The battle situation was still at a stalemate. No matter how hard the rebel army attacked the left and right flanks of the Sui army, they were still unable to break through the Sui army's fence line of defense. As if blessed by some kind of magic, they have always stood firm. The well-equipped and energetic Sui army relied on this thin line of defense to firmly block the repeated attacks of the rebel army. The more they fought, the more confident they became. , The more you fight, the more morale you have.
No one can understand why this simple fence plays such a huge role. Only Chen Yingliang, who has worked hard to study criminal psychology, knows the secret. Although the Sui army hastily built this fence, it is thin, but it can avoid confrontation with the enemy in the first place. In the most brutal melee combat, you can rely on this thin fence to protect the neat formation, use bows and spears to kill the enemy first, gain a slight but extremely important first-hand advantage, eliminate tension, and create the feeling that the enemy on the other side is nothing more than this, and then Under the advantaged situation, the confidence became stronger and stronger, and gradually brought into play the multiple advantages of weapons and equipment, military training, and abundant physical strength. The Sui Army team above really wants to fight well, and it will not work.
In this way, it is natural for the poor rebel soldiers to suffer. Later, there was a supervising team led by the rebel general himself to persecute him. Before that, there was a sea of guns and spears from the soldiers of the Sui army, and there was an absolutely damned blocking fence. If he retreated, he would be hacked to death by the swords and axes of his own supervisory team. He couldn't advance or retreat, so he could only stand in a stalemate with the Sui army across the fence. No matter what, he couldn't think of a way to break through the tortoise formation of the Sui army.
The inexperienced rebel soldiers couldn't break through the Sui army's tortoise formation, but experienced veteran general Li Zixiong had a way. He observed the Sui army's tortoise formation at the rebel flag formation for a long time. After careful calculation, Li Zixiong cupped his hands to Yang Xuangan and said: " Duke Chu, the key is to get to the fence. The officers and soldiers have been able to carry it until now because of the barriers that prevent our soldiers from engaging in melee combat with the officers and soldiers, and they cannot completely break the morale of the officers and soldiers. In order to get To break through, to break the stalemate of this battlefield, the old man thinks that we should make some sacrifices."
"What sacrifice? Tell me, old general." Yang Xuangan replied.
"Let General Yang Jishan withdraw the infantry and let the cavalry charge." Li Zixiong suggested: "The horse-proof fence of the officers and soldiers is only half as high as half a person. Letting our cavalry charge will certainly damage some precious cavalry, but However, our cavalry team can quickly break through a section of the fence of the official army by virtue of the advantage of charging and condescending. As long as a gap is opened, our follow-up troops can enter the official army in an endless stream, destroying the official army from the inside. Turtle Formation."
"Then let the cavalry charge." Yang Xuangan said generously: "Is there any undead in war? When we enter the Guanzhong and open up the connection with the Western Regions, are we afraid that we won't be able to get horses?"
After all, Yang Xuangan immediately sent someone to send an order to Yang Jishan according to Li Zixiong's suggestion, asking Yang Jishan to act according to plan. After the messengers were sent out, the soldiers also sent the wine and meat rewarded by Hongnong's father and elders to Yang Xuangan, and sent Yang Xuangan a jar of unopened wine, twenty steamed buns and a large plate of fragrant braised pork. Being generous, he said to Li Zixiong and Li Mi: "Old General, Master of the Fa, come and eat and drink."
Yang Xuangan personally invited the invitation, and the highly respected Li Zixiong, Old General Li, of course would not refuse. Li Mi, who also did not have enough to eat in the morning, hesitated for a moment. In order to maintain sufficient physical strength, he still had no time to consider the feelings of the soldiers. After reaching out to pick up a steamed bun, Li Mi, who had felt that something was wrong before, suddenly realized something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped him: "Grand Chu, old general, please wait a while, do you find something strange?"
"Wrong there?" Yang Xuangan asked casually while patting open the mud seal of the wine jar with his own hands.
"This is roast pork." Li Mi pointed to the oily braised pork and said: "In the past, when local elders sent wine and meat to reward our army, they usually sent live pigs and sheep, and the pork was roasted like this, and then sent. But it’s very rare, and those common people send wine and meat to the teacher early in the morning, isn’t it a bit suspicious?”
"Master, why are you so suspicious?" Li Zixiong said angrily: "These wine and meat were sent by a rich farming family. There are many people in the family. It doesn't take much effort to cook the meat, and it is convenient for us to eat immediately. Can you be so suspicious of Sangzi's carefulness?"
