Chapter 40 The Wind is Gloomy

Bai Zheng led people to the expedition in July and August, and now it is almost December, and it has been blocked by the Guanluo River for nearly two months, and it has been blocked by the company battalion under Wei for nearly a month, and the morale of the iron-blooded army is no longer high. With the fall of the 6,000 Iron Horsemen, Bai Zheng decided to take a desperate gamble.

Bai regular soldiers pay attention to a straight character in the war, whether the soldiers march and arrange, or attack and defend, all of them are secretly in line with the art of war. But surprise victory is not what he is good at, if he is given enough time to arrange his troops, the Yanbei Righteous Army is indeed not his opponent.

However, he didn't have time, and the letters that Xian Jinfei kept urging made him unable to calm down; 's jealousy of Di Xianlan also made him a little eager to win.

Under the personal command of Bai Zheng, more than 60,000 troops set up in front of Wei Zeng's company camp, of which the 20,000 iron-blooded Chinese army was the most powerful.

In order to cope with the winter attack of the Iron and Blood Army, Wei Zeng shrank the main force of the Yanbei Righteous Army here, with a total strength of 80,000. Sagari was also replenished with a new force, which amounted to 20,000 troops. Together with Zhang Ling's more than 30,000 people, the coalition forces had 130,000 or 40,000 troops in this battle.

Wei Zeng understood that today was the time for a decisive battle, and if he could withstand the strong attack of the iron-blooded army, the Yanbei Righteous Army would be able to win the war; can't withstand the attack of the iron-blooded army, and there will be no more Yanbei rebels from now on.

"The enemy sent people to drag the army of Miss Sa and Zhang Ling, and it seems that the enemy is planning to attack. I'm afraid that the procrastination of these days has made them impatient to wait. Tell the soldiers, let the Iron Army see the power of our Yanbei boy today. Wei Zeng's last sentence shouted loudly, and the soldiers responded.

Bai Zheng heard the cheers in the camp of the Yanbei Righteous Army before the battle began, and he was a little angry in his heart, and immediately ordered the iron-blooded soldiers to fire a heavy crossbow salvo to hit the morale of the Yanbei Righteous Army.

With a wave of the Bai regular order flag, the army on the left formed a straddle formation, carrying a long ladder and pushing the cart, and attacked the company camp of the Yanbei Righteous Army. In order to deal with the rebels' company camp, Bai Zheng brought in a large number of ballistas and heavy catapults, and before the infantry charged, there was a burst of projectiles.

Under the blows of ballistas and catapults, cracks appeared in the frozen soil wall of the battalion in front of the rebels, and under the continuous impact of the rushing vehicles, the wall of the first camp collapsed. The morale of the iron-blooded army was greatly boosted, and they immediately rushed into the first camp.

Wei Zeng ordered the crossbowmen to shoot the enemy when the enemy attacked, but the crossbows caused limited damage due to the stragglers, and failed to stop the enemy's attack.

Wei Zeng saw that the wall of the first camp had collapsed, and immediately ordered the soldiers in it to retreat, and after confirming that the soldiers had retreated, the catapults of the Yanbei Righteous Army also began to exert their might.

The Predator soldiers did not take the first camp with great difficulty, and just as they cheered for victory, the sky was filled with stones and canisters of fire oil and thrown into the camp. Some of the stones were soaked in fire oil and had already been ignited, and for a time the camp was in flames, and the iron-blooded army was forced to retreat in panic.

Bai Zheng watched all this very calmly, he was waiting for Wei Zeng to use all his means, he was ready to attack, and some casualties were tolerable.

Bai Zheng ordered the men and horses on the right to participate in the battle, and divided the troops to attack several camps, so that the Yanbei rebels could not concentrate on throwing stones; The crossbowmen followed the iron-blooded warriors forward, firing arrows in a volley to cover the infantry onslaught.

Several camps in front were attacked at the same time, and Wei Zeng really didn't use the same method again, because there was no problem with losing one camp, and losing multiple camps was not far from failure.

Wei's additional companies and battalions echoed each other, and they could support each other in the face of the attack of the Iron Army, so although the attack of the Iron Blood Army was fierce, their battle situation did not make much progress.

