Zheng Yu saw that Tian Baozhu had not gone a few rounds in front of the enemy's formation, and was beheaded in front of the formation, and secretly scolded this puppet who volunteered to challenge in front of the enemy, and was afraid that his own soldiers would lose their morale because of such a disadvantage, so he also ordered the whole army to beat the war drums and shout loudly.

In this way, the 100,000 army of you and I am actually clamoring for each other on the battlefield, as if two troupes are singing against each other.

The sound of gongs and drums was noisy, and even the besieged Jinling City was alarmed, and the defenders of the city gathered on the tall and majestic city wall to see what had happened, despite the severe siege under the city.

Zheng Yu, who commanded the battle of the Lingnan Army, began to be slowly anxious in his heart, thinking that he couldn't send troops with such fanfare, so he just beat a gong and drum and called the troops - regardless of victory or defeat, he must always have a short battle with the enemy, otherwise he would be useless in this way, and wouldn't he become the laughing stock of everyone again?

So Zheng Yu discussed with Sun Hao, and with a wave of the command, he ordered 5,000 men and horses on the left flank to burst out and raid on the right flank of Qiuyi's headquarters.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi also waved the banner to keep the right wing still, but ordered five hundred crossbowmen to quickly move behind the right wing army from behind everyone.

Originally, in addition to dividing the army into three parts, the left, the center, and the right, Qiu Yizhi also assigned 18 cavalry soldiers, 200 village brave regiments, and hundreds of elites selected from the Jiedu army in Jiangnan Province, a total of 2,000 people, to his personal command, to play the role of mobile assault. The five hundred crossbowmen are the strength of Qiu Yi's relatives.

The general who commanded the 5,000-year-old Lingnan Army, seeing that the enemy was immobile on the surface, but secretly changed, and he didn't know what kind of rear move the opponent still had, so he also casually released a few bursts of arrows, and no matter how many enemy troops were killed and wounded, it was regarded as a messenger to lead the army back to the camp.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi breathed a sigh of relief, but because the opponent was outnumbered after all, he did not dare to pursue on a large scale, so he ordered the army to carry the dead and wounded soldiers to the camp for recuperation and treatment, and the rest of the soldiers returned to their places and waited for the enemy's action.

Zheng Yu's side saw that the left flank failed to make a breakthrough, so he gave another order, and the right flank also sent 5,000 soldiers out of battle and attacked the opponent's left flank.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly ordered his own 500 cavalry to kill from the left flank, and did not fight with the enemy, only swept through the enemy formation not far away, which was considered a deterrent.

It was this trick that made the generals of the Lingnan Army who led the army afraid that the enemy would attack their weakness, and tremblingly rushed to a distance of twenty or thirty paces from the enemy, but seeing that the formation of the officers and soldiers was motionless, there was no flaw for themselves to use, so they had to shoot two arrows stupidly, and then retreated to their own position.

Seeing that the two attacks ended in failure, Zheng Yu was in a hurry, so he ordered the whole army to rush forward, and wanted to overwhelm the opponent by virtue of his numerical superiority.

He was just about to give an order, but Sun Hao, who was beside him, hurriedly stopped: "No." The second prince should not worry, it is still early, and it will not delay much time to send two more armies over to test it. ”

When Zheng Yu heard Sun Hao say this, he also felt that he was a little too anxious, so he agreed, waved the command flag, and re-ordered the five thousand soldiers and horses on the left flank to go out and attack the opponent.

In this way, two more battles were attacked, and the result was still the same, probably only causing about a dozen casualties on the opponent, and about a dozen casualties on his own, so it can be said that he did not make the slightest progress.

Seeing such a situation, Zheng Yu was anxious, and wanted to command the whole army to press, but was still stopped by Sun Hao, and said: "Now the enemy is attacking and defending, and it is not a big deal if there is no progress, and it should be the enemy army who is anxious now!" ”

Zheng Yu had another idea, and said: "The old general's words are biased. Our army is twice as large as our opponents, and if we seem to be invincible and undefeated like this, will we not be ashamed of others when we say it? ”

"But having said that, the enemy's defenses were so well organized that they couldn't find a crack to attack. The width of the battlefield was not enough, nor was it enough to set up a formation and calmly attack the enemy's flanks. I think, even if you want to win or lose, you don't need to rush today, right? ”

"The old general means ......"

"What the last general means is that although our army has not been able to annihilate the enemy today, it is already acceptable to be able to probe the reality of the opponent."

"No way!" Zheng Yu immediately vetoed, "I have made an agreement with that Qiu Yizhi to fight to the death today, unless he takes the initiative to withdraw his troops, I will never withdraw first!" ”

Sun Hao was stunned when he heard this, and two words "child's play" instantly popped up in his mind - there has always been a purpose for leading troops to fight, either to attack the city or to plunder the land, and he has never heard of the truth that tens of thousands of horses under his command will sacrifice their lives just because they have made a bet with their opponents.

Sun Hao really wanted to scold Zheng Yu now, but Zheng Yu is now the commander of the three armies, and he has the identity of the second prince of Lingnan here, even if he can humbly listen to his count, if he comes back in the future, every extra word he says now will be a big reason for bad luck in the future.

Thinking of this, Sun Hao felt indescribably greasy in his heart, thinking about how to persuade Zheng Yu, who was stubborn and self-serving, to temporarily withdraw his troops, and after he calmed down a little, he would explain the pros and cons and study the way to break the enemy. But this Sun Hao has always been a real man for decades, and he has never had such experience in advising the coach, so he doesn't know where to start for a while.

