Chapter 384: Defeat

Pinghu County.

The scorching sun was shining, and Lu Bo, who was under the banner of Zhao, was a little dizzy, and his brain was a little drowsy, so he snatched the water bladder on the back of his own soldier and threw himself on his face, finally sobering up.

"Do you see clearly?" Lu Bo shouted.

"I can't see clearly." The pro-soldier who was barely standing in the saddle jumped down, shook his head and said, "It's too dazzling, only a piece of black pressure can be seen." ”

Lu Bo's heart sank, he greeted, climbed into the saddle himself, straightened up and put his hands on the pergola to take a closer look, a large group of Japanese robbers three or four miles away were lining up, and there was no appearance of stragglers at all.

"It's not much, it's estimated to be three thousand." Lu Bo jumped down and said casually, his expression looked quite relaxed, but he was scolding his mother in his heart...... It was Ruan's wife who was scolded.

After receiving the official letter from the Governor's Palace, Lu Bo did not want to fight, and the official document made it very clear that he would stick to the city and not rush in, and Xu Hai, the leader of the Japanese Bandits, might attack Jiaxing Mansion.

But helplessly, Ruan He is the governor of Zhejiang...... Although the status of military generals has risen slightly because of the chaos in the southeast, in general, civilian officials are still high, and it is difficult for military generals to disobey.

Now, all four thousand soldiers have been lured out...... Lu Bo scolded a few swear words in a low voice, he is also a veteran of the battle formation, and at a glance, he knows that the Japanese on the opposite side are quite elite, and they will definitely discharge the correct formation.

However, Lu Bo didn't think he would lose, he felt that he could at least get out of the way...... Despite the backlight of the Japanese invaders, the officers and soldiers welcomed the sun.

In the past two years, Lu Bo traveled around the southeast, made a lot of gains, and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, and his young son Lu Bin was able to recruit troops in Yanzhou Mansion with Hu Ruzhen's letter, and Zongli died in battle at the beginning of the year, after Lu Bo and his son were stationed in Jiaxing, Jiaxing Mansion was rarely invaded by Japanese invaders.

But Xu Hai on the other side didn't see it that way, he went around in a big circle, and even did not hesitate to divide his troops to invade Shaoxing to contain the official army, and sent the Japanese to attack Chongming and Jiading in advance to lure away Yu Dayou, just to be able to break Lu Bo's main force in one fell swoop.

"The right time, the right place and the right ......" Xu Hai played with the horsewhip and smiled: "It's all here!" ”

Yesterday morning, hundreds of Japanese invaders landed from Haiyan, and Lu Bo led 4,000 troops to suppress them, but the Japanese invaders fled northward, and Xu Hai led 3,000 Japanese to land from Pinghu County, and appeared in front of Lu Bo in the open.

came prepared but did not sneak attack, chose to occupy the geographical advantage against the light, Xu Hai's battle was bound to win.

There was a horn sounding, and the old troops left by Zongli under Lu Bo were all border troops brought by Zongli from the north, and the desolate horn sounded in the southeast, and the front of the official army was full of shields in the front, and behind them were archers, sword and shield soldiers, and spearmen were arranged in turn.

The Japanese were still the same, and the front formation was full of strong men with long knives, running back and forth seventy or eighty paces away from the front of the official army formation, insulting them, and throwing a few javelins from time to time.

Every successful general has his own unique secret, for example, among the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da is an all-rounder, often good at falling into battle in spring, and Li Wenzhong is good at rushing attacks, all of which have their own characteristics.

Lu Bo is characterized by stability, being decent and not making mistakes, controlling the rhythm of operations very well, and giving just the right order every time.

Xu Hai is different, cunning and wise, and because he is a wild man, he is bold and daring to take risks, and he often has sudden actions that make people feel at a loss.

Someone in the large array of Japanese soldiers in the back roared a few times, and the Japanese in front of the formation began to raise their knives to attack, ho ho shouted and rushed forward, low body to try to dodge the long arrows shot by the archers behind the official shields, regardless of life and death crashed into the shield, once there was a gap, they rushed in and slashed and killed.

Lu Bo, who was riding on a horse behind, shook his head, although the front was shaken, but it quickly stabilized, and the sword and shield men who rushed up filled the gap, and the spearmen surrounded and rushed in to stab the pirates.

Although Xu Hai's reputation has been quite loud over the years, and the two invasions of the southeast have caused an uproar, there are almost no serious battles with the official army, defeating Yu Dayou and Ren Huan are ambushes, and the only dignified and upright opponent is in Wang Jiangjing, and only thousands of descendants escaped.

Lu Bo was a little surprised in his heart, why did Xu Hai lead the Japanese to fight against him today...... But judging from the engagement, the Japanese did not have the upper hand.

