Chapter 218: The Battle of Star Gorge (4)

Choice, there is a choice, since there is still room to choose, Li Zhen is not worried that she will fall to the point where she has no way out, chasing? Li Zhencai didn't plan to play a game of catch and hide with this gang of sand thieves, of course, Li Zhen was even more unlikely to return to the army, otherwise he would hand his back into the palm of the sand thieves, and the fun would not be small, seeing that the Sha brothers led the sand thieves to hide far away and put cold arrows there, Li Zhen smiled contemptuously, put the bright silver spear on the victory hook, and waved his hand: "Sons, take out some skills and teach this group of rats what is riding and shooting." As soon as the words fell, he stretched out his hand and took the big iron bow in the quiver together with the three feather arrows in his hand, bent the bow and set the arrows, and aimed at the sand thieves who were putting cold arrows more than two hundred steps away, and exhaled with a "hey", and the three arrows fired in succession, but saw the three feather arrows roaring through the air like thunder, and broke out with a terrifying buzzing sound, and in the blink of an eye, the three sand thieves who were originally the most cheerful in the sand thieves fell to the ground and became three corpses that could no longer die.

"Good!"

"Your Highness's Divine Arrow!"

"Great!"

…… The guards of the palace roared loudly, the sound was loud enough to deafen, and the sand thieves who were originally showing off their might were all as white as the earth, and they could no longer care about the cold arrows, and fled to the distance in a panic, Li Zhen's palace guards saw this, how could they let go of such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs, they bent their bows in their hands, and rushed forward, taking advantage of the chaos when the sand thieves were still in chaos, a random arrow shot over, killing the sand thieves screaming again and again, Divided into three large groups and fled to the depths of the desert without any backhand, as soon as they saw the sand thieves fleeing in embarrassment, the guards of the Yue Wangfu broke out into a burst of cheers, biting one of the deserters, and chased after the horses. Hurriedly let Yan Shiba, who was closely following him, blow the call to collect the troops, and chased the guards who almost let the sheep go, and then reluctantly turned back, Li Zhen didn't care about talking to this group of arrogant generals, and glanced at You Sifan, who was the first to rush out, but didn't say anything more, turned around and rushed to the back of his own side that was fighting, and the guards who were stunned together woke up and hurriedly followed behind Li Zhen.

Although the sand thieves crisscross the desert, regard human life as a mustard, but they have never been persevering, and it is okay to fight a good fight, if they encounter a hard bone that cannot be gnawed, they will not be able to withstand it without two strokes, after all, the sand thieves are not a life-threatening army, but a group of men who seek wealth, how can they really fight with the elite Tang Army to the end, this is the common feature of the thieves first-class, and there is nothing to say, of course, as the invincible "whirlwind thief" in the roaring desert may be regarded as an exception, compared to those who have no courage to fight" "Deciduous Kou" is much stronger, but it does not have the iron-blooded spirit of the Tang Army, and when it comes to the time of the corpse mountain and sea of blood, the cowardly nature is exposed.

Compared with the one-sided trend of the left-wing battlefield, the right-wing battlefield can be described as extremely fierce, whether it is Lin Chenghe's defensive battle or Chen Wu and Liu Whirlwind's cavalry duel, they are all inseparable, in contrast, Lin Chenghe, who is struggling to defend the gap in the circle, is under much greater pressure, after all, he is fighting against more than 1,000 sand robbers with three hundred Tang troops, and he has suffered a big loss in numbers, but fortunately, the defensive surface is not too big - soldiers on both sides are crowded into the gap that is not more than ten zhang wide, fighting desperately, people are crowded, knife to knife, Blood and stumps took off, screams and weapons collided together, the Tang army was still able to stabilize its position in a short period of time, but once the casualties were too large, the disadvantage of the Tang army's small number has been exposed, although Lin Chenghe stained his clothes with blood and led his troops to fight to the death, but he was still pressed back by the sand thieves, and gradually he could not support it, and retreated to the edge of the inner circle composed of more than 100 camels, and then retreated, and the entire defense will collapse.

