As the saying goes, once you are bitten by a snake, you are afraid of the well rope for ten years. Yu Hualongyuan is not a timid person who suffers from gains and losses, he is not only frightened by Zhang Bohu's repeated designs, but also has lingering palpitations at the tragic scene of Yang Yao's death. Yu Hualong and Shen Chong have a similar temperament, and for the time being, they can only talk to him in private, and they told him the worries in their hearts before the army left the city.

Being a solid and steady person does not mean stupidity: "The general does not need to worry too much. The marshal had already made it clear that the phased purpose of planning the two wars was to advance our army to the city of Suizhou. Southern Chu civil and military are not harmonious, each has its own thoughts, the Chu army avoids but does not fight, how to explain to the Chu Emperor and the court? Even if Zhang Bohu had this idea, Wen Huanzhang would never agree. If the Chu army retreats without a fight, why not do it if our soldiers are not bloody? ”

The Xia army came out of Xiangyang in the rain, Yang Zhi was not wearing armor, he was drenched all over, and he rode his horse and stood tall under the banner of the Chinese army commander, although it was very different, but it was also majestic.

About five miles to the south, there is a huge rock on the side of the road that looks like a hill, which can be called a natural landmark outside the city of Xiangyang. Yang Zhi's heart moved, Le Ma stopped, and ordered: "Take a handsome flag." ”

When Long Yu, the lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy, heard this, he hurriedly took a handsome flag in person and sent it to Yang Zhi in confusion. Yang Zhi took it in his hand, turned the flagpole, and suddenly threw it at the boulder with all his strength. only heard a muffled sound of "grabbing", and the handsome flag was actually inserted into the boulder more than a foot deep!

The guards and many soldiers beside him couldn't help but be dumbfounded: it is rumored that the handsome man is brave and invincible, and sure enough!

Before everyone had time to come back to their senses, Yang Zhilang said: "If you can't win, you swear not to pull out the flag!" ”

An army of 20,000 joined each other. Yang Zhi's move of planting the flag and taking an oath quickly spread. At the time of the arrival, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted. With such a fierce man personally leading the army into battle, how can it be invincible?

The two armies are at war. It was common for each other to send sentry scouts to spy on the military. Now in the area hundreds of miles from Xiangyang to Suizhou, the two armies of Xia and Chu are intertwined. Although the enemy's campaign intentions are not well understood, there is no secret about the scale and timing of the troops, and the leading generals.

On that day, in order to successfully set up an ambush with a plan, Zhang Bohu cleared the Chu army sentry cavalry on the periphery of Suizhou in advance, even if he took advantage of the Xia army's careless psychology of underestimating the enemy, in fact, it also cost a lot of money. Now, if you want to concoct it again in accordance with the law, it is absolutely impossible.

About forty miles out of the city, the sentry cavalry came to report: Chu general Zhang Can led 50,000 troops to meet the marshal. Formed a formation one hundred and twenty miles from our army in the southeast.

It is common sense that there is a huge disparity in the number of troops, and it is usually difficult to have a chance of winning when they are outnumbered. Long Yu exclaimed: "Dashuai, it's almost three to one!" I'm afraid this battle is not so easy to fight, right? …… Marshal, do you send people back to the city and order the general to bring troops to reinforcements? ”

"If you are afraid, go back." Yang Zhi said coldly: "You fool, you actually know that there are few people who can't beat many people, it's really rare." Wars cannot be fought by a large number of people alone. You have to use your brain! Don't you see that? It was the Chu army that was afraid, not us. ”

A young Xiangyang border army general in his twenties next to him interjected: "Marshal, our army's outpost is only more than 100 miles away from Suizhou, and there are 20,000 soldiers stationed along the line to Xiangyang. Although the Chu army sent 50,000 troops. But the number of troops against our army will not exceed 30,000 at most. The place where the Chu army formed was located in the middle of Xiangyang and Suizhou. This just shows that the Chu army is worried about being outflanked and raided by our army. There was a retreat to Suizhou. Our army and the Chu army are roughly equal in strength, and there is no need to send reinforcements. so as not to demoralize the morale of the army. ”

There are such sober-minded talents in the Xiangyang border army! Yang Zhi asked approvingly, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, the last general's name is Qian Fang."

