Amidst the roaring sound of horse hooves, Bosile's commander Nuhar led thousands of cavalry to intercept the tens of thousands of Chu troops led by Chu general Yu Ji and prevent them from attacking the back of Wei general Li Lin's army.
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This move can be said to have saved Li Lin's army, because at this time, Li Lin had about 70% of the Wei soldiers turning around to pursue the Zhaoguan army under Xiang Kuan's command, and the remaining 30% of the troops were not enough to resist Chu general Yu Ji's command.
Li Lin's army - if Bosile did not send another cavalry to intercept Yu Ji's army, Li Lin's army would most likely be defeated by Yu Ji's army.
At this time, Chu general Yu Ji had also noticed the group of Jiejiao cavalry running towards him, and immediately ordered his Fu Li Chu army to slow down their advance, hold their shields high, and form an array to prevent the Jiejiao cavalry from attacking.
of assault.
However, the 30,000 grain recruits who were his vanguard did not seem to have received Yu Ji's general order and still charged desperately - just like the volunteers of the Wei army, it seemed that these grain recruits had not been strictly trained.
Recruiting soldiers will inevitably subconsciously chase the enemy in front of them on the battlefield, either defeating the opponent or being defeated by the opponent. As for "stopping the advance midway to resist the sudden attack of cavalry", recruiting soldiers with food cannot do this at all.
And this caused the regular army under Yu Ji to distance itself from the 30,000 grain soldiers.
However, to Yu Ji's surprise, Nuhar, the captain of the Jiejiao Cavalry, did not intend to break into Yu Ji's army directly. He was leading the Jiejiao Cavalry under him, like a long snake, straight towards Yu Ji's army.
came, but when he was about to break into Yu Ji's army, he suddenly reined in his horse, reversed the direction abruptly, and chased the grain soldiers in front at almost a right angle.
"Being fooled?"
Yu Ji was a little confused, and then he became furious and ordered loudly: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
But it is a pity that by the time his soldiers raised their crossbows and fired arrows at those hateful Jiejiao cavalry, those Jiejiao cavalry had already changed direction and pursued the grain recruiters in front.
Although during this period, several unlucky Jiejiao cavalrymen were shot by Chu soldiers, it was not enough to affect the situation.
There is no way, the Jiejiao cavalry are excellent cavalry, they know how to maximize their own lethality on the battlefield - that is, as the saying goes, pick the weak persimmons.
Those who recruited soldiers were undoubtedly the soft persimmons in the eyes of the Jiejiao cavalry.
"call--"
"Yohoo——"
Amidst shouts full of regional characteristics, thousands of Jiejiao cavalry bit the tails of the 30,000 grain recruiters, waved their swords, and cut down the grain recruiters in front of them one after another with their backs exposed to them.
It has to be said that the ability of the grain recruiters to cooperate in battle is indeed very poor. They were clearly being chased by the Jiejiao cavalry behind them, but the grain recruiters in front were still rushing towards the Wei army.
Seeing this, Captain Nuhar waved his hand and ordered the thousands of Jiejiao cavalry under his command to be divided into more than a dozen small teams of more than a hundred people, leading from the tail to cover up the killing.
Under the threat of these thousands of Jiejiao cavalry, many of the rear army's grain recruits may stop advancing and turn around to resist the Jiejiao cavalry. But unfortunately, such loose defenses that seem to be fighting independently cannot prevent them at all.
The Jiejiao Cavalry was stationed there, so when all the grain recruiters who chose to stay died under the scimitars of the Jiejiao Cavalry, more grain recruiters chose to follow the large army and run desperately towards the Wei army in front.
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Seeing this, Captain Nuhar showed a look of contempt on his face.
Because in his opinion, these tens of thousands of Chu's grain soldiers were as non-threatening as the sheep grazing by them on the grassland. They only knew how to follow the sheep and run around in fear.
But having said that, although the Jiejiao cavalry disdained these food recruits, Wei general Li Lin did not treat it that way. After all, he had thirty or forty thousand soldiers under his command and they all rushed forward to pursue Xiang Kuan's Zhaoguan army.
The remaining more than 10,000 people stayed in place, gradually forming their formation again under his orders.
