"Woooooo Woo-woo-!! Woo----!! ”!

Three trumpets sounded, and the battle was about to break out.

Under the banner of the commander of this formation, Xie An was examining the array of his own army.

The first column from south to north is Wang Huai, Tang Hao, and Chengyang, and the second column is Qi Hao, Liang Cheng, and Dian Ying, while the third column is E Yi on the south side, Liao Li on the north side, plus Xie An in the central formation, a total of nine corps in three rows and three columns.

It is not difficult to see from this formation that Liu Qing does not advocate adventure in everything, before she did not know the ability of the general of the White Water Army on the opposite side, she chose the most secure Jiugong phalanx, after all, this formation can be changed to other formations relatively smoothly halfway, such as the square gate formation for the purpose of luring the enemy into depth, or the yoke formation that strengthens the defense and adopts the tactics of approaching step by step, and even, she deliberately strengthened the military strength of the center, and arranged Tang Hao and Liang Cheng, the two handsome talents who are good at commanding the battle, in the middle of the road. In order to prepare for the formation of mines, the tactics of a central breakthrough were adopted.

You must know that the thunder on the opposite side is in a sharp formation, with Chen Zhao, the commander of the first legion, in charge of the middle lane, and Huang Shou of the second legion and Fu Ao of the third legion in charge of the south and north sides respectively.

I have to say that this kind of formation, which is suitable for the assault of the whole army and the breakthrough of the center, really brought great pressure to Xie An and Liu Qing, after all, the force of the main generals of the two armies is not at the same level at all, and the Zhou army lacks a peerless general like Zhen Lei who can sit on the battlefield.

When the first war drums sounded, the first wave of tentative confrontation between the two armies began.

Because it was only a feint to test the strength of the soldiers on both sides, neither the Zhou army nor the Baishui army invested many soldiers and horses. On the side of the Zhou army, Wang Huai, Tang Hao, and Chengyang in the first column each had 10,000 troops in their hands, but they only sent two thousand-strong troops each, while the Baishui Army only invested about five or six thousand troops.

This made the confrontation between the Zhou army and the White Water Army from the beginning of the confrontation seem tepid, and there was no sense of tragedy that the whole army fought as soon as they came up.

"That thunderstorm is really laid-back......

Because it was inconvenient to ride a horse on the snow, Liu Qing and Xie An sat in the same commander's chariot, leaning behind the wooden railing, squinting at the White Water Army in the distance.

"Yes?" Xie An glanced at Liu Qing suspiciously, and asked in surprise, "Isn't it one of the steps to lead the troops in battle to test the quality of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy and us in the first battle?" ”

"That's what I said・・・・・・ frowning, Liu Qing said in a condensed voice, "It stands to reason that the thunder should be the whole army rushing forward・・・・・・ so it looks like he wants to avenge his lord Li Shen!" ”

"Li Shen? You refer to that imposter in my barracks? Xie An said with a smile.

Ignoring Xie An's teasing, Liu Qing stared intently at the thunder under the handsome banner in the distance, frowned and said, "According to Fei Guo and Tang Hao, that thunder should be a martial artist with a high conceit, but in my opinion, it doesn't look like ah・・・・・・ that guy is different from Brother Chen・・・・・・"

Of course, Xie An knew that Brother Chen in Liu Qing's mouth was referring to Liang Qiuhao, and when he heard this, he asked curiously, "What's the difference?" ”

"He is also full of confidence in his own martial arts, but Brother Chen's usual tactic is to advance with the whole army, no matter whether the tactics are proper or not, Brother Chen can always take the lead in opening the battlefield situation with his bravery, or reversing the disadvantage, or expanding the victory, but that thunder... ・・・It's a little strange! ―It's not like a pure martial artist......"

"What do you mean?" Xie An glanced at Liu Qing inexplicably when he heard this.

“… Liu Qing pursed her lips and didn't explain, after all, there are some shortcomings of Liang Qiuhao involved here.

Undoubtedly, Liang Qiuhao is definitely the most powerful martial artist since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with super wrist strength, agile skills, unfathomable physical strength and incredible intuition, which makes Liang Qiuhao not only an unrivaled martial god on the battlefield, but also a terrifying assassin in the night.

But it's a pity that Liang Qiuhao's role on the battlefield is only reflected in the charge, he spends half of his time studying martial arts, and the other half of his time misses Liu Qing's mother Liu Qian, which directly leads to this great hero who has a lot of deficiencies in commanding operations.

