However, in ancient times, most of the battles were fought in early spring and late autumn, and rarely continued into winter, and the reason for this is self-evident, it is nothing more than that the cold weather in winter is not conducive to marching and fighting.

Take the current attack on Chang'an as an example, if it weren't for the fact that the rice and grain in the army were almost exhausted, neither Xie An nor Changsun Xiangyu would want to fight with the Chang'an rebels at this time.

Oh, it should be said that it is the Xiliang Army, after all, the rebel army is just the contemptuous name of the Great Zhou army for the rebel ** team under Wang Bao.

What kind of concept is the phalanx of more than 100,000 people, Xie An has experienced it himself as early as before the Hanhan Valley Pass.

The brutality of war aside, that feeling is really good.

Especially when you are the commander of the dispatch of troops and horses, you can ride on a tall horse, look at the soldiers who are like a sea and tide neatly arranged in front of you, connecting the sky and the earth, feeling the breath of the soldiers under your command, and feeling the breath of the enemy soldiers, as if giving people a wonderful feeling that everything in the world is in your hands.

But this wonderful feeling was followed by a heavy and unbearable tension......

When he was in Hanhan Valley Pass, Xie An did not personally experience this tension, the reason is that he knew very well that there would be no big war in Hanguan at that time, and he just planned to use this to hit the morale of the rebels in the pass, but this time it was different, this time it was real, and a big war between more than 100,000 people and more than 100,000 people would break out.

This can be called a major national battle, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty hundreds of years, there have only been a few times, even thirty years ago, the current emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty Li Ji led an army to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty, there is not such a scale as now.

Who knows that when the winter sun rises again tomorrow, how many of the more than 300,000 troops of the Zhou army and the Xiliang army will sleep here?

As soon as he thought of this, Xie An only felt goosebumps all over his body.

"What's wrong?" As if he saw that something was wrong with Xie An, Li Shou asked quietly.

Taking a deep breath and savoring the solemn atmosphere on the battlefield, Xie An slowly shook his head. whispered, "A little nervous, how about you?" ”

Hearing this, Li Shou raised his right hand that had been holding the reins of the horse, although he did not open his mouth to answer Xie An's question, but his trembling right hand had already answered this.

Seeing this, Xie An shook his head with a smile, and then turned his head away. glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu who was riding on a white horse beside him.

In Xie An's memory, since he met the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he felt that this woman was quite calm, and even, almost close to cold calmness, without any human touch, perhaps this was related to what happened to her when she was a child.

I remember that Liang Qiuwu once told Xie An that when 100,000 Beirong wolves rode into Kou Dazhou, the eldest grandson Xiangyu even used 80,000 people in Gaoyang City as bait. It laid a chance for the Great Zhou army to win, and paved the way for Liang Qiu Dance and Li Mao to win more with less.

This big picture looks. The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, is definitely the best decision-maker, with the qualities necessary to be a leader. But from the perspective of ordinary people, she is undoubtedly a cold-blooded and vicious woman, unscrupulous in order to achieve her goals.

And after six months of acquaintance with Xie An, this woman seems to have gradually changed. Sometimes, it seems that she is just a pampered and pampered daughter of a family, brutal and capricious. But it's cute and flattering, at least that's what Xie An thinks.

But until now, until he saw Eldest Sun Xiangyu looking at the upcoming battle in front of him with an unusually indifferent look, Xie An felt that he was wrong.

She is still the woman who was named [鸩姬] by the Jijing Military Department, but when she was in front of Xie An on weekdays, she deliberately restrained her gorgeous feathers with poison.

"Xiangyu, you...... Are you nervous? After hesitating for a while, Xie An couldn't help but ask.

The eldest grandson Xiangyu turned his head and glanced at Xie An, the coldness in his eyes softened slightly, with a little banter and a little sarcasm, and said softly, "Will it help the war?" ”

"What?" Xie An was stunned for a moment, and then realized the sarcastic tone in her words, shook his head and said, "No, no, I just feel a little curious...... You don't seem to be nervous at all? ”

The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, looked at Xie An deeply, and after sighing faintly, he turned sideways and said in Xie An's ear, "Tell the future husband of the slave family, the slave family will also be nervous ......"

