Chapter 199: The Mystery
As soon as these words came out, there was a riot in the rear of the Shentang army!
"Heavenly ...... How so?"
"Our shrine is blessed by the Martial Ancestor, and the heavens are blessed, how can such a god-given water be cut off by manpower?"
"O ancient heroic spirits, please tell us if you have abandoned us!"
The panicked soldiers shouted unwillingly.
As if they hated their father and mother for having two legs, they rushed towards the camp to check the well.
"Stop!" Su Can urgently ordered: "If we all flee in battle, we will only be driven out by the enemy!"
He straddled his horse and slashed several soldiers in front of him who tried to run backwards. And several of Su Can's generals also walked through the formation, maintaining order.
But with Gu Taineng's order, the Shenxiao army was already rolling like a tide.
Each of them had a smug glint in their eyes, like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves.
Zuo Chengzheng reacted quickly, and the iron gunners under his command were all tenacious elites, and with the waving of the command flag, they fired blazing lead bullets from both wings, giving the Shenxiao Army a round of fierce blows, slightly delaying the enemy's offensive.
And the foot soldiers in the vanguard of the Divine Hall were also elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and under Su Can's best maintenance, they formed a solid shield array in the end.
The forest of guns stretched out from between the shield arrays, condescendingly, forcing the surging Shenxiao Army.
But many's hands were secretly trembling.
Even if you are a veteran of a hundred battles, in the face of such a psychological blow, you must be eroded by fear!
Gu Taineng and Yang Bofu chose to attack at this time, naturally because they saw that they had exposed the fact that the water source was cut off, which could seriously hit the morale of the Divine Hall, and might even cause the Divine Hall's army to collapse!
The formation of the Shenxiao Army is like a sharp sword that pierces the sky, directly into the middle palace of the Shentang military formation.
Even though it was a back-attack, Ruhong's morale still made it difficult for the Shentang side to support it, and it was defeated and retreated.
Su Can fought in person, bravely killing the enemy until he was covered in blood, which slightly improved his morale and ensured that the formation was not destroyed by the enemy.
In the battle, the white-clothed guest who had suppressed the hundred-foot sword tower with the rhythm of music before also looked extremely brave, although he did not use weapons, but his palm was sharp, and he pinched out with one palm, crushing the enemy into blood and mud, and he seemed to have the demeanor of Su Youguang, the first fierce general of the Divine Hall.
With a strong camp, Su Can narrowly resisted the attack of the Shenxiao army, but the losses were also very heavy, much higher than the proportion of Shenxiao's battle losses.
Most of the casualties turned out to be caused by the cannibalism of the soldiers during the rout.
It is also fortunate that the camp has been strengthened in these days, otherwise, in such a situation of wolves rushing and rushing, there would be no reason to be able to resist the attack.
The camp took on the shape of a bell, which protected the flanks of the Shentang army from being outflanked, and allowed the formation to gradually shrink and retreat into the camp, while the soldiers who had withdrawn could rely on the heavy weapons such as catapults and giant crossbows in the camp to suppress the enemy.
But the key reason is also that Gu Taineng and Yang Bofu are unwilling to provoke the battle of the trapped beasts, and the casualties are too large.
He had to wait for the Divine Temple's army to collapse on its own after running out of water and food, just like the Battle of the Street Pavilion in the Middle Ages!
Although the enemy was repulsed, the morale of the soldiers who surrounded the well that was gradually drying up and showed expressions of wanting to cry without tears had dropped to freezing point.
Once the water is depleted, thirst will completely collapse the army!
Su Can tried his best to appease morale, but with little success.
As each day passed, the water allocated to the soldiers became less and less, and as time went on, rations began to be limited.
How can soldiers who can't eat enough food and drink enough water expect them to still have the heart to fight?
However, in this case, Su Can still strictly ordered the generals not to divulge the fact that the strategy to seize Beishan came from Yunshuiyi.
And this time the order is even more severe - those who violate the order will be put to death!
