(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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The two armies began to fight, and the enemy attacked our army in three ways, virtual and real, real and virtual, it seemed that the left side was defended, but in fact, Han Dang on the left side was just a false move.

At the same time as the enemy army approached our army, Han Dang's troops suddenly converged and shrank towards Lu Xun's army. In this way, the forces on the left disappeared in front of us. This may seem like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but if our army launches an attack like this, it will undoubtedly fall into the enemy's plan to attack the west.

These opportunities seem to be unintentionally presented to our troops by the enemy in the change of formation, but in fact they are carefully planned by them.

"Xia Cheng, the left flank of the enemy army is now a huge breakthrough, if we concentrate our forces to attack the past now, then we can go around the enemy from the left flank to the rear of the enemy army. Since the siege machines behind the enemy are slow, we can destroy them in one fell swoop. I believe that without the cover of siege machinery, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. In this way, the victory in the battle will be ours. Cui Li said, "The head is the way", and I don't know where the confidence comes from.

"Cui Li, you're right, but have you ever thought about why Lu Xun left such a big gap for us to take advantage of? Isn't that too careless? Li Ruina questioned Cui Li.

"Xia Cheng quickly make a decision, the opportunity is fleeting, if the enemy realizes this mistake and changes the formation later, then there will never be such a chance again!" Cui Li didn't seem to hear Li Ruina's words, urging Xia Cheng.

"Cui Li, don't be careless. Lu Xun has always been good at using soldiers, how could he expose such a big flaw to us? Therefore, this must have been deliberately deployed by him, so that we could rush into the attack, from the enemy's left flank to behind the enemy's army. However, have you ever thought that the siege machinery is so huge that it is very likely that there are already ambushes behind them, waiting to wipe out our army at any time? Moreover, as long as our army launches an attack on the left side, even if there is no ambush behind the enemy's formation, as long as Han Dang, who originally contracted to Lu Xun's army, moves his troops back to the right again, it will undoubtedly block the troops sent by our army in the enemy's formation, and there will be no way to attack and retreat at that time. "I analyzed the battle situation in front of me to Cui Li.

"Okay, okay...... It seems that it is really not easy to lead troops to fight. ”

Cui Li had clearly given up on his idea.

Xia Cheng stared at the enemy's army, constantly changing the change of formation, and asked, "Cheng Yin, what do you think?" Where do you think the enemy will focus his attack? ”

I watched the formation of the enemy army change, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, but the only thing that remained unchanged was that the army led by Lu Xun always rushed directly in front of our army.

"Xia Cheng, I think the enemy's attack on the left and right flanks is nothing more than a trick, only the army led by Lu Xun has never changed the trajectory of the march, it seems that they want to meet our army head-on." I put my thoughts out there.

"Cheng Yin, you're right, I think so too. But the top priority is how to effectively resist Lu Xun's attack this time. Xia Cheng's gaze never left the Eastern Wu army on the battlefield.

In fact, the method is very simple, but it is not easy to do. Defending as an attack, as long as we can do our best to block the oncoming Soochow army, and attack from the left and right flanks at the same time, but do not go around behind the enemy, but directly attack the flanks of Lu Xun's army. In this way, Lu Xun will be attacked on three sides. But this method seems simple, but there are two most difficult aspects......

Before I finished speaking, Xia Cheng nodded: "That's right, the difficulty of this battle is; Since the attack was launched from three roads, there could not be too few soldiers and horses on all three roads. But even so, we still have to send a part of our troops to stop the Lu Xun army that is attacking us, and you are one of the difficulties you are talking about. This force blocking the enemy army is certainly far inferior to the army led by Lu Xun of Eastern Wu in terms of strength, but it must buy us enough time, which is the second difficulty. The armies on the left and right sides must rush to both sides of the enemy at the same time, and cooperate with the troops in the middle to launch an attack at the same time, as long as either side launches an attack in advance, it will be crushed by Lu Xun's army. ”

It seems that Xia Cheng and I basically agreed.

