Under the approach of heavy torches, the buffalo herd really turned around and ran in the direction of the city gate, and Sun Fen, who was standing in front, was afraid that the enemy would release arrows or drop rolling stones, so he ordered the Qi army not to get too close to the city tower. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Qi army stood in place and threw the torches into the buffalo herd with all their might, and the torches fell like meteors, cutting off the back road of the buffalo herd, and the buffaloes could not but go forward, and when they arrived at the city gate, they competed with their heads to reach the door, making a deafening clang.

Seeing this scene, the Yiguo guard on the city tower wanted to open the door and let the buffalo in, but someone next to him said: "General, if you open the door at this time, what if the Qi army takes advantage of the chaos to follow up?" ”

However, so many buffaloes gathered at the city gate to knock on the door, it is difficult to ensure that the city gate will not be damaged after a while, and it will not be more convenient for the Qi army to attack the city at that time?

Thinking of this, he ordered the archers to step forward and release arrows intensively at the city, so that the Qi army could not move forward, and took advantage of this gap to release the buffalo into the city.

Sun Fen and Fang Taiyan saw the rain of arrows falling like a waterfall on Chongxi City, and urgently ordered the team to retreat.

The Yiguo soldiers opened the city gate and put in the herd of buffalo. Because the impact of the buffalo army did not achieve the expected effect, the Yiguo defender saw that the loss of the Qi army was not large, and estimated that the chances of winning were not high when he went out of the city at this time, so he closed the city gate tightly and strictly guarded it.

There are few hills in the west of Chongxi City, and the terrain is relatively gentle, and the cavalry of the Lu State is lined up here.

Lu is the first silk production area in southern Xinjiang, and the country is strong, and it is willing to add equipment to the army. The war horses and armor of the Lu country are all bought from the Western Regions, and they are naturally higher than the surrounding countries.

Before this battle, Lu Guo analyzed the strength of Qi State in a down-to-earth manner, and they knew that due to the long journey, coupled with the large number of mountains and lakes in the south, Qi did not bring a proud cavalry team for the convenience of marching, and the army was mainly composed of infantry.

Therefore, South Korea wants to use cavalry to fight, thinking that cavalry always has an advantage over infantry, and if it defeats Qi State, which claims to be the first cavalry in the world, with cavalry, wouldn't it be famous in a war?

But they thought about it one step less, since Qi was good at cavalry, there must be a way to break the cavalry.

This is the Mo Dao Formation.

Mo knife, about one zhang long, only on both sides of the blade body accounted for more than half, because the knife body is narrow and long, not only requires thin and sharp, but also tough and not easy to break, the steel smelting technology requirements are very high, so only the Qi army has the ability to equip the infantry with weapons like Mo knife.

Zhao Yuan led the Qi army to the front of the Lu State queue, and pointed at the enemy camp with the Xuantie Mo knife in his hand and said, "Wait until you come out and die!" ”

The South Korean coach didn't expect Zhao Yuan to personally lead the troops to call the battle, and only came with a team of infantry with fewer people than his own team, it seems that he is relying on his years of battlefield experience to underestimate our South Korea.

He thought for a while: "This is also a rare opportunity, today our cavalry is strong and strong, and the number is overwhelming, but without weapons, so many cavalry rushed over, and they stepped on it!" ”

Thinking of this, the South Korean commander immediately made a decision and led the cavalry to rush over.

Zhao Yuan saw the enemy move, the Xuantie Mo knife in his hand waved horizontally, and the infantry around him lined up in three square formations side by side at a very fast speed, and raised the Mo knife on his back to his chest, and placed it at a 30-degree angle to his body.

At this time, Zhao Yuan's Xuantie Mo Dao was a little ahead, and the three Mo Dao phalanx advanced in unison.

The South Korean commander was really impatient when he saw that the infantry of Qi dared to face the cavalry. He seemed to see the scene of Emperor Xiaoya in his hand, and he felt that his blood was surging, and he rode his horse faster......

The moment the two teams met, an incredible scene appeared, the infantry phalanx of Qi did not appear scattered as expected, but the Korean cavalry, as if they hit a thick wall in front of the Modao array, not only could not pass, but also fell off their horses one after another.

It turned out that when this Mo knife array launched a charge, the first action was a downward split, after the first row was split, the second row came again, and the second action was a sweep, which was the same step.

