From beginning to end, there was only one core of the plan drawn up by Xu Shizhong.

That's consumption!

The messenger sent by Chen Wu had already informed all the details of the officers and troops on the other side. Almost all of the other party's grain baggage was lost in Xiayang Valley, and even if the soldiers carried a little dry food with them, it was definitely not enough for so many people to eat. The villages that may have provided food along the way have already been swept away when the brigade of volunteers went to Xiayang Valley.

With nowhere to get food to eat, and a hurried march all the way over, coupled with the great defeat and the great psychological pressure, these officers and soldiers of the 1st Wing were undoubtedly very tired. The current offensive seems to be overwhelming, but in fact it is already the end of the crossbow. After exhausting this momentum, but still failing to defeat the rebels, the combat power will quickly decline.

At that time, it was time for the rebels to put in their main forces and launch a real siege on them.

What Xu Shizhong is doing now is consuming the few remaining bodies of the official army. As for the lives of those who died for this, who cares about the cheap homeless people who can buy 780,000 mouthfuls of grain next to them in this year of famine?

With his command, more queues continued to rise.

The new barracks, which had a full 4,000 people, was of maximum use at this time. Even if they are quickly dispersed by the officers and soldiers, from the two flanks to the end of the array, they will be forced to regroup by the volunteer battalion and continue to join the second round of battle. Although the officers and soldiers of the First Wing cut through more than a dozen rows of queues in one go, looking ahead, it seemed that the thieves could not be killed, and there were still more people gathering in the distance.

Constantly scattering, defeating, and fighting......

Every time the officers and soldiers took a step forward, several corpses of thieves fell at their feet. Despite such a stubborn push back the ranks of the thief army by a hundred paces. Kill hundreds of thieves in front and back. Almost killed the entire people in the boot camp. However, under the joint pressure of the Volunteer Battalion and the Taiping Battalion, it never collapsed.

The bodies of the officers and soldiers are declining at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.

At first, the rebel army that was attacked by them was crushed almost in the blink of an eye. After killing hundreds of thieves along the way, the speed of the officers and troops who fought the vanguard was already much slower than before. After the initial enthusiasm, many officers and soldiers found that their arms began to gradually become heavy, the speed of swinging knives also slowed down, and the strength that was once abundant in their bodies disappeared. Opposite. The thief in front of him seemed to be more difficult to deal with.

Here's your chance to fight back!

If he could, Xu Shizhong actually hoped to use more manpower to continue to consume the officers and soldiers. But he knew that the recruit camp had not been trained after all, and it was almost to the extreme of fighting like this. If you force them to go up again, there is really a real possibility of a complete collapse or even mutiny.

It's time for these officers and soldiers to feel the true combat power of the rebels.

The drums changed, and the banner of the righteous army came out in time with Xu Shizhong's new order.

With the permission of the Warlords, the new barracks, who had basically completed their tasks, retreated to both sides like a tidal wave. The officers and soldiers, who were already tired, were momentarily excited, thinking that they had completely defeated the thief army. It soon became clear that the truly grim battle had just begun.

Behind the bootcamp thieves was a row of repulsive horses with sharpened tops.

Because it looks a bit like a wooden gun. This kind of rejection is also called rejection of horse gun formation. Appearing in this place, of course, is not to deal with cavalry, and the officers and troops on the opposite side do not have cavalry. Xu Shizhong's purpose in setting it up was to restrict the movement of the rout, and they could only flee to both sides, in case they rolled back and disrupted the array of the Volunteer Battalion.

Of course, incidentality can also act as a barrier.

Behind such a row of rejecting pistols, everyone in the volunteer battalion tied yellow scarves on their arms, lined up in a neat line, and quietly prepared to meet the attack.

Compared to the previous boot battalion, these soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion had a healthy face and a strong physique, and almost each of them had an iron weapon. The first few rows of soldiers were wearing the same standard leather armor as the emperor's **, and they didn't look like they had the previous sense of frivolity.

The pace of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Wing immediately slowed down.

Encountering this group of thieves who are clearly different, they realize that this is likely to be the only elite left behind by the other party.

As long as they are defeated, no one will be able to stop them from merging with the defenders of Longshan City!

After a brief confrontation between this row of horses and guns, the officers and soldiers shouted in unison and launched an attack desperately. A small group of officers and soldiers were the first to pounce on them, trying to move away from the horses, and the comrades behind took the opportunity to rush in through the gaps and gaps, and fought the thieves who were waiting for them.

The real fierce battle broke out in an instant.

With the sound of shouting and killing and the exchange of gold and iron, after only one confrontation, the self-confident officers and soldiers felt the enemy's trickiness.

In terms of morale, the rebel army won consecutive victories, and the official army was defeated in Xiayang Valley, and there was no advantage at all; In terms of physique and strength, the officers and soldiers should have an advantage, but they are hungry and tired, and they have already fought for a round, but they are not as good as the righteous army who wait for work; In terms of weaponry, the officers and soldiers are only slightly better, and not to the point of great disparity. The only thing that can really overpower the rebels is the one that has been trained for a long time and has far more combat experience than the volunteer battalion.