Not to mention her gentle tone, just hearing her somewhat ridiculous words, Xie An felt that the bones in his body seemed to be soft, licked his lips, and said with a smile, "Really?" - But I really didn't see it......"

"That is, the slave family doesn't want others to see it......" As he spoke, the eldest grandson Xiangyu glanced at Xie An deeply and chuckled, "On the battlefield, the commander's every move, even a look and an expression, is related to the morale of the soldiers under his command...... On the battlefield, you can't frown or sigh because you have killed a soldier, because you must know that once you frown and sigh, you will give a bad psychological hint to the soldiers under your command, so that they mistakenly think that the war is unfavorable, and thus their morale will be low, so that the war that could have ended by sacrificing ten people will have to sacrifice dozens or even hundreds of people for this......"

Xie An shook his head with a wry smile, nodded and said, "I know I know ......"

To be honest, Xie An didn't understand very much, he didn't understand why the eldest grandson Xiangyu's personality was very different from Liangqiu Dance, but why he had similar hobbies, and was always keen to instill something in him through certain things......

Are you really so immature? In the eyes of these two women, it is like a child?

"Knowing doesn't mean that you can do it," as if seeing through Xie An's thoughts, the eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled, with a bit of ridicule, and said in a low voice, "The future husband of the slave family still has a lot to learn!" ”

"Yes, yes......" Xie An nodded speechlessly.

In all fairness, Xie An also very much agrees with the views of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but, as she said, knowing does not mean that she can do it, Xie An, who has always adhered to the moral line that people do not offend me and I do not offend others, let him watch those acquaintances, even unknown soldiers, enter the battlefield This huge meat grinder, he always feels a little unbearable.

Thinking of this, Xie An said with a wry smile with a little self-deprecation, "However, I am most likely not suitable to be a general......

"Huh!" The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, chuckled lightly and did not comment on it.

Listening to her meaningful chuckle, Xie An let out a sigh. "You're laughing at me, aren't you?" Laugh at me for being naïve, right? ”

"Guess?" The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, blinked.

"......" Xie An rolled his eyes when he heard this, then turned his head to look at the battlefield, frowned and said, "Why didn't the rebels move?" - By the way, how long are I going to stand here? Although you picked a good day. There's no wind, but even so, you can't bear to stand here all the time! ”

"It's almost ......" spit out two words lightly, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu looked ahead.

Looking along her line of sight, she saw that in the 160,000 Western Expedition Zhou army array, dozens of wells with a height of more than ten zhang were slowly pushing towards the front line of the army, and then, thousands of Zhou soldiers carried huge wooden planks and assembled them on the wells.

"Unexpectedly, the guts of those rebel generals on the other side. Surprisingly small......"

"Huh?" Seeing this sentence burst out of the eldest Sun Xiangyu's mouth, Xie An was stunned. Surprised, he asked, "Why do you say that?" ――Just because the opponent didn't attack first? I think they're a lot more daring than they were the last time......"

As he spoke, Xie An looked at the front of the army, only to see that opposite the 160,000 Western Expeditionary Zhou Army, as many as 100,000 rebels had also lined up outside the city, waiting for them.

In other words, the rebels did not place all their expectations on the towering and sturdy walls of Chang'an. Instead, he planned to devote two-thirds of his troops to a field battle with the Zhou army, and in view of the rebels' strategy of not being able to defend the city in the previous times, this time the rebels. It's really bold.

It's just that the eldest grandson Xiangyu didn't see it that way, under Xie An's puzzled gaze, her right hand holding the reins of the horse slowly raised, her slender fingers pointed to the front of the army, and said softly, "It's not because these people have the guts, it's because they went out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army, it's just that they were forced to do a decisive battle...... At present, our army is still forming a well, and this is the best time for them to attack, but these people on the opposite side do not dare to attack at all...... Why not? ”

"This ......" Xie An frowned when he heard this, after all, what the eldest grandson Xiangyu said was reasonable.

