The Grandmaster Strategist

Chapter 163: Three-way breakout

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〖Wuyin in the 24th year of Rongsheng, Ting Fei was besieged by the Yong army in the south of the Ji clan, and the bloody battle could not be reached for more than ten days. At that time, the barbarians invaded Daizhou, and the situation was critical. The army's heart, and the Han army's food was exhausted, the generals wanted to sacrifice the Daizhou army, seeking an opportunity to break through the encirclement.

— "The History of the Northern Han Dynasty: The Flying Biography of Longting"〗

Standing on the low slope, Li Xian's eyes were like torches, and he looked at the Yongjun army who was waiting in the distance. After a few days of repairs, he had taken over the power again and was responsible for the encirclement and annihilation of the Northern Han army, because The Ji clan was the main direction for the Northern Han army to break out of the encirclement, so he personally led the army to block the return route of the Northern Han army. Fighting for days, the strong Yong Army blocked the Northern Han Army's offensive abruptly, while Changsun Ji was in charge of suppressing the Northern Han Army's living space and assisting Li Xian to attack the Northern Han Army from the back. The Northern Han Army almost failed to break through. , had to retreat, all because of the role of Changsun Ji. Of course, Li Xian's tough style was also an important reason why the Northern Han army could not break through the encirclement. After many years of fighting, only today did Li Xian realize the wonderful feeling that everything is under control.

However, Li Xian still feels depressed and doesn't know what happened. Jiang Zhe seems to be in a bad mood these days. He is indifferent to military affairs. He is either reading or practicing calligraphy every day. The face seems to be quite annoyed at himself, no, not just for himself, the eldest grandson Ji once went to see him when he was free, and he also looked so lukewarm, even Jing Chi was kicked out by him, but he didn't. Knowing what makes this gentle and elegant young man so inhumane. Shaking his head, Li Xianping abandoned the distracting thoughts in his heart and looked forward. Yesterday, he received information from Daizhou, and when he was moved, he sent a message to Lin Bi with archery. If he wanted to come to Daizhou, the army would inevitably be unstable. The Han army will run out of food in one or two days. Presumably the Northern Han army will break through today and tomorrow, and the dawn is the most critical time, so he personally sits here.

Suddenly, the front of the army changed a bit. Li Xian was refreshed and looked up. He saw that under the first rays of sunlight in the morning, the Daizhou army was rushing towards the Yong army like a sharp arrow. With silver spears in their hands and a cloak in brocade and golden phoenix, it was Princess Lin Bi of Jiaping. This time, although Lin Bi was still wearing a helmet, she did not close her visor, revealing her splendid face as beautiful as jade. Horses were like arrogant dragons, people were like flying phoenixes, but her face was as cold as ice, which could not help but weaken her charm. Li Xian only felt a shock in his heart. At that moment, there was only that bright and moving heroic figure in his eyes. At the moment when Li Xianlue hesitated, Lin Bi had already rushed into the Dongying of the Yong Army. The silver spear was flying, and the leader was invincible. Behind her, the Daizhou Army shouted loudly. It was waving swords and spears into the camp of Yong Jun. Those arrows that were as fast as rainstorms seemed to have eyes and knew how to avoid the body of the Daizhou army, but they mercilessly took the life of Yong Jun. Li Xian was startled and quickly issued a military order. The flag was waved, and the drum and trumpets sounded. The Yong Army Dongying began to retreat in an orderly manner. The two wings retreated slowly, trying to surround the Daizhou Army. This is the usual practice these days. .

Lin Bi has been in the battlefield for a long time, and she naturally knows that she should control the speed of the attack at this moment, so as not to be surrounded by the enemy on three sides, but this time Lin Bi has a different choice, she shouted: "My hometown father and old master hope, brothers, kill!" Then almost recklessly rushed into Yong Jun's middle army, and the Daizhou army pierced into Yong Jun's chest like a sharp knife.