Anxious, Lin Chenghe was very anxious, knowing that it would not work like this, but there was still no other way, he could only support it hard, and he had been stabbed several times, but he was arrogant and shouted, sticking to the last line of defense, seeing that his side was gradually exhausted, Lin Chenghe was ready to die, but at this moment, a terrible horn sounded, and the rear of the sand thieves who had been rushing to kill Zhenghuan suddenly became chaotic, through the fierce fighting, many people could be vaguely heard shouting: "Your Highness, brothers kill!" Lin Chenghe, who was already exhausted, suddenly lifted his spirits, and slashed over a sand thief who rushed in front of him with a knife, and shouted: "Brothers, kill, Your Highness has arrived!" Kill! ”

Li Zhen has always been the god of war in the minds of the soldiers, but also the spiritual pillar of the soldiers, at this time I heard that His Royal Highness has returned to help, all of them are in good spirits, regardless of the scars on their bodies, and once again rushed bravely to the sand thieves who were frightened because they didn't understand what was going on behind them. Hua Long, who led the troops, saw that the general situation was not good, and he couldn't care about entangling with the Tang army anymore, and he didn't even have time to take care of Liu Whirlwind, who was killing Chen Wu's troops in the dark, and rushed to the place where his horses were parked, and no matter whose horse he was riding, he turned on the back of the horse in a panic and shouted, "The wind is tight, it's!" "Leaving behind his men who fled in embarrassment, they fled into the depths of the desert on their own, and the scattered sand thieves behind them ran everywhere.

The reinforcements of the Tang army did arrive, but it was not Li Zhen who led the troops to come back, these Tang troops who came were actually guarding the right flank for Li Zhen's department to watch the enemy's formation of more than 200 cavalry, and the leading general was Ying San - Ying San was tall and burly and not under Li Zhen, but his mind was as dexterous as the grappling hand he practiced, Li Zhen let him stay in the rear formation and also took a fancy to him, when Li Zhen led his troops to attack, after the three arrows shot back the Sha Feihu Department, Ying San already knew that there was no longer a war on his left flank, He didn't wait for Li Zhen to come back, and even didn't care whether he would be blamed by Li Zhen for leaving at this time, he hurriedly led more than two hundred horsemen, started at high speed and followed the circle formation of camels, and rushed to the right flank in the battle. He didn't even go immediately to reinforce Chen Wu's department, which was in full swing, but led a group of subordinates to line up a formation not far from the battlefield, and put on a look like he was about to attack at any time.

Defeated, completely defeated! Liu Whirlwind, who was struggling to kill, heard the movement wrong, and then saw that Hualong's department had collapsed, and he knew that he had been defeated, and he was defeated very thoroughly, if he couldn't get rid of Chen Wu's entanglement in time, it would be the end of the whole army's annihilation, and when he saw Ying San arranging his troops there, Liu Whirlwind's heart was even more cold - the cavalry of Ying San's department was only in his early 200s, if he rushed into the battlefield immediately, although he could immediately defeat Liu Whirlwind's department, but it was only a defeat, and it was impossible to completely annihilate it. Or maybe even due to improper cooperation with Chen Wu's department, resulting in chaos and chaos, giving Liu Whirlwind's department a chance to counterattack, but the three eagles did not attack, but set up a formation not far from the battlefield, in addition to bringing strong psychological pressure to the sand thieves, what is even more terrible is that once the sand thieves abandon the battle and leave, they will be chased and killed by the three eagle departments.

Troubles always appear one after another - just when Liu Whirlwind was undecided, he suddenly found that the Tang army was behind the round formation, and another Biao cavalry army was killed, and the first member of the high general wearing Mingguang armor was Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Liu Whirlwind's heart suddenly sank to the bottom - Li Zhen, the king of Yue, could appear on the right wing, obviously, the Sha Feiluo department on the left wing had been completely defeated, and if he didn't leave at this time, he would wait for Li Zhen, the killing god, to arrive, and then want to go, but I was afraid that there would be no chance at all!

