Chapter 5: Black Flag, Black Flag!

In the early morning, the first rays of morning light lit up the earth, and 50,000 soldiers of the Northern Armed Forces were already in array, with a handsome flag, an eighteen barracks flag, a thirty-two general flag, and countless flags waving in the wind, hunting and hunting.

With the sound of a trumpet, the 50,000-strong army shouted in unison: "Attack, attack!" ”

The sound was earth-shattering, as if it was about to lift the opposite Yishui City into the sky.

Su hung two thick black circles under his eyes and fell behind the Chinese army, which was the position specially arranged for him by Gonggong Cao, and Xu Fang beside him was also on a horse, yawning incessantly.

In line with the principle that more is better than less, since you don't believe me, I will slip away by myself, Su had already packed up and prepared to be a glorious deserter last night, but he didn't know that Gonggong Cao suddenly came, took his hand and sighed for a long time, and kept saying that he was "Meng Lang".

"Bastard, although your nonsense words are reasonable, you can't say them so bluntly, otherwise how can your father-in-law and that veteran ruffian still pull down their faces? Come on, come on, listen to your father-in-law teach you well! ”

Gonggong Cao thought that Su was too young and didn't understand politics and people's hearts, so he told him a lot of the secret history of the Wei court and his own perception of doing things.

Su knew that the fat eunuch was ashamed because he didn't help, so he came to comfort himself, and he was moved by his "righteousness" to make him cry and laugh.

In fact, Su does not understand politics, on the contrary, military is the continuation of politics, he is very clear about this, during the training his "Political Military Science" has always been a perfect score, leaving off other heavenly prides for several light years.

But first, he remembered the big war in the universe and was anxious, and secondly, he didn't have a sense of substitution for Xu Rui's identity, so he ignored the faces of Yang Weiyuan and Liu Yi, broke the matter on the spot, and finally broke up unhappily.

Of course, there is also Gonggong Cao who is also kind to do bad things.

By the time Su, who was moved, sent Gonggong Cao out of the camp, it was already three poles of the moon, and there were sentinels on duty and patrolling everywhere, and there was no chance of escaping.

Su had to stay up all night with clothes and dry food, and as soon as the morning dawned, he honestly mixed behind the Chinese army.

He made up his mind that as long as the army was defeated, he would take Xu Fang and flee immediately, and no longer care about the life or death of this group of fools.

"Young Master, why didn't you let General Liu attack the city with all his might yesterday?"

Just when Su secretly complained about Cao's father-in-law, Xu Fang suddenly asked him a question.

Su glanced at him and said: "The art of war, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated soldier fights first and then seeks victory." Those who make good use of soldiers, cultivate the Tao and protect the law, so they can be the government of victory and defeat.

What this means is that a victorious army always stands in an invincible position first and then seeks a decisive battle, while a defeated army engages the enemy first and then seeks an opportunity for victory.

From the perspective of the overall situation, the enemy's goal is to use Jingyang Province as a bait to eat the 300,000 troops that have fallen into the trap, and our army has entered the urn without knowing it.

Therefore, the Southern Dynasty lured the enemy deep and established itself in an invincible position, which was a victorious army, and our army fell into a trap and blindly engaged in battle, but it was a defeated army, and the initiative was already in the hands of the enemy.

However, in this battle, among the 300,000 troops, our army was only a partial division, and due to heavy rains, it was delayed for 15 days, and it failed to arrive at the predetermined place on time, so it did not completely penetrate the encirclement, and the initiative was still in the hands of our army.

In order to achieve the greatest results, I expect that the Southern Dynasties will first concentrate their main forces to destroy the other armies, and the forces used to deal with our army at this stage will inevitably be limited.

So how can the Southern Dynasties grasp the initiative on the Yishui battlefield when their troops are limited? There is only one way, and that is to drag our army down first, and then wait for the opportunity to sneak attack! ”

"Sneak attack?"

"Yes, it's a sneak attack."

Su nodded and said, "Our army has been delayed for fifteen days, and in order to catch up with the progress of several other armies, we will inevitably attack the city with all our might."

If I were the commander of the enemy army, I would definitely seize this point and wait until the enemy was tired of attacking the city before waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.

