"Keep up with the others and don't fall behind!" Liu Renzhen gently instigated the horses, running back and forth, while loudly encouraging the morale of the soldiers.

After receiving the order from Li Chengding, he immediately ordered the whole army to turn to the Liang army camp in the northwest.

Although the details of the enemy army were not yet known, he instinctively realized that the victory of the next battle would probably depend on whether the infantry under his command could arrive in time.

The ten-mile journey may seem close, but it still takes a lot of time for the armored infantry.

When Liu Renzhen led the infantry to march forward for three or four miles, there was a rare shout of killing in front of him.

"Have you already taken on the enemy so soon?" Liu Renzhen was a little surprised, but immediately reacted, this should have met the soldiers on the periphery of the Liang army's camp, and this is why the conflict occurred.

You must know that although the strength of the Liang army is only 20,000 people, it will take a lot of time and manpower to build a camp that can accommodate 20,000 people, and it will also need to cut down a lot of trees.

"Keep up!" He shouted loudly, then jumped off his horse and joined the soldiers.

At this time, he not only had to march as fast as he could, but also had to pay attention to the physical strength of his soldiers, otherwise if by the time the battle began, the soldiers would have been exhausted, and the outcome of the battle would have been predictable.

So the best thing to do is to come down and walk with the soldiers, so that you can get a good grasp of the soldiers' physical strength.

After marching for another two or three miles, the shouting and killing in front of him became louder, and even the sound of horses' hooves was muffled, and the earth-shattering shouting and killing could be clearly heard even here.

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

Liu Renzhen's heart was awe-inspiring, and he immediately knew that this must be the cavalry that had begun to storm the enemy on a large scale.

This kind of posture is obviously not comparable to the previous encounter with a small group of enemy troops, and the momentum caused by it is naturally much greater than before.

He hurriedly pricked up his ears and listened, hoping to get some useful news.

"Listen, General, it seems that our army is progressing relatively smoothly, and the shouting of killing is gradually moving away!" The deputy commander on the side said with an excited face.

"Yes, the last general also heard it, the shouting and killing is indeed far away, it seems that our army has successfully broken through the enemy's defense line!" The other generals also said excitedly.

At this time, Liu Renzhen also heard it clearly, and was immediately overjoyed.

As the generals said, the shouts of killing were indeed moving away, which meant that the cavalry had broken through the enemy lines and then struck at the enemy's depth.

After a while, sure enough, a herald came back and gave an order: "General Liu, our army is progressing smoothly, the enemy is defenseless, and its front has been broken through by our army." General Lee ordered the general to speed up and go to support! ”

"Ben knows." Liu Renzhen hurriedly ordered: "Command the army, immediately speed up!" ”

At this time, he didn't care about anything, don't look at the cavalry is going well now, but it was taking advantage of the surprise attack, and the enemy was caught off guard because he was unprepared.

However, if the enemy army reacts, especially when the Wu army's infantry cannot catch up in time to support, the enemy will find that the Wu army only has cavalry and no infantry, and then their morale will be restored, and as long as Huo Yanwei commands properly, they can be redeployed and begin to form a formation to protect themselves, and it will be difficult to make further breakthroughs at that time.

"Hurry up, hurry!" Liu Renzhen kept urging.

……

At this time, in the camp of the Liang army, looking at the cavalry of the Wu army that was constantly assaulting in front, Huo Yanwei and the others were pale and full of horror.

"Regroup!"

"Hold off the enemy!"

"Don't mess around, everyone!"

……

On the battlefield, although he had tried his best to organize the chaos of his generals, the results achieved in the current situation were very small, and the Liang army units facing the Wu army at the front had already collapsed, and the chaotic soldiers were scurrying around the camp like headless flies, further causing chaos in the camp.

"General, the Wu army's surprise attack is too inopportune!" Looking at this chaotic scene, Chun Yuyan couldn't help but sigh.

The timing of the Wu raid was the worst for the Liang army, when the 20,000 Liang army had just given the order to start building a camp and preparing to rest.

Although Huo Yanwei also sent a lot of people to various places to boost morale, telling the soldiers to be careful and not careless, and only after the camp was built can they unsaddle and remove their armor and rest in peace.