These more than 10,000 people currently have to withstand the assault of 30,000 grain-recruited soldiers. It is obviously unrealistic to say that there is no pressure. After all, these Wei soldiers are volunteers, not elite Wei soldiers who have undergone rigorous training and have rich battlefield experience.
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"Block them!... Lift up the shields in your hands and block them!"
Wei general Li Lin shouted at the top of his lungs.
In a moment, a torrent of thirty thousand soldiers and grain soldiers crashed into Li Lin's army of more than ten thousand.
Li Lin was very lucky that he gathered the scattered soldiers in time and forced them to form a tight formation. Otherwise, they would probably be scattered by the torrent and scattered to pieces.
But having said that, as long as the momentum of recruiting soldiers is contained, the rest will be easy to handle. After all, there are a lot of rangers among the volunteers. Even if both sides are in a chaotic formation, the Wei army under his command can still rely on those
The ranger with good martial arts gradually gained an advantage.
Not to mention, all the volunteers under his command are fully equipped with weapons and armor, unlike the soldiers on the opposite side, most of whom only have one weapon that is not very sharp.
"...Alright, not bad."
After carefully observing the battlefield situation for a few times, Wei General Li Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared with the Zhaoguan Army that had just faced Xiang Juan, the pressure on him from the 30,000 grain recruits was obviously much smaller. This gave him a brief moment to look back and see the other 30,000 to 40,000 volunteer soldiers under his command.
Have you caught up with Xiang Kuanjun at this moment?
However, when he looked back, Li Lin's eyes showed some surprise and surprise, because as far as he could see, the Zhaoguan Army under Xiang Kuan's command had been outflanked by his Wei Army.
"Is that the right-wing center army of Marquis Shangliang?"
Li Lin stared with wide eyes and said secretly in his heart.
As the saying goes, there are mistakes. The thirty or forty thousand volunteers under his command who blindly pursued Xiang Kuan's army before made what he thought was the stupidest move. However, with the Wei army's right-wing center army, that is, Shangliang
With the dispatch of troops under Hou Zhao Anding's command, this stupid move immediately turned into a brilliant move.
At this time, the Zhaoguan army was blocked by tens of thousands of troops from Shangliang Marquis Zhao Anding, and then was chased by Li Lin's thirty to forty thousand volunteers. It can be said that they were attacked from both sides.
What surprised Li Lin even more was that Zhou Ji from the former army also sent a combined regiment of 10,000 Luoyang Imperial Guards and 30,000 volunteer soldiers, ordering them to advance and block the fighting of Xiang Mo's men.
Lian, the second general of the fish
The army, even while blocking these Chu soldiers, the crossbowmen in the array of 10,000 Luoyang Imperial Guards could still find time to use crossbows to suppress Xiang Kuan's army in front of them on the right, causing damage to the latter.
Quite a few casualties.
A two-sided attack, no, this is simply a three-sided attack!
Seeing this, Li Lin was secretly glad that his poor command did not hinder the Wei army to a great extent.
But in fact, he didn't need to be so worried at all, because Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei State, had no intention of blaming him.
In Zhao Run's opinion, Li Lin has done a good enough job.
Although it was still difficult to avoid being broken through by Xiang Kuan and his Zhaoguan Army in the end, this was not surprising. After all, Xiang Kuan was one of the best generals in the Chu State, and Qi's Zhaoguan Army was one of the best in the Chu State.
How could Li Lin and the volunteers under his command be a match?
It would be better if the merchant navy came to take over the battle.
Because of this, Zhao Run had long been prepared for Li Lin's army to be penetrated by Xiang Kuan's army, and on this basis, he planned the tactic of "encircling and killing Xiang Kuan's army" before Xiang Kuan led a lone army into his Wei army's formation.
At that time, he was surrounded and killed, and a sharp tooth of the coalition army was pulled out.
For now, the situation is not bad. No, Xiang Kuan has gradually been surrounded by his Wei army.
If Xiang Juan had not noticed the crisis at this moment and waited for the Wei army to surround him on all sides, then this fierce general of the Chu State would undoubtedly die.
Invincible and so on, in the end you can only exaggerate the praise. No matter how brave the general is, it may not be impossible for him to be killed by a small crossbowman.
"But before that..."