"Quite simply, they are timid! -- These people can't afford to lose the war! - If it were me, I would have ordered the whole army to march! ”

"......" Xie An looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu in surprise, and was about to speak, when suddenly, a horse galloped in the distance, clasped his fists and said, "General Qiqi, join the army, military division, General Qi Hao ordered me to report, our army's sixty-three wells have been assembled!" ”

Under Xie An's astonished gaze, the corner of the eldest grandson Xiangyu's mouth raised a faint smile, and muttered, "So, the rebels missed the opportunity......" Speaking of this, her face was straight, and she said in a deep voice, "Spread the order of the general of this army, order Liu Yijun, Fei **, Wu Pengjun, Su Xinjun, Li Jingjun, these 50,000 people phalanx as the vanguard, and march to the rebels on the opposite side at the same time...... Ling Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Lin Zhen, Le Jun, and Wei Yun five 10,000-strong phalanxes spread out to the left and right...... ordered Xiang Qing and Luo Chao to have more than 7,000 archers and cavalry to cover the vanguard army...... Ordered Zhang Dong, Tang Hao, and Qi Hao to drive the well and the car closer to the Chang'an City Wall! ”

"No!" The cavalry clenched his fists and galloped away.

Listening to the order of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he secretly took a breath of cold air.

The first wave of the vanguard army used five people?

Looking at the expressionless expression of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An had to admit that this woman was definitely the most courageous of the people she had ever seen, although it sounded a little ridiculous, but this was the case.

You must know that in this kind of battle with more than 300,000 troops at every turn, none of the rebel generals on the opposite side dared to show their heads and attack first, for fear of defeat, but this woman did not take it seriously, took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the battlefield, struck first, and seized the initiative.

"Beat the drums!"

With the order of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the drums of the Zhou army in the west shook the heavens and the earth, and the five 10,000 soldiers and horses of Liu Yi, Fei Guo, Wu Peng, Su Xin, and Li Jing, who got the general order, immediately launched an attack on the rebels, and the morale of the Zhou army, like a flame, was ignited in an instant, on the other hand, the rebels who were waiting for the battle on the opposite side seemed to have a little commotion.

This crazy woman is really powerful......

Again, Xie An said to himself.

Everyone knows that on the battlefield, the morale of the first side to attack will overshadow the morale of the other side, but then again, how many people can have that kind of courage? Thinking about it, Xie An felt that if he was the commander of the rebel side, he might not dare to attack first.

But this woman was the first to give the order for a strong attack. And at the beginning, 50,000 people were mobilized, as if she had the confidence that she was bound to win, and in terms of courage alone, she overwhelmed the rebel generals on the opposite side.

Some people may think that it is better to strike first than to strike later, but in fact this is not the case, just like two people fighting, when they see each other raise their hands and wave them with a punch. Most people will subconsciously choose to defend and ignore the counterattack, but there will be a passive situation in which the opponent keeps attacking and they have been defending.

Looking at the countless armies of the Great Zhou, only the Southern Army is the army that can make a preemptive strike, why?

Because the Southern Army Trap camp has an unrivaled defense, they don't care about other people's fists in the face, they will fight back with their fists as soon as possible.

This is the most important thing about the second strike: first of all, you have to withstand the blow given by the opponent, and if you can't do that, the second strike is not the right tactic for you.

It's like right now. When the 50,000 vanguard of the Zhou army roared and slaughtered the more than 100,000 troops on the opposite side, Xie An saw it clearly. There was a slight panic in the rebel phalanx, and the formation was also disorganized.

Of course, if this can be easily defeated, it is obviously a fool's dream.

Just when Xie An was secretly thinking about Sun Xiangyu's analysis of the battle situation, as many as 50,000 troops were also dispatched among the rebels.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

At that moment, the voices of people on the battlefield were noisy, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. Two torrents of flesh and blood collided together, and their momentum made even heaven and earth lose their color.

What kind of feeling is that? Xie An is beyond words.

He felt as if the entire battlefield was a rice field in late autumn, and the soldiers of the two sergeants were like rice waiting to be cut, falling in waves in front of the rice harvester.