Lin Bi snorted, and the silver spear opened a horse lance and directly stabbed the throat of a Yong Jun knight. Holding the silver spear with both hands, she would not let go even if she died. Lin Bi turned around on the horse and drew out the treasured sword around her waist with her left hand. With a flash of light from the sword, the man's arms were cut off, and the silver spear was flattened. The throat was cut, and the treasured saber swirled around, beheading a Yongjun army, and then the treasured saber was returned to its sheath. Lin Bi, who had killed three people in an instant, was as ruthless as Shura, but her gorgeous face was like a wild flower blooming on the battlefield, causing the beautiful spring flowers to lose their color. Inspired by her frantic fighting, the Daizhou Army exerted its strongest personal combat power. After being surrounded, almost each of them faced several enemies. Falling into the wind, the Daizhou Army seemed to have turned into a hedgehog covered in sharp blades, reducing the siege of the Yong Army layer by layer.

Li Xianyi frowned. He originally expected that the Daizhou army would lose heart, but Lin Bi called on the Daizhou army to return home to kill the enemy, but now it seems to have strengthened the Daizhou army's will to fight to the death. It seems that Dongying may not be able to support it. , but if you support Dongying at this moment, the Qinzhou army that will be faced next will be difficult to deal with. I originally expected that the Qinzhou army might have a conflict with the Daizhou army, because the Daizhou army was the most suitable for breaking out of the siege and diverting the attention of the Yong army, but the Daizhou army may not be willing to sacrifice like this, I didn't expect Lin Bi to be willing to do so. To take the lead for Long Tingfei, didn't she consider the loss of Daizhou Army

So far, it is useless to think too much, and said coldly to the sergeant who came to Dongying for help: "Tell Luo Zhang, if there is no reinforcement, if his 50,000 army still can't stop the Daizhou army, then he won't need to apologize, just wipe his neck. ."

At this time, the Daizhou Army had already tore through the first line of defense of the Yong Army Dongying. Lin Bi heard the dull sound of drums, and hundreds of drums rumbled loudly at the same time. Lin Bi looked up and saw that nine Yongjun infantry formations were standing guard. Each formation consisted of 3,000 people. At the front was a giant shield as high as one person, and at the back were densely packed spears. Axemen, then archers. There is also a square at the end, with the flag of Yong Jun standing on it, and the character "Luo" with a dragon flying and phoenix dancing on it.

A cold light flashed in Lin Bi's eyes, and with a silver spear, pointed it at the Yong Army formation, and shouted, "Release the arrows!" At that time, the distance was still two hundred paces, and the fifth round of arrow rain, the distance between the two armies was only fifty paces, and five arrows were fired within a hundred paces. He raised his head, almost bowed his neck to avoid the shield, and his momentum was a little weaker. At this moment, the Daizhou army had already rushed into the army formation of the Yong army. They didn't relax their archery, arrows fluttered in the sky like a rainstorm, and the archers of the Yong Army put their arrows desperately, trying to block the advance of the Daizhou Army, but the Daizhou Army was like a ghost, fighting back with arrow after arrow. They are doing various actions on the horse, dodging, wielding knives, spear stabs, and lances, but they are still able to shoot arrows in various situations to kill the enemy. The first army formation was broken through, and the second army formation was broken through. At this moment, the shouting and killing of the Daizhou army resumed. The Yong army cavalry who had just been broken through by the Daizhou army regrouped and attacked from behind. . The knights behind the Daizhou Army shot back with arrows, the two armies glued together, and the Daizhou Army's offensive was curbed.

At this moment, the handsome flag of the Northern Han Army appeared on the horizon. The flags were fluttering, and the iron cavalry was like the wind. After a full meal, the Northern Han Army rushed towards the Yong Army's central army camp. The "Dragon" banner on the battlefield, Li Xian's spirit was refreshed, and he immediately ordered to mobilize the army to face the enemy. Although Long Tingfei's charge was unstoppable, Li Xian was already prepared and let him stop Long Tingfei. They are all warriors who have retreated from Qinyuan for the rest of their lives. They are elite soldiers with outstanding martial arts, and the sense of humiliation in their hearts is very strong. They almost used their lives to fight the Northern Han army. Breaking through, this is the only belief of this army. The two armies collided abruptly, one side risked his life to break through, and the other side vowed to be ashamed. This fight was tragic. One Yong army had just picked the enemy off his horse, and the Northern Han sergeant who was pierced by the horse lance smiled and hugged the enemy's weapon tightly. The lance pierced into the sergeant's body almost at the same time. Not far away, a bloody Northern Han sergeant stared at the blood-red eyes and pressed the strong crossbow in his hand. The arrow penetrated the shaky Northern Han sergeant and two generals. The armor and body of the Yong Jun sergeant he assassinated.

