Chapter 4 Domination
After Meng Shu led his army across the Lushui, the battlefield was open.
Of the 100,000 troops he led, only 20,000 were warriors of barbarian tribes, and most of the rest were people from the seven southern counties who responded to him.
The most lethal of these 100,000 troops on the battlefield is undoubtedly the Southern Barbarian Elephant Legion, more than 100 Southern Barbarian elephants open the way, and the Southern Barbarian warriors ride on it, they can condescendingly step on the battlefield and have a solid defensive capability.
The wind and clouds suddenly rose, and the sky and the earth changed.
The two armies facing each other on the battlefield were less than a mile apart, and Meng Huo stood on the back of the Southern Barbarian Elephant, and without even saying a word to greet the opposing generals, he ordered an attack.
The Southern Barbarian Elephant Legion advanced slowly, with the assistance of the Southern Barbarian warriors, and an army of 100,000 poured out to pounce on the enemy army with only 70,000 troops to the north.
The spirited and high-spirited Taiping army ignored the approach of the rebels.
Pang Tong, who was riding his horse in the central dispatch, threw a look at Wu Yi and then nodded.
Wu Yi waved his big hand, the drums behind him started to beat, the herald on his side waved the order flag, and the whole army was dispatched with 10,000 silver feathers.
The sound of stampede and hooves shook the sky, and the Nanban elephant on the opposite side also let out a heavy snort and hiss, and it seemed that the charging momentum of the Yinling flying horse was about to go toe-to-toe with the opponent's Nanban elephant legion.
However, Wu Yi, who was bowing down on his horse and galloping, slowed down when he was about to reach the center of the battlefield.
Yinling flew to the middle of the battlefield one step ahead of the other party, Wu Yi took the coke firewood prepared in advance from behind him and threw it on the ground, and then smashed the jar filled with fire oil directly on it, and after doing these two things in the blink of an eye, he turned his horse's head and retreated.
The 10,000 silver feathers flying from the sideways are exactly the same as Wu Yi's, the strength of one person is small, and 10,000 people will make the quantitative change produce a qualitative change.
The horizontal line in the center of the battlefield was piled with flammable dry firewood, coke and kerosene, and after Yinling flew back, Pang Tong nodded to Zhang Yan again.
Zhang Yan gave an order, the archers came out of the line, and the rockets that had been prepared for a long time put on the bowstring and shot up to the sky.
Mars covered the sky and flew diagonally like a meteor shower, igniting the dry wood in the center of the battlefield.
Poof, a wall of fire suddenly rose in the center of the battlefield, and the Nanban Elephant Corps, which was less than a hundred steps away from the fire wall, suddenly fell into chaos, and the Nanban Elephant stopped, Meng Shu gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers to quickly dig up the soil to extinguish the fire wall, and the Nanban Elephant that suddenly became irritable was being pacified and controlled by the Nanban warriors with all their might.
Zhang Yan already had 10,000 archers under his command, and Guo Jia sent Xu Chu, Wu Yi, and Yan Yan to lead the army to help.
Wu Yi brought 10,000 silver feather flying horses, Yan Yan brought 10,000 crossbow soldiers, and Xu Chu took his sword and shield soldiers who fought in close combat.
The situation reached this point, Pang Tong still looked indifferent, and calmly ordered: "General Yan, you lead the crossbowmen to slowly advance from the middle, General Zhang, your archers cover from both flanks, and the pikemen are all aimed at the enemy troops on the Southern Barbarian Elephant as planned in advance, and projected at a medium distance." General Xu, please lead the army from the right flank into the middle of the enemy's army, cut off the enemy's front and rear contact, and once the enemy army breaks and flees to the left or wants to retreat, General Wu, at that time, you will lead the cavalry troops to drive the opponent to annihilation. ”
After Pang Tong's order, the whole army of 70,000 soldiers and horses took action.
