Just as Li Cunmiao was agitating the generals and preparing for the night battle, Yang Wu was also loudly encouraging morale.

"Soldiers, the enemy army is numerous, and it is menacing, and it wants to destroy us in one fell swoop; Their intentions are very obvious, and their will to fight is very strong, but we will not give in! ”

"In today's daytime battle, everyone fought very well, although they paid heavy sacrifices, they also successfully repelled the enemy army, let the enemy army know that we are difficult to defeat!"

……

His voice is not hurried, but it is sonorous and powerful, which makes people feel convinced.

After the end of the daytime battle, he took advantage of the time when the enemy army retreated, and rushed to various departments with Yang Yan to do some inspection, commending and encouraging the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions in battle, and during which he also personally bandaged the wounded soldiers to stop the bleeding.

Although these behaviors obviously have an element of showmanship in them, I have to say that those ordinary soldiers still eat this set.

After all, no matter what, Yang Wu's identity is there, he is only the king of Wu in name, but in fact he is no different from the real emperor.

And most of the wounded soldiers are just ordinary people, and the highest-ranking officers they come into contact with on weekdays are only low-level officers, and those high-ranking generals, even if they see them, they will not treat them in any special way.

And what about Yang Wu? With his noble status like the Son of Heaven, he personally bandaged the wounds of these elders, and immediately moved these fighting men to a mess.

Many soldiers had tears in their eyes and sighed and said to their companions, "To be treated so well by the king is worth dying for the king." ”

Of course, Yang Wu's actions were not all for show, after returning from the inspection, his mood was extremely heavy, and he said to Zhu Qianyou, who was accompanying him: "The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but the enemy's offensive will not slow down, on the contrary, Gu thinks that they are likely to increase the offensive tonight." Especially if the Silver Spear Jie Army rushes to the battlefield, the pressure on our army will definitely increase! ”

In addition, his guard commander Cheng Xun also returned to Luoyang not long ago because of his old age and illness, so at this time, in addition to Yang Yan by his side, Zhu Qianyou, the governor, can talk to him.

After hearing Yang Wu's exclamation, Zhu Qianyou replied: "The king doesn't have to worry too much, as the so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, our army has 20,000 troops, all of whom are veterans who have been in battle for a long time, and they are not inferior to the enemy army in any way; If the King of Jin wants to break through our army's defense line in one fell swoop, it will not be possible for several days, and at that time our army's reinforcements must have arrived. ”

Yang Wu shook his head and sighed: "General Zhu, you think about the situation too well, it is absolutely impossible for King Jin to delay the war until three or four days later." Dare to assert that by tomorrow at most, the enemy will strike a decisive blow, and it is even possible that they will fight desperately tonight. ”

Before, Yang Wu also felt that it should not be a big problem to block Li Cunmiao, but now he realized that he might be too optimistic.

At this time, a messenger hurriedly came and brought news from Li Decheng's side.

After some inquiry, Yang Wu was pleasantly surprised: "You mean that Li Decheng successfully collected more than 3,000 defeated troops, and dragged half of the troops of the Silver Spear Army?" ”

"That's right, Li Dudu said, he knows that he is responsible for the crime, and he does not ask the king to forgive him, but only hopes to lighten the burden of the king with his own small efforts." The messenger replied hurriedly.

Yang Wu's mood suddenly improved a lot.

He didn't expect Li Decheng anymore, but he didn't expect the latter to bring him a surprise.

Although in the end, there were still 4,000 silver spears to support the army, but it would be very good for Li Decheng to hold back the remaining 4,000 people, otherwise let these 4,000 people join the battle at a critical time, and even turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.

He pondered for a moment and said to the messenger: "You rest for a while, and immediately go back the same way to tell Li Decheng, just say that the defeat of the rear army is not his fault, but his own carelessness." At this time, the Chinese army was fighting fiercely with the enemy, and there was no time to care about anything else, so he must hold off the 4,000 enemy troops. If you still have the strength to spare, you can come to support; If not, the first thing to do is to hold back the enemy. ”

The messenger hurriedly replied, "The little one obeys." ”

After sending the messenger to leave, Yang Wu said to Zhu Qianyou in a deep voice: "Li Decheng can hold back 4,000 enemy troops, which is good news for us. But in this way, King Jin will be even more desperate. Tonight's battle must be very urgent, and you, as the leading general, must cope with it well. ”

Zhu Qianyou hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured, the king will fight to the death and make it difficult for the enemy to move an inch." ”

Yang Wu shook his head when he heard this: "No, this place doesn't have much value, so Lone doesn't need you to not retreat an inch, what Lone needs is to repel the enemy's attack!" ”

In fact, when he first got the news of the Jin army's attack, Yang Wu thought about withdrawing immediately, returning to Pingyin to join the main force of the army first, and then making plans after gathering the army.

