Chapter five hundred and sixty nine dancing on the tip of the knife
Although these crossbowmen were a piece of fat, they were not many in number, and they were retreating backwards. The protruding hillsides on the road blocked their sight, and they had little impact on Pei Zilie's side.
The enemy's shieldmen and spearmen have regrouped behind these crossbowmen, and more enemies have also surrounded them from the flanks. Obviously Wei Shou has decisively given up on the forward, and is preparing to use Chen Zhishen's group to attack his troops.
The earth-shaking army stirring up in the heartland area should be dealt with first.
Chen Zhishen took a breath. If he continued to move forward, Chen Zhishen would definitely hit the iron plate after eating the fat. This deal was ultimately a loss-making deal. Chen Zhishen asked himself whether he could think clearly.
What's more, there is another piece of fat in the other direction not far away.
"Break through the enemy's rear and capture the enemy's baggage for me!" Chen Zhishen waved his hand, and the generals agreed.
"This Chen Zhishen was not fooled." He walked quickly up a rock halfway up the mountain. Wei Shou turned around and saw this scene on the battlefield. He couldn't help but sigh. He was familiar with the deputy general who commanded the Chinese army, and he was also a combat veteran.
He is a bold guy, so it is not unexpected that he adopts the tactic of using crossbowmen as bait to lure the enemy deeper.
But obviously Chen Zhishen saw through this trap and instead targeted the Northern Zhou rear army. At this time, the rear army had been fully deployed, so the frontal defense was actually a bit thin. If Chen Zhishen could break through the frontal defense before the left and right wings encircled him,
, then not only did they escape the encirclement of the Northern Zhou army, but they could also rush into the baggage team.
Compared to the enemy's crossbowmen, these baggage items are just a piece of fat.
"Let the rear army stop fighting and guard the baggage!" Wei Shou waved his hand, turned to look at the hillside, and frowned slightly.
"Kill!" A loud shout suddenly came from above Wei Shou's head, and a black shadow fell from the sky. It was a Pakistani soldier hiding in a tree. He took advantage of a guard in front of Wei Shou who was caught off guard, and raised his knife.
He chopped him to the ground, turned around and rushed towards Wei Shou.
The guard captain had quick eyes and hands, and threw Wei Shou to the ground. The two of them rolled away in a panic. Several other guards rushed over quickly, but the Ba soldiers did not want to fight and ran directly into the bushes nearby.
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Just as a few personal guards were about to rush forward, arrows whizzed down from the sky, causing them to retreat in embarrassment.
Wei Shou stretched out his hand to push the guard captain away and looked up at the towering trees. In an instant, he felt that he could understand the difficulties faced by He Lou Ziqian and Cao Xiaoda. These Ba people who were jumping back and forth between the big trees were really helpless.
"There is an ambush!" a Northern Zhou general said in panic.
Large fishing nets fell from the sky and directly covered the more than ten Northern Zhou soldiers who were rushing in front. Immediately, no one knew how many people jumped down from the trees. They all held forks or spears in their hands and stabbed those Northern Zhou soldiers randomly.
At first, they were still struggling to lift the fishing net, but soon their shouts were replaced by screams, and then there was no sound.
"Retreat!" Wei Shou made a decision immediately. He thought of the situation too simply. Since Pei Zilie chose this place as the ambush site, he must have already arranged the surrounding ambush, especially at these major commanding heights.
People from Liaoba came to stop him.
It may not be possible for these Ba people to charge directly into the battle, but letting them ambush and fight in this dense forest is not something Wei Shou can handle.
Wei Shou could tell from this fight that these Ba people were not easy to mess with. There were only a hundred personal guards around him. If they continued to move forward, they might not be enough to feed them.
"Send someone quickly to report to Cui Hongdu. Go now!" Wei Shou reached out and pushed the guard next to him.
The current battle situation was getting worse and worse. Wei Shou was not confident that he could defeat Chen Zhishen and Pei Zilie for a while. The top priority was to urge reinforcements. This army could not be completely annihilated.
"The left and the right are shrinking!" Wei Shou said loudly.
When reinforcements don't arrive, you still have to rely on yourself.
"Kill!" Seeing that Wei Shou stopped moving forward, countless Ba people jumped out of the darkness and rushed towards the nearest enemy. These Northern Zhou soldiers received the order and stopped moving forward, looking a little embarrassed.
retreated down the hillside.
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Cui Hongdu could not wait to divide himself into two parts. The war north of Cangxi Valley was already stressful enough, but now Wei Shou was actually surrounded by less than two miles north of Cangxi Valley, which also meant that Cui Hongdu
There is absolutely no reason to ignore death.
Cui Hongdu didn't know when Li Xinchen would launch an attack, let alone how long Wei Shou could sustain it, so Cui Hongdu really wanted one of him to go to rescue Wei Shou and the other to stay here to guard against Li Xinchen.
Of course, this was unrealistic, so in the end, one general went to the rescue with a thousand soldiers and horses, while the remaining soldiers and horses still stood firm.
So now Cui Hongdu can only pace back and forth anxiously in the meeting hall. All the generals have been sent out, all the scouts have been sent out, but no news has been sent back.
"Report!" A scout rushed in quickly, "The checkpoint in Xujiagou was raided by the enemy, and Li Xingchen's flag was discovered!"
"What?!" Cui Hongdu was startled and quickly walked to the map and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Li Xingchen showed his general flag, indicating that he was brazenly attacking, and Xujiagou and Liushugou
The terrain is almost the same.
It's just that Liushugou protrudes outwards, while Xujiagou is concave inward.
But this means that Li Xingchen's tentacles have extended to the edge of the main road in Cangxi Valley and can cut off the road in Cangxi Valley at any time.
Precisely because of the dangerous terrain of Xujiagou, the Northern Zhou Dynasty had heavy troops guarding it. Of course, these heavy troops were only for defense in other places. Cui Hongdu knew that in front of Li Xingchen, these checkpoints set up in the mountains were a
A layer of thin paper can be pierced at any time with your hand.
"Report, general, Li Xingchen is leading his army to attack the checkpoint on the north side of Xujiagou!" Another messenger rushed in quickly.
"What?!" Cui Hongdu turned his head in surprise and looked at the map with a gloomy expression.
If Xujiagou is an important road close to Cangxi Valley, then the checkpoint on the north side of Xujiagou is directly set up on the mountain next to the main road of Cangxi Valley. If Li Pingchen takes this, he can directly control the entire Cangxi Valley.
The main road of the valley.
"Come with me!" Cui Hongdu's face was ashen. Li Xinchen was about to dance on the tip of a knife. Nothing he said could make Li Xinchen so arrogant.
Now Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong have arrived at the south side of Cangxi Valley. If Li Xingchen cuts off the road on the north side at this time, it will be a slap in the face for Cui Hongdu.