"Money? I made a note of the name. Wait until this battle is over. You will go to serve under General Shen! ”

I didn't want to let go of this money and refused: "The last general thanks the marshal for his love, but the last general doesn't want to serve under General Shen." ”

Shen Chong, Wei Feiyang, and Chen Zhun were ordered to form three heavy army groups, and all grain and ordnance were all given priority, and the whole army knew about it. Others don't necessarily want to go!

Yang Zhi put the money under Shen Chong's account, precisely because he took a fancy to the boldness and carefulness he showed in his words, and deliberately cultivated him as a heavy deputy, so that the two could complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. The reason why he didn't rush to be promoted and made a wish was because he had to see his true skills.

Disapprovingly, he asked, "Why is that?" ”

Qian Fang replied calmly: "There are two reasons: first, the last general is unwilling to enter because of his words, as long as he kills the enemy bravely, I believe that the commander and the generals will not bury the last general." ”

"Second, if the commander really looks down on the last general, let the last general go to General Wei. The last general joined the army at the age of 16 and was a corporal under General Wei, but in less than half a year, General Wei was recalled to Beijing. After that, the last general was selected and transferred from Jinling to the Xiangyang border army. The last general sincerely admired General Wei, and failed to follow the meritorious service, which has always been a regret in his life. ”

It turned out to be Wei Feiyang's old department under General Yongyi in Jinling. After the defeat of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Xia army had almost no major battles. In seven or eight years, Qian was promoted from a soldier to a general, and his promotion was not slow. It can be seen that this person is very intelligent.

Wei Feiyang's past was too sensitive, and Yang Zhi didn't want to mention it more: "As long as it's gold, it will shine everywhere." Then let's do it!"

Then the order was issued: the whole army marched as usual, did not cook food from time to time, and camped at the end of the day. Tomorrow, we will form a formation and engage the Chu army!

Chu general Zhang Can is a fierce general under Wen Huanzhang, Suizhou City is broken, this person is the leading general, Yang Yao also died at his hands. The Xiangyang border army was a soldier, and he was not only afraid of Zhang Can, but also hated him to the core.

Yang Zhi expected that he had an outstanding reputation, and the Chu army also did not dare to be careless, and relying on the advantage of troops, Zhang Can would definitely come to the battle in person. Secretly made up his mind, this battle was a small test, and the possibility of wanting to annihilate the living forces of the Chu army on a large scale was extremely small. Even if you kill 10,000 Chu troops, it is not as good as attacking and killing Zhang Can!

The next day was still a bad day with heavy rain and pours.

As ordered, the Xia army formed a formation, and the Chu army, which had already been waiting for a long time, stopped at a distance of three miles and confronted each other for a short time. The sound of the thunderstorm set off the scene as silent as death.

Yang Zhi discharged a wedge-shaped offensive formation that led the Chinese army, Shen Chong, and Wei Feiyang responded left and right. Tens of thousands of people rushed to the scene. That's the plot that only existed in film and television dramas in the previous life. Yang Zhizhong's army was in front, and Wei Feiyang responded from the right. Shen from the left flank depends on the situation of the camera.

Yang Deadly Dragon Rain guarded Shuai Qi, and he himself followed closely behind the archers. Joined the ranks of the pikemen, standing side by side with the pikemen leading the captain, and it was the closest position to engage the Chu army face to face. Face the enemy in battle, the goal is clear, and the opportunity is fleeting!

The formations are all clearly arranged, there is nothing more to say, let's fight!

Seeing that Yang Zhi was already in place, Long Yu wiped his face fiercely, and he didn't know whether it was tears or rain, and waved the handsome flag according to the order. Xia Jun moved when he saw the flag. stepped on a neat pace and slowly pressed towards the Chu army. The Chu army on the opposite side also moved when they heard the wind, because they had not yet entered the range of heavy crossbows and bows and arrows, although the two armies were gradually approaching, neither of them ordered to charge. The atmosphere of the imminent battle is almost suffocating!

When the two armies were only less than two miles apart, Yang Zhi could even clearly see the banner of the Chinese army of the Chu army. At the same time, the heavy crossbows of the two armies have already rained down!

