang Kuan licked his lips and secretly sneered at Wei General Li Lin's unreasonable thoughts.
But gradually, he felt that something was wrong, because the Wei army on the opposite side seemed to have no intention of attacking his general's flag in unison. They advanced while attacking the Chu army on both sides.
In his opinion, the formation of the Wei army on the opposite side was completely messed up, and even because they were fighting independently, they were unable to pose any major threat to the Zhaoguan army.
It is no exaggeration to say that if he directly ordered a breakthrough at this moment, he might be able to directly penetrate Li Lin's army.
The only question is, does this make sense?
You must know that the purpose of drilling through the enemy's army is to break up the enemy's formation. At present, Li Lin's army's formation has been completely disrupted. Even if it is drilled through the Wei army, what will happen?
…
Looking at the battle ahead, Xiang Kuan fell into deep thought.
At the moment, he has two choices. One is to order his Zhaoguan army to divide Li Lin's army, but this is of little significance because Li Lin is fighting on his own at the moment; the other is to get rid of Li Lin's army and continue to advance and attack.
The front center of the Wei army, or the right wing of the center.
Xiang Kuan looked at the Wei army's formation in the distance.
According to the news from the scouts before the war, the central army of the Wei army was the Luoyang Imperial Guard. They were the only elite Wei army on this battlefield that could not be inferior to any of the other coalition forces. Even though Xiang Kuan was attacking him
The Zhaoguan Army under his command is confident enough, so when encountering this Wei army, they must be vigilant.
What's more, the Wei army in the distance opposite is not only the Luoyang Imperial Guard, but also hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers on the right wing. Although these hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers are much inferior to the Luoyang Imperial Guard, if there is a gap in the strength of the two sides,
It was too big, and even Xiang Kuan's Zhaoguan Army might not be able to avoid heavy losses.
At this time, another army is needed to contain the Luoyang Army for our army...
Xiang Kuan thought secretly in his heart.
At this moment, several cavalry scouts rushed to him and shouted: "General Xiang Kuan, General Xiang Mo orders you to continue to advance!... He has ordered Dou Lian, the second general Niyu, to lead 20,000 troops.
Fuli's army goes out to contain the Luoyang Wei army for you!"
Xiang Kuan was startled when he heard this. He subconsciously turned his head to look at his own formation. Sure enough, he saw an army in front of the central army quickly marching towards the battlefield.
As expected of a brother!
Xiang Kuan was secretly happy and immediately ordered: "Send the order, get rid of Li Lin's army, and continue to attack the Wei army's right wing!"
"yes!"
Immediately go to deliver the order.
At the same time, in the front army of the Wei army, the royal chariot that Wei King Zhao Run was riding in was parked next to the former army general Zhou Ji, paying attention to the battle situation ahead.
When he saw that Li Lin's army was in chaos, Wei general Zhou Ji sighed slightly, shook his head and said: "After all, it was too reluctant..."
"This is already amazing."
After hearing Zhou Ji's words, Zhao Run smiled and said: "Li Lin and his generals are already outstanding enough to be able to stop Xiang Juan. We can't ask for more."
After hearing this, Zhou Ji also nodded, and then asked: "Your Majesty... no, general, do you need to send an order to the right wing of the central army to order the troops under the command of Liang Marquis Zhao Anding to support Li Lin?"
Although he was a former military general, Zhao Run, the heavenly general, was in front of the battle at the moment, so of course he wanted to ask what the latter meant.
"No need for the moment."
Zhao Run shook his head and analyzed: "As far as I know, Xiang Kuan is an arrogant person. He probably doesn't bother to entangle with Li Lin's army for a long time. He may wait for an opportunity to get rid of Li Lin's soldiers and go straight to the front of our army...
If this is true, Li Lin's tribe is not in danger of collapse for the time being, and does not need the support of Shang Liang Hou."
Zhou Ji raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked in slight surprise: "That Xiang Guo really dares to attack my army directly?"
Zhao Run smiled lightly and said: "As long as Xiang Mo sends his troops to help him contain our Luoyang imperial guards, that Xiang Juan will dare..."
At this point, he seemed to have seen something, and said with his mouth straight forward: "Here, Xiang Mo has moved."
Zhou Ji was shocked when he heard this, and immediately turned around to look at the battlefield. He saw the coalition forces in the distance, and the Chinese army in front of them was indeed dispatched.