Long Tingfei stared coldly at the battlefield where the two armies were fighting. Even the brave Northern Han army warriors could not easily break through the Yong army's defense line. He took a deep breath of the cool spring air, except for the fragrance of soil and grass. Outside, there is only a strong bloody smell. He closed his upper armor, raised his halberd, and shouted: "Come with me." Then he rushed into the army formation, behind him, wearing a red shirt The guards shouted loudly and waved their swords, and the full-scale offensive immediately attracted everyone's attention. The Northern Han army automatically separated to both sides, and the fiery red torrent formed a cone and arrow formation, wedging into the middle army of the Yong Army. , the rest of the Northern Han army automatically attached to the tail of the Cone Arrow Array, the torrent became larger and larger, and the army formation of the Yong Army began to shake and began to turmoil.

Seeing this, Li Xian smiled coldly. After many years of battle, he and Long Tingfei had fought each other on the battlefield. He had long been used to seeing Long Tingfei's arrogance. Although he couldn't help admiring it, it was impossible to make him bow his head and admit defeat. , Ma Lan made one move, and the horn sounded from the sky. Li Xian was about to steer his horse into battle, when Zhuang Jun, the guard beside him, stepped forward to block him: "Your Highness, now Long Tingfei has fallen to Pingyang. If there is any damage, it will not fall short." Li Xian laughed: "If the coach does not go to the danger in person, how can he inspire morale? This king has been fighting with Long Tingfei for many years, today Why don't you give him a ride, get out of the way." Ma Leng waved lightly, forcing Zhuang Jun to get out of the way, Li Xian had already taken the lead to meet the forward of the Northern Han Army, and the guards around him were well-trained and rushed after him. , with Li Xianhu in the middle, the two flames collided and intertwined in the center of the battlefield, the neighing of the horses and the hoarse screams of the warriors and the painful groans of the warriors before they died, almost everyone was covered with blood and blood. Murderous aura overwhelmed his head, and a mad breath permeated the entire battlefield.

The eyes of Long Tingfei and Li Xian were intertwined on the battlefield. Although there were many guards between the two, making it impossible for them to fight face-to-face, the eyes of the two always fell on each other, and the weapons in their hands were just instinctive. After clearing the enemies around, how many times they met on the battlefield, although the two never had the chance to fight face to face, they have carved each other's silhouettes in their hearts, and today is finally the time of life and death. Almost simultaneously launched, the two passed through the obstacles of their own guards, the halberd crossed a semicircle, the horse lance stabbed straight, the two weapons clashed together, and quickly separated, the two guards almost surging He rushed forward, wanting to protect his coach again, but the strong wind from their weapons was full of infuriating energy, preventing the guards from getting close. meaning after.

Dodging the halberd that pierced his throat, Li Xian's eyes were full of warm flames. It was this person who made himself suffer from failure again and again, and escaped death time and time again. He has added many scars to his body over the past few years. The gift from this person is strange, but Li Xian doesn't think this person is hateful. Maybe it's because of the gift from this person in the past, that he often struggled at the juncture of life and death, and to eliminate the pain in his heart. In this life, he lost to the emperor's brother Li Zhi. Although he didn't compete on the battlefield, it was obvious that his failure to win the heirloom made him forever the defeat of the emperor's brother. The other person who defeated him and made him powerless was the person in front of him. Although it was a big victory to defeat the Ji clan to lure him into the encirclement, but ask yourself, Li Xian would rather defeat him in Qinyuan dignifiedly. But in addition to the respect in his heart, Li Xian still had a trace of inexplicable jealousy in his heart. Obviously, this person was trapped in a tight siege and could no longer live and die, but Li Xian felt that he would rather be Long Tingfei than die on the battlefield. He scolded himself for being inexplicable, Li Xian struggled to block the halberd, and stabbed Long Tingfei's chest with a backhand.