Yan Yan led 10,000 crossbowmen to slowly move forward from the middle road, the crossbowmen were already inferior in mobility, and it took a lot of time to take a lot of time to wind up the arrows and aim and shoot, but after the center of the battlefield had a wall of fire to block the advance of the enemy, the crossbowmen's activity space was liberated instantly, and the enemy could not pass, but the arrows shot by the strong crossbow could break through the wall of fire and shoot the enemy unscrupulously.
Zhang Yan handed over 10,000 archers to Deng Zhi to lead, and Deng Zhi led the archers to form protection on both flanks of the crossbowmen and cover the infantry approaching the enemy.
Zhang Yan personally led 20,000 pikemen to charge forward with spears, aiming at the opponent's Nanban Elephant Legion, Zhang Yan who was running suddenly stopped, the spear in his right hand was thrown out by him, the spear was like a shuttle, flying away, the warrior riding on the Nanban elephant was trying to pacify the Nanban elephant who was forced by the fire and irritable, but unexpectedly, a spear broke through the air, the warrior fell to the ground heavily, his chest and back were pierced, and the blood flowed.
Xu Chu only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, but he was still in command of Zhang Yan's footmen, with 20,000 people, Xu Chu took the lead in outflanking from the right flank, leading the army like a wild beast with teeth and claws to tear apart the enemy's formation, setting off a bloody storm everywhere he went, and the raging wind disrupted all the deployments of the Southern Barbarian army.
Wu Yi moved to the left flank with 10,000 silver feather flying horses, in front of them was another open place, the center of the battlefield was in front of their right, here, the silver feather flying cavalry was on standby, just waiting for the southern barbarian rout to chase down the enemy as best they could.
Looking from the rear of the Taiping Army, Pang Tong, who was originally the commander of the whole army, now has no soldiers around him, he is wearing a sleeve robe without fear, wearing a virtuous crown seems to be just a weak scholar, at this moment, it seems to dominate everything.
The situation on the battlefield was under the control of the Taiping army from the beginning.
The 100,000 people of the Southern Barbarian army are not to be feared, even if the king of Yue Junyi comes, the Taiping army will not retreat a step, this is the confidence of the war.
To the north of the wall of fire, the archers, crossbowmen, and pikemen of the Taiping army hunted the enemy unscrupulously, the mournful screams of elephants, the running of heavy hooves, the wails of wounded soldiers, the screams of soldiers before death, and the majestic shouts of battle, etc., formed a tragic but natural picture in the eyes of the victors.
At this moment, Pang Tong suddenly looked to the east, crossed the mountains and mountains, and waded through the river, where was his hometown: Jingzhou.
"Mr. Xenodu, Mr. Zirou, Mr. Shuijing, Pang Degong, can you come to such a scene in your lifetime? Governing the country and leveling the world, even if you have a strategy and a good plan, if you don't show your strengths, you will only spend your time in vain if you read thousands of books and are full of energy. ”
Pang Tong, who had listened to Pang Degong's knee, did not agree with Pang Degong's concept of ruling by inaction, and went to the world alone to join the Ming Lord, not for the sake of gold and silver fields, but a stage, a group that can really change the world, change the times, and turn things around.
Pang Tong has been dead set on Guo Jia, what he wants, Guo Jia has given him, even more than he wants, he thought that he would be mediocre under Guo Jia for several years before he would be reused, but he didn't expect him, a young man, to ascend to the throne so quickly.
But Pang Tong also knew that Guo Jia gave him a chance, whether he could prove himself or not relied on his true talent and learning, if he couldn't prove it, he couldn't get the recognition of the generals in the army, Guo Jia naturally couldn't be able to promote and appoint him out of the ordinary.
Talented people in the world are like carp crossing the river, and what people who have not met talent is just an opportunity, and such an opportunity will be a turning point that will change the fate of a person's life.
Pang Tong, who broke away from the Jingxiang clan, does not regret it, he does not need to be promoted from the identity of Sima Hui's master disciple and Pang Degong's nephew to become a Jingxiang celebrity, he wants to use what he has learned in the cause of truly changing the world, assisting Guo Jia to compete in the Central Plains, and the phoenix chick spreads its wings and ascends the throne from the dragon!