Wei Zeng gathered the Guanshan battalion in one place to support the attacked camp, and the Guanshan battalion was strong in close combat, and the defense camp was even more handy.

Bai Zheng had already destroyed five camps of the Yanbei Righteous Army, but he was still far from winning the war. The Yanbei Righteous Army has a small village of 2,000 people, a large village of 5,000 people, and an army of 80,000 has set up more than 20 large and small camps, among which each village is virtual and real, which has caused a great obstacle to the attack of the iron-blooded army.

Some camps were heavily defended, and they were full of elite troops of the Yanbei Righteous Army, and the iron-blooded army rashly attacked, and they suffered heavy losses in a fight. Some camps did not have too many people, but they set up a lot of traps, and catapults also aimed at these villages, and the iron-blooded army would suffer many casualties when they attacked it.

Through observation, Bai Zheng has clearly investigated the deployment of the Yanbei Righteous Army. Where the catapults were, where the crossbowmen were, where the elite infantry were, he could roughly tell. Of course, all this has come at the cost of thousands of lives.

Bai Zheng adjusted the deployment, and the ballista and catapult concentrated on attacking the location of the catapult of the Yanbei Righteous Army, and several catapult strongholds of the Yanbei Righteous Army were destroyed in this way.

The iron-blooded soldiers also began to dispatch to cooperate with the infantry to attack the camp where the elite infantry of the Yanbei Righteous Army was located. And the crossbowmen suppressed the crossbowmen of the Yanbei Righteous Army.

Wei Zeng sensed that the enemy generals were not simple, but he just observed them carefully, so he judged the deployment of his troops to be the same, and then launched an attack. Victory on the battlefield seems to be tilting more and more in favor of the Predators.

"Let Chayi's horse team attack, the Iron Army is too strong, and we will suffer a lot from such passive defense. Let the enemy army be chaotic, and we will have a chance to win. "Wei Zeng decided to send out Gu Chayi's horse team to try to turn the tide of the war.

As soon as Gu Cha received Wei Zeng's order, he led 10,000 cavalry to attack behind the flank of the Iron Blood Army, trying to cause chaos in the Iron Blood Army.

Gu Chayi cooperated with the Guanshan camp a few days ago and wiped out the 6,000 iron cavalry that invaded the hinterland of Yanbei, and now the morale is high. The cavalry, whether it was a heavy cavalry or a cavalry ranger, screamed and slaughtered the flanks of the Iron Army.

"It's this cavalry again. But my warriors are not afraid of cavalry, and I will let you fight on the battlefield today. Bai Zheng had already prepared, and immediately ordered 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers who had not been dispatched to set up a formation to meet Gu Chayi's horse team.

In order to show that he was stronger than Di Xianlan, Bai Zheng deliberately did not form a cavalry unit. The Iron Warrior is a multi-functional infantry, whether it is a plain or a mountain, whether it is a field battle or a siege, whether it is attacking or defending, it can exert its maximum power according to the change of formation. Of course, the anti-cavalry is also one of the daily training of the iron-blooded soldiers.

In the face of the guerrilla attack of the first cavalry of Gu Cha, a dozen hundred-man squads in front of the iron-blooded warriors formed a goose marching formation, picked up heavy crossbows to attack the wandering cavalry.

Several hundred-strong squads in the rear formed an infantry phalanx, picked up spears and shields, and prepared to block the enemy with a dense infantry phalanx when the cavalry charged.

Gu Chayi learned the big lesson from the last time, and let the 10,000 cavalry scatter and keep shooting arrows at the camp of the iron-blooded soldiers. But the horse bow against the heavy crossbow, Gu Cha and the horse team did not take advantage of it at all.

As soon as Gu Cha saw that he could not confront the Predators head-on, he decided to bypass these soldiers and attack the Predators on other sides.

When the iron-blooded warrior saw Gu Chayi's horse team, he went around to other directions, and immediately formed a long snake formation and opened the battle line. The long snake trembled, and with the direction of the attack of Gu Chayi's horse team, it constantly adjusted its front, protecting the other infantry behind him, so that Gu Chayi's horse team had no gaps.