It is this person who has been defeated many times, but he is not discouraged. He has come to fight again and again, and has always maintained a strong fighting spirit. Sometimes Long Tingfei feels like a touchstone, and he has sharpened the person in front of him into the sharpest. Bingren, every time I see this person in front of me who is risking his life and rushing into battle, fighting to break the bloody battle without fear of death, there is always a trace of respect in Long Tingfei's heart. Not everyone will be like this person in front of him. The son of a thousand gold, but he fought desperately with his life. He sighed in his heart, now this person in front of him has been smelted into steel, but he has to smash his halberd and sink into the sand by the Qinshui. Looking up, seeing Li Xian's deep eyes full of flames and murderous intent, Long Tingfei smiled slightly, and the halberd swept across. It would be worth it if he could compete with this person.

It is a rare spectacle for the two armies to face off against each other on the battlefield, but the guards of the two armies are all covered in cold sweat. Li Xian's battle became more and more fierce, and the wind was blowing in all directions, forcing the people around him to retreat a few feet away, but these guards were still fighting around the two of them. The clothes and armor of the same color were mixed together, although the styles were different As for making them misunderstand the enemy, but in the eyes of the two armies in the distance, it is difficult to distinguish the enemy from the friend, so the arrow rain no longer covers here.

After dozens of rounds of hard fighting, both Long Tingfei and Li Xian were already sweating on their foreheads. It can be seen that Long Tingfei has the upper hand. After all, he has been instructed by the Demon Sect, and his martial arts are slightly better than Li Xian, and Li Xian's advantage lies in his tenacity. The second time he took the risk with his own body, his martial arts were perfected during the killing, and the most persevering, although Long Tingfei had the upper hand, Li Xian was also very strict, even if he fought for hundreds or ten rounds, he would not be able to. lose.

The two had been fighting for a long time, and Long Tingfei had noticed that his own offensive was slowing down, but Yong Jun was getting more and more stable. If it wasn't for the opportunity to kill Li Xian in front of him, I was afraid that Long Tingfei would have left Li Xian and continued to charge. array. Impatient in his heart, Long Tingfei began to be desperate, almost every move was a killing move, but Li Xian was not afraid at all, and instead attacked with Long Tingfei, so that both of them were frequently in danger. The guards on both sides were terrified.

At this moment, Zhuang Jun finally couldn't bear it any longer, and said loudly, "Protect Your Highness." After that, he raised his horse lance and rushed over, no longer caring whether he would be blamed by Li Xian. Just as he rushed out, the nine feather arrows passed through the condensed murderous aura like a phantom, passed through the interlaced shadows, and shot at Long Tingfei. Tingfei also took three steps back with his horse and man. The infuriating energy contained in the long arrow made Long Tingfei's body crumbling, and the halberd swung away, revealing the vital point in front of him. It was the arrow shot by Duanmu Qiu. As the guard of King Qi, he was not particularly good at horseback riding except archery, so he deliberately fell behind. At this moment, he played the highest level of his archery and successfully restrained him. Long Tingfei's attack gave Li Xian a good opportunity. Li Xiance stepped forward, and Ma Lan stabbed Long Tingfei in the heart without any mercy. A Northern Han knight's eyes were splitting, and the short knife in his left hand was stabbed on the horse's hip. Violently penetrated the head of the war horse, the knight on the horse let out his short knife when he turned over and fell off the horse, shooting at Li Xian's throat. Li Xian almost used up all his strength. He clearly saw the dagger flying towards him, but he was unable to dodge. His eyes suddenly became bright and clear, and he looked at the hidden weapon that was about to take his life, but his expression was ice-cold. Just as calm. Just at the critical moment, his personal guard has arrived, and a loud Buddha's name is deafening, "Amitabha", one of the personal guards turned over and flew, and in an instant, he crossed the space of several meters, slashed with a palm, and the short knife slanted. After brushing Li Xian's neck, the guard fell to the ground. His warhorse just followed, and the guard landed on the saddle. He said loudly, "Your Highness must not take risks lightly." Master Fazheng. As soon as he finished speaking, King Qi's personal guards had already swarmed up to protect him. Li Xian smiled helplessly and looked up, only to see Long Tingfei leaning over to rescue the fallen sergeant. Turning over and sitting behind Long Tingfei, Long Tingfei was riding his horse away. When Li Xian looked at it, Long Tingfei seemed to be aware of it. Li Xian smiled again and said loudly: "Kill! Don't let one of the Northern Han army go." Long Tingfei had already rushed into the Yong army's formation. The originally chaotic Northern Han army automatically followed behind him, and the cone and arrow formation formed again. .

