Chapter 548: Breakthrough in the middle lane

"Good!" Wang Maozhang, who was commanding in the rear, couldn't help but shout.

He also thought that bombarding the enemy with a grenade would have a miraculous effect, but he still somewhat underestimated the shock effect of this grenade on the enemy.

In fact, people in this era are always accustomed to understanding things they can't understand as ghosts and gods, so there are some factors that scare themselves into it.

If Wu Jun used grenades to bombard Liang Jun this time, I am afraid that there would not be such an obvious effect.

After all, Liang Jun had once learned this terrible weapon, and even if he hadn't experienced it himself, at least he had heard of it.

And once you have had an experience, you don't have to be as frightened as you were when you first encountered it.

As long as they can keep their composure, they will find that although the so-called grenade is more powerful, it is only half a pound or eight taels compared with the ordinary stone bullets fired from the Suzhou cannon, and at most it is stronger in momentum.

It's a pity that the ordinary soldiers of the Shu army have not heard of this terrible thing, which naturally caused panic and spread rapidly among the Shu army.

On Wu Jun's side, in the face of this excellent opportunity, they naturally will not show mercy.

Because the Shu army invested 30,000 troops in the first round, the front was wide after it was rolled out; The Wu army only invested 10,000 troops in the first round, so in comparison, the frontal width of the Wu army was only one-third of the front of the Shu army.

The original plan of the Shu army was to engage the Wu army head-on with 10,000 men in the middle, and the armies on both sides tried to outflank them from both flanks.

However, it was the 10,000 Shu troops in front of the Suzhou artillery that were hit by the Suzhou artillery, and they were also the ones who were in chaos; In contrast, the Shu armies on both sides had not yet figured out the situation at this time, but continued to move forward, trying to outflank both flanks of the Wu army.

At this time, the Wu army first fired a round of bows and arrows at the frontal Shu army, which made the Shu army even more chaotic, and then, without saying a word, Chai Zaiyong led the Wu army to charge.

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

The soldiers of the Wu army who rushed to kill were unstoppable, and the Shu army, which was already in chaos, suddenly became even more chaotic.

And behind Chai Zaiyong, Lu Shizhou, who had just walked out from behind the hillside, also moved forward quickly, following behind Chai Zaiyong's department.

The attack was very well connected, starting with two rounds of grenade bombardment, followed by a round of bows and arrows, and then a frontal attack by the infantry, with almost no pauses in between, and everything went very smoothly.

Under this perfect cooperation, the Shu army, which was already a little panicked and confused, was suddenly quickly defeated and retreated under the attack of the Wu army.

The large group of Shu soldiers did not dare to resist at all, and only wanted to escape as soon as possible; These panicked soldiers further aggravated the panic of the Shu army.

For a while, when the Shu army on the left and right flanks did not understand what was going on, and was still marching forward according to the original plan, trying to outflank the Wu army from both flanks, their Chinese army had been completely disrupted by the Wu army.

Breaking through in the center and then sweeping the left and right flanks is an excellent tactic, and Chai Zaiyong will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

Seeing this situation, Wang Maozhang in the rear also did not hesitate, and immediately ordered another 10,000 troops to advance from the left and right flanks of the Shu army, so as to cooperate with Chai Zaiyong to break through from the middle of the Shu army.

As long as the middle route army of the Shu army is completely defeated, and the actions of the two wings are cooperated, the fate of the 30,000 troops dispatched by the Shu army this time can almost be decided.

And once these 30,000 troops were wiped out by the Wu army, it would be completely impossible for the Shu army to block the attack of the Wu army.

And once the Shu army collapses, it means that the right flank of the entire coalition army is defeated by the Wu army, and the remaining Liang army and Jingnan army, no matter how strong they are, are powerless.

In the rear, Yang Wu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the battle was progressing more smoothly than he imagined.

"Good, good, that's great!" He couldn't help but say three good words in a row, obviously extremely happy in his heart.

"Hou Zhan, get your people ready and ready to attack at any time!" Yang Wu ordered.

"Please rest assured, the last general has long been ready and can charge at any time!" Hou Zan also replied loudly with joy on his face.

Yang Wu nodded, although the enemy's middle lane has shown signs of defeat, it has not yet been completely defeated after all.

The army on both flanks of the enemy army is even more complete, although they have been affected by the middle route army and there have been some commotions, but after all, the enemy army on both flanks still has 20,000 people, no matter how strong the Wu army is, it is impossible to defeat them at once.

Not only that, after discovering the danger of the middle route army, the Shu army on both wings also deliberately wanted to get closer to the middle lane, trying to redeem the defeat of the middle lane, and wanted to re-stabilize the middle lane.

"Now it has reached a critical time, if the Wu army can defeat the enemy's middle in one fell swoop, then today's battle will be completely victorious; If the enemy army is allowed to regain its footing, then there is still something to say about today's battle! ”

Yang Wu thought silently in his heart: "Wang Maozhang, I hope you don't let Gu down!" ”

Wang Maozhang naturally understood that the situation had reached the most critical moment, but at this time he did not send more troops.