It's like a precision instrument, with gears running, tightly fitted, and uniform. Such three Modao formations with sharp blades advancing like thick walls were fatal to the cavalry coming from front, and under the strangulation of the Qi army, the Korean cavalry would be shattered as soon as they approached.

Although Zhao Yuan's side did not suffer losses, the generals of Qi would never let him face the enemy alone. Sun Fen and Fang Taiyan saw that the gate of Yiguo was closed, and there would be no soldiers out of the city for a while and a half, so they immediately sent horses to lead the army to support Zhao Yuan.

After a scuffle, the encirclement front of the four countries was rushed to pieces, and the Qi army seemed to have the upper hand. But Zhao Yuan knew that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, if after dark, the swamp area was impassable, and the Qi army would be trapped outside Chongxi City, which would be extremely dangerous.

So he ordered to fight and retreat, and let the two young generals, Shen Zhao and Zuo Qingchen, lead the team across the swamp first.

Seeing that the Qi army wanted to escape, the Four-Nation Front, which had already suppressed its sharpness, began to assemble again, wanting to launch another attack. Fuyue, who was in the big camp, stood on a high place and was very clear about the battle situation. He saw that the Qi army was trying to retreat, and the enemy wanted to chase and kill from behind, and the two camps were clearly divided, so he urgently ordered the two thousand Qi troops to pull away from the sky and shoot as far as possible to intercept the enemy's pursuers.

The power of the drill was huge, and the arrows of more than two feet were wrapped in the whirring wind and fell from the sky, and the armies of the four countries had never seen this formation, and they did not dare to advance for a while, giving the Qi army time to breathe.

Zhao Yuan saw that the opportunity was rare, and immediately arranged for the troops to withdraw outside the swamp in order, and Sun Fen and Fang Taiyan immediately stood at the end of the Qi army's troops to strictly prevent the pursuit of the troops of the four countries.

Finally, before dark, all the Qi troops withdrew outside the swamp, and Zhao Yuan roughly counted that more than 10,000 people were lost in this battle.

Although the Qi army was able to get out in the end, it was only a draw, and the joint operation of the four countries was a situation that had never been encountered since Pingnan for the Qi State, and Zhao Yuan did not come up with a countermeasure for a while, so he could only let the team retreat to the border of the country.

During the retreat, there were constant reports of battle. There has been no news about the grain and grass in Luoyang, Cheng Xin personally went to the Ministry of Industry to supervise the grain and grass matters, but there was no progress, it seems that Taifu is determined to use this to cause Zhao Yuan to die.

Zhao Yuan naturally would not sit still, he had already released a few days ago to investigate around, planning to buy grain and grass directly from Shu. However, although the Shu State is located in a biased location and has few contacts with the Central Plains countries, it also knows that the Battle of Pingnan is of great importance to the invincible Great Qi State and the three pillar states with deep city governments, so the grain is not sold, and the market price is raised.

Of course, Zhao Yuan is not stupid, he will not let Shu Guokeng in vain, he has ordered the officers and soldiers of Baicheng to quickly transport the grain and grass in the city to the front line.

But to his surprise, there was news from Baicheng: "Due to the rain for several days, the Wan'an flash flood in Baicheng to defend the country washed away the road, and the grain truck could not pass through it at all. Now the soldiers of Baicheng are rushing to repair the mountain road day and night. ”

This made the already grim battle situation even worse, and Zhao Yuan, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, suppressed the news and did not notify others. He calculated in his heart that without the grain and grass in Baicheng, the army could support at most fifteen days on the border of the Patriotic State, and if there was no food and grass replenishment after fifteen days, hundreds of thousands of Qi troops could only go home, and the battle of Pingnan would be abandoned halfway.

Returning to Luoyang, because of the defeat in the war, Taifu will definitely have this opportunity to question the civil and military officials who participated in this battle, and then weaken Zhao Yuan's power, and take the opportunity to install his own people in the vacant official positions, and the situation between the DPRK and China will be more complicated and difficult to control than now......

Since ascending the throne, Zhao Yuan encountered such a thorny problem for the first time, he has always been accustomed to controlling key factors and guiding the trend, but this time most of the decision-making power is not in his own hands, he can only be in a position of being guided, which makes him extremely angry, but he can't show it in front of the generals, which makes him feel burned inside.