"Xia Cheng-san, if I understand correctly, you mean to divide our current strength into three equal forces, and attack from the front, left, and right of the enemy army. However, in order for the left and right forces to reach the left and right sides of the enemy at the same time, it is necessary to organize another force to resist the frontal Lu Xun army and buy us time. However, in order not to affect the maximum effect of the attack, this unit against the enemy army did not have too many manpower. So the most difficult part of the whole battle is this. Professor Wu said thoughtfully.

"Xia Cheng, there is no time to think about the difficulty of this tactic now, I am willing to lead two thousand troops to block the enemy's army, and I will leave the rest to you." I looked at Xia Cheng and said.

"Shaoxia, my blacksmith is willing to go with you, since I met Shaoxia in Jiangling City, I blacksmith has made up my mind that he will always follow Shaoxia's beliefs, so this time I must not be missing." The blacksmith waved the sun and moon in his hand and said heroically.

"Cheng Yin, I'll go with you too." Arthur walked over to me and said.

I looked at Arthur in front of me, and this time I still chose to fight for her, and I wanted her to get out of here safely anyway. I took the bracelet out of my pocket and said, "Arthur, trust me. I will definitely put this bracelet in your hands again. Waiting for me here. ”

Arthur didn't answer, just tears welled up in his eyes. How could she not know in her heart that with only 2,000 people to block the army of Eastern Wu, the result can be imagined. But, for Arthur's sake, I had to.

Xia Cheng looked at me: "Cheng Yin, have you thought about it?" This battle will be far more difficult than you think, but if you lose, you won't be able to win it. ”

"Xia Cheng, I know, don't worry, I will definitely buy you enough time."

"Cheng Yin, I'm going with you too, how can such an important battle be without me?" Cui Li deliberately said in a very handsome tone.

I looked at Cui Li with a positive look, the battlefield has changed abruptly, since the battle plan has been formulated, then we must spare no effort to implement it.

"In this case, Cheng Yin, you lead 2,000 soldiers to block the enemy army and buy time for our army to arrange troops; Zhang Han, you lead an army of 10,000 and attack the enemy from the left side; Professor Wu, you led an army of 10,000 to attack the enemy from the right flank, and I brought 10,000 soldiers and horses to wait for the opportunity to attack Lu Xun from the front, and the whole army followed the plan. Xia Cheng commanded the whole army and said.

I turned to General Wu beside me and said, "General Lao Fu ordered 2,000 troops, and went with me to meet the enemy." ”

General Wu held the big sword with both hands, "Following the general is the duty of the general!" After saying that, he gathered 2,000 soldiers from the army.

I looked back at Arthur and shook the bracelet in my hand, "I'll definitely be back." ”

Then he pulled out the "heavy iron sword" and shouted at the two thousand soldiers: "All soldiers, fight on the battlefield with me!" ”

In this way, I, the blacksmith, and Cui Li led 2,000 soldiers to rush towards the oncoming enemy army.

Just as our army was approaching the enemy, I shouted: "All the army in formation!" ”

As soon as I finished speaking, two thousand soldiers held the tiger shield in their hands and blocked the front of Lu Xun's army to prevent it from advancing.

"Just 2,000 people want to stop our army? Isn't it a joke! Come on, take them down quickly! Lu Xun waved his feather fan, and saw the enemy's charging troops galloping towards our army. Countless horses were dressed in armor, and the enemy cavalry roared towards our army. For a while, there was a feeling that the earth was shaking.

Soon, fierce battles began between our troops and the enemy's cavalry. I used the "heavy iron sword" to block the cavalry's spears and shoot them down. Cui Li set up the "Phantom Dragon Shield" to collide head-on with the enemy troops galloping towards our army. The huge impact caused the enemy cavalry to roll on their backs in an instant. The blacksmith's "Sun and Moon Double Chopping Knife" also waved non-stop, blocking the attacking enemy forces.

At the same time that our army and the enemy's vanguard cavalry were waging war, Professor Wu and Zhang Han each rushed towards the enemy's flanks with 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Although the army led by Zhou Tai and Han Dang, the enemy's left and right sides, added up to only a few thousand people, it would take a certain amount of time to quickly break through their defensive line.

Our army and the enemy's vanguard cavalry fought for dozens of rounds, and Lu Xun knew that it was not good to see that our army's left and right flanks were attacking at the same time, and immediately commanded the whole army to launch a fierce attack on our army's 2,000 soldiers.