"Withdraw, withdraw!" Liu Whirlwind, who could no longer support the knife in his hand, blocked the stabbing of a Tang army who rushed to kill him, and did not fight back, after shouting, he took the lead in turning his horse and rushing into the oblique stab, avoiding the interception of several Tang cavalry along the way, and rushed out of the battle group in a slick of smoke, and rode away into the depths of the desert without looking back.

It will be the courage of the soldiers, this is very reasonable, the sand thieves who were still able to kill with the Tang army saw that their commander slipped away, how could they continue to stay and fight hard, and they fled from the wind, but it was a pity that the eagle who had already prepared did not intend to let the sand thieves escape easily, and when they saw that the enemy cavalry brigade escaped from the battle circle, they unceremoniously ordered to chase and kill, and more than 200 Tang army elite horsemen who had not been addicted immediately put their horses and rushed up, relying on the abundant horsepower, and quickly caught up with the sand thieves in the rout, after a good rush, Forced to more than 400 sand thieves who had no time to escape, a wild slash, killing the sand thieves no longer have the slightest heart of resistance, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the sand thieves all abandoned the scimitar in their hands, raised their hands and surrendered, so far, a short-range ambush battle is considered to end with the Tang army again a big victory.

Victory is victory, killing more than 700 sand thieves and capturing more than 600 people at the cost of 100 and 3 deaths and 13 injuries, it can not but be said to be a big victory, but Li Zhen can't be happy, without him, Li Zhen's soldiers are all elite soldiers and strong generals dug out from everywhere, and they are the seeds to be used to build the team, so many people have been lost in such a small battle, if there are a few more battles like this, I am afraid that there will not be many people left, and how to make Li Zhen not angry, this is not, When Chen Wu came in to report the battle situation in a little fear, Li Zhen's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and the fire in his heart surged up for a while, but at the end he still didn't have a seizure - the guards are used to winning battles, and they have already developed Lao Tzu's style of being the first in the world, it is true that the army cannot be without arrogance, but it is a troublesome thing to be arrogant, since ancient times, the lesson of arrogance and defeat has been lost, Li Zhen knows very well in his heart that the reason why he will lose so many manpower this time is that the root cause is in the arrogance - Not only Chen Wu, but also the other generals didn't put the sand thieves in their eyes, always thinking that as soon as they attacked, the sand thieves should be dispersed as a matter of course, don't you know that the strong have their own strong hands, this time it is okay to encounter the sand thieves who are not too powerful, but the next time if they encounter a strong soldier like the wolf army of Xue Yantuo's department? A judgment is wrong, it is the result of losing all the halls, this time the lesson is bigger, but it is the heart of the whole team, and it is not just Chen Wu's fault, so although Li Zhen was angry, he did not have a seizure, but he glanced at Chen Wu very coldly, and waved his hand impatiently: "You go and settle the wounded soldiers first, as for the soldiers who died in battle, this king will personally preside over the funeral, go." ”

"Subordinates obey." Chen Wu bowed down and promised, but did not immediately withdraw from the big tent that had just been built, but lowered his head with shame, his lips trembled a few times, and forced himself to speak: "Your Highness, your subordinates have miscommanded, please punish Your Highness." ”

"Wrong? What's wrong? Li Zhen was in a bad mood, but when she heard Chen Wu admit her guilt, she was angry for a while, and asked angrily. Li Zhen rarely attacked his subordinates, and never showed his subordinates' faces, it was the first time that such an unceremonious rhetorical question, Chen Wuna could still eat hard, his legs and feet were weak, and he was already kneeling on the ground, and he didn't even dare to say anything to defend himself, and his tall body trembled involuntarily.

