Chapter 192: Confrontation

As soon as the two sides met, they set up a formation, and there was no such thing as a vanguard taking the lead, it was a tragic battle.

The two sides fought from afternoon to evening, and the entire battlefield was full of dead and wounded, and nearly 20,000 people were left on this land forever.

In the evening, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and neither side took advantage of anything.

As Liu Han said, although the Chu army was newly defeated, its morale was available, and the soldiers of the Chu army were high in the first battle during the day, and there was no intention of defeat, which made Han Ming have a bottom in his heart.

It was night, the stars were bright, and nothing happened.

Early in the morning of the second day, Han Ming and Zhou Cheng raised their troops to confront each other, and the two armies opened a long formation on the vast field, and the outline of the military formation could not be seen as far as the eye could see.

After a brief morale boost, the soldiers of both armies began to charge.

Han Ming looked at the soldiers of the two armies fighting together on the battlefield, and said with some regret: "It's a pity that Mad Qi is not here, otherwise, with him alone, he can be worth the power of a thousand people." ”

"It's a pity that the mad general isn't here. Liao Song responded to the Tao on the side, he had fought side by side with Madness, so he could naturally understand Han Ming's mood.

Han Ming was very sorry for the absence of the madness, and with his strength, he would definitely be able to shine on this battlefield.

Just as Han Ming sighed, Liu Han hurried from behind.

"General, everything has been arranged and can be moved. ”

Hearing Liu Han's words, Han Ming's eyes lit up, and he said in high spirits: "Okay! Pass my order, Mingjin will collect the troops, and the winged cavalry will feint to attack." ”

As soon as the order was given, many cavalry rushed out from both sides of the Chu army's formation, and they roared towards both ends of the battlefield, covering the retreating Chu army.

Zhou Cheng saw the action of the Chu army, and knew that the other party wanted to renovate and fight again, so he did not order the pursuit, and also Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Just after the soldiers of the two armies returned to their own military formations, more than a dozen strange-looking catapults were suddenly launched from the front of the Chu army.

Zhou Cheng saw the movement in front of the Chu army, and he had a premonition that something was wrong.

Sure enough, before Zhou could react, more than a dozen Vulcan catapults had already pulled their latches.

Then, a "swish" sounded, and the Vulcan catapult instantly launched dozens of fireballs.

The flames covered the sky above the army formation, and suddenly, there was a sea of fire in front of the army, and the soldiers who were burned by the fire rolled and wailed on the ground, some had become a fire man, and were burned to char on the position full of fire oil, and some people were stained with a little fire oil, but they could not get rid of it, and in the scattering and running, those fragments of sparks pounced on the other soldiers.

The entire battlefield was like a purgatory, immobile in the face of this pile of flames.

Zhou Cheng was already furious, he never imagined that Han Ming would attack at this time. However, he also quickly came to his senses, organized the soldiers to lead the soldiers around the line of fire, divided the army into two sections, surrounded from the flanks, and cut straight into Han Mingzhong's army.

Seeing that Zhou was dividing his troops, and the two army troops were coming straight towards the Chinese army, the corners of Han Ming's mouth unconsciously raised.

"That's what I want. Come on, act!"

As soon as the words fell, a sharp chirp sounded, and a white sun firework suddenly appeared from within Han Ming's position, heading straight towards Xiao Han.

Immediately afterward, bursts of thunder began to sound from the left flank of the army.

When he saw the firelight, Zhou Cheng realized that something was wrong, and suddenly heard a sudden roar from the ground on his left, his face changed, and he was about to give the order to retreat, but the black line in the distance began to slowly become clear.

The heavy cavalry of the cavalry battalion led by Hu Bugui made a move.

The cavalry charge seemed far away, but when it was actually launched, the speed began to show itself visibly to the naked eye.

In order to cross the line of fire, the army split the original line in two, and the line of defense originally used to defend against the flanks also disappeared in the process of changing formations.

It was at this moment that the soldiers on the left flank suddenly saw a group of black cavalry coming straight towards them, losing the protection of the flanks, and the soldiers on the left flank were vulnerable in front of the cavalry of this group of cavalry battalions.

The order to withdraw troops had not yet been issued, and a rout had already begun to appear in many parts of the left flank.

However, this did not make Zhou Cheng panic, he had encountered situations that were more difficult than now, and he was not defeated at that time, not to mention the current situation.

However, because there was no general available by his side, he had to personally lead the overseer team to stabilize the situation in the rear of the left flank.

Although Hu Bugui's cavalry had a great impact on the morale of the soldiers on the left flank, the left flank was not yet in a situation of complete rout.

Now, Zhou Cheng can only hope that the soldiers on the right flank can break through the middle of the Chu army, so that the decline of the left flank can be restored.

However, the reality is always the opposite.

"Report, Marshal, a mysterious unit suddenly appeared on the right flank. ”

"Marshal, the right wing is about to run out. ”

"Tell the marshal that the right flank line has been defeated. ”

"Report the marshal's ......"

Before the soldier could finish speaking, Zhou Cheng had already grabbed him and asked sharply, "What's the matter with the right wing?" ”

"Yuan ...... Marshal, there was a unit dressed in black on the right flank, with the banner 'Zhi Wai' written on it, and this group of people was almost like they were dying, and the brothers on the right flank could not stop it at all. ”

"Zhiai, what kind of army is this? Why have you never heard of it? Zhou Quan's face was full of doubts, he didn't understand why the Chu army always had so many strange troops, and they were extremely violent.