However, when the strength of the official army is not completely overwhelming, but only stronger than the righteous army, the shape is already very disadvantageous.

"The sky is dead, and peace should stand!"

On the high platform of the ground, Xu Shizhong shouted slogans loudly and personally beat drums for his own soldiers to help them.

His words spread quickly, and the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion who were fighting shouted one after another, and the momentum was like a tide, as if they had overwhelmed the officers and soldiers in terms of momentum.

"Hold on! Withstanding is victory! ”

"After winning this battle, Longshan is ours, and everyone can get the reward of the Heavenly Gong General!"

The leaders of the rebel teams are also constantly cheering up their subordinates. They are well aware that time is on the side of the rebels. The elite of the rebels on the other side of Xiayang Valley will quickly return to help after the battle. With each passing hour, these officers and soldiers who were lucky enough to escape would get one step closer to complete defeat.

"A group of arrogant people actually dare to stand up to the Heavenly Power of the Empire!"

"A thief who can't help himself!"

"Sooner or later, one day, you will be wiped out."

In the face of the clamor of the rebels, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Wing were not to be outdone and ridiculed. But no matter how good they say, they also have to face the fact that the offensive of the official army is beginning to become more and more weak. Although rotations have been carried out, the general lack of physical fitness has made it inevitable that the officers and soldiers will move out of shape when they are moving in combat, and the number of casualties is also increasing rapidly.

Facing the cannon fodder in the recruit camp before, they killed ten people in a row, and not a single one of them was injured.

Now, the exchange ratio with the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion is even higher to an astonishing 1:2!

Two volunteer battalions can be exchanged for one officer!

What made the wing commander of the first wing even more frightening was that as the battle continued, this proportion continued to increase. The body of the officers and soldiers has reached a rather dangerous point. Looking around, everyone's face has a tired look that can't be concealed, and they are completely holding on.

It can't go on like this.

Seeing that his subordinates were entangled by the thieves' righteous battalion, and they couldn't break through with half a sound, but the sky was getting darker and darker, the joint captain finally couldn't help it, and said to his subordinates: "Come on, rush and kill with me!" ”

The Eighth Brigade, which had served as a reserve and had not moved since the beginning of the war, began to assemble.

The co-captain of the first wing, together with his own personal guards and several captains whose teams had been scattered, rushed up with more than 100 reserves.

This is the strongest wave of charge of the official army!

After all, the combat strength of the Volunteer Battalion is not comparable to that of the officers and soldiers, even if the second-line troops in these places are exhausted to the extreme. From the previous fierce battle to the present, it is already doing its best. Led by the captain of the first wing himself, this new force of more than 100 people joined the battle and immediately began to retreat.

Compared to the 4,000-strong recruit battalion, the number of volunteer battalions left behind is much smaller, only 400!

Seeing that the shape began to lean towards the official army, Xu Shizhong did not hesitate to invest in the only Taiping battalion brigade.

As the most elite combat force in the entire rebel army, the Taiping Battalion was given priority to supply. Although there were only a hundred people, these hundred people were indeed the strongest force in Chen Wu's hands. Whether it is physique, training, or equipment, it is no worse than that of officers and soldiers. Perhaps the officers and troops of the 1st Wing in their heyday could easily defeat the Taiping Battalion. But in the current state, the Taiping Battalion Brigade, which appeared last, has almost the same combat power as the official army.

The addition of hundreds of elite forces quickly stabilized the already shaky front.

The hard-fought officers and soldiers soon discovered that the thieves who finally joined the battlefield, whether it was weapons and armor or array drills, were almost all exactly the same as the officers and soldiers. In addition to the fact that the sense of battle and cooperation are still not as good, all other aspects have given them the illusion that they are in a civil war with other emperors.

"Damn, how long has the thief army been in force, where did it come from so elite?"

personally went into battle to kill the two of them, and felt the combat power of this Taiping Battalion brigade, the co-captain of the first wing was about to scold his mother.

In the past ten years, he has also quelled rebellions in other parts of Taiping County, and has also been transferred to Yuanshan County to help. But in his impression, it would take more than three or five months, or even more than half a year, for the anti-thieves to train into such combat power. How long has this army of thieves been in existence?

However, what frightened the wing captain even more was still to come.

Seeing that the combat effectiveness of the official army was stronger than imagined, Xu Shizhong hesitated, and instead of reluctantly, he sent someone to inform Xiang Hua, the elder of Shanyou, who was also an ally.

At the critical moment, two hundred Protector Buddha soldiers of the Good Friends joined the battle from the flanks.

Being able to train so many troops for the Good Friends Association single-handedly, Xiang Hua still has some ability. The position he chose to cut in was very good, which happened to be the weak point of the official formation. If he succeeds, the officers and soldiers who are desperately attacking will be cut into two parts, become difficult to care about, and finally be completely divided and surrounded.

This surprise move broke in, and the officers and soldiers were very uncomfortable. (To be continued......)