Including Lin Xiuzhen and Lin Tonggu, the generals of Su Can's faction were at a loss.
Could it be that Su Can's son was blinded by lard?
If it was forbidden to leak at the beginning, it was because it was because it was necessary to take the cloud and water according to the strategy for oneself, and now this strategy has been proven to be a completely bad idea!
Lin Tonggu suggested that Su Can put the responsibility on Yun Shuiyi, and then behead her in front of the three armies in public, so as to inspire the morale of the army and make every effort to break through.
But Su Can angrily reprimanded: "Do you want me to be a horse?"
Protecting a woman under Wu Feng's command like this, and even angrily reprimanding the old minister who has been loyal to him for many years, why is this?
The Lin brothers know that Su Can is by no means a person who will be fascinated by beauty.
But now that Su Can has a military talisman in his hand, he is the commander of the first army, and the military orders are like a mountain, even if Su Can seems crazy again, his decision is no longer reasonable, and the Lin brothers dare not have a beak again!
Inside the tent of the Chinese army.
"The soldiers' resentment is almost uncontrollable. Lin Tong reported: "The supply of drinking water is getting less and less, and if we don't give the order to break through, I'm afraid our army will collapse on its own." ”
Lin Xiuzhen also said: "Now, the soldiers are cursing Gongzi Xinxing, saying that Gongzi has no command and is about to cut off tens of thousands of troops in my shrine!"
As she spoke, Lin Xiuzhen cast her resentful eyes at Yun Shuiyi on the side, but Yun Shuiyi looked as usual, like a flood of autumn water.
Su Can stroked his smooth forehead, and suddenly sighed: "Is this so......"
"Xinxing Gongzi, hurry up and find a way!" Lin Xiuzhen said urgently: "That woman is completely unreliable......"
"It's come to this, it's time to ......," Su Can muttered.
Lin Xiuzhen thought that Su Can was about to have a clever plan, and her eyes were full of joy for a while.
Su Can turned his eyes to the white-clothed guest who was masked with a white scarf and only showed a pair of eye holes.
The white-clothed guest let out a chuckle, and his turban suddenly fell slowly like autumn leaves.
The face displayed in front of everyone stunned everyone.
"Yes, it's you?" Lin Xiuzhen's eyes widened, and her eyeballs seemed to bulge out.
"I am the master of the Divine Hall, Lin Xiuzhen, you should be called the hall master. Wu Feng said coldly.
Lin Xiuzhen shuddered, feeling a coercion on him, making him have to obey: "Hall master...... The hall master...... Why are you here?"
Jiang Ren, the patriarch of the Jiang family, also changed his expression suddenly, and then said, "It turns out that ...... I see. ”
In this way, the entire battle plan did not come from this little girl surnamed Yun at all, but from the hall master himself. ”
Wu Feng bowed slightly: "Not bad." ”
"In that case...... Lin Tong said expectantly, "The hall master must have a backhand?"
He is Su Can's sworn friend, but now that the army has fallen into such a situation, he can only hope that Wu Feng, who formulated this strategy, will not drop the chain.
After all, before succeeding to the throne, Wu Feng's performance was indeed outstanding, even Su Can and his party were reluctant to admit it, but in the face of such a crisis, they had to admit it.
Su Can also looked at Wu Feng and said, "You and I are here, we are grasshoppers on a thread, if you want to come to your plan, you won't have any other intentions, right?"
Wu Feng smiled slightly: "Of course." Even being cut off from the water by the enemy is in my calculations. ”
As soon as these words came out, all the generals showed joy.
Faced with such a situation, Wu Feng is so calm, which shows that today's predicament is just a strategy for life after death.
Yun Shuiyi quietly clasped his hands on the side.
Her existence is just for Wu Feng to cover.
