In the era of cold weapons, the means of communication are limited, and the role of the commander's flag in the Chinese army is not only to mark the position of the commander-in-chief, but also to command the important responsibility of the combat movement and deployment of the whole army.

For this reason, the chess players who hold the banner must be familiar with a set of complex flag language, and pass the commander's orders in the form of flag language in a timely manner, which can be used to mobilize and restrain the behavior of other departments in the army array.

If the flag is accidentally broken, it will not only deal a serious blow to the morale of the army, but the more fatal problem will be that the commander-in-chief's command and dispatch ability over the whole army will be greatly reduced. After receiving the enemy, there was chaos on the battlefield, people shouted and neighed, and the method of "basically relying on roaring for communication" could no longer work.

"Damn! What's going on?! ”

Luo Yanxiong, who was frightened and frightened, and his face was pale, roared angrily: "Why don't you hurry up and put up the handsome flag? ”

Of course, there were spare flagpoles in the army, and a group of flag soldiers hurriedly untied the handsome flag and rehung it, and then the two innate martial arts masters carefully guarded it next to it in case there were any more accidents.

But as soon as the flagpole was erected, another stream of light that was indistinguishable to the naked eye flashed, interrupting the handsome flag again.

Shuai Qi had two accidents in a row, so that the whole army looked at the direction of the Chinese army in disbelief, and didn't understand what was going on, could it really be that the imperial court was exhausted, so even God couldn't get along with this Shuai Qi?

"This ...... Could this be the thief army's troublemaker? ”

An innate martial arts master finally sensed a hint of clues, and his face was ugly.

"Is there any way to restrain it?" Luo Yanxiong hurriedly asked.

Several grandmaster-level masters looked at each other and shook their heads together, such an unheard of method, I'm afraid only the legendary human immortals have the ability to intercept it, right?

And Zhao Yuanjin, who was on the other side, saw the opportunity and would never let the imperial army get better again.

"Luo Yanxiong died in battle, and the imperial army was defeated! The imperial army was defeated! Several high-pitched soldiers immediately shouted loudly at his behest.

The generals of the other battalions reacted and responded one after another, and for a while, the Chu army shouted in unison: "Luo Yanxiong died in battle, and the imperial army was defeated!" ”

More than 100,000 people shouted at the same time, the sound was like thunder, earth-shattering.

The officers and men of the imperial court, who were already suspicious and panicked and nervous, heard the chorus shouts of the Chu army on the opposite side, and their courage plummeted, and many people confused their formations and turned around and fled in a chaotic manner. The panic spread like a plague to the whole army, and even though the battalion commanders tried their best to restrain them, it was difficult to recover the decline.

In the military formation opposite, thousands of elite Xuanjia cavalry poured out like a tide that opened the floodgates, rushing straight to Luo Yanxiong's Chinese army.

The chaotic imperial army is powerless to deal with it at this moment, and it will collapse as soon as it rushes, and the Nuoda army formation will collapse like Mount Tai, no matter how unwilling Luo Yanxiong is unwilling to be resentful, he can't change the fait accompli.

"Is that okay?"

Beside Qin Feng, Yun Qijun watched the reaction of the imperial army in disbelief, and his beautiful eyes were full of incredulity.

After coming to Xiangyang City for many days, she has learned a lot about the Chu army, and understands that the chances of winning the imperial army in this big war are really not big. But she never thought that Qin Feng could directly hit the vital point of the imperial army with just two understatement shots, causing it to fall into panic and confusion for a while.

Zhao Yuanjin ordered the elite cavalry to assault in time, and easily broke the formation of the imperial army, and then established the victory of the battle.

Qin Feng smiled and said nothing, because there was a problem with the commander of the Chinese army, which led to the defeat of the whole army, there have also been examples in history, such as the Jingjing Battle of the Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops surrounded and suppressed Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and saw that victory was in sight, but the wind blew Li Jinglong's handsome banner, causing the king of Yan to seize the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

What's more, even if there was no such thing, the Chu army's advantage over the imperial army was quite obvious, and Luo Yanxiong's fate was doomed from the moment he sent his troops.

"When the whole army attacks, it is necessary to kill the enemy without leaving a single piece of armor!" Zhao Yuanjin ordered.

The 150,000-strong army was pressed down and began to carry out a one-sided massacre of the imperial army. In an instant, the army was defeated like a mountain, and many officers and soldiers rushed to escape for their lives, even at the expense of waving swords at their own people.