According to Yang Zhi's specific tactical deployment before the battle, after firing two rounds of heavy crossbows. This was followed by five salvos of bows and arrows. When the crossbow arrows of the two armies are fired at each other, unless one side thinks that he is at an absolute disadvantage and wants to fight to the death, or the leading general is in the water. Usually does not risk death to order a charge. During this period, both heavy crossbows and bows and arrows were aimed at the soldiers of the enemy formation. The area separated by the two armies was relatively safe.

Yang Zhi waited for Xia Jun to fire two rounds of heavy crossbows and three rounds of bows and arrows in a volley. Resolutely rode his horse and rode alone to the Chu army formation! A minute, he only needs a minute. You can rush to half a mile away from Zhang Zijiangqi, and then shoot Zhang Can with a bow and arrows!

This is obviously not in accordance with the rules! Are you in such a hurry to die? At the moment when the soldiers of the Chu army were stunned, Yang Zhi had already waved his Pu sword to the front of the battle, and after the Xia army barely fired the fourth round of bows and arrows, the whole army also covered up and killed. No one in the Chu army could have imagined that this fierce man who didn't know whether he was alive or dead was Yang Zhi, the commander of the Xia army, how could he care about killing him at this time?

When Zhang Can, the commander of the Chu army, was roaring and ordering a counterattack, Yang Zhi had already given up the Pu knife in his hand and took advantage of this gap to shoot at him with a bow and three arrows! Zhang Can was hit by an arrow once and did not fall, so come again. The result of the next come, of course, is that Zhang Can is so dead that he can't die anymore.

At this time, the two armies had been strangled together, Yang Zhi grabbed a horse in the chaos, rushed forward and first cut off Zhang Can's head, and then cut off Zhang Can's banner with a knife, raised Zhang Can's head and shouted: "The Xia army is mighty!" ”

If the coach Yang Zhi dies in battle, Long Yu, who is a lieutenant of the Chinese military academy, will also die so much that there is not even scum left. As soon as Xia Junfu charged, he went straight to the direction where Yang Zhi was. The scene at this moment made his blood gush out, snatched a handsome flag from the hands of his own soldiers, stood behind Yang Zhi and waved it again and again, and kept shouting in his mouth: "Xia Jun is mighty!" General Yang is mighty! ”

On the night of June 11, the news of the defeat of the Chu army reached the tent of the commander of the Suizhou Central Army.

Chu Shuai Wen Huanzhang had paced back and forth anxiously countless times, and the military advisor Zhang Bohu sat aside.

Wen Huanzhang reported the defeat to the handsome case and scolded: "The old man has been fighting for half his life, and the famous generals of the Xia Army have also seen a lot. As the commander, it is rare to be in the battle formation, where is the reason to take the lead in rushing to the battle and slashing the opponent's commander? Including Yang Zhi, the old man has never underestimated any commander of the Xia army. But where is there such an unsophisticated one? Yang Zhi, this guy is simply a demon! ”

Zhang Bohu let Wen Huanzhang vent, but he still didn't say a word with an expressionless face.

If you are defeated, you are defeated, and if you scold the ancestral tomb of Yang Zhijia, it will also be defeated.

After Wen Huanzhang had a seizure, he sighed gloomily: "The military advisor once said that Yang Zhizhi's cunning is not inferior to bravery, and it cannot be guessed by ordinary people. The best strategy is to retreat to Suizhou to avoid fighting without fighting, the middle strategy is to send troops to meet the battle, touch away, and preserve strength, and the next strategy is to send superior troops and fight with them with all their might, so as not to win or suffer. ”

"The old man originally thought that Yang Zhi was not a three-headed and six-armed person, but he didn't believe in this evil, but now he regretted it, and he shouldn't have listened to the words of the military advisor! Strategist, Yang Zhi is menacing, how should our army deal with it next? ”

Zhang Bohu said indifferently: "Retreat to the periphery of Suizhou and fight again." ”

Wen Huanzhang has commanded the army for many years, and it is not in vain. Subconsciously asked, "Fight again?" If you are determined to retreat, why fight again? ”

Zhang Bohu said coldly: "The first battle has been lost, if you don't fight again, what can you do?" Fighting again is not the same as fighting to the death, but it must be warned. Has Wen Shuai ever thought that if he fights again, he will either draw or suffer little damage, and he can win? In that case, the situation of Marshal Wen and the life of our army will be much better!" (To be continued.) )