The roaring enemy army galloped towards our army, and I immediately commanded the formation, and two thousand soldiers formed a circle with tiger shields. I, Cui Li, the blacksmith, and General Wu stood in a circular formation.

"The whole army moves."

A circle surrounded by a tiger shield array that moves towards the enemy.

Due to the protection of the tiger shield on all sides, the enemy soldiers could not launch an attack on the interior of our army. However, Lu Xun seemed to have already seen our tactics, and the logs wrapped in iron sheets that appeared on the battlefield before rolled towards our troops.

The heavy log slammed into our army's tiger shield, and soon the originally round tiger shield array was knocked out of many gaps, thus giving the enemy a chance to deploy troops to attack.

Seeing this, Cui Li immediately lifted the "Phantom Dragon Shield" in his hand to block the middle of the gap, while I, the blacksmith and Wu Ban struggled to repel the enemy infantry that came by.

While waging war with the enemy, I observed from time to time the attacks of Zhang Han and Professor Wu on the left and right, as long as we made sure that they could reach the enemy's flanks, then our mission would be completed.

However, Zhou Tai and Han Dang of the enemy army were not useless people, although their troops were not as good as our army, they still resisted and blocked the attack launched by Professor Wu and Zhang Han.

I had to buy them enough time to do so, and when I thought of this, I suddenly left the circle formed by the Tiger Shield Formation with the "Heavy Iron Sword" in my hand and rushed towards the enemy army.

"Cheng Yin, come back quickly! It's too dangerous! Cui Li held the "Ghost Dragon Shield" and roared loudly.

I held the "heavy iron sword" in my hand to block the three enemy infantry attacking me, and at this moment, more than a dozen enemy soldiers came running from my left and right sides, each with a sharp blade in his hand, attacking me. The situation seems critical. However, at this time, the blacksmith and Wu Ban were each held back by the enemy soldiers, and they had no time to come to help me out of the crisis.

At the last moment, a sword suddenly flew into the air, knocking down more than a dozen enemy soldiers who had come to attack me. But as soon as I had knocked the soldiers down, the sword flew swiftly towards me, but I didn't dodge.

The sword stopped as it flew to me, dangling to my right side. This sword that knocked down the enemy soldiers was Mo Qifeng's "Heavenly Pavilion Sword".

I took advantage of the situation to block the three enemy soldiers in front of me, and then rushed towards the middle of the enemy army at a faster speed. The "Heavenly Pavilion Sword" was also on my right and left, and for a while, dozens of enemy soldiers were knocked down by my "Heavenly Pavilion Sword".

"Cheng Yin, come back quickly! Even if you have the 'Heavenly Pavilion Sword' to help, it is difficult for two fists to reach four hands! Cui Li still kept shouting.

I looked at the swarming enemy forces in front of me, and I could only retreat into the Tiger Shield formation for the time being.

Just as we were in a stalemate with the enemy, countless bows and arrows suddenly flew over our heads, and it was obvious that the enemy's "arrow tower" was already in place, and launched an attack on our army from a high position.

The Heavenly Pavilion Sword kept flying in the air, blocking the bows and arrows coming towards us. However, many soldiers still fell because of this, and the circle of the Tiger Shield Formation gradually shrank, and if we didn't find a way, we would soon be wiped out. In this way, we can't wait for our army's two sides to attack, and the enemy army can drive straight into the army and directly fight our army's main force in Xiacheng.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a heavy responsibility, and I could see Arthur's worried expression.

"Cheng Yin, we must find a way to knock down those archers on the 'Arrow Tower', otherwise we won't be able to buy more time at all." Cui Li said anxiously.

I looked at the "Arrow Tower" not far away, although there were not many archers on it, but they were condescending. Even if we fought back with a bow and arrow, we wouldn't be able to do any damage to them. However, due to the height of the "Arrow Tower", the flight distance of the "Heavenly Pavilion Sword" could not be reached at all. In this way, it seems that we have simply lost any ability to fight back, and the only thing that awaits us is total annihilation.

I stared at the "Arrow Tower" in the distance, and the flames of anger burned in my heart.

(End of chapter)