However, these Liang soldiers were not a disciplined army, they had long been tired after most of the day's forced march, and the soldiers had complaints in their hearts.

Most of the soldiers had already taken off their armor when the Wu army raided, and their weapons were still on the side, sitting on the ground to rest; Many people are so tired that they fall to the ground; Even the officers didn't do much better.

As for the soldiers who were responsible for cutting down trees and building camps on the periphery, their defenses were also relatively lax, so that when the Wu cavalry just raided, they did not have the slightest idea of resistance, and turned around one by one and ran into the camp, resulting in the Wu army effortlessly breaking into the large camp that had not yet been built.

In the final analysis, the elite of the Liang army is not on the southern front, but along the Yellow River on the northern line, and the Liang army left in the south is just a second-rate army of the Liang army, whether it is the composition of the soldiers, the degree of training, morale, etc., they are far from the real elite!

Only the 3,000 infantry that Huo Yanwei used to guard, which was also one of his closest trusts, did not defend when the cavalry of the Wu army raided; They went up at the first time, trying to buy time for the army.

However, the Wu army had a large number of cavalry, and Chai Kehong was more flexible in his use of troops, so he left only 500 men to continue to contain the Liang army, and the others chose to launch a surprise attack on the depth of the enemy camp.

Under this tactic, this led to chaos in the Liang army's camp, which made Huo Yanwei's heart half cold.

"General, run away, our army has collapsed, and it will be too late if you don't escape!"

"General, now that it's getting dark, as long as our army scatters and flees with all its might, the enemy army will not be able to effectively pursue!"

……

The generals stepped forward one after another to persuade them, their faces full of horror.

If it weren't for the fact that Huo Yanwei was still a little dignified, I was afraid that these generals would have fled a long time ago, and where would they stay here.

For these generals, they were originally reluctant to return to Songzhou, but Huo Yanwei insisted that they reluctantly return to help; Now that he had not yet arrived in Songzhou, he encountered a surprise attack by the Wu army, and he was naturally frightened.

Especially now that the sky is about to be dark, and there is chaos all around, and it is not clear how many people there are in the Wu army, everyone will inevitably magnify the strength of the Wu army infinitely, and feel that their side has gone away, so they subconsciously want to slip away.

Even these generals have such a mentality, and the mentality of those ordinary soldiers and low-level officers is naturally similar, and they all think that the Wu army has been killed, and it will be too late if they don't escape.

Fear is the most likely cause of collapse in the chaos, and once the fear spreads, it is difficult to clean it up, unless there is a key person who stands up to boost morale at this time, or some unexpected event causes the situation to be reversed, defeat is inevitable.

Huo Yanwei naturally knew these truths, so while watching the battle situation, he was thinking hard in his heart, but he didn't pay any attention to the generals' proposals.

"General Huo is now thinking about a strategy to break the enemy, generals, please calm down, although the enemy army has attacked our army camp, but now the situation has not reached a completely irreversible time, so please calm down and go back to collect the army." Seeing that Huo Yanwei didn't speak, Chun Yuyan hurriedly appeased the generals.

"When has this been, the enemy cavalry has attacked the camp, the army has collapsed, and it is still ......" A general couldn't help but complain, but before he finished speaking, he shrank back under Huo Yanwei's cold gaze.

"The army collapsed? Who said the army had collapsed? Huo Yanwei said coldly.

"This ......" the generals looked stunned, and looked around, not knowing how to answer.

In fact, it is reasonable to say that the army is now collapsing, because the command of most of the army has basically been disrupted, and the soldiers are scattering and fleeing; But there are also quite a few troops who are still on the sidelines.

Although this part of the army is panicked and full of fear, it is not necessary to say that they have collapsed.

In addition, the 3,000-strong infantry that was previously used by Huo Yanwei to guard is still in order, but it is pinned down by the 500-man cavalry of the Wu army; Moreover, seeing that the battle situation of the Liang army was not good, the morale of these armies was also affected, and there began to be commotion.