But he knew very well that as the commander of the Wu army and the monarch of the Wu country, if he retreated without a fight at this time, the impact on the morale of the army would be incalculable.

What's more, the terrain around here is flat and there is no danger to defend, if you stay and resist resolutely, you may be able to work together to block the enemy's attack, and wait until the reinforcements arrive before counterattacking, which can turn the tide of the battle.

But if it is a retreat, then the officers and men of the Chinese army, who were already unstable because of the surprise attack of the rear army, will be even more panicked, and at that time, as soon as they are attacked by the enemy's pursuers, the retreat is likely to turn into a rout, which will lead to the collapse of the entire Wu army.

Therefore, at that time, the Wu army could not retreat and had to fight, and the situation was the same at this time.

After explaining a few words to Zhu Qianyou, Yang Wu then sent a messenger back to Pingyin, urging Li Jian to quickly lead an army to support.

Compared with the order issued in the afternoon, Yang Wu's order this time was much stricter, and even clearly required that Li Jian must lead reinforcements to the battlefield before noon tomorrow, and the strength of the reinforcements should not be less than 20,000 troops.

There was no way, the development of the battle situation was more severe than he thought, and there was not enough time for Li Jian to slowly gather his army.

When all this was done, Yang Wu gathered the main officers together and made an impassioned speech to boost morale and strengthen the fighting spirit.

In the end, he did not forget to announce: "All soldiers who died in battle with the Jin army will receive a pension of 100 guan for their families; In the case of wounded soldiers, each person who is slightly injured will receive a pension of 50 yuan, and a serious injury will receive a pension of 200 yuan. ”

In addition, for the meritorious soldiers who killed the enemy, Yang Wu also set a generous reward standard.

It can be said that for this battle, Yang Wu spent his blood and exhausted all means.

Of course, if you can really stop the enemy's attack and create an opportunity to defeat the enemy, then it will be worth the cost.

By the time everything was taken care of, the night was getting darker.

Tonight is the waning moon in the sky, and the bleak moonlight shines on the ground, which inexplicably makes people feel a chill.

Both the Jin army and the Wu army are seizing the time to rest, especially the Jin army, they are marching in a hurry today, and they have launched a major battle one after another, and they are already tired at this time, that is, the Jin army is basically an elite soldier who crosses the river this time, otherwise let alone maintain high morale and fighting spirit, just fatigue can make them tired.

Time passed, and when it was approaching the hour, the Jin army camp finally moved, and a large number of soldiers lined up out of the camp with torches, and it was obvious that a new attack was about to begin.

And Wu Jun, who had been watching the other party's every move, also immediately got the news and began to prepare for the big battle.

The Jin army did not seem to intend to hide their offensive intentions, and after they formed their formation, they slowly advanced forward with torches, aiming directly at the Wu army's defensive line.

The fierce sound of war drums came from the dark night and resounded throughout the battlefield, making people feel full of battle spirit.

As Yang Wu expected, the Jin army's attack this time was completely desperate.

As soon as the battle began, Zhao Zaili, as the vanguard, led 4,000 silver spears to launch a fierce attack on the right flank of the Wu army.

The right flank of the Wu army was commanded by the veteran Li Zhang, and the terrain here was relatively open, and behind it was a small river, although the river was not deep, but it was the middle of winter, and the biting cold water was enough to discourage any attempt to swim across the river.

Therefore, Wu Jun does not have to think about the safety behind him, as long as he does his best to deal with the enemy forces in front.

However, even if the back road was worry-free and only needed to focus on the battle ahead, the Jin army's attack still brought great pressure to the Wu army.

Although it was a night battle, the command of the armies on both sides was greatly restricted, but the attack of the Jin army still seemed to advance and retreat in a measured manner, as if there was an invisible big hand commanding the army.

