In the rain and fog, Wang Bodang and Xu Yuanlang led 20,000 light horsemen to kill from the east, and Xie Yingdeng and Meng Haigong led 20,000 soldiers and horses to kill from the west, directly hitting the two wings of the Jianghuai army! On the battlefield, Li Mi told Wang Xuanying what Jiang or old spicy was with his old spicy.

Li Miluokou ambushed 120,000 troops, and on the surface, after a major battle in the second year of the first month, the Wei army had lost nearly 30,000, leaving less than 100,000 horses. And on today's battlefield, Li Mi's camp does seem to have so many people.

But in fact, the camp of the Wei army at the foot of the mountain today is only more than 70,000 people, which is nearly 20,000 fewer than Li Mi's actual soldiers and horses. What the Jianghuai army did not expect was that this was not all Li Mi's arrangement.

After Li Mi engaged the Jianghuai army on the second day of the first month, he immediately transferred 20,000 horses from Baihua Valley and Luokoucang to reinforce him. And since these people arrived in Luokou, Li Mi has been hiding in his hands, and he has not let the Jianghuai army flower.

40,000 light cavalry, this is all Li Mi's cavalry. However, most of the cavalry behind the array today are filled with horses and infantry in the Wei army. The scheming Li Mi successfully avenged Luokou's revenge. used a deceitful strategy to break Wang Xuanying's platoon infantry formation.

Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, and Li Junxian ran back from the front line with dozens of guards, and the three of them were all battle-hardened generals, but on the battlefield at this time, the situation of the Wei army was very strange.

Wang Bodang, Xu Yuanlang, Xie Yingdeng, and Meng Haigong's 40,000 elite cavalry ambush soldiers entered from both wings of the battlefield, and the momentum was like a grandeur. But the Wei army's large array of Chinese troops was unable to hold back at this time, and the deception had almost become a rout.

The chaotic army of sixty or seventy thousand fled all the way back from the front, although the state had just successfully attracted the Jianghuai army to throw away the formation and chase after them. But now, the Wei army itself can't stop and is completely in chaos.

More than ten miles on the battlefield. The 60,000 or 70,000 Wei troops could no longer figure out whether the rear was really defeated or faked, but they fled to the rear without their lives. Hao Xiaode, three former army generals. Just at the time of the battle with the Jianghuai army. Under the greatest pressure, their men and horses were basically stabbed into rows of corpses full of holes by the platoon of lancers. At this time, they were also surrounded by countless rebels and kept retreating.

"King Wei, the last general and others are derelict in their duties. Please King Wei to surrender! Liu Heimin, who even lost the helmet on his head, knelt on the ground and said uneasily!

"You still have the face to come back?" Li Mi's face was gloomy and he glared at the three former army generals who were kneeling in front of him, Liu Heimin, Hao Xiaode, and Li Junxian.

Shen Luoyan grabbed Li Mi and whispered. "King Wei, it is important to stabilize the situation on the battlefield." After speaking, he walked in front of the three generals, "Now is not the time to discuss merits and demerits. The three generals don't have to say much about that now. How many soldiers do you have with you now? ”

"We came back with some people. Now there are about three thousand or so people. Li Junxian said a little nervously. However, in his opinion, the array of the Chinese army has completely collapsed. Although the ambushes on the left and right flanks have already attacked, they can save the result of the great rout of the Chinese army. However, he had already missed a great opportunity to counterattack the Jianghuai army. Although there are still 3,000 people in hand, it doesn't seem to have much effect on the 60,000 or 70,000 routed soldiers who are like frightened bows.

"There is no shortage of soldiers ahead of us." Shen Luoyan said crisply, "What they lack is the confidence to dare to fight to the death." Three generals. Immediately you will take the three thousand men gathered together and line up here. Arrange the wartime wartime warlord camp, and you are the warlords. All soldiers had to form on the spot. Then return to the battlefield and attack the Jianghuai army with the left and right flanks. If you dare to continue to retreat, you will be killed immediately! ”

Liu Heimin was startled when he heard this, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, and he turned his head to look at Li Mi.

"Shen Junshi's words are Gu's order, go quickly, this is your chance to make meritorious service with guilt, don't let Gu down again!" Li Mi said dissatisfied. …,

Liu Heimin and the three of them hurriedly saluted and went down to arrange the supervision team. Three thousand Wei troops were hurriedly stood at the back of the array. The symbolic significance of this move is far greater than the practical significance, once the main army of 60,000 or 70,000 in front of it is dispersed, such a little overseer team will not be able to suppress it. But after shooting dozens or hundreds of deserters, the effect has come out, seeing that their backs have been arranged to supervise the battle team, the soldiers who have no way to retreat let out a roar, but they are surprised to find that the left and right wings are full of their own Wei army flags fluttering. However, the Jianghuai army, which was originally like a ghost asking for his life, was no longer visible, so they all roared in unison, turned around and began to run towards the battlefield to the north.