"My lord, here we go again."

The soldiers on the side reminded Lu Bo to squint and take a closer look, and another group of two or three hundred people pounced on them, without armor, holding long knives, and even shirtless.

"There's no hurry." Lu Bo shook his head again, "The front battle can withstand it, and the Chinese army will rest for the time being." ”

An army of 4,000 people rarely enters the battle at the same time, and each part needs to be used in different places, some to defend and some to attack, Lu Bo knows this well, and accurately controls the rhythm, so that the 1,000 people of the Chinese army remain tense but not tense.

But Xu Hai's next choice surprised Lu Bo.

The second group of Japanese pirates has not yet engaged the official army, the third group of Japanese pirates has already raised their knives and rushed out of the array, the fourth group of Japanese pirates, and the fifth group of Japanese pirates followed.

Unlike Lu's precise control of the tempo, Xu Hai pressed all the chips from the first wave of attacks.

When the two armies face each other, generally speaking, there will be small fights back and forth as a temptation, and the attack intensity will be slowly increased back and forth.

But Xu Hai went against the norm, and at the beginning of the battle, he unexpectedly launched the most fierce offensive, without temptation, without a backhand, and ranked the most deterrent and combative Zhenwei in his hands in the second sequence.

The hideous faces, the strange buns, and the incomprehensible roars had made the front of the officers and soldiers loosen slightly, and with a bang, the three hundred true wreaks were inserted into the array of the officers and soldiers like sharp blades, and a large piece of shield was pushed to the ground, and the archers behind dropped their bows and arrows and ran away.

The sword and shield men and spearmen who had made up for it were about to rush forward to maintain the formation, but the third, fourth, and fifth waves of pirates who followed up swarmed in, blood splashed in the air, and the screams were incessant, and several heads were vigorously thrown by the pirates and smashed into the spear array.

Lu Bo's face turned pale, calling him left and right, and he wanted to lead the Chinese army forward, but the front had collapsed, and the officers and soldiers who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor were driven back by the Japanese robbers, and Xu Hai's unexpected tactics played a good show of inverted bead curtains.

There was a big chaos, and the formation that Lu Bo put out, and the rhythm of control became a weakness, failing to fill the gap in the first time, failing to withstand the first wave of the Japanese invaders, and the strongest wave of offensives, and the battle situation was irretrievable.

Under the leadership of Xu Hai, the three thousand Japanese invaders broke through the front and took the Chinese army directly, although the officers and soldiers had the advantage of strength, but only the Chinese army and the thousand people who could engage the Japanese invaders, and the formation had been thrown into a mess by the deserters who had fled back.

Xu Hai, who was riding on a horse, waved a long knife in his hand, shouted loudly, and the three hundred true widows rushed straight towards Lu Bo and his own soldiers, who were also riding on the horse...... There are few horses in the southeastern officers and soldiers, and the ones on the horses must be generals.

The left and right sides of the large array of officers and troops did not engage the Japanese pirates, and the guerrilla generals who led the army did not think of escaping, but were trying to attack the Japanese from the side, but the Chinese army had completely mixed up with the Japanese pirates, and in the hand-to-hand combat, the officers and men could not resist the crazy Japanese pirates who were not afraid of death.

Lu Bo, who is over forty years old, has abandoned his horse and fought on foot, holding a spear and stabbing three Japanese in a row, his faintly gray hair bun is a little crooked, stained with a trace of blood, and the soldiers around him are shouting and fighting, not afraid of death...... But he was powerless to return to the sky, and under the command of Xu Hai, nearly a thousand Japanese robbers surrounded Lu Bo and attacked wildly.

Not long after, with the shining sword light, the fluttering flag fell to the ground, and the officers and troops completely collapsed, not only the Chinese army, but the officers and soldiers on the left and right sides scrambled to flee in all directions, Lu Bo was fished out by his own soldiers at the risk of death, and fled to death on horseback.

In just over half an hour, the 4,000-strong army fell apart, Xu Hai's adventure succeeded again, and Jiaxing Mansion would suffer the bad luck of two years ago.

Glancing at the banner embroidered with the word Lu on the ground, Xu Hai smiled and put the long knife back into the sheath, and shouted: "Let the wind go, Jiaxing, Songjiang, Suzhou...... It's all in the mouth, so let those who are waiting to take advantage of it hurry! ”

"Now, follow me and kill them all!"

The unorganized officers and soldiers were no longer able to resist, and the Japanese robbers all over the mountains calmly used knives and spears to kill officers and soldiers who did not dare to look back from behind.

Behind the smug Xu Hai, Tan Wei's hands were trembling, and he was wondering, why......