I have to say that Yang Wu was caught off guard by this change, but before he could ask for details, Zhu Qianyou sent someone to say that the Chinese army encountered the enemy.

Fortunately, Yang Wu had already given the order to increase vigilance and switch to a defensive formation, so in the face of the enemy's attack, there was only a slight commotion in various units of the Chinese army, and it was quickly calmed down under the reprimand of the officers.

The attacking enemy army consisted of just over a hundred cavalry, apparently coming as the vanguard.

They rushed to the front and rear of the Wu army's formation, intending to launch a surprise attack, but seeing that the Wu army was already prepared, they stopped in the distance.

After a few moments, more than a dozen cavalrymen bent their bows and arrows to attack the Wu army.

Obviously, this is a temptation of the enemy army, and if the Wu army panics, then other enemy troops will also rush forward; Conversely, if the Wu army behaved calmly, then the enemy army would lose more than ten men at most.

In the face of such a temptation, Wu Jun's side was naturally not polite.

Generally speaking, the range of the bows and arrows used by the cavalry is not comparable to the crossbows of the infantry army, and even with the speed of the horses, they must rush into the range of the Wu army's bows and crossbows to inflict casualties on the Wu army.

As a result, when they rushed over, with an order, a rain of arrows shot out from the Wu army's formation, and more than a dozen cavalry fell directly, and the rest also turned their horses in a panic and prepared to flee.

However, it was easier to get in than to get out, and in the end they couldn't escape.

After the officers and men of the Chinese army easily repelled the temptation of the enemy's forward, Yang Wu also learned from the messenger what had happened to the rear army.

It turned out that just as Li Decheng ordered to speed up the march and approached the Chinese army, thousands of enemy cavalry suddenly came out from behind the hillside and rushed unstoppably into the unsuspecting Wu army.

Li Decheng was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered the army to be gathered and prepared to deal with the cavalry charge.

However, because he had just given the order to speed up the march of the army not long ago, and suddenly changed the order, the officers and men of the various units were at a loss for a while, not knowing how to respond, and as a result, they missed the best time to respond.

What's even more terrifying is that the army behind was still carrying out the previous order, that is, to speed up the march, and they had no idea what was going on in front of them; However, the army in front was desperately closing its formation to expand its depth and resist the onslaught of the cavalry.

As a result, under the charge of the enemy cavalry, the entire rear army fell into disarray.

And at this moment, a large number of enemy infantry rushed over, and those enemy troops were all fierce and unstoppable, and they seemed to take their lives seriously at all.

Under the strangulation of this infantry army that rushed out later, the rear army completely lost control.

After listening to the whole process, Yang Wu calmed down.

At this time, the situation was undoubtedly extremely critical, but he knew that the more he was at this time, the more he could not panic, otherwise it would only give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.

He asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you know how many troops the enemy army has that launched a surprise attack on the rear army?" Have you ever found out which enemy army they were? ”

The messenger swallowed his saliva and replied with difficulty: "The enemy's strength is not too much, it should be less than 10,000 people, General Li Decheng said, it should be the silver spear service army established by Yang Shihou at the beginning." ”

Speaking of this, he said impatiently: "King, although the rear army is in chaos, the main force is still there, and I ask the king to send troops to rescue quickly." ”

"The rescue is not in a hurry in advance, you said that the enemy army is a silver spear army?" Yang Wu waved his hand and asked in a deep voice.

"Exactly." The messenger replied.

Yang Wu's heart sank slightly when he heard this, as the army of the Silver Spear Servant Army, as a pro-army of Yang Shihou, its loyalty is not to be said, but its combat power is beyond doubt.

After all, Houliang was also the largest country in the world at the beginning, and its elite soldiers were all under the command of Yang Shihou, and then Yang Shihou carefully selected from those elite soldiers and gave them preferential treatment, which formed a pro-army of 8,000 people, and the combat power can be imagined.

The rear army was raided by the Silver Spear Army, and now it is in a great chaos, and I am afraid that it is difficult to count on it.

Sending troops to support them at this time may also give them a little time to recover from the chaos and fend off the enemy.

But as soon as this thought appeared in his mind, Yang Wu ruled it out.