At the same time, the 40,000 light cavalry of the Wei army, which had already launched a charge on both flanks, smashed the Chinese army of the Jianghuai army. 20,000 light horsemen on the left and right dragged long riding spears, shouting all the way away.

They were met with fierce resistance from the Jianghuai army, which had just stopped the pursuit and was organizing the formation on the spot, and the two sides began to fight, but at this time, the Jianghuai army had been fighting for a long time, and the momentum was not as fierce as it was at the beginning. What's more, the rout of the Wei army just now made the pursuing Jianghuai army already open their formations.

The left flank retreated little by little, and while the Jianghuai army had not yet completed the formation, the Wei cavalry on the right flank suddenly attacked, cutting into the gap between the attacking Jianghuai cavalry and the Chinese army, and then launched an attack on the Jianghuai light infantry from the rear.

The back road is cut off! In an instant, the Jianghuai army was in a very disadvantageous position, and it had already cut deep into the ranks of the Wei army, and the only way back was cut off by the opponent's cavalry, as if it was surrounded!

The soldiers were in a panic, and this panic was captured by Shen Luoyan, who was a keen observer of the battle, and she immediately ordered to command the Wei army troops who had regained control in their hands, and launched a powerful counterattack, and the simple defense line that had been gradually pulled up was instantly broken by the Wei army. The light infantry, platoon infantry, light cavalry, and archers of the Jianghuai Army were constantly shuttled by the light cavalry of the Wei army, which was galloping back and forth. The tens of thousands of Wei troops behind were turning around and rushing over in a steady stream, surrounding the Jianghuai army formations that had been cut apart.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, just now the Wei army was defeated on all fronts, and the Jianghuai army took advantage of it to catch up, and in the blink of an eye, the Jianghuai army was ambushed by the Wei army. The 100,000 army was cut into phalanxes of different sizes at once, and the sharpest platoon infantry formation of the Jianghuai Army also became a hedgehog besieged by the flood at this time. And the light cavalry of the Jianghuai army has even been lost in the torrent of the Wei army and lost its direction.

Such a bad battlefield situation not only made the generals of the Wang family in the formation extremely frightened. It even made Wang Xuanying and others, who were watching the battle in the rear, frown, and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Let's go find Marshal Zhang. Hopefully, he can help us get out of this crisis. Wang Xuanying, who was clenching his teeth, said in a deep voice. Although Wang Xuanying is very forbearing, his true talent is far more than what is exposed. But in the face of this big battle related to the life and death of the Jianghuai army, he was also at a loss at this time. The Jianghuai army has been completely in trouble, and the 40,000 Wei troops who suddenly came out are elite cavalry. completely made Wang Xuanying lose his square inch.

"Dashuai, do we have to do it? No matter how late it is, I'm afraid that the Jianghuai army will not be able to withstand it. On a watchtower behind Zheng Jun, a naval captain said to Zhang Zhongjian, who was watching the battle.

Zhang Zhongjian stepped on high leather boots, and a set of bright silver armor on his body was shiny. The brass on the head and the golden helmet on the helmet are golden. With the curly face and beard, there is an indescribable sense of gorgeous luxury and leisure. At this time, he was smiling with both hands holding a clairvoyant mirror that was also studded with gems and watching the battle, and he was still smiling as he watched.

"Yang Hu, you said that we knew that Li Mi had hidden 40,000 people in the battle today, but we didn't tell Wang Xuanying, wouldn't it be a bit unkind to say this?" …,

The captain named Yang Hu also smiled. "If you want to say that you are not kind, it is that they are not kind first. Although we knew before that they had more than 100,000 Jianghuai troops in their hands. But I didn't know that they had 30,000 platoons of lancers, 20,000 elite light cavalry and 5,000 heavily armored ironclad cavalry. When his subordinates heard that His Royal Highness King Chen was shocked when he heard that Wang Xuanying was hiding such an elite army. ”

"Hey, hey." Zhang Zhongjian grinned, like a simple fisherman on the sea. However, those who are familiar with him know that under the honest smile, in fact, the worse his idea is.

"Wang Xuanying's little cub not only scared King Chen, but even I was shocked. You must know that these days in Luokou, my beard has not slept peacefully for a day, for fear that Wang Xuanying will suddenly attack in the middle of the night and will throw me down the Yellow River to feed the fish. It's good now, it's time for Li Mi to teach him a lesson, and also cut off some soldiers for him, so that I can't sleep well at night. ”

"I'm afraid it's not good, if the Jianghuai army is defeated, we will only have 5,000 people, and we will have nowhere to run. What's more, King Chen still has an explanation, and he wants to use the Jianghuai Army to delay Li Mi for some time. Yang Hu said stunned.