Cold Weapon Battlefield ...... Well, morale on the battlefield is very important, as long as we take advantage of the exhaustion of our army to sneak attack, in one fell swoop to defeat our army's formation, as soon as the morale is lost, 50,000 people will instantly become 50,000 lambs to be slaughtered, at that time is not to be slaughtered? ”

Speaking, Su remembered a classic battle example he had learned back then, the former Qin Fujian led a million army to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and after his morale was greatly discharged, he was killed by thousands of men and horses to lose his armor, which became a classic battle example in history of winning more with less.

There are countless similar examples, in the era of cold weapons that lack the means of information transmission, once the army is defeated, no matter how fierce the tiger and wolf army will become, it will become a lamb.

Thinking that these 50,000 horses were about to follow in their footsteps, Su sighed for a while.

"That's why you asked General Liu to keep enough reserves in case the enemy attacked?"

Xu Fang exclaimed.

Su sighed and said, "Yes, General Liu's forward battalion will definitely be the first to attack the city, and it will definitely be the most exhausted army, and nine times out of ten it will be used as a breakthrough by the enemy."

It's a pity that the old general is too fierce and doesn't want to listen to what I have to say, not to mention that even if I know what is at stake, he will not listen to his words, and empiricism will kill people. ”

"Isn't it inevitable that we will lose today's battle? Master, what should we do? ”

Although Xu Fang didn't know what empiricism was, he understood the terrible consequences in the young master's mouth, and his face turned pale with horror, and he was at a loss.

Su smiled bitterly: "The battlefield is cruel, how can there be any emotion to talk about?" Since they are not willing to use 250,000 soldiers to save these 50,000 troops, then we have to use these 50,000 troops to save ourselves!

Look at my eyes for a while, once the enemy's surprise soldiers sneak attack, and our army's battle formation appears to be defeated, we will immediately run away, and let these 50,000 rout soldiers help us fight for a glimmer of life. ”

"But how can we escape the iron cavalry of the Southern Dynasty?"

Xu Fang asked worriedly.

Su smiled: "Don't worry, as long as we run faster than the infantry of the Northern Guard, we will be safe." ”

Once the army collapses, it will turn into a war of annihilation, the enemy's main target is the commander of the Chinese army, followed by a large number of lethal and wounded living forces, as long as they run faster than the infantry, 50,000 northern guards will buy them enough time.

The low horn was blown, followed by the heart-stirring "rumble" drum, and the front of the Northern Warrior Guard army moved quickly under the guidance of the trumpets and drums, kicking off the siege battle.

Su subconsciously clenched the reins in his hand, his heart was pounding, although he had experienced countless wars in the computer system and in the universe, this was the first time he had witnessed hand-to-hand combat in the era of cold weapons, and the tension and excitement ignited his blood in an instant.

Su smiled bitterly, it seems that he is really a natural war maniac......

In the front army, Liu Yi rode on a horse, and the heralds around him shuttled back and forth, issuing general orders one after another.

Looking at the first wave of charging soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It's a pity that I couldn't go into battle in person in the first battle, and I went to the city first, which is a big regret for my life."

Mei Chuang, the deputy general of the forward battalion, said with a smile: "The old general has experienced hundreds of battles large and small, most of which are the first to kill the generals and capture the flag, how can you say that you regret it?"

Today is to attack a small city, the defenders are only 3,000, under the pressure of our army is not yet captured, the general and sit in the middle army, waiting for the sons and daughters to make contributions. ”

Liu Yi shook his head: "The general is restless today, and you are not allowed to underestimate the enemy!" ”

Mei Chuang smiled: "The general is still angry about Xu Rui's nonsense? When the army conquers Yishui, the last general will personally bring a few people to teach him a lesson, so that he can see how the battle array is a place for him to play! ”

Liu Yi didn't reply, remembering that Xu Rui solemnly asked him not to attack the city with all his strength yesterday, his eyelids jumped suddenly, and his heart became more and more restless.

"Fuchun, attack the city today and leave half of the men and horses first, and then make a decision when the situation is clear."