To put it bluntly, Liang Qiu Hao is not good at commanding soldiers and horses, leaving aside the ability to capture the flag by cutting generals and capturing the flag, he may not even be able to compare with ordinary generals in the Zhou army in terms of the ability to command the troops under his command to fight.

Liang Qiuhao himself knew this, so he never used any so-called tactics or military formations, and the only art of war he mastered was to advance with the whole army. After giving the order to advance the whole army, this heroic man with the best force in the world will be transformed from a commander to a charging general, shouldering the heavy responsibility of attacking the enemy.

If the left wing is blocked, it will support the left wing, and if the right wing is frustrated, it will support the right wing, so to speak, the entire battlefield is Liang Qiuhao's hunting ground, and he is like a martial god who looks down on the world, and he is unstoppable.

In all fairness, the role that individual force can play on a battlefield with more than 10,000 troops is almost negligible, after all, a battlefield with more than 10,000 people belongs to the realm of wise men such as strategists and military advisors.

However, the appearance of Liang Qiuhao made the eldest grandson Xiangyu realize that even if it is a battlefield with tens of thousands of people, or even more than 100,000 people, there are still peerless generals in the world who can override strategy with force.

To tell the truth, this is something that any military advisor or strategist who advocates resourcefulness does not want to admit.

But at this moment, Liu Qing's focus on the thunder is different, this person obviously has extraordinary force that is enough to match Liang Qiuhao, but he is more like a wise general, this incomprehensible contrast makes Liu Qing really feel a little strange.

"Order the front army, and double the troops!" Frowning, Liu Qing issued an order to the three branches of the former army through the heralds, Wang Huai, Tang Hao, and Chengyang.

"What are you doing here?" Xie An glanced at Liu Qing with a puzzled expression, after all, the battle had only started for hundreds of breaths, and the overall strength of the feint troops of the two armies had not even been exposed, but Liu Qing was in a hurry to send more troops, which obviously violated the purpose of testing the strength of the White Water Army.

"Test him and see if he changes his tactics... ・・・I always feel that there is something wrong with that thunder! Liu Qing frowned and muttered.

"What's wrong?"

"I can't tell・・・・・・" Shaking his head, Liu Qing said in a low voice, "I always feel that this person is different from the generals I have ever met......"

Just as Liu Qing spoke, there was also a change on the side of the White Water Army, in response to the Zhou Army's move to send reinforcements, the general of the White Water Army also sent additional troops on the left and right flanks and the middle battlefield, but he himself did not seem to have the intention of attacking.

Seeing this, Liu Qing frowned, and after staring at the battlefield for a long time, he suddenly muttered in a low voice, "This is trouble......

"What?" Xie An glanced at Liu Qing suspiciously.

Seeming to notice the look of surprise in Xie An's eyes, Liu Qing explained in a low voice, "I originally thought that the thunder array was the same type of general as Brother Chen, so I chose the Nine Palace Phalanx to prevent him from leading the army to break through from the middle of the battlefield...... Have you noticed? The guy's instincts are sharp, twice...... At the first glance, Tang Hao's army in the middle of the road achieved a slight advantage, but as a result, he deliberately stepped up the offensive on the left and right flanks, so that the Tang Hao army in the middle became too deep, and was intercepted by the white water army on both flanks, although Tang Hao also immediately saw that something was wrong, commanding the two thousand men to slow down the offensive, but still lost a lot of soldiers......"

"Huh?"

"The second time, the Chengyang army on the right took advantage of the opportunity of intercepting and killing Tang Hao's army on the left flank of the Baishui Army, and planned to break through, but even if the formation of thunder was replenished on the left flank, it was only five hundred, but it interrupted the momentum of the Chengyang army・・・・・・ that guy sent five hundred soldiers to the left and right flanks when the Tang Hao army was too far ahead, in order to prevent the two wings of our army from taking this opportunity to form a trap on the middle of the army・・・・・・ this grasp of the battle situation is simply delicate to the extreme!"

Hearing this, Xie An looked at the battlefield with a solemn face, and he found that, as Liu Qing said, the array of mines had gradually gained a slight advantage in the three-way battlefield by throwing in small forces in key places from time to time.

And the most critical point is that the timing of his order to increase troops is almost the same as the timing of Liu Qing's order to increase troops, and even faster than Liu Qing.

Although this line is only a difference of twenty or thirty interest, but what does it mean?

It means that Liu Qing was suppressed by that thunder in the category of commanding soldiers and horses!

No way?