"At this time, the most important thing is the Chinese army, if the Chinese army is still there, then this battle still has to be fought, if you rashly divide the troops to support the rear army, once the Chinese army is raided, it is also obviously chaotic, then this battle will be completely lost."

He couldn't help but be a little glad, if he hadn't issued an order in time for Zhu Qianyou to change the formation and increase his vigilance, maybe the Chinese army would have fallen into chaos at this time.

He groaned in his heart: "At this time, the enemy's situation is unknown, and we must first guard to the death, even if we act conservatively, we will not hesitate to do so." ”

He glanced at the messenger and said to the guards beside him, "Send someone to take him down to rest, and the others will come with Gu!" Drive! With that, he pulled the reins, turned his horse's head, and galloped toward a hillside not far away.

The hill was the highest in the vicinity, not very steep, and there was some gravel on the ground, which was not conducive to the cavalry.

After making great efforts to climb the hillside, Yang Wu looked into the distance, and the first thing he found was that the distance was less than three miles away from the Wu army, and a large army was slowly coming, and the front was about 3,000 cavalry, densely packed, trampling on the ground and making a earth-shattering sound.

After the cavalry, the smoke and dust were billowing and it was impossible to see how many enemy troops there were, but Yang Wu estimated that there should be at least 20,000 troops.

At this time, another messenger came quickly, bringing news of the Zhu Siqing Department of the front army and the Chai Kehong Department walking at the forefront of the army.

Chai Kehong's side had already engaged the enemy's cavalry not long ago, and now the two sides were fighting inextricably.

Due to the relative distance, the messenger sent by Chai Kehon did not arrive until this time.

Zhu Siqing's troops were also attacked by the enemy, and the enemy's raid method was almost the same as that of the rear army, which was also led by hundreds of cavalry, and the infantry followed it to attack.

Fortunately, Zhu Siqing responded calmly and did not panic because of the sudden change.

Under his calm response, the current situation of the front army is quite stable for the time being, but it is difficult to join the Chinese army in a short time.

After getting the news, Yang Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Siqing lived up to his expectations and withstood the enemy's attack at this critical time.

Otherwise, if the front army is also finished, then the entire Chinese army will fall into a state of isolation, which will not only seriously affect the morale of the army, but also that the enemy army will be able to unscrupulously concentrate its forces to besiege the Chinese army, which can be said to be a crucial point for the current situation.

"You go back and tell General Zhu Siqing that he doesn't have to rush over to converge, defend himself first, and then make a choice according to the situation, don't be in a hurry." Yang Wu said to the messenger who came to report the news.

Then, he issued orders one after another: "Send an order to Chai Kehong, let him get rid of the enemy's containment as soon as possible and come to support." ”

"Send a messenger to General Zhou, tell him about the situation here, and let him make his own decisions according to the situation."

Now that the place where the army was raided was nearly forty miles away from Yang Liu Nancheng, coupled with the containment of the defenders in the city, Yang Wu did not expect Zhou Ben to lead the army to come to the rescue.

His only request is that Yang Liu and Liu don't make mistakes.

As for Pingyin, Yang Wu also sent an order to the past, asking Li Jian to lead the army to support as soon as possible.

By the time a series of orders had been issued, the enemy army was already close to only two or three miles away, and even some of the fast cavalry in the enemy's forward were about to enter the range of Wu's bows and arrows.

Seeing this situation, Yang Wu immediately made a decision and ordered the 3,000 Yulin army to be placed on the hillside to be defended, and ordered Zhu Qianyou to lead the rest of the army to set up a position on both sides of the hillside to defend.

Not only is this hillside a vantage point in the vicinity, but its surroundings are also ideal for defense.

On top of that, there was a small river just down the hillside, so they now had enough food and grass to last three or four days, and there was a water source nearby, so they didn't have to worry about drinking water.

In other words, a large army is stationed here, and there is no need to worry about falling into enemy siege even if it falls into a short period of time.

And three or four days later, the army led by Li Jian on the Pingyin side was enough to come and relieve the siege, no matter how slow it was.

After making up his mind to stand by for help, Yang Wu immediately ordered the machete to knock down the trees on the hillside and use them to build improvised fortifications.

At the same time, the purpose of this is to let the whole army see him clearly, so that the soldiers know that they are not alone, and that their king is fighting with them against the enemy.