"Most of the baggage in the third to sixth warehouses is actually dry food and drinking water. Wu Feng said lightly: "Our fresh water reserves are far more than we imagined. ”
"What?" Lin Tonggu said in surprise: "In this way, we are saved, now we can let the soldiers drink and eat enough, and then relax and slack while the enemy thinks we are thirsty, and break through with all our strength, and we will definitely be able to break through the enemy army!"
"No...... Wait. Wu Feng said: "From now on, the drinking water supply of the militia will be canceled, and the number of soldiers will continue to be halved." ”
Everyone was puzzled, but then they understood that only by putting the army's morale on the verge of collapse could they truly deceive the enemy.
The enemy must have spies in the army, and he must be on guard.
"I'm waiting for the best time. Wu Feng's eyes were sharp: "In one fell swoop, take down the heads of Gu Taineng and Yang Bofu among the Four Heavenly Kings of Shenxiao, and fight here!"
Such a determination made everyone have to be moved.
However, a stiff voice rang out at this moment.
"It's easy to say, but unfortunately there is a fatal flaw, and all of us will probably be ruined here. ”
It's Zuo Chengzheng.
"Little Left...... What are you talking about frustration with your crow's mouth?" Lin Tonggu said angrily.
He hated Wu Feng, but at this time, he could only expect that everything Wu Feng said was reliable.
This is the complexity of human nature, even if Wu Feng brought them into such a predicament, they can still only rely on Wu Feng now, because they are powerless to solve this dilemma themselves!
Wu Feng nodded to Zuo Chengzheng and motioned for him to continue.
"The enemy's fortifications at the foot of the mountain are impregnable, and even if we take them by surprise by replenishing fresh water and boosting morale, we will not be able to break through with all our might. ”
Lin Tonggu opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but Zuo Chengzheng continued with a stiff expression: "So you must have a back hand." ”
Wu Feng smiled: "Not bad." ”
"The so-called back hand is to combine the inside and the outside. Not all of the temple's military strength is here, and there are still a few elites left. It is really a last resort, and even the more than 1,000 reinforcements from Tianzi Peak can be mobilized! There must be a partial division already lying in ambush nearby, and only when the enemy surrounds the mountain to the most slack, it will launch an attack on the enemy's weak points, and we will simultaneously kill down the mountain to break through, so that the enemy can collapse completely. ”
Zuo Chengzheng's words seem to prove Wu Feng's wisdom.
Everyone touched their heads, confused.
If Wu Feng has reached this point, why does Zuo Chengzheng still say that there is a fatal flaw?
Zuo Chengzheng shook his head: "But this level of calculation is only the realm of well-established thinking. If Jing Zhisheng can do it, why can't Gu Taineng and Yang Bofu do it?"
Lin Tonggu's face suddenly turned pale.
Zuo Chengzheng's words made him feel extremely humiliated.
He acted in vain as Su Can's mastermind, but he couldn't see through Wu Feng's calculations at all.
Indeed, if compared with the Four Heavenly Kings of Shenxiao, not only is the wisdom of Zen Master Xuezhai different from him, but Jing Zhisheng, Gu Taineng, and Yang Bofu, any one of them has the wisdom and strategy above him!
"In other words, what I can see through Zuo Chengzheng, two of the Four Heavenly Kings of Shenxiao will not be able to see through it when they get together. ”
"So-" Zuo Chengzheng said firmly: "This is a gamble." ”
Wu Feng smiled: "Not bad." Even if you see through it, surrounding the mountain pass will still disperse the troops, and a long-term siege will still make the soldiers slack. Gu Taineng and Yang Bofu, as generals of the First Army, must not tell important military information to the soldiers at the bottom, so we still have an opportunity to take advantage of. ”
Zuo Chengzheng lowered his eyes and said coldly: "So you shouldn't be here." If you were to personally command that partial division, it would be enough to join the army on the mountain. But apart from you, do those followers of yours have the ability to execute?"
"If I am not here, there is no second person who can stop the hundred-foot sword tower. Wu Feng looked at Zuo Chengzheng and said.
"So you shouldn't have such a battle plan at all. "Zuo Chengzheng did not let in.