It was just a photo, but on the white snow, there were already blood-colored flowers that were oozing with anger, and with every breath, thousands of soldiers fell.

What is a battlefield?

The battlefield is a duel between the two sides that simply consumes each other's forces, and the soldier's own martial arts play no role here, almost a life for a life, and after killing the enemy, before he has time to draw his weapon, he is killed by another enemy soldier......

No wonder someone once said that war is the bloodiest Shura site in human history, a hundred times more than the gladiatorial arena!

Here, you can really feel that human life is so fragile that a sword, a gun, or even a tooth is enough to cost a precious life!

"Whew......" Xie An let out a long breath and looked away a little unbearably.

Perhaps noticing Xie An's actions, the eldest grandson Xiangyu asked expressionlessly, "What are you doing?" ”

"It's a little unbearable......"

"Look on!" Interrupting Xie An's words, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said coldly, "You said that generals should give soldiers the respect they deserve, right?" ”

"...... right"

"Then read on! - Look at their heroic posture and remember their cries before they die! -- This is the respect that my eldest grandson Xiangyu understands! - Respect for the chess pieces! ”

This woman ......

Xie An opened his mouth wordlessly, stared blankly at the eldest grandson Xiangyu for a while, suddenly exhaled, nodded and said, "Chess pieces...... Although it still feels a little ...... But you're right! ”

Perhaps, I am really not very mature, I have some ideas, too naïve and naïve......

With a wry smile, he took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the battlefield again, witnessing the bloody battle of the soldiers of the Zhou army under his command, and then fell under the enemy's spears......

That's the only thing he can do right now.

Glancing at Xie An, seeing that he was staring intently at the battlefield, the eldest grandson Xiangyu's eyes vaguely showed a bit of praise, and it disappeared in a flash, and then, she raised the whip in her hand and said in a deep voice, "Pass the order, order Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Lin Zhen, Le Jun, and Wei Yun to attack the rebel flank in a roundabout way, and it is bound to clear a road and let the well car get close to the Chang'an city wall!" - At all costs! ”

"No!"

With the general order of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the 50,000 Zhou troops as the second wave of the offensive were divided into two teams and headed towards the flank of the rebels, making the formation of the entire Zhou army change from a cone formation to a crescent formation, and Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Lin Zhen, Le Jun, and Wei Yun are the two teeth of the crescent moon, like two sharp knives, piercing into the henchmen of the rebel formation.

I have to say that the command of the eldest grandson Xiangyu is quite atmospheric and magnificent. Only half an hour after the war began, 100,000 Zhou troops were invested, which seemed to be a bit reckless, but the pressure on the rebels was extremely heavy.

And at this moment, there was a trace of strangeness on the battlefield, and Liu Yijun, as one of the pioneers, showed a bit of a rout in such a good situation.

Vaguely. It seems that you can see a fierce general wearing a black big coat, wielding a huge horse chopping knife like a door panel, and taking the brunt of it into countless Zhou troops, like a tiger into a flock, like a no-man's land.

Seeing this, Xie An's eyes narrowed, and he said in a low voice, "Here, [one-man army], Chen Bei!" ”

"......" Eldest Sun Xiangyu frowned slightly when he heard this.

In all fairness. She doesn't pay much attention to the advantages that a military general can bring on the battlefield, in her opinion. The military general is just a medium to convey the commander's orders to the subordinates, and because of this, she has never taken the generals in the army seriously, after all, the art of war she pursues is the art of war that does not need generals.

However, the appearance of that Chen Bei made the eldest grandson Xiangyu feel a little stunned.

How far can one person go?

Can turn the tide of the battlefield?

The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, didn't think so before. However, today, Chen Bei, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army lurking in the rebels, let the eldest grandson Xiangyu understand what a peerless general is!

"Woo...... General Upen died in battle! ”

With a burst of exclamations from the soldiers of Zhou. Chen Bei single-handedly entered the Zhou army, and killed the general of the Zhou army, Wu Peng, with a single look.

"What?"