Fuchun is Mei Chuang's cousin, and when he heard Liu Yi say this, he was surprised: "Could it be that the general really believes that kid's nonsense?" ”

Liu Yi shook his head and said: "It's not that I believe him, it's just that I want peace of mind, there are only 3,000 defenders in Yishui City, and it's not bad for the 2,500 men and horses intercepted by the commander, it's good to be cautious, it's a big deal that the forward battalion doesn't want this first credit!" ”

Seeing that Liu Yi gave the general order, although Mei Chuang didn't think so, he couldn't refute it, so he had to ask the heralds around him to inform the soldiers who were preparing for battle.

In addition to Liu Yi, Yang Weiyuan in the Chinese army also frowned, although he also thought that what Xu Rui said was nonsense, but for some reason, there was a big alarm in his heart, and he was not at peace, so he left three battalions and nearly 9,000 men and horses as a reserve.

After several rounds of arrows, in the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the soldiers of the 2,500 forward battalions who fought rushed to the city first, followed by the soldiers and horses of Jianfeng, Baihu, and Poyu, and the small Yishui city was suddenly crowded by more than 12,000 people.

The soldiers covered their heads with round shields, and with knives in one hand and siege engines such as rams and ladders in the other, they quickly approached the city walls.

The defenders of the Southern Dynasty at the head of the city were suppressed by the arrow feathers, and did not dare to take the lead, everything was exactly the same as imagined, as long as the cloud ladder was set up on the city wall, the brave soldiers of the Great Wei could open a gap in the city, and the battle was almost over.

However, just as the cloud ladder was about to approach the city wall, there was a sudden terrifying sound of machine springs in Yishui City, and hundreds of half-human-high wooden barrels crossed the city wall and smashed like hail towards the Wei army that was besieging the city.

Dozens of unlucky people couldn't dodge, so they could only raise their round shields to protect their heads, but the thin round shields could not resist the wooden barrels under the acceleration of gravity, and the soldiers who were hit by them instantly turned into meat puree.

To make matters worse, after the barrel hit the ground, it shattered with a "bang", and the yellowish liquid immediately spilled everywhere, and a strange smell permeated.

"No, it's fire oil!"

I don't know who shouted first, and the siege army suddenly panicked, but before they could react, the city suddenly shouted and killed, and the black head came out from behind the battlements, desperately shooting arrows at the city.

They shoot not ordinary arrow feathers, but rockets!

For a time, the sound of the bowstring of the strong crossbow, the whistling of the arrow feathers, and the shouting of the soldiers gathered together, and it became the death knell of death.

However, in a short moment, the city of Yishui turned into a sea of fire, and the outside of the impassable city wall was like a burning mire, and the ignited soldiers were holding their heads and running around, but it was difficult to move an inch.

In the panic, more soldiers were ignited, and the flames on the wooden siege equipment were more than ten meters high, and the smell of burnt human flesh drifted for miles with the wind, like a scene of hell on earth.

In the middle of the Chinese army, Yang Weiyuan's face was red in the sky, he looked at Yishui City expressionlessly, and said to the herald beside him: "They don't have much fire oil, pass on my general order, Fuhu, Ruihu, Goshawk, and White Fox four battalions to fight, go and change the people under the city back, the attack can't be stopped, be sure to take Yishui in one go!" ”

"Order!"

The herald saluted with his fists in his fist, then jumped on his horse and rode away.

With the order of the general, the first round of attacking troops slowly retreated, and were replaced by the new forces that had just gone into battle, and the Northern Wuwei still maintained a high-pressure posture against Yishui City.

"Young master, fire oil is a rare thing, they use so much at one time, they will be powerless, it seems that it won't be long before our army can capture the city."

Xu Fang arrived.

Su rolled his eyes and sneered: "Think beautifully, if the enemy dares to use so much fire oil at one time, it must be that the materials in the city are well stocked, you look at it, this small Yishui City will definitely collapse Beiwuwei's tiger teeth!" ”

The development of events was indeed as Su expected, and the fire oil in the city was fired as many as six rounds, causing a large number of casualties to the Wei army besieging the city.

When the fire oil was finally exhausted, and the besieging soldiers encountered rolling wood, stones, golden soup, boiling water, and rain-like arrows, the Wei army's casualties remained high.

