Chapter 119: At Stake
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The leader was shouting by the neck, and suddenly there was a whizzing sound of breaking wind in the woods, and before the people could figure out what was going on, they heard a poof, and a crossbow arrow flew from the depths of the woods, and it was nailed to the leader's neck with such force that the arrow was in his neck
The other side of the neck sticks out.
The leader's mouth was wide open, his body shook twice on his horse, and then he fell headlong.
The scene was silent for a moment, and then it was as if it had exploded, and the people around looked at the corpse of the leader lying on the ground, and screamed: "Enemy! There's an enemy in the woodsβ"
At the same time as they shouted, they heard the sound of the trees on both sides snapping, which was the sound of the ballista ejecting.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh β
In an instant, countless crossbow arrows flew out of the woods and into the crowd, and the sound of arrows piercing the flesh of the human body and the heart-rending screams of people after being hit by the arrows came and went, and it was impossible to tell the number.
Chen Mu hurriedly drew his saber and used all his strength to dial the crossbow arrows flying from both sides, and in a series of clanging sounds, his arrow was hit by an arrow, and the whole person was directly shot off the war horse.
Poof! Chen Mu fell heavily to the ground, he lay on the ground, and after a while, the head of the mixed pulp could be considered to regain his senses.
He subconsciously turned his head to take a look, only to see that there was still one lying beside him, Zhang Sui. It's just that Zhang Sui's body was already full of crossbow arrows, and one of the crossbow arrows pierced his temple, shooting two bloody holes in his head.
Chen Mu gasped, and looked around him again, his brothers, in groups of three or five, wanted to work together to resist the arrows shot around, but no, the people in the group were hit by arrows from time to time.
Some of the soldiers of the Hirabayashi Army, waving their weapons in their hands, rushed into the woods, but the people had barely taken two steps into the forest before they were nailed into hedgehogs by the crossbow arrows fired from them.
In the woods on both sides of the road, there were many enemies in ambush, and their arrows seemed to never run out, and the arrows shot round after round, like a scythe in the hands of the god of death, harvesting people's lives one by one.
At this moment, the corpses on the ground were almost covered in a layer, stacked on top of each other, and blood flowed like a river.
Oops! Hit the trick! You have fallen for the tricks of the officers and soldiers! Chen Mu finally reacted, but it was too late for him to figure it out now.
He pulled out the bolt that had been nailed to his shoulder, and he stood up with his sword, gritted his teeth, and shouted to his men around him, "Retreat!" The whole army retreats! β
The scene was so chaotic, how could his order be conveyed, even if he shouted through his throat, the people who could hear it were limited to one or twenty meters around him.
Besides, they had already penetrated into the ambush circle designed by Lu Zhi, and it was not easy to escape.
When the rear of the Pinglin Army turned around and planned to retreat, they could not withdraw at all, and the rear had been blocked by officers and soldiers. The number of officers and soldiers in this group is not much, only 200 people, but all of them are armed with crossbow arrows, when the Pinglin army retreated, there were arrows of these two hundred officers and soldiers in front of them, and there were arrows in the woods on both sides, people rushed up to a piece, and they were shot down, the scene was so tragic that it was like an autumn wind sweeping
The corpses on the ground were stacked layer upon layer, barely reaching people's knees.
This is not a desperate battle between the two sides at all, it is a completely one-sided slaughter.
Deep in the woods, Lu Zhi sat on a rock, smiling on his face, and playing Go with a staff member in a relaxed manner.
Even here, the sound of fierce battle could be heard at the edge of the woods, and the staff members occasionally straightened up and looked in the direction of the battle as they played chess.
Lu Zhi picked up a sunspot, put it on the chessboard, and said with a smile: "Today's Shiheng's chess is very inattentive!" As he spoke, he happily picked up three white pieces from the chessboard.
The staff is named Du Yi, and the word is Shiheng. He smiled bitterly: "The battle has fully begun, isn't the general worried at all?" β
"Haha!" Lu Zhi smiled on his back and said: "The battlefield is like a chessboard, the enemy and me are like chess pieces, the battle situation is like a chess game, and the formation is like a falling piece. The battlefield is just like this chess game, there is no suspense. β
"The general's clever calculation, a decisive victory!" Du Yi shook his head and laughed, and at the same time, picked up a white piece, threw it on the chessboard, and threw the throw in the towel.
Lu Zhi's fingers were very beautiful, white and slender, his fingertips tapped lightly on the chessboard, and said faintly: "Even if you have great ambitions, you can only be trapped in this chess game!" β
He has no outstanding family background, no proud background, he can get to where he is today step by step, all by his own talent and hard work, but it is a pity that he is a general, and his career is almost over, and it is difficult to continue to rise.
At present, there are rebellions everywhere, from south to north, from east to west, there are rebels in all states and counties, causing chaos in the world, the people are not happy, the corpses are all over the field, and the lives are devastated.
In his heart, Lu Zhi is very unwilling, powerless and helpless.
Du Yi is both his subordinate and his friend, and he can understand Lu Zhi's mood very well. He sighed lightly and said, "Bowen, you and I are born in troubled times, and we can only do our best and obey the destiny of heaven. β
"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven......" Lu Zhi raised his head and looked up at the sky.
