Chapter 176

The next morning, the early summer sun shone through the clouds and warmed the ground. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Thirteen thousand Huainan troops set up in formation on the open plains. Mi Zhicheng's 3,000 men are the forwards, at the forefront, the left wing is Li Decheng's subordinates, the right wing is Qin Pei's subordinates, and the middle is the main force led by Yang Wu and Tai Meng personally. As for the cavalry commanded by Hou Zhan, they were arranged to defend the flanks of the army.

Under the banner of the general fluttering high, Yang Wu sat on the black horse, looking at the Xuanzhou army opposite with a cold expression. Under the banner flying high, there was also a general looking at them, obviously, that was the mastermind of this Huainan civil strife, Ning Guojiedu envoy Tian Yan.

Tian Yan stood on the hillside, looking at the Huainan Army with flags fluttering in the distance and neat appearance, with a strong murderous aura on his face.

This battle can be said to be his last chance, if he can defeat the Huainan army in front of him in one fell swoop, then he will have a chance to set off this military rebellion; If he loses, he will only be trapped in Xuanzhou, and the generals under him who are already a little unstable will definitely choose to surrender, and at that time he will really go to the general trend.

Tian Yan turned to look at the soldier behind him, he raised his right hand high, and then waved it down fiercely.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

The war drums suddenly beat, and the earth-shattering drums suddenly resounded on the battlefield, and the Xuanzhou army launched the first attack, and the leading general was Tian Yan's henchman Liu Ding.

The thunderous shouts of killing rose to the sky, and more than 8,000 soldiers of the Xuanzhou Army roared loudly, killing frantically in front of the Huainan Army. The formation of these soldiers is not very neat, and many of them are still a little immature on their faces, obviously not veterans of the battlefield.

"It seems that Tian Yan plans to use those old and weak to weaken our army first, and wait until our army is tired after a long battle, and then use the elite of Wuyongdu to launch a surprise attack, and the victory will be decided in one battle. That's a good idea, and it would have been just what you wanted! In front of the Huainan Army, Yang Wu looked at Tian Yan's deployment and secretly pondered.

"Pass the order, let the bed crossbow start immediately, and be sure to inflict heavy damage on the enemy!"

"The archers put the enemy within fifty paces before firing a salvo!" Yang Wuli gave the order in front of the army.

"Bed crossbow winding ......"

Unlike the last war, during this period, the two sides were not only facing each other, but also constantly bringing in weapons such as bed crossbows and lined up in front of the battle. With Yang Wu's order, a hundred bed crossbows creaked open, and the bed crossbows were wound by six strong soldiers, and the iron pockets with twenty arrows tied to the strings could fire twenty arrows at a time, which was extremely powerful.

"Launch ......"

The huge roar and the roar of the arrows at high speed filled the entire battlefield in an instant, and the sharp blow came in an instant, and some Xuanzhou soldiers were very unlucky to be hit by the boulder, and died tragically instantly, and the flesh and blood of the corpse were blurred; Those who were lucky enough to survive also let out a miserable scream, which made the surrounding soldiers feel creepy.

An officer with a shield was moving forward, and from time to time he shouted loudly to his soldiers, "Rush, rush over......" Suddenly, a crossbow arrow from a bed crossbow pierced his body directly, and the huge impact carried him to the sky, and then fell heavily. The officer had already been crucified to the ground.

Fortunately, the speed of the bed crossbow winding was extremely slow, and the soldiers of the Xuanzhou Army quickly entered the range of the archers after carrying this round of blows, and the soldiers drew their bows and arrows to the opposite side, and the dense rain of arrows continued to harvest the lives of the soldiers of the Xuanzhou Army.

Not long after, the attacking Xuanzhou Army finally withstood the long-range attack of the Huainan Army, and the two sides began to fight head-on. For a while, the sword was swirled, and the sound of killing shook the sky. One by one, the lives kept falling, and the soldiers behind them filled in and continued to fight.

In the rear of the Xuanzhou Army, the two thousand soldiers armed with broadswords did not fight with the Huainan soldiers, but as a supervising team in the back, as long as they saw the Xuanzhou soldiers fleeing, they stepped forward to kill them, without mercy.

Under the iron-blooded supervision of these warlords, those Xuanzhou old and weak also broke out with a lot of combat effectiveness at this time, fighting desperately, and they did not fall behind in the frontal battle with the Huainan soldiers.

In front of the Xuanzhou army, Tian Yan looked at the battle in front of him silently, there was no expression on his face, only the tightly clenched fists showed the tension in his heart.

"Commander, although the method of supervising the war team has temporarily given these old and weak the combat strength to hold on to the elite of the enemy army, after a long time, the soldiers will definitely quickly tire out and be defeated, and this is difficult to change no matter what. If the enemy army takes the opportunity to chase and kill at that time, I am afraid that the losses of our army will not be small! Beside him, a middle-aged man with an elegant face reminded worriedly.

This person is Tian Yan's confidant Shen Wenchang, who was called into the army by Tian Yan to help deal with military affairs and provide advice.

Tian Yan shook his head and said, "It's just some old and weak, and if you lose it, you lose it, it's not a big deal." The most important thing now is to defeat the enemy army, as long as you can defeat the enemy army, these losses are acceptable! ”

At this time, there was a new movement in the Huainan army on the opposite side, Yang Wu asked Tai Meng to lead part of the main force to reinforce Mi Zhicheng's department, trying to launch a strong attack from the front, and let Li Decheng and Qin Pei lead the army to outflank from both flanks, and at the same time ordered Hou Zan to lead the cavalry to attack, detour to the rear of the Xuanzhou army to attack, and have the momentum of encircling the Xuanzhou army in one fell swoop.

Seeing Yang Wu's actions, Shen Wenchang hurriedly spoke: "Marshal Jie, the enemy army intends to surround Liu Ding's department, Marshal Jiedu should let Wu Yongdu attack immediately to stop the enemy's attempt!" ”

Unexpectedly, Tian Yan was not surprised and said: "It seems that Yang Wu's kid is indeed complacent, and he sent out the army in his hand so quickly!" Now he is bent on encircling and annihilating Liu Ding's department, and his appetite is not small. I just don't know if his teeth are so sharp! ”

"Give the order, let the cavalry attack to intercept the enemy cavalry and protect the rear of Liu Ding's department."

"Then pass the order to General Liu Ding, in addition to ensuring the safety of his rear road, the general will not send him a single soldier of reinforcements. Let him do everything he can to hold on, as long as he persists, when the enemy's offensive is weak, it will be the time for our army to break the enemy by surprise. Whether you can win today's battle depends on General Liu! Tian Yan ordered in a deep voice.

He patted the horse's head lightly with the whip in his hand, apparently feeling more nervous.

The current situation lies in how long the old and weak led by Liu Ding can hold on, if Liu Ding can't block the attack of the Huainan army, he will soon show his declining momentum, so that Tian Yan has to invest in Wuyong Capital as soon as possible, then Tian Yan's plan today will be completely frustrated, and it will be a little difficult to achieve a big victory.

However, if Liu Ding can block the attack of the Huainan Army and hold on for a period of time, the offensive of the Huainan Army will be frustrated and the morale will decline.