"Report! Marquis Longping (Zhang Xin) defeated the rebels on the left flank of Hongmu Mountain, and attacked from the south of Hongmu Mountain according to the military order! A knight galloped with a banner in his hand.

The knight stepped forward and continued: "The rebels of Hongmu Mountain were defeated, except for some of the defeated soldiers who fled to the mountains and forests of Hongmu Mountain, and the rest rushed into the southern manor to resist stubbornly. Marquis Longping has divided his troops to attack in order to exterminate the remnants of the rebel army Hongmu Mountain. ”

The generals immediately praised Xu Huizu. Xu Huizu, who was extremely burly, sat on horseback, but looked very calm, and he looked back left and right: "The breakthrough of the left wing is just expected. The rebels have so many people, how many people can be mobilized on the side of Hongmu Mountain? ”

Xu Huizu's words and faint expression made the generals a little more confident.

"Play the drum and trumpet! Orders were given to all the divisions, and the large array moved forward a mile and marched within the range of the artillery. Xu Huizu ordered categorically.

"Order!" The soldiers around him received the order flag, patted the horse and left.

The large array of officers and troops is arranged with asymmetrical wings and resembles a glaive formation, but it is not a regular glaive array. Xu Huizu is not confined to the book of war, he arranged it like this, and he deployed it after inspecting the terrain and battle strategies.

After the great array advanced for another mile, there were two lakes and ponds and a wharf village and town on the right flank near the river; Obviously, the right flank is not conducive to the detour and formation of the army. Therefore, the officers and troops deployed a very thick force on the left flank. At the same time, with the 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry of the Marquis of Longping, the enemy's right flank (east) flank attacked; The enemy's right flank formation will be attacked from both sides by the officers and troops, and the pressure will be several times heavier!

The left flank and front of the officers and troops resembling the Glaive Formation are arc-shaped, so that it is convenient for all units to take turns to attack the enemy formation! This is the offensive formation commonly used by Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, in which all sides have a single type of troops, and each branch takes turns to attack; This was very different from the tactics that the Ming army often mixed up.

Xu Huizu held his head high on horseback and slowly marched south with all the units of the Chinese army.

In the misty white mist, the faint sunlight penetrated through the eastern sky and sprinkled on the earth, and the atmosphere on the huge battlefield was very special.

It is not quiet, the sound of guns and cannons, and the noise of people and horses on the side of Hongmu Mountain on the left wing can be faintly heard; The sound of footsteps and drums and trumpets in the vicinity also filled the air, mixed with the neighing of horses and the loud shouts of generals from time to time.

However, it is not a hustle and bustle. Among the various sounds, there is a certain sense of tranquility on the plains! Probably there were no guns, cannons, strings and shouts, and the fighting and fighting had not happened at all, so the battlefield seemed a little peaceful and peaceful.

Xu Huizu led a group of civil and military officers to ride horses and slowly walked forward. With the sound of tinkling metal, everyone stopped talking.

At this moment, the undispersed white mist fluttered elegantly and soothingly in the air, and Xu Huizu seemed to be passing through some kind of magical mental journey; When he looked back at the red sun, he had the illusion that he had suddenly seen the light at the entrance of the cave in the dark cave.

The light of that moment was the victory he was looking forward to! The ecstasy of seeing the light after walking through the endless darkness!

In the process of walking silently through the fog together with the surrounding civil and military officials, Xu Huizu felt unprecedented tranquility.

At this time, he couldn't help but ask himself, his mind was indeed very strange...... He knew that the finale of the "Battle of Pinghan" was almost a failure, but he was obsessed with that kind of empty glory! Although it has little impact on the overall situation, it is a brilliant victory that can prove itself; It is a battle to turn the tide when the building is about to collapse.

The light of his late father, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, is too dazzling, that is, a god of war who shines on the world for thousands of generations during the critical period of restoring the clothes of the Han people. Xu Huizu wants the world to see that he can still shine a little bit of courage under the bright sun......

Xu Huizu patted his horse and came to the gap between the front formations, and observed with his own eyes the enemy's large formation with less than 200 steps left.

Although the fog has not completely dissipated under the sun, the fog has disappeared and the white vapor has become much thinner. The enemy's large array has vaguely appeared in sight, and the scouts have also found out the general military situation before, and the officers and generals have figured out the formation of the rebels.

Xu Huizu observed for a while and said with a smile: "My nephew, I don't like to read since I was a child, I only know deceit, this dignified array is too funny!" ”

A Jing Nan Xun Gui beside him also echoed: "The traitor king has fought a lot of battles, and he may be very brave and good at fighting, but the military array really does not dare to compliment. The rebels had a small number of troops in this battle, and such a square and long formation, the horizontal plane was too wide, and the troops were evenly deployed, which was not conducive to timely reinforcements; No matter where we attack from, the rebels are at a disadvantage. ”

Xu Huizu looked at it for a while, because Gao Xu's battle record was there, and Xu Huizu did not despise it, he quickly understood Gao Xu's battle strategy intentions, and said: "Gao Xu cares too much about the integrity of the front. But here he is motionless, passively defensive, and too rigid to a complete front. ”

After Xungui understood, he hugged his fists and said: "The Duke of Wei is the elder of the traitorous king, and the traitor uses soldiers, and you have to teach him." ”

Xu Huizu's confidence in winning immediately increased to eighty or ninety! He said: "Let's gather the left flank and form a thick formation here, attack with heavy troops, and then cooperate with the Longping Marquis army to attack on the side, Gao Xu's long array of troops is suffering a big loss, how to win?" ”

Xu Huizu immediately turned his head and said, "Order the generals in the front formation, prepare to attack!" Each unit takes turns to storm the enemy's line from near and far, breaking its line! ”

"Order!"