On the battlefield outside the woods, the battle between the two sides has entered a white heat.
The back road was blocked by the county army, and he couldn't break through alive, so Chen Mu could only change his tactics and break through with a group of henchmen. However, the number of officers and soldiers at the front is also quite large, but the number of crossbow arrows fired is gradually decreasing.
Chen Mu rushed forward to kill, and shouted to the people around him: "No matter who it is, as long as you break through, immediately rush to Xinshi, and inform Wang Kuang and Wang Feng that the main force of the county army is not in Xinshi at all, but here, let them come to help quickly!" β
"Generalβ"
"Less verbose! Give me a break out! β
Chen Mu took the Pinglin army and desperately broke through.
Maybe after fighting for so long, there are not many arrows left for the officers and soldiers, and the arrows of the crossbow arrows are far less ferocious than at the beginning, and the battle lasted for nearly half an hour, and in the end, they were really killed by Chen Mu and others to open a bloody path and successfully break through.
The group of people led by Chen Mu, after getting out of trouble, ran desperately in the direction of Xinshi. When they finally got rid of the pursuers in the rear, and turned around to count the number of people, Chen Mu even had the heart to kill himself with a horizontal sword.
He had left the city with 3,000 men, and now there were less than 200 brothers behind him, and most of them were still trapped in the woods and had not escaped at all.
Chen Mu was about to run back, but several henchmen around him hurriedly grabbed him and said urgently: "General, don't!" If we look back now, it's like we are killing ourselves, and we can't help anything! β
"Yes, General! As a matter of urgency, we should rush to Xinshi City and ask the Xinshi Army to come to our aid as soon as possible, so that we can rescue the trapped brothers! β
Under the persuasion of everyone, Chen Mu finally gave up the idea of turning back to rescue, and hurriedly ran to Xinshi City with the remnants of less than two hundred people.
The Pinglin Army, which originally went to Xinshi for reinforcements, was ambushed by the main force of the county army on the way, and most of the three thousand people became the turtles in the urn of the county army, which was also something that Wang Kuang and Wang Feng never expected.
Looking at Chen Mu and the others, who had fled into Xinshi City, were injured in many places and were embarrassed, Wang Kuang and Wang Feng frowned.
Now the two of them finally figured out the tactics adopted by the county army, the county army deliberately made the illusion of attacking Xinshi, the purpose of which was to lure the Pinglin army out of the city to help, they were better than setting up an ambush halfway, wanting to annihilate the Pinglin army in one fell swoop.
What a sinister and vicious Zhen Fu, I didn't expect this Taishou to be so good at using soldiers.
Seeing that Wang Kuang and Wang Feng were silent in thought, Chen Mu was anxious and said loudly: "Two, in order to reinforce Xinshi, my three thousand brothers are trapped, and the current situation is precarious, you can't sit idly by!" β
Wang Kuang hurriedly said: "Brother Meng Jian, don't worry, I'll send troops to rescue me later!" After speaking, he subconsciously looked at Wang Feng beside him. Wang Feng frowned, lowered his head, and said nothing.
Wang Feng always felt that the tactics of the county army did not seem to be so simple, could it be that the main forces of the county army were really besieging the Pinglin army? What if a group of men and horses were separated and ambushed near Xinshi, and when they went out of the city to rescue the Pinglin army, this group of county troops took advantage of the weakness to enter?
But in front of Chen Mu, he couldn't express the concerns in his heart, his mind turned sharply, and he said: "Dashuai, why don't I lead a group of soldiers and horses to rescue Brother Pinglinjun, how about Dashuai lead a group of soldiers and horses to stay in the city?" Before Wang Kuang could speak, Chen Muke was anxious and said loudly: "The main force of the county army is besieging my brothers in the Pinglin Army in the forest, and what is the use of sending soldiers to stay in Xinshi?" Knowing that Xinshi was in danger, I led the brothers of the Pinglin Army to pour out of the nest, but now that the Pinglin Army is in danger, the Xinshi Army is unwilling to help with all its might
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Wang Kuang heard this, his old face suddenly turned red, as a person in the green forest, what he was most afraid of was being said to be unrighteous and poked in the backbone.
Hearing Chen Mu's words, he immediately made a decision and said to Wang Feng in a deep voice: "Ciping, you take five hundred brothers and stay in Xinshi, and the rest of the brothers will all go out of the city with me. β
Wang Feng wanted to dissuade him, but it was useless, Wang Kuang gathered his subordinates, took the main force of the Xinshi Army, and went out of the city to rescue the remnants of the trapped Pinglin Army.
Chen Mu and the others didn't care about the injuries on their bodies, and set off with Wang Kuang.
So far, the reaction of the Green Forest Army is within Lu Zhi's calculations, it can be said that the battle between the two sides has not yet started, Lu Zhi has already done this to his side, how the Green Forest Army will respond, how his own side will do so, and how the Green Forest Army will respond, are all clearly calculated.
This is not only the proper use of tactics, but also in terms of finding out the enemy's temperament and figuring out the enemy's psychology, Lu Zhi's ability can be called outstanding. What is the war fought? The fight is psychological, and the fight is who can guess the other party's mind more accurately. Throughout the ages, all the famous generals who strategized and won thousands of miles were actually top experts in psychological warfare.