He has a total of 50,000 forbidden troops in his hands, and before that, he has dispatched 40,000 troops, and the remaining 10,000 troops will be used as reserves, which will not be used for the time being.

In addition, the key on the battlefield today is whether or not the enemy can completely defeat the middle of the army; In the middle lane, Wang Maozhang had already invested 20,000 troops, and he couldn't use more troops, so Wang Maozhang did not use the last 10,000 troops.

However, despite this, he still made two decisions, the first of which was to order the Suzhou artillery to be pushed in front of the two armies and bombard the enemy in close proximity.

After the Suzhou artillery fired two rounds before, because the Wu army and the Shu army quickly fought together, in order to avoid accidental injury, the Suzhou artillery stopped.

However, if the Suzhou artillery is advanced to the front and rear of the two armies, you can use grenades to strike at the Shu army in depth, and at the same time, you don't have to worry about accidental damage.

The second order issued by Wang Maozhang was to personally go to the front line to supervise the battle.

At this time, this fierce general was also completely out of the way, and vowed not to give up until he defeated the enemy in the middle.

Fortunately, after all, he still knew that he was the chief general of the left-wing army, and he still shouldered the heavy responsibility of commanding the army, so he did not dare to go into battle to kill the enemy in person.

He asked the guards to carry the war drums to the front and beat the war drums himself.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

That sound of war drums was inspiring, and it made people's blood boil after listening to it.

"Kill!"

There were shouts of killing everywhere on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Wu army, who launched a surprise attack on the Shu army from the middle road, were even more crazy, rushing forward one by one regardless of their lives, trying to crush the enemy army in one fell swoop with the most powerful momentum.

"Appeal ......"

With a terrible neighing of the horse that sat down, Chai Zaiyong was thrown off the horse again.

His mount was once again shot dead by the enemy, the second horse he had replaced after the assault, the previous one being stabbed to death with a spear by a Shu soldier shortly after the assault.

"General, you can't rush like this anymore, it's too dangerous!" The guards immediately fetched new horses, let Chai use them to ride again, and then spoke persuasively.

"There is no danger in war! Now is the critical time, if the generals do not take the lead, where will the soldiers fight the enemy? Chai Zai turned over and got on his horse, and couldn't help but refuse the guard's kindness.

"But General, what if you do this......

"Enough, don't say it again, the military situation is urgent, where is the time to discuss this!" Chai Zaiyong scolded loudly.

"Rush up, brothers, rush up!"

……

Under the lead of Chai Zaiyong, the Wu army burst out with great courage and defeated the already chaotic Shu army.

If this situation does not change, it will not be long before the middle of the Shu army will be completely penetrated, and even if the Shu army does not collapse immediately, it will be difficult for them to hold out for long under the attack of the Wu army.

"How so? How so? ”

"Zhao Ben, what does he eat? It's about to be broken through by the enemy from the middle so soon! ”

"This king also relied on him as a confidant on weekdays, and obeyed him, but I didn't expect this person to be so incompetent when he started a war! So incompetent! Rubbish! ”

The Shu army was in this formation, and King Wang Zongshou of Jiawang was already in a hurry, cursing incessantly.

But he forgot that the order to let the Shu army take the initiative to attack was given by himself.

And if he doesn't let the Shu army take the initiative to attack, then relying on the favorable terrain where the Shu army's main formation is located, even if he can't defeat the Wu army, at least he will not be defeated by the Wu army so soon.

"Your Highness, this is not the time to worry about this, let's find a way to save our army in the middle! If you don't take action, I'm afraid that the middle lane will be completely defeated by the enemy! On the side, Wei Qun hurriedly stood up and persuaded him.

"Yes, Your Highness, it is only right to help the middle lane stabilize its position quickly, if the middle lane is defeated, our army will be completely defeated in today's battle!" The other generals spoke out one after another.

Many of the generals present were in a state of six gods and no masters, and they didn't know how to save the situation at all, so they pinned their hopes on Wang Zongshou.

It's a pity that although Wang Zongshou is the commander of the Shu army, he is not good at military strategic command, if he is asked to write a poem and give him words, he is still good; But let him command the army and respond to the situation, and he will not be able to do much.

So at this time, Wang Zongshou had already panicked, and he didn't know how to deal with it at all.

"By the way, where is General Zhang Wu? What about Zhang Wu? Get him here! At this time, Wang Zongshou had a flash of inspiration and suddenly remembered Zhang Wu.

At the beginning, when the Shu army was firmly blocked by the Wu army in the Yiling Mountains and could not advance or retreat, it was Zhang Wu who came up with a good idea, which successfully forced the Wu army to retreat and finally joined the Liang army.

At this time, the situation was critical, and Wang Zongshou naturally thought of Zhang Wu.

It's a pity that I don't usually burn incense and cram for a while, what's the use of this?

When he asked where Zhang Wu was, under the reminder of Wei Qun and others, he remembered that Zhang Wu had been sent to the Liang army camp by him a few days ago. 18110