"Your Highness, General Chen can know his mistakes and admit his mistakes, and this can be corrected, which is also a precious thing." Mo Li, who was sitting silently in the corner, saw that Li Zhen was not good-looking, and was afraid that Li Zhen would attack Chen Wu and lose the prince's bearing, so he hurriedly said something.

Hey, you dead old Mo, you will be ambushed, cut, how we don't know that Chen Wu can't be blamed for this matter! Li Zhen is a person who is awake, how can he not hear that Mo Li is clearly explaining for Chen Wu, but in fact, he is reminding himself not to lose a big one because of a small one, if he hurts the hearts of all the soldiers because of this, it is definitely not a good thing, so he frowned quickly, after looking at Mo Li, he walked in front of Chen Wu, raised his hand and said: "Get up, this king is not strange for Er to attack without permission, but this battle should not have been fought so hard, if you don't use a conical formation to try to break through the enemy formation, but use Lin Chenghe's five out formations, or become a loose phalanx, With the ability of our army's cavalry and archery, the sand pirates will not be able to approach the defensive circle even half a step under any circumstances, and after the enemy has exhausted their three drums, they will attack again, and the results will be different, so you must keep one thing in mind; The king hopes that you can learn how to judge the enemy's situation, overcome your own arrogance, go down, don't forget to appease those wounded brothers, and give the order to go down, and the whole army will assemble, and the king will personally preside over the funeral of the dead soldiers. ”

Hearing Li Zhen's analysis, Chen Wu was ashamed and grateful, lay on the ground and kowtowed a few times, looked at Li Zhen with tears in his eyes, and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will remember, and you should take it as a warning in the future, and never make this mistake again." As soon as the words fell, he bowed down and withdrew from the big tent, and went to arrange all matters without mentioning them.

"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great, congratulations to His Royal Highness for adding one more wise and brave general." After Chen Wu retreated, Mo Li stroked his palm and said with a smile.

"It's too early for the military advisor to say, this son is indeed a material that can be made, but if you really want to become a talent, you have to sharpen it more, but Lin Chenghe's son can adapt to changes and have the ability to fight, and he can already stand alone, that's it, it's not too late to discuss this matter in the future, well, after this defeat, do you have the courage to set up an ambush again?" Li Zhen understood that Mo Li's words were meant to be relieved, but he didn't want to say anything more about this matter, so after a few comments, he turned the topic to speculation about the next move of the sand thieves after the fiasco.

This question is related to the next move of the whole army, Mo Li knows the measure, and after pondering silently for a while, he shook the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile: "They don't have a choice!" After these few days of fighting, this sand thief has offended His Highness to the bone, if he can't reach an alliance with His Highness, once His Highness arrives in Anxi, will he let them go? I'm afraid I can't stop it, the leaders of this sand thief must have a number in their hearts, if they don't take advantage of His Highness's loneliness to rob him, is it difficult to wait for His Highness to ease his hand and put them to death? Watching the battle today, it can already be seen that these two giant thieves are good at decisiveness, this battle is still not over, and Xingxing Gorge will be the final decisive place! ”

"Well, this king thinks so too, since that's the case, let's just come to a hundred!" Li Zhen nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly raised his voice and said, "Yan Eighteen." ”

Yan Eighteen, who had been waiting outside the tent for a long time, heard Li Zhen's call, hurriedly strode into the big tent, and saluted respectfully: "My subordinates are here." ”

"Eighteen, send a signal to General Xiao immediately, everything will be carried out according to the original plan, there must be no mistakes!" Li Zhen's face turned cold, and she said calmly.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it immediately!" Yan Eighteen bowed and agreed, strode out of the big tent, and after a while, two carrier pigeons flew up from the camp, hovered above the camp for a while, and flew straight to the east, disappearing out of everyone's sight unhurriedly, a big battle of ambush and counter-ambush was about to begin......

Finishing (full book)