If the morale of these armies can be boosted at this time, it is now possible to hold off the enemy and even launch a counterattack; But if you choose to flee immediately, the situation is really irreversible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you only saw that the situation of our army was critical, that the various departments were in chaos, and that the soldiers were scattering and fleeing, but didn't you find out? The enemy army did not have many troops, and they were all cavalry, and there were no infantry. What does this mean? Huo Yanwei asked loudly.

The generals did not answer, and he then replied himself: "This shows that the enemy army has only launched a temporary surprise attack, and they are not prepared. And you can see that their horses are already out of breath, which means that their horses are tired of running, and now they are just the end of their crossbows! Now if our army launches a counterattack, the enemy will be defeated! ”

The generals stared at their commander dumbfounded, clearly surprised by what he had said.

"General, it's all this time, does our army still have any hope of victory?" Someone asked softly.

"Yes! Absolutely! Huo Yanwei said loudly: "The strength of the Wu army is only one or two thousand, and the strength of our army is ten times that of theirs; If everyone fights hard, why can't they defeat the enemy? ”

The morale of the generals was lifted, and they were clearly encouraged by his words.

"If you have the guts, then you will rise to battle with the general and defeat the enemy!" After speaking, Huo Yanwei pulled out the long sword in his hand and said to the guard beside him: "You will rush to kill with me and make meritorious contributions, just today!" ”

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

……

Many generals were encouraged by him to give up the idea of escaping, and began to take their respective guards to turn around and kill Wu Jun.

The Liang army, who was still hesitating, saw that their generals had personally gone into battle to kill the enemy, and their morale was immediately boosted, and they turned around to kill the Wu army.

For a time, the situation in the entire camp changed, and the Liang army, which was still in chaos and collapse just now, began to improve, and many people took the lead of Huo Yanwei and became determined to fight to the death.

"Hey, I didn't expect that at this time, Huo Yanwei would dare to personally lead someone to launch a counterattack, and he is really a strong general, and there are really many capable people in the Liang army!" In the distance, Li Chengding, under the escort of the guards, did not participate in the battle, but watched the battle from a distance and commanded.

Huo Yanwei's sudden counterattack obviously shocked him, if the ordinary army was in the previous situation, it would often completely collapse, and few could save the situation; And although Huo Yanwei's counterattack cannot be said to be able to save the defeat of the Liang army, but with this move, he can be called a good general.

"Where is Liu Renzhen? How far is it from the battlefield? Li Chengding didn't feel too much, he turned around and looked behind him, and saw a forest blocking his vision, so he immediately asked the guard beside him.

"Look, General, they've arrived!" As soon as he finished asking, the guard raised his right hand and pointed to the woods in the distance.

Sure enough, the infantry under the command of Liu Renzhen was coming out of the woods and attacking the Liang army camp.

"Tell Liu Renzhen that the enemy army is regrouping, let him immediately throw in 4,500 people to attack the enemy army, and the remaining 500 people will stay in the woods to create a momentum and make the enemy think that our army has arrived!" Li Chengding immediately said to the herald.

"Yes." The herald had the order to rush away, and after a while, the order was conveyed to Liu Renzhen.

"Then send the order to Chai Kehong, just say that Liu Renzhen has arrived, so that he can retreat appropriately and not fight hard with the Liang army infantry." Li Chengding continued.

He also saw that the cavalry and horses of the Wu army were indeed very tired until now, and many of the horses were panting.

Under normal circumstances, in order to ensure the physical strength of the horses, the cavalry must dismount and walk twenty miles before arriving at the battlefield, and wait until about five miles to get on the horse and charge, and the speed is not fast at first, and then gradually accelerate, and only increase the speed to the maximum when approaching the enemy, so as to ensure the physical strength of the horses as much as possible and improve the power of the cavalry charge.

But these days the cavalry of the Wu army has been fighting everywhere, and the horses have not been given enough rest; Moreover, in order to rush before the enemy camp was built, and to ensure the suddenness of the attack, they ran ten miles at a faster speed to launch an attack.

All of this makes the cavalry and horses a little lacking in physical strength, so at this time, the infantry needs to go up for a while, so that the cavalry can withdraw a little to regroup and charge again.