Jin Shiduo's men and horses were pushed back by the Sui army, and the rout of the left wing began to show signs of rushing back to the central army. But at this time, it seemed that there was nothing unexpected and beyond everyone's expectations. Jin Shiduo really ordered the team to open a hole, allowing the Sui army to attack Shengtu's direct line army behind.
There were more than 100,000 well-trained and well-equipped elite left guards from the Sui Dynasty. These soldiers were all trained by Luo Yao at the beginning. The fighting power of this team is far beyond that of Jin Shiduo's men, which is one of the reasons why Jin Shiduo chose to join forces with Shengtu in the first place.
The declining Tonggu Academy pushed him to the front. Jin Shiduo had already seen through the situation, so he knew that relying on his own strength, even with the already declining Tonggu Academy, he could not be Yang Jian's opponent. So at that time, he made a decision with almost no hesitation, joining forces with Shengtu.
It just didn't occur to him that Shengtu was a lunatic.
Proclaiming himself emperor under such circumstances is undoubtedly making enemies for himself.
Liuzhou City
When Shengtu on the city wall saw Jin Shiduo's troops start to separate, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth upwards: "It's not unexpected at all... Jin Shiduo is only capable at this point. Send an order and let Xun Ming Dao and Liu Dingcheng led the firearm battalion to the top, and drove Jin Shiduo's broken soldiers forward!"
"Here!"
The orderly agreed loudly, and then waved the big flag vigorously.
Xun Mingdao and Liu Dingcheng are Shengtu's cronies who he promoted after Luo Yao's death. Shengtu knew that Luo Yao's able-bodied generals would not really be convinced by him, so since he took over the left front guard, he has been constantly To suppress these people, they first killed brothers Duan Bianbao and Duan Bianxiong, and then squeezed out and killed several other members of the Ten Heroes of Luomen.
After arriving in Liuzhou, he vigorously developed the firearms battalion, and then got rid of Muli's troops.
Now beside him, Ye Jinnan, who had been almost emptied of his rights, was left among the ten outstanding people of Luomen. If it weren't for worrying that his former subordinates would be gradually cleared up by Shengtu, Ye Jinnan would have already gone far away.
At this time, Ye Jinnan was standing beside Shengtu.
He suddenly had a very strange feeling, he really wanted to stand there motionless, watching this war and having the last laugh. He even had a faint but increasingly strong expectation that Yang Jian's men would crush Shengtu's army. He wanted to see Shengtu's face of despair.
Not knowing why, Shengtu suddenly took a look at Ye Jinnan.
"Do you want me to lose more?"
Shengtu asked him.
Ye Jinnan seemed too lazy to answer, and he didn't seem to have heard Shengtu's question at all.
Seeing that Ye Jinnan ignored him, Shengtu smiled and said, "Even if you can see me fail, so what? Don't you just pin your hope of punishing the enemy on the enemy? You are also very contradictory." , I am your enemy, and outside the city is your enemy, who should you hope to win?"
"I hope you all die."
Ye Jinnan pointed at Shengtu: "You, and Yang Jian."
Shengtu shrugged his shoulders: "I'm really sorry... If you hope for such an ending, then you are doomed to be disappointed. There must be someone alive between me and Yang Jian, so no matter who lives or dies, you can't be happy And people like us, whether it is Yang Jian's death or my death, will not be our personal life and death, but will bring many, many people to be buried with us."
He pointed to Ye Jinnan: "Including you, they are all my funeral objects."
Ye Jinnan shook his head: "You are wrong, no matter who dies, I will not be unhappy, even if only one of you dies will make me happy."
Shengtu was not angry, and looked out of the city: "The people on the right seem to be struggling a bit... The left wing is full of Jin Shiduo's rabble, and half of the right wing is your old subordinates... Don't you feel distressed? Of course, if there were no Half of your subordinates are here, and the right wing may have already been breached by the Sui army. Back then, Luo Yao admired you the most. He said that you were the most upright in commanding troops. Therefore, logically speaking, if you command this battle today, you should be better than my command.”
The corners of Ye Jinnan's mouth twitched a few times, and he asked Shengtu with a sneer: "Don't you dislike people mentioning Luo Yao the most? Why did I remember it now?"
Shengtu smiled indifferently: "At this point, what else can I not let go of? I don't allow others to mention Luo Yao because he is dead. A dead person should not be covered up no matter how brilliant he was in life. The demeanor of a person who is still alive. Why am I only doing it for myself? If you still only remember Luo Yao's good points, it can only show that you are a failure and cannot adapt to the new environment."
The sneer on the corner of Ye Jinnan's mouth became stronger: "I want to see what will happen to you, a person who has adapted to the new environment."
"I might die..."
Shengtu looked at Ye Jinnan and said word by word, "But it's definitely behind you."
"oops… "
He pointed to the right wing: "Look, your old subordinates seem to be starting to lose their hold. Do you want to go and save them? If you rush to command now, you might be able to stabilize your position in time and save a lot of people from dying." .”
"I think!"
Ye Jinnan looked at Shengtu and said, "Do you dare to let me go?"
Shengtu laughed wildly: "Dare...but I won't do that. Just watch it like this, watching all your old subordinates die there. Do you know why I like war? Because only war can give me the freedom to fight. It is possible to eliminate enemies and dissidents at the same time.”
"Forced!"
Ye Jinnan cursed harshly.
"Thanks."
