Tang Xi was also a general, seeing the opponent attacking his flank, he knew that the situation was not good, and he didn't care about obeying Zheng Yu's general orders, so he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to stand still, turn the formation, and deal with the 600 foot soldiers first.

But when the Lingnan Army was turning, Qiu Yizhi sent another vote of more than 400 cavalry to kill from the right flank, just through the gap in the exposed back of the Lingnan Army into the enemy formation.

The officers and soldiers in front of Tang Xi's department also took advantage of the chaos of the Lingnan Army to slash and kill in the crowd of enemy troops.

At this moment, the retreating "Dangya Battalion" and the crossbow soldiers also suddenly stopped retreating-the "Dangya Battalion" troops held their shields as if the Lingnan Army was crushing them, and the crossbow soldiers began to fire crossbow arrows at the enemy again.

Under the three-sided blows of heavy infantry, light infantry, crossbowmen, and cavalry, no matter how stubborn the soldiers and horses were, they could not support it at all, but with a bag of cigarettes, the 3,000 soldiers of the Lingnan Army were killed, more than 1,200 were killed, more than 1,200 were wounded, and the rest were captured—none of them escaped. On the side of the officers and soldiers, they only lost less than 20 people in the melee.

Zheng Yu took a real look at the battle situation on the high platform in the formation, isn't such a neat action of Qiu Yi's army the encirclement and annihilation operation that he imagined his side should implement?

Looking at the arrogant appearance of the opponent after he succeeded, and listening to the cheers and cheers of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side, Zheng Yu felt a burst of anger in his heart, he suddenly gritted his teeth, and loudly ordered the officers beside him: "Beat the war drums for me, and the whole army will be dispatched!" ”

Sun Hao listened to it next to him, and the word "unallowable" immediately blurted out.

He had a hundred reasons to persuade Zheng Yu to retract this order—the enemy army was small in number, but its morale was too high to be underestimated; Our army is newly defeated, morale is not high, and there are disadvantages and no advantages in forcibly driving away; Our army attacked in full without full preparation, which was a bit hasty; Not enough rations have been collected, and it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath once you win......

But the veteran Sun Hao looked at Zheng Yu, the dignified second prince of Lingnan, with an arbitrary and willful expression on his face full of fat, and even Sun Hao, a veteran with extremely deep qualifications, finally closed his mouth, sighed, and prayed secretly: "God bless, may our army be able to win as desired......"

With Zheng Yu's order, the Lingnan Army's medium cannon sounded in unison, the war drums shook the sky, and the 70,000 Lingnan army marched neatly and with an unstoppable momentum, slowly advancing towards the official and military camp, as if a sandstorm was coming, and like a dark night descending, it was necessary to tear and tear all the forces that stood in front of him.

In the face of such a group offensive, the officers and troops were really a little shocked, and the formation involuntarily loosened, and finally did not immediately collapse, and the six or seven thousand archers in the formation walked to the front row in a panic and fired at the enemy like locusts.

These archers were obviously not as elite as the crossbowmen, and the arrows they shot were very weak, and when they shot into the battle formation formed by the Lingnan Army soldiers wearing rattan armor, ten arrows might not be able to injure a single person.

The Lingnan Army was not hindered by such a weak rain of arrows in the slightest, and continued to advance.

The long-range fire of the officers and soldiers did not work, the archers immediately retreated into formation, and the infantry in the front row immediately advanced their bamboo spears, trying to block the enemy's offensive with bamboo spears as before.

However, the Lingnan army has stepped up to build two or three thousand sharp axes in the past two days, and handed them over to the strong warriors in the team to cut off and break the bamboo spears in batches.

Without this obstructive bamboo spear, the Lingnan Army could finally engage with the imperial court's official army, that is, the Jiangnan Dao Jiedu Army.

I saw that the officers and men of the Lingnan Army gathered all the resentment and unwillingness accumulated over the past few days on the weapons in their hands, and vented them unscrupulously to the officers and soldiers. And these Jiangnan Jiedu Army, the weakness of the original martial arts and physical weakness was finally completely revealed, and in the blink of an eye, they had lost the upper hand and began to retreat step by step - fortunately, the generals under the command of the army were still calm and calm, and worked hard to maintain the formation, so there was no immediate rout.

This kind of progress is enough to make Zheng Yu, who has not made the slightest progress in the past few days, excited, and immediately called someone to pass the order: "The reward for today's war will be doubled, and those who have made meritorious contributions will be rewarded!" ”

Under coercion and temptation, the morale of the Lingnan Army was stimulated at once, and they fought harder against the officers and soldiers.

On the other hand, the officers and troops were losing and retreating, and they were increasingly unable to resist the unremitting attacks of the Lingnan Army, not only the soldiers in the front row suffered heavy losses, but the entire formation also involuntarily retreated backwards.

Zheng Yu became more and more happy when he saw such a scene, and urged the army to continue to attack forward, and it was necessary to complete the battle and completely defeat the opponent in the process of this all-army assault.

However, the veteran Sun Hao saw that the opponent's actions were a little abnormal, and after enduring it for a long time, he finally couldn't help but admonish: "Second prince, the last general will look at this situation...... Something doesn't seem right......"

