Chapter 472: The Moon Formation
"Big brother, the second brother was shot in the right arm by a thief!"
Zhang Fei protected Guan Yu to fight his way out of the encirclement, and both of them became bloody people, and their armor was stained red with blood.
Guan Yu's right arm was hit by an arrow, and the shaft of the arrow was cut off by Zhang Fei with a dagger, and the cluster of arrows remained in his body.
After being hit by an arrow, you can't pull it out rudely, otherwise you will lose too much blood, Zhang Fei still knows this truth.
The two fierce generals at the level of five tiger generals were ranked first in the Eastern Han Dynasty armed forces rankings, but they were seriously injured, and Guan Yu's life hung by a thread, which shows how tragic this battle is, or how high the strength of the other party's fierce generals is already incredible.
"Hurry up and ask for a miracle doctor!"
Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu was seriously injured, so he didn't have time to ask in detail.
A divine doctor of the same level as Hua Tuo arrived, checked Guan Yu's injuries, and said, "Although he is seriously injured, his life is not in danger, please rest assured." ”
Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." ”
As a military advisor, Wang Meng said: "It's not good at all. ”
Zhang Fei suddenly became angry, and mentioned Wang Meng: "Our brothers are fighting to the death in front, what is the military advisor talking about?!" ”
Wang Meng smiled bitterly: "Yide and let go, I don't mean Yun Chang, but the situation is unfavorable to our army, and we should retreat in time." ”
After Zhang Fei heard this, he put Wang Meng down: "If the second brother has three longs and two shorts, I won't let you go easily." ”
Wang Meng took over a limited number of troops, he could not break the situation, and it was difficult to establish majesty in front of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
"Please ask the divine doctor to heal the second brother...... Strategist, according to what you said, we withdraw our troops. ”
Unless Guan Yu was killed by Chutian's army, Liu Bei would not lose control, he was self-aware and listened to Wang Meng's deployment throughout the process.
Wang Meng said: "If my expectations are correct, Chu Zimou is waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the cavalry on the left and right flanks to make a detour and completely destroy more than 100,000 of our soldiers and horses. Only by retreating in time can the total annihilation of the army be avoided. His subordinates have the skill of inspiring the morale of the army, and they can protect the soldiers and horses of the headquarters for the Lord at a critical moment. ”
"What about the left and right wings, Hu Luguang and Gao Su's soldiers and horses?"
"If necessary, you can only lose the car to protect the commander. They are Zhao Long's soldiers and horses, and the number of dead and wounded has nothing to do with the lord. It's better than this, Hu Luguang and Gao Su's soldiers and horses have suffered heavy losses, and they will rely more on the lord. ”
“…… Everything is done in accordance with the deployment of the military division. ”
Wang Meng and Wu Han's army began to retreat, and Chu Tian and Le Yi's army took the opportunity to pursue and kill.
Hua Mulan and Hua Xiong took the lead, among which Hua Mulan went to the battlefield again, heroic and cool, not less than that year, Ma Lance directly stabbed to death an unknown military general on the other side, inspiring the morale of the army!
Huaxiong's big sword Huo Huo, slashing the opponent's dozens of foot soldiers in a row, condescending, unstoppable!
After Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Xiahou Yuan and others defeated Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they joined the attack on Wang Meng and Wu Han's army.
However, the cavalry on the left and right flanks had not yet had time to encircle, and although Wang Meng's army and Wu Han's army retreated, they could not reach the level of total annihilation.
If you want to completely annihilate Wang Meng, who is good at resourcefulness and military affairs, the difficulty is not ordinary.
Wang Meng had already set up a lot of pontoon bridges and military vehicles in Fushui in advance as a way out.
The battle situation in front was unfavorable, and Wang Meng led the army to retreat to Fushui, ordering Liu Bei to go first.
"Shall I forsake all the soldiers and retreat? But all the people retreated, and I retreated with those who remained behind to the north shore. ”
Liu Bei insisted on not retreating, but asked the injured Guan Yu to be sent to the north shore.