These are not due to Zhao Zaili's command, but to rely on the silver spear to serve the army's own quality.

As a pro-army personally selected by Yang Shihou, the strength of this army is not only reflected in the bravery of the soldiers, but more importantly, the quality of its officers at all levels is very good.

In contrast, although the Wu army is also a rare elite, it is still a little worse than the silver spear army, and the whole fierce battle process seems a little chaotic.

Fortunately, Yang Wu's previous reward and pension orders played a role at this time, and the soldiers were fighting bravely one by one, although there were constantly soldiers falling, although the whole battle fell behind, but they really did not retreat an inch, and blocked the Jin army to the death.

In contrast, the fighting on the central front was more brutal and fierce.

Li Shaorong, the general of the Jin army, personally led the guards to charge, but fell into the siege of the Wu army, and finally broke through under the desperate rescue of the guards, and there were already many injuries on his body.

But even so, Li Shaorong was not timid, but attacked again.

As the lord of the Jin Kingdom, the Jin King Li Cunmiao, this time he came with the determination to die, he personally led the army to attack, sat down on the horse and was knocked down three times, two of which were stabbed to death by the Wu army rushing to the near place with a spear.

But every time Li Cunmiao changed his horse and then returned to the battle.

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Fighting, blood, shouts, and all kinds of atmospheres on the battlefield are intertwined to form a thick net, covering everyone's heads, making people almost suffocate.

The fierce battle continued, and as time went on, more and more bad news continued to reach Yang Wu.

"King Qiqi, the enemy attack on the left flank is too fierce, our army can't resist it, General Wu Bo sent a small one to ask for help."

"Got it, you go back and tell Wu Bo that he must hold on for a while longer, and Gu will send reinforcements soon."

"King, General Li Zhang on the right wing has come to report that our army has suffered heavy casualties and is running out of arrows, but General Li reassures the king that he will continue to hold the battle line and will not let the enemy break through from there."

"Gu understood, tell General Li, Gu will immediately send someone to send him arrows." Yang Wu replied in a deep voice.

"Thank you, the king, the little one will retire."

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The successive bad news gave Yang Wu a headache, and he looked at the chaotic battlefield below the hillside, anxiously walking back and forth, thinking about how to retreat from the enemy as he went.

On the side, Yang Yan asked in a low voice: "Father, both the left and right wings have sent people to ask for help, why didn't General Zhu Qianyou from the middle line send people here?" ”

Where did Yang Wu still have the same leisure as before at this time, he listened to it and said in a sullen voice: "What else?" He must have gone to the front line to fight, where can he care about sending someone back to ask for help? ”

Zhu Qianyou was originally Wang Maozhang's right-hand man, and naturally inherited Wang Maozhang's brave combat style.

However, at this time, the battle was fierce, and he must have forgotten Yang Wu's warning again.

After waiting anxiously for a long time, at this time, a messenger suddenly came hurriedly from the right side, and after rushing to Yang Wu, he hurriedly said: "King, the big thing is not good, the enemy army is swimming across the river from behind, and the frontal enemy army is flanking our army back and forth, General Li Zhang can no longer hold on." ”

Yang Wu was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "Send an order to Commander Fan, and ask him to immediately lead two thousand people to support the right wing, and the right wing must be stabilized." ”

Swimming across the river in such cold weather, I have to say that the Jin army is really dead.

However, this hand did catch Li Zhang off guard, although the previous Jin army's attack was fierce, causing huge casualties to the Wu army, but Li Zhang never asked for reinforcements, only sent someone to bring some arrows back.

At this time, the enemy had just crossed the river, and he had to call for help, which shows how much pressure he was under at this time.

Therefore, Yang Wu could not keep his troops, and even ordered a commander to lead two thousand troops to support.

And the bad news is obviously not only this, and it didn't take long for new bad news to come, and the battle situation on the left wing Wu Bo's side was also in danger.

Although he had asked for help several times before, Yang Wu thought that he could hold out for a while based on what he saw on the hillside, so he did not send reinforcements.

However, at this time, it was obvious that the situation of the left wing was really critical, so Yang Wu had to send another thousand people to support the left wing.

Next, Zhu Qianyou finally sent someone to ask for help, and at this time, Yang Wu only had a total of 4,000 fresh troops in his hands, including the 3,000 Yulin army.