Liu Yi, who was fighting bloodily with the rebels, was shocked when he heard this, you must know that they followed the eldest grandson Xiangyu all the way to pull out the city and plunder the land, and they were quite affectionate, and now when they heard that Wu Peng died in battle, how could they not be angry?

And at this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a general riding a black horse and wielding a huge horse chopping knife in the distance, hurrying towards him.

That was Chen Bei, whom Xie An called [a one-man army].

"Humph! Have you taken a fancy to Liu? Liu Yi's eyes flashed with a little ruthlessness, and he hesitated slightly, grabbed the horse's belly, waved the spear in his hand, and killed Chen Bei.

"Bell!"

With the sound of soldiers fighting, under the shocked gaze of the nearby Zhou soldiers, Chen Bei cut off the spear in Liu Yi's hand with a knife, and then split it in half with men and horses.

The warm blood splashed Chen Bei's body, making him look like a powerful ghost in the underworld, which made people feel terrifying.

Liu ...... General Liu Yi died in battle! ”

When the news reached the middle of the battle where the eldest grandson Xiangyu was, her face was pale, and she was holding the horsewhip in her right hand.

In a short time, one bad news after another arrived.

"General Deng Bin died in battle!"

"General Cui Yan died in battle!"

"General Zhan Bao died in battle!"

"General Zhuang Fan will die!"

"General Yan Ming died in battle!"

"General Xu Qing died in battle!"

"General Li Jing is seriously injured!"

"General Su Xin is seriously injured!"

"General Fei Guo is seriously injured!"

……

In just half an hour, Chen Bei single-handedly killed 21 of the vanguard generals of the Zhou army, and beheaded Liu Yi and Wu Peng, causing more than 40,000 people of the vanguard army of the Zhou army to lose their command and chaos.

On the other hand, on the rebel side, because they were encouraged by Chen Bei's powerful force, the morale of the rebels was greatly boosted, and they actually showed a crazy counterattack situation, and for a while, the Zhou army in the central battlefield was defeated and retreated.

So much so that Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Lin Zhen, Le Jun, Wei Yun and other generals became lone troops deep into the enemy's hinterland, and were surrounded by rebels instead.

"Unbelievable......" Xie An looked at the battlefield with a shocked expression.

Beside him, Li Shou rubbed his eyes vigorously and muttered, "Is this king dreaming?" One person, one person turned the tide of the war? ”

Glancing at Xie An and Li Shou, the eldest grandson Xiangyu frowned and looked at Chen Bei, who was standing on the battlefield with a horizontal sword in the distance.

It can be seen that her mood is quite bad, and the reason is that the appearance of this Chen Bei has caused changes on the battlefield, thus disrupting her overall layout, which is also the last thing she wants to see.

He ...... He's coming! As if he had seen something, Li Shou said in surprise.

Xie Anxin was startled, subconsciously looked up at Chen Bei, and suddenly saw this person wielding the horse chopping knife in his hand, killing into countless Zhou soldiers, and forcibly killing a bloody path.

And after this man, there were tens of thousands of rebel soldiers with high morale.

Oops......

Xie An couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, seeing that he was still silent, his heart calmed down a little, because he knew that this woman must have some strategy to deal with that Chen Bei.

As Xie An expected, when Chen Bei led tens of thousands of rebels to the middle of the Zhou army, he saw Changsun Xiangyu wave his hand, and the row of shield men in front of her, Xie An and Li Shou retreated to both sides, and behind him, there were two rows of thousand-person crossbowmen, roughly estimated, there were as many as tens of thousands.

At this time, the more than 7,000 cavalry archers led by Xiang Qing and Luo Chao also came out from the side at some point, and united with tens of thousands of crossbowmen next to Xie An and others to surround Chen Bei and tens of thousands of nearby rebels.

Affected by this change, the tens of thousands of rebels slowed down their offensive, and looked around at the Zhou army crossbowmen who surrounded them in a panic.

At this time, the eldest grandson Xiangyu slowly raised his right hand and pointed in the direction of Chen Bei......

"Shoot the arrows!"

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