"Wu Han, you lead the crossbowmen to the opposite bank to set up a formation. I have prepared bows, crossbows, arrows, and military vehicles on the opposite bank in advance, and Chu Zimou cannot chase them to the other side. ”
Wang Meng asked Wu Han to go first.
Wu Han replied: "Obey!" ”
Wang Meng commanded everyone to retreat against time.
Wang Meng had never fought against Chu Tian, and he had limited knowledge of the true strength of Chu Tian's legion.
Last night was already his closest chance to victory, and with the right time and place, the outcome was unknown. King Lanling took advantage of the night to lead a Baibao Xianbei assault and almost took Cao Cao away.
In the real fight, Wang Meng found that his chips were still less than Chu Tian's.
The cavalry on the left and right flanks was routed, and only the middle army remained, unable to defend.
For now, it is to preserve as many troops as possible for Liu Bei. As long as Liu Bei still has troops, he can still interfere with Chutian's attack on Yecheng.
It can be said that the current Wang Meng has become the biggest obstacle for Chutian to sweep Hebei.
Hu Luguang and King Lanling retreated in defeat, and there was a sword mark on the mask of King Lanling, which was a trace of being slashed by King Arthur's sword in the lake.
If the sword in the lake goes one inch deeper, the king of Lanling will be disfigured if he does not die.
More than 100,000 soldiers and horses crowded across the river, Wang Meng ordered the infantry to use military chariots, set up a moon formation, and fight with their backs to the water!
This formation, the defense and lethality of the cavalry, is extremely strong!
Wang Meng still kept a hand, and prepared the troop vehicles to restrain the cavalry on both sides of the river in advance.
Liu Bei's army was crossing the river quickly, and some soldiers even fell into the river because of crowding.
Wang Meng held on and relied on the terrain, and it was difficult for Chutian's military strength and cavalry superiority to be brought into play.
"All crossbowmen, don't care about the consumption of arrows, shoot with all your might!"
"Le Jin led Yanjia and attacked the Moon Array!"
"All fierce generals, attack this formation on foot!"
Chu Tian faced the turtle-like and Wang Meng's bonus in the face of the Moon Array, although he had a headache, he still planned to forcibly dismantle it.
It is more useful against chariots, crossbowmen and hoplites.
Under Liang Hongyu's command, the 20,000 crossbowmen who had been improvised used a dense rain of arrows to cover Wang Meng's Qiyue array.
The rain of arrows was like locusts, covering the sky and the sun, and the crossbowmen hiding behind the military chariots subconsciously curled up and blocked the rain of arrows with their chariots and shields.
Troop carts and shields were covered with a dense array of arrows.
Round after round of arrow rain poured down, Chu Tian would not let go of the opportunity to hit Liu Bei hard.
As for the arrows consumed in the war, Chu Tian was not distressed.
He has the resources of four states, and he is willing to spend more money than Liu Bei.
One million arrows was already a huge number for Liu Bei, and for Chu Tian, it was nothing more.
This is the crushing of national strength.
Wang Meng still held on under the attack of a dense rain of arrows, which has already shown his ability.
The dense rain of arrows could not destroy the infantry with Wang Meng's control, and it was the Yan Jiashi who was Lejin as the general of the trap and the fierce generals sent by Chutian who were really used to destroy the Qiyue Array.
"Lord, I will go to the war to relieve the Lord's worries!"
Dian Wei carried two iron halberds, he saw that the battlefield had been fighting for a long time, but he had never had the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, he really couldn't hold it, so he took the initiative to ask for help and attack the moon formation.
Chu Tian nodded: "You lead the infantry battalion and go to the battle." ”
The humanoid beast-like Dian Wei led 3,000 infantry to attack the Qiyue Array. Every step Dian Wei took left a deep footprint on the ground, which shows his great strength.
Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong and other generals also dismounted, led part of the heavy infantry of the offensive corps, and charged in the rain of arrows in the moon.
Xue Rengui's Fang Tian Painting Halberd dragged a scratch on the ground, and the stray arrows swept past it, but it couldn't shake it in the slightest!
In the face of the Qiyue Formation, which had a defensive power comparable to that of a turtle, Chu Tian's tactics were to cover it with a rain of arrows and a fierce attack.
The troop vehicle may not be enough to see in front of the fierce general.
The fierce generals in "Lord" can kill hundreds, or even thousands, and have greater strength.
Dian Wei led 3,000 infantry, wielding his iron halberd, and knocked away all the stray arrows that came at him, until he reached the bottom of a troop cart, and then stopped.
"Up!"
Dian Wei threw the halberd on the ground, stretched out his hands under the military cart, and shouted violently, and the green tendons of his thick arms swelled, like a dragon!
"What does he want to do?"
Even Chu Tian was puzzled by Dian Wei's actions.
I saw that the heavy military vehicle began to tilt, and blue tendons also appeared on Dian Wei's forehead, and with another force, the entire large military vehicle was overturned to the ground!
Bang! The soldiers who were located in the rear of the military vehicles did not have time to escape and were crushed to death by the overturned military vehicles!
Everyone looked at this reckless man in disbelief. Dian Wei's thinking was simple and rude, and he just bulldozed the military cart in front of him......
The 3,000 infantry battalion overturned the van that had fallen to the ground and engaged the enemy in the rear.
Dian Wei took the lead and killed hundreds of enemy soldiers in a row, which was terrifying.
It was probably Dian Wei's simple and rude approach that inspired the other fierce generals, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, and Hua Xiong joined forces to lift a military vehicle at the same time!
The strength of the three people superimposed, and directly lifted this military vehicle away!
The troop rolled in the air a few times, smashed heavily on the ground, and rolled on the ground a few more times, crushing the enemy troops, and at least twenty foot soldiers were crushed to death by the troop wagon!
"The fierce general can still use ...... like this"
Chu Tian did not have a discussion with Xue Rengui and the others, and his knowledge of the force of the emperor-level generals was limited.
Fang Xuanling and Xun You were observing the enemy formation, and Fang Xuanling said: "If Wang Meng has time, he can use iron cables to connect the military vehicles together, or build iron military vehicles, but the moon formation is not so easy to break. ”
Chu Tian waved his hand: "The cavalry is ready to break through the formation from the gap!" ”
Sure enough, as Fang Xuanling said, Wang Meng only had time to lay down the moon array, and he didn't have time to connect the car with iron cables.
After suffering losses, some of the troop vehicles were hurriedly connected with iron cables or hemp ropes.
If Dian Wei wants to overturn another military vehicle, he will need more strength.
Chu Tian's cavalry had already begun to assemble towards the gap in the Qiyue Array, and the situation was extremely unfavorable for Wang Meng.
Wang Meng also had a last resort, he summoned all the generals and middle- and low-ranking officers who remained on the south bank, and used his ability to inspire the morale of the army: "Wang Jingluo and the monarchs have received the great favor of the lord, and now they and the monarchs are facing a strong enemy, and they should try their best to die, advance without retreating, and make great contributions together to repay the country!" ”
All the generals fell into a frenzy, and their fighting spirit was high, and they had the will to fight to the death!
Not only the generals, but also the morale of the entire legion is climbing rapidly!
Liu Bei felt the changes in the army, and couldn't help but be surprised by Wang Meng's ability, and at the same time relied more on Wang Meng. It is his honor that a talent like Wang Meng can work for him. You must know that Liu Bei only has one or two counties now, and even some of the generals and soldiers are borrowed from Zhao Long.
Liu Bei's greatest ability, one is personal charm, the second is perseverance, and the third is borrowing things...... Military capability is secondary......