Li Xian knew that the guards around him would never allow him to fight again, so he had to concentrate on commanding the army to kill off the spirit and strength of the Northern Han army. When the two armies were at their peak, Yong army approached Xiying in the direction of Qinshui. The sudden scream of killing shook the sky, Li Xian's heart was shocked, his eyes looked at Long Tingfei, he just rushed into the battle, Li Xian had already noticed that although the flags behind Long Tingfei showed the whole army, but it seems that With only 20,000 to 30,000 people, Li Xian felt agitated in his heart and understood the true meaning of Long Tingfei's use of himself as a bait, but the main force in this direction was all within his own camp. People, I am afraid that the Northern Han army will break through successfully. A playful smile appeared on his lips, Li Xian said in his heart, Jing Chi was also a tiger general of Dayong. Without him, the Northern Han Army would not be able to break through so easily. Changsun Ji was not a vegetarian. When the front and back were encircled, the Northern Han Army had only one dead end. . What's more, Li Xian said in his heart, as long as you kill Long Tingfei, it doesn't matter if you run away tens of thousands of people. Thinking of this, Li Xian did not intend to reinforce Xiying, but continued to order Long Tingfei to besieged and destroyed. Behind the Northern Han army, Changsun Ji was already approaching with his army. This time, the Northern Han army made it clear that they would fight decisively, and there was no possibility that the Northern Han army would take the opportunity to break through from the rear, so Changsun Ji also began to show a dangerous edge.

Yong Jun's west camp, Jing Chi commanded the army to resist the original stronger attack of the Northern Han army. The nearly 60,000-70,000 Northern Han army had an advantage on the local battlefield. Jing Chi was completely defending the camp. He had already received the news and knew that Lin Bi and Long Tingfei are rushing to the Dongying and Zhongjun camps. As long as they can defend the camps, they will be able to get support when the other two battalions win. Dongying may be more difficult to escape, but King Qi has 60,000 cavalry. 20,000 infantry, should be able to win. The entire line of defense in the direction of the Ji clan, in addition to the 100,000 troops at the time of the encirclement, the King of Qi has concentrated all the retreating troops of the Zezhou camp here. The Northern Han army broke through successfully.

At this time, if you have a pair of eyes looking down at the sky, you can definitely see that the three-way breakout troops of the Northern Han Army are all in a hard fight. With their own army behind them, they exhausted all their fighting strength without any scruples, and blocked the Northern Han army. If there were no accidents, Long Tingfei's breakthrough plan would be in vain. However, what kind of person Long Tingfei is, if he doesn't have full confidence, how can he decide to break out of the encirclement? He has long thought that if it is not the battlefield where King Qi will definitely come to the battlefield where he breaks through, how can he decide to use his own body? As bait, from the beginning to the end, the main direction of his breakthrough was in Xiying, not only because it was close to Qinshui, so he could meet the navy to break through the encirclement, but also because the guard there was Jing Chi, and he was by Jing Chi's side. There is a demon disciple lurking.