While having the strength to rival the eldest brother's strength, he is not inferior to Liu Qing in terms of his ability to command troops?

Xie An was dumbfounded, after all, this meant that, in terms of his overall quality as a military general, that thunder was better than Liang Qiuhao and Liang Qiuhao. can do this, in Xie An's impression, there has only been one in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past thirty years, that is the old lady of the Donggong Mansion, the first fierce general of the Great Zhou thirty years ago, who personally participated in the destruction of the Eastern Tang Dynasty The Eastern Road Soldiers and Horses General, the Duke of Dongguo Liang Qiu.

"A once-in-thirty-year genius?" Xie An muttered something in a low voice, although he didn't know why it suddenly came out of his mouth.

Maybe, he subconsciously compared the thunder with Liang Qiu Hao and Liang Qiu Dance, after all, Liang Qiu Dance is a rare talent in Liang Qiugong's mouth for decades, and Liang Qiu Hao is a rare talent in a hundred years.

Some people may think that even if that thunder is a rare genius in thirty years, so what? After all, even Liang Qiuhao, a once-in-a-century talent, was killed in battle, not to mention that he hadn't met for thirty years?

But you must know that Liang Qiuhao did not lose in the hands of the Zhou army or the eldest grandson Xiangyu, if it were not for the cover of Liu Qing's retreat, this man could have forcibly broken through with his own force, looking at the more than 100,000 people in the Zhou army, no one could stop him. However, he chose to face the ten Mojia machine crossbows head-on, because he kept his promise to the woman he loved and protected Liu Qing from any harm until the end of his life.

I have to say that it is really a fluke that Zhou Jun was able to kill Liang Qiuhao, a hero. After all, Liang Qiu Hao is far from reaching the limit that he can really achieve, most of his life has been wasted, previously because of amnesia and lost the goal of chasing the dream of a general, and later because Liu Qian's dead heart is like ashes, to put it mildly, he almost crushed the fierce generals in the world with his extraordinary martial arts talent and family bloodline.

As for the art of war, Liang Qiuhao didn't know anything about it, because he didn't have so much time to learn the art of war, and his heart had already been filled by Liu Qian, and he couldn't remember anything else.

I remember that the eldest grandson Xiangyu once said to Xie An that if Xie An's brother-in-law had the ability to command soldiers and horses like Yan Kai, one of the four generals of the Eastern Army, then she could only give up and wash away the defeat.

At that time, Xie An smiled, after all, he thought that people are good at and not good at, how can anyone have both the world's best force and unfathomable strategy, but now, Xie An is about to see what it means to be a genius who has not been met in thirty years... ・・・

"Huh? How do you just add troops to Wang Huai on the left flank? ――Are you going to turn into a wild goose formation? ”

Xie An looked at Liu Qing suspiciously, because he found that Liu Qing's command seemed to have some problems, constantly adding troops to the left flank of Wang Huai's army, which directly led to the Zhou army's left flank occupying the absolute upper hand on the battlefield on the southern flank, but in this way, Wang Huai's army became too deep and was likely to become a lone army.

"No change of formation!" Keeping an eye on the situation on the battlefield, Liu Qing said in a deep voice, and it was not difficult to see from her slightly rolling eyes that she seemed to be thinking about something.

Xie An is inexplicable! Measuring Liu Qing, he suddenly asked strangely, "You don't really plan to fight a decisive battle with the White Water Army at this time, do you?" ”

"Can't you?" Liu Qing said lightly.

"It's not impossible, it's just ...... Someone said yesterday that the mourning soldiers will win, and he doesn't plan to fight the White Water Army to the death......"

Liu Qing didn't turn his head when he heard this, and said calmly, "The corpse of Li Shen, the king of Qin, is just a fake, haven't you guessed it?" ”

"But the problem is that the soldiers of the White Water Army don't know about this・・・・・・ look at those people, they are holding back enough energy to avenge their master's revenge, isn't it a little unwise to fight them at this time? - I remember you said that if you deal with it casually, you will return the body of the fake Li Shen to the ...... of the thunder."

"This time and that time!" Looking at the thunder under the banner of the White Water Army's main formation in the distance, Liu Qing lowered his voice and said, "I suddenly have a hunch that that thunder ・・・・・・ may be even more difficult to deal with than Qin King Li Shen!" - Fake Li Shen's corpse aside, let's try to eradicate this person first! ”

"Right now?" Glancing at the majestic Baishui soldiers on the battlefield in the distance, Xie An let out a long breath and frowned and said, "It's not easy... ・・・”

"Trust me! ――As long as you can get rid of the mines, it will be worth sacrificing most of your troops! ”

“… Xie An looked at Liu Qing in amazement when he heard this, after all, what Liu Qing said was exactly the same as what the eldest Sun Xiangyu said to Liang Qiuhao when he was in Chang'an.