A series of battle reports came from afar, and Zhou Cheng had already smelled a bad feeling, and now the left wing had not yet stabilized, but the right wing had been defeated, and if he continued to resist stubbornly, he was afraid that he would be attacked from both sides, and the entire battlefield would fall into a complete rout.

Just as Zhou Cheng was about to sacrifice some of his soldiers in exchange for the retreat of the large army, an even greater bad news came from the rear.

"Marshal, a large number of cavalry of the Chu army suddenly appeared in the rear of the camp, led by a man holding a spear, dressed in white clothes and white armor, the generals were invincible, and asked the marshal to retreat quickly. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng's face changed for the first time, "Bai Ma Wei, when did they go to the back?"

It's just that no one can give him an answer to this doubt, everyone looks at each other, and they can't figure out how Feng Yu's white horse guard was strung to the back.

The strength of Bai Mawei was learned by Zhou Cheng when he had not crossed the river before, and now he knew that the base camp was ended, and there was no hope of going back.

In peacetime, Zhou Cheng can also be broken into parts, so that the generals under him can lead their troops to break through.

But at this moment, he looked at the group of mediocre generals in front of him, but he didn't know what to do.

"Marshal, let's withdraw!" said a general, suddenly.

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng was so angry that he hammered his chest, and the entire army of 60,000 was going to fold on this plain today. Blame him for being unavailable! Blame him for being shallow and incompetent!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Cheng couldn't hold back anymore, he was angry, and a wave of anger rushed straight to his head, his eyes were dark, and the whole person fell under the horse.

"Marshal! Marshal!" Seeing that Zhou Cheng was about to fall off the horse, everyone exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly helped Zhou Cheng steady.

At the same time, the general beside Zhou Cheng hurriedly shouted: "Quick, order the troops to retreat and retreat to Pingguan ......"

The soldiers who were fighting to the death on the front line suddenly heard the order to retreat from the rear, and they did not react for a while, and many soldiers were killed by the soldiers of the Chu army in astonishment.

For a time, the defeated army retreated like a tide.

Of course, Han Ming would not let go of this good opportunity, and ordered Liu Zhixian and Liu Han to lead the troops to bite tightly, and be sure to leave all the 60,000 Chu troops behind.

It's a pursuit battle again, Liu Han seems to be born to fight a pursuit battle, and he has learned all the things he has learned from this back and forth.

Under the guidance of Liu Han's rich experience in pursuit warfare, the Chu army rushed three times in one step, and the two groups of teams took turns to chase and kill, which not only made the spirit of the army tense at any time, but also slowed down the pressure of the Chu army, so that it would not be exhausted.

This is simply a kind of torture, often when the soldiers of the Li army see that there is no one chasing after them on the way to escape, and they are just about to stop and rest, the shouts of the Chu army follow one after another.

As a last resort, the fleeing soldiers of the Li Army took heavy steps and hurried towards the Pingguan Road.

In the course of this pursuit, nearly 30,000 Li soldiers died of exhaustion on the way to escape.

Some soldiers couldn't run, so they lay on the ground and accepted their fate, and were wiped on the neck by the Chu army who caught up behind.

Originally, these soldiers of the army had already surrendered, but the killing of prisoners has always been an ominous sign, but helplessly, it was the Zhiwai army that ran at the forefront of the Chu army.

The hatred of the soldiers of the Zhiwai Army for the soldiers of the country is deep in the bone marrow, especially on the battlefield. In front of them, there is only a situation where you are dead or I am alive, and they never care whether you are surrendering or not.

As a result, almost none of those who lay on the ground and accepted their fate survived.

In fact, this is also the unspoken rule that Han Ming acquiesces, it's not that he wants to kill people, it's just that the reality is very helpless, there is not much grain and grass in Shanxi County, and the Chu army has been stretched thin in the past few days, and the land of Shangrao is barren, and the land of the three counties is at the beginning, so it is temporarily impossible to effectively supply a large amount of grain and grass.

If he accepted these tens of thousands of prisoners of war, what to eat would become the biggest problem in front of Han Ming.

Moreover, if the number exceeds that of the Chu army, it will be quite troublesome to manage, so Han Ming specially put the Zhiwai army in front, that is, he acquiesced in the matter of killing and surrendering.

Liu Han naturally understood Han Ming's arrangement, he was not an indecisive person, and he also understood that Han Ming could make such a move, and thoroughly implemented it, making up for the missing supplies of the soldiers of the Zhiwai Army.

As for Liu Zhixian, he is also a commander, and he also knows what the result will be if it is a large-scale surrender, but he is still more humane, and he can't bear to raise the butcher's knife to those who have already laid down their weapons.

Therefore, when Liu Zhixian led his troops to chase and kill, he left behind those soldiers who had already laid down their arms and surrendered, and did not poison them.

This may also be the reason why Han Ming asked Liu Zhixian and Liu Han to hunt down and kill Li Jun together, after all, Han Ming is also a human person, he is also a little resistant to this kind of killing and surrendering behavior, let Liu Zhixian follow, maybe just want to borrow his hand to make himself feel better.

In fact, what Han Ming didn't know was that at this time, his state of mind had changed a lot. From a young boy who used to be disgusted for a long time when he killed someone, he has become a butcher and demon who can't blink an eye with tens of thousands of floating corpses.

Under the rules of this world, human life is no longer as precious in his eyes as it was at the beginning, but the key is that he himself still doesn't know it.

And this just laid a hidden danger for him to make a big mistake in the future.

Speaking of the war, after this battle, the legendary god of war Zhou Cheng has been defeated, and the next step should be to take the Pingguan of Liguo, and directly call the Tiandu City of Liguo, so that the Emperor of Liguo can also experience the fright that Kuang Yue once received.