Chapter 15: The Defeat of the Rebels
The next day, both sides were reluctant to continue the lull.
The commander of the rebel army decided to test the combat effectiveness of this sudden army.
The two sides set up positions on the plains.
The atmosphere was as quiet as before a thunderstorm, oppressive and tense.
Lin Yuan rode a horse and stood at the front of the army, looking at the army on the opposite side from a distance, and saw that its army formation was neat, with flags all over the place, as if it was already a regular army, and he couldn't help but feel a little frightened in his heart.
It was only a long time before the rebel army formed a regular force.
Fortunately, the rebel army on the opposite side was not well equipped, and many soldiers were still wearing only tattered cloth armor.
Lin Yuan looked again, and saw the commander of the rebel army under the banner of the opposite general, and there were several generals beside him, so he immediately summoned Yuwen Chengdu and whispered in a low voice.
"Can the general dare to cut the general before the battle and raise the morale of our army?"
"Someone is willing to serve!"
Yuwen Chengdu directly jumped out of the formation, came to the front of the military formation, and shouted,
"Who dares to fight?"
There was a commotion in the military array on the opposite side, and it seemed that they were oppressed by Yuwen Chengdu's momentum, and their morale instantly decreased a lot.
In this case, there will be a fighter who will immediately come out and take on the challenge.
Sure enough, the rebel army split up and made way for a way, and at the same time, a warrior with a strong back rode out.
"Hugh is going to be rampant! Wait for me to fly and take the dog's head! ”
As he spoke, he clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse under his crotch charged, and the electric switch came, and the mountain axe in his hand went straight to the head of Yuwen Chengdu.
Yuwen Chengdu sneered, leaned back his waist, and the mountain axe slashed from the tip of his nose, and at the same time, his right hand stretched out like an ape arm, and he directly grabbed the waist armor of the general, and his divine power exploded, and he actually captured the general alive like a chicken, and threw it into the air.
The whole action takes place in one go, between the lightning and the flint.
By the time everyone reacted, the general had already fallen to his death under his horse.
The morale of Lin Yuan's army was greatly boosted.
On the opposite side, the morale of the rebel army was shaken, and there was a commotion directly in the military formation.
"Shoot me arrows, shoot him with arrows!"
The leader of the rebel army looked horrified and ordered his archers to fire a volley.
Yuwen Chengdu smiled coldly, and the blue and brown horse under his crotch galloped, heading straight for the leader of the rebel army.
"Kill me!"
Not to be outdone, Lin Yuan raised his long knife and was the first to charge.
Kill!
Kill!
The two armies collided in an instant, like two great snakes strangled together.
In an instant, dozens of people fell.
Lin Yuan charged on his horse, the phoenix mouth knife in his hand slashed left and right, the green dragon knife technique seemed to be engraved in his bones, every move and style were changed at will, and in just a moment, he killed more than a dozen people.
Yuwen Chengdu was stronger, rushed into the rebel army, and the phoenix wings and gold pistol swept across the area, and no one could stop it at all.
In just a few moments, hundreds of people had already been killed.
"Heavy armor sword and axeman, rush up for me and cut down those cavalry."
In the midst of the chaotic battle, Lin Yuan saw hundreds of infantry wearing heavy armor and holding sharp axes coming straight towards him.
Heavy Armor Axe (3rd Tier)
[Level]: Level 25
[Base Attack]: 18 [Base Defense]: 13 [Base Speed]: 10
The second-order infantry along the way couldn't stop these heavily armored sword and axe hands at all, and dozens of people were killed in the blink of an eye.
"Don't worry, my lord, it's forbidden here!"
At the critical moment, a loud shout suddenly came from behind Lin Yuan.
"Heavy infantry, give me a top!"
Under Yu Ban's command, Lin Yuan's heavy armored infantry battalion stood in front of Lin Yuan like a torrent of steel, blocking the attack of the heavy armor sword and axeman.
Lin Yuan beckoned and motioned for the Divine Arm Crossbowman to step forward.
To deal with these high-defense heavy armor systems, the Divine Arm Crossbowman is the best choice.
Sure enough, 10 divine arm crossbowmen fired a volley, and there were heavy armor archers to assist them, and the heavy armor sword and axe men on the opposite side immediately fell down in a large area.