When Pang Tong began to understand the reason, the Han Dynasty had fallen apart, and the world food Han Lu Shi was not half emotional for him, this world was already a group of thieves when he grew up, and the world needed a new master, and the princes of Jiuhe, who were in turmoil, implemented the great rule after the chaos in the world.
In Pang Tong's heart, now that the obstacles are cleared step by step, after Guo Jia pacifies the princes, he will inevitably create a prosperous and more powerful dynasty.
For the establishment of a new dynasty, he did not hesitate and firmly followed Guo Jia's side.
"Wolong and phoenix, hum, Zhuge Kongming, what are you doing now?"
Pang Tong closed his eyes, and his ugly face was solemn.
The Southern Barbarian army fell into chaos, and Meng Xu, who was sitting on the majestic Southern Barbarian Elephant, shouted back and forth and issued orders, but his orders were not implemented and implemented at all, not to mention that the people in his army did not know how to fight at all, that is, his Southern Barbarian warriors, in addition to being brave and ruthless, did not even understand the most basic battle formation, such an enemy, Guo Jia was not interested in personally coming to crusade, his subordinates were full of talents, and he could pacify the rebellious army by sending a few civil and military forces at will.
Xu Chu led the army like a dragon into the sea, always forming a joint force to rush and kill in the Southern Barbarian army.
Meng Shu condescendingly saw the unstoppable Xu Chu, and when he had already begun to retreat, he suddenly heard Xu Chu shouting on his horse.
"Nanban boy, get back to me!"
Xu Chu slapped his horse and went straight after Meng Shu, and Meng Shu heard Xu Chu's words, he was furious, stood up from the back of the Southern Barbarian Elephant, turned around and happened to Xu Chu to kill, Meng Chu jumped down from the back of the elephant with a long knife in his hand, and the blade fell from the sky, with the momentum of splitting the mountain.
"How daring!"
Xu Chu saw that Meng Shu had the courage to fight, and he was not angry but happy.
If the other party is a bad breed, Xu Chu will not be proud of how much he kills, since he dares to fight, he will at least get Xu Chu's respect.
Bang the two knives collided, Xu Chu bucked the trend and met Meng Huo's knife momentum, no matter how strong the two of them competed, Meng Shu had the advantage from top to bottom.
The horse's legs were bent, Xu Chu blocked Meng Shu's huge strength, and the two knives collided not to be outdone, but the mount under his crotch couldn't stand the sudden gravity, hissed, and his legs fell to the ground, Xu Chu took advantage of the situation to roll on the spot and stand up, Meng Chu also bent his knees and pressed the ground with one hand, and the two slowly stood up, and their surging eyes locked on each other.
"With strength, you have half of Lu Bu's house."
Xu Chu and Lu Bu have fought each other, how strong Lu Bu is in that person who looks like a godsend, Xu Chu is clear, compared to Meng Shu, Xu Chu can give such an evaluation, it sounds derogatory, but it is actually praise.
Meng Shu hadn't heard of Lu Bu's name at all, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he waved the knife in his hand and slashed at Xu Chu.
Grinning his teeth, Xu Chu was excited, thinking that the Southern Barbarian army was relying on a few behemoths to fight, but he didn't expect that there would be a character who would make him fight.
The blades collided, you came and went, Xu Chu and Meng Shu fought inextricably, and every collision of weapons sparked dazzling sparks.
The two of them staggered each other, gritting their teeth and looking at each other closely.
An elephant's neighing came from his ears, and the sound of rumbling hooves was deafening, and the two immediately drew their knives and retreated, and an elephant wounded by a strong crossbow shot rushed past them in a panic.
Meng Shu still wanted to fight again, but there were several Southern Barbarian warriors behind him to surround him and protect him to retreat, Meng Shu looked back at Xu Chu, but Xu Chu did not chase him, and he was also looking at him with his chin held high.
"There will be a date later."
(To be continued)