At this time, the Wei army besieging the city was shocked to find that although the number of 3,000 defenders at the head of Yishui City was small, they were all experienced and fearless of death, and they were all the elite of the Southern Dynasty, which was far from the legend of the old, weak, sick and disabled who were about to collapse at the touch of a button.

Fortunately, the Northern Wuwei is one of the twelve elites of the Northern Dynasty, with super combat effectiveness, and still maintains a strong offensive under round rounds of blows, and even rushes to the city several times by taking advantage of the gap in the arrow feathers, but in the end it is in vain.

The battle was fought from early morning until noon, and then from midday to the westward setting of the sun, and both sides gradually fell into exhaustion, morale plummeted, and everything was developing in the direction predicted by Su.

"General, hand over the remaining half of the men to the last general, and the last general will promise to take Yishui!"

Mei Chuang half-knelt in front of Liu Yi, his face was black, his nostrils were full of black ash, his heavy armor was tattered, and there were many broken arrows inserted in the gaps of the nail leaves.

Seeing that the battle was unfavorable, he personally led his troops to charge and kill him once just now, but he was still beaten back by the strong defenders, not only did not achieve any results, but lost most of the men.

Angry, he came to Liu Yi to ask for the 2,500 men and horses, vowing to be ashamed.

Liu Yi's face sank like water, looking at the smoke-filled Yishui City, and his heart kept echoing with the words that Su said yesterday.

Elite, the elite in Yishui City is elite!

Since the elite in Yishui City is the elite, is there really a large army of the Southern Dynasty hidden nearby?!

"General, don't hesitate on the battlefield!"

Mei Chuang's shout pulled Liu Yi's thoughts back.

Liu Yi's eyes froze, and his heart calmed down.

Yes, don't hesitate on the battlefield, the so-called suspicion gives birth to dark ghosts, that's the truth, where did the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Southern Dynasty come from? It's not Xu Rui's nonsense!

Xu Rui, you messed with my mind and misunderstood me a lot, and you will definitely be involved in military law after the war today!

Thinking of this, Liu Yi finally returned to normal, and shouted loudly: "Pass my general order, order all the horses in the forward battalion to prepare immediately, and go out with the old man......"

Before he finished his words, there was a sudden exclamation from beside him.

"General, what do you see over there?!"

It is a taboo to be shocked at first glance on the military formation, Liu Yiyan's face immediately sank when he heard this, and he was about to scold the person who was exclaimed, but when he saw that all the generals around him were surprised, his heart suddenly burst.

When he looked at the crowd, his face turned pale in an instant.

I saw that on a hill to the west of the Wei army's array, an army suddenly appeared, all dressed in black and black armor, and the war horses under their crotch were all tall and black and shiny tall horses.

The people and horses were like a black wave rising high, and like a black mountain towering unstoppable, the killing aura soared into the sky, as if it was about to smash down in the next second, crushing everything that stood in the way into powder.

"The Black Flag Army, it's the Black Flag Army!"

I don't know who exclaimed, the voice was like a ghost in the night, and it changed its tone in horror.

The entire Wei army suddenly burst into chaos, as if a rabbit had seen a tiger and shrunk into a ball and trembled.

Liu Yi finally understood why Xu Rui didn't let himself attack the city with all his might, it turned out that it was just to guard against the sudden attack of these guys!

"What's the panic?! Yang Shuai had already expected the enemy to be in front, and half of the new force in the forward battalion was prepared for them, and I passed on my general order, and all the horses in the forward battalion were immediately prepared and met the enemy with the old man! ”

Liu Yi shouted and stepped on the war horse, and the generals heard that the commander had been prepared, and their hearts were a little settled, but no one noticed that the always vigorous General Liu had just pedaled the stirrup three times before riding the war horse.

At this time, there was also chaos in the Chinese army, and the exclamations of "Black Flag Army, Black Flag Army" came and went, and Yang Weiyuan, who was not even moved by the burning of Yishui City, couldn't help but change his face the moment he saw this centaur, and his hands couldn't help trembling.

After the Chinese army, Xu was like an earthy color, riding on a horse like a clay statue motionless, as if he had been scared stupid.