"Yuwen Chengdu, go and take the head of the enemy general!" Lin Yuan shouted in the air to kill the red-eyed Yuwen Chengdu.
"Yes!"
Yuwen Chengdu turned his horse's head and went straight to the leader of the rebel army.
Now, by the side of the leader of the rebel army, there is no heavy armor sword and axe hand to protect him.
When the leader of the rebel army saw Yuwen Chengdu rushing towards him, he was so frightened that he pulled out his horse and ran, and the other soldiers saw that the main general had run away, and they were even more chaotic, and no one was under their command, trampling on each other, killing and injuring countless people.
After only a cup of tea at the beginning of the war, the rebel army was defeated.
Yuwen Chengdu was fast, chased after him, and swept across with a phoenix-winged gold hammer, directly beheading the leader of the rebel army.
When the rebel soldiers saw that their Lord was about to be killed, their morale fell to the bottom, and many threw away their weapons and surrendered.
And those who chose to flee were chased and killed by Cao Shaoqing, Yu Ban and others.
As for Lin Yuan, he personally led more than 20 heavy armored cavalry to directly enter the barracks of the rebel army and kill those who had the intention of resisting.
Half an hour later, the battle ended.
Those who went to pursue the killers also returned, and except for a few rebels who fled, the vast majority of the deserters were killed.
The crowd began to count the dead and prisoners.
"My lord, the first battalion lost 83 people in this battle, 34 were seriously wounded, and 120 were slightly wounded."
"My lord, the second battalion killed 64 people in this battle, 45 people were seriously wounded, and 148 people were slightly injured."
"My lord, the heavy armor battalion seriously injured 8 people and lightly injured 23 people in this battle."
Lin Yuan listened to the reports of the three battalions under his hands, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.
In just one battle, nearly four adults were killed.
The first battalion and the second battalion suffered so many casualties because of poor equipment, some non-commissioned officers were even incomplete, and the level of non-commissioned officers was generally low.
Like a well-equipped, high-level heavy armored battalion, the casualty level is much lower.
Cao Shaoqing's militia battalion casualties were not low, reaching 40 percent, only the militia battalion in Yuwen Chengdu had only 10 percent casualties.
The reason is that Yuwen Chengdu has two skill buffs, [Yongguan Three Armies] and [No. 1 in the World], which doubles the strength of the soldiers under his command.
This also made Lin Yuan realize the difference between the commander of ordinary generals and the commander of historical generals.
It's like a cloud of mud.
"It seems that in the future, the generals who will command the army will try to choose historical generals."
However, there are losses and gains!
After this battle, all the sergeants have increased their ranks a lot, which can be regarded as a consolation.
Lin Yuan's army suffered a lot of losses, and Zhong Xiang's rebel army suffered even greater losses, and all 5,000 people were wiped out except for those who surrendered.
"My lord, the prisoners of war have been counted, a total of 2,862 people."
"How many people did the rebels lose?"
"About 2,000 people."
"So to speak, only more than 100 people escaped." Lin Yuan retracted his gaze.
"Pass on our military order, select 1,000 elites of the 2,800 captives and scatter them into our army, and the other 1,800 people will all be reduced to slaves and sent to Wushan Town to reclaim fertile land."
"Yes."
Selecting prisoners of war to fill the army can restore the combat effectiveness of the army in the shortest possible time.
As for the various baggage, money and food of the captured Zhongxiang rebel army, they are still being counted.
In the evening, the seizures were finally counted.
"In this battle, our army captured a total of 43,800 units of enemy grain and grass, more than 4,000 pairs of cloth armor, 3,800 bronze swords of the Great Song Dynasty, 1,000 spears, 300 battle axes, 60 war horses, and some vehicle baggage, in addition, 175 taels of gold, 13,800 taels of silver, and 336,000 copper coins......"
Lin Yuan listened to the loot seized and nodded slightly.
Not counting the grain and grass weapons, the seized money alone is worth 30 million when converted into earth coins.
Sure enough, war is the fastest way to get rich.
In order to maintain morale, Lin Yuan specially ordered to reward the whole army for three days, and everyone drank wine and ate meat in the barracks, sleeping in the dark.
On the fourth day, Lin Yuan gathered his team and set off for Wushan Town.
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