Just when Jing Chi was concentrating on commanding, the panic-stricken voices of the guards suddenly heard in his ears. Jing Chi almost subconsciously dodged, his body shrank immediately, trying his best to reduce the range that he might be attacked. Still feeling the cold feeling of the sharp blade piercing into his body, the pain struck, Jing Chi widened his eyes, and saw that the person behind him who attacked him was Dai Keyo, a favored general who had been favored by him recently. With a faint smile, behind him, several horizontal knives stabbed into his body, and five or six horse spears pierced him, but nothing could stop him from stabbing a dagger into Jing Chi's ribs. Jing Chi's body began to shake, and when he was about to fall off his horse, several guards rushed over and hugged him. A bright look flashed in Dai Key's eyes, he used his last strength and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, Sect Master!" Then he slowly closed his eyes, and the fire of his life was quietly extinguished like this.

At this time, Xiao Tong, who was in the Northern Han army formation, turned his face slightly. Although Dai Yue's shouts could not reach his ears, the chaos of Dayong's army formation had already explained everything. Said: "Three deer generals, we can break through." The horns of the Northern Han army began to charge one after another, and the Yong army, who had suddenly lost the main general, became chaotic. The army swarmed out.

In the Yong army's formation, Jing Chi's guards carried him to a safe place. The military doctor was carried by several guards, undressing and armor, pulling out the dagger, applying medicine, and blood gushing out of the wound. The bandage soon penetrated, and the military doctor wanted to cry without tears: "This subordinate is incompetent, the general, the general's injury is afraid..." Just when everyone was disheartened, Jing Chi suddenly woke up, he said with all his strength. : "Under the neck, inside the lock." A guard immediately stretched out his hand and tore Jing Chi's collar open. It turned out that there was a golden lock hanging on Jing Chi's neck. When the guard opened the lock, there was a wax pill the size of a longan. , There is a line of small characters "Cold Garden Secret System" on the white wax coat as thin as mosquito's feet. The military doctor's eyes lit up, grabbed the wax pill, and gently crushed the white wax coat. A wisp of fragrance was refreshing, revealing a red pill that was as bright as fire. The military doctor stuffed it into Jing Chi's mouth, which was already cold. The pill melted in the mouth, and almost instantly, Jing Chi's body temperature began to warm up, and then the blood flow of the wound gradually decreased. After the military doctor applied several times the wound medicine, the wound stopped bleeding and Jing Chi's breathing began to tend to Stable, although he fell into a coma again, anyone could see that his life was saved.

One of the guards looked at the chaotic battlefield. Most of the Northern Han army had broken out. Only 6,000 or 7,000 people were blocked by the deputy generals who took over command. What to do?" Another guard said loudly: "Go and report the situation here to Your Highness, let's make a rope net first, and send General Jing to the Lord of Chu Xianghou, and the Lord Supervisor of the army has good medical skills, so that our general's injury does not change. "This personal guard has been with Jing Chi's confidant for many years, and his words are very reasonable, and everyone immediately acted separately, using a rope net between the four horses, and putting Jing Chi on it, so as not to be shaken and aggravated the injury. , The guards left the battlefield with Jing Chi.

The drastic changes in Xiying reached the ears of Li Xian and Long Tingfei at the same time, Long Tingfei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Masters, the main force of our army has broken through, now it's up to us, if we can't survive, I also need to bring a few burials, kill!" Following his order, the Northern Han army began to rush to kill unscrupulously. Li Xian's face was ashen, and he quickly sent the order: "Let the deputy general of Xiying temporarily take charge of military affairs, hunt down and intercept the main force of the Northern Han army, and immediately send a letter to General Changsun, let him go north with all his strength, and we must not let the Northern Han army return so easily. Qinyuan." Then Li Xian solemnly said: "This is the case, and there is no need to regret it. We will do our best to surround and destroy Long Tingfei. If there is another mistake, we will have no face to face." All the troops were also furious and rushed towards After defeating the enemy in front of him, Long Tingfei must not be allowed to break through. This became the only thought in the hearts of every Yongjun general.