Shengtu smiled and said: "At the beginning, there were many people who scolded Luo Yao for being forced... Luo Yao once said that anyone who scolded him was basically someone who was crushed by him, and there was no room for resistance. There is only one breath left to linger on, and you still have to pretend that you don't care... that's how you are now."
Ye Jinnan was silent for a while and then suddenly laughed: "I can't wait until you kill me."
"Why?"
Shengtu asked in surprise.
Ye Jinnan picked up the corner of his mouth: "Because when you kill me, that is when the fiasco comes. You will allow me to live to see your victory, but you will never allow me to live to see your failure... So, I am looking forward to it Woolen cloth."
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"Your Majesty, the Armored Army has already entered!"
A general pointed to the battle situation and shouted excitedly to Yang Jian: "As expected, Jin Shiduo and Shengtu are not in the same mind at all. Now that Jin Shiduo opened his defense line, our people will take the opportunity to fight in. When the time comes, the Iron Armored Army It is enough to sweep away the people behind Shengtu!"
"Something is wrong..."
Yang Jian's face suddenly became serious, and he raised his clairvoyance to observe carefully: "Although there is nothing commendable about Shengtu leading the army, he is by no means an idiot. I can still predict that Jin Shiduo will definitely leave his Defensive line, how could Shengtu fail to guess? If he can’t guess, he’s an idiot. Is he an idiot?”
No one dared to give Yang Jian an affirmative answer, whether yes or no.
"But... why can't I understand Shengtu's thoughts? If he had expected Jin Shiduo to do this, why did he put Jin Shixiong's men at the forefront? Isn't this a dead end? Couldn't he have imagined that once Jin Shiduo became unreliable , then it is possible to involve all his cronies?"
another minister said.
Yang Jian's face became more and more solemn, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly ordered: "Command! Let Mosa withdraw with the Iron Armored Army, and don't get mixed up with Jin Shiduo's rout! I always feel that Shengtu did it on purpose, although I guessed it. I don't know exactly what he has in mind, but I can be sure now... Shengtu is just waiting for the Iron Armored Army to go up!"
"But… "
Pointing to the battle situation, the general stammered and said, "General Mosa has rushed in with the Iron Armored Army... If Ming Jin withdraws his troops at this time, will it..."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden chaos on the other side of the battle.
"what happened?"
Someone asked subconsciously.
In the distance, Jin Shiduo's men and horses, who had already separated into a space, suddenly became chaotic like a flock of sheep attacked by wolves. of. Yang Jian raised his clairvoyant eyes and looked over there intently, and suddenly his face changed: "Is that... a firearm?"
Behind Jin Shiduo's men and horses, Xun Mingdao and Liu Dingcheng rushed forward from two directions with the firearms battalion, pushing back Jin Shiduo's troops who had been defeated. The muskets started to fire, and the crackling sound was like the sound of heavy rain hitting banana leaves.
The retreating victorious army was swept away by dense musketry, and the soldiers rushing to the front fell down one by one like weeds brought down by a sickle. Jin Shiduo's soldiers were poorly equipped, not even a piece of leather armor. And those spearmen and archers have no defense on their bodies.
The musket bullets easily pierced through the soldier's body, and the blood mist exploded outside the body.
The Sheng army who was driven back had to face Yang Jian's Iron Armored Army. Tens of thousands of routs were mixed with about 10,000 Iron Armored Army soldiers. Because Sheng Tu massacred Mu Li's troops, the soldiers of the Sheng Army had a particularly deep fear of firearms, just like the fear of the Iron Armored Army. And at this time, if you turn around and go back, you may run around the Iron Armored Army and run to the other side, and if you continue to run back, it will be a living target for the soldiers of the Firearms Battalion.
soon
Tens of thousands of Jin Shiduo's defeated soldiers were driven back to the battlefield, mingling with the Iron Armored Army. Looking at those timid soldiers, Mosa couldn't help but sneer, thinking to himself, what's the use of having more such mobs
But in the next second, the pupils of his eyes suddenly shrank!
On the Liuzhou city wall, the burly man waved the banner vigorously. This is a different flag from the previous flag, it is red, so conspicuous.
When the flag was waving, there was a booming sound from behind the array!
That is, the roar of nearly a hundred artillery salvos!
The shells fell on the dense crowd, and each explosion sent many people to Huangquan Road. The crowded crowd couldn't dodge at all, as long as the shells fell, they could harvest a piece of life. And at this time, Yang Jian's Iron Armored Army was the first to bear the brunt!
Iron Armored Army is unparalleled in combat power!
But the biggest drawback is the slow movement speed.
At this time, the Iron Armored Army was surrounded by Jin Shiduo's broken soldiers. Even if they didn't take those broken soldiers seriously, it would not take a while to kill them! What Shengtu was waiting for was this opportunity. He knew better than anyone else that Yang Jian's strongest killing move was definitely not his personal cultivation, but the invincible Iron Armored Army! As long as the Iron Armored Army is defeated, most of this battle has already been won!
"His Majesty!"
Liu You's complexion changed: "This...our people are also over there. The artillery bombarded us like this, and our people lost a lot! The Iron Armored Army still has that heavy armor body, but our people don't even have armor. Not complete!"
"That's not my person."
Seeing the flames light up one after another, and seeing many people being sent into the air by the power of the shell explosion, his face was as cold as if he hadn't seen anything: "These are Jin Shiduo's people and the enemy's people... As I said just now, I like war because I can eliminate enemies and dissidents at the same time, isn't this... the best?"