"If you don't want to eat, you don't have to eat it." Yang Xuangan became angry again, and simply ignored Li Mi, and ate and drank with Li Zixiong on his own, while Li Mi picked up a piece of braised pork Zuo Wen You Wen, although he didn't find any abnormalities, he still cautiously dared not enter at will.
At this time, Yang Jishan's team, which had received the order, also began to adjust its tactics. First, the infantry team was withdrawn to regroup, and then the cavalry team trotted forward, forming a dense charge formation in the distance opposite the Sui army's fence. Seeing this situation in the Sui army's flag formation, Chen Yingliang also immediately understood that Yang Xuangan was in a hurry, and quickly ordered: "Order the first, second, and third regiments of the former army to reinforce the left wing at full speed! Order Zhao Yu, his team is ready for a bloody battle. Once The enemy cavalry breaks through the fence, fills in the gap immediately, and at all costs, block the enemy team for me, and absolutely do not give the rebels a chance to enter our formation!"
The messengers rushed down to deliver the order, and Wei Xuan, who was next to him, reminded, "Ying Liang, if we deploy a team from the former army to reinforce the left wing, our most important frontal defense will be weakened. It is better to directly send a team from the central army to reinforce it."
"I did it on purpose." Chen Yingliang replied coldly, "I weakened the frontal defense on purpose to lure the traitors to break through!"
While speaking, the adjusted rebel cavalry had already started charging. They desperately hit the thin fence of the Sui army with their horses and human bodies. The spear slanted towards the sky, nervously waiting for the enemy to attack. At the same time, the three teams of the Sui Army's former army, which had received the order, had already left the position and rushed to the left wing for reinforcements at full speed.
Amidst the sound of roaring horseshoes, the rebel cavalry charging at full speed rushed to the front of the Sui army unstoppably. Although the pointed spears of the soldiers of the Sui army stabbed many rebel cavalry or war horses, these rebel cavalry who were shot Still, it slammed into the fence by inertia, loosening the footing of the thin fence, and almost toppled over. Several rebel cavalry with exceptional riding skills jumped up in front of the fence. Although the spears of the Sui army soldiers They also stabbed their horses in the belly, but they still jumped over the fence that was only half a person high, and entered the interior of the Sui army's tortoise formation.
Fortunately, Zhao Yu's team, which Chen Yingliang had deployed on the left wing before, played a key role. They rushed up in time, quickly surrounded those rebel cavalry, and stabbed those rebel cavalry with knives and guns. The death piercing did not give the rebels a chance to destroy the Sui army's tortoise array.
Killing these rebel cavalry only played a delaying effect. After rushing to the fence at any cost, the condescending rebel cavalry desperately slashed and killed the soldiers of the Sui army who stabbed behind the fence. Panicked to parry, he couldn't effectively assassinate the enemy on the opposite side as before, and the fence defense line inevitably became shaken and chaotic, forcing Zhao Yu to immediately lead his troops forward to help his friendly troops resist the enemy's offensive. At the same time, Yang Jishan also personally led the rebel infantry to charge again. The Sui army's left-wing position soon fell into a fierce battle. Several sections of the fence were smashed by the rebel army, forcing the Sui army You can only use your flesh and blood to bear the enemy's attack.
The situation is beginning to be critical. Although Zhao Yu's team is working hard to fill in the gaps, General Liu is very rare to come to the front of the battle. Under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, he cheers for the Sui army and shouts for the Sui army to fight. The soldiers fought to the death, but the Sui army could no longer kill the rebels who had rushed in front of them. On the contrary, they were killed by the condescending rebel cavalry, and the biggest psychological dependence was quickly smashed by the rebels. It was five or six feet wide, and the rebel army began to gradually advance into the tortoise formation of the Sui army. Fortunately, the Sui army had sufficient troops on the left wing, and the rebel army could not advance quickly.
Seeing such a situation, Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth, and simply transferred two teams from the front to the left wing for reinforcements. Crazy, he deployed eleven regiments for the important left wing battlefield. Only five Sui army teams that were dissatisfied were left to defend, and besides these five regiments of the Sui army, only Guo Feng, Chen Zhihong, and Chen Ci were left in the Chinese army flag formation where Chen Yingliang and Wei Xuan were also dissatisfied. Edited to defend the national army team!
At the same time, Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, who had already had their fill, laughed wildly together when they saw Chen Yingliang mobilizing the frontal troops to reinforce the left-wing battlefield. Zhen laughed maniacally and said: "Young thief Chen Yingliang, after all, is just a yellow-haired boy who talks about military affairs on paper. He dispatched so many troops from the front to the left wing, how can he defend the front of his tortoise array?"