Seeing that he could not attack the other infantry, and that the Iron Warriors had formed a long line, Gu Cha tried to break the Iron Warriors' defensive line through the cavalry charge.

Bai Zheng saw Gu Chayi's horse team start to charge, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of the flag, the warriors in front of him formed a long snake formation shot crossbows and retreated. The infantry phalanx in the rear and the long snake formation in front changed the front and rear positions, and the front of Gu Chayi's horse team became a spear phalanx.

Gu Chayi's cavalry spears were raised flat, and they broke through the long snake formation in front of him in one fell swoop, but the spear phalanx in the rear was something he couldn't break through. At the cost of more than 1,000 casualties, Gucha immediately gave the order to retreat.

When Gu Cha Yi retreated, the original Long Snake Formation was already behind the spear phalanx, and after regrouping, he picked up a heavy crossbow and shot at the retreating Gu Cha Yi horse team.

"Give them a lesson and let the Yanbei rebels know that cavalry is not omnipotent on the plains. My iron-blooded warrior is the nemesis of the cavalry. Now without the harassment of these cavalry, let the soldiers attack with all their might, and today even if they cannot defeat the enemy, ten more company battalions must be uprooted. Bai Zheng ordered.

Wei Zeng saw that Gu Cha's attack failed, and he had no choice but to hold on, he had no way back now, and retreating to Shifeng City would mean defeat.

At the end of the day, the fighting between the two sides did not stop, and the Yanbei Righteous Army struggled to support it, but it was still captured by the Iron and Blood Army more than ten villages, and the company battalion under Wei could not support it for long.

It was getting dark, the last rays of sunlight in the twilight had faded, and the Predators had finally withdrawn. The Yanbei Righteous Army had an easy day, but neither did the Iron Army.

The result of the assault was huge casualties, more than 10,000 casualties in just one day, and some generals could no longer stand it.

"I didn't fight like this, more than 10,000 of the 30,000 people I brought have already died, and it's only been a day. If it goes on like this, I'm going to be bare-knuckled. After counting the casualties of the day, the commander of the Iron Blood Army on the South Road said with some sadness.

"There's no way, Bai Shuai has already given the death order. If we don't fight, I'm afraid we will be dealt with by military law. I heard that General Hu, who had followed Bai Shuai for many years, was killed because of a mistake. We can't help it. One of the generals who also attacked sighed.

"It wasn't his soldiers who died, so he naturally didn't feel distressed. We must persuade him, if we continue to fight like this, the army's morale will be chaotic. With so many dead, all my soldiers are now in danger. Where is General Wu? The friendship between General Israel and Bai Shuai should be able to persuade him. The commander of the South Road said unwillingly.

"General Wu has been sent to block the enemy forces in the north, not here. Bai Shuai said that he would defeat the enemy in front of him within three days, and it seems that tomorrow will be another hard battle, and I don't know how many people will die. The main attacking general responded.

"It's been almost five months since we went out, and it's long overdue to retreat. The gendar is really crazy this time, if we can't defeat the enemy army, our military spirit will be scattered. I don't know how many people I'll have left along the way tomorrow. The commander of the South Road was quite helpless, sighed, and could only wait for the arrangement of fate.

Wei Zeng was also counting the casualties of the army, and under the strong attack of the iron-blooded army, the life of the Yanbei rebels was not easy. In one day, nearly half of the camp had been lost, and there were more than 10,000 casualties. I don't know how many days it will last.

Just when Wei Zeng was thinking hard about how to resist the attack of the Iron and Blood Army tomorrow, a man walked into his big tent.

"Jiang Luqing, aren't you at Miss Sa's? How did you come to me. Wei Zeng said in surprise.

"I heard that the general was fighting hard, and I specially offered the general a clever plan to break the enemy. Miss Sa and Zhang Ling are already acting separately, and I am here to inform the general. Jiang Luqing said with a smile.

"If you have any plans, just say it, now is not the time to sell off." Wei Zeng said with some urgency.

Jiang Luqing immediately told the plan, Wei Zeng frowned when he heard it, and immediately arranged it.