The four hundred and thirteenth chapter set the universe
On the banks of Taihu Lake, military flags were fluttering and lined up like a forest, and two groups of men and horses faced each other fiercely.
The Sui army consisted of 150,000 elite soldiers, 30,000 cavalry, and 120,000 infantrymen. Their armor was bright and their weapons were sharp. Their morale was high and their fighting spirit was blazing. Against the backdrop of the roaring sound of war drums, they looked like soldiers descending from heaven with indescribable majesty and domineering power.
The 50,000-strong army of Chen Jun's Leihu Division showed no sign of weakness, and their military spirit was boiling and filled with evil spirits.
"Yang Su, do you dare to fight Lei Mou?"
Lei Hu rushed out on his horse and showed off his power in front of the two armies. He pointed the green dragon sword in his hand at the direction of the commander's flag of the Sui army's central army and shouted: "It belongs to me, let's have a fight with Lei!"
The sound was like thunder, covering the roaring drums, and clearly reached the ears of the two hundred thousand soldiers on both sides, causing a commotion.
Fighter!
It was more popular during the Three Kingdoms period, but now it has long been outdated.
But it has to be said that the strong are respected in the army, and although fighting generals are outdated, they do have a great impact on the morale of the army at certain times.
Just like the Three Kingdoms period, the Sui Dynasty was another period of explosive generals in ancient Chinese history. All kinds of arrogant generals emerged in an endless stream. Otherwise, later generations would not have come up with a story about the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it would have been passed down for thousands of years.
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Of course, Lei Hu's move must be suspected of bullying. Not to mention that Yang Su's martial arts had just entered the first-class ranks. Even Yuwen Shang, the top master in the Sui army and the new generation standard-bearer of the Yuwen clan, was not able to do so at this time.
Dare to take the lead easily and seek to be unhappy.
"How dare Shu Zian bully me!"
Under the command of the commander-in-chief of the Sui Army, Yang Su was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He didn't even think of accepting Lei Hu's invitation to fight. He was not a martial artist with a head full of muscles.
"Beat the drums, the whole army attacks!"
This guy is worthy of being the marshal of the Sui army. Before the morale of his sergeants was affected by the fighting general, he directly attacked with the army and fought hard.
Lei Hu was not polite. He waved his sword and commanded his 50,000 troops to attack suddenly. He did not feel guilty at all because of the numerical disadvantage. Among them, 30,000 of the most elite troops were the main force, which was enough to cause the Sui army to suffer a big loss.
This battle lasted for most of a day and ended with the Sui army retreating on its own initiative.
Yang Su was obviously ruthless. He sent out all his troops in this battle without any reservation. If he wanted to win with overwhelming force, he must at least gain an advantage on the battlefield.
He did it!
Numerous advantage is numerical advantage, and it will not be obliterated just because Chen Jun's personal combat power is stronger.
Compared with the Sui army's individual combat power, Leihu's headquarters has less than 30,000 troops. The best of them are 500 swordsmen and 500 heavy armored infantry. Each of them is a strong man over 1.9 meters tall and practices iron.
Everyone in Bushan Youcheng has a huge strength, and their fighting power is quite fierce.
As long as they do not encounter the impact of heavy armored cavalry and siege equipment, the Mo Daoshou and heavy armored infantry groups in a neat battle formation can completely overwhelm their opponents on the battlefield.
This battle was no exception. Lei Hu personally took action to deal with the martial arts masters in the Sui army. A green dragon sword was like a dragon going out to sea, and no one could defeat the enemy. From time to time, there would be surprise attacks by flying knives that looked like falling stars, with a radius of thousands of people.
All the masters of the Sui army within a few meters were inevitably killed.
Without the obstruction of the masters, the combination of Mo Daoshou and heavy armored infantry was simply a battlefield killer. They pushed through several Sui army formations and were almost killed by them from beginning to end.
The Chen army who followed up quickly expanded their results and killed the Sui army in front of them, complaining incessantly and almost collapsing.
That is to say, the elite of the Sui army, whose commanders at all levels were experienced officers and generals with outstanding abilities, could barely keep the vanguard formation from completely collapsing.
Later, relying on their numerical advantage, Chen Jun's crazy assault momentum was stopped.
In this battle, the sky was dark and the ground was filled with blood. Fierce shouts of killing continued from morning to afternoon. The terrifying evil spirit scared away the beasts, insects and snakes for dozens of miles around, and the murderous aura stirred up the wind and clouds in the sky.
When Yang Su realized that the Sui army's losses were too heavy and their morale was gradually declining, he simply ordered the withdrawal, leaving no opportunity for Chen's army to take advantage of.
Don't think that he doesn't know that the traitor Lei Hu has secretly hidden 20,000 Chen Jun, but has never used it. He obviously wants to give Sui Jun a hard blow at the critical moment, so he will not give Chen Jun such a chance.
Then, the Sui army, which had been fighting for most of the day, slowly retreated from the battlefield under cover, and quickly retreated to the advanced camp dozens of miles away.
But he didn't know that Lei Hu was secretly relieved.
The 20,000 Chen troops hidden in the dark were just miscellaneous troops who had recently fled, as well as young men temporarily recruited from the common people. They had just begun training and had no combat power at all.
The reason why there is such a man and horse is not only to scare Sui Jun from using his full strength, but also to supplement Chen Jun's logistics and equipment. Unexpectedly, the intimidation effect is really good, and it can fool people like Yang Su.