At this time, Zhao Run said lightly: "It's not surprising that Xiang Juan looks down on Li Lin's army. After all, those athletes have not undergone strict training. Although they are determined to defend their homeland and country, they often fail when they go to the battlefield.
It is difficult to take the overall situation into consideration, and will only subconsciously pursue the enemy in front of you... Zhou Ji, do you know the consequences of this?"
Zhou Ji thought for a while and replied: "This will lead to the fact that after Xiang Kuan throws away Li Lin's troops, Li Lin's soldiers may continue to turn around and pursue Xiang Kuan's Zhaoguan army..."
"That's right." Zhao Run narrowed his eyes and continued: "At this time, if Liang Hou is sent to use all his troops to block Xiang Kuan, the Chu army under Xiang Kuan will be trapped between Li Lin and Shangliang Hou Zhao
To stabilize the front and back attacks between the two..."
After hearing this, Zhou Ji frowned and said: "But in this case, wouldn't Li Lin's back be completely exposed to the coalition forces?... According to the last general's knowledge, the left wing of the coalition's central army is the Dongou Army of the Yue Kingdom.
, its strength is no small matter..."
"Therefore, our army also needs an army to contain Yue's Dongou Army."
Having said this, Zhao Run said to the escort cavalry beside him: "Bosile's Jiejiao cavalry is wandering near the coalition's array at the moment. Find him and ask him to contain the Dongou Army on the left wing of the coalition's center."
"yes!"
The four Tiger Guards rode away with fists clasped.
Seeing this, Zhou Ji secretly praised: That Xiang Mo might be able to predict the enemy before him, but what he could think of, His Majesty, no, the Heavenly General could think of, and even thought further than that Xiang Mo.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and said quickly: "General, since Xiang Mo's elite troops have been dispatched, can our left wing also take an offensive?"
"Hmm."
Zhao Run nodded, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Yanshun, go to the left wing of the front army in person, tell General Hou Dan what I told you before, and order him to act as ordered!"
"yes!"
Yan Shun, the commander of the Imperial Guard, clasped his fists and accepted the order and left.
After a while, Yan came to the left wing of the former army and found Hou Dan, the commander of the left wing of the former army.
I saw Hou Dan anxiously walking back and forth in front of the formation, muttering something like why he hadn't given orders to my left wing yet.
Immediately, he noticed the arrival of Yan Shun, the commander of the guards of Wei King Zhao Run, and was very surprised: "Commander Yan, is your Majesty in the front army at this moment? I bother you to come and deliver the order."
Yan Shun smiled and said, "Because the situation is a bit special."
With that said, he turned over and dismounted. When he approached Hou Dan, he said a few words to the latter. Hou Dan was surprised and said with wide eyes: "This is actually happening?... Then
Huan, um, can you trust those people?"
Yan Shun smiled and reminded: "This is your Majesty's judgment."
"..." Hou Dan nodded slowly.
Not because of anything else, but because Zhao Run rarely makes mistakes in judgment.
"I understand." Hou Dan grinned and said, "Please report back to Your Majesty. In the end, as he wishes, he will be given a... big surprise by the coalition forces."
After that, he took the guard and handed him the reins, got on his horse, waved his hand and gave the order: "The soldiers on the left wing of the front army will obey the order, all press forward, and advance slowly. Everyone will listen to my order!"
Under Hou Dan's order, tens of thousands of Wei soldiers on the left flank of the Wei army's front army, including numerous Wugang chariots, Liannu chariots, tortoise-shell chariots, etc. deployed here, slowly advanced in the direction of the coalition forces.
Due to the mobility limitations of these chariots, Hou Dan's army advanced very slowly, but this did not prevent the Wei army from attracting the attention of the coalition forces as soon as it made any changes.
Immediately, those Chu soldiers who were wandering on the battlefield and standing still to watch scolded the cavalry, and someone immediately reported the matter to the former army leader Xiang Mo.
"The left wing of the Wei army is dispatched?"
After learning the news, Xiang Mo immediately increased his vigilance: "Whoever comes, quickly go to the location of the Wei army and order Wei Shao and others to prepare to resist the Wei army!"
"yes!"
Glancing at the leaving messengers, Xiang Mo looked at the entire battlefield again, and at the same time estimated the direction of the war in his mind.
In his opinion, as far as the current situation is concerned, his coalition forces actually have a slight upper hand. As long as they accumulate advantages little by little, these advantages will sooner or later become the winning factor to defeat Wei Wang Zhao Run.
But for some reason, he had an ominous premonition that lingered in his heart.