Perhaps, this is the intuition of a wise man, who instinctively perceives the horror of some fierce generals who can reverse the disadvantage of the battlefield with their personal bravery.

"At all costs?"

"Whatever it takes!"

“… Xie An was silent, after all, his personality determined that he could not be a decisive superior, but he also understood the importance of the matter.

"Are you sure?" Glancing at Liu Qing, Xie An frowned and stared at the battlefield and said in a low voice, "If I'm not mistaken, you are commanding the battle, but you are suppressed by that thunderstorm......"

Hearing this, a few traces of anger flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and she turned around and said angrily, "If you don't say a few words that hit me every day, you will be idle and uncomfortable, right?" ”

"Hey, I'm just talking about ...... matter"

"What's the matter? - You're expecting me to lose? Liu Qing glared at Xie An hatefully.

"......" opened his mouth, and Xie An was speechless.

For some reason, Xie An felt that Liu Qing, the little girl, had become more and more abnormal recently.

When she was in the camp a few days ago, some generals of the Great Liang Army who were extremely dissatisfied with her questioned her in front of her, and she didn't change her face and didn't take it to heart at all, but as long as Xie An said a few words, even if it was just a few frivolous bad words, she immediately burst into a rage and quarreled with Xie An with a red face.

It's like right now, it's obviously a matter of facts, but this girl is furious, and she doesn't tolerate outsiders at all, no, she can't tolerate Xie An to say a bad word about her・・・・・・

Isn't the differential treatment too obvious? What did I provoke you?

Be all abroad-!

Snorted unhappily, Xie An continued to pay attention to the battlefield, after all, he really didn't like Liu Qing's seemingly vexatious actions sometimes.

Seeing that Xie An no longer paid attention to herself, Liu Qing bit her lip and secretly glanced at Xie An's expression.

In fact, even she herself couldn't understand why every time Xie An said something aimed at her, even if there was no malicious intent, she couldn't help but feel annoyed and angry.

"Look at your luck・・・・・・" pursed her lips, Liu Qing softened her tone and said in a low voice.

"Huh? What the? Probably didn't expect Liu Qing to talk to him again, Xie An glanced at her suspiciously.

The little face turned red inexplicably, Liu Qing snorted and said in a tough tone, "I said it depends on luck!" ―It's up to people to make things happen, and if you're lucky, you might be able to leave that thunder behind this time! ”

"Luck?" Xie An was stunned, but he no longer cared about Liu Qing's unreasonable trouble, and asked suspiciously, "I'm talking about your formation... Luck, what does this have to do with your formation? ”

"What's up to the north?" Liu Qing reminded slowly.

"North?" Xie An frowned, and said suspiciously, "What can the north do?" When Yang ......" Speaking of this, his voice stopped abruptly, and he glanced at Liu Qing in surprise, revealing a thoughtful expression.

At the same time, in the main formation of the White Water Army, the general of the White Water Army, Zhen Lei, was straddled on his horse, staring intently into the distance, but strangely, the direction he was looking at was not the battlefield, but the far north.

"Marshal, the right flank of our army is tight! -- The Zhou army didn't know what kind of trick to smoke, and desperately added troops to Wang Huai's army on his left flank, and the commander of Fu Ao's army was almost unable to resist it・・・・・・" A herald who came in a hurry interrupted the thunderous thoughts.

"Hmm! -- 5,000 troops to the right flank! In addition......" raised his hand and pointed to the empty left flank, and said in a deep voice, "Mobilize another 10,000 troops to guard the north side of the left flank!" - You don't have to attack, just form a formation to block the enemy! ”

"Coming to the enemy?" The surrounding generals looked at each other, and one of them said suspiciously, "Marshal, there is no Zhou army on the north side of the left flank of our army......"

Array Lei glanced at the chariot under the commander of Zhou Jun's own formation in the distance, and his eyes were still calm and indifferent.

"It's coming!"

Maybe Liu Qing's feeling is correct, the thunder that commands the battle now, and the thunder when he fought with Fei Guo, Tang Hao, Di Bu and others that day, is simply like two people.

It seems that from the fierce general of the brave champion of the three armies, he has suddenly transformed into a wise general who strategizes!