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Of course, the losses suffered by the Sui army were too heavy, which was also the main reason why Yang Su chose to retreat.
In this battle, the Sui army suffered more than 50,000 casualties, and just over 10,000 were killed directly in battle. However, the number of those who were seriously injured and destined to be disabled or unable to continue serving as soldiers in the future was actually more than 10,000.
As a result, the main force of the Sui army was almost weakened, and Yang Su made a decisive decision to evacuate.
Fortunately, he was decisive, otherwise the Sui army might have collapsed on a large scale given its endurance.
When that time comes, the Sui army is likely to collapse like a snowball, and the number of casualties and even prisoners will exceed the bottom line that Yang Su can bear.
Even the more than 20,000 moderately and lightly injured people would need a large amount of medicinal materials and a large number of doctors to treat them, which would also involve a lot of energy from the Sui army going south.
You can't just give up on these moderately and lightly wounded soldiers. As long as they recover and have no obvious physical defects, their return will be the guarantee of the Sui army's combat effectiveness, and they may even become the backbone of the Sui army going south!
After all, he has been tempered by iron and blood, and is not comparable to ordinary soldiers.
Of course, the forces are mutual. The elites of the Sui army suffered such serious losses, and the casualties on the Chen army exceeded 30,000!
Almost all of the 20,000 Chen troops forcibly reorganized by Lei Hu suffered losses. Even the main force of the headquarters suffered close to 10,000 casualties. It can be said that the losses were heavy and the ability to fight in a short period of time was no longer possible.
Fortunately, most of the main force of the headquarters were only injured, and more than 70% of them could return to the barracks after treatment and recovery. As for the other several percent of disabled sergeants, there was no need to worry about their escape. Lei Hu had already planned their follow-up arrangements for them.
This battle can be said to have severely damaged the morale of the Sui army going south. They wanted to launch another war involving 100,000 people. Without strong support from the north, they had to prepare for at least a year to make it possible.
With a year's buffer, Lei Hu would be able to train tens of thousands of powerful generals again. By then, the Sui army would be wishful thinking in completely wiping out Lei Hu's Chen army.
This is because the Leihu tribe has been stationed in the Taihu area, and the Sui army has the possibility of severely damaging or even completely annihilating the Chen Dynasty.
When push comes to shove, no one can guarantee whether Lei Hu and the demon concubine Zhang Lihua will engage in mobile warfare. By then, it will be almost impossible for the Sui army to completely annihilate Lei Hu's Chen army.
There are many rivers and water networks in the south, and there are uninhabited primitive mountains and forests everywhere. If Chen Jun really couldn't bear to hide in the mountains and forests, he would completely lose the possibility of ruling the south, and the Sui army would also be trapped in the south.
Stop the harassment war.
By then, not only would the Sui Dynasty not be able to plunder resources from the south, they would even have to continuously transfer supplies from the north to the south. This situation was certainly not what Sui Emperor Yang Jian wanted to see.
If such a situation really happened, the so-called "Founding Emperor's Age of Prosperity" might be greatly reduced, and the lifespan of the Sui Dynasty might be shorter than normal history.
This battle created room for the Chen Dynasty's Leihu tribe to survive. There would be at least a year's buffer period, depending on the Sui Emperor's choice. Leihu was not afraid of the so-called challenge at all.
To put it bluntly, if Lei Hu had used all his strength in this battle, the Sui army would have suffered losses of nearly ten thousand men, and they might have been completely defeated.
This time he only commanded his troops to fight, and did not rely on his own terrifying combat power to inflict torture. Of course, it was also a subtle deterrent, and he also did not want to overly stimulate the sensitive nerves of the Sui Dynasty's monarchs and ministers.
The Sui Dynasty monarchs and ministers could still tolerate top masters like Heavenly Sword Song Que. After all, the Sui Dynasty monarchs and ministers could still gather masters who could deal with Song Que, but the price they had to pay was a bit high, and the gains outweighed the losses.
But if Leihu showed a tyrannical fighting power comparable to that of a supreme grandmaster, the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty would definitely not be able to sit still, or in other words, it would be difficult for them to continue to live freely with such an existence that could directly threaten their lives.
When the time comes, Lei Hu will face endless sieges and assassinations, and the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty will not be able to live a stable life. It can be said to be a lose-lose situation.
The current role of Thunder Tiger is like that of nuclear weapons in modern times. In such a large-scale war, deterrence is greater than reality. Once he exerts all his strength, the situation will completely turn into an uncontrollable direction and run away.
Is the current situation very good?
In a great battle, the Sui army's losses were enough to make the Sui emperor feel distressed. These Sui armies lost were elites who had been in battle for a long time, and they were not comparable to ordinary local garrison troops.
As long as the top brass of the Sui army and even Sui Emperor Yang Jian who was far away in Guanzhong would feel distressed, the situation that Lei Hu and the rest of the Chen Dynasty wanted to see might emerge.
At this time, Lei Hu was organizing his few doctors to treat the wounded while quietly waiting for any news from the Sui Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, before the envoys from the Sui Dynasty arrived, a wave of uninvited guests arrived, none other than Buddhists who had not shown up for a long time.
Led by Fan Qinghui, the descendant of Cihang Jingzhai, the team directly requested to talk to Lei Hu and Yao Fei Zhang Huali to discuss Nan Chen's future.