"Chen Yingliang, the little thief, is he really just a paper talker like Zhao Kuo?"
Li Mi remained silent, and Li Mi could also see that Chen Yingliang's move was a foolish move, but Li Mi's strong sixth sense told him that this matter might not be simple, the treacherous, cunning and daring Chen Yingliang did this, perhaps there was a special reason for him , so Li Mi could only secretly say in his heart: "I hope the heavens will bless you, the little thief Chen Yingliang is really just a yellow-haired boy who can only talk on paper."
Li Mi was praying, but old general Li Zixiong couldn't wait to shout, "Duke Chu, this is a rare opportunity, it's time to launch a frontal surprise attack! Riding on General Yang Jishan to entangle nearly half of the officers and soldiers, launching a frontal assault will definitely destroy the officers and soldiers in one fell swoop." The army's tortoise array!"
"Duke Chu, the last general asks for an order to attack the front of the official army formation!" Several rebel generals nearby all jumped out, scrambling to ask for orders to attack the front of the Sui army's tortoise formation.
"You don't need to go!" Yang Xuangan grabbed his favorite iron-handled spear and shouted: "Let the horses! This Zhu Kingdom will personally lead two thousand cavalry to assault the officers and soldiers and avenge my second and fifth younger brothers. !"
"Chu Gong, you'd better take two thousand infantry with you!" Old General Li Zixiong hurriedly reminded: "The cavalry assaults the officers and soldiers' flag formation, and the infantry shares the pressure on the two wings, which will ensure that you can take down Chen Xiaozei and old Wei Xuan in one fell swoop." head!"
"Good idea, Wang Zhongbo, Yang Gongdao, you lead two thousand infantry to charge with me!" Yang Xuangan roared with joy.
In addition to siege battles, Yang Xuangan, who is excellent in martial arts, is famous for his love of taking the lead in field battles. It can not only boost morale but also quickly kill the enemy - this is Yang Xuangan's habit since he started his army. Knowing Yang Xuangan's temper, Li Mi did not dare to stop him, but carefully suggested: "Duke Chu, let the infantry go forward, and you lead the cavalry to the rear, it will be safer."
Yang Xuangan didn't even look at Li Mi, and told Li Zixiong to lead the rear army, and then strode down the mountain to gather cavalry for battle, completely ignoring Li Mi, leaving old general Li to show his old qualifications in the flag formation and teach the juniors Li Mi, "Master, why don't you even learn your lesson? Before General Yang Jishan let the infantry charge first, it has proved that it is difficult for the infantry to break through the fence defense line of the officers and soldiers, and it wasted countless time and sacrificed a lot of our soldiers. , and now you suggest that Duke Chu repeat the same mistakes, isn’t it a waste of time and a missed opportunity? Do you know how rare our current opportunity is...?”
Li Mi didn't pay attention to General Li, who likes to rely on the old to sell the old, and also turned a deaf ear to General Li's nagging lessons. He looked at the Sui army flag formation opposite him for a while, and then turned his eyes to look at Yang Xuangan, who had mounted his spear and led the army to attack. Li Mi suddenly felt A burst of sudden heart palpitations and a strong sense of foreboding flooded into Li Mi's heart, which made Li Mi subconsciously think of a military term - capture the thief first and capture the king!
"Ouch!"
Old General Li's groans suddenly reached Li Mi's ears again, and Li Mi hurriedly turned his head back in shock, only to see the gray-haired Old General Li covering his stomach and bending over, Li Mi was shocked and asked, "Old General, What's wrong with you? Something's wrong there?"
"It's not that something is wrong, it's because I feel sick in my stomach, and I wanted to congratulate you." Old General Li replied with a wry smile, "When people get old, they have many problems. Master, please stare for a while, and the old man will come back to congratulate you, and I will come back to witness it with your own eyes. How did the Duke of Chu defeat the enemy?"
As he said that, General Li, who was suffering from stomach cramps, hurried to the back of the grain wheel and went back. Seeing General Li's panic-stricken appearance, Li Mi cursed inwardly, "Old ox and old horse have a lot of feces and urine, almost scared me to death! Shameless old man, I wish you to kill him sooner! If you hadn't tried your best to help this time, would Chu Gong's righteous teacher be in such a mess to this day?!"