Luo Yanxiong once planned to concentrate all the masters and fight back against Zhao Yuanjin's Chinese army at any cost, trying to turn the tables by killing this Duke of Chu.

It's just that when a group of masters paid a high price and braved the rain of arrows to finally rush to the vicinity of Zhao Yuanjin, the oncoming bullets killed them one by one, and in the end, none of them were spared.

By noon, most of the 100,000 imperial troops had collapsed, and as many as 50,000 or 60,000 had been killed, seriously wounded, and surrendered, and more than 20,000 had fled on their own. Many of the generals were either killed in battle or wounded and captured.

Luo Yanxiong only retreated to the suburbs of Yangzhou in a hurry with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, intending to join up with the remaining forces there, and then withdraw to Jinling City to hold on.

Zhao Yuanjin knew that the opportunity was rare, so he ordered nearly seventy percent of the cavalry of the whole army to be dispatched to pursue it, and chased Luo Yanxiong all the way.

In this way, the two armies chased and fled, and the Chu army continued to expand its results, and along the way, the imperial army successively lost and abandoned 20,000 or 30,000 people, and left countless heavy ordnance, grain, grass and property along the way.

In the end, when Luo Yanxiong fled into Jinling City in embarrassment, there were only less than 10,000 remnants of defeated soldiers left around him.

Jinling City is also a famous big city in the south, the city wall is high and thick, and the defense is extremely strong, not inferior to Xiangyang City. Therefore, the main general Ling Yuanqing judged the situation and did not immediately order the siege of the city, but camped and rested on the spot, intending to wait for the rear army to come with the return artillery.

Anyway, Yangzhou is less than a hundred kilometers away from Jinling, so there is no need to wait too long at all.

"Congratulations, my lord, the overall situation in the south has been decided!"

After receiving the good news, Su Muxi couldn't help but say to Zhao Yuan.

"Well, it is all thanks to Mr. and the support of the Qing family, and it is also the soldiers of the whole army who dare to fight to the death to have today's good situation." Zhao Yuanjin said humbly.

Qin Feng said with a smile: "Now that the victory and defeat have been divided, we can first go to take over Wu Zhence's Yangzhou City, and then move the whole army to Jinling City." If you're lucky enough, maybe that Taishou Jin Yizhe will take the initiative to surrender the city. ”

Zhao Yuanjin said yes, so he ordered the army to camp outside the city of Yangzhou, and then sent a messenger to inform Wu Zhence and let him go out of the city to greet him.

According to the previous agreement, as long as the Chu army defeated the imperial army, the former Han king would surrender the city, lead all the old troops to annex, and from then on serve Zhao Yuanjin as the master.

Now that Chu Jun has fulfilled his promise, the next thing to see is Wu Zhence's performance.

Of course, if he regrets not surrendering, it is also simple, directly ordering the whole army to attack the city, with such a sharp weapon as the return cannon in hand, the other party will not have any chance.

on the city walls.

Wu Zhence stood against the wall, silently looking at the neat and neat Chu army camp outside the city, which stretched for more than 20 miles, and fell into deep thought for a while.

With years of experience in leading troops, he could easily judge that this was a rare elite and strong army, and the defeat of the imperial army was actually not too unjust. If you really want to talk about it, maybe only the Praetorian Guards who guarded Luojing, the capital of the Great Qi Emperor, can be compared with it.

With these 200,000 elite soldiers, Zhao Yuanjin can take the south, if there are 500,000, then the whole world will not fall into the hands of others.

"Mr. Lin......" he said in a hoarse voice.

"My lord, the minister is here." Lin Shiqian replied softly.

"How many more do we have?"

Lin Shiqian understood what he meant, and replied quietly: "There are still more than 8,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, if you mobilize the young people in the city again, this number can be tripled, but the reserves of grain, grass and ordnance are not much, and you have to find another way to raise them." ”

Yangzhou is a big city, there are many people in the city, the business is prosperous and developed, it belongs to the south of the plastered land, as long as Wu Zhence is interested, he can still scavenge a lot of resources.

But the news that the Chu army has a giant trebuchet is no longer a secret. Since even Xiangyang City can be breached in a short period of time, how many days can this Yangzhou be defended?

A cruel fact is in front of him: in the face of Zhao Yuanjin, who has become a general trend, he Wu Zhence no longer has any chance. Continuing to resist is at best the difference between dying a few days later.

"That's it, tomorrow...... Get out of the city and surrender! ”

Wu Zhence reluctantly finished saying this, and suddenly couldn't stop crying, and almost collapsed to the ground.

From this moment on, all ambition was in vain.