Chu Tian also felt that the momentum of Wang Meng's army had changed, the shouts of killing became louder, and the infantry that had attacked the Qiyue Array also had a tendency to be expelled.
"What's going on? Could it be Wang Meng's ability? ”
Chu Tian couldn't see Wang Meng's panel, and even if he used scouts, he couldn't detect Wang Meng's ability. With Wang Meng's intelligence, he will not easily expose his specific abilities.
At this time, Wang Meng suddenly used the ability to boost the morale of the army, and its increase was extremely powerful, which caught Chu Tian off guard.
"Xuanjia Army, Tiger Army, Knights of the Round Table, go and dismantle the Moon Array!"
Chu Tian used his hole cards, one was to severely damage Liu Bei, and the other was to test the effect and duration of Wang Meng's ability.
No matter how powerful Wang Meng is, the bonuses provided are limited, and besides, there is an upper limit to the duration.
Yu Chigong led the Xuanjia Army, King Arthur led the Knights of the Round Table, and Tai Shici led the Tiger Ben Army to attack from the gap in the Moon Array.
Liang Hongyu's crossbow troops continued to shoot a rain of arrows, suppressing the defenders of the Qiyue Formation.
Liu Bei saw that his army was like a rainbow, and he was lucky, and said to Wang Meng: "Military advisor, now that the military heart is available, can you take advantage of the situation to counterattack and hit Chu Zimou hard?" ”
Wang Meng shook his head: "This effect can only last for a while, and I ask the lord to retreat to the north shore quickly." Where there is life, there is hope. Don't forget, we still have a way out. ”
When Liu Bei heard Wang Meng say this, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
He also thought that there was a chance to hit Chu Zimou hard, and even turn defeat into victory, but it was obvious that this was just Liu Bei's wishful thinking.
Wang Meng's advice to him was only one word, and he retreated quickly.
Liu Bei said: "I can't abandon the soldiers. ”
"Yide, you take the lord to the north, staying here will be in danger of your life."
Wang Meng ordered Zhang Fei to forcibly take Liu Bei away and give Liu Bei a step down.
All good things belong to the lord, and the counselor has to take the blame......
Then, Wang Meng looked to the south, Chu Tian's high-ranking heavy cavalry had already joined the battlefield, and the knights of the round table cut through the gap and killed the foot soldiers along the way.
The Tiger Ben army was blocked outside the gap, and when they were impatient, they simply dismounted and fought on foot, climbed over the troop carts, and fought into the formation.
The soldiers of Wang Meng's army were full of enthusiasm and tried their best to fight to the death, tens of thousands of people had the will to fight to the death, and the people who attacked the Qiyue Array also suffered heavy losses.
Even Dian Wei had several wounds on his body.
Before the soldiers of Wang Meng's army died in battle, they also had to cut Dian Wei.
However, the overall trend is still favorable to Chu Tian, but there are more and more gaps in the moon array.
Wang Meng shook his head: "The difference in strength is too big, even if I have no power to return to the sky, I can only wait for the opportunity." Prepare firewood and oil and burn the pontoon! ”
After Wang Meng crossed the river with half of his soldiers and horses, he found that the moon array had been completely destroyed, so he had to lead his own soldiers to cross north, burn the pontoon bridge, and break the wrist of the strong man.
The other half of the troops were stranded on the other side, and were driven to the water by Chutian's army, drowning countless people, and the rest of the people saw that the main general was not there, and the effect of the death battle disappeared, and they all surrendered to Chutian.
Liu Bei saw that the water was almost cut off, and his heart was like a knife.
Although the heaviest losses were the Jizhou army of Hu Luguang and the king of Lanling, Liu Bei's Youzhou army suffered a lot of losses.
Liu Bei looked at Chu Tian across the river like this.
"Only then did he kill and capture half of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses......"
Chu Tian didn't seem to be very satisfied with such a result. According to his plan, he wanted to make dumplings for Liu Bei, but unfortunately Wang Meng saw through it......