Zhao Run stood on the chariot and looked into the distance, wanting to see how far Hou Dan, the left-wing front army, had advanced his troops.
Zhao Run was not very worried about whether Xiang Kuan would realize that he was going too far alone. He was worried about Xiang Mo, the former commander of the coalition forces. If Xiang Mo saw through Zhao Run's intentions and saw his brother Xiang Kuan leading the army,
Going too deep and sending more troops into the battlefield, even if it is just to recruit soldiers, will undoubtedly make it more difficult for the Wei army to encircle and kill Xiang Kuan.
Therefore, at this time, it is best for someone to attract Xiang Mo's idea so that Xiang Mo has no time to worry about his brother Xiang Kuan.
Currently, only Hou Dan of the left-wing front army can do this.
At the same time, Xiang Mo was looking at the midfield and the two battlefields on the left, shaking his head secretly.
It's not that his coalition forces are at a disadvantage at the moment, it's just that the situation on the battlefield is too chaotic. The midfield side is fine, with Dou Lian and Ni Yu taking command, and for the Chu soldiers here, they only need to face them head-on.
The Wei army came - a regiment consisting of 10,000 Luoyang imperial guards and 30,000 volunteers. However, on the left (south) side, the situation was very chaotic.
Li Lin's army, Yu Ji's army, Liang Recruiting Army, and Jiejiao Cavalry, these are roughly four armies, and they are entangled with each other at this moment. There is me among you, and you among me. Even Xiang Mo can't tell which side has gained the temporary victory.
Advantages.
Just as he squinted his eyes and watched intently, a guard from the side reminded him: "General, the left wing of the Wei army is approaching."
After this reminder, Xiang Mo remembered that Wei's Hou Dan army was slowly approaching his side, and immediately turned his attention to the battlefield on the right wing.
At this time, on the battlefield on the right wing, tens of thousands of Wei troops led by Hou Dan had slowly pushed their troops through the midfield and headed straight towards the Patriot army on the right wing of the coalition.
In this Wei army's team, many chariots were vaguely visible, such as Wugang chariots, crossbow chariots, tortoise-shell chariots, etc., countless of them, which made Xiang Mo have to be more vigilant.
After all, they resemble Wugang chariots, serial crossbow chariots, and tortoise-shell chariots. As the Wei State gradually became famous in the Central Plains during these years of foreign wars, it seems to have returned to the era when the Wei State used chariots to intimidate other countries hundreds of years ago.
Looking at Hou Dan's army approaching from a distance, Xiang Mo once again felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
"I hope the Wei and Lu armies can stop the Wei army led by Hou Dan..."
He thought secretly in his heart.
At the same time, Wei General Hou Dan was sitting astride a war horse, slowly leading his troops to approach the guard army on the opposite side.
At the same time, he secretly whispered in his heart.
"I never thought that the Wei Army and the Lu Army might be internal agents of our army. This is simply...unbelievable."
I remember that Hou Dan was filled with surprise after hearing the shocking secret revealed by Yan Shun just before the battle.
But at this moment, he felt a lot of pressure in his heart. After all, if the Wei and Lu armies did not betray him as Wei Jun Zhao Run had judged, then the troops under his command, Hou Dan, would surely
Will be counterattacked by the Wei and Lu armies, causing the Wei army to completely lose the war.
Although Hou Dan was not at fault for losing the war, he did not want this to happen.
"I hope that the two countries, Wei and Lu, will turn against each other in the face of battle as Your Majesty asserted... If this is the case, the coalition forces will have great fun."
Seeing that his own army was about to approach the coalition's formation, Hou Dan took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Speed up the pace! Prepare to fight!"
Following his order, the Wei soldiers under his command accelerated their advance.
Seeing this scene, the generals of the coalition's front army subconsciously increased their vigilance, because it meant that this Wei army was about to launch an attack on them. Moreover, judging from the countless war weapons that this Wei army was equipped with, this Wei army,
It should be the main attack task.
"Can the guards stop it?"
Countless coalition generals have set their sights on the right flank defended by the Patriot Army.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. When the Wei army was about to enter the allied army's territory, Wei General Hou Dan suddenly turned around and ordered with his finger: "Target, the enemy's middle army, the entire army attacks!"