Just when he hesitated slightly, Zheng Yu had already waved his banner and ordered the army to beat the war drums, and tens of thousands of troops advanced forward with the rhythmic beat of the war drums. Because the Lingnan soldiers were numerous, and they had to prevent the enemy from revealing their flaws, the speed of advance was not very fast, but it brought an awe-inspiring and inviolable momentum and confidence in victory.

Qiu Yizhi in the opposite formation was actually afraid that the Lingnan Army would make this move.

Such a tactic of relying on the superiority of troops, pressing on the whole front, and simply attrition, although it seems a little dull and dull, is also the most impeccable. Especially when the number of your own army is weaker than that of your opponent, with a little attrition, the disadvantage will be more obvious, and the battle situation will develop in an uncontrollable direction.

However, Qiu Yizhi had already expected such an action of the opponent when he discussed the tactics with Lin Shuhan, Zhao Chengxiao and others, and naturally left a backup move, but the top priority now is to consolidate the formation first, and to prevent the soldiers under his command, especially those of the Jiangnan Province Jiedu Army, from being defeated after the slightest contact with the opponent with high morale.

So Qiu Yizhi used several general orders, first asking generals at all levels - starting with Zhao Chengxiao, Wu Changxi, Zhang Qi, all the way to Baihu and Wu Chang - all of them had to take the lead in the front line to meet the enemy in short combat; Then increase the reward for meritorious service, as long as the battle is won, regardless of whether the head is won or not, each person will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and the rest of the meritorious people will be rewarded; Then it is to reiterate the military order, and those who flinch and retreat privately, and affect the morale of the army, will not be spared in battle!

After these generals' orders, the official and military formations, which were originally frightened by the overwhelming advance of the Lingnan Provincial soldiers, really calmed down a lot.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi ordered the "black-necked toad" to pass the order, and the archers in the back row fired a volley at the enemy.

These archers were all improvised patchwork, and the bows and crossbows they used were collected from all over the place, with different specifications, and the distance, power, and trajectory of the arrows shot were also different. Therefore, although they were fired in unison, when they fell into the enemy's formation, they looked sparse and could not cause many casualties to the opponent.

However, in the face of arrows, people will instinctively dodge and block, so that a few bursts of arrows rain down, and the enemy's formation is slightly chaotic. However, Lieutenant General Zuo of the Lingnan Army, who was all experienced in a hundred battles, saw such a situation, and hurriedly sent people to carry the dead and wounded soldiers down for treatment, and hurriedly restrained the formation and continued to advance towards the enemy.

The formation of the Lingnan Army was not disrupted, but it was also delayed a lot, and finally gave Qiu Yi's work the opportunity for further deployment.

I saw a few strange drumbeats beating, and the soldiers in the front row of the officers and soldiers suddenly raised countless bamboo spears, dense like a forest.

It turned out that this was a discussion between Qiu Yizhi and Lin Shuhan, and felt that the combat effectiveness of the Lingnan Army far exceeded that of the Jiangnan Jiedu Army, especially when it came to hand-to-hand combat, the Jiedu Army was far inferior to the opponent in terms of martial arts, morale, toughness, and discipline.

They also saw that most of the rattan armor worn by the Lingnan army was a specialty of Lingnan, and although the appearance was ugly, it was very tough, and if it were not for the sharp sword and sword, it would be extremely difficult to split. Therefore, after several experiments, they finally came up with the idea of using the bamboo produced in Jiangnan, cutting it out and cutting out a pointed end to use as a spear. Although such a bamboo spear is simple and the tip is not very sharp, it is fortunate that it is extremely tough and will not break easily, just enough to restrain the enemy's rattan armor. And because of its simple production and sufficient raw materials, in just two days, Qiu Yizhi has sent people to make tens of thousands of bamboo spears, which are enough to be used after wearing.

These bamboo spears really played a big role on the battlefield. Countless spears resembled dense forests and strong walls, blocking the offensive of the Lingnan army.

Most of the pioneers of the Lingnan Army were wearing rattan armor, and rough and dull bamboo spears like this were not enough to cause them much damage, but these bamboo spears were long and numerous, and they were staggered back and forth, making it difficult to take a step forward under their obstruction. I wanted to cut off the bamboo spear with the sword in my hand, but the bamboo was hard and tough by nature, and a few knives cut it down, but it only caused some marks on the surface.

When Zheng Yu heard the report from the front, he was not slow to react, and quickly ordered the transfer of giant axes from the battalion for cutting bamboo and wood building materials, and selected hundreds of strong soldiers from the army, holding big axes to cut bamboo spears.

This move is indeed quite targeted, and in the position of the whole army in the main attack of the Lingnan Army, a large number of bamboo spears were cut off in batches.

Seeing this, Zhao Chengxiao, who was in command, hurriedly led the elite soldiers to reinforcements, and added a large number of new bamboo spears, which stabilized the situation.

Zheng Yu saw that he first tried with his two wings, and then pressed the whole army, but he did not make substantial progress, and he became more and more anxious, and waved the command flag one after another, asking the three armies to move forward desperately, no matter how much the cost was to break through the enemy's defense line.

Sun Hao hurriedly stopped again: "Second prince, the officers and soldiers of our army have done their best, and they have not hesitated to die. If this strict order continues, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the soldiers in front of them. ”

Zheng Yu already thought that this old man was a little long-winded, so he asked angrily: "Then you say, what should I do?" ”

Sun Hao thought for a while and said: "You can send people who are skilled in martial arts in the army to form a capable squad to attack the enemy's weak underbelly or node, and once successful, you can defeat the enemy's entire defense line." ”

Zheng Yu was overjoyed when he heard this: "He is worthy of being an old general, Jiang is really still old and spicy!" ”

After that, his face sank, and he said to a few partial generals around him: "Didn't you hear what the old general said? Why don't you go down and prepare for me? If you miss the fighter plane, don't see how I clean you up! ”