After issuing these orders, after the various departments began to act quickly, Yang Wu had time to smile at Yang Yan who was following him: "Yan'er, the first time you experienced the battlefield, you encountered such a critical situation, are you afraid in your heart?" ”

After all, Yang Yan is only a little over ten years old now, no matter how smart he is, he is still just a child after all.

Seeing that the atmosphere around him was so solemn, and understanding the danger that the army was facing now, the little guy had already turned pale, and his little hands were clutching the reins, looking very nervous.

However, after hearing Yang Wu's question, he reluctantly replied with a smile: "With my father, the child is not afraid at all." ”

Yang Wu laughed "haha": "Okay, very good!" The Jin army did catch us off guard this time, if we hadn't responded in time and adjusted the formation, I was afraid that the army would be in danger at this moment. ”

He glanced at the surrounding guards and the many soldiers of the Yulin Army, and said loudly: "However, now that the enemy's plan has completely failed, I can predict that they will definitely not be able to break through our defense line next." And as long as we can hold on, when the reinforcements from Pingyin arrive, the enemy army will not be able to advance or retreat, and then we will definitely become a prisoner of our army! ”

He deliberately raised his voice and tried his best to let the soldiers around him hear his words, the purpose was naturally to appease the morale of the army, so that the soldiers knew that as long as they persevered, they would definitely win in the end.

However, what Yang Wu said was not all lies, in fact, what he said was basically true.

Li Cunmiao's raid on the Wu army this time can be said to be a completely risky move to complete his work in one battle.

Now the Yellow River is once again blocked by the Wu army, and the Jin army crossed the river in a hurry, carrying not much grain and grass, if they could not quickly achieve a decisive victory, when the Wu army eased up, they would face the siege of the Wu army, which had an absolute advantage in strength.

Even at that time, the Wu army did not need to take the initiative to attack, only needed to besiege the Jin army, and after a few days, when the Jin army ran out of food and grass, they would collapse on their own.

In short, the future is bright, and the hope of victory beckons.

But the premise of all this is that they must block the Jin army's attack here, otherwise once the defense line is breached, the situation will be difficult to manage.

Yang Yan obviously understood Yang Wu's plan, and he said cooperatively: "Father, then can we block the enemy's attack?" ”

Yang Wu replied without hesitation: "Of course." Although the enemy army is strong, our Jianghuai boy is also brave and good at fighting. At that time, our territory was only a corner of Huainan, with a military force of only more than 100,000 people, and the annual money and food were only barely enough. ”

"But what about now? We are already the strongest in the world, even if it was the former Great Liang Country, has it not been wiped out by us now? As for the other heroes, Qian Hao, Ma Yin, Wei Quanxi, Wang Zhenzhi, etc., were beaten by our Jianghuai men one by one. ”

"Now the enemy army does not have more troops than us, and we only need to hold out for a while, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before we can win the victory; Could it be that we can't even resist the Jin army for a while? ”

When many soldiers heard this, their expressions suddenly lifted.

Yes, they used to be so weak, but they were never afraid of anyone.

In these years, the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition have defeated powerful opponents one after another, although it cannot be said that they are invincible all over the world, but on the whole, the Wu army still won more and lost less in foreign wars.

So many victories have long nourished the spirit of Wu Jun, and he has a great spirit.

Before, the soldiers were just frightened by the menacing momentum of the Jin army, especially after hearing that the rear army had been raided, and now that it had fallen into chaos, the soldiers were inevitably a little panicked.

But now that Yang Wu said this, the former glory reminded them that although the Jin army was strong, he was not a vegetarian.

Thinking of this, Wu Jun's morale suddenly rose, and some of the remaining panic on his face suddenly disappeared, and one by one they began to prepare for the upcoming big battle under the orders of the officers.

Yang Wu nodded with satisfaction when he saw it, he knew that his morale had recovered a little now, but it was too early to say that there was really no problem in this battle.

After all, although the morale of the Wu army is high, it will still be somewhat affected after the rear army is raided.

At the same time, the morale of the Jin army will definitely increase.

What's more, the Wu army still has a way to retreat, while the Jin army is really a dead end, if they can't win, they will die without a place to be buried.

In this case, the Jin army will inevitably burst out with great enthusiasm, and its combat power will inevitably exceed imagination.