This was the first time that Hou Dan clearly stated the target of his attack after leading his army into battle.
"The central army of the coalition? The Chu army? Not the guards?"
After hearing Hou Dan's order, the generals under his command were all surprised. After all, generally speaking, the flanking army only plays a coordinating role, assisting the central army in attacking the enemy. Basically, there will be no direct
The phenomenon of attacking the enemy's central army. After all, if you think about it, the central army is obviously the main force of an army. How can it be defeated or penetrated so easily?
However, since Hou Dan issued this order, the generals under his command could only obey the order.
Under the astonished gazes of countless pairs of eyes of the coalition forces, Hou Dan and the Wei army under his command turned around in front of the Weiguo army's formation and went straight towards Xiang Mo's army in the center of the coalition forces.
"Why is this?"
Seeing this scene, Xiang Mo, the former commander of the coalition forces, was also dumbfounded.
You must know that in his opinion, this move of the Wei army was extremely stupid, even more stupid than the thirty or forty thousand Wei soldiers under Li Lin's army who blindly pursued Xiang Kuan's army - you Hou Dan want to attack our central army,
You were able to change your route early, so why did you wait until you were approaching the defense area of the Patriot Army before changing the target of the attack? Didn't you give the Guard an opportunity to attack your flank?
but……
"Why? Then why did Hou Dan do this?"
Xiang Mo frowned and thought.
He couldn't understand why Wei general Hou Dan would do this. Could it be that Hou Dan was actually resentful of Wei King Zhao Run and was trying to ruin Wei's good situation with his own hands? - It didn't make sense.
"General, general."
Seeing Xiang Mo frowning in thought and delaying giving an order, a guard quickly reminded him: "General, the Wei army is coming."
"No need to panic."
Xiang Mo said calmly: "Pass my order and order "Hou Yu" and "Gongyang Jian" to lead their troops to stop them. Although this Wei army has many chariots, we have many soldiers, so they may not be able to achieve anything.
Advantage... In addition, we sent an order to Wei Shao of the Wei Army to lead his army to attack, intercept the Wei army from the flanks, and cooperate with Xiang Mo's generals to launch a two-sided attack on the Wei army!"
"As you command!"
Immediately a messenger went to give the order.
At the same time, the Wei soldiers of Hou Dan's army had launched a charge against Xiang Mo's army.
The ones at the forefront were undoubtedly the Wei soldiers pushing the Wugang chariots. They lined up the Wugang chariots one by one to form a line of defense and advanced straight towards Xiang Mo's army.
Behind these Wugang chariots, there were countless well-dressed Wei soldiers, waiting for the Wugang chariots in front to advance in front of the front row of soldiers of Xiang Mo's army, and then suddenly charged into the Chu army's formation.
But unfortunately, the Chu army did not let these Wei soldiers do what they wanted. Not long after, Xiang Mo's two generals, Hou Yu and Gongyang Jian, led countless grain recruits to rush into the formation, trying to intercept these Wei soldiers, lest this Wei army
They advanced to the front of their Chu army's formation and disrupted their formation.
Due to the many chariots slowing down the speed, Hou Dan's army's charging speed was not very fast. Now it was intercepted by the Chu army led by Generals Hou Yu and Gongyang Jian. As a result, Hou Dan's army's charge was suddenly curbed.
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For a time, tens of thousands of Chu troops and tens of thousands of Wei troops fought together in front of the coalition formation.
At this time, in front of the Weiguo army's formation, the general of the Lu State, Ji Wu, was also looking at this scene in stunned silence.
Even he could see that the Wei army in front of him "abandoned the Wei army and attacked the Chu army in the middle", which was an extremely stupid decision.
After all, in this case, as long as the Wei army goes out to launch an offensive and attack the Wei army's flanks, Hou Dan's army will be attacked by the Chu and Wei armies.
Of course, in fact, even if Hou Dan's army attacks the Wei army, Xiang Mo will actually send Chu troops to attack the Wei army from the flanks and assist the Wei army. However, there is an essential difference between the two: in the latter, the Wei army is passively trapped in a situation where it is attacked from both sides; while in the former,
It can be said that Wei Jun took the initiative to greet them.
It was as if the Wei army completely ignored the Wei army.