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At the same time, in the Sui army's flag formation, I saw that the rebel Crane Wing formation on the opposite side finally moved. A large number of rebel cavalry gathered in front of their own army and prepared to attack. Whether Shuai Qi appeared in the rebel cavalry team, Chen Yingliang still breathed a sigh of relief—as expected before the war, it would be best if Yang Xuangan personally led the cavalry to attack the front of the Sui army, but it doesn't matter if a rebel commander came. After defeating this elite rebel army, Yang Xuangan didn't have any combat troops to put into the battlefield.
After secretly praying for God's blessing, Chen Yingliang turned to Wei Xuan and clasped his hands and said, "Wei Xuan stayed behind, the enemy has already fallen into the trap, and the villain wants to go down and lead the nationalist army to meet the enemy, so I entrust you with the flag formation. You don't need to bother to direct the tactics, just When the villain defeats the frontal enemy, you can give the order to beat the drums and attack."
"What do you mean? You want to face the enemy in person?" Wei Xuan, who was worried about the weak frontal guard force, was taken aback.
"Sure enough, it's Yang Xuangan's handsome flag!" Chen Yingliang continued to look at the situation of the enemy army on the opposite side, while answering irrelevant questions, he added: "That's right, the villain will personally lead the Nationalist Army to meet the enemy, and bring back Yang Xuangan's flag for you." Head!"
"Bring back Yang Xuangan's head?" Wei Xuan, who was so defeated in front of Yang Xuangan, almost stared out of his eyes, and exclaimed: "You are stupid! With more than 500 people like you, you can also take down Yang Xuangan's head!" Head?!"
"The villain has confidence!" Chen Yingliang replied decisively, and then said with a smile: "If the villain can really bring back Yang Xuangan's head for the left-behind adult, the villain does not ask for a reward, but only asks the guard to draw firewood for the villain The son of Shen, Chai Shao, slapped the face. Last time in Daxing City, Chai Shao bullied the villain when he was young and weak, and almost broke the ribs of the villain with one kick. The villain is stingy, and he always remembers this revenge."
After all, without waiting for Wei Xuan to agree, Chen Yingliang had already strode down the dirt hill, and without looking back, he walked quickly to the front of the national service army that had been lining up for a long time. Knowing what Chen Yingliang planned, Chen Zhihong and Guo Feng immediately brought the horses, Without saying a word, he helped Chen Yingliang, who was wearing heavy armor, to get on his horse. After getting on the horse and sitting down, Chen Yingliang asked, "Are you all ready?"
"Ready!" Chen Zhihong agreed in a low voice, pouting to the soldiers of the Nationalist Army behind him, signaling Chen Yingliang to look at the wine pots and torches wrapped in straw in the hands of the soldiers of the Nationalist Army, and pointed to the open space in front of the Nationalist Army— In the open space not far away, three tripping ropes have been nailed.
"Remember, we only have one chance!" Chen Yingliang commanded in a low voice, "Tell every soldier that upon hearing the order to attack, immediately go all out to kill Yang Xuangan's traitor! No matter what the cost, you must also take off Yang Xuangan's head !"
Chen Zhihong, Guo Feng, and Chen Ci, the three lieutenants of the Baoguo Army, agreed, and immediately rode their horses to trot to the front of the Baoguo Army team, either on foot or on horseback, and whispered Chen Yingliang's orders and demands. As soon as the three school lieutenants left Chen Yingliang's side, another rider trotted up to Chen Yingliang's side and stood side by side with Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang turned his head and saw that it was Wei Xuan who was stubborn and came to his side alone. Chen Yingliang hurriedly said: "Wei stay behind, this place is about to become a battlefield, it's very dangerous, you'd better go to the flag array to watch the battle."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Old Wei stubbornly cursed and said viciously: "Over the flag formation, I have temporarily handed over to the soldiers. Let them beat the drums and attack when they see you win. I want to come to the battlefield to see for myself , How on earth did you take down Yang Xuangan's head!"
"Also, if you can really take down Yang Xuangan's head, avenge Daxing's 40,000 troops, and show such anger for this old man! Let alone slapping Chai Shen's son, killing Chai Shen and the whole family can agree You! His Royal Highness Dai Wang, who sits in Daxing, not only obeys the old man, but also obeys the old man! The emperor has personally ordered that when I meet His Highness Dai Wang, His Highness Dai Wang must first salute this old man!"
Hearing Wei Xuan's teeth-gritting words, Chen Yingliang smiled slightly, and didn't take the opportunity to raise any shameless demands for his former fiancée Chai Qian to be his slave, but just shouted loudly: "Brothers, sing for me! The flames are rising, and the world is looking north." , the dragon rolls up, the horse neighs, the sword is like frost...!"