Listening to the exclamations around him, Su frowned and asked puzzledly, "What Black Flag Army?" Are they famous? ”

Xu Fang swallowed and spitted, squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said: "Young master, you really forgot everything, that is the Black Flag Army, the most terrifying tiger and wolf army in the world!" ”

"Oh, so powerful?"

Su was slightly stunned, seeing that the Black Flag Army was no more than 3,000 people, although the army was majestic and murderous, but with his knowledge, he felt that it was ordinary, and he didn't expect it to be so famous.

Seeing that Su seemed puzzled, Xu Fang hurriedly explained: "The total number of the Black Flag Army is only 10,000, and its combat power is outstanding. But what everyone fears is not their combat power, but their identity! ”

"What do you mean?"

Sue was even more puzzling.

Xu Fang said: "The Black Flag Army is the pro-army of King Wuling of the Southern Dynasty, and wherever the Black Flag goes, the main force of King Wuling will be around!" ”

"Who is this King of Wuling?"

Sue scratched her head and asked again.

Xu Fangdao: "King Wuling is a famous general of the Southern Dynasty, and since he came out of the battle, hundreds of battles of all sizes have been great victories, known as the saint of soldiers!"

I want to be the first time that my emperor ascended to the great treasure and had to show his heroic journey, and my Great Wei soldiers swept the world, and I was only one step away from completing the great cause of unification.

At that time, the Southern Dynasty was just a poor and weak country, and our army commander drove straight into the royal capital, and no one could stop it.

But just when he was about to capture the royal city of the Southern Dynasty, King Wuling was born out of thin air, and seized the military power of the general defending the city with the position of a patrol captain, and resisted our army for 33 days.

After that, it went through more than 70 battles, large and small, and broke more than a dozen elite armies of our army, not only recovering the entire territory, but also going deep into our territory to burn, kill, and plunder in retaliation.

In that battle, most of the elite of our army was lost, and only Guogong killed three in the battle, and the rest of the generals who were killed or captured were countless.

Since then, our dynasty has never touched the power of the world.

Under his management, the national strength of the Southern Dynasty was rapidly strong, and our dynasty gradually became a north-south trend.

The two countries fought hundreds of battles, all of which were great victories for the Southern Dynasties, and if it weren't for the rapid development of the Southern Dynasties and the unstable foundation, perhaps the current world would have belonged to his family long ago. ”

After listening to Xu Fang's description, Su finally understood why the Wei army was so afraid of the Black Flag Army, an enemy that had never been defeated, like a legend, wasn't this the Rabahar people of this world?

No, it's a more desperate enemy than an alien civilization, because you know everything about him, but you just can't defeat him, it seems that this trap in Jingyang Province is from this guy, and the outcome of this battle is already doomed.

As if to make a footnote to Su's speculation, the Black Flag Army, which had only more than 3,000 people, was really unpredictable above the battle array, and all the Wei troops were about to collapse at the touch of a button.

The strange thing is that they did not entangle with the enemy in front of them, but made a big circle and rushed straight to the most exhausted forward battalion, and sure enough, as Su Yu thought, the enemy planned to directly defeat the most exhausted forward battalion and make the Northern Guards in chaos.

Only this method can eat the 50,000 troops of Beiwuwei in one bite at the smallest cost!

What a big appetite, such a powerful commander, now that the Northern Warrior Guard is finished, he must leave immediately!

Thinking of this, Su decided not to hesitate anymore and fled immediately, but just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard Xu Fang's exclamation.

"Young master, look, the forward battalion actually resisted the first wave of the Black Flag Army!"

"What?!"

Su was suddenly taken aback, and hurriedly looked towards the battle group, only to see that the Black Flag Army was really sniped on the battle formation of the forward battalion, although the rout was only a matter of time, but the period of time it fought for was enough to change the situation of the entire battlefield!

Su frowned and looked at it for a moment, and suddenly moved: "He left half of the people, he really left half of the people, okay, okay, there is still a chance, there is still a chance to live!" ”

As he spoke, Su raised his horsewhip, and the horse under his crotch rushed forward as if he was crazy.

Xu Fang was shocked: "Young Master, where are you going?" ”

"The big tent of the Chinese army!"

Su Tou didn't reply, and disappeared into the chaos in an instant, leaving only a sonorous and powerful answer.