But at the moment, Ji Wu, the general of the Lu State, had no time to think deeply about the strangeness and said excitedly: "Quick! General Wei Shao quickly gives the order. At this time, your army will attack and attack the flank of the Wei army. This Wei army will be defeated!...General Huan, I
Is that correct?"
Huan Hu smiled slightly, looked at Wei Shao, and said meaningfully: "General Wei Shao, General Ji Wu ordered you to march in immediately... Our army of Lu will also take action and cooperate."
"..."
After looking at each other with Huan Hu, Wei Shao's heart moved slightly, and he nodded and said: "Then Wei Shao will obey the instructions of General Ji Wu..." After that, he put away the smile on his face, waved his hand and shouted: "Pass the order down.
"General Ji Wu has an order, ordering all our troops to turn to the left, assist the Wei army, and attack the Chu army in the center! Repeat, assist the Wei army and attack the Chu army in the center!"
After hearing the first half of Wei Shao's words, Ji Wu felt even more proud, but after hearing the whole sentence of Wei Shao, the smile on his face suddenly froze.
I saw him pointing at Wei Shao with horror and inexplicable, and said in horror: "Wei Shao, you...you really dare..."
Having said this, he suddenly realized that he was surrounded by the Patriot Army. He was greatly panicked and subconsciously took two steps back. At this moment, a hand blocked his back.
Ji Wu subconsciously turned his head and realized that Huan Hu had reached out to stop him. Without thinking about it, he blurted out: "Huan Hu, Wei Shao betrayed... betrayed..."
Just as he said this, he noticed the smile on Huan Hu's face.
"What's going on? Huan Hu, shouldn't he draw his sword and kill Wei Shao immediately?"
Ji Wu felt that his head was in chaos.
At this moment, Huan Hu put his arm around his neck and said with a smile: "What did General Ji Wu say? General Wei Shao, didn't he just follow your instructions?"
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Looking at the smile on Huan Hu's face, and then looking at the smile on Wei Shao's face, Ji Wu felt a chill rising up his back.
He said with difficulty: "You two are actually...actually a team?"
"No!" Huan Hu shook his head and said with a smile, "It's the three of us."
Ji Wu was shocked and angry when he heard this, and was about to struggle when he saw Huan Hu saying with a smile: "Don't move, General Ji Wu, you don't want to die by Huan's sword, right?"
When Ji Wu heard this, his whole body went cold and he didn't dare to move anymore. He just looked at Huan Hu with a gloomy face, swallowed his saliva and asked: "Chen Shou...he, is he also with you?"
He also betrayed the Allied Forces and the State of Lu, right?"
"Look what you said." Huan Hu said with a smile: "That guy, he thinks he is a Wei person from the beginning to the end, how can he talk about betrayal or not?"
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Ji Wu's face was ashen, his lips were trembling, and he could not speak any more.
At the same time, Lu general Chen Shou also noticed the strange movement of the Wei army "turning to face the Chu army in the middle."
He immediately gathered the Qufu Army under his command, and Xue Chengjun ordered: "Pass the order, General Ji Wu has the order, our country has reached an agreement with the Wei State in private, and now, our army will turn against the Wei Army and launch an attack on the coalition forces!"
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The soldiers and generals of Lu State looked at each other.
"We, the State of Lu, have reached an agreement with the State of Wei? I have never heard of it..."
"But since it's General Chen Shou's order, there shouldn't be anything wrong, right?"
"General Ji Wu trusts General Chen Shou, which is why he handed over command to the latter."
As a result, the soldiers and generals of the Lu State no longer hesitated at all, and turned around one after another to face the Chu State army. Even the many machine crossbows, bed crossbows and other war weapons in the army were also aimed at the Chu State army.
"Fire the arrow!"
Following Chen Shou's order, the Lu army's war weapons, together with the Lu's crossbowmen, fired countless crossbow arrows at Xiang Mo's army.
Poor Xiang Mo's Fuli Army and Liang Recruitment Army did not expect that the Wei and Lu armies would turn against each other at the same time. They were defenseless and suffered heavy casualties immediately.
What was supposed to be a situation where the Chu and Wei armies were attacking the Wei army suddenly turned into a situation where the three armies of Wei, Wei, and Lu were attacking the Chu army.