"Don't worry." Zhang Zhongjian said flatly, "Wang Xuanying's kid is not simple, and there is no simple one in the Wang family." Do you think they're really going to lose so easily? The Jianghuai army was much more elite than the Wei army, and it was also better equipped. This time, they will suffer a small loss at most, but a big defeat is impossible. You see, Wang Xuanying has already come over, probably because he wants to bargain. ”

Wang Xuanying did come to Zhang Zhongjian to discuss a solution, but this is also a half-truth. Although the Jianghuai army seems to be in a bad situation on the surface, in fact, the strong combat effectiveness of the Jianghuai army is there, and the 100,000 Jianghuai army is not something that the 110,000 Wei army can swallow.

Wang Xuanying just borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, wanting to cover up the strong performance of Jianghuai before and hide the true strength of the Jianghuai army. Zhang Zhongjian understood this very well, but he didn't break it.

On the battlefield, although the Wei army successfully cut into the rear of the Jianghuai army, their front line was still very chaotic and could not form an effective strike. He immediately ordered the entire Jianghuai army to turn around and form a phalanx one by one, each of which attacked backwards. He also sent 5,000 heavy cavalry from the Jianghuai Army that had not been on the battlefield, and 1,000 strong crossbow troops from the Jiangbei Army to the battlefield.

The Wei cavalry could not compete with the battle-hardened Jianghuai cavalry, and the queue was torn open and cut in the middle. The Jianghuai cavalry opened a bloody road and covered the army calmly returned to their positions.

The Jianghuai army slowly retreated, and with the efforts of Zhang Zhongjian and the generals in the formation, the team finally maintained a certain formation to prevent the Wei army from chasing and killing, and under the cover of the crossbow beds, catapults, and ** of the Hebei engineering troops, a new front was built in the back. Fortunately, the tired Jianghuai army seemed to be satisfied with such a result and did not launch a new onslaught.

Overhead, the sun began to set in the west. Dusk has arrived. Both armies began to disengage, and the crowd gradually left the battlefield like a tidal wave, leaving corpses all over the ground.

Standing on the high ground of the battlefield, looking at the blue army below that was barely holding the line and hanging its head, Wang Xuanying remembered the Wei army that had been beaten by his own ironclad army two days ago. He smiled bitterly: Feng Shui takes turns, and I have today!

The generals of the Zheng army next to them couldn't even laugh, the combat capability of the Wei army was not stronger than that of the Jianghuai army, and the equipment was not as good as the Jianghuai army. But today's battle made them realize again that Li Mi has been crisscrossing the Central Plains for so long, and his ability is indeed very strong.

Especially on today's battlefield, the Wei army's previous defeat has already been routed. If it is an ordinary rebel army, in the face of such a situation, it is already good to be able to use the cavalry on both wings to cover the rear road, and it is impossible to turn around and fight again. But today, the Wei army reacted quickly, and in that case, it was able to quickly stabilize the Chinese army that was about to collapse, and commanded the Chinese army to quickly counterattack the Jianghuai army's large array, almost defeating them. The sharp vision and decisive judgment of the generals commanded by the Wei army made all the generals of the Jianghuai Army have to admire that today's Wei army commander can be called a famous general. …,

As for the Hebei Army, as an allied army, it seemed that it was nothing remarkable, as if the Hebei Army relied on their sophisticated equipment and advanced gunpowder weapons. When the Jianghuai Army itself had the same elite platoon soldiers, Jianghuai light cavalry, and Jianghuai heavy cavalry, they always felt that they were no worse than the Hebei army.

But on the battlefield today, in the face of being divided and surrounded on the battlefield and facing the critical moment of defeat, Zhang Zhongjian's flowing command made them get rid of the Wei army and stabilize the defense line at a completely unexpected and small price. In particular, although the strong crossbow army and engineer unit dispatched by the Hebei Army were small in number, their performance on the battlefield made everyone unforgettable.

Once in battle, the Hebei army will immediately show its terrible strength, and they are not at all the same level as the Jianghuai army and the Wei army. This army once defeated the million-strong allied army of Goguryeo's Liaodong, defeated various tribes in the Turkic steppe, and crisscrossed the entire northern part of Liaodong.

And now their goal is the Central Plains, just the ordinary crossbow army and engineer battalion have such terrifying strength, and Zhang Zhongjian is not the most outstanding general in the group of generals under Chen Pojun. If one day you have to face the famous generals of Hebei: Chen Kefu, Li Jing, Li Benlei, Yu Qinming, Luo Yi, Wang Rengong, Qu Tutong, Chen Ling, and the famous elite armies they commanded: Liaodong Po Military Camp, Royal Forest Guard Battalion, Modao Heavy Infantry Battalion, Hailong Guard Water Division, Jin Ya Cavalry, Khitan Cavalry, Silla Infantry, Turkic Cavalry...

I can't imagine what kind of situation it is, the sun is setting, the remnant sun is like blood, but Wang Xuanying only feels mixed feelings in his heart, and an indescribable discomfort is pressed in his heart.