Xu Huizu gave the order, pointed ahead with a horsewhip, looked back left and right, and said: "The key to this enemy formation, the key is to break his line!" When the various units of the two armies rush together and intersperse with each other, our superiority in strength can be brought into play! ”

"Wei Guogong is wise!" The generals chimed in.

Unexpectedly, a voice suddenly shouted: "Wei Guogong beware! You can't do it! ”

Who shouted that in public? Shake the hearts of the military! When Xu Huizu heard this, he became angry and suddenly became murderous. When he looked back, he saw Xue Lu, the Marquis of Yangwu, and Tan Zhong, the new Ningbo, galloping on horseback.

Xu Huizu frowned and looked at them with great displeasure.

When the second horse approached, Xu Hui's ancestor asked, "Aren't you in Huguang?" ”

Tan Zhong said: "The last general waited for the edict to return to Beijing, and only arrived in Beijing yesterday, and I heard that Wei Guogong had led the official army to meet the battle. In the early hours of this morning, General Xue suddenly went to the last general to discuss matters, worried that Wei Guogong would suffer a loss; Before dawn today, we found the people from the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division, got the letter to go out of the city, and then hurried to Taipingzhou! The last general waited to see that Wei Guogong's large array was so dense, and he was sure to suffer! ”

Xue Lu clenched his fists and said hurriedly: "Wei Guogong, you have to immediately abandon the front formation and tell the rear formation to withdraw from the cannon range!" The front formation immediately changed to a sparse formation and formed a defensive formation, and it was as much as it could be kept! ”

Xu Huizu laughed dumbly when he heard this. When he heard Xue Lu's words, he immediately glanced at Xue Lu like an idiot. The two armies were less than 200 paces apart, and the officers and troops lined up in an offensive formation, and countless camps changed formations in front of the formation, and even had to retreat from the formation...... Is this what a military general who has fought in a war can say? I'm afraid that the enemy army won't be able to win and deliberately mess with itself!

Xue Lu and Tan Zhong looked at each other, and Xue Lu spoke: "We have written a chapter to state the battle situation of the Huguang Array, and suggested that the officials and soldiers of the imperial court should avoid field battles. Didn't Wei Guogong see the concerto? ”

Of course, Xu Huizu didn't see it, before he took over Shuaiyin, he had been "recuperating" at home. But a noble next to him said: "The last general has heard of such a piece of music on the Marquis of Yangwu." ”

Xu Huizu shook his head and said in his heart: Have you Xue Lu won once in the "Counterinsurgency Battle"? Run to the front of the battle to teach me a lesson?

However, he didn't want to say these words, so he spoke: "Yangwu Hou, I think your suggestion is too joking, and you must be serious when you speak in such a place before the battle in the future!" This time I will not cure your sin. ”

"Look! There! Tan Zhong suddenly shouted.

Xue Lu followed the direction Tan Zhong pointed out and took a look at the low and gentle hillside behind a small pond. Xue Lu also nodded and said, "Yes, the kind of cannon that betrays the king should be on that hillside!" ”

Xue Lu looked back at the large array of officials and soldiers, and said with a sad expression: "The location of that artillery array...... The most dense main force of our officers and troops is all covered by enemy artillery, and I am afraid that the main force will collapse......"

"Shut up!" Xu Huizu finally couldn't hold back his anger and shouted, "Xue Lu! Do you understand the battle formation? My Xu family has fought so many battles and has more experience than you, how can you lose such a match? ”

Xue Lu said in a trembling voice: "Wei Guogong, you must believe in the last general!" The princes of the DPRK and China do not understand, but we have experienced it and seen it with our own eyes...... That thing, it had never appeared before, it was a new thing, and the previous experience in the battle formation was useless. ”

Xu Huizu shook his head.

Xue Lu dismounted, knelt in front of Xu Huizu, and choked up: "The last general is loyal to the imperial court and killed Qu Neng's entire family in Sichuan. That Qu Neng is the confidant of the King of Han, once all the officials and troops are defeated, my fate will be too miserable...... I beg you, this is the last elite of the imperial court, and it must not be buried so easily! ”

Xu Huizu saw Xue Lu pleading with a handful of snot and tears, and he also felt that Xue Lu was not a joke. Xu Huizu followed the direction pointed by Tan Zhong just now and watched for a while, the fog was hazy, and he couldn't see the things on the hillside clearly; But something that looked like artillery could be faintly seen, and it should indeed be an artillery array.

Xu Huizu pondered for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "The battle formation has its own rules. I have been fighting in China for thousands of years, and the weapons and tactics have changed dramatically, but everything has changed, and there are always some things that will not change! In this battle, our officers and troops have a great chance of winning, and retreating from the battle, no matter when and where they are in the battle array, it is the most wrong mistake! ”

He paused, and said with a resolute expression: "My faith, tenacity, and never waver!" ”

At this time, the official army was in the front, and according to Xu Huizu's Chinese military order, they had already begun to continue to launch an offensive. Xue Lu looked at the movement in front of the battle formation with a desperate expression.