Zheng Yu was on the rise, and when he heard that Sun Hao was going to be verbose again, he only replied coldly: "What do you say?" ”

Sun Hao listened to his stiff tone, swallowed his spit in fright, and replied: "Although the enemy army is a little declining for a while, but it can still maintain the formation without chaos, I am afraid that it will not be able to take it immediately, why don't we stop our army from advancing first, line up on the spot and then try to advance?" ”

Zheng Yu glanced at Sun Hao and asked rhetorically: "Our army is on the offensive, and suddenly ordered the whole army to stop, aren't you afraid that there will be no such fighters in the future?" ”

Sun Hao hurriedly answered: "That's what the last general is afraid of. This Qiu Yi's use of troops is unusual, and he never confronts people head-on, why do he take the initiative to challenge today, but he doesn't play tricks, could it be that there is another trick? I hope the second prince will be careful. ”

Sun Hao's words after careful consideration were already very soft and polite, but they still made Zheng Yu not feel good when he heard it, and immediately sneered at each other: "You are afraid if the enemy army wins, and you are still afraid if the enemy army is defeated, according to you, can our army still have a day of victory?" Now that our army is crushing the enemy in a dignified manner, what is there to be afraid of? Don't give me the courage to chase it yet! ”

Sun Hao still had to argue, but he saw that Zheng Yu's fat cheeks were as tight as a piece of pig iron, and he swallowed back the words just about to speak, but a pair of old eyes were observing the battle situation on the front line with concerned and uneasy eyes.

However, seeing that the Lingnan Army was progressing extremely smoothly, it continued to compress the defense line of the officers and troops, and even caused casualties of one or two thousand officers and soldiers. Under such heavy casualties, it was already very difficult for the officers and soldiers to maintain the detachment from dispersing, and they had no power to fight back, so they kept retreating into the camp behind them.

In this way, the morale of the Lingnan army was even stronger, but in a matter of moments, all the officers and troops were squeezed into the camp. Seeing this, several officers of the former enemy command of the Lingnan Army led their soldiers to surround the official barracks from the north, east, and west, but did not attack directly, but immediately sent heralds to ask Zheng Yu for instructions on the next step.

When Zheng Yu heard the battle situation ahead, he was overjoyed, and without giving orders through the heralds, he actually walked straight down from the high platform where he commanded the battle, and rode his horse to the front line.

At present, although the Lingnan Army has the upper hand, there are many variables on the battlefield, not to mention that the enemy army may still have a chance to counterattack and turn the tables, even if it is a cold arrow that flies inexplicably from nowhere, it can take Zheng Yu's life.

The veteran Sun Hao has been fighting horses all his life, and I don't know how many examples of this kind of getting carried away and suffering bad luck have been seen, and he was just about to admonish, but when he thought that Zheng Yu was on the rise now, no matter how strong he did, it would be difficult for him to change his mind.

Thinking of this, Sun Hao sighed helplessly, and suddenly remembered the kindness of the King of Lingnan to him, so he lit up the guards and horses around him, and walked towards the official army camp with Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu walked around the official army camp for half a circle, carefully observed it, and then returned to the main position in the north, and said to Sun Hao beside him almost ostentatiously: "Old general, you have also seen this camp of the enemy army, I don't know what you think?" ”

Sun Hao saw that in the imperial court camp, the officers and soldiers were all gray-faced, and they were all busy looking for cover to hide, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, looking at the enemy troops outside the fence with a panicked look.

Sun Hao originally thought it was strange - why did the official army that had fought back and forth with him a few days ago be so vulnerable today, and he was beaten and abandoned his armor in just one wave of general attack, could it be that something happened within the official army?

But Sun Hao now observed the camp of the official army at close range, and indeed showed a fiasco, even Qiu Yizhi's originally very ostentatious banner was listlessly drooping on the flagpole, if he was the main general, especially when the battle was extremely unsmooth a few days ago, he would also be happy and happy for today's victory.

So Sun Hao replied to Zheng Yu: "The second prince is really extraordinary, he defeated the enemy army in one battle, and the famous generals from ancient times are just like this, and the last general is even more out of reach......

Zheng Yu listened to Sun Hao's flattery, and smiled proudly: "Okay, then I will order our army to attack the enemy camp, can the old general have any objections?" ”

Of course, Sun Hao heard the ridicule in Zheng Yu's words, but in all fairness, in the current situation, taking advantage of the victory to launch a general attack is already the proper meaning of the question, and if he hesitates again, it will be too timid.

Therefore, Sun Hao hurriedly made a gesture on the horse and replied: "Second Prince Shenwu, if you order a general attack now, you will definitely be able to win in one fell swoop." Do you have any suggestions for the end...... It is better to attack with fire and burn all the enemy's men and battalions, and save the loss of troops......"

Zheng Yu's eyes widened, and he said in a low voice: "Has the old general forgotten?" How much food is left in my barracks? If you can't capture the enemy's food and grass, how long can you support it? The old general has led the army to fight for 30 years, this truth will not be understood, right? ”

Although Zheng Yu's voice was pleased, his tone was extremely heavy, so that Sun Hao couldn't say half a sentence.

I only heard Zheng Yu continue to say: "If a fire burns, what will our army use to supplement military rations?" What's the point of winning this battle? ”

He saw that Sun Hao's old face was swollen red by his few words, and he secretly sneered in his heart, so he gave the order: "Tell all the troops to listen to the order, attack the enemy camp from the north, east, and west, and fight quickly, and hurry up to annihilate and defeat the enemy army. ”

Sun Hao listened to Zheng Yu's orders and gave them very clearly, and according to the art of war, he deliberately opened the gap in the south for the enemy to retreat, but he also felt a little relieved, and felt that there was no room for his own beak in today's battle, so he had to observe the battle situation with peace of mind.

When the Lingnan army saw that the second prince Zheng Yu personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, the morale was even higher, and after the war drums sounded, thousands of archers fired arrows into the official army.

The officers and soldiers who were hiding in the camp were drenched by this shower of arrows, and immediately there was a burst of blood, and along with the splashes of blood, there were one after another painful wails. Such a touching howl is more pleasant to listen to in the ears of the Lingnan army, but it is more pleasant to the ear than the silk and bamboo that is subdued, elegant and vulgar, and extraordinary.